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The Commoner.
VOLUMES, NUMBER 2.
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Nothing but Soma Rumors After all
DoubtloRB you have hoard It statod
Knox would prosecute combines,
Well, It' nothing but a rumor after
nil.
'And that greed would do full justice
to the men who work the mines.
Well, it's nothing but a rumor after
all.
It may be that Rockefeller will reduce
the, prlco of oil
Ak an answer to the people's earnest
call.
But you'd bettor not believe it as your
plans I'll have to spoil
It is nothing but a rumor after all.
Once wo heard that civil service was
the love of Roosevelt.
Well, 'twas nothing but a rumor
after all.
That a hate for crooked workers we
must all, suppose ho felt
But it seems 'twas only rumor af
ter all.
With a Clarkson put In office then sent
over southern states
Civil service seems a vlituevrather
small. , ;
Onco 'twas told ho wanted good men,
but his action indicates
That 'tsyas nothing but a rumor af
ter all.
Once tho g. o. T.'as quoted as a,
friend of true reform. -
Well, It seems 'twas only rumor af
ter all.
That for honesty, and justice it had
friendship truo and-warm,
Rut 'twas nothing but a rumor af
ter all.
" 'Twill reform tho Dingloy tariff and
deal equal justico 'round,"
We wore told am early spring till
lato in fall.
But since trusting it to do it to our
sorrow wo have found
' That 'twas nothing but a rumor af
ter all.
Doubtless you havo hoard tho story
that 'Us" peaceful in Uusson.1
Well, it scorns 'tis only rumor af
ter; all.
;i'hat It 'was a -peaceful picture which
r, wo ought to gaze upon.
' ;But . 'twas nothing only rumor after
all.
"When we've got to bribe tho dattds
anil go hiking for Ladrones
Through tho trackless jungle timber
thick and tall,
All this talk of peace wo'ro given In
v,rBV,CU,blnUd niUl 0ilv tOIieS-
AAell, it seems that it is rumor af-
Out of (he Swim.
Mrs. Lottsmon "That Mrs. Olstile
really does not belong in our social
iJJ? ?otroxr"1 have b0n suspic-
loUshow itr But what has she done
Mrs Lottsmon-"Sho is polite to
tho salespersons, tries not to cause
them too much work and the ot hor
day she actually matched a ribbon
JJ thout looking at everything on th2
ribbon counter."
Frightened.
"Gentlemen," remarked tho chair
2S?nSE th0AlliGd Tr3t Managers' L
danger?"' W ar fadng a e
Mv'ff lS IU" 8hrIeked tne assem
bly with one voice.
hiBE?niUJft anV"truBt blUs aro Aot be
ing introduced. Tho first ti,? ,,
know a selection mlShfbS S
mmonrorTjirt
"But what shall we do?"
"Well, gentlemen, it strikes me that
we should Issue orders to our congres
sional employes to keep the rest of
them so busy considering new bills
that they will not have time to select
one for enactment into law."
Hopefnt.
"Roundeboutt is one o' dem blamed
optermists."
"What's he doin' now?"
"He finks dis coal famine will use
up all de wood an' make sawin' some
thin' no longer t' be dreaded."
Pettier Goose Royae.
Old King Coal is a mercenary soul,
A stingy old soul if you please.
For his benefit he puts us in a hole,
And don't care a snap if we freeze.
Mng a song of oil trust,
Pockets full of "dough,"
Many universities
Planted in a row.
When they want more money
Prom the oil trust, then .
Mr. Rockefeller
Makes us "dig!' again.
John is in hiB counting house
Piling up his money;
Dr. Harper feeling
Mighty good and funny.
Whon ho needs the ducats .
His oil friend is seen,
Then tho Standard Oil trust
, Picks our pockets clean.
. ,
There was a Mr. Knox and ho had a
little gun,
But his bullqts were made out of
dough, dough, dough.
And ho swore loudly he would shoot
monopo-leo,
But couldn't hit tho mark,- don't you
know, know, know.
Tom, Tom, the financier
btolo all things that ho found near.
Iho people said, "A genius he!"
Tom missed tho ponitentlar-ree.
Had Tom swiped bread the court
midst cheers
Would send Tom up for seven years.
Brain Leaks.
Easy won seldom lasts.
Tho fool never profits by his mis
takes. Tho home homelike means the street
boylcss.
Cheerupathy is the best school of
medicine.
A happy memory is the best staff
for old age.
If prayer alone saved heaven would
be easily won.
True Christianity does not work in
eight-hour shifts.
Keep Trying wins beforo Keep
Sighing gets started.
People who denounce gossip should
refuse to listen to it
Money will purchase pleasure, but
happiness must be won.
A heart without faith is fertile soil
for the seeds of despair.
Yesterday is for regrot, tomorrow
for rest, today for endeavor. morrow
whn Tn2 lea?s a winninS crusade
while Tell How beats a hasty retreat
Too many men do not learn how to
live until their time has come to die!
He who always looks on the bright
sideways enjoys good mora 1 oyl
Somo people sing "Jesus paid it all"
and imagine that" they have a receipt
in full
The man who takes no interest in
politics is not easily aroused to work
for good government- t
When politics becomes the duty 01
every citizen it wjll cease to be tho
profession of the few.
Thh mnn who is too bUSV to go to
the polls always has plenty of time
to grumble about his taxes.
You can't tell by the wag of a dog's
tail how good liis master is. It mere
ly shows the disposition of dogs.
Some men keep so busy demanding
their rights that they have no time to
take advantage of their privileges.
The man who is always boasting
that he is self-made gives evidence of
having paid especial attention to his
vocal chords.
When a man complains about "yel
low journalism" it is pretty .safe to in
fer that he has been exposed in some
dirk scheme.
The young man who only works
enough to earn his wages is always
the young man who complains because
he cannot get a better job.
Wouldn't Trade.
It is said that Dingley put up the
tariff schedules enormously high so
as to afford a margin for the pro
tected interests to swap "cinches." Tlv:
game, however, failed to work, for
the reason that no follow was willing.
to have his cinch traded off in the in
terest of the other fellow. Memphis
Daily News.
A New Catarrh Cure, Wh'ch is Rapidly Com-
tog to the Front. ;
For several years, Eucalyptol Guaiacol and
Ilydrastin have been recognized as standard rem
edies for catarrhal troubles, but they have al
ways been given separately and only very recent-
ly an ingenious chemibt succeeded in combining
them, together with other antiseptics into a
pleasant effective tablet.
Druggists sell the remedy under the name of
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets and it has met w.Ui re
markable success in the cure of nasal catarrh
bronchial and throat catarrh and in catarrh of"
thestomach.
Mr. F. N. Benton, whose address is care of
Clark House. Troy N. Y. eays: "When I run tip
agaiust anything that is good I like to tell people
less for some tune. Last winter more than ever
Tried several so-called cures, but did not get any
benefit from them. About six weeks ago I
bought a so cent box of Stuart's Catarrh Tablets
and am glad to say that they have done wonders
for meand I do not hesitate to let all my friends
thhT Stuart's Calarrh Tablets are the right
Mr. Geo. J. Casanova of hotel Griffon. West oth
street, New York City writes: "I linve com
menced using Stuart's Catarrh Tablets and a
rcady they have given me better results than anv
catar,rh cure I have ever tried." y
A leading physician of rittsburg advises the
use of Stuart's datarrh Tablets in preference tS
any other treatment fof catarrh of the bead
throat or stomach, "cnu,
lie claims they are far superior to inhalers
salves, otions or i powder, and are much more
convenient and pleasant to take and are fiohnrn,
ess that little children take thtm wUh bSieSHS
they contain no opiate, cocaine or any poteonoul
All druggists sell Stuart's Catarrh Tablets at
ll?ls forulI 8l?S Poe and they arc pro"
LmofetafrCrSh.andn,0?t TeIiablc & 'Sy
The Right Thing,
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I Will Cure You of
Rheumatism
Else No Money is Wanted.
After 2,000 experiments, I hare
learned how to. euro RheUmatlsm. tfot
to turn bony joints into flesh again;
that is impossible. But I can euro tho
disease always, at any stage, and ,fdr-
ever. ' y'H
I ask for -o money. Simply write
me a postal and I will send you ari oiS
dor on your nearest arugglst for six"
bottles Dr. Shoop's Rheumatic CuVe,
for every druggist keeps it Usp'lt
for a month and, if It succeeds',' tne
cost is only ?5.60. If it fails," I will
pay the druggist myself. 0k
I have no sam: es, because any me'd
icino that can affoc Rheumatism
quickly must be drugged to the vrge
of danger. I use no such drugsncV
it is folly to take them. You 'itfust
get the disease out of the blood. xt ;
My remedy does that,' even hl tile
most difficult obstinate case's. No
matter how impossible this seems 'to
you, I know it' and take the risfcfc
have cured tens of thousands of cases
in this way, and my records show thatj.
39 out of 40 who get six bottles $ayA
gladly. I have learned that peoplerVa
general are honest with a physidlah
who cures them. That-is all I : able.
If I fail I don't expect a penny from
you. ' ' '
Simply write me a postal cardlo"r a
letter. I will send you my book afrput
Rheumatism, and an order for1 the
medicine. Take it for a 'month, "as It
won't harm you anyway. If it fails,
it is free, and I leave, -tL9 .deqislon,
with you. Address Dr. Shoop, Box 515,
Racine, Wis. , t ,,,.,-
Mild cases,, not chronic, ara .often '
cured by oneor,:woTbottles. TAtnaJl
druggists. ," . '
Ridiculously Evasive.
"We are bound to believe that Mr.
Roosevelt's heart is in his policy of
regulating trusts, yet even here he -Is
singularly vague and inconclusive. He
does not specify a single definite evil
or namo one precise remedy. Itr is
true, he refers congress to the recom
mendations of his fprmer messago
which were, in a general way, public
ity and national superyision but they,
are pretty well forgotten by this timfc.'
Nor is the memory of them likely to
be balancing now on both sides of the
question, and his' final recomnierida
tion in language as ridiculously evas
ive as that which President Mckinley
used about the trusts, and which they
read and went off chuckling that con
gress pass "a law reasonable la 'its
provisions and effective in its opera
tions. "That will not frighten any
body. This entire part of the message
will, in short, be taken as an effort to
qualify and minimize the president's
previous deliverances on the subject "of
trusts. New York Evening Post. .
Circus Style.
The president is striving to throw
the whole blame for inactivity in pro
viding trust-curbing legislation upon
congress. It is not exactly according
to tho American system that the
president should boss congress, but-it
is certainly not that system either
that congress should ignore him. If
the republican party really means to
regulato the trusts it ought to elect
men who will undertake the job ser
iously, and this applies to the presi
dent and congress as well. All have
seen tho clown in the circus who
makes great pretonse of helping tho
ringman spread tho carpet for the
acrobats and never touchos It These
visits to tho White house appear ar
ranged in the same circus styled-New
Orleans Daily States'. " .
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