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MAY 7, 1909
The Commoner.
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Grandpa!
He Bits beside the fireplace and
dreams of days long dead,
The ruddy gleams of daricing flames
a" halo o'er his head.
He lives again the days of youth
when life was young and gay,
And Love twined roses in a wreath
to beautify his way.
He hears the rolling of the drums,
the shrill fife piping free;
He dreams of comrades on the march
and hears the reveille.
Through battle-smoke he sees the
flag! Ah, stirring days of yore
And grandpa, sitting by the fire,
lives through the days once more.
He hears the tumult die away, the
cannon's roar is stilled,
And with the strains of "Home,
Sweet Home" the circling camp is
filled.
He sees his mother at the gate the
welcome home lights burn
He hears the neighbors shout with
glee to welcome his return.
Across the fields he takes his way
to till the fertile soil;
From war's alarms to ways of peace,
from camp to earnest toil.
He sees the changing seasons come,
the peaceful harvest's store
And grandpa, sitting by the fire,
lives through the days once more.
Once more adown the shady lane he
walks Dan Cupid's way,
A maiden's hand clasped in his own
as dies the light of day.
He sees beyond the ruddy glow of
fire-place so wide
A rocking chair swing to and fro
his young and bonny bride.
He hears the songs of childish glee,
the tread of childish feet;
He feels the dainty, soft caTess of
childish lips so sweet.
Through memory's haze he sees the
toys of childhood on. the floor
And grandpa, sitting by the fire,
lives through the days once more.
Ho sits beside the fireplace and
dreams of days long dead,
The ruddy gleams of dancing flames
a' halo o'er his head.
His kindly face is wreathed in smiles,
his heart is young and gay,
And children gather 'round his knee
as daylight fades away.
He sings them songs of long ago
when he was but a boy;
"When life was only sunshine, and
love without alloy.
And seeing with their youthful eyes
thoBe long gone days of yore,
He sits beside the fireplace and liveg
the 'years once more.
Brain Jjeaks
Easy won is little reckoned.
The trouble with most soft snaps
Is (the "snap."
True love never keeps a record of
its sacrifices.
If you are .right, be radical; if
wrong, be conservative.
Selecting a text is the smallest
part of preparing a sermon.
"When we build our church it will
not have any locks, on the doors..
Are fat men good natured because
they are fat, or fat because they are
good natured?
It is a waste of time to argue with
a man who draw's his statistics from
his own imagination.
It is quite natural- for a -man to
blamo providence for the results of
his own foolishness. -
This is the season of the year when
the city man loves to talk about what
a lot of work he would do if he
could only bo a farmer.
When a man wants to do wrong
he usually has little trouble in man
ufacturing an excuse that will satisfy
him.
The first realization wo have that
the child is growing up is when the
conductor insists on collecting half
fare. Ever see a man who had a repu
tation for being a big man merely
because he was successful in imitat
ing some big man's ways?
It would seem that the average
American man's idea of a good time
is either to fill up at a banquet or
go out and kill something.
Caustic
"Yeth, Indeed," lisped Willie
Wlshlngton, "I gave him a pieth of
my mind."
"Gracious, Mr. Wishington; how
did you ever manage to subdivide so
infinitesimal a thing?" queried Miss
Crusherly.
Meant Kindly
"Sir," remarked the applicant for
a position, "I served my country In
the legislature."
"That's all right, friend. But if
you do your work well no one will
hold that against you."
Continued
"I hear Jinks has a long war
record."
"You bet he-has; he jumped the
bounty nine times and deserted
twice."
AFRAID
Nursemaid "I'm going to leave,
mum."
Mistress "Why, what's the mat
ter? Don't you like the baby?"
Nursemaid "Yes'm, but he is that
afraid of a policeman that I can't
get near one." London Tatler.
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
(Continued from Pago 11)
lands in question aro not susceptible
of irrigation from any known source
of water supply."
E. II. Harriman Is now planning
a billion dollar corporation with the
view of consolidating the vast rail
road mileage represented by tho Now
xork Central lines.
Secretary Nagol of the department
of commerce and labor is engaged in
a controversy with Director of tho
Census North.
John G. Carlisle,, formerly senator
from Kentucky and secrotary of tho
treasury under Grover Cleveland, has
filed a brief with tho senato commit
tee on finance asking that a duty of
four cents per pound be placed on
coffee. He contends that the tax
will produce $39,000,000 annually.
Abdul Hamid, the deposed sultan
of Turkey, left the capital at Con
stantinople for Salonlki. He was ac
companied by twelve of his "wives."
President Taft has appointed
George W. Woodruff of Pennsylva
nia to be United States district judge
for tho territory of Hawaii. As asso
ciate judge of tho supreme court of
Hawaii he has appointed Antonio
Perry of Hawaii and as Bocond Judge
of tho circuit court of Hawaii, Wil
liam L. Whitney of Hawaii.
Federal Judge McPherson, who
rendered a decision against Mis
souri's two-cent railroad fare law,
has given a supplementary decision.
Ho orders that tho railway compa
nies and tho stato of Missouri shall
each pay one-half of tho coat, which
aggregates $18,000. Ho also de
clined to specifically state what pas
songer rates should bo charged, hold
ing that that is tho duty of tho legislature.
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