The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-01-30


a white lie but he saved a fellow-being
from ruin. The officer of the Insurance
Company who plotted with the detective
for the members ruin is still an official
Of high distinction, he is pious too, u
regular attendant at church, powerful in
prayer and sound on Bible Societies and
Foreign Missions. The detective sys-
ten is the curse and bane of our social
life. Wives track their husbands, hus-
bands their wives, merchants their
clerks, and clerks are bribed to spy up
on their employers. While there are
respectable detective agencies like Pink
erton's and few others whose services
are beyond all praise, there are thou
sands of harpies who under the name of
detectives make their living by black
mail and other more questionable means.
In the case Of the Pinkertons their value
lies in the unquestionable honesty Of
their men, and the thorough reliability
of their reports, lie would be bold
man indeed who would try any tricks
with Bob Pinkerton; constantly associ-
ated with crime of every kind and char
acter, probably having all intimate per-
sonal acquaintance with more thieves,
burglars, forgers and counterfeiters than
any other man in the United States, there
are few men who stand higher in the
community ;he has tho entire confidence
OF all our great bankers and merchants,
to whom in years past, like his father
before him, lie has been Of infinite SER
vice.
A singular phase of robbery came be-
fore the courts last week which devel-
oped species Of larceny hitherto un-
known to the calender, A man stole
his wifes leg and pawned it for fifty
cents with which to buy rum. The leg
was cork one to be sure, but some 9TH
er legless individual came along and
bought the leg of the pawnbroller, and
now the original owner is stumping
about on couple of crutches, though !
rejoice to say that swift and retributive
New York justice overlook the offend
ing husband, and he now pines in the
penitentiary, a wholesome warning to
all malefactors who steal their wives
legs.
This has been one of the red letter
weeks of the winter foc balls; for the
season may now be said to be at its
height. In few weeks hence we will
be feeding on Goldfish balls, and mourn
| ing for the evil deeds done in the body.
The week opened with the ball of the
Circle Franchise, and a jollier set of
dancers | wot not of. This has been
one of the famous balls for many years,
ranking among our French population
as the AriOn and Leiderkrantz do among
the Germans. While there is no ques-
tion that the ball OF the Circle Franchise
was patronized and supported by very
many respectable people the impression
somehow got abroad that the affair had
a sort of gamey flavor, and that at least
a portion of the females were a little eff
color Be that as it may, respectable
fathers carried off their wives and
daughters at one or two in the morning,
ard after the ELITE of the company had
retired it was said that there used to be
pretty high kicking which brought back
memories of the Jardin Mabille and the
Chateau Rouge. This year the manag-
ers took special care Of the newspaper
scribes, and the consequence was that
these "abstract and chroniclers Of the
times" found everything lovely and the
goose hanging at an indcscribable Gle
yation, Financially it was a success,
and its manifest prosperity will mateii-
ally increase the champagne import for
the next twelve months, thereby assist
ing us toliquidate the debt of the United
States-for this all thanks to the Circle
Franchise. Colonel Tom Ochiltree OF
Texas took a little spin at the ball, and
came pretty near falling into the clutche,
of the police.
Sweet Charity had ball on Tuesday
at the Opera House and every body who
is anybody was there: as it was entirely
the proper thing to go, money bags ant
intellect were thcre-bluc blood ant
high toned respectability. AristCcracy
stepped down from its icy throne ant
cent. per cent. forgot his ducats. Every
body was exceedingly gracious, and tn,
whole affair was thoroughly correct anC
enjoyable. Sweet Charity netted sever
al thousand dollars which will find its
way into the homes of the poor. Foi
this heaven be thanked, and bless the
Charity ball.
The next on the list was the ball oI
the French cooks, and people who de-
light in good feeding never srudge five
dollars for 20 there. The chefs dt
CUISINE ola our great hotels are French
ana each house gave some piece de reSiS
taRce for the supper Some of these
llANNtS are lllst5 5l4llSCIAt " VI AS VI AT, dl'N
serve rs a standing advertisement fol
the hotel to which they belong. They
were jolly set, and the morning light
was breaking in through the windows OF
Teutonic Hail before the last cook found
his way to his hotel kitchen.
Society is to be congratulated on the
nabbing of Billy Porter who was gobbled
up this week by Pinkerton's detectives
He is one of the most gentlemanly
scoundrels in the United States. In
addition to his burglaries several mur,
ders lie close to his door. a polished
desperate, an accomplished ruliian, it is
to be hoped that Sing Sing, Auburn OF
Dannamara may profit by his abilities
for the next twenty years.
The lockout of nine thousand cigar