This, O friend PUNCHINELLO, was only one of my Glimpses of Fortune. I
may yet see the jade more nearly. IMPECUNE.
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Query.
Under the conditions of the Fifteenth Amendment, should things continue
to be put down in Black and White?
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[Illustration:
"COMPARISONS ARE ODIOUS."
_Fond Mother._ "YES, HE'S A PRETTY GOOD BOY, BUT HE DON'T
TAKE TO HIS LETTERS."
_Squire._ "WELL, HE OUGHTER, FOR HIS MOUTH IS LIKE THE
SLIT OF A POST-OFFICE BOX."]
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[Illustration: A TABLEAU OF THE DAY.
GENERAL DANA, WHO HAS BROUGHT THE FIRE OF THE "SUN" TO BEAR UPON EVERY
BODY, NOW BEGINS TO REALIZE THE FORCE OF THE PROVERB--"FOLKS WHO LIVE IN
GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES."]
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THE INDIAN QUESTION.
[AS VIEWED IN THE WEST.]
This is _our_ business, understand!
You Eastern folks, with tempers bland
All get your views at second-hand.
We are the ones that take the brunt
Of every lively Indian-hunt,
So don't be angry if we're blunt.
If any body's scalped it's _us!_
So we've a well-earned right to cuss,
And you've _no_ right to make a fuss.
Talk as you please about their "rights;"
That don't include their coming nights,
And cutting out our lungs and lights.
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