The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-02
1.-The Bad Boy" Of the Period.

Most excellent j. the intent OF the
lsw proposed in the New YORK Assem-
bly, for prohibiting the vicious liters-
ture which is turning American DO ;
into savayeS and render ng il problem
atical wheth-r the next generation will
De Jesse James, or Jav Goulds. the
New York UOrH OF Z recent date .a-
more than 4 column of the wild and
wicked outbreaks of boys from eight to
fourteen years of age that have occurred
within the last ten DAYS or two weeks.
The list comprises highway boys on the
streets of New York ronbing 4 boy OF
his watch and chain: q masked gang
who robbed a peddler in Pennsylvan a;
six burglars in New York. none over
twelve years old; Jesse Jam, IS gangs
al halt u dozen different points: with a
bi-amis.. n poisoner. Two or three muir
derers o: wouid-be n,urderers, n duelist
and 4 forCer.
In the large majority Of these cases
the boys were readers OF the newSpa-
per> and books whose heroes are of the
type ni Jesse james, or IN other in
fernal scamp VINO figures in the vile
ira II that waylays bovs on nearly every
street corner and SedaccS them into
buying and reading it by its coarse
woOd-cuts and sensational engravings.
Even the stage is p~rostituted 10 this
truly devilish conspiracy Tor converting
the boys of the present day into crimi-
mails and ..toughs.
And this moral plague. like physical
pestiience. knows no distinction. The
bows reared in decent, and even superior
houses. subject TO all the educational
appliances OF the day-from the kinder
gar:en TO the Sundav-SchoOl-are as
much exposed to It's deadly Influences
IS the neglected and the ignorant.
They are Insidiously assailed 10y this
literature. which is either vulgar or
vicious. They become bad bows" in
solent little vandals. without rcEard to
the rights Of person or property. They
indulge in what they call the tricks"
of the bad toy"-wh Oh are really
odious and lawiess assaults upon com
mon rights and common decencv.
They live with - little notion OF proper
civilized restraints as the burglar in
ones house at midnight, the cowboy on
the cattle-plains. the road agent in the
mining re ions.
Nor is The evil imaginary and high
colored. The constantly increasing
number of these cases Is not accidental.
The cause is increasing. because the
source of If Is growing larger. and the
| question what Is to be done about it is
growing very serious.
In legislation N this subject some OF
the Southern States are ahead of the
Northern: but experience takes away
even the little comfort fel; in the pass
I ace of laws. for it Is the defect in law
enforcement thai is al the bottom of
these evils. 1t is common 20 the vet
erau official and the Juvenile offender.
Both lack respect for law; the yoIts
shows it by breaking it, the official by
a Slipshod neglect to see that it is COM
piled with.-Dsirot Free Press.
A brood of half-grown chickens be-
longing to a gentleman living at Stone
Bridge were in the habi OF going to the
depot t. OK up the ~ra Il that wa:
dropped while unloading IRIS there.
Nigh, coming on they went tn rc2St or
tn. trucks Of a ar and when the care
We're taken up by tire evening train tE.
ch ckenS were carried away with il ana
have moi since hcen heard ~ - UurU-tc: