The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1888-11-22


into pneumonia and rheumatisms and
Not only has he power in
the upper air where highest clouds float,
but power over the lower air which we
breathe. and, as we breathe nineteen
times a minute and take in three hundred
and fly cubic feet of air in every twenty
four hours, aud much of this air affects
the arterial circulation, you see what
the Prince Of the Air has
of communicating and despoiling and de-
a man. Through atmospheric
influence he clouds the disposition and
rasps the nerves and covers the best or
people with religious despondencv, as in
the case of Edward Payson and William
Cowper, and that beloved apostle Of
James w. Alexander. His
great delight is to have the air Of
churches vitiated, and in that way dulls
the preacher and stupefes the people,
and sees to it that the atmosphere of not
more than one out Of hundred churches
is fit to breathe, and whole cOngrega-
tons Sabbath by Sabbath are asphyxi-
ated. Yes, he is worthy of the title st.
Paul gave him: "Prince Of the Power of
the Air"
Another route he is apt to take is
through domestic lire. There is no great
err sport for him than conjugal quarrel.
1t does not make any difference how long
the marriage ring has been on the finger
OF the right hand, he will try to pull off
the signet He says to the husband
"What a plain wife you have compared
with what she once was! Don't you see
that the color has gone out of her cheek
and there are several wrinkles about her
temples and a sprinkling Of frost on her
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in intelligence while she has stood still or
gone back. How hard it is that you
should be chained to such dullness and
imbecilityi" Then he turns and says to
the wife: "That man neglects you; you
have a right to be jealous. He likes his
cigar and his club aud any thing and
every thing better than you. Why not
a divorce? Marriage is only civil con-
tract anyhow and not Divine alliance.
Let me have that ring. 1t means nothing
and you might as well give 1t to me-" The
ring is handed over to Satan and he
losses it up and down like a plaything
over the mouth Of perdition and says:
Il will hand it back, only let me have
it a little while" Aud he keeps
tossing that ring with all its sa-
cred memories higher up and further
out tossing and catching, tossing and
catching it until one day you clutch for
it. crying: give me back my riugl" but
10, it has dropped into the yawning gulf,
and you suddenly find vino has been
pitching and catching the ring, and you
cry out: tWhence CONTEST thoug ?" and he
ans wered: From going to and fro in the
domestic life of the city and from walk
ing up and down in it; that is ALL" There
are thousands OF marriage relations
strained almost to the breaking, and
recommend to all men and women who
are restless in the present marriage state
that they resume the old time court5hip
and take as much pains to make Them
selves agreeable as they did FIVE, or ten,
or twenty years ago before the wedding
march announced to the flushed aud hut-
tering owd that the bride and groom
were coming. According to the statistics
OF Prof. bikes, in one year in moral New
Hampshire there We're two hundred and
forty-one divorces, in temperate Maine
four hundred and seventy EIGHT divorces,
and in good old Massachusetts six hum
bred divorces, and in the New England OF
"steady habits" two thousand one hun
bred and thirteen. In one county of H.
linois eight hundred and thirty divorce
suits were. begun in one year, and in
ment had been made OF the commando
ments, and instead of ten there were only
nine, the seventh commandment having
been left out. When you see how many
husbands and wives are parted by law
aud know of so many who would like to
dissolve oonjugal partnership, do you not
come to the conclusion that Satan is en-
gagged in mighty industries?
T. Ak
in his active travels is the factories and
other establishments where capital sits
in the office or counting room and good
many hands Of laborers are busy among
wheels, and spindles, and fabrics. On
this visit he will frst step into the manu-
facturer's Office, and finding the owner
and proprie tor OF the great establishment
all alone with his correspondence and
account books, says to him: ''You are not
making as much money as you ought.
You furnish all the brains. Were it not
for your enterprise this establishment
would not be in existence. These men
and women in your employ are Of very
common mold. Their appetite Is eoarser
and they do not need the luxuries you re-
quire, Their CONT rt and happiness are
of very little Importance. Put them
down on the very verge of starvation and
take all the profit into your own possess
sion, and If they do not like it tell them
to go where they can do better" Having
done his work in the counting Satan
steps right out among the workmen. He
says: you work too many hours and
you do your work better than it needs to
be done. You are serving a bloated
bondholder anyhow. He has no
right TO have any more than you
have. Why should he ride and you walkY
Why should he have tenderloin steak
and you salt pork2 Capital is the enemy
OF labor. Let labor b. the sworn foe Of
capital. Why don't you strike and bring
him to terms? Wait until he has a large
order to fill by contract, and then be can
not help himself. Go all together, with
out a moments warning, and tell him
you are going to stop. If he has more re-
sources than you know of and persists in
going on and getting new men, give them
a volley of buckbats or put little
dynamite IN his office and blow
him and his factory all up
with the same explosion" Look
out there on the night sky! Great fire
somewhere. What is it? The night is
cold and Satan has made big bonfire Of
that factory to warm himself by, The
capitalist has lost heavily and the work.
men and their families are without bread
and clio thing. whence contest thou
Satan2' From going to and fro among
employers and employees and from walk
lug up and down among them. Ha! hal
/ was the only one who made any thing
out Of that strike. What splendid fire
aud lots Of smoke! Hal Hal l like
smoke"
Another route Satan is apt to take in
his IL avels is through the mercantile es-
Establishments. He steps in and says TO
the clerks: How much salary do you
gets Is that allf Why, you can't live on
thatl You have a right to enough for q
livelihood. A few quarters out Of the
money drawer will never be missed, or
here and there is a remnant of goods you
could take home without being found out;
OF you could change those account books
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