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