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The Old Fashioned Cider Mill, i fling uv the modern cider mill. With all ̂ its speed an' else. Boast uv its g-earln* up to date, an' laud It to the skies; •big of its big capacity hydraulic press an* flow-- m take the good ol' fashion* mill uv fifty years ago. 1m good ol* fashion* older mill uv fifty years ago! Ibe gray an' beaten elder mill whose roof Is sunken low; *he country mill beneath the hill Where to an' rrom the school, We knelt beside the foamy tub an' sock- & efl the juices cool. . 1 • • . - • - > Vb modern mill hea glasses now, or ifi; . gold-lined cups to sip, . T-- - . Kite good or straw we uster use fure'er ties lost its grip; ; Mke ol' white hoss hex lost his job an leans ag'in the wall, i," fir la this modern .cider mill harsh science does it all, !* More -quarts per day, more water used, ; more style In cv'ry way, $'• Ifert) flilergree an* fol-der-rol, more mod- is*': ertt ev'ry day; • , • E,,,:,.*fore like the new, less like the old, less If?? temptln'--that I kno»-- o' t«HUi liable to draw a crowd than fifty -years ago! •- ttbg t»ot to me In heartless verse uv ftJ..-' mills "right up to.'date--'* |t E want the good ol' fashion' mill In all P v • its native state; ... •, t want the hoss. the grindln' cogs, the &straw we uster know-- ' 9fee real ol' fashion' cider mill uv fifty j: years ago. _ --New Tork Sun. ' •oldiers' Incidental Hurts. Said an Eighty-Sixth Illinois man, "I did not ran to bullet wounds, but I had bruises until I couldn't rest, and in (lie army a bruise was a bruise, as I learned by long and painful experi­ ence. I got my irst bruise before I bad been in the service sixty days. That was at Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862. Wo were lying down behind a rail fence when a bullet from the rifle of * rebel sharpshooter struck a rail right above my head, flattened out like ft pancake, glanced oft in my direction, •truck me on the shoulder, leaving a black and blue spot as big as my hand. That bullet hurt me worse than if it bad gone through me, and yet I was reported bruised, not wounded. "Again at Jay's sawmill at Chlcka- mauga a flattened ball or a piece of a ebell grazed me so close as to bruise etnd blister the skin, and again I got BO sympathy and was laughed at for mot tallying a bit At Buzzard's Roost >ta May, 1864, we fought in a corn field from early morning before daylight ftfttlt 8 t/olock at night. Along in the afternoon, tuckered out with the hot fighting and the hot weather, I squared myself behind a tree for a rest. | "I told the boys I was going to take ft nap. Tikis was meant to be a joke, iHpt, sitting against the tree, I went to •ieep, my head wabbled to one side, exposing my camp-kettle hat, and a Johnnie pot a bullet through the bat B3 close to my head as to cut the turir. I awoke with a start, to be ed at by the boys. I got another .tch at Kenesaw and a blister or braise at Peacfi Tree Creek, and an­ other at Jonesboro, but I got no fur­ lough ott any of them. I can't truth- felly say that I was wounded, and yet that bruise on my shoulder troubles pe to this day." i *'[ had worse luck than that," said tke sergeant. "On the night our divis­ ion crossed the Tennessee river in the march on. Chattanooga, in September, .1863, I met with the queerest mishap that ever befell a soldier. I had been Oft heavy duty for two days and nights «Dd ft seemed to me I couldn't keep ftwake another minute if all of Bragg's army came swooping down the gorge through which we were moving. I ipeattmber looking up at the ruins of •be high bridge and trestlework at • tiling Water, between Shellmound Kd Lookout mountain, and then all f as blank. "1 had gone to sleep, walking. We were marching in fours, rifles at a right-shoulder shift, and the men on either side stood shoulder to shoulder, ftp for a time I slept and walked. When a turn came In the road the mechanism of my body, set for going •head, stopped, and I went down like ft log, my rifle striking me a cruel blow •lid my face striking the rough ground. I was hurt worse than if a bullet had gone through my arm, but lit my pain and misery i heard the laughs and shouts of the men jeering me. I carry the marks of that fall to- day, but the men of the old company would call me a fraud if I should say 5 I was wounded at Falling Water." "My most painful wound," said the Captain, "did not come irom bursting jhell, or rifle bullet or saber cut. In going up Missionary Ridge I was close behind a great big fellow,'who push- ^ ; ed his way through brush and abattis s.v alter the manner of a fly-bitten bull. *$, At one point he bent forward the r'i, »Sharpened prongs of a branch of a . fallen tree, and, releasing himself, let Che sharp points fly back. They struck me at the knee, with the swiftness of • swinging saber, tore my trousers on that leg, and left three great gashes across the knee. It was not a wound from the soldier's point of view, and I did not fall out. I climbed on, blind With pain, and I carry the scars to this flay, but I was not among those report ed mounded."--Chicago Inter Ocean. wasn't fair for Sherman to fight the Southern soldiers on end. Now, It was right smart of Gen. Bragg to form two streaks of fight in our dooryard with walking soldiers, and then he got Gen. Joe Wheeler to line up one streak of fight with critter soldiers (leaning cavafry) behind the house. And just as our side was ready to whip the Yankees Sherman sent Joe Hooker up, and he flanked Bragg and made him fall back, which he did in such a hurry that he upset dad's ash hopper plant, which cost $2.50 in Atlanta, and dad vows as how he is agoin' to sue Bragg for waste. But I'd like to know where the Yanks get those guns which they load on Sunday and fire all the week?' "1 remember a young Confederate ^prisoner, who was standing near the young woman, evidently her best fel­ low, ^fho responded with this remark: 'Why, Sherman can do anything. He gets on a hill, flops his wings and crows; then he yells out: "Attention, creation! By kingdoms, right wheel, march!" And then we git.'"--New York Tribune. Farragut's First Command. The story of a boy of 12 years act­ ing as commander of a ship seems rather wonderful, yet Farragut was but twelve years and four days old when he was put in command of the Barclay, a prize ship taken by Capt. Porter. In consideration of his ten­ der years, says the author "Twenty- Six Historic Ships," the former Eng­ lish master of the vessel was sent in her far the possible benefit the young prize master might find in his advice. Farragut tells the story of the queer division of authority in his journal as follows: "I considered that the day of trial had arrived, for I was a little afraid of the old fellow, as every one else was. but the time had come for me at least to play the man; so I mustered up courage and informed the captain that I desired the maintopsail filled away In order that we might close up with the Essex Junior. He replied that he would shoot any man who dared to touch a rope without his Orders. He would go his own course, and had no Idea of trusting himself with 'a blast­ ed nutshell,' and then he went below for his pistols. "I called my right-hand man of the crew and told him that 1 wanted the maintopsail filled. He answered with a clear 'Aye, are, sir,' in a manner that was not to be misunderstood, and my confidence was perfectly restored. "From that moment I became mas­ ter of the vessel, and immediately gave all necessary orders for making sail, notifying the captain not to come Oft with his pistols unless he wished to go overboard, for I really would have had very little trouble in having such an order obeyed."--Memphis Commercial-Appeal. Buckeyes at Chattanooga. There was no jealousy--hardly riv­ alry," says Grant of the battle of Chat­ tanooga, where various divisions of the Army ef the Potomac, the Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Cumberland serv­ ed under each other's standards. That is the spirit in which the dedication of a monument to commemorate Ohio's part in the culminating moment of the victory--the storming of Mis­ sion Ridge--was undertaken by the Buckeye State veterans yesterday, and in which it will be received by their brethren in other states. Ohio men were thickest in the Army of the Cumberland. It fell to that army, which had been so grievously battered in the defeat at Chickamauga eight \ •eeks before to strike the finish­ ing blow at the Confederate center after Bragg's left had been turned by Hooker and his right fought to a stand­ still by Sherman. The Ohio generals, Grant, Sherman and Sheridan, loom large in the story of the victory, but when the Ohio regiments moved out for that dash up the mountain side their commander was Thomas, the great Virginian. Nothing stopped them when they started. Many a Buckeye commander was made by the work of that day, and many a deed was performed that is still recited around the camp fires of Ohio veterans. Every state has its heroic episode to point to in the civil war. Perhaps the supremest moment oi Ohio hiBtory blossomed on that bloody Tennessee hillside.--New York Mail and Express. With OlcLTecumseh. ^ an informal dinner of about a flozen Grand Army comrades, the other evefcing. one who had served as cap- ander Gen. Sherman in the civil war, remarked that he had read with BMieh interest the incidents of Sher- tnan at Shiloh published In the Tri­ bune last week. And then the cou ver­ nation took the course of reminis­ cences ot Sherman's "March Through Georgia.** One of the veterans related « - gtojyju this way: "Everybody who seared under Sher­ man as a commander must give him credit for his strategy In flanking £he rebels out of their strong positions. Bren a young woman of Georgia could not help observing his military | genius, and her remarks were amus- .iag, to say the least She told how toianjoan» army march c;! dsVn her oountry, and how be de- commanders to do certain I think I can recall her lan- which was about like this: 'It a - . . . . . . . . . Present day Switzerland has re­ placed the injustice and lack of tol­ erance of former years with regard to marriages by the promulgation in Its constitution of an article providing that no limitation upoh marriages shall be based upon sectarian grounds nor upon the financial condition of the contracting parties. The curious observances of early days are passing into desdetude, and many a peculiarity of local custom is now no longer witnessed. One of these Is the so-called Spannen, which means "to span," or "to place across." When a bridegroom who is a citizen of another community leads away his lady love from her native village, her friends., who would prefer to have seen from out of the house, and simpering, attempted to take his arm, he, bow* ever, shaking her scornfully off, only to be obliged to resist the loving on­ slaughts of a number of other highly unattractive females. Then the bride was forthcoming, presenting a charm­ ing picture by contrast, with a white wreath upon her head, for veils were as yet not in use, and after cakes and sweetmeats had been distributed to the children, the party made its way to the church, led by the ubiquitous vio­ linist and clarionet player of the vil­ lage. Arriving at that edifice, the mu­ sicians stood aside, and the ceremony took place under the portal, the bless­ ing only being given inside t the church. The Castle of Chlllon. her wedded to o,ne of their own num­ ber, stand in the rSkd where the car­ riage is to pass, and stretch across it a chain of flowers, or silver rosaries, forcing the bridegroom to ransom his bride by the presentation of gifts as long as the different Spannen are placed before him within the bounda­ ries of the district. In one of the villages In the French portion of Switzerland there still ex­ ists another odd ceremony. While the celebration of the marriage is taking place in the church as old and de­ crepit a woman as can be found Is paid to arrange the required service, and receives her instructions accord­ ingly. Upon the arrival of the wed­ ding procession from the church the door of the bridegroom's house is found closed, the shutters are securely fastened, there is no sign of life, and the place appears to be deserted. The best man steps forward and knocks at the door. There is no answer. He kopeks again, and louder. Aggjp si­ lence. A third time he raps, pounding now heavily with both his fists upon the portal of the seemingly unfriendly domicile. At last the door Is opened slowly and cautiously. The bent, hag­ gard and wasted form of the old wom­ an shows itself, and she asks in a squeaky voice, "What do you want?" When she Is told that the husband- is bringing home his bride, and that he is Incensed that nothing is in readiness for the blooming, youthful wife she appears not to comprehend, but shakes her head and rushes away to the kit­ chen, where she ensconces herself and commences diligently to spin, as if that were her only aim in life. But she has left the door ajar, and the guests stream in, open the •'mtters and allow the sun to stream 'n and brilliantly illuminate the "J kherto gloomy house; the old womai is lift­ ed bodily and cast out, thus s> ' oliz- lng the extermination of misroitune and evil, the happy pair enters amid rejoicing, and in their now cheerful cottage the festivities begin. Here, too the Spannen is sometimes made use of, but in this case it is a ribbon that bafs the way, and the In the smaller cantons of central Switzerland, and to a lesser extent in the others, the village dances are the means of causing the commencement of courtship by the peasants, the young man invitingvthe maiden of his choice to dance with "him a number of times, and afterward accompanying her to her home.... In tne near future he must "come to th% light," as the phrase runs, and call upon the parents, when an engagement is the result, pro­ vided that there are no strong objec­ tions. The young man then gives the young lady a comparatively valuable present, Vhich is shown as positive proof that the pair is engaged. In re­ turn, and as a sort of security, the girl or her parents makes a gift to the young man, and wedding rings are pur­ chased. Announcement cards are sent out, if the family has sufficient means. The effect of a mutual breaking of an engagement 1s that all presents are returned. If the break occurs on the side of the man, his gifts are retained, and in certain instances, based upon ethical grounds, damages may be de» manded, as provided by the citizens' law book of the particular canton. In case of death previous to the wedding, the survivor has the right to one-third of the estate of the deceased. In Sernfthal the bride left her par­ ents' home the night previous to the wedding, and, together with her trous­ seau, which had to Include a bed and a cupboard, went to the house of her future husband, where she remained until the next morning, when the friends and relatives came to call the couple to start for the cferemony. No mention is made that the prospective groom was ever missing. At the present time it is quite the proper thing for couples in the peas­ ant class, and sometimes those of a higher grade, to drive through the town and country after the wedding. It is a frequent sight, and one often meets these processions; the happy pair in the first carriage, with clasped hands and looks of simpering self- consciousness upon their beaming faces, followed by other hired car­ riages, containing relatives and guests, "Making History." i "That bearded colonel at Stone Riv­ er," said the major, "must have been i in our division. There were a good j many full-beared officers in those days, but this particular one must have been in our part of the field. There was hot work for all of Palmer's division that day, and the 2d of January follow­ ing. I remember one young fellow of the Thirty-first Indiana, a tall, slender, black-haired fighter, whose face was black- from powder smoke, but who fired as rapidly as any man in hie company. Finally his ramrod stuck in his overheated and foul gun barrel. Turning to Capt. Hallowell, he said: 'Cap, my. ramrod's stuck. Have you a rag about your person that I can swab her cut with?' "Tlie captain tore his handkerchief in two and handed one-half to the own­ er of the stuck ramrod. The latter, with the zip, zip of rifle balls in his ear, proceeded coolly to swab out his gun.. This was not an easy job when a man had nothing else to think about; It was a very trying one with the ljullets flylrg. But the young fel-, low worked steadily until his gun was in good working order, when he went into action with energy and enthusi asm. Just before he resumed busi­ ness, looking up into Capt. Hallowell's face, he said, conversationally: 'Jeru- saelm! Cap* ain't we makin' history to-day?' The captain probably thought the slender youngster was doing hla full share of history making."--Chica­ go I«er 0^ 4. Ikk _ ,£v Swiss Girl With Churn. groom dismounting,,,receives a pair of scissors from the hoys of the village, cuts the slight barrier, then, giving the youngsters a handful of change, he remounts, and the carriage pro­ ceeds amid the firing of guns, if there is a plate at the side of the road, and • sum of money in it, the groom has to double the amount for the benefit of the young people, who spend the money thus obtained in merrymaking. More than opce has it occurred that In after years a swain has stated that be would rather have quadrupled the amount had It then served to prevent the lady from accompanying him. In­ stead of simply paying double for the privilege of taking her. In another locality the groom for­ merly went to the bird's Bouse to fetch her. waltlnp the wMlo outs'dr until she was produced. First, a little girl was offered him in lieu of the loved one, but. needless to relate, the child refused;, then eame aa ol4 maid driving about so that all may see tbat and his beloved Elise are one. tt to ft question ftmong child cultur- tsts as to the exact age at which • boy or a girl develops a moral sense. Some less scientific and more practi­ cal assert tl)$t it depends upon the child. There is a north side mother who has reluctantly come to the con­ clusion that her 8-year-old son will never develop any moral sense at all. She bases her belief largely upon the following: In particular she had'tried to Instill into little George's mind a horror of gambling, deeming this the more necessary, perhaps, by reason of his father's business, which is connected with the stock exchange. She rea­ soned with him in approved kinder­ garten fashion, showing him how de­ moralizing unearned wealth is to a Community, seeing that ltt) must al­ ways be acquired at the expenM ot somebody else, and painting the men­ tal anguish of the somebody else In moving terms. Little George listened attentively and he uttered no protest when he was forbidden to play "keeps" with other boys for marbles. Even gum-in-the-slot machines were prohibited as a dangerous nearlng of tne giddy verge. • One noontime, however, little Georg ecame home with bulging knlck- erbocker pockets. They were obvious­ ly crammed with marbles, and his mother demanded to know where he had got them. "I'll tell you, mother," he said with sweet candor shliflng in his baby eyes. I won 'em from Dickie Thomas. You don't mind me playing 'keeps' with: him, do you? He plays tut awful poor game." On the Great Yukon 1 Happy Kingly Households. "The seeker .for a domestic idyll In St. Petersburg or Rome would have no difficulty. It would not be necea ary to search for the proverbial cot tage. The marble homes of the czat and czarina and of King Victor Em manuel and Queen Helena are th« scenes of the same sort of happy fam ily gatherings that are associated with the little dwelling back of the rose garden. < Liverpool Cathedral.' The executive committee of the Llv erpool Cathedral scheme has decided to pruceed with the rnaiu fabric uf ihe building, including the choir and trao septs. These are expected to accom modate 3,500 people. The estimated cost is £240,000. The cathedral wil< be the largest la Great Brltafefc The Yukon river has some peculiari­ ties of Its own that are interesting. The size of that grteat river may be misapprehended by some people. We used to be taught in our geographies that the "Missouri to the sea" is the longest river in the world, being 4,000 miles in length; that the Amazon is the widest, being forty miles across at its mouth. Those of us who have been out of school for. some years never heard much about the Yukon, says a corre­ spondent of the Chicago Record-Her­ ald. Nevertheless, that great ruffian of a river is within a few miles of the length of the Missouri-to-the-sea, and at a point 1,200 miles above its mouth Is sixty miles across. We have heard much, also, about the difficulties of its navigation in the summer time. -The two big com­ panies in the early days, even as late as two years ago, used Indian pilots, changing every 200 or 300 miles, be­ cause the Indians knew the channel, and no one Indian knew it for more than the distance in the vicinity of his own native haunts. These pilots were paid as high as $30 a day for their services, and often a steamer was obliged to spend th#~ night at the bank to allow the pilot to go home and see his family. They tried white men, finally, out of sheet' desperation, and they lost their boats r or sent them aground for the season. The white men were invariably deer* sea sailors who were pressed Into service. The fact was that the In­ dians knew absolutely no more* about, the river channel than one who had never seen It, excepting where it hap­ pened to be dodging about the low, wooded islands. For the Yukon never has kept to one channel for fifty miles a month at a time. What th«j .Indians did know was how to .tell deep water when they saw it. They could tell by the "riffles" almost to an Inct how deep a given spot was, and. hav« ing excellent eyesight, they could sea a long way ahead, The crafty natives lorded It over boat owners and captains for a long time, however, and many of them grew rich. As soon as Missouri and Columbia river pilots were put aboard the day of the Indian was past. Fountain Pen Filling Devic*. If all the fountain pen owners In the world who had discarded these little -. ̂ ^ pocket writing outfits could be asked > their reasons for so doing, probably - ? , one-half of them would give the|fsf^:J trouble of refilling the pen when iy * { fvmpty as the cause. Possibly the "self-filling" pens will obviate thlsf^ <' trouble in doing away with the glass , and rubber fillers which have been v „ used since the pen came into general ^ f ? use, but they necessitate dipping the t; ower end of the fountain feed Jatoj- - ^ , v ii <•? New Use for Radium ] gaeaMM------•--^------------mmm--^ Think of introducing into your veins substance that will illuminate all the tissues of your body, enabling an observer In a dark room to see the beating of your heart, the coursing of the blood through your arteries and even the most Intimate circumstances of your lungs and liver. This sug­ gestion is made by George F. Kunz, New York s expert in* jeweler But perhaps the doctors will have some­ thing to say on the subject. Mr. Kunz and Dr. Charles Basker- ville have discovered that radium (it­ self only slightly luminous) can be transformed into a brilliant source of light by mixing It with certain cheap mineral salts. Certain chemical salts, such as sulphide of calcium, become, when mixed with it, brilliantly lumin­ ous. This seems to be true of quite a number of substances, particularly some kinds of diamonds, but the stuff that responds most strikingly is a silicate of zinc, called willemite--a cheap material, which may be dug by thousands of tons out of known deposits in New Jersey. "Willemite," says Mr. Kunz, "becomes luminous at the approach of radium as if it were a fairy wand." He suggests that there is no reason why the brilliantly luminous mixture of radium and wil­ lemite, finely powdered, should not be converted into a solution and inject­ ed into the veins of a human being, whose tissues^ as the substance was carried through them by the blood, would be • illuminated, so as to make visible every detail of physical cul­ ture. But we have heard, on the other hand, that radium inflicts ter­ rible burns. Mr. Kunz examined more than 15,000 diamonds and from this number chose fourty-four of the blue-white color, be­ cause the stones of that tint appeared to respond most markedly to the lu- mlnlferous action of radium. After being placed near a bit of radium for sixty seconds, the selected gems phos­ phoresced brilliantly and continued to glow for a long time. It was evident that they contained a large percentage of the sensitive and Illuminating in­ gredient, the nature of which, though it occurs in so many different materi­ als, is as yet a mystery. Great Lump of Ore One of the greatest natural curiosi­ ties In Mexico Is a big hill consisting of a solid mass of iron ore. It stands beside the railroad track, near the station, in the city of Durango, In the central part of the republic. Nothing just like It is known else­ where except in north .Sweden, where there is another hill of Iron ore, which the miners are beginning to tear aown to feed the' smelters that havfe just been built around it. The Durango. hill is simply a tre­ mendous lump of iron ore about a mile in length, nearly 2,000 feet wide and rising above the rock-strewn plain around it from 400 to 650 feet. When Humboldt visited Mexico in 1803 be did not see the hill, but sam­ ples of the iron mass were shown to him, and from them he deducted the erroneous conclusion that the pieces came from a colossal aerolite, the largest on record. Geologists say that some time or other a big opening was made in the earth's crust, and that this enormous mass or ore was thrust up through the rift and plied high above the sur­ rounding plain. That is to say, the iron hill Is one of the dikes that are supposed to be the result of earth­ quake action. Cracks or fissures have opened from the surface deep into the earth and through these fissures mol­ ten matter has been forced to the outer air, where it has been hardened into rock. So the Durango hill was formed by the same process that made the Pali­ sades along the Hudson. The ore is henatito and one of the richest iron ons in the world. The best ores in E'iglanf/ contain 57 per cent iron, Lil'o Superior ores contain from 59 to 65' per cent iron, and the Durango hill Is from 60 to 67 per cent pure iron, more than three-fifths of this mass, which is calculated to weigh over 600.000,000 tons, being iron of the best steel-making quality. This is only the part of the maa> that appears above the surface. No one knows how deep it may penetrate into the earth. Inverted Bottle Feeds the Pen. <;he ink bottle, and must necessarily j>e cleaned after filling. A western, inventor has designed a filling device which still utilizes the bottle of Ink, but which offers little opportunity for spilling tlie liquid during the opera­ tion. This arrangement consists of a rubber bulb of slightly elongated shape, open at both ends, and de­ signed to connect the bottle directly with the reservoir of the pen. The larger - opening of the bulb is forced over the neck of the bottle, and, after the pen has been pressed into the smaller orifice the bottle is inverted - and the Ink is allowed to flow Into the reservoir as the air rises through the liquid, this process being aided by the contraction and expansion of the bult> in the hand. The inventor is Huston Taylor of St Paul, Minn. Storing Cabbage. *Tou may keep cabbage through the winter in shallow pits made on well- dl-ained soli. Dig the pits or trenches six to eight inches deep and from four to six feet wide. Pile the cab­ bage in a conical heap with the rotots inward. Cover with two feet of Straw to keep the heads clean and bank up the heap with six or eight inches of soil. Pack the soil firmly and in ex­ tremely cold weather throw over the heap straw or strawy manure. A few heads may be wintered in a barrel, sunk to the brim in the ground, cov­ ered with straw or leaves and a ooard thrown over to keep out rains. Cab­ bage will not start to grow until early spring unless in a warm place, and will not be injured by freezing if al­ lowed to thaw out in the pits. Improved Ear Trumpet. In many cases of deafness which only a short time ago would have been considered incurable the physi­ cian has been enabled to at least find some mechanical appliance . which would make It possible for the man or woman to catch many sounds which were entirely inaudible before. Of course, these aids to the hearing have been carried about in the hand, as a rule, but the trouble Is generally slight in comparison with the advant­ ages gained. Now, however, even If Great Poetvs First Song 9 (The following fs one of John G. Whit- tl.T's uncollected i.oems. written when he was l» yeera of age. during his first term In the Haverhill academy, and re- eentlv published for the first time In the Independent.), 1 would not lose that romanbe wild. That high and gifted feeling- The power that made me fancy • Ctdld, The clime of song revealing. For all the power for all the gold. That slaves to pride and avarice nolo. I know that there are those who deem. Rut lightly of the lyre-- Who ne'er have felt one blissful 'jeam Of song-enklndlod fire Steal o'er their spirits, as the light Of morning o'er the face of nlgfvt* Vet there's a mystery In song-- „ . .i A halo round the way _ >f him who seeks the muses t*ft>n»-- An Intellectual ray. \ source of pure, unfading Joy - A dream that earth can ne'er destroy. And thn the critic's scornful -• Condemn his faltering lay, i. ^ And tho with heartless apathy The cold world turn away-- *wr* . And envy strive with secret aim To £last and dim his rising fame; xet fresh amid the bl»3t that brings ' aw* poison en Ita Wt*.- Above the wreck of meaner things. His lyre's unfading wreath Shall bloom when those who scorned his lay With name and power have passed away. Come, then, my lyre, altho there 111* *.' No witchery In thy tone; v " , i ; And tho the lofty harmony . " ^ Which other bards have know#,,?' Is not. and cannot e'er be mine. To touch with power those chords of , thine-- Tet thou canst tell in humble strain The feelings of a heart. Which- tho not proud, would still disdain To hear a meaner part Than that of bending at the shrine Where their bright wreaths the muses twine. Need' Not Be Carried in the Hand. this Is unnecessary, as the latest ap­ pliance of this class is designed to be carried in the hat, without assistance from either hand. The sound receiv­ ing bells are located In the crown on either side of the head, and the tubes which convey these sounds to the ears project downward through the rim ofs, /" the hat, as illustrated. The connect-^" ;'ng tubes are capable of adjustment^pl as to length, and the whole arrange-s^^ ment is scarcely noticeable, at leasts ^ in comparison to the old style ear|* trumpet or metallic fan formerly used.fe" : ' , To Make Wood Flexible. In order to make wood more flexi­ ble the resins contained in the wood • are saponified, and the acids neutral­ ized with alkalies obtained from wood ashes. Although all alkaline combi- hatlons possess the property, of ren< dering vegetable substances more or|.;j . Jess flexible the carbonates are pref- I erab'e. Dissolve carbonate of potas­ sium or sodium in cold clear water and add calcium hydrate to the solu­ tion. Immerse the board or timber In the solution and leave it In the- bath for some time before putting It n the steam press or steam box In which it Is to be. bent Thou canst not give me wealth Thou hast ho power to shed The halo of a deathless name Around my last cold b»d; To other chords than thlre belong #te® feF**th*Bg» ®f lasmortsl "eng. Tet come, my lyre! some hearts may beat Responsive to tli y Jay; - ; r The tide ot sympathy may meet Thy masters lonely way; * kindred souls, from en.. Usten te Its eifti slsy» Transporting Live>FI«h. An interesting experiment is to he*'.re­ made In Germany for the convevancefT1' live fish from the coast to the ln-^^S- tfcnd towns. A Berlin merchant inter­ ested in the transportation of flsh to the German and Russian markets has- . devised an arrangement by whirb series of water tanks are placed or it her side of a railway car. and •here it is aerated by contact with the gternal air. One ear fitted with twelve tanks on either fide can con- .... : vey about $40,000 worth of live fish. The arrangement will enable the in* 1 * • * aibitants o' towns remoyed from thei. * s*ithrard to obtain fish in a bettar. . . cm"** 'Sj, .Jrtr;