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T" 'wrpmlnr SEPTEMBER 16, 1910 The Commoner. 13 r.. j 7; " i f I I imYffi pmoRor(F (.Maupmy J r ByytLL Tho Singer and the Song Tho singer Bang, his heart aflamo With Freedom's holy light. Ho sang for lovo and not for fame; His highest hope and dearest aim To hold aloft the right. Stilled was his pen! His work complete, Tho singer sang no more. Ho thought his song with rythm sweet, "With love for humankind replete, Lost in tho mad world's roar. A song of hopo and joy and cheer Set hearts to beating light. It banished sorrow's falling tear, Dispelled tho clouds of doubt and fear, And all the world grow bright. Forgot tho singer! But the song , Still stirs the hearts of men. "When bowed beneath tho tyrant's wrong They sirig it in a chorus strong And stand free men again. What Ho Means "I am in favor of the unions when they are properly conducted," said Mr. Roosevelt at Fargo. "Phwat does ho mano by 'properly conducted?' " asked Mr. Hennessey. "Thot's an aisy one," replied Mr. Dooley. "A 'properly conducted' union is one thot has no strike clause, no rules, no bineflts, no dues, hardly iny wages and mighty few mimbers." v Should Bo Different '"'Isn't it tho truth that ' 'politics mako strange bedfellows?' " "Yes, and I wish it were equally true that politics made a lot more fa miliar cellmates." trigger finger was paralyzed by over exertion long before sundown." A prizo of seven dollars in business college currency will bo given to tho subscriber submitting tho first cor rect guess as to tho identity of tho author of the book from which the above might have been taken. Extracts From Recent Fiction "At seventy yards I mado a clean miss, but upon creeping to windward and getting within sixty yards I shot 'the male as it stood, and caught the female running with a pretty shot behind the shoulder." "No sooner had I given tho bull elephant the contents of the right barrel, sending him to tho ground to welter in his gore, than I heard a crash in the jungle behind me. It was tho female elephant, and I caught her squarely ,in the heart at tho first shot." "It was most exciting sport. As the birds flew in every direction I used my pump gun as rapidly as I could pull the trigger. Right and left I caught them, and at tho end of thirty minutes I found that sixty seven of tho beautiful birds had fallen before my aim." "My first shot enraged tho hippo, and it camo after me with an angry roar. I let it have another express Tmllet in tho right eye, but even that did not stop it. My gun bearers fled in affright, but I never flinched. Just as the hippo was about to rip mo with its huge tusks I luckily happened to hit it in a vital spot, and it fell so close that its life blood spurted out and fairly drenched me. It waB noble sport." 'Seven hartebeests, nine ostriches, eleven elephants, five giraffes, two hippos, a gazelle and five female monkeys were added . to my game hag during the afternoon. Wo would have had a day of really good sport had it not been for the fact that my The Kiss of Daisy Bliss Don't let him kiss your hand, Daisy Bliss; Don't ever let him do it, Pretty Miss; There's danger in tho act, Of osculation 'tis a fact, 'Tis subtle the impact, Daisy Bliss. New York Sun. Don't heed tho horrid sun, Daisy Bliss; In a' kiss thero's lots of fun, Daisy Bliss; It's a thing that no one misses, And, besides, these very kisses Often make a Miss a Mrs., Daisy Bliss. Rochester Post-Express. Just to hear these news men talk, Daisy Bliss; Wo girls know how they'd balk, Sister Bliss, If we didn't kiss at all Or they thought we'd kiss at call Wo use tact, or else wo pall, Daisy Bliss. Boston Transcript. Do you note the Boston dame, Daisy Bliss Seems to think she plays tho game, Daisy Bliss, Yet the kisses of theso shes, As' each chronicler agrees;.. When they plant .'em always freeze Daisy Bliss. -1 Exchange. Let all theso fellows rave, Daisy Bliss; Only make of mo your slave, With a kiss, And straightway they'll expire With envious desire, For you've set the town afire, Dainty Miss. Chicago Examiner. Any timo you drop around, Daisy Bliss; In my office I'll be found, Daisy Bliss, You can tako it, kid, from me, That we'll havo a kissing bee. Make it "eisht" or "ten" or "three," Daisy Bliss. Nashville Tennesseean. If a kiss to all you gave, .Daisy Bliss; You would find an early grave, Little Miss; Cut tho "kunnel" and tho rest, Tako a little jaunt out west; Wo NebraBkans kiss the best, Daisy Bliss. Lincoln Star. Pass those jibing rhymesters by, Daisy Bliss. On this kiss game they are shy, Daisy Bliss. Let your Uncle Fuller show How this kissing game should go With his practice he should know, Daisy Bliss. Sarcastic "It strikes me," remarked tho old timo printer as he laid aside tho current issue of "Tho Outlook" and lighted his pipe anew, "that the lino- typo oporator who nets tho Roooe veltlan manuscript must havo an awful time keeping the cap "I" channel of his Mcrgauthalor equipped." Mary and Her Lamb Mary had a littlo lamb; Its fleece was whito as snow And worth a very pretty price Tho tariff mado it so. "What makes tho lamb lovo Mary so?" Tho children asked tho teacher. "O, Aldrich has by cunning ways Mado it a precious creature." Tho Curriculum "1 hear that yor son Bill Is goln' t' college this winter." "Yes, ho's gono already," replied Farmer OatBbin. "What lino Is ho gojn f take up?" "I don't exactly know, but from th' tono of his letters I judge he's, goin t' take football, tennis, hammer throwin', hurdlin', shot puttin' an Pi Mega Phi. What gits mo is what that last thing is." Convinced "I never believed In advertising until now," declared tho sad-faced man. "And what has convinced you?" I asked, being a newspaper man and therefore interested in Iho matter of advertising. "I saw what a rushing business tho sheriff did selling my stock of goods after advertising it only four times." Resting Easy "Those union men had a fine pa rado tills morning," said Mr. Capital. "Yes," replied Mr. Stocksonbonds, "but they were a' great deal closer together this morning than they will bo on election day." Whereupon Mr. Capital chirked up and felt considerably better. Not Guilty "I denounco as untrue the charge that I havo accepted bribes to voto for any man or measure," shouted Senator Graball. Knowing that he mado it a prac tice to mako up his mind before tak ing the monoy I could seo how a man with Graball's conscience could ease it in that way. Father Gooso Rhymes Old King Graft leaned back and laughed At all the fuss and fume and Btir;. Ho'd not forget in tho cabinet Were a Wickersham and Ballinger. Brain Leaks Tho worst never happens. It Is easy to forgive thosd we love. Cheer up! Next year's peach buds havo not yet been blighted. Tho partisan can always find an excuso for voting tho ticket straight. Special Interests are not much given to parading, but they always voto together on election day. The trouble about tho average va cation is that it takes a fellow bo long to recover from its fatigue. In the eyes of tho Almighty it doesn't mako much differenco which sido of the' saloon bar a man doeB business on. When wo get so old wo don't feel like hurrying to tho window when tho fire department goes by, wo'll be ready for tho undertaker. A lot of men who howl loudest about their "personal liberties" never give a thought to the rights of the wives and children dependent upon them. 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