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MAY 29, 1908
The Commoner.
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May Thoughts
The bright sun is shining and clear
is the sky;
The wind bears the perfumes of
May.
The river is calling as it hurries by,
"The flsh must be biting today!"
O, where is the boy that will dig mo
the bait?
O, where is my rod and my reel?
The river is calling no longer I'll
wait
Away from the office I'll steal!
The birds loudly singing invite me to
stroll
Through meadow and woodland
and dell;
The meadow lark's call finds response
in my soul '
Temptation beset me I fell.
I answer the lure of the murmuring
stream;
I'm off with my rod and my reel.
Down there where the water with
' sunlight's agleam
Away from the office I'll steal.
The flowers are nodding along the
widfe lane,
Are nodding a welcome to me.
The wanderlust calling invites me
again
To cast off my care and be free.
O, where is the boy with the freckles
and, tan?' - '
O, where is 'my rod and my reel?
I'm off with that boy with the bait in
" the can
r Away from the cffice I'll steal 1
come to pass they felt certain that
the friends of the tariff were well
nigh done with their task of revis
ing that great principle and revis
ing it in the interests of the people
who have to put up the money.
intorruped," drawled tho employe,
"that it ain't government by injunc
tion that is hurting us. It's this
awful misgovornmont by injunction.
If you'll just help us remedy that I
guess wo can "
But beforo tho employe could con
clude tho employer had instructed tho
bookkeeper to make out his time.
The Thief
I saw the dainty little miss
Asleep at close of day
gently stole a little kiss,
Then softly stole away.
In Lino
Busy
i
"What malces you look so tired?"
"I've been automobiling." ,
"Ride far?" f
"No; dodged."
Defined
"Papa, what is a roof garden?"
i"A roof garden, my son, is where
they often raise scandal and legal
complications and divorces and op
portunities for district attorneys to
neglect a great deal of important
business."
"Richerly seems about to achievo
his ambition to die poor."
"How is he going about it?"
"It is announced that each of his
threo daughters is to marry a for
oign prince; hiB oldest boy is 'angel'
for a comic opera company, and his
youngest boy has gono to New York
to show Wall Street speculators a
few things about finance."
Tho First
The new congressman was walking
down Pennsylvania avenue. An eld
erly gentleman with a cigar tilted rtt
an angle of forty-five degrees passed
by and tipped his hat.
"My re-election is assured," ejacu
lated the new congressman.
"How?" asked his wife.
"That was Speaker Cannon. Did
you notice that he recognized mo?
That was the first time, and I've
asked for it a hundred."
In Philadelphia
Who said Philadelphia is slow?
Why, Philadelphia is rapidly getting
abreast of the times. Here is tho
Philadelphia Record printing the
story of tho boy who was given the
wheel by the ship's captain and told
to steer by a certain star. An hour
later, the boy having gone to sleep,
ho called the captain and said: "Give,
me another star; I've passed that
one."
The next thing wo know the Phil
adelphia Record will bo printing the
story of Noah and the Ark and put
ting a slug head over It on the first
page under the misapprehension that
it 1b current news. Philadelphia Ib
forging ahead rapidly.
Obscure
"What's all this joking about the
'merry widow' hat?" queried Single
man. "I'm blest if I know," remarked
Doubleun, nervously fingering the
bill for the latest one in the neighborhood.
: Amateurish
"You are the first woman I ever
loved," he whispered, diminishing by
two inches the distance of six feet
between their chairs.
"Pardon me, Harold," replied the
fair maiden, "but it is a waste of
time to mention the obvious."
At Iiost
Lazily the pigs were flying through
hA Mr nrnhlfint atmosnhere. The
river murmured with glee as it gent
ly chased itself up tho hill, and the
fish sang merrily from the boughs of
the trees. ,.,,.
The blazing moon shone brightly
upon the busy throng that hurried to
noonday lunch; the messenger boys
ran speedily in order that their mes
sages might be swiftly delivered, and
the man taking up a collection for
the umpire was already loaded down
with silver and gold pieces,
It was a great day, and the people
rejoiced at tho favorable signs.
. Realizing that all these things had
Coming After
After the berries the melons,
A sweetly cheering thought;
After the melons the punkin
In big pies to be wrought;
And what is it comes after these
things,
The cooking, preparing and fuss,
The berries and melons and punkins,
O, now I remember, it's us.
Houston Post.
After the berries and melons,
After the punkin pie;'
After the eating and filling,
A sudden pang O, my!
Ah, what is it comes after these
things?
Ipecac, pepsin and pills;
Cramps, indigestion and colic,
And doctors with gigantic bills.
Books Worth Heading
Tho following books aro recom
mended to divers and sundry people
named below who may be in need of
wholesome reading matter:
For tho people who are suffering
from unjust taxation "Self Help."
President Roosevelt and William
H. Taft "Wo Vwo," by Edna Lyall.
Tho Newspaper Publishers' Asso
ciation "Tho Call of tho Wild," by
Jack London.
John D. RockefolJor "Tho Right
of Way," by Gilbert Parker.
B. H. Harriman "Tho Horo of
Erie," by James Barnes.
William II. Taft "Tarry Thou
Till I come," by George Croley.
Charles Warren Fairbanks "Tho
Gentleman from Indiana," by Booth
Tarklngton.
Joseph Pulitzer "Lying Proph
ets," by Eden Phillpotts.
Joseph Cannon "The Puppet
Crown," by Harold MacGrath.
Nelson W. Aldrich "Tho Main
Chance," by Meredith Nicholson,
Joseph Benson Forakor "Tho
Ragged Edge," by John T. Mclhtyro.
ftDOLLAR
WATCHJP
Ingersoll Dollar Watch
JVo'll rend you ourfnmouiiYRiikce'
Wtiloh, postpaid, Tor 81.- f one of
Uio 00,000 dealers who sell IiiKpraolM Is not
P. r,.cn QiVU1 J?. ""Pi1' y- Our Ynnkoo
I)ollar Watch" n tho most practical watch
cold tit nny price, and tho craitcst watch
vnluo on tho world. Think
or ii a rolinblo, rna
rnntcod, hnudsoino time
keeper for 11,00. Kvcry ono
noeds nn IiiKGrfioll.nnd eve
rybody can nITord a dollar
for a genuine watch.
Otlior man's InRcrsoirn
up to 11.75. Tho Thin MtnM
JuulorSZOO. Midfeet Model
for Ladle. UlrLi and Uoys,
12.00 to IS.00.
Bond for froo Illustrated
circular.
Rebt. H. Ingersoll A Ire.
IIS Frankel Building
New York City.
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Alter A Wliilo
Wo'll insist upon revision
After while, after while!
That's our ultimate decision
After while!
Not till after tho election
For wo dare not risk rejection
In our campaign fund collection
After while, After while!
Wo'll give Filipinos freedom
After while, after whilel
But just now wo sadly need 'em
All tho while.
Must have some excuse for spending
Money in a stream unending
Tariff taxes keep on sending,
All tho while, all tho while.
We'll choke off the corporations
After while, after while
We will make big demonstrations
After while.
But just now, you see, we need 'em.
And for campaign "fat" wo'll bleed
'em,
But wo'll give the people freedom.
After whilb.
Be Your Own Boss
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Sell
Photo
Knives
Indestructible, transparent handle. Photo emblem
and name underneath, nvery blado forced from
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Ward off your
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Worn only during sleeping houra.
Don't wait until an attack comes on.
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Tho Facta
"Now, look here," remarked the
big employer to the employe whom
he had called into the office for con
sultation on political matters, "you
workingmen ought to look at these
questions with unbiased minds. Why
do you decry 'government by injunc
tion,' as you call it. Do you not
know that tho injunction writ is "
"I guess we have been mistaken
about this 'government by injunction
business," admitted the employe.
"Now I'm glad to near you make
that Important admission," exclaimed
the employer. Perhaps wo can
now "
"I was just about to say when you
Brain Leaks
Tho "water wagon" Is run by will
Ipower.
"Bad luck" gets the blame for a
lot of laziness.
Compromising with sin is accept
ing wage from Satan.
Fight the devil with water fire
is his favorite weapon.
Having faith in God means having
faith in your fellows.
Many brave men' Become perturbed
at tho sight of a black cloud.
' Credit Is a good thing until
stretched so far it hits a man on tho
rebound.
When everybody says a man is "all
right" it means that he i wrong
somewhere.
Most of the self-made men we see
spend a great deal of their time on
their pride.
After a woman marrieff a man to
savo him she usually has all she can
do to take care of herself.
When we see a six-year-old boy
with long, clinging curls we know his
mother loves him, but we have doubts
about her judgment in displaying it.
Texas State Land
Texas has pawed now School Land Law.
Millions of acre to bo Bold by tho 8tato, 11.00 te
15.00 per aero; only ono-fortlcth cash and no
moro to pay for 40 yearn indent dcfJrcd, and only
3 por cont Interest. Only 112.00 cash to pay to
tho Statu on 100 octch at t3.W per acre. (neatest
opportunity. Land better than OUlalioma. Send
CO conut lor Hook of Instructions and New Htete
Law. J. J. Bnydcr, School UnuX Locator. 140 W.U
Street, AuaUn, Texas. Reference, Austin National
Hank.
$5.
OLD VIRGINIA FARMS
PER ACRE AND UP
with Imm-ovcmcnti. Lomr rammers, mild winter.
rich soil, fjood market. Wrlto for largo liaml
somo booklet frco and excursion Tate. AddrefM.
G. II. WALL. Dopt. D., Ileal Estate Ageat,
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Oklahoma, Arkansas. Louisiana, New Mexico
Homes for the homeless, prosperity for tho indue
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cample copy.
FARM AND RANCH, Dallas, Texas,
and Hy Fever cured be
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