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Rich Without Money.

MANY a man is rich without money.
Thousands of men with nothing in their
pockets, and thousands without even a
pocket, are rich. A man born with a
good, sound constitution, good stom-
ach, a good heart, and good limbs and a
pretty good headpiece, is rich. Good
bones are better than gold; tough mus
cles than silver; and nerves that flash fire
and carry energy to every function are
better than houses and land. tits better
than a landed estate TO have the right
kind of a father and mother. Good
breeds and bad breeds exist among men
as really as among herds and horses.
Education may do much to check evil
tendencies or to develop good ones; but
it is a great thing to inherit the right
proportion of faculties to start with. The
man is rich who has q good disposition,
who is naturally kind, patient, cheerful,
hopeful, and who has favor of wit and
fun in his composition.
The hardest thing to get on with in
this life is mans own self. A cross,
selfish fellow, desponding and COM
planning fellow, q timid and care-bur-
dened man-these are all born deformed
on the inside. They do not limp, but
their thoughts sometimes do.-Clay Man.
ufaeturers' Engineer.
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Making Artificial Ice.

The apparatus required for making ar
tifcial ice includes powerful engine for
driving the pumps, great iron retorts for
holding the aqua ammonia, long sys-
tenn of coil pipes and extensive vats to
contain the ice cans. The process de-
pends upon the capacity of substance
that is expanding, after condensation, to
absorb heat. The substance used in this
case is ammonia. Mixed with water, it is
placed in one or more of the great cylin-
ders or retorts, which contain coils of
pipe. Into these pipes steam is sent,
heating the contents of the retort until
the ammonia is separated from the water
and sent into another retort, where it is
subjected to great pressure, under which
it iqui6es. In another room provided
with double doors and walls like those
of a refrigerator, are several vats, in
which are suspended cans Of galvanized
iron. Some of these cans will hold 200
pounds of ice, and others more. Be-
tween these cans pass lines of iron pipe
connected with the retorts outside, and
tht entire vat in which cans and pipes
are contained is filled with brine. In the
great condensation to which the ammo
MIA gas has been subjected to iquify it,
it has parted with all its heat, and the
large pipes that carry it are so cold as to
be covered with frost. When ice is to
be made the cans are filled with distilled
water and covered with thick caps.
The ammonia is then admitted to the
coils running through the brine of the
vat. AS soon as the great pressure is
relieved by turning the stopcock, the
ammonia expands into gas, resumes the
amount of heat with which it parted
when undergoing condensation, and of
course extracts it from the surrounding
brine. This in turn extracts heat from
the distilled water, which freezes, as the
brine would, were it not saline and kept
in motion by the pumps. In few hours
each can contains solid mass of ice, land
is then hoisted from the vat, dropped
for a moment into warm water to
loosen the ice, and upset. The block OF
ice slides out, and is either stored, OF
placed in front of q a circular saw and
divided into smaller blocks: The ammo
MIA gas, having done its work, is restored
to retort and again absorbed by water.
It is thus used over and over again with
but slight Chicago Herald.
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Farmer-"You got lost, you say! How
long have you been without anythin' to
A Long Checker Match.

Timothy NJ. White, of Little Silver,
N. j., bids fair to become the champion
checker player of the United States. A
tournament in which sixty players took
part was begun about two years ago. The
players were matched by pairs, and it
was arranged in such way that each pair
should play six games simultaneously,
the player who won the least number of
genes to drop out of the tournament. II
the contest between the players resulted
in a tic both men were to remain in.
Each man has played up to u recent
date thirty games. ]. W. Merrifeld, OF
Penn Van, was Mr.. Whites last opponent.
Five of the games resulted in draws and
one was won by Mr.. White. During the
tournament Mr.. White has not lost Il
game. Every man has been retired by
him except Mr.. Johntry, President of the
New York Checker Club. In the games
between these men every one was drawn.
When the pairs arc made up for the
uext series there will probably be no.
more than four players. The games arc
played by mail according to rules adopted
1t the commencement of the tourna-
uent.-Mc,o York Times.
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Boiling Does Not Purify Water.

We are accustomed to be told that the
most impure water will be rendered pure
by boiling, and that in this we have an
absolute safeguard against the danger of
water containing disease germs. Now
while it is true that boiling will kill the
germs of disease, yet the fact has been
brought to our notice, says "Annals of
Hygiene" by so high an authority as DR..
Charles NJ. Cresson, that while boiling
kills the germs of particular disease, it
yet, in reality, renders the water more
impure than it was before, because by the
very death of these germs, dead organic
matter is allowed to remain in the water,
which is polluted by putrefaction. Hence,
while boiling is most excellent precau-
ton against the occurrence of typhoid
fever or similar diseases, when we have
occasion to think that the germs of these
diseases exist IN the water that we drink,
vet we must remember that this boiling
does not purify the water; it simply re-
moves from it the specific power to pro-
duce specific disease.
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A Self-Destructive Warship.

A torpedo boat possessing some novel
features has just been tested with great
success. The torpedo is provided with
engine and boiler, and steam launch by
which the clew may make their escape
after bringing the ship into action. The
The roof or deck is of sufficient thick
ness, in combination with its curved
shape, to prevent damage from shells.
In action the vessel is first taken to con-
venient point, submerged from the or.
dinary water line, then steamed at full
speed toward the vessel to be attacked.
In actual warfare the craw would then
take their place in the steam launch,
leaving only the pilot and the officer
charged with completing the circuit for
the explosion of the vessel. The elec-
trical connection may be so arranged
that the act OF striking the vessel attacked
would explode the charge. The pilot
and his associate having remained on
board until the last possible moment
would jump overheard, and, being pro-
vided with life preservers, could be picked
up by the launch. The inventor claims
that very heavy charge of explosives
could be carried in this way, and that
the explosion, while it would, of course,
destroy the vessel itself, would also de,
stroy the largest iron clad afoat. The
risk is great, but he believes it would be
possible for all the crew to escape
Eoynnaerci1L ddDertaser.
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49,
A Novel Telephone.

A novel telephone has been placed IN
the New Haven House, New Haven.
Conn. It cannot be used unless fee is
paid. There are only two instruments
of the kind in existence, the other being
in Hartford. There are five slots in the
machine for the reception of q nickel,
ten.cent piece, quarter, half dollar and
dollar, respectively. These amounts
cover the rates charged for telephoning
to various places in md out of the State.
To use the telephone it is first necessary
to call up the central, as on an ordinary
telephone. The objective point is then
asked for, and when this is reached the
party who rings up is told to put the
necessary fee in the slot. If dime is
dropped in bell of high tone rings. For
twenty-five cents the tone becomes
lower, and for half dollar the sound is
like that of the average door bell. The
dollar sound is similar to that of a fire.
alarm gong. The sound of the bell is
the signal to go ahead and talk. Ihe
contriyance is the invention of William
Gray, of Hartford. Accompany has been
formed for the manufacture of the instlu.
ments.-New Orleans Tin,es-Denaocrat.
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~Hnsb NV dear child: don't Worry

Hush, my dear child; don't worry
about that, at all. I disagree with you
there, for am sure that he will not be
displeased at all, and as for your har-
boring the thought of getting a posi-
ton to do house-work-why, dear, that
is absurd. You are No more fit to un-
dertake such q task than to fell
tree. Should there be need Of your
doing something for yourself, could
you not teach something-paintlng,
drawing, or even take class in some
school? Could you teach French? l
believe I heard you humming French
song this morning."
oh, as tar as that is concerned, 1
understand French as well as do En-
glish, and I know but very few songs
in English"
"There, there, my dear, I knew that
you were not so ignorant as you seem.
ed to think you are, and now you need
never fear but that you can get along
very nicely in the world"
"Oh, thank you'll When you are
speaking it seems as if you were pick
ing the thorns out from my pathway;
but vet, were I to venture far out on
the dreary waste, I fear there would be
q few remaining. 1t does seem that
nothing but roses are scattered IN my
pathway henceforth!"
Mrs. Bristol drew her little pet In
her arms and pressed her close to her
bosom, while on the lovely white brow
the kisses fell like sparkling rain-drops
from cloujless sky.
"My precious child, in your sweet
innocence you do me more good than
all else in the world. It seems that
God sent you here to cheer me in my
old age. Your happy, smiling face Is
like sunshine to me-"
"If 7 am any comfort to you, my dear
and only friend, nothing would give
me more pleasure than to remain with
YOU forever, but it does not seem that
such happiness is for me. When your
BON comes home I know he will hate
me and be angry with me for allowing
me to remain here 80 long, yet it makes
me shudder to think that I must 60
out in the world for-for-fear I may
meet that wicked man. Oh, what did
I do, or what could I have done, that I
should have been so severely pun
ished!"
Lenora lay for some time in Mrs.
Bristols arms, sobbing as if her heart
would break, while the silken ringlets
were being brushed back from her face
by kind, motherly hand.
"There now, Lima, you feel better, l
know; look up at me and tell me that
you are happy and will be content here
in the blue rooms. Dry your tears,
dear, and then we VIII 60 downstairs
and I will show you my house. You
have not been strong enough yet to 60
ell over it, and I did not want to tax
your strength too much"
"Oh, yes, Mrs. Bristol, I am happy,
very, very happy, and the rooms are SO
beautiful. You are so good and kind
to me, lonely, wandering girl, I can
not find words to thank you" But she
pressed her soft, white arms around her
friends neck and kissed her gently on
the cheek.
That kiss and gentle pressure OF
those little soft arms was more to Mrs.
Bristol than ten thousand words OF
thanks.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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The Isle OF Man.

The Isle of Man is an island of Great
Britain in the Irish Sea. 1t comprises an
an area of AS, 325 acres, half of which
is cultivated, and it has population of
about S., 900 or 10000. 1t is traversed
by mountain ranges. Black marble, cop
per, zinc and iron occur, and lead is
abundant. Agriculture and cattle breed
ing are pursued to some extent, the eli
mate being favorable, though the soil is
not very good. The fisheries are rich.
The people are of the Celtic race, and
speak language of their own, the Manx
language, though English is generally
understood. The Government is vested
in Governor, appointed by the British
crown, and the court of Tynwald, with
which the legislative and judicial au-
thority rests. The principal town is
Castlctown. Chicago Herald.
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A Widowed Canary's Funeral Dirge.

The other day in the fulness of years q
canary belonging to Mr.. M, of ALLIE
ghany, Penn, fell off his perch and de-
Gently gave up the ghost, writes Heb
burn Johns in the Pittsburg Dispatch.
His death, though sudden, was not unex-
pected. For ten years or more he had
poured out his little heart in song, and
when at last he lay upon the floor of his
cage cold, dumb corpse, nobody was
very much surprised but his mate, a
Youthful bird, who for year or two,
had shared his joys and cares, his hemp,
rape, canary seed and cage. She was
very much astonished. Sitting on the
middle perch she regarded the limp body
of her lord for hours with troubled
mien. She had never been in the pres
ence of death before, and evidently her
emotions we're strong and conflicting.
But the result of the shock to her feel
ings was very strange. In common with
most canary birds of her sex she had been
prior to this catastrophe but a poor
singer. Nature is most generous to the
male canary; she gives to him the gaud-
lest feathers and the sweetest song. The
widowed bird in this case had really
never sung at all, while her mate had
peen a famous vocalist. But of sudden,
as she sat observing his dead body, she
burst into wonderful melody; roulades
and runs welled from her full throat, and
she ran on from cascade to cascade, like
mountain spring whose waters pent up
these many years at last find an outlet
and fly on crystal feet from crag to crag,
waking light and music where shadow
and silence reigned before. Still more
wonderful, the little cantatrice revived
the song of her dead mate: it was his
thrills and his rich melody which rang
again through the house. It seemed as
if the musical powers of the departed
bird had descended upon her. She sings
all he sang and more. Mr.. N M- and
his family are astonished and delighted
at what seems very like miracle.
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FELL EROM GRACE
DY q. ". Foss.

We Anus uster think Joe Bean fairish 'orter
An built upon spurty plum an perpendicular
plan;
whatever post Of trust he had hs allus held th
fort
We sought Guvelnor last year, We secured the
State through clean;
We couldn't find no better man an pounceo On
ndghbor Bean.
tnomefnatsd him myself. yes, yelled out loud
gnomerasse old Joseph Bean-a man without
astain.'
An then the big convention roared. hurrahed.
4 took the eheernan half IN hour asore The
noise was uuelled.
kou'd think the way they yelled, an roared, an
sss Bsan D he was s's q perfect man an snsel Ga
briel's twin.
But mex day the paper hinted that his mother
starved to death,
An Joe wouldn't give her food enough to keep
An then another paper said he rs.sr beat his
IN how she hid out in tn barn that she might
save her hfe
Ehsy said he was an inndel, an anarchist an
snide,
An said il looked suspicious that ar way his
father died.
An then they said the horse he driv would pain
his guilty soul
It looked exactly like the boss Jed Butterheld
had stole
They said Ned Jones, the peddler, found muir
dered on the green,
The last time he was seen alive was seen with
Joseph Bean;
They said the Baptis' meetin' house, burned to
the ground last May,
Was lighted BY q certain man-but they didn't
Like to say.
But Joe was Tected Guvernor, on now he rules
the State
But he won't never be the same to me, calker-
late;
uster think him honest, en- pure, an just, an
good,
But now I'm kinder 'shamed to live in the Same
ueighporhood
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note, however, the grotesquencss of the
horses in our reproductions. 1t will be
said that no sensible artist would paint
horses in quite such outre positions. Very
true. No sensible artist would. But
photographs such as Che i've from which
our sketches are taken are invaluable in
just this way. They reveal the funda-
mental elements in the beautiful movo-
menr winch II visible to the naked eye.
They show the artist of what the COM
plete leap is composed, so to speak, and
they thus enable him to grasp the prob
lem with greater fullness of knowledge.
Mem York Commercial AdoertiSer.
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CHARLES DICKENS, like all successful

CHARLES DICKENS, like all successful
authors, was pestered by literary as
pirants anxious to find out chow the
thing was done" Here was a sensible
reply to one of these young gentlemen.
Though the letter was written forty-six
years ago, the advice still holds good:
II fear the best reply I can give you, in
acknowledging the receipt of your let
ter, will be rather unsatisfactory; but
if is so, it is not f1om any lack OF inter
est on my part. 1t is in the nature ct
ali literary beginnings to be surround
ed by unsatisfactory circumstances.
The rate of remuneration to unknown
writer's is six or eight guineas sheet,
usually. Many unknown writer's write
for nothing. wrote for the next thing
to it myself, when I was one-and-
twenty. The only additional piece OF
advice can give you is to concentrate
on this pursuit all the patience that
would be required in all the other pur.
suits OF this world put together, and to
lay your account with having it tmed."
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Men EmbrOiderers.

Mending gloves ia not the only femi-
nine art in which men have learned to
excel. Everyone is familiar with the
Irish embroidery on linen lawn wrought
in fairy stitches IN patterns Of vine and
flower with thread so fine that it is al
most invisible. This is not the work of
the fingers of pale nuns, as sentimental
lists would have US believe, but of the
horny hands of the sons of toll
in the north of Ireland-men who work
in the fields during the summer and in
the winter employ their time with this
dainty ladies' work.-Neao York Tribune.
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COMING DOWN.

bcrcd that the human figure has received
quite as much attention from photogra-
pliers; indeed, Professor Muybridge's
work contains scores of remarkable plates
made from racers, wrestlers, Jumpers,
fencers, and other athletes, all engaged
in their particular sport. Thus it will
be seen that the painter of the human
form, and he is the most frequent person
age to be met with in the artist world, Is
benefited fully as much as his brother of
the brush who is satisfied to paint the mag
ni6cent hunter rs he bounds across the
fields, leaping fences and hedges like a
thing of wings, or the sturdy little polo
pony galloping toward the goal with
every nerve in his compact body CULVER
ing with excitement. Our readers will
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Tic Moose Displaced the Crown.

When Ma ooleon III. made triumphal
entry into Bordeaux, soon after the coup
d. etat, it was arranged that from an arch
of flowers under which he was to pass an
imperial crown should hang, surmounted
by, "He we'll deserves it." But the wind
blew away the crown, and when the
usurper passed under the arch, to the
great Joy of the Republicans only a lore
with a moose Mt the end of it dangled
there, with "He we'll deserves it" stand
ing out in bold relief above it, Wsst
Shore.
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THE SPRING UPWARD.

den to the naked eye. Naturally the in
stantancous camera was invented.
The value of the invention is,after all,
much greater than would be supposed.
1t has not alone gratifed our desire to
see what We could not see otherwise, but
it has put within the reach of every art
list the most fascinating possibilities"
We might safely say that since the ad
vent of Muybridge good pictures of ami
mails in action have contained far more
natural and expressive figures than they
did formerly. In military paintings
alone, a great deal has been i'm
proved, for artists have learned now
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now to sketch aregiment of cavalry with
out givi' each horse the aspect OF hav-
ing been snot bodily from cannon. And
80 In other pictures, hunting scenes or
studies of travel, with horses, dogs and
birds introduced, in every field the utility
of the instantaneou, camera has been
proved. We have spoken with especial
reference to the uses of photography as ap-
Piled to animals in motion because our IL
lustrations represent that phase of the
art. At the same time it must be rcmcm-
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THE LOVERS LITANY.

Eyes of gray-a sodden quay,
Driving rain and falling tears,
As the steamer wears to sea
In storm Of parting cheers.
Sing for faith and hope are high
None so true as you and l.
Sing the Lovers Litany:
'Love like ours can never dier'
Eyes Of b!ack-a throbbing keel,
Milky foam to left and righH
Whispered converse near the wheel
In the brilliant tropic night.
Cross that rules the Southern Skyl
Stars that sweep, and wheel, and fly.
Hear the Lovers Litany:
"Love like ours can never diem
Eyes of brown-a dusty plain, 81
Split and parched with heat Of June, =,
Flying hoof and frightened rein,
Hearts that beat the old, old tuna.
Side by side the horses fly,
Frame we now the old reply
or the Lovers Litany: .
"Love like ours can never diep'
Eyes Of blue-the Simla Hills,
Silvered with the moonlight hoar; i
Pleading Of the waltz that thrills,
Dies and echoes round Kenmore.
Mabel" Officers" "Good-by,"
Glamour, wine, and witchery:
On my soups sincerity, ~
Love ike ours can never dep
Maidens, Of your charity,
Pity my most luckless state,
Four times Cupid's debtor l.
Bankrupt in quadruplicste.
Yet, despite this evil case,
An a maiden showed me grace,
Four and forty times would 1
Sing the Lovers Litany:-
"Love like ours can never die"
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A Cat With o Wooden Paw.

A very interesting and credible story
comes from Woodtord, Ky. A resident
of that village, Mr.. Patrick McGrath By
name, has cat\which is the pride and
joy of his life.
This cat, who rejoices in the very
ordinary name of Thomas, was born with
three paws, that is to say, one leg had
no pedestal. Many persons would have
drowned the unfortunate kitten. The
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HORSES In MOTION.
SOME SKETCHES FROM INSTAN-
TANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS.
A Horses Various Attitudes While
Taking q Leap-Odd Move
ments Revealed by
the Camera.

Since the publication of Professor
Muybridge's great work on the animal
in motion the resources of the instan-
taneous camera have been taxed to the
utmost by those enthusiasts in photog-
raphy who would rather possess a plate
showing o horse, with the picturesque
outlines of a kangaroo, than one IN