The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1897 Page: 2 of 16
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BOUTliEltM MJSltCUUY
V
What I Heard.
OI' Ezra Smith an' Deekin Smith
Were joggin* 'long together—
"Twas winter time an' almost night,
An' rut her nasty weather.
The distant village was the place
Where both the men were goin',
A biting wind that rasped the face
Was steadily a-blowin'.
I hurried up an' jined the two,
An' listened to their talkin',
It gave me quite enough to do,
Fer with ther talk an' walkiti',
They made me walk an' think so fast;
They tried my knack fer stayin',
"I'was hardest work to ketch the last
Of this what they were sayin'.
"Now what's the use o' livin'?" said
Ol' Ezra to the Deekin,
"Fer you inay work until yer dead,
Er ev'ry jint a-squeakin',
An' after all in said an' done,
What hev you got fer showin'?
Ther's lots of work and little fun,
An' discontent a-growin'."
The Deekin rubbed his ears a bit,
Then said he guesetl his naber
"Would find the times git harder yit,
Fer ev'ry kind o' labor,
Unless all workin' folks arise,
An' fight for proper livbi',
An' git returns in ev'ry wise
As good as they air giviu'.
•Said Ezra Smith: -'It is not right
That we should do the workin',
While them as loaf from morn till night,
An' all the duties shirkin',
•Gits all in life that is the best,
While we tins take the leavin's;
We work, an' work, an' git no rest,
An' drones live on their thievin's."
•"It's gittin' so a workman's kid
Can't git no education;
He stays in ignorance instid,
An' works like all tarnation,
While them as gits it all can buy
Ther gals some foreign titles;
Ther sons can gamble an' live high,
And we can starve our vitals."
•"The trusts run down the prices so,
Our crops don't pay fer raisin',
An' then they say 'you people grow
Too much!'—it's quite ainazin';
When we have nothing left to sell,
How prices go a-kitin'i
It makes us workers feel like—well,
1'itchin' in an' lightin'.
F.f things go on fer long like this,
Agreed the two ol" feller*)
The doods will hear the tiger's hiss,
An' ef they are good smellers,
They'll scent the smoke o' battle, an'
They'll have good cause for hidin'
The Maxim guns will rattle, an'
We walkers may be ridin'.
'OP Ezra Smith an' Deekin Wright
Air doin' lots o' rcadin',
An' both air mad enough ter fight.
So, gentle folks, be heedin',
None air so blind as them as won't
See signs, likeol' Hclshazzer,
When men get wild an' on the hunt,
They're like to 'tote u razzer!"
Pions Frauds No. 2.
L. I'. TAFFINDER.
I am not offering an apology for "Pious
Frauds," neither do I deny that there are
pious frauds; but as there has been an
impression on my mind for some time
tbat some one ought to write an article to
counteract those that are continually com-
ing from those that are surely enemies to
the church, I shall undertake that task
this morning.
In the first place, I quit the democratic
party because I thought the enemies to
Christianity had gotten full control of the
machine, and on the other hand the re-
form party was made up of the best men
of all the churches, and there were but
few who did not belong to some church.
Now this article from the Railway
Times, like many others I have seen in
the Mercury in the last three or four
years, can do us no good as a party, and
is calculated to do a great deal of harm.
Must we let the impression go out that
we, as a party, are opposed to the church-
es because all the churches have some
'pious frauds?" Most any one, it seems
to me, ought to read between the lines
that those writers are not church mem-
bers, nor in any sympathy with the work
of the church to get men from under the
thraldom of sin and satan. This writer
on pious frauds in the Mercury of June 3
says: "A deep, broad reverence, cou-
pled with a strong undying love for hu-
manity, constitutes the principal element
of religion." Why did he not say ac-
ceptance of truth, if he knows anything
about religion? He has a great reverence
for truth and religion perhaps but still
not enough to embrace it, and farther
down he assumes the roll of dictator to
'pious frauds and says: "Love thy neigh-
bor as thyself ought to constitute the bulk
of their sermonizing." We would hear
this from all of them, whether pious or
impious, and he sneeringly applies the
word "cloth" to the ministry, and also asks
if any man can be honest who teaches
the gold standard. Apply this to our-
selves when we were so thoroughly under
the plutocratic influences. Does he not
know that no mían ever sees the hideous-
ness of a thing fully until he gets out of
it? Now, Mr. Editor, such editorials or
communications are only a bid for the
low and vicious that would cause us trou-
ble if we had them, and there are some
good men in the old parties for us to
draw from, and we ought to let that class
stay where they are and die of their own
rottenness.
1 expect someone one to say that 1 am
laboring under a mistaken idea about the
intention of those articles, but I am so
sure that enemies to all churches (those
that would tear down everything and
build up nothing) are the writers of those
articles that I propose to get their scalps
or they will get mine. I am getting tired
of a few old church opposers writing
articles for so many church members to
read and no one dare raise a warning
voice. They want to continually hold up
to the gaze of the world the few old pious
frauds, and never tell of any good that is
being done.
For my part I am about as tired of im-
pious frauds as of pious ones.
Purmelia, Tex.
Wants Labor Journals.
For more than ten years I have been
collecting literature relating to the history
of the labor movement and of social
movements generally in our country. Two
or three years since, I found that a com-
plete collection was too large for any or-
dinary private house, and also that it in-
volved a larger expenditure to preserve
it properly than I could afford to make.
At that time the State historical library
of Wisconsin came to my assistance, of-
fering to bind the files of periodicals, and
to preserve properly panphlets and all
other material. I have sent to the libra-
ry over three hundred volumes of labor
oapers. Others are assisting in making
this collection as complete as possible,
many editors of labor papers and socia]
reform papers generally sending files and
complimentary copies of their paperk
We desire the co-operatiort of all those
who appreciate the importance of a col-
lection of this kind. It is already some-
thing unique. There must be many who
will realize how valuable a collection of
ephemeral literature relating to the social
history of our country must prove.
There could be no better place to send
this literature to than the library of the
Wisconsin historical society. This is
one of the great libraries of the United
States, in some particulars pertaining to
United States history taking first rank. It
occupies a central position itt oiir country
between East and West, ahd is visited
already by scholars from every part of
the country, who find it indespensable in
their researches. It is a library also
which appreciates the importance of liter-
ature of the kind mentioned, whereas
there are libraries in the country which
have even refused bound copies of labor
papers. I think there are comparatively
few libraries where such literature would
receive such good care as it does here.
There ought to be at least one place in
the country where it will be preserved,
and as the Wisconsin library already has
such a large collection this would seem
to be the best place.
I shall be very glad, then, if all who
read this will co-operate with us by send-
ing labor newspapers, especially anything
in the way of complete files, pamphlets,
constitutions of labor and co-operative
organizations, etc. Nothing which has a
bearing upon the history of social move-
ments in this country will come amiss;
Everything should be directed to the care
of Reuben G. Thwaites, Esq;, Librarian,
Madison, Wisconsin and marked in the
corner "Ely Collection."Express charges
will be paid at this end.
I shall be very glad if the social reform
papers of the country will copy this no-
tice and assist us otherwise in this under
taking. Richard F. Ely. ,
Madison, Wis.
Politics In our State University.
For several years the Mercury, in com-
mon with many others, who have been
watching the course of the Texas Univer-
sity, has believed that the work done by
that institution was not in harmony with
the will of the people of the state, and
more than once we have criticized its
management, It will be seen from the
following resolution adopted by the House
of representatives on Wednesday last
that our criticisfns have not been ground-
less. The resolution reads as follows:
"Whereas, the university of Texas is
the property of the people, in which all
have a common interest, and
Whereas, it is currently reported that
there have been employed and included
in the fatuity of said university those
who are out of touch and not in sympa-
thy with the traditions of the country, but
hold our traditions and our institutions in
contempt, and circulate and teach politi-
cal heresies in place of the system of po-
litical economy that is cherished by our
people, therefore be it
Resolved, that the speaker of the
house appoint a committee of
Why
Do people buy Hood's Sarsaparilla in prefer*
ence to any other,— in (act almost to the exclu-
sion of all others?
Because they know that Hood's Sarsapa-
rllia cures when others fail.
The question of beat is just as positively d«
cided in favor of Hood's Sarsaparilla, as the
question of comparative sales. Remember,
Hood's
Sarsaparilla ■
is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists, f 1.
Prepared only by C. I. Hood A Co., Lowell, Mass.
__ a, n,l( cure Liver Ills; easy to
flood S HlllS take. iasy to operate. 26c.
For What?
A First-class Ticket from Texas to
San Francisco.
When?
To be exact, June 19*30, July 1
3-3, at the time of the Christian
Endeavor Convention.
By What Route?
The Sania pe
the same rate wiil also áppiy lb
intermediate points^ and in the
reverse direction. From somfe
joints the rate will be slifchtty
Open to Everybody*
feentl for Time Folded and dtetáileti
information to any agieht óf th'e
Santá Fe Routes or to the under-
signed.
S. A. KENDIO, Pass. Agt., Ft. Worth
J. P. WRIGHT, Trav. Pass. Agt, Dallas
W.S.KEENAN.Gen.Pass.Agt,ualv'st'n K
five members, who shall investí'
gate and report the truth or incorrectness
of such charges. Said committee shall
have power to summon witnesses and
take testimony. And be it further
Resolved, that we, as representatives
of the people, request the regents of the
university to exercise great care hereafter
in selecting as members of the faculty
only those who are known to be in sym-
pathy with southern political institutions,
and further request them to cancel as
soon as practical any existing contract
with members of the faculty not so in
sympathy."
While we believe nothing will be done
to correct the evils referred to, the reso-
lution shows that the eyes of the people
are on the management
Why do the democratic journals at
Austin keep silent about the forgery com-
mitted on the state treasury by a certain
senatorial officer last week? Drunken
members can flourish six shooters on the
floor of the house, "cuss" each other out
in time of work, play poker, or do any
other democratic act, and not one word
of reproof or condemnation is uttered:
but when an outsider like Cyclone Davis
encroaches upon the dignity of that im-
maculate body they spend days in purg-
ing themselves pf the taint,
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Park, Milton. The Southern Mercury. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1897, newspaper, June 17, 1897; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth185714/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .