Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-11-15
Nam Islands.


ondOn Standard.
Geographers complain that soon there
will be no more worlds Tor them 70 CON
ouar and the Danes have ever, since the
loss Of the duchies, looked forward with
doleful forebOdings to the time when
their country will be still further shOrn
of it's fair proportions. Nature Is, now
ever. bountif1I. and now, by thrOWIngup
a new island of the shores OF Iceland, II
has added in an appreciable degree 70
the territories of King Christian ana 70
the regions which still aWaitJhe eXpiora-
lions of the traveller. 1t Is True
that the new land is only a vol
canic cone, and as it was the re-
suit Of subterranean fire, may, IKE so
many Of its predecessors, born OF the
throes of mother earth, sink again 1nIo
the ocean, from whence it sprang. AT
various times, especially after some Sc
we're disCuIbanc Of Hekla, similar lsIet5
have for brief period shown themselves
above the waves. but generally, Win Ihe
exception Of NyOe, which was thrown
I'D last century, have been worn away ny
the action of the surf before geologlsts
could accurately examine the volcanic
scorise and ashes, of which they were
composed. In 1911 Capt. IlIlard, o! a.
M. S. SabIina witnessed such an lsleI
arise during a volcanic outburSI IN
the Azores and proudly named IL alVef
his ship. But when he returned a IL"
weeks later to survey and annex ms ac-
QUESTION not a trace of SaDrna 1sIanu
was visible. The sea had reclaimed II
In the volcanic region of the Medlter-
ranean several similar births OF land
have been recorded by ancient and MOD
ern writer's. But the most notorious OF
them Vas Graham Island, which arose
in the year 1888, some thirty miles on
the south western coast of Sicily. For d
few weeks much ink was shed over u,
and at one time it was feared that gun
powder would be burnt IN the assertion
of the angry claims which were made Tor
this wretched 1900 yards Of ELnatlc
cinders. The names of Sciacca, Jula,
HOtham. Graham and COrraO We're
excessively given TO it by the fiery mar
liners who Cruised around IT ready 10
land and hoist their countries flags the
moment the scOrise cooled. But before
Europe was embrOiled in war about 10
Graham Island vanished and so settled
the dispute in It's own simple way. AFTER
the destruction of KrakatOa by the great
Java earthquake in 1882 tWenJy-one new
iglets appeared in the Sunda strait, and
only last year one hitherto unknown
rose above the sea of the shores OF
Alaska. In all of these cases volcanic
action has been the Ostensible cause Of
Ahe formation of these specks IL
4be ocean. But in 1871 Giants
Iuzen and Mack discovered to the
north of Nova Hsmbla group OF lsleu
lust above the sea, on the very spo
where, in 1904, William Barents haC
found soundings On the two larges
which were named Brown and He'll
waid's islands, tropical fruits were picke'
up, tossed thither by the northern ez
tension of the gulf stream, Hence tn
group was named the Gulf StreaI
Islands, and as the land in this porti0
of the polar basin is undergoing a slo'
secular elevation, just as in other place
it is sinking, in the course Of a centuT
or two the Arctic navigator may ind
that direction something worthy Of
flag and an entry on his chart.