The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1882-03-04

HbltNArp ON tNu north shore INlN Isl TO-.
HE Eoynl. he mentions On sudden fan
of The water. eausl to four feet. which
snrn returned viii n ru.l and cnulin.
ned M yibrnt. several Io1-sr WLit.
nov md Poster in tbrir geolooicol ro.
mart nf tl,. tr1io,, rsriu.I,, 81 NIicij
'mn. r,co,al t6at i'm ,bc ,,pfn,o,r of 1ss4
he water above the G.ls d. tno Sun
81. NI.ry. iu.a.ciim l.v. 1idd,pv IA.
ava .t.d o.e.hlr doc .nl IL half IN.
iour r.ri. turr,ro I0.. with gro.t
velorisv mia .l..'. ....n,. D. .1,..i,,,I at
,lie sa,..e plpce In 1872 b... d. flls:
fbe ci.rrrnt inf ths iiyer. rii .liur rspiI
IL M stream toward Tine cataract.
Tie most remnrlablo rise oi water
was recorded Inv Dr. Foster In hnv
haep seen hv him i'm Aue,ist ISi5 II.
saws that ON thn dny. when he was
co.stinp iuau on 1rboat hetwe II Conner
Harbor md Eagle Riyer, he observed
lie water to rise up ID fourth ofn mileto
the northwest to thc hight of twenty
feet II cuT,o3 over like an immense
surge, crested with foam, md swept to,
ward the shore, diminishing as 10 adj
vanc d. The yoyaeour paused On
their oars, having first hpldcd the boat
so as to cut tho wave ltrlssed with
ont doing us any injury, succoelod by
two or three swells, spent ITS lerce o.
the Shore and the he resumed ito
wonted tranquility" The lake was
calm, with clouds ut the northwest,
indicating that different uroua OF air
we've moving in opposite objections.
In November, 1851, as Copper Hor-
Dor, the water rose suddenly i'm Per
feet calm, one foot three inches, and at
another time two aud oia. half feet. At
the Sault Canal July lG 1sl5 .tLereWas "a
series of fluctuations during the day,
until II maximum fall OF two feet ten
inches WAS reached, Then the Upward
movement cDmmeuced until the pre-
yious leyelTu5rcachcd toward evening.
lhe wind shurged duting these fac
tuutions from uorthveast to southeast
A. Superior City, September n, 1860,
the water of the lake fell TWENTY-FIVE
inches within one hour, and within If
teen minutes rose tv nty.iiye inches
above the ordinary level, making fifty
inches change in fifteen minutes. The
wind was blowing strong from the
northwest.
At Milwaukee, in April, 1858, IL huge
wave rushed into the river from the
lake, and retired us suddenly. Twenty
minutes later the water returned in
two waves, and in iow minutes re-.
turned to its old level The dill renee
in half or thrce.quauer8 of an hour
was full six feet.
A number OF sudden fluctuations OF
level aro recorded on Lake Eric. Mr
Ia, lor, an old settler OF Rockport, i,
quoted by Col. Whiulesey as stating
in 1911, about three miles west o.
| Rocky River, during u calm, hot sum
mer day, he sGw white.crested vpv'
approach rapidly toward tho beach. ]
carried barrel Of salt several rods
over what had been dry ground into
ravine.
Col. Whittlesey says he has nevei
seen an intgnco OF perfect quiesconc'
ON the waterso OF North American lnhes
On shelving sandy beach there il I'll
ways slight wNvolike ripple, over
when the atmosphere appears to h'
perfectly tranquil, but there never cai
be thoroughly quiet atmosphere owe
/ u
theory is found he adopts that OF Mt
mospheric movement as the cause o
the uudulntions under confederation
There is source OF perpetual motion
in the atmosphere in tho pcrpetua
presence Of unequally heated areas
Water is 30 sensitive TO erial current
that they cannot take place withou
producing IN effect upon the equili
brium of its surface. lie shows tn,
all movements Of flowing water arc il
Il wave-like or undulatory form, AM
deduces by analogy, that movement
of the atmosphere take the same form
producing pusations in the waters owe
, which they move On Ill shores Their
is daily land and water breeze, nrit
| ing from tho unequal effect OF sofa
heat for that day, upon tho land an
I the water. AS these movements ar
! almost inoeasnni, aud the cause ia ovo
present, il it is grained that they fo
,
e thinks we have IN them au CXplauatiO