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Show AUTIVICIIL ICK. Abl-MILK EMI-AT10S Ot HOW it h manci inurJ). MVIu attlflclal let. Is an ln-duttri ln-duttri tint has Leriicarrkil on In theboulh for many years. Hire it has not becu iieocarj, U i-aue ua-turugmerally ua-turugmerally givs us a liberal tuii- Iy at i iry nioileratu price, luring tho last wiuttr, Iiowt ver, tliow eatner was to mil J tliat tbu tunpb Is fliort, and artificial Icu will i o doubt l-c inadu this m-ason in iiuintnM: quanUtics. Ft. a icionuiJiicr!and what tho process Is. Hire Is a vtry simple exilauatiun of It, tiki n from Jlarpir't ncclty. The apjaratus rtiiulreil for making mak-ing artlllclai Ice includes a jiowcr-ful jiowcr-ful engine for driving the pumps, grrat iron ntorts for liolding thu aqua ammonia, a lon system of coil pipes, and ixtinMve vats to contain the Ice cam. The process dejuuds uin Hie cnpailtj ofasubbtancu that Is ex-pauJln-, after great condensation, to absorb heaL The substance used in this case is ammonia. Mixed with water It Is pliced In one or more of the grvat cjlindtrs or re torts, which contains colts of ple. lnln tliu tilK.s Meam Is fctut. lieat- iiigUicrontiutsuf the rttort until the ammonia Is wparated from the water and Miit into another rvtort, where it Is subjtited to great jn-R-un, umlir wblih It liijui-llti liijui-llti In auotiier room, ruxlded witli double dooi and walls IiKh thii: of a nfrigirator, nro sti.ral vaU, in Iron Some of these cans are caliulated to hold IMO pounds of ic and otliers are sail larger. Ititw n these cans pass llius of iron plpis, connected with the reports outsidi, and the entire vat, In which eniut and Ipts are contained, is tilled with biiue. Iiitlii'greatcondiU'utioiiloulihli the aiiimouia Kaphas lain Milject-ed Milject-ed to llijuif it. It Jias iaited with all its ileal, and the large pipes tint carr lttotlieat arefo cold us to lie roxired w ith fruL Winn Ice is tolx-iimlu tin. cius are tilled with dlstilletl wattr nud coireil with thhl. en. Hie amuiouia ii tluli ailuntted to thu cullt ruiinin,; throiigli tlie brine of the M. As mkmi as the trinundou4 jrwturu is rvliLvd, by turning the iloiK-ocks, the ammonia am-monia ixauds Into ga, numii, llieamouiit of ht-it witli which it lorleduhiii uudirgolng condeiia-tiou.and condeiia-tiou.and of i-ouic ixtmits it from the surrouuiilng brlue. 'lliw. In turn, txtncLsheut from Ha distilled watir, wliicii frciZrtj, 'is the I rint iUelfwiuId do wire it not KTline and k- t iu motion b menus of pumps. Inafe hours eaili cnu contains amassofvliI in, ind isthen huKt-eil huKt-eil from tho it, drojiping for a momint in wann water to Ioonu tlielci, and upxt. The bloik of Ice slides out, and Nuthir (.tired or placed in front of a Urculur saw mid dlMl into - iiullirbloiks. Aftir the ammonia gas has dout. its work it i retiirnetl to a retort, conducted to its ttartiui; lace and renbrorlied 1 watir It can thin tie U'cdoveraipln, and this process goes on coiitlniiou-h, with some light waste l'littaflelplitii Time: A DaiijrroiiN lialloou Aicecl. Great exciti mint was caused at Croydon, I.ugIand,on a recent -Sun-1I.13 afternoon, 1 11 i-uui ection with theaiint of i'rofesiorlliggliis, the parachutUt, and fur seiiral hours douib wire tntertuincd is to his -ofetj. Tlie iullooii. which that ilaj iiad been named "The I)ukis Motto," and v. liicli was of thccau-citj thccau-citj of liVX) entile fiit, was fully charged bj '. o!ocU. lliKina aid Uiedireitioiiof the Aiud, which was north-east, w oul I 1111 citato his traveling at n considiralli hflt;ht, tsit he lioiI toretuni to the field In alout mi Iiour. Whin he gave the 'igual to the attiudaut to "let go," tlie liallooii gradual!) ruse and apjvarcd to go iu tho direction of Norwood. Ulan rtachlng an nltitude of something like -i'klJ feit, tlie pjra-chutebis'aiiieditacheil pjra-chutebis'aiiieditacheil from tin ntt of the balloon, u hiih was rising at a great rate. It was oident that soiui tiling had goue wrong The Killoon ra 1.1 1 dlai eand In tin cloud. W'hiu datkness set in and no news had bieu received of the parachute, uueh anxiel. was evinced a. to his fate, hl.oith after light o'clock, hon ec r, all fear was diqielled l'i the receiit of a telegram stating that HUgins hid landed safih; iiearTunbrnlgc liig gins returned to 1. i-t Cm) den b) tho Ji) train. Iu in interview with a corrt-pondint, Jliggins stited lint in had expirieuced tlie most wonderful of all his aerlil oiages. When he Iiad reached a height of -ll tut lieU-gan to git into a strung ciirreut, and theleii-loon theleii-loon twisted right round The current cur-rent then caught his parachute, causing the wooden ring ot it to catch him ery tight!) under the arms. The test cord whlih held the iaracliUto then broke. Direct!) that lu. pened lie Kiw that the tirj-cliutewas tirj-cliutewas hanging below htm full) Intlated, and the preK-uro on him was ho great that it was imiosslblo for him to desei nl Into (he middle of the town with anj thing like saftt). He there(iuii opriied his Iieuknlfewlth hlstettli and cut the jarachute aw a) Tliis iiued tlie tollooiitorhoot upGOOOfdt higher, and, on met ting that altitude, he met another current, which brought him tack, and he w nothing until he Iaed through some slut and suow. le could hear, howevir, the .sound of trains, ile was In this snow torm for ot least tin minutes, aim when ho had passed through it the un wis .sinning beautifully, lie could see the sun ghstinlngou the waterat lirightou He found the air getting er) f-har). and kctn; icicles were hanging from his mustache. mus-tache. For a few minutes he was quite deaf. He now seemed to be descending, and lie thought 1 e was getting near Hastings or Brighton. Brigh-ton. He could smell the sea. When he was 2000 feet from the earth he prepared to descend by hanging by one arm on to his trapeze tra-peze rope as ifhew ensuring his parachute. para-chute. When his feet touched the ground, the balloon, which was hi front of him, dragged him for ten yards and then rebounded some sixty feet in the air, between two trees. Two labours, in response to his signals, arrived just as lie came ttown a second time, and. held the balloon until he Itt out the gas. ile found that he had lauded on a farm in the occupation of Mr. Nash, at Penhurst, about thirty mites from Croyden. In repl) to questions, Higglu said that at one time he must hae been Ave miles aboxethe einh the highest he had evi r been. He added that the lialloou had no escape valve. Saatttju: American. |