New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-04-22

Dec dcarit opus-regarding earthly sovereign as
worthy of such honor.
We have received the following curious letter,
and print it for what it is worth:
TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: Please advise your readers always TO leave
their names and addresses in their pocket-books 1t
frequently happens in our business that we come in
possession Of porte-monnaies containing private pa
pers and photographs which we would be glad to re-
turn but we have no means of doing 1t is dan
gerous to carry them about-so are forced to de-
stroy them. l remember an instance where met
with serious trouble because | could not make up
my mind 10 destroy picture of baby
which / had found in the pOcket-bOOk
of a gentleman which came into my hands in the
way of business on the Third-ave. road. ! had lost
a baby myself the year before Of the same age as
this one and would have given all had for such
picture. There name in the porte-monDaie, and
no way of finding out who was the owner, so like
fool advertised it and got Swallowed for it by IL
police Tell your readers to give fair show to be
decent-and always lcavelltheir addresses in their
pocket-books. We want to live and let live.
Yours truly, PIcKPoCKEE
The Paris Figaro INDUCES in an extraordinary
story. which has very ancient, fsh-ke odor The
hero is a Protestant millionaire owning a chateau
and no end of influence in the country which sur
rounds it. He is very religious, and spends great
part of his fortune in extending his creed among the
Catholics of his neighborhoOd As an ingenious
means to this end he has established near his
chateau an institution, nOminally school, but
really kind of inquisitOral prison, where he keeps
the children he has taken from their parents upon
pretense of instructing them. If after due Protest
ant tuition these children still hold their Catholic
principles the poison belladonna is produced. Given
in continuous doses it duls the intellects Of the
children, destroys their WILL they become converts,
and are sent back TO their homes Protestants-but
idiots. All of which is agreeable rs 1t IS credible
Faithful is the man who will willingly take on
dire indigestion for the sake of his creed. The Cath
Ole pastor of a Swiss parish owning the strongest
Ultramontane views was one among the first to sur
render to the authorities the civil register in his
keeping Then he disappeared and people thought
him dead However he was not dead but i'll, and
very i'll too, and from this cause: After giving up
the register he suddenly remembered that there
large supply Of consecrated waters, which, if
believing Old Catholic were to take his place, would
be desecrated. The thought of this misfortune the
good man could MT endure for an instant. Straight
way aud quietly went he into the church and swal-
lowed the entire stock of wafers-an act of devo-
ton which would seem to deserve less painful re-
ward than that same indigestion which followed.
The City of Steilacoom, in Washington Territory,
has an unusually intelligent and valuable popula-
ton of at least 26O souls and bodies. IL is unpro-
yided with any adequate means of defense against
conhagTation; the hose company being without
hose and the hook and ladder organization having
been long ago dissolved, on account OF some mis-
creant having hooked the ladder The local organ
raises clarion call against this lethargc shiftless
ness, and asks: Is it necessary for Seilacoom to
pass through the fiery ordeal which has desolated
her sister cities of Boston and Chicago before we
resort to some common sense measures of self pro-
lection 90 We hope not. Steilacoom deserves
better fate if only on account Of her magnanimity
in admitting the other burnt metropolis TO equal
civic rank with herself.
The little boy saved from the wreck Of the At
lantic was not saved for nothing. Glory waits him.
Also money Together with giraffe, a fat woman.
elephants and other curiosities, he is offered the
proud privilege of travelling with Mr. Barnum. 1t is
delightfully."- gratifying to know that the terms pro-
posed by Mr.. b. include $4,000 and the right to sell
his photograph
An inquirer after scientific information, in Con-
cord, N. H.. recently asked an apothecary What is
this new disease-this Cerro- Gordo-iina Macgnnis
the papers say much aboutV IL took as long for
the apothecary to find out what the was driving
at as IL would have done to put up the very longest
prescription oYor written.