The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-08-24
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The fact that many profitable peach
orchards exist on the eastern shore of
Lake Michigan is explained by NJ. b.
White as due to the influence of the
lake in moderating the temperature
along its eastern coast. This influence
is less decided on the western side, the
general direction Of atmospheric move
nents being from west to east.
The average dietary Of individuals in |
different countries varies greatly. An
English statlstician, r. f. Crawford, |
dnds that an inhabitant Of the United |
Kingdom consumes much more meat
than a Belgian, Frenchman or German,
hut in smaller proportion Of bread and
notatoes. More bread and less meat
are eaten in Belgium than in any other
country considered, while French pc
cullarity is the apparent small use of
milk.
The experience of the French troops
In the Sahara has shown that dark
rolored horses bear great atmospheric
heat much better than do those of a
light color A writer in Nature remarks
that the same fact has been demon
strated in India, and adds that tropical
animals generally have darker coats
Than are found upon those living in cold
climates. Similarly the darkest-hued
races Of mankind inhabit the warmer
countries.
Before a meeting Of the Biographical
Society of Washington, w. A. Orton
described the result of experiments
made to determine the cause of flow
of maple sap in early spring. His con
rluslon was that the flow has a me-
chanical cause, being due to the in
creaslng heat which expands the gases
in the wood cells, and thus forcibly
expels the sap. This contradicts the
view that the flow of sap is due only to
physiological action in the plant.
The records Of the Geological Survey
in Washington establish the fact that
the Hottest known mountain in North
America is Mount Mckinley in Alaska
about 200 miles from the shore Of Cook
Inlet. The aboriginal name of the peal
is Tralega. 1t is 30, AGA feet high. This
Is not far from the elevation of Noun
Chimborazo, the highest peak of the
Andes, and is 2,440 feet greater thar
that of Mount st. Elias, which was a
one time believed to be our lofties
mountain.
1t is known to everybody that silk i
electrified by friction. Acting upol
he suggestion thus furnished, a Frencl
savant Monsieur Henry, has made ex
periments which show that the cleo
trifcatlon of the air enclosed in It's
sue of silk produces a circulation OF II
particles which tends to equalize tn
temperature. A similar effect Is oil
sergable In wool, and hence the sup'
riority of silk and wool for garment
intended to protect the body again'
vicissitudes of climate.
While Asia has the Hottest mountain
In the world, it also possesses the deel
est and most extensive land depre
sions, several of them, as is we
known, sinking below sea-leyel so thu
If the ocean could flow into them the
would be filled to the brim. In Il
deepest parts of most of them watt
now stands, forming small seas. Othe
are destitute of water. Among the'
Is the Lukchun depression in Centr
Asia, concerning which Gen. Ill
writes, in the Proceedings of the Ru
sian Geographical Society" that
places it sinks as much as 400 feet b
low sea-level. This sink-hole IN Il
middle of the largest of the continen
is also remarkable for its meteorolo
ical features, the yearly amplitudes
the barometer being greater than a
recorded anywhere else on earth
summer the temperature rises to
haran heat, a record Of us degre
Fahrenheit having been obtained
July, while the air is of desert dryne'