Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-26

must conclude that il will be s6u.e ,.o--..
cradle while vet ere Texas is wrapped -,-.
unbroken and Undertaking sheet Of Ice ,,
has been long time since the glacial p,
Rod held sway on our planet, and Eei.. mr..
ably be equally IS long ere IL docs e.,
second time. How long since II w4s In 3.
majority and owned the administIa,.-
man can say, but Professor Dana Inns
the thing little in reference 10 .h.r
orado canon, page 23S. That canon ~.
made by nature since the last glaci4l per-,
and is. says the professor, "a gor-e 81.
miles long, bounded most Of The yga- ;.
steep walls of rock 1000 feet in hs-s'.
through Sandstoues, limestones e.I ....,
rocks down TO the granite, which IS -.,...
into several hundred feet. AL the t4..s -
its DISORDERS testify, point 10 si.1r.y p
ming water Us the agent that made -ae .--..
channel The region was under tie ss--.
til the close of the cretaceou~ 0-r.y5
follows. then. that all this exte-s.va -,.
walton was accomplished BY the Sow s....
of running water '
Pro .essor Dana puts the time -s,sss,,y
for running water to Wear on THIS Era.
al not less than 1.GOO.OO0 years. gl.....
most biologists would contend s.r..
millions as necessary for the @-... -.a-s
ment of this gigantic work cAs--s q.
means evidentA brought 10 bear. So5.-.
be scared. -.
\ tirst-class authority says -..-.. ne.
known depth Of the sea is in .i,e - q -.
lantic ocean of the mouth Of III. ,..,..,
Plata. The bottom was there r--.. 81 s..
depth Of 40, 336 feet. or eiea- --s ..-..
fourth miles. exceeding 10y r.-
seventeen thousand feet Tie ...t, ,
Mount Everest, the IofJiest uy-a-...
the world In the North Ar,u--.c ..-..
south Of Newfoundland, souEt.a-= las.
been made to u depth of G5,0 t4.-ya,
21,4SO feet, while depths egua..L- e.
feet. or six and one-half IL Us. lie -s
ported south Of the Bermuda iS.a Tie
average depth Of the Pacific oc-,.. a-.r.
Japan and California Is lt,. .E.r.r.
thousand fathoms; between Gin. -ra;--
Sandwich islands $50 fathouls. I'D b..
tween Chill aud New Zealand l..r1 ..aar,
-
Professor c. W Johnson in his C..-.
isty OF the World explains tho ch-.a.er
OF the acids in many Of the food artt.s,
used by man. AIalic acid prejoM.laras-
the stems of rhubarb or pie I-.lr. =. q.
acid in oranges, lemons, etc.. IS ,.-r5...r-
acid in plums, apples and pears IS E-a..
the acid in gooscborries and cuEsAl-s IS
combination of mal.c and c.trir. TIE g.!
in grapes is combination Of Made aai
tartaric Some of the vegetables Use.
though not looked upon a. containing
acids, do, nevertheless, contain .-gss
amounts, Is asparagus and curymGess. 70,
instance. The acid in the former Is asHlrc
while that of the latter is fH-a Tbs
last-named acid is one of IN, most is.-
rious taken into the human stomach Is
food. which accounts for the common II.
wholesomeness Of the cucumber.
Scientists tell Us that, counting from .-s
sea level, the lowest body OF water on lie
globe is the Caspian sea. For centuries is
surface has been gradually settling down
until now il is eighty five feet lower ,hl-
that of its near neighbor, the Black sea
which also lies far below the Level Of me
ocean. The common conclusion has d.
along been that the Caspian sea was mercy
losing its waters by some means. but recel:
Investigations have shown this not 10 he
the case Soundings made and compared
with records OF soundings made mere than
one hundred years ago reveal the asrlul5
ing fact that there is still as great : deg-
of water as existed then. This leaves b.:
one hypothesis that would seem to be lens
bic: The bottom of the Caspian sea IS
actually sinking There is much specl4
ton in scientific circles relative 10 whist Tie
final result will be
Goldthwaite's Geographical Magazine
says the workmen in the deepest miHos il
Europe swelter in almost intolerab.e heat,
and yet they have never penetrated owe
one seven-thousandth part Of the distglo-
lEpul lilt Suiid ~ t-iI 49,
ter of the earth. In the lower leve-s
of some of the Comstock mines lie
men fought scalding water and could laba'
only three or four hours ut i time until s.
tro tunnel pierced the mines and drew q
some of the terrible heat, which hai stood
at 120 degrees The deepest boring ever
made, that at Sperenberg, near Berlin, pen
etrates only 41T2 feet, about 1000 feet deeper
than the famous artesian well at s. Louis
While borings and mines reveal 10 Is ol,'
a few secrets relating solely to the temper
allure and constitution of the earth FORA
few thousand feet below the surface We at
able, by means of volcanoes. 70 form SOLE
notion of what is going on at sre2i7i
depths There h ave been many theories
about the cause of volcanoes. but l. IS no#
generally held that though ile'
ar produced by the intense hea:
of the interior of the earth, tAs!
are not directly connected with the molten
mass that lies many miles below the .mEne-
date sources of volcanic energy.
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