THE BEGGARS PARADISE. | NEW YORK A FERTILE FIELD FOR | MENDICANTS. It Is E.timated That Gotham Supports | 5000 Professional Beggars—They Are Nearly All Frauds, world there is said to be no more fertile fleld for the " practice of mendicancy than | Indeed, it is claimed i (nn Now York City. for this city that it is the beggars’ paradise; and the cause assigned is the credulity of those who give to beg- gars, the disinclination in most peo- | ple to investigate begging oases that appeal to them, a distrustfnlness that charity agencies will not help oases that are sent to them (and this is given as the chief element), and finally, in- considerate lavishness in giving, Thus begging is very profitable. The sums so easily gained are not, however, cumulated, but in nearly every case the day's results are spent indrink and other forms of vice. The number of beggars in the eity to-day is estimated to be 5000. This number would quickly reach 20,000, those say who have the suppression of the evil in charge, were it not for the vigorous vigilance of charity investi gators and the police. Every New Yorker who walks much in the city's streets has met with the solitary and decrepit women on the curbstones, grinding hurdy- gurdies. They lock forlorn enough to excite the sympathies of the hardest heart. They are all frauds, however, and come from that fruitful region of beggars — the Neapolitan district of Italy. The y are Heensed begpears, the city licensing them on the theory that they furnish the public with music. A woman of this class who proved a re- markable frand used to sit on Four teenth street from eight o'clock until ten o'clock in the n in the st As she sat whe 4 could be wT ture ac whezy rmiest and coldest nig 4 0 winter than she, here, Sl w The business for mendicanoy not recorded, but a Twenty hird streot fruit dealer made the change, and this is how he On he months abandonment rofitable came to do so: one oe calon down own to buy nw all at an els he asked rd &1 te 8 genusman d railroad station. There for and obtained half-dollar. He secured this 1 easily that it occurred to him it wonld be a good war to got me , and time he vats OneyY 8o 1 every went flown sed all he beggars all make been arrested who afters ¥) to a lawyer to prevent being sent to prison. blind or erippled more th liberality for but money thrown away. Nearly every one of this class of be ERArS 18 A spel i thrift, and in addition, what is worse, dissolute. Every Sixth avenue shop ping woman will remember the sandy moustached blind man who used plaintively to sing on the holding out his open hand ina peculiar manner. He was suspected of being a frand, and a charity off deter mined to see what became of him He was led about by his father, able-bodied man. After time the officer saw the two start for home They first stopped in a saloon and had drinks The y then took the elevated ears and proceeded down-town ; on the train blind unted out the money he had received from the shop ping women, putting it from the right pocket to the left He counted more than 811. As he concluded his count he said: “There 8811.85, dad. That's pretty good for two hours’ work The father grunted back: ‘‘Pretty good.” They left the train ot Twenty third street, still under the espionage of the charity officer. He saw them make a round of the saloons in the neighborhood until 1 o'clock, paying up the scores of the week, and finally staggering home as drunk as they could be. The officer soon afterward ran across the blind singer again, snd told him all he had observed. The beggar promised to reform, and ended the interview with the remark, ‘'1 Beggars who are naturally make than But the extra charity's less unfortunate sweet sake 18 Avenue, weer the nel 0 knocked down on the old man; it was | $13 1 collected that night” Many beggers work in organized gangs. These are the ones who go out of the city in summer robbing country | stores and postoffices. They have boys with them whom they teach their evil practices, All sorts of devises are used in beg- ging. Some of them are cleverly managed. A tall man was once found begging, alleging a broken arm. This was found to be a fraud, but the arm | was done up ss skilfully as though done by a physician. When accosted he said, ‘I acknowledge I nm a fraud.” Concealed about his person was found, to be used when ocossion required, a sign which read, ‘Deaf and domb, | Charity, if you please.” Mendioaney long persisted in be- comes chronic, and cures are affected only rarely. Only one successful case is on record, and that may vain. A gentleman met o beg- gor in whom he recognized former | when he was recognized. ~ MONG the large cities of the | often | faithful employe of his father. ‘the case was put into the hands of a so: ciety, and money was left to work his correction if possible. It appeared that he had learned to beg from being employed as clerk of a Bowery lodg- ing-house, where he saw the success of beggars, He had begged five years He has been placed at work and given a good job, but he can easily earn twice ss much a day by begging than what he is now receiving. —New York Post. — — WISE WORDS. A doubt is the heaviest ever tried to lift. Cheerfulness is health ; its opposite, melancholy, is disease, Many a man who tells you how to do a thing can't do it himself. There is no genius in life genius of energy and activity. The future always the work of the mother thing man like the destiny of the child is To be good and disagreeable 1s high treason against the royalty of virtue point of wisdom to AISCOV It is as great n hide ignorance as to edge Culture may sandpaper and poli but it cannot change the grain of wood. Fashion is only the attempt to 1 soC1al 1uter- the ronal. ize art in living forms and course. It is a good plan to say little ns possible about that of which on nothing us , CROOWS Pride is a vice whiel ide itself in- elines every man to find in oth to overlook in himself, , and There never was found any preten al bat tended with a spirit of eru We ne nomical, snd save ed conscientious z« tice that when rainy day, Mankin " en — - Yast Extent of Texas, Texas, the } Siates, LAs ah ares Mer largest the the wt elbow his way 1 West without el mt Ales § IUAY from the statement that the population of the globe, 1 000, O06) souls, divi led int far crowd of his «¢ wo laos entit 400, . ilies of located nonsy 1 BK till re- main 50,000,000 vacant family lots I A Wonderful Discovery, reported that v Berlin, valuable discovery infections disoases in : oe) h, conid Em- has made n very in the treating of In the of his experiments he has discovered that the blood of an animal which has re. covered from an infections disease will, if injected into its veins, cure an. other animal suffering with the same At the last meeting of the Physiological Society some Professor conrse disease, i Berlin statements were made regarding the | actual experience of those who had followed out Professor Emmerich's ides experimentally that wero strongly confirmatory of their soundness. Mice | had been inoculated by the serum or watery portion of & horse's blood, the horse the disease; the mice, which had been previonsly in- oculsted with the bacilli of lockjnw, did not die when subjected to tho treatment, while those left to them- [solves perished. Experiments are to [ be tried on human beings — New Or- | leans Pieayune, | An Extraordinary Swallowing Feat. A German contemporary states that (a very peculiar patient was recontly under treatment at the Angshurg diate | Hospital. A man, aged forty, had set | himself the task of swallowing some 250 fruit stones. Having finished this | extraordinary meal, he experienced oxerncisting pain. While under treat. { ment the first day in the hospital the | medionl men succeeded in removi 209 hazel nut stones. The «man taken all this trouble to his life in dy 1 $1,267 New pe ial having already being cured of | result was that the | SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR JULY 23. Lesson Text: “Paul Acts xviii, 1-11 1Cor.1., 18 at Corinth,” Golden Text: Commentary, 1. “After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.” His testi mony was not in vain at Athens, for some clave unto him and belleved, Bee previous versa, Ho did not expect that all the seed would fall on good soll ; neither are wo so taught, But he did know that God's word would accomplisk (lis pleasure and not re turn vold, and that his labor was not in vain in the Lord (Iss, lv., 11; I Cor. av., 58), Hix aim was ‘by all means to save some” (I Cor, ix., 22), and this he accomplished, The church of Christ is mado up of an select nun ber out of all nations, given unto Him out of this world (Rev. v., 9; Eph. 1, 4; John xvil., 6), and to this end we, lke Paul, should seek to get the gospel everywhere, 2. “And found a certain Jew nam Aquila, born in Pontus, Istely come Italy with his wife Priscilla (beonusd Claudius had commanded snd came emarking t are still commu part from countrie the earth, game sad the days of Paul It Is the fulfllime: words spoken through Mosos over 5000 years ago, Bes svill., 63-66 But if the Curse literally and so fully the Jews all wart from gh yours tl % and has leasing shall al ‘ i ‘the days their mourning shall that scattered Isaraed the time it even n Jar, XXXxt is wi w King ings will ia aha il It = nd His ser spake the rf a vision, Be not thy peaaon i like Je iy referred # was with them great comfort there | of our Lord from Get 15, but wa get no benefit unless we appropriate them to ourselves. I! wo are the Lor 1's and in His service, woe ma take His promises right to our hearts 10. “For l am with thee, and no man sha sot on thes to hurt thee, for I have much people in this city,” One the largest promises in the Bible, if not the very larges! is the “I am with you” of Jehovah, He gave it to Moses, Joshua, Gideon, [salah Joromiah, Haggal and the aposties (Ex. Iii 12: Josh, L, 5; JJudg vi, 16: Isa xii, 10 Jer. §, 8 19; Hag L, 18; i, 4¢ Math xxvill, 20) 11. “And bho continued there a year and six months teaching the word of God among them.” He did not teach selence nor phi losophy, nor did he lectare upon the great men of the day. He did not try to prow that the books of Moses and the Psalms had many suthors, and that thers must have been two , but believing all things written inthe law and in the prophots (Ams xxiv 14) he taught the Beriptures, He reached the Kingdom of God and taught the things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts xxvill,, 81), saving none other things than those which Moses and the prophets Wa say should ocome (Acts xxvi, HB) —Lrseom Helper, } ol ons snr —— Pror. Kocnt's divorce and his court ship of an actress show that a mad may be able to inoculate thousands against consumption, and not be able to inoculate himself against the tens dor passion called love. It respects nolther learning nor age. All bow down before it—and a groat many make fools of thomscives while on thoir knees Tox humble butter maker is hardly appreciated in this country. 1n Towa, for instance, the value of the butter product last year was 831,122,037, The earnings of all the railroads in id State only amounted to $27,400, a —— ———— i See how | THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Tir ofMeers of the Russian warships in New York Harbor were the guests of Genera Butterfiold at his country home on the Hud son, As an precautionary measure many drug froporting houses of New York City began to " insert the gold clause in thelr terms of sale Tre ngents of the trunk lines met in New York City and decided to run excursion traing to Chicago, and to charge one fare for the round trip. Tar sult of Wanamaker & PErown, Philadelphia, Penn., to secure the closing of the World's Falr on Bundays was thrown out of court, Tuy funeral of Associate Justice R. Blateh. ford, of the United States Supreme Court, took place at Newport, R. L Dunrxo the firing at Bandy Hook, N. J., the Brown segmental wire gun, with a charge of forty-one pounds of powder, a muzzie velocity of over 2400 feet per second, and a ressura of 48,000 pounds was obtained This was declared the best record ewer ob tained with brown powder from any gun in the world AT : f of of 15,000 people saw ler, his wife and were murdered by Albert Bor wile yy] West Lancaster, Penn. ineral of Daniel Kred of their chil wn, who North Dakota Kreider and his r County before they me {py curred or ne Mine at Penn., by killed, tw rs very baaiy TERRIFIC expl n of gas « pper vein of the Pettelx kesbarre, instantly othe I WArships we Mayor Giiro) ntertained wit nar ! 1 DAarsH neers of {1 ‘ i i atthe City of New York City an excursi ¢ Oriental Hotel, a dinner Beact aged thirty-eight yours, ed twenty-three [seer ret and r ana hattan your from Ashi rg Grand Jury Le wtor Henry and West. b . n the Treasury De g in A STATEMENT Im partn ont shows the ot i in Treasury at the end last was 805 445.413, which was more than the total at th { either of the two months preceding. , oe Witsox resigned as Chie! nstructor of the Navy and Philip Hicht was named as his accessor the June Con Forelgn. Cuascarion voy Carmrvi has assured the German Kaiser that he is now confident of a in favor of the military bill, Tur Parnellites deserted Gladstone and supported two motions, which were lost, amending clause 9 of the Home Rule bill one amendment provided for retaining the full Irish representation at Westminster the other for excluding Irish members entiraly, Froops have occurred in the Kulstein and Zillorthal districts in the Tyrol. The village of Drixiegk has been partly devastated, Ten villagers are known to have been drowned, Tur Germans have sent a war ship to look after thelr interests on the sonst of Kiam Eronry-rive eases and forty deaths from cholern were reported in gne day from Alex andria, Egypt ; thers were five oases and four deaths wn Toulon, Franoe Crvie. war has again broken out in Nios. meus, The eitimens of Leon are in against the government established when Sacasa was overthrown, Whily visiting in Leon the Executive and Commander of Army were imprisoned. The military barracks were also selend, Hosrivirins have t n in Samos bel ween the forces of King Malistoa and Mataals Malieton has captured a rebel out post, Tux German Relochstog debated the Army bill on second reading, and passed, " a vote of 19% to 187, the first article, fixing for two yoars the peace effective at 479,220 men, - nt It In onloulatod that the loss to Mexico through the d& tation of silver this year will amount to from $4,000,000 to $3,000,000, Buch loss will partly arise in connection with PN interest on the gold bonds and parsly urough deoreased duties on imports, nt — Paxasa has Wad a water famine, The or ere Somptiod aguadores, or water carriors, Fo an, wn 2a dato lived in Lau- | aun } on : majority of from twenty-five to thirty votes | try in ' tween the French and the my 4 C LATER NEWS, Broeams T. 11 x, and son of ths the banking house ol J. BK, Dick & Company ot Meadville, Penn., committed suicide, Thers had been a slight run ou the bank during the past few days. cashier founder of Miss Busaw Yalrhaven, C eight-year-old Lawren, age twenty-one un., and Cariton Clover boy, of Branford Ww drowned in Branford River, They were bathing with a large party, The boy we beyond his depth, called for assistar Miss Lawler attempted to rescue bim, New York City eels the fall of Tux French colony ir brated the 104th the Bastile with festivities, anniversary of Tur Bank of M by ( M. Condens threo men w ing t 0, Wilson - y Haar 7a - and Yalley, Kan., ownea os Oswego, was robbed by aud enter O rode int 1 tow # bank tied cg pr— JLOSED ON SUNDAYS. st Remarkable Trasedy hamville, N. XY. Irish SHELLED. a} ——— FORTS BANGKOK Twenty Siamese Killed and Fourteen Wounded 1} the French Kat als forced th ders fr prohibiting ther ynstants ar in the fa Government the river { the tronbla be. Ma Tile r at the State Departtient at Washingt contained in a brie! Jdespatek from Acting Cousul-Genera: Boyd at Bangkok, stating that after an hour's ongagement the French vessel had passed the forts below Bangkok, The next day after the shelling the Frenah Minister informed the Riamose Governmont that the commanders of the gunboats Comte and Inconstante misundorstood the situation when they fired upon the Paknam forts and ascanded the Monam River, The announce. ment was then made that an armistios had been concluded and that the incident might possibly be explained by France as regret. table, Toe only ofMcial news : : 3 Was wive STARTED THE LOG JAM. A Locomotive Pulled Out the Key Log and the Two-mile Mass Moved, The big jam of logs at Carratunk Falls, Me., was started a fow days ago. For thirty days the river drivers have been working on it. The Somerset Railroad runs near the river. A spur track was built close to the bank and a powerful locomotive, with two neh wire oable, pulled out the iast key Jog, starting the jam. This jam was the large ever hung up at the falls, It contained 35. 000 000 feet of lumber snd extended up the river two miles, The work of moviag the jam eost $12,000. - SOMEBODY says most of the hand organs are owned by one company and hired out. Another grinding monopoly. — Philadelphia Times Derrorr 4 poles 81 each per year, and 82.50 a mile for wires dossr't give anything ME » e, and | | Ducks-Fair to lahey, ¥ | Goose | Squabe--Dark P dos. .o0veee White, ¥ dos ru. | Potatoes State, ¥ bb | Peas, LL. ¥hag. . .... | String beans, L. I, ¥ bag | Asparagus, doe. bunches Lorn Ungraded White. . . THE LABOR WORLD. Faaxce reports 1500 labor societies, 1enioax idle miners are in distress, Cuicaon reports 7000 Idle earpenters, Ova telephones employ 10,000 person, A Paris coticern employs 2000 printers, Ix 1250 wages were eigl Tovreno, Ohl Rat catching is a psying London tion. Tur bellion Haryrono (Conn) electric eyelid on thelr rounds it cents per day. ran 8 night school | COC Pll 1BIOMS unemployed of Australia are io ree linemen use bi Bax Frasemoo's Salvation Army has se cured work for 600 men, CoNspcricrt uni has Primed a law protecting n labels by & fine of $100 Prerro (Col) importation of me protest against the from the Fast Firrreey nuspre: struck for the Mex Etienne Ispiaxaron: ber of unemy 1876. ITAL in Francs yAhres rs a # eo Las existed #ino greater pum- THE MARKETS. Late Wholesale of Country Produce Quoted in New York. Prices PEAS “825 F 200, 2 00 AXD BERRIESTFTREER FowlsJersey Wester Chickens Western, ¥ 0 Roosters, old, # Turkeys, ¥ 0b Ducks--X. J., N ¥ pair ene Western, ¥ pair "aso Goose, Western, ¥ palr....... 1 Pigeons, ¥ pair ‘ DARSSED POULTRY Turkeys rn a Chickens, Phila, ¥ 0... Western, ¥ 0 . Fowis-8t, and West, 1 ih Penn. , FRESH EXILED Eastern, ¥ Ib RP Spring, I. 1..¥M_... Westorn, 0B. .... SIR wf i wl YEAOFTARLER, i Virginia, Rose, ¥ bbl N. C.. Bose, ¥ bbl . L. L, in bulk, ¥ bhi Cabbage, L. L, #100 Ontons-- Eastern, yellow, bbi Maryland, # bbl... ..... State, ¥bbI............ a wy wn fw si181 81 Bed Oneumbers, Norfolk, ¥ crate es RIB 23% . Tomatoes, Florida, ¥ orate GRAIN, ETO. Flour--Clty Mill Extra. ...... a IC EEL EE fa #f2egsi 828i 2 RETR ELLE we TOPO rowed State. . Oate<No, 2 Whe... coven Mixed Wostorn...c «voi Hay Good to Cholos,,..... Straw Long Rye ....ooov wn Lard Clty STORM ., covive. 0. OR City dressed Mitch Cow, Salem, CH) ERE LEER) L] » | EE ns ®... FR hhh di J P10 Be AE EE EE EE ER EL] YL FITTER TY) 2 § gdas1 121 8 a ERE
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