The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-11-10
MURDER--cuLTURE BY THE PIC
ToRAL ART,

SASAeSA tuA oSi4H ttlb lneuluu OF
the senses upon the brain that
particular part of the organism
whose functloning we callsmind."
Darwin, Ruskln, and all the great
students of development, have
laborcd TO bring this fact within
the cognizance Of the general
thinking public; that they haYe 4
failed is only too painfully CYL I
denced by the persistence and
surprising ingenuity of the prac- !,
tee of cultivating homicidal pro-
pensitles, anu collaterally murder,
by refined use Of the art Of
mural decoration. While we. em-
power the police to put down
with strong hand the exhibition
In shop windows, aud the censor
of stage plays AMI spectacles to
lnterdict the parade in.theatres of |
pictures and scenes of an ssim-
morap character, because it is
recognized that these have
tendency to corrupt the mind Of
youth-and age, too-notliing
whatcver is done to RESTRAIN the
daily increasing evil OF pictorial
placards displayed on every
boarding, and of highly wrought
scenes produced at nearly all the
theatres, which not only direct
the thoughts but actively STIR the
passions of the people ia such
way as to familiarize the average
mind with murder in all lis forms, /
and to break down that protective
sense Of eshorror" which nature
has given us, with the express
purpose, doubtless, of opposing
an obstacle 60 the EVIL influence of
the exempltficatioa Of homicide.
1t cannot be disguised that even
the most sensitive natnie IS to
some extent brutalized by the
display Of these pictures. We
ale Zone of us as shocked at the
spectacle OF kinfel driveD IEto
the chestof Il young womah. and
do not r.cuil as violently from the
idea Of this form of murder as
before the display on all sides Of
an elaborate, nearly life-siz !,
picture of the deed. Nor do two
men graphing together and stab
ping each other, or one man
shooting another with q revolver,
strike us as presenting speciacles
Of such hideous cnornity as tney
would have done had we not been
familiarized with these scenes by
Impressive placards staring us In
the fach at every turn. 1T does
seem strang passing stfange-
that this murder culture by the
educationary use Of the pictorial
art has not been checked by
public authority. We have no
wish TO make Wild afirmations,
but knowing what we do. as
observers Of development, we ear
have no hesitation in saying that
the increasing frequency of hcr-
rlbly brutal outrages is by nc
means unaccuuntabe. The vie
lously inclined are IN sense
always weak-mindcd-t that is tc
say, they are especially suscepti
bic OF influences moving them il
the direction their passions in
Glue them to take; and when th'
mind (or briin) Is impressed
through the senses, and pafticu
larly the sense of sight, IN sucl
manner as TO produce meata
pictures, either In waking though
or dreams, of homicide, the I'm
pulsive organism is, as it We're
prepared for the performance q
the deeds which form the subject
OF the Consciousness We are. {
course, writing Technically, bu
the facts are indlsputable, and W
trust they viii be Sufficiently olaii
Il is high time that this ingeuloO
and persIstept murder cultuI
should cease. London Lancet.
( Z II
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bushels of sweet potatoes can >
raised on an acre as corn, It's gres
vllue as pork producer IS oby
Gus. Both the vines ard tubel
are greatly reIished by hogs az
cattle, and for the lsrter fe
things Q batter for the incr sal
OF rich milk and butter. Hoss'
TOO, are very iond OF sweet pot
toes, and when fed IN modera
Quantities after washing the di
off, of course, they. are high
autrltious. If fed too freely
ilrst they are liable TO produ
eolic. Florida Fruit Grower al
Farmer.
Writers of fiction general
have good many novel ideas.