Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1884-04-12
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUA

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gained on the shore fully mile since
1776. The tides on the eastern shore
of the State are observaDiy growing
higher.
DURING the reign OF Napoleon I. .
book of birds for children was sup
pressed because it contained the phrase
"The cock is rather the tyrant than the
chieftain Of the farm-yard.
EVERY shell fired by an army during
'ege operations costs, with the powder
tth which the mortar is charged, the
I'm Of eight dollars---enough to support
poor family for fortnight.
The lead used in sounding from a yes.
lusually weighs about fourteen pounds,
1t in deep-sea soundings a weight Of
IT less than $50 pounds is frequently
lployed. Wire has been largely used
. line, as il makes less friction in
king through the water With hemp
20 q sinker Of 800 weight is sometimes
eenty minutes i'll reachipg the bottom
+, 100 'a,hums of wafer, 80 great Ia
% friction of the line.
rHB ii lest monument in the world IL
the Ashr3Oloan A;ure-i.a at Oxford.
u
rmed the last resting place of an officer
sAo lived III the tinlo Of klng Sent, Of
he second dynasty, whose fate is fixed
" NJ. MarIct'e more than 5000 years
q. The stone is covered with that DEL
.ie ard flushed sculpture which dis
5gal-hcd the cUly pcr.cds Of Egip ian
tory, rr0 was enthusiastically superior
iho soK n.d conventional art Of the
.t,.r age Egypt, Winch We are accus-
,oiuod TO soc a European museums.
The Japanese are remarkably exempt
rom dufurm,.d feet. Tho reason of tais
IL t. he found in the Shoes they wear.
The wooden sandals worn in Japan
nave q Is, PAR to com .artment for tie
great toe, and make thanking noise on
the streets. Sr..w II p.r:rs are also
worn, aed Traveller setting out on q
journey viii str p = supply Of them on
hls back, that he may put on now pair
when the OLD ia worn "ut. They eos,
hut a c,I: ,' 6 !e.r pair. TAey Ale
rig!l:s and /; f;s, and leave the foot free
to The aT. They sr, L Eaver vJ.l III the
house, being lett outside the door;
pas,ins 1 WI . japanese street long
rows OF them are seen at the doors, old
and new, Israo aid small. II is sur.
pris ny to res. how rapidly the Japs step
Uut oI tlr M, ana pick them up again
With ter ieet w.tiIout stopping whsn
leaving tn house.
Is ri. GloSt .laal Ia wealth country
can possees Is its healthy population,
the tabl, OF mortality are worth study;
and Fl. M .hcse we fiad that Oh the first
day Il lifo srventv-ejght boys die, to
sirtv-three nnls. In the first week OF
life 1US boys die, to l5) girls. In Prussia
the mortality aulong femalts is the
gr,a. 81 FROM 10 to l3 years Of age and
from the 2jth TO the 10th 1t is greater
than at other periods of life, and yet ~
all perio .s Of life tho census of females
compares iavorsbly with that of males.
In England, taking a period Of seven
yenrs, there were eight mon to fifteen
women who were alive at 101 years
three mon to five women at 102 years
TWO men to three women at 103 years Of
age, and no man to one woman who
lived to 1O4. 1t is observed that only
one person in 1000 born lives beyond
"a years.
FROM a comparison OF the results Of
recent deep-sea soundings, it appears
that the following are just generaliza-
tons: l. The water of the South Pacific
is in its whole mass cooler than that Of
the Atlantic. 2. The water of the South
P ,cific is. down TO 4,225 feet, somewhat
warmer than that OF the Atlantic, but
below that depth cooler. 8. The bottom
temperatures are generally lower in the
Pacific than in the Atlantic at the same
depths and in the same degree of lati-
n,de but nowhere in the Pacific are
found such low bottom temperatures ss
in The Antarctic portion OF the South
Atlantic, where temperatures OF --0.3
centigrade o-0.6 degrees hare bsen
measured. 4. In the western parts Of
the Pacific and the adjoining ports Of
the East India archipelago, the tenn
perature of tho water reaches its
m lnimum at depths between /, 7S7 and
1887 feet, remaining the same from
this depth to tho bottom. In the whole
Of the Atlantic the temperature from
1887 feet to the bottom gradually
though slowly increases.