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VOLUME 4, NUMBER 22.
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just-GoW-toDo."
The' restful land "Just-Going-lo-Do"
' is a shady, flower-strewn Isle,
Where the zephyrs blow In the sunset
glow
O'er tho river of Aftorwhllc.
'And the fruit that grows on Its spread
ing trees
Hath nover their like for size;
iWhilo their luclous gleam o'er the
rippling stream
Casts a glamor o'er mortal eyes.
Flowers tfiat bloom in "Just-Going-to
Do"
Have a beauty boybnd compare;
"While tho rich porfumo of their ra
diant bloom
Floats forth on the summer air.
And the cool retreats of its daisied
dells
Call out to the souls of men;
Whilo tho restful nooks by the bab
bling brooks
Are luring again, again.
But tho fruit that grows on its spread
ing trees
Where the dew in the morning drips,
Like apples of old, though they seem,
like gold,
Are ashes upon the lips.
For tho promise made to tho eyes , of,
men
Havo nover a time come tiue
In that beautiful isle of the After
while The land "Just-Going-to-Do."
said tho Forerunner. "Now, by doing
as I say, and not as I do, you will meet
tlreso temptations and grow strong in
opposing them. That is tho way, to
become great."
"But havo you grown strong enough
to .overcome them in your own coun
try?" persisted the Little Brown Men.
Whereupon tho Forerunner -waxed
wroth and turned loose liis rapid-fire
rifles.
Moral: If you can find it, keep It.
SodFor.
"Do you approve of the use of money
in politics?" queried the young man
contemplating public life.
"Well, my young friend,1' said Sen
ator Graball, "my experience has been
that cash is much more difficult to
trace than a bank check. You don't
have to indorse Uncle Sam's notes."
And flowers that grow on this beau
teous isle
Whoro the sunsot shadows creep,
Yield forth a breath that is like to
death,
For they lull mankind to sloop.
Thoy hold the eye In a steady gaze
"With many a varied hue;
But their rich perfume soon clouds in
gloom
Tho land "Just-Going-to-Do."
Thougli the bones of men line the
sandy beach,
And tho wrecks of hopes pile high;
(Though the wierd tones of tho dying
moans
Are heard as tho winds go by,
Mon still sail forth on that misty
stream
With dreams as their only crew;
And are run aground on the roofs that
bound
The land "Just-Going-to-Do."
Sonator Knox.
Frick and Cassatt "
Know where they're at
And don't you forget it a minute.
A tool they did need
In their wonderful greed,
And Philander Knox now is in it.
In the seat loft by Quay
Cassatt and Frick say
They've a man who to their pleasure
will pander.
And you'll see that is so
When this fact you do lmow:
The seat is held down by Philander,
As a trust buster Phil
Has amounted to nil
Which is Latin for "not worth a
penny."
In the senate you'll see
That Philander C.
Will be just as worthless as any. '
As some distant day
The whole people may
Wake up and a new courage muster.
When they do you can bet
They will speedily get
A genuine, busy trust buster.
But with men like Cassatt
And Frick at the bat
They'll get it where Grace wore her
corals.
For trusts and their crews
Will put on tho screws
And laugh at both justice and morals.
tho good times he has missed than
have all of his money and bis cares.
If Truth traveled as fast as a Lie,
a lot of gossips would be put out of
business.
You are excusable if a man deceives
you once. You get what you deserve
if he deceives you twice.
It does not take long after you have
met the average old bachelor to dis
cover the reason why he is.
Speaking of passing away the time,
do you know of anything mora suc
cessful than a promissory note?
Making a child happy requires a
very small investment, but its divi
dends beat the Standard Oil company's
stock.
Somehow we have a great admira
tion for the woman who likes onions
and would rather eat them than go to
a social function.
Honestly now, did you over hear a
prima donna sing a song that sounded
as well as the first song your little
one learned at school?
When a girl is 1G she wants to ap
pear older. When she is older she
wants to appear 16, But what of it?
The opposite sex is guilty of the same
thing.
Are you not acquainted with a lot
of people who are continually putting
medicine into their stomachs in the
hope of curing a diseased imagina
tion? Some men say they do not join a
church because churches havo 4oo
many hypocrites, forgetful of the fact
that there are more hypocrites outside
of a church than inside.
A Llttlo FcJble.
The Little Brown Men gathered
about the Forerunner of Progress and
looked curiously at his exhibits.
Among othor things tho Forerun
ner exhibited Rum, Bibles, Lies, Graft,
Boodle, Infidelity, Adultery, Vic9, Di
vorce, Alimony, Perjury, Usury, Ex
tortion, Sweat Shops, and More Bibles.
"I have come hero," said tho Fore
runner, "to assist in making you
great. You have no conception of tho
great things in store for you through
my ministrations."
"But before you came we knew noth
ing of the evils that have como In your
train," said the Little Brown Men.
"True,", said the Fororunner. "and
yet these are among the things that
will maico you great. '
How can that bo?" queried the Lit
tle Brown Mon. "Why will familiar
izing us with tho horrible things make
us groat?"
"My dear friends," replied the Fore
runner, "do you not know that It is
only by meeting and overcoming ovll
that you grow strong and creat?"
"But" -
"There, that will do,' my friends'
The Bell.
"There is 'one free thing at the
World's fair, anyhow," mused the
philosopher of the Joplln Globe. "And
mat's the Liberty Bell."
"Uh-huh," replied the man who has
been there and knows, "and that's so
badly cracked wo can't use it."
Wise SHonoe.
"What's tho matter with Nurich?
Ho used to be forever talking about
his family tree."
"Nurich looked up his tree recently
and discovered that It was in sore
need of judicious pruning."
Brain Leaks.
A little love will leaven a long life.
The true prayer is an humble peti
tion. A heart full of hate is a poor field
for hope.
A thing is not necessarily honest
because it is legal.
If we had the nerve of some book
agents we have mot, we'd bo riding in
our own private yacht.
Russell Sage says he nover took a
vacation. Wo would rather have all
Breaks From Parker.
"There is little prospect, therefore,
of the united support of New York
democrats, that is essential to Judge
Parker's success in carrying New
York state."
The foregoing is from the Mobile
Register, that has been advocating'
under a mistaken idea that Judgo
Parker could reunite the party, an
instructed delegation for Judge Par
ker from Alabama to tho national
democratic convention.
This is a most candid admission.
The Register admits what the Jour
nal has seen all along and especially
since Tammany sat silent during the
stato convention -at Albany when 'the
resolutions were read indorsing Par
ker and instructing that state for
Parker in tho national convention.
Friends of Parker from up the state
cheered and yelled themselves hoarse,
but T,ammany refused to enthuse, but
sat through it all sullen and silent.
This silence was awe-inspiring. It
was significant It chilled the con
vention; it has impressed the whole
country every one who has not been
so blinded by their opposition to Mr.
Hearst as to want to take anything
rather than Mr. Hearst.
Here is what bus changed so sud
denly the mind of the Register and it
is worthy of reproduction in full in
the state press at this time when a
movement is on foot to get the stato
convention to instruct for Judge Par
ker: "The Tammany Tin'walter Scott
editor, and bearing the seal of the
Columbian Order of Tammany on its
editorial page, revives the history of
the wrecked Ulster County bank, of
which Judge Alton B. Parker was a
trustee. The Times says that a lead
ing republican newspaper has ar
ranged to print all about the wreck
ing of this bank should Judge Parker
be. nominated for president. The
Times says: 'We believe that the
facts regarding this crash ought to
be made public now, and not by re
publicans after the adjournment of
the St. Lous convention.' Then fol
lows the story, made un inrroiv
quotations from newspapor reports of
Parker is greatly blamed for neglect
in not stopping the plundering of tho
bank and of misrepresentation in
signing a statement that the bank was
solvent when he should have known
that it was a total ruin. The signif
icance of this attack upon Judge Par
ker is plain. Tammany is determined
to prevent the nomination of Judge
Parker and is resorting to heroic
measures to accomplish that end.
There is little prospect, therefore, of
the united support of New York dem
ocrats, that is essential to Judge Par
ker's success in carrying New York
state."'
The Register will noj;, in the face
of these recent disclosures by the
Tammany Times, and its own admis
sion, "that there is little prospect,
therefore, of the New York demo
crats, that is essential to Judge Par
ker's success in carrying New York,"
insist that the Alabama democratic
state convention Should instruct for
Judge Parker. This is a frank and
manly admission, an admission cred
itable to its patriotism and shows it
has been alone influenced by an un
selfish desire for .party harmony.
Montgomery Journal.
6000 Milos From A Jury.
"No freeman," promised King John
under the persuasion of the barons at
Runnymede, "shall be taken, or im
prisoned, or disseized, or outlawed, or
exiled, or in any way harmed nor will
we go upon or send upon him save
by the lawful judgment of his peers or
by the law of the land.'
For nearJy seven, hundred years that
has been the Jaw of English-speaking
men. But the. supreme court of the
United States, by its favorite vote of
five to fourr has decide! that not only
the constitution, but Xagna Ckarta
stops this side of the Philippines.
American citizens living in that fav
ored land are' not to enjoy tho right
of trial by jury because congress was
under no oblication to extend that
right to a people unfit co exercise it.
Of course the law is what the ma
jority of the supreme court declares it
to be. But there is no disrespect to
that lofty tribunal in saying that if
our flag is floating over seven million
people who are unfit to be trusted with
trial by jury it is wandering altogether
too far from home. New York World.
Are We Honest?
I believe you are, and I am willing
to let you judgo me. i honestly be
lieve I have a book ivorth a dollar to
you, and I believe you will think so
after you see tfte book. Tho book is
one I published myself, and it is made
up of tho poems and sketches that
have appeared in the "Whether Com
mon or Not" department of The Com
moner, and in other publications. I
wrote them all myself. Tho book is
cloth bound, gold side and back
stamps, foreword by Mr. W. J. Bryan,
and has 277 pages. The price is One
Dollar.
A FAIR PROPOSITION.
If you say so I'll send you the book
on suspicion. If you think it is worth
a dollar, send me the money. 'If you
do not think so send the book bacK
in good condition natural wear and
tear expected and we'll call it square.
I make this offer for two reasons one
is I think the book Is worth the do -lar,
and secondly, I think you will
think so and send mo the money.
AN OPEN CONFESSION.
Perhaps you would like to know
why I am so anxious to sell my dook.
I'll tell you I need the money. Now
drop me a card and say you'd like to
receive my book on suspicion. i-
take it for granted you are wiWng w
pay for it if you like it and think it
worth tho money, and I'll send it w
you by the next-mail.
quotations irom i newspapor reports of will M. MAUPIN, .
the winter of 1891-92, in which Judge 1 2022 Sputh 17lh St. Lincoln, Neb
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