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4 ' , 1 ' I I V- X VOL. "5. a. it . - - -i H r i -.'.i . i '.- ij iLaJaea , ,,,iir.,ii ,... i,,.i y , i, it ,, ,-,.r, i.i .Hi,', . j -...in i i,w .,,,,,,,,,, I,.,.,, ... ).! i jM.i,ir-r fiiii,-r-?tjr.-,i.;,i.i 1 il" 1" ', ' '.ffiaUtfM , Jf !WW V MOEAViAir PAtLs,ll p;pEOXIBEE,jL9i4; a '. v'iHT? ' f 1 ' r t .-f i 4c i V A' , 'f Mi -f Well boys, I m" again on.a job a iew one v but the iamiB old one after all. It is the easiest thing in the world, to :;- be K.' "i' ( 111 y V - hut it 'broogt nje big returns in cqnsbiotis ixappiness. VOh ycd, t aissttill a Socialist, as I could be nbtoing else and .be a rjsi " 1 $'f i.V 4iajn7 and .thais what I am. A nort time ago I had a man from;IIissouri write me and say: VI ; nhderstand thai J F ; , f , : have cleared up oyer a million dollar by being a Socialist end tfien quit the party." I did not answer his letter, f or - ?; i t 45? i V7Vf to reply to a liar is to give, at least some credit to the lie. r I will say this, however that I have lost many dollars for, every cent I ever made out of socialism., . It is true .that , I have made thousands of so-called Wend3 while. I was editor of the Eip-Saw,' for which I am thank ful, but a soon as I beheld that I was wrong I quit and these 'gun. 4 But the hundreds of thousands of so-called friends who was flauffun uut auuieub Aoinan uatnoucism nave nesan loco aimmucu ouvuuuw aa x saw ii, uu. oto-.awvajuuiimma' cse,so4jalled friends melted away like dfr before a tropicaj ,f vvv fho quit me as soon as I discovered that . modern Coci$dismJf i f 5 V' t, : real friend. ' No, my Missouri friend was mistakened about my making a million dollars out of socialism, and if he thought that fee err; had to uav what I have lost bv beinir what I thoutrht was sociliast he would have a strinc of fits 'that would drcua f ":-f l'' I , theglobe but there is no use talking about'other mensr""8. as it is the correction of our own inistakes .that; s; tr :4VJv;s- pays the greatest dividens, and that 4s my mission in The Xash. ( k I. was invited by The Lash totake up the whip', and I have taken it because I beheld a glorious opportunity to VjQiV, arouse the natives by Ihe McrackerM on the Lashas. I have learned that to coax an ass,.you have got to' teb ;his ; -, a ,J -."head" through his "rump';, and T?ie Lash is a very beauts il little instrument to make the ass "wiggle", and "wiggle'; i&r: , he will so watch him "Eube,"and see the larchrymalgUnoJbegin to open. up. ' ; $ -fM.f. :p . Yes. I was mistaken in what I thonirht socialism was. and declared mv mistake. But I am clad that there iff a law of V 5' V'J progtess and that is whailhave done.' lama truer and better, swartist. today than I ever was before in my life. , i-i'V' I never asked to.Wpui on this jobt but I was asked to wscepvil (told those who employed jhethatif theythought 'XJtak "lfh";XWT Uered all tha modern socialism teaches-they' were' mistakenibut they said "come" and I am on thejob-ro tUi'sI'-J; am'"'.1 y ' COL DlbK.ilAPLE. " ' , t 1! - ... ' 4' THE MAN UNDER GROUND. r - The; man underground, God 'blesshim, as his is a dreary life. "We referto the", eoaF miner whor toils day in and day out away down, in the bowels of the effrth that yout children and mine may keep comfortable when the snow aeross .street and lane 'ad the sleet rattles her fury - against .our windows in midwinter. j; lit is he? who begrimed with soot leave8''vhfa.:numMev-home in the morning to. enter upon his daily labor in hiSi underground dun geon,, not- knowing whether, he will ever,bepermitted to again embrace his loving wife or trot his baby" upon vhis knee. !- The. miner. has but few of the pleasure fof ithU life,Vand it ap pears tas though thpse for whom he drudges, day A and day , out, vyear in 'andyear out pegrudge mm -what few sunny moments he not knowing i what moment she you ; love him because he is a may receive the awful news that MAN, and the first thing, you k ' viU ' ' an know, you will find that the miner the mm is on nre, or that poison- , 3 - -iJ?it hr rnrZ thp Vom , you taught to hate you, Sir? ury of braV; ?Sk wWy hating him first will pass the will delay its issueaday to attend ' 'V: me iunerai.o oe oy,ywrfwuuuj, XJ.fX- ami willr soon have your neigh borhood? wondering what has ever labor hundreds of feet below in the inky darkness of .this lone- - .v.' 4-u u u come over joun. earn enough , ta keep the wolf,- . frnm th flnnt-hf thpir Invpd otips' We. have mingled with the while their- Hoss' the coal bar-er and we know him. We ons and their families are eniov-iowhat yu wlU intellect saloon without entering its doors It will give ryon, the, best room: aj$i ?;-; .Cerement, in that of tHe, jniner;if we v 1 r, ;N'canr and see how we would like f ?orced to' drop out of sight, ,Wr -V r, oiicjiness' of ,the; bowels f;.the rt11 each" day E of the year,' with V:. Wtf tha " Gunt form . of .r danger each ' V'V'" t crin- us in. the if ace, V 'r . 1 i- Tniy.l3'thst we can1 have A. v; . l- -a L: 3 wife endures v f , rt - 1 k --u 0.yvr, . I l f L ing every "luxury known to the profligacy voi rman. -v.: 1 ' V'.:'f.;i".;.,,i,:'-1...-- . . ' We o'ten hearlihe miners spok en of as si", rough,, uncouth set of people Why; bless your soul if you :khewjhim' intimately you would change, your . mind,. as a kinder f "bigger hearted mortal neyer sufferedthan he. ,y?e make I him '.rough by our treatment, astwe:1. treat him as our inferiors-sWplypeeause he is a "coal,nerJ;He sees by our actions HhatN we, consider him our inferi6fs,whicKisheartens and discourages 'Jhiii - and trains him to hate 'youhecaus'e you;hated him firsf.: ' 4 ; -; 1" 3 x j 4 Warm UP to that creat broad shouldered, !vhard handed- -soul, and let him know that you consid er him just as good fis any mor tal on earth, ,nd you3vill soon learn that it does not require but little polishing to'makejhim skine like . a- pure diamondi V When '.you'fmeet hhnon 'the street, don't shun him simply, be- cause ms clothes ana face are be grimed m with his toil," but ''grasp and manhood underneath his daily soot,"- that would shame the ve neered' pretenses of the sons and daughtem of the' "boss" who treats the miner as only a breath ing ; something" which he uses to increase his fortune, lap him on the back and let Mte)4tnowthat you consiedr him as good as yourself, and you can hear his manhood jingle. Ttx Cc;nliy Cswspapsr. ; ; There area few who appreciate the country newspaper and its edi tor as they should. Km country newspaper wf a hOme grownl'. institution; and lhould be a part of .very; man and I woman '8 pride, wh5 lives' upon jt3 goodn deeds,. ; .vtj ;i j.rnMtlV . ; The country, newspaper wecps when you Twtap, . it mourns when youvtaounLit sighs whenycu" It tells" ood traUs and you h ive tobe devilish r z "iTrheii it . saj.., anything bad'cl , It t tells of your pre" end wqcp3 wnen : aavertity - c . : inc dwelling if. your i house ; burns y v. i. rf If will send you a ' .'mess ; . .; its down of fresh meat if it butchers befor vou . do-And this is ;nbt , alJP If r 1 AiU n ,1 u f v 11 . 2, . V ,l.-.t Jfc-'.n. .l'TI 'K.'.' . your ,j:amiiy jis 1.00 poor, 10 rec m 1 : y tombstone? when-' you die U ' will V; 'g 4 "chip id to help erect one to re? V . j I'll ' mAm1!iilvniii 1 oof Met m li ) nl A StilUhis is not aas i it wfll-clost i 0 its eyes, to the truth and say ' u something, nice about- you after; , v'rf:' youfjee dead, anctV endeavor t te , li ' ,vi v: '5 ' : make your wife believe you were. ; .y ;7tV ows it's a He, yes it will do mbre' wiu stoop aown ana wipe me ur. ty nose of, yourKid,:' and stU , . you' cuss it. and let the toor . ;i editor send your r;paper -1 steeni; years without paying him a .cent tV .'i and topyourTpaper ;if he, inU, - S niates. that; he1 is "hard up'.w SHAME Olf YOU; ' STVp:r: If you' editors over the country 4 want to exchange with The.tidrh, i'Tf send ' your journals fto; Col. DiciXi, v J : ' Ilaple, Nashville, Tenn and jr f '(v1 N; C- that you want to exchar" and, well be tickled a lotto dD it. . . , v 'Why, should iwomca net - -. i .t--rt. J euuxs nis nana ana. ievnim Know,tnit lycujw will sit up ir; .Ij vrithfjTi -iJ yc-r lyou love him and let hfca know tha'ycur j tizlz fsnily-'.ar: J T . .till te ' of . the fright; to; vote,- are il: human t SJYou coddb rl : ter the nero ta tct ? - you i "won't., fclccp do with ycrr cs don't 1
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