HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1919-6-5, Page 3HARRY Go HAWKER, DARING AUS-
TRALIAN FLYER, NOTED FR IIIS LUCK
Took Chanees With YIDS Life Ralf a bollen Tinres a *Thly Testing
MaciTillcs P01' The Sea ,vith Company. -_Earnings
,overate ,1.00,000 a`Year,
The luck of Harry G. hawker,
which bee stayed with him for 'eight
Fears through the thrills and dangers
of itis work as an experimental and
test flyer, did not desert him when
he came to the evade' moment of his
career, •
' During his term of service with the
Sopwith company, hawker took
chances with his life half a dozen
times a day that make the average
mortal tremble to even think about
--and he has never, so far as records
show, received any injuries more seri-
ous than a few bumps and bruises.
And now, when he falls into the At-
lantic ocean, hundreds of miles from
land, with about one chance in A. mil-
lion of getting out of trouble.alive,
the Hawker luck holds good and he
bobs up again, safe and sound and
with his reputation as a daredevil
'increased a hundredfold,
But • although Hawker was a dare-
devil aviator, and it wasn't safe to
'predict any morning that he would
live through.; the day; he has been
canny enough to demand a salary
that for several years has made him
the highest paid air pilot in the world,
as well as one of the most skillful.
He was a test flyer for the Sopwith
Aviation Company and made several
alights each day to testout the cred-
tions of the Sopwith engineers. For
this he got $125 every time he went
into the air and it has been estimated
that during the last few years his
-` earnings have averaged more than
'$100,000 a year.
Hawker now liyes in very solid
comfort at Kingston -on -Thames with
his wife and. their baby slaughter, .but
when he went to England from Aus-
trelie.. eight yearn ago he was a very
poor man, a young mechanic barely
twenty years old, able to earn a fete
shillings a week. When he landed
in Britain he knew nothing abut
airplanes; he hoped to get a job as
'mechanic in a bicycle shop making
and repairing bicycles. But it was
hardly a year before Hawker felt
the lure of the air and he abandoned
the bicycle illdtlstry and got a job as
mechanic in the Sopwith aviation
works, becoming a pilot o year later,
Even in those days when a man
had to be ft daredevil, absolutely reck-
less and unmindful of his life,'Hawk-
er soon became noted for his daring,
He would attempt to fly anything
that would get off the ground, and it
wasn't long before he began testing'
the Sopwith planes and taking out
experimental machines that none of
the other aviators wouldattempt to
ht tile.
Hawker hadn't been flying more
than a few months before lie began
winning medals, and trophie's and
prizes, Ile won the Michelin trophy
in 1912 for' the longest flight hem
sunrise to sunset. I.Ie was in the
air eight hours and twenty-three min-
utes, beating his nearest rival by
forty-five minutes. And it israther
a coincidence that his rival was Fred
Raynham, who was Hawker's keenest
rival in the clash overseas and whose
machine crashed as he was about to
take off St. John's just after
Hawker had started, The next year,
in 1013, Hawker and Raynham again
net in competition, 'and again Hawk-
er won, beating Raynham by half a
minute in an aerial race across coun-
try.
Hawker entered the great race
around England in 1913, for which
the London Daily Mail offered a prize
of $25,000, but engine trouble lcept
him froth finishing, although he flew
1046 miles. He was compelled to
land off the Irish coast, near Dublin,
and so failed to finish the last 500
miles. That same year Hawker took
a plane u,p to 13,000 feet, carried two
passengers to a height of 11,002 feet
and three to a height of 9,000 feet,
great and important feats in those
days of aviation experiments. Two
years later he established a British
altitude record of 20,000 feet at Hen-
don and in 1916 a 'world's altitude
record of 28,500 feet.
KING RECEIVES
ATLANTIC FLYERS
.ilawker 'and Grieve First Re
cipients of the -Air Force
Cross.
A despatch from London says:—
Harry G. Hawker and Lieut, -Com
-mender Mackenzie Grieve, who reach
ed here from Thurso, Scotland, afte
being rescued in midocean when th
airplane in which they were attempting to cross the. Atlantic alighted
near the Danish steamer Mary, were
received by,King George at Bucking -
hart Palace.
His Majesty bestowed on Hawker
and Grieve the insignia of the Air
Force Cross. They are the first ac-
tual recipients of this order.
An immense crowd gathered in
;front of Buckingham Palace to wit-
ness the arrival of Hawker and
Grieve, who were loudly cheered
when they made their appearance.
The crowd also gave then' an ovation
when they left the palace. ,
RECALLED FROM
NORTH RUSSIA
Canadian Force Will Return Vi
the Pacific Coast.
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A despatch from London says:—
The Canadian force in North Russia
has been recalled. It is about six
_ hundred strong and consists chiefly
✓ of an artillery brigade, commanded
e by Col. Sharman. The Canadians
GOVERNOR-GENERAL WILL
OPEN CANADIAN EXHIBIT
A. despatch from New York says:—
The
ays:The Duke of Devonshire, Governor-
General of Canada, will open an ex-
hibition here on June 10 of war paint-
ings, conducted by the Canadian War
Memorial Fund.. The paintings .are
largely those of Canadian artists
sent to the fighting front during the
aa, wan, and embrace representations of
every sphere of Canadian war pre-
paration and •'activity, together with
portraits of generals, statesmen,
Canadian V,C,'s and pictures typify-
ing Canadian history. The exhibi-
tion is under the management of P.
G. Konody, English art critic, and
Capt. Percy F. Godenrath, attached
to the Canadian War Records Office.
BELGIUM HONORS
HER EDITH CAVELL
A despatch from Brussels says:—
The transfer of the body of Gabrielle
Petit, a young Belgian woman, whom
the Germans executed on 'a charge of
treason, was carried out on Thursday
with impressive ceremonies.
The streets were lined with thou-
sands of spectators, and the city had
the appearance of national mourning,
Piles of flowers covered the coffin,
and troops, patriotic societies and
school children followed the cortege
to the communal cemetery, where
military honors were paid.
Premier De La Croix and other
officials delivered eulogies before the
coffin left the Town Hall of Schaer-
"beelc, a suburb. Mils. Petit was s put to
death in 1916,
who have done splendid work against
the Bolsheviki, will return t? Canada
via the Pacific coast.
Their morale during the fighting
has been very good, but of late there
has been considerable dissatisfaction
because of their retention after the
return of their • comrades from
France. Considering it is the Cana-
dian policy to demobilize all soldiers
as soon as possible, the London au-
thorities have now issued orders for
their recall_
Midsummer Day,
Now by every meadowside the butter-
cups blow,
(0 June, you are spendthrift of your
gold!)
Green are the uplands where the little
lambs go,
Green and glad the forests that are
old.
Once again the summer weaves on
her magic loom,
Cloth of clover—fairy web of wheat,
Only Mary's alabaster box of perfume,
Ever made the passing wind more
sweet.
Even through the city where the dusty
roads run,
Blue runs now the river to the sea;
Tender is the twilight where the long
day is done,
Infinite the 'eters tranquility,
Not forever are the rains—or the win-
ter snows;
All must pass—nought shall.be over-
long—
Yet with every lovely June cometh the
rose,
The scented dusk, a night bird's
wonder song!
Varna Sheard,
198 U -Boats, 3,000 Sailors
Lost by Germany During War
A despatch :from Basle says:—
Germany lost 198 submarines during
the war,' according to statistics on
this branch of the German naCia]
'service' published in tib' BerlinVeg..
sische Zeitung. This number includ-
ed seven submarines interned in for-
eign ports and fourteen destroyed by
their own crews.
More than 3,000 sailors lost their
Lives in the submarine sinkings, the -
statistics show, while several thou-
sand others lost their reason and had t
to be committed to lunatic asylums. I m
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YOUR NEWSPAPER.
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for forty years and steadily refused the advertising patronage of the mail order houses. Right now MILLIONS
aro being spent by the "catalog kings" in a CONTINUOUS attempt to secure as an ALLY the Home Town News-
paper. But the country Editor Is standing -SOLID by his Homo Community. Ho refuses to "SELL O'UT' to the
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with the enemy of our Hone Town, Let US take the stand taken by our newspaper. Let us REFUSE to be
bribed by a seeming bargain.
Markets of the World
Breadstuffs.
Toronto, June- 3.—Manitoba wheat
—No. 1 northern, $2.24%; No. 2
northern, 32.21?:,; ,No. 3 northern,
32,17%; No. 4'wheat, $2.11%, in store
Fort William,
American corn—Nominal,
Ontario oats—No, 3 white, '790, ac-
cording to freights outside.
Ontario wheat—No. 1 winter, per
car lot, 32.14 to $2.20: No. 2 do, 32.11
to $2.19; No. 3 do, $2,07 to :$2.15 f,o,
to
b., shipping points, according
freights.
Peas—No. 2, nominal.
Barley—Malting," 31.21 to 31.26,
nominal. ,
Buckwheat—No. 2, nominal,
Ryei No. 2, nominal.
Manitoba flour—Government stan-
dard, 311 Toronto.
Ontario flour—Government sten-
dard, 311, in jute hags,. Toronto and
Montreal, prompt shipment.
Milifeed—Car lots, delivered Mon-
treal freight, bags included. Bran,
$42 per ton; shorts, 344 per ton; good
feed flour, $2.75 to 32.80 per bag.
Hay—No. 1, $32 to 335 per ton
mixed 320 to 324 per ton, track, To
.onto.
Straw—Car 'lots, $10 to 311 pe
ton.
Eggs, new laid, 53 to 54c. Butter—
Creamery prints, 56 to 57c; choice
dairy prints, 48 to 50c; ordinary dairy
prints, 42 to 43c; bakers', 30 to 33e
oleomargarine (best gr.), 36 to 37c.
Cheese, new, large, 33 to 33%c.
Maple Syrup—Per 5 -gal. tin, $2,40
per gal.; do, in one -gal tins, $2.60.
Beans—Canadian, per bus., 33 to
$4.25; Burmas, 33,50; Limas, per ib.,
12 to 13c.
Provisions!—Wholesale.
Smoked Meats—Rolls, 34 to 35c;
hams, medium, 40 to' 42c; heavy, 33
to 35c; cooked hams, 54.to 560; backs,
plain, 48 to 49e; backs, boneless, 55
to 57c; breakfast bacon, 45 to 48c.
Cottage rolls, 36 to 37e.
Barrelled Meats—Pickled pork,
348; mess pork, $47.
reen Meats—Out of pickle, lc
less than smoked.
Dry Salted 1Vleats—Long clears, in
tubs, 38%c; in cases, 29c; clear bel-
lies, 28c to 28%c; fat backs, 25c,
Lard—Tierces, 34%e to 35c; tubs,
3to 35e; prints, 3G1/4to 36%lc comp und35to3lard,
tierces, 28%c; tubs, 28%c; pails,.29c;
prints, 30c.
,Montreal Markets,
Montreal, June 3—Oats extra No.
1 feed, 89c; flour, Man. Spring, new
standard grade, 311 to 311.10; rolled
oats, bag 90 lbs., 34,10 to 34.25; bran,
$42.50 to $43; shorts, $44.50 to 345;
hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, 338 to
$40. Cheese, finest easterns, 313,ac.;
butter, choicest creamery, 55% to
56e; eggs, fresh, 52 to 53c; selected,
64 to 55c; No. 2 stock, 50c: potatoes,
per bag, car lots, 32 to 32.10; dressed
hogs, abattoir killed, 330.50 to 331.
lard, pure, wood pails, 20 lbs, net,
37e.
Live Stock Markets.
Toronto, June 3.—Heavy steers,
314 to 315; choice butchers' steers,
313,25 to 314; butchers' cattle, choice,
313.25 to $13.75; do, good, 312.25 to
312.50; do, medium, 311.50 to 312;
do, common, $10 to $10.60; bulls,
choice, 311.50 to 312; do; medium,
310.50 to 311; do, rough, 38 to $8.50;
butchers' cows, choice, $12 to $13; do,
good, 310.50 to 311.50; do, midium,
' 39,25 to 310; do, common, 38 to $8.50;
- stockers, 38,75 to 311.75; feeders,
r $12.50 to 314; canners and cutters,
$4.50 to 36.50; milkers, good to
choice, 390 to 3150; do, com. and med,
365 to $75; springers, 390 to 3160;
light ewes, 313 to 315; yearlings, 312
to 314; choice lambs, 318. to $19.50:
spring lambs, 312 to $15; calves, good
to choice, 315 to 317; hogs, fed and
watered; $22.25; do, weighed off cars,
$22.50; do, f.o.b., $21.25.
Montreal, June 3.—Choice steers,
$15; poor, 39 to $10. Butchers' cattle,
good, 310 to 312; inferior, 37.50 to
38.50. Calves, milk -fed, 38 to 312.
Choice select hogs, $22 to $22.0.
In many respects the women of
Finland possess greater social and
political rights than the women of
any other country in Europe.
The many antidotes for poisons
which were recommended pointed to
the fact that poisoning, or attempts at
poisoning, were common, or, at least,
that great fear of such villainy exist-
ed.
ONTARIO SOON TO HAVE AN OCEAN PORT.
"On to the Bay," survey party leaving Cochrane for the North, May
3, 1919, showing a car load of provisions being freighted by teams faf- -
eon miles to the. Abitibi River,—Photo by J. Stewart, Industrial Corn- th
issioner, Cochrane.
HAWKER'S PLANE
REACHES FALMOUTH
Badly Damaged But Mails Intact
—Records Will be Valuable.
A despatch from London says:—
The
ays:The steamer Lake- Charlotteville ar-
rived at Falmouth on Wednesday
with Hawker's machine on board. It
was badly damaged. The plane was
found on May 23, tail up, 1,200 miles
from Newfoundland. It will be land-
ed by naval authorities, who will take
charge of it until the Sopwith repre-
sentatives arrive. Hawker's mails
are .intact, The airplane is to be
sent to London and will be on view on
the roof of Selfridge's establishment
in Oxford Street, Hawker expressed
his delight at the finding of the ma-
chine. "It's recovery," he said, "will
be of the greatest value. On it are
many records which will be of great
assistance. Some appliances of most
delicate construction and adjustment
are attached to the machine, and these
we hope will give first class informa-
tion for future flights,"
BRIDES AND JUNE
Superstitions Regarding Best Month
For Solemnization of Marriage.*
The first people to adopt the month
of June as sacred to Hymen, the god
of marriage, were the ancient Ro-
mans, who considered Jape the most
propitious season of tried year for
entering upon matrimonial relations.
The Romans held that •June wed-
dings were likely to be happier than
alliances contracted in any other
month 01 the year, especially if the
day chosen were that of the full
moon.
They also held that of all months
May was to be: avoided, as in that
month newlyweds would come under
the influence of spirits adverse to
happy households,
These ancient marriage supersti-
tions were related by the Christians
in the Middle Ages, and even to -day
June is considered by many to be
pre-eminently the month of marriage. ter
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a A FRAPMENT,"
The ¢horue of Muslo Which Revived.
the Soul of e Weary Nurse,
Watching and waiting upon the sick,
giving of lner energy, hoe sympathy to
so hull an extent to the poor euffsrors
tan laol' ward;,It seemed to trio >10400 as
though 1101' very soul had grown tired.
Thoughts carne no more to the tired
brain, the body telt a machine the
mind had beoonte ntunhsd, Lonlinoss
and deep depresslon ,lad des.eended
upon trio night aurae.
It was during the small hours of the
moaning in a London hospital; Would
the world always be full of aieleness,
sorrow, and disease? Must there al-
ways . be nurses, -and among them
those who aot cleverly but without
heart; no encouraging word spoken
by then to the patient, no real lith of
sympathy, no real giving of self which
true nursing demands? Gazing
through the ward windov the nurse
questioned the )leavens. Far below
sounded still some footsteps and iamb -
ling of wheels,
Suddenly, a chorus of music sound-
ed eh the night air through the open
window, coning from no distant di -
taction, but flooding the night with
sweet sounds, The nurse 1'eant far
out and listened; not questioning from
,whence the music came; it revived
her soul and brought back her cour-
ago anid -high ideals, Life was to be
lived, and in the service of others lies
true happiness, was the 'thought'which.,
came to liar with repeated insistence.
Closing the window when once more
all was quiet, she returned to her
duties to give of herself again, know-
ing no stint 01 the giving. Into the
woman's heart came the knowledge
that the music was of no earthly mak-
ing; her soul needed refreshment and
courage; it had come in a way elle
would never have, Sought,
Broken Glass—Dangerous.
Many people who live in titles and
towns evince about the minimum con.
sideration for other members of the
community. They are quite oblivious
of community rights unless, at the
same time, their own personal com-
fort or convenience is endangered, A
simple concrete illustration of this is
the careless manner in which broken
glassware is left in city streets. Dur-
ing the winter, many bottles and jars
are broken -by delivery men. The
broken parts are left where they fall
and with the disappearance of the
snow in the spring, patches of broken
glass are left in the wintei"s accumu-
lation of rubbish and filth, a constant
menace to all rubber -tired vehicles.
Often, too, such bottles are broken
near the entrances of homes and, in --
stead of being gathered up and re-
moved, are left as they fell. Painful
and more or less serious accidents
have occurred to many children, who
have stepped or fallen on broken milk
bottles. Civic authorities might well
consider the advisability of making
such forms of carelessness punish.
able offences. By making examples
of a few, this class of offenders might
be made to realize that sootier or later
inconsiderateness of others acts as a
boomerang.
RED RAG TO A BULL
Other Animale Are Affected by a
Scarlet Object.
How many people know the real
moaning of the phrase, "Like a red
rag to a bull?"
Why should a bull, or any other
creature be enraged when a piece of
scarlet cloth is flaunted before them ?
For bulls are not alone in this.
Sheep, usually so meek and gentle,
will apparently become transported
with rage if they see anything of this
color. Geese and turkeys are similar-
ly affected—the former even having
been known to attack a scarlet -clad
child.
The excitement animals display in
such circumstances is similar to that
caused by the smell of blood, Here
is the theory: The color reminds
the animals of blood, an association
which invariably suggests bodily dis-
comfort and hurt. So they express
their terror by the only means they
possess.
Left in the Lurch.
'What's the natter with your els-
?"
'The war was over before she got
r sock knitted,"
The net national debt is about 31,-
500,000,000. The Can, Trade Com.
seeks to awaken a realization of this
fact in every man and woman in the
Dominion.
JUNE 20 IS PROBABLE
DATE FOR SIGNING OF PEACE
A despatch from Paris says:—
June 15 is the earliest possible date
onwhichthe German treaty can be
signed if no obstructions are en-
countered, but June 20 is the more
probable date for its signature, The
German counter -proposals have been
received with the greatest interest
by the members of the PeaceCon-
gress, especially the claims for im-
mediate membership in the League
of Nations, for a plebiscite to decide
the disposition of Galicia and for the
fixing of a definite sum for ,indemni-
ties.
Paint, no matter how hoed and
dry, can be taken out ,of woolen cloth-
ing by using a solution of equal parts
of ammonia and turpentine. Saturate
e spot two or three times, then
wash out with soap suds,
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All of the prominent universities
in the United Kingdom, save Oxford
and Cambridge, now confer legal de-
grees on women who duly qualify.
"By concentrating on a single ob-
ject, the weakest living creature can
accomplish something worth ;while;
whereas the strongeat, by dispersing
his power, may fail to accomp'ish
anything."—Carlyle.
With the exception of lobsters Can-
ada's fah production .ehowed a falling
off in March as compared with the
same month a year before. It is to
be hoped that the increased produc-
tion of fish brought about by the war
will not be allowed to decline.
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WHAT FASTING
DOES TO FOLKS
SCIENTIFIC STUDIES ARE BEING
MADE OF THIS PROBLEM,
Notion That Abetalnine From Food
Promoted Bodily Health la Net
Endorsed by Medical Man.
Of recent years there has been a
fasting tad, Some people )'aver as•
sertsd that bodily health was pro.
'noted by going without Rood Por con-
siderable lengths of time.
It cannot be said that the medical
faculty has ever indorsed this remark-
able notion, The view held by phy-
sicians and physiologists generally is
that such performances are dead
against nature and liitposs a danger-
ous strain upon the human system,
Per contra, Doctor Tanner, most
famous of all fasters, died last Pebr
awry 10 San Diego, Cal„ atthe fairly
ripe ago of ninety-one, He had a
theory that health and long life could
be improved and lengthened by ex-
tended periods of food -deprivation,
Famous Dr. Tanner Fasts,
The most famous of his fas.tvs ex,
tended more than forty days. He was
-earefullly watched during the perform-
ance to make suite that he -ate ngtlitng.
Barring the sucking of casual oranges;
it could not be discovered that in that
period he touched anything that could
be called food.
More recently there have been sci-
entific studies made Of this problem.
Dogs and other animals have been the
subjects of most of them. But the
Carnegie Institute, not long ago, em-
ployed for the purpose an Italian
named Succi, who was a professional
taster. He did it for a living, the pay
being high.
Succi's best record was thirty. days
of a fast, at the end of which there
set in certain "ante-mortem" symp-
toms which persuaded the scientists in
charge to quit the experiment. Mani-
festly he was a weakling; for a Paris
faster named Merlotti kept the thing
up for fifty days,
Plow long would it take you to
starve to death if unsupplied with any
food? The answer, so far as experi-
mental observations would indicate, is
that it depends mainly upon how fat
you are. If you are a skinny person,
you would not last long,
How Human Body Is Affected.
You see, the human body is an.en-
gine and food is its fuel. When the
food supply is cut off the engine must
for fuel draw upon the tissues of the
body and burn them.
The fat stored in the body is under
such circumstances the fuel most
available. Therefore, as one observes,
a starved person becomes rapidly thin-
ner, losing weight.
Suppose the, starvation Is to con-
tinue. Then, when the fat has been
used up. the muscular and other tis-
sues are drawn upon for fuel to fur-
nish the energy required to support
the mechanism of the body and peep
it in operation. But this is vastly
more expensive, physiologically speak-
ing, because it takes about twelve
pounds of muscular or glandular tis-
sue to snake an equivalent (as fuel)
for one pound of fat.
Experiments have shown that in a
twenty-six day fast the muscles lose
42 per cent, of their weight, the skin
28 per cent., the brain and spinal cord
22 per cent., the blood 48 per Dent„ the
liver 50 per cent, the kidneys 55 per
cent„ the stomach and intestines 30
per cent., the lungs 29 per cent., the
kidneys 55 per cent and the heart 16
per cent.
The human body in starvation pro.
cures its supply of energy by the de-
struction of its stored and "protein"—
the stuff that, when eaten in food,
makes muscle and blood. If the de-
privation be kept up long enough, it
succumbs. Death ensues, '
What is the immediate cause of
death in such cases? This is a point
that has not been fully settled.
WETTEST PLACE IN THE WORLD,
Rainfall Is Heaviest at Cherra Punji,
In India.
Of course the very bottom of the
Pacific Ocean (approximately six
miles below, the surface) is an exceed -
'ugly wet spot, but the "wettest place"
upon earth, according to the usual
meaning of this term, is Cherra Punji,
in the Hhasla 111110 of Assam, India,
Hdre the rainfall averages 458 inches,
or about thirty -Dight feet. '7711s an-
nual average • is from Janatnat•y to
January, but during the summer
months' Cherra Punji is deluged with
about 300 inches of rain. This is a
summer average of more than three
Inches a day, but more than thirty
itches a clay have been recorded for
five successive days, app'ro'ximately
150 inches falling in 120 hours.
If it rallied everywhere as it does in
Cherra Punji the water would be over
the Woolworth Building in New York
fu twenty -years and Mount Everest
would be submerged in 760 years.
Thirty inches in one day would cer-
tainly be more than enough rain for
any place on earth except the Sahara
Desert, where the rainfall is zero. In
the year 1861 more than 900 inches
descended upon Cherry Punji, Toron-
to has about forty-five inches yearly,
or one-tenth. the rainfall of Cherre
Punji,
If the average annual rainfall alt
over the world for trio last 2,000 years
has approximated fifty inches, then
since the beginning of the Christine
era there has fallen from the clouds
an amount of water not far from 100,-
060 inches 01 depth, or what would be
equal to about 8,000 feet, about one
and ono -half miles. And supposing
that instead of an average yearly rale'
teell of fifty inches ahem should havo
fallen 458 inchoe,•then the land sura
face of our world, had all !:rile water
remained upon it, would be covered
by an ocean some 70,000 feet in depth.
I'1 othGera
r words, titre inncl Oeean would
have oxtotdod, apiirokhuutefy eight
miles above the 20,000 feet of u'iotint
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