The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1880-12-11


the matterY What did they want. Aghast
at finding themselves face 70 face with the
man they did not expect to see, there was
moments hesitation. At last the leader
mustered up courage to stammer $50 you
havn't fled the city 2" "FYed7 Fled from
wbat--for what2" "why, the fact is Mr..
Kelly there was story down town tonight
that you had become a defaulter and had |
fed to escape arrest. We thought if it was
true the Star onght to know it first" Mr..
Kelly couldn't find words for moment. |
Finally ho asked "Who sent you? WIS it
Mr. sandison or the city editor ordered you
to ask these questions 2" "oh, no one sent |
us. We just thought we'd look it up our
selves. One part of the rumor has proved
to be false. But is il true that your accounts
are crooked2" For one instant there was
dense silence. 1t was broken by the sud-
den slamining of the door in the faces OF the
enterprising Star reporters at the critical
moment when Mr.. Kelly's reply was taking
form Of expression not familiar to the
turned down town with an uncomfortable
consciousness that they had somehow or
other made colossal-not to say calamitous
asses of themselves by calling the proprie-
tor of the paper on which they themselves
were working out of his bed before daylight
10 ask him il he was tnef Their worst
fears were realized when Mr.. Kelly put in
an appearance at the Star office early next
day, demanding in manner that he made
no effort to conceal his annoyance: "Who
were those d--d fools who called me up at
five o'clock this morning to interview me as
to whether l had been stealing from the
city treasury ?" The names of the culprits
were unearthed and given to hin. "Fire
them |" was his only order in connection
with the matter. And they were "fred"
This is the first time this story has ever
found itself in newspaper.
A phase of our modern brand of civili-
zaton-or lack of (which holds public
attention by its realistic horror, one which
can never be ignored, is the calendar ofcapi-
tai crimes. In this city alone, at the begin
ming ofthe term of court now in session, there
were confined fifteen persons awaiting trial
for murder. OF these the hangman will
have his cent per cent OF blood for blood,
while majority of the number will enter
upon longer or shorter terms of imprison-
ment.
Speaking of crime am reminded of the
fact that very few of our Chiness residents
of New York are ever arrested, and when
they are, nine times out Of ten it is on the
charge of assault,which proves to have been
made in self. defense. About two dozen of
these adopted children from the Flowery
Kingdom have become naturalized citizens
and voted at the recent election. While the
census for 1880 only gives a population Of
between 700 and 800 to this city, am told
by intelligent Cinnamon of my acquaint-
ance that there are nearly 5000 Of these ex-
orientals here, of which number fully one
third have come the present year. am in
clined to give the larger credence to the fig
ures given me by All Fie, than to the neces-
sarily inaccurate United States census re-
port.
The theatres have never done better than
they are doing this season, and the prospect
for continuance of the prosperity makes
the managers fairly glow with good nature
and enterprise. The ticket speculators are
as big a nuisance as ever, and judging by the
numbers of these pests who beset the en-
trance, to nearly all places of amusement,it it
is to be naturally inferred that there must
be money in their business. The only way
to stop it that can see, is for the managers
to honestly combine for the purpose Of sup.
pressing this outside traffic in tickets, and
only reserve seats for fixed time after the
curtain rises say for thirty minutes, or un.
til the end Of the first act. That would
settle it, for no one would buy a seat from 6
speculator at an increased price unless he
could hold it subject to his pleasure during
the entire evening. Some of the speculatort
who expected to get rich off Bernhardt's en-
gagement have, l am glad to know, los
-, money.
Already there is genial holiday inhu
, encc in the atmosphere that betokens th'
near approach Of Christmas and New Years
Thanksg' the aUant courem, has com
and gone, and all home folk are busted il
the plans and plots for the tree and stock
ing,how best TO surprise the dear ones ,wher
the desired articles may be obtained-in
word, how to most summarily and irretriev
d ably TO bankrupt ones self to make some
d body-or many other bodies-happy for a
e least one day in the year.
IS Those who have felicitated themselve
f. that the elections for one season at least ar
n over, are beyond the reach-of the local ex
a element produced by the right of franchis
l. as annually exercised by the members {
a the Press Club in this city. The heat an
of passion OF a Presidential campaign are q
n nothing to it, and the reckless setting up {
1, drinks for the crowd, and the utterly dc
40 morallzing bargains and sales of voters, q
D. exhibited by these gentlemen of the pres
is are enough to make an average patriot wee
N or throw a candidate for some such ordinar
te Office as Governor or United States Senate
m into convusions,
" The Passion Play, which it was propose
Is to produce at Booths Theatre, on Monda
r. next, has been withdrawn by Manager Al
T. bey, who writes a letter to the daily pre-
C giving his ostensible reasons. The fact
w that he became convinced that there was l
IL class of the public which would furnish pa
/ ronage for the enterprise. Jews disiked Il
D. revival Of the story which had led to the
l persecution for years, infdels took no inte
lu est in il, and Christians resented it, Their
IN fore the contracts were cancelled and Il
; l play withdrawn. Salvini, the greatest Ii
ro- ing tragedian, who plays in Italian suppol
ed by an English company, will thereto
follow Bernhardt on Monday night next
* stead Of the Passion, and give what I
oil manager, John stetson, Of the Globe The
"o tire, Boston, calls their "Pogylo% perforI
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