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About The commoner. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-1923 | View Entire Issue (May 5, 1911)
IfWi i i -,cr 3 ' ""-a""! vwj'"'' ipe- "fr fT(t The Commoner. 13 MAY 6. 1911 fiwjpgrigg v. .55 v- fer-'A - s i 1 A WORD WITH MY FRIENDS Elarkt years aa;o I Issued n volume containing a number of my nkctckcH and verses under the title of "Whether Common or Not." The edition was ex-, haunted Inside of a year. I am bow flguriBff or issuing; a new Volume of verses, the name to be a collection of want seems to me to be the best I have written for The Commoner. Its title, if Issued, will be, "Kiddles Six," because my bunch of six chil- . drcn linve furnished most at whatever inspiration there hns been In the verses. The frontis piece it!!! be a picture of them nil, from the Ills Boy, who hns "flew the nest" to the L.ittllcst Girl, who hasn't had the new worn off of her yet. The book: will consist of upwards of 200 pages, printed on the best of paper, bound in cloth with Rold trimming, nnd each copy auto graphed by the writer. The publication of this volume depends on whether enough of my friends signify a desire to owa copies. If enough so sig nify to warrant me in under taking the expense, the book will appear as soon as the work can be done. I do not want the dollar now. I only ask that those who think they would like to own one of the books to drop me a postal card to that effect. I'll record the names and notify them when "the book Is ready. Then the dollars jtnay come In as fast as they please. I have adopted this method for the very simple reason that to publish a book costs money, and I am no John Andrew Carncyfcller. If yon want a copy, send me a card to that effect. And lest you forget it. DO IT NOW! Sincerely yours! WILIi M. MAUPIN. Tho chums of my boyhood, and Tom and tho "Deacon." I hear once again the clang of the press, '- And memory brings back tho days long departed; Days when I knew naught of sorrow and stress A boy in the old town, carefree and lighthearted. They may have bigger, and better, perhaps, Than these little sheets from the towns we wero born in; But none of them pleasbs us wander ing chaps Like papers from home with their "Top o' th' mornin'!" And week alter week we eagerly look For names of the friends of the days long behind, us . An hour a week in some cool, quiet nook With the welcome old sheet to of old days remind us. time it's an occasion worth celebrating. . Tho News From Homo With the writer's best wishes for many more years of life and useful ness to "Deacon" Dobyns, of Oregon, IVIO.J It's just like getting a letter from home, This little old sheet from the town I was born in; 'A message of cheer wherever I roam That says to me weekly "Th' top o' th' mornin'!" It brings to vision a picture com plete Of streets and of nooks and of cool, shady places; From out of Its pages it seems that I meet The smile and the cheer of the old friendly faces. It's not a journal of national fame, This six-column sheet from the town of my boyhood; But week after week I long, just the same, To have it bring back to me scenes of youth's joyhood. Bight there is the name of an old school chum Who with me has wandered the miles without number. ' 'Ah, where are the others? Somo lips are long dumb, And under the blossoms of spring time they slumber. Those friends of boyhood like me they've grown old, And liko mo have wandered the earth's furthest places. 'And wouldn't we give of silver and gold To smile once again into each other's faces? Each time -I get it and scan every line It seems when. I'm done like I'd just spent a week in The presence of those dear old friends of mine, "Measles Keep Out!" How -would you like to have a yellow card, an ugly, jaundiced looking card, with those words on it tacked up on the front of your cottage door? And how would you liko to have inside of that same cot tage five little kiddies as spotted as a mountain trout, burning up with fever, cringing in pain at every glint of light in tho darkened room, and aching in every little joint? That's been the experience at the Architect's home for the past three weeks, and although the Architect could come and go, the Littlo Woman has oeen tied up, shackled and en slaved as she tolled day and night. There's something tpo terrible for words to explain in watching the sufferings of Innocent littlo kiddles. Their fevered littlo hands grope for yours, and they strive vainly to tell you what they are suffering. It was touch and go with tho Littlest Boy for several days, but the best nurse In the world was with him day and night, and when for the first time in anxious days his wan little face alight with a smile showed up to welcome the Architect home say, talk about your fine sights! That came nearer to being it than the Architect has ever seen. But didn't we have a celebration in tho cottage when the health officer came around and removed that jaundiced card? And didn't we dance ring-around-tho-rosy in the front room till we jarred the decora tions off the sideboard and made tho pictures on the wall swing to and fro! We'll always know now just how a man feels after being released from prison. That's what the cot tage has been to the kiddles and the Little Woman for three weeks a prison, a hot, fetid, prison. But next Sunday afternoon say, we're going to make up for lost time. It's us for the woods, way up yonder on tho upper reaches of Salt Creek, just above an old mill dam and in a shady spot on a high bank over looking a deep hole where the whole bunch of us captured a lot of fine bullheads last summer. Some of you may deprecate tho idea of plcknick lng on Sunday, but here's a family that believes with Bryant that "the groves were God's first temples," and weather permitting we aTe going to do our worshipping just that way. When a galaxy of flvo kiddie re cover from tho measles all at one Tho Retort Courteous Miss Carolino Brehms, a noted temperanco worker, was in Lincoln recently, participating in tho cam paign to keep tho licensed saloons out of the city. A gentleman upon whom she called favored license, and as an argument used tho old story about "revenue" "Tho license money would go to the schools, would it not7" askod Miss Brehms. "Yes." "What were your taxes last year?" The gentleman thought a minute and then gavo tho information. Mies Brehms figured for a mlnuto and then remarked: "Tho refusal of Lincoln last year to licenso saloons cost you just $1.04 in increased taxes for school purposes. To saye that paltry amount you aTO willing to vote back twenty-flvo sa loons into this city. Mr. , if I had known men wero that cheap I would have bought mo ono twenty years ago." "Banking Made Safe." Tried by a three million dollar fall uro In which tho depositors lost not ono cent, and sustained by the auprcma court of tho United States, tho Okla homa stato banks stand unrivalled for security among? financial lnstltuti m. On tho basin of absolute safety wo ask your patronage. Satisfied ncponltor In every stato of tho Union attest our ability to handlo your account rljrht. Interest paid on Time Doposlts and Savin frs Accounts. GUARANTY STATE BANK, Muskogee, Oklahoma. M. G. Hasksll, Vie rVaaldaaL M.C. Sells, Cashier. P16nty "Why do you work so hard and so late at night, Jones?" "Well, old man, I have six mighty good reasons for hustling." . "That many! What aro they?" "Mrs. Jones, Suslo Jones, Willie Jones, Arthur Jones, Katie Jones and one little Jones that' too young yet to have a name." Dull "Business good hero?" asked the new arrival in Squeedunk. "Business good! Say, stranger, only ono trade has been made in this town In six weeks, and that was when a gold brick artist traded off a brick to a mine promoter for a mil lion shares in a mine In Nevada." It's a Wiso Olilld My but tho children are wiso these days. "Rena, what would you do if I gave you my check for one hundred dollars?" I asked of the Biggest Girl the other day. "Oh, I'd just laugh," was tho re ply. Brain Leaks Better be a "cheap skate'' than an "easy mark." t Birds of a feather flock together. Don't be a goose. The only men who make ho mis takes are the men who make no' ef forts. The minuto you achieve your ideal you havo convicted yourself of failure. It's. a mighty lonesome man who has nothing but dollars for com panions. Think twico before you speak and then forget what you wero go ing to say. The man with a message may sometimes lack an audience, but he never lacks a hearer. Tho man who is always boasting of his fairmindedness is always ad vertising Ills prejudices. Few men appear big to us after we havo carefully measured them with our own yardstick. When somo men wo know think they- are praying they aro merely giving advice to tho Lord. Duty calling in a loud voice is often unheard by men who always catch desiro's slightest whisper. When we hear a man say that his best friend is his pocketbook we know he isn't worth being friendly with. There aro too many men with tho idea that to havo a good time means to shoot something, win something or drink something. HbhA tff9HklH WHEEL CHAIRS txlilnff aoa invalid koiiii Vlairit Improvement. Sl i fatter? 7". frlht pri k on THIRTY tUYrS" A Wheel Chair ft oftn an luvalM'a treatett comfort. 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