The Progress., 1893-05-27

r.u,.lny out from OlcNeldE'l h''' '''''N
and are acting. unless arrested, a. ms
uo--o.al a~cats. This Is but q sample
of WHIT J.. carried on on larger scale
from Chicago ~ Il center, and from aI
our .rca; cities. with more or less &C.
cyocv. bat with large success.
Tbird-y.c note the fact in the grow
ju., powc: aud influence of the crin nal
daily newspaper. This successful sh'ct'
which is practically Il report OF daily
crime. /, the mother of the whole brood
of Inolcr1. vicious letters. The editor oi
tlin modern newspaper Is TN" one man
who in our daily life sweeps it, whole
,,;.u!Ut. lie ;.lone is in a position 10 sp"dk
with authority and with freedom. Car
I'VE declares: The true Church 81 Eng
land II TINS moment lies IL the editors OF
us newspapers. These preach 20 ih"
people daily. weekly, admonishln% Kings
themselves. advising peace or Var With
an authority that only the first reform
ers aud the long past class OF pOpe5 were
possessed Of. inhicting moral censUrc.
impar:ing moral encouragement. II al
WAYS diligently administering the dis-
cipline of the church" This IL undoubt-
edly the position and the privilege Of the
modern editor. and yet what are the
painful facts with which we are con
frOnted:
The motto of the successful newspaper
in the line Of successful news OF today
is to ave the people what they want
and give them the very worst OF 1t.
This editor has the power TO POISON the
minds and unnerve the arms of thousands
daily with l.atred. lies, ISLANDERS and ap-
pcals to the basest instincts of the AM
NAL. or 10 Lift the world from the slum-
Der Of Il night to the beauties Of day III
the arms Ct love. hope, courage, faith.
TIE successful Inonger editor chooses the
former. He should De the minister Of the
Most High God, charged with Keeping
the great fires of truth that burn along
the worlds highways, that sweep through
darkness into the infinite and eternal.
and yet. like Judas IscariOt of Old. be
betrays for gold and silver this sacred
trust. Charged vi y the lie of tnoso 10
whom he ministers. he bctrays innOcaIcc
and weakness for the sake of gan.
Charged with protecting the wayfarer,
he is the friend cf the highwayman and
the assassin. And he knows better
These sheets are edited with genius. and
their editors present to the world the
most shameless example of the intellect
nal prostitute.
TIL CROTOS EESLEVOlR.
A distinguished roformer who has
made this subject /; life study says on
this point: Let Il man be discovered
throwing Il barrel Of paris green or az
senic into the Croton reservoir, and hc
would be almost lynched. What name
shall be applied to the newspaper thGs
covers Up the letters of the libertine. IL
secret doings of the rake, the minute de
scripiions Of revolving crimes, the utter
arces Of lips lost TO ail shame, the oozc
of corruption from the debauched, and
weaving that into q highly sensational
story decks it with flying colors and
peddles it o;it each day for the sake of
money: They make these successful de-
tails of crime their stock in trade The
details thus published familiarize their
readers with crime and tend even to
glcrify it,"
1t is said that flower has sprung u,
on the old Dan Farris lot, near Nc
Combs blacksmith shopin Marion coJn-
ty, which has proven great curiosity.
1t is called the Dragons Tongue. The
flower is somewhat on the lily order, but
larger. The upper portion of the bloom
laof u. "a ,lorl- radJich color +ha ,,,Ia,
side green. At the stem of the bloom l.
an egg shaped receptacle from which
a dark reddish tongue about inchel
long protrudes through the oritice ct -
urrer end Of this globe shaped receptacle.
1t gives very striking resemblance Ia
the mouth of the dragon. The plant l.
insectivorous. The odor can only b.
likened to that of decaying carcass oi
dead horse. Nature has endowed j.
with this offensive odor that it might col
lect and gormandiZe all sorts of insects
can think of nothing more strikinG
as an illustration of this modern newq-
paper Snch is the flower that has grown
up IL the putrid conditions of our mof-
ern city life. It's color is as gorgeous -
its perfume is offensive. Its roots taxi
hold of the saloon. the gambling hell.
the dive and the brothel, and from theIl
draws its richest life. When the streets
and sewers of our civic life are at las:
flushed with pure water. it must disap-
pear with the filth from which it spring.
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 homo
conditions in the great city, every day III
the year, such newspapers as the New
York Sun or World. give them only
these papers every day in the year 20
read from the time they are 10 years OF
age until they are -. ard | will guar
antee my life upon the issue that the boy
will land in Jail and the girl in housJ
Of prostitution before either of them are
of age.
What are the inevitable results from
Al n. Il. -