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vtrj or, - -r.-ir ir, 4 WW? K. MAYERS, Proprietor. LOVE FOR OUK Fill ENDS ; COURTESY FOU ALL; FEAR FOR NONE. I Terms Two Dollar per Year in Advance. r VOLUME 51 SORANTON, MISSISSIPPI, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 18Sp. NUMBER 23. it II V k I WW THE COURTS. THE REGULAR TERMS. Circuit Court 2nd Dist. HAMt'F.I. ll.lrKUIlAI ivor.K. WI,TEli A. WHITE. DiKTiucT Attorney. i the enmity of Wayne, nn tlieseeond Mon day of January aud July and continue six ''irih,. rniinty of !'''iirl Uiver.m the third Monday of April unit October and continue 'il'l'lfe enunt V nf Marlon. Pernod District. on .I, fourth Moii'luy of Jiuiimry and July hud Xu. im.eslxdays. In the fir lilstrh-t. on t tint Monday ' l-chruary and August , ..inllnuesK days. .. 1 1 nt y of t ' I arke. on t he sernnd Mon day of r'ehruary und August mill continue 'Tn'the'etnM'itjrof .Jasper, on the first Mon day nf Marvli and September and continue 7n Ihe''oniity of Oreeno. on thn so.-nnd Monday nf Mnri:li and Septunilier and con- ''in'oMM'ouniy of lliiiiinck. on the fourth Monday f My and November and continue 'Yn the'i-ounty of Harrison, nn the second Monday of May and November and continue twelve days. In the county of Jackson, on the fourth Miindny of April and October and continue twelve 'lays. Chancery Court 2d Dist. K. 0. HIM., l.'iusnti.uiit. In Ihe county of tVnrl Itlver. on the first Monday of January and July and continue 'ii'l'hci-nunty of Marlon. Flint District, nn the second Monday of .liiuiiHry mill July and continue six days. Ill the He -und District, on the third Monday of January mid July ami continue six days. , lulheci ty of Hancock, on the fourth Monday of January and July and continue ''lu'tne county of Harrison, on the first Monday of l-'clirunry mid August and con tinue six ri:i. vs. In thccmiuiy of Jackson, nn the sooond Monilavof l-'eiiiuary and August ttud con tinue six lny. , In tlit- county of Wayne, on the second Monday of June and Dcceinlier. and continue ''in't'fic county of .lone, on the llrst Monday of March und September mid ornithine six In'the county of Jones, nn the first Monday nt March Hiidfi-ptcinber and continue aix '' hi" the cnnTitv of Jasper, on the second Monday of March nud September and con tinue six days. In thcemintvof I'erry. held III Animal a. the First District, on the third .Monday of March mid September and continue six days In the town of Hiittlcslninf. the. Second Dis trict, nn the llrst Monday of .1 line mid Decern her ninl continue six days. In the county of Smith, on the fourth Mon day of March and September, and continue Inlay. In the county of flreene. on Thursday after the second Monday of April mid October and continue three days. In ihe county of t'ovlnirtnii, on the fourth Monday in Api-il and October mid continue nix days. In the county of Newlon. on tlie llrst Mon day of April aiid .November and continue six In ihe county of Lauderdale, on the llrst Monday o( May and November and continue twenly'-four days. ..... In Hi" county of (Marke. oil the third Mon day of Anrll and November and continue aix davs Secret Societies. SCItANTON. 1. O 0. V. Hcranton l,mlire No. 4S. meets ev fry Tuesday evenlnir at. Odd Fellows' Hall at f: o'clock. T. I'. Ualti. S. U. 11.8, Idiurke. neerelnry. Si ranton F.ncampinent No. :0. meets every !d and 4th Friday evenlui: at Odd Fellows' Hall at ?:: o'clock. J. S. I'orl is. (.'. I'. I U.S. Itiuii'kc. scribe. Knliihtsof I'ylhbw. Mississippi Lodtfo No. K. meets every Thursday evenlnif at Odd fellows' Hall at T::l o'chs'k. 4. S. I'orlls. V. V. II. F llrowne. M. of F & K. of H. S. F. ii A. M.. Oulf Ixsliic No. 411'. meets 2nd Wediicsdnvs In each month at Odd Fellows' Hall. .1. S. I'orlls. W. M.I Win. 0. Parker. Secretary. Woodmen of I lie World. ScranUm ('amp No. N. s. II. HtntKc. f.t F. D. Uecht, A. L.; II. F. llrowne, t'lerk. MOSS POINT. The fellM Inn imlers mis'! In StewmtV new li.ill : Mess I'.Ani IKl-te No. 117. I.O. O. F.-Kverv M.naliiv iiuht. M M. W.ilUns, K. . i A. II. Nnilili. V.ilj.i j II I'h.imlM iliu. N o lni v. Mohh Pi.ttit Kueaiiipineiil Nn S First and third Ki iditv iiiiilita. M . M. Wat kins. C. P. , N. M. Cud. Inie. II. 1'.: J. W. Stewart, sen he. I'aniaa.iuln Ijslne No aw, A F & A. M Fiery I IiikI Saturday night. F. Ooliuer, W. M.; U. Ii. WimhI, Se retlli'V. I'.iKM.'.inlu K null' Xn. 4.Vi. Alli'liilt Ksande tinier Kvery aeiimd and fourth Tuesdays In each iwinlli. T. W. Adaina, Minim' acnater; J. J. Mcln IimIi, iMTret4iry. U'ibhIiiii h of llin Win hi, i. M. S.'1'oiul and fainlli Fiiihivs iu ca ll molllll. Thus. Kieiteer. SiTiUrv: ll. C. IteiTins. tNnisul I'luiiuiailder; It. M WsiVins, Adviser l.ienteiianl; T. W. Ad aim. I'.lerK. i liapier No. HW. meets every seeono Hatiir day lii .ucli mouth. 11, 1.. Iluwic, 11. P.jC. II. wiasl. Secretary. tiulf Uslfc No. 514. Kulchts of Honor, meets second and fourth Saturday nlslhts In each inonih. W. Fred Herein. Dlclahir. Knithta of Pythias, Muss Piiiiil hnl2e N'u. W. tn.-t-tn every Ibsl and Ihlnl Tuesiluv at Slewait's II dial 7:m,,.,. n.(. Ilenin, C. C i S. H. KliiuiiB.il, K. 11. H. and M. F. , St. I'l.arles iaHU'e, A. F. A. M.. No. I' Kemilar comiiiuiilcatlon llrst Wednesday iiiKht of each mouth. For lentiirti thlnl neilnesilay. St. John's days. Annual iiiin !iiunleathms24l.hof .luiieinid 17th of Ihwm Iht of each year. U. 8. L'OIXAUD. W M. r-J. Ilii.uSw retiiry. v.s'i'e riii. bulge K. of II. Nn, :il I.', h .Ids ir(lllar meetlllfs a aeraiHi ami t.mnli (Salunluis in each hhiiiiii. A. V. Dennett, Dictator, II. W.l'iun h, Ifamrtw. Ot'KAN SPKINDS. Orcaa Spiina bsle No. 5(i K. of V. W. . aucleare, 0. (, A. P. Kolimii, V. 0,! 0. K'auic, P.; K. I,. Tardv, M.uf M.s It. I. 'iu it"n, M. at A.) W. I.orciuen, I. (i.; C. W. Mmlisnn, 0. 0. VANCI.EAVB. dl i,(NlKeNu. 4-.li. meets Sulurday before IV s"uday In each month at Vnnelcave. JIIh. II, u. Havens. W, M.i T. C. Uuble. S- " llainv l,odreir1te'F. A.M., meets ciouniay Uel.ue Hind Suedav in earn month Waller, W. M.i II. O. Flurry, rVcretarr. Morris Jucobs, Merchant Tailor, ; Scranton, Hiss. j Qeats' Furnishing Goods, HATS. CAPS " SHOES. OnHQ Mi CUMIHO fnptrlf do "jrtist 4. :.. 34.1t SCRANTON PHARMACYOO 00 McTEA rOPSO, rraprtetar, iiiurtoJ.O. HvummiI, KrclM Ateoite, 8C1IAKTON, MISS,, lii vs ts and Ohamlcart, Fancy an Toltat ArtklM, (undrtat. WvalfUjia'PtearrltHloiia CurtfoUTand AccuraU- 0ARPVOIIIM O 4f I 1 has rfr W $NEED OF GOOD gjOB O'PRINTING? S THE DEMOCRAT-STAR 0 0 Jio- rrlntintr fiffleftls igjt fully eiiilpie(l witliA X everyihlntf ncerssary-X V fur tiirtiinn tint theV best tif work in the A X iiiitst mudcrn style ufX V the art. V COMMERCIAL WORK. 0 Such us letter. noteO ft ittid bill licnds we A X tfiiiiriinlt'o satisfiic-X V tinn as to style und V gstatiiinery, 0 MISCELLANEOUS. g SWoddinir nntl vIsitliiifA fiir(ls,hall invitatitins, X tsmk und iMister work, yt ft price-lists, circulars, A 7T t.uir. ell. . t'tc. F ALL ORDERS 0 0 0 Will rcoi'lvc careful and prompt attention f for any work in our 4 line T A line. A t SEND US YOU II ORDERS. A BUSINESS DIRECTORY SCISAKTOX STATU BANK, Capital (iniil in $'!i.IOO. Sili nltis. lo.OOO, (. UANDAl.L, Fiesiileut : H. M. I'l.FM.MKIt, CHsllier. AUiONA SALOON (M. V. II. Cutvy, I'lop.) Fine Wim s Liiiioii, Cigars mid Tolmecim. III.UK S'i OKK (E. Veil Ion. I'mp'r). tIV Uooila, Nolioiis. Slinca illlii Clulllill. SMI i'H'S EATING lUUfSB, (Mis. b'.li.u Simtli), llounl, I.isliu, Oysters, and MchIs ut nil uuuin. SUUANTONBHir VAI.I), (Geo. Fieiitit, I'mprialor). Vessels liltiit 'llllil I?eMileil. MOKKIS .IAUOHS, Mciclianl I'n) liir. Clcinina mid Dyeinjj. 1). D. VALVKKUK. (l)clmas Ave.,) Grocer mill DukM v. Mas. K. II. r.LACKWKLU Miltlnciy, Notions, Etc. W. II SIX, Groceries. Dry Goods, rjlioea. Notions. (JliKIS NKUON, (ruiuitiiic,) Oldest Dry UihnIs 11 ml SMioe House. JOHN FOJSTEIt A SON, Gulf Oysters, Kisli und 81ii ini). . r ro r km si a 1.. frank babney, 4 TTOUXKY AT LAW. liloraiktoti, fiM. OKI, cut Chna. K. ('hidser'a. Ilnineh nlHeea at liu:!rl. Ilarilsiiu ci.nnlv, and at liay St. Lnuis, llamia'K .oiiniv. H. a. iveaiTT. Yatts & Everilt, ATJOnNKYH AT f.AW, ' Ml'f(tiUD MiH. Piaclh'o In all the ritnrla of Ijmdeeilah' inniitv and aiHoinlnit f..ui.les, and in the Sni.reme ami I'nited Slules is.urls. IMileellin.iin.l hiiililllli:, corner Fourth alreat anil Twenty-Jieeiaid arrana. Tjr A C. Ulmer, , PltACTICAf. IKSTI8T. ISi,raiieniit fi. tt.....l-aM In till Uu.-un,...,H Hi.liellH iiriu- ,l..u ,.11 ,.l....tf the l?.,iMtu IIIHcHl.aii.iHrt house, PaacaKoula street. T. M. Eyss. W. n Ktaks. Jr.. Scrantim. Mlsa. Mississippi I lly, Miss. JJvans & Evans. ATTOUXEVS AND CtiUNdKI.OUS AT I. AW, Will practice In H lie courts of Jiu'ksnn county, Iteslilence anil oince at, aioss roini. Asoomce In the court-liousB at tNrranion. 0, H. Wood, ATTOlftrKV AND OOUNSKfiOU AT LAW. Miwa l4iiiir, MifM. Practice In all Hi" courts of Jackson. Harrison, Hancock, Perry and Mreena. TH. f4. Foan. J.I- Fomi. ford & Ford, ATTOIINKY8 AND C0UNS:lBS AT LAW, foritrniic Mi. Will practice in onFiiiinino, ot em r,i and llarrlxin. Office One dxir easl of t'antv'astr R, Seal, ATTORNEY AND COUNSKLOR AT LAW, . uri-Maiatatrinf 1 irv. miaai. Practices III all the courta of the Second Judicial District Qhas. S. Meriwether, ATTORNEY ANb COO'BELOR AT UW flnrakiiMll, M l. Offli'S-In U10 Frederic building, near court house. 11. wau auxmnai i'. Seal 5c Bloomfleld. ATTOnNErS AND fJOONHBKtlW AT LAW, . aurauwn, pttw. Wilt urasth-a In all tlm courii of thv4k'C' ond Judlclkl DUllct Editorial and Otherwise. Do not keep your f yea on the Rrnnnd. The devil w the moat ianjrernua base burner. Of all the nieata, mutton ia Ihe freeat of all disease. Claiborne county haa cone dry again by 200 majority. It ia a aaVimon misfortune to be blind to our nun fault. , - In too niany aiei marriage i aimply a po lite aerfdom. Peoiie who lire alone remain atrangera to - s. tlieiuaelve. What a pity it ii that the quiet in an baa io few imitator. There it more life in one grain of wheal than in one bunlict of chaff. m Liberality in all thinga meant In mind one't own business. A politician's promise hat to be pretty heavily discounted. All the reasoning nl man ia not worth one sentiment of woman. The man ia not poor alio hat tli use of Ihinga neceaaary. The most prepotternua thing in lile it hon esty in love. Doing good will pay belter in the end than digging gold. Many a man Ihinka he ia in love when he it limply a little bilious. Life ia a rooster that crowt even in the pret ence of death. ' Wherever love finds a burden it puta out both hands to lilt. Death ia a sauce without which life would be barely palatable. Death ia a whip and with famous persons it haa a cracker on the end. It ia alnavt dangerous to take a veiled wo man for a beautiful one. There it nn opposing brutal force to Ihe alrataceint of human reason. Truth ia a virtue, but a mighty awkward one In handle in a horse trade. The trolly ia nn aide meant nf furnishing rarfttt! transit to another world. People ael.lom improve when they havo nn nioiU'l but themselves to copy after. In order to make people keep their distance it is necessary first to keep your own. Life i" an oyster that very often turns nut to be bad just aa we get ready In ejjl it. It ia cruel to catch a fly unless vou are in a ball team, then its brutal to miss one. The large majority of families in this coun try have not over $3(10 a year In live upon. I.m e ia like the foam nn a glaaa of beer. It lis.ka pretty, but yuu soon get lired of it. When a woman ia engaged to be married she thinks that life haa just begun for her. It ia unfortunate that knowledge doesn't show up in a countenance just like dimples. Death ia to swift that it overtakes every body and yet to fclow that anyone can catch it. The world ia whjjj we make it, either a heaven or a hell, and we are a long time dead. In Mart ieople retain their youth a long while, aince it takes V87 dayt to make a year. SHaker Mt-Cnnl ia again confined tn his bi d, and hit friends are uneasy about hit con dition. When a man i engaged tn be married. he spends moat of hit time wondering if he hasn't made a mistake. Carefully preserve your honor, but. never hoard truth) be lavish with kindness and miser ly with resentment. , Never argue the point with the man who trlls you that he ia one in a thousand he may be one of the ci phers. Never despise little things. Even the ele phant ia not ton big Incnncentrale his mind on an unpretentious peanut. Ii ia very probable that Watson, the I'opn- lite rire-preaidriitial nominee, will be with drawn before the November election. Do not use loo much water. Your Ihrial may be satisfied without drowning you. Il it the aame wilh a ;iant. Mormnn elders hare nn place tn lay their heads in Mississippi. Like jck rabbila they are rushed from one cover In another. The Mississippi treasury ia virtually empty only a few hundred dollars in il, with no re sources for fund till the tai ia collected. Tom Watson savs he did not want either place on Ihe Pnt.ulist ticket, but permitted ti ia name tu be used to prevent Ihe Ilry an men from awallowing Ihe whole thing and in the interest of harmony. A Georgia editor, endowed with more wit than money, thinka that Hie motto, "In God we trust," on unr silver dollar might tu be changed lo read, "GihJ be with ua till we meet again." George McJnnncll, nf Portland, Oregon, grand keeper nf reeorda and aeal of Ihe Kuiglila of Pythias, haa disappeared, leaving a ahorlaga of 1200Q in hit accounts. He ia supposed to liar gone tu Canada, whence lie originally came. , . "If women liavo-inil flvr sensibilities than men," asked the defender of her sea, "then why ia it that men laugh and women weep at a wedding?" "llecause they are not the nuea who are getting married," answered the coarse, heartless man. A lil'e-sizo butt of President Cleveland la about tu be shipped from Carrara, Italy, where it hat just been finished from the clay model of Prof. Fidardillitndi, nf Rome, whose bust of Needier receired to much favorable mention. The order wat given by friend of Mr. and Mrt. Cleveland who ia now iu Rome. Ilia name bat been kept a teeret. A New York telegram tart thai it it about set lied that Mr. Ilryan will be notified nf hit nomination at Madison Square Garden on Iba evrning of Tueaday, Aaguat II. The big AuJIIorium haa been engaged fur that day, and Lawrence Gardner, Ilia new member of the National Demqcratie Committee for Ihe District ol Columbia, atyt there ia likely to be iiu eUanga in the prcaeut arrtujimtuti. I Written for the Democrat Star. TUK C.VA" Of FREE SILTEB. Once more In the rnlce of our tuition . Is a tone, breathing hope to the poofU Promising to secure to them plenty. And banish the wolf from their door; It echoes from ever; poor hearthstone. Increasing as 'tis cheered from each boat. It reverberates down the Atlantic r From Canada to the Gulf Coast, Then northward, alone the V)rdellera. Hounding out hopeful tidings to all. Telling them of tbo plots hutched In Wall Street To crush down the poor to the wall. - That note was started to ringing lly Ilryan. the Pride of the West, Iu his masterly speech at Chicago In Ixdialf of the poor and oppressed; Cod hallow hi cause, grand and noble, So rare since our ad civil strife. And crown him the chief of our nation. A nd Impart to our sad ones new life. Then rally, ye sunt of Columbia! And rush to the polls with a vim. In a cause, more tn you. than freedom, Iieteriulned to die or to win. Tls ballot we need In this struggle, To vanquish this niercllesa foe, Who aeek to degrudc us with misery. And crush us wllh want at a blow; For the bunkers, at home and In Knglnnd, Hare plotted to bankrupt our land. Have striven for year by their scheming To secure of our coin the command; And silver, the coin of the people, lly trickery they sought to debase. And chose gold, the coin of the bankera, To succeed aa thk coin In Its place. For years, front our home tn Columbia, There burst forth a pitiful wall Of suffering mid wrong and oppesslon, That our nation should ever bewail; 'Tls 11 stain, left on history's panes. Much blacker than Arnold e're cast. Of fraud and of treachery and dishoiior That long In our annals will last. Then li io to the polls In November. And soon will this coin war be o'er And vole for the choice of the masses, Will Hryun-the friend of the pour. Let us strive to restore to Its standing The Democracy left us to keep, (Hy Jefferson and Jackson and others) Which corruption hits long lulled to sleep. Take warning at the Issue Iu sixty. W hen the party wrought out Its defeat, Ry splitting, for trifling difference. And was forced to the rear lo retreat. Division gave ua Republican ruling. And war and dissension and strife. Which: for a time, disrupted the Colon, As dear to our people as life. The inottos Inscribed on our banners Are a signal of union tn all, Of one. are the numberless many. Hut division but promises a fall. Then raise high youi silvery bugle, And blow to the nation a blunt, In the cause of honest free silver. And for Ilryan, let your votes be cast; And the note In the voice of the ualiou Will sound to our people once inure, The chink of pure, honest silver Kinging plenty again tu the poor, L. C. J, liukson County, Miss., Aug. 1, 1SA1. OUR SUNDAY SEKMON. I SAID IN MY HASTE ALL MEN ARE LIARS. g. Varioui Kind of Lie that Everybody Is Guilty Of DitcourM by Rev. C. O. Mother, Pastor Free Baptist Church, Ban gor, Me. ' I said In my haste, all mea are llar..-Plami, cxvl. II. It w;is a very sweeping assertion that the Psalmist made, and 011 that Incriminates us all. He probably did not meau that all men were liars in the sense that everybody always spoke untruthfully, but that the great ma jority of people would, under certain stress of circumstances, equivocate to suit tho conditions of the occasion. If that was what he nicuni he uttered a sngc truth when he said very hastily one day: "All men are liars." Though a hasty utterance, facts seem to prove its truthfulness. The text seems to be a very accurate "utatonii'iit when correctly understood. .It would bo ef fort wasted to spend much time In proof of this assertion of David's, so wo will attempt to classify, briefly, the different lies, that each o( us may know where jie belongs. First there is tho deliberate He. This species needs no particular definition. All aro acquainted with it, all have met It. some have uttered It. lou all know it when you see it; it is bare faced and shameless; it recks with the mire of falsity and is foul wllh the slime of the pit infernal. This lie contains not an atom of truth, Is tinctured not with a grain of fact, but is a full-blooded, thoroughbred, out- and-out He. To tliis class belongs some of tho low stories of a sensa lional press, the foul utterances of vituperative malice and the unclean accusations of a gossiping tongue. The lie of gossip is perhaps the best specimen of this class. If ty sonic power human or divine the gossiping tongue could be silenced and the tat- tlinu mouth effectually closed half of the evil of tills world would already bo stopped and the other half would commence to languish for want of pa tronage. The lie of gossip ia the blackest of all tho black horde, the worst of tho whole evil troop; Insin uallng, sly and crafty, It creeps around wilh a serpent's stealth and carries beneath Its tongue thotpulson of thousand adders. Tti venom can be extracted from the cobra's fangs, but no power on earth can tame the tongue of an unprincipled gossip. . Some lien you enn kill, but the lie of gossip is lmperish;ttl. You may clip its wings, but its flight is unhindered; you may cut off IU head, but two will grow out of its place; you may crush It to earth beneath the heel of denial, but It will rise again strung and robust. Let it alone and possibly the dirty thing will die; touch it not and it may droop and languish: do not chase It, and it may grow weak for want of exercise! Then there is the diplomatic lie, Not so blank a the last, not so cor nipt, never so foul, but a lie neverthe less, having all of the family charac teristics. All diplomacy is not lying, but many lies arc more or less diplo matic. The diplomatic lie Is much used In arranging terms between two rival parlies by the agents of the one party or the other. It is a handy thing. It takes a great diplomat to use it to its greatest advantage. It is a One art to solemnly affirm with sanctimonious and in plausible' lan guage that which a person knows to be destitute of truth. Satan is a great diplomat himself, having had some little experience in the business. He used diplomacy In the garden of Eden, and ho has kept up with the times, destroying many an Eden since. In seeking office the diplomatic lie conies into play sometimes. A great man desires a certain government po sition. The more he thinks of it the more he wants It. He gets up some morning full of diplomacy, blacks his boots, puts on his tall hat and sallies fortli to sec his friends. He tells them that he has been urged for a long time to run for a certain posi tion; at llrst he spurned the idea, feeling his own incompetency, but now it seems clear to him that it might be for the good of a most right eous cause for liim to run fur mat particular position, and though he feels as reluctant as ever, he iswilliug to satisfy his natural modesty lor the good of the party. He does not for got to add that, while a "Job' or sug gestion of one i far beneath him, yet n case he should bo elected he should try to serve his party llrst of all by giving the friends to whom he is talk ing an office which will then be at his disposal. The diplomat goes to the next man and the next ith much the same story. The bait takes. He ucts his place, but after the election his hopeful friends find that he has no favors to bestow, no honors to give, no positions to offer. If we should ever run across a man seeking office by such means it would be an excel lent plan to elect him to stay ut home. The campaign lie next suggests it self as closely allied to this latter. A large, open-faced fellow, loud-voiced and blatant; bold, daring and sweep ing; It claims everything, asserts everything, denies anything. ' During the campaign this lie Is an important factor. Men buy papers to read it and gn miles to hear it. The campaign lie is the greatest worker In the canvass for voles. Ho pats tho workman on the back and promise to All his pail with sirloin steak and fresh salmon, when, if the oilier man is elected, he will have to carry liver and codfish. He grasps the merchant Btrongly by tho iiund and promises him larger iiiles and better profits in case his party gets into power; he enters the magnate's office and promises him in creased dividends and no strikes; he promises everything till after election, when ho lias no more promises to make. Once every four years the campaign lie is abroad in the earth, going about liko one of old, "seeking whom he may devour." The matter lias gone so far that many people are finite ready to believe that that part of the decalogue referring tu bearing false witness has, at least, no part in poll ties. Tiiere is the polite lie, too. A very genteel affair this. A very proper lie, clothed with 4 he attire of an elegant etiquette and of graceful form. It Is never harsh and never rude, but smooth as oil, as gentle as a zephyr. The number of polite lies that arc told every day arc legion. It would bo useless to attempt to try to enumerate them. They are of all siy.es, colors, descriptions and shapes. They have much in common, but dif fer widely In particular. No locality Is destitute of this venerable and classic falsehood. Tho ancients used It, tho moderns still cling to it; the poor find It handy, tho rich could not keen house without it; It abounds in every clime, and thrives In every lull tude. Tho polite hostess says to the departing guest: "We have been do lighted by your visit; do us the favor to come again, when she sincerely hopes that most any catastrophe may overtake her rather than another visit from this same personage. There are tho everyd'iy expressions. "Not at home," the housemaid is instruct ed to glvo tho caller; the "so sorry to have missed your call," and "so dis appointed not to Und you In;" and a score of other social (lbs which In truth deceive nobody nine times nut of ten. The polite hearer says to tho orator: "Your eloquence charmed and thrilled me, I wouldn't havemlssel it for a large amount of money," when in truth the hearer has felt unmis takably bored and was greatly re lieved when the distinguished speaker" sat down. Society would lose little and gain much if the polite lie could be banished, ar.d every man say what he thought and speak as he felt. Another He is the business lie. A very matter of fact lie. ItsflaitMs well, looks well, reads well. There arc some genuine bankrupt sales, of course; there aro a few bona tide smoke, fire and water mark-down un doubtedly, but there are more adver tised in a week than there are fail ures and fires in a year. Good, staple merchandise will usually bring its value, and he who advertises an tin' hcard-of bargain has generally set a trap for the unwary. One class of goods in the window marked a certain price., An inferlor'class on the bar gain counter at the same figure! You bargain for a piece of furniture at a surprisingly low figure; when il is de livered you have every reason to sup pose that It is liko what you bought in appearance alone! A roll of cloth marked "all wool" it is half cotton and the rest shoddy. The business lie, though found so often, is never the friend of merchant or purchaser. It is the foe of all honest transaction. Office, salesroom und storehouse would be better without It; proprie tor, clerk and purchaser would thrive better if rid of it. When people come to learn that il is safer t) buy honest goods at honest prices of honest men, we shall have gone a long way toward banishing the unprofitable business lie. This does not close tho category, but perhaps it gives us sufficient food for present thought. Above all things don't have your life a lie. The worst lies are not told, but acted. The gravest falsehoods arc nut printed, but lived. Don't have your life a lie, your career a falsehood, lie yourself, and make no pretensions yuu cannot carry out. Pretend not to be rich If you'arc poor, feign not prosperity if you are on the verge of failure, do not simulate righteousness, if you live un lawfully, lie no hypocrite, live no lie. And the God of all truth will sec something In you to ndiiiire if you live truthfully and honestly before all men. ll'opjrhjht, 1W0, by the Newspaper Sermon At- WH-ISIKMl., A DAY OF FHEEDOM. Indianapolis Journal. "Say," said the man with the cor rect clothes and the bowed back and horny bauds of a farmer, to tho res taurant waiter, "have you got pig Jowl and greens here? An' but termilk? An' cornbrcad ? An' kin I shovel the truck in with a knife and take my coat off?" The waiter told him he would bo ac commodated in all particulars. Theex-farincr removed his coat and sat down opposite a man who looked as if he might be willing to listen, and explained: "It's been two year now, said he, 'sence we struck gas on the farm, and L ain t had a square meal sencc. been till In up on Charley horse ruises, Sunday do allakazam, sin' all them Krenek dishes ever sencc. Tliats what comes of marry iu' a woman what believes io keepin' up with the pro cession when you got the price, as she puts It." "I should think you would have re belled long ago," said the listener.. Would, but you see about three year ago I was so deep in debt I had to put the farm in her name. 1 sneak cd away to-day and left her at one of thciu fine hotels. I'm golu' to have an orgie of old fashioned vitlels, saspril ly pop, nn' mebbe a beer or two, an go back an' tell ber what I've did, an ef she wants to git a divorce she can git it.. Old Eli will hcv hed his day of freedom for a few glorious hours, any way !" The banana yields more food to the acre than any other plant, and yet it disagrees wilh no cud of northern stomachs. This is because, we eat It tho wrong way. But tho wife of missionary to the tropics tells the glad tidings from heathen shores of how to eat a banana. When you havf stripped tho willing rind, just scrape off tho stringy and hairy coat that lies beneath the rind, und you may eat your banana without lasting all tho rest of the day. To cat that flannel undershirt of the fruit is like eating the same garment of a mis slonary. Any cannibal would know better. Or it is liko swallowing the wooly coat of a peach, lioys and other barbarians may havo stomachs which can stand It; but the gcntlo pagan of the Indies knows better than to do this with his banana. "Cold water" Jiarston, who won fumo in tho Chicago Convention, has announced himself as a candidate fur Congress Id the llh Louisiana district. A'lUCH MAN'S rLATKOUM. The Commercial-Appeal dissects the Republican platform In the following Itraplilc language: The principal planks In the ttepub licarf" platform, as laid down at St. Louis, arc. higher tariff, larger pen sions, more "bounties to corporation protection to trusts and combines, and a financial policy which means millions to the few and poverty to tho many., And the frame work on which these planks necessarily rest Is taxa tion will ion limitation for the labor' ing classes. There is no dodging this assertion. Increased expenditures, and the money to meet them come from the pockets of the working peo ple. It Is not the millionaires who suffer from taxation; what do bosses; like Quay and Plait and iron king9 like Ilnnna rare for a few extra thou ands for government duties so long as these are paid by the consumers Do they have less beefsteak for break fast or pic for dinner if taxes are high? No; it is for the poor man who must eat less meat in order to save enough to pay the extra price a high tariff puts on his clothes; It is the poor man who must eschew all luxuries in order lhat he may not perish for the absolute necessaries which high tax prices put almost beyond his reach; and it Is the poor man whose pockets arc rifled of their rightful silver lin ing in order that the present million aires may remain such by keeping their gold at a premium. In short, the Ucpublican platform is essen tially a rich man's platform without so much as a saving splinter for tho laboring musses, and every poor man who votes for it removes a prop from the rotten structure which will event ually crush him beneath its weight. Every plank in this platform bears the earmark of the plutocrat, and so il Is a mcnancc to the honest laborer. THE MORTGAGE. Truth. A mortgage makes a man rustle, and t it keeps him poor. It is a strong in centive to action, and a wholesale re minder of the fleeting mouths and ears. It is fully as symbolic in its meaning as the hour glass and scythe that mean death. A mortgage repre sents industry, because it is never idle ight or day. It is like a bosom friend because the greater the adversity tho closer it etlcks to a fellow. It is like 11 iravc soldier, for it never hesitates at charges, nor fears to close in on tho enemy. It is like the sand-bag of the thug silent in application, butdeadly in effect. It U like the hand of Provi dence it spreads all over creation, and Its Influence is everywhere visible. It is like the grasp of the devil fish the longer it holds the greater its strength. It will exercise feeble energies, and activity to a sluggish brain ; but no matter how debtors work, the mort gage works harder still. A mortgage Is a good thing to have in the family provided always, it is in somebody else's family. DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN. 'ummen-lal-Appeal. Here is a little story in three small chapters for tho consideration of the voters: 1894-Urflctt . m.flon.oM 4S.oao.oot ,oov.ime Ism-Ih-Kcit . lt-leflclt . The deficit in 1S04 occurred while the McKinlcy act was on the statute books. The deficit in 1895 nnd 1896 occurred while the Democratic tariff act was in force. Under tho McKinley rcvcnuc-ralser the revenues fell far short, while un der a reformed tariff the deficit was reduced from $72,000,000 to $25,000,000. These arc only a few figures, but they arc pregnant with warning. The voter should make a mental note of them. HOT WEATHER LIAR. "Well, sir, they have the hottest wcalhcrand the deadest towns down In Georgia that I ever struck. Did I ever tell you what happened when I was in Rcstingtown last summer?" No; what was it? So still you could hear the day break ?" "You sec It was right in the midst of the hottest. The town caught on tire one night and burned and no one noticed it. People thought the night was a trifle hotter than usual, but they were used tu it, and never sus pected a fire until a shower came up along to ward morning aod they found their roofs gone." Tho New York Suu has hit that bi cycle bump on the head. It calls the distortion "tho monkey back." and those wheelmen who outlived the re proach of "the bicycle fake" have now to contend with a phrase that really describes. . A Arm in London 1ms not only adopted tho protlt-slmring system, but each girl worker In the establish ment receives a dowry of 1400 on leav ing to be married. a: V b 1 I IS OS- JJ!I m 4t v.