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me get at them one by one, privately, in a dark room with their pockets bulging with the eloquent long-green, and when they get away their pockets will be so dumb that they will be in no condition to make arguments again until they call on their employers for a new supply of oratory!" A Blazing Future. What's the use of getting blue When the joys are so amazing? This life's sunshine through and through And the other life is blazing! I have often noticed that the dog which uses up all his spare time in growling generally looks mighty hungry and seldom trees any game. The Legislative Pass. I'm a Legislative Pass: I'm a wonder now displayed In a large and growing class Marching out on dress parade; I am issued "on request" From a statesman full of might, And I'll never know a rest Till adjournment is in sight. I'm a Legislative Pass: I am given free as air, And I reach from shortest grass To the farthest every where; I am happy in the fame That around me fondly flits, Just to keep the statesmen tame Till the Legislature quits. I'm a Legislative Pass: I have wondrous work to do, And I use the mighty mass Of my glories daily, too; I'm considered pretty nice By the hundreds of my friends, That I carry without price Till the Legislature ends. I'm a Legislative Pass: I'm the master of the state, While the people think, alas! They are something wise and great; Treat me kindly every day, As I summon dear delight Down the legislative way Till adjournment is in sight. I'm a Legislative Pass: Fly with me,--there's no expense,-- From the weary ways of gas And the halls of eloquence; Let us travel far and fast! Soon we'll journey nevermore! For I know my day is past When the Legislature's o'er! Little Sermons. The dog that believes in you is more inspiration than the tawny lion that distrusts you. It was all right for the Christ to say, "Get thee behind me, Satan," but I'd rather keep him on in front where I can watch his tricks. The man of most exemplary habits never finds congenial spirits to herd with. The marvel is not that Christ was crucified, but that he was allowed to live till he was thirty-three years old. At Rest. Fold the hands and let him rest! He s
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