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Show 1 More Truth Than Poetry. By JAMES J. MONTAGUE. : i POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE. Tou mustn't think o' pleasure. You mustn't stop fer meals. Or Ola Hard Luck will run amuck An' lay you by the heels. No gold mines fs discovered Kxcept by lada who smite Tho rock, with pick, from half-paat 1x A. M. till twelve at night. Don't buy no rlothea nor necktlee A ault o' overall. Ain't no diagrare In any place, Not even gilded halla. A greasy Jumper apron Heats all the tailors art. When It la worn with haughty acorn Above an honest heart. Ion't bow and scrape to no on But look 'em In the eyes; Pat pockethooka and amarty looka Odn't make men great or wla. Just keep your pick a swinging That's all you gotta do; An' In the end. my noble friend. You'll beat the whole blamed crew. Don't go to.no theaytera. Don't never tech a card! You'll aure to win ef you pitch In Though life la mighty hard. Don't seek no fool amusements Hut learn to toll an" save , An' by an' by. ef you should dl You'll fill an honored grave. ' WE'RE STILL REACTIONARY. ' W don't agre with Mr. Medlll McCormlrk tllat women ought to b, district leaders. In her capacity of boaa woman', plac la atlll In th home. CURIOUS. , Ther seem, to b a growing impreaslon among college president, that college ought to be educational Institution. CRUEL AND UNUSUAL. Ther ought to b some redrea for th proofreader On th Congressional Record, who la the only man In th country who really haa to read the tariff bill all th way through. (Copyright. H21, by th B,U-Syndicate, Inc.) |