The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-08-23

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points On the United States Atlanti
coast, as well as in Great Britain and o
the continent He deduces that Their
mss b-en No change in the climate o
the Atlantic States for q century. an,
that surface changes, through the op@r
atoms Of agriculture, are of no appre
cable meteorological effect. These d..
auctions arc protessedly basel on =
bles @, temperrture and other Neteofo
logical conditions, but not.ithssn,iins
TINS, We mink there Is an error some
where IL l. almost = paten. tact 10 the
senses. that there nave been climatic
changes in New EnglAni in fifty years,
and If the records and traditions OF the
previous fifty years are worth anything,
the changes IN some particulars have
been most marked A hundred years
ago the fall OF snow was comparatively
excessive. As "a general ihing snow
shoes were necessary, and the transpor-
ta,ion Of wool and other articles was
uone by hand sleds- This was not an
exceptional condition, but quite CON
slant liz was not uncommon Tor tun-
nels TO be excavated, So deep was the
SNOW. from the house to the piggery
and the barn. Roads were to a great
extent blockade1. and In many there
was NO travel Tor TWO or three months.
Unless records are false, and the men,
ory OF men llving In those times ex-
tremely treacherous, such used to De
our winters antlTeyoluIionary times.
There are no such snow-fzIss nov and
has not zen for many years- Even the
heaviest SHOWS we have had within
twenty-five or thirty years we're no
comparison with those we have alluded
to as common about a hundred years
ago. There has most certainly been a
change therefore, though Mr.. Draper
thinks not Again, our aurumns Sre
prolonged, and frequently frosrs do not
set in until October and November.
Within tfty years, sharp and severe
srosts were common IN September, and
the farmers work did not use to con-
tinue along into November. At the
same time the springs were eA-lier, and
planting was well over by the time il i
now begun. We have not space to pre-
sent more than these few salient facts as
q commentary on Mr. Diapers positions
relative TO . change Of climate
As TO the effect OF the opening up of
q country by cutting away the woods,
we may say that Humboldt was a be-
lieyer IN il, and he certainly was a close
observer, and read nature as accurately
as any ather scientist In one OF his
works discussing climatic changes, ne
directly avers that the rainfall Is az
fecsed by denUding . country of its
wood. The effect ne illustrates BY a !
water course IN Northern South Amer |
c. Quite q stream used TO flow, and |
with the opening of the country Its bed |
became bare. Civil disorder at length |
depopulated the reg on, and it was re-
back TO nature. Brush aud |
trees came back, and with them waters
70 the river, it finally reaching its old |
volume. Such . fact has an outlook
not In accordance with the teachings of Y
Nr. DraPer.-P,ovsAe.e< (R. II Rsu.
The Great Lakes.
The following facts in regard to The
i've great lakes IN North America are
lot generally known. and will prove
instructive to young people
Lake Superior Is the largest body of
resi- water in the world. Its greatest
ength IL 355 miles, its greatest breadth
90 miles and Its area il given as 49,
10 square miles Its average depth is
given at 6SS and 600 feet
{ = 600 feet above the level of the SEA.
= feet higher than Lake Michigan. and
o higher tnan Lake Erie.
Lake Michigan Is $40 miles long. los
niles in the widest part. and the main
lepth of il is 600 feet In its greatest
ength IL u longer than Lake Superior,
'eing $50 miles Il has In area Of 3D.
30 square miles
The greatest length of Lake Huron
J DO miles, the greatest width 100
1iles. the main depth 600 feet, and the
rea 1900 square miles
Lake Erie's greatest length il go )
niles, its greatest width 50 miles, the ,
,ean depth Of It's waters 81 feet, ma !.
ing it by Tar the most shallow Of an the
We lakes and it has . superficial area
about 800 square miles. i;
The greatest length of .LAhs Ontario /,
$50 miles, the grsasest breadth IS
,iles, the mean depth 10 fees, and the
rea 5000 square miles. l.
The Length OF Al the lakes is more y
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Henry Ward Beechse speaks Of the.l
lows - fp10Ws: "Aside frpm the
,ecial queseion Of profit and loss, we 4
ave awarus side toward the cxpw; he c
30 much Ike one of omselver. He .
lazy, and hat is human; he's cum I
ing, and that h human. He takes adj =
lntaee of thoee weaker than himse-f
I'D that is manlike. He 10 shy. and c
ides for tomorrow what he caa't eat :
DAY, showing . real human provi- 4
ence- He learns tricks much faster e
ian he learns useful things, showing c
ne boy-nature- He thinks his own y