. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. ss Quick, 110 Herald. Will a shrewd business man give me a personal in-terview? One self-reliant, trustworthy, quick judgmentand decision, who can command a few thousand dollarsfor immediate use, not for investment; no risks; I amon inside of lawful operation, yielding thousands weekly;unfair discrimination justifies my action; a capable manunder my direction can make a fortune by January a gentleman who can be thoroughly trusted to handme half the proceeds.—Addresss Bank References, 208Herald. The public poured ou


. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. ss Quick, 110 Herald. Will a shrewd business man give me a personal in-terview? One self-reliant, trustworthy, quick judgmentand decision, who can command a few thousand dollarsfor immediate use, not for investment; no risks; I amon inside of lawful operation, yielding thousands weekly;unfair discrimination justifies my action; a capable manunder my direction can make a fortune by January a gentleman who can be thoroughly trusted to handme half the proceeds.—Addresss Bank References, 208Herald. The public poured out its margins under the skill-ful manipulation, as doth the guileless aphis under theshrewd operations of the thrifty ant. .If we have done injustice to the workers of WallStreet, let Bergen & Mills, of -ii Broadway, correct say: Gentlemen—It is an old adage, as trite to-day aswhen first put forth, that all things come to those whowait, and patience in Wall Street means success. Surely, they know. gf,102 What a demoralizing farce the whole business is!. \. ALL .SlKLKl I)Lia;>u UiL . New York, Vol. Two, p. 1U3. NEW YORK CITY LIFE From the World—{editorial). Wall Street yesterdaj- bought and sold 116,835 sharesof stock, of the par value of $11,683,600, but when itcame to buying any such real security as the $400,000 ofbonds of the City of New York, that is when it came tobuying something that had to be paid for in real moneyand opened no door to speculative manipulation for gam-bling profits, Wall Street did not have a cent to put 8121,000 of the bonds were bid for—all by outsiders.—September, 1896. AVe cannot forbear quoting two of E. C. Sted-mans excellent pictures of Wall Street life. Thefirst, The House that Vander Built, describesconditions; the second, Israel Freyers Bid forGold, describes the critical point in the panic ofBlack Friday, which brought disaster into all partsof our nation. This story has a tragic did not bid


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