The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-01-20

psgeants aud monster surprises and this
very clearly shows what way the wind is
blowing. The 81. Johns Guild which
every year gave one of the famous Mar
tha Washington Receptions" has this
year decided to give no public entertain
ment The truth is, society has had so
many private entertainments this winter
that the participants in them seek rather
more rest than additional excitement.
Apropos of the Milwaukee hotel FIRE,
our Building Inspectors are actively en-
gagged in examining every public house
of comfort to see whether the means of
escaping from FIRE is adequate. Now,ec-
cording to the statement of one of the
inspectors of the department, every one
of the big caravansaries is death trap
in case of FIRE, but the system of vigilance
inaugurated in the leading establish
ments is calculated to reduce the danger
from flames to minimum. Only about
three weeks ago fire broke out in one
of the most fashionable hotels in upper
FIFTH Avenue. One of the pipes was
overheated which.se fire to the flooring
and then to the carpet. in one of the
rooms. The porters headed by the engi-
neer who had been we'll drilled went to
work with an energy which produced the
best results. Iu ten minutes they had
ripped the burning floor up and in half
an hour the flames which might have
caused dreadful loss of life we're extin-
guished. The hotel people were anxious
to keep the matter out of the newspapers
and this statement here is the first that
has appeared regarding the occurrence.
shall not mention the name of the hotel
in question. but it is in Fifth Avenue not
very far from Central Park, ~
A Catholic Priest of my acquaintance
had an amusing adventure in q street
car the other day. He is one of those
few clergymen of modern days who re-
main poor because they find so much
misery to relieve. He was riding in a
street car on his way to q sick call. In
his overcoat pocket he.carried large
memorandum book Beside him sat q
gentlemanly looking man who was busted
with a newspaper ALI of q sudden the
man arose and went to the back platform
| as if to leave the car. Not long after the
priest left to. AS he arose he found that
his pocket book was gone. Much chag-
rined he yet could not help feeling
amused over the prospective discontinue
of the thief, because he knew the book
did not contain cent Of money HI
turned into the street, when much to his
surprise a man who followed him, tapped
him on the shoulder. and handing him
his book remarked, "Sir. excuse my
friend, here is your book. 1t was all a
r mistake. There is nothing in it, and
abruptly fastened away.
Shaefer the billiardist has remarkable
dog in his rooms. He makes it his busi-
ness to pick up every ball that is knocked
off table and returning it to the proper
table. He will not allow it to be taken
from his mouth but persists on placing
, it on the table himself. He is so expert
at catching small india rubber ball,
that Shaefer says he is going to propose
him as catcher OF for the baseball nj
which the billiardists of this city have
formed. One night some wags filled the
ball with water and when the poorifel
low caught it between bis teeth. he goi
, the thin stream into his throat. The
. oog never forgot that He seems to
a know by the way the ball flies whether
. it contains water and will make no effort
to catch it. On the contrary when it il
down on the floor, he will put his foo
: on it aud squeeze the water out, By the
, way the billiardists of this vicinity ar,
, all in active practice for the coming
= tournament in Chicago, and judging by
the scores made by slosson, Dion ant
q DAILY in private, great billiards will b,
a rolled when the battle begins.