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Show WANTED TO BTT5. SPANIEL OR BULL TERRIER PUP. at once. Apply 127 Social halt ftts ' and West were down list night The custom of carrying firearms or I leaving them about houses and hotels has become so common as to menace the safety of almost every one who takes his way along the streets. , In every case noted In this morning's' ilspatchea the fatalities were due to this aenseless practice. However "Caeaar" Toung was killed, the fact remains that if soma one bad not' foolishly carried a pistol the girl whs -sw j must face a charge of killing him would, be free. Whether Noble waa killed by accident, or intent it is very clear that he was a. victim of the dangerous habit of leaving; a loaded pistol in the house. A few weeks ago two little children en-1 tered a chamber in a Harlem apartment1 house, and, finding a pistol on the cable, ; began to play with it A second er V-oi -later a ahot frightened the occupao. J tCr the houae. Ther looked out of ths wlpoW; and saw a passerby fall dead. This is but one Incident in a hundred of the same horrible kind. Boys grow up in the belief that it is smart and manly to carry about with them a weapon which la capable of da-; atmytng the life of a human being. Men who nothing whatever of the use; of firearms, and are utterly Incapable of, handling them, keep pistols under their! plllowa. thinking that thereby they are-, safe from the attacks of burglars, who' are always experts in the business of; shooting and against whom the most heavily, armed householder standa about, as much chance aa doea a green mllltla-t man against a Western bandit There are atatutes and ordinances, against the carrying of firearms, but they' ace so laxly enforced as to be dead let-, ters in effect Any one may purchase a revolver, and no questions are asked. When a (Moon row ooenre and soms' braggart pulls a gun from his pocket aadj brandishes It about ha ar sted and; fined a few dollars. He pays the fins and. continues to carry hla weapon. Thla editorial Is not written in ths hopoi of bringing about the better enforcement: of the lawa against carrying platola. It would be exceedingly difficult to enforce the law, even werv penalties In anything Ilka proportion to the offence. ' It la written, however, to discourage, young men from keeping such engines of destruction in their pockets, and to per-, auada heada of families that even In the. event of an attack by thievea they would, be in far more danger with weapons in ; the house than without them. The taking of human life for any cause whatever is not a thing which tanda tot give a man a calm conscience In later life. The memory of your victim, whether he was accidentally ahot by the pistol you. didn't think was loaded, or killed at your bedside with a mask on his face and a dark lantern in his hand, will not make your dreams more pleasant after it is sll over. If you don't carry a pistol, you are not . likely to kill any one. If you do. you nev; er can be sure what you may do. Leave ptstola to the police, who are taught to uae them. Tou will be Just as safe, and it may aave you sleepless nights ' and white hair. New Tork Journal. |