[C] It is a waste of ink and energy to write “United States of America” always. All our property is marked Us. Then why not Usland? And why should we always say American? The Canadian, the Mexican, the Brazilian and so on are as entirely entitled to the name American as we. Why not say Usman, as Frenchman, German, and so on?

THAT USSIAN OF USLAND.

Anent the boundary line—“Lest we forget, lest we forget.”

“I am an Ussian true,” he said;

“Keep off the grass there, Mister Bull!

For if you don’t I’ll bang your head

And bang your belly-full.

“Now mark, my burly jingo-man,

So prone to muss and fuss and cuss,

I am an Ussian, spick and span,