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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1894)
12 THE COURIER WHEN I LOVE THEE MOST. When wintry winds bowl through the barren trees And toes the careless snow-flakes here and there; When we can sit before a cheery tire, in ease And know not but the present, hare no care I think I love thee most. ,wv And when the spring-time comes with all its balm To drive the glistening frosts and snows away; When chilling winri6 have given place to calm, And bright sunshine is with us every day, I think I love thee tno6t. But, when tbn flowers are all out in bloom. And everywhere the birds are glad in song, The air full laden with a sweet perfume I feel that I have always guessed it wrong, For then 'tis that I love thee most. R. B. Franklin. h eh 5, iji Imw And still she sitB from morn till night And plunks away with main and might Do, re, mi, Mi, re, do. In that mansion used to be Free hearted hospitality; But that was many years before Jemima monkeyed with the score. When she began her daily plunk, Into their graves the neighbors sunk Do, re, mi. Mi, re, do. To other worlds they've long since fled, And thankful that they're sefely dead. They stood the racket while alive Until Jemima rose at five, And then they laid their burdens down And one and all they skipped the town. Do, re, mi, J8S ijx i Mi, re, do. Tom Masson. A MASTER MIND. "What is this?" exclaimed Mr. Dismal Dawson, start ing back in horror as Mj. Everett Wrest unfolded his bundle. "Is this soap I Bee?" "It are," said Everett "I Btole the soap to throw sub picion off of you an' me f er lif tin the chickens an" the ham." OUT. "Hear me out," he implor ed. "Certainly," she answered. In the struggle that en sued between the youth and her old man she did not forget her promise. She listened until she distinctly heard her suitor strike the sidewalk. Then she knew he was out INGERSOLLIbTIC. Tho vicar of Pontefract recently preached at a cyclist church parade, tak ing for his text "Tho Spirit of the Living Creature is in the Wheel." In an East Yorkshire church a new stove was put in and on the following Sunday the text given was: "Aha! I am Warm; I Have Seen the Fire," and when the Squire gave scarlet cloaks to a dozen old women the clergyman selected as hiB text "Solomon in All His Glory Was Not Arrayed Like One of These." Dolly: Does it pay, painting pictures for a living? Molly: Not so well as painting for living pictures. In a suburban Boston pulpit last Sunday morning this notice was read: "The pastor will preach his last sermon thiB evening, and the choir has arranged a special praise service for the occasion." THE OLD PIANO IN THE FRONT PARLOR. A PROBLEM. (After Longfellow.) Somewhat back from the village street Stands the old-fashioned country seat Across its antique portico Tall poplar trees their shadows throw. And there, throughout the livelong day Jemima plays the pi-a-na. Do, re, mi, Mi, re, do. In the front parlor, there it stands, And there Jemima plays her hands While her papa, beneath his cloak, Mutters and groans: "This is.no joke!" And swears to himself and sighs, alas! With sorrowful voice to all who pass, "Do, re, mi, Mi, re, do! ' Through days of death and days of birth She plays as if she owned the earth. Through every swift vicissitude She drums as if it did her good. N: -"i T-5 n Give you a problem for your midnight toil -One you csn study till your hair is white And never solve and never guess aright, Although you burn to dregs your midnight oil, O Sage, I give one that will make you moil. Just take one weakling little woman's heart, Prepare your patience, furbish up your art, How now? Did I not see you then recoil? Tell me how many times it has known pain; . Tell me what thing will make it feel delight; '' .Tell me when it is modest, when 'tis vain; & Tell me when it is wronir and when 'tis rieht: $ Can it feel. Sage, the thing that man calls "Loe?" Tom Hale: Many people suffer for years from troublesome and repulsive sores, boils, and eruptions, without ever testing the marvelous cura tive properties of Ayee's Sarsaparilla. The experiment is. certainh, worth trying. Be sure you get Ayer's Sarsaparilla and no other. i - i 39, i k. ii r 71
