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The Orphans’ Friend. FRIDAY, - - - NOVEMBER 9, 1883. READ THIS CAREFULLY. Last week we tried to tell the public how to be helpful to oi phaus. The leading idea of that article was that the' cause of indigent orphanage could be best promoted by sus taining tlie Orphan Asylum. But there is one item that we purposely left to be noticed in a separate article, became it could tlius receive greater prominence. Not the least importuRt means to be adop ted to help the Asylum is to give greater circulation to the Friend. It is the organ of the Asylum and is devo ed to i s interests. While the Asy lum UKSumes none of the risks of publication, it receives promptly a large share of the receipts; and it thus receives direct pecuniary aid from every subscriber to the paper. But wo beheva that the great" est beni tit it derives is from the influences generated and fostered by the paper,over minds and hearts of its paN rons. Wnerever the p; per circulates freely tlio people may be expected to contrib' iite liberally. We therefore ask our fiionds to i terest themselves to increase our circulation. The session of the Grand Lodge will soon be held. We desire to make the best possible showing. While we enjoy a good circulation,it is not commensurate with the importance of the interests we represent. If each subscriber will take sufficient interest in this matter to secure an addi tional subsciiber in the next month it will do great good ADOPTING AN ORPHAN ^ ND WHAT CAME OF IT. A short time since we chanced to stay all night with a family into which an infant O’ phan had been taken fur the purpose of raising it. The little waif caused an amount of toil, watchfulness and sleeplessness in that house hold, but the good woman devoted herself assiduously to her heaven-imposed task, assisted by her kind husband Tlie inquiry was made, “Will it pay?” Perhaps the kind wonum never asked such a mercenary question. Hnv ef forts were prompted by ii'gh er motives. The love of iiu- manity, akbi to that wli’ch promptedGod to give his S >n to the world, is suflioient iti- ccniive in sucli a work. Hul that they who labor in this field may expect a harvest is amply shown by the follow ing vscrap of history. A child in the far E ist was deprived by death of her par- • ents. She was called Hada - sah, (Myrtle.) A kinsman took her and brought her up as it she were his own. This kinsman held some petty ollice in the palace of llie King. Little Hadassah gievv into a beautiful and accom plished woman. The King who was in search of a wife, wj=8 attracted by her great beauty, she was taken into the ro} al house-hold and ti nally became the Queen. She was now called Esther, (Star.) Bat in her elevation she did not forget the kind friend who had taken her, when a heljdess orphan, into his own family. Leaning that he was in distress she Qiade inquiry concerning it and found that he and all his people were about to bo put to death, through the machi nations of a very wicked yet infUieniial courtier. Now it came her turn to serve her ’)i.‘nefactor, and nobly did she I'l-spond to the call of duty. 1: involved a risk of her life; for if any one went in the King’s presence unbidden tlii.re was a law that such a one sh'‘uld suffer death, unless the King lield out the golden sceptre But in view of tiie in- U-rests involved she deter- oufjed to risk it, saying, “If 1 perish, I perish.” She was thus successful in rescuing her kinsmenfromt reatened dan ger and in causing the disgrace and punisiime.it of their ene mies. If you want to read the details o.f this interesting story yru will find them re- ended in the Bible—in the book of E-lher. L^t nil the friends of orphans be eu C'Uiraged thereby to pursue tlieir woik with diligence perience of this year led to tlie forma tion of a standing committee on Re ports from States, whose duty it will be, to see that reports are made in writing, and as far as possible, placed in the hands of the committee at least one month in advance of our next meeting, so that the committee can prepare a summary of whatever s most interesting and important in them. This will not prevent the pre sentation of the reports separately. In addition. We had two admirable reports on this day from the standing c immittees on the Work of State Boards of Chari ty, by Bishop Gillespie, '.nd on Charity Organization in Cities, by Mr. McCul loch. Special prominence was given to the latter topic, which was discussed botli in the afternoon ami at night. Among those who particip.ated in the debate, were; Messrs. Putnam, of Bos ton, Fairchild of New York, Walk and Garret, of Philadelphia, Elliott and Barbour, of Detroit, Sliattuek, of Cin cinnati, and .Mrs. Spencer of Wash ington. An interesting feature of the meet ing on Tuesday was the address of Senator Vance, of North Caroii..i.i. The Conference listened with marked satisfaction, also to the addresses made by Rt. Rev. Father Bessonte-^, of Indi ana, and Bishop Robertson, of MLsiou- BEPOKT or PEED. H. WINBO, SEOEETAEY; To the Illinois State Board of Pnh- lic Charities Eespeoting the 10th Annual Session of the National Conference of Charities, at Louis ville, Ey., Sept. 24-28, 1S83. ■ Geni'lemen: I have the honor and pie sure of ma king the following report of my atten- d:iiiee upon the annual meeting of the Conference of Charitiesand Correction, w. ich was in session at Louisville, from the 24th to the 28th of SeDteraher. During the greater part Of this time, tiie president of the board, Dr. J. C. Corbus and Mr. Whipp, my assistant in the office, were also present. In leveral respects this has been the most interesting meeting which we have held, thjs far. At Chicago, in 1879, (here were but twelve States represented; at Cleaveland sixteen; at * tston, including the district of C - luiubia, there were nineteen"; at Wis consin twenty-four; but at Louisville thirty three We went there in hope- 1)1 seeming a full representation from tlie States south of the Ohio river, and in this we were successful. I think too, that these states will send dele gates regularly, hereafter. The num ber of delegates in attendance at Lou isville was unusually large; it could not have been much if an;? less than two hundred persons from outside the bounds of Kentucky, and with the Kentuckiars it probab y reached three hundred. The^ierjo/ineZof the Confer ence was never riner than this yeai*, nor the papers read better worthatten- tion, nor the discussions freer from ir- r.levance and crudity of thought. Every moment of our time was occu pied with the business of (he session wtiich went forward rapidly and logi cally to its conclusion,and all who were there seemed to be satisfied with the result. From the people of Louisville and fioin the State officers of Kentucky wo received every attention that we could liav desireel. I only regret that more of our own hoard CiUild not have b' on tliero. MONDAY. We mot on nioiiday, in the evening, when addresses of welcome were made byMayoi Jacob, Gov. Knott, andSen- !it.r VVllia-nr, which were responded to by Messrs. Sanborn,of Massachusetts ViUix, of Pennsylvanifl, Mills, of North Carolina, and Knapp, of Floridai My aildres', as president, was devo ted to an exposition of our position and function as an organ- izition app.arently destined to exert consideiMble inllucuce upon legis- la! ion and the future of charitable and correctional work in tlie United Statics. TUESDAY. Tuesday morning was devoted to liearing reports from the various States represented. Tliere were so many of these, and the reports made were so iiimecessarily long and minute, that tile Conference was unable, during the four days tlia' we were together, to liear from more than a part of them but leave was given to any State not lieard to flic a written report for publi cation in the proceedings. The ex- WEDNESDAY. Wednesday was given up to the con sideration of the prison question. The standing committee on Crimes an 1 Penalti'-s reported, by its chairman, Mr. Z- R. Brockway, 8U))erintendent of the Reformatory at Elmira, New York, tiie only prison hi the United States from which convicts are re leased oil ticket-of-leave. Mr, Brock- way’s reputation as an abl.; writer on this subject, aswell as a most success ful pri-on officer, is well known to you but it seemed to me that in this report he surpassed a lyihing which he has previously made public. The pro gramme arranged by liim for the day was very full, an I ineludecl papers of Judge Young, of the supreme court by Minnesota, on the Rcfoniiatory Idea in Penal Treatin'-nt; by Miss Ilall, of the Woman’s Prison, at Adrian, Micli- igan, onthe Reformation of Criminal Girls; by Miss Moslier, formerly of the Woncan’d Prison at Sherborn, Massa chusetts, on Discipline Prisons; by Gen Brinkerhoff, of Ohio, on what he called “Post-Penitentiary Treatment of' iriminalj.” that is to say, on police supervision of prisoners after their dis charge; and by Judge Henry, of the supreme court of M'ssouri, on Aid to Discharged Criminals. There was not as much time for discussion of these valuable essays as many desired, and some prison oflBcers who were present, among whom I may mention Col. Lipscomb, of the South Carolina peni tentiary, were not heard, which was the occasion of considerable regret. Mrs. Barney, of Rhode Island, gave us a brief account of the efforts made by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union to have female matrons appoin ted at the ceil! ral police stations in cities. Gov. Blackburn, of Kentucky, made an earnest and feeling speech, in which he pledged himself to devote himself for the remainder of his life to the cause of prison reform. Other speakers were : Mr. Wilson, of Missouri, Gen. Taylor (a nephew of President Taylor), chief of police in the city of Louisvill , Dr. Morris of Baltimore, Dr. Cadwalader of Philadel phia, Richard V lUX, Mr-. Colb of Mil waukee, Mrs. Beveridge, of Chicago, and some whose names I cannot at this moment re-call. But all will agree, I think, that the culminating point of interest was reached, when in the evening, Mr. George VV. Cable, of New Orleans, the famous novelist, rose to read his care fully prepared attack upon the lessee prison system, as aclniinistered at the South. For more than two hours he held, his audience as if under a spell, while he quoted from official reports of S' uthern prison officers and lessees, and drew from them inferences wiiich, if they bear the test of examination, must wiien they attract the uoti‘,e of the Southern people, result in tlie abolition of the abuses which he depicted. When ho took his seat, no one offered anv de fence of the system, but Gen. Anderson, of Kentucky, thrilled ns bj' a fiery speech, denouncing the_ wrongs perpe trated under it. B'nth Mr. Cable and Gen. Anderson were loudly applauded. It is said that Mr. Cable’s article is to appear in the North American Review. THURSDAY. The D,apartment of Justice sent a representative to the Louisville meet ing, Mr. Haight, Inspector of prisons in which United States prisoners are con fined. There not having been time to hear him on Wednesday evening, he read, on Thursday morning, a brief but interesting account of the relation of the national government to the pris oners of tlie country. Dr.Bell, of Louisville, was introduced and spoke eloquently of the pleasure and advantage which our meeting had been to the people of the city and the State, and the inlUlence^vlueh it would exert in the South. Then followed a remarkable address by Rabbi Sonn''schein, of St. Louis, ou Hebrew CIvu'ity ill the Middle Ages, delivere '• wi li great animafion and en thusiastically applauded, especially the happy allusions made by him to Chris tianity, and his definition of Charity as justice, the repayment of a gift. The report of the standing committee on Preventive Work Among Children was read b> the chairman, followed by a brief report by Mr. Coffin, of Indiana, on the International Congress at Paris composed of representatives of institu tions and associations interested in child-saving. Judge Ferris, of Nash ville, Tennessee, gave an account of his own extraordinary succes-s in Plac ing Destitute and Homeless Children in Private Families, and Judge Lewis, .'ilso of Tennessee, read a paper entitled in dustrial School Work. The session was closed by a paper from Mr. Letch worth, of New York, ou the Classification and Industrial Employment of Pe.-iiliutc and Delinquent Children. We spent the afrernoon and evening al the House of Refuge, by invitation of the managers, who provided an ele gant supper. We were invited, on the s.vme evening, to the Central Lunatic Asylum, at Anchorage, and a part of the members went there, where they were equally hospitably entertained. The House of Refuge, under the super intendence of Mr. Caldwell, has reach ed a high point of excellence, anil per haps has no superior in this country, in many of the most mportaut elements of successful reformatory w'ork. The children were all assembled in the chapel, and wore talked to, Mr. MilU, of North Carolina, bearing off the hon ors of the occasion by his quaint re marks on. “the all important subject of tar.” The evening was spent in listen ing to accounts of . reformatory institu tions in New York, Pennsylvania and Oliio, in which Messrs. Fulton, Fay, Collins, Watson, Cooley, Douglass, and oihei's participated. There was not nearly time enough for all who had something to say, and the officers of re formatory institutions, of whom quite a number were present,organized them selves into a section on the following day, for the completion of the discus sion. FRIDAY. Friday was a field-day, when all that hadheen overlooked orpostponed found place. The first topic considered was the Care of the Chronic Insane, which was treated by Dr. Wardner, of the Illinois Southern Hospital for the In sane, at Anna. Among those who re marked on Dr. Wardner’s paper were Dr. Bryce, of Alabama, ar.dDr. Griffin; of South Carolina. Dr. Isaac D. Peet, the eminent prin cipal of the New York Institution for the Deaf and Dumb, read a paper on the Education of Deaf Mutes. It hap pened that there were a good many teachers of the deaf present, from Ohio, Nebraska, Georgia, South Carolina,and elsewhere, and they, under the lead of Mr. Noyes, chairman of the standing committee on this subject, discussed Dr. Peet’s paper. The statement of Mr. Gillespie with regard to the training of the ear by the use of the audiphone, awakened so much interest, that the medical men present took it up, and Dr. Coomes, of Louisville, described a novel instrument fortesting the degree of sensibility in the auditoi-y nerve by the aid of the microphone. Dr. Walk, chairman of the standing committee on Preventive Medical Char ities, read his report, which was accom panied by a paper on First Aid to the Injured, by Mr. Pine, of New York. The last paper read was by Dr. Dew ey, of Kankakee, on Building Plans for Public Institutions, concerning which it would have been appropriate to quote the Latin proverb. Finis coronat opxis. At the night session we listened to several admirable farewell speeches, three of which were by gentlemen of Louisville, namely: Mr. Caldwell, Con gressman V. illis, and the venerable Judge Biillock, who still retains his power to charm his hearers. The cus tomary resolutions of thanks were adopted, some items of unfinished bus iness were attended to, and the Confer ence adjourned. All of which is respectfully submitted, FRED. H. WINES, Secretary. FALLandWINTER 1 8 S 3. A. LANDIS, JC NEW AND ATTRACTIVE STYfiES AND PRICES FROM RECENT LARGE DRY^ GOODS AUC riON SALES IN NEW YORK. ORGANIZATION. St. Louis was chosen as the place of the next meeting. Mr. L'etchworth of New York, was elected President for the ensuing year, and Bishop Robert son, of Missouri, vice-president. Some changes were made in tiie list of corres- l)Oiiding secretaries, which was'very iniicli enlarged. Mr. Wright, of Wis consin, retains his place as recording secretary; Mr. Milligan, of Pennsylva nia, is promoted to be honorary secre tary, in the place of Mr. Sanborn; and ihe regular secretaries chosen are Dr. Hoyt, of New York, Mr. Caldwell, of Kentucky, and Mr. Hart, of Minnesota. Mr. VanBuren, late President of the United States, in 1849, when writing fora fresh supply of Beckwith’s Anti- Dyspeptic pills, says: “They have now for eight years saved me from the ne cessity of employing a physician on a single oecoson,” and wnen writing from Rome for afresh supplj’, says : “I canaot trust mysoly anywiiero without them.” I OFFER FOR CASH. Groceal: IBax*gaii3.s IN EVERY SPECIES OF DRY GOODS. 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