September 23, 1897.
THE NEKBASKA INDEPENDENT
I
t
THE PITIFUL CRY
' OF THE POOR.
"A Long, Low, Distant Mur
mur of Dread Sound."
THE BLIGHT ON OUE FAIR LA."D
l'lutocracy and roMpcrUm tin P"
ucU of a (Juurtcr of a Out 11 17,
Condition Not Apprnlmnfird by Our Vnrt-
fellinr The Nation rlt a I'riy ti
latrlgun of yieutl Who I'lolte.J Wliil i
fha 1'eople lltxilluecl t'pnu a New
round I'l-nm A friendly Warning t
tlia KnoklDM aad lUnltuiml Huron!.
Oh, V Mar, Caaiilnte ami llypoerltenl
(John ('lurk Itldputh In BnptomW Arena.
Tho uir 1m burdened with tho hulf
amoilicrcd cry of tlio jkkr Their lino
havo goiio out to tbo end of tbo earth.
There in no ixl or language where
tlittir voice i not hoard. From every
land and nation, from every cllmo and
kindred, there coined op, a if from tho
abyn. what Uttd Hyron, iu 0110 of tho
powerful punsugoeof "Cbildo Harold,"
doncrlbun u
A I'iiik, low, dintiint murmur of dread notinil
In mi old oriental chmnio nomethlng
i said to tho effect that tho juior wo
havo ulway with u. Thin day 1m that
naying fulfilled in tho prenciieo of u
all. Tho poor wo liavo wilh uh, und we
aro ournclve tho pintr, It in our own
cry, thou, Unit wo hour echoing urouud
tho gulf and count of tho world Bo
bo it; hut Ut uk rcunon together it littlo
alxiut (hi awful condition of poverty
among mankind
Wo wiy mankind becuuno tho dleuc
of poverty in universal, Tho world 1
111 it ten with It a with an epidemic.
Tho i-anteru race aro nearly all in a
dtato bordering on pauperism. Ever and
anon they pane tbo lino and porixb by
thmeand and million. Wbwviir will
pat bin cur to tho eurth muy boar tho
moan of tho dying. Oh, it in pitiful)
Tbo great region of Aula are etrown
with tho decaying carcaxnc of tho
wretched bciugi that have died before
their day from nhocr want of th6 mean
of living longer. Beggary and aeroi
starvation aro tho etote of more than
400,000,000 of Aniatie, ft number!
time an great a tho entire population
of tbo United Htatc. Tho teeming ia
land of tbo aco, beautiful and fertile,
aro littlo rnoro than pauper aopulchoril
that havo nwul lowed tip emaciated hu
manity until tho very earth in a cako of
man mold rimy and poixouou. Btrungo
to remark that there in 1cm nt.irvatiou
in Africa thuu in cither Aia or Earope;
atranger Mill that tho portcut of pun
perinm in already on tho horizon of
America. Unlet tbo baneful force that
aro now rampunt in our civilization
can bo reversed our land alxo will bo
como aye, it i becoming a re:optaclo
for million i f famished dead.
The onfall of general jxivcrty In tho
United I tatcu wu not to havo boon un
ficiputcd. No uch thing wu appre
hended by tho atrong fof fatherH who
hiid tho foundatioiM of our csiuto. Wo
bad hero at tho first a clean lundnoujxj
and un oiM'ii opporttuiity Our wa a
virgin world, a our uuuextor aw it,
riling dewy and nunlit from the wutcr.
Tl ' y found it and entered it and inado
a covenant that it nhould li tlio liomo
of freedom, and, if of freedom, then tho
in. mi! ulito(f abundance and hom for
ever, for poverty in the concomitant
Window of nluvcry, the p.cmonitioii of
it 111 every ago and nation
Ilouiidlcxn were the resource of glclm
and valley, of held and hillside, of lake
and fop-Kt, when our mighty pioneer
began M 'mild un into colony and state
and patioii Nnlhiug more IcMintiful ev
er ot'ered ItM !l to tlio clu-erflll Iiok'
and ennobling umliition of men than
wa revealed to tlienober, indusirioii
and InifMl pi-i !' who came here out of
hiiioilnr-il itroxi and began, in the
tu-Venti entli and eiglitei'lith ('"iitllt li h.
to oeeupy lIllN glorioun and pl'oilieli(;
land. It wax tho new Athmtlx Cop
ulation came 011 like a Hiinnwv Int. Hi
geili-e itlHilindeil. JllHt before tlie U Vo
lutioii there v.'iin not a iintive adult in
all New ljj;,-l.nel who e,ui not rend
and write We- got on wi ll. Poverty
wu unknown Mke puiilot Tilmi. we
uliook OIH-M Ivch out of the old World
luli.tltli.il filet l (i.iil (Ol UU4. I..1U 1 tf
reer of h tn (i unil plenty We 11 1 1 1 i i 1
I'll the Ktl We iilihlirl prliiioKi ill
tare. We wiit entail into the IiiiiIni by
the lii'. 11 We in. le. i at l. I eruli.i an
an nbMird il Itioiou of iiiitiipiity We
dei l.m il thri-o itiiilii iiiibie 1 lt,'liM of ni.i'i
nuiiK I ,v , litis ity Mini the pni'iiiit
of ilVpluriMi We oliribt l i have added
tllll flltt J. --K,yl l4 I, tint
1'tnl. r ie li Hiipii'e hv li..iil. .v
wtf l.iem v. r ni hi iinl 111 lin I nil
il Mali Vhv liould the Volenti lb
lr i vrr l li-i..t ri"iiiii like a .ul
from plii'iiiie 11 liamlii and iintul'
Why 1'oiibl lb, in w -x 11 i.uidiug al
tlm dmf i f th le.Mii of tliti Ann l i' an
jn'plii tbe i.iioit ii r, wma.
inty in tlm LhUimI mi.
CMim le t ii! b olv but by i.i ,l
tlm 1 tmi i.f ,h t.r.l ii, iri. r of Oi ei 't
turv II b id iiiv li M ii - , l m nil
Win u 1 1 1.1 viin ill!.- jIivihi in
Ibwi.iii Ik I . in. i..j.(.. nj.xli tr.iu
tlm lul.Miiy i f ait 1 LI li..ii , nil i in I
M4, al llm fimrif I .!r m I Waii
Iml kli u i4iimI enr lUitwill
l-b ! IHIlll lli.l 1 ( t(.- Hull H li.l
tit kill h'l lln' nHI Hi" It-4e rl
(iiii i Mill, " Win tn !- )..r r '" lln
r ld M- " H In iv ) ! n
I b ih'-It I . On in li4 I y I ttiM
' tl-r ih li?" .ll .el,
' W aw all le us tteh tn l N -
" l.if.iyi n. t pi'-.! "N.s llm !
ar lin y 11 a 4 antwlMi lu
A no rt-a flu rv in lur. " Aal
Dial Modvt tl iti fmiK) li letu aa
eiembly of free men in 1823 and an
assembly of inchoate pauper iu 181)7
Down to tho middle of this century
tho condition of equality, of common
happiucHa, of freo iudiiHtrial purHuits.
of fairly equal diHtributiou of wealth,
with plethora for uouo and poverty tor
none, mill prevailed iu our country
Men now iu umldlu life can well recall
that happy and freo condition of tunbi
tiou eitizcuwhip which exixted iu all
part of the United State a lato n the
outbreak of tho civil wur. The cry of
tho poor wa now here heard Even in
tho great valley of tho Ohio and Mi
iHlppi und around tho fartrctching
frontier of civilijition no wail of di
trc from want came up to vex tho oul
of philanthropy The humble home of
tho common people uboiiuded with tlm
exxcntial of human Imppfuc, One
niUMt need have Keuu ui hi boyhiMHl,
a tho writer aw uud i uow conlciu
plating with tearful remembrance, the
plenty of the old faWiioned country
home, around which young I'lUhcr
cleared new field, and young mot hern,
tho angel of the wilderiic (iod bleu
their memory! rocked the cradle i 11
which fat boy I a hie, with the uptrit of
tho god tiu tlietn, Wept or crowed 11
tho tfwclling ripple of life llowed
through their healthy oul
It wa only after our great W niggle,
after our day of batlle and devastation,
after the al cWt'angcmciit of the Mouth
and north, lifter thechaui had opened
with dreadful auinioWiy to clone with
iudlviWhlo reunion, that the condition
of jvcrfy iu the United Htate upi ar
ed. Indeed, it waHiiot iu the Unit jktIix!
after the war that tlii condition camo.
It i within 1 ho cany memory of men
that a full decade nearly two decade
pimMul after the day ofjM'aoo before
tlio (ioniing of the day of poverty
Nothing i more maiiifet thuu thai
thl condition, tlii return of tho old
Kuroenu and AWutic fate to our Amer
ican WiorcM, wa the rcult of omo un
toward and fatal break in tho remedial
method by w lilch wo ct about to re
tore ourmdve after tho civil wur Hud
there l!n nothing abnormal, nothing
criminal, in t bene method, wo Wiould
have got well again After tho torm
tho calm would have un rvened Our
wound would have healed Tho groan
would have grown green over tlio hal
lowed grave of our Union and Confed
erate dead After tho wreckage and tur
moil the element would have ubidcd,
and tho people would havo been more
free, more cheerful and hopeful in their
KubKoquent abundance thuu in their pro
ceding plenty
It wa tho detraction of natural con
dition that wait our woo upon tut It
wa tho malevolent geniu of man at
work among tho then tdlcut force of
our forward movement that in tho nor
entle and eight h brought about tho
condition which wo aro now obliged
to face. There wore men a largo group
of men who wore then alert while tho
nation wu aaleep. They lgan to in
trigue before tho mnoko of battlo had
cleared away They got hold of tho in-
dufriul, economic uud financial force
of thl reviving nation and deliberately
turned them from tho courno of nature
and jiiHtiee to the coure of iujuhtiec
and iniquity. They iurchacd tho war
debt of tho United Htate and cunning
ly converted it into on lnntrnuicnt with
which to torment tho people by puru
lyzlng their power to pay They invent
ml a method by which to make iuipoM
aiblo tho imymciit of that debt They
transformed it into 11 fanged deMtiolont
They lam; ied with tho contract exiht
lng l'twi'n th'-iiif-lve (md th nation
They made a fraudulent law iu their
own liferent They iuKcrt'il a falhfl
counter into the money nycteci of tlm
United State by which, when the peo
ple tid, they paid nothing; by which,
when they paid one half, the other half
wa greater tl aii tho whole; by which,
when lb:- robber bad extorted more
than ", (KM). 000, 00!) from tbe hard earn
ilign of the peopliMind had htored the
treasure in tliirown vault:, the maw
of the debt b. a.-t wu looi'e ui.4:li.il!'
than ever I
Not ai Wiiil with It nfore, theo-re
wealili tU-u iM'g.n to organize und to
eoiieeliir.itc itM force It eonllivid one
Hcheme after another by which to m
Ifh llmlf of more more I'roilueliiK
nothing itwlf, it deviwd metiioilh by
who h to nl,Mirh the producing em rgie
if lies whole pixiple. l h."l'Upled not. to
lay fari'eaeliilig and d.i.i.'i runs hehenien,
thecordxiif which were gridiially tight
Clied until after limro tliiiu a din-ade the
ftciixo of niill'm al mil Ih ).'uii lo aroiiw: the
peoib In the fact that till tneubllM bud
N'ttli-d tijNai them, that u Viimptru wa
Iraiiiing tbe blood and breath of our
national life
Well known in tin minim of tbe vn
rioiin t niiT 1 Imh w hieh b:ive I n 11 lint, h
ill III li." lift qu itter ot II li MtlllV III
tie. In ,iy I tit f in). 1 I r.mi i.f 11.11..I1
ltil,o wee.lth 'loKiV lb.:t whell Weullll
mi umishiien on 11 dii'iiy inly In ri
f .it 101 n,ili"i li'i ti'oiMl hiii . I h i diivn of
(i...i,iit!i It 'Hi II..W lii;li;i .:lv Vcl'iliiil
III llie t loud Malm TI r. . ll Ml lull
(In. I'lui'iu- u.i'llliild.tl lull of Mi ullll I
al'Vav 1 iTi till (miii iMturei und fc
mlil'i'i i.l l.er I billl On oUII li plor
lloll II ll.c l ' .ii ii diiei.i l vl,df
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lliil eiOlit III niei I i.ilvi d mid
hU lu'l ll il ill.. H.-.I lo llutl iiti l.t lil
prmlili lii,t ur . oi 11 wild m!
and il el el toi.i I n. In kink
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nut it,-' tik J'K'I I mU I- illital im
l. m 1 i -4i 1 1 a In .li .'II. nlnpiLj I.m t
lulu b wi i. I .llllb wir litltiMritl
m il ,oi I.; mi. I 'lili. ,i itt!IMt Ai
lli -tar t in.. Kn k ield"ii ( 1I1
hmI le l It ( lie 1.1, and lit 11 j
their own Inert weight, they moan and
igli. That is their ouly nif-n, and I bay
it is tho niont pitiful wail cf human hi
tory Whoever has tho licart of human
ity in him will hour a ho goes nlmut
from city to country scat, from ollieo to
village, from field to distant tatiou,
the half smothered cry of tho poor Let
uh note for a moment iu what manner
the upieal of thono who are in want, or
who aro bordering on want, i received
by tho upHT power of mntiety
Whenever tho dolorou condition of
poverty begin to lie pointed out by tho
friend of humanity, tho etiemie of hu
manity pUk up tho complaint and nay
three thing in auNwer. Firnt, they any
that it i alio; wcond, that it wu al
way no, and. third, that tho good God
love hi poor children and will take
cure of them, hi tin attitude toward
the nir Mtand tho high up uud owcr
ful world today, mid iu tlii attitude
tand in particular tho parvenu Amer
ican uriWoeruey
Wheu confronted with tho poverty
of tho miWMo, our urinfocracy, our gild
ed clan, declare, in tho flint place, t hat
wo havo no poor in (he United Stale.
Iu tho Nccoud place it declare that tho
poor have ulway been unil til way will
be, uud, in the third place, it declare
that the good (iod, wIiomi Hervaiit we
aro, whowechurche wo build and whono
prlent and preacher we feed, will take
cure of hi poor children, the meaning
being that wo aro not roHponnibhi for it,
that tho cntuto of poverty in natural,
und that the cry of the poor i only 11
falno murmur of di won lent Let u look
at (hi cunuiwtciil aunwi r of wealth to
tho complaint of philanthropy
In the llrnt place, they nay that there
aro no inir They nay thl for the rea
on that tho nir nitiy 1m avoided uud
not nei'ti Tho millionaire nmy build hi
houo no that the uniileaWng UHeet of
poverty may not Window tho liall or Ijo
een through the Wi utter, Tho wall
aro thick, uud the window aro high,
uud tho nplked bron,0 fence around i
nulllclent for tho ubatlof a fort. With
in nuch a keep tho cry of tho n)r will
not Ik heard IIo who live thero may
nay that thero aro no poor, Wiico ho doc
not hour them, and if tlio philanthro
pist, working hi way by nomo kindly
ntraliigein along the (-orridor, manage
to meet the baron of tho cutlo and ank
him if ho di' not hear tho cry of the
downtrodden million ho only aiiHwer
that thero aro no jkiot in tlii country.
"Everylnxly," nay ho, "l well and
happy in tlii glorlou land I read on
ly tlii morning in Tho Metropolitan
IlypixTite that tho happy lalxircr aro
all at work again and thut living wa
never ix-foro no good and cany I You are
an anarch I nt urraying tho poor ngalnnt
tbe rich. There are no poor in thi
country, and you ought to boarrcxtcd
for atirriug up a ntrifo among the clan
ea" At tlio next catlo tlio baron nay:
"Why do you try to alter tho law of
nature and ITovidenco? The good txjok
ha naid, 'Tho hv you have alwoy
with you. ' There wa never a timo in
the world 'hiU)ry when thero were not
poor people, and thero will never bo a
timo wheu they aro not. Poverty i a
natural condition. It cannot be avoided
He who fight uguiriHt it i a fool. When
tueu are jnxir, it Niguifle only that tliey
aro not able or not fit to have mora. If
they had more, they would abuo the
gift and wanfo it. We are tho providen
tial gunrdiau of the wealth of the
world We keep it und distribute it no
thut it may In a blenniug. Weoiirnelvc
never abuno or wanto it never. "
Tho baron of tho third emtio say
thut (hnl i gfxl, meaning thut wo who
love him no much und oln y him no well
are all doing our In nt to alleviate tho
grief and bardshipn of the jioor En)
ciully are we who huvo and control tho
wealth of the world lining it iu nuch a
manner a to mitigate a far u inwniblo
the hard condition of poverty Wo
build KHirhoiiM n and unyluni; wo or
ganize ehai-iiien, we preach for the pixir
uud pray for them; wo build great
churches into which they never coino
uud organize gigantie puwunhiqin
which (!:' never enter; we njiend
greet Mil':: of money uud consuiiie our
revenuen III trying tu lift up the ubject
imiKM s. and when our effort aro not
crowicd with succesn we norroW not an
thohe who have no hoie, but invent
some new method of apnasilig the
dreadful condition winch we admit,
but are Hwei'h s-i lo n form.
Of one thin', however, we are mire,
imd that lliat we have gmsl heart
Mil l eouxcleucen, mid We lire doing IU
much a we can to make better tho mo I
condition!,' mankind l''or Ihi ri'itwui
we riMiit y 11 r interference i.nd re
proitebcM I v n proiiebiiiK u 11 du
fni t the iM-tin' 011I1 r. and. being 11
iIi-iiiiIh r i t tin-1 xintiug order, you 11 n
yi,ur It an 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 y of j neu mid prog
ri We an- Hie fileuds of I he cvtt I1114
nr. 1. 1 Tbe 1 Miiing order 1111 laden the
uyniein 1 1 w.iw industry It llleluile)
tile li Helm lit S nielli of rcildi In o (i.
I11ri1.l1 1 r tlii .,r It Include iIumhii
1 1--it of tin urns of iiuinkiud into a
1'iiliel'i in mi wis 11 ll tlm nt Hi lion of liv
ilUiilli.il l n.ilnl ll On tilde lb" gV
limn nt 1 1 I In nioiv I v i ii lew It lit
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of li.it I mi. Hint .lea .y a lew lllill
llliil 11 I lii.ilxiliit I'lell, i.f W hit ti
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rf .n 'l ink nil I I.... I. li.al n,.llh
nal.t .i U i 1,. in i.ill iluiiiliittttl
llil all in li .ID a U 1 iv la llm ;
Im; at, I hi I1I1 i f 1 1. 11 Hf mi II. oik I
ml I i ll l! l iiMjr Mxlf i-uabt t
be aboliWiea You think and teach that
instead of alleviating the condition of
tho jxxir that condition ought to be de
stroyed You think and teach the great
absurdity that thero ought to bo no
poor, thut men should go forth free and
have families and feed them and ed
ucate them and bring them up to free
citizenship in a grout rcpublio of equal
right for all.
Wo meet yon, nay tho millionaire,
on thin ground. We believe iu nmio of
the tiling which you advocate. We
ill accept mine of them. We intend
that the masse shall remain tho mass
es. Wo Intend that they shall not rino
to freedom and H-xmtuucity. Wo intend
to keep them a they uro tho hewer
of wood uud tho drawers of water. Wo
intend that they shall live under such
conditions of ignorance and dirtincs
ami depravity 11 shall make their emer
gence, imMisniblo, We intend to hold
them back and to hold you back. For
thi purpose wo huve fixed tho power
of society and arrayed them against you
uud your agitation. Wo intend w henev
er you stir to blow you into eternity.
Wo have our arsenal ready Wo have
taken our millionaire sou and organiz
ed them into regiment und huvo in
structed the cupitiilistio pres to indoc
trinate them into tho true principle of
solid government We have packed our
arsenals lull of linns and munition of
wur Not 0110 bayonet, not one bullet,
not one belt, not one grain of powder in
them all i intended or cverwa iu tend
ed for a foreign foo It I Intended for
yon. Whenever the jieoplo In'gin to stir
and to accept yotir pcrniclou dix trine
of equal right wo shall let down our
druwbrnlgen and plant our batterie ut
tho corner of the square Wo will
vomit death upon' you in great fhxxl
until we have taught you that freedom
in a delusion uud denix ruey a sham.
Therefore go your way and towh no
more tho dtx-trino of iqual right for
all, or, if you teach at all, teach iu a
mild and smithing maimer, no u to dis
turb not ut all the existing order. Let
u alone, for (iod i good, ami wo aro
hi servant We will help him to tuko
cure of hi xnir children, and wo will
tnauago iiiuuiwhiloto continue the con
sumption of tho prixluet of lubor in
thono generous recreation, exercise and
humuiiitio that are the peculiar func
tion of the rich anil noble. " We will
build our palace uud increase our liv
ery und illuminate our ballroom and
provide our yacht with dcltcaclc and
rich wine uud sail away on visitation
to the capital of those good old stuble
tate where wealth i properly honored
and where the ixxir know their places.
Hueh i the selllsh plea of the Ameri
can plutocrucy
Hard in it, olt, my countrymen, to
battlo against the imperial power of
consolidated wealth! Hard i it to face
tho condition which bus already super
vened iu the United Ktutcs. Hueh in the
alluring splendor of wculth and such is
the rough exterior of freo democracy
that many are seduced by tho former
and muny aro in dread of the latter.
Fortunes aro made, and those who wal
low in them forget thut their est ate
might bo by disaster or convulsion
brought down to tbe level of that of U10
under man. They adopt the motto, "Aft
er us, the deluge," and if thi were all
thero were len cause for fear in content
plating the destinies of humanity, but
tho disease of wealth lust has dinwmi
nutod Itself liko a poison, und tho infec
tion of it is felt u for as tho border of
society Tho virn i in the vein of
thousand and million. It is rooived
that tho rich arc strong and free, that
they huvo not only house and equi
page and table burdened w ith (lower,
but that they also l nvo pre-eminence in
all things else. Therefore we, too, must
Ixi liko them. Therefore we. tmi, must
by koine means get away from ot:r fel
low men, cease to share their liurt'sliipH,
cease to hear their cry und join tho' glit
tering cavulcudo of the triumphant plu-tix-rucy
Thi ilineiinoof wealth Inst must Ixi
met with an antidote, c)m wu r.l.all all
likewise perish. Whoevir miivc to
amend the existing order is obliged to
combat not only the organized enemy
in lii front, but these sad human weak
Hesse uro'.md him mid behl'id I rc-s'ltt.
it is a hard battle, and wl, ver enter
it must leave lii.iue and kimlr-d behind
und offer bimcelf freely for the gssl of
mankind, for the attempted refer 111 of a
s rverst! condition In the eivilled life
Hut let us do this in ly and w ithout
fear In t us N-rform nur part iu the
gnat Colder t that Is on l t us w ho re
tain mir SV in : thies w nli di'iiiocrncv ami
Is lievo in it contend tearle Iy for tlm
faith that wit delivered to out father
A f'T t' iv.t. we may In- sure Unit
tin. i in my will In ,.1 t.iitiiiifj thut 1111
the niiluro of niiiM.ti imd Irntli end coil
M I' licu I. lit lei rlhel, tl.e 1 ui my
sbiill he.irl .o itie 1 1 ,i!e the .i rnf
CotiM'lld'lteil Wealth Will Is- iillUihltil
nnd n utiiiie. I h.niiier or biO r i:"-
Mllibltli.linai.il lll.dl lllil l, in l HKiills
Ui righu i t biiu...iiiiy n.iiiil lb
iiii,ility 11 in I l p. im -ill. ml et till iii'ii und
nil Wiilliill I lute I he liw. will (
I t..iik,lit 1.1 ii,it r.iiii.ii und tiumiln v
Uli, ye 11 . .1 lord n il.n ( niti I
M.ilnl Uli I in ill MIiui. jiij IuihIkI
ilii rm v ' iii. i 11111 of iinl, un. t. il
Wi.iilll rtild liivini, linn lni rrti
Win HI ).l Im Dtl n .in mid ti lbi
WlulM ye li.ie n-' lr wit, ) I .1I1 wlei
Iimvii nrr rl 1.1 ii.m. In 11,1. n.hi
i f ii.il li-hnij a it- i-i- iimi Mti r Am r
i un M.(. 1 , 11 ii lei Im,. . iiel d
(. k. Ilur ti itet, n 1!,,. j,-rt r put It.
Mill In n I -III I I oil II 1 11 ill 1 I'm bI-iii I 11
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tie 11 Im Ihw I ,4 luiii. hi il 1 ( 1
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I I oil hu a; i' ,li. nt nl li. i f
ru.iMiii im ,,.,i mi. 1 , gtiti
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I'M I "r I el ii,. m 4lel 11 lull 'lie
'" 'I lit III - ll- Il.j I. it ,tlt'! Mil .11 .f
j.r iiiwti il le iiin mi l l.iiui).
ll. II Mli, ill 4i lhitt pliitiU l H'l-I
I-.uliil .,i h mil .,ii ,4. f .
ii. i.i il n ttillirmid f uiini.l
( )y l ull Wil l ntH ,lt I'lr
When you tan'
buylhe
A fULL AND C0MPLL1 1 UNE TOR ALL KINDS Of
FILL AT PRICES FROM IO.OO TO 75.00
A hill and
foontii b
tf (ol.nnd
w
and or Hir tame irtdunalai
"6abi Afo:' nmbui in lutfttt
or Any cfhprli.ntftfxm
M OAR
GENERAL
k
HOUSE FUUNISHING GOODS ETC
15 HOST COMPLHTC AND SOLD
AT LOWCW JPWWCO THAN fcVtJrii
RUDQE &
. unwvuii nun,
organ i zed power of wxjiety and wnn
ohu them a the dumb puwu of the
gambler' board, who think you can
buy tho world uud convert it 0110 half
into nlave market and tho other half
into a park, yu men who own all tho
railway and till tlm bond uud all tho
sugar and all the petroleu.u uud numt
of tho cotton and ull the whisky
heaven lavo us! of tlio 11111144 htatcn,
yo men whore intolerable pride overtop
that of tho feudal lord uud whono un
mitigated K'llislines devour tho live
of other u the Uotiiun glutton devour
ed bumming bird and ntialln, ye men
who ttsar neither the pris laination of
truth nor tho appeal of innocenco in tor
ment, yo millionaire and multimillion
aire and billionaire about to be, whose
Rpoliatiou of the human ruceg'x'Hou
nnchwked and whono arrogance already
grin defiance out of thuiroulxitind win
dows of your ursi 'tiiil. nto ntop now)
The time ha come for yon to pause and
lintcul Tho low murmur which yon
hear iu the distance, no mid and far, in
tho cry of the poor . They w ho cry are
your fellow being. They are a gxxl
a you are. They have a much ri;;li: t
tho blessedness of life an yon havo. Tl.: 7
have brother und nistem and children,
a you havo a few They havo heart,
a nome of you huvo. They are put lent,
and true, a you uro not. They nro u t
arrogant and envious; they uro hninblu
and nincere. If tin re Ihj a thxl, they are
hi loved one, ami now, by tho
uen of heaven, you rhall hear their cry
Wo ncrvo upon you a modest und gi ner
ou notice to bear that cry. You shall
do it. The nation will inako you do it
You uro nut the lord of tho world; you
are uot the proprietor of uature. You
are nimply men, un uro the rent ff y-ur
brother. Your brother will do you no
harm, but you shall hear their cry You
nliull not Is) liar ami wiy (hat Ha re are
no ismrj j'ou shall not be cie-uist and
nay that it wai ulway ni uud ulwtt;,
will Ini, for eiviliatieii w ill i ii!u r nb ,
islt jnivcrty or b" iilmli. '.ed I y it Yen
shall not In hyp-rriua nnd ray that
(ml will tike can of I In me whom you
have rol.lid i f tin ir lulur und tin Ir
hope, an though be Were your coufiiler
ate. IJ' iir , hmr ye, Iho cry of the
joor unil tuinvi r th.:t ny with justice
mid compm-ioiil OllnrwiMi tho future
W ill c. nun 'town 011 you like night, in 1
your childri n' 1 btldreii, ViMtnl wiCi a
fa tii wursn t!ian that wbieli you n w
inlliet on 'h i Idllr -ti 1 f lm.r, will
d.iiuji jott f. r your rut and f lly
A VAIN SEARCH
Soveral Yearn nml Thou:uula of
l)o!!.iru Kxpmtltnl.
An I tit.lt 4iwuH'aiil ami llwufc
lirr.r mI li.lfull Irutttilfil ih IM
timi iuliiU tali twMt I m m -hil
kiMalt I fctv
in Iu llml t III
I iltul, but I miiiui
t .ilii rtv.u
a I'liHitmiil
I .
t O.M l' .' 4 ). llvll H, Wi fe
J -in II Wu Im, tl ittut a
Irl i nunlMut an. I lH'k ( r, nl !
lr,it, VIkIi., Ultly da I a rimi ( I
Ivtirm, aii l a t"nllf iMi a lin
prillt hum! ,'l'i a. tlti ttr. I to loi.-f
kiai fa't'-bna 11, II liiuit'l M.-a.
U io 1a tn andtl nl ttim Wao.(r
1li Ian tmiiiHiiii littlw vioi. Iri(
li- Ilia r m lit ImIh Id In ni" al IN
ittil4tiiii til Ufa. W u I ltf IN
rrtirt-r tMl.d iHa il (. nt Ilia lli
Mia nail it."! ' "lea nUtirs
Mr. Vial)a iUiifn.wuM. A, llal
lufnAlii.. Uli'a tMaanUilm r or.
harl t(rl, a4 U aiil Ml ui tl I In
atfhe 0
A . c Ti
(ample' lira of
miitis forHSin4 .
bu th tkmt mtthwiki
i A tsn "i
HARDWARE - tf
M0RRI5 CO., A
S5i
dipnrleDc much bettnr than I." A vllt
wiM rniwi at tbs abova concern w tiara
Mr, Wallaca wa aran. "I am' laid
Mr. Wallace, "ynt ayouog man, utill I
bava auffareii ootold agoulwn and tor
turn, I wa born witb that lawful
linredltary ditwaaa known a aerofulo,
and what I aofforad cannot It wall da
wn bed.
"It waa first Dotlend In my early boy
hood day and a 1 grtw Oldrr It inani
tented Itaelf, mora ttrongly, Tlta Brat
pliylnlari that traatad ma nald it waa ft
oouatitatlonal blood diordr and by
conntatit treatment and diet It could lit
curnd. Tlm blood purlltoa and cpring
rnmedlea 1 unad only mad tbe eruption
more aggranmve and painful. In IHHH I
wa a fearlal looking eight and wo In
fact repulnivo. On my limb wre large
ulcnre which wer very painful, and from
which there wa a continual discharge.
In three yrare I epent over -'1000 in
medicine and medical aervk' and grew
wome Inntead ol bet ter . I trifd the mad.
leal bntli. and In iHtl'J wnat to medicine
Luke, Washington, but wa not bene.
fifed. I ilien Iriml noma fifitfilUtthrf
medicine, bat did not receive any bcunflt.
"One day la the lull of 1803 while
reading lh paper 1 noticed an article
about Dr. William' 1'iuk Till for l'ale
iVopIo, but did not give it much atten
tion. That afternoon while moving
noma book I broke an ulciu on ray leg
and nearly dilated, the pain innda ma
nil k and I had to ntop work. While nit
ting in the chnir I again noticad the Dr.
William' I'ink Till article In the new
paper which wu lying 011 the floor. I
read it carelully and luimodlatuly decided
to give the pill a trial, it Ilia account
which I rend bad been of a cane similar
to mine, incut thoolflee boy over to
Frank IIoup' drug etore for a box and
took nomo that afternoon. 1 continued
their una and before 1 had u"d one box
I noticed nn Improvement. I grew better
rapidly and all my friend noticed the
improvement and after taking eight
boxes there wan not u nor on tuy person.
"1 am covered with near (rout the
ulcer but .lnce that time I havo not
nncn aningh indication of tlm old trouble.
I continue! tha unaol tlm pill long after
I wu eiin-d ae 1 wanted to get my y
lam rid of that awful disease. For over
nycnr I have taken Dr, William' I'ink
1'ilU lor I'nle People, and today 1 am
natintled that 1 am (s-rfiH tly cured.
When I bruiMt or rut my hand of late
tlm sore heaU up nlthout elnring, mid
thin I a mire niuu that lay blood I Ire
from alt m-rofulou taint.
"II I had only lmiiKht Dr. William'
l'mk I'iIIb for I'alu l'nopln at (lis etart I
would txi tliounnitdnoldollar iilifinl ami
loid tl v year of health ami liuppitiMM
iiinteait of lortuin. Today I leel like a
H-rlicl man and my doctor any 1 am
i-titin-ly rid ut my old truutih. I have
riroiiiuii-iidid Dr. William' I'ink l'lile for
I'aln lVp( In my Irieud that ant al
lied nl, and 1 know many that k'p thviu
aUay In Ilia liiiuaea lln-y have barn
i ariet help to my wile. 1 am plmiwd
In give my i s rii iun il It alll ba ol any
iim in eoiivtin ing iitlnr alinl I'r. S il
liu in' l ink I'tlla lor I'aU 1'miple a ill do
lor raw like in un',
t iiiii-di Jtu II. Wu 11 a,
Dflruil, Muh., My T, 1U7.
lu ll. r me a iiotary I'ublie la ah. I lor
a)u I oualy, Mm bUaa, rruiia!ly a.
prnifd Jam II. W allaea, alio bwluK
du'y om ifen,., audeaul llml Im
dad read Ida ton-nonm lalvitiwiit and
that (a aiu aa r.
HmityMf F llti 1. Jr ,
.NMlary i'nl.lio,
hiiib I on air, Mn li,
Dr, W id. .tin' l ink MI lor I'aU I'm
I.I I'.oit.iitt. m a inaiiiM4 lonii, all lb
vii-ii.-ltl aiaarf lit 1:1a aa4
riviiiMwt in ib blood aa l flei elial
. m. k'i r. lii.y ar a'i a pin
lur titiuiiUa iili4r In lutitalf, ( aa
u.irMiua, lirawailla and all (tittti
ul aiakii la M'a tUf af1-l a ra lw
hI tuia la ail v4 aiiiM Ima amaial
nri, iif rtolk i'liliM d klfr
aalan. I'ink l ib ara Id la but
! la 1mm bell I al &'l vl a bo I
or tii Inn ..f J fin, aa l aUka4
of an 'lrua,iu, or 4 rl t amd (runt
Dr. UiUieute' Mxlnintlo , rutmnnlnl,
V t,
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