Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1888 — GROUND FROZEN ALL SUMMER. [ARTICLE]

GROUND FROZEN ALL SUMMER.

■ffewt as the Thick Mom That Gathers oa tbe Shores of the Ynkvs. Jnssaa (41***) Free Preu. It is remarkable, indeed, that so much of the surface ground on the Yukon isfrdsen solid to a depth of several feet. It is all the more so when we come to realise the fact that during the summer it gets as hot there m in the South. During the heat of the past- season the miners fox nd it a veniCibee to go in bathing in th^ streams at least twice a day, and. tb seek shady places in which to rock the g ild out of the gravel. At the breaking up of winter the hours of sunshine are rapidly increasing, and continue so until'mid winter, when the 'sun beams forth twenty-two hours eut of the twenty-four, while on the high mountain peaks it is for a period of several days in June not entirely out of sight during the twenty-four hours. But during all this heat and the long days of continuous sunshine the sun’s rays do not penetrate the heavy mosses that cover nearly the entire of the country, and consequently the froeen ground underneath lies in that slate as if packed in an ice house. After it once becomes frozen, as any damp ground will do in the , winter time, it quickly becomes covered with this moss, whiqh is of a remarkably rapid growth, and attains a depth of two fee l or more. During the heat of summer trite moss becomes dry to. the depth of several inches, and the miners think that by a continuous burning of it as fast as it dries they will soon have the gr»vel bars, along the creeks at least, cieared off, being,©! the impression that when the grave! deposits are exposed to the scorching rayaof the sun and the rains qpdktmosp^ffthey will readily thaw out. sets in the hours of sunshine gradually decrease, until “during the shortest days the sun shines but four hours out oi the twenty-four, But qt this period the aurora is most intense and helps very materially in driving darkness from that dreary land. Thp thernfometer goes down to 70 degreepfin winter, but the atmosphere is very drv arid consequently the cold is not so perceptible as one would imagine Eclipses iw 1888 In the number of eclipses which it will bring, the yeaystßßß, will Jjte as table as in the number of dsxys whusF it will contain. There will be five eSnpßes during this year. Theyptotious or who thirik&dhaf this is a small number when out river 366 days is asked mind that all that either could fnuster was four. A^^payneithq^ 1 of these years, sb farwriter is able to learns general protest by the on account of the fewness of these ' i&enomeria. The largest number^ eclipses which can occur in any toill come in 1888. Of these seven five 'will be of the sun and two of the moon. Three of the five will be solar and two lunar. The eclipses of 1888 will take place on the following dates: A total eclipse of the moon will occur on January 88, a partial eclipse of the sun on February 11, another partial obscuration of the Aamehody drihJuly 8, a total eciipse of the moon on July 25, and a partial eciipseof the sun on August 7. The two total eclipses of the moon will oe visible in the United States, but the solar obscurations will not be seen by any residents of this country unless they chance to be in Europe, Asia or Africa at the time thtee events take place. The migrations of the planers in 1888 will bring several of these members of the sun’s family in close proximity to each other. In January the two brightest of the planets, Venue and Jupiter, will be in the same constellation, Libra. From January to August Mars, the earth’s nearest neighbor outwardly from the sun, will occupy a position in Virgo near Uranus, the remotest member but one of the planetary brotherhood. In August Venus will be with Saturn in Cancer. Mars and Jupiter will each be skurrying ont of Libra into Scorpio in September, just as Yenns enters Libra; Two months later Venus overtakes Jupiter in Scorpio, although Mars at that time has passed out of that star group into Sagittarius. Unlike 1887, one or more of the conspicuous planets will be visible in the evening sky in every month of 1888 Saturn will be evening star from the beginning of the s year to August 1; Mars from January 5 to the end of the year; Jupiter from February 24 to December 8; and Venus from July 11 through the remainder of 1888. Saturn will be brightest on January 13, Mars on AprilJl.and Jupiter on May 12. Venus will not have its brightest phase in 1888.

H The Duel, Pardanelle (after the first shot, takes advantage of the smoke and drops into a deserted well.) Sicard (taking similar advantage, gets behind a tree). Pardarelle’s second (as smoke clears away) -Gentlemen, the honor of two brave Frenchmen is protected. They have obliterated each other! Arkansaw Traveler. It ain’t de man dat is hard ter whup dat gins you de mos’ tnibbl®. It» & feller dat won’t stay whupped. ~ Tid Bite: The most unpopular Trust is unquestionably “No Trust.”