Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-07-14
WEATHER FORECASTS.
WHAT PROPHET FOSTER HAS
TO SAY.
A Storm of Considerable Energy In the
Upper Missouri Valley About the 18th
Drouth Conditions To Continue In Parts
of the south.
INSTRUMENTATION NTatters.

meteorological Matters.
My last bulletin gave forecasts of the
storm wave due To cross the continent
from 11th to 18th, and the next will
reach the Pacific coast about the 10th.
cross the Western mountains by the
close of the 18th, the great central val-
leys from 18th to goth, and the Eastern
States aboutlth 21st.
This storm will be at it's greatest
energy In the Upper Missouri Valley
about the 18th andt1eth.
A wave OF cooler and more pleasant
weather, moving eastward, will cross
the Western mountains about the 10th,
the great central valleys about the 2lst,
and the Eastern States about the 23d.
Drouth conditions in large localities
will continue in many parts of the
Southern States, while In Northern sec
tions and in countries of more In IN
1000 feet elevation, the weather will be
more seasonable.
Unususlly severe hurricanes may be
expected in the West Indies and on the
Gulf of Mexico during July and August,
and while these hurricanes are on the
Gulf we may expect sudden cool periods
in the Northwestern States.
Local Forecasts.
Weather changes move from west to
east a-ross the continent, and each local
.orecast Is made for within $50 miles
east and west of the magnetic meridian
mentioned, and for all the country be-
tween % and 90 degrees of north lati-
tude. These local weather changes will
occur within twenty-four hours before
or after sunset of the dates given:
SANTA FE, DENVER, AND BLACK HILLS
MERIDIAN.
July 17-Warmer.
July 18-Storm wave on this meridian.
July l9-Wind changing.
July 20-Cooler and clearing.
July 2l-Fair and cool.
July 22-Moderating.
July 23-Warmer.
GALVESTON, KANSAS CITY AND MINNIE
APoLIs MERIDIAN.
July 17-Moderating.
July 1S-Warmer.
July 19-Storm wave on this meridian.
July 2O-Wind changing,
July 21-Cooler and clearing.
July 22-Fair and cool.
July 2,-Moderating.
ATLANTA, CINCINNATI AND LANSING
MERIDIAN.
July 17-Fair and cool.
July 1S-Moderating.
July 19-Warmer.
July 20-Storm wave on this meridian.
July 2l-Wind changing.
July 22-Cooler and clearing.
July 23-Fair and cool.
Coal and Ia b,n Notes.
In order to form 20 TO 80 foot coal
vein from vegetation would require 200
a 81 II 4
The vegetation from which geologists
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 240 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 be
high and dry above the water, where
it would not grow.
1t would not do TO say that this vege-
tation began TO grow and 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 great
pressure. In this they are probably
correct. Then the hard coal is formed
by the heat and pressure driving off the
water and the lighter oils of the soft
coal. In that case all the dirt, the in
combustibles, the gravel, rock, pyrtes
of iron, ETC., would remain in the hard
coal and we would have greater pro-
portion to the ton of this dirt In hard
than in soft coal. But every person who
has used hard and soft coal knows that
the proportion of ash or dirt in the hard
coal is not more than one-half what il Is
in soft coal.
This is positive evidence, irrefutable,
that instead of coal being formed of
vegetation in swamp IL fell as cos
mical dust. The heavier forms would
settle quickly in deep water, and there
fore we have the hard coal with but lit
tie ash or dirt in it. The lighter forms
would float longer, settle slower, reach
the shallow waters near the shore, and
contain more dirt than the anthracite or
hard coal.
When our coal beds were deposited
the Mississippi Valley was the shallow
part of the seas, as the south end OF
Baffin's Bay now Is the shallow part
and near the shores. and the region of
New York and Pennsylvania hard coal
was In the deep sea. On this line of
thought nothing but harmony is found,
while on the vegetable line of coal form
ations all is chaos.
Almost universally fire-clay is found
under beds of coal, and instead of it be-
mig vegetable producing clay, it, as a
rule, fell on vegetable growth, smother
ing and killing it. In northern latltudes
this clay Is found under great masses
of carbonite, the two deposits being in
and covered with great masses of solid
glacier ice, with not particle of evil
dence that any vegetation even existed
there. There are no abraded mountains
near these deposits from which they
could have been carried by water.
Prof. Vail says that this fire-clay
under a carbonite deposit is found be-
tween massive beds of glacier ice, and
being geo.ogist he declares that his
brother geologiets are utterly con-
founded as TO where this clay and car
bon came from. The only reasonable
Inference is that this hre-clay and car
bon fell as tho snow and was deposited
on the glacier ice. This will be further
discussed hereafter.
Copyrighted 1892, y w. 7. Foster.
GEORGE WASHINGTON was Com
mandcr-in-c of the army at the age
OF 43; Cromwell entered upon his re-
career at %; Napoleon con-
Uuered Italy befora he waa 40. Glad