West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1888-11-22

Power Of tho Air.n
Another route he is apt 20 tako Is through
domesticli life. There is no greater sport FOR
MN than ,conjugal quarrel. 10 does not
make any difference how long the marriage
ring has been on the finger OF the right baud,
he VIII try TO pull OF the signet He SAYS
10 the husband: "What n plain wife
you have compared with what sho once vast
pont yon 500 tnat tho color has gore out OF
her cheek and there are several wrinkles
about her temples and n sprinkling OF frost
ON her locksi Besides that. Won have
advanced in intelligence while she has stood
sthl or gone back. How hard it Il that You
should be chained 10 such dizziness and
moeciiityf" Then no turns AMI says 20 the
wife: That man neglccts you, Won have a
right TO be jealous, Flo likes his cigar aud
ms club and anything aud everything better
than you Why not get a divorced MARRIAGE
IS only n civil contract. ANYHOW
aud not a divine alliance. Lot me have that
ring. it means nothing and you might
over TO Satan and he toSses IL up and down
IKE a plaything over tho mouth OF perdition
anu says; II viii hand it back. only
Ilet mo have 10 n little while.- And he
keeps tossing that ring with all its sacred
memories higher up and further out.
tossing and catching. tossing and catching IL
until ono day you clutch for 10, saying:
live mo hack my ringl" but 10, it has
9ropped INTO the yawning gulf and you sud
denly find who has been pitching and catch
ing the ring, and you cry out: From
whence contest thouf' and no answers:
From going TO and fro I'm the
domestic life Of the city and from
walking up and down IN IT.; that is ALL
There are thousands Of marriage relations
strained almost TO the breaking, and / com
mend TO all men and women who are rest
less IN the present marriage stnte that they
resume tho old time courtship, and take
as much pains to make themselves agreeable
as they did five, or ten. or twenty
years ago, before the wedding march
announced to tho flushed and Tutoring
crowd that tho bride aud groom were coming.
according TO the statistics of Professor
bikes, I'm one year in moral New Hampshire
there were 24l divorces; in temperate Maine.
sets, COO divorces, and in tho New
England Of steady babits,n BIB. In one
county OF Illinois $50 divorce suits were
Desun IN one year, and IN many places IL
seeIns as it q new arrangement had been
made OF the Commandments. and instead of
ten there were oniy nine. the seventh com.
mandment having boon left out. When YOU
see how many husbands and wives are
parted by law; and know OF So many who
would like TO dissolve conjugal partnership,
do you not come TO tho conclusion TINT Satan
is engaged in mighty industriesl
another route that Satan is apt TO take in
his active traye's il the factories and other
establishments where capital sits in the o1lce
or counting room and n good many hands OF
laborers are busy among wheels AMI spin
dies and fabrics On this visit no will first
eNNH AhhO ~ AiltiilulucIuIoF OIlce and
finding the owner and proprietor of
the great establishment all alone with
his correspondence aud his account books.
says to him; "Youa 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 ex-
istence- These men and women
In your employ arc OF very com.
and they do not need tho Injuries you
require. Their comfort and happiness are
OF very little importance. Put them down
on the very verge OF starvation and take all
the profits into your own possession. and il
they do not like it tell Thorn to go where they
can do better Having done his work i'm
tho counting room SATIN steps right
out among the workmen. H says: "You
work too many hours and you do your work
better than 10 needs TO leo done You ara
serving a bloated bondholder ANYHOW. lie
has no right to have any more than you
nave. Why should he ride and you Walk
why should he have tenderloin steak and
you salt pOrkf Capital Is the enemy OF labor.
l.et labor be the sworn foe OF capital
why don't You strike and bring him to
termsf Wait until he has a large order To
MI by contract and then he cannot help him
sell. Go all together. without n moments
warning, and tell him you are going to stop.
III no hns mere resource than yoa know of and
persists in going on and getting new men.
give them n volley of brickbats or put q
little dynamits in his Office and blow him and
his factory all up with tho same explosion.n
Look out there on the night sLyi Great fire
somewhere. What is iti The night is cold
ana satan has made a big bonfire of that
factory 70 warm himself by. The
capitalist has lost heavily and the
workmen and Their families are without
bread and clothing. "Whence CONTEST thou,
Satenr' From going to and fro among
employers and employees. and from walking
up and down among them. Hal hal was
the only one who made anything out of that
strike. What a Splendid fire and lots OF
smoke. Hal hal i like smoke"
Another route Satan is apt to take In his
active travels is through the mercantile es-
tabltihments: He steIs in and SAYS to the
clerks "How much salary do yon geUf Is
tnat allt why, you can't live on that You
nave a right TO enough for n livelihood,
Anew quarters out Of the money drawer will
never DO missed. or here aud there is
a remnant of gOols you could take home
without being found out Or you couId
change those account books a little and Won
could make that figure eight a uauxht and
that figure five n three, and IL Won do not
feel exactly right about doing that you can
some day pay IL back, which you can do
perfectly easy. Don't feel like running the
riskt Well then you can't 20 to the theater
ana you can't 90 on that round with tine
boys ana You viii have TO wear that plain
coat, whereas you could have your overcoai
fur lined, and take boarl at a tip top place
and walk amid plush and tapestries positive.
" Oriental While you are making up your
mind will inst 90 through the different parts
"a ihNo htFAAh NRtAAtAArfHtAl taNiHlt1lnltAN
md try every one from the wealthy firm
down TO the errand boys" Tho result OF
that Satanic visit is hat one OF the pirtners
has drawn so much cut Of the concern that
the whole business 10 or ripped and a bright
and PROMISING boy Is sent home 10 his mother
IN disgrace and a young m n is IN Jail for
embezzlement Thres lives ru,ued and three
eternities. Whence comest thou, Satani
From going to and fro among mercantile
houses, and from walking no and down
among them. like 20 ruin splendid fellows
and blast parents hopes, and Of all the liquor5
that I ever tasted hl my glass with a
brewing Of agonizing tears. Come le5 Ne
click together tho rims Of our glasses and
drink TO the overthrow n the fifty thousand
Young men / ruined last yearf Huzzapi
Satan would rather have one young man
than twenty old ones. II he would win the
septuagenarians and the o-ctOgsnarians
he could do but little harm with
them But DO says. "Give me a.
young man, especially n he bo bright and
generous and socinl" He seos that young
mon have for good or bad been The mightiest
influence in this world. fernando Corfes
conquered Mexico az thirty-tvO. gustayus
Adolphus became inm ortcl in history 80
early that be died at thirty eight. Raphael
the most famous Of painters. died a6
thirtY-seven William Pitt vas Primo Min
istcr n England at twenty four. Jesus Christ
completed his earthly lifo at thirty-thres
1--WE years in q young mans life are III more
power for good OF OWL than tho last fifteen
~ on Old mans life So Satan fs eepaci1fiv
greedy for Wnrmm fnnu anal f4 r-.~-r b.. AL