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DEEP SEA CURRENTS. MYSTERIES OF THE OCEAN THAT HAVE PUZZLED THE SCIENTISTS. A Theory ■< to the Origin nnd Cnnxe of the Gulf nnd Other Stream*—Are They the Product of Inimen»e Suh- I marine Gejraeraf For more than n century scientists ouil philosophers have been vainly try ing to discover the origin and cause of the mysterious current In the Atlantic ocean called the gulf stream. Why so called Is not apparent, as nothing In the gulf of Mexico Is In Its composition. There have been many theories, which have been abandoned, some perfectly absurd, such as Its being caused by the eurth In Its revolution on Its axis, for If It had the power to draw this stream at the rate of live miles an hour from the coast of Florida It would draw all the water from the east coasts of North nnd South America at the same velocity. The prevailing theory Is that the northeast trade winds drive a cur 4 rent Into the Caribbean sen and. aided by the feeble equatorial stream, heap up the water in the gulf of Mexico, thence rushing around the south of Florida from the source of the gulf stream. But there Is no such a heap ing of the waters In that gulf. The waters there are sluggish, and there Is no perceptible current leading toward the gulf stream or anywhere else. ' r hls theory bus been accepted for want of a better, but those who favor It are not entirely satisfied with It. The gulf stream Is an Independent body of water, having no connection with the water around or behind the point where It emerges. It Is warmer nnd of a deeper blue than the surrounding sens and gushes forth from the start ing polut oil Cape Sable at the rate of from live to six kuots an hour, with a temperature of about 1*0 degrees, lessening gradually as it proceeds on Its Journey of thousands of miles across the Atlantic ocean, warming the west ern shores of Europe. Having seen the fallacy of the the ories concerning the gulf stream, we will turn our attention to the great l’n- clllc current. Identical In all respects with Its sister current of the Atlsutlc and concerning which there are no the ories to contend with. It starts spontaneously from a spot a few miles from the south end of the Island of Formosa, lu the Banshee channel, following the const of For mosa northeasterly, pnst and through the Loochoo Islands, skirting the const of Japan; thence turns eastward on its long Journey across the wide Pacific, warming the const of America from I'uget sound to Mexico. Its dark blue waters are In striking contrast to the surrounding sons, giving It the name of Murra Snnr, or black water. It Is an Independent stream where no combina tion of winds or currents can possibly cause the mighty rush of warm blue water with a velocity of from live to six knots an hour from the start. In Its characteristics of heat, color and direction It resembles the gulf streum In every particular, and the origin of the two streams must be the same, whatever they may be. which I sliull endeavor to show later on. There Is another ocean current similar In all respects to the other two, with the ex ception tlwt It runs In an exactly op posite direction. Starting from tile vi cinity of the south end of the Island of Madagascar. It runs southwesterly around the Cape of Good Hope, where It disappears o(T Cn;>e I.agullas. As a curreut. probably part of It Is diverted Into a steady set of the eastern current, caused by the prevailing westerly winds 111 that region. No scientists, so lnr ns 1 am aware, have attempted to account for this current, leaving now proved beyond refutation tlmt all the ories advanced as to the cause of ocean currents are groundless. It remains to be proved what the true cause Is. It must be admitted that the currents have a similar origin, ns they are Iden tical In every respect ns regards color, heat and velocity, springing forth In the same manner spontaneously from the earth In some mysterious way. There Is no place on the surface of the earth when* the water ean he heated to furnish the heat contuiued lu these streams that gush forth from the depths of the sea; consequently the forces must be subterranean and can only be accounted for b.v large bodies of clear, blue water from the ocean forcing Its wny Into the depths of the earth under Its crust, where It burrows a channel of Its own to the surface again, having received Its warmth on the way by contact with tile Internal lient of the lower regions of the earth, forced on by continual pressure from behind. Thai there-are orifices In the earth’s crust cannot be denied, also wfmt be comes of tliv vast volume of water that cannot be computed which Is constant ly running at the rate of from four to six knots an hour from the Atlantic ocean, through the strait of Gibraltar Into the Mediterranean sea. The nu merous rivers, too, are continually Mowing In. and yet the sen remains at the same level. 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