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The Commoner.
Vol. a, No. 1 3.
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Tho Little One-Ring Circus.
You may talk about you triple rings, of hippodroming track, '
Of acres upon acres of great snowy, flapping tents;
But I would fain Invito you just to gontly wander back :
To days when every circus could with truth bo called Immense.
Just call to mind tho glories of Its aggregated joys,
Its raonstors of tho Jungles and Its panoplied arrays;
Its gorgeous equestrians, Its newness and its noise '
Tho little one-ring circus that wo saw in childhood's days.
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Surely oarth was soarched for wonder s to exhibit to our eyes
'Neath tho waving tops of canvas spread upon the village green;
And wo feasted on its glories, were dumfounded with surprise
At tho great array of talent, far tho best tho world has seen.
Bv'ry act without confusion, riding, tumbling, flying leap;
Not anothor act to bother as on one wo fixed our gaze.
Even yet we see its glories as we close our eyes in sleep . .'
Tho little one-ring circus that wo saw in childhood's days.
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City dead walls may Inform us that "The Greatest of Earth's Shows"
Will exhibit all Its glories on a certain given date,
But the gray-haired boy's suspicious, for he's certain that ho knows
Tho new phow announced as "greatest" is a generation late.
It may post tho finest pictures and by steam may swiftly crawl,
And may pitch tho largest canv as and tho greatest tumult raise;
But ho knows it's not a marker to th o greatest show of all
Tho llttlo ono-rlng circus that h o saw in childhood's days.
Premature.
"I see by tho papers that Carnegio
has given ten million dollars to li
braries during tho last ten days."
. ."That's nothing. I was just getting
iready to sign a chock for $20,000,000
tho other morning when ray wife
called mo for breakfast."
Because.
"What makes tho ocean roar?" she
asked,
J'.nd snuggled to his side. ,
"Because it sees ono Morgan halt
And figure to control its salt,"
"Her lover quick replied.
do the inventors prevent you from
working?"
Wroust A. Bout "Thanks, . mum.
Bo inventors are ruinin' me. You
see, mum, I'm an airship pilot an'
do inventors can't invent'-airships f'r
mo V steer." " ' '
Those Dear Girls. - .
' "John was awfully akward when he
proposed to mo."
"That's funny. He had proposed t
mo often enough to know how to do
it gracefully."
Pulte Plngne.
He flooded his tank with campagno
While seeing the sights up in Magne.
The justice benign
Said, "Ten dollars flgn,
And ten days If you do it agagn."
Modern Maud Jluirer.
Maud Muller concluded to ditch her
wheel
And tako a spin on an automobile.
A judge came riding in rattletrap
chaise
And rubbered around in various-ways.
Tho auto said, "Watch me!" and its
steam then blowed
And Maud and judge were spilled In
the road.
Alas for his honor! Alas for the
girl!
Thoy flew through the air. with many
a whirl.
Of all sad words of pen or tongue,
Tho saddest are these.' "We've all
been flung."
Will M. Maupin.
Tough.
A little tale I would relate
About a bit of unkind fate.
I bought a bran new mackintosh,
And now it novor rains, b'gosh! .
Same Pit.
. J. Plerpont Morgan's cofliin may
cost more than yours, but it will not
please him any better.
A Good Excuse.
t Wroust A. Boutt "I would gladly
go to work, mum, if I could; but do in
ventors keep me from it."
Mrs. E. Z. Thyngo "You -poor,
man! Have another piece of pie. Why
Was dauntless; like tho sun's great
light;
As shining in the places where.
Obstructions stand their shadows are,
His courageous acts oft left '
Tho plunderer of loot bereft;
At tho same time marked the one
Like as the shadow, marked by the
sun.
His fearlessness was frequent cause
For saving others breach of laws.
His love of right and right's defense
Called forth his purest eloquence.
Ho believed that liberty would come
To all .men; that "God's pendulum"
Would swing to left; then to right,
Moved here; then there; by error;
might;
Then man's contentions overthrow
And stop, and point the' way and show
How man toward man should try to be
His brother's helper to make all free.
Long live this noble sentiment
While voicing which his life was spent.
And now ye throng an past his bier
Yo move, shed not a tear.
Ye men of state, in vigor strong
Make new resolves, and pass along.
Yo lawyers, mercha-ts, doctors; all
Who pass today this sacred pall
Take lessons from the life of one
Who listens now to God's "Well done."
Yo young men, students, artisans;
And all who labor with your hands
Remember now as ye pass there
His hope was one continuous prayer
That God would to oppressors lend
A law to make oppression end.
Now as we leave our reverend dead
With saddened heart and bowed head,
Let us remember ,his every plan
Was for the betterment of man.
A shroud of grandeur rests upon
His tenement. His work is done.
By H. O. Nourse, in Lincoln Post.
Which Book Shall I Send?
Please tell me which book I may
send to you, or to some sick friond.
A postal, will bring it. Let me tell
you a way that I have found to get
weii.
I have spent a lifetime on i$, I
have watched it cure in thousands of
.cases as difficult as physicians .over
meet. I . have proved its power; and
I will guarantee that it cures you. I will
pay for your treatment if I. fail.
With the book I send you an order
on your druggist for six bottles Dr.
Shoop's Restorative. I will author
ize him to let you test it one month.
If it succeeds, you may pay him $5.50.
If it fails, I will pay him myself.
Don't question my word, for I do
just as I say. Such an offer is pos
sible, because tho remedy is almost
certain. I have furnished the treat
ment to over half a million people
.in just that way, and 39 out of 40 have
paid for it, because they were cured.
Where it fails it is free.
My success is due. to learning how
to strengthen the inside nerves. I
bring back this nerve power which
alone makes each vital organ- per
form its functions. I overcome weak
ness anywhere by restoring the power
to act. There is no other way. Whero
I fail there is some organic disease,
like cancer, for which man knows no
cure.
This offer shows my confidence. I
know the remedy and you may -not.
Let me take the risk. Ask for the
book that will point out the, way. to
get welj.. Be fair with yourself; write
to-day.
Simply stnto which
book you wnnt, and
nddreso Dr. Slioop,
Vox 5i5, Rucino, Wi.
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I'OOK NO. ON DTSPEPMA.
TOOK NO. 5 ON THE IIEAIIT.
I'OOK NO. 3 ON THE KIDNETS.
ECOK NO. 4 FOU WOMEN.
TOOK NO. 6 FOR MEN. linMA
BOOK NO. C ON UHKUMATISM.
j The Fowler Coinage Bill; J
At Altgeld's Bier.
'..his is a solemn hour: Altgeld is
dead.
Diep is the sorrow of those who pass
with bowed head.
A mournful silence pervades the place
As on; still on; the sorrowing friends
Pass by and look upon his face:
Cold; still; expressionless and yet
It fills our minds with living thoughts
Wo never can forget.
His purpose; his aims; his work:
Tho fruits of his great mind
Were o'er unmixed with selfishness
He wrought for all mankind.
His warning voice was over strong
Against the doer of public wrong,
For wrong to public from his view
Wa3 wrong to all men; to me; to you.
And all his efforts to defend
Embraced his foe as well as friond.
His justiqe, like -the . written, law .
-Stands unimpeachpa-rWithQutv a.flaw. '
His courage In- defense of right . -..
A bill to maintain the cold stand
ard, provide an elastic currency, equal
ize the rates of interest throughout
the country, and further amend the
national banking laws.
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress as
sembled, that there shall be, and is
hereby, cm; ted and established a di
vision of banking and currency,
which shall, have) the entire supervi
sion of all national banks; and said
division shall be in charge of a board
consisting of three members, which shall
take the place of and shall have, ex
ercise, and enjoy all the powers and
authority heretofore lawfully vested
in the comptroller of the currency and
be known as the board of control of
banking and currency.
The members of said board of, con
trol shall be appointed by the presi
dent, by and with the advice and con
sent of the senate. The term of office
shall be for a period of twelve years,
except that the terms of the first three
members shall be for twelve, eight and
four years, respectively. The mem
ber appointed for four years shall be
known as the first comptroller and
shall preside over the board of con
trol, and the two remaining members
shall be known as associate comptrol
lers, and thereafter that member of
the board whose term next expires
shall become the first comptroller.
The salary of each member of said
board of control sliall be seven thous
and five hundred dollars per annum,
which shall be paid out of the taxes
collected from the banks mpon tHeir
note .circulation; and the members of
said board of control shall be removed
only for oause- stated-in "writing..
: '-Sec. '2. That if anv; natinnnl hnnii-
shall assume the' "current redemption,
as hereinafter described, of an amount
of United States notes equal to
twenty per centum of its paid-up capi
tal, .it shall have the right, without
depositing United States bonds as now
provided by law
First. To immediately take out for
issue an amount of bank notes equal
to ten per centum of its paid-up capi
tal, and may circulate the same by
paying a tax, on the first days of Jan
uary and July of each year, of one
eighth of one per centum upon tho
average amount of such notes in act
ual circulation during the preceding
six months.
Second. To take out for issue an
amount of bank notes equal to ten per
centum of its paid-up capital at anv
time after tho expiration of one year
from the date of the assumption
aforesaid; and it shall pay into the
treasury of the United States, on tho
first days of January of each year, a
tax of one-eighth of one per centum
upon the average amount of such
notes In actual circulation during tho
preceding six months.
The foregoing taxes shall not be in'
ci cased so long as said bank shall
nTuJY1! ? curfently redeem said
United States notes, but whenever said
bank shall cease to currently redeem
said notes it shall pay into the United
states treasury, on the first days of
January and July of each year, a tax
of five-eighths of one per centum up
on the average amount of such notes
m actual circulation during the pre
ceding six months.
Third. To take out for issue an
amount of bank notes equal toJ ten
per centum of its paid-up capltar'at
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