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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1901)
Tin 8 The Commoner. Whether Common or Not. The Price. It Is your fault, your very great faultthe fruits of a bloody lust That tho smiting hand of an angry God has hum bled you in the dust. With strong-armed hosts and a greed for gain you have trampled on human rights; And like the bully you always were you whimper when God's hand smites. - Your island Is filled with widows' moans and . mothers weep bitter tears For the bleaching bones on the far-off veldt that .rot with the passing years. Yet bones still bleach and tears still flow, for your lust for gain Is strong, And your stiff-necked pride keeps your armies out to work a blood-stained wrong. It is your fault, your very great fault", yet you moan at the price you pay And add to tho rivers of tears that flow from mother eyes day by day. But still you tread in tho path of wrong, still fol low your plans to steal, And bog4 all the world for sympathy when tho smiting rod you feel. ; . But your awful crop of widows' weeds, your chorus of mothers' moans Will greater grow as the trail you tread is marked by tho veiat-bleached bones. The veldt-bleached bones of your strong young men the victims of lustful pride Who, facing the guns of liberty at. your, com mand, have died.. u, , 'k.. The lesson you. learned in 76,, a lesson full fraught - 4th. pain, ., .,.....,- , ,,",, , A&. the ,y ears roll on and your ,lu8$ grows. strong, it seems 'twas learned in vain. But rivers of blood through the Boer veldt are making you count the cost And teaches again that freedom wins, though of tea a fight is lost. t Though your lords proclaim and your captains boast "of bloody battles won, You know full well in your inmost heart that the war is scarce begun. And we who are seated supinely by as freemen's blood you let God stir our souls to our old-time deeds, once more, lest we forget; " r 22 Unreasonable. - ; . ,. s ;.. The longer we live the more we wonder how some men can be-so unreasonable. "I have to pay too much for my groceries and hardware," protested tho farmer. "But potatoes are bringing $1,30 a bushel," wo replied; s "True, but there- are no potatoes;" said the farmer. Just as if this were any excuse for his protests. OurWeaderful Language. There was a young maid in Djjbuqu'e Who wanted to marry a duque. ' The title ah wed "And later she said, "This marriage of mine was a fluque Danger Ahead. - .' . The decorated general of Venezuela and the ornamented general of the United States of Colom bo met under a flag of truce. "Shall we fight?" . . , . "Is that not what we are here for?" ... ''But I hear rumors that the United States of America will intervene." .;,-. "Ah, il the rumor is correct we would better Join forces.- Will intervention be brought about on the grounds of humanity?" "So I understand." "Then wisdom dictates that wo make friends. Remember Cuba." Thus it will be seen that even in far-away South America an ulterior motive is quickly recognized. 22 A Plutocrat. "You complain that your assessment is much too high?" "Yes, sir. Far too high." . "Suppose, then, wo cut in half the assessed vaiue of your piano, diamonds and carriages and add to the HSt tho five bushels of potatoes' you have in the cellar." But the complainant had fled. Unfortunately he had found the board of equalization deter mined to make both ends meet, 'though one end should be potato. 22 Sentiment vs. Business. "In God we trust," a motto bright On Uncle Sam's bright coins we: saw. But well we know each greedy trust Winks at the motto that they just Put trust in Dingley's tariff law. 22 Gessip. "That Mrs. Bilkins is a confirmed gossip." "Has she been talking about you?" "O, .no. But she came over here yesterday and I told her all about Mrs. Jilkers, and now she is trotting all over town telling it to everybody she meets, knowing that I am so busy making jell I can't leave the house." The National dame. ' "I didn't know Jones ever played ball." ,.. ; "Well, .does he?" , ' . . . ' "Yes. Yesterday I saw him stop at three bails and inoke a strike. Struck his 'uncle' for a ten ner on his gQlf outfit" ' . 2i Exceptions. "'Blood is thicker than water" quoted the man who was inclined to favor the British cause in South Africa? "O, I don't know," retorted the Boer sym pathizer. "Some of the titled blood our American heiresses are marrying is mighty thin." . Truly we live in an. Iconoclastic age. 22 41 An Allbf. 'You are charged with having used monev to procure your election," said the chairman of the investigating committee. Senator Graball leaned back in his chair and smiled. "Gentlemen, I can easily prove an alibi. In vestigation will prove that I had more money after election than before." What could. tho committee do? Clearly the senator's defense was sufficient. 225 Narrow Escape. "Did Jones tell you about the big fish he caught?" A "No. I told my story first." W. M JVI. The New "Speaking Portrait. Once more the genius of M. Bertillon has triumphed over the . identification difficulty, and he has come forward with a system which ap proaches very near perfection. "Lo Portrait Pearle," as Mr. Bertillon calls his method, consists in form of a card that may be carried in the pocket, on which are noted down those characteristics mat have the most fixity in the individual and the most variability in differ ent people. "The anthropometrical system," said .M. Bertillon, "necessitates the detention of the criminal, whoso .measurements . are taken with the aid of compasses, but tho verbal portrait which aim at the criminal at liberty, may be ap plied unknown to him and from a distance. "This description, based on a knowledge of human anatomy, any one can master with a little preliminary study, and it is of so much precision that it applies solely to tho person it represents, to the exclusion of all others. It is composed, for each individual, of from ten to fifteen distinctive signs, which should alwaya be borno in mind by an officer in search of a law-breaker. The verbal description has the advantage 0ver a photograph in that it can be turned up in any place at any hour and transmitted by telegraph' or telephone." Examining a verbal portrait, we find that it is divided into three chapters The first deals with the color of the eye, hair and face, the second with tho characteristics of the forehead, nose, right ear and build of body, the third with an analysis of tho profile and face. When looking for his man the detective car ries in his mind only the most characteristic fea turesthe fixed features, such as the eyes, nose, forehead or ear. These the criminal cannot alter at will, but he may dye the color of his hair or tho cbmplcxion of nis face; ho may mdo his mouth under false hair or disguise his build of body by padding his clothes or in other ways. Therefore the officer carries in his mind a kind of caricature of the person to be recognized, concerning himself at first with only the most exaggerated features and taking no heed of those which would be de scribed as average. Everyone knows how easy it is to recognize some vrell known personage from a caricature, which is far superior to the best photo graphs for this purpose.- Pearson's Magazine. Edward's Peers. b. . London The members of the uprlvy, council sat as a court of claims a few days ago tosicori sider various hereditary traditional rights and privileges claimed in connection -with the forth coming coronation of the Mng. After the registrar had commanded all persons to keep silence on penalty of imprisonment, he read thirty or forty demands, Including the following: Tho Duke of Norfolk To act as chief butler of England. The Duke of Newcastle To' provide a glove and to support the king's arm. The BishoD of Durham To support the king and queen. The Duke of Somerset To carry the orb. The Earl of Erroll To haVe the silver baton tipped with gold. . ' The Dean of Westmlnster-To instruct the king and queen in the rites and ceremonies .and to have the cloth, etc., for fees. Lord Grey de Ruthyn To carry the golden spurs. Colonel Brown To bear the' canopy over the ki-3 and- queen.' . : .. The Earl of Shrewsbury To provide the glovo for the king's right hand and support the hani while holding the scepter. . . . . Sir Wyndham Anstruther To be grand carver for Scotland. The Duke of Buccleuth To Tide by his ma jesty's carriage. . . , . Tho Marquis of Winchester To carry the cap of maintenance. " .'. ..' .. The lord chancellor announced .that all claims must be presented by October 31 and the court then adjourned. New York Evening Sun. Salemina, wishing to know what was consid ered a good score by local players on the Bally castle links, usked our young friend: "What they got round in here?" and was answered: "They tries to go round in as few as possible, ma'am, but they mostly takes moro!" From "Penelope's Irish Experiences." ,"" : Ji 'Mi&JtA, i... iti.&kdiL'y.&.fc.'lfr, i . Aitiiuii mmzLwm