The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-05-12
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PEuuLIARIrIEs oP 0uR TEXAS
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few years, and now receives liberal
encouragement from The government
aofthc upiied States lls praellcnl re-
suits, reduced into convenient ofmi
accessible TO The masses of The people,
win become Of Incolcuahlc value ny
lhen.ilc farmer, orelNrdlsl ana gard
cner viii finally be governed In the
management Of his crops Every
saleucoa which tends 10 improve the
cultivation Of thosoll (thc basis ofeVe-
ryouier pursuit. and upon which life
Itself depends In civilized countrles),
should be nourlshed by men of all aYo-
cations We make no proienslons
whatever TO scientific knowledge (as
SUCH on any subject, but In the sense
thatscienco Is but denomination Of
natural lItws, 10 affecting cultivation,
health, longevity etc., we may have
the benefit practical sense, exercised
by years Of observation, intensified at
all times by the desire TO learn and be
useful in our day and generation. This
by way ofproude to some remarks ON
the distinctive peculiarltles Of the ell-
.mateoflaxas. Wepurposo, la thlaar-
tlcle, to speak especially of the sea
breezes and northcrs which are 80 well
'Eiowntoall ofour people. o..
lfb conceded BY all well Informed
men In this state 1--WE mean, of course,
well informed on this subject, that
the sea breeZes Of summer and the
northers of winter cover u common
district or belt Of country, and indicate
approximately the region subject TO
larger or shorter drouths. Those hay
ing n large geographical acquaintance
know that the center Of this belt
strikes the coast of Texas between
Corpus Christi and the pass of Mala-
gOrda bay. Go west from Corpus
Christi or east from Malagorda pass,
and the force of the norther dmnnshes
ill, on the West about Monterey and
on the east, ut Nermlllion bay, IN
Louisiana, II may bo said to cease
Granting these facts, II follows that
there Is II grand center current to this
great atmospheric pressure, passing
from It's source on the great plains or
Rocky mountains rs the fact may be
hereafter determined, almost due south
till it strikes the gulf Of Mexico, and
passing over it, greatly modified in
temperature by eight hundred miles of
warm salt water, strikes southern Cuba
and Yucatan at Sisal Celeston, Cam
peche and CHAMPAIGN, with nearly the
same balmy, exhilarating softness as
characterizes the southern sea breezes
on the coast of Texas. In November
and December, 1865, and January, 1866,
we were ut those place during the prev
alance of northers, which, as We after
wards learned, were extremely severe
in Texas; yet there we walked on
tlebeach In shirt sleeves, feeling the
precise eXhilaration we had 50 often
experienced on the Texas coast ut In
dianola, Corpus Christi and Galveston
from the southern sea breezes in mid
summer.
The conclusion, then, seems strong
that the northers ofwinter and the sea
hree2es Of summer, in Texas, are
counter currents, covering substantially
the same area Of surface and, by some
law Of nature, mutually neutralizing or
edualRing each other.
Bearing in mind, then, the fact that
thenorther belt has its central current,
the same as a mighty river, we desire
to call attention to II fact, by way of
comparison, whichwe have no where
seen mentioned, but which substan-
tiates the theory we have advanced,
and afaet which may have practical
value to many hereafter. 1t is this:
That while the northers, as expert
enced on the coast, say from the mouth
of the Trinity to the mouth of the Rio
Grande,coine from a nearly due north
course, the same winds, at the same
time, strike this part of the state (tak-
ing Dallas, Mckinney or Sherman as
central points, from a nearly north
west direction, with somewhat the
same but reduced intensity. We sim
ply assert this as presumed fact after
oveftlfrty years residencein the coast
center of the mortimer belt, followed by
three winters in Dallas.
'Now,howi does This come? We do
not assert, but sl,ggestively ask scien-
tilic men to consider this proposition,
viz: the norther having its central cur
rent from north to south Tor nearly
SOY, the same as the central current of
the Mississippi and the Amazon, Is not
the northwest Wild striking the from
tier of thebeltat Sherman, Mckinney,
Dallas and Corsicana, the same rs the
overfiowing waters OF those streams,
seeking outlet whenever depression
exists? The waters Of the Mississippi,
pennedE up bNuhigh banks or levees,
and driven with great force, the mo-
menta a break occurs, rush of to the
right or left by lateral outlets from the
greater volume, IA FE - T !.
Such is our explanation of what we
assume asbeforeI stated, 70 be the fact,
to-wit: that while severe norther
may prdSail1on Matagorda or Corpus
Christi bay, the same wind at Dallas
will flow from about. northwest to
southeast; or in other words, it isgthe
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