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THE IRRIGA T ION A GE. 



THE WAY WARS BEGIN. 



Tommy was reading the war news. 

 When he finished reading he came over to 

 his mother and said : 

 "Mamma how do wars begin?" 



Well, suppose the English hauled down 

 the American flag, and that the 

 Americans " 



Here Tommy's father intervened. 

 "My dear," he said, "the English would 

 not " 



Mother- "Excuse me, they would-" 



"Now, dear, who ever heard of snch a 

 thing?" 



"Pray do not interrupt." 



"But you are giving Tommy a wrong 

 idea!" 



"I'm not sir!" 



"You are, madam!" 



"Don't call me madam! I wont 

 allow you!" 



"I'll call you what I choose!" 



"I'm sorry I ever saw you; you are so 



Tommy (going out) "It's all right; 

 I think I know how wars begin." 

 Tit-Bits. 



WHAT I LIVE "FOR. 



I live for those who love me, 



Whose hearts are kind and true, 

 For the heaven that smiles above me, 



And awaits my spirit, too; 

 For the human ties that bind me, 

 For the task that God assigned me, 

 For the bright hopes left behind me, 



And the good that I can do. 

 I live to learn their story 



Who've suffered for my sake, 

 To emulate their glory, 



And to follow in their wake; 

 Bards, patriots, martyrs, sages, 

 The noble of all ages, 

 Whose deeds crowd history's pages, 



And time's great volume make-. 

 I live to hold communion 



With all that is divine, 

 To feel there is a union 



'Twixt Nature's heart and mine; 

 To profit by affliction, 

 Reap truths from fields of fiction, 

 Grow wiser from conviction, 



And fulfill each grand design. 

 I live to hail that season, 



By gifted minds foretold, 

 When men shall rule by reason, 



And not alone by gold; 

 When man to man united, 

 And every wrong thing righted, 

 The whole world shall be lighted 



As Eden was of old. 

 I live for those who love me, 



For those who know me true, 

 For the heaven that smiles above me : 



And awaits my spirit, too; 

 For the cause that lacks assistance, 

 For the wrong that needs resistance, 

 For the future in the distance, 



And the good that I can do. 



Gtorge Linnaeus Banks. 



