The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-02-03

| impressed us rarely before. l have seen the
tears III the eyes of old men and strong men as
| they turned fr5m one If 'gssHt's masterpieces
| ana even lire mos s.niid 2aG.is rad It new
| light ii their fees a. they turned again from
the crimson-hii;'g walls of tIe quiet CALLER: &c
the roar aud rush o; ice traffic. thrCngCd streets
But hog these have passed on TO Chicago, and
tie Powers & Richmond COLLECTIONS uave had
their term of exhibition; and have subsequently,
taken their places in the list of auction sales.
There were s, veral fac Corots and Il number
of masterpieces of the Barbizon Gchoo! in the
Richmond collection, but Zone brought good
prices. Ore of F0rtuny's sold for ST,130, and
in that touched the high wattrmark of the
whole. TIE smaller galleries are full Of good
things, among which are portraits bS Chartrau
4 Me;irazo. With few exceptions, art cXhibi-
tons in New York arc free or at mere nom nal
prices, and ore may stop in any OF II dozen
gailcries for half an hour OF rest and solid en-
ioyncnt, at any hour during the day.
No more gracious reception has been given
by New York to any returning body Of troops
from the SpaniSh-Amcrican war than was &C.
corded this week 20 the Astor Battery, whose
conspicuous gallantTy in the attack on Ianila
was warmly commended by General Macarthur,
of whose command they formed part. The
Battery paraded froH tie 7ist kcgim' MT
Armory to Unian Square, where it was review
ed by Mayor EanWyck, che crowds, of course.
were dense MI along the line of parade, and
houses and official buildings briSiied with heaCs
from every 6oor and window. siacc the parade
they have heen breakfasted and dincd, collec-
lively and in detachmeEts, at all possible and
some impossible hours. Now the return of the
Goth is daily eXpected-thCre having been some
little delay as to mastering out papers.
Major-General Joseph Wheeler and his
daughter, who have been stepping here at Tie
Waldorf, have been hesciged by reporters in
reference TO the recent report that the GeneIal
WAS to be ordered to the PhilioI ines 1t still,
howeYe remains merely ru;nor.
There have been large business deals talked
Oh this week, and several have been consumma-
ted The Blown Bros, Of this dry who lately
bought the iGGci! an6 Missouri street railway
sJ stem, have just purchaS cd the Cni3n Station
So stem OF 81. Louis.
The transactions OF the s. adj ate which has
Just com":ctet the consolidation of The I3alLi-
Etora CITY railway $, ard is now rev hing after
the Consci lated Gas CO. aid alIccii:c plants of
thaS city, are c: eating mulch interest kcre. as
several OF its members arc New Workers. They
.le how contemplating u deal amounting to
S2OOGoOoO 81 more. he decree for fore
closure sale Of the i Il 0. t. Il. bus alec created
4 ST in business circles. Transactions at the
Stock Exchange have beea fast and furious
lhis pas week. Wednesdays proceedings
hrofc all records. The enormous aggregate of
OF I,52I,6if sh6rs OF stock and Sc. S6l 900
Cpar valued of bonds were rtcCtded. Tha;c
Re wild scenes in the course OF the Gay-a
c"niusiCn OF L,rrying clerks. messenger boys,
reporters, brokers yelling tilcif bids, mirg;ed
vito tue ceasc!es. I'll ging Of the tele;'hOnG
Crowds If visitors watched rhe ir,crcst sting ana
exciting panoram, The rani.ity of transi,c-
tons is well illustrated ~ TIE following Incl
dent OF Thursday. One customer of Il well
known house gave his broker orders to buy 200
shares Of Canada southern lat the market
The order was executed at g.. The customer
fingered over the tap few minuEes, and when,
TO his delight, h" stock touched 20, he had the
br' ker telephone over 10 tie Exchange an
order to sell st the Market" But so rapid
was the downward plunge OF the stock that
though the order Was filled in tTinking ne
200 shares were closed out for hiil at 81 only:
the whole aIair oc upying sca caiy fl teen
minutes. Somebody says that Il man plusi
"ercrlasiEg'y hustle" in New York or bo
frozen out or run overland the methods in the
huHiH' s. world seem TO z" iir To verify the as
SCI ton-nnd vet, there S much III the pUint Cf
view. Notwithstanding the countless interests
at every turn and the ceaselGsS demand upon
energy and thought, | heard man say the
other day thaf he was ut Il loss how TO kill in q
for the remaining hours OF his stay in Now
York.