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enough 10 coNtI al tnN lAii" w '"''
globe with a uniform layer OF salt to a
depth Of 1000 feet.
This statement as TO the saltinesa OF
the sea 10 interesting enough In "
self, but Il Is also suggestive. The cues
tons may well be asked. where did All
this salt come from and whit Is the
use OF Il? Several scientific gentle
men have tried to answer this hrst
question and their efforts are not en-
tirely satisfactory. The second Ques-
ton Is not 20 difficult.
According to the history OF the croa-
ton Of the world. as told BY Moses In
the Genesis, Il Is implied that the ocean |
existed before the land. for. ON the I
third day" the waters under the heav-
ems" were gathered together and the
dry land appeared
This statement has bothered a great
number OF philosophers. who. IN their
effort to stick 10 the letter OF the scrip
mre and at the sane time TO reason out
everything on perfectly natural prin-
elples. have been puzzled to know how
such a grand transformation could be
accomplished In one day And their
perplexlty was not relieved when
learned biologists announced that IL
must have required ages for the waters
that onveloped the earth 10 subslde aud
reveal this land thai lay beneath
Bat when Il was suggoglod that the
word day" as used by Moses. meant.
not a period OF twoniy-iour hours, but
an era Of thousands Of years. the dith-
Guilty was removed This meaning Of
the word day" IL at present generally
accepted by deyout scientists. who now
declare that there Ia nothing Impossible
In Moses account OF the creation.
This description. to be sure, g. la
mentally brief II was hardly adc-
uuate 10 pass over such a huge event
as the creation Of the world IN few
lines. This was a big story from a
newspaper point Of view. and all
thoughtful persons must acknowledge
that Moses did not take advantage Of
bis opportunity.
Accepting the Mosaic account. DR.
! 7. s. Hunt a learned writer on the
physical history Of the globe. supplies
what Moses left out. aud In 20 doing
: be gives a very good reason for ih,
a presence OF the sal. In the sea. HAY
ing arrived az the point q Moses mea
p ger narrative where the earth was T.
!. molten state AMI surrounded by al
n envelope Of gases and Of water yapor
a Dr. Hunt says:
d "The carbona,ca. chlorides and sul
o pilates chemical combinations Of car
q bon. chlorine and sulphur with oxygen
y were changed lnto slllcates. The car
n bon. chlorine and sulphur. being ihu
g freed from the oxygen, separated IN Oh
r form Of acid gases. These. with nitro
Ig zen. yapor Of water and probable eS
IN cess Of oxygen. formed the ntmosphor'
10 which was very dense (and alao yer
d. unhealthy.
e. "The surface OF the earth was GOV
d. cred with Jumps OF molten rock ,prot
m ably resembling furnace slagl The d.
at pressed parts Of the surface were llle
he with highly heated solutions Of hydri
l. chloric aud sulphuric acids which al
he into the surface and deoompascd
ne Ia this way the sllicaies were change
no to pure silica. taking the form Of quar-
al as the atmosphere cooled. and the col
an densation OF the vaporous atmoophc
produced sea water holding In solntlg
pilates OF sodium. calcium aud ma
ueslum. and salts Of ammonium. N
% atmosphere. thus freed OF lis noxlol
"a elements. became pure and o. tor man
~ Il Is therefore evident Chat the q
~ y. has been salty from the creation Of Il
world. whe salt does not come as
% generally supposed from friction Of d
!. water against falt efocks" IN the bed
,a, the ocean. This. then. ansWers 4
,o5 FIRST question, who're did the git cor
len groml The second question Is pre-,
we'll answered by Mr.. G. w Lltllehal
In the December number Of Appleton
Popular Science Monthly.
can 1T seems" he says. that the @
an. was made salt In the beginning rs
or. psr, Of the grand design Of the CIR
and tor TO provide for The system Of o.
nd. tuition which has been going on sit
sis the creation. Many distinct spec
and Of living organisms exist IN the sea
10 a result Of To- sallnlty. and their
, = mains have largely contributed TO
growth Of continents
The minute creatures that have ll'
IN the sea for ages past have left
still during monuments IN the ahore OF
'eet lands, rocks and continents. u the
hlch had not been salty these marine q
rect mails could no, have existed and eecl
lded ed the hard substance known n
ON "caloarcous skeleton which has lar
ly contributed TO the growth Of col
ncnls. Among those early inhaeiia
OF the sea were cofels, crinoids, sea
4- ~ chins and siarnshes.
ane The salllness Of the sea has
eD much TO DO with the ocean cure
:" which distribute the heat OF the Il
lcs over the colder regions Of the ca
v,n, Currents are 'argely due &c the dii