The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1890-01-04

lie Advertiser, very properly rebukes
alicious critics of Mr.. Davis:
But the mantle of silence never
will 'tall upon the tomb of this man,
aud all the pnny efforts of puny, mar
row minded sCribblers can never make
1t SO. jeff Davis may have made mis-.
takes but for all that he was states
man, q soldier and one of the grandest
men that ever lived, and to the true
southerner he was what Grant or Lin
coin was to the northerner. The mantle
of silence never will fall on either OF
| them, Jefferson Davis will live in the
hearts of every true born southerner
for centuries TO come. The old will
pass away but the Young will rise up
and call him great"
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Brother Thomas Z. Diggs, OF the New
Haven Notes, marks the efforts of the
democratic state administration to
stand by the interests of wage-earners
thus:
"The state labor commissioner, Lee
Meriwether, is after q Wayne county
mine owner who pays in sixty day
checks which are discounted 25 per
| cent. by a friend. The same thing was
done on very extensive scale in this
| county some years ago by tie coutrac-
tors. AS Il is only a form OF common
theft II is to be hoped an end will now
be put TO it,"
Charley Walden makes neat rciort
to some loud-mouthed pretended doors
of charity:
"But we never let any one outdo us
when IL comes to charity-Moses not
excepted. Listen: We propose to con.
tribute TO the widow and orphans every
dollar (after paying our debts) taken
IN next year on subscription, job work
aud advertising. Our wife is the widow
and our children the orphans. Bring
in your taters, cabbage and wood
| Who will head the list t2'
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Cor. Roach, of the Carthage Demo
crat, makes this point:
ga bushel OF oats buys a pound oI
sugar; cow will buy coat; and Il
load of potatoes. a pair OF boots. Har
risOn ia president and the good times
Boss Filley promised the farmers Of
Jasper county are here"
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And Wes. Robertson, Of the Gallatii
Democrat, in the same line adds:
CATER alt, the binder twine' trust
has shown itself to be blessing in dis
guise. IL was necessary TO arouse re
publican farmers from their 'prOiec-
lion debauch of the last % years. We
| are only sorr, that democratic farmers
have 10 help bear the burden, but We
arc told that the saints sometimes suffer
with the ungodly."
..
Theo. ID. Fisher, in the Farmlngton
Times, says:
state Labor Commissioner Lee
Meriweth Is entitled to the thanks OF
all wage earners for the fearless and
conscientious manner in which he il
performing the duties OF his Office"
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And upon another subject the same
gentleman remarks:
"SenatOr Vest has Just entered upon
his Goth year. He will be AT least close
Oh to 67 II not beyond the three score
mark ii he lives until the democrats OF
this state are ready tn retire him from
the United States senate"
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The Farmers aud Laborers' Union
column in the Rolla Herald states:
"The present administration has de-
posted in pet banks $4S, 900, 900 OF
money which W as taken from the peo-
pie, principally farmers. The banks
pay no interest, and the farmers, To
whom, by right. the money belongs.
can't get cent of it back without pny.
ing the highest rate of interest and
putting mortgage on his farm. Study
we'll these problems"
The New Haven Notes gives a plan
to beat the sugar trust:
"a gentleman of this county has
taken All effective step to beat the sugar
trust. He has quit using sugar. aud
since he quit he has formed such an
attachment for coffee without the usual
trimmings that he becomes very elO-
quent in descanting upon its merits as
viewed from standpoint looking to
healthfulness and wholesomeness. lie
sees In pure, ,unadulterated or unadorn-
ed and unembel,ished coffee, now, such
virtues as he never dreamed OF before !;
then with all its advantages comes the
consolation to this red hot democrat
that he is beating the republican sugar
trust. We have been doing the same
thing for some time-by drinking pnre,
fresh milk. Cows are cheap now and
milk is far more healthiul than coffee.
AS a slimulant II cannot hold candle
TO other liquids we could name any
how"
The veteran editors, Hawkins u
Middleton, of the Cass County Demo
crat, give us this item:
"Col. Moonlight, of Kansas, was a
gallant soldier in the union army all
through the late war. Although still n
sufferer from wounds then received he
has persistently refused to apply for or
accept u pension. II is hardly necessa-
ry to say the Col. is a staunch demo.
crst. Republicans are generally not
built that way"
Editor James A. Gustin, of the Platte
County Argus:
"Hold up there, ye tariff smashcrs
Just give the republican party an
opportunity to protect the farm the
| same as the manufactorY.'
."
"Trusts don't seem to he such strict.
| ly private affairs since the enforce
ment of the Missouri antitrust law,
James q. Blsine's declaration to thr
contrary Notwithstanding"
spent d king Powaoury, of the educa'
tio, each pound ele,tbe RnIla Herald
''o' I9@au gallo ''' Nv" "'''
"Sinto whic,. --L~there is no royar
road tf'>> are the The Tool may inhPriI
a fortune>ion Se cannot heir al educa'
ton. 1t n~>es' patient. diligent aud
labOrious effOr; to acquire even n small
degree of learning. Every bov aud
girl attending our public school can
| obtain a thorough collegiate training,
if he will make this his motto: Il can,
| should and | will There is great
deal in the old saying that where there
| is a will, there is IA way Don't sit
down in idleness aud wait for some
thing to turn up; but roll up your
sleeves and turn something mp. The
greatest minds in every department, oI
life, are those whom the world calls
'spIf made men, Remember the old
Latin proverb: Omnia Uiacit la6Or.'