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Show Hottest Spot en Earth. Ono of tho hottcc regions of tho earth li along tho Pcri.'an Gulf, v.-hcro little oi no rain falls, snys Co'oncl L. L" I'ltts of Mlssoui. At Uahrlii tho arid shoro ban no f.oih wale.', yot a comparatively numerous' population contrive to llvo thero, tbn:i'3 to copious copi-ous spiltigs which burst forth from tho botteni of tho sea Tho fresh wa-tor wa-tor Is r"t by diving.' The diver, sitting sit-ting In his boat, wlnda n great goatskin goat-skin bag around his left arm, tho hand grasping Ita mouth; then ho ta'ios la his right hand a heavy utone, to which is attached a strong lino, and thus erjulpiTed ho plunges In and quickly leaches tho bottom. Instantly opening tho bag over tho strong Jot of fresh water, lie. springs up tho ascending current, nt tho camo tlmo closing tho bag, and is helped aboard. The stono Is then hauled up nnd tho diver, after taking breath plunges In again. Tho source, of these copious submarine springs Is thought to bo In tho hills of Oilman, somo'ilvo or six hundred miles dltnnt. Detroit News-Tribune. |