Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-02-27
ATLANTIC FrrE NILES DEER.



Porto Rico.
Some surprising ocean depths around
Porto Rico have been discovered by
officers of the dispatchboat Dolphin
who are engaged in making soundings.
These seem to confirm the theory
held by photographers that the At
lantic Ocean in the vicinity of Porto
Rico and Bermuda is of the greatest
known depressed area. except that in
scsna Pieces IN the Pacific. Reports re-
ccjped II She Navy Department from
The Dolphin state that the record Of
l.GAi Tnthums obtained LN the Blake
IN i&S2 has been surpassed by one made
a@.ut 20 mics westward OF the position
uf the Ennlnsb previously discovered
depth il he North Atlantic.
inr Galphi funhd bottom after 1853
.acn3.ns ;aver ave milcSl Of wire had
r,@e,i rnt. cat This is said to he the
de- !@st spot SO iar founl in the entire
Ati2noic
As compared With depths ascerlained
in other carts 81 the world these sound
| ings innirate Mat tte neat acuIest
places found III the Atlantic are in
the Caribbean Sea south ut the Great
Cayman, where the oceans bottom
| was touched at a depth of 3,24S faith
oms.
The deepest known spot in the South
Atlantic Ocean is a place Of 4,O30
| fathoms, lying II miles south of the
equator off the Brazilian coast. Tie
most depressedsportion of the crust of
/ the earth so far recorded is in the
North Pacific Ocean ana was discovered
| by Lieut.. Com. Ii. NJ. Hodges, in the
| Nero. who measured a depth of 1868
! fathnAs. This depression is nearly
equaled III depth by an area lying
short distance east of the kermadec
f., islands in the south Pacific Ocean,
where The British ship Penguin ran
out 5,l42 fathoms Of line in 1855.
The deepest place in the Indian
| 1caan, ,ae3r.iing 10 United States str
Vs.. II who're about 3, 2q3 fathoms
have i.aen found. In the Antarctic
| regions tho greatest soundings iaten
Slla@ ! $50 taCholns. and in the Arctic
| Ocean depth of $3.50 fathoms has
| beer reported.
| Tho Lesson of the Biddie Tragedy.
| The chief lesson of the BidAle tragedy
at Pittshurg would seem tn be that
Jail is no fit place of residence for
family. 1T too frequently happens in
our prisons that a place which is e.
signed tor the sequestration Of crimi
nails becomes the home of the wives and
children of the officers in charge. 1t
is not II fit nor pleasing spectacle to
/ see the children at play in the corri-
t!ors or court-yards of the iails, and it
certainly is M proper occupation for
q wayt!co's yviir to be ans,ne AS a ser
1 viior To those iHoareeratea within. The
| influence of such contact upon tho
| Youthful mind is hardening and evil.
| The influence Of 81 much visible suffer-
| ing upon tne mind NJ a woman, prey
| Ing, as such sirpctacles do. upon the
active sympathy of a sensitive organi-
| zatirn. is aubversive Of that rigorous
| disciuline which should prevail if these
| institutions are to be rlade effective.
| To gaurd against a repetition of the
| PirtSburg horror, by which revolving
tale Of murder, betrayal of trust, and
| domestic dishonor was spread in
nauseating detail before u public eager
for unhealthful sensations, every Jail
yard used as playground and every
prison tenement used as home for
individuals possessing no official con-
nection with the administration of the
| law should be cleaned out, and only
those actively in the service of the
State as guardians of these institutions
| permitted to remain in them. -Harper's
| Weakly