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"Old Folks at Homo"
Around this world for many a year,
'Neath flags of many a hue,
O'er fertile field and desert drear,
""'Neath clouds, and skies of blue,
I've roamed. I've seen the brightest
. lights,
The deepest depths of woe;
The fashions at the greatest height,
The misery down below.
'Neath Spanish skies I've heard the
strain
Of many a soft guitar;
I've heard great bands in loud re
frain Play hymns of stirring waT.
But just the other night I heard
The" music of the spheres
And memory flew back, like a bird,
Through all the long gone years.
'Twas down in old St. Louis, too,
I heard the sweet refrain
That brought the old days back to
view
I was a boy again.
A great crowd sat beneath the dome,
Bright lights on ev'ry hand,
And Sembrich sang "Old Folks at
Home,"
Whilo Max Zach led the band.
I saw a humble little place
Far down a village street;
I saw a dear old smiling face
That shone with blessings sweet.
I walked the streets I used to roam,
'Neath trees I used to climb,
When Sembrich sang "Old Folks at
t . Home"
'"With Max Zach beating time.
I felt upon my cheeks the lriss-
Of boyhood's dearest friend
The mother-touch we dally miss,
And treasure to the end.
I heard the birds sing in the trees,
The rippling brooklet's call;
The sighing of the old-time breeze,
The brown nut's pattering fall.
I felt the touch of vanished hands,
Heard sounds of voices stilled;
And o'er the long unswept heart
strands Old memories throbbed and
thrilled.
And brighter grew the starlit dome,
And life grew more sublime,
When Sembrich sang "Old Folks at
Home,"
With Max Zach keeping time.
Around the world I've roamed for
years,
'Neath flags of many a hue.
I've had my share of joys and
tears
Storm clouds and skies of blue.
But I'll recall while on' I roam
Through many a' land and clime
When Sembrich sang "Old Folks at
' Home,"
With Max Zach keeping time.
vote?" asked Mr. Stocksandbonds,
leaning back in his chair and scowl
ing at the committee.
"O, several of them," replied the
chairman.
"Well, name two or three."
"Lorimer, Stephenson, DI
"Excuse me, gentlemen," Inter
rupted Mr. Stocksands bonds, "but
I must Instantly depart for an Impor
tant meeting. I am already several
minutes late."
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It is always nice, bracing winter
weather for the woman whose hus
band has just purchased her a $200
set of furs.
A majority of men think the times
are good and everybody prosperous
If they themselves get three meals
a day and have a place to sleep.
Usually a man thinks the day
starts off all right if he happens to
catch a car without loss of time when
ho starts to business.
Proof
"What makes you so sure that
your daughter's suitor is a count?"
"He admits that he needs at least
a quarter of a' million to square up
his gambling debts."
Not Superstitions
"Are you superstitious, old man?"
"I should say not! I've no use for
people who believe In charms and
signs and omens."
"Neither have I. Let's go get a
cigar."
"All right, let's no, no! Not in
there! Don't you see, man, that if
you go in there we'll have to pass
under that ladder!"
"Gee, that's so! Wasn't that a
narrow escape?"
Plenty of .Them
"But can you give any intelligent
reasons why we should elect our
United Stated senators by popular
Short Arm Jabs
Just as soon as aviation becomes
safe the ' populace will not be in
terested in it.
Mr. Carnegie gives $10,000,000 to
promote universal peace. . There is
one sure way to bring it ahout
compel those who bring on wars to
do the fighting.
A lot of men-are in favor of the
enactment of reformatory laws, but
thoroughly opposed to their enforce
ment. Perhaps Postmaster General
Hitchcock could save quite a bit of
money by using less red tape in the
P. O. D.
Commander Peary wouldn't take
a white man with him to the pole
because he wanted to have the honor
of being the first and only white
man to reach it. Besides, another
white man might have been a poor
witness.
One Wisconsin senatorial honor
seems to have been' stuffed with saw
dust. Anybody believe that Mr. Lorimer
was the unwitting recipient of a
purchased senatorial toga?
Perhaps you have noticed the dif
ference between the method of elect
ing Ohio's new Benator and the
methods that prevailed at previous
senatorial elections in that state.
When the "tariff commission" is
appointed we want to submit a care
fully preserved lot of bills from the
butcher, the baker, the grocer, the
dry goods man and the coal dealer.
In 1910 the sugar consumers of
the country contributed $300,000,
000 in excess .profits to the sugar
refiners under the guise of "pro
tecting the American sugar indus
try." During the same year the
sugar produced in the United States
did not equal in value the butter
production of either Iowa, Minnesota,
Nebraska or Kansas.
NEBRASKA'S NEW SENATOR
Gilbert M. Hitchcock, owner of
the Omaha World-Herald, is the
first United States senator from Ne
braska to bo elected under the Ore
gon plan of popular selection. In
responding to the legislature Mr.
Hitchcock addressed the joint ses
sion as follows:
"Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Sen
ators and Representatives of Ne
braska: My first duty and my first
impulse is to thank you from the
bottom of my heart for the great
honor you have bestowed upon me.
Through you also I want to express
to the people of the great state of,
Nebraska the gratitude I feel for the
magnificent vote last November. I
shall try to be worthy of that con
fidence. I appreciate the honor of
being senator from the great state
of Nebraska, and I appreciate still
more the responsibility that goes
with that honor. It would not be
appropriate at this time to make a
long address, and It would be still
less fitting to make a partisan
speech. I shall confine myself there
fore in the few words I have to say
to subjects which seem fitting to
this occasion, which is to a consid
erable extent non-partisan.
"I am a party man. A strong
party man, just as all others here
present aro party men. I' believe
in parties. I believe the clash of
parties is necessary to the success
of self-government. But between
the two great parties that we belong
to there is a third party. It has no
organization. It holds no primaries
or conventions. It has no name. It is
composed of that great body of our
citizens, some calling themselves
democrats, some republicans, and
somo by other names, who swing
from time to time to parties
and to leaders- as the issues of
tho day tell them -that it is well
for the prospects and for the benefit
of the people. And most of tho
great achievements of our progres
sive government have been due in
large part to this central body of
which I speak. Today marks an
epoch in the history of Nebraska.
Oregon first and Nebraska second
have led the way in the great pro
gressive governmental reform the
election of United States senators by
the direct vote of tho people. And
upon this occasion I want to say that
much as I appreciate the honor
which you have done me, I feel more
deeply still the great victory which
has been achieved in Nebraska in
the interest of reformed national
government by a firm adoption of
the idea of the election of senators
by the direct vote of the people. I
rejoice at that almost more than I
appreciate the honor you have done
me.
"And perhaps this is a fitting oc
casion to mention some of the other
progressive steps in our national
government. Our forefathers gave
us a wonderful republic, but if that
government had been left unchanged
as they gave it to us, undeveloped;
unadvanced, it would not be capable
of maintaining modern civilization as
we have it in America today. The
steps of progression as we advance
through history are easily recog
nized. Let me touch upon a few of
them.
"First came that great moral re-"
form, the abolition of 'slavery in the
United States which was at enor
mous cost but the moral gain to the
American people was prodigious.
Those few lines in the constitution
of the United States that forever pro
hfbit slavery in tho United States
constitute a tremendous step for
ward in the art of government.
"Then in the matter of tho public
health think of what -has ' been
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