That grudging party malice so should fail
Of patriot magnanimity, and rail
At the great chief who gave
The sword they turned against him. Let the brave
Join in one voice in shouting loud, "Well done!"
To one who made them One!
Footnote [*]: See Cartoon, "Dropping the Pilot," pp. 50-51, Vol. 98, March 29, 1890.
Footnote [‡]: "I am a weary old man."—Prince Bismarck's speech in reply to his birthday congratulations.
Mrs. R.'s Abstinence.—The good lady says, "My dear, I always like to strictly observe our Church's audiences, and so every Friday morning during Lent I invariably have a broiled skipper for breakfast."