The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1900-08-23
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The fact that many profitable peach
orchards exist Oh the eastern shore OF
Lake Michigan is explained by NJ. h.
White us due 10 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
ments being from west TO east.
The average dietary OF individuals IN
different countries varies greatly. An
English siatistIcian, X. +. Crawford
finds that an inhabitant of the United
Kingdom consumes much more meat
than Belgian Frenchman or German,
but IN smaller proportion Of bread anu
potatoes. More bread and less meat
are eaten In Belgium than In any other
country considered, while a French pc
culiarity is the apparent small use OF
milk.
The experience of the French troops
in the Sahara has shown that dark
colored 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 lnhabit the warmer
countries.
Before a meeting of the Biographical
Society of Washington, w. A. Orion
described the result of experiments
made to determine the cause of flow
of maple sap In early spring. His con-
eluslon was that the flow has me
ehanleal cause, being due TO the In
creasing heat which expands the gases
in the wood cells, and thus forcibly
expels the sap. This contradiets 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 peak
Is Tralega. 1t is 20, AGA feet high This
Is not far from the elevation OF Mount
Chimborazo, the highest peak Of the
Andes. and 10 2,440 feet greater than
that of Mount st. Elias, which was at
one time believed to be our loftiest
mountain.
It Is known to everybody that silk Is
electrified by friction. Acting upon
the suggestion thus furnished, French
sayant Monsieur Henry, has made ex-
periments which show that the cleo
IRRIGATION Of the air enclosed in a It's
sue of silk produces a circulation of its
particles which tends to equalize the
temperature. A similar effect is OBJ
servable In wool, and hence the supe
riority of silk and wool for garments
intended to protect the body against
vicissitudes Of climate.
While Asia has the loftiest mountains
in the world. II also possesses the deep
est and most extensive land depres
sions, several of them, as is well
known, sinking below sea-level, so that
II huc OIcau IOuiu hOW ihtO Ahtlh lut9
would be filed to the brim. In the
deepest parts of most of them water
now stands, forming small seas. Others
are destitute of water. Among these
Is the Lukchun depression in Central
Asia, concerning which Gen. Tillo
writes, in the Proceedings of the Rus
sian Geographical Society" that In
places 1t sinks as much as 400 feet be-
low sea-leyel. This sink-hole In the
middle of the largest of the continents
is also remarkable for its meteorolog
ical features, the yearly amplitudes of
the barometer being greater than are
recorded anywhere else on earth. In
summer the temperature rises to Sa-
haran heat, a record OF 11S degrees
Fahrenheit having been obtained In
July. while the air is Of desert dryness.