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MAY 6. 1911
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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
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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.
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