Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1894-04-20
At THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA

Hs fFses 81 wreekags h the Dsspase q
the Ocsenis Depth.
An extraordinary circumstance that
has been noticed with interest and
that always create. surprise when Arst
learned Is the entire absence of foreign
matter in the deepest part Of the
oceans foor. OF all the vessels lost In
mid-ocean; Of al the human beings
that have been drowned; of all she
marine animals that have pcrished; of
all the clay, sond and gravel let fall BY
diasolving iocbergs, of all the W
rious substances drifted from every
shore BY shifting currents, no trace
remains. but In their place water from
ono thousand e twenty-five hundred
fathons In depth covers the uniform
deposit of thick. blush. tenacious
slime called globigerina ooze. says the
Cosmopolitan Magazine.
bit Of this under . powerful lens
u declared TO be . revelation Of beauty
not readily forgotten. The oozs Il
composed almost entirely of the dain-
test. most delicately beautiful shells
imaginable. At depths greater than
twenty-five hundred fathoms the bot
tom Of the sea consists mainly Of prod
net arising from exposure. for almost
incelculable periods, to the chemical
action Of sea water, Of pumics and
other volcanic matters.
This finally results In the formation
Of red clay deposits that are col~idersd
characteristic Of the prof1undest
depths of the ocean. C.-Jolats Of
lime. VIII ia the form Of shells Of
torarniIi'>ra Ina.tes up SD lar;e q part
Of the glo5' 'rila ooze, Ia here almost
entirely a.. n.
Sofa va YER -,ar'y q universal
solvent, a. rrc a c',cil large or
small. rearl's To- b srrn Of these tre-
men lOus az :ny il is chemically eaten
up. literally 'i;,.,lve Ia re slt which
the erorgn ,'" prc'. ire Of the water
must inaLsr Az A1.t
At one THOUSAND ia.loms tho weight
of the water pressure ON all sides Of
an object immersed to that depth Is
very nearly one ton II the square inch.
or more than one hIr.,rsi times that
sustained at che sea level. and 1t the
greatest depth the pressure Is 80 In
creased that 1t woy.1 se.ua nothing
could withstand it; in fact. heavy
metal cylinders let down with the
sounding apparatus are sometimes, on
being drawn M aga;n to the surface.
found bent and collapsed; strongly
made glass vessels 'vhicI the metal In
closed are shattered into tracmentA
EVERY S=v:I YEARS.
A Cu,io.s Belief In rr-,rd to PA-sssa!
EeEencr.. tn.
II Is sur-risi ~ -" ')lly people be-
licve that She emit. h- " ot o man l.
every r.:'-I reGrs exactly,
says the - Lou.s Globe Democrat.
This used to b< tau; at in books. and.
although not orthodox now. Is still &C. ;
cepted rs gospel by many. To show
its inaccuracy enc las only 70 hit .
1ail on his finger hard enough, for In
that case the injured object will come
oH and be replaced by IN entirely new
nail
>cch cu accident would be q very tire
5onc affair, but. as any mechanic win
tell you, il occupies few weeks. The
1ro'vth il more rapid in summer than
winter. but never taking more than
Jour months. So far rs the nails are
then. the renewal process
s repeated about twenty-one times
turing the regulation seven years, and
he theory Is thus destroyed. even II no
'ther proof Of IL fsisity wsrs essthr