The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-22

Ne ehcSs the nstreme Side cf.Gcs-
erament Abuses.
UarIk side ~ the Picturs HELD Up 70
Z, the 0ase Of the Texas AEricui-
turists--Currsnt Abuses

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ueiivOic - 1850, ...s,ou NJ Dublin
etate 0rNnEe ~ en' 's 80, NJ B
On the 18th Instant
IL ss,ntcr whom the cold winds blowL
Sssr no kicka.
ySn acc.u't iike the ice and snow,
y5e ~ ina 10 sec the mercury 10
tn zero. II It falls below,
Man. no kicks.
on how no kicks
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n suinn", ~ 49,
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ne hIouno. tn,-v cr,,n,u hix.
he sweats ny lm IL ssras ming phiz.
NV ~ ~ ,,,.,
man. no 49,.
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Man. he Kicks - -. ~. go,
He's never pleased Win Will ~ So,
He frets. anu FUMES a' 49,
Ana whetncr 10 fisp' VI
Man, ne KICKS
o. LORD. now ne hichs'
Ladies' and Gentlemen sclhom suher
anxiety as TO what people think about me.
/ have gone through life misunderstood,
but too busy to explain. Yet / trust you
will not take tho doggerel just nscu az
my estimate Of real poetry.
quote II because OF the immense
amount OF philosophical truth ~ contains
Man In n kicker. he's kicker from kich-
crville. No doubt about that. Yet, as
rule. man has no right TO Kick. suppose
you tickle the heel OF a gray mule with
n rye straw and the mule ls no diseorrteous
as TO spoil your personal appearance, cnn
Won Justly blame tho mule? Didn't tho
mule have right to kiclSY M old Uncle
Sv said to his hoy that mule had 'nuflat-
ed "Ephraham. you never VIII DO purity
like YOU wus, but you'll ntlus b. blamed
sight smarter" so might 1t be said 10 YOU,
Therefore. while YOU might really be IN
der somo obligations to the mule, you cor
tainly would have no cause to KICK. % ~
is M a general rule; Almost always our
misfortunes arc traGonbio 10 our own
faults. IL may at times seem tousu' pue
we have no right to KICK. ,,.
In this talk ] may roier 10 some oy'is
in tho land. but want ~ ,hlers'nou '.a'
j AIN not kicking the evhs arc hele pe-
cause we permit the'n; ~ WV W. ~,
cciye more piessingS ,nan We 'ose, ~ A.
IN the custom VI spoIl-o 'iiuo's ~. 49,
farmers; OF +Iporli,s MN 40 ary ~
mpuut 'no ul,,S 49," p ~ o,,mttr M la
pono ~" sa,n' VI ,,an w.. 49,, ~ nn,,res-
,,alupieu un'u' Wv ~, -, ,,,ny ,un,,.
s n mn 49, go" NO sho,,,anrs n, tho
.,,,,,, ~ a"n,a Nv social commer ,Ial and
.,o,,,,nai ponS,,,ons which they oupht rot
Ia d, hat ptvt IN TINT tfpy Nuye
tho,, ~ hsor The former Is more To blnme
tnr ,rnscnt conditions than ANYBODY else
sIm,,v hooause there Is more OF him.
Sneak,ne generally. the masses arc to
biame for about all the evils In the So
c,al. commercial political and religious
world. Now, why Is ths9 Because tho
propoaition is susceptible OF proof that. al
Incst II not all, tho evils In the land have
resulted from the fact that he classes
a tt.
II started way back yonder In garden
called Eden when a sly old serpent, a ut
representative OF ruling classes today out
smarted poor unsophisticatod Adam and
Eve. Thence forward all tho way dawn
the roads OF folly tie clhsses have bossed
while tho masses have worked The nlassos
have built walled cities and towering
pyramids to perpotuatc the memory of bnr
barous and cruel class task masters, In
the present time the rule stu holds. Orig
tnally the walls and pyramids were built
of stone They arc now built OF material
that can not be seon by tho naked eye,
but must be viewed through tho oyu OF
analysis study and thought, This is be-
cause the masses fume and Kick while the
classes think, plan and run things to suit
themselves.
Now. is this not true. For instance, men
condemn the Inconsistencies of many
pTtHCntTS, CHuTtH iutIitLtIh uHu tHt ktutEui
conduct OF the church And there In vas,
room for criticism OF this strongest agent
OF civilization. Yet how many who con
denim have any fixed convictions as to tn,
real duty OF religious forces? How man,
are competent TO point out the good roa,
you ought to pursue. as we'll as direct you,
attention to the had route over which
you have travelled? We condemn tho follie,
aud foibles Of society, without having an,
pronounced convictions az to sociai ethics
we laugh at or ridiculc the miss who strut
along under a headgear or hat representing
the mineral, animal and vegetable king
doms agrIculture and horticulture. geo
logy and zoology, ornitholugy and palcnnto
ioey. whose general makernp comprehend
rtays, buttons. hooks, cotton. sawdust. pins
ribbons ruffles. i,ounccs. fabrics Il
straight- cuts, cross cuts and biaa- cuts
whose; form Is laced until her eyes bulge
and whose hair Ia skewcd up until Il make
her walk on tip-toe, nut suppose We ha
10 prsscribe her wardrobe, could We do Il
Would not custom and public sentimep
rule us AZ Il does her? Then. there Is IN
dude as he ambles along tied to a rata
and a spotted dog. a vast expanse Of cola
on d line with the top OF his ears. his hal
parted IN the middle To keen him fro,