National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-05-22
TWO or A KIND.
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worthy's Golfers, must feel thoroughly dis
couraged when they consider that they never
had any chance of winning. Mr. Sage was
playing a sure game; II he lost, he did not
mean TO pay, and he always had In Wow tho
fact that If the market went against him
suddenly he could turn to his baillod custom
ors and inform them that the particular style
of business that they had patronized was
illegal anyhow, and they could not compel
him to pay. There is no particular need Of
sympathy with the victims Of Russell Sage's
practices under any circumstances, but he is
as contemptiblo an outgrowth Of Wall street
duplicity as any that its periodical disturb
ances have brought to the surface.
A CONSERVATIVE BUSINESS MAN.
PhRudciDhf1 Call.
"Will you take me to tho opera tonight p
asked the wife of prominent New York
banker
"Well, that depends" replied tho million
afro.
"DependsP Depends on whatP said tho
lady.
ut depends on stocks and bonds and rail-
roads and silver mines and pipe line certih-
Gates, &C., &c. Ny business is peculiar one,
you know my dear, and what ought to be aces
may prove to be dcuces," aud the wo.cents-
on-the-dollar man went down town.
A RAILROAD PRESIDENTS ILLUSTRATION.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
President Roberts. In recently commenting
on tho extension of railroad traffic, remarked
that in days gone by We were accustomed to
go around the corner to the shoemaker's and
order pair of shoes made, on which we paid
profit Of say two dollars, The shoe manu-
facturer now furnishes q pair of shoes at q
profit say twenty cents, but no turns out a
dozen cases during the time required by the
shoemaker to furnish the one pair. SO it is
with the railroads.
BY CABLE FROM LONDON.
Troy Times.
George w. Smalley, the New York Tri-
bune's London correspondent, has found out,
after much interviewing of great ladies and
consulting with acknowledged authorities on
tho momentous question, that ono may say
either gown, dress, or frock, when abiding
to woman's outer gear, without being voted
either od-fashioned, vulgar, or slangy. This
important matter being settled we breathe
again.
WHAT Is HEAVEN WITHOUT PALATE.
Boston Herald.
And so Sam Ward has gone to the "undis-
covered country" Who dan conceive of a
heaven for him, with no palatep If the new
materialstic rhapsodies about the spirit
world are we'll founded, however, the opicure
will doubtless find mansion" awaiting him,
and add to the delights of living there by in
venting new way to serve the heavenly
mama.
A GRIP. ON HIS MONEY BAGS.
Val Street NetGs.
Mr.. VIM. II. Vanderbilt landed at Queens
town Tuesday. His sons were landed last
week. Ho proceeded to Liverpool, but cablod
no orders to buy stocks. This will provo II
sad disappointment to people who thought no
would cable orders 10 empty his money bags
into Wall street as soon as he heard how
everybody wished him to.
PROPHETIC WISDOM.
Hartford Courant tTuesday, Nay 2O)
The indications are that the business mems
meeting in New York Tuesday evening ID
going to he q rather notable affair. The at
tempt to bolittle it in advance by harping
upon the fact that three or four of the
signers of the call had to suspend last week
Is puerile.
OR BENsoN'5 TEN YEARS IN HELL.
Philadelphia Record.
If Mr.. Ferd. Ward will now write q book
giving truthful history of his financial ex.
periences, no may got more money out of a
confiding and curious public. His "Three
Years in Wall Street" would BIO more TAX
Years in Congress-"
a POOh YEAR FOR PhAHlbEEs'
Mad and Express.
Of tho MacVeagh letter tho Herald sarcasti.
| cglly observes that ''if it aecomplishes its
intention it must impress Mr.. Bristow with q
sense of Mr.. AacVeaghs present moral au
| periOrity to himself and the other partici.
pants in the meeting" But it's not good
year for Pharisees.
1T MAY EVENTUALLY PREVAIL.
Jnd{1napOlis Journal
The newspaper known as Truth has beer
sold ut sheriti's sale, in New York city, the
whole outfit bringing but $1,000. Truth
never did stand much of o show in any town
with democratic majority like that Of New
York.
FEED MY LAMBS.
VAL Shed Hetps
Cornelius Vanderbilt was reported yester
day to have sent q cablegram of 300 words &
VIM. H., explaining tho danger Of the sltua
ton, its various intricacies, and asking VIVA
he had better do. The reply was in three
words Feed my lambs"
AWAITING TWILIGHT ON THE BRIDGE,
Nei9 York Sun.
Toward dusk the crowds, but little dimin
ishod, changed somewhat in character. Mos
of the staid and elderly people had disap
peared and in their stead camo young mel
and girls, who walked leisurely in pairs ant
watched tho tops of the towers grow dim.
HAYEs's GREAT HEAD.
Chicago Herald.
II. B. Hayes pensively stirring cornmea
and wator for tho chickens at Fremont, Ohio
is in no immediate danger of being upset b,
u financial cyclone Hayes may not DO great
but hu has more horse sense than some Who'll
families,
SENSE WILL COME WITH AGE.