New-York tribune., 1875-12-11

cattle When was in Moscow last the cattle plague was
raging with yirulence IN Of the suburban villages
the village and they-the women-harnessed themseves
to the pow and plowed around the village and when
they came to the point from which they started they
buried dog and cat alive. ard then cried out oil uy'
aud take instead this cat and doglh
There demons OF flame. The snn has always been
god with all OF men, because OF ts nEnt, lt-
joy, and purty. 1t only brought forth the sun
beam. il quickened the fields 1t brought forth MOVERS
but bred nusances bred flies They were regarded as
peculiar nnsanccs. Bel meant sun, and the nypro-
ducing sun was persOnihed as Bel-el: ,sou,,.a,.,,
There demons OF flame; fro, too In scandinaNla
and Iceland they had de mons OF extreme cold snen @
Hellar was the demon OF lee, II has given u tne Wou
"hell," which does not mean freezing lLaughtgrI
Then there were demons ia the form 0f Vitches Inc
witches supposed in Iceland. TO haunt the nresde
and their favOrte articles in the household were thoso
which belonged at the hreside, such as the shovel
There were demons Of strong winds, such as Iypho
This idea Of spirit yingat the center OF gale OF WIND
be- peno9s 1 in pants beio1na @ beautiful Women because
fascinating sorceTess was supposed TO LOOK upon tha
plant. Also yOracOus or destructive animals Cats tOr
instance diminished from the lion and tiger, still pre-
enough diabolsm in tradition TO make some people
even to this day trembe when they see black
eat night. The dog, too was demoniae
In ancient India the dog supposed to watch at the
gates OF DEATH and still there are thousands to me
howl of dog at night conveys the ldea OF deatn mhen
IL reported some time ago that the Prince OF wares
was dying il flashed through Europe that dog had
been heard howimg near his window at night Inc ser
pent was. OF all GEOLOGICAL demons the most UNIVERSAL
The serpent has indeed been more widely wOrshiped
tHan cursed, but il was worshiped because Ieafed
and for the purpose OF appeasng IL. lhere 10
intensely
craving thing the serpent Look at the viper see N
perfect movement the hca has for giving the heaviest
blow possible for organism OF that szc ana lts toh
Is little syringe which shoots The poison from the hl
den bag bennd into its prey. But sercns are ac
tually provided with extra set Of teeth 50 mat II one
set breaks the other will instantly start into action Inc
cobra the most deadly OF all snakes and II is regarded
therefore hrstclass BIahInin. There were
demons in the rock and desert IN everything Dat was
ngerOGs and everything hard TO subdue There are
mnumeTable dicult places in mountains tlat are
named after the devil" Devils Peak" Dey1Is Gorge,
ana the Ke-and. fol reason. in the Hartz Noun
ta.ns there places called Devils Pulplts Ana III
California the most powerful not springs are
called by such pOrtentOus names as " DeNhs hush
Pot and Devils Iea-kct There Is ditch OF gorge
that through little city on the Danube Wncb II
called The Devils Ditch" IL used as ditch or
rench for carrying of refuse and ast the masna
rising from IL made II dangerous that the peOpie
vaued ii But this year a flood came-the nOOu
which comes every year about the month Of Juy-and
being able to through tLs gorge, the HOOD went
the town. aud swept away many houses ana peope
Al this the people into their churches ana fatu
delivered the devil and his dltch. FOR the
work taken proof positive thdt tue
devil had a special interest IN the ditch ana was dis
pleased the action OF the city in covering II over
ORIGIN OF THE IDEA or A DEVIL.
The intellectual and M raj progress Of mankind FUR
nished the material out OF which devils were made
Nothing but the ascending idea OF man ever conceived
50 black an impersonaon pure malignancy persona
fed II was relieve the Divine Being from the respon-
sibity OF what was ferOcOus and ugly in nature that
the devil was evoked Ages Of physical struggle for e
had absorbed the forces man. but at last by his sAl
te by little lac mastered the problems OF nature. ana
an age in that apOstrOpne Of William Blacks to the tiger
II he lu-