Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1885-05-16
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS

gained on the shore fully mile since
l776. The tides on the eastern shore
OF the State are observably growing
higher.
DURING the reign of Napoleon I.
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
siege operations costs, with the powder
with which the mortar is charged, the
sum OF eight dollars-enough to support
. poor family for fortnight.
The lead used in sounding from yes
selusually weighs about fourteen pounds,
but In deep-sea soundipgs weight Of
not less than $50 pounds is frequently
employed. Wire has been largely used
for line, as it makes less friction in
sinking through the water. With hemp
rope q sinker of 800 weight is sometimes
twenty minutes in reaching the bottom
In 1,5O0 fathoms of water, SO great il
Abe friction Of the line.
TIE Oldest monument in the world is
IN the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford.
This ia the Intel stone of q tomb which
formed the last resting place of an officer
who lived in the time of King Sent, of
the second dynasty, whose fate is fixed
by M. Mariette more than 5000 years
ago. The stone is covered with that del
icate and finished sculpture which dis
fnguished the early periods OF Egyptian
history, and was UNNECESSARILY superior
to the stiff and conventional art of the
latter ages of Egypt, which we are accus-
toned to see in European museums.
THE Japanese are remarkably exempt
from deformed feet. The reason of this
Is to be found in the shoes they wear.
The wooden sandals worn in Japan
have . separate compartment for the
great toe, and make clanking noise on
the streets. Straw slippers are also
worn, and traveller setting out on o
journey viii strap supply Of them ON
his back, that he may put on new pair
when the old is worn out They cost
but cent and a half pair. They are
rights and lefts, and leave the foot free
to the air. They are never worn in tho
house, being left outside the door;
passing down Japanese street long
rows Of them are seen at the doors, old
and new, large and small. Il is sur.
prising to SEQ how rapidly the Japs step
out Of them, and pick them up again
With their feet without stopping when
leaving the house.
Az ru most valuable wealth country
can possess il its healthy population,
the tables Of mortality are worth study;
and nom these we find that on the first
day q life seventy-eight boys die, to
sixty-three girls. In the first week Of
life 1853 boys die. to 16S girls In Prussia
The mortality among females IL the
greatest from 10 to Is years Of age; and
hom the 2bth 70 the 10th 1t is greater
than 1t other periods Of life, and yet at
Ill periods Of LIE the census OF females
compares favorably with that Of males.
In England, taking period OF seven
ysazs, there wsre eight mon to fifteen
women who were alive ct 101 years;
three men to five women st l02 years;
two men TO three women at 103 years OF
ere. and no man to one woman who
lived 70 1Oz II Ii observed that only
one psrson In 1000 born lives beyond
- years.
Fnox comparison Of the results Of
eecent deep-sea soundings, it appears
That the following are just generaliza-
Hons: /. The water Of the South Pacific
h IN it, whole mass cooler than that Of
tie Atlantic. 2. The water of the South
Paotnc IL, down to 4, 225 feet, somewhat
warmer than that Of the Atlantic, but
bslow that depth cooler. 3. The bottom
temperatures are generally lower in the
Pacific than In the Atlantic at the same
depths and In the same degree of lati-
tude: but nowhere in the Pacific are
found such low bottom temperatures As
IN the Antarctic portion Of the South
Atlantic, where temperatures of --0.3
cantigrads to -O.8 degrees have been
measured. 4. In the western parts OF
the Pacific and the adjoining parts OF
The East India archipelago, the tenn
pua$urs Of tho water reaches its
sninimnm u depths between 1,787 and
o.o67 fest, remaining tho same from
IT. dspth 70 the bottom. In the whole
G the Atlantic tho temperature from
o,9o7 feet 70 the bottom gradually
IhouGh tlovly increases
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