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The Hollyhock
I may be an old-fashioned man and
hardly up-to-date;
At getting next to modern things I may
be rather late;
But I don't care I have my likes, and
think old-fashioned flowers
Arc prettiest of all that grow In this
old world of ours.
The tender, scentless, things that grow
in hot house under glass
May be to some the proper thing, I'm
not one of that class
You take them if you like them, I'll
take other flowers In mine,
The hollyhocks that nod and bloom in
tall and stately line.
The hollyhocks are nodding cheery
welcome as I walk v
Through the garden, and of old days
and of old times to me talk.
And they whisper tales of childhood
when all days were free from
care,
When the nights brought dreamless
slumber and the world was
bright and fair.
Whisper stories of my childhood, bring
the old days back to hie,
And within the deep-belled blossoms
faces of my loved I see,
So I love these friends of childhood
with their colors rich and fine.
Hollyhocks that nod and blossom in
a tall and stately line.
Rainbow colors flashing sunlight -when
exactly like the cigars to be found in
the prison contractor's private desk.
The motion prevailed.
"Mr. Chairman," said Senator
Scringe, "the bill I have in my hand
seeks to prevent the employment . of
.children under the age of fourteen
years in any mill, mine or factory. I
introduced the bill by request, but per
sonally I am opposed to it."
"Mr. .Chairman," said Senator
Skynee, "I am opposed to that bill
because it is aimed to destroy the right
of an employer to employ whomsoever
he pleases. A man has got a right to
employ labor where he can get it the
cheapest, and this bill seeks to compel
him to pay extortionate wages. I be
lieve that children should be put to
work as soon as they are big enough.
It keeps them out of mischief and
teaches them habits of industry. I
am opposed to the bill and move we
recommend it for indefinite postpone
ment" The motion was seconded and car
ried.
"Mr. Chairman," said Senator
Skimp, "the bill I have here provides
relief for the general public. It is a
bill to reduce the freight rates. I
believe freight rates are too high, but
this bill, I believe, makes too great a
reduction. With some amendments I
believe it would be a good bill, and I
desire to offer "
"Mr. Chairman," said Senator
Skeem, "we ain't got no time to fool
away discussin' that there measure.
come to me had I lived a few hundred
years later and been allowed i. (i0(w
the facts by submitting myself i0 the
investigation- of a commissioner"
Pulling a copy of the Stygian Dallv
News from its ghostly pocket, tha
shade of Hastings turned to tin Wash
ington date line and resumed its re
reading of the Garfield beef trust r
port.
The Excuse
"I did hope that the late congress
would do something for the people"
"Perhaps it would have done so had
it not been' so busy doing things to
the people;"
Experienced
"Look here, Biggsby; did you say I
was a liar?"
"No, I did not. That's not what I
said."
"What did you say?"
"I merely said that your assertions
were on a par with the 'gentlemanly
agreements' of the railroad managers"
. "That's all right. But if you had
called me a liar we would have had
trouble right here." "
the BDrinKtime breezes blow: awa? discussin' that there measure.
Sentries guarding mem'ries happy as lt erowin .late an .1 am anxious
adown the path I go;
Cheery welcome in the whispers from
their vari-colored throats
As they bend and nod to breezes in
their quaint green-tinted coats.
Who would pass these old-time flowers
with no thoughts of other days?
Who could pass their friendly blossoms
on less friendly flowers to gaze?
Give me these old;fashioned flowers
'round which memories en
Hollyhocks that nod and blossom in
a tall and stately line.
(A-I30-W-2) I
' AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.
It Is no wonder tho country editors
are such an important factor in poli
tics and legislation. Papers read at
the meeting of the State Editorial as
sociation this year show an alertness
and a grasp of public questions not
excelled anywhere. John C. Annle
gato's paper on the railroad question
and Frank M. Eddy's dissortion on The
. paper trust are documents of which
the association should bo proud
Minneapolis Journal. oiw.
Stops
Chills
"PaiukUWv
(PICRRY DAVIS')
Cures
Colds
A Legislative Idyl
The general committee of the state
senate was called to order by the
chairman.
"Gentlemen," said he, "we are gath
ered to consider a number of bills and
decide whether or not they, should be
allowed to become laws. The honor
able body of which we are members
looks to us to sift the good from the
bad, in order that the honorable body's
time be not wasted. What is your fur
ther pleasure, gentlemen?"
"Mr. Chairman," said Senator
Scrooge, "the bill I have in my hand
No 223, is a bill supported by the la
boring men and it asks that the state
compel tho prison contractor to brand
his goods 'convict made.' Now I am
of the opinion"
"Mr. Chairman!" shrieked Senator
ouuu, un.it mere Din ain't no good
We are a gcttin' several thn,,en.? J,
lars a year from that there contract
and It ain't no fair tryin' for to dis
criminate against the man that pays
us the money. Them labor agitators
what are push'n' this here bill are
selfish, so they, are, and they ain't
entitled to no consideration. I mwQ
we recommend that there bill for in
definite postponement."
"I second the motion " KnM annt.
Smooth, Hghtlng a pM&fSSJS
to git through and go home. I cot
just an hour to catch the train to get
home over Sunday and look after some
personal business, an' I move we kill
that there bill right here and git it
out of the way."
And it was so ordered, the commit
tee being unanimous in its desire to
take advantage of the annual passes
provided by courtesy of the railroads.
in one time and two motions the
committee proceeded to lull a bill to
compel railroads to handle live' stock
expeditiously, a bill to make public
service-corporations liable for Injuries
sustained by employes while in dis
charge of their duties, a bill to com
pel railroads to provide sites for inde
pendent elevators, a bill to abolish
passes, a bill to regulate common car
riers, a bill to compel railroads to fur
nish cars to independent shippers, and
other bills of a like nature.
When the senate . convened on the
following Tuesday every bill demanded
by the corporations went through with
a rush, and the lobbyist of the princi
pal railroad corporation in the state
put trip pass book No. 57 back into
his desk, and took out book No 58
and softly ran the 100 leaves through
his fingers.
"The railroad- pass is a courtesy,"
ho whispered to himself, winking at
the inkstand "and in no sense a bribe.
But I m glad the other fellows have
j JrEi "" ,courtesies'. 'to hand out
cultfo m" S a bit more difll
Too Previous
The shade of Warren Hastings
strolled sadly along the banks of the
btyx.
"Why mournest thou?" queried the
shade of John Law.
"Alas, that I should have missed
such a great opportunity." .
"What opportunity did you miss'"
Bubble. th SbadG f the MIssIsPPi
i'Tho opportunity. that, wo.uld have
Brain Leaks
True love is implicit trust.
Piety consists of doing, not of look.
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The more we put into life the moro
we get out of it.
It takes more than dogma and creed
to make a Christian.
We strengthen ourselves by tho
exercise of lifting up others.
Satan wastes no time scheming to
get hold of a heart full of hate.
The happiest man is he who makes
the best he can of the worst he gets.
Some of our greatest joys are re
calling the sorrows we have outlived.
It is impossible to ' make a moun
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heaven.
The giving of a. kind word often
accomplishes more than the gift of
much gold.
Some men train their consciences
to approve of evil, and then calmly in
sist that they are doing right.
The greatest reformer-'and teacher
the world has ever known never car
ried a "big stick," never swaggered,
never insured peace by preparing for
war and never posed.
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