The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-11-15

all" There are thousands Of mar
riage relations strained almost to the
breaking, and ] commend to all men
and women who are restless in the
present marriage state that they re-
sumo the 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 the flushed and
fluttering crowd that the bride and
groom were coming. According
to the statistics Of Professor
Dikes, In one year in moral
New Hampshire there were PAL di-
vorces; in temperance Maine, 478 di-
vorces; in good old Massachusetts,, 600
divorces, and in the New England of
.ssteady habits," 2, 113. In one county
Of Illinois $50 divorce suits were be-
gun in one year, and in many places
It seems as if new arrangement had
been made of the commandments, and
instead of ten there were only nine,
been left out. When you see how
many husbands and wives are parted
by law, and know of so many who
would like to dissolve conjugai part
nership, do you not come to the con
clusion that Satan is engaged in mighty
industriesa
ANOTHER FAvoKuE RESORT OF MAfJ'S
CHIEF ENEMY
Another route that Satan Is apt to
take in his 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 fab
RIGS. On this visit he will first step
into the manufacturers Office and,
finding the owner and proprietor of
the great establishment all alone with
his correspondence and his 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 ex-
istence These men and women In your
employ are of very common mold
Their appetite is coarser and they do
not need the luxuries 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 If they do not like it
tell them to go where they can do
better y Having done his work in the
counting room, Satan steps right out
among the workmen. He says: 'eYou
work TOO many hours and you do your
work better than it needs to be done.
E,You ere serving a bloated bondholder
anyhow. He has no right to have
any more than you have. Why
should he ride and you Wake Why
should he have tenderloin steak and
you salt pork2 Capital is the enemy
of labor Let labor be the sworn foe
of capital. Why don't you strike and
bring him to terms9 Wait until he
has a large order to fill by contract
and then he cannot help himself &C
all together, without a moments
warming, and tell him you are going
to stop. If he has moro resources than
you know of and persists in going or
and getting new men, give them 6
: volley of brickbats or put little
. dynamite in his office and blow hin
and his factory oil up with the same
explosion" Look out there on tht
night skyl Great fire somewhere
What is it2 The night is cold an{
Satan has made a big bonfire O
by. The capitalist has lost heavily
and the workmen and their familie:
are without bread and clothing
whence comest thou, Satan?
''F'rom going to end fro among EN-
ployers and employees and from walk
ing up and down among them. Ha
Hal I was the only one who mad
! anything out of that strike What
, , splendid fire and lots of smoke. Ha
Hal / like smoke"
SOME REASONS WHY GOOD MEN G,
WRONG.
Another route Satan is apt to TAX
in his active travels is through tn
, mercantile establishments. He step
> in and says to the clerks: How mucl
> salary do you getl Is that all2 Why
q you can't live ON thatl You have
! right to enough for livelihood /
{ few quarters out of the money drawe
will never be missed; Or here an
f there is q remnant of goods you coul
y take home without being found out
q Or you could change those accouI
: books little and you could make tha
q figure eight naught and that figur
i five three, and if you do not feel ez
) actly right about doing that you ca
S some day pay it back, which you ca
+: do perfectly easy:
Don't feel like running the risk
Well then you can't go to the theatl
= and you can't go ON that round wit
IS the boys, and you will have to wea
Q that plain coat whereas you coul
u have your overcoat fur lined, and tax
: board at a tip-top place and walk ami
. plush and tapestries positively Oriel
l, tai. While you are making up yor
2 mind will just go through the diffe
II ent parts of this great commercial e
u tablishment and try every one frol
e the wealthy firm down to the erran
q boys" The result of that Satan
n visit is that one of the partners b:
u drawn so much out of the conce1
i that the whole business is crippled ar
IS bright and promising boy is SCI
a home to his mother in disgrace and
% young man is in Jail for embezzlemen
"a Three lives ruined and three enterI
~ ties. Whence comest thou, Sata1
20 From going to and fro among me
Is camille houses and from walking ,
. and down among them. like to ru
u splendid fellows and blast parent
u hopes, and of all the liquors that
9. ever tasted fill my glass with bre'
as ing of agonizing tears. Comet let
!. ~ click together the rims of our glass
70 and drink to the overthrow of the f1f
"a thousand young men I ruined ls
OF year! HuzzaI' Satan would rath
II have one young man than twenty o
le ones. If he would win the sc
at tuagenarians and the octogen
es rians he could do butaittle har
10 with them. But he 500 "Give 4
I'LL young man, especiallyif he be brig
g; and generous and social" He SC
as that young men have for good or b
ou been the mightiest influence in Il
y world fernando Cortes conquer
fy Mexico at thirty-two. Gustav
ne Adolphus became immortal in histo
IN so early that he died at thirty eigl
u u Raphael the most famous of painte