Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-10-16
LIVES N ANY LAND.
ToO Hot or Too Cold
Man.
grees Below Zero In Siberia,
,bove In Algeria, the Anthem
Incated Extremes-Most Equit-
able Along seacoast.

NpoVe III Algeria, tne HutnSn-
Ncated Extremes-Most Equit-
able Along seacoast.
Plants and animals cannot exist In
temperatures far higher or lower than
those to which they have become ac-
customed, while man moves from one
extreme to the other with, for the
most part, but little physical discom-
fort. Explorers will visit the sands of
Africa and the bleakness of the Arctic
circle and return to normal environ
ments even improved in physical con
dition.
Man inhabits about every part OF
the earth except few island regions
in the Interior of continents and i'm,
mediate vicinity of the poles. 1t is
from dread of climatic conditions that
his tent has found no more than a
temporary resting place in some of
these far distant spots. 1t is not
thought that the heat or cold of any
OF the unexplored regions Of the globe
has a greater range of temperature
than regions now inhabited.
Science reasons that the lowest tenn
Deratures at the earth's surface are
not found directly at the poles, but
at some distance to the south of the
north pole and to the north of the
south pole, says writer in the New
York Sun. Likewise the greatest de-
gree of heat is not, as might be sup
posed. to be found at the equator, but
prevails at some distance to the north
and to the south OF that imaginary
line.
The coolest place on the earth's sur.
face of which there is authentic rec
ord is in Siberia. The lowest tempera.
ture ever recorded in the open air
was 80 degrees below zero (Fahren.
heiD at Werechjansk, central Siberia,
on January 10, 1885.
The highest temperature of which
there is an authenticated record is
124 degrees above zero (Fahrenheit)
in Algeria, northern Africa, on July
IL, 1879. These places of extreme
heat and extreme cold give a range
OF temperature covering the whole in
habltable world of 214 degrees, or two
degrees more than the zero to the
boiling point.
In the United States the lowest tenn
perature ever recorded in winter is
"a degrees below zero in North Da,
-fofa, aid the highest ever recorded
in summer is 115 degrees above zero
in Arizona. This gives a total range
OF 179 degrees within about 1905
miles.
There is an authenticated report
from Aumale, an outpost Of the AL
gerian bad lands, which gives u TEN
perature record in the open air o
172 degrees above zero (FahrenheiD
This II correct exceeds by As degrees
that of the highest on record. II Il
also stated that the temperature a
this place rarely gets down to 14'
degrees. On one or two occasions
dropped to 120 degrees and the na
tlves shivered with the cold. Strang
as 1t may seem, the death rate o
French soldiers stationed at this pos
is lower than that at more northerl
places having equable temperatures
People who inhabit these places o
extreme heat and cold are found t
be exceptionally healthy and live /
a ripe old age.
While men in all parts of the worl
make their homes In these exception
ally hot or cold places and move froI
one to the other without any apparen
physical discomfort, It is found th0
animals or plants which would fou
ish in one could not survive in tn
other.
In the United States the extrem
range OF heat and cold is not so greI
but one may live in comparative cor
fort in any section; yet the same col
ditions apply to animal and plant III
rs prevail throughout the rest of Ii
world; animals and plants that su
vive the winters Of the south coul
not endure the winters of the north.
The greatest Of the extremes
heat and cold In this country al
found in the western states, from Il
Dakotas and Montana southwark
Texas and Arizona. The temperatu
in the northwest during the wint
months frequently drops to 30 or
degrees below zero and occasional
runs below GO degrees, while the he
OF summer In the central west al
southwest touches 100 degrees
higher, Regardless of such extrem
the climatic conditions throughout 4
entire Rocky mountain range are
lightful for ten months Of the year.
The most equable tomperatu
throughout the year in the Unit
States is found along the seacoa
Nearly two.thirds of the entire popu
ton lives In seacoast cities, PeoI
may complain Of few blustery n
unusually cold days In winter and
few swelterlng hot and humid da
in summer, but with all things cC
sidered the Atlantic seacoast frC
Florida to Maine is about as deslral
a place Of residence as any part
the world
What Central Heard.
"Uellol"