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Show iTMCMNC KOVtL. t'adrr tbt bo hauling the following follow-ing article eprtarel i" )' Ithe JmeollelnitroMoe froro the pan ol TrMidosl Joeaph T. Smith : It wnald be difficult to eatlmela On I harmful innueore! apon the thought!, feeling', and Bi ll on i o( the jrounf brought about t the prartlreol reading die. novrli. Hooka rouetltute tort til emu innionihlp to everyone that rraila, and thejr create within the heart feeling! feel-ing! either for goed of lor bad. Iteoino- liuire happene that parrnte ar rr i careful about the rurapenr which Ihalr rliildren keep and ant jrel er Indifferent Indif-ferent about lha lieobe Ihtjr raid, lo the end ihe rridlni of a bed book will bring alajut evil aaeoeiate!. It teemi to ha tha purpose of oar dlrna norel lltaratura to aipoee all the real and iro'tlnarjr rlcea and crlmra whlrb beaetmaa In Ufa. Tlrer feed a aort of morbid cniloeltf lbalbeeomeeeitiknel) nloilratlng.eip-ciallr to tha young .and thr mm to hare a polaonooa influenre orer tha mladiol thjee who raad Iheoi, ao that tha adaga la qnlta trua tbat ''tlood book! enrich, bad bonka bewitch." Tha rapid Introduction of buokiand the lu-creiard lu-creiard hablta of reading ara matlara that ihnuld effect tha discipline and noneern ol every home. Willi tha in-errata in-errata ef educational facllltlaa tliara naturally comaa an Inrreaae la lha ae-qnalntanceihlp ae-qnalntanceihlp with book land if pairnli aia wlaa thfjr will Uiarrlmlnate between tba good and tha bad booka lo their hoiuna juitaa thajr would discriminate belareu Ilia good and bad companion! for Ihalr daughlara and aoni. It la not only tha boy who reada thla etrsnge, werld and unnaturally eicliing lltaratura that ! affected by Ita Influence, but In time be Influencra othara. Thia y: "'""'llterlura baromrartaniotharof all aiirti ol evil anggfitionelhat ripen Into evil practice! and bring about an unnatural and debated facllug which la ertr crowding crowd-ing out the gooil lo the human heart and glVlug p'aca lo thr bid. It wit Shelley wl e aatd that "Strange thoughta begat ttranga tleeda," and wheu our children art reading read-ing bokt that ara creating I'. range and uoutual and unaeelreble thoughta In their niiudt we need not be lurprlemt lo learn that they have com milted tome un-ututl, un-ututl, aome alrauga, or unnatural act. It la In lha thoughta and feellngt that we have tocuaibat the evlle and temptation of the world and lha purlftoa-tion purlftoa-tion of our thoegtita aud feellngt thould be Bade tha tpeclal effort of every father and mother. Fuller aoce wrote "It eeenn my aoullt like a Qlthy pond where rlih die toon and frogt live lung," It It remarkable re-markable how eaiy It la to learn tin and bow bard It la to lorgat It. I A ttury la told of an Kuglith officer in India, who one day went lo the book ahelf lo take down a book. At he reached hit band up over the volume hie Angel waa bitten by an adder. After a few houra the Soger begun to twell. Later on the awelling went Into hit arm and Anally the whole body waa affected, and In a few dayi tba olllrer waa dead. I here are addera concealed In miny a I'lieap aud trathy book, aud thev are aleen al-een common In dime novelt. Their elTecle upon our eoult ate poieonuui.and in time lliey are aura to produce a moral and tplrllual death. The recent arnta-tlunal arnta-tlunal development In Salt Lake City heroin a very young boy it believed to , have been Involved III tha thedding of J the blood of kit fellow-man it not with- ? tint lla warning! to parent! everywhere. , The father ewribed tha nlifortune of I Ilia am to Ihe habit of dime novel read- I ing. Tha practice ia parniiluut ana J vouth ahould be guarded from it at they I are guarded frjui Ihoau pereonal atto- ' clatvl that ollen corrupt the Uvea ol our young. The influeiice of theee novelt ie 1 all the more dangeroui beciute the f.. In in and thought! which thev engender in the heart and mind are more or leia i hidden, and the evil connsirncei of tucli readlog lreo,uently dure not manifeit It-. It-. aelf until aome overt aud horrible art it the mult of uionlhaandennietimea yeara ."! cl imagination aud wondmiuent. Let' . the Sainta beware of the hooka that en- , ter their hornet, for their infuemea may ' beat poiannoua and deally tt the adder! which brought death to tha Kngliah of- j . liter In India. A " ' |