, 1876-08-06
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Hot Weather Il Death-Trap
to Children.
The Lovers Telegraph---An
Uptown Hotel Sensation.
Abduction and Recovery Of
a Lady Soprano.
Veritable Vampires in the Sleeping
Rooms Of New York,
Sharp Trick Of a Young Lady in
Newark, N. J.
Some of the Wealthy Orphans Of
the Nletropolis.
Cue Of Mr. Beecher's Lady Champions
in Pretty Deep Water.
Sharp Trick Of a Young Lady in
Newark, N. J.
Some of the Wealthy Orphans Of
the Metropolis.
Cue Of Mr. Beecher's Lady Champions
in Pretty Deep Water.

!
! joying magnificent weather. The effect upon
the health Of the city is almost miraculous the
deaths have fallen off 80 per cent, and the
mortality among the little ones has decreased
one-half. The true beneyolcnce Of providing
the poor children Of this city with free e1cur-
| sions during the summer season cannot be over
| estimated. 4 ride through the crowded tencmcnts
fronting on the East Side and the district
| between the Dowcry and East River below Third
street will reveal thousands OF little ones seeking
fresh air, and excite the pity Of the hardheartcd
to an unlimited degree. The continuance Of the
terrific heat Of 3 fortnight ago for another week
children and it is in this light that the prevalence
Ut few days Of cool weather is positive blessing
| to humanity.
WHAT AN EETERpR1sNG BOT DID.
| At this season Of the year the boys out OF
school are taxing their wits to the utmost ten
sion to find something to do to. procure pocket
money, if not to assist their parents. One OF
the happiest and most original devices for this
| end that it has been my chance to hear OF is
| that Of u lad who invaded Brooklyn, and, no
ticing the unusual number of kerosene lamps In
use in that city {as result Of practical war On
the gas companies), he solicited the job OF
taking care of the same for several storekeepers.
His price was modcst,-10 cents per week for
! each lamp,-for which sum he agreed to trim
and keep clean the lamp, brush out the chin
ncy, etc His success surprised him. He soon got
fifty lamps to look atter and then his work increased
so that he engaged an assistant paying him stated
salary, while he as t'boss'' took the orders. This
young man has the care OF several hundred lamps
on Fulton street alone, and employs two other
lads to help him. His weekly income and profit
amounts to s2.5, which il far better than running
crrands attending stores. Us many Lads DO in this
city for pittancc Of s. or s., per week. The idea
has proved go successful that it Is quite likely to
BECOME an established Institution in Brooklyn and
is something for the enterprising youths Of Chi
c1g0 to initiate.
THE LOVERS TELEGRAPH.
The latest ktnk in the toy line has just made
its appearance. Strangers wonder what the
young men on Broadway mean by selling long
pink strings with tin cylinders in each eud.
These things are called the "Lover's Tele-
graph" and consists Of round tin cylinders about
2 inches in diameter, with q piece Of
bladder skin drawn over one end-the other being
open. Drawn through the bladder~skin is pink
cord, reaching perhaps Is or go feet to the other
end, where there is similar contrtyance- The
idea is tofotd cylinder to the ear while 8 per-
son speaks in the open end at the opposite end Of
the string, The sound travels along the cord, the
effect Of the tight skin and be plainly heard at
omnihuses anu similar noises. This so-called
telegraph ia especially recommended to silly peo-
pie who Wish to converse from opposite side Of the
street, and is an improvement Oh the old style OF
using handkerchicfs and fans for filtration PURPOSES
The inventor pretenda the cylinders and strings are
highly magnetized, but whether this ii true or
false, the toy magnetizes hundreds Of persons
daily, and being sold at the moderate price OF 10
cents each, they sell like hot cakes, As means
OF communication with your next-loor neighbor
the lovers telegraph has the advantage, provided
you know TO whom yon are talking a nine days
wonderp rooab3y which month hence VIII oe ios
TEN Of secret cyphcr had last winter - very sim
pie process which, however, de6es detection. Day
after gay it appears AZ Il th Gveyooy @ ad RIO TO
d Il there e IS one to Be oand in the ety for tale
SENSATION AT THE nossMoRE.
Last Friday rare but not unparalleled scene
occurred at the new fashionable Broadway hotel
in this city-the Rossmore. Early in the after
noon handsomely-dressed lady called to see
Mrs. 1untoon, the reputed wife OF J. E.
Huntoon, we'll known rs agent Of the Cleveland
(Ohio) Lightning Rod Company. The two wom-
en- met III the public par1or, when the stranger
asked the other how long she had been married
The answer ,yas 1.-TWO weeks. " The strange lady
then informed the bride Of fortnight that she had
bcen married to Mr. Uuntoon for twelve years, and
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which quite Disconnected the professed wife. but
she hastily withdrew her claim. Learning that her
unfaithful spouse would return in m hour the real
wife proposed to wait for him, and persuaded the
false wife to take her to her md wait there.
The two repaired to q luxurious apartment on
the parlor door, and in little while Mr.. Hun
toon returned. The provcrb;al brass of the
lightning rod professors did not desert him this
occasion. lie greeted his true wife cordially,
asked after the children. and then cody proceeded
to his toilet. He invited his wife to dine with him
self and his nnfstrcsa tfor such she was and knew
it all the time), which was Indignantly declined.
She asked him for $500 and the diamond pin ne
wore Ia birthday gift frur1 htrse]f) and the man
complied with these REQUESTS as compaccntfy es II
he were swindling customer. The sequel will be
divorce suit. II secms that ths frail creature
Eosion, and he ut once became infatuated with
her. He sent his wife to the old home in Bcnning-
IT. sodt TINE aso anu az "a nas oGen
ttavAgnntly that 1t reached his wife 3 ears On Aer
arrival in this city she tracked the guilty pair to
the Rossmore Hotel. with the above result
PRIVATE THEATRICAL ADVENTURE.
One of the high-priced leading soprano sing
ers Of this city met with an adventure few
weeks ago which would have had publicity long
ere this but for desire on the part Of her
friends to save her good name from public gos-
SIP She has been partially identified with .
private tQeatf1cal cIuO lDr bcfeIA InOnLHS, anu
has won quite reputation as an amateur act
ress In the club she met q man who professeQ
great admiration for her character, and, In
short, made lore to her desperately. Unlucld~
1y for him, she did not reciprocate his affection,
and, while treating him civilly, sought by every
means in her power to let him understand
her own feelings. About six weeks ago she took
part in dramatic entertainment at q well-known
mansion on West Forty ninth street. and upon its
conclusion desiring to reach her own home prompt
is, accepted the escort OF her admirer. lie pro-
cured 4 carriage. and they started. She COM
planned OF feeling faint, and he stopped at drug
store to obtain some stimulant. He bought her
what WIS represented as sherry. Evidently it was
dtugged, for after taking it, she remembered
nothing excepting great drowsiness, and on WAXING
found herself in an unknown room in country
hotel, undressed and in bed She was weak and
hardly conscious, but managed to get to the door
and give good hearty scream, which brought
the hotel people to her relief. The story was
q short one. She had arrived there early in tic
morning ,odensibIe, and accompanied by the ,n:''
lie represented her as his wife, who had suddsn1y
tainted away. After pIacn: her in bed, and re-
moving her clothing, the 1andady suspected some
thing wrong, and buntIy told the man her susp'.
cione. The man was alarmed, and, On prete1t
for going out DOORS left the house and never e.
turned. lie has disappeared from the citj, and II