The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-10-24

people will only profit by example
shsy can keep col JUS, see how the
other fellcw, who lives where il is al
ways hot Manages % be comfortable.
and then yca viii have struck the key
Meta
rcr centuries the inhabitants Of the
szvpscs have hcen devising ways TO
ksse cS>cl Net only have the natural
rsSarves Of their own countries been
conveEted into methods of cooling
srhemcs. nnt the mechanical skill Of
modern science has also been introduced
hy the tabulously wealthy rulers of these
semiharharous lands.
The natives Of New Guinea, who are
compelled. owing to the intense heat,
60 go almost naked during most Of the
year. have hit upon q scheme that is
claimed to make life not only bearable,
but highly enjoyable during the long.
hot days when the broiling sun is send
ing down seeming rays of fire.
While their plan does not tax the
brains Of modern science. il is, never
theless, unique aud involves the labor
Of an enormous army Of workers. Their
method is to take broad stretch of
land adjoining their large villages and
convert IL into a swamp. This is done
by clearing the land thoroughly of all
vegetation and underbrush, only the
trees being left standing. By months of
patient labor, in which all inhabitants
of the village. both men and women,
Join, they dig canal from the nearest
lake aud drain il into their artificial
marsh. The depth Of water in these
marshes varies from 10 to 30 or 80 feet,
according TO the excavation done before
band.
Trees are then cut and carefully strip
ped of both bark and branches and
driven in groups in numerous parts of
the marsh, leaving about 10 or 10 feet
above the water. On the tops of these
stills, or piles, the houses are then built
and 80 overhang the marsh.
In some parts of India floating viii
lagos" have been constructed with great
success The inventors of this mode of
keeping cool came from inland tribes of
natives, where the heat killed off hun
dreds every year. These men journeyed
TO the river shores and there built their
houses on large fiat RATS. Some of these
villages have now grown to large pro-
portions, and one near MacCluer's inlet,
or gulf Of Ouin, as il is now called,
numbers over 500 houses. They are all
connected by ropes, with some go feet
Of water between, and move with the
current. This huge excursion feet as it
appears, lazily floats from one shore TO
the other and up and down the stream,
catching all the air that comes from the
neighboring forests. The difference in
temperature between the land and the
RATS averages 25 degrees.
In Syria the latest and most effectual
scheme Of escaping the sitting heat has
been found in the subterranean passages,
of which tho country has many. Large
forces Of Syrians have made mammoth
excavations in the passages, and here,
deep down in the bowels Of the earth,
built abodes. 1t is very cool down there.
me rocks oftentimes being actually cold.
7 his is largely accounted for by their
contact with the numerous subterranean
waterways which flow along under
mountains and rents in the rocks caused
by internal volcanic eruptions.
Down there, hundreds Of feet beneath
the earth's surface and in. as it were,
a gigantic tomb, the Syrians pass the
heated portion Of the day in quiet Sc
clusion and peaceful rest.
The Chinese, although q backward
and unprogressive race, havo neverthe.
less tried many experiments for keeping
cool, and think they have solved the
question by their tree dwellings," AT
least it is the most satisfactory method
that has ever been put in operation in
the Flowery Kingdom.
Taking advantage Of the tremendous
growth of trees in some parts of the yell
low empire, the natives have built their
houses, like nests, in them. This they
do by splitting the large and topmost
branches and fitting the foundation of
these houses securely in these splits
Perched up there, hundred feet in
the air and in the direct sweep of the
wind when there is any, the Celestials
dream away the tedious summer day.
The type Of architecture is more preten-
tious than that displayed In the simple
log cabin. The walls are decorated
with curious designs. and the inter
woven latticework Of palm and bamboo
which form the houses give them de-
lightfully cool and airy appearance. 1t
Is an ideal nest, and one in which the
Celestial never tires Of lingering.
The king Of Siam has scheme on
which that swarthy ruler labored for
many years. and which, besides being
wholly original, represents an expendi-
ture Of money that would make dozen
men wealthy for life. In substance, it is
, mammoth glass room. measuring
some 90 feet square by 10 feet high,
on the surface Of lake,
into which 10 is submerged on hot days.
With the exception of the floor, it is
entirely Of heavy plate glass closely TT
ted into steel frames. 1t took over five
years Of steady labor to make this re-
room, and 80 jealous Of the
Decret WINS its imperial inventor that
zach particle of the room was manufac.
tured in different place and by work
men entirely unfamiliar with the other
parts of the structure. New York Jour-
nal
lGinks Danish Snakes.