The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-09-18
PATENT

T. 1ne ulne novel has long sine
been branded, condemned an
It banished from the social enjoy
g ments of the home Preside where
discreet father or mother preside.
The Police Gazctte is a terror to th
e plous, is condemned by law an,
decency as obscene, obnoxious an,
, demoralizing in its influence; and
. really we had thought that we wer,
drifting into a new literary era
: one that must be characterized by
high moral tone. purged of blood.
curdling, sensatiOnal,pen pictures
of the dark and dirty doings of the
most wicked quarters of our large
cities. Pictures polished by the
skill of the artisan wherein M ,sera.
BILE aud obnoxious wretches appear
as heroes, the low and vulgar
tragedy, an interesting romance
and the noisome tenement quarter
OF a back street with its noxious
air and vapor of pestilence, the
stage upon which these actors en-.
terrain the home circle.
And again: When 1t is our plea.
sure to mingle with the brethren of
the State press and find them a re-
fined party of gentlemen, chaste in
language and moral in character.
who love their subscribers too we'll
to stop their papers if thcy can't
pay who never charge their home
patrons more for advertising than
anyone else, except, possibly, an
occasional Northern or pateut med.
icine man, we feel thatathe country
is safe from offensive trash such as
we have mentioned. In fact, it is
some times e~levating to read their
views on these subjects, which hap.
ply coincide with ours. We pre-.
Snme they are never guilty of read
ing such matter. But they are not
responsible for what they carry in {
their "Yankee knapsacks," we sup.
pose, especially as they are not
aware of the matter contained :
herein. They are ali very much :
like, many being oerbatim ct Htera. ,
I'M, and we, therefore take one to :.
Illustrate their general tone. There !
3 "Greek met Greek an extensive
ccount of a killing in II gambling d
ell in New York, "Badly Bunk. /
the doings of bunkO sharps v
4 a similar locality IN New York, "
A. Legal Hardship the trial of T
d~isgracetul pitched battle be.
a husband and wife, IN Bal.
more, "The S~ullivan-McCaffrey o
ight," n of the brutes referees u
lterviewed "a Coward's Deed,n :"
D account OF a horrible wife mur -
er, III Baltimore, and much other al
Ist such stuff too varied for special y
entloH here. But this is the CHAR III
tier of the disgusting stuff that
riding upon the back of a large oh
=
OF Il State papers, and at
cir number is Increasing rapidly wI
'cause OF the cIeapneSs OF the $50
IN and now, we will say to you, ce
ntle reader, that when you see a oc
per mechanically better and clean.
on one side than the other you
e the unmistakable ear marks of Cu
"fankee %knapsack," aud espe. H'
lily if you find in a separate line Cl'
tween patent medicine advertise. Va
mt the letters ga. N. k" and a eX'
' omlnous looking figures. And me
the sake Of your own self.re. err
'ct never go in to thrash the edl- era
for what appears on that side, ,
you would be apt TO be met
h a plea of entire ignorance as
the cause of your wrath. He ~,
'er read it in his lite aud the
er fellow printed it before he did ~
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