BOILING POINTS. these Are lnntinirrlile nmt Form A rlnm fttinljr. , It la iiitnrcwtliiK to noto thnt the tern mntiire nt wlilcli n liquid boils la the lanio n thnt ot which ita vnpor la con densed, precisely na tlifl tenpernturo nt which water freeze, in thu auuiu ua Unit nt whii'h Ice melts. It ni.iy Bcciii superfluous to oliwrve tli ii t t'mrn nrn morn lwil'inir points thnn tlm liuilir.K point of water. If it wi re not no, nil Imclles would lie In the solid, liquid or kuwou state together, Mid life Would ho Impossible. It Is pnrtly hy giving every mihstance Ita own lioiling point, or rntlicr Ita own act of boiling point for the fixed temperature, even for the anine substance, la n fallncy thnt nature h.is rendnied our physical environment suitahlo to our needa. Whnt la Ke,"'ra"y understood by the boiling point of water la a temperature of 818 degrees on the Fahrenheit ther mometries scale, but Alpine climber know well thnt, on high mountain, water boila nt a very much lower tem peratureon the aummlt ot Mont Blanc at 1S4 degree. The reaaon la that, at theae altitude, the pressure of the at mosphere Is very much reduced, sine the density of the air decrease with the diatance above the earth' surface, and the water expand at a correspondingly lower temperature, passing more read ily into the vaporous condition, in which the volume of a given mass of any aub stnnce l always fnr greater thnn thnt of the same mass when liquid. The boiling point of liqnid is, therefore, seen to depend not only on temperature, but also on pressure, and the boiling point of water at 213 degreea corre sponds to what la called "a pressure of one atmosphere," approximately IB pounds to the squnre inch, or the pres sure capable of supporting the column of mercury in a mercurial barometer at a height of 29.9 inches. Thia ia the average pressure of the atmosphere t the sea level, and if it is reduced the boiling point ia lowered, while if it Is increased the boiling point is raised. A very curious result is arrived at if we place a vessel of water in the re ceiver of an airpnmp and reduce the pressure to .000 of an atmosphere, for then tho water boils at 83 degreea that is, at its freezing point under ordinary pressure. Since it is now possible to produce an almost perfect vacuum, water may be boiled at still lower tem peratures. All liquids do not boil at the same temperature. Thus, while water under a pressure of one atmosphere boils at 213 degrees, alcohol, which passes more readily into the state of vapor, boils at 172.8 degrees and ether at 93.8 de grees, which is below the normal tem perature of the body. Since increase of pressure retards the vaporization of a liquid, it of course facilitates the liquefaction of a gas by assisting the process of contraction. Consequently many gases are capable of being liquefied by pressure alone, though only when they are below what is called their critical temperature (different for every different gas), above which cold as well as pressure becomes necessary. Oxygon, hydrogen and nitro gen are the most remarkable examples of gases having low critical tempera tures, and it is only recently that their liquefaction has been accomplished at all. They were long thought to be "permanont gases," but it is now known that all gases are liqneflable. The boiling points of oxygen and ni trogen are respectively 873.8 degrees and 8S8 degrees F. below the f reel ing point of water, and therefore these are the highest temperature at which they can exist a liquids. To produce these extremely low tempera tures it is necessary to employ great pressure along with freezing mixtures. The most remarkable liquefaction which ha yet been accomplished is that of air. It was supposed that, the oxygen and nitrogen having different boiling points, they would liquefy separately. Thia 1 not the case; the mixture lique fies a air and present the appearance of water, but on boing again evaporated the nitrogen evaporate first and the ox ygen afterward. This is a pnzzle in physics which will doubtless be ex plained ere long. Good Words. Lot For the Zlas The straight line is an abomination to the Chinese. They endeavor to avoid it in their street and buildings and hav banished it completely where country field path are concerned. They will always substitute a curve whenever possible, or they will torture it into a zigzag. In districts not devastated by the Tai Pings nor subject to the influence of the foreigner, the house and temple Are characterized by carved, often peaked, roofs, ornamented with fantas tic modification of the "myriad ctroke pattern." The inhabitant of such re gion are soon foond to have a mental world to correspond. The straight line is snouted. They think ia curve and zigzags. To the Chinese mind the straight line is suggestive of death and demon. It belong not to the heaven above nor to the earth beneath. In a true horizon line are seen the "undula tions of the dragon. " Therefore, argue the Chinese, the straight line pertain to hades. Contemporary Review. BVopo without Faith. "Oh, doctor, I have sent for yon, certainly; still I must confess I have not the slightest faith in modern medi cal science." "Oh, that doesn't matter in the least Ton see, a mule ha no faith In the veterinary surgeon, and yet he cure him all the same." Tagliche Rand sen an. Aa Economies! Wife. Ho I can't send my clothes to the tailor's every time they need a button. We must economize. Can't you sew on these suspender buttons yourself f Bhe Here, my dear) fasten them np with a hairpin. That will, save thread, you know. New York Week!. A WONDERFUL HAND. Aa Artificial Rabat Mute Nearly as Perfect aa the Natural Member. Willnrd A. Lucna, the son of a great woolen inanufactur'T at Poquetntuiuck, Conn., wears nn ni'tillciiil hand tiinde of nkiminiiim which is really onoof the Automatical wondcis of thn century. Young Lucas lust his hand In his fa ther's iiiIIIh, and Lucas, Sr., wliofrrieved exceedingly over tlin results of the au cidcnt.wioln in- went in p. isnu luevery known manufacturer of artificial 1 1 m lis In this country nnd I '.n rope, vainly seeking a false, hand for his son. Arti ficial hands could have lieen procured from any of them, but what was want ed was not to lie found viz, a hand thnt would perform all the functions of a real flesh and blood member. Finally the elder Lucas, who I known aa a rare mechanical genius, took it upon himself to make his ton a hand not a mere "dummy, " but one that would be useful for the manifold purposes to which such members are put. The result is a surprise to every maker of artificial limb in the world. The automaton is of aluminium and much resembles the steel gauntlets worn by the knights of the middle ages. The finger are all perfect and lifelike, the joints in each bending a readily a those in a natural hand, making it pos sible for the yonng man to perform ev ery kind of labor. An expert report on this wonderful piece of mechanism reads as follows : "With it he can grasp and hnndily use all kinds of tools, pick up things from the ground, drive, handle a gun In fact, nae it quickly and skillfully at any kind of work. Like a natural hand, the artificial one consists of a palm that is provided with a fastening by which it ia attached to a cork 'stump, ' the joints working by a rntchet, so thnt the fingers may be lient forward at any angle and held there. The hand may be only partly closed or tightly shut and only one finger or all, as the wear er desires, may be closed at once and Instantly by striking them against the body or other object. To release the grasp it is only necessary to touch a spring at the back of the hand. The invention is aa nearly a perfect substi tute for a natural hand as could be de vised and ia the only thing of tho kind known in the world. " St. Louis Re public. The Read Walter's Cocktail. In a swell hotel on Broadway the head waiter is not allowed to indulge in bibulous refreshments during the hours he is on duty. The other evenitig he was filled with an irrepressible long ing for a cocktail. He managed to get it with such ease that it was evidently a well tried and efficacious trick. His method can be best understood by quoting the waiter t "Sure, we're not charging yes for a cocktail," whispered a waiter to a young gentleman to whom he had just brought a check, "but the head waiter wanted a cocktail and thought yes would be the wan who would moind lasts having it put it on to yes bill. Yon see," whispered the waiter, confi dentially, "he couldn't put it onto tho bill of the gists in the house, they might remark it, so he had to put it onto the bill of somebody who came in from the strato. I'll bring yes the twinty cents back and thank ye fur the accommo dation." "The head waiter ha either discerned that you are a man with a liberal and sympathetic disposition or one who knows how good a cocktail tastes and how bad a man wauta it when he can not get it, " remarked the young lady who was dining with the gentleman whom the head waiter rightly singled out a a possible friend to a fellow man in need of spirituous consolation. New York Herald. When Re .topped Payment. The bullying manner sometime as sumed by certain barristers in cross examination, in order to confuse a wit ness and make hi replies to important questions hesitating and contradictory, is notorious, and many are the tale told of "cute" witnesse who have turned the tables on their persecutors. The fol lowing relates to a case of this kind : In a civil action on money matter the plaintiff had atated that his finan cial position was always satisfactory. In cross examination he was asked if he had ever been bankrupt. "No," was the answer. Next question was, "Now, be care ful; did yon ever stop payment?" "Yes," wsa the reply. "Ah," exclaimed the counsel, "I thought we should get at it at last. When did that happen?" "After I paid all I owed," was the answer. London Tit-Bits. Where They Eat Tobacco. Perhans there ia nnthlnn mnra nonnl. lar about the Eskimoes of Point Bar row than their methods of using tobao co, which, of course, they procure from the whites. They know good from bad tobacco. When they get hold of a few plugs of commissary tobacco from a vessel of the United States navy, they show a marked appreciation of it. The habit of chewing the weed seem to be universal. Men, women and even un weaned children keep a quid, often of enormous size, constantly in the mouth. The juioe 1 not spit out, but swallow ed with the saliva, without producing any symptoms of nausea. Washington Star. Colonel Burr's Careen, Colonel Frank Burr, the well known newspaper correspondent, ha had a re markable career. When but a child, he wa stolen by a tribe of Indians and re mained with them for several years. When the war broke out, he was a loco motive engineer. He enlisted as a pri vate and came out of the service wearing shoulder straps. He then studied civil engineering and laid out Deer Park, the famous summer resort on the Alio ghanie. Becoming a newspaper corre spondent, he soon became one of the most famous of the guild. Grocery Boomers w BUY WHERE YOU CAN GET ANYTHING YOU WANT. Salt Meats, Smoked Meats, CANNED (iOOI)S, TEAS, COFFEES AND AM. KINDS or o o H U T FUUITS, CONFECTIONERY, tobax:o, AND CIOAItS, Everything in the line of Fresh Groceries, Feed, EJtc. Good delivered free, any plaretn town. Call on u and get prim. W. C. SelmUz & Son & N r ?f. mt 2 rf-3 o D 5 zj D k ' a o LISTEN! Till I toll you of something that is of groat interest to all. It must Iw rc monibored that J. C. Froohlich Is tho Popular Tailor of Itnynnldsvlllo, and that In what I urn gottitf to dwell on at this tlmo. 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