New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-10

The romance in the life OF John Hosie q
veteran mcr Who died IN Scranton ON sunday was his
miraculous escape from death IN the Carbonate dsaser
~ I-lG Thus ftghtful catastrophe occurred on tho
morning January r. about an hour after work began
first ii Pre- was a umbing sound Ike distant thunder
aud this was followed by tbs collapse Of about nifty acres
OF mime nongtho mount ain side Glng the underground
lllorcs with death aud terror Fifty miners were IN
SANITY Killed whore they stood DINERS were linptisyf9
u narrow chambers. wh'r' trii sAuetons were IOlhl
weeks afterNad. Hose Was rescued aitor weeks
confinement IN the runs
There is.not much comfort In the report that
the internal receipts FOR the year ending June
30 will exceed those OF the previous year by nearly
.loOoo 900 owing chiefly TO the collections cigar
cites FOR tlis increase marks hc spread OF AN Injurious
h,lt among growing boys No one who keeps his eyes
omen as he walks about the rcais can have failed 70
observe tha half the small boys he meets are smoking
cigarettes II i not necessary 70 condemn nc use 81
. y babies furthermore there ~, unhappiy, no doubt
thnt women snd girls make every year larger contr-
bar on to ihe revenue derived trom cigarettes
The actual resident population of London,
that ia. o "the cts proper Is not more than $1,000
pnt sd insignificant "a ms number compared With tho
dav population and unloading Is 1t In the census
records that the civic authorities are taking day cen
. of an persons roquegtng aud doing business IN tl9
r The result viii reveal some interesting facts not
only concerning the great army OF persons practically
homeless and without occupation who roam the Streets
l,t about the thousands 81 young men and women who
M, shut mp from morning tl night In warehouses AMI
factories During the winter these pcrsons are mseraey
.i,i.ed being miles from home, and ~ place where
,hev cannot obtain decent meals nj reasonable COST
often thry are not allowed 10 remain ~ tho wolA i9i
d,riny d.nnrr.hour hut must out In any "oHth"f'
and md shelter where they can 49,
The creche. or public nursery for poor child
r established IN the city OF Banao through The charity
fAr BENJAMIN FITCH Of this city, was modelled after
similar Institution in Brussels. Concerning its operation
In pruss.ls. Mr. J. O. Putnam tho United states Minis
tr there writes a. follows To Nh Fitch: In this city
~ about $4,000 inhabitants are ten crashes. The
rooner-creche was established abont forty years ago
II consists ~ two large budings, connected By third
all % three stories with garden attached In the winter
season &c has about sixty little children, who eome
n the morning and leave AZ night, under the care OF
seyen nurses In the summer, when mothers md moro
work than in the winter. abont 300 ehiiren are lei'
daily M this erecho. They admissible when nino
davs old aud may be brought there unl about soaen
wears OF age hen they transferred 70 puDl' sopys
There are about 800 cradles 10 this creehe m" - -
~ schonlroous The crecbo IL establmhch ~ a.. INC
iar towns OF Belgium, and Is one o. the favored ehA
s Of the people The charge 20 the nothetS io' '"o
s,ry,ce OF the crcchc is cents pei oas.