Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1878-10-19
OUR CORRESPONDENCE.
Baltimore Letter.
Ps'ss Of CITY Zyavel and among
I1Wstsoorthy Statesmen.

IsaIstscosthy Statesmen.
Special Correspondence of the JOURNAL.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 16, 1878.
Baltimore is growing rapidly, in.
creasing in Importance and getting
like New York in more ways than
one. New lines of street cars are
constantly being built and we have
now large number Of omnibuses
plying between the centre and the
outskirts of the city. AS these can
be run much cheaper than the cars, no
track having to be laid, and not being
90 hard on the horses, the fare is only
five cents, one less than the cars; their
inconvenience, however, overbalances
the cheapness, and the cars are as
we'll patronized as ever, or seem to
be. Only certain number can ride
in the stages as there is no standing
room, and the top is the favorite place
for the young men and boys; they sit
there with their feet dangling over the
sides looking down either with su-
preme indifference or in good nature
upon the passing pedestrians. The
stages are entered at tho back, and
when you get in you are expected to
pull the door shut after you; then you
take a seat and just when you are
thinking to yourself "why this isn't
such bad thing after all, the driver
pulls the bell for you to deposit your
fare in the box at the front of the
stage. All, now comes "the tug Of
war;" You attempt to get up to
walk to the box and bump your head
Tremendously against the roof; this
Immediately makes you mad, especial
ly if you have on a high or stiff hat,
for you know in your Utmost heart it
is dented but don't like to take it off
to look at and smooth it. You make
another dive for the box and this time
make it but in more haste than you
desire, for you stumble over every
pair of feet in the vehicle. Your fare
is in the box at. last and you turn to
perform again the perilous journey
you had just accomplished, but you
find that another man has your seat
and the only thing to be done now is
to put him out or get out yourself.
The getting out process is achived in
rather peculiar way. A strap ex-
tends along the side of the stage
above the windows and is fastened to
the drivers foot, SO that when this
strap is pulled he feels it and stops
the stage. Some persons at times pull
the lines numerically and nearly take
the drivers foot off, in return he does
not stop the stage for square or two,
and, if in hurry, they either have
to fall out the best way they can, or
wait until the man chooses to pull up.
In the retail houses of all branches
Of business the cash system is now 80
arranged that it is almost impossible
for the employees to confscate either
goods or money without being detect
ed. In the large wholesale houses it |
is not so. There are always many
for taking small parcels
of goods and continuing the dishonest
business for long time without being
discovered. This, however, is of no
for if a man is dishonest
he is bound to find opportunities to
steal whether they offer themselves
Or not, and if man is honest these
opportunities are nothing 10 him. One
If our largest, or, indeed, the largest
md "tAe" wholesale millinery estab-
ishment Of Baltimore, which controls
Ill trade south and west, has had
,rouble of very sad kind lately. A
7oung man who had been employed
~ the firm for twelve years and who
vas considered by them as one of their
most upright and trustworthy sales
men; who commanded good salary
nd was even so much thought of as to
We known by the other employees as :
TIE pet of the firm" was detected
tealing and commanded to leave the
State on penalty Of being arrested
nd prosecuted if he returned. Some
ime ago this young man finding he
ould get SO many fine and valuable
,oods without detection opened a
mall retail millinery store in which
le installed his wife; they were doing s
n excellent business there, which, in
edition to his regular salary, made
ute good income. He has been
anished from his friends and home ,
nd With his wife and small cbildron s