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used to prevent freezing, and the box is coated on the inside with 

 coal-tar and rosin to prevent leakage and rot, it will give good satis- 

 faction. The outer edge of the box should be sawed at an angle of 

 forty-five degrees, and a door faced with leather should be hung at 

 the top, using the same leather for the hinge. The next move is to 

 get a blacksmith to make the arrangement for holding it in place, and 

 to regulate the flow; and this can be done by taking a heavy strap of 

 iron and bending it at such an angle as will allow of its being bolted 

 on the outside of the box in such a way as to permit the raising of 

 the door without interference. The strap of iron is intended as a sup- 

 port for a rod which is made to screw into a thread cut in the support, 

 and can be made to pull the door open and push it shut. The rod 

 should be heavy enough to stand a good strong twist, or a bench- 

 screw can be used if desired." 



THE GAIN OF WAR. 

 Can powder burnt be shot again, 



Or sunken ships reclaimed? 

 Will battlefields give up their dead. 



Or War make whole its maimed? 

 And what will quench the fire of hate? 



And what will salve the smart? 

 And who will fill the larder up 



And bind the broken heart? 

 Xot cost of shell or prize of war 



Shall weigh the nation's cause, 

 Nor count of men or smell of blood 



Shall give the nation pause; 

 But what it loves and what it feels, 



The weight on heart and brain 

 To feed the starving, free the brave 



And rend the tyrant's chain 

 Shall nerve its arm and guide its aim 



And hold the balance true. 

 And while a sacred emblem floats 



In Red and White and Blue 

 To flaunt the sun and fringe the day 



And flame the very night, 

 To show the world a hemisphere 



Where Might shall yield to Right. 

 The nation strong, the nation bold 



All passions swept away 

 Shall plant its flag on loftier heights 



And hold a nobler sway, 

 Till earth shall see and feel the truth 



The raptured prophet saw, 

 That Saxon Right by Saxon Might 



Shall' hold the world in awe. 

 The smoke of war shall incense be 



From Freedom's altars flamed. 

 And battlefields shall bloom as May 



To deck the dead and maimed, 

 And love will quench the fire of hate 



And peace will salve the smart. 

 And God will fill the larder up 



And bind the broken heart. 



CLARENCE OUSLEY. 



