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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1902)
Bhe Commoner. -.! ,v rs Whether Common or Not. t44 0WWOW..,W4. $ ! TOGETHER. 0 0 0 s 0 0 (Bj (ic Poet Laureate of England.) Who say we cherish far-off feud, Still nurse the ancient grudges? Show me the title of this brood Of self-appointed judges; Their name, their race, their nation;, clan.-v And we will teach them whether J We do not do as others can, Feel, think and work together. Both speak the tongue that Milton spoke, Shakespeare and Chatham wielded, And Washington and all his folk When their just claim was yielded. In it both lisp, both learn, both pray, ' Dirge death, and thus the tether Growa.tighter, tenderer, every day, That binds the two together. Our ways are one, and one our aim, And one will be our story, Who fight for Freedom, not for fame, Fr6m Duty, not for glory; " ' Both stock of the old Home, where blow Shamrock, and rose, and heather. . And every year link arms and go Through its loved haunts together. ' -' ' ' ,: Should envious aliens plan and plot 'Gainst one, and now the other, They swift would learn how strbnglhe'knot Binds brother unto brother. - i ' " How quickly they would change their trick - And show the recreant feather, "f:'"? Should star-and-stripe, and union jack, ; ' But float mast-high together. I.- .--.- ....- .. i . rfii "Ndw'let US'tiVle'dnYrh&irtv trrio. "v AtWrueetfis j&Ven. ' " .' .riifu 0 0 '0 .0 0 0 0 Arid vow fraternal 'fellowship1 That never shall be riven; And with our peaceful flags unfurled, Be fair or foul the weather, ' ' Should need arise, face all the world And stand or fall together. .Kent, England. !..i: i- . . . r !. (By the Poet Laureate of Precinct 0.) Who says we harbor ancient hate, . Still nurse the old time feeling? Show me the features of the skate That such stale rot is reeling. His name, his race, his nation, pull, And we will show him whother Our Uncle Sam and Johnnie Bull Can't work their schemes together. Both speak the lingo Cap Kidd spoke, I.ord North and King George shouted Until G. Washington's brave folk The rcd-coats wrecked and routed. In it both lisp, both plot, both prey, ; . lan loot, and thus the tether Grows brighter, stronger every day That binds the two together. Their ways are one. and one their aim, And one today their storyi Both fight to win a golden game For:booty, not for glory, Both wander far from home to search Gold, jewelp, hides and leather, And every ear both proudly perch On ruined hopes together. While harsh exploiters plaji and plot To down their weaker brothers, We'll have to stand such dreary rot From Austin, and from others. 'So, scatter ruin in our track, And loose the war dog's tether, While stars-and-stripes and union jack Spread empire's seed together. So here's a hearty grip of hands r ' Acrqs3 the' broad Atlantic. ' ' '' ' We'll conquer all surrounding lands And work our schemes gigantic. And with our blood-stained flags unfurled, Be fair or foul the weather, We'll shoot our way around the world And share the swag together. Podunlt, JVcfcr. 0 0 0 0 0 0 t .0 0 0 0 ,0 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 i.' i tro k l'. -; The Usual Wee. There was a young maiden named .Mat Whose manner was winsome and-gae. "I shall marry an earl," -Said the' winsome young gearl, . - ' But at last she married a jae. n Next. . M '"What should he our first proceed-1' ;lrig?" queried the chairman of the com mittee selected by' the" stockholders of' the Wireless Telegraph company, "to organise the 'corporation. ''Mr. Chairman," remarked the at torney for the company, "I suggest that we proceed to vitiate the atmos phere in lieu of bonding our equip ment." ' "' " Devoted. "is Bigerly a good husband?" . 'I am sure he is." , . ."Why are you, "sure?". "He smoked every one of the cjgarrs, his wife gave, him for Christmas." Proof. 7 'Why should J pardon you?" quer ied the, obtuse chief .executive of the. state. : :;fA ul merely, stole a few loaves of bread'"repiied the trembling prisoner.' "That, proves that you are but a conimon thief," replied the executive, "and as such an example must bq made of you." "But what if I had stolen a million?" queried the prisoner. "That," replied the executive, turn ing again to his work, "would come within the domain of finance. Being 'but a common thief you can have no conception of financiering." wfk i Coming. .rya Some" time, I know, the clouds will part vAnd let the sunshine through. But, O, I know sit still. my heart My ccal bill's nearly due. Suspicious. "Seems queer that Marconi's signal from England and Tesla's signal from Mars sho.uld have been the letter S.' "Was it? I was sure all the time that there was something crooked about those signals." A Political Fable. The Shade of a Departed Statesman wandered back to Earth one evening for the Purpose of seeing how Things were Progressing. Seeing a Politician of the Inspired Faith the Shade askedr "What is being Done?" "Everybody." replied the Politician, giving utterance, to a loud Ha-ha. " "What is being done to abolish the policy of Isolation?'' asked the Shade? "Rootin' for ship subsidies." "But how about Reciprocity?" . "That's a Dead One." The Shade looked surprised, but re covering its equinimity.., prfco morq propounded a question: ' .,', "But only a few months ago a Dis tinguished Statesman stood before the Throng and advocated Reciprocity In strenuous Tones, and all the People rejoiced. What has brought about the Great Change?" "0, he was a live Statesman then," replied the Politician," and we had our Eye on the Good Things." "But does not Truth live always?" "Well, maybe; but Truth has got to take a Back Seat when she interferes with the Graft." With a shake of its head the Shade wandered further along. As it disap peared down the Highway the Poli tician grinned a moment " and then muttered: "Strange some fellers never learn to do all their shbutin' for the live ones." Whole. "Hello BInks! I'm awfully sorry Lo see Wat yb'ii have broken your Naw Year's ' resolution." "Thash all ri', ol' manNever broke it. I hie jush drown' U' As Usual. , ,;,."IT take .notice' remarked the -grocery .store philosopher, looking up from the weekly paper, "that while Rud Kipling is singin' lustily 'bout flghtin' an-' blood lettin' an' all that sort o' thing, he. ain't enlistin' in no great hurry. Th' feller that's alius hollerin' foudest f'r war is genrully th' last feller t' put his name, on th' mus ter, roll." - . 7, .Brain Lcakf. - r Fine furniture does not make a home, nor lack of it a hovel. Sympathy means something more than saying "I am sorry." Homoeopathic prayer will not make amends for allopathic sins.. To some men duty calls in a whim per, while pleasure calls up by tele phone. The man who never weighs anchor wastes time in waiting for his ship to come in. "That's all in your rye," remarked the policeman when the inebriate started to tell a long story. When your baby cries In church Ji, is a poor little thing. When some one else's baby cries it is a nuisance. If the eyes were really the windqws of the soul some men would have to wear opaque spectacles all the time. ' The happiest time in a young man's life is when he discovers that he wets his mustache while drinking out of a saucer. If some men were as dishonest la their business as they are in their. politics they would havev hard time dodging the sheriff, The fact that a man's hands are calloused by daily toil is not proof How to Find Out. Fill a bottlo or common glass with your water and lot it stand twenty-four hours,', a sediment or settling Indicates an unhealthy condition of the kldncyo; U it stains the linen It is evidence of kldnoy trouble; too frequent desire to pass It, or pain In the back Is also con y ncing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order. What to do. There is comfort In the knowledge so of ton expressed that Dr. Kilmor's Swamp-Root, the great kidney and bladder romedy, fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism, pain In the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of tho urinary passage. It corrects Inability to hold water and scalding pain in passing It, or bad effects fol lowing use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant neces sity of being compelled to go often during tho day, and to get up many times during tho night. Tho mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp Root is soon realized. It stands the highest for its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottlo of Swamp-Root and a book that tells more about it, both sont absolutely free by mail. Address Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When writ ing mention that you read this gener ous offer in The Commoner. that he is unable to form an intelli gent opinion on public questions. It lias never been explained why a hoe handle' will raise a blister on a boy's hands much quicker than la'.ball oat win. Will M. Maupin. niles Not Injured Concerning the rebuke nd ministered to General Miles, the Philadelphia Timds covers the situation in a few words when it says: "Through forty years of continuously distinguished serjice the country has known Gen eral Miles as a brave soldier and an honorable officer and gentleman. If he needed further distinction, it is an honor to take his place with Dewey and Schley among the men of achieve ment whom tho jealousy of political commanders but raises higher in the popular esteem. Miles does not need further distinction and his censure by the secretary of war, acting for the president, as well as the oral censure administered by Mr. Roosevelt, will not injure the brave and capable sol dier in' the estimation of the American people." The Navy Clique. A Washington dispatch to the Chi cago Chronicle says: "Another of tho witnesses who appeared in behalf of Admiral Schley at the recent court, of inquiry has been punished by tho department clique. Boatswain Will lam H. Hill, whose dramatic descrip tion of Schley's. bravery in action was one of the finest incidents of the long proceeding, has been transferred from the Portsmouth navy yard to tho training ship Prairie, which will short ly leave New York for the Island o Trinidad. The navy clique will not overlook any of Schley's witnesses." Treason. The day may come when the Am erican wool-raisers will admit that they cannot supply this country with half the wool it ought to consume, and that so long . cotton and shoddy are usable as substitutes for wool they cannot get for their product the high prices they have hoped for. Chicago Tribune (rep.). rftjk1