The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-26
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY. MAY rs u74-rIuPLE SHEET

merely tricks which are founded on very small
gram Oh ruin; Tor instance, IL has been SAID Dy
them that wnen an accident occurs the driver has
TO pay the damages, whereas the truth is that the
DAMAGES paid never, In the most extraordinary
cases exceed 50, and average 81. and are only i'm
posed at al when IL Is believed that IL IS necessary
TO do something in order 10 prevent too much
eareiessness on the part Of the men. It Is easy TO
In the hands OF designing men might be made TO
appear as real grievances.
me employers VIII continue to meet in order to
secure unity OF action as long as the strike con-
tinues.
THE CITY WITHOUT THE STAGES.
worse DAY could not have ialen upon the pro.
prietors lot the good viii OF the general public.
Few people there are who have been able 90 bear
been since the fine weather that ought TO have
been has not been. Shrill winds and drlz-
sung storms ST., had taken the place Of fresh
Us ioveliness grew growS about Sss her sunshine
body was wondering what had come to make
her SO very disagreeabe. People who are used
to have iayors showered upon them are generally
the very first to grumbIe when they are dlscon.
tlnued, and so 1t yesterday morning that
men, and even the ladies' anathematzed-the men
hearts and on their lips unto themselves, when
they stepped out from their houses and
the worst rain and wind storms that was ever
before known in May, and that was really wintry
10 its influence especially when It is remembered
the unklndly weather that or and on had preceded
It. the rain poured down in torrents and deuged
the streeLs and avenues with little pools such rs
only bad wintry day reminds one OF. The wind
was ron the southwest and made havoc with the
slender clothing OF the thousands who were gong
their needin daily journey TO work. But the drip
ping rect and garments oI those who early .ad
went their daily road OF cheerful painfulness bear
ing the burden with the strength that IL theirs
only, was merely May morning 70 an cary october
evening compared with the desOation ana the
ag0nies OF the grand genteel, who in the early
forenoon and along through the afternoon are the
patrons and patrOnesses OF the gaudy though
venerable, stage. These were the folks who looked
In vain ana gr0wled with elite lerocity when no
stage was to be had and carriage was rather too
much They squlrmed IN the rain SO, and they
hurt their precious niceness so that anybody
In any way prone TO indulge in mlsanthrOpc OBJ
servatlons or ms fellow beings might have had
feast OF soul 1T for the god who presdes over mis-
antnropy1whoever that happy god may be-were
ne only phllosophc enough to forget himself that
there were no stages running. on any other day
..w-o-as" caused by the slow transit OF stages
the people who make stages a popularity,
and for these there was misery OF a
very serious sort. But, indeed, just
as one feels little strange sort OF regret that an
enemy Is dead SO did the general public feel yes
terday some little strange sort OF regret that the
stages had gone Off the stage and were nowhere
to be seen In the places that ought TO know them
no MORE The absence OF the old humdrums added
in no small degree to the desolatt0n In many OF
the streets. especially in the avenues, where 1t
looked as If there Was one grand funeral going
on, at which all the carriages IN the city were par
tiCiDatinp.