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Show FRIGHTFUL DEGREE OF COLD. Frost's Intensity Hard for Dwellers In Temperate Climes to Realize. It Is difficult for us to form nny conception con-ception of tho degreo of cold represented repre-sented by the SO degrees of frost recorded re-corded from certain parts of Russia. Sir Leopold McCllntock tells how lit one of Ids Arctic expeditions a sailor was foolish enough to do Borne outdoor work nt precisely this temperature. His hands froze and when ho rushed into the cabin and plunged one of them Into n basin of water so cold was tho hand that tho water was instantly in-stantly converted Into a block of Ice. At 25 degrees, Dr. Knnc says, "tho mustache ind under lip form pendulous pendu-lous beads of dangling Ice. Put out your tongue and It instantly freezes to this icy crusting. Your chin has a trick of freezing to your upper Jaw by tho luting aid of your beard; my eyes have often ben bo glued as to show that even a wink was unsafe." |