Go Fool The Boys--don't Talk Ter Men

AU right Ohl l'ard. I onderstand, But don't ask mt "to take a baad." I trlcd thatgamo, long yeiirs ugo. And know your gcbeme, clean tliro' and tliro I'in older now, than I wat then- Go fooi the boy- don't talk ter men. Your "f ree tradesebeme"aDd'1WHdcat Banks.' May fooi the Reba- perhapa some Yunks. But I've aeen thla country fllled wltn trasb Wortli live per cent. when turned to cash, And when they dropped it in our till They charged lull face on every bill. I'm older now than I was then : Go fooi the boys- don't talk ter men. 'Twas years ano.inolden time, Where " Suckers" had to toe the line. Where Lincoln Bometlmes made ■ speech, Where rotten eggs were kept in roaeh. Witli argumente o Btrong, yon aee, We flourished like a green lay tree. A nfgger was a ïiiuuer then, And uny oue could "w olop" them And feel at i ase, nr then. yon .-■■. Old Lincoln htut not set them [ree. bont thla Mme old Toomt had come Along our way, and promised one To every fellow who would "tote" For "uur Blde" and ca.-t liis vote Igalnst " Old Abe"- who had a plan the uiggers- to a man. Vote? You bet- to get a Dlgger KeellDK big- and perhapa Iji'.'ger, Whlle looking forward to the day When Toombs should come aloiií? onr way His ntagen drlvlng by the score And "leavlng one" ut "every door" In payment for our votes you Before "Old Abe" liad set them free. 'Pan out?"- not mucli- 'twas all a game Too cussed mean tu have a name. Twai mlghty mean, for we were told That all we bad to do was hold Each his nigaer to his work, Whlle "we 'uns" on the fence could shirk. One mornlng early in the spring When first the birds began to sinu'. Old Colonel Hug-wench brought the news That every one of us would loose Onr promised Dlgger and the right To"wolop" hiin- unless wed flght 'Old Abe," who was bound, you see, I o set the lat one of them free. Foolish?- of eourse.but then somehow, V. did not know wliat we know now ; Besides. they said. it would be fun, To see the fr'ightened Yankees run. And so we 'listed in the flght Aud got- well, Pard it servad us right. So parden me- I understand, But dou't ask me to take a hand. I'iu older now than I was then; Go fooi the boys- don't talk ter men. Haüftax, Florida, July 30. E. E. Daytou. If the govecament bas the right to stamp ;o cents wortfa of sllver as $1, and force tilie people to it, tJw same 'DviTimicnt has t lie right in put the priM h' wlif.it at $1 por imhci. and (orce its cdtlsens to pay tJwit inuc-li n. Tbere is m reaeon In the world wiiy the allveT mine ownci-s Bhould bo lavnrcd a ny more l!in:i the ïarinens. Dncle Bam should havo no pete n ihi matter. Siippoedng, tor some anexpected reasim tibe prtoe of allver should advance ek) tliat the present Bllver dollar Btuould bc worth 91.40. What would the sdjver mine owners do then ? Would thi'.v allow the governinent tu reeelve tii benefil o! that extra 40 centa on a dollar? Well, liardiy.