Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-02-15

SOr /. IS. Maury would lecture on the Gulf
Stream before the Polytechnic Branch OF the
American Institute, attracted large audience
st Their rooms, in the Cooper Institute last
night After the usual reading of scientific
items by Professor Tlman, the speaker of the
evening was introduced With the aid oil sew
eraI large charts and maps he trac the equa-
torial current Of the Atlantic from the Western
Coast OF Africa: showed how it formed the great
commelc a highway known as the Gulf Stream.
This current he claimed, is more than 900
times larger in volume than the Mississippi riv
CT. 1t moves across the Atlantic on the track
OF great circle Of the earth. Combating the
prevailing notion that the shores and banks of
Newfoundland defect the current from it nalu
raj and normal path, evidence was BROUGHT 10
show thar it moved in obedience to the dlurnal
rotation OF the globe on the one hand, and, on
on other, that icing Of fferent specific gray
lty from tho waters of the Polar sea, it seeks to
lind an equilibrium by changing places With
them.
Two new positions were advanced ny the lee.
tnrcr as to this mysterious f)w OF the ocean
He denied that the usual castcrly curve o.! the
Cult Stream las the maps give it), by which 1t
- made to sweep toward The Azores and around
10 The shores OF Africa, has any existence.
There is current-au offshoot, apparently
r,currioc in this direction, but il IS mere DRIFT.
This, he explained, is caused by the brave
,;cst winds,' or, more properly, southwest
wnds. which, he said" everywhere on tic
glotc. uo,rh Of the trupic Of Cancer, ar the
amc" The true Gulf Stream, however, fl 1ws
"a IL mighty and resstle&' couts'. Even as
tar north as Hammertest, in Norway, the most
nnrtherly town in the world, 1t makes Its GENIAL
and hamy il tlrence felt 10 1881 the haroor
oi 81 Johns Newfoundland, 500 miles south
OF Hammertcsr, had been frozen up as late as
tic month OF June. But the harbor OF Ham
lacriest has never been known TO ne cloSed ny
zee. even in midwinter.
Mr. ilaurv advanced the idea also that the
tulf Stream is much more than its nama pur-,
ports. lt is not a mere stream from the u uii OF
tlcxico but q volume nearly as large as the
yrrat equatorial current itself. Though the
stream, as it comes through the narroW5 OF
Florida, is a thousand times as large as the
Father of Waters" at New Orleans 1t 10
afterward reinforced by an immcuse shaw e OF
the main equatorial current known as the North
west branch This body of water, being OF the
same or nearly the same temperature and speci'
c gravity as the Gulf Stream proper, readily
nnitcs with it after the latter has passed the
Bahamas The lecturer then read letter from
CAPTAIN SiIas Rrcrt (thc co worker OF Commo
dorc Perry in his japan cXpedition), whom he
who, Ia d Gear and concise statement, cnuorSed
his TcaS nnlng.
If this be true, the lecturer said, the views
now entertained by geosraphers or the climatic
power of the Cult Stream must undergo Sc
rous revision, ii not decided revolution, IL
would no longer be regarded as the comnaratTe-
" small issues throuehthr DarrowS OF Bc1mlnl.
but stream more than dou le Us large, and
one which was fully equal to the othce claimed
for it, ponttrating the rcgions or the extreme
north, and breaking through the massive Ice
walls which surround and guart the avenues TO
the ro!c itself. The ''b!uc' color and ''phoS-
ntor.ssc.ut' features Of the Gu!i Stream were
described and explained Protessrt hlaury
comparcd The Gulf Stream to the Milky Way,
because its warm water at night was made oy
the myriad insects to glow and sparkle like
sAa of (irc.-Ne,o York Tribune.
SACRIFICING GOLDEN LOCKS FOR a Bon
META mliilnery shop Is ! woman S paradise.
4 pretty bonnet is more than woman can
toreeo. 4 singular example OF the correctness
of this occurred in FASHIONABLE Marker stles gs
millinery store The other day. a young iauy'
,sho is noted in her circle Of friends tor tne
,naon;Gccncc of her beautifully golden hair
,r,nt into o weil-knowD store to pnrchaSe
honnet which she had seen disp aycd, and al
m;red very much. The price, however, wa
far above her limited means. The gem OF
bonnet was not within the possibility OF he'
possessions and sic returned home with tcariu
eyes. ,h,
She determined to wait and work until sh'
had accumul ted funds sufficient to make up
the REQUIRED amount. \ happy thought SUD
ienIy came to her relief, and. jumping for Joy
<hc hastily dressed herself and put OFT to th'
ml.iner's The rest OF the story Is told IN
lew words She proposed TO sell her long ha' hl:a'
,or ,h,. honnet. The proposition was readi J
nnco'1,.d and the poor girl went back into tht
%ewnr room. had her beautiful hair all clip
ryl G'i off ' by the ruthless shears, and turning
over to the miliincr, took the bonnet aud np ar
ciaI head dreSs, and lett in great E;e: 10, 1t IT,,
to be hoped that she has not nor w' not as:,a sa
Ter from the spoation; and, Win 'nS asf'H sh;C
arc, OF tho freaks OF fashion in IN" way H1 '"is
nnns Ec @ She will not Louia4Ht Co"r'e'
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