The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-05-25


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and weakness for the sake Of gat,.
Charged with protecting the wayfarer
he is the friend of the highwayman and
the assassin. Aud he knows better.
These sheets arc edited with genius and
their editors present 70 the world tho
most shameless example Of the intellect
ual prostitute.
THE CRoToN RESERVOIR.
A distinguished reformer who has
made this subject life study says on
\ this point: LET n man be discovered
I throwing barrel Of paris green or ar
senic into the Croton reservoir, and he
would be almost lynched. What name
shall DO appued TO the newspaper thai
covers up the letters of the libertine, til,
secret doings of the rake, the minute & d.
scriptions of revolving crimes, the utter
ances of lips lost to all shame, the oozc
of corruption from the debauched, and
weaving that into highly sensational
story decks it with flying colors and
peddles it out each day for the sake Of
money! They make these successful de-
tails Of crime their stock in trade. Tie
details thus published f9lniliarize their
readers with crime and tend even to
glorify it."
1t Is said that flower has sprung up
! on the old Dan Farris lot, near Nc
Combs blacksmith shopin Marion coun-
ty, which has proven q great curiosity
1t is called the Dragons Tongue. The
flower rs somewhat on the lily order, but
larger. The upper portion Of the bloom
leaf Is dark reddish color, the under
side green. AT the stem of the bloom il
an egg shaped receptacle from which a
dark reddish tongue about inches
long protrudes through the orifice at the
upper end Of this globe shaped receptacle.
1t gives very striking resemblance to
the mouth of the dragon. The plant is
| insectivorous. The odor can only be
hkened to that of decaying carcass of
dead horse. Nature has endowed il
with this offensive odor that it might col
lect and gormandize all sorts of insects.
l can think Of nothing more striking
| as an illustration of this modern news.
paper. Suchis the flower that has grown
up in the putrid conditions of our mod.
ern city life. It's color is as gorgeous as
| its perfume is offensive. It's roots take
hold of the saloon, the gambling hell,
the dive and the brothel, and from them
draws its richest life. When the streets
and sewers Of our civic life are at last
/ flushed with pure water, it must disap.
pear with the filth from which 1t springs
and on which it feeds. make this state.
ment without the fear of challenge from
any source: Place in the hands of an
average boy and girl, in average home
conditions in the great city, every day in
the year, such newspapers as the New
York Sun or World, give them only
these papers every day in the year tc
read from the time they are 10 years OF
age until they are 10, and will guar.
antee my life upon the issue that the boy
will land in Jail and the girl in house
of prostitution before either Of them are
of age.
| What are the inevitable results from
this flooding Of the world through the
daily and the weekly press and through
vicious books and pictures? The result
is what any sane man must expect
generation Of toughs and criminals, even
from childhood, and the consequent low,
ering of the average life of the nation
Let us take up the tabulated returns
from our newspaper through the past
two years. Let US quote but few ex
amples to show what is constantly goinp
on from this cause.
A dispatch from Belleville, n. j., about
a month ago told of the destruction by
fire of large barn in which the Owner
suffered a loss of $1,000. 1t was discoy
cred that the fire was of incendiary or
igin, and the guilt was clearly fixed o.
two boys. One of the boys was heard tC
reply to his chum as they were talllins
the matter over in secret that he wouh
like to fire Mr.. McCarthy's two WasE
ington avenue houses, kill him and the,
die like man. No reason is known fol
the act, except that the boys read dim,
novels. They were lodged in Esse!
county Jail for trial.
Three boys recently broke into sa
loon to rob it. AS the proprietor enter
ed, aroused by the noise, one of tn,
Young toughs deliberately drew his re
volver and shot him down. After hi
srrest the young murderer said whel
told that the man was dead, "Well,
must be a tough if have killed man.
AT THE ToNBs.
Not long ago, at the Tombs, boy o
12 was arraigned for felonious assault
He shot boy of his own age. The
were at cards, gambling. One called tn
other liar. The young gambler, actin
out the story he had read, rose with dig
nifty and said, Johnny, that has got t,
be wiped out with blood" and drawing
revolver sent bullet into the head o
his companion.
| A boy Of l6 yea An Of age, after read
ing about train licking, tied a To-
across a railroad over Il culvert and sta
toned himself on fence short distanc
away to see the train wrecked. Provi
dentially the engineer saw the obstruc
ton in time to save the train, but on
man was killed. The young desperate
said after his arrest he had been readinI
about train which had been wrecke,
and thought he would like to see on
himself.
In April a year ago boy 10 years o.
age was arrested after three attempts t.
wreck train just beyond Saratoga.
Three boys, 0, 12 and 10 years Of age
were arrested at o'clock in the morn
ing some time ago in New York city
-Four loaded reyolvers were found il
their possession and quantity Of filthy
stories. They had run away from home
in WORCESTER, Mass, and were on thei,