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Show A. T. StcwHrl'a Vuy. An old employe ot the Into A. T. Stewart, tho mtlllonulro dry good merchant mer-chant of Now York, tella nn instance which shows the muniu nomctiuipn employed em-ployed by that gentleman for enforcing tho rules of lib Bloro. Thoro was u ruin to tho effect that no jK-rsou cmplnyod In tho building should carry matcheo under penalty of dismissal. Ono oven-lug, oven-lug, ns Mr. Stewart wuh pnsBtng through tho i.toro on his way home, ho suddenly turned to u number of clerks who weio standing near tho door nnd nsked. "Can any of you oblige mo with a match?" No ono answered for a moment, till nue ot the men, prompted by courtesy, and thinking that his employer would not take advnutago of hhn, replied! "Certainly, "Cer-tainly, sir, horo is oue " "You aro discharged," dis-charged," was tho ungracious response, "do to tho debit and get what is due you." And with a "good evonlng, "Mr. Stewart passed on to his carriage. Wanhliigton 1'osU s |