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fWP $ The Commoner. 10 VOLUME i, NUMBER 20. a- After Momorl&l Day. Once more we've heard tho muffled drum and marched with halting tread, Once moro we've strewn the fragrant bloom above our comrades dead; Then back to home and love beneath the old flag overhead To wait for "taps" to sound our flnal call. ."With dimming eyes we've backward gazed and seen the comrades true Who hear.d God's reveille and woke to pass in grand review From war's sad strife to. rest and peace above in heaven's blue,. Their names on Honor's Roll while time shall last. Our oyes have seen tho battle smoke; and through tho gathored years Tho soft winds bring to us once more oui; comrades' ringing .cheers; And through the mists of passing time a messmate's face appears, Transfigured by tho touch of hands " Divine. We've spread again the fragrant bloom o'er graves where comrades sleep; The old flag o'er their resting place eternal vigils keep; And homo again we only wait while evening shadows creep For "taps" to summon us to sleep with thorn. A Llttlo Ffeblo. The union workingman was haled hnPnrn his nmnlnvor nnd nnmmniwin,i . ------ v-Mfiuui UMU VU1UU1UUUUU to tear up ins wonting card. "But have I not the same right to join an organization as you have?" queried tho union man, "But we are organized for mutual protection against anarchy," said tho employer. "And wo are organized to protect oursolves against wage slavery," quiciciy saia tho union man. "But labor unions have been tho prolific source of rioting and murder," insisted the omployor. "True, some union men have re sorted to forco," said tho union man, "but has capital always been kind? Is it worse to throw an occasional brick than to operate sweat shops and drive women and children to prema turo death?" "I will listen no longer," shouted the irato employer. "Labor unions must bo destroyed before wo aro com pelled to reduce our ..dividends in or der to pay wages that will enable workingmen to live, as if they wore as good as the men who employ them by tho thousands." Moral: What's human happiness compared to increased dividends? breaking off in the middle of the prayer, "don't you think I'd better eat the rest of that candy and be sure of it?" (by while political 'scabs' lay non union political wires." ,. Explainod. "Wonder what bankrupted Chum ley? He was thought to be one of our financially solid men." "He was until he made the mistake of trying to build one of those ?1,600 cottages he read about in the Female's Home Visitor." A Llttlo FeJblo. The Little Peoples were growing restless and uneasy, and they were prone to ask questions. "Why do ou persist in ruling us against our wishes?" they Inquired. "Ah," replied the Benevolent As similator, "I am only preparing you lor self-government." "But how are we to learn self-government if we are not allowed to prac tice it?" "You should watch me." "And when will we be ready for self-goVernment?" "You will be ready for it just as soon as you are willing to have me govern you forever." Scratching their heads wonderingly tho Little Peoples wandered back to their homes to think it out. Moral: Tomorrow will never come if the graft holds out. Fulllo. "Just think of tho glory that awaits you," said the recruiting officer to the prospective recruit. "Just think of it. Every day will offer you opportunities for promotion, and in a few years you may be a col onel or a brigadier general." "There's no such chanco for- mo,' said the prospective recruit, sadly shaking his head. "Why not?" queried the officer. "Alas, I can neither swim nor sub duo a fractious broncho." So saying the young man slowly walked from the recruiting office. Surprised. "I know I am right!" exclaimed the impassioned orator. "I know I am right, but in order to convince you I will leave it to Senator Graball, who is iu iub uuuionce. senator Graball'.' A subdued snore was the only an swer. ' "Senator Graball! What do you say?" exclaimed the orator. "What-um, .er not guiltythat is. Say, what is it you want to know anyhow," said the senator, suddenly arousing to a realizing sense of whoie he was. Cerofvil. Lorena is just past her sixth birth day, and during all of her brief years her "sweet tooth" has been carefully cultivated. A few evenings ago her papa brought her a sack of candy, and after she had eaten a goodly portion of it she was told that It was time for bed. "I'll give you the rest of your candy in the morning," said mamma. This was satisfactory, and soon Lo rena was robed for slumber. Kneel ing by her mamma's sldo she lisped her little prayer: " 'Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should dio before I wake' "Dooduess, mamma," she cried Longing. It's hard upon a follow When he's got to toil away, Though sun is soft and mellow And the morry breezes play, And tho bullheads are a-biting Where tho waters gently 'flow Confound this job of 'writing I'm a-goin to quit and go.' Good Opportunity. "Jones is making a big mistake by not going into politics and becoming a party leader." mg "I didn't know Jones had anv marked ability for political leader- wT01!1 h0 lmsn,t any in Particular, but ho is so awfully homely that oven flatteriln,"' f "Uto" " Bo.roly Possible. ,iILtllink J know one reaso why S?i!?m?do.not accorP"sh more," said tho laboring man. "Why is it?" "We have a habit of quietly sitting Brain Leaks. S'ome men mistake heartlessness for candor. Gentlemen will not listen to stones that are unfit for women to hear. You have to kneel down before God will lift you up. Piety is much more than a long face and a nasal twang. Tapering off on a bad habit is too much like eating consomme with a fork. The man who spends all of his time preparing for death has not lived lor much. Some people put so much trust in God that they have no faith in them selves. Hope is hard to kill as long as Doubt is kept from the door of the heart. One swallow does not make a sum mer, but enough of them will make a man a "goner." The man who is a day ahead of his work is worth double the man who is going to do two days' work tomorrow. The pessimist mourns over the blos soms that have fallen to the ground; tho optimist looks at the blossoms that remain upon the tree. Somehow or other when we hear people say they do not like to, see their names, in print we always think of Annanias and Sapphira. Cleveland vs. Alttfeld. Mr. Cleveland's lecture on the Debs strike is heartily welcome. li it serves no other purpose it will set thousands of college youths to inves tigating the facts of the controversy between Cleveland and Altgcld rela tive to the former's uncalled for, un necessary and arbitrary use of fed eral trodps. The result of this inves tigation will not redound to the glory pf Mr. Cleveland's statesmanship nor tend to establish confidence in his candor or veracity; but it will re dound to the great credit of John P Altgeld, as a democrat, as a believer in orderly law-and-order, as a faithful GXP.P.llttvf ilTlH OO r . . "'-" " a- umugeous state ment. Others besides college students Will filer, mnlm 4-1.1. 1 i. vv" ofmV T .l: "lvesugation. Men afflicted with grovercleveianditis will not do it of. course; their investiga tion will begin and end with a read ? f fMr- Cleveland's lecture. But all admirers of Cleveland are not af flicted with grovercleveianditis and these will at least look into the mat ter impartially, including AltgeM's SHS' and the idence gin which they were based and which Cleveland ignores with a sneer When the facts nhnut till. i .r1,11 to tho bouom. MrSe andV'cT r:a.tta m?tter His action regarding that strike was taken at the request of the man bine; Tl,is iAhe "VoSo Tact ofCl?o any 'V ,N,J does U & taS a spoCa! cou efot "the u'KE stat TaL cTse! 0t the ouues ior that occas on was nkn n hKLM Ll ,saaa kwSE speda. coWei oEtho 'Ka''K A plain partnership for plutocratic misrule and official disorder, between tho combined railroads centering at Chicago and tho Cleveland adminis tration, is revealed by the documen tary history of that railroad striko and of Cleveland's participation there in. Persons wishing to compare Mr. Cleveland's side of this story with Governor Altgeld's will be edified and instructed, after reading Cleveland's lecture, to read Altgeld s speech at Cooper Union October 17, 1896, in which all the pertinent documents are qudted. Chicago Public. A Service to Judge Parker. The suggestion is made by certain short-sighted and ill-inlormed persons that the objection of Ihe World to James T. Woodward as a candidate for presidential elector-at-large is calcu lated to injure Judge Parker's chances of election. Tho fact is that of ail the services rendered to Judge Parker by The World in the preliminary campaign, its movement to secure the withdrawal of Mr. Woodward could not possibly be elected. The World cannot sup port him. Thousands ot democratic and independent voters would, with us, refuse to condone and indorse the action of the MorganBelmont bond syndicate in "holding up" the gov ernment for millions of profit and try ing to repeat the operation. Mr. Cleveland's labored defense of these transactions, which were con demned by public men and public opinion throughout the country, has only served to bring them forcibly to the people's minds, to rekindle their indignation and emphasize Mr. Wood ward's prominent connection with them. Mr. Woodward can no more carry New York on a popular vote than J. Pierpont Morgan or August Belmont could, t This being the fact, in our deliberate judgment unbiased by any personal feeling against Mr. Woodward, whose private oharacter and standing are ex ceptionally good is it not a service both to Judge Parker, as the foreor dained presidential candidate, and to the democratic party, which desires to elect him, to relieve both of this need less and heavy handicap i Is the party so strong that it can afford to sacrifice a single electoral vote? It was The World's interest in Judge Parker, as the best and strongest can didate for president since Mr. Cleve land's withdrawal, which led' it to ask the reason of Woodward's nomination, and it is that Interest which causes it now to insist upon his withdrawal. New York World. Kansas Philosophy. When a woman pays a compliment to a married man his vifo begins to wonder suspicioarly what it means. The cow is anead of the man: She doesn't have to wait till' some .one is ready to wash and cook the greens before she eato them. - If a woman truly loves her husband when she is asked how he is, she will say: 'Well, he does not complain, but I do hot thmlc ho is very well." You hear a ax oat deal of tho yeilow and tho black peril. There is also the red peril, the girls having renewed the custom of painting their cheeks. This is the season when, if any one mentions greens, some woman present makes a record by claiming that she always washes hers nine times. Atch ison (Kas.) Glol?e. Even the Enemies. "I sui.posV said the newspaper clerk, who was fixing up tho death no nce: 'Relatives and friends are re spectfully invutv. eic.'Y" ' Lerame see, replied the widower. "Mobbe you'd Letter fay: 'Relatives and friends, afeo the neighbors'." I hiiadelphia Press. 'wwwirty iM-tyUfrMi.f.rii.v -p-v-U.,