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Heating, Cooling and ventilating.

For more than 20 years the inventor of .
new system for heating, cooling and yenti-
lating has been developing the methods
which have been embodied in his invention.
His system consists in circulating fresh air
through interior zigzag partitioned heating
drums and coils arranged in return zlgzag
fue extending for suitable distance up the
chimney, around which the escaping gases
and smoke are made to pass. The heat that
usually passes to waste outside the chimney
is thus absorbed This heat is then turned
into a stream of fresh, clean air, driven
through heating apparatus and conveyed
with great velocity through a cir
culating pipe into as many differ
ent buildings and apartments as
may be desired. In this way q
saving of from 20 to go per cent in the cost
of fuel is effected. and pure, wholesome air,
which can be cooled if desired, can be OBJ
tanned all over the house. 1t is claimed
that this system is the only one that will dis
tribute hot or cold air in large volumes into
apartments, or through small sprayers to in
dividuals in offices, schools, sick rooms,
miners underground and divers under
water. 1t is proposed to establish this sys-
tenn on an extensive scale in a central sta
tion, frem which either hot or cold air can
be supplied to large number of customers.
The temperature can be modified to suit in
dividual tastes, and the business man can
have any climate he may fancy for the mo-
ment for his Office on tap.
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PITTsBURGERs IN THE EAST.
One Continu Gus Round or Social Pleasurel
on Seashore and Mountains.

One Continu Gus Round OF Social Pleasures
on Seashore and Mountains.
BosToN Aug. 20-[SpeciaL lit has been q
gay week at all the Eastern resorts, the gay
est of all in the social season thus far. Bar
Harbor has had tennis as q craze since Mon
day. Mrs. Jefferson Davis and Miss Winnie
Davis are the most notable arrivals there.
Mrs. Davis entertains many every evening.
The ranks of literateurs at Bar Harbor are
added to by the arrival OF Mr.. Thomas Nell
son, of Virginia, author of dialect stories:
Captain Charles H. King, q. S. A., the writer
OF army Stories and Mr.. Frank X. Stockton,
MIR. and Mrs. W. D. King, of Pittsburg, are
among the society people from Pennsyl-
vania, at the Wentworth, New Castle,
during August.
Pittsburgers have taken Cushing's Island,
Portland Harbor, Me-, by storm this week,
their number being distanced only by,
Canadians. Among the most prominent
from the Smoky City are Mr.. G: G. Hussey,
Mrs. H. H. Byram, Miss Byram, Miss Hussey,
Miss Phillips and Miss c: q; Hussey.
Card. of Pittsburs, are guests at the big
hotel at Poland Springs, Me.
Mr.. j. B. Sawyer of Pittsburg,fs the cham
pion bass fisherman at Poland Spring this
season. He will bring home some big stories,
count on that.
Mr. W. c. Scuwen writes his name plainly
on the Summit register, and he adds "Du
Mr.. John W. Chase and Mrs. John Nc
Clelland, of Pittsburg, are on a tour of the
seashore. They were at the Ocean House,
Newport, the first of the week.
Mr.. A. Lewis Hyde. of Delta Pa, and Mr..
N. 3. Hogg, Jr., of Pittsburg, are guests at
the Nit. Pleasant House, White Mountains.
Mr.. I. B. Welty, of Irwin. Pa, is at the
Kearsage, North Conway, N. H., for August's
closing days.
Mr.. William E. Lincoln and Mrs. T. P.
Lincoln, of Pittsburg, lat Hotel Preston,
Swampscott.
Mrs. Gilbert Perkins and her daughter
and Mrs. Avis Ford, OF Allegheny. Pa, are
summering ar Owl Cottage, Ocean Bluff,
Scituate.
MI. a. NJ. Charpont. Of Pittsburg, was at
Parker's Monday.
Mrs Joshua Rhodes, Miss Rhodes and
Mis- B. L. Rhodes, of Pittsburg, are guests
at Hotel Thorndike. jamestown, R. I.
Mrs. L. r. Williams and Mrs. c. L. Magee
registered at Hotel Thorndike, jamestown,
the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. A. Staten, Mr.. and Mrs.
D. P. Black. Mr.. and Mrs. George s. Griscom
and Mrs. D. Hostetter, of Pittsburg. are the
latest arrivals at the Ocean House, Newport,
r. I.
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CHAPTER II.
TO SEA AT LAST.

Columbus grew up to be an earnest, self
reliant, ambitious boy. When he was old
enough his parents sent him to the Univer.
sity in Psvia, town that you will find on
your map in Lombardv, in the northern
part Of Italy There he studied for several
years, increasing his knowledge of astron-
omv, geometry, drawing, geography and
cosmography or map-making. He was re-
membered by his teachers as p romising
pupil and by his fellow students as an ex-
cellent ball player.
The game of ball that they played was
not ct all like that which you know They
Used iron balls, an iron ring and large,
fat bat. The ring was set upright on a
level spot, and the players, from distance
uf twenty feet or more, would stoop down
holding the long edge OF the bat close to the
ground and try by the force of sweeping
blow TO drive the ball through the ring.
sides wre chosen, as you would choose sides
in baseball or cricket game, or two boys
could play it alone Each side had boy
alternately at the bat, and the score was
rec6oned bv the number of times that the
ball was put through the ring. This game
was brought over to Europe by the Moors
It is PLAYED among the people of Southern
Europe Just as it was centuries ago..
But the school DAYS of Columbus were
soon at au end. HIS father could not afford
yhe expense OF keeping him longer at Pavia,
and he returned to Genoa Again he and
his brother Bartholomew went to work at
their fathers wool bench. Both took up
their tasks cheeriully, although they longed
sC- better things.
In leisure moments the brothers con-
5lnUed their studies together, but Christie
pher was much superior to Bartholomew in
Cuickness of learning.
Even 81 that time he had begun to wonder
ifthere might not bea new land beyond the
sunset and the paths of all the western
stars" The more he pondered upon this
subject the more determined he became to
90 10 sea
His opportunity came at last. A distant
relative Of the family was a navigator
known as Colombo the elder, who had won
renowl both as q captain of merchant
fees and an admiral fighting the enemies of
Genoa on the Mediterranean. This old ad-
mi-al was uirate great deal of the time.
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tory course of general correspondence and
reading. The atmosphere here is not liter
ary. Ocean Grove appears now to be more
of place for those engaged in church work
to come and rest and enliven their minds
through contact with others. On hears
very little about the conversions, about
great meetings where hundreds pressed to
the front to give their experiences The
emotional phase OF Methodism appears to
be passing.
The Visitors Decidedly Provincial.
1t is the very opposite of a fashionable
place. or the thousands that march up and
down this broad sidewalk there will
be rarely observed anyone who
looks as if he were the inhabitsnt of a large
town. The general appearance of the crowd
is very provincial. The ladies are evidently
their own dressmakers. 1t is an exceptional
thing to see tasteful costume or even
well-ftting one. The men either adhere to
the rigid, conventional idea of the Sunday
go-to-meeting" dress of the country, or else
they 60 to the other extreme and indulge in
what they think is real seashore wear.
Let me describe one of the first tyne He
was man in the neighborhood OF 45 years
of age. His hair was sandy brown, thick
and unevenly cut. His face was smooth
shaven, with the exception of long chin
whiskers. His features were irregular and
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man pretends to despise such nonsense,
but shudders when cricket runs over his
foot. that being certain sign of bad luck.
1t is always considered lucky to have
crickets live in ones house and unlucky
when they leave, and we'll remember of a
friend of mine, when they moved from the
old house into the new, taking some crickets
with her and putting them in the soft
plaster at the side of the fireplace and her
grief when they left after few days stay.
They are very fond of fresh bread, and I
have often seen them running eagerly
around when bread was being taken out Of
the oven, attracted by the savory odor of
the warm loaves. "And crckets sing at the
ovens mouth" As might be supposed
from the hot atmosphere in which they live,
they are thirsty creatures and have a great
liking for liquids of all kinds, being ire
quently found drowned in vessels of water,
milk, etc. They are black and shiny, and
give one the impression of being tough and
well able to take care of themselves,
though they often fall prey to the family
cat, who catches and plays with them before
eating them as she does with mice.
The mole cricket, called the croaker on
ccount OF the peculiar croaking sound it
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substantial houses
and improvements of the same neighbor-
hood. From small campmeeting, with
population of 400 or 500, the community has
grown to a population in the height of the
season of 10000
This population is very nearly equally
divided between the two places. A narrow
river alone separates them. These two
towns, although governed by different peo-
pie, do not differ essentially. Ocean Grove
is owned and controlled by certain Metho-
dist associations, which elect from time to
time as directors various clergvmen of that
denomination. Asbury Park is governed
as any other town, although Mr.. Bradley,
its founder, is the controlling spirit of the
town and is practically It's main director
Distinc,ive,y american, and They Pay.
These two towns are very great financial
successes. The property has advanced in
value with great rapidity and to-day it
would be hard to find anywhere in the
United States two more prosperous commu-
mites. The population of Asbury Park is
more permanent in that the larger propor-
tion remain the year round than at Ocean
Grove. The two watering places are dis
tinctively American. You may go through
the length and breadth of the two places
without meeting more than an occasional
foreign face. The two places are celebrated
for the excellence of their accommodations
and the cheapness of the cost of living. A
hundred thousand transients come to these
two places during the season. Everything
is cheap. The best hotels do not charge
over $40 week for room and board, and
good accommodations can be found in clean
boarding houses for from So to So week.
The spirit of the administration OF the
two places is in accordance with the early
Puritanism. There are very strict regula-
tions against the sale of liquor in either
place. The Sunday local legislation is also
observed possibly in Ocean Grove than in
Asbury Park. There are also very strict
regulations concerning the use of the beach
and the requirements in relation to bathing
suits. These two resorts have received
enormous advertising on account of the rid
icule that is attached to these regulations
Men are not permitted to go in bathing
wearing bathing tights. The skirts of the
women bathers must be of a certain length,
we'll enough. People who don't like that
kind of thing need not 60 there.
Finest Beach Of the Coast.
The most arbitrary control is maintained
over the beach itself The beach is one of
the most magnificent strips of sand on the
Atlantic coast. The stretch here is about
four miles in length and 100 feet in width.
1t is snowy white and packed hard by an
ever-pounding surf. 1t is backed by long,
wide, broad sidewalk, rallied in up and
down, which passes constantly throng of
visitors. The beach is occupied as no other
beach in the world is occupied, with possi-
bly, the exception of the one at Scheveningen,
Holland. The majority of the people bur-
row down and make great bed in the sand
and lie there for hours. Thousands of peo-
pie thus reclining are warned BY a great |
sign issued by the Board of Directors that |
no gentleman or lady will be permitted to
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large When he smiled he showed a double
set of false teeth of verv modern make. He
wore upon his head, slightly inclined to-
ward the back, silk hat of the shape of
ten years ago. His tall. shambling fig ure
slightly stopped. His coat was broad
cloth frock, halt buttoned. The cravat was
black tape line falling from turnover
collar His trousers were an iron gray,
pulled down with difficulty over the legs of
high, strong, country-made boots. This
man and his dress represented a distinct
type that was constantly met 1t would
seem to go without saying that any one in
this community who wore silk hat fol-
lowed vow to not wear one that was not
of the make of ten years ago.
"A Type without Taste or Style.
The other type was the young man. He
was dressed in what is known to-day as out
ing fannels His small weak face was over
shadowed by an enormous straw hat called
by playful young boys the buzz saw, His
flannel coat and trousers were the most &C.
centric blue and brown plaid. His shirt was
a soft pink and around his waist he had
twined p sky blue silk sash. or course he
wore russell shoes, and as he was to be met
in various varieties Of flannel up and down
the walk he may fairly be considered type;
None of these young men ever displayed
any taste or style.
This is one of the most grieyous things OBJ
served. The population here is essentially
American. The life is American, vet from
one end of the place to the other do not
think 1 saw a single fne.looking woman.
There was q uniformity OF uglincsS which
was remarkable. Second, l do not think
there was fine complexion. Where did
the people get their yellow, sallow facesH
Here thev were living in the purest and
most wholesome of atmospheres and out of
doors the greater portion Of the time. Yet
few of them showed any marks OF sea tan
or OF the influence of what should be most
wholesome life. L think that the explana-
tion would be found in the food and in the
constant munchtng of sweet stuff found for
sale along the beach. Then, TOO, there was
a certain air of sombreness about the two
places. Everyone seemed to be taking his
amusement sadly.
The young people in this country are
given altogether too much liberty, and
should suggest that here would be very
good place to introduce the chaperone. The
young people here arc allowed to go about
together in too familiar a way, and the re-
suit is loss of respect on both sides without
any gain. 1 do not for one moment mean to
accuse them of anything more than bad
manners. The utter absence of personal
dignity, and the lack OF privacy appear to
be characteristic of modern rural life. Here
is an aggregation OF the essence of many
rural communities, and although the place
itself is very large, the spirit throughout Is
provincial T. c. CRAWFORD.
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New Wrinkles for Engineers,

In writing on graphite. an engineer re-
comments the use of that very valuable
article in some unfamiliar way. He says
he has used hand-hole and manhoie gaskets
eight or ten times bv carefully smearing
the surface next the boiler shell with
graphite. In packing water glasses, by
putting little graphite or oil on the gasket
they would vulcanize as soft as a lamp wick
and retain their elasticity until the glass
changed, when the old rubber could be re-
moved without trouble. In the old way the
rubber would be baked as hard as yulcanite.
and take much time to dig out. Another
use OF graphite is in putting back the hand
hole plate of plugs in the back connection.
All the SCOT and ashes should be carefully
brushed away, and with small brush .
good coat of graphite should be laid over
the fange, stud and nuts. After running
the boiler from three to six months, even
using coke for fuel, with forced draft, the
nuts can be removed without trouble, as the
heat has not been great enough to burn the
lead.
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CTlCkcb OlCe
admidst the glowing heat of the kitchen
hearth or oven, the mole cricket haunt.
moist meadows and frequents the sides Of
ponds and banks of streams, performing all
its functions in swampy wet soil, with Q
pair of fore-feet, curiously adapted to the
purpose, it burrows and works unde1
ground like the mole, raising .
ridge as it proceeds, but seldom
throwing up hillocks" 1t digs out
long and intricate passages all leading to a
kind of chamber neatly shaped and smoothed
where the eggs are laid, this chamber being
near enough the surface to allow the eggs
being hatched by the heat of the sun. They
are unwelcome guests to the gardener, often
destroying whole beds of vegetables and
flowers. In early summer they begin their
song, making jarring note something like
the chattering OF the goat-sucker and kept
up long time without interruption. Al
though all the crlckets have wings they
seldom use them except when moving in
colonies, which is generally done at night
Some naturalists tell US that from the
structure and number of their stomachs
they have reason to think that ell three spe-
cies ruminate-that is chew the cud as do
cows and many quadrupeds.
The field cricket is perhaps better known
than either of the others in this country,
being heard in the fields from harvest time
until alter the frost comes in the fall. It is
easier to hear than see these grylli for they
are very timid and no sooner do they feel
any one approaching than they stop in the
middle of their song and run swiftly back
ward into their burrows, for they too, work
tunnels using their strong jaws for this
purpose. They like sunny banks in the
pasture fields where sitting in the door of
their houses they chirp all day as well as
night, their notes being faint and inward at
the beginning of the season and becoming
louder as the summer advances In the
weeks after hearing the field cricket's song
by the peasantry Of other countries, the
Scotch calling it gentle wee thing"
meaning of fairy origin. Lovers of crick-
cts put them in cages, where supplied with
moist plants they thrive and sing joyously.
read some time ago of young girl in
New York who having read Dickens story
of ''The Cricket on tho Hearth" fell so
much in love with crickets that she filed
large fernery with the little creatures which
being fed with grasses and vegetables and
kept moist, sang as happily as If in their
native field She shared her pleasure with
others by giving a cricket party. A num-
Der of her friends being invited to her
house to hear them sing, the gas was turned
down and every one kept silence. By-and-
by chirp coming from the fernery was
heard, then another chirp broke the silence,
and again the third chIrp, until within
few minutes the whole room was filled with
that sound Of cheerfulness which brings
hearts-ease to the home
LILLE n. HOUSTON.
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Removing the Tassels From Corn.

Some experiments conducted in 1890 1t
the experiment station of Cornell Uniyer-
sity on the removal of tassels from part Of
the growing corn, yielded very beneficial re-
suits A gain of 30 per cent was estimated.
This remarkable showing led to further tests
at the Ohio station at the Ohio State Uni
versity. Thirty-two rows of corn, running
over quite uniform land, were selected upon
to make the trial. On August the tassels
were pulled from each alternate row. 1t was
found that the understandable corn from
the four plots from which the tassels had
been removed averaged 26 per cent, while the
average from the other four rows was q per
cent understandable. The calculations
also show that the average yield per acre is
about one bushel less than where the corn
was left undisturbed. 1t is thought prob
able that the tassels were not in this expert
ment removed early enough. The theory
upon which the experiment is based is that
the strength that would otherwise 60 to the
maturing of the tassel and production Of
pollen is diverted to the use of grains, and
from their more complete development more
corn is produced.
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BURNING COAL TWICE.
A Machine That Separates Partially
Consumed Fuel From Ashes.
DISTRIBUTING HOT AND COLD AIR.
Substituting Gigantic Nets for Oil in Calm
ing the Ocean.
THE SCIENCE OF EVERYDAY LIFE
DISTRIBUTING hot AND COLD AIR.
The SCIENCE OF EVERYDAY LIFE
WRITTEN FOR THE DISPATCH. ]

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPArCH.I
The want of ready method of dealing
with ashes obtained from boiler fires, or
other source of heating power, so as to e1-
tract the unconsumed fuel called "breeze,"
so that it could be used over again, has long
been felt Thousands of tons of good fuel
are daily thrown away for want of q ready
method of cleansing it from the ashes with
which it leaves the furnaces A machine
has been invented which separates the ashes
into three portions, viz: L Unburnt fuel,
called breeze or cinders, which can be mixed
with coal and burnt over again, or for black
smiths fires, being the finest material pro-
durable. 2 Fine dust, useful for builders
in place of sand 8. Clinkers, useful for
road making, paths, etc. The machine con-
sists of tank or compartment kept full
of water The ashes or breeze to be eleansed
rest on a grating, which is covered by
fine perforated copper plate. A freq
passage of water is allowed,
and at the same time the breeze or
fuel is prevented from falling. The separa-
tion is effected by an agitator, worked by
crankshaft. At each downward plunge Of
the agitator the water is forced upward
through the perforated copper bottom,
causing the material to rise. The rubbish,
owing to its greater specific gravity, is pre-
cipitated to the bottom, on the return
stroke; at the same time, the breeze, or un-
burnt fuel, being lighter, works to the snr-
face. At each stroke of the crank q body
of water and quantity of clean breeze is
carried to plate, which is also perforated,
so as to allow the water to fall into the ma
chine, and thence, through valve, to be
used over again. and the clean breeze is
swept by revolving brush over a ledge.
The clinker accumulates on the perforated
copper plate, and from time to time is al
lowed to escape by valve in the body Of
the machine, whence it is raised by an
elevator and discharged. It is claimed that
the machine will pay for itself several
times in year if used where the weekly
consumption of coal is not less than 600
tons
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Life-savinx Seats for Ship.

An improved buoyant life-saving seat for
ships was recently brought out in Scotland.
Although no metal is used in its construc-
tion, only wood and cork, the seat is strong
and durable. When standing upright upon
the deck the apparatus has the appearance
of q simple open frame, comprising two
tight boxes of equal buoyancy, held apart
and tied together, one above the other, by
three or more wooden uprights, according
to the length of the seat required. When
the seat is required for use as life buoy is
can at once be shut into buoy form and
thrown overheard. Life lines are fixed to
the seat at the most convenient parts