The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-11-10
Our New York Letter.
Regular correspondence Of ADVOCATE.

NEW YORK, NOV d, 1855
It is curious to know what an election
costs in this city. In conversation
with life long managing politician
the other evening" was told that both
tie Republican and Democratic parties
this year would require each but little
less than 5000, 900. 1t costs ten dollars
in each of the $50 odd election districts
to handle the tickets. Besides there are
the costs of booths, posters, etc. 8 These
are only the strictly legitimate expenses.
This year Tammany assessed the can
didates for Supreme Court Judg ships
S15. 900 each. The other organizations
assessed theirs $4,000 each. The cam
didate for Register is assessed 5000
by Tammany. Then for others the as.
sessment is lower, as low as $500
for candidate for Assembly IN
some districts. The number of bal
lots printed for the different parties falls
little short of hundred millions. In
Presidential years the cost is Of course
much higher. ,e.t,e~t r..
This is the season of the year when the
adventurer comes back to town and pre-
pares for the winters campaign. Some
of the devices fesorted to by these worth.
les that live by their wits ure really re-
markable, and if exercised by these ad-
venturers, if directed into legitimate
channels would make them rich and
prosperous in almost any undertaking.
came across qreer case the other day.
A lady whose husband had recently died,
leaving her in not exactly affiuent cir
cumstances, was looking for something
to do to increase her income. One day
she noticed an advertisement in certain
paper, in which the advertiser desired @
lady as partner in dressmaking busi-
ness, she to manage the home depart
ment, while he proposed to travel about
and drum up trade. The lady answered
it, requesting the advertiser to call at
her house. 1t might be added that the
lady in question is fine stately W oman,
of superb figure and as clever as she is
good looking. The same day Ratchet
faced individual with strangely foxey
look called.
After few minutes conversation the
lady noticed that the business he pro-
posed was not entirely that of making
dresses. At least she judged so from
the guarded and at the same time signif.
cant manner IN which he spoke. Her
curiosity being aroused she encouraged
him, and then he unfolded his plan. II
was no less than q scheme to run ls6iei
gambling house, the dressmaking bust
ness to be cloak for it. He grew quite
enthusiastic as he unfolded his project
why" said he, "every great European
capital like Paris, st. Petersburg. Lon
don and Berlin, have establishments o
this kind. New York is unprOyided
The income of such place is enormous
You are just the woman for this business
see by your looks that you have execu
tive ability, and it will be your busines
to get such men as Vanderbilt. Jay Goul'
and others under your control so tha
] you can call on them for check O
f 81, 900 or $1,000 at any time"
The lady is Southern wcmnn, an,
therefore hot tempered. When he wa
! through she opened the door and e1
: claimed "get, and thank your stars tina
: 1 do not throttle you, you william, to in
: suit me in this manner" She sfteEward
regretted that she had not quietly sen
! for policeman and had him arrested, {
/ prevent him from earring out his neiari
t Gus plan.
y A very amusing incident is going tn
1 rounds in literary circles, though strang
6 to say it has not yet found its way int
+ print. There is an Authors Club in thi
: city, of which Richard Grant White
f the President and Mr.. DeKaY Secretary
t Now as everybody knows Richard Gran
: White has an idea there is nobody lik
# Mr.. White. and in fact is convinced tbs
y the literary solar system revolves aboU
s him. Last week it was resolved by IL
It club to give a reception to Mathew Arr
If old at Mr.. Whites house. Mr.. Viii
e thought this fine opportunity to NAL
b capital and sent out written notes of il
Is yitation to Mr.. Arnold and others, signs
o by himself, not as President Of the clu
3 and so worded as to give the impressiC
IS that he was giving the reception.
s. few days afterwards Mr.. DeKay the Sc
r retary, sent out regular printed 'invit
p tions. This must have offended NJ
% White, for when on the evening IN que
is tion the Authors marched up to the houi
e in Seventeenth street they we're polite
!. informed by tho servant that Mr., Whi