, 1877-10-21

everybody and everything, and in many in
stances withdraw t!leif capital Whcu That Is
possible, even il they lose by so doing. Snitl-
bers have Ecen made 50 sharp and suspicious
through losses resulting trom official rascal!ty
or subordinate frauds that nothing satlshes
them. Heal estate used to be d staple resort
but the deprccations III that line have ~ 1ot t1le
time bein. nut it clean out vi market. western
lands are no longer all allurlng bait since tl'e
frauds perpetlatcd ou Easterners thFoush
swamp-owncrs. Stocks are regarded ABOUT Us
safe to hatidle as Is hard-erenaoc' t,, n'tu
the Government does not pay W.!
enough. As for going into BUSINESS INC
banker knows better ttlan to suggest thai, IL ne
world it is, when many have capital WITHOUT H.
terest, and many Interest without capital:
1t would seem rs II the bottom must DC near.
lv reached in the line of forgery and breach o!
trust II the present daily programme cont'h-
ucs for another season, there will be 4
NEW CKor or BUSINESS MEN,
or honesty will ceasr TO be quoted. Inc case OIL
Gilman was thoroughly aggravated, anu came
as an unnecessary supplement to bank anu li-
surauce troubles. But even 1h1s was NOT
enough. Plume was wanting to swell TIC llst,
as he WAS waning also vi his >lsteT-in-laws 1or-
1une. 1t has been remarked with SOME sost ot
pride that nc WAS not chufctl-lntmbtr, not At
I'LL pious, and not one vi your 'goou men, Us
if these things helped the matter II! some way.
His action WAS not only Infinitely more pasc
duet since its disclosure shows that he secs
no reason why he should not repeat t',c
performance save that his sister anu warts
have no other fortune to be stolen. l; Is
ruther rare, even in these days, to have = man
use $400, ,u0U Of another PERSONS money, money
LETT in trust for The children Of k.au relative,
and then claim TO have douc nothing particular
II out Of the way. THIS popular and polite
Plume considers it sigually wrong that MS
spcculatlons turned out protitai!y Tor so'llc-
body else, but that is the limit to his collseisnc
and lie does not like to have 80 much puollc IN
tercst taken il what is purely ''fatniy ="
affair. II Is very fortunate for him tilat lug
t.fatlily'' las no strong mimi, else hc inlSiiL
learn repentance i'll that hard schooi 10 "lftn
Gilman has gone, and which Plume yet mere
richly merits. As tue Conscience Vi ! natl II IS
the sum OF the consccnces oil lis liidiv1ut'a's, ~
is time this consclenceWa elevated by:nalv'dtaal
penalties. But Plume was jolly, Fop"lar lel-
low on 'Changc, and the fact that he ,l'd l'ot
profess tu Ec a Christian covers .!rcaier mul-
titue Of sins than charity does i'll that quarter
A CURIOUS INCIDENT
occurrcd in connection witt the fire Oh Seventh
avenue Tuesday night, which DESTROYED hall i
million dollars worth oil property. The owner
OF one OF tue three furniture manufactures
burned lived some three blocks distant rom tne
factory The fire WAS one ol the np'scst and
most brilliant. The people iur 4 !oilI distance
around were awakened by thu din AMI giare. anu
sparks fell l,alf i ini!c away So thickly us to
c:,l>e apprehension. Engines were phseea
within lew rods Of the owners ltulsc. anu, su
far as il kuowu he was the only pGrSun in thu
liciyAborhood WHO slept Oh through it all. This
l,c id as peacefully rs though windows were
not sIalumn.. children calling. aud frightened
women hurrylng to aud iro. Ills te!Iow-
bo.rIcrs were all up, but they
argued that it could do no good
to awaken The gentleman to his loss, rs the fac~
tory was utterly burned to the ground. and e.
Void his care. So he sltpt unllstuEbclly TIL
morning. ami came down to breakfast ignorant
ol the 1avl that he had suffered Il loss vi Slco
QUO or more. Nothing was said oi tfc hire 1T
table, and the rhair-nlanutacturcr would have
gone out to learn the news from the rul'ls III MS
t,;,iur themselves has; ;lo; his exc caught tile
heading, .Ex1rusyc Fire on the West sidc' IN
copy Of the I:p.ss, wllirl had been c!rcleSs1y
lett By one Of the boa7dcrs: He read the ac-
the same day he entered into contract for Il new
building, and will soon bc engaged a3all III
making what other people shall sit oi. uG.