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g., corner 14,,h-s, and Amsterdan,-sve.

Reilly s corner l4otn-s anu Ara
r.aas Morris JaSoS:9n to George 500
same Leon TusSman N same pGO9sr WadsS4ock
Kaufman Leopold 10 vs ere'ere Ni'ao'e ". 10000
Ks se SG s tai' 7h az years. eiaIG 1000
Ke Thomas to Marth ak Kelly WIS., sGT an5 i7sh
r4 ST. Gear george r TO Jed Garrison i4sh-st
s7s q GRIND 5 B3@sy%Td I. ssar sSSS
same TO- same nosr i4T'n-S' 'o' !. .e.,... 1000
SAM, Boue ,o Same Saa l44hst s55 IT Grand
same .s i44th-f 400 It OF 1rano 1900
MaTpRS @isn PARK p 1Ss 3 a4 q
Loan f4s@ Wesp Farms TO West Chester in
Ms ss%sni' Henry FAX Amsterdam $1,000
Na a'ayion 10 80 East 4,h-s. .:: 1900
Estate Title Guarantee Company s es'h-'' 1890
Nn 1O CARES 81 ct al to bingham Maynard
iasih-st. 1918 It Of shave wdened 70 400
sa Sns's to Noah Rogers property and $50 90
Menk' George to ciementne correja 18Th ., M
$50 .So1 Of S Jaekson and Abraham stern
same PROPERTY sGc,;,. year 1 the German Saving,
BaHS xe2oYdrE p ard IA cannon' p. 900
or TO Stephen cruseT iiiinst $50 IT soOo
ss.; .5 Pro.n d P' 9a aa2;n'?
R31sehrd Henry John AsPi@syxqlIl and H1 q,
other. trustees Sth-A'e' $. 'ii ~ aooCO
Ryer Frederick, 1r. to William Oakley e. . 600
Barker-ave 266s II Of Elizabett-st, 8 ,rais. -V
Russell Wiiiem q 70 iTe , pSf year ~ 100000
Rice Charlotte c, Isabella Greacen . Mih- 90
s, fSsd 10 PLAN same 70 # m nj Pace 100 ana
Of Jenninss-st. moTsases' - Ec41
l50th-s 300 II W Of Courtlandt-sIe years '
strese Marguerite. TO Agnes McLAtcnIe' odno
terror LOT 1888 Of Forest-aNe ana @oo'' a ooo
n OF Honest. years. ':;''i.:' '"'
Som, LYMAN and Henry to to; Ne"-i iSn :, " OF
surance compMan G., yeags w. '' 10000
Same 10 same. cor Central PARK west anu ?. ooo
SAM 10 same. 92d-st 200 II OF central &C ON,
Park West. years oco .; ~ ~ Central
Same to same sls'-s' -Vo !. 5000
Same 10 same 9lst-st. 100 II OF Ceh'rH A ooo
Park West. '''
Same 10 same cor Central PARK west anu - ooo
simon Pauline "a Henry Moreenthsu. cor ,sooo
Boulevard, llth-ave. and l21th-st' year io'
Scofed George A and Maud T. 10 Samuel "
DAYTON n Fordham-aVe eXiens on adlolnlns ON
lard Of Frederick Price. city Island EeMs'' ~
scharsmith John f. TO Anna churchLi' o,o
is7,h-st 10 n Of Audubon ave years....'. 'Z"o
schnueg Frances j. TO Elizabeth RahKln 4. 90
5sth-s 9S II " Of Sd-ave ycar.. s''o'"
Same William Rankin oe'n-S'' 10 Z" o' ZOO
SHAVE l yea: ;1o,h u GRAY No 847
Thomson peWts - ,9 Joseph n u'a' L5oO
westcott Robert +. O Henry p Booth. 109ih-st n
" cor Grand Boulevard also lO"th-s' ~" II "a M
OF Grand boulevard years So itoo.b. ~
Williams Thomas 10 sTe''' 1900
Same to Petty -o SSgarG aeSan MaNe' e4y $500
Same same. same property demand ''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25
ceeal Notices.

A TTENTION is CALLED TO THE ADVER-
"A TISEMENT IN THE CITY RECORD" commenc-
Ing the lIth day OF December 1897 and continuing
cousecuvely for nice ) days thereafter Of the
confirmation by the Supreme Court and the entering In
the Bureau for the Collection OF Asressmens etc. NJ
the assessments for OPENING AND ACQUIRING TITLE
TO the following named streets In the
23D WARD.-CRANE STREET. from Robbins Avenue
TO Timpson Place FOX STREET formerly Simpson ST D..
from Weschester Ave. to Freeman St EAST l47TH ST.
from Southern Boulevard to Austin Place. EAST ielST
ST, from sedswIek Ave. 10 Ogden Ave.
23D AND PATH WARDS.-CHARLOTTE STREET
from Jennings ST. TO Crotona Park
AsHBEL p FITCH. Comptroller.
OF New York. Finance Department Comptrollere
Office December 81, 1897 =.
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A DVERTIsEMENTs and subscriptions for rhs Tribune
"A received a their Uptown once. No. Lap Broadway
"a door north Of sis-st until o'clock advsrtiss
menis received al the following branch ofces regular
once rates until O'clock m. viz: 25l Sth-ave,
e. cor. 23d-st. IS? 6th-ave. cor l2th-st. Macy's
and 14thst 142 Columbusave near West 18th
st. 100 West !2i St. nss- etiaye.; OF East i4thst 7
West 42dst. between 7th and 9Th 1850 East 9TH
st.; 1855 sd-ave between 76th and nth sts io26 "a
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title OF the and the Of the bidder indosed
thereon received by ;he Department OF Public
Parks Offices Arsenal Building, street
Fifth avenue, Central Park until O'Clock p NJ
Monday December 81 1884, for the following named
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BRIDGE OVER
THE HARLEM RIVER AT ONE HUNDRED AND
LY END OF ONE HuNDRED AND FoRTY-FiFTH
STREET IN THE TWELFTH WARD OF THE CITY
OF NEW YORK, WITH EAST ONE HUNDRED AND
FORTY-NINTH STREET AND EXTERIOR STREET IN
THE TWENTY-THIRD WARD.
For CONSTRUCTING BRIDGE AND ITS APP
PRoACAEs. WITH A DRAW,sPAN AND CRIB
FENDER, BETWEEN PELHAa BAY PARK AND
CITY ISLAND. IN THE TWENTY WARD or
THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
For CITY Record"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25
ITO VENEZt Ella.

ITO VENE2t Ella.
Steamers Of the RED ~ LINE. under mall con-
tract with the United States Government. are appointed
10 sail from Robert pier Brooklyn.
For La Guayra (tor Caracas) Puerto Cabelo Curacao
and Maracsibo. via Curacao.
SIS CARACAS. Tuesday. January L. 1898. =.
IS VENEZUELA. Thursday. January IS. ises. ,. m.
Ss PIIII.ADEI.PI IIA Saturday JAN 81 1885, ! p.
BOULToN. BLISS DALLETT.
General Managers No. 1875 Front st.
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Suburban Real Cstate


0ENCY -Monclar real estate ali kirds. sae rem.
~ CLARENCE r. TUBES BeekmAn-st New-York
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FURNISHED Apartments Co Get.

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TWO Furnished fat. and bath; refined: nrst
Il and Attn; very light referen 'es; So and s4a
- ~ '' JANiTOR - West gsth 81.
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CLYDE LINE. -
ALL FLORIDA POINTS. THE SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST
Tho only Steamer Lane to CHARLESTON. s. c.. and
JACK SONVItLE. FLORIDA. WITHOUT CHANGE
superb Passenger Accommodations.
Reduced Winter Excursion rates now in effect
SFMINOI,E... Sat Dec. q ALGONQUIN. Wed, Dec 20
IROOTOIS. Mon. Dec = COMANCHE. Fri. Dec 81
FROM PIER - River foot Roosevelt, ST.. P II.
WM +. CLYDE & co. General Agents,
Bowling Green Y. Y.
Fin Cen & Pen. y. & 2 Line. via Jacksonville
Great Freight and Passenger Line. via Charleston
T O. EGER. General Agent. 1913 Broadway. " Y.
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NOTICE 10 CONTRACTORS.-T foJIow-

ing proposals for work be done in the Depart
men' OF Public Charities: Proposals material and
work required for Receiving and Ferry House erected
al City Hospital landing Blackwels Island Proposals
for materials and work required fos flooring and steel
ceilings at City Hospital. Blackwelrs Island Proposals
for materials and work required for addition General
prus DEPARTMENT to be greeted on grounds Of Bellevue
For further particulars see City Record
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Dubllt y otlces.
~ -
SEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES, WITH TIL


SEALED BIDS OR ESTIMATES. WITH THE
title Of tn. and IN. u the bidder in
dorsed thereon. VII! be received by the Department OF
street and Ffth Central Park Until 10 O'Clock
~ OF Monday. December 81. 1897. for the following
FOR REGULATING. GRADIvG. DRAININo AND
FROM The VAN. .coRTLhXDT- MAXsioN. FOR
COLONIAL GARDEN N VAN CORTLANDT PARK.
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF PARK BOUNDED
COMBS DAM ROAD. IN THE CITY or NEW YORK.
FOR CONSTRUCTING y ROADWAY AND APPCR-
TENANCES IN PELHAM BAY PARK. extending the
Bronx and Pelham Parkway from Baychester road to
Eastern Boulevard, in the City OF New York
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF HANCOCK PARK
BOUNDED By AVENUE ST. NICHOLAS. MANHATTAN
STREET, MANHATTAN AVENUE AND ONE HUN
DRED AND TWENTY-THIRD STREET IN THE CITY
FOR GRANiTE AND BRONZE WORK FOR RAIL
ING AROUND HANCOCK SQUARE. One Hundred and
Tweny-third and st. Nicholas avenue New York
FOR REPAyINo WALKS WITH ROCK ASPHALT,
SETTING NEW CURB STONES AND IMPROVING
PARADISE PARK II THE CITY OF NEW YORK
TOP SOIL WHERE REQUIRED. on ST. JOHNS PARK
IN THE NINTH WARD OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK
FOR CON5I RUCrING A ROADWAY AND APPUR-
TENANCEs FROM THE HARLEM RIVER DRIVE
AND SEVENTY FIFTH STREET. IL THE TWELFTH
WARD IL THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
FOR REGULATING. GRADING AND CONSTRUCTING
A ROADWAY md APPROPRIATENESS AND OTHER
Way PROM THE y. y; &H r. r. TO BROAD
WAY ~ THE .TWENTY-FouRTH WARD OF THE
FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PARK AT
STREETS IN THE ELEVENTH WARD OF THE CITY
OF NEW YORK.
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NOTICE TO CoNTRACTORS.-The follow

ing proposals are for work TO be done in the Depart
ment Of Public Clarifies Proposals for materials and
work for and brick buildings together with
apparatus for the destruction OF garbage. Blackwels s
lsiand rposals for materials and work reouIred for
fu n,shing and erecting tables at Aims House Barracks
Backwers Island. Proposals for materials and worry
required aging floor OF hreproof material in main
kitchen. Randas Island. Proposals for materials and
work eouired for erecting Central Stables on East TWEEN
ysxh street, between second and Third Avenues Pro-
posas Tor materials and work required for additions and
alterations 10 build for reception OF insane BELLEVUE
Hospital Proposals for materials work required for
repairs aid alterations 10 Harlem Hospital.
For farther particulars see City Record.
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FRENCH LINE.
COMPAGNIE GENERALE Transatlantlqua
~ DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE-PARIs FRANCE
Sailing every Saturday at 10 A. NJ
From PIER A. North River foot Morton Street.
la Normani-. Dec. - la Gascogne Jan IS
Ia la Noimandie. Jan. -
La Breiagne .........Jsn : "a Champagne Jan %
I,,-cia,s passage ". Y.-Parts $50 ana upvarda
G.n'i Agency Z. g and Cam Bowling Green. ~ z:
G.nI Wcsern Agency II Dearborn Chicago
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STEAMBOATS,.

STEAMBOATS,
BOSTON amid Mew [smg0amd !,
VIA SOUND LINES.
NORWICH LINE, via New-London. Leave Pier 20 lold
MOI. n. r.. Desbrosses ST. week days only. az
m Steamers city OF Lowell and Cty OF Lawrence
FALL RIVER LINE. via Newport and Fall River Leave
Pier IS. n. r. foot OF Murray ST. week day: only At
sTONINGTON LINE. via Stonington. Leave Pier Sc
n r. one block above Canal ST.. week days only. at
sP Steamers Maine and w-Hampshire.
KINGSTON LINE. West 10th-st.-Daly D. m.
~ SATURDAYS at l. Strs Baldwin and Romer for Corn
wall Newburrh New Hamburger Marlboro. Milton.
HYDE Park Esopus Kingston. Connecting
with T. 4 D. r. X. for all ponts IN Catskll Mountains
NEW HAVEN-FARE. 81; Excursion, $3.50:
Fast steamers leave Per Is. z. r.. daily Sundays
excepted r. and IL MIDNIGHT arriving In time for
trains Merden. Hartford Springfield and points north
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-25

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
YOUR ATTENTION is called to the adyer-
running the City Record" fo,
bids steam heating Bellevue Hospital and Nurses.
Home AT Backwes Island. also for four Pavilions
at Infants Hospital. RSndalls Island.
NOTICE.-Estmates for extending Piers new
20 and n N. r foot Of Chambers and Duane
Streets Contract GA, will be
Docks. Pier "a" Battery riace. until Il 30 A. NJ De-
csmbei 80. 1897 For particulars City Record
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Proposals.
DROPOsALs FOR WOODEN sHELY1,

PROPOSALS FOR WOODEN SHELVING.
CASES SCREENS. ETC.-Onice OF Building for
Library Of Congress, Washington. ID. c. Decemtsr ~
ls97-sealed proposals for manufacturing furnishing
delivering and setting In place complete wooden
shelving. cabinets. card catalogue screens etc.
chiefly for the Copyright Department in the building for the
Library OF Congress. VIII be received this
o'clock p. NJ. Tuesday January 1898. and opened
Immediately thereafter Specifications general
tons conditions and blank forms OF proposal may be
obtained upon application 10 this Office BERNARD X
GREEN. Superintendent.
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MALLORY STEAMSHIP LINES.

AL TEXAS 80. CAROLINA. CA: AND FLA
STRAIGHT and ROUND TRIP Tickets issued tn all
,ont. IN Tex,s Colorado Utah Arlzoan California Mex
lee &C. Georgin Florida. &c Excellent accommodations
Write Tor ou- co page Pocket Guide mailed treeD.
r II MALLORY & co. Gen. Ag.s.. Pier ~ E r.. ~ Y.
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st lanes Hotel tao a., ~ ~, ~, =.
.St-NhNNEE SPR' GS HOTEL. and famous Md's
MEMPHIS Tenn ..... Gayoso Hotel. =. r. SO 70 -
MOBILE Ala Batt, House rooms with hathA ~ ~ up
NEW ORLEANS La.....S ST Charles H',si, y 70 x
NEW YORK .............. Fifth Avenue Hot-l a. - -
10 m w,v & 2o;h ST. Gllsey House p. p 81 up
do 18th Ave 4GtJ II" " nds IA - EP hSy w
40 ~ T. Rarryt NV -. cloud Hotel r. = - -"
do - cor 5'h Ave & 10Th 81 Hotel ianoNen' a \.
d, oChauhers& Bway, Cosmopoltan Hti =" ~ "a up
do I<roH&it3'hStl Ualmoral HI tsu''"sl. io' ny
do ,P'w1y&5ithS,J Hotel Bayard Famly H'tep. ~
OrD POINT COMFORT. va The Chamberla.n a T. - up
pull DEI.pHIA Pa. Tho Altne Hote. 4: T. S'"o
d. tRcstaurant. la carter The lafayette + ~ up
pIfIIMONI, Va The LETTERS n A.P., 81 up El ~ 81 Up
SALT LAKE CITY C'sh The Cullen ~ ., ~ - 81 81
SONf.pNffJF - Pine Foles' Inn VoN A.l'SbD 20 -
ST GEORGE staten Island The Casuetln, \. T., s. up
IT Louis Mo. Planters Hotel + p 81 A =. - up
DO ..... .Iindell Hotel. F.. T.. 81 Up. \. r. No UP
,HOMA sVIIJ.E Ga....P.ney Wo"ds Hotel a +, ~ w
i-rCA y Y.'....... The But,erneld. \ p. 81 10 SO
whSItiNGTON % C......Aslington Hotel A. T., s. W
a. '' -............ Fhhitt House. a. r., 81 up
q, .............. The Raleigh. +. p, Sl5p up
o. ............The cochran H'tel. a. p. s. up
do .Risg. House WIZARDS and Nat onai A. +. e. w
40 ..... Hotel Wclllngt n r. r. 81 30, A I. S3
40 .......... The buckingham A p. 81 up
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BANANA RAILROAD.

BANANA RAILROAD.
= THE SEA ROUTE TO SAN FRANCISCO.
Connecting Isthmus for all West Coast Ports Of
Mexico Central and South America
Steamers sail from pier foot West 27th-st. N. T.
FINANCE. Dec 30. noon ALLIANCE. Jan. TO- noon
For rates apply at Companys ONCE. 20 Broadway
r. I. WALKER. Trsffc Manager
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GERMAN MEnlT EBRANEAN9ER
HAMBURG AMERICAN NORTH GERMAN
LINE LLOYD
Express steamers from New-York
to Gibraltar. Naples and Genoa.
tKaser w II Dec 80 10 AM sF Bismarck. jan % 10 AN
'Normanna Jan I. 10 An tKaiscr w II Feb 5. 10 AN
tWerra. Jan. Is 10 AM 'Nornannia Feb IL. 10 AN
Also steamers for Alexandra. Egypt jan. Feb ana
March
Return tickets available either line
from Naples. Genoa Gibraltar. Hamburg Bremen. Lon
don.. Southampton. Paris and Cherbourg.
Hamburg = mercan North German Lloyd
Oelrichs & Co.. Agents.
81 Broadway ". Y Bowiin~ Green. n. z.
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1898 CRUISES WEST INDIES
g. g. Pretoria. $500 tons ~. s. Madisra. 30e0
80 days cruise: 20 days in the tropics
FOR 3 90 rS UiS1EH BGRNuIDNs
Frost unknown. Malaria Impossible.
~ HOURS by elegant steamshi pc weekly.
For further particulars apply 10 A. 4. oUTERBRIDGE
Co. ASrris for Quebec =. ) Co.. 80 Broadway, or
THOS. COOK & SON 28l Broadway ". T. A AHERN
secrctary Qlebec Canada.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-16

two suits-good suits-for less than I used to pay for one suit.
 Its the same with shoes and other things. I bought a pair of shoes of a well-llnown make tue other day for two dollars that used to sell at eight dollars. Well, when things are so cheap, people won't pay so much to ride on the rail- roads. Travel is less and railroad earn ings less, aud there is an enormous shrinkage in values. Only the other day I had a letter from one of the railroad commissioners of Iowa asking if the Iowa Central would not make lower rate on corn. I've been president of the Iowa Central for 20 years. He said the corn was rotting because it would not pay to haul it at the present prices, and he wanted the railroads to name rate which would make it possible for the farmers to ship it out of the state. He showed that in 15 years the production of corn had expanded from 5,000,000 to G0,000,000 bushels year. Last sum mer there was hog cholera, and they figure that in the loss of hogs and the loss of the sale of corn it cost the state of Iowa SIS, 5,000, GOO. Well, there are no hogs there now to eat the corn, and it is piling up and going to waste because there is no one to use it, and they can't get it cut of the state. Much of it is in the ear, too; and that is the way to keep corn unless you can turn it over. There is so much moisture that if you take it off the cob it sweats and spells unless you turn it over regularly until June. Well. he wanted to know if it wouldn't be good policy in the railroads to cut the rate in half and so help the farmers out. But I wrote back and told him he'd better consult the general man. ager of the road, and I reminded him that we had transported free the lum- Der to make tf.Fe storage sheds along the track in which the corn is stored; and I asked him if he didn't think it likely that if we made a low rate in April. 1897, it would be brought up against us before him as railroad com missioner in April, 1898, and April, l899
 ..Thirtv years ago." said MT. Sage, getting into a reminiscent vein, Il made the first and only purchase of corn 1 ever made. l bought million bushels in Chicago and shipped it east. l am interested in an elevator company ln Chicago now and we made 35 per cent. last year We won't make more than ten per cent. this year Think of it- only one-quarter as much. Thatshows you how things are going. We'll, corn was down to 12 cents then. It was so cheap that they were using it for fuel on the railroads, and very good fuel 1t made. I thought it pretty cheap and
 boti iltt | million bushels. l was out l fn St. Paul and Minneapolis good deal about that time, giving instructions ahout the building of some railroads l I told them I bought the grain to ma lSe l business for my road. got pretty
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-16

ic letters are going to touch Mr. Sage s heart any more quickly than they will reach other mems, because Mr. Sage is too busy to investigate every call made on him; if lie investigated one he would have to investigate all; and so he investigates none. Mrs Sage has her charities, but they are along iiaes with which she is familiar personally; and writers of begging letters to either Nir. Sage or Mrs. Sage who are not known to them personally might as well save their postage stamps. Their letters will bring no results-not even a reply.
 I asked Mr. Sage what he thought was the outlook for prosperity under the new tariff, but he told me that where men were so divided as to the probable effect of this or that feature of the tariff bill it was unwise to express an opinion. Besides, the new tariff has not been shaped yet. When it is, doubt less Mr. Sage will have something in- teresting to say about it. He was a member of the ways and means com mittee of the house at Washington nearly 40 years ago, and he is thor oughly familiar with the subject.
 Apropos of the depression of business, Mir. Sage said: "Men think hard times are due to a lack of money. They are not. They are due to the enormous shrinkage in values-35 to 50 per cent. in railroad stocks alone. There is plenty of money, and money to-day will buy more of almost any product than it ever would before. You can get twice as much for dollar now as you could 20 years ago. I passed a store just below Cortlandt street to-day where you can buy a suit of clothing for $3.67. There was quite crowd of me i there. Just think of it-a suit of good clothing for $3.67 I often have occasion to go into the big dry goods stores because I am interested in the banks from which they get credit, and I want to see the men in their own stores and observe how they do busi- ness. We'll, I was in one of these places the other day, and they had line of clothing from some manufacturer who wanted money, and they were selling suits for $6.75. I looked at them. and they were as good as any suit used to pay $15 and S20 for. I bought two, not that I wanted any more clothing, for had eight or ten suits at home-but be- canse 1 wanted to say that I'd bought
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-05-16
SAGE ON CLOTHING.
Hard Times, He Says, Are Due to
 Shrinkage of Values.
Begging Letters Follow Interyte vvs-- Looks for Better Business-A Transaction in Corn-Mr. Sage
 and President Lincoln.
Copyright. 1S97.l


 New York; went up in the elevator with Russell Sage to his new offices on Nassau street the other day. He said -Four" to the elevator man as he got in At the fourth floor he got out ahead of me and went on to his office He walks with as firm step as middle-aged man, though he is 80 years old There is nothing about him to suggest his age except slight nervous affection of the right eye, and a slight deafness, as 1 found when 1 talked with him later.
 The entrance to this office is through small lobby. A board partition reach ing to the ceiling shuts in the office. You can see the anteroom through a. wicket, and the cashiers room is visible when the cashier opens trap window to look out. There are no heavy bar riers to keep out cranks. In MT. Sage's old office iron bars were put up after the experience of the millionaire with the crazy Norcross and his bag of dyna- mite. That Noreross affair, by the way, is fayorite jest with the men who call to see Mir Sage.
 Perhaps he would see me if you told him l had no bag to drop" they say with grim facetiousness.
 While 1 waited heard a customer dis cussing business transaction with the cashier. It concerned two loans aggre- gating more than $1, ,750, 900 and the rate of interest the customer was paying on them. Million-dollar loans are not un- common things in Mir Sage's office. He is the millionaire who keeps his mil lions on hand. Though he has large in- terests in railroads, banks and other corporations, he always has half mill lion or so in cash where he can get it on five minutes notice.
 The anteroom of Mir. Sage's office is small. There is table in one corner. By the door of the inner office stands ticker bringing the market news from the stock exchange. The inner office is about 16x24 feet. It is we'll car-