The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-03-27
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CLIMATIC EXTREMES.
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WITH ONE
REGULARITY or ANOTHER.


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temperature o. any with when ! ar
fafai--at is Eo-t lecsk, il TIA 1oi.Gyy-
stone valley. Net iatreeEen-iy In the
winter Tie mercury t-1,blcs down III 20
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TO i've fc-E eoasIc10aDiF 'a;-s tEe yeaT
rcuEd- u tEe carly Summer TIC g-as;
on tic plains and hills r1-ns browa and
yellow. and Ill green ya.ishes from the
wide larasesrc excert where ! fringe
of fct.a-,-ecf r-ces
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IT is formed " the extreme dryness Ct
tic asr. The i.eat i lct nearly So On
p-cssivc, however. Is il is at =
ture CT 10 or SO degrees along the At
lanric scsboard. II 1ca are indoors a.
un6c- tho shade q . tree. yoD arc euit,
comfortable.
Anything tha.t viii break the fc-co
rays of the san i sufficient 70 relieve
you isc1e III oppression from tie high
temperature. travelling some wears AGO
across the hot, hlIIowv nlasn CT the great
basin OF the Columbia with a canning
party licking ID Z route for q railroad.
we came % a ba-e coIr1,na- roek ri
black hasalt. Tie daY Is intensely hot.
We stopped the teams. and. throwing
ourselves down On the shady side Of thu
rock, we recalled the phrase in the Bible
about 1.-THE shadow Il a great rock ia a
weary land" and realized that q LITTLE
shade meant s. much 70 tie ueon,e az
arid Palestine q TO Is tired travellers IN
arid America
The hottest Mace u the United States
is unouestiaashf- Death valley. IN
southern California. Ii Is about 200 feet
below the sea level ana i trimmed
around with black. hare me.,ntsins
Birds diving across this valley in the
heated season often dron dead Rorsx
is foand here. but the mining processes
cease in the heat al midsummer I rad
somewhere Of a rarty Of men who IN
tered the yaIIe- in July. knowing netn-
ing CT the deadly heat. and who nre-
served their lives bv living iii dav il the
water Of q little stream that car,t or II
the mountains and was soon dried M u
the fierce rays Sf the srn They wa-s
glad ~ escane un5rr rI,a c~nal,n1 shasas
OF night
The raseiese Diacas :, the Tnirpd Stare
is Neahf IN 81 the strait If Fuc. IL
the state OF Washington. IT actually
rains every daY il tl,e year a,a ~ |
total annual precipitation i nearly 100 !
inches. There j. an Indian reservation,
ON the bay. The natives have = very
pretty knack al making ornamental
basins and carving wooden hoxrls wb,cf,
thcv decorate with hi-b enIc-s
The most remarkable clin,sric barrie, /,
in the United States i that az the Css-
cade mountains. ii Washington IN v;,.i
ter time tie railway train tolls m thf
eastern slopa OF these r,ountainsh erwaer
walls CT snow higher than the roofs III
the cars in a long winding lane s.cs,,ed
ont By the rotary ploy. Once tbrouehE
the tunnel On the Northern Pacific. a
over the s~wirchback On the Great North
ern, you suddenly leave winter behind
ycu. and. whirIinr down the weSfer, ]
slope CT the mountains. IN less than j.
hour you meet the full snrinr The .rsss
is green. waterfowl swim IN the river