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Paes RA PID TRANSIT. The Road To Be Erected on Third Avenue. “From the Battery to the Park in Twenty Minutes” Likely To Be Realized. The Gilbert Elevated Railroad Described and Explained. THE PLATFORMS, STATION HOUSES AND CARS, How 100,000 Passengers Can Be Daily Moved. When in the Legislature of 12878 the Husted pili was tmtroduced, providing for the appoint ment by the Meyor of a» commission w lay out rapid transit routes in cide upon the style of structure, afew ventured w Lope that i would* be successful in face of the com bined influence of the various horse ear linea The Kapid Transit Commission created under this act, con- Wisting of Messrs, Seligman, Mott, Brown, Canda and Delamater, however, proved to be men who took « broad and comprehensive view of the wants of tne iravelling public. After nearly three months’ cou- stat labor, aided by tho professional skill of Messrs. Shrieve and Newton, their ongineers, they made their report, Then for the first time the public began to fev sanguine of the final defeat of the horse car inter eats aud the ultimate realization of their rapid transit dream, The report of th gentiomen was very generally tommended by the masses and the press; but stil) there yet remained other work to be done betore capl- lahats, who stood ready with their money, coald go on with the construction, Upon the consent of the prop- erty owners along the line of certain streets much de- | peuded, and as the requisite number failed to sign their | consent another commission was provided for under the bill, whose duty was specified to be the confirma Hon of the routes of the Seligman Commission. The feaders of the Henacv are familiar with the oppositios pifered before this supplementary commission by property owners in the interest of the Third Avenue | Railroad Company, and the vigor with which the horse | tar interests opposed the routes selected at overy sicp tm the work. THE GILDERT ELRVATED RAILROAD. The early commencement of work on the Gilbert Elevated Railway is looked forward to with much in- berest, especially as 1s is to bea double track road along the linoof West Broadway, South Fifth avenuo and Sixth avenue, where the travel is always very large. From time to time the Heratp has recorded ‘he progress made by this company in arranging de- laiis of construction and operation, How the com- pany proposes to move the passengers safely and expo- fitiousiy ts the subject of this article, When it is remembered that 150,000,000 passengors aro yearly carried by street cars in thie city, and 40,000,000 by omnibuses and other vehicles, it will be obvious that ® rapid transit railway, toaccommodate even one-sixth Of this travel, must possess facilities for transporting not fur trom 100,000 passengers per day, or 50,000 pas- Sengers each way, a large percentage of whom will be concentrated within the morning and evening hours, from six to ten A. M, and three tw seven P, M., although there will be Jargo and lucrative travel at other hours when facili- Ses are offered for ruuning trains with sufficient fre- quency. travel morning and evening that Dr, Gilbert, chief engiueer of the road, designed the plan of a new loco- motive, which was fully described in the Hxrma.v of April 4. Assuming that 100,000 passengers demand transportation every day, and that 60,000 of these must be carried in four hours of the morning and four hours of the evening, it will require 240 trains of 250-passenger capacity each toprovent Obstructions and delay, The balance of the 100,000 must bo distributed through the other hours of the day. To mect this emergeney the chief engineer per- fected an engine so arranged that its tractive power ould be increased sufficiently to move these heavy morning and evening trains ata rate of speed that would guarantee periect safety. The better te secure Doth speed and safety the ccmpany have adopted a m of block signals, which will prevent the do- parture of a train from one station until the preceding train has left the station beyond. As these stations will be about balf amilo apart the length of time re- quired to run that distance will mainly depend upon the weight and power of tho engine, its speed and the facilities for quick stopping and starting. Upon these points will largely depend the carrying capacity of bhe road. While the material used in the structure and the | power of the locomotives are of vital moment the ar- fangement and plan of the statious and cars in such Manner as to prevent obstruction, delay and confusion &re very important, In order to meet these necessary Fequirements as fully as possible, both as regards the eneral cars and tue “commission” trains, Dr. Gilbert F months has been engaged in perfecting plans for Stations, approaches thereto, cars and other details of the work. We give below {illustrations and descriptions ef the stations, platforms, cars, &c., which the com- pany propose to omploy tn the work of transporting passengers, DESCRIPTION OF THK STATION BUILDINGS, fhe stations will be generally located near the inter- ection of broad streets and at such points as will best accommodate crosstown travel, and about halfa mile Apart The building will be of light corrugated troa, im ornamental style It will be about 40 feet by 15, after tho style shown in figure Lat either end of the station ts placed @ ticket office, so arranged that tiekets can be sold from three windows at the same time Seats will be arranged slong the sides in the waiting room for the accommodation of passengers, and 4 on the landings, of 14 feet o: ber end of the station. The roof of the statio will be continued but and over tho platform on @ Ine with the cars (as will be seon in figure IL), to protect the passengers from exposure to the rain. The structure will, w! sompleted, present a very pleasing effect to the eye, bud will be so located that it will but shghtly inverrupt the viow of the street in which it is situated DRSCRIPTION OF PLATFORMS, APPROACHES AKD TICKET orvicrs. Tho stations are reached by two stairways, about ex fees wide, leading from the outer edge of the to the platforms with an easy incline. They are to be Of tron, built ina substantial manner. In order to prevent confusion, which would result from passen- - gers meeting, the stairway for entrance will be on the Joft and for exiton the right By this means passen- gers will not be moving im contrary directions, and they will not come into collision with each other. as the passenger enters the landing he purchases his ticket at one of the windows and passes through the | Qarnatile to the platform, from which point he can enter the train or the expedite the move of passengers morping and evening “rush,” mission” or bail fare trains are run, two Of these ‘‘turvanies” aro provided for entrance and ‘Swo for exit, the passenger only being required to show hie ticket, which admits him to the platform and the tram The ticket is mot taken ap by the concuctor, whose duty is simply to give his entire attention to the safety and movemeat of the tral but on the exit ot | the paseenger from the station to which be is ticketed the ticket is taken up lu case the passenger desires to proceed further than the station to which he has purchased « ticket be may do 60 by paying the addi- Moral tare. The stations wil) al! be numbered and the frckete for these stations will be numbered and printed im corresponding colors. This wil enable the com: pany we Wekets sold charged with a certain sumber sold. The plat- Jermt llbe of euflelent length for pansengers 1o enter ana leave the train in the shortest possible time, ‘watch must not exceed thirty seconds as any ene sta- toa, The charter of tno company and the Rapid Transit and the amount received, each station NEW YORK Commissioners having provided for the running of half fare cars at certain hours, which are to be known as | “commission care,"” the platiorm will be divided by a movable and sliding wicket, The tickets of these re- spective trains are to be different and correspond to “generai” or “commission” trains, (See figure IIL.) THR COMMISSION Cars Will be about 37 feet long from end to end o@piat- form ; the body of the car 31 feet 6 inches, with an outside breadth of 9 feet ‘and inside breadth of 7 feet LU inches. The seats will be ranged across wise, after the European plan. Thoro will be ten seats, each holding five passengers, making the entire capacity fifty persona The doors are all on the sides, and, by an in- genious arrangement which connects ail the doors, the train man by the moving of a lever opens andshuts them simultancously. The advantages of this device are that passengers will not de endangered by at tempting to leave or enter the train while in motion, and it also facilitates quick loading and discharge. It ‘Will also insure perfect ventilation of the cars Adai- tonal means o! ventilation are also provided over the windows ana from the ceilings. The seats of these but one egregious mistake. They failed to make any provision for an extra track for the running of express trains. Engineers all agree that the cost of providing a central track on the double track roads would be very little, and the beauty of the structure would not be seriously jeopardized. In figure VIL a longitudinal view of the structure, with the Gilbert engine and cars, is shown, The following detalls will serve to depict on the miud’s eye the appearance the Gilbert Elevated Railway will have, The structure will consist of two rows of volumne placed tp the roadway and supporting two lines of longitudinal girders, with cross girders at i- tervals and with Jongitudimal tron floor beama The structure 1s to be adapted to support « double track railroad capable of carrying a rolling load of 1,500 pounds per foot on each track. The outside girders aro to be so arranged that they will serve as parapets or safety guards, ‘The columns on Sixth avenue are to be about thirty- Seven fect betweeu centres longitudinally and twenty- three feet apart from centre to contre transversely. The Jougitudinal girders are to be pin-connected cars will be of perforated wood, which will meet the | trusses six feet deep, five feet six inches vertically this city and de | It was with a view of meeting this hoavy | PLAN VIEW | LONGITUDINAL ewinging axles of the tendai albert engin ture ibe most abrupt curves with the greatest possible ease, without injuripg the condition of the track or en- dangering the lives of TY The Gilbert leco: ve engine has four coupiei wheels and one two-wheeled swing track. The cylin- ders are 10 inches in diameter and have 16 inches stroke, The diameters of the driving wheels are 36 inches, ‘The gauge is 4 foet 83¢ inches and the fuel 1 anthracite coal, The total wheel bese ts 13 feet 1u3g inches and the driving wheel base ia 5 feet 6 incies, The boiler ts made throughout of homo- geneous sicel plates, one-quarter of an toch thiek, riv- eted with Gve-eighth inch rivets placed not over two inches from contre to centre, while all horizontal seams at the waist amd firebox are double riveted. Ail parts are wel! and thoroughly stayed and extra welded places are fastened to the inside, providing double thickness of metal for studs of expansion braces. The waist is 36 inches 1m diameter, while the outside shel! has a “wagon top" T inches high above the waist - the boiler, while the dome ts locuted over the crown sheet, The tubes are made of charcoal iron, lap. welded, with copper ferrules on tieir tirebox ends, and number 112 They are 7 fect 8 inches in length and 1% inches in diameter. The Brebox ts 40 inches long and on the tuside 36 inches wide. The crown sheet is supported by crown barse map of two pieces of wrought iron, the bolts of which are screwed through i, The balance puppet VIEW OF STATION. | ee a NNER NAR EN OF DEPOT AND PLATFORM. PLAN VIEW OF : SESS ES SS SBS} a > ea ss ein SS 9 (em “ COMMISSION ” " mnt | - | = ss comme | CAR. vols —— | fullest sanitary requirements. An tdoa of this car will be gained from tho plan shown in Ggure LV. THe “GENERAL” CARs are about 47 fect § inches from end to end of platform, and the body of the car is about 41 feet # inches; th breadth trom outside to outside will be 9 feet, ands feet 4 inches inside. Thi ie will be arranged longi- tudinally slong sides, divided by arms asin the forry boats, which secures each passenger a seat 18 | inches wide by 2 fect in depth. Bach car will aceommo- | date, seated, 50 passengers. Thore will be a clear width of 4 feet between thy rows of seats, to give room for free | and unobstructed ingress and exit, There will be on these cars two sliding doors on cach end, opening | tance of 3 feet in the clear, so that two passengers can | enter or loave side by side. The platforms, whiter will | be on the same level as the platform of the station and she body of the car, are to be ample for the rapid tance and exit of passengers, in addition to the end | doors above described there are to be double sliding detect any discrepancy between the number of | doors in the centro of cach car, with » clear width of | 8 feet, | The arrangements of these care will be better un. | derstood dy a reference to dgure ¥, which represents | 8 plan view, and to figure VL, which shows « cross sec- tion of the same. LONGITUDINAL VIEW OF 4 TRAIY, The Rapid Transit Commission socom to have made from centre to contre of pi chord. Where Amity street joins Sixth avenue toere will be . With a sti the strect being only nvoat twenty-eight fee. On South Fiith avenue ihe position of posts has not yet been definitely determiued, Ou West Broadwa the covum: il ve On the sidewalk and alsy on Coi- lege place, ‘The cross ties are to be nineteen feet six inches long, fo as tO extend under boin wks, except im West Browdway. Ls are to be bolied and notehed and lot of each ine wotgling dity- There will be Hon of cross str ‘ossties on the outside ‘he rails are to be of steel, stauions per tile, at the intersec~ ts, the plattorms tobe not less than 100 feet long, adjacent to the track and level with (be floor of the cars. The station buridi are to be iramed iron, supported on Iron columns aud sided and rooted th galvanized corrugated shects. It vs expected that the road will be completed by the lat of August, 7 THE GILDERT ENGINE, The weight of the new Gi:bert engine is ot boiler, directly between the drivers, close to the tras Thty weight ean be scoured either by the suspension ‘weights or by meane of a tank filed with water, the former instance, during the eighteen bours of the day when travel t# light, these weights can and !n the latter instance water can be emptied trom the tank at any station at any time, ment of the centre of gravity and st iron in the vertical arm of the The smokestack is of tho throvie valve ts of dry pipe in the straight pattern aes are made of the best hommered tron, in two sections. The main fraine is forged solid, and tends to the rear end of the water tank, with front and back lugs forged on tor cy tinder connections, The eyhiade made of (ho best grained iron, as hard as can be worked. Kach i# casi in one piece, with flanges to attach it to the smoke arch, The dnving wheels are four in member aud are each 36 inc bes in Their centres are of cast iron, with hollow Give the tire, The axies are of etecl, with journals 45 inches in diameter and ave 6 inches im length. The driving boxes wre of cast iron, with brags bearings, springs are made of the best east steel, tempored fm oll, white the equalizing bei proved arrangement and pb necting awl parallel roay tron, and are forged solid and fin! ad with ali neces. traps, koys, ke The feed ts supplied by od one brass pump, while the cab is of bstantiaily burt of hard wood, 1 keys. the con. the best hammered moaern pat Tho cylinders are lagged with wood, are nestiy cased ‘with brass and have heads of polished cast iron. The Steam chests bave cast irom tops, with bodies encased tm brast. The dome is lagged with wood, as is also ipper half of the boiler. Throughout the finish is The trucks are two-wheeled, with motion,” and radial bar extending to the jirectiy in = Lagoon Nig orveas ad eightibg tank 1 made of wi i ts located between tho irames underneath the borer, end stayed ne to bo able to sustain the.weiyhs of water Becessury at difforent hours of the day. 14 18 operated from toe cad, the of HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 1876—QUINTUPLE SHEET. manner in which the drivers work, as well asthe { can SPRING FASHIONS. GREAT ELEGANCH AT SMALL COBT—TOW THE LEAST MONEY WILL GO THE GREATEST way. be It is the object of this article to show the great mass of the Hxnatp’s lady readers how they can make the best show tor the least mone: Fashion articles asaruie dealalmost entirely with expensive goods— dresses that coat trom $300 to $1,000 and laces and velvets, There ure « fow people who read such ar- ticles, but the majority throw the paper down and gay “There 1s nothing there for mo; why don’t they tell how ordinary people dress?” That is just what we propose todohere. Not only the stores on the avenues but the best stores on Broadway olfer tn- ducements to those in search of bargains, First let us | seo what is worn and thea what itis going to cost to | wearit The polonaise has been revived, but with { improvements, The effect of the new style is that of i @ waist if front with the polonaise im the back. The | basque and overskirt are more in favor for ‘Savage ‘sa quarestocn. It's L - vk lke wid & male 9” poison,’ sex 1. i oulde't | bese sell trille of it shurt?? He looked at me kindly, au’ sez he, ‘Lave it alone for awhile; it’s risin’ like » full moon, Sie eemuane & Maneie:, Set E couldn't. ye to sell.’ ‘Thank ye, Misther Flood,’ sez Thin I wint an’ sold me Savage to Keene. He had a trifle already, but was friendly to take it an’ give the of $3,; J get all me points from me frind ; bus don’t be taikin’ about it; it change his syste: some time an" break me.” ver = ts TOMPKINS SQUARE. HOW A VALUABLE RECREATION GROUND CAN BR RUINED BY IMPROVEMENT (?)—A HOTBED OP Previous to the wur it was aturf-covered playground for the children of tho Seventeenth aud Eleventh rebelliwn it was turned into a drill ground, and the greensward naturally disappeared, The fine dust and sand which supplanted it bad to be kept down by a layer of asphalt, which covered about three-fifths of the square. The square itself, enclosed 2 inches iu diameter, te ro | wre of tho most ap evening dress than the polonaise; the lat- ter is more for ordinary use, shopping and = travel! 4 great many dresses aro made without any overskirt, bat with trimming 20 draped fs to give the same effect. Waists are made per- fectly plain, without any trimming, except perhaps a fold of the same or a complementary shade around the cuff of the sleeve, Skirts are more trimmed than ever, aud are pulled back so tightly that they look almost | plain ut the sides. The bustle will be worn, but only to flare out around the bottom. It should be imperceptible atthe top. The French styles say very daring at the bottom, more than ever. 1¢ is a dreadiul blow to think ‘that this abomination is to be continued, but we will grin and bear it so long as the hump does not begin at ‘the waist. By way of trimming fringes have taken the pluce of almost everything else. Jet is only allowed to shine dimly and lace is forbidden. Moss trimmings are among the new favorites. 1p colors pale woods and éers are the most fashion. able. These are trimmod with their extreme opposites By the way, a young lady in speaking of a genleman who is considered a Mttie fast or “olf color,'’ said she thought him rather écru The Centennial excitement bas revived the brocades ef our great grandmothers, and invented the damassé,a material not unlike it, For street dreases silk skirts and damassé overskirts will be popular, For plainor skirts there is the Kuick- erbocker poplin, French mohair, summer camel’s hair, debeige and Oxford mixed. Evening dresses will bo worn high neck (for which gentlemen as well as some ladies will be pretty thank- ful) with elbow sleeves, The Marguerite waist will bo the most worn. Bridal drosses are made of a cream Father than a pure white and of three materials—satin, silk and brocade—all of the same shade. A new feature 1p trimming overskirts is the tufted Algerian gauze in all shades. Miss Clara Louse Kellogy was looking at a pule Vive evening silk at Lord & Taylor's, trimmed in ibis way, while we were there. Skirts will be worn demi rain, and not of the exaggerated pattern worn by Roberie im “Ferreol."” Even the — trams vi bridal dresses are toned down, Grenadine: apd orgundies still hold ther own for sum- mer evening dresses, and may be found im many new varieties, For opera cloaks or wrups the cape cloak is no longer {asbionable, baving been superseded by the more gracetul dolman, wil us flowing sleoves Th wrajs afte made of brocade and a material called Siciies A great deal of embroidery and buil- jon fringe is used ep (bese garments. The dolman is ulxo the lavorie street garment, Sacques will, of course, always be worn. The coat sleeve 18 rather out of style bow lor sacquos, those open at the wrist being most in tavor, We ure indebted to Lord & Taylor for | the toregoing mformation. LORD & TAYLOR'S. We will rush through without looking at the even- dresses, worth hundreds cf dollars, und look at once at the low priced garments, Here we find Ar. lington poplin suits from $7 50 to $29, according to | the trimming ; checked und striped silk suits trom $40 | upward, and black silks the same. There hag been a | most wonderiul change im prices, as will be seen | ; betore the end of this article is reached, Money | iw and people are uot willing to spend Mt foolishly, They want a dollar’s worth for a dollar, and our merchants realizing this fact have marked their, goods down. ‘They are not palming off poor qualities for low prices, but give the best they can uf- | ford for the money. Cloth sacques run from $5 up- ; ward und dolmans irom $18 upward; robes de cham. | mke it dpat home, Lord & Taylor have a remarka- ‘iy one tine of these garments, made in the best man- | ver and at the lowest pric Drawers at forty j cents the pair, neatly tucked; chemises, Utty-e1ut cents; night ‘dresses, cighty-seven cents; pet- | Ticoats, Hy cents, and’ complete trousseaus tor $50. More money than this can be spent on underwear, but | these are the lowest prices. A few conts more make a diflerence tu the trimming. Then there is the special | order departinent, where you can pay any price | you wish for elaborate underwear. By the | way, the lady in charge of this department showed us some aprons designed for informal diuner | wear, They were very elegant, and looked like over- | skirts, ali save the bib, They were made of organdies | and silks, The garments turned outfrom thie depart- | ment are all different, Very elaborate pieces of work @re an infant’s christening dress, worth $125; a party dress for a six year old child for $90; and un infant's , embroidered cloak, worth $110, 1 ‘A department in whicu all the ladies take an inter- est, but which ts seldom touched upon in fashion ar- ticles, is the shoe department, —Lurd & Taylor hav great feature of th nd have spared no pal g It to perfection, only can you get ban y made shoes for $3 ind $3. shapely ast dren's schoo! shi st $2and $2 54 A new design tn shoes, a specialty of this house, is the button boot with French ue vamp, soft box toes are a novelty also, Ther there is the English waikivg boot, with wy are well mau @ shoes, broad projecting soles, “double-deckers’’ the boys call them. A new and pretty slipper is buttoned over the instep with a be it rench heels, we Jeurn, ure going to be largely wern, notwithstanding the agony they are to the wearer. Sensible women, however, will ‘stand by the low, square heel and tread the ground firmly, while their more fashionable sisters limb, 5 A. T. STEWART & CO. This firm is offering some traly great bargains. They have Lyons colored faille aks from $1 25 upward; fancy silks ffom 60 c pward. Paris trimmed hats for the wealthy an w York trimmed hats from $5 upward. In dress goods they offer printed percales at Scents a yard up to 1245 ceuts. Zephyr suitings, 1244 cents; melange tings and riza cloth, 12), cents; custimeres, 20 cents, mohair serges, 30 cents; silk and wool foulard pongeea, 60 cents u yard; plain and plaid camels’ hair cloths, $0 inches wide, $1 per yard; all wool, plaid and ‘striped suitings at 85 cents, and so on Ull one ig tempted to spend every cent for things that are so cheap. In boys’ ready made cloth- ing there are most extraordinary bargains; suits from $4 50 up and embroidered kilt salts for $15. HERY & SON. At Hern & Son’s we are shown some handsome im- | Ported street dresses at reasonable prices. There was one of navy dlue silk, piain basque, skirt trimmed with fringe, for $150. Another, two sbades of drab, without overskirt, trimming draj three styles of pleatings—side, Lox and double box— $123. Another of a peculiar shade of navy blue and Grab, trimmed with fringe draped across the front, higher on the lett side. A very pretiy one was of cream color and black velvet draped w points and with pieces runping down both sides like sashes, $125. a Very stylish drexs was of brown sik, draped with fringe twenty inches deep and trimmed with of the silk, point lace on sleeves, $1a | | hood are signing a i e shoes to order, but you can get good comtortuble | will wabble about on two sticks at the risk of life and i to look like overskirt, | Here as well as everywhere else dolmans are the favorite street. wraps Some of | them were very handsome, made of cashmere and lace — and trimmed with moss trimming and fru By way by a solid and wot badly designed railing, was frequentea by the children of the neighborboud, was fairly lighted at aight, and was, aliogethor, a great boon to the | vielnity. It occurred to tho Commissioners of Public Works shat it would enhance the attractions of thosquaret! the asphalt were taken up, the railing removed and the square laid out in the same Union square. In order to ba were voted by the Common Council, begun last fall, aud the whole of tue amount expende¢ tu the work ot destroying the square. Those i with the work succeeded, by January, m maki howling wilderness. The appropriation was spent and tho workmen took themselves off, To-day Tompkins pe head etd useless, heer per the pur- pose adording on a windy day pena tion of the sand storins of the Great Sabara, Op one portion of it # forbidding array of huge stones lie expectant of the mason who dues not come, In viher places the discarded railings lean against one another for support. The handsome coping stones are ecuttered about in every attitude of coatemptaous query and expostulation. On the face of every one of oon scems written the :nimortal interrogatory of weed :— ‘ “WHAT ARE YOU GOING To DO ABOUT 1T?"” The northwest and southeast corners of the square are railed in. This precautionary enclosing seems to have been called for by two comely pools of stagnant water, which attack the nostrils of the neighborhood on | the least provocation trom a hot day, The monotony of | the level square ts relieved by two huge, ut mounds of asphalt and earth. — The first of these, on the southwest corner, will, it is fumored, be utilized as @ grand stand at parades, As it completely destroys the look of the square it is probable that it will be kept there for the purpose | Stated, ‘The rosidonts say the second mound supplies the neighboring doctors With juvenile surgical cases, The dust and fine sand are particularly attentive to business, and may be found resting after their labor on every article in every house or store ing on the square, Such was the condition of things which | greeted the eyes of the Herxatp man as he examined t! | Square yesterdas ortwo men braved the du ; and sand in crossing it. Three small boys, playing at ball, represented juveuihty of a populous district, “No, sir,” saia a respectable resident to the writer, | Swe cannot allow our children to play tu the square now. The sand and dust affect their eyes and lungs, th have not @ single seat to rest upon if ured, nor wi | they have hardly a branch to shelter them from the sun in the summer,”” “Do the inhabitants complain of the pools of water?” “Undoubtedly, After rain, if the sun is at all power- ful, the stench ts quite intolerable. “But rain water merely isnot sufficient to account for | the quantity here?” “true. 1 think it comes from the river. There used to be acreek running through the square, and we are | Only twelve feet above high water here, Any one can | prove this by digging down below his cellar, "It ia im- Possible to Lave a gub-cellar here.” “Then this stagnant water 1s unhealthy ?” “All the doctors around say it is.” The truth of this assertion was verified by the writer, who called upon several of the neighboring ‘The speaker further affirmed that, since the tearing down of the railing and the throwing open of the square, it has become absolutely one of the most places in New York at night. Tne faint light of a lamp stragges through the gloom at rare intervals, and the iceman on his round cannot see thirty yards ahead of | him, It ts quite @ common thing during the ni we hear cries for help. The inhabitants of the nei; tition to the city authorities to remedy this state of things by completing the work. Meanwhile the latter have to congratulate themselves upon having made Tompkins square the most unhealthy and daugerous open pluce in the city for the trifling sum in ull woo! flanuel, run from $625 up, and calico | of $50,000. pers from $1 20 upward, 1b is quite as cheap to | : ———————— wdy mado underwear as to buy the goods and | INDIAN ‘TRADITIONS. [From the Indian (Osage Agoncy) Herald.) The tradition of the first landing of Indians in the New World has been repeated to chosen braves over and over {rom one generation to another, and to this day the Osages bave what 1s supposed to be nearly the original language of their ancestors. They claim that_ their progenitors came in an ark or boat, and while in the vessel the Great Spirit came and rested upon one of their number and told him to select six others to; assist him in governing his nation; hence the origin o) the seven original ban@s of the tribe. The Spirit, while in conversation with this favorite one, directed him te | communicate whatever instructions he received for his people through bis chosen assistants, and to thie day name of the one upon whom the » Spirit Tested s'gnflies one who taka , With God. His lodge 1s 4 sanctuary for any erininat who may fiee from justice or vel , and he ranks with the bighest chief if the tril Before they came im contact with white people they lived ia the enjoyment of peace and happiness, but they are now realizing that White people are as bumerous a8 “leaves + in the forest," and that they only constitute « remnant of this once powerful and warlike tribe, aud are at the mercy of the white race and liable to be driven back- ward step by step mio the waters of the ocean. Theu religion tends to give them a gloomy and melancholy » cast of character, and among other things they beheve , that the spirit of the departed hovers in anguish arouné them until a seal Indian's round, where th mos servile ollicws throughout eternity. For this purpose, though much has veen stid und written about the eivili- zativn of Whe Osuges, they Yet organize mourning par- and go Upon the warpath when otherwise they re peaceable, Though at frst thought 11 may strike the minds of | Our readers as alinoay in ible, there are Musons among Osages. Were probably admitted to the scerets, rites und privileges of this ancient institu. Mon by the French, in ewrly days, they being the first whites with whom they met, They retain a part of the workings of the crait to this day, Colouel J. M. Hiatt, a licensed trauer for the tribe at this agency, who is 4 gentleman of culture and large experience, audan honored member of the Commandery, when © On OU OccusIOn with a more than ordinarily | telugent Osage, found, upon strict trial, though the | Indwa could not — a word of our language, that | he wasa Master Mason who prided himself im the ) mystertes of the Order, | Their so-called “medicine work” {s simply the per- | Jormance of a religious ceremony in which is intro. duced ull the forms derived trom Masonry, tradition and other sources, There are grades in rank, of de- grees, as in Musonry, and the ceremonies of introduc- naud advancement to the higher degrees are as laboraie and impressive as any in the world, THE MAN WHO KISSED DR, MARY WALKER, [From the Gold Bul (Nev.) Newa} Dr. Mary E. Walker's peculiar walking dress ie cen taurly a very convenient costume to have on when de- scenditg into the bowels of the earth and taking a trip through the mimes, She visited the Crown Point mine oruing dross we saw here an Oxtord auit of plaid | Monday evening last, tn was ttily made and warranted wo being in charge of Mr. the foreman of the mine, MISCRLLASROCS. The Silver City Reporter ‘some incidents con Jackson's mourning store is offering special induce- | nected with the episode :—“Harris, as every ments by way of a closing out sule previous to remov- | ove knows, is & first class aseayer, ae wakes on io- ing further up Browlway. Conkling & Co. olfer some | yeterate joker, played all manner of inexcusable tricks very attractive suminer goods aud at low prices, French = on the innocent and unskiiled doctor—euch, tor | reulok ul tweive aud « half conta per yard, and printed | as making her believe that a ‘piece whe at the sami @. One would not have believed | of barren quartz wae real bonanza ore, and that | Gve years ago that dry goods would ever reach the price | some saiphurets of iron wero pure gold. He even they are at now. The war prices we nave been paying | went so jar as to tey to off @ piece of crystallized are gone, and let us hope forever. After reading the | quartz aga ; but two much for even the foregoing it will be geen that a little money will go a | doctors caehly. ys m the mine, 1,708 j Sfeat way and that itis not necessary to liunt around | fevt from the ‘Ed. did s thing which no other | ta the byways aod nedges for bargains. ina othe Gamatock but he Would ever dream of at j —_— tempting. Be baa soe neseeny, nerve, the coun NAN. POLNTS , the heart, the stomach to the doctor. Yi BONANZA FROM MR. FLOOD. to fein a kia ou thove pe winch hoo He was not a large man, says the Sen Francisco Post, een temiain bes woe pair ot Cree ae excopt in bis ideas and im the manner of tis speech. Pind tiym tl aeegpanng BAe te aay a | Mie. face was sa grave as the Chinese problem, but but her husband to take soub iberties (wooder whee ‘Shere was 4 quizzical cast in his left eye, and his tongue she'll got one), bat, nevertheless, liked it prowy was rich and heavy with a foreign accent, albeit as | which iupresses us more favorably than | Fapid as the running waters of the river Deo. Leaning | ¥# have heard about her for a long time Auainst the frightful head of one of the iron lions ia WHAT HER CARLESSNESS DID, California strect, with the yeveral appearance of being in he Feady to either brace up the market or stand from [From the Des Moines Register.) wietels Wi'et ae siee wf ayes ale | Yemen morsing wo women i te, was pat ot | Points from Flood, Misther Fiood’s a irind o? mine, | tow gave birth vo children in the same room and at the i make ali me money through him. He's a kind ad- | viser. A few di avone | wint to frind Flood, | her Flood,’ sex i, ' be best buying ge? It's goin’ "sen 1, ‘an! wi | the Lord kvows but it'll get out o” me fache soon.” Me | | trind’ Flood yiCoked up trom lee serwial (be, 88 | eee 1 chic! or oO rphan Lied he to mo, shakin’ his bis heat be ‘dou't touch sez he; “divil a ia there in mine bat | wather, gn’ it mi urt ye,’ sez he Menqegd ! fa stand Lae wen Thin 1 wiet an’ ¥ : | ares. I yot all me potuts from ‘was goin’ | a0 $17. Betimes it rowe to an’ | bethoaght mesolf | Of me trind. Flood ‘asia’ ap’ stat to ble oflen, He wna | | glad vo see me was spakin' to bia ebate clerk | | about kapin'’ the assessments bd nn flapper ' | the dividends, Bat kindly or aes oe | and e wink = ‘Geoa ', Misther Flood,’ sea L.

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