The Atlanta constitution., 1900-11-07
Bill Hrp'S Leff0r

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advice and / wish that we could all take
| It, l try to- but sometimes it is hard
| work. When il rained all the month OF
June and we had burning sun all the
month of September, l couldent "carpe
diem" When / ponder upon the cruel,
useless Philippine war and the Porto
| Rico steal and the Chinese muddle and
] all the other devilment that this admin
| istration has brought about. l can't be-
reconciled. When l hear these Mckin-
ley men shouting prosperity 1t makes me
hot under the collar. They remind me
of gang of highway robbers who muir
der helpless travellers and rob them and
then go off and cry prosperity. Manu-
facturers of army and navy supplies are
! getting rich gon contract and army Off
| GERS i'm Manila and Pelxin are taking in
the loot and cry prosperity. War always
brings show of prosperity, but II Is at
the cost of blood and tears.
But still we live in hope that there
will come n change. If Bryan is elected
l know there will. and if he is not. we
will be no worse off than we are now. We
can't be worsted, and so we will try to be
reconciled. When was young man was
a democrat because my father was but
cast my first vote for W. w. Clayton, who
was a whig. i was a college boy at
Athens. and Mr.. Clayton was kind to us
and we all voted for him for state sem
ator. | knew Mr.. Clayton for many years
| and always respected him, for he had
| kind heart and gentleman. After
| his election he gave the college boys
| party one night and was especially kind
| to me, and l have never forgotten it.
How far that little candle throws it's
| beams
So shines a good deed in a naughty
world
Before the war, when 1 was in my
| primo of manhood and had more vitality
| than sense, / was a strong partisan and
really believed that II my party did not
succeed the country would be ruined.
My father used to laugh at my zeal ana
say "Oh. no. my son, the country is safe;
don't let the politicians and the newSpa-
pers alarm you" What pity ii is that
when a man has treasured up lot of wis
dom and experience he is old enough TO
die! What IA pity il is that we pass the
best portion of our lives in looking afar
off for happiness when really ii is nearby
and within our grasp. or course, J get
excited now ana then about politics, but
| fight it OFF. for realize that Domestic
happiness is the only bliss that has sur
vived ,ne fail" The best things on earth
are the cheapest and most abundant. The
joys and comforts of home and the IRE
side. the overs and fruits, the AR ana
water and sunshine. the garden. the
birds and the welcome visits of kind
friends and nabors. Neither wealth nor
fame nor office Will compare with these.
In most cases office means SpOilS: rewards
from the public crib. Judge Underwood
said that one time when he was a candi-
date and was making a stump speech ana
had closed an eloquent graph. At long,
lank Countryman, who was agin him. cN-
claimed: Boys. he's Jest sidewipin'
around huntin the orthography of lit
tie Office" The Judge studied politics as
a science ana understood II. one day
when we were discussing the great steal
of Boss Tweed x Co, in New York, II
preacher. who was present. remarked:
why all these charges against Tweed
must be political lies ana ISLANDERS, for
they are democrats" My innocent
friend" said the judge. yes Tweed IL
Co. are all democrats, but my obscrva-
ton has been that it is within the range
of possibility for . democrat to steal
Politics is most domoralizirg business
and has been SO i'm All governments. Sner-
idan said There is no conscience IN gal
lantry or politics" and hamlet said "a
politician is one who would circumvent
God" StiN. there are some honest poll
tfciars. but they don't go about I'm drovcs
The main reason why ! admire Bryan so
much is because of his honesty mis- sim
ceritv. His political enemies admit that
and everybody admits that ne is very
wonderful man, both mentally and ply
sicaUy II all the people could see him
face To face and hear him he would be
elected by q million or two majority.
When n politician speaks lie has to be
very careful. what ne says, but when a
L. VRNf II
comes gushing forth spontaneous. HUrrah
for Bryan, I'm getting excited now.
Let me walk about and cool off My wife
IS calling me; wants me 10 build a little
house Tor the Aiuscovy ducks. That Will
cool me off. Yesterday she kept me busy
all the evening Sitting earth and ashes
and fertile for the plants that are to so
In the pit. She has the earth changed
every fall and my back Is nearly broken
today. She has some Of those sharp
pointed. sticSery cactus plants that Carl
sent her from Mexico, and [ got my old
hands all stuck up getting thcm out of
the pots and tubs oh, my country. is
there no rest for the wicked?
Now here is a letter from another Mis-
sssippi girl giving a poetic answer to
that scriptural enigma. She writes as fol-
lows:
"Hazalhurst, NIss.--T am n school girl.
Can't work out your Bible puzzles, but
my dad can. My mamma is q Treshy-
terian and my dad is Baptist. They are
taking beth chances and The one thai
gets tC heaven Will pun the other in. fOr
YOU know the Bible says They twain
shall he one flesh. sorter like the Sia-
mese twins.
My name is Tellie, and here is the an
swer to your puzzle.
Yes, God made Adam out OF dust
The truth of this admit we must.
Some time before by His own wishes
lie made some small and some great
fishes
They had no souls or immortality.
Now Jonah for his great rascality
Was swallowed by n whale one day,
And in It's belly had to stay
Till he repented. Then he found
The Lords will he must not question,
Then was he thrown upon the ground
BY the fish's Indigestion.
The whale doth live in all the zones,
In pleasure or in toll,
And dying. gives To woman bones
And yields to man his oil"
The Mississippi girl is now ahead. Next!
| am getting poetry now, world without