6
The Commoner.
Vol. a; N. 23
WHETHER COfinON OR NOT.
The Amended Canal Bill.
5
Dimple Chin and doldcn Hair.
Dimplo Chin and Golden Hair,
Always climbing o'er my -chair;
Novor will thoir antics ccaso
Whon I want to writo in poaco.
But, you soo,
I'd rather bo
Bothered by thoir elfln play
Than without them or a day.
Dimplo Chin can only smile
Boon .hero but a little while
But her chubby littlo flat
In my hair will cling and twist
Till I drop
My work and stop
Everything on hand while sho
Takes a rido upon my knee.
s
Qoldon Locks can talk a streak,
By tho hour, day or week;
And no matter how intent
On my work my mind is bont,
Sho will say:
"Now, stop and play!"
And my work is laid asldo
Till she's rully satisfied.
Dimple Chin and Golden Hair
Sweetest olflns anywhere
Sunshino beaming in each face,
Laughter filling ev'ry place.
What care I
If work piles high?
With my babes I'd rather play
Than bo rich and lono today.
not satisfied with it. You are indolent,
your books are not up to date and you
are novor on time."
"How dare you make such remarks,
Mr. Hiromo? What you have said is
a direct attack upon the army, of the
employed. Wo will submit to no fir
ing in' tho roar, sir."
i
A Heavy Load.
".You say ho loft his ostato heavily
, involved?"
"Yesf shortly before ho died ho
j bought a surloin steak and had it
! chargod."
Kismet.
At winter's end we smiled with Joy,
Whooped loudly twice or thrlco.
But now we find that wo must face
A bill for summer ico.
Tlie Fluc-nt Punsters,
Now we havo a lamp trust. Turn it
down. Minneapolis Times.
Why not snuff it out? St. Joseph
Gazette.
Or blow it up. Baltimore American.
This is making light of a sorlous
subject. Nashville American. ,
Yes, you 'wick-ed boys should quit.
A Political Pable.
A Pationt Ox spent many Years in
doing without murmuring the will of
a Haughty Taskmaster.
One day, however, while tho Task
master was resting under the Shade
of a Tree while tho Patient Ox was
loft in tho Hot Sun, tho Ox saw a
pioco of Newspaper lying a few feet
ahead. Creeping Stealthily so as to
Escape the notice of tho Taskmaster,
the Ox secured tho piece of Newspaper
and read a few Lines.
The scrap Happened to contain a
brief description of tho Iniquities of
the Beef Trust.
"Ah, am I not something of a Beef
Animal mysolf?" asked tho Ox In an
undertone.
Thinking the Matter over the Pa
tient Ox became possessed of the Idea
that it was quite a Force in the World.
The result was unexpected by tho
Taskmaster. When ho Returned to
Goad the Pationt Ox to further Labor
tho Ox bowed its Neck, jerked looso
from tho Cart, broke th,e Yoke and
chased tho Taskmaster up a Tree.
Moral: The People Novor learn their
Power until they Try it.
A Primer Lesson In Politics.
See tho Two Men.
Ono of thorn is clad in ov-er-alls and
has cal-lous-os on his Hands.
Tho oth-er ono wears broad-cloth
and a look of ease and com-fort.
What makes this vast dif-fer-onco?
The ono clad in oy-or-alls be-lioves
that ho can tax him-self rich and that
the trusts are good things for the
coun-try.
Tho man clad in broad-cloth and a
look of ease and com-fort en-cour-ag-es
the man clad in ov-or-alls to keep
on thlnk-ing so.
That is what makes tho vast difference.
His- First Fish.
Dr. John H. Glrdner of New York
is well known in tho literary world,
and scarcely less known in tho politi
cal world. About a year ago ho put a
book upon tho market and it was ro
ceived with appreciation by all lovers
0 good literature and students of eco
nomic conditions. It was entitled
"Newyorkitls," and it dealt with the
life and habits of Now York people.
It was ono of tho greatest books of
tho year and added greatly to Dr.
Girdnor's fame. But Dr. Girdner, like
Silas Wogg, occasionally drops Into
poetry, a3 tho following from his pen
will prove:
It was in the little "swimmin' hole!"
In the "cow-lot" years ago,
When my face was full of freckles
And a stone-bruise swelled my toe,
That I landod my first fish,
With a pin-hook and a worm;
And how I did enjoy
Seeing tho littlo sucker squirm,
Just how that sucker felt that day, '
At being fooled and caught,
Novor ontered in my boyiBh head
For I had no time for thought;
Another section of red-worm
Wont quickly on the pin,
And in tho "swimmin hole" it dropped
To lure his next of kin.
Linos of care now mark the place
Where the freckles used to grow,
And the heart, now gets the bruises
That used to swell the toe;
And 1 know now how that "sucker"
felt,
Whon ho found himself ashore,
For more than once I've played his
part
And swallowed baits galore.
i-i
Brain Leaks.
As Some View It.
"Mr. Scribler, I have been watching
your work for some time and I am
Black tho heels of your shoes.
There are no sleeping cars on the
road to success.
There Is something lacking in the
sermon that pleases everybody.
Wanting a stimulant and needing
ono are two vastly different things.
There are only two ways of doing
a thing, and only one of them is right.
No man is wholly bad, but some
men think it Is smart to pretend to be
Some people never quote scripture
until they want to give an excuse for
their meanness.
Just as soon as some men are mar
ried they imagine that it is time to quit
playing the lover.
We are prone to look at the faults
of others through a microscope and at
our own through the small end of a
telescope.
The ablo man who drops a penny
in the contribution box usually wears
ten dollars' worth of sanctimonious
ness because of it.
Will M. Maupln.
Section 1 authorizes the president
to acquire for the United States, at a
cost not exceeding $40,000,000, all of
tho rights, privileges, franchises, con
cessions, grants of land, right of way,
unfinished work, plants and other
property owned by the new Panama
Canal company of France on the isth
mus of Panama, and all its maps,
plans, drawings, records on the isth
mus of Panama and in Paris, includ
ing all the capital stock, not less,
however, than 68,863 shares of tho
Panama Railroad company, owned by
or held for the use of said canal com
pany, provided a satisfactory title to
all of said property can be obtained.
Section 2 authorizes the president
to acquire from the republic of Co
lombia exclusive and perpetual con
trol of a strip of land not less than 3lx
miles wide from the Caribbean sea to
the Pacific ocean and right to use and
dispose of tho waters thereon and to
excavate, construct and perpetually
maintain, operate and protect thereon
a canal of such depth and capacity a3
will afford convenient passage of ships
of the greatest tonnage and draft now
in use, from the sea to the ocean, this
control to include the right perpetual
ly to maintain and operate the Pana
ma railroad, if the ownership thereof
or controlling interest therein shall
have been acquired by the United
States; also jurisdiction over the strip
and tho ports at the ends thereof, to
make the necessary police and sani
tary rules and regulations and to es
tablish judiciary tribunals to enforce
the same.
The president also may acquire such
additional territory and rights from
Colombia as in his judgment will fa
cilitate the general purpose of the act.
By section 3 $40,000,000 is appro
priated to pay for the property of the
new Panama Canal company and a
sufficient amount to pay Colombia for
the territory acquired from that coun
try for building the canal. The presi
dent is then, through tho isthmian
canal commission authorized by tho
act to proceed with the construction of
tho Canal, utilizing as far as practic
able the work already done. The ca
nal is to be supplied with all neces
sary lock3 and other appliances.
Provision is made for the construc
tion of safe and commodious harbor3
at the termini of the canal and for
such works of defense as may be nec
essary for the safety and protection of
the canal and harbors.
By section 4 the president is given
the alternative authority of proceed
ing with the construction of an isth
mian canal by what is known as the
Nicaragua route in the event that he
is unable to secure a satisfactory titlo
to the property of the new Panama Ca
nal company and the control of tha
necessary territory from Colombia and
after first having obtained for the
United States exclusive and perpetual
control by treaty of the necessary
territory from Costa Rica and Nica
ragua, the provisions as to tonnage
and draft of vessels, as to harbors and
as to works of defense being the same N
as in the section relating to the Pa
nama route.
An appropriation is made of such
sums as may be agreed on by treaty
as compensation to Nicaragua and
Costa Rica for concessions and right3
granted to the United States.
With the Paragraphers.
Rochester (N. Y.) Post-Express:
There's a vast difference between Cu
ba libre and Rathbone and Neely libre.
Milwaukee (Wis.) Sentinel: Mr.
Rathbone may eventually decide that
a pardon in the hand is worth two ac
quittals in the bush.
Indianapolis (Ind.) Sentinel: John
D. Rockefeller says friendship is life's
greatest blessing. But he probably
makes a mental reservation in favor of
coal oil.
Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution: The
meat tax congress is likely to have a
lively encounter with the meat axe
voters this fall. There will be a lot
of chopping done at the ballot boxes.
Kansas City (Mo.) World: Presi
dent Roosevelt told the West Point
boys that he thinks "it will be a great
deal harder to be a first-class officer in
the future than it has been in the
past." Not if the applicant sees
Hanna!
Milwaukee (Wis.) Daily News: Re
cent reports from Pennsylvania in
dicate that, Matthew Stanley Quay is
giving the people of that state as full
a measure of self-government as is
compatible with his interests and ne
cssary for their welfare.
Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-Union and
Citizen: Very little investigation
shows why Mr. Lodge became indig
nant when tho senate asked for our
itemized bill with Cuba. Doubtless
the president thinks the army has been
insulted again, but he will have to
bear it.
Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch: W. D.
Potter, superintendent of schools in
northern Mindanao, reports that the
Moros are very friendly to Americans,
"as they do not resrard us as Chris
tians," whom they hate. This is a
peculiar testimony to the spread of
Christianity and civilization that wo
hear about.
Boise (Idaho) Evening News: Oh,
these logical remiblican editors! Thev
cratic governor in Oregon means noth
ing, but the re-election of tWo repub
lican congressmen from the stale
means the indorsement of the admin
istration's water cure policy in the
Philippines.
Philadelphia (Pa.) North American:
The petty malignity of Secretary Root
and his toadies, who tried to annoy
General Miles at West Point by ignor
ing his presence and heaninc nrafsps
upon the desk warrior, Corbin,wa3
strongly suggestive of a lot of spiteful
old tabbies at a tea party. The people
are learning to love General Miles for
the enemies he has made.
1 X
A Happy Life.
"So should we live that every hour
May fall as falls tho natural flower,
A self-reviving thing of power.
So should we live that every deed
May hold within itself a seed
Of future good and future need.
Esteeming sorrow, whose employ
Is to develop, not to destroy
Far better than a barren joy."
Anon.
Providential Differences.
"Dey tells me," said Br'er Williams,
getting off the train after a protracted
absence from home, "dat de harrican
come 'long en tuk.Br'er Thomas' house
off de face er de alrth?"
"Hit sho did!"
"Well, I well knowed de Lawd
would sen' somepln' lak dat on iiiu
Hits done fer a wise purpose." '
"But de harrican tuk yo' house, too.'
Br'er Williams!"
Then did Br'er Williams take off his
brass-rimmed spectacles, and mop his
perspiring brow as ho groaned:
"De ways er providence is past find
in' out! "Atlanta Constitution.
tt.-i Mr, WinslcmVi Fnnthin? Svrup
fme,S for over SIXTY YEARS by'MILLIONS
ivnLVWl'f CHILDREN WHILE TEETH.
ifl?!WK SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the
cinn& wnmT0 GHM.S ALLAYS all PAIN;
nVATnniWDK.Cm0'T,an1 ,8 th0 bC8t remedy for
Sort K,Jby,I).rUBBlst8 ln every part of tho
I assure us that the election of a demo
r.