NOVEMBER 2, 107
The Commoner.
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My Desire
I aslc not wealth
To pile in golden store,'.
I ask but health ' '
That I may toil the more .
For-those I love th at TBay -give
Them daily comfort while they live.
I ask not fame
" To blazon 'round the earth.
I hope my name
"Will stand for honest worth
So that "my children -proudly wear
The humble name their parents hear.
Tr ask not place
To wield official power.
I ask for grace
Upon me every hour
So I may ample time employ
To scatter smiles and hope and joy.
I ask not length
Of Idle days to live.
I ask for strength .
To help me gladly give .
A helping hand to those dowmcast
Beside my way as' I walk- t.
I ask not ease
"While others suffer, loss . ..
I ask to seize'
And help them bean the cross
So they, WqJ stand erecjt aywhil
And look about withv face .illumined
with smile. l
I ask not days
To.spend in selfish gain. . .
I ask but; ways 5
To "banish- grief and. pain,
So that at7 close- of ov'ry day
"He helped me on' some soul will
say. - ' -
I ask no prize
That earth may hold in store.
I ask .mine eyes
May see yon fairer shore;
That I may hear at life's -descending
sun
The final verdict passed: "Well
done."
Good Scheme
"T suerest." Temarked Uncle Ezra,
"that Uncle Sam agree to issue some
honds. on them canals in-Mars pro
viding somebody can prove they are
there. That ought to make some of
them financial kings loosen up and
try to git th.' proof."
' ' Sure
"I say, Bill, we had a bully
Thanksgiving dinner."
'So did we, butfwe had a better
one next day.". -
"Why?" . :y' ". ;?
'"Cause next day we- had every
thing." "What?"
"Hash."
Prime -3Je0Os tm Finance
For many years we had longed to
be a financier, but our education was
sadly neglected, heace we" have -always
been compelled to work. But
f nally we decided to take some les
sons. "The first step to take," said our
instructor who fs also a banker, "Is
to establish confldeace."
"Uh-huhl" fe replied,
"That means that yom- should de
posit your money In the bank, trust
ing to the bank and the banker."
'Uh-huhi" was our reply as we
6ted the fact down.
irm,n with the money you deposit
we will purchase some United States J
bonds, so you will have nlonty of
security for your deposit. See?"
"un-nuh."
Then we will keep the money wo
paid for the bonds In our own vaults
as a. government deposit, putting up
some collateral in tne snapo or stock
in the X., Y. & Z. railroad and the
Aurora & Borealis Steamship line.
That will enable us to keep plenty
of currency on hand to loan to our
customers. See?"
"Dh-huh!"
"Thnn. whan wa rot tha linnrlR wn
will deposit them with the govern-
menc treasurer ana get notes issued
thereon, and then we can lend the
notes out to good advantage to those
who are seeking to enlarge their
business enterprises. Note the benefi
cent results?"
We said "Uh-huh" again, and left
to think It over. As soon as we got
that first lesson properly digested we
will go back after jthe second. We
do not expect to go back until the
note falls due, however.
A Financial Fable
John Smith was a carpenter, and
wanted to own a home of his own.
So Tie went to Bichard Hose, a cap
italist, and stated his wants.
-"Wo can fix that," said Rose.
"You want a homo and I want a car
penter. I liave the home you want
and you have the work I want. Let's
trade."
"Ail right," -said Smith. "Now
how will wo do it?"
"Well, I'll pay you $3 a day for
your work. You can live on $1 a
day and I'll apply the other $2 a day
on the house, which will cost you
$1,400. Then you will owe me seven
hundred days' work."
And thus it was agreed, condi
tioned on the market price for car
penters remaining the same.
At the end of the year Rose said:
"Carpenters are no longer In de
mand, and I can get them for $2 a
day. You'll have to work for that."
Seeing no way out of it Smith con
sented. Ho had paid one-half the
price of his home, owing still $700.
He drew $1 cash each day, but he
still owed seven hundred days' work
on his home.
At the end of another year Rose
said:
"Carnenters are so numerous and
work so slack 1 can get them for
fltUV a. uuj , bvt juu uii fair iv n.
for that."
Seeing no other way out "" of it
Smith consented. He had to have
$1 a day to live on, and after work
ing for two years he still owed seven
hundred days' work on his home.
At the end of the year Rose said:
"Smith, carpenters are more nu
merous than ever, so I'll have to-"
But Smith shrieked and fled.
Today he is in a padded cell cov
ering the walls with chalk marks that
read "700," "700," "700," "700."
The title to the .house still rests
in the name of Richard Rose.
you talk that way about our presi
dent. I want you to understand that
this bond Issuo Is made from purely
patriotic motives, and it is little
short of treason for you to use such
langungo when our officials are do
ing their best to"
"O. that's all right, Bings. I was
merely reading from a letter you
wrote to your favorito nowspaper
about thirteen or fourteen years ago.
I found it In my scrap boek last
night."
Answers to Correspondents
"Numismatic" Really we had
forgotten that there was any such
inscription on our coins.
"Dental" We recontly discovered
a sure cure for toothache. Not only
did it cure the toothache, but It is
warranted to prevent a return of the
trouble. But we've been living on
milk toast ever since.
"Confidence" Anything that goes
with the grocer and butcher is legal
tender with us.
"Ennui" My dear young friend,
wo are sorry that time drags so
slowly with you. Suppose you sign
a thirty day note. If that does not
make the month fly fast your case
is hopeless.
"Economy". Wo can not help
you. Wo do not know tho make of
the furnace in tho house we occupy,
but wo call it "Cuckoo." It isn't
ours, but wo havo to feed it.
Brain Leaks
Different
"Look here, Bings! I think this
proposed bond Issue Is all wrong. It
Is a needless act calculated to make
heavier the burdens laid upon the
shoulders of the people and is cal
culated to enrich a lot of financiers
who have fastened their unholy
hands upon the nation's finances and
robbed the producers of the fruits
of their toll. It I a plain case of
conspiracy between the authorities
at Washington and the gold clique
in New York, an it "
"Look here, Squiggsf I won't-let
Tho real friend never asktf you to
do wrong for his sake.
A little goes a long ways when
fellowship walks at its side.
There isn't a room in tho house
too goo.d to let tho sunBhlno In upon.
By the way, did you ever note any
shortage in tho circulation of gossip?
People who fear death should take
it as a sign that they are not living
right.
Tho man who is forever felling us
what ho Is going to do novor shows
us anything he has done.
Tho small man usually swells up
enough to make a tight fit when he
is piit in a large position.
A lot of people. who ride in auto
mobiles would give the autos if they
could push baby carriages of their
own.
People who waste hours are al
ways complaining about not having
time enough to accomplish something
If we must lose tho "In God Wo-
Trust" from our coins they might
at least favor us by putting the word
"Mizpah" on.
Perhaps wo wouldn't need an elas
tic currency quite so much if a lot
of eminent financiers possessed less
elastic consciences.
We havo learned to do a great
many things that the ancients never
learned to do, and if tho ancients
were alive they would doubtless bo
glad of it.
People arc not worrying, so much
about the motto on tho coins as they
are about a chance to see the eagle
on one side and the woman's, head
on the other.
"Do your Christmas shopping
early!" is the advice of the reform
ers. We'll do no such thfng. Half
tho fun of Christmas shopping is the
rush and worry and press of tho
crowd.
We haven't any Looey Quinzey nor
mission furniture In our house but
we are able to get a lot of comfort
out of the fact, that we can sit In
any chair we want to If tho baby
hasn't pre-empted it.
Eyery time we hear a rich man
telling how happy he was when he
was a poor, hardworking boy, we
feel like throwing him down, taking
his money away from him and, put
ting him back; in a position to be
happy again.
A
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Axe
Every Keen Kutter
Axe is futencd to
the helve by the
Grcllner Everlast
ing Lock Wedge
(used only in Keen
Kutter tools) a
device which once
driven home in any
tool umlcalicadaud
fondle o securely that only Jfr4
cam separate tliem. Hence a
mm
mm
Axe cannot fly off to the annoy
ance and danger of the clwpper.
Ijolc far the Keen Kutter
trademark. It covers thin
"arc Mxe"ntu! also Letter,
truer Sawn, 1'lanes, Arises,
Ha m m er A tiger. Hra ce,
Bit. Gimlets. Child.
Gouges, ttqttare, Bevel,
etc., than Is possible to
find under any other name, as well as ,
Porks, Hoest Knkes, Scythes, tie. If
not at your dealer's, write us.
"The IUtoVtehon of Quality Fit main t Lanf
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leadline railroads and new line bsunr CcmttffML
Vlromcn tiro monthly, become ongtnuw fSH
bnikemcn 140. become- conductors f IM; ioIUob
now oikmi; wrlto at oncn fur particular, national
Hallway Training Uohool, Ino., t07 Boston,
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THE WESCO SUPPLY CO
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Notice of Sale of Land.
Notice- Is hereby Riven that seated bids will be re
ceived and filed In tho office of tho Coanty Clerk of
Greeley County. Nebnuko. np to noon of tho 1JUI
day of December. )!W7. for tho pardiawr of the foj
lowlnjr described bind now owned by Greeley
County, Nebraska, viz; Section K, In Township I
IUne if, and Section TL Township 13, Jtango 9. la
Greeley County. Nebraska. Hfds may be made- for
the imtlre tract or for any subdivision of tbamc
The Hoard larvvt the right to rJt VT or all bids
or portions of bl&. and rcadverttws the abovo bum
if the bids KunwlUed axe dJxproportlonat to tbe
true value- of ihoabove described land. By order ut
the Board of County Commlwloners of Greeley
County. Nebnwka,
Witness my hand and lh seat of aJdconntya
Greeley, Nebraska, this 20th day of November, A.
p.Vm. JAMES B. BAKRY,
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