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Show MAN MORE ADAPTABLE -.- THAN LOWER ANIMALS Tho coldest place on tho earth's suraco of which thero is authentic record Is in Siborla. The lowest tern-peraturo tern-peraturo over recorded in tho open air was 90 degrees below zero (Fahrenheit) (Fah-renheit) at Werchajansk, Central Siberia, Si-beria, on January 15. 1885. i J Tino highest temperature of -which j hcrc Is an authenticated record Is 12 degrees abovo zero (Fahrenheit, In Algeria, Northern Africa, on July 1, 1897. These plucos of extremo hent and extreme cold give a range of temperature covering tho whole Inhabitable world of 214 degroes, or two degrees more than from zero to tho boiling point In the United States the lowest temperature over recorder In winter Is Gl degrees below zero in North Dakota, and tho highest ever recorded record-ed In summer 1b 115 degrees above zero In Arizona, This gives a total rango of 179 degreos within about 1,000 miles. There Is nn unauthcntlcntcd report from Aumale, an outpost of tho Algerian Alge-rian bad londs, which gives a temperature tem-perature record In tho open air of 172 degrees abovo zoro (Fahrenheit ) Thls( If correct, exceeds by 4S degrees de-grees that of tho hlghe3 on record t Us also Hinted that the temporaturo at this placo raroiy gets down to 140 degroes. On ono or two occasions It dropped to 120 degrees and the na tlvcs Bhlvored with the cold trangeS as It may seem, tho death rate of French eoldlore stntloncd nt this post Is lower than that at more northerly places having equitable temperatures. People who inhabit thoso places of extromo heat and cold aro found to b0 exceptionally healthy and live to n rlpo old age. Whllo men In all parts of tho world make their homos In those exceptionally exception-ally hot or cold places, and move from ono to tho other without any apparent physical discomfort, It la found that animals or plants which would flourish flour-ish in ono could not survlvo In the other. In the United SLites tho extremo rango of heat and cold Ib not so great, but one may live In comparative comfort com-fort In any sirctlon; yot tho samo conditions con-ditions apply to animal and plant llfo as provnll throughout the rost of tho world. Animals and plants that survlvo sur-vlvo the ulntero of tho south could not endure tho winters of tho north. -nNcw York .Sun. |