The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-16
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A Wonderful Light.
Delan. the learned swedish scien~
tist. has produced a most wonderful
light by the use OF acetone gas. 1t is
being adopted by various govern
ments and is being placed on coasts
and islands. and especially at points
where the ath lis clear most of
the time, as there Is Fl delicate con-
%trivance connected with the lamps
that is sensitive to the light of the
sun. and which will, when the suns
rays strike 1t, extinguish the lamp,
and hen when the sun sets the light
/ will come on again. In foggy or dis
NAL atmospheric the light is continu-
Gus.
1t rs n very brilliant light. and is
said to be the cheapest and most re-
liable light OF the more powerful
kinds.
The matter. Of securing the very
best possible light for dangerous
points on coasts has occupied the at
tention OF mechanics for years
Growing Ocean Vegetables.
In almost every known land the
people cultivate many kinds Of vege-
tables, and in many countries the
people live almost entirely on the
vegetable product.
When we become accustomed to
the vegetables grown on the land. IT
seems very odd, indeed, to find @
number OF very useful vegetables
grown in the sea. In Japan, where
the natives do not miss an oppor-
tunity to earn something. eve II it
IL In an odd manner. the natives are
growing several sea vegetables that
have beer found to be quite delicious,
and are not only popular among the
Japanese. but are finding favor In
European countries, where they have
been shipped after the curious
growths have been dried.
The sea vegetable gardens are In
shallow shore waters. where tidal
waves are not strong enough to IN
t~erfere. and where severe storms are
not frequent. Great beds are planted
with plants OF a curious nature, which
in season bear the nl~uch-prized vege-
table OF the sea /.
The laborers who cultivate and
gather the product nave to work while
standing In the water, and to one
not accustomed to such a sight 1t
would make a strange picture.
Recent experiments In sea vege-
table culture are quite interesting.
and may develop q new industry In
this country.
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A Snowstorm In Lapland-
Snowstorms are usually sever in
many OF the polar regions. and often
IN the sections away south in the
Arctic regions tho storms are even
worse than at the more northern
points.
Travellers are often overtaken and
sometimes perish in these blixxards,
and tho narrative Of one Of the trav-
elers in Lapland Is quite interesting.
In OF his journeys in a sleigh
drawn by reindeer. Paul du Chaillu
was overtaken by a Lapland snow
storm. His route. carried MIN across
d rough mountainous country, whore
the wind blew with the force of a
hurricane, and the mercury was be-
low zero. He says.
THE fine snow few SO thickly that
at times the atmosphere became al
own animal. The fine snow-dust was
getting through the open spaces of
the mask into my eyes. The small
particles then adhered to each other,
gathering OF my mustache. eyebrows,
eye-lashes n hair, and at last form
ing a mask of ice, which blinded me.
Every few minutes I had to break
this that 1t should not become 10
thick that ! would be unable to see.
The ice was scarcely removed when
It would form again, causing me great
pain whenever 1 broke IT. Suddenly.
through the mist I discovered what