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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1903)
XHfiJlMiMH W in- Kit "V The Commoner. 10 VOLUME 3, NUMBER 18, IBSftiEEE I - At- W f& tW J X VA Wl 11 x -T s fTTx (oimorohU The Old-Tim Sons Telia songs that mother used to sing! the songs of long ago, That wreathed her dear old face in smiles and made her dim eyes glow. I hear them yet in memory, and mist hedims my eyes, For long sho's read her title clear to mansions in the skies. 'And as I hear the old refrains she al ways loved the hest I feel the waves of trouhle roll from of my weary breast The old-time songs, the good old songs, that mother used to sing As with the eyes of faith she saw the ' Palace of the King. "How firm a foundation Ye saints of the Lord Have laid for your faith In His excellent word!" In- with it and claimed the reward. stantly Samson replied: "If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my rid dle." Which, as you must admit, was a rather neat way of informing them that he knew how they came into pos session of the answer. The songs that mother used to sing the songs of joy and love That smoothed for her life's pathway to her heavenly home ahove. I hear them yot at eventide when I winds blow soft and low And waft me back in memory to days of long ago. I hear again her loving voice as balmy winds go by From Canaan's fair and hatfpy land whore her possessions He. Tho old-time songs, the dear old songs, the best the world has has known, For to their strains her soul was borne to God's eternal throne. "I love Thy kingdom, Lord; The house of Thine abode; Tho church our blessed Redeemer saved With His own precious blood!" The songs that mother used to sing tho songs of Christian zeal That reach the weary hearts of m3u and all God's joys reveal. I hear them yet from out tho past in rythm low and sweet, fur preventin' cruelty t' animals." "Remember Walt Webster, the boy who could recite 'Spartacus to the Gladiators' and 'the Seminole's De fiance' with such dramatic effect that your hair fairly stood on end?" "Feller that alius took the prize for oratin'?" "Yes." "He's brakin' on a passenger train between Stub Junction and Cohasset" "I suppose Tommie Timson is one of the big men of the state now?" "You mean the little feller that wuz alius too busy study in t' jine our cames?" "Yes." "Drivin' delivery wagon f'r Sells, the grocer." "There was one boy in school whoso name I can't recall. He was the worst boy in the whole lot Wouldn't study; always fighting; could cheat better at marbles than any other boy and none of us dared trade knives with him." "You mean Sam Swiggers, don't your' "Yes, Sam Swiggers. What became of him?" "Sam's in politics and dead sure o bein' elected governor next trip." "And what became of Skinny Ho gan, the laziest boy in school?" "He's gittin' ?4,000 a year pitchin' f'r a baseball club back east" "Good for Skinny! And of course Timely Advice If the .spring Is futher backward an' your nose an' ears are blue. Here's advice tnat all should foller, an' you'd better take it, too; Keep a-stickin' to your flannels till they're stickin' fast to you, . Or th' undertaker'll git you sure an' sartin. There ain't no use in frettin' nor in gittin in a stew, So mind what -I'm a-tellin' you'd a whole lot better do: Keep a-stickin' to your flannels till you find 'em stuck on you, An' you'll fool th' undertaker sure an' sartin. We've no sympathetic feelin' for the foolish people who Get an influenzy feelin' with their undergarments new, So stick tight unto your flannels till they're stickin' tight to you, Or the undertaker'll git you sure an' sartin. country needs more of right now ia boyculture. If men would do as much gardening in May as they figure on doing in Fob ruary and March, vegetables could bo had for the asking. Some churches are so busy taking care oi tne interest on their mort gages that they can take no interest in men and women. Some people are so. impatient that they think if they set a hen in tho evening they ought to . have fried chicken for breakfast Solomon answered -ail the questions that the quean of Sheba put to him, but it's certain that Solomon could have been stumped by a three-year-old boy. Every now and then you meet a man who spends so much time ex plaining what he is going to do that he never has any time in which to do it THE FAVORITE Th Optlraiit - By always looking on the bright side we never strain our eyes trying to pierce the darkness. If the big fish gets away today you stand a chance of catching something better than little ones tomorrow. A good appetite with ability to hus tle is a whole lot better than a mil- 1 LUDWIG 11 BH fSS!SMSSSpwMeMdB Blllv Boles made a success In life?" ntr.. 11.. lilll fnlln.. 4-Vinl I ,"lr;taS, ' Zw- aollats an4 a stomach tbat mat hard f'r an eddication?" "Yes." "He's preachin over in Slimville an' gittin $350 a year, when everybody pays up." Biblical Hanoi-. Those people who think that humor is foreign to the Book of Books have failed to study it closely. There is nothing in literature more quaintly humorous than the Biblical account of And feel the joy that all may find be- the sickness and death of King Asa. work. If the rain catches you without an umbrella just remember that the-e was a time when there were no um brellas. If your hoy wears out a dozen pairs of shoes a year it's because he is strong and healthy, and shoes are cheaper than physicians. Awarded Medals: side the Mercy Seat I hear the songs I used to hear when, sitting by her knee, She sang of heavenly homo above where many mansions be. The old-timo songs, tho dear old songs 0 sing them o'er and o'er "Until wo meet tho dear ones gone to yonder shining shore. . "When we hear the music ringing In that bright, celestial dome; When sweet angel voices singing Gladly bid us welcome home!" Sometimes .Happt ri The weary city man wandered back to his boyhood home after almost a half-century of happiness. He took great delight in talking over tho old days with the people. "What ever became of Percy , Pierce?" he asked of tho grizzled old village blacksmith. "That little red-headed feller that was always play in' hooky?" "Yes." "Gone t' congress." "And how did Jack Turner do?" "Little Jack that wuz alius flshin when he should a been study In'?" "Yes." "One of our jedges of tho supremo court" "Of courso you remember Tim Hoofey, the freckled boy who was al ways pulling the wings oil of flies and shooting birds. What has become of him?" "Tim's president of the state society The account reads as follows: "And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not the Lord, but to the physicians. And Asa slept with his fathers." Certainly the inspired writer had a very poor opinion of the medical pro fession. Students of anthropology who de sire to ascertain the direct descent of our English cousins who stumble be fore the aspirate should consult tho twelfth chapter of Judges. It is there first recorded that a people had trou ble with the letter "h." The Ephraim ites and the Gileadites were at war. The Gileadites put the Ephraimites to flight and then stationed men at the fords of Jordan to intercept the fugi tives. In order to make sure of their victims they asked each man who crossed the Tiver to pronounce the word "shibboleth." "The good book says: "Then said they (the Gileadites) unto him (the Ephraimite) say now shibboleth; and he said sibboleth; for ho could not frame to pronounce it right Then they took him and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraim ites forty and two thousand." Samson propounded a riddle to a lot of his friends and promised a re ward if they guessed it in seven days. They prevailed upon Samson's wife to secure tho answer and tell It to them. Then they hastened to Samson Limerick There was a young fellow in Butte Who thought he was awfully cutte. But when he appeared The people all jeered And gave him a horrible hutte. Paris 1&00. Buffalo 1901. London 1902. QUALITY HIGH PRICES 10W Musicians agree that for Resonant Tone, Agreeable Touch, Quick Action, Beautiful i Case Design, The Ludwig is their Favorite Piano. Write for a New Catalogue. Paternal Pride "That boy of mine is bound to be president some day," "What makes you think so?" "He broke seven hosses to the sad dle and writ a piece for the papers before breakfast yesterday morning." Brala Leaks The truly bravo fear to do wrong. Ill luck is generally pure laziness. Doubt is Satan's recruiting officer. Example is better than precept, and also harder. 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