The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1903-03-23
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simisr IN name N not IN nature IL
the willy willy" with which Kaigoor.
De g9ld dlggera are acquainted. 10 their
coat Dust devils" some people call
them. Half dozen may be seen dane
Ing harmiessly along over the desert
when suddsuly one will dive into the
city and 6li all the shop windows In
Hannah street with dust and sand,
binding every passerby. The willy
Willy" u n thief Of the worst kind II
VIII steal The washing from a line OT
tl3s roof from d shed. Ia some parts Of
the country wire ropes are anchored
over the roofs Of huts 20 save them
from tils attacks Of these odd little
.whiriwinda.
Most people have heard of the 'fohn'
wind Of Switzerland. that warm, dry
gale when comes over the mountains
and In Apring will melt two feet Oi
snow la day. Its cause N most pe
cullar. The "fOhn" comes from th'
south. As II strikes ths Alps II ~ wet
like most gales which have crossed th'
sea, but The south face Of the noun
talna receives its rain. aud M II crOasei
the SUBMITS II n dry The moving ni
current Is also compressed ana there
fore dynamlcaily heated. As n fall
into The DOrthcrn valleys In catarac
Of sir n gains beat AZ the rate Of hal
degree for every lOJ feet of descent
II usually blows for two on three days
causing great suffering by ~ dry hea
and oppression. While u lEsta the tenn
peraturo b. about thirty degrees abOy
the average The chinook Of Brit
ish Columbia aud the western side o
the United States Is very similar TO ih
"fOhn"
England has adopted the AmericaI
word blizzard" for u gale with snow
But the blizzard, however, must yiel'
10 the ferccious Duran" OF the ccntra
steppes OF Asia aud the ''purgA" 0
northern Siberia To be caught In gale
such M these means death In "A yer.
few minutes. however warmly clad, 10
the very air becomes unbren thable, y
flled ia II with spikes of Ice drift
"Khamsln" n the hot wind from IA
desert which blows out OF the Sahar
upon Egypt The word means nftJ
from the Idea that II lasts for nft
days The ''khamsln" Il terribly ho
and dry and sometimes brings pest
lence with H.
Red snow we have all heard OF.
In caused by a microscopic infuaorla
growth aud only occurs In snow tina
has lain unmeltcd for a long time. 1
spitzbcrgen recently green snow ha
been noted tinted by similar organlsm
"Cold dust" snow has often bee
seen. but only In sprilg At one tim
Il was mystery how the surface d
new fallen snow came 10 be strew
with n shining yellow deposit Now
is known 10 be due 10 the pollen Z
pine trees. Poarson'a Weekly.
Chicken Pos aud Smallpox,