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The Silent Old Bell.
They have sent the BelLof Liberty to
Charlestown oh the Coast,
Where the people meet and greet
it with acclaim.
And we touch it with devotion and we
very loudly boast
That it cracked while clearly ringing
Freedom's name.
Though' its brazen lips are silent and
its echo sounds no more,
Yet we claim to understand just
what it means:
Equal rights and equal justice on
America's fair shore
But subjects in the far-off Philip
pines. Yea it cracked while ringing Freedom
from a despot's iron hand,
And the fathers cried with joy to
hear the sound.
They foregathered 'neath their ban
ner and they fought, a hero band,
And their ebbing lifeblood hallowed
Freedom's ground.
But we've gathered added knowledge
of the meaning of the word
And forgotten Valley Forgo and
other scenes.
While they fought for rule of justice
wo are ruling with the sword
In the name of Freedom, in the
Philippines.
Read the old bell's quaint inscription!
Would it be a waste of time? '
Would it tend to crush our lordly
pomp and pride?
Is it well the. old bell's silent? Is it
well its mellow chime
Rings no more the cause for which
our fathers 'died? " " '-"'
Dare we" send it oh a journey 'round
the world, from shore to shore, .
And proclaim to list'ning nations
what it means?
Would it bring a peaceful dawning
where the sullen rifles roar
In the jungles of the far-off Philip
pines? Take it back! Tis cracked and silent,
and its lesson is forgot.
Might, not Justice, is the motto we
uphold.
Gleaming bayonet and rifle, cannon
smoke and battle hot
Anything to garner in the. land and
gold.
Government by all the people! 'Tis
for that our fathers bled
Died to give a freeman's right to
you , and me .
But the Brown Man! If he asks it
we will fill him full of lead,
For we need his islands in our busi
ness. See?
list the aid of Satan, who will cover
up their tracks. Of our mothers,
wives and sisters they will talk their
tongues to blisters, and to smirch a
reputation gives to them a ghoulish
glee. If they set a soul to aching, or a
heart succeed in breaking, they are
filled with happy feeling to a very
great degree. They will tear the lid
from coflln, for their evil hearts ne'er
soften, and they'll follow suffering
woman to her last sleep In the gravo.
If the gossip e'er sees glory 'twill be
like tho man in story, who sneaked
past the golden portals by an awfully
close shave.
Defined.
"I've been reading Kipling's latest
and I'd like to know what a 'muddled
oaf means."
"That's easy. It means the fellow
who won't do all tho fighting and let
Rudyard do all the writing."
Kismet.
Her name was Annie Mehitible Jones.
She changed it to Annye Mehytyble.
She said she would marry a duke or a
lord
Should eyther one ever be gyttable.
But, alas, for Annye Mehytyble Jones
There never came nearopportunyty;
Andnow she is known as "Aunt
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The young people in the communyty.
Equalized.
"Joe Chamberlain married an Amer
ican woman .and I'll bet she helps him
hold Von Bulow level."
"Yes; but Von Bulow married an
American woman, too."
"Well, I'll bet she helps him hold
Joe Chamberlain level."
The Slanderer.
Now of all the ills and curses, from
the cradles to the hearses, the one we
call the gossiper is certainly the worst.
And in every community, and at ev
ery opportunity, the vials of their
slander they ne'er hesitate to burst.
And their tongues are always clacking,
though, their stories have no,backlng,
and thpy lie about their. .neighbors
when 0the neighbors turn.. theiu backs.
From the hours of ea'rly dawning they,
are lying, croaking, fawning, and en-
Ulterior lotlve.
"Are you interested in scientific re
search along the line of longevity, sen
ator?" "Indeed I am," replied Senator
Graball. "I endeavor to interest the
people in those matters. It serves to
distract their attention from some
schemes I am trying to work."
Horrible.
"It took three wedding ceremonies
to get Chaun:ey Depew married."
"Suffering chestnuts!- Does that
mean we've got to listen three times
to his telling of it?"
Modern Definitions.
Liberty The right to make others
obey.
Self-government An hallucination.
Obs.
Taxation Something to be shifted.
Constitution Something to be
avoided.
Wrecked.
"Poor man! What caused your aw
ful physical condition?"
"Please, mum. I'm de feller wot the
health food inventors practiced on."
Stygian Humor.
"Why so pensive, George?" queried
the shade of Washington, gazing
quizzically at the shade of George III.
The. shade of the departed king drew
its spirit crown over its eyes and re
marked: y - , '."'.
"I've been hovering over a few lit-'
tie islands in tho Pacific today, and
what I saw has worried me."
"What did you see?"
"I saw some little brown men fight
ing your peoplo for the same thing you
demanded of mo and got at the muzzle
of your - flint-locks."
"Well?"
"0, nothing; only I was wondering
if something in the nature of an apol
ogy wasn't due mo from you."
"What, apologize for doing right?"
"No," wearily replied tho jaded shade
of George III. "Merely apologize be
cause I was permitted to see what I
saw today."
Excusable.
"I thought you said you would call
your papa if I kissed you."
"I did, but I was so excited that I
forgot it."
PoUcd.,
"Tough luck Writerly had. You
know he is always trying to pinch
every dollar."
"Yes. What's happened to him
now?"
"Married his stenographer for the
purpose of saving her salary."
"What's wrong with that scheme?"
"It was a good scheme, but it didn't
work. ' His wife says she won't let her
husband dictate to her."
The Realistic Novel.
"I am writing a realistic novel."
"What is it about?"
"Well, the deacon does not get the
best of the horse trades, the money
lender does-not tear up mortgages, the
heroine is" hot the loveliest girl in 'the
county and the hero actually begins
at the bottom of the business ladder
and stays there."
Brain Leaks.
Tomorrow is the refuge of the in
dolent. A dog's tail never deceives. All
hypocrits are humans.
Some men have no idea of humor un
til they catch the itch.
True friendship does not care for a
"card of thanks" In the newspapers.
It's a mighty good thing to be able
to feel young while growing old.
Some men never think of the poor
save when their own purses are empty.
Hustle wins the race while Wail is
looking for a good place to start from.
Waves of reform are too often
dashed to spray on the rocks of In
difference. "I am suffering from a fit of abstrac
tion," muttered the editor as he clipped
an editorial and forgot to credit it.
Too many people measure a 'man's
success by what he gains instead of
by what he deserves.
A great many people who are never
late at the theatre have to be notified
by bell that it Is time for church.
Because a man does business next
door to a bank Is no sign he under
stands the financial question.
The average assessor in a corpora
tion ruled city would not make a good
burglar He could not find anything
worth taking.
If while talking .to you a girl makes
fun; of another fellow it is safe. to put
rit down that she is in Jovewith him.
-: Wil'lM.Maupiii. '"
IS IT AH EPIDEMIC?
Vital StatltUIca Show an Alarming lucres
1h an Already Prevailing Disease
Are Any Exempt?
At no time in tho hlstpry of disease
has there been such an alarming in
crease in tho number of cases of aiiy
particular malady as in that of kidney
and bladder troubles now preying upon
tho people of this country.
Today wo see a relative, a friend or
an acquaintance apparently well, and
in a few days wo may bo grieved to
learn of their serious illness or sud
den death, caused by that fatal typo
of kidney trouble Bright's disease.
Kidnoy trouble often becomes ad
vanced Into acute stages before tho
afflicted is awaro of its presence; that
is why wo read of so many sudden
deaths of prominent business and pro
fessional men, physicians and others.
They have neglected to stop tho -leak
In time.
While scientists are puzzling their
brains to find out tho cause, each indi
vidual can, by a little precaution,
avoid tho chances of contracting dread
ed and dangerous kidney trouble, or
eradicate it completely from their sys
tem if already afflicted. Many prec
ious lives might have been, and many
more can yet be saved, by paying at
tention to the kidneys.
Every person should know the vital
relation of tho Kidneys their proper
functional action, etc. to good health,
the supreme blessing of human exist
ence. Therefore, all persons reading
this advertisement, who have any
symptoms of kidney or bladder trou
ble, are advised to write to Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a freo
sample bottle of Swamp-Root, the cele
brated specific which is having such a
great demand and remarkable success
in the cure of the most distressing
kidney and bladder troubles. With
tho sample bottle of Swamp-Root, Dr.
Kilmer will also send a pamphlet and
treatise of valuable information, if
you will mention The Commoner when
you write..
Treason.
It is now admitted even by those
who voted for tho measure that tho
house blundered in passing the Phil
ippine tariff bill. As the Inter-Ocean
pointed out at the time, the Payne bill
not only ignored all claims of tho
Philippines as American territory, but
went further in tariff discrimination
against .our own islands than against
any foreign country. Chicago Inter
Ocean (rep.).
Credit For Croker.
Mr. Belmont, representative-non-elect
for the Seventh district, accuses
Mr. Croker of having given orders to
the democratic leaders of the Seventh
to "dig the life out of him" in the re
cent case of "Turkeys vs. Principle
and Wash-Bollers vs. Conviction." Ho
maintains that these orders of Mr.
Croker were what defeated him.
While the World must modestly, but
firmly,inslst that it took a leading part
in the work of excavation, yet it is
only too willing to share the credit
with any others vho deserve it. And if
Mr. Croker did give orders to "dig
the life out of Mr. Belmont," ho did
not "use his influence directly against
the democratic party," as Mr. Belmont
charges, but directly in Its behalf. For
it is far better for tho democrats of
the Seventh district to have a repub
lican representative in congress than
a democratic misrepresentative. New
York World.
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