, 1876-02-06

ber their victims BY the hundred. Stand on thu
! doorsteps OF the Fifth-Avenue Hotel any day
! may see elegantly-attired and graceful
I women who pass in The clubs and hotels a.
| Hattie Blackfords. They find plenty OF game il
New York. in spite Of the hard times.
| t.cESTExS1AL" CONDUCTORS.
4 short time elnco, the pennsylyania Railroad
| Company advertised thar they would receive ap-
| pIicationa for the poaitiou OF conductor, to be
| employed to the number Of LEO during the Gen.
| tennlal season. As the story goes, they had
| $1,000 responses in ten days 1tseems the terms
! wero to possess fair knowledge Of arithmetic
and geography, and for ten weeks were to study
lessons In the conductors art, under tutors ap-
pointed by the Company in Philadelphia. Dur
ing this period they are to receive $12
per week, and when regularly employed $40 per
week. The railroad company proposes to em-
ploy three conductors On the Centennial trains,-
one experienced man to run the trainB, one to
sell tickets and see that everybody has ticket,
and the third to collect the tickets Evidently they
don't intend to be bitten By dishonest employees.
Iheso terms arc offered only to such aa bring
frst-class recommendations, and prove them
selves competent at the start to understand the
theory Of tho buaiuess-the practice the Com
pauy will itself furnish.
THE NEW ROUTE TO PHILADELPHIA.
AAC40 VIII lC Af613 kA41GS Ill luo Euu4u6ipIl&
passenger traffic after April l. when it
is announced the new route to this CITY
via the Central Railroad OF New jersey the
Delaware &; Bound Brook, and North Pennsyl-
vania Roads will be opened with through cars,
and all the conditions Of \ strictly tirst-class
route. The distance is two miles less than by
the old route. aud the fare will be reduced be-
low the present rate. There is traffic enough
for both, but one OF the moat interesting points
in the prospective fight between the new and
old routes ia the fact that the Baltimore & OHIO
Road will thus have an inlet and outlet for its
New York business independent Of Tom Scott.
This will make the Baltimore j. Ohio much
stronger in any future fight, and some of our
shrewdess freight agents are of the opinion that
it will bring Oh another war in freight and tick
cts.
rALM1No OFF TRANSACTIONS ON PUBLISHERS
The devil finds plenty of proselytes in this
city, as the various ingenious forms OF raising
money by fraud will attest One Of the latest Is
the swindllng Of prominent publishing house
by tho purchase Of . TRANSLATION from French
author OF fifty years ago as an original story.
The price paid WAS 95U0. The manuscript was
presented with letter Of introduction from
society lady, who it seems was first imposed
upon by the swindsr. It was read and reread by
the publishers editor, aud the fraud t1ndatected.
1t WAS pronounced q work Of remarkable merit
aud accepted IS stated. After arrangements
had been made to print 1t. change OF the
title WAS suggested. 1t WAS submitted to well,
Ano"n n5Dtue p1 LA1 AssoF L1orarE. ana after
ne mao fead u phrt1aily through ne Thought he
had road something In French very much like it.:
He said nothing, but consulted the book-thelyes;7
and there found the identical story with only
the variations free translation would give it.
me manuscript viii ne nsed' but tue original
is stale trick. and has often been tried on pub
fishers, though seldom with success, They are
hardly proof against such fraud, as rare and
foreign works long out Of print are used for
plots. These books are not accessible to ordl-
nary perHou6s VINO Would otlerHlse eaelly detecE
THE REDUCTION OF kxrESsEs
Never In the history Of this city have there
been SO many really worthy young and old men
out Of employment. The reduction IN expenses
BY all kinds of establishments-mercantile,
manufacturing, and otherwise-has thrown on
the street thousands who are unable to obtain
work, and are in q starving condition, excepting
30 far as they eke out q precarious existence by
borrowing or selling furniture, etc. It ia sad
to witness some OF the scenes which occur daily.
duced but those who remain have bean required
to stand heavy reduction in their wages. The
great house Of Phelps, Dodge + Go. dis
charged nearly one-third OF their help
on tie lst Of January. including their assistans
cashier, who had been NTH them many years.
Their business has besn reduced SO largely they
do not need their services. and, besides, they
fet the necessity OF cutting down expenses.
The employees submit to q reduction now on al
most any terms. If they do not the experience
Of man employed in one OF Claain's depart
nents On q specially, may be theirs HIS salary
had been $l.600- He was notified it would be
$1,000 for this year. He declined to accept,
aud thought the firm could not get nlong with
out him. The place WAS declared vacant at II
a. M, and by p. m- over thirty pereops some Of
them already employed in: the house, offered
to take the situation at $1,000. By o'clock in
the afternoon the original enploye begged to be
retained as g., ,000 and vas finally allowed to 90
80.
LUD1cRors 5UMBL1SG OF ADVERTISEMENTS.
There is place on the corner of Tuenty-tbird
street and broadway, where an enterprising
genius has carried on the business for many
years OF displaying Btereopticon views, in the
form Of advertisements, every night to admiring
multitudes. Some Of them are very tine and he
keeps up tho display on pleasant evenings as
thls 1n.ng ls sne manner IN mnicn ne cnnnRes ' M
Sfar+a f1br;aro, Aesoc, .San1 and nort a o,,orE
~od;cna oora ua racarf}t. on;va tl,aaa two in
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