New-York Tribune from New York, New York • 41

THE NEW-YORK LIFE CLOCK. A REAUTIFUL DESIGN WHICH IS To SURMOUNT THB COMPANY'S BUILDING. a pity that the clock towei which sur mountfl the massive building of th? New-York Ufe Insurance Company, at Broadway and should be bo high above the range of vision of passers-by In the street. Naturally, the place a tower is at the top of a structure, but the picturesque and Interesting design of this particular seems too attractive to be placed where Tow persons ran appreciate It. McKlm.

Mead A White, the architects of the building, are also the designers of the tosver. of the Is the most striking feature. The lower and main part of the tower, con? taining th? lock, Is of white marble, elaborately car. i it square, each corner heinc finished with a massive pillar about twenty feet high. There are dials, arly ten feel In diameter, upon of four aldea Above this cubical hase (rlltters the huge, gill globe, representing the earrth a metal work, the Lars of which It composed being Me- meridians and parallels to be found on a map of the world Knelrcllng Its centre Is a broad band, inclined aa the earth's equator Inrliius toward its orbit.

This band Is Studded with stars, to represent the Armament. The diameter of the globe Is fifteen feet. Within It, rely for the purpose of giving an appearance of solidity to the airy I bad I. Is a smaller gilt globe, not over feet in diameter. Th" globe is supported upon the shoul? ders of four colossal bronze figures, each kneel? ing upon the right knee, and aaith the righ' arm uplifted, In the traditional posture of Atlas sup- porting the sphere.

The extreme heigh: of each of these figures, from the foot to the tip of the raised hand. Is fourteen feet Crowning the whole, Amerlcsn esgle svith outstretched wings, the emblem of company, perches upon the globe. The bird la feet In height, from claws to head, ami measure! nine feel from tip to tip the burnished wins. Work upon the tosver Is not yel finished, as may he seen from the ne? the scaffold? ing, which shows in the accompanying picture. When entirely ornpl? ted the great globe Is I Illuminated at night, and cannot fail to be a beautiful object then; perhaps even more con? spicuous than It is svhen sunlight strikes Its surface in the daytime DYROS'8 SWORD.

now it IN a i HCAOO DININO iM FYom The Chicago Post, Between the windows a pleasanl Chicago dining-room hang Ihre? crossed weai Worthy companion bladi are thi se, in the caus? of freedom; by plain Maine Yankees, and on? by an English peer. They ai i her father's portrait are the mosi cherished poa of a gentle, haired widow Ties are the pr? lous relics she strained every nerve to on that Oci ber day a quarter of a cen tary back, when sh- -aas her hom? at 'er husband's business and 'he whole citj go up In flame. me eapoi -sa yataghan gallanllj Id? by father in war for Gre? Ian ind I ftir? anoihei Is a plain States army worn by ber husband In our i -1 11 war: ihe third ssas carried by a more lllusti a mor? unhappy, though no braver, Idier, Noel Byron, sixth Lord Byron of Bo? hda and greatest poet ol a Tl -i has emboss? silvei scabbard a aseui ade aa II a gold? sentence In Ar a blc i grav? -l up? It, which chanci i has never ba-? It mas- be something ajomri nplac? 'Greal is Allah, Mahomet is i his pr? pi oi perhapa Ihe in- i ame I iei has been translated, ind add- in el? ment of romance thi coronet aie! It lal I'? upon the hilt. Bj every one knows, never lived to that aword himself for Greece, though he threw hlms. into her quarrel full of military ardor, thougl he gave her his fortune, his mighty nan In Ihe nd, his life As his I Tr- vrathfully puts it.

he was Induced to I months al Ml isolonghl, mudl ink In by a circle of stagnant pools wp hi be call? the bell of d. ath." Here oat drill negotiated the re prisonei lal red to re? ncll? I he vat I ou- Greek factions, faithfully performed all the parts of war, till fever clutched him, md idenly the i his death shock? Bur, it sa a th? extinction of a luminary al zei Ith It was ihe us? of a i i genius in Ih? pi line and of i I it as if the world io an en I No in in bul Sai HU? ich a place li the thought? tin tim. thai i' i 'I friend waa ga ing up his last lb rs th? pioflli A.I most chei ter.il nt can prepai to th. I i bam for the nt ern ll ee? 1 i ll States Arm) and is ately tafT of Cfeorge larvl i New-Yorker, Bj ion's brigade There other Ml Tui for--- the ka Ti iwi his fel intrj man, Oolou Kabvia i he hn an; I Mayer, Ihe las, who I valua! of wer? but a few of th? any bold advenl nel Miller sei an Intrepidity tn? "American Mai lxr9 narrated bul no man who nt thi the la a ceri of Ooloti'-i Miller secured th rd at an au nf the effets of a young Greek captain to whom Myron had presented it shortly before his bath Colonel Miller lent th- sword and some valu? able costumes to one Castlnos, an errant Greek lecturer lecture tour over, Casth lalled hack to his own country without troubling him? self to return these borrowings ah tra of them was lost, and one would suppose Amerlcs haul seen the last of Myron's sword Colonel Miller's daughter was but a child al this time She grew up, was married to Abijah and took up her residence in Chicago. In 1853, long af'et her father's she was travelling with her husband in Greece, being everywhere well received out of respect for his memory And the desire to get bark the sword he had value.1 so highly grew upon her I day In the Mediterranean boat was led to speak about it to a Greek fellow-traveller II peemed an absurd and thing in ask him If he chanced to know a Greek named ''brist" Plato Cast is "Absurd or nol laid he.

"I know msn lie Is keeping scl.1 In the Island of Byro." To Byro accordinglj ihe travellers proce d-d Here the American Consul proved to be Mr Evangelidea the adopted brother of Julia Wsrd Howe. He stood ready to do anything In his power for friends of Hr li we. Castlnos set n. and made no difficulty about retui the prize with humble apologies In Athei Dr. Russ and Georse Flnlay unhesltatlngij Identified II i From The North Chli i Hera A notable arrest was in the i il town of Nsw-Chwang some dayn ago bj the Gov? ernment detectives.

The criminal, who goes under tl.c Kang, was for some years of Peklns, wh re lived In good style. Unfortunately, however, being of a quarrelsome disposition, during that time SHKEP-RANCH. Whalen's luck was and it bi came pro verblal; the facts here recorded are but specimen pages from the hook of hl.s experience. When the Consolidated Canal Company went Into Insolvency, its assets consisted of a mort? gaged right of way through the sag. brush and several impleted bul detached sections of a big dit? b.

Mr. Mri. Whalen, the contractor on Section No 8, had finished the heavy work there, and was preparing move camp to Section No. (1 hen the company went broke. It was, in fact, pon the very day the suspension was posted vu Whalen, having hail his contract work ln pected, took the engineer's certificate up to adquarters to get his received In stead a statement that the company was In tem? pirary difficulties and an assurance thai it would s.

on resume. Whalen had before this worked for shaky corporations; he knew better, and lost no time on his knowledge. "No good bowlln' over a broken pip-' or try in' lo save the pieces," lie told himself. To his gang of twenty men he said: "B'ys, the com pany's broke and so am I can'l paj ye and I an i feed ye. You got to rustle." hat's the matter with us taking the mules?" '1'ie'in mules and scrapers dont tx long to me.

as often ye," said Whalen, whose cus I iom a was to to a legendarj backer, "This ditching is tin? prop. My Martin, of San Fran? and any man lha with it will get the Bhei iff after him." "I'll take one, Just the same," said Shorty, "and Martin he can have him again when my 1 wages Is paid. That's about fair A few others took the same view of th? equities Involved, and took mules, to which Whalen made only a wordv resistance the TOWER OF Till; I.I FK III II.iilM;. Al LEONARD SI'. AM? lilt! knifed forty men, and -vas his thai none of the victims ever known re cover, death, as a rule, being instantaneous Two hundred of seel were prasos? I Inl i Gov ernment sei vice, and sent to scour round disguised as venders; dispatches also forwarded lo all 'le- dlstrtcl ufll lain to the effect that, should II be proved thai Kang had been In th--ir town or district without capl ure having i.e.-n effected, tie themselves would be unpleasant, and a band of Peking detectives was set on hix In spite of all.

Kang would have had detectives come across a friend his, Lien bj name, whom thej prevailed as decoy, Lieu, in Alien Kang bad il 11 being lit in I i comra -1 and Invited his fi i- nd ind Kang nten I the door, li usual i Heized fron behind, face and Ironed A man and powei ful physique, the lectl es, a brutalitj essentlall furthei by fixing Iron rings thi i. proceeded to Shanhail thi-n-" rail Peking With the lh ii.I bald travelling man's ifTerlngs mus? a ti rarj ide ireftrl th i i 1 the crowd vlth Till RECORD i I'IKI 'S VI I Colorado Sprlns pond? of The I rs. K. White ai I llurns Se? i IVak on foot The ii and no wind I heir Spi Hot? ai Man tou al 11 30 and ai he i the the iklntj the prevlou I by I fte? minutes. induced to uniera on the de company for the amount lu? payaole i "And 11 don'l pet it un.

i he IntiTi'sl sa i mir money," as i th. 'a-t man had il? ni oui lo i orrai nd tl "Korty-on hi a pretty in the a on riiel another jot? of raidng but not live on ige lui al un? starb -1 for the railroad. am let aa as ade one a bail I of i .1 shea-p imped. 'i ej .1 then; i la ill ly. "1 ee the tx i ige," he.

li' tainlj i I th? le man. "thi i He- llmesl .1 she. "I isli work nilll? do rh.it," said Brick. "I heep my life." i n' inu? .1. I rr, Ile a as ay Is I iws, arel thej arn I.e.

oil 1 III tnoiiej "ti everj welve th No ml. ahe.p-fai I the fai I ire, i t. A 'a Ute i year i ure At i l'as In I he i ly i ind later, he sat in the -a' ion I he i foi. om i T' ill I I I lor ai rest ippeat I th bro ind i he hman In -i i hi'i'J nl Winter came nn 1 passed, and the only Irish? man prospered Bj noting in a cut with bru he had commodious sh-? is. and cross sections of poles divided He broad ditch into as many cur? as he chose The sheep were fal and car? ried ll.

Whalen had for help two beys who had wan? dered then- and asked for II" had pro? posed to hire mie of them, but the boys protested that they had never hern separat- d. and that If they got jobs at different ranches "the other one wouldn't know wh? re the other ons was'' a contingency which they could not abide. So Whalen offered to take the two at the price of me, and on that basis they shared with him shack, herded Hie flock, and cooked the irmb, They soon knew a.s much, o- as little, about sheep as Brick hlmnelf; and the proprietor found opportunity to hre-ik the monotony of camp life hy occasional trips to the railroad and once to S'an Francisco, "I'm going to my friend Martin he told the boya "Now tend to business ond don't let any get away." And the boys gave their word that rmt one should es ai During U'halen's absence lti the city he nt cut of the sheep business even more abruptly than he went Into it previous autumn The Instruction to the boys vas fulfilled to the letter any got awaj It happened on da? In Jui when con? trary to usual custom, hoys brought (lock to camp and the --had- of sheds at time It never rains in that arid regl sometimes This nne iii I Charged with Ice and wit- I drifting down the -l and tnpl '-it Its load upon the camp ai the hill Id it. The canal, curving around Its ha I an eavetrough for II whole mounts i i 1 poured several thousand Inches of itei to il- n's is- le-, ds Tin- do? soon subsided, but when bid I and 'he nun again shone forth, then living sheep Not many minutes are -equlr to a al in a hole Meanwhile, th-? boys, greatly frighten -1 'y the suelden storm, ami with no thought for the safety of the flock, were In the sha The hall poiitid. and the shook it.

Water coveted the floor "Pray Billy," said the one on the 'arre! you do it." he al from the table Tie- shack had no window, and. vita the ios-d it was pretty dark in there Wh-n Whalen reached home about two riours later, the Moor was still wet and the boys were yet ioost Ing on table and barr. I hut outside, in the pht, the ground appeared already most dry. solitary goat st.1 upon the shed roof; he had been among the sheep in ten can't keep a unnd man down any more than you can 'i goal was Mink's comment on i atastrophe While Whalen was working boys at pulling th" wool from lead -i-'P. he happy thoughl stocking his i with bees Having money en ugh from the pro ceeds of his wool tales buy a hundred stands, he promptly carii.

the thought Into effect. Again he sat down In the his 'c to "double his money "This Is better than sheep." --aid he: "for they I rds themselves. And they an- like a mi" thing you are liable to hurt if you with 'em." This wave of prosperity broke up as roon as former ones bad done, for lie had impo'l abad case of foui brood, and thin a year the hui dr- -1 swarms had petered "it. When we down there last summer li th" Interest a new company which had taken up the work of eom pletlng the canal. Whalen gathered the on ul of the old shed In th" vit hauled 'hem the railroad, where he sold them fertiliser, realizing enough to buj two ire nules With his four-mule team In? Is at work in the ditch for day's wages Somewhat grizzled and not so brl? kn-d of hair ant) whisker as formerly, he happy as ever and sanguine that he will double ins hoping" that he may.

-fArgonaut TRAYRLLING WRSERY OX FAST TRAINS. From The Railway Review. Now lomes the travelling nursery to Its i ice alongside the shop, bathroom, fast trains The travelling nursery Is to take up about ih" same amount of space as the private staterooms of the ordinary sleeping-car. There will be a saving of several feet, howevi as the Ide seats on tic- sides of the stateroom below the are not needed in nursery, being replaced by ottomans and tmy easj chairs scattered over 'he floor. In this waj anj danger from gudden starts -harp curves Is obviated As a further protection agnlnsl injury to the little on? th" walls the i m-- are avlly padd? -i th" Boor thickly carpeted, so 'hat bumps i I be alto? gether avoided.

At each end of the comp irtment ai flrmlj secured are two on which th. smaller children lie and watch the games of th- older ones, Each car c. ntalnlng tic nur sery attachmenl will carry a matron or nurse, ho will be s. i.eted with a reference her ability to amuse and care for her little hnrges, and lie will have at hand suppl milk, cookies aid othei and drinkables dear the Infantile hearl She will also tvs charge of a ntaln ng a ass? rtment of th for el -h ailments i i it ire toj shop anotl id Junct of th. travelling nursery, and it tain everythlnfi fr baby rattles t-.

ire books ai, i i tal? Nothing, In sh-rt I uld uld lo comfort or a is? nf Ihe ira II I 11 IN I i Citj i irnal vYilllai l.orts 'he In upoi 'he i Mr. Lori vas we the I took my I found t.1,-- water. I It, bul she 1 hand between two seats. I ca I told her I ave h- life, ik at I took off my oat and pu i. I not see the Then torn mem to beg to chop off her arm Hy i piece of Ir ii 1 a In Ith this I i to pry the as mj life carried her ff the I as iched fety the "ar ink I sec nda itei an i ws vv 11 i i drown? -1.