The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-12-30

sot iety of the devil and his imps. If
the christian imagination has worked
In narrow field 1t has made up for
that narrowness by ingenious yarie-
ties ofdeyils and bad spirits. We yet
possess them in all shapes, sizes and
colors. Gray demons, green fairies
and white banshees are common to
the flrcsidcs of ireland and the Gaelic
Highlands.
THE FAVORED BLACK DEVIL.
But the black devil is the favoriie
demon with US, ~ Il Is with most
people ofthe world. lie is also well.
known TO the extreme orient, to Per-
sia and India, and TO ih# American
Indians; although his lodging is not
so accurately familiar to them as to
those nations, as, for instance, 10
Bobby Burns, who was brought NJ
on the most graphic description OF II
from the Scottish pulpit.
oth.u. whateyer title snits thee
Aud hornie. Satan. Nick, or Clootie.
VIVA la your cavern grim aud SCOT c
Cios'd under matches,
SPARES about the brunstane cootle.
To scaud poor wretchesl
Yet the bat. which from his sooty
vesture, as II appeared to us in the
flight, aud his habit of living In ruins
and flying at dusk, is the companion
of devils and witches, brings happi.
mess TO the house OF the Chinaman
into which no dashes. Coal black de-
mons are common enough In Chinese
and Japanese books, as well as In pie.
lures made In Ceylon describing vari.
GUS gods and demons whose fictitious
figures take part In religious pa
geants. But Ia western Europe the
Imagination of christians stopped
short at the black devil, and only oc.
casiOnally rose to the red variety
which is perpetuated by the Mephis-
tophiles of the opera.
IL is in China that the devil par ex-
ceIlence has his being. After the i'm
agination of q celestial has worked
out the conception of demon there
Is small room for more rounded
creation by any race. There was
never devil created that could
stagger the credulity OF q Chinaman.
Still there Is relationship between
the Chinese demon and the ordinary
spirit that rings the bells, beats
about among the pots aud pans, bangs
the shutters aud breaks the plates In
our own land. "Men of the four seas
are all brothers, IL an ancient saying
among the cclestials. DenDyi reports
a notable event from about A. ID. 700,
which happened to one of the Chi
nese emperors.
THE EMPERoR's BLUE DEVIL.
Having been taken III, he dreamed
that a blue, half-naked devil came
into his palace, took the empress per-
tune bag aud the emperor's flute,
which was studded with Jewels, and
dew out with them u the roof Sud
denly another blue devil appeared
bull-mouthed, and of gigantic size,
with black-leather top.boot ON one
foot while the other was bare. lie
had on blue gown, which covered
one arm; the other was bare and held
massive sword with which he in
stantly put the little sneak-ihief &c
death. The emperor asked him wht
be was, and tho monster replied tina
his name was Tsung Kwei. When |
man, he had taken honore in the the
oretical study of wal. aud as spiri
he had become general over all tn
imps, Ogres, wraiths, hobgoblln
and such like entities $500
out the lands of the four st1zxAI2
emperor awoke to find r.,
gone, and we know 10 4 "
the Afreet looked, aud 30 7a
that he was blue, beoauseAsssais 90 veil
summoned his court paiansnd u a. Wy
portrait made Of him .nes me" H.
This was copied again nis~ ozss'
, sent to all parts OF wo
ular with artists as
sometimes benelleen -.
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