Year: 1876

see and some to simply do nothiag at ALL II has been
said there Is no solitude like the solitude OF great
city Everybody Is In New York at the present time
has been here within twenty days. and yet there 10
place the continent where is moro difficult 10
NEE. ,ne man S you wlsn 20 see sala b
managing Mr. Hayes campaign and striving to defeat
the party in which his atherinaw, Senator Thurman,
is distinguished leader, 81 have been trying ioi
three days to find So and So, telegraphing him "a
all points OF the country, and | have just
found that he ali the while IN the
hotel with me, and has just left. New York ia
the best and the worst place in the world which to
md man." stand at any leading point on Broad.
way Tor twenty minutes and the chances that you
will twenty OF tho leading men of the country
either OF the present or OF the past twenty men whs
them public property forever They are al here, the
Office giver and the office seeker, President and tide
kaleidoscope There is Floronce with his bright fresh
face shining as his "Mighty. Dollar;' the tranquil
intellectual Evarts. in whose hands the democratic
banner would have been the sure signal OF victory in
forty fifty days; Dorsey, up from Arkansas;
jones' OF the silver mines, fom far Nevada Colonel
DENTAL fr,end rival candidates the County Clerk
shp Zach Chandler, groaning under weight OF
campaign 81 Fsa o.
Casey tho magnificent looking brothcrin-law OF our
rcvered Presidents Richard vaux, OF Philadelphia. do
voted reform IN State PRISONS and score OF Others
more or less known There Is Burnside, OF Rhode
Island remembered for the victories he did not win
whskors and the skill Of his tailor There is bevy
OF bright beautiful women Is there anything In
Vial. H in .a%y pnadsa' iar .n equal .rs,ss s
that that innocent unsophissicated country cousin
with his ripe. rosy taco and look OF surprise and as
constituent among the splendors Of Broadwayl
broadway is itself ono vast pic.ure-a picture
list over paint It is gallery OF Picturesque.
turcs tender and pathetic harsh and cold pictures o
and OF JOY. OF sunshine and storm; pictured
no brush paint and no pom can even describe
Our


TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND VISITORS


seem to enjoy themselves immensely, II ono may
judge from the expressions OF their faces A large
course, seen Now York hundred times seen portions
OF 1t, too which no New Yorker has ever SEEN They
arc here now on their semi.annual purchasing tour.
1t Is easy to tell this class at glance They
move along In matter fact way, with umbrella and
carpctbag keep the proper side OF the sidewalk, are
seldom jostIed know tho stage routes and tho street
question This class OF our visitors s made up excu-
svey Of men, The pleasure seeker always has his
wife or his nowy made bride with him. In some casca
there groups OF lives and sxes the elder daughtea
and the elder forming portion OF the sot and re-
spoctully bringing up tho in the town or city.
This by FAR interesting portion of visit
orh They have evidently never been to "York'' be-
anu 0r world tu l"o Of yonasrs .nd sur
prises. The great attractions for them by
dav are the mammoth stores wholesale and RETAIL and
A. night the theatres and the other places Of amusc
ment From morning TO evening the great centres OF
trade and industry,he palaces OF marble and OF iron,
filed with everything that beautiful and precious in all
the world and tho and numbers OF which may be
found in other columns Of the HERALD-are throngod
with this class III never saw anything like it bo





houses yesterday. From the time of opening The
morning until we close night they troop in here In
groups oi fours and aves and generally remain with "
half tho day."


''Do they buyY"


"BuyY OF course they do. Our sales have hardly
ever been 30 heavy and are increasing all the tme"


''Business, then, hiss rovivedY"


eyes; believe we are on the fair, straight road
again and that the dull Is at end Ono thing
Is csrtaln-there Is plenty of money in the country


THE DAWN OF BRIGHTER DAYS


Hotels railroad companies, street cars steamboats,
stages and sellers OF all descriptions doing better
than they have for many months past Broadway Is
the great barometer OF business and OF trade When
II suffers the whole city feels the prostration When
New York, which has been well described the
banking and clearing house Of the continent,
s PROSTATE the effect Is felt every village
and hamlet from ocean TO and from
Maine to the Gulf OF Mexico In the surgina
thousands along our regal street to-day; its
thronged marts of commerce and OF trade In its great
rush by day and by night, II 10 easy to SEQ
the omen Of better days. the beginning OF the end Of
the hard times which have brought much sorrow
and suffering to millions and millions Of people