The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-05-25

ton seem inst now 10 be pouring frog
the west. The western rascal. who sssai
ia a clumsy way TO initiate the Fregch
sinks 20 d depth Of infamy. q clumsy
bestiality. that woall drive the moslerT
Frenchrnan into monastery if be ha1
his choice between the perusal Of such q
book and the absIication O! life. Let HIS
quote the announcement of two Of these
books that are fair samples % the nun
dreds found On the average newsstand:
This story Is considered by many 60 be "a,
most interesting and entertaining ROMANO
OF GAY LIFE ever written There Is some
l thing about It shat Charms and Fass-inttes and
wins the admiration 81 every reader. Ths
heroine Is one of those WILD, RECKLESS
| DAREDEyILS that every now and ther
dashes upon The world Ike "a Blazing Aeteoi
and b. BraxeR Audarity and Wonderful Cheek
creates a Sensation that makes her at once Tbs
TalA nf the Town and the Star Of the Street
She delights Ia being called Wicked. Her OWE
words. IN one striking passage. tells what she
Is: Mother s.le said, Il viii moi go hoase!
viii not lie good! | viii not reform! / viii al
| ways be
"a GAY GIRL OF THE TOWN.
She LAUGHS with Horrid Glee at n Mothers
| awful Cune, Denes the Officers Of the Law,
| Damns everything Good. and in every possible
way endeavors to be the Wickedest Girl in -.
| She Drinks, Swears. Fights, Lies, Steals and
| takes pride in being Abominably Bad Some
| of the situations in this story are Frightfui In
| their Fiendishness, while othersare Ridiculous
| in their Lrdicrousness- Il is well told tale
| one that will he carefully preserved long after
trashy yarns are dead and forgotten-and Is
| destined 10 take Front Rank among the Read
| istic Rornauces of this Esst Age.
| IT Is THE FASTEST SELLING BOOK EVER
| PUBLISHED.
| Nest Liberal Terms To Dealers, Agents
| wanted everywhere.
Here is specimen from a second an
| nouncenlent:
| A ROMANCE CROWDED WITH WILD EX-
| CITEAIENT AND STRANGE ADVENTURE.
The story told by the author is one that re-
lates entirely to the Night Side of -, nearly
/ every scene, from commencement to end, be-
| ing at or near the Ghostly Midnight Hour. The
! characters are all taken frcm life, many real
\ names being used Every phase of City Life is
| depicted SO truthfully as to make each chapter
| Of the book one of Sensational Excitement
Nothing Is omitted that may be seen Under the
| Gaslight. 1.-THE Tiger is visited TN his lair.
| The Scarlet Woman Is pictured in her Mag
| nificence and her Degradation. The Assgna-
| ton Fiend plays prominent part The plot is
| one admirably calculated to bring out the
| Fiery Element in writing that has made the
author famous. Every chapter contains some
| thing Hairraising and Bloodcurdling. 1t con-
| tains every element of popularity Sensa-
| tional Romance, Astounding in eAbductions,
Street fights. Standings, Shootings, Plottings
against Virtue, and many more exciting themes
that cannot fail to interest those who like to
read of city life as it is. 1t is fully illustrated
with full page engravings.
These are not exceptional books taken
from the newsstands. They represent
the average book now carried by the
newsdealers in our public places. / can
select from among well stocked news
stands at least 100 books equally as
vicious as either of the two described by
their publishers. These books are issued
by the tens of thousands and hundreds
of thousands, and they carry the imprint
of a publisher with the advertisements
to all dealers and to the public A man
is now serving term in the penitentiary
at Joliet, his, for selling obscene liter
allure. He was at one time a bookseller
in Chicago. but through drink fell into
evil ways and began the vending of evil
books. The postofice authorities at last
secured his conviction, and be is now
serving his sentence. To show what sort
of progress we are making, the books for
which this man was convicted and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for selling are
not one lota worse in any particular than
the hundreds Of books that are now
Haunted before the eyes of the public by
thousands of newsdealers from end to
end of this nation
The dime novel is the power that is
molding and fashioning the lives of our
boys. Here they get their education.
The editor of one of our leading dailies.
describing recently our newsstands, saws
with just sarcasm: "The dime novel is
more plentiful than the sands of the sea.
The old fashioned schools delight to give
a certain amount of instruction in worth
less branches Of knowledge, such as
arithmetic, writing and spelling, but they
have no value or any important share in
developing the character of the bows
and of fitting them for the active duties
OF criminal life. In the department of
murder the instruction given by the
dime novel writer's is all that could be
desired. There is not a possible method
OF murder that is not fully described and
illustrated by brilliant examples in these |
educational works Our boys are taught |
where and how to deal effective stabs. in |
which part Of the body to plant pistol |
bullets to the best advantage and how |
to understand poisons skillful1y without |
too great danger of detection. Not only |
are they taught how to kill, but, what is |
OF far more consequence, they are deity |
led to look on murder not as repulsive |
and dangerous, but as an elegant and |
desirable recreation"
AN HOUR WITH A NEwSBOY.
Nor does this villainy stop at books
which are openly sold from our news
stands. 1t is evident that the business
should even go lower. Newsboys accr,s-
toned to handle this class of publica-
lions SO successfully seek matter even
more salacious for their prize trade. Co.
ing out OF Cleveland short time ago.
the newsboy on the train, after I had
bought some papers from him, asked me
II would like very rich book-some-
tnlng choice which he had on hand.
told him l would Ike to see it. He
brought it to me and whispered not to
let the conductor see the book. He said
mat the price was rs cents; that it sold
as high as 81 and So. 1t was little tract
OF about 25 pages, bound in yellow pa,
per, which cost perhaps cent and half
to produce. Without any exception it
was the vilest book upon which NV eve
ever rested. II the devil in hell had
written it or had appointed a special
agent to produce it for the purpose of
corrupting boyhood on earth. it could
not have been done more successfully.
1t was written with the sole purpose
CT debauching the Imagination of the
Doy or the girl who should read it, and
It's language was as direct as is the Ian
gIage OF the dissecting room itself.
lhere was left absolutely nothing to the
imagination. 1t was the description of
.he de 0auchery of boy of 70 years of age.
" uescrlDe which Is impossible either in
print or in speech for the eve or ear If
decent men or women. This boob !.
pa bIlShed in the city of Cv,;