Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-08-17
tcoMMuNrcATED.
THE KURO sIwO.
Captain Foley Advances An Idea
or Two.


or Two.
EDITOR SENTINEL: Your many readers
would scarcely credit the assertion that
water runs up hill. However paradoxical
as this assertion may seem to be it is new
ertheless a fact. From observations by
vibrations Of the pendulum we ascertain
the curvature Of our planet. and from this
we deduce the fact Of the equatorial diam
eter of this world OF ours to be twenty
three miles longer than the polar diameter.
The Mississippi river, from it's source in a
high northern latitude to where 1T de-
pouches in the Gulf of Mexico, hoys
through more than one-third of the dis
lance lin latitude) from he north pole to
the equator, and as our globe is bulged out
in the equatorial regions, from the abovs
cause the Mississippi river naturally f1o7s
up hill. The largest river on the sr..ace
of on planet is the Kuro Siwo of the Pa
cific Ocean, flowing up hill as we'll as down
hill, spriDging from fountains which never
dry, and pour themselves into basins which
never fill, having its outlet IS high as
its source. Its temperature is 96 deg,
forming the most majestic exhibition Of
force on the surface Of our globe. The
suns rays are being experimental on as o
means Of force, as well as the tides and trade
winds. These united would not compare
with the power of the Kuro Siwo. Here is
power to force the earth in its orbit indie
pendent of gravitation. 1t can be tracel
from a high southern latitude to the equa-
tor, where it becomes the equatorial cur
rent of the Pacific. As our globe revolves
upon its axis from west to east, we find
this current flowing up hill from east to
west, and on the opposite side of the Pa
cifc assumes a width of l 200 miles. Here
it is DETECTED from its western course, flow
northeast. pouring into the Arctic Ocean,
and must open q navigable way to the
pole. One Of the branches OF this current
strikes the coast Of Oregon, flows north
twenty miles off shore, causing much rain
to fall in Oregon, Washington Territory
and British Columbia. The gulf stream
of the Atlantic is known by its blue, smoky
waters. The Kuro Siwo is black, moving
in o majestic volume through Behring
Straits to knock for admission at the gates
Of the frozen ocean. Its wake is strewed
with the marks of its thermal and climatic
power. Ii the gulf stream of the Atlantic
has clothed ireland with q robe of verdure
and made it the emerald isle, the kuro
sire has done as much for the Aleutian
Islands and Alaska they are mantled
with living green. If their soil is
~treelcss, this stream richly supplies
them with timber for their canoes-the
coury from New Zealand, the white and
yellow cedar from Australia, and the cam
phor wood from China and Japan, which
it drifts upon their shores. No iceberg
from the Arctic Ocean has ever been known
to stem this current through Behring
A.-.A- - l..fA TO- A. D.-.G-
A few years ago an English navigator,
Mcclure, discovered the Northwest Pass
age, by sailing his ship from the North Pa
cifc through Behring Straits into the At
lantic thence. to England. The present
American expedition (Bennett's), though
a private enterprise, will have much more
perseverance than if fitted out by the Gov
eminent, acted wisely in going through
Behring Straits, will be more success
full than any other Polar expedition on
record, from the fact Of this great body Of
heated water flowing in their favor, which
will be the means of taking them as far
north as they may want to go. This cur
rent. after ~circling round the Arctic Ocean.
flows south into the Atlantic and this is
shown to be so by the log-books of every
Polar expedition since 1876, when Martin
Frobisher sailed with three ships from
England, for the discovery Of Cathay and
India. To him is due the glory Of having
shown the existence of q Northwest Pass
age to his countrymen, and to have made
the first discovery into those regions where
the English name has become illustrious.
The trouble of reaching the pole by the
Atlantic Ocean is that while the crews Of
the different ships are dragging sleds over
the ice toward the north, the floe-ice on
which they stand is moving south, thus
preventing them from reaching the pole.
There is no subject nearer the heart Of
geographers than that Of polar discovery.
Mantled with mystery and entrenched be-
hind a Gordon Of icy battlements, the pole
is, Notwithstanding, invested with that en-
chantment which Calico found with his
telescope in the unexplored heavens. In
scaling these battlements they seem never
to count the number Of those who have
fallen in like attempts, and whose bodies
lie embalmed in the everlasting frost.
James Gordon Bennett will no doubt have
it in his power to settle definitely and for
ever the long agitated question of an open
polar sea. The settlement OF this question
of an open polar sea, will determine that
of the thermometric gateway opened by
the Kuro Siwo. Respectfully,