The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-04-24
BFOadblinS New York Letter
Special to the CARBON ADVOCATE.

Special to the CARBON ADVOCATE.
On the front page of the SUNDAYS
W0rld appeared the portraits of twenty
Aldermen, most of whom are indicted
In connection with the Broadway steal
and several of whom have fed the city
let us hope 20 return no more. | took
down from the top shelf of my library,
where II has lain manyYc in koaorcd
repoSe, dusty copy of the NewCa:e
Calendar; well thumbed volume of
the Pirates Own Book" ami another
rare tome entitled Twenty years in
Sing Sing" Each of these admirable
works is profusely illustrated with the
portraits of individuals who have Der.
ished on the gallows, died in .rlson, or
who have been killed in frays; noted
pickpockets, countcrfeiters, burglars and
criminals of every conceivable dcscrip-
'tion and degree; and yet, the faces look
as II they were the portrait gallery of a
foreign missionary society alongside of
The Viiiainous mugs of !hySe New York
Aldermen. 1t is not surprising with
such crew that they stole the Broad
way franchise; the only wonder is that
they dill not walk OFF with the entire
city. body and bones. As | gaze on
these faces pity takes possession Of NV
soul, and | almost doubt if they ouchl
10 be punished, for men with faces like
these could not he good if they tried
3lost of them, evidently, were born bad
the stock was bal, root and branch, and
II this investigation shall awaken the
people 10 the necessity of paying more
atteTtiO.4 tv. the characters of thciI ruI.
ers, the present unfortunate scandals
Will not have been without their per
manent compenSations. But the world
Is not all bad, and this week sees among
us the Guild of ''rhc Iron Cross" Or
iginating in Philadelphia three wears
ago in that grand OH conservative in.
stiLutlon the Episcopal church, without
pledging its members to strict church
membership or submission to the Or
dinarY furmulas of admission, any neT-
son of decent moral character who viii
solemnly pledge himself to lead a pure
an temperate life and to abstain from
all forms OF blasi .hemy and unchastity
Is eligible to membership. In short. It
aims at raising TO the highest possible
standard The character of not only pro-
tesslng christians but those who have
no connection with any church. The
Only prerequisite in addition to a good
character Is that they shall have been
DapliSed, The society tolGrates no I'M
clean language or questionable stories
with double meaning, and while moi
strict prohibitiorists rejects intemper-
ance in every form as among the deadly
sins. ChNalric honor and courtesy 10
woman is part of the cardinal faith. and
the protection of female vltue sacred
and bounlen duty. An honor to the
Guild of The Iron Crosse NAV il in
crease and multiply till its membcrsbip
shall become like the sands on the sea
shore or the stars in the milky way."
send in for your charters, oh. good pee
Pile; by all means form your Guilds Of
the Iron Cross In every town, city and
hamlet In the land. Encourage your
sons and daughters in the practice of
its knightly virtues, instead Of the skat-
Ing rink, AMI for further information. if
you want ii, address the pastor of The
Church of St. Clements, Philadelphia,
Penna.
Virtue Is Its own reward, said Jack
Dempsey, as a fellow-sluggrr handed
him the magnificent millle.wcight
champions belt, which was awarded 10
the victor of many battles. by that inn
maculate citizen and public benefactor
Richard X. Fox OF the Police Gdzctte.
1t is Of silver, gold and diamonds, and
cost over Sl,OOO. The price OF seats at
the presentation ranged from one TO
three dollars, and the eutire receipts
We're little less than $1,000: not bad
that for ten minutes sparring. II is the
salary OF two or three country ministers
fora year, and the pay of q car driver
Tor four years. Who w0uli not be n
buher? As he entered, says the faithful
chronicler who records all the dog fights
n nh rg.s.
Journal, the entire audience rose and
cheerel him. When his fellow-sluggcr
handed him the gittering trophy, The
hero OF a hundred battles was complete.
" knocked out and could hardly sp,ak,