The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-11-20

bottom of the sea; but the gradual accu,nsls-
ton Of elected material around the vent ihs"pfh
which it has been poured form, in time; "a monf'
tain. if it is allowed to remain. TIC waves
swept away the cone Of Grahams island siiirn.
in 1881. appeared in the Mediterran can, slatter-
ing the lava and scoria Of which it was sasi
posed at the bottom of the sea When, aoN--
ever, the elected materials are sufficiently aon-
pact to resist the action OF the waves = pcrl.ia
neni island is produced, and sometimes inoress.s
i'll height with n rapidity that can scarcely f%
imagined. ~ Library Of Universal kn@wis''.,e.
Volume H. pages l59, 1907
A volcano soon shows itself by The changes j
produces in the country around. have teasd
of no changes in the country around thr reg:pn
of the mysterious smoke" There has brs1l
no pcrccptihle elevation nI the earth or Slight
movements Of it, and no lava or SCOTIA st,n.
This fact alone is sufficient proof OF shf nsJ,-
existence oi i, volcano.
The existence of il volcano in Florida is ..uh
trary to the theory advanced by scientific !nHF:
Volcanic action is limited Ia particular r'"lf'9s
of the Garth In these regions the active Yeats
are distributed nj intervals. and are generally al
ranged in linel direction. ,l.hra,v al n''':-
sal Know ledge, Vol 10, page 1911
we then have. in the great circI.. under tnat
horizon, n belt Of volcanoes pointed "u; :i'y
physical gcographcrs, giving evidence ol rjn
slant action and having Ia their vicinity ma"li
metallic wealth, incloScd IL the gang'ts "i g
ncoue upheaval The metallic veins IN tlr Se2an-
CUES may as good conducors iicliiItc Tie trsi;s
mission of the electrical agency winch prpin11nS
volcanic action. and as such would iyp', t}is
spinal nerves. while Others aic analogue" pr
hapS oi the g1ng0llniC or even 81 HE craii;al
nerves, carrying the nervous iortc 10 fh. OK
trclniieS, and there producing earth movements
AMI commissions in HE same manner the oer
vouS force stimulates Tie muscular lihr" H. ali.,-
nate expansion and contraction, wh"n HE tr ,ip
wills it, or as involuntary muscular ,ciion such
rs the heart and lungs, takes place igarlle-S 81
onr attention. Owens Key 80 Iht G.oic:v ~
;hc Giob", page OIL
During til" existence vi HE mys"r.nA
smoke there has been ~ yo,canc action ,.o.
'lncine c,nh movements and commissions IN lhl
sam" manner Is jhc ncryou- force -timnlllo- 50
muscular fibre 10 alternate cxpapsi M ans IN
traction. There IS no evidence in The vicinity
OF the alleged vortnn OF " metallic wealth; ent
clo~c} in the gangucS nt gncon~ uphei,a!{
Thi- establishes another far, OF The nuneN -f,lc.
OF The Florida volcano
Florida * not in The volcanic hrl' TI5
Pacific ocean is bounded by an almost unlrnaes
chain OF active volcanoes Beginu:nr III tNf
new South Shc,lands, where there an acti.s
volcano in latitude 81 degrees, - minutes ~olta
we pass 10 Terra del Fuegn and then on % iii
Ande-. which throughout their " hole cl.urse
Volcanic although The great centre; OF pte,'{l
action are confined IL Chilli, Peru, tn nciyfbo.%
hood OF Quito, Guatemala and Nc vico Thy
line = continued nufthwaId hy tic hnTurs
mognttins ot northwestern America and liza
Amjln islands, carrying the chain across III
kamichatka on the Aeia'c side IIctc. turning
eoltlIward, the line may be traced through The
kurile islands, Japan, Formoea the Philippines
! Mouccas, New Gninea, and the Solomon :.nSf
New lichrilcs groupc> To New /"allnd Fr1nf
Ccchro, branch proceeds IN a no,thwtStsrl,f
/ direction through Java and Sumrira TO Baigeu
island in The BAY OF Bengal and evan hcY"nft !
this We find a region in northern Ir'iia SUBJECT
to earthquakes, which may lead us, IN HE ma
hand 10 the volcanic region in TarfAFv, eF, otl
the other, through Asia Minor +" til" Giiaed
Archipelago, Sicily, Naples and on t. The C,,nas
rie~ and Cape de Vcrd According to the .;'d,i
Logical theory the lines thus tracrd ovey ;ta
globe would represent rising lands wh"te 'h|
crust is les strong and 81 less liable 20 rtpr4&S
the expansive powers below "-U.ib,ary of Cn:11
vcrSaI Know ledge, Vol II, page 1911 In Me>il
GO the circle turns Of in side direction. 6
tending on the ives, 10 III" isles OF Rcvilaei,i,&
fr,l ~
eastward HE whole OF the West Indian is -
-- Scars " ondcIs OF the World page :;04 81
From tho facts stated above we ini.~t conc nid
that Florida has no volcano, and ina, At ihi4
late day ii will he imnos sihlc II make one 1T
IAN mpenc'r4blc swamp. III. e. Rirrf1 :.
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