The Worthington advance., 1899-11-17

and horticulture. Having everything
TO enjoy and little to fear, theirs was
an ideal life IN lovely land. till q
serious trouble arse. Al moustE0u
white elephant had begun to come
from the adjoining forest al the base
'of great mountain and would tear
up their gardens, break down their
trees, srampie On their fruit and en-
tice their children away into Gungies
where they would be either lost or
become prey 10 wild BEASTS
The simple hearted people stood Is
for time in silence then when The
full nature of his terrible rsvsgus
dawned upon them they began TO
earnestly discuss measures of restraint
for their enemy. Some said we must
try TO tame him for he is q rare
species of animal and has such long,
large, shiny tusks that he Is valuable,
besides he could be source of rev
enue to the community for a show
If tanned and placed ON exhibition
he will draw the people from the
neighboring towns here to trade.
Then some of the women whose
children he had slain said why not
kill the BRUTE he can never possibly
bring IN enough revenue to pay for all
the ruin his devastations will make.
Also some of the farther sighted men,
whose wisdom and guod sense IN
other matters could not be doubted
said, "Yes, kill the beast. for he Is not
only laying waste our substances and
enticing away our children, but he Is
continually manning or numbering
some of our citizens Indeed had a
record Of his deeds been Kept there
could have been found on au average
at least one dead or MANNED from
every house.
And yet che majority Of the bs,si-
ness men said We cannot afford TO kill
him but we will keep and regulate
him as business measure So they
went into the regulating business.
| That he might have pasture they
built fence from horn of a elf ON
one mountain to precipice ON an
Iother, eurving it around 80 as to reach
the river in the center of the town,
where they built q pen for exhibition
purposes and fastened him in with
gates that they said were Irnpregna-
tble-
Il One night shortly after the com
pletion Of the work this brute demon
broke down the fence and Iuggsd oF
the gates and..afser leaving theu high
on the mountain, he went on with his
work of destruction worse and with
Igreater zeal than ever before. Then
the women aroused and said the brute
must die.
i They started societies to rerurH his
criminal act for they thought that
could they convince their lords thas
the loss they would sustain by SUP
porting the animal would be grrater
than the gain of keeping him, they seo
would be willing to kill him.
/ Whenever their meeting day ar
rived the women for miles around
would tie clean kerrhiefs ON their
heads and in their holiday pessicoass
would meet in mass fully desermfHeti
on Che death Of their enemy.
4 We smile at the logic and eoncIu-
sion of this primativs people and yet
a monster Of more deadly type and
character is IN cur midst, who not
only destroys property but ruins both
the bodies and souls of its victims
while his seductive influences over The
| young amounts TO an infattsation
which IS also thrown over all who are
caught by his tireIess energy, besides
he draws them away into woEss than
tropical jungles, from whence they
have neither desire nor strength TO
break.
And what are We doing about itf
Should not every faculty Of every
soul he aroused to rid the land Of sueis
a deadly foe.
When any other institution or cor
poration threatens 10 swallow up the
beauty, comfort and giay of a town,
the citizens who have the interest Of
the community at heart will arouse
and say, no we will harfor nothing
that will be dangerous TO life, degrsd-
ing to morals and ruinoB to pros
perity.
But how about this institution Who
has for It's business The deilemeus
degradation and ruin of the fntelIi-
gence, morals, yea the bodies and .hs
souls Of men.
Whose boys think you will next b
caught in the nav of this monsser,
yours or your neighbofsf II this
monstrosity must live among us and
as life and property arg necessary 10
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