The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1902-05-23

Inat beauty Wnen the wOriu DeSSu
Was one with truth and one with man,
Until through art there came to be
Fictitious faces Of beauty.
THINGS NOT GENERALLY
KNOWN.
Philadelphia Inquirer
After clear, still night, every grass
blade hangs thick with dewlr0ps.
while the roads and gravel paths re.
main perfectly dry. Did II ever oc.
cur to you to wonder why this was SO?
The fact Is dew Is most readily -depas.
tied upon cold surfaces by the air
which cnniains it. The slender blades
Of leaves and grass give up the
warmth they have gained during the
day more easily than do stones and
earth, and so they gather more inois.
ture frum the atmosphere. -
When we have u choice In the mat.
ter, Most OF us prefer t0 live near the
sea. We know well enough that a
town on the coast is never SO cold In
winter, nor so hot In summer as 0ne
far inland. But why this is the case
Is not so often considered. 1t Is the
direct work Of the sea. A large body
Of water Is very slow to gather heat;
and when it has at last got warmed
thoroughly is equally slow in giving
its warmth up.
Whereas the earth gets thoroughly
heated with u week Oi sun, the tenn
perature OF the sea takes many weeks
~ rise, and is at Its highest point at
u time when the soil is already cool.
ing Of. During the winter the sea
slowly gives up Its summer heat, and
so warns the air above it and the
land near II. In the summer the pro.
cess is reversed.
Then to, a person choosing resi-.
dencc usually prefers sandy Or light
soil to a heavy clay. Much more
healthy he considers 1t. He is per.
fectly right. The atmosphere over
sandy soil Is drier, and, therefore,
warmer than that over clay, because
the sand naturally retains less water.
A sandy cpuntry Is much less liable,
on this account, to autumn and spring
frosts than one which has Il heavy,
compact soil.
The raniest district In Great Brit.
ain Is a part OF the lake district
where as much as 100 inches OF rain
| falls in a year. Coimbra, a town in
the mountains Of Portugal, has more
than double this downpour annually
There are always special rcasons wh,
some places are wetter than others
The lake district Is wet because tn,
hills catch the warm west winds
which come fresh Oif the Atlantic
chill them. and so rnrce the air Il
part with its moisture Cnld air can
not carry anything like the SAINT
a 1iovnt Ut moisture which warmc
air Is capable Of l,nlding in s,lspen
slon.
! IT, Is for Il similar rcaSnn thai rail-
In summer falls from Il much create
height above the earth than dO win
ter showers. In summer The atm0s
pherc Is warm cnnuull to hold rain
clouds 1900 tn 1000 feet high. i
winter 1900 feet Is usually the maxi
, mum height fr0m which rain falls
ShOwers which, come dnwn In bi
, drops are, VIC all know we'll likely I
{ NJ s,Iarp but short, though the rca
un 0f this fact may not I've "hviOu
IL Is bccause bly, drups are tho,
T which come fr0,u 4 l0fty cloud. II
small drops which firm them ha'
, time tn ioin together on the WI
down. When clouds are at y grei
!! height. they are almost always smnl
and so the rain they bring lasts b'
y short time.
II used 1" puzzle all thinking pc
|. pie why ponds and rivers d. not free
: beyond II certain depth. This d
peMds ON u most curious fact--nanl
!, ~. that water Ia at its heaviest VIII
4 It reaches 40 degrees Fahrenlliet
+ that Ii, 8 degrees ab0ve freezing puiu
On u frosty night, "a each Wp lay
y 0f water falls 70 40 degrees, Il sln|
!, 70 the bottonl. Therefore the whu
. pond has To drop to 70 degrees befO
any ofit can freeze.
y At last II 10 NIL conled 70 this pol
ls and then !ce begins TO i0rm. But !
"a H. Il very bad conductos II hss
- Thsssfoss Il shuts 06 The fressing I
srom the hlS bndy Of comparative
y ,wasm water underooath. The thle
= o. Il gets the m0re tlUtouealy does
\ 4 oet q I eeeatcuat; sad that d "
n | evea NJ Arctic oceaa neves free1
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