New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-11-19
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.

II you want to keep champagne on tnp In your own
house. buy a little machine now on the market uiat
looks somewhat like a candestck The candle in this
case however, IS a hollow steel rod that tapers TO
sharp point and has number Of holes in 1t. without
pulling the cork lam your bottle neck down ON this
sharp candle which pierces the cork easily ana runs
up inside the bottle. The champagne runs dowb'
through the holes in the candle, into the cahoiesucA
By pressing lever which projects from one sde OF the
candestick the fluid spurts out of tap on the oter
into your glass. YOn take as little as you IKE
and draw II as often you like, until the botuc Is
completely emptied, and at time can any air get INTO
the bottle TO make the hz' fiat stale. The bottle
may he left standing inverted top OF the little
machine with perfect safety from an upset, rs tie
base Is OF iron so neavy Us 10 DC l ~ ,a1or Of
any kind.
People who suffer martyrdom, though unwillngly
enough from sitting in drafts in the caused by
the who will have the window opcn will be glad
to of invention for venating cars with
out opening any windows. 1t consists OF set OF
rubber tubes under the cars. which are coupled to
those of other cars steam brake tubes Through
these tubes fresh air IS forced by steam fam worked
by the engine. Apparatus Is devised to purify tue
air from dust. The tubes connect with spraycrs at
each seat I'm the and through these spayers the
COOL fresh'ar Is blown out with or less violence
according to the wish Of the passenger who can con-
may be directed against the face, or hands, or else
where and when the seats are made up Into berths
at night the occupant OF each BERTH upper and lower
has the grateful little sprayer close his head and
sleep with drawn curtains ana Gos eohtmar Of
sleeping car trouble at present
1t IS not generally known that the United States
postoce authorities will redeem stamped wrappers or
enveopes which have been msdiected ard so made
useless such Is the case, however, and the clerk
abar0e at the
office I'm this city takes back thousands of dollars
worth ~ them every year. His best customers are
large banking houses and other concerns which Keep
numbers OF envelopes hand. already addressed 10
particular customers. Gsb cistomir uleS' moNe'
away fails o transfers his account or business 10
rival firm and all the envelopes addressed to him are
useless and would b. dead loss II Uncle sam were not
willing 10 redeem Them This has led to attempts at
fraud sometimes the postage stamp on an envcIope
that through tho postoilce IS misse DIV ts can
mark off the mutllated envelope, with uncancsiIed
stamp has been offered for redempuQhmc Ell WhpIs
and inundated Neither will the redemption be
made in money, but always In postages'ampS'
recent writer in "The Crtc' calls attention to
misduotatlon of Cocrdge by Mr. Lowell in his ADDRESS
at the unwilling the bust Of Colerdge in westminster
Abbey on May Z, 1885. As an example OF Coeridse ;
perfectness Of expression" Mr.. Lowell quoted these
lines from "The Rhine of the Ancient Mariner
Tie suns rim dips. the stars rush OUT
At one stride the dark; . -,
with far-heard whisper through the darh
OF shot the spectre barque.
GThe Critic, writer suspected that through the dark
I'm the third line could lot be correct, and on Ioohng
| I'D the passage found that 1t should read:
The suns rim dips; the stars rush out:
At one stride comes the dark
With far-heard whisper, DER the sea,
of shot the spectre bark.
Apnrt from the difference in the third ne he observes
That the difference in spelling Dark, capitalization
| sum and punctuation all tend to show tiat MI
owes memory mt least for little things. was In 1883
| becoming as imperfect rs In this very ADDRESS ne
dowelD declared II be- Another Illustration OF the
poets defective memory to be found In this ADDRESS
| on Coleridge lie undertakes TO quote weli-Knowh
| couplet from Matthew Prior-the lines:
| Abra was rendy called her name
| And Though l called another Abra came.
This Is the shape in which 1t appears In Mr. Lo"eus
| volume Democracy and other Addresses"
| Abra was with Inn ere he spoke her name,
| Aud II he called another, Abra came
| All OF which proves once more that no writer mas
right 10 depend upon his memory in quoting even
massage that is very familiar, as Lower Asserted tnat
| he was with "The Ancient Mariner The only wise
T1e Is TO verify every quotation, ana TO follow sVsn'
| the punctuation spelling, ETC.. OF tho original.
| BOARD and rooms, household and other help sno
many other desirable things are advertised Oh Ih'
| IL If