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VOL. 30.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., APRIL 17, 1873.
NO 49.
HE JEFFERSQNIAN.
Published by Theodore Schoeh.
T'!IM -TaO I IUr jreaf In advance and if not
pai I uef re the eivl oT the year, two dollars and fifty
cents will b charged.
i t ! - 1 1 : itnnie I tt n 1 1 1 all arrearages are paid,
csccpt .it the ition l the E.Htor.
0A Ivenlsements of ne uare Height line?) or
. n le or thrift insertions $1 50. Each additional
nmli tn, 5 cent. Longer ones in proportion.
JOB PRINTING,
OF ALL KINDS,
Executed in Hie "naliest style of the Art, and on the
in cot re.isonible term.
WILLIAM S. REES,
Surveyor, Conveyancer and
Real Estate Agent.
Farms, Timber Lands and Town Lots
FOR SALE.
Office next door almvc S. Kecs news Depot
and '2d door Ik-Iow the Corner Store.
March 20, 1873-tf.
DR. J.LANTZ,
Surgeon ami Mechanical Dentist,
Still h is his o;Ti:-e nn Mitn Street, in the second
story f IK. S. W.dt.m's hiick tun ding, nesily oppo
ute'the StroU'l-hmg llnu.-e, and lie 11.. tiers himself
la.it hy ci'-iiifeii ye.ns t-oul.tiit p.acttre and the itiit
c irncU in I iMifftil alteiiii n to all mailers perlaining
to his irof.;siii, that he is fully alile to pt-rfuriii nil
i;er .iti.ms in the ilental line in the most c.iicful, table
ful an 1 SaiIU'uI manner.
S;iti iI aliention given to savins the Nitura' Teeth ;
also, to tlie ins"rti.ii if Artiiii-Ul Teeth on Huhtier,
t i! J. Si!vir or it-tnliiiuous Guns, and perlei t fits In
nil ca-es insured.
W st pprsoas know the great folly anil danger ! en
trust la: their u oik tot iie inexperienced, or to itios-e
living at a distance. April 13, I iT I . ly
D
u. iv. j ic ivso.v
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCHER.
In the old office of Dr. A. Kceves Jackson,
residence iti Wyckolf's building.
STROUDSBURG, PA.
Au-ust 8, le7:Mf.
II. J. 1MTTERSO.V,
OPERATING .ttD MLCllANIl'AL DEMIST,
Having located in East Stroudsburg, Pa., an
nounces that lie is now prepared to insert nrii
lieial teeth in the most beautiful and life-like
manner. Also, great attention given to filling
an ! preserving the natural teeth. Teeth ex
tracted without pain by use of Nitrous Oxide
t i.-.s. All other work inciih-nt to the profession
iJo:ie in tlie most skillful and approved style.
Ail -.vork attended lo promptly and warranted.
Jii trges reasonable. I'atroiiago of the publie
jsidicited.
OlILe in A. Loder's new building, op-pv-ite
Aualomink House, East Stroudsburg,
J'a. July II, 172 ly.
" DR. N. L. PECK,
Surgeon Dentist,
Announces i h it It vin? jus? returned from
Dental Co lie rs, he ii fully prepared to make
uriiticial tetli in lite most beautiful a rid lile
li'ie manner, and to fill decayed teeih ac
cording to t lie most i n proved methoti.
Tee ill ex'ract-d with-i-it pain, when de
sired, by t!ie use of Nitrous Oxi.ie Gas,
which is entirely harmless. Repairing o
all ki:ils neatly done. All work warranted.
Charge re isonable.
Odice in J. i Keller's new Brick build
ing. Mii.i S reet, Stroudsburg, Fa.
aug3l-if
T-t31CS II. WAI-TOA",
J Attorney at Law,
O.Tic." in the building formerly occupied
. by L. 31. Uurson, ami opposite the Strouds
i.ur Hank, Main street, Stroudsburg, Pa.
jan i:j-tf
35 KR ICiX HOTEL.
""'i"he subscriber would inform the public that
J.e has leased the house formally kept by Jacob
Kneciit, in the Horough of .Stroudsburg, Pa.,
and having repainted and refurnished the same,
i prepared to entertain all who may patronize
lii hi. It is the aim of the proprietor, to furn
ish superior accommodation at moderate rates
and will pare no pains to promote the com
fort of the guests. A liberal bhare of public
patronage solicited.
April 17, 7-'-tf. D.L.PISLE.
II Ol'SC,
HONESDALE, PA.
Most central locatiou of any Hotel in town.
It. W. KIPLE k SOX,
J 09 Main street. Proprietors.
Januarys, 1873. ly.
I
J OPPOSITE THE DEPOT,
Kast Stroudsburg, Pa.
B. J. VAN COTT, Proprietor.
T!ic BAR contains the choiest Liquors and
the table is supplied with the bet the market
aflbrds. Charges moderate. may 3 1872-tf.
WATSOX'S
Mount Vernon House,
117 and 119 North Second St.
ABOVE ARCH,
PHILADELPHIA.
May 30, 1672- ly.
TT EV. EDWARD A. WILSON'S (ofWil
.B , ham-burgh, N. Y.) Recipe for CON
SUMPTION and ASTHMA carefully com
pounded at
HOLLINSHEAD'S DRUG STORE.
07" Medicines Fresh and Pure.
Nov.21. 1867. W. HOLLINSIIEAD.
BLANK LEASES
For Sale at this Office.
AN ARMY OF OUTLAWS.
The Dangerous Classes Who and What
They are Sixty-five Thousand Burg
lars, Highway Robbers, Pickpockets,
Confidence Operators, Counterfeiters
and other Criminals.
These classes cost New York annually
millions of dollars. Judges, prosecuting
attorneys, clerks, detectives, policemen
and prison keepers are employed, equal
in number to the United States aruiy.-r-The
crimes committed iu this city in a
single month outnumber the depredations
of the Apacl.es, Mod oca and Sioux, and
all the other savages in this country in
an entire year. Over eighty thousand
arrests are made annually. This number
consists of murderers, highway robbers,
counterfeiters, pickpockets, gamblers,
prostitutes and every other class of crim
inals known to the calendar of crime.
When it is understood, in connection
with the above facts, that not more" than
one fourth of the crimes committed are
reported to the police authorities, or fiud
their way to the public through the press,
a better idea can be formed of the dan
gerous clement in our midst. We can
estimate with exactness, from the census
and other htatistics, the number of peo
pie engaged in any particular mercantile
or professional pursuit, but it is a much
more difficult mailer to arrive with cer
taiuty at the number composing the dan
gerous classes JJurglars, counterfeiters
and pickpockets, for obvious reasons, are
not so prompt in f'urnhing information
to the census taker as lawyers, doctors,
and merchants.
TUE TOTAL.
Careful estimates make from the police
aud detective records and other statistics,
together with information gathered from
many promiueut criminals, fixes the to
tal at siity five tl oasand.
MAG DA LENS.
This number includes seventeen thou
sand Magdalens poor, lost, depraved
women most ol them impregnated with
diseases more loathsome than the putre
fying carcases that fill our graveyards
They are distributed in all parts of the
city. We find them among the rich and
among the poor. The largest portion iu
habit the slums, by-ways and bagnios of
Water, Cherry, Elizabeth, Greene and
similarly infected streets. This number
dress iu rags and gaudy finery and exist
in abject misery and want. Others live
in elegantly furnished houses up town.
They own fine houses aud carriages, and
wear costly silks, velvets and jewelry.
WORTH LFSS AND DANGEROUS RASCALS
Fifteen thou.-and miscellaneous char
acters are classed under one head They
are roughs aud rowdies, and the worth
less and dangerous rascals, too lazy to
work, and too cowardly to steal many of
them parasites attached to the poor crea
tares mentioned above. They possess all
the requisites for cut throats and thieves
except courage. It is difficut to ima
gine human beings more degraded
Cusic, the "Man Eater," who was recent
ly sentenced for Mayhem, and Ileddy, the
lilacksuiith, who has taken part, either
as principal or accessory, in several mur
ders, represent another portion of these
fifteen thousand. Occasionally members
ol this class will participate in a burglary
or some similar ciime, although they do
not, as a general thing, subsist entirely
by stealing. A large number are proprie
tors of rum shops, where criminals of all
gjades congregate. Their influence and
acquaintance among thieves and other
rogues enables them to gather a strong
force of bold, shrewd and unprincipled
men at the polls on election days. They
are paid handsomely iu money, and grant
ed immunity for their crimes for services
of this kiud.
GAM ELEltS.
There are ten thousand gamblers in
New York The Hon. John Morrisey
and John Chamberlain are representative
men among the wealthy and prosperous
of this class. They own magnificent es
tablishments in this city, at Saratoga and
at Long Ihanch. Their houses are f'urn
islied with every luxury that taste can
suggest, or money can procure. Hun
dreds of second aud third rate establish
ments are situated on Uroadway and the
IJowery. hile others arc located on less
frpquented streets. There are vile deos
in the lower part of the city patronized
largely by negroes. "Dealers," "ropers
iu" and professional players are to bo
seen iu swarms on all the public streets
aud in many of the principal hotels and
restaurants.
MISCELLANEOUS THIEVES.
Seven thousand miscellaneous thieves
subsist by stealing. They steal anything
from a peanut to a wagon. This class is,
to the regular professional burglar, pick
pocket and shoplifter, what quack doctors
are to the disciples of Iilackstone Mem
hers of this class occasionally crush a vie
tim's skull with a slung shot, and after
wards rob the the body. The Paoormo
murder was probably committed by some
of these villians. Under-the head we al
so ioclude boarding house and hotel
thieves plausable. well dressed fellows,
who eog'ige board and soon afterwards
decamp with everything available To
this clas belong the hall thieves, who
will enter a frout door and carry off over
coats, fur caps, hats, umbrellas, and even
overshoes. The different silver gangs are
among this number, aud the leadpipe and
old braes and ash box thieves, and num
berless other piratical rascals, of all ages
and both sexes. This seven thousand
are like the starving wolves, the coyotes
and buzzards. Anything and everything
is fair prey for them.
PICKPOCKETS.
Among the professional thieves are
four thousand pickpockets bold skilled
scoundrels, who arc a terror to the com
munity. We find them plying their trade
in theatres and churches, in the street
cars and at political meetings, on the pub
lie thoroughfares, and even at funerals
Tbey comprise men, women and child
ren. Grey haired, respectable appearing
men, who might easily be mistaken for
Wall street brokers, or Broadway mer
chants, beautiful, refined looking and ele
gantly dressed women, and prattling
bright eyed childre n, are among the num
ber. They are carefully instructed by
adepts ; many of them serve a long ap
preoticcship under the supervision of
some export. Dickens' description of
Pagan the Jew, instructing his pupils, is
far from being exaggerated. There is in
this city several dens where children are
carefully traiued for this purpose. In
Essex street, within a stooe's throw of the
Bowery, a veteran pickpocket has been
engaged ' for years in teaching children
how to steal. This is oo fancy picture,
but an actual fact. A rope is stretched
across the room, on which are hung coats,
pantaloons and dresses Pocketbooks and
watches are then placed in the pockets
of the garments, and the children strive
to extract them without moving the cloth
ing. After they have been thoroughly
drilled they are sent out on the streets to
to operate in real earnest. Three or four
pickpockets usually lorm a gang or work
ing force. Each one has some particular
part to perform. In operating on the
cars, for instance, one of them will ob
struct the passage way. another will place
himself so as to conceal the hands of the
expert, while the third will stand ready
to receive the plunder which is passed to
him the instant it leaves the person of
the victim.
SHOPLIFTING.
Twelve hundred shoplifters form by
no means an insignificant body of thieves.
More than half of them are female.
They steal annually many thou.-aud dol
lars worth of goods. Large establish
ments are compelled to employ special de
tectives to look after this class. The ease
and rapidity with which they load them
selves with large quantities of goods, un
der the eyes of some watchful clerk7is
astonishing. The females are provided
with large pockets concealed in the folds
of their garments. Some of these re
ceptaclcs are capacions enough to hold
three or four bolts of muslin. An ele
gantly attired Itdy was arrested the other
day, walking gracefully away from a large
dry goods establishment on Broadway.
She was conducted to a private room and
relieved of one roll of Lyons velvet, filty
yards of Antwerp silk,' and a box contain
ing seveuty five yards of ribbon. A fa
vorite mode of operation is to have one
of their number engage the attention of
the clerk while a confederate takes the
goods.
BURGLARS.
Nine hundred burglars are prowling
about the street, night and day. These
men are daring, hardened criminals.
They seldom hesitate to commit murder
to escape capture. The brutal murder of
old Mr. Nathan, and the shooting of Mr.
Phelps illustrate the desperate character
of this class.
"FENCES."
Fives hundred receivers of stolen goods
carry on a thriving business in this city
Many of them are Jews. Some of them
are very wealthy. One of their number
is worth over half a million of dollars.
Another ownes a church, bought with the
proceeds of robberies. The straight
laced orthodox congregation who worship
in this sanctuary little suspect that it is
owned by a notorious "receiver " Among
this glass are dealers in every kind of
stolen property. Burglars, pickpockets
and other rascals fiud a market among
these people for government bonds, rail
road stocks, jewelry, dry goods, groceries,
old iron, bottles and every description ol
plunder. The thief receives ubout one
lourth the actual value of the property.
COUNTERFEITERS, CONFIDENCE OPERA
TORS, ETC , ETC
Manufacturers and passers of counter
feit money, confidence operators, mock
auction dealers river pirates, policy deal
ers, quack doctors, fortune tellers, abor
tionists and gift jewelry swindlers make
up the balance of the 65.000. From
the Ntio York commericul Advertiser
. .
A clearfield county mother learned of
her daughter's contemplated elopement,
and on the night appointed for the flight
she put some laudanum in the girl's tea
The latter fell asleep and did not wake
up till the next moruing. and in the
meantime Romeo got tired waiting and
went home disgusted. He goes with
another girl now.
The Bioghamton Times says : "The
skin taken from the face of the notorious
Edward II. Ruloff, is io the possession of
Dr. Hodge, of this city. His skull is still
retained by Dr Burr, and his brain by
Dr Chittenden, while a lock of his hair
ornaments the office of Assessor DeVoc
Wlieu lluloff gets everything ready he
will bring a whole legion of devils from
the other world and make Bioghamton
quike with fear and tremble in terror-
Rattlesnakes and their Habits.
Ordinarily the rattlesnake is extremely
sluggish, and unless molested there is
little to fear from it during the greater
portion of the year Jut before and
after its winter sleep, however it is more
active, and often assumes the offensive
Iu order to strike, it must lie in a close
coil, with its head and neck erect. In
this position it throws itself forward about
three fourths its length, supporing its
weight entirely upon the remaininglourth.
When molested or alarmed, or when
about to attack, the rattle is violently
shaken ; but practically this serves little
as a warniug, since when excited the
creature strikes at the iutrudcr with the
quickness of lighting, and almost sim
ultaneously with the sound of the rattle.
The stateuient that the noise of the rattel
is peculiar and once heard will never
afterwards be mistaken, is emphatically
denied, the writer averring that he has
known the opinions of those who had
frequently heard the sound "divided as
to whether a certain omioou? clicking
arose from the grasshoppers, which were
there in great numbers, or the rattle
snake." Contrary to the common -belief,
the reptile often leaves its hole and
moves about after sun down, not seldom
crawling iuto tents, and even into dens
during the night. The notion that
venomous snakes do not bite twice in im
mediate succession is also pronounced
erroneous, the writer mentioning a ca-
where he saw the rattlesnake strike three
times with ele( ti ic quickness, each time
ie::T ng the marks of us fangs on the
trousers of the peisou at'acked.
But with all its quickness and irrita
bility, the snake frequently refuses to
bite, even when crowded into the closest
quarters. It is related that often when
trod on it fails to retaliate; and one re
markable instance is given where a
tientleman on coming out of the river
Platte after a bath, and entirely naked,
sat down upon a rattlesnake, and dis
covering his mistake suddenly resumed
his legs, without suffering any harm
beyond a severe fright. The peculiar
odor of the rattlesnake is vouched for,
and we are fold that when one is irritat
ed and made to bite the rake or hoe with
which it is ioteudeJ to kill him, the
implement will retain the same unpleasant
smell for months. Once known, the
odor is always recognizable.
The bite of the rattlesanke, according
to the observer's experience, is Deither
so rapidly fatal nor so incurable as most
people buppose. Of thirty persons bitten
by the rattlesnake, he states that all re
covered but one, and that he lived twelve
days after the accident. Of the whole
thirty, this was the only case which re
ceived surgical advice ; but whether it
was the bite or the advice that killed the
patient we are not informed.
Whiskey the writer regards as a
specific for the bite of the rattlesnake,
and relates uumerous instances which
illustrate the wonderful power of this
agent when administered iu sufficient
quanity. It is well known to physicians
that persous suffering from diseases at
tended with severe pain will often
tolerate much larger doses of opium or
othcx narcotic than could otherwise be
borne. Persons poisoned by the bite of
a rattlesnake manifest a similar tolerance
for immense doses of whiskey, quantities
sufficient to make a well person stupidly
druuk, or even to destroy life, often
producing no visible effect upon the suf
ferer from snake bite Yet to be of any
service to the patient, it is asserted that
he must be made thoroughly diunk be
fore it is safe to suspend the administra
tion of the remdy. A quart of raw
whiskey is frequently required to bring
about this condition : but when once
attained, no further danger need he ap
prehended.
While the rattlesnake U found spread
over a large portion of North America, it
is much more abundant in some localities
than in others. Texas probably holds an
infinitely larger proportion of these re
ptiles than any other State in the Union
The district lying between the Bio
Grande and the Nueces, two streams
which flow in the same direction, and
some sixty or seventy miles apart, is a
desert region, literally swarming with
poisonous serpents. "In summer," says
our writer, "one cannot go fifty yards in
this locality, without seeing a rattlesnake
Io other parts of the State the moccasin
is the prevalent snake ; while centipedes,
scorpions, tarantulas, and alligators, in
fest various localities, and are each a
terrible scouage."
AM writers have hitherto concurred in
saying that rattlesnakes are never met
with at an elevation of more than G 000
feet above the sea level The surveying
party of Mr. Morley killed numbers of
them last year at an cjevatioo of about
fl.OOO feet ; it is added however, that they
were never found so high before The
mountain snakes possess more vivid colors
'than their brethren of the prairies, and
of the two are more dreaded on account
of their supposed ferocity Scientific
Miscellany from April Galaxy.
t The aggrcgale majority in favor of li
cense at the recent elections throughout
the State, is about 85,000. In Luzerne,
the cities of Carbondale. Scranton aod
Wilkes-Barre voted for license ; the re
mainder of the county against it These
three cities are therefore the only jJaces
in the county where men cau lawfully
"smile."
A Female Farmer.
The Prairie Farmer lately had the
pleasure of "interviewing" a Miss A , of
Illinois, who, for some years past, has
been engaged in carrying on a form of
120 acres. Her father died, leaving a
widow, and. we believe, two daughter
and a boy. of whom Miss A was the eld
est, and the boy a lad of ten or a dozen
years old. She found the health of her
mother, who was endeavoring to mange
the farm with hired help, failing, and con
eluding that she would rather keep her
mother than get an education, she left
the seminary in 1863 and commenced
farming. The farm at that time consist
ed of eighty acres of the home farm, about
half of which was io cultivation ; aud at
a little distance were forty acres more,
all in cultivation. The home farm had
a pretty good house, but the barn had
recently been burned and the fences were
not good. Twelve acres had been plant
ed to apples of good varieties She had
one horse, and got the loan of another
from a friend, who also aids and is aided
in turn by lending implements. &c She
has now a good team of ber own raising,
besides a horse that does duty iu the
market wagou.
She went to work, with the the aid of
her little brother, and to some extent of
her mother and si.-ter, who took charge
of the housekeeping. She learned to do
all kinds of work. She does not plow
much, but she can do it- She took out
fifty to one hundred stumps of trees one
year with spade and ax. and at the same
time assisting her brother who was drill
ing wheat. She bound and shocked,
wheat, and can drive team well She can
use the ax pretty well ; formerly she could
chop better than her brother, but uow he
chops as well as she can herselT, and she
does less of it. She wears a gymnastic suit
when at home and at work, a broad brim
med hat, gloves, aud noots made to order
She wishes to look as well as other girls,
and thus protects herself from the ex
posure resulting from out-door labor.
She likes the open air life and out door
work, and is healthy and strong.
Most of the home farm is cultivated io
corn, though she has eight acres io grass
and twelve in orchard. She raised tweu
ty three acres of wiuter wheat in 1872
It was a fine crop, but she lost from three
to five acres from the failure of the man
she had engaged, to cut it in time. Even
then, with scarce and inefficient labor,
by that noble class of men that are al
ways willing to take advantage of those
who cannot help themselves, it cost her
$80 to harvest and thresh the wheat.
Yet 6he got 450 bushels of wheat, weigh
ing sixty two pounds to the bushel. The
young orchard bore a good deal of fruit
in 1872, and she sold 100 barrels of sum
mer apples, and has 150 bushels of ap
pies now in the cellar. She took most of
the apples to market herself, selling some
of them as low as seventy five cents per
barrel, and some as high as ooe dollar.
A Neat Swindle.
The other day, says the Philadelphia
I ress, a carriage drove up to the door of
ooe of the largest jewelry establishments
on Chestnut street, and f rom it descended
a gentleman attired in the most fashion
able manuer. Sauntering iuside with an
easy grace, he requested to see some
jewels, stating that he desired to make a
large purchase. He carried io his hand
a handsome case or bag which he deposit
ed on the glass before the clerk who step
ped forward to wait upon him. He was.
very particular iu his choice, but at last
selected about $2,000 worth ol jeweiry of
various kiuds and syles As the- clerk
was about to place the uumerou little
boxes into one large receptacle, the
stranger said, "wait a moment ; we can
do better ;" and opening his case, which
still remained upon the counter, he took
from it and handed to the clerk a neat
box with a key, sufficiently large to hold
all his purchases. Into this the clerk
put the jewelry and handed it back to
his customer, who locked it, leaving the
key in the lock, and replacing it in the
bag, closing the latter. Then putting
his gloved hand into his breast pocket,
he exclaimed in great surpise, "Well,
how forgetful I am ; I have left my book
aud uiouey at the hotel. I must go back
and get it. Very careless of me, very
You will of course want to keep this It
wouldn't do to trust an entire stranger
with such valuables ;" and opening the
bag, he again touk out the little box and
handed it the clerk. "It's very annoying,
but I will drive riht to the Continental,
and be back again in a few moments."
With a few commonplace remarks the
elegant gentleman returned to his
carriage, aud was seen to drive away in
the direction of the Continental, taking
with him the nice and innocent little bag
he had brought. They waited at the
store a long time for him to come back.
In fact, he hasn't come back yet. At
last a light dawned upon the terrified
clerk, and he reached for the beautiful
little box with the beautiful little key
It contained old, worthless iron padlocks.
Every reader will see at once how the
swindle was accomplished The man
had two beautiful little boxes, with two
beautiful little keys, in that innocent lit
tle bag, and of course gave the riht one
(that is, for him) to the cl?rk when he
left.
San Francisco receives 25,000 a year
from'Chiucae gambling licenses.
uijwaxnnra
Counterfeiting Bonds.
Forging bonds of railroads is a busi
ness regularly followed now a days by
gangs of men who have the ability to
make i living in legitimate channels, if
they would It is now stated that the
parties who counterfeited Union Pacifi
bonds in this country and in England,
were led by men who had, in years gone
by. made quite a name as speculators in
Wall street, and consequently knew what
they were about. Some time ago a well
known judge in New York went to a lead
ing banking houe. which had charge of
the bonds, and told one of the partners
that he had received information that the
bonds were to be counterfeited to a large
extent and he, the judge, would assist in
securing the counterfeiter and their
plates The bankers poohed at the judge,
said the same story had been circulated
before, and there was no foundation in it
that counterfeits might be attempted.
ir desired, but the counterfeiters could
not get their bonds on the market. The
judge, who was honest iu his efforts, and
who really desired to do the banking
house a good act, was disgusted at hi re
ception aud left. Within three mouths
me same DanKing nouse took over the
counter over SoO.OOO of the counterfeit
bonds and holds them vet. The nartner
are more disgusted than the judge was.
it is Known mat the lorgers alter print
ing off a large lot of bonds, destroyed ihe
plates, au I then commenced their work
They circulated several hundred thous
and dollars worth of bouds in the Uuited
States and then went abroad, creatine
quite an excitement iu Europe, as well
as reaping a rich harvest. Their bonds
were a perfect face simile of the genuine
bond, with the exceptiou of one word be
ing incorrectly spelled There is little
doubt but the gang realized fully half a
million dollars from their work, aud, thus
far, have escaped scotfree.
Lost Children.
Every patrolman on the New York
police force average three lost children
a year; that is to say. about 6.000 chil
dren are every year lost in the streets,
and are taken care of by officers till claim"
ed by their parents. Two thirds of tbe
little truants are claimed at the st?aTror
houses to which they are taken-, but a-
the rule is never to keep a child found in
the day alter roll call in the evening,
about 2.000 children every year are es
corted to the Central Office, where they
are washed, fed, and taken care of till
their parents, relations, or friends claim
them. Holidays and festivals are pro
ductive of hordes of truauts Bands of
music, military parades, and civic proccs
siuos draw children from their homes nod
sometimes entice them long distances
Oue case is on record of a little girl liv
ing in the Tenth Ward who, fascinated
by a schuetzen corps' band, traveled to
Sixty third street before she was noticed
as a truant. Three per cent, of the lost
children are sent to the Commissioners
of Charities and Correction as unclaim
ed, the rule being only to keep them at
the Central Office one night.
TAKING COLD,
If a cold settles on the ccfer covering
of the lungs it becomes pneumonia, in"
flammation of the lungs, or lung fever
which in many cases carries the strongest
man to his grave within a week. If cold
falls on the inner covering of the lungs,
it is pleurisy, with its knile like paio.
and its slow, very slow recoveries. I! J
cold settle io the joints there is rchuma
tism, with its agonies of pain, and of the
heart, which iu an instaut snaps the cord
of lite with no friendly warning It U of
the utmost practical importance, then iu
the wintry .weather, to know not so much
how to cure a cold as to avoid it Cold al
ways comes from oue cause some part of the
body being colder than natural for a time.
If a man will keep warm always and never
allow himself to be chilled, he never takes
cold in a lile time, and this cau only be
accomplished by due care in warm cloth
ing, and the avoidance of drafts and un
der exposure. While multitudes of cold
come from cold feet, perhaps the majority
arise from persons cooling off too quickly
alter becoming a little warmer- thau is
natural from exercise or ' work, or from
confinement to a warm apartment.
HOW A MAN MIGHT LIVE FOREVER.
In nn old book, primed nearly two hun
dred years ago, the author, among other
curious things, tells how a man might
live forever. I do think, he says, that
man, if he lived according to nature, and
duly observed the regimen of health,
might live forever ; for a man is naturally
immortalthat is to say, he hath 'a pos
se non mori.' as appears both betore the
fall ; and shall be evident after the r sur
rection ; yea, after his fail he could havo
nearly a thousand years, though by de
grees the leugth ol life was abbreviated.'
yet the abbreviation was accidental, and
consequently may be repaired in whole
or in part; aud, upon search we find the
accidental cause ol this abbreviation was.
not from the heavens, or any other than
the defect of true regimen ol health
And Adam, alter his fall, if he had eiten
of the tree of life, he had lived forever
aud this doth appear in Genesis tii . when
man was driven oit of Paradise 'Lci he
put forth his Land and take also ! iI.a
I tree of life, and eat aud live forever.'
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