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COLD AND HOT ZONES BELOW
{Theory That Heat Uniformly Increases
With Descent Into Interior of
Earth Is Proved.
The question is often asked: “Are
ithere cold nnd hot zones below the
surface of the earth just as there are
mu the surface?” Recent developments
would tend to prove that such is the
lease and that the long-aecepted theory
jthat heat uniformly increases with de
scent into the interior of the earth is
Incorrect.
It has been shown that heat gener
ated by oxidization Is often a deter
ring or determining factor in deep min
ing. In sundry localities it has been
poted that the increase in tempera
ture with depth is not regular, being
subject to the amoifnt of pyrites in
the ground, or to the time that the
hole in the ground is opened up. At
Sandhurst, Victoria, New South Wales,
Australia, a fall of five degrees Fahren
heit in temperature was noted after
the ground had been opened up for
one year, and after four years had
passed there was a further fall and
then an unchanged temperature.
In telling of an instance at Corn
stock, Nev., a government official says:
• “At a depth of 1,700 feet boiling wa
ter was found, and the statement was
then made that a little farther down
all matter was molten; yet on passing
the 2,000-foot level the temperature de
creased, the union shaft at a depth of
8,500 foet having a more comfortable
temperature than could be found half
way to the surface.”
In the Lake Superior region these
Irregular conditions are conspicuous.
Here there appears to be a local cold
zone, as is demonstrated in the Cal
umet and Hecla shaft, where at 4,700
feet the temperature was 79 degrees
Fahrenheit, or only 20 degrees warmer
than at a depth of 100 feet.
How December Got Its Name.
The first appearahce of December In
the calendar was in the role of the
tenth month of the year of Romulus,
its name being derived from “decern,”
meaning ten. In 713 B. C., Nuraa in
troduced January and February before
March, and December was relegated
to twelfth place. The name thus ceased
to be etymologically correct, and sev
eral attempts were made to change it,
but without success. For a decade in
the century of the Christian
era, in the reign of Commodus, Decem
ber was called Amazonius, in honor of
one of the light lady loves of the
prince, but soon after the death of
Commodus —he w:% poisoned by his fa
vorite mistress, Martin Romans
dropped the name of Amazonius and
restored the old name of December.
In the original calendar of Romulus
December had 30 days. When Numa
reformed the calendar he reduced De
cember to 29 days, but Julius Caesar
gave it 31 days, and it has been that
number ever since. By th° ancient
Saxons December was called vVinter
monat, which was changed, after the
introduction of Christianity, to
Helighmonat, or Holy month. —Buffalo
Times.
A Wrist Watch in the Desert.
One night a company of Arabs at
tached themselves to our party. This
is customary in these wild lands. They
saw that we were well armed and
came with us for safety. One of them,
a dignified younjj chief, was accom
panying a woman across the desert.
She was well dressed, this Arab girl,
with a yellow turban and a silken
robe. On her wrist she wore a Swiss
gold watch, and, though bare-footed,
she was as dignified as the queens of
iLenox and Newport. One of my men
apparently made an insulting remark
jto her, and she called him down just
ms an American girl would have done.
According to the custom of the desert,
we had to .give him a thrashing, which
Mahomet did lustily with a big stick.
After that the Arab party always
showed us white men the deepest re
spect.—Peter Mac Queen in World Out
look.
Chinese Woman Students in Japan.
Chinese girl students in Tokyo are
no longer the curiosity that they were
in former years, there being scarcely
any girls’ school in the metropolis but
has among its students young ladies
'from the only republic in the far East.
Many of these girls are studying for
teachers, while others are only anxious
to acquire new knowledge and become
worthy citizens of their country. There
•are 20 Chinese women, mostly mar
ried, studying at Mine. Yoshioka’s
Medical School for Women. Kawada
cho, Ichigaya. These naturally wish
ito go into practice when they have
•completed their studies.
Cabers.
Newcomer —Have the neighbors
•called upon you y<*t?
Mrs. Newcomer —I should say they
-had. They’ve called upon me for about
everything in the house. —Exchange.
Mark of Honor.
First Girl —“What a horrid scar
Charlie has on his forehead.” Sec
ond Girl —“Horrid? The idea! Why,
fee got that in a football game.”
LION CRIES LIKE A WOMAN
Appetite of America’s Most Powerful
Cat Is Whetted by Sight of
Young Horse.
The mountain lion, next to the
jaguar, is the largest of the cat tribe
native to America, E. IV. Nelson writes
in the National Geographic Magazine.
In various parts of its range it is also
known as the panther, cougar and
puma. It is a slender-bodied animal
with a small head and a long, round
tail, with a total length varying from
seven to nine feet and a weight from
about 150 to 200 pounds.
No other American mammal has a
range equal to that of the mountain
lion. It originally inhabited both North
and South America from southern
Quebec and Vancouver island to Pata
gonia and from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific coast.
The mountain lion, while powerful
enough to be dangerous to man, is In
reality extremely timid. Owing to its
being a potentially dangerous animal,
the popular conception of it is that of
a fearsome beast, whose savage ex
ploits are celebrated in the folklore
of our frontier. As a matter of fact,
few wild animals are less dangerous,
although there are authentic accounts
of wanton attacks upon people, just as
there are authentic instances of buck
deer and moose becoming aggressive.
It has a wild, weird cry, popularly
supposed to resemble the scream of a
terrified woman, which is thrillinglv
impressive when the shades of evening
are throwing a mysterious gloom over
the forests.
Although inoffensive ns to people,
this cat is such a fierce and relentless
enemy of large game and live stock*
that it is everywhere aq outlaw. Jt
often kills claves, but is especially
fond of young horses. In many range
districts of the Western states and on
the table land of Mexico, owing to the
depredations of this animal, It is im
possible to raise horses.
Why Cecil Rhodes Went to Africa.
“Why did I come to Africa? Well,
they will tell you that I came out on
account of my health, or from a love
of adventure —and to some extent that
may be true. Rut the real fact is that
I could no longer stand the eternal
cold mutton.”
The answer is characteristic of the
man. A young chap who, three years
after receiving his college degree,
could pick up an empire 100 times the
size of Rhode Island and set it as a
jewel in the Rritish crown was not
likely to be content with any “review
of reviews” in his diet. Men with “em
pires in their brains” do not usually
have cold mutton in their stomachs.
But the fact remains that Cecil John
Rhodes went to South Africa to battle
for his life against the bug battalions
of tuberculosis that had invaded his
lungs. “Not six months to live!” Such
was the verdict that Rhodes, in after
years, read opposite his name in the
doctor’s faded memorandum-book.—
James E. Crowthor in World Outlook.
Mystery Solved.
George and Ethel were married a
few weeks ago, and returned from
their honeymoon to a ducky little bun
galow garnished throughout with the
usual valuable but useless silverware
and jewelry which kind friends show
er upon the newly married.
The day after their arrival two
tickets for a downtown theater reached
them, accompanied by a little scented
note bearing the simple message:
“Guess who sent them?” They found
it impossible to identify the donor, but.
nevertheless, decided to use them.
At the end of a pleasant evening they
returned to their home to find the place
stripped of everything. On the din
ing-room table lay another little scent
ed note bearing the legend, “Now you
know.” —New York Globe.
A Physiological Phenomenon.
We are told that away up in the
mountain section of Georgia lives a
farmer who? like Caleb, Joshua’s part
ner, owns a whole mountain and lias
cleared it off, and lias the surface in
cultivation. The mountain Is cone
shaped and is one-fourth of a mile in
height and three miles in circumfer
ence. To prevent the rich surface
from being washed away the farmer
runs in rows all the way around the
mountain, beginning at the bottom and
working up to the top. The result of
continually walking around the moun
tain, always in the same direction,
has made the whole family short
legged on one side and long-legged
on the other. —Tliomasville (Ga.)
Post.
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DSadFy Weapon of Suumarine.
In most cases the submarine dis
charges its torpedo when submerged.
The water enters the torpedo tube, but
this does not interfere with the dis
charging of the torpedo, nor does this
water enter the body of the subma
rine. This is secured by a set of
valves. Most torpedoes have an ef
fective range up to 2,(*JO yards.
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