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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1904)
wrr -r-- -9-- r NOVUMBHR -U. lm The Commoner 15 v W1 '"i WWPIWWwmi wfeEETp?! Saa Will Do It I observed a locomotive in the railroad yard xmo day, t ,. It was -waiting in ttie roundhouse where the- locomotives stay; It was painting for the journoy, it was coaled and fully manned, And it had a box the fireman was fill ing "fiill of sand. It appears that locomotives can not always get a grip On their slender Iron pavement, 'cause the wheels are apt to slip;. And when they reach a slippery spot their -tactics they command, . And to get a grip upon the rail they sprinkle it with Sand. It's about the way with travel along . life's- slippery track, If your; load. if rather heavy you're al ways slipping back; Bo, if a comjnon locomotive you com pletely understand, you'll provide yourself In starting with a good supply of sand. If your track is steep and hilly and you have a heavy grade, If those who've gone'boforo you have the rails, quite slippery made, If you ever reach the summit of tho upper table land, dou'll find you'll have to do it with a liberal use of sand. If you strike some 'frigid weather and discover to your cost, That you're liable to slip on a heavy coat of frost, QL'nen some prompt decided action will be called into demand, And you'll slip 'way to the bottom if you haven't any sand. ,You can get to any station that is on life's schedule seen If there's fire beneath the boiler of . -ambition's strong machine - And -yau;lkreach-a place called Plush town at a rate of speed that's grand, If for all the slippery places you've a good supply of SAND. Richmond (Ind.) Register. A Qreat Gamble New England cotton mills resumed yesterday, and ten thousand persons returned to work. These people and thousands of others were1 thrown out of work because cotton gamblers, un like players at cards and faro, are not arrested and put in jail. Because of the scarcity of cotton, and because of a gambling device known as futures, a clique of men got together several months ago, and aft er the cotton had passed out of the ' hands of the producers, shot it up so high that the consumer Hiould not use it. Then they went to fighting one an other, and half a dozen of the pro moters took the bankrupt law. The rest got away with the "swag." Now that these pests are out of the market, and the law of supply and de mand rules, and honest men are do ing honest business, the mills are open and honest men are. at work. Cotton gambling and speculative gambling would not be so bad if the gamblers only destroyed one another. The in nocent, however, are always the suf ferers. Workingmen are turned adrift because manufacturers can not get raw material at legitimate prices, and TAKE IT NOW. It's not too lato to prevent serious heart trou bles if you will take Dr. Mil ea' Heart Cure at once, when- you have dizzy spells, jhortneM of hreath, fluttering of the heart, irregular pulse, tyculc or hungry spella. Thesa are early, but ur gent, symptoms of heart w.eaknese, and must be given immediate attention Moacy back-lf first bettle falls to benefit "How far that little candle throws It bam." WBBMrstjMPPfEsBWiMslMisMsMMAlFrtTr Once more is the white-robed beckoning figure dimly seen through the darkness. the men who give the gamblers credit must lose their dues when the gam blers go broke. New York Journaj. Had Right to Kick "Haven't you any Other Saratoga chips than these?" asu.ed the regular feeder at the lunch counter. "What's tho matter with them?" said the waiter. "They're too insipid. I don't mind their being made of basswood, shaved across the grain. I'm used to that. But you ought to fry the blamed things in something that's at least a decent imitation of butter." Chicago Tribune. Restrained By No False Prld Caller Mr. Ardup, you said last month If I would come on the 15th you'd be ready to meet this note, and I've brought It Mr. Ardup Why, the fact is, I'm er ready to meet It, for old acquaint ance sake, but it's simply impossible for me to be chummy with it Can't you come again some time next week? Chicago Tribune. ii- The Prairie Farmer. A Leader Among Agricultural Papers Published Weakly at Chicago, Ills. Subscription Price, $1.00. Special Offer: THE COMMONER 4 AA and i-Both ljear.., Jkl llll PRAIRIE FARMER J V1,U All Prairie Farmer subscribers will also resolve the Htae Majaxlae monthly supplement Send orders to Tlu Commoner, Lincoln, Neb, ! the Wash A lady was looking for her husband andN inquired anxiously of a house maid, "Do you happen to know any thing of your master's whereabouts?" "T'm Tint- miro mn.'tim" renlled the careful' domestic, "but I think they are in the wash." Chicago Journal. Too Much of a Task "What did your wife say when you cahie home last night?" "Say! Do you think I can stand here all day repeating it?" Cleveland Plaindealer. Stories of Robia Haod 'And his Merry Outlaws. By J. Walk er McSpadden. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York; price 75 cents. The two best known heroes or eany English days were King Arthur and Robin Hood. The one stood for the court, the other for the common peo ple, the outlaw's career being at a jater day than that of the monarch. The present stories, therefore, are but the w m A DEMOCRATIC NEWSPAPER. The OMAHA WORLD-HERALD. Iflsocd Sml-Weekly. Subscription Price $l.oe Werld-HeraW and CoHBtur L C:l rtnUU: ftttn. wrw-nr JJJCWai UUIVV1U& VllW. Both One Yar - - - - Send orders to THE COMMONER, Lincoln, Neb. $1.25 J re-telling of old tales whose charm and Interest, nevertbless, make them ever new. The old tales were in rhyme and ancient spelling; they have been hid In out-of-the-way places, and they are obscure and disconnected because of their piecemeal growth. Here they are woven together into a spirited, continuous narrative, making a com plete picture of the outlaw's life from boyhood to his last adventure. Every story is begun by verses from the bal lad UDon wnich It is based, and fre quently throughout the pages the ex act language of the quaint original is used. Incidents are, told more fully than could be done in the early rhyme ' but always in their spirit 1 sl rrr