Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-10-15
TOO
WARM
n NAV AnCl I'd
By MAX ADELER

seen: it's GOODNESS. absolute frigidity.
Why. when lived out in the Cannibai
islands, back here In 1878. II the peo-
Die would see the thermometer fall
to 100 degrees in the shade they'd get
out their skates and begin to consider
the probabilities of the ice crop"
How high did II used to gety
asked Mai. Potts.
Generally up to 400 or 500 IN the
shade. They never did their cooking
with fires out there. Always baked
their bread In the sun. Lay steak
on the window SILL and Il would be
done on one side before you could
stick a fork into II to turn IL over
The water was hot, too. People never
thought Of trying to get cold water to
drink. Put a leg Of mutton down
well and it'd come up boiled. and you
could pump mutton soup out OF the
well for two or three days. The hrst
time I went to swim In the ocean out
there | didn't know about II, and
was nearly scalded to death.
In the ocean,"
yes. SIT. III tut d'inN Ottah. W ~ ,
a dog in that country couldn't put
down four legs at time. He would
go on three legs SOS as to give the
other one q chance to cool. II was
common thing for horses TO get their
shoes red-hot, and one summer l re-
member the pavements got so warm
that several horses had their legs
burned on clean up to the knee.
Did they have no cool weather al
ail?"
"Oh. yes, Of course. that was In the
rainy season. Then II would get very
cold sometimes, and this caused Gu
rious phenomenon. The island ] lived
on was about eight miles long In WIN
ter time. but the heat Of summer was
so intense that II would expand the
island to the extent of about -FOUR
miles. and so she'd go on expanding
and contracting from year to year In
the most extraordinary manner.
know lust after I went there / bought
a Mace OF IL acres OF man. IL was
summer time. and paid him so much
an acre. When the cool weather came
| found that il wasn't more than hail
the size Il ought to be. and the trees
were crowded up together 80 close
that you couldn't walk through them'
Took advantage of me. the man did.
] ought to have bought In the winter
WAS it q prolific soil?'
well. yes. when the season was
good. In real hot weather things
were slow In growing. But ordinarily
INV corn would be between 300 and
400 feet high, and the stalks from siA
IN nine feet In diameter at the base.
We cut II with axes. The ears were
generally about the size OF large
lobster. There was man over on
one of the islands, named Smith. who
used to raise one turnip year. ana
that was enough, because a single tur'
min would cover three-quarters OF an
scpe But one good growing season
smiths turnip grew so fearfully tha'
n covered the entire island, and smith
had to move Oh and go Up on the side
Of . volcano back of his place. How
.ver the turnip would grow; couldn
be stopped. you know; and 1t did grow
until finally it got so heavy tnat IL
sunk the island
Ibid WHAT"
sunk the entire island. and tnat
Won know. let the ocean into the VOL
cano. This generated steam SO fasl
thu. the whole thing exploded, and
smith was blown SO miles out to sea
and picked up, discouraged. by san
Francisco ship. He told friend Of
mine that that was the last turnip ne
would ever raise.
..yes. sir. 1t was hot In those re
,ions Let a man In good health steE
ont Of doors in the middle Of the day
and he'd come back all black and
vr,ntied- exactly like dried beef. I've
rrown men who cured themselves II
that way so that with couple OF cay ,
In a smokehouse they'd keep for zv'
wears. alive and good as ever
| "Alive?"
yes alive. And evaporation was
so great that I've seen the ocean RAJ
15o feet under a hot sun until yot
could Trade 20 miles from land
did you ever 40 IT.
jor.
often. I've vaded 40 niles OFT
81 thought you said the water wal
boiling hot"
boiling hot? Well. ] believe i
oh. yes. Of course, boiling not some
! times. but-but. OF course wore ny
boots. No. sir-if any man eA'e".'
me telling a lie ! give him leave u
| kick me on the spot
Then uprose the major, ano eiess1
ing the toe Of his boot. he applied II q
| the rear elevation OF Abner. and sen
him xhizzing out into the street Ao
ner picked himself up. brushed 'h'
Ans, IN his trousers. and coming bsc'
90 the porch smiling. he vinked at th'
major. and said; =.
-u.,or. rou're the quickest Tan q
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