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Tm MARCH 6, 1903 The Commoner. 13 SEEDS BUCKQEB'S SEEDS SUCCEED ! SPECIAL OFFER: ilodo to build Now BmdncM. A trial will nirci iriin ! iiiai iiiiii. aiiNi.aii.iaii . PHze Collection !!.dJ'hl7varIetIea;I1t.1 .a. i. . !.. T a1.a.l ..1 a a!., .. O ft.. m al a no io Burlncnowerlng Itnlbo iw varieties in all. GUARANTEED TO PLEABE. IVrfe to-day; Mention this Paper, i rnvet noiUss and p&cklnir Mid receive tills TaluaMo A collection or bccub pompiuu, wgeinor wnn my nig Instructive, jtcanuitu occu ana jriant jook, lolli all aDout tno .ucat vaneuei oi &oeaif rianis, eic. HU1 DnLT,aa ROGKFOTtl) SKED FARMS . ff. DUCKOBS, FAUM212EO0KTORD.ILL. Fun mid Health for Boys and Girls. Children get raoro keen enjoyment more health ful fun with tills nobby pony rig then any other way for the- money. Safo from tip-overs, strong, and roomy enough to carry all of them. Made to last as well as nobby and handso.no. OUIt PONY FARM best stocked In tho West. Wo mako shipments of Pony IUgs comploto with all tho trimmings. Ponies guaranteed, kind, sound and gcntlo. Rig?, tho bost madeThousands of pleased parents and happy children tell of beauty and fun of our rigs. Wrlto for now, beautifully Illustrated freo catalogue Our rcasonablo prices will surprise. Michigan ttuffgy Co., 48-1 onico Bldg., Kalama zoo, Mich. Largest makers of pony rigs In tho world. 3ff& rfe Send "" TOnr &dntt 1 H1C6U .HBffli anl wewllUhowyou ti BJ C3W 5UB howtomako3aday v absolutely sure; we f urnlih the work and teach you f ree.yoa work In the locality where you 1 1 o. Send us your addrew and we will r,rememoer wo gunranmu t.c. yiuu. i. vvriio aiuuua 1020 Detroit, Jlleh. ne locality wncroyou.no. oouu us uu. explain the buiinoii i ully.remember we gat of $1 for every day's work, absolutely uro. HOTJ.I-IIAMUFACT0KI.NaCO., Box 1 All About Texas Oklahoma, Arkansas. Louisiana, New Mexico. Homes for tho homeless, prosperity for tho Indus trious. Tho homo builders' guide. Sond stamp for samplo copy. FARM AND RANCH, Dallas, Toxas. bBcai.ktcb.nore chicks, with lesfl oil and ' loan troublo with an OLD TRUSTY INCUBATOR than with anv other Incuba tor on cartu. wo lot you prove It on your own place. 40, 60 and 90 Days' Trial pavsthp Don't pay two prices. Sond V....1. for Dlo Poultry DookFroo. M. M. JOHNSON, It Is tho best policy holder's com pany In tho United States. ASSETS 92,000,000; twenty years old. The Old Line Bankers Life Lincoln, NebrnNkn. FASHION BOOK FREE! I want to sond you my handso.no now book showing hundreds of latest n'.ylos with illustrated lessons on cuttlnc and flmCFOmftlsInf T.a.lll raaaAt onl I nl ii i '.. nii.uu bu nvtt jruu uii mo iiauerns you want ior nvo lnnta n aI. mt. 11.. a vvMiovutu, iiioy ora vuu eauiu pat fflma TM.a 1. .. . a. .n. la jr"" j"u i.nvuu.wuyB iiamivu ex. "- luravuio siorca, mauo uy mo Exmo pooplo, and correct in ov ery dotull. unuu nn iv I publish tho FARMER'S CALL of tho family. Tho children's letters ttnnh iAl ! aA - ncunoniftn eapouimiy micr- v.iui; .ca.uro; ana mo woman's ", ""rail IO UUUBUUIIJT Bii-ong and instructive. Anions Its spec- i jtaiurua ior women ioiks, is its fashions in which I show tho -v patterns, ivotmoucipyc to save money. ' MY SPECIAL OFFER you tho Farmer's Call ov- ' wook i.ovor nxw paces) -i unoyearanawiiiBena Tl.V lilrr Voul.l t.i. . you frce ialsoacreoto ni,IOU8and and dn't e"?mtiannyp,Sflt J don,t "want tho profit. I want your sub i;,,"1. to tho FARMER'S CALL. You will savo many tunc tho cost of my offer in a year.' JVKITK TO-I)AY I OHN M. 8TAHL, Dept. CO QUINCY ILL. -apjp .l(IBniM II rnuytiTai76paRca Clay centor. Kt.ruKi Write yviw m ( -n". wr r r i i k i ' 1.UVI It tl.U'.K M V I 41 '.I t .VUll1 AW At a 3iniv ia7'II l.ta IX. "V iw jn iiiny? l v ttxij 51.VA ' WflM t AW '1 afl t I tilt A I mi si m tki m . '7 U T, . ;. VW iff i in : I :' i vv M' I 'I'll V tBWi -kfW"W"' till ' Kl 1 V Waiting Waiting, only waiting, till the buds begin to swell; Till the birds are once more flitting, and singing through the dell; Till tho springtime casts upon me its rejuvenating spell, And the bass and croppie rise to take the bait. Yearning for a chance to wander once again through leafy wood; Down the stream to where last sum mer on tho bank I gladly stood, Throwing out my line and finding fishing was extremely good, And I find it awful hard to sit and wait. When at last from icy prison all the shining streams are free; When they sing their songs of joy time as they hasten to tho sea, Then its glad goodby to toiling and its to tho streams for me With my tacklebox and trusty rod and reel. Down the winding stream I'll wander till the sun Is lost to sight; Then to home I'll be returning in the waning hours of light, Limbs aweary, care-free, happy, and enormous appetite, And the joy that only fishermen can feel. Oft when wintry winds are blowing and I see the drifting snow To the attic room I wander in the twilight's fading glow, Joint the old steel rod and gladly set it swishing to and fro, Thinking of the care-free days that soon will come. In my dreams I see the waters as they ripple on the shore; In my dreams I feel the breezes of the summer days of yore, And in dreams I hear the music of the singing reel once more As the taut line 'neath the strain begins to hum. Waiting, only waiting, till the woods are clothed in green And the sun upon the water shines again in silv'ry sheen, And the love birds in the branches in their gladness coo and preen, And Dame Nature clothes the world in love and joy. Then I'll lay aside my worries and forget that I am gray; I'll forget my weary burdens and go laughing on my way; Politics and trade and barter I'll for get and for , day I'll throw off the gathered years and be a boy. Memories of Spring The springs are not what they used to be. There is something lacking. When the trees begin to leaf we miss the old-time feeling of joy. Perhaps that is due to slug gishness of the blood superinduced by advancing age. Wonder if some of the old-time spring remedies would not help? There's sassafras tea, for instance. It makes us sick at the stomach to think of it, but it might help some. Do you remember tne oia aays or spring when mother began making sassafras tea and made us drink it by the quart every morning? It was the sovereign blood remedy in those old days. The theory was that dur ing the winter the blood became thick and sluggish, and that unless it was thinned and purified in the spring the summer would go awfully haSo IboutUSihe first of March we were put on the sassafras toa diet, and wo were kept there until our blood was so thin we'd bleed at the nose at tho slightest exertion. Vhen wo were considered in good shape for tho summer. Then some one was seized with tho idea that sulphur and cream tartar made just the right kind of a spring medicine. So mother made a pork or two of the mixturo and fed it to us with a tablespoon. Uh! how that stuff used to cake against tho roof of the mouth and make us choke un til we were black in the face! Then, for a change, we had to take sulphur and molasses. We've had to take that stuff until the thoughts we had would have smelled like the sulphur had wo given expression to them. The children are beginning to talk about Easter now. While the grown girls are thinking about new bonnets and gowns, the grown boys are wish ing they could sneak tho eggs from tho nests and hold them out until Easter morning. Then, if they could they would chase off into tho damp woods and build a flro somewhere out of sight, and either roast the eggs in the ashes or boil them in an old tin can. Somehow or other eggs always tasted better when pro cured in that way and cooked over a fire in tho woods on Easter morning. The boy who could eat tho greatest number was the hero of the gang until some other stunt fastened Itself upon tho boyish minds. The grown boy who is indulging in these memo ries remembers of having gotten outside of twenty-two eggs one East er, but he was an awfully poor sec ond to Ace White, who passed the thirty mark. Wouldn't you like to throw off about two-thirds of your years and spend another week in tho sugar bush? Gee, when the sap begins to run and "tap time" Is at hand, we get so nervous thinking of the old sugar bush tho Owens' bush in cen tral Illinois that wo can hardly keep from running away. Wo go down to the grocery store and buy a cake of alleged maple sugar and then try to make maple syrup from it. Bah! What insipid stuff it is, to be sure, compared with the delicious syrup wo carried away from Owens' grove. A jug of it would make a modern epicure sit up and take notice. But what's the use of harking back to those old days? If we want a spring medicine we have to buy some patent dope put up in a bottle. And Easter Is chiefly an anniversary that means millinery bills. And maple syrup is a modern impossibility. Signs of Spring Garden Seeds For Sale. Large Package of Sassafras, 5 cents. Winter Underwear at Greatly Re duced Prices. Use Squidgem's Sarsaparilla. Onion Sets. Fur Overcoats at Reduced Prices. Not Dangerou.s "Gracious, Cumso! What makes you look so blue and discouraged?" "I fear my mind is decaying." "O, I trust not, old man. What makes you think it is?" "I can not see any humor in the comic supplements." .75 G AS0U? ENGINE Why be without power for m.mpln water every day In the year, wind or no wind? 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Yoa seed !L It is free to all sending me their address on a postal. Wm. Henry Maule 'JSHSSS??.! (. ! ---u(iii HjaaiVv-J- ",.ffj,. Z23&F- nMt 1m!SSi& . Siattmmwt mmnmtmtmi,mi!mtJt!Wi)ei