Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1914 — THE DEVIL AND US. [ARTICLE]

THE DEVIL AND US.

The devil has kicked up a peach of a row in Europe, and now he has designs upon us. Things are moving his way across the pond, but he is not satisfied with the attitude of you and of the rest of us. He wants to see more brimstone. He wants things to happen here in America. He is not content with gorging himself on the life blood of the unhappy millions abroad. He would sow the seed of discord among the people of foreign nations who have sought homes on our hospitable

shores, who have adopted bur flag and our country as their own. He whispers in our ear that the Germans are* fiends, and the English pigs, and the French rascabs. He bids us argue with our neighbor and denounce the country from whence he came, and traduce the people who perchance are his ancestors, whose blood flows in his veins. He bids us proclaim from the housetops and on the streets and in the homes that the nation which may have our sympathy is in the right, and that the people of all others are vipers fit only to be exterminated.

He bids us exert ourselves in the stirring up of strife and racial passions among our own people, to the end that we of America may meet the same fate that has overtaken our brothers across the seas. He would feast upon the blood of our own fair land. He the devil—would beguile us unto our own undoing. But there is a greater and wiser Being who counsels calmpess, and moderation, and consideration, and compassion: who bids us speak gently of all peoples, that malice and hatred and dissention may hot lie engendered in the hearts of our citizens; that we may safeguard the peace of our own country, even though all the rest of the world be led astray.

God warns us that we walk in the shadow of peril. Shall we cast the devil adrift? Shall we keep America free from entanglements by curbing our tongues? God assents. The devil dissents. Wh a t say you?

’ MADE IX AMERICA.” Be a patriot ! , Let it be America first! When we go to the stores to part with our money let's demand goods, of American manufacture, for by this means we will assist in keeping American mills and American workmen busy, and will keep American money in circulation at home, where in time it may find its way back to us. ■ 'W We of America may do much for our own country in this way, ami without additional expense or inconvenience. Let's all be patriots! America first!

Perpetual motion: Madero chased Diaz out: Huerta planted Madero ' arr inza and Villa kicked Huerta to Europe, and now Villa w,anis to give Carranza the boot. "What kind of a girl makes the best wife?" inquires a demure, dainty and dimpling young damsel. That’s easy. One. with sense. War is a game at which everybody loses except the winner, and he feels as if he had been sat upon by a suffragette. If that international sporting bout over in Europe doesn’t stop soon some one will get hurt. Gold is the only circulating medium in Europe, but it isn’t doing much circulating. Having traveled the circuit, war is now being blamed upon the heroes of literature. In Siam there ate no old maids. But Siam is a long ways from here, girls. The wise man puts his best foot forward. The fool stands still on both. Mahy an aged spinster has made a good match in her time. Five a box. The vultures are having their day.