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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1904)
5J?5aji5?HPJJ5f"T y 7 "jnp "yft w rf T" ,f i 'i M J V 10 The Commoner. VOLUME, $, NUMBER 31 R' P. IV' rfSfcS0 "Dood MornlnT Each morning, when, tlio sun comes :, ' up ' To tint tho cast with red; iWhen birds sing sweet tho day to i greet In branches overhead, 'Tis thai, I fully realize v I'm rich beyond compare; For sweet and clear a voice I hear: "Dood inornin', pop you dere?" Tho cares of day may vest tho night With visions dark and strange; 'And through my sleep dark phan toms creep. Arid dismal doubtlngs range. But whon tho morning sunlight i breaks , Then farewell doubt and care, For sweet and clear a voice 1 hear: "Dood mornin', pop you dere?" The day dawns bright and Hope re vives. Tho tasks it brings to me Seem to bo small if but that call Comes fraught with childish glee. And light of heart I face tho day,' For on its morning air Comes music sweet my ears to greet "DOod mornin', pop you doro?" "When life is done, its tasks laid down; When comes eternity; I hunibly pray the judgment day . "Wjlt bring one booh, lo tne. ' One boon alpne r ask" of Tliee Tliat in yon city fair y' ' ' My ears shall hear this greeting clear "Dood mornin', pop you dero?" us," said the chairman. "I wonder what we can try that will interest the people? Has anybody any suggestion to offer?" "Mr. Chairman," said tho old-fath-ioned Christian who had said never a word during the discussion, "perhaps I have a suggestion that might prove of value." "I am suro we would be pleased to hear from our good brother," said the chairman. "What is it you would sug gest?" "I've been thinking that if we tried preaching the gospel and practicing it a little bit it might interest somo people," said the old-fashioned mem ber. V During the silence that followed the electric lights winked and tho organ's bellows caught a long breath. Caught. "Do you believe in signs?" queried tho Sweet Young Thing. "Yes, indeed," replied tho Easy Young man. "Do you believe in that one over there?" queried the S. Y. T., pointing to one which read: "Best ice cream soda in the city, 10c." Now Fields. Tho eminent financier sat alono in his study and mused. "I have floated watered stock until there is danger of a flood. I have cor nered the iron and steel market. I have got my grip on the coal busi ness; In' fact; I have about gobbled up everything in sight. -What shall I do next?" Long and earnestly tho eminent fi nancier searched his innermost soul for the answer. Finally a bright smile illumined his face. "Aha, I have it," he' exclaimed. -Til look up some helpless and alien? peoplo who can't help themselves and indulge in a little benevolent assimilation." Then tho eminent financier went to the telephone and called up a rifle fac tory and gave a big order. After ward he 'phoned to another place for some bibles. Later the work of benevolent assim ilation was begun under favorable auspices. Scientific. fe "I see by dis polper day the sci entific sharps say dat a feller ort ter wash his hands every time ho handles money," said Dodgen Wurk, looking up from the paper he had begged from & passing stranger.' . "I alius wash mo hanas arter hand lln' money," said Will Knott Toyle, gazing at his Angers. Next. The church board mot in extra ordinary session to consider matters of grave importance. "We've got to do something to arouse interest in our church work," said the chairman. ' "That's true," observed tone mem ber. "We've tried putting free baths in the basement, but they didn't draw." "And we put in a gymnasium that proved a failure," observed another. "And our 'temperance saloon' flz zle'd out lnsido of a month," sadly re marked another. "Our church socials are failures," piped a small man Jrom tho dark cor ner. "Our illustrated sermons on Shakes peare and Milton, and our kinetoscoplc lectures on Mars . and Venus, didn't bring out tho pqople," sorrowfully rp marke'd. another, ...,., "Yes, all of these things 'haVo'fallcd Squelched. "I see wo have with us this evening Dr. Borem," remarked the chairman of the meeting. "I am sure wo would be pleased to hear irom the doctor for a few minutes." "Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentle men," said Dr. Borem, rising and bowing profoundly. "I thank you heartily for your courtesy, but I do not think I have anything of interest to say to you this even " "If that is the case," interrupted the chairman, "and there being no further business berore- the meeting, we win stanu aajournea." The crowd filed out, leaving Dr. Borem standing alono upon the floor and wondering what Happened. Experience had taught the chairman that the speaker who had nothing to say usually took about two hours .to say it. Broclrv Leaks The stand-still Christian never grows, Put-off Towh is the refuge of the indolent. It takes something more than pew ity to beget piety. The Guatamalan ant of hope is death on the boll weevil of worry, You should not expect your pastor' to do all of your praying for you. Those quickest to forgive an injury aro the slowest to forget a favor. We can listen with patience to everybody but the man with a griev ance. The man who never had a tooth ache is always quick to recommend tho dentist." . People who regard heaven as merely a "place of rest" will not enjoy it it they get there. After all, do you suppose the czar is any prouder of that boy than you were of your first one? Have you ever seen people who ap proach tho Throne of Grace as if it were a bargain counter? We would rather seea man riding a hobby than forever submitting to the views of other men. Wisdom does not wholly consist in knowing things. Tho wisest men of earth were those who refused to "learn some things. Just because you can not make a silk purse out of a sow's ear is no reason why you k should never try to make something. The stumbling stones -of the- fool are the stepping stones of the wise. Filling, into debt a furlong: meads climbing 'ap a mile. ' We are always willing to assert that there is a good housekeeper in the house if the backyard Is- decorated with phlox and hollyhocks. Perhaps you have noticed that when a man's wicked schemes have been ex posed by the press he begins to com plain about "yellow journals." Some churches have to spend so much time taking care of the interest on their debts that they have too little time for the consideration of the soul's interest. We don't like -him we mean the man who nfeets' us - just as we are taking our "first outing after a spell of sickness and proceeds to tell how much sicker he wast Gold Bricks. "It tickles me every time I read about some old yap buying a gold brick," said Sharpom, looking up from the evening paper and addressing Cutely, who sat in the seat opposite. "Me, too," said Cutely. "I can't un derstand how anybody can be so fool ish as to bite at the old sold brick game." "Nor I, either. By the way, Cutely, want to buy some stock in the shin ping trust?" "Well, I might trade you some amal gamated copper stock for it." j The Farm la Politics. Gradually, but surely, and with never a backward step, does the farm advance. Not in the old sense is its increased importance made manifest. Statistics are wanting; but it is prob able that the farm, as the birthplace of famous men, is no busier now than it was say fifty years ago. It ac quires its heightened significance wholly from the fact that having long been the favorite birthplace, it is fast becoming the dwelling place of fame through the medium of politics. The Hon. Charles W. Fairoanks, second in command of tho republican, expedition, lingers mentally with fond ness, no doubt, in the Big Darby country of northern Ohio; but bodily he lingers there no longer. Tho function of the farm ja his case was its old-time function that of training and nourishing the youthful stalk, and sending it up, strong and straight, six feet several inches into the world. But to the Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Sm,.HonV Alton B Parker, .the Hon. William J. Bryan, and the Hon. Thom as C. Piatt tho farm has a present and .far from, a reminiscent ,- From the sunny slopes of SaKa moro Hill the president supplies hia summer table. Tho hay, the Newtown -pippins and the red poll cattle are as much a, part of Bosemount and Rose mount daily news as the judge him self At the Fairview stock farm in Lincoln, Neb., the Hereford calf, the Angua cow, the Durham bull and tho Poland China pigs dwell together with the farmer in precious Jeffersoniau simplicity. And at Highland Mill one can almost hear the cool drip dripping of tho wheelthe senior sen ator of the empire state finds rest and rakes, solace and sweet peas. Thus is the farm distinguished and uplifted. More so even than in age3 past, when Cincinnatus pushed hia willing plough, or when Webster tossed the incense-bearinc hav. n York Sun. Nebrecskix State Fair The Nebraska State Fair has long held front rank among state exposi tions, and is recognized throughout the country as being a pioneer in all lines tending to a better and fuller exhibition of all the resources of our modern life. The 1904 fair will bo ahead of any yet given, although each succeeding year seems to mark tho 'limit of expansion. During the past twelve months extensive additions and improvements have been made upon the, grounds at Lincoln, but even with the extensive additions the manage ment finds itself hard pushed to ac commodate all the exhibitors who have .applied for .space. This is espe cially true of the live stock and poul try, departments. Ever on the look out for new attractions the manage ment has contracted with the owner of. the famous pacer, Dan Patch, for an exhibition, during the coming fair, and on Tuesday, August SO, this speedy horse will be sent au exhi bition mile In an effort to break the pacing record. Tho Nebraska State Fair for 1904 will be held at Lincoln, August 29 to September 2. "Going to the Fair." An ox team and covered wagon, representing .the slowest method of travel adopted by any world's fair party, has arrived, at the fair grounds from Pittsburg, Pa., haying spent eighty days on the. road in continu ous travel. Tho party came through a numbfer of large cities on the way, exciting , much comment, particularly as it came down State street, Chi cago. - The canvas cover of the wagon car ried the following inscription: "En Route Pittsburg to the. World's lair, and "Visit the Agriculture Building at the World's Fair and See the Red Glare at the Fair." The trip was made in the interests of an exaiblt in. the food section or tne palaco of agriculture, and the wagon carried a load of world's fair merature, whica was distributed along the route. The trip of 900 miles was made oy average speed of a little over oleven miles each day. The six-ox team was driven by T. N. Gibson, a typical driver of tho days when this was tne most popular mode of transportation in the United States. The party came In charge of Mr. Carl Burroughs or Pittsburg, and after remaining a lew days at the fair, will start in the re turn trip to Pittsburg. St. Louis re public. "I Can't Go I'va guch a terrible headache," need never be said again. Dr. Miles Ant Pain Pills quickly cure and P?f f prevent headacha and all bodi y pn J. Np opiates, hon-laxatlve, noycr sold in w Guarauteod, ',A11 druggist. -5 J 5S3. Du. MfiLus Medical Co., Elkhart, iuu, "v "'S- a i
