Life — September 29, 1898 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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To Uncle Sam, John Bull declares He loves him better than himself, And only fought bim (so he swears) please a dull, vindictive Guelph; And, in a later strife, to tell If South or North could boss the show, He thought both sides behaved so well That each deserved to win, you know— “Ah, John, 1 guess," Says Uncle 8. “ You feel a lot you can’t express. “ We do not talk the same as you, Say ‘sidewalks * where you talk of ‘kerbs? We give the Asplrates their due, But use our Substantives for Verbs, We don't belleve in all the stuff We read about ‘ the unsetting Su: Nor think old Shakespeare quite enough make two distant nations one "— Bull answers * Yes; But, none the less, We're both unfriended, Uncle 8, “The Kings and Emperors must be foes To Preedom's children and thelr ends; ‘The Prench speak fair, but don’t suppose A Latin race can stand your friends. I'm sure you cannot wish that I, More than yourself, should come to harm; And that appears a reason why We always should go arm-in-arm, You must confess We're in a mess.” “Why, certainly,” says Uncle 8, you Anglo-Normans, with your Queen, Have viewed us with a scornful mind.; And we, for many a year, have been Both more than kin and less than kind; But, tf you choose to turn the talk ‘To brotherly love—and prove your claim— I'm ready arm-tn-arm to walk, So far ax roads may be te same; Or else, I guess," Sayx Uncle 8., “I don't much care what you profess." —The Sketch. “ALways do right and your friends will stand by you." “ Yex, but the time a man needs friends to stand by him 1a when he does wrong."—Chicago Record. Here 1s a good story which comes from Australia. The day after the performance of play Ina certain large city, the manager of the theatre wrote the following chilling note to the leading actor “My Dear Sir—Your performance last night was so had that several deadheads have written demanding that thelr names be removed from the free list 1"—Tit-Bits. CommaNpen: What 1s your complaint agalnst this boy? Buvesacker: Well, sir, as 1 was a-walkin’ arft, this tere boy, ’e up an’ calls me a bloomin’ ldjit. Now, ‘ow would you like to be called a bloomtn’ {djlt, supposin’ you wasn't one? Punch. No one should he expected to do things he ts not able to do, It it were the business of rolling stones to gather moss they probably would do it; but {t was never necessary for man like Benjamin Franklin to say they do not gather moss; everybody knows that.—New Orleans Picayune, (CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS: NEW YORK. ‘he Book of Games. By Mary White. Causes and Consequences. By John Jay Chapman. aun7M Adventures of Harry Richmond. 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