The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-25
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from Our Oi0n Correspondent.

NEW lORk, sept 30.
The Car-CushiOn Question. ~
One OF the most interesting OF the minor questions
OF the day is, Are car-cushons clean ?n Can we be
certain that upon taking our seats and paying our
SIX cents fare, that are not contracting cuta-
neous disease? Is not the indulgence Of car ride
intensely insectivorous Are not mosquitoes joy
and bedbugs things OF beauty beside those nameless
horrors which in the cushions Of passenger cars do
congregate? The question has been gently simmer
ing In the newspapers all during the summer
months, and a certain New York physician, who de-
to have free passes provided for himself and
family to the third and fourth generations all the
roads, has been making himself entomologcaly con-
spicuous by the public assertion that the carcush0ns
were immaculate communicative conductor,
however informs me that skin-dseases are more
rife among people of his class than any other. They
live too much among cushions. This conductor may
possibly have given too much license to his remarks
but 1t is subject which he could well afford to do
1t is pleasant to think Of these things whenever
take the cars, which is seldom. When in stage, or
steamboat, or carriage, 1t is sweet to know how
much better Off am than hundreds of my fellow
metropOlitans who are being slowly covered with in
sectvorous Yesuviuses. Many of the car-lines have
abandoned the Of cushions altogether This is
all very well in the summer, but now that the cool
weather is approaching, cushioness seat becomes
cold comfort. We are told to keep the extremities
warm, but how we II we are to ride from Novem-
ber to May upon seats devoid OF cushions?
That POST ONCE Fe nee
has commenced its work of death. / have before
mentioned that 1t is built flush with the curbstone, so
as to entirely monopolize the sidewalk. Upon the
eastern side along Park Row, and so round into
Centre street. the railroad tracks run close to the
curbsone edgethere is certainly not foos interval
between. on Thursday man inadvertently stand
ing at certain point within this space was Knocked
down and crushed to death. The work was done in
a minute, but the coroner's inquest has exonerated
the driver of the car 1t has passed censure, how
avnr direction
fence was erected, and the papers embodyng the
censure have been forwarded to Mayor Hall. Such
an accident this has been anticipated ever since
the first erection OF the fence And 1t will
be repeated unless the fence is pulled down.
II this be done, what becomes of the contract
effected by the enterprising party who at present
lets out spaces to advertisers Day after day
Kaleidoscope interest attaches to these spaces
They bloom with the most brilliant hues. All the
coorS palpitating in the realm OF job printing are
called into requisiton. They are as prismatic as
hower-garden could one be imagined in which the
hues were perpetually shifting The bill-stcker's
heart swells with JOY Paste pays. His cup over
flows. SO does his bucket He worketh through
the small hours OF the night. He and the scavenger
ply the brush together To-day Bonner blistereth
forth announcements Of his Ledger; tomorrow the
Pain-Panter is at work. the third day the virtues Of
Insect Powder are blazoned forth. The weekly story
newspapers have largely slapped their advertise
ments upon this fence When it is demolished the
great advertisement medium of Gotham will be
gone.
The Gold Room
yesterday was more demoniac scene than 1t usually
is. From twelve to two steady stream poured out,
and another steady stream poured in. Inside the
Gold Room itself there was scarcely room to bulge.
Nothing could be seen but waving arms, struggling
necks wriggling backs nothing could be heard but
hearsey gesticulating voices Around the gold indi
Gator in Maiden lane and opposite the bulletins posted
up outside the Euening Post office, large crowds
swayed. Nassau street, below Wall street, was all
but impossible. The restaurants in that neighbor-
hood had not onethird their daily supply Of CUSTOM
ers. What brokers' clerk could swallow his fried in
peace with. 81, 200 selling at 100? Right down.
good, solid gambling was the order of the day, and
know not upon how many broken brokers todays
sun rose.
The Bridal TrOusseau
of New York belle, Miss Martini who is to become
the wife OF Lord Ainsley, has attracted, might
almost say public inspection. Newspaper para
graphs lately inform of the tTolSSedu Of Swedish
princess that placed on exhibition he rousseau,
not the prncess on the condition that it was not to
be touched by visitors Among the visitors one of
the old Court ladies discovered the prospective bride
herself fumbling the garments with eager hands II
could imagine the future Lady Ainsley in similar
position might also imagine her being struck with
childish delight at the extreme beauty and richness
of the boots and bonnets the fans and hounces the
flowers and feathers, the silks and satins, the
aces and linen that constitute this exquisite outfit
One white lace overdress is valued at nearly $4,000,
and many OF the breakfast sacks are valued at 500
each. The wedding, which is to take place in No
vember is to be succeeded by two years tour.
Lord Ainsley has done things very fast in this coun
try He made love fast, and friends fast-a very diff
feren thing from fast friends, however-but this is
not saying that he is by any means fast one. In
fashionable circles he is regarded as the coming
man.
MIR. Koopmanschap,
the gentleman who has the interest of the cooie at
heart has been making arrangements in this city for
1000 select Cinnamon to be sent to Texas to work
upon roads there The men and the machinery are
already being shipped at Chicago. ALI BABA.