Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-06-05
JUNE AND IT'S RAIN
Foster Says We Shall Have
Much Of II
OF THE wAIERspOuT VARIETY
Late Frosts This Fall--The Discusuion
Of Geological Phenomena Con-
unued a. Length.

ST. JosErH. Mo-, June S.--Ay lent
bulletin gave forecasts OF the ssorm
waves TO cross the continent from June
! 10 and TO ~. The next viii reach
the Pacific coast about June IL, Gre
the western mountains by the ciose -
June IL, the great central valleys iron
1915. and the eastern states about
June l6- Dryer weather may he ex.
pected IN the gulf and Atlantic states.
with an increase of rain IN the hiRh-
lands OF Colorado, WYOMING and N0n-
tsna. States south OF the 40sh degree
OF north latitude IN the
great central valleys will show
continued average deficiency
in rainfall with excess OF rain
In only q few localities. The upper
Missouri and upper Miesselppi valleys
will have snfficlent moisture for the
crops with few exceptions. The
storms Of June will continue TO he q
the tornado. waterspout. hurr'cHne,
hail and thunder storm vaEetieo-
Rains will come IN showers and not ia
general transforms. First froru in the
fall will he late and there will be "a
abundance OF time for late crepe 20 Ne
ture. The greatest danger 70 cropa. -
long ago announced, will I've droutn Ia
VARIOUS places south of the 10th decree
OF north latitude. June, July and Aug.
ust will he warmer than the average q
these months. and the storm ceptego
and severe local storms will take routes
well 70 the north.
III. x.rsAS< n6ry x..s
Our coal strata - |cesaar,lv Ia
down in the water. III the st1tino1
rocks and other minerals abcve then
coal seams alternately contain fofo aud
fauna that have respectively grown ncu9
IN SALT water and then ~ fresh vasoss
/ and these indisputable fActs coustssueo
very strong evldences that the oouo1-
nente have been. IN The long geologic
ages OF the past. repeatedly submerged.
But how? What forces m the lorna
ton of our earth caused the cont.
nents TO be repeatedly covered by ts>o
seae7 Here 10 the dividing line ~
tween the igneous theory aud ne
aqueous theory. Our scientists ia al
departments take the igneoue theory
Nc their base, and the geoiogists ar9ne
that these eubmergencics were CAUSED
Ivy the breaking up OF the eafth's cfuot
before II was sufficiently cooled 10 b.
come permanent That 10 the ieneouo
theory. ! hold to the aqueous theory.
believing the earth IL. and ever he
been. solid to its center. and that the
continents have been Isubmerged ~
the waters rising instead Of by the con-
tnents sinking.
ksbmcrGeaee of Land
There are from 100 TO 80 strata q
coal IN the ten milee OF the eArth's eur-
face that bss been partially surveyed.
The deepest parts of the oceans are
about five miles below. ana the mehco1
mountains are about five miles above
eea level. THESE depree<io1s and ejes
vations make up the ten miles of To-
earih's surface that hss been reoioe1s
caily considered. There must have
been submergence OF land surfaces
for each principal scam OF coal. IL she
igncoue theory 10 correct. To a.
the case eeoiogsts invented the theory
that the continents have rieo0
out of and fallen back into tbs
wsters loo or more tmes- This ssranee.
unnatural and miraculous oonducs q
the continents was absolutely neuoo-
sary. Tor coal could not ~ formed of
vegetation sn any other way. The
land would rice out OF the water. -
tfiSt kkaDte ii4Ht*at GtH<k0t1UI
would cover IL for sges. Then The co..
tinents would sink into the seae again.
| and remaining submerged for othoS
sgee, the decsyIng vegetable gn0w1iso
would distiil, separating the cat1son
| from the other substances Of theoo
vegetable growths, and THE cariuon
would precipitate or settle IN The ocuon
waters forming our coal meksuree -
| strata.
1sseess Theory Nvst Give Was.
III this theory of coal formation 60
stand the tsst Of resson, then the ,GDe-
QUE theory, with its continents. Venus
| like, rislne from the waters q hundrt0
or more tImes, msy survive, but IL CD
10 not q vegetable prodsff. or u q i
beyond reason that the copsinense oouj1
have risen and fallen for every s1solnm
Of coal We find In the earth, then 1lBo
ifneous theory must give way ~ -
| aqueous. and The latter may expioin
the ocean hanks that lie 600 20 80 -
under water around the coasts ~ ~
the continents nov covered BY fho
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. the Gy0uo
forests that lie hundreds of feet uD6et
the salt waters OF all the oceaba. go
may throw light on the shsdowy -
ssges Of Bible genesis and the l3u1U1o
that come 20 us through I'll the fsono
Of man respecting great flood kDooD
~ the deiuge OF Nosh'e time. II 90
| great otiuRe car he reasonably -.
counted for and sssigped 10 the Gren1
natural meteorological events. thea ~
Invention Of the feoscfists whereby -
continents have been made " ne 90
Of and snk rack into The seae buo>
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