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THE CTRCULATION OF THE TIMES IS
LARGER THAN EVER BEFORE IN rs
HISTORY. AND - STEADILY INCEKAs-
lNG.
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performed by the lungs as mechanical work.
but the equivalent of it is expended BY the
lung tissue, considered as a delicate chem
ical apparatus 1t would mean a great deal
to the arts if this power of separation could
be initiated in any simple, feasible way.
In ordinary combustion volume of nitro
gen four times the bulk Of the combiniuv
oxygen has to be hea ed, not only reducing
the temperature of the fame, but waste
fully carrying off as much as half its heat or
even more. A supply of oxygen by itself
would at once give the chemist and the
metalworker a heat from common fuel so
intense that their chief anxiety would be to
find building materials refractory enough to
answer for their furnaces.
Chemical Work of the Lungs.
And oxygen is important in other appIi-
cations In the publication of illuminating
gas, in fermentation, in bleaching, and
scores of other chemical processes oxygen is
SO valuable that, dear as it is, its use is con-
stantly increasing. Cannot ingenuity de-
wise some copy of the lungs, chemical or
mechanical, or both, and give the world
this gas at cheap rate for thousand new
purposes? Besides the process of separat-
ing oxygen from the atmosphere our vital
organs are every moment carrying on chem
ical changes of great subtlety. The elab-
oration OF living tissue Is process OF
transcendent interest to the physiologist.
1t is equally fraught with instruction to
the chemist who would build compounds
from their elements, to the engineer who
would convert heat or chemical energy into
motive power with less than the enormous
waste of current methods.
The science of electricity, so marvellous
In its recent triumphs, was born but lately
INTO the world because the gymnotus, or
electric eel, had not been intelligently dis
sected. Its form discloses the very arrange
ment adopted by Volta in his battery-lay-
ers OF material insulated by non-conductors
and and surrounded by slightly acid moisture,
The characteristic peculiarities of this singu-
lar flsh are not without analogy in the
human frame. In the muscles which bend
the forearm, for example, are nearly a mil
lion delicate hbrils comparable in structure
to the columnar organs of the electric eel.
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These nbrils respond to electrical excitation
in so marked degree as to suggest profound
physiological similarities. And what adds
to this suggestiveness Is that the cells
columnar layers and the human 6brils are
similarly affected by strichnine and cursfe.
The Stomach's Conversion Of Energy.
At such point as this sciences seems to
be nearing an understanding Of the great
question. How does food produce work In
the animal system? At q temperature Q
little higher than that OF atmospheric air,
and very much lower than that of the steam
elected from our engines, every process, Of
nutrition and muscular exertion takes place.
And bs it observed that no steam engine
yet constructed, however carefully designed,
approaches the animal economy in efici.
ency. Perhaps nature converts the force
resident in food into useful work, not
that of electricity. How it all happens has
only TO be comprehended to lengthen tho
life of every coal mine in the world, per-
haps rs much as twice.
And far below the bird In rank are crea-
lures whose capacities, if successfully imi-
tated, would greatly improve the lot Of
man. When the wax candle gave way to
the gas jet, light brought with it only
three.fourths as much heat as before. When
the gas Jet In turn makes way for the lncan-
descent lamp, ted by the electric current,
the accompaniment Of useless heat falls to
one-twenty-third as much az formerly. In
some of the best arc lamps 1t is estimated
that the heat rays have been 20 reduced %
to represent no more units of force than the
rays of light. One-hslf. therefore. of per-
feet efficiency has been attained. Far other
wise is it with the incandesoent filameut,
whose radiance means but one part light to
II parts heat This loss, be 1t remembered,
has to be paid in addition to the heavy tax
levied by the steam engine Is it converts its
fuel into motive power for the dynamo.
Tne electrician. for all his complexity of
apparatus, is still far behind certain lowly
insects as light giveE In the glowworm,
and in the firefy, especially in the splendid |
species which abounds in Cuba, Prof s. P. |
Langley has found that light is emitted with |
no wasteful partnership whatever with rays |
of heat How soon will genius, keen of |
eye, skillful of hand. read the secret of this |
tiny craftsman and translate it into an en-
CINE for the Illumination Of the world?
GEORGE LIES
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breaks up light in the same fashion, SO that
around its edges, especially if the lens be
thick, we can observe circular fringe Of
colored rays. This fringe in the telescopes
of Sir Isaac Newton gave the philosopher
great annoyance. Making some rough ex-
periments, he concluded that the defect ~as
without remedy. Had he but known it, the
anatomy of his own eyes could have
shown him how him how to Danish the ve1-
atious colored fringe.
Let US see how Dollond, the first op-
tician who succeed in making achromatic or
colorless lenses, went about it. Ascertain
ing that crown glass dispersed or scattered
light only half as much as flint glass, he
united lens of the former to lens of the
latter, obtaining q refracted or bent beam
of light almost unchanged in its whiteness.
Compound lenses on this principle are pro-
vided in all the best telescopes, micro
scopes and cameras. In the eve light
passes through the three different media on
its way to the retina, and the refractive and
dispersive powers of all three so vary and
harmonize that the image is impressed in its
true tints Employing three lenses ground
from different kinds of glass, Prof, g. S.
Hastings, of New Haven, Conn, has sue
ceeded In improving the telescope % per
cent in sharpness of definition and in purity
of the color of its images. With achro-
matte lenses and a dark chamber, or camera,
our Photographic instruments closely re-
semble the eve. Indeed, Psychologists are
of opinion that when we see an object the
impression is due to succession of evanes-
cent photographs formed upon the retina so
rapidly as to seem permanent picture.
Piano Strings in the Ears.
Pianos, violins, flutes, and other musical
instruments yield their notes by the vibra-
tion of strings, pipes or reeds of definite
length and form. Across the box-like organ
in the throat, the larynx, the vocal cords
vibrate in an identical way. When we
sing particular note into an open piano,
whose strings are free to vibrate, the string
capable of giving out that note at once
responds In the ear is the delicate, grad
uated structure known as the rods of Corte
which there is good reason to believe,
vibrate in like manner with the impact of
sound waves and SO give rise to our auditory
impressions.
From speaking and hearing let us turn to
the process Of breathing Every time we
initiate our lungs their tissue performs an
operation which battles the skill of me-
chanic or chemist to initiate, except with
enormous waste. Air is made up Of oxygen
and nitrogen mechanically mixed. Oxygen
alone subseryes our vital functions, and
from air our lungs part it and pass it into
the current of the blood. To overcome the
force of diffusion, which holds together the
of cubic foot of air, requires
an e1ertion equal to lifting !, 400 pounds one
foot from the ground. This labor is not
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as 1t lies in the mold, and the gun
barrel is permitted to cool from its outer
circumference with extreme slowness A
gun cast in this way may be re-
garded as series of cylinders the
outer ones of which are SUCCESSFULLY shrunk
on the inner; as these inner ones are thus
strongly compressed the force of COM
preston 10 added to that of the metals pow
erful cohesion, and so tremendous explosive
forces are safely resisted. At the same time
the outer cylinders of the gun are in state
OF tension, that is, they would fly apart
were they of less tenacious metal At q
distance as they are from the discharging
powder, they are still strong enough to
Withstand ss much of the strain of firing as
comes upon them. In this ingenious man
ner the founder distributes throughout the
whole mass of his metal the prodigious rup-
turing force of modern explosives explo-
slves which would rend as paper the cannon
used BY our grandfathers,.
The structure he builds up closely resem-
bles that of the heart In its two inner
parts the fibres of that organ are wound
somewhat like two balls of twine, and these
in turn are tightly compressed by covering
of other similar fbreS The heart has to
resist no such explosive force as that which
comes upon gun, but in propelling the
blood through the system it has to exert
great pressure. This pressure by the or
gan's peculiar structure is uniformly dis
tributed throughout every part In the
frame of an ordinary man the labor of the
heart in "a hours is equal to lifting 124 tons
one foot from the ground.
The Eye and Achromatic Lenses.
We are familiar with the glass triangular
prism which can break up beam of sun
light into rays having all the hues of the
rainbow. The ordinary simple lens is ap-
proximately prism in circular form and
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SAD NEWS FOR THE PoErs

The Prize of 200 for a Columbian Rhym.
ster Has Been Withdrawn
Some time ago New York firm offered
to put S., 900 in the hands OF Director Gen.
eral Davis to be given to the person who
should write the best poem or song to be
read or sung when the buildings of the
exposition were dedicated next October.
Ever since the fact became known long
haired poets and musicians all over the
country have been flooding Colonel Culp, of
the Ceremonies Committee. with inquiries
about the prize. They wanted to know
whether the money was still up. The other
day the Committee on Ceremonies adopted
a resolution that they would not entertain
any such offers from firms or corporations
that wanted to encourage the production of
poetry. Copies of this resolution will be
sent at once to all the poets from Kewanee,
Ind, to Skowhegan, Me.
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HOW TO BOIL EGGS,
The Right Way is Not to boil Them at All,
Strangs to Sav

The Right Way is Not to Boii Them at All,
Strangs to Say.
Our woman-and her household ways are
the W onder and envy of her friends-says
that the right way to boil eggs is not to boil
them at all. First put the eggs into wire
basket with tall handle; that saves the
time and ve1ation of fishing them out with
a spoon when cooked. Then set the rest of
eggs in kettle or other vessel with cold
water enough to cover the eggs-not hot
water, or warm water, but cold water. Set
the vessel over brisk fire. Do not let the
water boil, only just "come to boil" and
at that particular time-not betore-not
later-the eggs will be cooked as they
should be.
Remove the basket of eggs by the tall
edge handle. Spread napkin over deep
dish, lay i'll the eggs and fold the four cor
ners OF the napkin over them and serve. If
these directions are followed exactly the
eggs, when broken, will roll into the cups
like balls Of soft jelly, nothing adhering to
the, shell, the entire egg thoroughly cooled
and delicate and tender through and
through.
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perienoe with firearms. There Is the nsr vous
man, who tidgets with his pistols, and
points IT first at one man and then at an
other without meaning to do so. The nerv.
Gus man Is bad enough, but tho absent
minded man, who points his revolver at YOU
and torgets all about 1t until second or so
after he has blown your head of, is much
worse. The worst OF all pupils, though, ID
the man-who-knows-it-alL
Ine best revolver in target shooting is of
american make, "A callber army pattern.
Inc regulation indoor range is 12, 25, 80 or
70 yards; and outdoor, 100 yards. The tar
get Is standard decimal with bulls eve
one and one-eighth inches in diameter
Round bullets should be used and light
charges OF powder when but beginning prac-
tice, and up to 20 yards.
How to Pick Up Weapon,
When q man walks up to the counter on
which the weapons rest and picks up a re-
xoiver, let him be careful to catch hold of
the barrel with one hand aud the hankle
with the other, and, before he does anv-
thing else, open the pistol and see whether
or not 1t is loaded. Never take another
mans word that your pistol is not loaded
have seen more than one man knocked
down, and quite rightly, too, for pointing
q really empty pistol at another man. I
give you, too. another rule that the expert
revolver shot always practices. He never
touches the trigger until he shoots.
When shooting stand on both legs.
with the heels little distance
apart and on straight line with each other
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| serim. Because the recollections which We
| both had of our former journey, we guided
| ourselves by the geological outline Of the
| country, which in Indo-China is very sim
| pie. The mountain chains have but few
| ramifcations and led us almost in straight
I line toward the sea, down into our own pen
insula.
eve approached our old haunts with
great circumspection. We needed to live
alone and at perfect liberty, and were able
to carry out our wish. The tribe, enriched
by the sale of my person to the former king
Of Burmah, had deserted its hut of reeds
and the forests, cleared of wild animals by
a TERRIBLE drought, had been abandoned by
the hunters We found a freer and safer
home than we had yet enjoyed. Aor re-
gretted none of our vanished splendor. He
knew and loved no one but me on earth.
Our long intimacy had broken down the
barriers set up between US by nature. We
exchanged our thoughts like two creatures
become so thoughtful, so sober and express
i've that he read my thoughts 1 read his.
He did not need words with me. I felt
him sad or gay according to the mood and
infections of his flute.
"We spent long years in the enjoyment
of our deliverance. Aor had become a
fervent Buddhist, and lived wholly on
vegetable food We had abundance about
us, and knew neither suffering nor sick
ness"
"But Aor had become old I had seen
his hair whiten and his strength depart.
He made known to me the effects of age,
heightened his life by sparing him every
fatigue and care. I brought him his food
and constructed his shelter. He lost his
vital warmth and no longer left contact
with my body. At length he begged me to
dig him grave, for he felt himself about to
die. 1 obeyed. He lay in it in bed Of
leaves, and embraced my trunk in farewell
Then his arm fell, and he lay motionless.
81 covered his grave as he had hidden
ne, and lay down on it. L think had un-
derstood his death. But I did not question
whether the longevity of my race con-
demned me to survive him for long pc
riod, nor did determine to die. But for
got to eat When night was gone-I had no
lutely overw hemled and Indifferent. When
the sun rose again he found me dead.
II have since learned that after my disap-
pearance the Burman Empire suffered great
reverses. The royal city of Pagham was
abandoned by the priests of Gautama
Buddhs was irritated at the want of solici-
tude which the people had shown for me,
and my flight testified his displeasure. The
rich carried away their treasures and built
them new palaces in the territory of Ava
The poor carried their huts of rattan away
on the backs of their camels, to follow their
masters away from the accursed city. Pag-
ham had been the abode and the pride of As
kings in succession. 1 had condemned her
by my fig ht, and to-day she is nothing but
a heap of magnificent ruins"
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TRANSLATED FOR THE DISPATCH FROM THE FRENCH OF
GEORGE S AND.

road, 1t was yet q miracle that We escaped
the dangers of our enterprise. Neither one
of us could have done it alone, but from the
intimate reunion of human intelligence with
power arises. If men had known how to
identify themselves with animals complete
ly enough to lead them into the union, they
would not have found in them mere slaves,
at times rebellious and dangerous, and often
falling short of requirements. They would
have had the best Of friends, and could have
solved the problem of selfdirectlng power,
without having recourse to the blind force
Of machinery, more ferocious and ter
ribIe animal than the wild beasts of the
desert.
although tormented by bandits, whom
we did not greatly fear, with prudence and
perseverance, we reached the River Tenas-
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IN THE BULLS EYE.
A Veteran Marksman Tells How to
Place Revolver Bullets.
CORRECT POSITION IN AIMING.
The Secret Is in Pulling the Trigger With
Steady Pressure.
RECORDS OF EXPERT AMERICANS
TwBIrTsN yoB TIE pIsrArcu. I

UDGE GLIDER
SLEEVE never
said . truer thing
than he did ono
day on the bench
in sentencingaman
for shooting some
one: II am more
afraid Of . revolver
in the hands of Q
careless man than
I am of a live
rattlesnake." /" And
so is every man
who has had AZ.
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PARLoR furniture reuphlostered.
HAUGH & KEENAN,, 80 Water st.
wSu
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time there has been, she has
made it her task to find
out how everything that
lives can come to its best es-
tate, and do its work in the
easiest way. As rain falling
upon a mountain peak asks
no guideposts to show it the
shortest path to the valley,
so the rootlets of a flower
need no gardenert to bid them
thicken and multiply along
the line where they find most
food. On the arid plains of
Arizona a vine, in burrow-
ing downward for moisture,
will often have ten times as
much growth within the
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Lens. tile, well-watered soil the
vine will descend into the earth hardly
as far.
bald cypress in swamp of Florida
s itself to very peculiar circumstances
as successfully. Finding its susie
&C near the surface, it spreads out its
in horizontal lines and at no great
i in the soil Every wind that stirs
s roots but promotes their thrift and
-Ethens their anchorage. A wealth Of
floats on the swamp water. In seeking
he roots throw to the surface the
sees, " whose effect in bracing the tree
INST the assaults of tempest fills the
.ye designer with admiration. When
progeny OF such tree come to occupy
drained lands, the "knees" would be
.sss and do not appear.
The survival of the Fistest.
p the transmission of life from the stem
a plant TO its seed, a thousand influences
conveyed Little wonder that their
lra poise should be unsteady, that GER
n The new shrubs or trees should be q
different from their parent. Perhaps
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ATURE'S INVENTIONS.
e hey to. Many a Problem With
winch Weak Man Is Wrestling.
i STOMACH AS A GENERATOR
r reach Us How to Get Electricity Direct
From the Fuel.
{ ElBEELI AND LIGHT QUESTION
{ STOMACH AS A GENERATOR
( FIREFLY AND LIGHT QUESTION

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