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

/ s..s horse. Nature has endowed Il
- this offensive odor thai Il might COZ
-. .,a .-oruandire all sorts of insscis
/ lean think of nothing more striking
as an illustration Of this modern news
,,aner. Such is the flower that has groNt
IN in the putrid conditions OF our mod
.-n .itx life. It's color Is as gorgeous a.
II. ,.erfurne is offensive. Its roots takt
| ho,a IF the saloon. the gambling hell
| ,hs..,ive and the brothcl. and from them
| Az. ia richest life. When the streets
| ana sewers of our civic lie are at ias'
| flushed with pure water. it must disap
mar with the filth from which il springs
nd On which it feeds. make this state
| m.nt without the fear of challenge from
| anv source: Place in the hands OF an
average boy and girl, IN average homs
| conditions in the great city. every day in
/ the wear. such newspapers a. the New
York Sun or World, give them only
these papers every day in the year &c
Rad from the time they are 10 years Of
aet until they are Is. and | viii guar
antes my life upon the issue that the boy
will land in Jail ard the girl in house
of PROSTITUTION before either of them are
of age.
What are the inevitable results from
this flooding of the world through the
daily aud the weekly press and through
vicious books and picturesg The result
is what any sane man must expect--a
generation Of toughs and criminals, even
from childhood, and the consequent low
ering of me average life of the nation.
Let u take up the tabulated returns
two years. Let us quote but a few ex.
amples to show what is constantly going
on from this cause.
A dispatch from Belleville, n. J.. ahou,
a month ago told of the destruction 10y
fire of large harm in which the owner
suffered loss Of Ga, 600. 1t was discoy
cred that tho fire was of incendiary or
igin, and the guilt'was clearly fixed or
two boys. One Of the boys was heard to
reply to his chum as they were talking
tho matter over in secret that he would
like to fire Mr. McCarthy's two Wash
ington avenue houses, kill him and ther
die like man. No reason is known foI
the act, except that the boys read dime
novels. They were lodged in ESSEX
county jail for trial.
Three boys recently broke into a sa
loon 30 rob it. AS the proprietor enter
ed, aroused by the noise, one of the
young toughs deliberately drew his re-
volver and shot him down. After his
arrest the young murderer said when
told that the man was dead, ''Well, /
must be tough If have killed man"
ATTHE ToMBs.
Not long ago, at the Tombs, boy Of
IL was arraigned for felonious assault.
He snot a boy of his own age. They
were at cards, gambling. One called the
other liar. The young gambler, acting
out the story he had read, rose with dig
nifty and said, Johnny, that has got to
be wiped out with blood" and drawing
a revolver sent bullet into the head Of
his companion.
A boy Of 16 years of age, after read
ing about train wrecking, tied q log
across q railroad over culvert and sta
toned himself on a fence short distance
away to see the train wrecked. Provi-
dentially the engineer saw the obstruc-
ton In time to save the train, but one
man was killed. The young desperate
said after his arrest he had been reading
about train which had been wrecked
and thought he would ike to see one
himself. d.
In April a year ago boy Is years of
age was arrested after three attempts to
wreck train just beyond Saratoga.
Three boys, o, - and 10 years of age,
were arrested at 3 o'clock in the morn
ing some time ago in New York CITY.
-Four loaded revolvers were found in
their possession and quantity of filthy
stories. They had run away from home
In Worcester, Mass, and were on their
way to Leadville to seek their fortune.
They had stolen money with which to
start and armed themselves in q Junk
store.
A boy of IA, Of respectable parents,
was discovered stealing money from his
brother. He had in his pockets one of |
these dirty publications. He promised |
to reform, but his character was wrecked. |
A short time afterward he was seized for
q like ofense. Two of these scent series
were found in one pocket, package of
cigarettes and his plumber in another.
Last March a year ago a boy of II |
years OF age committed burglary In
Red Bank, N. ]. He imagined himself
hero when arraigned. His Door old
mother came into court. When she
asked him question, he turned upon
her and In load, defiant tones said to her.
Who's running this thing-ne or voup,
In Missouri recently boy IS years of
age was tried for murder and convicted.
He had killed his own father.
A girl IL years Of age recently shot
down her father because he would not
consent to her marrying a young man
whom the father thought unworthy of
her. VI
John Tibbitts, aged IA, was lynched nv
armed men in Minnesota. He had NM
oereo two men. When he addressed the
mob, the young villain declared that he
was about to die for an act to which he
nad been melted by reading sensational
novels and the irresistible impulse To
make noise In the world by some BLOODY
act. While they We're preparing to hang
him he remarked coolly: "Hurrv nm
Don't keep fellow waiting"
In Texas boy shot girl summer be-
[ore last because she refused to put down
pan she was carrying when he com.
handed her to. o
mere can be no question as to the orr
sin OF TINS scourge In the general ses-
Aons court OF New York, May. 1889, the
srand jury, after being in session "a
lays' passed upon 236 complaints, and
70 making their final presentment to the
court said, Not far from three-quar-
'ers OF the complaints are against bow
,ang1ng from IL to IS years of ape.
'doge Cowlng, in passing sentence upon
patch OF youthful culprits, said: aTol
zee the number Of bright, intelligent
,oung men brought into this court everv