Year: 1876

means allow yourself TO be seduced
into a carriage or cab. Street cars
run everywhere in the city-indeed,
on some of the lines you may ride
seven miles for FIVE cents. And on
Sundays of course you will want to
hear Beecher, Tying, rockingham
and dozen more of the great lights
with which the city abounds, and in
all their churches you will find plen-
ty of free pews and good, Christian
courtesy and consideration. In all
the metropolitan churches especial
pains are taken to make strangers
entirely welcome and at their ease.
BY the way, don't fail to attend ser
vice once, at least, in old Trinity,
whore you will hear the best church
music in the city. Come, by all
means, and have good time.


BUSINESS


Is slowly improving, but it it is moth
ing to speak Of; the country mer-
chants are here in some force, but
they arc buying very closely, as all
Of them believe that prices have not
vet struck bottom. The failures for
the week aggregate 1913, none Of
them very large. As an evidence Of
the closeness in business matters,
there are l63 empty stores between
the Post Office and 4th ST., and they
are likely 10 stay empty for some
time to come. They cannot be ren.
ted, for there is no business to do in
them. There will be no building OF
any consequence this season, for
there are thousands Of empty houses.


POSTAL TROUBLES.


The city had scare this week. -
The appropriation for the expenses
Of public buildings being all exhaus,
ted, and Congress having made no
provision for such an emergency, the
postmaster here was notified to cut
off the gas, water and fuel. This Of
course meant cessation of business in
the post office, aud a vitual closing OF
it. The city took alarui, Postmaster
James was helpless, and for day it
seemed very likely that the city
would be without postal faciities.-
Imagine the consequences of closing
the New York post-oifice! The bus
mess of the whole country passes
through it, and the effect would be
felt from Maine to Texas. But New
York was equal to the emergency;
the gas companies authorized NJ. J.
to 60 on, they taking their chances
Of getting their pay from the Gov
ernment, and the water board did
likewise, and the merchants pledged
money enough to pay other expenses
till the government could turn itself.
So we get cur letters as usual.


TIE pEFALcATIoN OF JUDGE BAR


RITr


is worse than was supposed when he
got away. lie has swiadled his old
step mother out Of every dollar she
had in the world, and the daughter
Of Miles O'Riley loses everything, as
he was the trustee of her diseased
fathers estate. This villain ran away
owing quite 100000, and the terri
bic feature Of it is, that this money
was almost entirely trust bonds. plac-
ed in bis control because of his repu-
tation for integrity. He sold mort
cages and bonds belonging to estates
and squandcred the money in most
reckless manner. AS he was repu-
ted to be rich no one objected to his
high living, and no one thought it
singular; but since his departure it
has been discovered that he never
had anything that his whole life
was an imposture. He was judge,
and held many positions of honor and
profit, and up to the very day Of his
fight could have been elected to any
position in the gift Of the people,
There seems to be an epidemic Of
scoundrelism just now.


Visiting cards for gentlemen are
smaller and for ladies larger than
heretofore. The style Of lettering