New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-01
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

train to standstfi The stops are 50 frequent thai
engines dssh along at a lively rate untn they are
almost upon the platform. Then. following sudden
Kissing sound there comes Jerk, accompanied BY q
visible siachening Of speed. From the time that the
train comes abreast Of the platform until it stops the
engineers hand resting the responsive throttle Is
blIsily engaged. he 10 rather than force
| his machinery 10 answer hs commands. A quick
shutting of Of steam and the application OF the brakes
almost stop the wheels gentle touch Of the hand
sends the train along little further, until al last
when Il makes the stop Il Is almost invariably at the
point where the engineer intended It TO be- This s
particularly noticeable ct stations where iron rails
have been put along tho outer edge Of the platform
Tho end OF a and tho opening in tho rail often
precisely opposite each other while at these stations
where there no ratings the frst VIII run up to
the extreme end Of the platform without the
rear door passing It BY the fraction of an inch.
At am not habituaI grumbler,s said Of the
citys unlimited guests shivering and drawing himself
| further back under the shelter Of doorway. I
don't want tho world am as modest n man IS You
ever saw, but do think has right 10 object
TO such weather as this. Now you might not think
| It to look an me, boss, bit am proyidont man.
In q way I'm little capitalist You my business
| Is peculiar ons. It's subject to reyerses Some
times I'm up, sometimes Pm down, but on the whole
I get along pretty we'll 1 don't work, you know.
You can't expect q man to work who's got brains.
But that wasn't what startrd to say, boss, and
don't want to praise myself, for Pm modest, and as
/ said before don't want the world want to
borrow a quarter. / don't want you TO give 1t to
me; that isn't my way; never ask fapoPs OF any
one. II humiliates me, but ten you the smsrtest
of US make mistakes sometimes. Don't riSI OF now.
If you can't lend mo the money for day or two,
that's all right But want to tell you how man can
get fooled. As said before, capitalistsome-
times my surplus is quarter sometimes dollar.
1 keep my capital for reverses, for every one has
ssruaks of bad luck. week ego made the greatest
mistake Of my lfe got fooled By the hne weather;
/ thought spring was horo. I went and invested
my capital in a shine. ito and new collar. The
shines gone but there's the collar and there's the
tie I am a bun staked my fortune on turn
IN the weather market, and tho stock went down.
ruined myself ys go. s ; HST en- my uh nSSpGs
we all DO that but could get ausr,Sr would you'd
spare it, chi Well goodnight. boss. Excuse mo
for detainlpg yon.'
80 you think elevator boys aren't very polite =
he said giving the wire pull and starting the car
upward "Mebbe We amt. don't know as we are
myself but we don't have soft bod In tho business
That's what makes us what are. We've got to
start these cars az certain timo, and peoples pretty
slow getting IN sometimes. Then NO have % renen-
Der whore they al wait to go and when we set TO
their floor ding out couple OF times before they
hear Some people can't understand us when we
we think rs the other SIDE and that makes the dt
ference when the car gets started so%eoo want anu
that makcs ,em mad oh. running an elevator aint
no snap tell you"
Among the graduates at the recent commencement
OF the Philadelphia College Of Pharmacy was young
woman whom her fellow pharmacists facetiously
dubbed . ~pharma- sisters Public opinion has
changed decidedly since 1853, Wien DR.. Mary Put
nAm-Jacobi, Of his city, was graduated nom tho
~ I'm. M FhaN xraH an
extraordinary thing has now become common, and
the fitness OF women to become physicians, pharTna-
csts and nurses Is generally recognized There are
now moro than twcnty women pharmacists in Phila-
dolphIa, and Ia efficiency and discretion they stand
as high ns any other pharmacists. There arc seven
SSpRa Sas TSo sSunsn able
70 hold their own With Ae boys: P han,
have evidently bright futuro before then'
r. Heron Allen. tho young Engshman who came
TO this country couple Of years ago to instruct
Americans in the science OF @cbelrosophy,s has re-
turned to England 10 resume his place In law firm
Of which he was formerly a member His preaching
Of tho gospel OF @ehelrosophy" has not boon con-
spicuous success although no probably gave the pat
ter OF tho business ably as Il could DO given
Doubtless, however. he never really expected the
American people TO take this science seriously and
so be will not DO disappointed at the result The
eplsode gave him good deal Of free advertising and
certain amount OF nOtoroty, which grati1ed the rest
cSs activity OF hts natnrs Tic y rsS Sos p atea
stories that have attracted attention.
prominent mining investor who has recently been
abroad says that london is tho paradise Of tho stock
gambler. There is immense amount of business
done there dofaulted bonds well as In the bonds
Of bankrupt corporations, especially African and
Burmese mDes. As q case in point, he says that not
long ago he prospectus Of some Burmese
ruby mines the stock Of which to be placed
Al. 10 me IA eA
words that tho venture was pure speculation, that
nothing would como Of II for year, IT, indeed, any
thing ever came OF It; and that those who invested
in II stood as good chance Of losing Of winning,
and yet he says there . tremendous rush when the
books were opened The 9ts SGSE T o@ 0nss
10 s25 Americans have little conception OF the
amount OF MONEY seeking investment In Great Erltan
that they are simply carried OF their feet by even
doubtful chance to got high rate
IL Is 20 be hoped that President Harrison will not
long delay putting tho Postofhce Building into the
custody OF some one who will not permit the lower
corridors be used they ARC at present. for the
shelter Of hundreds Of filthy tramps Who driven nom
the parks by the COOL night air flock to the Postoice
10 got warm, until the place smells like Bowery
Lodging house Every night dozens Of these providers
congregao In the POstoaoo making the air thick with
tho fumes OF stale beer and cycling like hawks every
who comes in and pulls out his poSaeiO0oG 70
seen TO disturb these visitors.
At tho coming centennial celebration OF the lnsagu
ration Of George Washington many memeDoes OF that
great patriot win be on exhibition. There IS ono
interesting relic Of the Father Of his Country how.
ever, which has boon overlooked By the promoters
OF tho ceobraton owing to Its obscure situation
It is dapidated old log hut, scarcely tail enough
for man 10 stand in which was built by Washingtons
own hands and used by him a. q shelter and camp
when as a youth bs was surveying in the valley OF
virginia for Lord Fairfax This old cabin stands near
nne spring about q mile from Berryvle, Virginia
and has done duty for many years AZ farmers dairy
Tho rough-hewp logs, Just as they wero shaped ana
put together by the young surveyor are haiir"uea
ana green with moss and the splash Of the chrn and
the laughter Of country children are almost the only