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(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. ' -'
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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.
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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.
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(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.
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-; 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.
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Next.
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'"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."
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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
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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.).
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