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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
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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 $'f i.V
4iajn7 and .thais what I am. A nort time ago I had a man from;IIissouri write me and say: VI ; nhderstand thai J F ; , f ,
: have cleared up oyer a million dollar by being a Socialist end tfien quit the party." I did not answer his letter, f or - ?;
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to reply to a liar is to give, at least some credit to the lie.
r I will say this, however that I have lost many dollars for, every cent I ever made out of socialism.,
. It is true .that , I have made thousands of so-called Wend3 while. I was editor of the Eip-Saw,' for which I am thank
ful, but a soon as I beheld that I was wrong I quit and these
'gun. 4 But the hundreds of thousands of so-called friends who
was flauffun uut auuieub Aoinan uatnoucism nave nesan loco aimmucu ouvuuuw aa x saw ii, uu. oto-.awvajuuiimma'
cse,so4jalled friends melted away like dfr before a tropicaj ,f vvv
fho quit me as soon as I discovered that . modern Coci$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;
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THE MAN UNDER GROUND.
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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,
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ing every "luxury known to the
profligacy voi rman.
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. ' 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
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. 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