Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-19

really been altered the invasion OF the
allies will have accomplished much. 1t
is true that the empress dowager still
retains control and the murderous
Prince Tuan is unpublished, but the
plenipotentiaries probably were wise in
not demanding something which could
not be obetained without arousing even
the peaceful provinces to war.
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MAKING AN OCEAN MAP.
Especial Washington Correspondence
The navy department is now engaged
in preparation Of large map of the
oceans of the world, showing the drift
of currents. The data which Will be
contained in the map has been secured
in novel way. 1t has come to the de-
partment In beer bottles. For the past
two years the United States has been
sending out on every ship that could be
induced to carry them hundreds OF beer
bottles. In these directions are sealed
In seven different languages. The ship
carrying bottles notes carefully certain
location by longitude and latitude,
places these in the sealed bottles and
casts them adrift Days and months
pass before these are picked up. The
skipper who takes them from the water
is asked to note the latitude and iongi-
tude at which they are secured, esti-.
mate the probable distance they have
travelled since being thrown overheard
originally. Scores of these bottles have,
been returned to the navy department.
Russia is closely cooperating with
this government in carrying out the idea
4 To-. tors hv each
photographic office that any bottle
picked up at sea by the skipper OF some
ship not of that government shall be at
once reported. All American and RUS
sian merchant warships are expected to
note the locality of bottles they may
find drifting about and to again turn
them adrift after observing the original
place they were thrown into the sea In
dicated on the waterproof paper sup
piled by the two governments to ships
assisting in the plan.
REGENTS reports present some remark
able drifts of bottles, several having
gone as far as the distance across the
ocean, ard one double that distance.
They vary from only >pfew miles to over
tfirty-fi day, which Is almost the
average of the usual derelict exposed to
the wind, and often borne along rapidly
3Ey the small portion OF woodwork above
water serving as catch for the breezes.
One bottle has the record of 1900 miles
traversed in 557 days, at the average
rate of seven and half miles day.
This bottle was thrown overheard from
the ship comllebank, of the Spanish
merchant service; another drifted $500
miles in ss4 days, at the average of five
and half miles day. while a third
travelled 5000 miles in AIS Gays.
The most remarkable drift of ALL how
ever. was that of q bottle that Went sew
enty miles in two days. or at the rate of
thirty-five miles day. Another trav-
eled 200 miles in eight days, at the rate
of 25.S miles day. while still another
300 miles in 1874 days, at the rate Of ten
miles day. The latter shows the quick
est drift for q long distance of any bot
tie reported.
Long distance drifting in the Pacific
is especially noticeable in the reports
received here. March "a. 1897, a bottle
tossed into the sea from the ship Rock
hurst, and after drifting for 742 days
was picked up. having covered in d.
lEcCl IUC O, lVV 1ullSS, vi Liz CAlU sAisS
lance from San Francisco to China. 1t
average rate was 80 knots day. An
other bottle thrown into the sea from
the Spanish chip Belmont on. october ~.
1896, and reported June "a, 1899, Travelled
1900 miles in the interval at the rate of
~ knots q day. Still another, thrown
into the sea September, 1898. and re-
ported fourteen months later had sailed
5000 miles at rate of 1913 knots day.
The number of bottles picked and In
Svestigated increases each year.
The main features indicated in the
drift are that bottles thrown into the
sea near the equatorial and trade wind
region tend to the westward and u.s.
ually bring up in the West Indies or on
the Mexican coasts, as evidenced by the
numerous bottles cast adrift between
Mareira and Cape San Rogue. off the
coast of Brazil. Along the American
coast and north of the 4Oth parallel
these conditions are reversed. Here the
general set of the waters Is to the
northward and eastward, and bottles
put in the sea in that region usually find
their way to the north coast of Ireland,
or even farther north. This Is unques-
tionably due to the influence of the gulf
stream, which takes an easterly and
northerly direction after spreading out
in midocean. Here, too, the velocity is
much less than in the equatorial re-
gions.
The average velocity of the seventy
bottles which landed on the coast OF
Europe was five miles. The bottles
which drifted entirely across the ocean
from west to east unite in giving an
average somewhat higher than usual
the last two having Travelled ia miles
and go miles per day, respectively. For
those thrown overheard in the north
equatorial drift the average was los
miles day, while those travelling along
the north coast Of South America av-
eraged twenty-one miles q day. Achart
of the north Atlantic shows hundreds OF
bottles drifting about the ocean, which
may some time be reported by ships
| crossing the seas.
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Waste in Cooking
Professor Marshall, the noted English
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