The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-05
NEW YORKISMS.
from Our oUn Correspondent.

Is juNt over is almost parallel with the CORES
pondiug month of 1967-the number OF sus-
pensions being little in excess. The number
of failures In the city is estimated at 2i); that
Of the country at large at 445O, or about
eighteen times as great. II what the political
economists OF Bohemia say be true, the poor
and rich alike have encouragement foT the
present year. 1t is well that some one should
always be pointing out to somebody else what
he has to be thankful for. The rich may go
down on their marrow bones, in that an advance
In commercial values may be anticipated; the
poor may throw up their hats in the know
ledge that grocers and provision dealers will
ere long be compelled to abate their prices,
The World is progressing in its
ANTI ADULTERATIvE WORK
The editor of that journal never eats any
thing at all. Manton Marble subsists entirely
on metaphysics aud ALTERATION, and every man
connected with the establishment has joined
milk-diet association which keeps Its own COWS.
The employees of the Astor House and of the
Word newspaper are on the most cordial terms
The Worlds latest and most gigantic discovery
In behalf of this sinful and adulterative genera
tion is in regard to the Acarus Sacchdrj,
malevolent insect which infests upredned sugar
and La the orig nator of that lively disease known
as the "Grocer's ltchn In every pound Of
unreAued sugar about 900 OF these insect
are supposed to reside. In exposing these
realities the World blasts ones belief in the
beautiful. Henceforth every man, woman, and
child 10 only an accumulation of mouldy sea
biscuit, chickory, turmerlc beuzine, "mid
dlings," and so forth, mixed in different proper
lions. The good lvers are no better off than
the bad for variety of victuals only introduces
variety OF poison. II we except the "John Allen
Sensation" nothing like the Worlds Anti
Adulterative Sensation has been created in this
city before.
THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE
is becoming acClimatized to the public mind.
Already it is one of several. We leap the years
and span East river with half-a-dozen passage.
ways. The tunnel has ceased to be talked of.
New YORK and Brooklyn are to become one,
with one Mayor and one interest. Tue brldges
points OF junction are the intersection of Chat
ha and Centre streets in this city, and OF Main
and Fulton streets in Brooklyn. The ferries are
already looked upon as but tme-hono ored nui-
sance. They are all but spoken OF as inventions
of the past-as an anteinuvlan evil, despised by
modern enterprise.
THE SKATING Kinks
have been largely visited during the past week.
The new Empire Skating Rink, buit on nam.
moth scale, Is the one most patronizej. l have
already mentioned its dimensions and the
almost binding brilliaucy which results at
night from its 700 gas lets The great feature
OF the season, hitherto, wa, the prize race for
boys on Saturday mornings the first Of a series
of Saturday prize. races-when adolescent boys
skaterially inclined, are presumed to De free
from Imprisonment under desks, birch and
black boards The first race was for boys under
Co., mo-. hntyro I
SIXTEEN the highest prize OF the first being S5
and OF the second So.
Roller.skatiug is also very fashionable thi
4 year, though lady or gentleman may be an
accomplished roller.skqter and dead failure
on ice. There are two public rinks in this city
devoted exclusively TO roler-skating. These are
the Citizens Skating As location, at the Har
ward Rooms at the intersection Of Fortysecond
street aud Sixth avenue, and the New York
Skating Association, at Plympton's Blildmg, al
the corner of Stuyvesant aud Ninth streets.
sNow-sTORM AND HoRsE.FLEsH
like youth and grabbed age, canno. live together.
At least they find 1t very hard work to. If there
is a horse heaven, MIR. Bergh will be its tutelary
saint. During the past seven days he has HIM
self been working almost as hard as the
agonized ''cattile" wlch he befriends. This
year, however, he has improved on his system.
He makes fewer arrests, relies less upon the
precarious justice of police courts, and detalis
detectives at the termini of the various routes
who see that every. team is doubled as long az
the streets remain in their present condition
Conductors aud drivers are not always, perhaps
not generally, the first to abuse him. Pas
sengers and horse-car propretors have the
largest fund of explosives stored away and KEEP
in waiting for him.
THE TRAGIC FATB
Of Mr. Rogers, the old gentleman who was
4 stabbed the other day while sweeping his pave
ment at seven O'Clock in the morning, is point
lng moral to nervous heads OF families. II
think Mary (thc servantJ must be stabbed" was
the remark heard one of these make to an
other, yesterday, at breakfast "Why my
desr?' asked nsdtertGneihds, looking up from
the co6ee.urn in sudden terror. why, the last
saw of her, half.au- hour ago, she was sweep
ing down the front steps.n
Mr., Rogers died on Saturday. reward OF
$500 has been offered bg the police authorities
for the arrest OF the murderer. On dit that the
police authorities know who il is. II so, why
do they no. arrest him? and why do they offer
$500? My own impre ssion Is tha. they know
little and do less. The only clue is torn en-.
velop' marked with Jane Logan, n. Y. Cyty
this will be handed you by Tom
THE FIFTH WARD PoLICE,
five are to Judge by few specimens, arc tn
most demoralized in the city. Tne artistic per
tectlon with which they are in the habit Q
olrhh doll hal