, 1875-01-02
SPARKS OF SCIENCE,

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SPARKS or SclfMcc
EARTHQUAKES
From tho lat OF January, 1914. down to date,
tho TELEGRAPH, has rauortel thu OCCURRENCE of
car.inshkcs in eleven Of our Statss and Two Of
onr e,+,tor;ca Tim frat u,,s,n .roo,,,,s,cd
~, 80 ~. 90 -. ae'''n
sooa ~ 1he II. na'a ''ou'.at''' ''fth caro''ha.
Oh thoao.f' OF fobrunry, and, TOR many days and
nights thereafter, agitated tho surrounding
country. and kopt tic Inhabitants in = state Of
e,c,toro,t l,or,1ori,, ,,, f-onyx w. ,o.trr,,,o,,
- .s., - ~ ~, " 49, ,'. .
o' property or loss VI me enSuo4 hos sho e'eh1
lod 10 a religious revival. In which 100 nouls
mntle public profession Of falh In tie viciu-
tty Of Wrirntsrillo. Via. at ;nt,rv,la dur;nf,
.o,ora, ,1sra n,,d ,,i,,,,. ,,,o,,,, ~, n, .ho
'' eA'" ','.''t''h hP''t ~ "''
o5clllated, and tho dams errunE ouou. by some
supernatural agency. It,is vay declared by ono
witness to bc A., e,rtI,oua,c ao1 hv othora n In
.,,;rit. roar,raa,.., II +, H.. ~. A. 49,
sllas an ar OF Doubt hanSH over the narrative Of
tho occurrence, and tho otcnr.ouca ITSELF
MAY 90, tho staid inhabitants o, woolbridcs.
sevmour. ret,,apv And pcacon r.i,, conu
were sssf.'od ou. OF ttalr pfopr.tty By trem.
bling Of tbs oafth, which shook their houses and
rattlod their crochery In an unprecedented man
ner. May II, an carthauako occurred in I.tc
ofJ nh t., 4
,a,,or1 s, ,.,. a =; a,, 'no 49, wv suesas ..
.ol'o"ea eacn olnoF III IaPl4 euceashlon ~ san
FRANCISCO. Cal. JuHs u, Salt i,aka City aud
J Granite wero disturbed by til. ssyerest earth
utab .,nce #, tcttnne,,t. traye1cr n,' in Wash.
! ineton Territory during tia eunmor ,onta. mar
ycIous ttoriea uf the o,lnkn. and uroaninr of An
| unnamed monutsin. aud Of tie ren'liur Of i.s
| siIIeA and thc fscharre nj yntnn,c. NJ sninhur-
ons snoka frum Ia fresl,ir.n,,cned tns,reu
Nov. "a, Y,rpini. civ. New. van shaken
~ with mid fl. OF tic nguo, Euv,
"a. tho foundations Of old Massachusetts
e1peuepced q plomentarv tre,nu,pu.ross along
the coast o. Capo Ann. iu Westcl,erter County
and in portious tf Long Islsnd in tho Etato or Now
York dstinct sh,ckg were fclt Of, two or ore daya
| following Doc, !; and on tho night Of lilo 11th,
| f,onntv. Now Jcr,cy
In Canada, four eeparate carth1,,akes have
| boon noted IN tue past twclTe-rnna;h. All area
I OF u mics surrounding tarsi'es Point was
.alrts t rnahen ~ ny g. y, fcoihnls. auu wv
| tho unrnc DIV. uarrf, il Yatn,outi ( q vas
/ slightly shaken: and, Aug I, The jnl.abtapts
! Of BAIL. Con,ttr OF Portneuf. were nearly
| craze1 win ifiEnt At tho sudden 9cl'o"inGs
ntI' u.ui u.u ~ u"t VI
yinicnce occurrel in Mc1ico on thu iGth
Of March, the 7th and 18th Of October and
the 18th Of November. The last-nentoncd
vas sppec1aly severe ~ sera Iruz' tnnlc1nG s
sonnrai ,on,,a n M ~ t,ii
inr wals, x Alv.ra5o nort;nn ~ tl,o cli,,rci,-
toTer fell. buryiug, It is Hnproted. several
priests in tho runs The most torribia Garth
qt1ake or the year occurred IN 1natefna'a on snc
night OF Sept, 80. One town was conIletely
destroyed, aud some 800 liyca were lost. Shocks
Of unusual yineuce roused the sandnisl Island
ers Oh the l4th oI May. On tho l4th u June,
| al earthquake Was noted at Hong Kong; Aud,
I on tho 2Bth, another at Constantlnoplc. Feb. 6.
tic BGyGFe4t BtICCk EiufS lSl4 was Cxn9Tl9nCEu
| Venezuela. April ~. slight shock illled the
people OF st. Thomas with alarm; mid, Ang: 7,
the Islands OF Ut. Thomas. Antigua, and 1t.
h1tts, rolled like wave Of tho see for something
moro than minute On the 23th Porto Rico
received q shock which lasted two Minutes, and
rocked the houses like cradles Willie 1t lasted.
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THE ISLAND OF DF;soLATIoS.
VAS discovered In 1772 BY the French navigator,
Iraa rozcnh dc Earpuolcn Tromoroc, II IL Bit.
,,.t.J T., t1,a tnt..ot,o naoan i, tha va or+,
ustea ~ 'n' nn.ase"e oseal', ~ 'uo nas'utu
In length by SO miles III breadth. The surface oi
tie isIaud is varied With hill and dale; its ao il
roma,kably fertile : It is irrigated by numerous
.'s.., st,'s ,.1 -. ,',:s,.,s .a..saSe.Is
natural stleam' e''A "a 'a.4'uao eos' 'espo'u'
with that OF Normandy, ID Franco, somewhere
about 81 deg. a.,-yet on account Of tho inclem'
euey Of its climate, it seems to bc hopo|esaly un.
,nhsbit,h,c. II il mt th,t tho oald !. an scvere
| -'1'.-I'4 .-.,'-: :.1.H, E,l-L
I Dnflne CAPT.. Ross S1s.s 70 snn 1s'ana, "lhea e1'
tendad ovor tho tTo mid-wnter months from the
18th Of May to tho Goth Of July, tho thermomo.
tor rarely fell below tho freezing poIat,
md tho snow ueyer ron1uiued longer thau
two or three DAYS on tho lower grounds
lasnr nartv vim stave fr.,m thu 7th to tin ri Il
nf TannarY nn thc isnt,5 ranortn that Tia syerare
maxluum temperature vas 10 der. FahronheIt
nnt1 tha minimum IA 4 Fnhr and thfa r.. lie
midsnmmer month, WEeu summer should have
haen at its hight. Thero il iuck Of heat anj
snnrhinn AMI n e,ceaa of mist ani mo,Rturo Il
| ~ Vo0otot;nn sd ran,1nr tia 1.nI h,r,S,
its mama t]aclareH. m HIgland OF Desolation,"
Tue t!o,a Of tie island comprises eighteen diff.
fercnt Towering plants hut there ts mot tree
Or sl,sao anonE lne.a' , a.. nse f. nssparcous )!
eiSsis ~ :c VA N ~ i,s. tlros t,ms. XII
nurnbor Of flowering plants and Campbc!
Island, q dog. farther south, but witt