The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-07-14

east and west of the magnetic meridian
and for all the country be-
tween - ami 20 degrees of north lati-
tude. These local weather. Ranges Will
occur within twcnty-iour hours before
or after sunset of the dates given:
SANTA FE, DENVER, AND BLACK HILLS
MERIDIAN.
July 17-Warmcr.
July 1S-S.orm WAVE on this meridian.
July 19-Wind hanging.
July 20-Coolcr ami clearing.
July 2l-Fair and cool.
July 22-Modcra,iny.
July 2,-Warmcr.
GALVESTON, KANSAS CITY AND MINNIE
APoLIS MERIDIAN.
July 17-Modrrating.
July lS-Warmer
July l?-Storm wave on this meridian.
July 20-Wind changing
July 2l-Cooler and clearing.
July 22-Fair and cool.
July 2.-Moicrating
ATLANTA, CINCINNATI AND LANSING
MERIDIAN
July 17-Fair and c, OIL
July lS-Moderatiny.
July 13-Warmer.
July 20-Storm wave on this mcri,!ien
July 2l-Wind hanging.
july 22-Coolrr and clearing.
July 23-Fair and cool.
Coal and Ga u IL Notes.
In ord, to form a - TO - foot Goa
vein from vegetation would require 2"0
to 400 feet of fallen vegetable decay.
The vegetation from which biologists
declare coal is derived grows in swamps
where there is an abundance of water,
but not sufficient TO cover the vegetation
entirely while it is growing. Therefore,
In order to produce even 2i0 feet of the
conforming vegetation, the surface of
the swamp water would necessarily have
to gradually rise AT least fifty feet, as
the vegetable decay would accumulate.
otherwise the vegetation would soon lie
high and dry above the water, VIII re
it would not grow.
1t would not do TO say that this vesc-
tation began to row ana accumulate
at the bottom of lake fifty feet deep,
gradually filling up the lake with the
vegetable remains. for that class of
vegetation will not grow in such lake.
biologists say that hard coal is formed
of soft coal by volcanic heat and g~cat
:
correct. Then the hard coal is formed
10y the heat and pressure driving off the
water and the lighter oils of the soft
coal. in that case all the dirt, the in
comhustiblcs, the gravel, rock, pyritcs
of iron, etc, would remain in the hard
coal and We would have greater pro-
portion to the ton of this dlrt In hard
! than in soft coal. But ever person who
| has used hard and soft coal knows that
the proportion of ash or dirt in tho hard
| coal is not more than onc-half what it is
| in soft coal
This is positive evidence, irrefutable,
that instead OF coal being formed OF
vegetation in n swamp il fell as COS
| mical dust. The heavier forms would
| settle quickly in deep water, ana there
| fore we have the hird coal with but lit
| tie ash or dirt in it. The lighter forms
| would tloa. longer, settle slower, reach
! the shallow waters near the shore. ana
| contain more dirt shan the anthracite OF
hard coal.
When our coal beds We're deposited
the Mississippi Valley WAS the shallow
part of the seas, as the south end Of
! Baf1in's Bay now is the shallow par
and near the shores. and the regicn OF
! New York and Pennsylvan u hard Goa
was in the deep sea. On this line O
thought nothing hut harmony is found
while Oh the vegetable line of coal form
ations oil is chaos.
! Almost universally firc-clay is foun,
under beds of coal, and instead of it be
mig a vegetable producing clay, it. as
rule, fell on vegetable growth, smother
! ing and killing it. In northern latitude;
| this clay is found under great mnsse.
! of carbonite, the two deposits being IL
and covered with great masses of soil,
glacier ice. with not particle of evi
denee that any vegetation even existe'
there. There are no abradcd mountain
near these deposits from which the,
could have been carried by water.
Prof Vail says that this fire-cla,
under a carbonite deposit is found be
tween massive beds of glacier ice, ant
being .oiogist he declares that hi
brother biologists are utterly con
founded as to where this clay and car
bon cam from. The only reasonable
inference is that this fire clay and car
bon fell as the snow and was deposite,
on the glacier ice. This will be furthc
discussed hereafter.
Sulphur and pyrites OF iron are foun'
in coal in large quantities.. The irol
is no, always between strata of coal
but is often found running in variou
directions through the coal veins. Di'
vegetation produce these iron pyritc
also? They are formed by a union q
sulphur and iron, and which. both heinI
minerals, must have had the same com
mon origin as the other minerals of tn
earth.
Astronomers say that in the nebulou
era of the earth there was a coming to
gether of matter from space, and iron
sulphur, silver, gold. carbon and othe
minerals and metals must have beef
among the original materials that com
pose the earth.
If this sulphur and pyrites of irol
necessarily were original materials, no,
came they in the coal if the latter wa
formed of vegetation?
Astronomers are no doubt correct n
to the matter of the earth being con
densations from space, but they ar
probably in error as to the matter hav
ing fallen together suddenly, and it i
more reasonable that the carbon, sui
phur and iron fell TO the earth toyeth
in later geological ages, and this vii
endeavor to prove.
Copyrighted Ist., by ". T. Foster.
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