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JUIiT'lt, 1907 2
The Commoner.
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Always
X love;io sing of the rolling gca
(i' live on the prairies wide.)
I love to sing of the wild waves free
(I rtever have seen the tide.)
Of whitening sails and stormy gales
. (Gee! Haw! And the corn rows
' tall.)
And long lee rails and wild sea tales
' . (O, the dinner horn's sweet call.)
- I love to sing as the sun sails by
The print shop's redhot windows
high.
Yo, heave, O!
Blow, winds, blow! '
I sing of the sea and its life so free
Though a blamed thing of it Ido
not know.
I love to sing of. the knights of old
(My lance is an, old stub pen.) .
I love" to dream of their deeds so
- , bold
(Gadzooks! What a red hot deril).
Of lance and shield, and armor bright
(A linen suit forme.)
Of . jousts and bouts for truth and
. urighi -. --
(Back to my den I flee.)
I love, to sing of .the, old crusades
While? hunting the,:, ever welcome
i"ghades. c
Jjanpe in rest!
Eight with zest', ' ,
I sing of knights and their brave," old
' -.iflghts
But l opine that these days are best.
- v --m
I lovefto sing of ,Jhe "Boys in Blue"
(A' shirt waist siiit for mine.)
Brave boys of- "deeds of daring do"
r(&iqincLli&suit8 me fine.)
. A clash of arms on the battlefield'
H (Me for the quiet life.)
Brave boys who will not ever yield
(I flee from the storm and strife.)
I love to sing of the battle's roar
With smqke of cannons hanging o'er.
Hip, Hooray!
Charge away! tip
I sing at "Ithe brave men true and
tried
But safe in my den I think I'll stay.
.$
I love to sitfg of the harvest Held
(Iidbn't know oats from wheat)
I love, to sing of the .fertile yield
"(Mefor the soft' old seat.)
Of :rjfppling grain when the cool winds
(Auelectricfan In mine.)
Of jipe grain nodding to and fro
(In .the evening long 'bout nine.)
The rapers music floating free
So quickly stirs the soul of me.
Click, clack, click!
Is the measure quick.
'Tia sweet refrain from the ripened
graln s
But here at my desk I think I'll
stick. '"
1 . gS Dreams, Idle Dreams
The architect of this department
has a fortune in sight great or
small. If he is the right man he is
going to get an-estate j and it isn't
in Spain, either. It is back in the
Old. Dominion, and it Is waiting for
the rightful Jieir to show up and
prove his claim, The, architect 1ms
just finished writing out his pedigree
and otherwise fixing' up things so he
can claim the money and the broad
acres.
No sir; no automobile when lie
gets the estate. No trip to Europe.
The .architect has. one ambition? in
the transportation line, and that is
.to own a span of- milk-white mules,
about' seventeen Tiahds high, and
have them hitched.Q.a double-seated
rig big enough to safely hold all the
babies. When the family gets tired
of that, it's off to the Ozarks.
. In the meanwhile there are a few
books needed to complete the little
library, and a few little plates and
things to put on the dinkey little
shelf the missus had run around the
dining room wall.
But the chief ambition of the arch
itect lies not along transportation, or
plates, pr library. For something
like thirty, years ho has been strug
gling to achievq one ambition, and
that is to be the actual and undis
puted owner of two pairs of suspend
ers at once. When he gets that Vir
ginia estate its him to the clothing
store and the suspender counter.
When the architect received the
letter' asking him if he was the long
lost heir and requesting, him to sub
mit his-family history with a view
to securing the estate, he was re
minded of a Btory that "Met" loves to
tell,
A little old shoemaker who owned
a little basement where he toiled
away day after day, was approached
by a lawyer who said:
"Mr. Smith, I believe you are heir
to a considerable estate, and if you
will sign this power of attorney I
will try and secure it for you for a
commission of ten . per cent. If I
get-nothing It costs you nothing,"
The little old shoemaker signed
the paper, and in a few weeks the
lawyer brought him '$20,000. The
shoemaker immediately closed his
shon and beiran n. rinf nf innrv tint
resulted 4n, the .spending of his en
tire fortune in about three months.
When the last dollar was spent? he
opened up his little shop and re
sumed his daily toil. A few weeks
later the same attorney again ap
proached him and said:
"Mr. Smith, I don't believe I got
all of that estate. I think there is
about $20,000 more due you, and if
you will sign this paper I'll get it
for you."
The little old shoemaker, his face
haggard and drawn from his dissipa
tion, laid down his hammer, pressed
his hands to his aching-head and ex
claimed' in a woebegone tone of
voice: ,uc
"Great 'Scott, have In got to go'
through all that againJVx-
"
Immediately after his appearance
on the witness stand in- Judge Landls'
court, Mr. Rockefeller was inter
viewed by the newspaper reporters
and he proceeded to give them some
good advice along, financial .lines. He
asked each one Jf he was saving any
thing out of his salary. And of the
whole reportorlar buneh only one
seemed to bear the earmarks of the
genuine news gatherer When asked
if he had saved anything this news
paper man said:
"I haven't saved anything yet, but
I hope to be able to begin next
week."
The oil king didn't offer to give
him a start. But when the architect
of this department Is" ready to start
hf: great daily newspaper he Is go
ing to hunt up that particular re
porter and give him the best job on
the staff.
one good whiff, and foil right down
tliero stark atfd stiff. But Maud
Bped on with a loud ha, ha! and
waved the judge a gay ta,ta! Alas
for Maud, for the judge waxed hot
and entered a fine of one ten-spot.
Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, "I'vo been
fined ten!"
Maud Muller on a summer's day
struck when asked to rake the hay.
She mounted her rapid buzz machine
and turned on all the gasoline. And
the auto answered the lever's turn,
while Maud the miles began to burn
The judge came driving his old gray
steed that, ambled along with sedate
speed. The horse of the gas caught
Filler - .
When the sun Is hot,
And the wind, too: "
.And there's no cool spot
Appears In view,
It grieves me sore,
As down ray face
Ihe sweat drops pour,
To fill this space.
s
When the brazen skies
Like molten brass.
Bakes, boils and fries"
As the long hours pass,
I vainly strive
With best of grace
To grind out live
Stuff for this spaco.
BRASS BAND
InHramonKpmm. Unlfdrm.flDpHi
n oiwmgri inmxurnonui or, nil kind,
nnwoiwBwjm lire i nu nrtuxt in n
J wilt mad yop n btt)-pmm efttalo
ire. It Kin JMn.l Mumo and Intruv
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My brain pari steams
But I am glum
For o'er it seems
The rhymes won't come..
But, just the same, " " :" . .
J've got to face
The rhyming game
And fill this spaco.
Brain Leaks.
Some bargains are expensive.
- Politics sometimes makes strange
cellmates.
Worry .never completed a task
worth while.
The vacation ' earned is the vaca
tion enjoyed.' -
Men who ride hobbies usually en
joy the excursion.
The new restaurant's bill of faro
always looks good.
Worry causes more perspiration
than the heat of the sun.'
The vacation we miss is the one
we would have enj6yed the most.
The pies are just as good as over
your "taster" is out of whack.
You can never make another noise
with the cracker that has been ex
ploded. s
The wise man looketh not' at the
thermometer during July and
August
People who seldom work, are the
ones who talk most about their sum
mer vacations.
The man who is always blaming
others for his . troubles usually ' has
plenty of them.
The magazine writers are. now
grinding out their stories for the
Christmas editions.
A scientist avers that the heads
of human beings are growing smaller.
We hadn't noticed it.
A man who has money ;may bo
happy; the man who Is had by
money is always miserable.
We always laugh at MarkTwaln's
jokes for fear we may be deemed
deficient in the sense of humor.
We'd hate to feel as mean as a
man looks to us when he snubs the
advances of a trusting, little child.
There Is no one quite so dis
agreeable as the little man who prcr
sumes too much upon his small
size.
You get more good while reading
Solomon's wise sayings if you can
temporarily forget Solomon's foolish
actions.
The wise father- begins Investigat
ing when he notes that his son Is
using great care in the selection of
his neckties.
Before the wife returns from her
vacation the husband ought to settle
the gas bill in order to avoid: unnec
essary explanations.
' When we are hard at work we
are apt to think "we would "be happy
with nothing to do. When we have
nothing to do we are always discon
tented, m .-vf si i",'
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