New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-11-23
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

OF the morning Tor marsh, meadow, or WOODS '"''
in top boots. shooting Jacket. and close
fitting cap. They catch a little nap, sit.'hs
in the corner Of their seat, while the train wsks them
away to their shooting grounds. The gun Is IN It's
ing on the seat wedlled lunchbox At tho
station back OF which woods stretch away the
hunter swings of the platform and stretches
tramp. He is jolly looking fellow this hunter VINO
gets out OF bed at O'Clock In the morning and rs te
clear eye and warm check begins his solitary seafch
Tor healthfui day OF good honest oldfashoned sport
There Is something extremely fascinating In OBJ
serving the managing of ferryboat in dense fog
One is likely to forget that there is any danger, for
he finds himself wondering at the skill with which the
boat Is coaxcd the river against wind and TIDE
and safely into It's slip Long training and discipline
enable the pilots to find their way the water wheh
there are nc lights and no landmarks to guide them
But while the passenger hears many fogbels sending
out their sharp clangs from piers, the pilot hears on
1hethe one toward which he Is working ms Grand and
can Judge its distance from him by the way 1t smes
he air II isn't mnch Of trick for him 70 90 a
and skill II seems far different.
There are the Mississippi River pilots too. Many
of them familiar with every bend, every cur
rent, every sandbar and every snag for a strc'ch
Of thousand miles. In the blacklist night. when an
amateurs eyes not the sharp prov OF the
packet. the pilot up in his dark box will wheel MS
craft to the left take her clear across the river ana
bringing her gracefully around again. sweep in so
closely h the bank that he skirts the very willows
hanging the water Then he Is off for the other
bank again. second time avoiding bar or shae h u
difficult current There he al ", the nl Str
ingy. calm, self possessed confident in his strength
and ability bat, for ali you know who secs peter
will let yOu sit in the plot-house with him you will
never get tired lie may not open his lips from one
is perfeet piece Of mechanism that looks swiftly and
silently, and fascinates you by Its elusive subtehess
A school inspector who is rather fond Of finding
fault with the teachers in his department was visiting
one of the primary public schools the other day. when
the female teacher in charge asked number oil urch'
the following question: New, children, Ii you had
boat at Buffalo, and wanted to get 1t out on the ocean
soon possible and the distance by canal 10 sai'
water was $50 miles, and BY the st. Lawrence RIVER
11e2 miles, which would be the shortest way to bring
itio The children we're puzzled. TINS was ra,ner
irritating, in the presence of the inspector Why'
YOU stupid little things" began the teacher. oho
moment Miss B." said the inspector nsihg II
have found that teachers do not take enough pans 10
simplify the questions that they ask OF children. IL
very important, too that analogies Should DC or
from their personal experience. II more pains "eo
taken in this respect and appeal made to the reason
Of the pupils, not only yourself. Miss B. but o
great many other teachers would succeed mccn pe.
ter Now children it Is only two blocks h,Ncs 70 70 t te
Sixthsye road. Now, if YOU wanted TO get 10 an
elevated road in hurry. to which would you go n
trnmp ehe Certainty said the Inspector, smiling
because it is the nearest Now then, YOU nd an
Gurrv' which way would you take it," The children
thought minute and then Durs' ou' s''"'i'A"'''
by the Third dave. road "
at is q great mistake my dear nephew, this THINK
ing 1t necessary for young fellow to take intoxf-
fpndu "A
Young fellow, as they walking up Park Row.
The old man had come in from his farm to see the
eity. "Weu let's take soda water, INK, ana III
swear Off replied the young man. as they turned he
a drug store. The nephew gave the order Here's
10 the drink Of the moral the sober and the lnuus-
trous it imparts GOODNESS to the blood, sehsoh'y ~
the palate and camness TO the mind; it invlgorates
without depressing and sustans without cxhausiing'"
exclaimed the elder man. WAXING cloqueht. 4. +"
60; drink hearty INK. SAID the y0uhg ,n 'i , d.
Ten minutes later Ink" seen trying with dlm-
Guilty scu himself around lampPost win ra5 s .",
wonderful potency since he was young
@why do not the trustees of the big Brooklyn Bridge
put In a couple Of elevators ?" said an Invalid inc
other day. as she toled wearily up the long flight
of steps necessary TO reach the at would DO
AN upspeakable relief to many people like me. who
must travel TO and fro between New-fork and the
City of Churches, and TO whom these stairs are
daily terror. i by means alone In TINS regard
Large numbers OF people never travel on the elevated
roads but stick TO the slower and more dusty surface
cars because they are not able to climb the stairs
that lead to the former without exeru0n tiat
results in exhaustion. But / have TO use the
pridce because the ferries are so inconvenienty
ituatcd for nv purpose and there are many Others;
whom meet daily in the same plight couplo Va
PASSENGER elevators at eaS for te steam power Is
there already to operate them with Ihere heoo Nc
NIUE NIUE e ees 81 because Il the service they render be
slew few people will use thom who are able 10 run
omicIy IN the stairs And New workers. are always
~ hurry TO catch the train, the elevators VIII
be pretty well left to the use Of those who can better
afford lose train or two than 70 CLIMB Tile S'a"'
themselves
Ono NJ the best abused men in New-York is the big
GUARD whose duty IL Is TO close the gate the platform
OF the last of the East River Bridge trains during
the rrshn hours every evening. He shuts that gate
once every three minutes during those hours, ana
every time he does ii he cuts OFF at least hall dozen
people who are sure there plenty Of time for them
10 get aboard If he had not been so fresh" as the
uiIdest OF them call him. Vituperation of much
more offensive kind Is freely poured on him by more
irritable people but rule lie takes notice OF It,
He gets it all sides. too For before lie can shut
the gate he invariably has to sweep on board with his
poweriul arm half dozen people who are Just crossing
The threshold with that deliberate gait thousands OF
peopIe strike as they reach the platform of
car they have been racing for with might and main,
utterly oblvio,s TO the hundreds behind them who
equally anxious TO press forward These dawdlers be
ing unceremoniosly though necessarily hustled by the
big guard turn him with savage looks and demand
10 know il they cattle 10 be showed about in that
manner They shake threatening fingers back at him
as long as they him, vowing to report him To
the and write TO the papers OF his brutality
IL he had held them back ii would have been all the
same, so the big guard turns on his heel without
word and walks away with an exasperating camneSs
born OF long usage just as If no commissions were TAX
ing place in nature.
said a man who lived for many years in the West:
" You can have no idea how alarmed people are who
live in thnly populated parts of the West when an
uprising of Indians is threatened. You will find few
people in the West who do not believe that in open
honest battle 100 white men whip five times a.
many indians, however great their reputation for valor
For this reason they have fine contempt for
the red man. They believe that he is coward first
and always. But they know by some terrible expert
ences how suddenly their cowardy bands swOOp down
upon ranches and lonely settlements. At such time
they sweep everything that lies before them and they