The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-12

that on his return from America a
during his slhvsl9. 1saa informed
into mole-hill, and broad river into
a small stream. rc0f course, the change
the things, Nature herself, however,
has been and, is being subjected Ito
greater metamorphoses thanfthis.o The
highest peak of the Himalayan range
has come out Of the void of the great
deep, and there is reason to believe
that land now Oh a level with the, sea
will hereafter attain, the elevation of
the Hottest mountain. Change is per-
pelual and continuous. Land and
water have ever been antagonists, and
there is third element which subordi-
mates them both. A glance at the map
will show that there was time when
the Black Sea- and the Mediterranean
and the Baltic mad no outlets; when the
Caribbean was enclosed by what now
forms the Great and Little Antilles;
when Australasia was in reality what it
has been named, "Southern Asia"
when there was no connection between.
the Arctic and the Pacific oceans
when Asia and America were Joined,
and when, TO come nearer home, these
islands formed part of the European
Continent. Nature continues, as she
began. Her action is not stopped.
The law promulgated at the beginning
of days is, unrevoked and is still in
operation. :" 'LEIi 5hs &c ,3JatDi (.
The stupendous works alluded to
were effected in remote geological; sras;
but not less marvellous are the changes
brought about -~ within ~o0mpaFAtiyely
recent times. As a rule, nature works
slowly and silently. Roman Uriconium
was buried by the processes of the sea-
| sons; its very memory was forgotten,
and the plowman cleared the land, ig-
norant that under his share lay cinera-
ry urns and children's toys, last played
with more than 1,4OO years before. 1t
is true, Pompeii was overwhelmed in a
night by fierce rain of fire from We
suvius, and lay forgotten for fifteen
cen 5; Islands. rs. afiss eSt Of
equal suddennS IS. t, on tle Fhole,
the work in athre adaAQraAprg i done
! gradually and without mon es~sT
is usually no haste and no rest. Faith
ers Hennepin and La Motto, the first
pale faces that ever gazed at Niagara,
have fortunately left us a verbal de-
sQription.s as we'll as an artistic delin-
cation Of the MI ghty cataract, and from
these we discover that during the two
hundred years that have elapsed since
the sketch was made, nature has been
steadily at work, and that the external
appearance Of the falls has undergone
many and great ichanges.s The cata-
ract was then higher than it is, at
present, and d cross-fall poured over
what has since been named Table Rock
In our own time, rivers of less force
and volume than Niagara have made
new mouths for themselves, industri-
ously closing up those That have been
disused.
Thus with change comes compensa-
ton. If the seq deplvss the Wanqstery
of St. Augustine at Canterbury 6f the
lands on the ,Ke4isA shore which be-
longed to Earl G6dwiii, Y gives indem-
MITIGATION elsewhere, In the, struggle
between the. two elements neither is
permitted final victory, but equipoise is
invariably sustained This may be
seen, though on atsmal scale, nowhere
more satisfactorily than in South Penn
brokeshire, IThesdistric1 Sir Rofierick
Murchison IS Of OPINION, possesses the
most interesting geological features
with which he is acquainted. The Wis
itor to Tenby will find that, while on
the land side there has been decided
increase of elevation of the Vale of St.
Florence above the level of the sea. and
that marine caves occur on the hill
tops, on the shore equally remarka-
BILE phenomena may be seen. Near
Amroth. at low spring tides. the re-
mains Of ancient forests are exposed.
A great part of the wood is decayed and
crumbles to pieces on being handled,
but some is solid and firm, and is fire.
quently found perforated by the pholas
candida and the phocas deciylus. This
forest is said to be a part of those
which once bordered this district of
South Wales, formerly called Dimetia,
and tradition makes mention of another;
sunken tract of land, called the Low
land Hundred, on the northern coast of
the country. According to the Tridas,
this tract was overlooked by the neglect
of the sluices, but modern science as
sures us that it, as well as the sunken
forests near Tenby, were lost from the
same cause.-the gradual subsistence of
the land. " s
Indeed the coast about Amroth' APP
pears to have undergone three distinct
changes of level within recent geologi-
cal periods. tor, according to local ge-
ologist,b digging ata low water below
the forest thus ext psdp a Yea beach is
laid bare. This Indicates lat at one
period the beach how deeply sub
merged, must have sbee4 l9vel with the
sea; at second period this beach must
have been elevated so as to admit the
growth of the forest; while third pc
rod findsh agahssubmerged. There
is no wonder that almost all maritime
nations have traditions of mystic cities
situate on and among the waters. We
are accustomed to talk Loudly and
proudly bftle 4ipeteenth hentury and
it's achievement. But we are as vet ac-
quainted with only the edge and fringe
Ct e65t TN nsns ssd I'll j sR r. dark dark
yet to be explored. As yet man has
had only . peep OF the world. It will
be- time to bbast NFls4 storms, light
n,ngs, earthquakes, Eeysers, those last
stages of volcanic manifestations, and
all such abnormal phenope4a shall
have ceased. sThestord$ bf Nature are,
when in perfect working gear, noiseless
in their operation. The music of the
sphere is-silence.-Londo,s Globe. =,
Modern Letter.Writing. ~
LETTER-wRFTffeehN has booone0ne of the
characteristic occupations of our time.
WefeepAp mut Qlied corTeNpdences
WY "y f vs4s5ss asl EeS @ar skee k sls so
possess photographs of people whose
lives shave~cut accidentally across our
own, but whom we may never meet
again. How different from the more
concentrated life of three or four gener-,