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wonderful. II has resulted from : rapid
impoYerishing efthe many, It demor-
|alises our society 1t its own terrible
speed.
The robbed are losing heart and hope
and like wretched plebeians in Roman
decline, many Of them turn to brutal
pastimes, the means for which have been
furnished by government license. With
want and despair come feelings of bitter
ness, and plans of revenge which are
made more british and fendish by
poisoned WHISKY.
A stage in this process has been
reached that demands the immediate and
earnest attention of Christian citizens.
The social air is Sitting. The coming
storm is evident. Ominous mutterings
herald it. For one. hear often in the
solemn night time voice saying, Son
of man, / have made thee a watchman
unto the house of Israel therefore hear
the word Of my mouth, and give them
warning from me-" I see the avenging
sword coming, and though | know the
warning will be unpopular, my soul must
be delivered.
The toilers Of the United States can
not be made slaves, permanently, but q
reign of terror can be evoked that will
throw into the shade all the horrors
the world has hitherto Witnessed.
First These toilers are in daily inter-
course with each other over the whole
extent of the country, and are being
Rapidly and strongly organized for
the purpose of acting in body.
Under former civilizations the OPP
pressed were isolated and utterly help
less. In city like Paris, they could and
did unite and act together, but a nation
could easily suppress a city. Then
armies were omnipotent to crush I'M
armed masses. All this is changed. As
the'bank powerhas boasted that it was
SO organized aswithin an hour to COM
bine against any offensive act Of congress
and nullify it. SO the toilers are organ.
lied, and in such communication that
they can act together speedily.
Second And most threatening forces
are in their hands which enable them
to defy the worlds mighty armies and
armaments, police bodies and spies.
Those forces can be called forth stimuli
taneously in every city, town and hamlet
of the civilized world. From an organ
of the workingmen, published in San
Francisco; named Truth, | quote a para
graph that startled even myself, con-
yersant as have been with those
threatening dangers, to avert which, |
have added my mite and money, so he
sacrificed almost all, but manhood and
the consciousness, of the divine approval.
This is the proof, Truth published not
long ago condensed account of the
methods of manufacturing nitro. glycer-
inc and dynamite. So great has been
the demand for the papers containing
that article, that even though the num-
Der was an edition of 500 copies extra,
it has been exhausted. Receiving re-
peated calls for republication of the
article. Truth does better and presents
below an essay carefully prepared by
one of fthe leading scientific workers in
the international cause"
"This information ought to be made
the universal property of all the poor of
the world. We'trust that every reader
will carefully preserve it. The time is
coming when journals like Truth, will
be forcibly suppressed, when meetings
of honest citizens will be dispersed at
the point of the bayonet, when pro-
ducers will be shot down tike dogs in
every street. When that day does
dawn, the hour for using dynamite will
have struck. See to it then that every
free man knows how to make and use
it," Then follows the essay, which
explains to the e'multitude how to make
the explosive. That this is the utter
ance of sentiment that is ominously
prevalent and is growing, is a fact that
we cannot shut from our eyes, except
per force of madness. call upon the
thoughtful to consider as it deserves,
this greatest peril that ever threatened
the world. Study the desolations il
will make if ever worked from its now
sIumbering omnipotence of evh. u
A peasant carried In his pocket a ball
with which he slew the mightiest ruler
of the world. All his armies, and arma-
ment, and guards, were of no avail
against that silent, stealthy approach, as
'unerring and relentless as natural death.
England trembles before thi destroyer
more than before all the legions of her
enemies. So does Europe and Its
crowned heads.
Thus far, except in the case of the
Gar it has been SO handled as to exhibit
its power without doing much damage.
/ judge there has been method in this.
The civilized world stands aghast before
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this invisible Nemesis. HoE can he be