The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1876-05-13
Letter from NeaU YORK.
NEW YoRK. Nav sth. 1876
SPECIE. FoR AND AGAINST.

SPECIE, FOR AND AGAINST.
Those old fogies who feared that their children would
know silver quarter by sight, have their fore
bodings made vain by the little furry of it from the
treasury. 1t is no unusual thing down town to get
dimes and quarters and it is the correct thing for Ia
dies uptown to pay out at least piece of
silver with the change to each customer But the SITS.
not exactly flooded with it just yet and there is
not much in circulation anticipated, for the
that when the banks paid out silver everybody
began hoard it up those who had large sums to sell
when it was at a premium again, and those who had
little, kept the first quarter paid them for pocketpie
ces The business men and banks find it difficult to
get enough specie for their wants after all.
FEMININE DEAD BEATS.
There is misery enough in the city, but there is pit
fully ludicrous side to not few of the appeals made
for aid. For instance there is the lady-usuay of
Southern charlottesville has suddenly lost large
property and is thrown her resources and must
make living by her talents Mind, it is the talents
pure and Sngle for she cannot wait for such tres
training and business management. She either elects
to go the lecture platform gives readings, for
which SOMEBODY has to provide her with a costume,
more or less gorgeous, and hairdresser. There used
to be middleman for this sort of thingn the shape
of an unfortunate lyceum agent, but not very long
continued course of lyceum bureaus having suced to
bring every one connected with them to bankruptcy
the fair aspirants have to do business themselves
welldressed woman comes into one's office, suave and
smiling. She has heard of you as man of liberaty
and tase she has had occasion to admire you often for
your in anything you happen to pride yourself
litte she tells her pteous story of restitution,
names her address at day hotel and
you assist her by taking ten twenty tickets for her
coming lecture On asking the subject of her lecture,
inquiry reveals she does not knowshe has not yet de-
cded what to chooseand the lecture is neither written
nor announced. You to take the tickets all the
same and pay for them the spot for the lady wants
the money to live and she remarks, "she is such
child in these matters it is hard for her to have to
60 round and distribute them in this way This is no
fancy picture but what took place in the writer's pres
ence in an office not two days ago.
BLUE FREIGHT LINE.
This name includes all the roads except the Central
just now for the annual spring amusement of cutting
rates is going in lively earnest. The I'd of March
last the roads entered into a compact to raise rates
making the price for carrying bushel of grain to this
city IS cents bushel all lines. The officers of the
New York Central claim that they Immediately put
this rate in force their road acting in good aith
while other roads did not give notice of the change OF
terms to their agents for month afterward of course
giving them large advantage over the Central as long
as they adhered to the old rates. Forced to defend
themselves the Central cut their rates down to 20 cents
per hundred pounds about II cents bushel, which
makes good times for the grain buyers Since the Cen
trail cut loose from the combination, their receipts of
grain which some 40 900 bushels per week, have
run up 400 900. The competition far is confined
to bound freight, but the fight is so fierce between
the contending roads, that it is confidently expected
that the rates the wesgoing freight will speedily be
cut and shippers are holding their cagoes in antcpa
tion of the fall Not long since the freight lines offered
carry packages at about IL cents EACH to cut under
the postage packet rates. but dropped soon as Con-
gress had taken action the bill to reduce thrdclass
postage. Still this action shows what may look for
in the general shrnkage of all rates. and the funess oil
competition. When monopolies suffer the people re-
| joice.
| A GOOD WORD PAPER.
Apropos of Mr. Blaine's resolution in the House Of
Representatives, directing the Committee of Ways and
Means to consider measure to relieve the country
from the threatened scarcity of fractional currency
| comes paragraph from Macaulay's diary in Rome
where he speaks of drawing hundred pounds worth
of coin from Tororias bank Juggling it through the
streets in huge canvas bag, muterins, with strong
feeling, Pope's "Blest Paper Credit" The truth is
gradually dawning legislators, that both paper and
specie are necessary for business Those
| VIII In mr. nj an are
coed old days when bank officers had to sit nights to
count their con and rowsers pockets buged ungrace
fully with money enough to go on days sporting.
| CONTRAST.
spoke above of women who might be classed as dead
BEATS but there too many worthy who deserve
both sympathy and encouragement, to allow sport
the subject The other day lady went to the office Of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children to
get the particulars of for the ewspapers While
she was there. gentleman came in to hand Mr. Bergh
check for 5000 in aid CT the Society Mr. Bergh said
that with the utmost thankfuness for his generosity
he, personally must protest against receiving it, the
gentleman had already contributed largely beyond his
just proportion The donor refused any depreciation Of
his gift saying he had neither wife, child relation in
any way depending on him, and it was more pleasure
for him to give than to withhold for took it back
he said, 81 should not know what to do with it," What
sort of sickness went through the womans heart who
heard the words She trying for dear life to make
living for three children by writing as she could get
employment here and there, but through the winter
they had suffered from want of food and fire. They had
been well to do till the hard times came, when theil
pretty home swept away and she was thrown upon
her own exertions She well dressed from the re-
mains of her wardrobe and had complaints to make
but any mother guess how bitterly and longingy
she listened to this rich speaking of money with
which he did not know what to go, while she stood by
in her want forbidden to make sign for the
help which would doubtless have been gladly offered
had any one known the need of it. Cannot the rich
make it part of their benevoence to make work for the
poor, upright souls who only ask to be allowed chance
| to earn a living. There is work enough the world
would be better for having done if anyone had the wis
dom and the heart to find it out and bring it in reach
of the willing worker In hopes that this mention may
bring the two together, speak of that lately
| came to my knowledge young Swedish pianist, who
graduated from the conservatory of Stockholm after six
years study with high honors, and to this country
to teach music but coming without knowledge of the
language, and without influential friends has been
| able to make than the barest living. She is a
very brilliant and finished performer say from
acquaintance, and but hope that her wish to find
some place where her musical services would her
home in any part of the country may be realized.
| PIETRo.