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SUNDAY MORNING. THE OLD BUOLc. There, on the wall. H hangs, with dented Once, sharp and shrill, It burned and blared curves and battered muutb, from mouthpiece out to bell A$ though it fought the soug of war it With strident sound, ami stinging strains, ehrulej across the houth; the startling soug of bell As though the blasts of wrath It blew had Oft, ring ng rampantly, it sung in tone and clutched it in a grasp voice elate. I'hat left the lasting llngor prints ere it re- In clearest, keenest melody, the rhapsody leased its clasp. of hale. There, on the wall, it hangs today—a token Yet now it hangs there peacefully, and sings of Time's lapse— but when the gaps Tor now it knows no other song than that In thinning ranks call for the sad and sweet sweet one of "Taps.” old soug of " laps.'’ Th bent and battered bugle that has sent And when they take the bugle down to play its thrilling call, above the mound, Until a thousand men have hurled tbemsel- No soldier heart but quicker beats when ves ngainst a wall — comes the well-known souDd: Agaiust a wall of bsyoaets -of bayonets and No soldier mind hut travels once again the flame distant ways And leaped into the charge as if the bugle That loom anew In memory—though dim called each name! mlng in the haze. There, on the wall, it bangs today, between There, on the wall, It hangs today- -a token the soldier caps. of time's lapse - And In its rusty throat there Is no other And now it knows no other song than that song than ••Taps.'’ sw*-et one of "Taps.” —W. D. Nesbit. in Baltimore Amerieun. LOVE THE LEVELER. The Romance of a Machine Room. By W. WENDHAM. She threaded her way daintilly through the great shop with its be wildering whirr of machinery and Its roaring fires —its flying sparks and dirt and oust and smoke. Now and again she stopped to watch some great machine perform Its al most human work. The men, with their splendid muscles and perfect skill interested her immensely. But her companion was distinctly bored. The grime and sweat and dirt offended his aristocratic senses and the noise Jarred upon hi* tars. “What you can Ann interesting in this pandemonium I cannot Imagine," he expostulated. “It is bad enough for ■ hose who have to be here and do the work." but to deliberately seek it when the sun Is shining outside, the roade are hard and a motor car Is waiting, is beyond me.”/ "Oh, Philip, can’t you feel the thrill of seeing things done by real people?” : lie replied. “Just look at that man at the forge! See *he great muscles stand out as he lifts the hammer. And see how skilfully ho shapes the Iron! "i he strength of a giant, Hie delicate touch of a woman—lt is grand!" "Well, I’m blessed If I can see it that way,” rejoined the man. "Par from seeming romantic, It looks to me as though the fellow might as well he in prison as he compelled to spend his time doing that kind of work. Of i nurse, I suppose they are used to ihls sort of Liber —and somebody has to do It—but I can’t say I care to see them at it—anyway, on a fine day with Ircsh air and a lively spin awaiting me.’’ Just the shadow of impatience crossed the girl s face at this speegh, hut she laughed merrily and continued her way through the shop. It was Ida's flrst visit to the great works of which her father was the owner. She had been reared in the exclusive atmosphere of wealth, and her vision had not readied much be yond her father's palatial mansion, the theatres, the other palatial mansion i In “our set," and the Continental tour. Of course, she knew about the great mills, but. heretofore to her they had been simply acres of gloomy, smoking prisons, from which there was wrested the money that bought all the good things. On this pleasant day in the early antntnn, wearied with the conventional round of pleasures and pnstimes with which sho was surfeited, and some what aroused by a novel she had been reading, which dealt with the world -of workers, she had determined to sec (he Inside of those great smoky shops and find Just what was going on there end the manner of men who lived among them. Her father had laughed at her whim, an I as he had not time that day to go wiih her. Philip Hammond act ed as her escort. Philip was her con stant champion—her destined husband - the son oi Mr. Norton's life-long friend, a successful hanker. It was hut a moment after the con versation recorded between Miss Nor ton and Mr. Hammond that an acci dent occurred. A man directly ahead of the visit ors currying a heavy load on his shoul der. made a misstep, fell against a great leather belt, and was carried off his feet and was carried up ward with the belt. As he realized his danger he gave a fearful shriek and his eyes met those of Miss Norton. The mortal terror in them burnt Into iter very soul and she shrieked: "Philip, Philip, save him! Oh. save Mm!" She saw the wheel to which the belt was dragging him and knew that ho must he crushed. Philip saw the fearful danger, but t tood as one paralyzed. < He could have reached the man from where he was. but stood trembling with white face and horror-stricken ryes. The attention of the entire shop had been attracted by the shrieks, and a store of men were running toward the scene. "Pull that lever, you there with the white cap! The black one! Quick! Throw off the belt!” came in clear, commanding tones from behind. But Hamiftond did not stir. He threw up one hand to shut out the sight of the tran being crushed. In the meantime past the two vis itors sprang the man who had shout ed. It was the blacksmith from the forge. | The man on the belt was right in the clutch of the wheel. It seemed to Ida that she must sure ly faint. At that instant the blacksmith made a lunge at a revolving wheel, caught, two of the iron spokes and braced his Ettlwart lege. It seemed as though he would b thrown against the machine beyond— i'Ut. no, the wheel stopped with a Jerk. The muscles of the blacksmith’s aims anil chest stood out like whip cords. , "Quick, hoys, quick!” he cried; “l can’t stand this long." He had no need to urge. Already two workmen had hoisted a third to their shoulders, and he pulled the vic tim from the wheel, with one arm bad ly crushed, but alive. Then the blacksmith lei go the vri tnd the machinery started to whirr and buzz. The men crowded about him. uttering congratulations. "Well, I'm bloat, Joe. You saved Mike from bein’ made Into mincemeat that time. I didn’t think It. could he done. By Jove, Joe, I’d like to have your muscle." These and similar compliments were fired at him as he turned with a broad grin to the forge. Directly in his way stood a beautiful girl with blanched face, her great, brown eyes swimming with tears. "Oh, sir, 1 want to say that you are ifie bravest and strongest and quickest man I ever saw. I cannot thank you too much. I was afraid he would he crushed to death." He flushed to the roots of his hair. “It was nothing. m:.-s," he said. "Any of the men would have done it.” That evening Ida went over the scene with ner father. He knew all about and told her that the rescuer was Joseph Madern. "One of the best men we have, ’ he said warmly. "A thorough mechanic and an inventor. We keep him at the forge because there is a particular part of the machine that has to be dene by hand, and Madern does it bet ter than anybody else. Few men have the strength and skill Combined to do It. We pay him as well as though he were a 'ortmau, but have to keep him at the lorge. 1 have ordered that he ho handsomely rewarded for his hero ism today." “Papa, *1 want you to invite him to dinner,” suddenly said Ida, after some minutes spent in thought. “Who?" asked Mr. Norton, looking up from bis paper. "Mr. Madern. 1 think it would be. a much nicer way to show apprecia tion of his heroism than merely to give him money.” Mr. Norton smiled. He was not wholly undemocratic in ins .nstinets. "But your mother." in* ss.i,. She had un answer, and the result was (hat Joe Maderh found himself wltn palpitating heart going up the steps of the Norton mansion one even ing. He was neatly dressed and bore him self with a demeanor that charmed the girl as mu h as his exhibition of strength. Mrs. Norton absented herself from dinner with cold disapproval. After dinner Miss Norton took her strange guest to theßurary, and was astonished at the wkft knowledge he displayed of books and the strong opin' inns he held on economic topics. He told her of their workingmen’s c ub and the discussions * they 'had. “You should attend one of our open meetings; It would interest you,'' he said. i will.” she replied, and she did, and was still more astounded to hear him in debate where he stood like a lion to tight for his opinions, using always the most foredful language and displaying the widest reading and in formation. She invited him to call, and he did once or twice. As he was about to take his departure on the second occa sion he said: “l think this is the last time. Miss Norton, that 1 will see you. and 1 want to tell you how thoroughly 1 appreciate your kindness and how much l have enjoyed the evenings 1 have spent here.” "The last time!” site repeated, the Idood rushing lo her face 'What dt you mean? You are not going away?" "No, but it is bet icr that f should rot see you. We belong to different worlds. They do not mix. The very keenness of the pleasure I feel in com ing here warns me that 1 had better 10t.” ■ There is only one world for kindred spirits." she said impulsively "Do you mean that? Do you know what you are saying?” he demanded, coming close to her. fehe stool wall downcast eye*, men, sliaiebtsuing his broad shoulders an throwing hack his head, he said: ‘tuisb Norton, I am a plain, blunt man of the people and not versed in the ways of society. I have discovered that 1 love you and I know it would be presumptuous to propose for you.- hand. I do not quite understand what you mean by your last remark. If you mean that you consider that wo are on a social equality, I want to say that I love you with a love as deep and as honest as man ever had lor a woman. 1 can otter you nothing but that which my arms may earn, and that is not what you have been accustomed to. Still, if it should so happen that your exceeding kindness to me means that you love me, all that is nothing.” He stood looking at her as in a dream. She swayed, and fell into his arms. "That's what it docs mean," she whispered. "You are the only real mart 1 ever saw.’’ There was a dreadful scene when Madern spoke to Mr. Norton, hut he sturdily tohi his employer that he hau been accepted by Ida and they were going to marry with or without par ental consent. Mr. Norton summoned his daughter and she corroborated the statement of her plebeian lover. Then Mr. Norton told them that the girl had not. a penny In her own right, and if she married Madern she never would hav e. To which Madern replied that that pleased him exactly. They were married. Madern left the employ of the Norton works and found another position. The Nortons were unrelenting until some three years later, Mrs. Norton being dead and a fine baby boy having been born in a certain rose-covered cot - tage in the suburbs, Mr. Norton soft ened. Now Madren is*superlntendent of the Norton works and a still better posi tion may shortly be his.—NeW York News. BUAINT AND CURIOUS, In fasting feats the sect of Jains, in India, is far ahead of all rivals. Fasts of from JO to 40 days are very com mon, and once a year they are said to abstain from food for 75 days. Fireflies are sold nightly by peddlers in the crowded quarters of Tokio and other Japanese cities. The insects sell for three rin apiece, a rin being equal in value to the twentieth part of a cent. Lieutenant Hiller of the German army war experimenting with a war balloon at Augsburg. Bavaria, lately, telephoning his observations from a height of 1000 feet to soldiers sta tioned below, when the balloon was struck by lightning. The balloon was set afire and destroyed, an) Hiller fell to the earth, striking on his feet, and strangely enough escaping with only a few broken bones. A case is recorded of a man wh w_ ouj,.i me aeart and recov ered. Surgeons found the bullet In the pericardial cavity. Two wounds in the ventrible were sutured with cat gut. The pericardium was then su tured and the flaps of the thoiacic walls fastened in place. The patient recovered without any bad symptoms. Will the time come when no wound will necessarily he fatal? There is a queer fish in India, called ophocephalus. which is in the liabil of leaving the water and spending some time on the shore. It. buries itself in the mud, hut has to come to the sur face often for air. There ace little sacs on each side of its head that hold water, anil the gills are thus kept moist, so that it caq. remain out of water for some time. The natives con sider it a dni ity as food, but Europeans don’t like it because it looks so much like a snake. A curious means of moving boats is employed on the River Elbe—a chats 290 miles long at the bottom of tb stream, which is too swift to navigate in (he usual way. The boats are iso feet long and provided with 200 horse power steam engines, which turn a drum fastened on the deck. The chain comes in over the bow, passing along on rollers to the drum, around which it is wound three times. The chain is then carried to the stern, where it drops back into the water. The steam ers tow five barges, containing 1500 tons. Khvm I'aln*ln'f in A picture of Mary MngdaVno. bear ing the signature of Titian and the date 1543, has come to light after a half a century passed in an obscure and mol dy old collar. It is now n the posses sion of Robert Jarvis of Roxbury. who two months ago purchased it lor a mere sons from Henry \Y. Smith, a sbopkeepe in Roxhury. Mr. Smith was about to throw it away when Mr. Jarvis rescued it. That ploti.re shows Mary Magdalene | sitting at the month of a cave. Before I her is a rude image of Jir.us on the Cross, which she has turned slightly !to one side. Hei long, -eddish-gold hair : reaches almost to tile ground and en- velopes a part of her body, while hav ing fallen from her shoulders across one arm is a crimson scarf. The face is wonderfully ex ressivb, depicting utter sorrow and despair. The painting was bought by Mr. Smith at an auction sale, and once " a ; the property of an English family who lived in Boston fifty years ago.—New York Times. Recent research makes it seem pro bable that the smell of flowers, rather than their pollen, is responsible for hay fever. THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NBWS. •I’M GOING TO, ANYWAY.” YV hen you've set your head to do it. Often he may weary be; When your judgment says you’re right, Yet the lion heart within him When your conscience gives its sanction, Hus been ttrm as rod; sine- he Then pitch in with all your might. Set his quiet Jjtw to say: Don t let anything prevent you. “Well, I'm going to, anyway!" Though the odds seem big and strong: Kvery obstacle must vanish <* the loose-hung jaws encountered As the swift days roll along— In course of but a day! jf you set your jaw and say: () the lives devoid of s^urpose. "Well, I'm going to, anyway!” That we find alon? the way! They the weaklings are. who know not While the whole world loves a lover. What strong faith and wilt may do; Yet it loves a winner beat; Know not that the world’s a servant Doves the man who. till he conquer. To the man who's game and true— Stops not e’en for sleep <>r rest. Ami who sets his Jaw to say: Oft he may be worn and haggard. 4 Well. I’m g ing to, anyway!" —3. YV. Gillian in Los Angeles Herald. HEAD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN John J. Hannah an, who was elected grand master of the Brotherhood of John J. Hannahan. fXewlv-eiected grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen ] Locomotive Firemen at the Chatta nooga convention, is r* well known INCORPORATION OF UNIONS The incorporation of labor unions has become a leading question, and because of the ability of the men who have promoted It there is every chance that ft will become a rational question before It Is settled. The question has been presented, and as usual, all of Us hidden, resultant ef fects have not been mentioned by its promoters. The fact that incorpora tion would give the organizations standing and recognition in the courts Is the principal argument Id Us favor, and what is there In that for labor? Labor organizations have no trouble In getting Into court when a corpora tion demands It; Us officers are recog nized and even sentenced to jail for contempt when corporations consider CHILD TOILERS ON INCREASE Miss Jane Addams of Hull House addressed the Chicago Political Equal ity League on "The Social Waste of Child Labor.” Miss Addams made ref erence to the new bill drafted by a conference committee of the Illinois State Federation of Women’s Clubs anil the Chicago collegiate alumnae to amend present laws governing child labor. The new measure prohibits night work of children under 16 years of age; requires a simple test of the children's knowledge of reading and writing, aud insures the professed age of the child by requiring indorsement of the parent’s affidavit by teachers and school superintendents in the dis tricts In which children live. The speaker reviewed the arguments BE SLOW TO BELIEVE IT There is no better test of purity and true goodness than reluctance to think evil of ones neighbor, and ab solute incapacity to believe an qvii report about good men, except upon the most trustworthy testimony. Alas! that this largo and lovely charity Is so rare! But it is only with those who possess this charity that men accused of sins against society have an equal chance with those accused, under the forms of law. of crime. Every man brought to trial for crime is presumed to he innocent until he is proved to be guilty; but with the world at large, every man slandered Is presumed to he guilty until he proves himself to be innocent; and In a factory where 1.500 men work, their labor union made an unreason able demand of the owner. The next day a number of old men went to him and said: "We are sorry that the union did tills, and we want you to know that we were not at the meet ing." The owner replied: "Then you are to blame for it. You belong to the union properly; and it is your duty to attend its meetings. If all the best men had attended the meeting the action of the union would have been wiser. Any demand that ail the men VOTE ON PER CAPITA TAX The recent convention of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners voted to raise the per capita tax to twenty-five cents a month, in stead of twenty, as at present. The matter will now be submitted to a referendum vote, where it is almost sure to be defeated. For a fighting organization, such as it has proved itself to be in many cities, the United Brotherhood has queer ideas about a Chicagoan. He has acted as first vice grand master of the locomotive liremen for nearly twenty years, aud when Frank I*. Sargent was appointed commissioner general of Immigration, last July, Mr. Hannahan assumed the duties of grand master. He had no opposition for the office of grand mas ter at the convention. The Brother hood of Locomotive Firemen is in a prosperous condition, having over 600 lodges and about 50,000 members. Frank W. Arnold of Peoria, was re elected grand secretary-treasurer with out opposition. Grand Master Hannahar. is a native of Indiana, and began his railroad career as a water hoy on the old "Jeff” road, which is now a part of the Pennsylvania. Mr. Hannahan until 1885 was a fireman on the Chicago, Rock island & Pacific. Blessings in disguise may be all right, but it looks as if there wore a screw loos • somewhere when good things are forced to sail under false colors. it necessary; injunctions are issued against labor organizations, including officers and members, and thus far, to all intents and purposes, labor organi zations might as well he Incorporated as otherwise, as far as these questions are concerned. Judged from the point of view of a layman and from the ex perience of labor organizations of the past with the courts, incorporation Is not advisable. The results that may follow are problematical, and organized labor cannot afford <o take any chances. As for "prestige” tftrottgh incorpora tion. the old saw. "Fine words butter no parsnips.” should he very applio alxo In this case.—John J. Ryan in Ch i cago Record Herald. of the advocates of child labor. She said that frequently It was urged that the child was the sole support of a widowed mother, but that she knew of a district where out of 3.500 chil dren working Illegally in the mills only sixty-si* were children of widows, and of these few not more than half came from families where there were not other members working. "Talk about endowments of univer sities," said Miss Addams. "Why not let some of this wealth be used in endowing a system of education for those children of poverty? In Illinois the number of children employed in factories is increasing more than in any other state of the Union.”—Chi cago Inter Ocean. even then it takes the liberty of doubt ing the testimony. Every man who rejoices in scandal thereby advertises the fa"t of his own unworthiness; and every man who is pained by it and refuses to he impressed by it uncon sciously reveals his own purity. lie cannot believe a bad thing done by one whom he regards as a good man simply because he knows he would not do it himself. He gives credit to others for the virtue that is con sciously in his own possession, while the base men around him. whether Christian in name or not, withhold that credit because they cannot be Ueve in the existence of a virtue of which they are consciously empty. MANAGING MEM in the shop make after rareful delib eration is likely to be a reasonable demand.” Then he went on: ' l.abor unions sometimes have hail government for j the same reason that cities have it— ; the best men do not vote. To be of i use the union should comprise the best men. and they should attend its meetings and direct its conduct." •- Such an incident as this tells Us j own story and carries its own moral, j The more yon think or it the wiser the owner’s conduct seems. He has | never had a strike. financial system. Many of its mem bers believe they can get something for nothing, and when they are involv ed in a strike they complain that bene fits are not paid promptly. It is im possible to get benefits out of an empty treasury, and it is impossible to have a full treasury unless the me t themselves pay to keep it full. The recommendation of the conven tion skouid be adopted. THE LITTLE CRADLE. It’s over there in the shadow, where the An’ I say; “God’s world Is bloomin', an lonesome things must be. the blrds-they sing to-day!" Cut I m, e; the eyes o’ the mother, with But her dim eyes follow the misty path tears in the eyes o’ me; of the bird that's flown a-.vay. Tears for the years ''Tears for the years With their hopes and fears. " Rh their hopes and fears. T”ars for the dead, sweet years! Tears for the dead, sweet years. I lead her out to the sunshine, where the So I lead her back to the shadow, where flowers are fair to see; the lonesome relics be. Cut what do the flowers say to her. an’ An’ I tell her: “God gave the gift of what do they say to me?— tears to you, dear, an' to me! "Tears for the years Tears for the years With their hopes and fears. With their hopes and fears. Tears for the dead, sweet years!” Tears for the dead, sweet years!” —Atlanta Constitution. There are many tricks of the magi ■ian that an ingenious boy can per orm with neatness and skill, and thus tfford entertainment for a company when other forms of amusement have yecome tiresome. Nobody ever gets llred of magic, and the hoy who can perform little feats of this kind is ilways popular; besides, he learns something himself and teaches it to Jthers. The trick here described is m illustration of specific gravity. Get an ordinary mustard bottle and pour water into it until it is three fourth full. Make two holes in the cork through whicu stout straws will fit, the straws to be about eight Inches in length. One of them is put In so that it will extend down into the neck of the bottle. Put sealing wax around the straws where they pierce the cork, so as to make the openings air tight. Now. take two walnut half-shells, and bore a hole to fit the straw in the bottom of each. Put one of them on the straw that extends higher out of the cork, and make it fit tightly with sealing wax. Put the other one on the lower straw, make the joint air tight with sealing wax. and then into a second hole, previously bored in this shell at the side put. a straw that will extend down diagonally. Put sealing w-av around this also, for all the Joints must be both air tight and water-tight. Now, pour water Into the upper shell, and it will run down into the bottle, causing the level of the water there to rise; but as the bottle has been made perfectly tight, the air in it is compressed when the water is poured in, and that will make the THE STRANGE FIGURE Draw' this figure with a heavy line, not too small on a sheet of paper ar.d offer to bet with anybody that he will not be able to draw figure without a copy. If he should take you up. cover the figure with your hand and he will to his own chagrin be unable to draw the strange figure from memory. Surprise In a Country School The author of "Fowls of the Air” says that he has one exciting asso ciation with a certain bird belonging to American ornithology. It was in the old school by the cross roads, one sleepy September afternoon. A class in spelling toed the crack in front of (he master's desk. The rest of the Water may be lolled in a paper ket tle without burning the paper. You make a little box or kettle of legal <ap paper, fill it about a quarter or haif full of water, and bang it up by four threads, one in each corner, over ■; spirit lamp. The soon begin to boil, but the not h.-at :.. th- 'nnm is used ui^^^Hicing ::^:n odd to hot. As soon as has really boiled and you are satisfied that the first statement made here is ail right, pour the water out, and in its place substitute seme small pieces of tin. If yon watch you will be sur prised to see that the tin will have melted before the paper will begin even to burn. But of course this is not making the paper fireproof by any manner of means, and it is only because of the water or the tin that the paper does no- burn. If you want to make the paper really fireproof all SOME CONUNDRUMS What is live first thing a man sets in fits garden? Answer: His foot. Why is a miner like a boatman? Answer: Because he handles the ore. . Where were the first doughnuts fried? Answer: In Greece. What is the difference between an old penny and anew dime? Answer: Nine cents. What is that which is full of holes and yet nolds water? Answer: A sponge. Which of the Uriled Stales is the MAGICIAN’S TRICK water rise through the straw into the shell, aud from that it will run through the side straw into any vessel placed to receive it. Just as much water will run out as you pour into the upper shell, so that you can never fill the bottle. All this is done so that anybody can see the operation; but to make it a real feat of magic, so-called, get a dark bottle, so that what goes on In it is not seen, and having poured in ..iij m." 7=5- U 0 tggg; The Wine Changing, water aud arranged cork and straws as ia the other experiment, propose to your company to change a glass of wine into water. To do this you have only to pour the wine into the upper shell; from there it will run down into the bottle, a little at a time, and as wine has less specific gravity than water, it will remain on the surface of the water in the bottle. school droned away at appointed tasks in the drowsy Interlude. Suddenly there was a terrific crash, a clattering tinkle of broken glass, a howl from a boy near the window. Twenty knees banged the desks be neath as twenty hoys jumped. Then before any of us had found our wits, Jimmy Jenkins had jumped over two benches and was down on the floor in the girls’ aisle, gripping something between his knees. ‘T’ve got him!” he announced, with the air of a general. “Got what?’ thundered the master. "Got a pa’tridge. He’s an old bus ter!" said Jimmy. He straightened up, holding by the legs a fine partridge whose stiffening wings still beat his sides spasmodi cally. He had been scared up In the neighboring woods, and whbn he reached the unknown open places he was more terrified still. A terrified grouse always flies straight, and he had driven like a bolt throught the sohoolhouse window, and killed him self by the impact. A bird that could wake a drowsy schoolroom and bring a living lesson, full of life and interesl. from a drowsy teacher who studied law by night but never his boys by day—that was a bird to be respected. A PAPER KETTLE you have to do is to dip the paper in a very strong solution of alum water The Paper Kettle in Use and then hang it up to dry. When it 13 entirely dry, dip it in the alum water again, and repeat this two or three times. When it is finally dry > ou may hold it in the flame of a can dle and it will not burn largest and most popular? Answer: The state of matrimonv. What trade has the sun? Answer: A tanner. A man who can say “No" has a tender regard for the feelings of his bank account. About this time the summer girt begins to sort over her engagements to ascertain if she has one that will survive the first frost. NOVEMBER 30