The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-08


Tuit o but failing in that. he managed TO wo~k
his way out. though his clothes were badly orn
anu II g hesh painfully lacerated. He Was re.
moved TO bis residence, at No lll9 Hamilton
str, ct.
AID FOR THE FAMrI.rEs OF THE SUFFERERS.
AS will be seen sbove, the fam lies OF the un-
fortunate victims of the ex )CsiOn are In abso.
Lutte restitution. We noticed yesterday the
efforts that have already been made for their
relief Several of the families have already
been visited by the agent of the Home Mission
ary Society, whose office is at No 50T North
sire et Contributions can be sent there, or to
the Office OF the Treasurer, at No. l8 North
Third street The contribution of the CONNER
cial Exchange has reached $500.
The benefit in aid Of the fund for the relief of
these sorrow-stritken people which the man
agement of the Chesnut street Theatre have
rendered, takes place on Monday evening next,
and should not be forgotten by our readers.
Mr.. Robert Fox, of the New American The
atre. is also preparing to give benefit in aid
of the same, which will take place on Friday
evening next, the l4lh instant. The entire re-
eeipts of the entertainment will go to the be-
reaved, IL being Mr.. Fox's intention to pay
all the advertising a nd other expenses himself,
while the members of the dramatic company
will give their services free.
THE sCENB OF THE EXPLOSION THIS MORNING.
Notwithstanding the drizzling rain which
continued throughout this morning, crowds
still gathered and fingered about the place,
while their excitement manifested no abate-
ment; a more dismal picture could not be
imagined than that presented to all observers.
About half after o'clock willing hands set to
work clear ingkaway the rubbish, and labored
of friends and relatives Now and then burnt
shoe, hat or tattered piece of cloth, brought to
light by the excavation In the debris. would be
carefully examined by sorTowing friends, as
clue to the whereabou of the missiHg. Fathers
the scene OF desolation, living in that awful sus-
pense when faint ray OF hope almost forces
could not have perished.
A volunteer force of fifty men was offered to
those in charge of removing the rubbish to
relieve the firemen and others who had labored
so energetically since the catastrophe 1t is
known that three bodies lie at the base OF the
chimney, and are covered up by large pile of
bricks and timber
THE LITTLE ORPHAN PooR-How THBY LIVE.
But few comparatively, engrossed with the
cares and duties of liie have scarcely q thought
for the atoms OF humanity which drift along in
such vast metropolis as this. None there are
who care for them, not one to guide or direct
Them in the proper paths of life Imagination
express the reality of the listless rovings. the
loneliness, the pinchings of hunger and want of
poor little outcast orphans. And of such there
are many, coming from the lower classes, who
care little or nothing at all for the little es
suddenly bereft of parents. Charity cannot
officials often fail to point them out, and the
negligence of those who once were neighbors
leaves the little orphan ones to ramble alone,
uncared for. unknown, through the thorough
What n life is theirsI Their only home the
streets. Their sustenance what little they can
earn, and often stea or what they beg from
door to door. Their meagre clothing, the cast-of
winter utterly incapable of keeping out the
chilly blasts and penetrating cold. Coverings
for their heads are SO varied as to defy euume-
ration, but all answering to the general title
of ventilation gossamers." Their scanty ward
robe is ever with them, and tattered hand
kerchief would be an easy substitute for a
trunk, wherein to place their little all. At all
times me he friendless orphans are the last TO
thronged all day by the ceaseless, hurrying
streams of humanity. Could you watch them
as one by one they dart down gloomy alleys. up
dark streets, and into more dismal courts, their
sleeping places would be brought to light even
What O story could some old and rlclzety
stairway tell, If its battered ana weather
staint boards had but the power of utterance,
OF the little, lonely, ragged urchiu who sought
It's protection at the hour of midnight, and cud-
died bene ,th It's tottering form, 10 SOB himself
to sleep, while the wind whistIed through the
chtnks, making the old stairway creak and
Some old box, standing in some sombre nook,
that was welcome shelter fro a the beating
rains, the clustering storms, and chilly night
air. Were you but omnipresent, you could wit
ness the appropriation, by these little outcasts,
OF ola buildings, with which time and wear mad
made sad havoc and for years had known no
tenants save rats and reaches; of damp cellars,
marble steps, aud lumber yards, as nightly re-
Before the dawn of day, these little editions of
the "Nanderipg Jew, done up In rags, would
rouse themselves, perform their ablutions at
the nearest pump, and then commence their
regular dismal tramp up and down the streets.
whims can make them, but ever kept within
the bounds which poverty makes for all. Their
vocations are many. They compose an army OF
bootblacks, while in no less number they are
the squads OF newsboys who are daily met
about the streets Some choose the harder life
of beggary, which is but poorly rewarded for
the many petitions that longing looks, piached
faces, and battered forms can make. A large
number, helped onward by rude speeches and
rough usage, have already, by petty actions
| crossed the threshold of the criminal world.
In the day time they pass on every hand, at
night they stand upon the steps of our theatres
eagerly watching to catch q glimpse of the
| imaginary world within. Or by the aid of the
| hard-earned quarter they gain the upper circle,
only to feel more sharply the contrast of the
| two extremes of poverty above and wealth
below A hard life is theirs One full of tempta-
tion and sad destitution. Many have been
gathered into the homes which the charitable
| have endowed. But their number Is but mi
| nority OF the great army of orphans to be found
| scattered throughout this great metropolis.
The Homes for these wanderers are filed.
Their managers have done, are doing q noble
work but their willing hands are cramped by
| the lack of support. Let not the progress of
| one of the grandest of objects be hampered by
| want of mean s. but let our kind-hearted citi-
come to its rescue in order that these little
| orphans may be brought under wholesome
| keeping, where they can be educated and ele-
! waited. so that they may make good and upright
citizens of the community.
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| A THRRMoMETRICAL STATEMENT OF THE
| WEATHER. We give below an exhibit of the
| range of the thermometer for the first eight
| days of June. II will be seen that the coldest