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ST LUKEs METHODIST CHURCH 4,,-r
ave, LINDSAY r. LONGACRE. Pastor-sehon,' -
Public worship IL and 7ij. Morning sermon J:hse ~
So. evening. JOHN yi, 3d.
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RELIGIOUS Notiees.

Religious Nohtes.
R.; gxbMfN Ts@Fe '1sEs
viii preach morning Rev MG roncc, ,onskt
for the people. free.
A-A-A-uNIoN SUMNER SERVICES
Of san, James Methodist Episcopal Church Mount
Presbyterian Church Church Of the Pnritans resSy
sI. :; s ss$ e. @s rs%
W%yLAN6 MoYT. B. Pastor Epiphany 3 Baptist Sd:t
G s Ma snd 5 psnn seas free ali
MsiT2S IS the
,, Re 2 o. sSc'' evening
vice s. sundayschooI for adults at 2:so p M MID
Israelites welcome.
AT CHURCH OF THE TRANSPORTATION. 2sth,st;
between 9Th and Madison aves-CeleoraIions Il anu
o'clock Mathis 1890 Choral even'ons' O'CLOCK every
Sunday "
AT THE FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH DIST
st. and wssi End-Sye union services q rS SHn sfSSh
pa' Breaches At H. Union prayer meeting wednesday
evening ; at s. Cordial invitation extended to all.
BAPTIST CHURCH OF THE EPIPaAYyy M s. ave;
and c4th,R.y HoWARD L JoSEs se Pss %:an will
day evening Jas o'clock Open all summer strangers
cR REPr2fRR Rev cHaRIEs H6LhA
es) sunday-school 1880; communion and baptism 80
T hs %d%se serc.
ing 7:45. Strangers welcome
BRICK CHURCH.
shave. and 31th-st,
HENRY VAN DYKE. Pastor.
Services sunday. July 8lst-
Rev. CHARLES L. THOMPSON, D. D..
will preach at IL a m
pRoADWAY TABERNACLE CHURCH Broadway and
alth-.t Rev CHARLES Z. JEFFERSON, ID. D.. Pastor.
Preaching by the Rev. JOHN f. FUTILE. d. d.. OF
worcester. Mass. Services at II a. m, and p. m
CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH. West bIth-E.-Dr.
MORSE breaches Morning subject: Tho Tempted and
Fsslng Jesus" Evening; God Loving and Man Per-
i.hinrT Strangers welcome.
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Graebcrs.

DRIvATE TUIT1oN.-By college grnouate navns
long experience In coach'ng eonaluone" eg,v
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PARK AVENUE METHODIST EPISCOPAL. cuir,,,.
corner Of s6th-st.-Hoy communion. II a. m nm
ing at p. m. by the pastor, Rev Dr. A d vsT,,-
Seats free Welcome 10 ALL AL
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Information: sent free COLUMBIAN COR
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ADVERTISEMENTS and SUBSCRIPTIONS ior Ihe ii,o ,u
"A their Uptown Office no La
"a door north OF 2Ist-st o'clock NJ; adNetse
ments the following branch oihsss a, .es
until o'clock m, VIZ ~ o.
23d-st 1872 Gth-ave. cor l2th ST. MacE - -, ion
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IVES; 41d-st near eth-avc.: 02 East ltnsr .o' "eS'
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UNIVERSITY PLACE PRESBYTERIAN cHrscu
corner iOth-st.-Pubc worship tomorrow az IN va
and in the evening at O'clock Wednesday evening a
vice at s o'clock
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MOSQUITO AND INSECT El
TERMINATOR.
OLD GOLD & SILVER WANTED.
STORAGE.

THE CENTRAL aTOHAOD WARE
HOUSES. ic6-i6i-fgS Wert s?d-st. stor-
sss. moving. Telephone 1gt 3sth-s,.
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ST. PAULs METHODIST EPISCOPAL cHuecv
sGth-st and West End ave
OPEN ALL SUMNER
REV. GEORGE g. ECKMAN. Ph. D.. Paste,
Services at II q m and o m
Prayer service Wednesday 8 D. n. Strangers r...-
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HOWARD DUFFIELD D. D. Pastor iNo'-st
II a. m. and ?. M. Rev. FRANK " GI,ys.r,r.
ID. D., OF Chicago. will preach. NbeA
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WORKSHOP OUTFITS.

>~~~.0N~o~S~~-N~Noo>~~ ~~~N~<~~~~~~~~~~-
iToO, 1897. 1873. TO-DAY.-5peciaities at
Littles Tool store. 30 Fulton-s,. New
York Foot power machinery. Tor amateur
and mechanic. Pinelnni lncubators ana
,Erooders.
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1ns,rnrtioH.

Miscellaneous. !,
r1REE COURSE IN spanish begun July Internstionn
Magazine. Graphophcna. wonderful Language teache'
sample 10 Pontiac bdg., thic"so.
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School Aacnfics.

A MEXICAN AND FOREIGN TEACHERS AoENei
"A supplies Profess Ieachers, tutors 'o'e"e''e''
&C. 10 Colleges, Schools and Families Apply To-.
Mrs 81. ]. YOUSG-FULTON. ~ Union op"a'e
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NETWORK SECOND CHURCH or CHRIST No.
uso Madlson-ave. corner 23th-s,.chrstsn ssselsa-
services sunday. loi5 a. and m. sS'tncs
vice Wednesday, p m Reading room 10 ~ s,sh 81
open daily aso Sunday afternoons. " "'n-ays,
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DRESS AND ACCORDION PLEAT-
ING.

PL4EATIN0S. PINKINGS. FLCTINGS
done while you wait. Dressmakers get
discount on lowest prices. HARDING. 80
West 23d-st
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FIFTH AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH corner
osth-st Rev JOHN HALL D. D.. Pastor Tss Rsy
WiiBGiR CHAPMAN. p. D.. Of Philadelphia. Is ex-
cd IN
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WEST END PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Am,,.,...
ave and IO5th-st.. the Rev JOHN BALLOON SKI
D. D. ''nlster. the Rev. FREDERICK EMgesssj
ROCKWELL II. D. Assistant Mins,er-The ls.l,..y,
Minister will preach at IL a. Surday-schooi 4, !.
a. m. Meeting FOR prayer and praise a. .. m " ~
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DRESSMAKER. - Competent dressmaker
wishes engagements out by day; latest
designs. sleeves. waists: remodes. alters:
chlldrens work: terms low: reference Ad-
dress TERMS. Box %. l.242 Broadway.
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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST. SCIENTIST lS1-lt3
wast Is,b-s, CHRISTIAN Science services Sundays al
io4s a M and p. m. and WEDNESDAY evenings at D.
Reading-rooms open daily from III a. III 70 p ill.,
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Thomas Whitaker brings out another volume
Of sermons by the Rev. Dr. Hugh Macmillan. en-
titled THE Spring OF the Day." They exhibit
much the same literary briancy coupled with a
sympathetic feeling for nature that characterizes
all DR.. Macman's works.
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From ID. Appleton & 60. comes a good collection
OF essays upon problems OF philosophy and of life
entitled Studies OF Good and EVIL" BY Professor
Josiah Royce Of Harvard. The volume is char
acterized by honest and acute thinking along the
lines Of idealistic philosophy
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MADISON AVENUE BAPTfsr CHURCH oo
e.: 81, ney; HENRY ~ sAHDERs p s,:,:
preach. sundsy-schooi. $50 a. m. M.dwesk VIZ
Wednesday S D. m service
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WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH W.
23d-st near 1th-aye.-ltev. J. g. donaldson prearss
ii a. m. Prayer and conference meeting 7:fJ o m
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HARDWOOD MANTELs r TILE.

V@|N~N|voNNN(VNNN N~NNNNNNNNN>O~o
ELEGANT hardwood mantels, $l2 up
nreplaces, gas logs. Show rooms and fac
tory. 24J Front-st. near Fulton Ferry.
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AT CHURCH OF THE TRANSPORTATION. zsth,s,
beweon I'm and Madison celebrations. and II
o'clock Mathis. 1890 Choral eyensong. CLOCK every
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13
FOLLOW Tag CRACK.
uo- rtr.--H Oct o-s et r1ilsllss
rIi-a ~tth szsee~.

uo- rtrsss.a Oct o-t % ttailsinEs
rui-a ~ith sz,ae..
A baildiug on a toHatovn street
was on frr and tha Grs; floor vas nsii
Of thiek. xafroeasinE ssroke. SAYS the
Kansas City Star. To thr esoHa Out
side It seemed al u man could not
live minute In is; as II human lungs
could not possibly endure H. And yet
there vcre two nremoa In the room
They had soue in and had no; come
cut. Five niantes laler and
the fireman had not appeared.
The smoke waA getting dsnser.
and rolled out OF the broken
transom In heavy. deadly clouds. The
crowd In the stree; was getting xor-
ried. Al the end % ten minutes n fire-
man struggled out OF the door And
stood against = ladder. painting and
struggling for breath. Ia a moment or
two he was apparently all right BY
gracioua." said a man, that fellow
mus; have 1rsproof lungs, He's a Won
der" After Il was all over and the
firemen had rstnrned TO their engine
houses and were cleaning themselves
and the apparatus the man Who had
tUme through the smoke was tuHud.
He was as clipper as II be had never
been TO fire. How do you do its~
asked a man Easy enough he an
swered Just hug the noor. There is
no smoke next TO the floor "But how
do you see 10 get out7" was asked.
Surely the smoke Is too thick to nnd
your way about. And IN a strange
building you don't know where the
door is, How do you manage it?" Its
like this" answered the fireman.
when the smoke gets thick we get
down on the floor aud work as long
as we can. II We can't do anything and
have got TO get ou, we just crawl along
crack and come TO the front OF the
building. In the big downtown build
ings the floor boards Tun from the
front TO the back and II we don't hap
pen to strike the door we just follow
the front wall until we come to 1t.
That's no trick"
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

aetiy as water would act Ia tubs
heated white hot
Here the action is purely mechani-
cal. bu; by taking advantage OF the In
tense chemical activity OF oxygen. sx-
piosions OF far greater violenes may
be obtained To Illustrate this. sat
urafe In the azure-tinted liquid vad
OF oily cotton waste. and place 81 in a
steel tube Of great strength. open At
both ends When spark Is applied
which mrst be done from n safe dis
tance--the tube Is rent In fragments.
II the wAa were tirxt wet with t1rp~n-
tine. the explosive force would exceed
that OF gun cotton.
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

Aeerpss the sosipsHfr iiSrrsn,
cannot read the Old tcF,ssnsai
;, is vita histories q Sura as!
~ vzrs and % the dccda q zig.7
q vaiar. uithou; } PAis fare AZ
seffnEs Of anguish. Lest As ~
fsaa his brother hy c4tiug zeat
long esrbe~cd tesh ant lives >
ahieS alone. But he hAs aisalts
for peace al any cost He - !
ttsa IN the early years q he eif'
dsnouneizs the government. - I
body paid any s,tsntiun % - -
lions he escaped pRuishnssi
came the erownlnS SOS Of An 4
sEs drafted. Even be, The 1sos1
passive submission 70 All EtHss !
se;ing. vas called gpon 10 take =
for his country. He rcfus~a Isi
guisaed In prison until tAs p7'i
being informed OF hls siiuaisa
probably realizing that be Sasts4
expense, turned him loose, A'H
experience he kept still for -
he could not overcome the tsz5l
to write letters. habit Ehtes Z
him much trouble. In lsS -
nominated for vice president 9
ticket headed by Belva LoekTeos
more his psnehant for oreakiss
print got the better ci him. =
wrote a letter declining the enpi
or. which - n historical doeafnsss
II be said he would be a poor el1ll
for an once when he could nS
down the Job under a eons;-
which made the presidsn: euaisss
in-ehief OF the army and naTy.
congress the power 10 declare EAt
and gives the people the right 70
arms.
His last performance has /.
many prominent members oi y
ciety TO resign; others have repIa
his dietum. and IT is possible hs
be indicted and imprisoned to' I
spending with the public enemy :
war. Altogether. the apostle oil !
with or without honor, has stirre'
peck OF trouble for himself
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Liquid
Air -.
In War

Charles e. Tripler tells in the June
Cosmopolitan OF his wonderful discov-
cry Of liquid air. From this we quote
ahe following excerpts:
Liquid air Is simply air such as sc
breathe. from which most OF the heat,
originally derived from the sun. has
been extracted. This l am nov able
10 effect very easily and ohsaply BY me
chanical means. As result, some ff-
tean minutes after the process Is start
ed, clear. frosty looking liquid begins
70 pour down from tube about an Inch
ia diameter. and speedily hlls the -e-
ceptaeie piseed beneath TO receive f.
This rate % production can be main
tanned all day II desired. Earh cubic
foot OF liquid represents nearly eight
hundred cubic feet Of ordinary air. and
in It's expansion as 1t returns 20 It's gas
eons state lies power Of the highest
eaciency, easy TO control. ready TO be
harnessed and utilized Its tsmpera-
ture Is about three hundred and twelve
degrees below zero, Fahrenheit
II a tumbler is filled with the liquid
1t hoils vigorously. absorbing y portion
OF the heat around 1t. and Al the end Of
half an hour has completely disappear
ed. indlstInguishably mingled with the
air around us. from which II differs on
ly in its greater purity. The tumolsT.
meanwhIl.. has become thickly coated
with frost. II. however. the liquid Be
placed in a glass bulb. set inside OF a
l-rger bulb. with half-inch space be
tween the two from which the air has
been exhausted. it Is so protested by
this vacuum jacket that it yaporizes
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

however. addiag coat after coat, prcz-
entity get a sort of erAekle-ware ice-cup.
thick enough to bear handling after
the tumbler upon which 1t has been
nodded has been withdrawn. This ice
cup partially hil with liquid now
largely oxygen; and when ! dip into It
the end OF steel wire TO which a light
ed match is fastened. the hard metal
burns expioslyely. like fuse, with a
brilliant efTusion OF sparks, so that the
chilly crystal around Il glows like .
lamp. On inspecting the cup after this
display of fireworks is ended. you will
ind that the sizzling metal has covered
the bottom with beads and pellets Of
steeI--we have actually melted iron in
crueible OF ice,
As the cup is quite uninjured by its
use as melting pot, refill it. Then.
taking carbon rod. such as is used in
electric arc lamps, and heating the tip
to redness. ! plunge IT into the oxygen,
II burns In the boiling liquid with In
tense brightness though rather slowly
on account Of it's extreme density.
To conclude the experiment., drop in
a lighted cigarette. 1t comes up Ike
a fashlight Yet the ice cup has not
thawed in the least. and I set 1t aside
covered with fine, dry dust of frost.
II remains TO show the explosive
power of this mysterious liquid under
various conditions. first take heavy
copper tube about foot long. sealed at
the lower end. and having poured In a
few drops of liquid air. hammer close
ly fitting wood plug into the orifice I
have scarcely tirpe to step back be-
fore the expanding yapor blows out
the plug with a loud explosion. driv-
ing it against the sealing with great
force; in the open air / have see It
hurled to height OF three hundred feet
The confined liquid has behaved ex7
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

place It over the intense heat OF Bum
sen burner. II soils rather more vigor-
ously. though without violence while
a sheet Of ice gathers on the bottom OF
the kettle directly over the bisrs. This
by the way is formed from the products
of combustion. and consists partly OF
water yapor and partly OF carbon eiox-
ide tcarbonie aeid Eas1 congcaled by
a cold agains. which tho heat OF the
tfAme is powericss
! nov drop iato the kettle BIT Of
Ice. and the ebailtion Is greatly aecei-
er4ted-far more 30 than by the action
Of the Bnnsen burner. II Is as u l
had thrown In n hot stone. But when
I pour In few ounces OF water ,hs tea
kettle fairly gurgles and boils over.
sending up from the spout long lei OF
steam. mingled With spray OF spurt-
ing drops. Thr water. however, Is al
mos; instantly frozen l insert the
kettle and Jumps OF ice taii out sting
ing cold and as dry as chalk Power
enough has heeu generated IN this
process TO run an engine
All the tlno thai we have been On.
gagged in these sSpssiments-inGes
ever since II vas drawn from the pro-
dncias apparatus in my iaboratnry-
onr supply OF liquid has beea Aiosiy
boiling away. You VIII observe that
It aos apRears quite hFe, as ! pour Il
out That IS bccanse the nltrossn. he
ing more volatile. has for tse rnaS, part
boiled %. leaving a liquid which S
nearly IS per cent oxyEen
Wool as you are aware under or
dinary conditions, viii not burn. {,
merely scorrhcs and erisps, and gives
OF unpicasAns odors- Bot when have
saturated handful % II In Iiaaia oxy-
sen. a; the touch q tnAsch Il nashez
up Ike 50 mnch sanpovSrE, and l.
gone In a moment. A rszss Of haiF-
felt treated In the same manner burns
more like aampeaed grupoeder. vita
= series os sputtsrins flashes. but ii
also IS cora plctely oopEumed- The asxt
experiment gives oon,ras, OF extremes
OF cold and heat ~hich Is without prec-
edeni
Pouring some Of the liquid insa =
smooth glass tumsier. I dip the bot
tom into vessel ot water A thin
casing Of Ice Immediately forms about
II. but at once begins TO crack with the
intense cold By repeated iamsrsiess,
The Lamar register., 1898-07-13

WITH ICE
this condition Il may be broken into
fragments With hammer and pounded
into powder. Butter. similarly treat
ed. may be reduced 80 a tne. dry dust:
fruits and eggs may be puiyerired IN
thn same manner.
But these are substances that may be
frozen. though no, to the same brittle
hardness. BY the ordinary cold o, win
ter. Let Us now try something more
refractory. Mercury remains liquid at
all familiar ienpera:urea but solidines
At about forty degrees below zero. !
place half a pint Of it In a paper mold.
and pour over the surface quantity
OF liquefled air. The quieksilver. for
fei,ins all claim 20 It's name. is soon
frozeu into rigid bar. resembling
block Of tin. hu; 50 cold tha; It would
almost blister your flesh 10 touch IL
In each end Of the mold was Inserted a
large screw-sye. and 10th these are
nov fsrnly fxed in the hardened nes-
al. To ene Of these eyes | attach
cord. and suspend the bar like plum
met; TO the other eye. tas;cn a weight
Of. say. nifty pounds. Fifteen or txen-
~ minutes viii elapse before the mass
Is sufficiently thawed to allow the
weight TO pun ou, dne o; the screw eyes
when IL falls TO the floor with a sud
den crash; It Will be fully half an hour
before the metal Is completely melted.
In the Arctic regions. however. msr-
curry is occasionally frozen by natural
cold. and spirit Thermometers are used.
but these instruments would be quite
worthless at the temperatures now at
tained BY artificial means This DEM
onstrated by pouring a pint or so OF
proof spirits into a vessel containing
liquefed air The alcohol is soon fro
zen. forming snoS1 mass OF crystals.
BY stirring this. reduce II to the con
dition of yiscid sugar. and easily lift
it out with stick. from which 4, hangs
down in beautiful icicle seven or eight
inches long. By pouring over II lit
tie more of the liquid air. this may be
frozen absolutely rigid.
Meanwhile the liquid air has been
simmering away in its dish. the outer
surface of which has become heavily
coated with frost
People often say to me: -Whyl
thought the stuff was cold. but Il Is
really hot,- In senEe this is true,
for 1T boils while everything around 1t
is frozen solid And here is the para
dox. the harder 1t boiis. the more In
tense becomes the cold. This fact is