Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-10

Different Theories Advanced to Account
for It, Many Changes.
The change, III the color Of the sea have
attracted the attention Ut seafaring men
from tue earliest times Numerous theories
were offered in explation of these changes
some a,crIbinE them t. the varying color Of
the SEA bottom. soma 10 the dIf'rrsn.e q in
depth, other, { the presence Of certain
,olUring substances, others again t. the
chemical composition of the water. Most of
these suggestion, cont iIurd All element OF
truth, although no ono Of them. taken by
itself su heel to ac cunt for alteration in
color whIrh had often been Ot,ser, to o.
cur in the cnurs of few hours sail. and
within a distance measuring less than a
ship length
OF late years the reader Is aware
numerous scientific expeditions have been
titted out and dispatched by the govern
ments of England. Norway and America for
the express purposs OF exploring the secrets
of the deep Among the problems which
have now Tor the tir,t time received a salts
factory solution. new light has also been
thrown upon the conditions which affect the
color of the sea water in every part OF the
ocean, thus completing the Information for
which We were in ieht.'d to the uuaidei eN-
ertions of earlier travellers One of the
most remarkable and most widely distrIb
utsl contrasts of color is that which l.
known "a exist between the intensely blue
seas situated between the tropics and the
gre n sea- OF higher latItudes. IL appears,
as the result OF recent observations and
more especially of series of experiments
made on boar the German frigatc tityelle,
that there is an intimate relation between
the Colors Of Seawater and the proportion OF
salt held in solution by the latter.
ON comparing the specific gravity Of
green water with that of blue water it was
found that the latter is always heavier
than the former, ami, therefore. contains
more salt the two differently colored
waters being supposed to have the same
temperature. In other words, the greater
or lesser intensity OF the blue color of sea
water may lie taken direct nieN of its
saltness and Of its specific gravity, 80 that
when We ob-erve the color OF the water sue
cesSlvely change from IA deep blue to blui' b
green aud dark green We may conclude
that the water has tecOme at the same time
less salt and less heavy. This result agrees
with the experience Of a,igator- in every
part of the ocran. for the vessel proceeds
from the dense and salt waters of the trOpi-
cal regions towards the lighter and frrsher
waters of higher latItudes and OF the polar
regions the color OF the sea is seen TO change
from an intense blu- to Il greenlsh blue and
green tint There are, however, numerous
exceptions Green seas are met with he
tween the tropics and blue seas are en-
couutered in the temperate region and even
within the Arctic circle, but these eScep-
tlons far from contradicting, only tend to
confirm the above rule Science for AL
Cost Of Running Dime Museum.
1t costs more money to run dime mu-
scum than to run IA big theatre. According
to all best authorities a tirst-class theatre
can be run at an expense Of 81 ~ a week,
II costs 81 GDI to 81 ~ Il week to run a mu-
scum, and it takes "A great many dimes TO
make up that amount Museum managers
too have To take greater chances Theatre
men make the attractions share expenses
and losses by payinI them percentage. We
must pay >alarie,, and bIg >alaries, too, and
h8 We noJody TO share losses or expenses with
u You will understand how the expenses
ID a museum mount up when tell you the
talarie, We are ,Ompelled TO pay
Mill, Christine, the double headed girl,
gets 500 week, and Carriagc from and
to her hotel. Lucia Iarate, the midget, 500
a week Jo-Jo, the dog faced boy 500; kse
30, the chilli of hire, $50: the big footed
girl, $50: Cha ng. the Chinese giant, 500,
Chemah, the hines dwarf, sljO, krao, the
missing link 500. the two hea led COW
500 the camel girl, S2Iu: the what is 1t,
500, Maxine and Eartolo the AZte,'s, 500
\ very ordinary freak commands so or 50
a week mIdgets and giants range from ~
to s3n per week Circa,s slams and Albinos
can not lie had for less than 80 The one
pound baby, only weeks old, earns SI5 a
week for its parents Snake-charmers get
from So week up TO 500, this figure being
given to Nala Dana Janta, whom Barnum
brought out, and who is considered the Lest
in the business Suake- ChHrmer> come
high because snakes are dear, and as they
get canker and die after being handled
awhile, you can See the business OF handling
them is expensive Snakes sell at from So
70 500 each. CilaSs eaters, new line of
curiositles, have recently sprung into notice,
and receive each SlJO to S2OU "a week.. A
Barnes in Globe Democrat
Man Needs but Little Here Below.
II you want to know how little man
really needs, ONE hereto Amelia town
ship, Orangeburg county, South Carolina
You will get an Object lesson that is u
touch aheai Of PestaloLH In the first
place good corn meal is 81 bushel
and enc hushel is very ample
ration for month With it for the
same time go fourteen IOunds of bacon at
cents That's the necessary outlay al
lowed in the Old time by slave-owners and
now by planter who hire, but the self-in-
dulgent colored man allows himself some
mxurIeS-such ~ cents worth of coffee
sugar. and spices for the month Total
cash outlay for month, - = for q man
or about = for coIored family. In the
meantime the hens will lay few eggs if
they get half u chance, the garden will
yield its vegetables in their season, cow peas
are not bad for change. a pcSSum may be
caught III the woods, fish in the streams
or somethir ( else i'll the swamps
Fuel costs nothing The fat pine makes a
brilliant blaze. l lind it delightful these
spring evening", ard there Is always enough
OF forest to suppy all the plantation Cloth
ins costs, perhaps, = IA year for each mem
ter Of a colored auiiy, except the young
laiies-they always spend more If 1t can b..
had And as to other things, there are no
Oh bl4'' 44OOl NO VI Oh AAAG ais
no brackets and statuettes, no brio a-brac.
no pictures except An occasional cheap
chrome. and no furniture that can be hurt
by hard knochs And 50 II Is that big
colorel family IAN live in luxury lux
ury is to them and not pay out 800 a year
And Just at present they are greatly helped
by the unusual Abundance of fish the shad
run this spring b ing pheuomenaly gocd
-"Farke' III Chicago Tribune
The semI-Cuaqur Dance OF Chill.
Ny friend next showed photo Of very
famous painting illustrating the final pigeon
wings and caperS of the celebrated semi
cuaque, the national dance OF the ChilianS
Does everybody dance it: Yes, nobody es-
capes At the village festas they dance 1t
all day long, and In town it always winds
up the gayetles
is it what the Jig is 10 the Irishman, the
reel to the Scot 'hman and Sir Roger de
Coverly TO the Eng!ishman"
Exactly. il is almost II test Of patriotism.
and to refuse to dance it is considered an
atfrBnt