Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-11-17

visit he will first step Into the manufac
turer's Office and, finding the owner and
proprietor Of the great establishment al
alone with his correspondence and hi
account books. says to him: "You ar,
not making rs much money a. you ought
You furnish all the brains. Were Il no.
for your enterprise this establishment
would not be In existence. These met
and women In your employ are very com
mon mould. Their appetite Is COARSE
and they do not need the luxuries you re
quire. Their comfort aud happiness ar'
ofvcry little Importance. Put them dowI
on the very verge Of starvation and TAX,
MI the profits into your own profession
and if they do M, like II tell them to Z,
where they can do better" Having don,
his work in the counting.room. Satai
steps right ont among the workmcn. III
says: "You work too many hours ana
you do your work better than Il needs I,
be done. You are serving bloated bond
holder anyhow. lie has no right to hav,
any mole than you have. Why shoult
he ride and you walk Why should b,
have tenderloin steak and you salt pork
Capital Is the enemy Of labor. Let labor
be the sworn foe Of capital. Why don,
you strike and bring him TO terms! Wall
until he has large orlcr to ill by con
tract and then he cannot help himself. Go
all together. without moments warning
and tell him you are going To stop. 1.-The
has more resources than you know Of and
persists in going on and getting new men,
give them vollcy Of brickla,s or put a
little dynamite In his office and blow him
and his factory NIL M with the same ex.
plosion." Look out there Oh the night
sky! Great fire somewhere. What Is 1t
The night is cold aud Satan has made a
big bonfire Of that factory to warm him.
self by. The capitalist has lost heavily
and the workmcn and their families are
without bread and clothing. "whence
contest thou, Satan." ''From going to
and fro among employers and employees
and from walking up and down among
them. Ha! la! was the only one who
made anything out Of that strike. What
u splendid fire and lots of smoke! lila
lla! like smoke"
IN MERCANTILE ESTABLISHMENTS.
Another route Satan Is apt 10 take In
his active travels is through the mercan.
tile establishments. lie steps in and says
la the clerks: GLOW much salary do you
get: Is that all! Why you can't live on
that. You have right To enough for n
livelihood. A few quarters out Of the
will never be missed, or
here and there is remnant Of goods you
could take home without being found out.
Or you could change those account books
A little and you could make that figure
sight naught and that figure five three,
and II you do not feel exactly right about
loing that YOU can some day pay II back,
which you can do perfectly easy Don't
feel like running the risk: Well, then
you can't go TO the theatre and you can't
90 on that round with the boys and you
will have 10 wear that plain coat, whereas
You could have your overc0at fur.lined,
md take boanl at n tip-top place, and
walk amid plush and tapestries positively
Oriental. While you are making up your
mind will just go through the different
parts Of this great commercial establish.
neni and try every one from the wealthy
irm down to the GRAND boy" The result
u that santanic visit Is that one of the
partners has drawn so much out Of the
concern tina, the whole business Is Grip.
pied and a bright and promising boy is
sent home to his mother in disgrace and u
young man Is in Jail for cmbezzlcment.
Three lives ruined and three cnternitics.
contest thou. Satan. From CO.
ing to and fro among mercantile houses
and from walking up and down among
them. like to ruin splendid fellows and
blast parental hopes. and Of all the liquors
that I ever tasted iii my glass with brew.
ing of ag0nizing tears. Come. Let up
click together the rims Of our glasses and
drink 10 the overthrow OF the $4,000
young men ruined last year. lIuzza !:
Satan would rather have ore young man
than go old ones. If he would win the
and the Ociogcnarians he
could do hut little harm with them. But
he says: "Giye me young man, cspccilly
II he he bright and generous and social. y
lie sees that young men have for good or
bod been the mighiicst influence in this
world. fernando Cories conquered Mex
leo nj ~. Gustavus Adolphus became i'm
mortal In history so early that he died N
~. Raphael, the most famous ~ painters
died ut ~. William Pitt was Prime Min.
lister of England nj "a. Jesus Christ com.
pictcd Ills earthly life ut 33. Five years
in young mans life are oi more power
for good or evil that the last IL Of an old
mans life. so Satan is especially greedy
for young men, and IN going 10 and fro in
the earth he has especial temptation FOL
them.
\ DIsrOiLER az soris.
Another route that Satan an his active
travels Is apt to take l. for the dcsp,il
ing of the peoples souls. II does not pay
him merely 10 destroy the bodies Of men
and women. Those bodies would soon
be- gone anyhow, but great treasures arr
involved in this santanic excursion. On
this route he meets man who Is aroused
by something he has seen In the Bible
and Satan says "Now I can settle all that
the Bible Isl imposition; II has been de-
luding the world for centuries de- not lei
Il delude you. Il has no more authority
than the Koran OF the Mohammeian or
the Shaster Of the llind0o. or the Zenda.
vesta of the Persian !" lie meets another
man who Is Fastening toward the King.
dom Of God. and says; "why MI this
precipitation Religion is right, but any
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