. St. Nicholas [serial]. vered byclouds of inky blackness, which here and theretake on a livid greenish hue. The surface »9°4-] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 941 winds rush spirally upward into the funnel-shaped cloud, carrying with them many articleswhich are afterward dropped some distancebeyond. The danger zone is confined to a pathless than a half-mile in width and one hundredmiles in length. These storms occur only onland. The true hurricane is ocean-born. On thehigh seas of the tropics it marshals its forcesof wind and wave, before which the stoutestship is helpless and the fairest
. St. Nicholas [serial]. vered byclouds of inky blackness, which here and theretake on a livid greenish hue. The surface »9°4-] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 941 winds rush spirally upward into the funnel-shaped cloud, carrying with them many articleswhich are afterward dropped some distancebeyond. The danger zone is confined to a pathless than a half-mile in width and one hundredmiles in length. These storms occur only onland. The true hurricane is ocean-born. On thehigh seas of the tropics it marshals its forcesof wind and wave, before which the stoutestship is helpless and the fairest islands are laidwaste. Even the sturdy mainland trembles summer months. The cyclone is a universalstorm which travels over land and sea, inseason and out of season, in spring or in fall,in summer or in winter. It is an old friend,but one much abused. Alvin T. Burrows. HOW MANY FEATHERS ON A HEN? An unusual feather-guessing contest wasrecently conducted by a prominent companymanufacturing feed for poultry. Five hundred. NEARER VIEW OF A TORNADO, SHOWING HUMAN FORMS, WAGON-WHEELS, AND DEBRIS BEING CARRIED SKYWARD. under its awful castigation. These oceanstorms last much longer than tornadoes, covermore territory, and cause more damage. Thehurricane which overwhelmed Galveston de-stroyed several thousand lives and millions ofdollars worth of property. The West IndiaIslands are frequently scourged by these awfulvisitations, and our own Atlantic coast some-times feels the lash of these dreaded storms. Both the hurricane and the tornado are former seldom extends far inland, andusually occurs in the late summer or fall. Tor-nadoes are products of the South and West andare mostly confined to the spring and early dollars in prizes was offered for best estimatesor guesses as to the number of feathers on ahen. The first prize was one hundred of guesses were received, in-cluding some very amusing ones. One guesser,who was probably looking for some catch scheme
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