. ; p Or the Ways of the World , i- , ' . , o , I've been thinking tO'day of what absolute Uvny, In these hard and. unreasonable times, j,.Qf simple a things as the clear pleasant rhi ' Of the powerful Dollars and Dimes. I No power so strong can compete with itssong, Against the bright rinjy and the chimes ; It holds a full sway and'will cany the day, The ring1 of the Dollars and Dimes. if an office you crave, it you scarcely can have; Although haVd for the poor are the times ; If your pUrsd is'repletej you can never be beat, If you J'shell out" the Dollars and Dimes. At the bar you appear, your guilt is quite clear, . Thero.aro plenty will list to the chimes,, ; That their memories will brighten, till they can enlighten ' ' 1 ' The )ury, for Dollars and Dimes. ' Though arrested, and tried, ere the case they dc-1 cide, ' ' j You need have no fears of the times ; " ' ' You will surely get clear, if your best friendsarc .. . near, u. . . . , . . t The powerful Dollars a"nd Dimes. ' Though in prison you, lie and are'Hkely to, die,! Np matter ho.w great are your crimes; 4 Though your-fate may' -sealedYiimaylyebr-' 'ai?pealea, ' , -. r ": J.V Ifyou'vc plenty 'of Dollars and Dimes. 1 ' But the want of the'ring of this powerful things, Has sent good' men to prison sometimes ; And there they may lie, to languish and die, For the want of the Dollars and Dimes. May the daj c?me again when tbc powerful reign Of the ring, and.thechink, and the chimes, t May be shorn of their might and be used for the right ' These'powerful Dollars and Dimes. s George W. Johnson. r i it i iMir--