The age-herald., 1902-04-27

e I And push tho cid bald eagle from the orag; Fly him tho length and breadth of this
 fair land From the Penobscot to the Rio Grande; Then without rest, we quickly start him on A trip from Florida to Oregon; Then bring him back and boost him to
 the sky, Ard let ltm stay there till the next July. He who has lived in Kansas though he
 roam. Can find no other spot and call it
 ''hcme.'' As Ingalls says. "A Kanaas man may
 stray May leave. perchance. depart, or go
 away; In short. may rcant: but be 1t anywhere. He must return, If he can raise the fare. Ware made the people of the country grin with this sinful effusion. which he must answer for. printed in the Topeka Capital on May 3, 1898:
 Oh. Dewey was the lncrning
 Upnn the 1st Of May,
 And Dewey was the Admiral
 Down in Manila Bay;
 And Dewey were the Regents eyes.
 ''Thert'' orbs of royal bluei
 And Dewey feel discouraged?
 Dew net think we Dew It is lucky for Ware that he never as- pired to be ambassador to Great Britain. He wouldn't be persona grata. Here are some lines written just after the Cor don Cumming bacoarat scandal, | Victoria! Victoriai May you long be on earsh; Avnor;no carFy 4ria,,4a to voi,p cyreaf r. ness and your worth. Oh, make your will Victoria, and will i the English throne l Back to the English people, and let
 yourg Wales alone. The people they can rule themselves,
 and then it will be fine To have a notle sovereign end off a
 royal line. And Wales will like it Just as well-the
 snap will be soft He won't have anything to do but stay
 at 1ranby Croft.
 Wara's seEss of fun runs all through his writing Here's an amusing jingle, called "The Reason:"
 Said John last night:
 William by grab. Tn, beat
 To know why stolen kisses
 Taste SO sweet
 Says William: "Sbo!
 That's easily explained
 It's cause they're syrup
 ritiously obtained I Oh. cruel thought! | Oh, words of cruel might,
 The coroner He sat cn John that night. Here is a sample of a subtler sort of fun by Ware, called Pass A father said unto his hopeful son, Who WAS Leo1hdas. -lfy cherished ono?' The boy replied with words of ardent nature, 'IIe was a member Of the Legislature. :" How" asked tic parent; then the
 youngster saith, 'JIe got pass, and held her like grim death" l "Whoee pass? What pass? The anxious father cried "'Twas the'r monopoly" the boy re, piled. In difference to the public we must state, The boy has been an orphan since that date.
 Here is a sample of humor of a different kind, calico '"The Siege of l Djlllxprwbz' Before Che Turkish town The Russians came, And with huge cannon
 Did bombard the same. | They got up close
 And rained fat bombshells down. | And blew cut every | Vowel in tho town. l And then the Turks Becoming somewhat sad, Surrendered every | Coisonant they had
 Here is what Ware calls "A Sea- l rious Story" | From Panama to San Francisco bay, An overorowdeo steamship sailed away. The third day cut a husky miner came l Up to the clerk and, calling him by l name He said: Your ship is crowded, sir, a heap Too much for me; find me a place to
 sleep The clerk responded, with a stately | smile: Sleep where you've been a-seeping all
 the while" Tt haynt be did," the miner answered
 quick ''1 slept upon a declSl:s nd who was sick; He's convalasced, and now, since he is
 stronger, Flo swears he won't endure it any
 longer" Wares devotion to Kansas sticks out constantly. Here is verse called '1 hrcc States:'' l Of all .he states, but three will live in story; |