House and Garden 
from New Haven says, has just become 
the possessor of a rude light-standard of 
the fifth century. This article is not a 
candlestick, for it antedates the age of 
candles. It is about a foot in height, 
made of iron and wood. A rude and 
rusty rod of wrought-iron is driven into 
a block of wood, which, though very 
aged probably is not the original block 
that was cut out for the implement. 
The rod supports a tool which works on 
the scissors principle, one end being used 
for nippers. One of the iron rods ex¬ 
tends backward and has a huge iron for 
a weight to hold it down. The fire 
brands were placed in the nippers and 
held there by the weight. One ma¬ 
terial which was used for illuminating in 
the days of this instrument was a sort of 
vegetable candle that grew in swamps. 
The ends of this were dipped in grease 
and set on fire, the center of the candle 
being placed in the iron jaws of the 
standard. This was the best method of 
illuminating at that age. The instrument 
was given to Mr. Steinert by a lady in 
whose family in Wales it had been kept 
for generations.— Phila. Telegraph. 
THE TOPOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN 
ISLAND 
TT is only when, in digging deep the 
foundations of a new building, 
the presence of quicksand, a creek, or a 
flowing spring, suggests some of the old 
topographical features of the island that 
New Yorkers are reminded of what a 
very rugged and irregular piece of land 
their city was built on. The whole 
island has been in the shovel at one time 
or another, either to cut down or to fill 
up the surface. As Nature left it, the 
upper part of the island was long ago 
described as rocky and covered by a 
dense forest; the lower part, grassy and 
rich in wild fruit and flowers. Grapes 
and strawberries grew in abundance in 
the fields, and nuts of various kinds were 
plentiful in the forests, which were also 
filled with an abundance of game. The 
brooks and ponds swarmed with fish, 
and the soil was of luxuriant fertility. 
Near the present city-prison, whose 
new foundations gave very considerable 
trouble to the contractors, there was a 
deep, clear and beautiful pond of fresh 
water (with a picturesque little island in 
the middle), “so deep, indeed, that it 
could have floated the largest ship in our 
Navy. ” This was fed by springs at the 
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