WISDS GECAfP 3 QfjOl/K/ICAL t./powm, t » " GEORGE rKEDEfiICK WRIGHT A. M..» 1/Iy. D. ■ ** :& . **& ~ „ _ **s*w*o*m»ij& . „■>«< ' JW^^t^ssssssps^— T ' 3 tXA/Y£ Dl/rt/ro <SOJJTH Of LAKE M/Cff/G/l/f —- HOSE who live in the well- T watered portions of the world, where rich vegeta tion covers the surface and protects it from the denuding force of the wind, can have little reali zing sense of the effeet- JJKS—J iveness of this ever-active geological agency. Yet «ven in some well-watered regions dunes are familiar phenomena. Dunes are simply "drifts" of sand, closely re sembling the snowdrifts of winter and protection against them is secured by •similar means. As in snowy regions one sees long lines of close board fences some distance from the wind ward side of the railroad to stop the drifting snow on its onward career, oo he may in many places see wind breaks to stop the drifting sand. But In many cases where the windbreak Is not sufficient a constant force of workmen is necessary to remove the sand from the track at stated inter vals or after every unusually severe storm. At such places the railroad companies, to their sorrow, learn the enormous power of this constantly acting geological force in transferring finely comminuted earthy material from one place to another. One of the best known localities for observing dunes is found on the south eastern shore of I.ake Michigan. Nearly all, if not all, the railroads ap proaching Chicago from the east pass through this series of dunes as they come around the southern end of tho lake. Many of the dunes are very fresh, with no covering of vegetation, and rise, like snowdrifts, 50 feet or riore above the general level. Others are of such age that t! \ have been covered more or less with vegetation, trees of considerable ?!-><> being found upon them. Rut in all cases tho ac tion of the wind, in moving the sand southward from tho lake, is evident. The wind blowing from the north keeps an exposure of bare sand upon that side and drifts it over into expo sures of equally bare sand upon the outer margin. The width of this belt of dunes around the south end of Lake Michigan averages a little more than one mile. The material, being clean washed sand, is unfit, for agricultural purposes and the area is occupied by very few houses, and those mostly be longing to railway employees. The source of the material of which these dunes are composed and the rate of its movement are subjects of great interest. The sand is de rived, in the first place, from the shores of the lake farther north, which are constantly being oaten Into by the waves and currents. All along the western shore, from Evans ton to HaHne, the waves are wearing away the shore at an average rate of three or four feet per annum. The material that falls into the lake from the bluffs thus eroded is worked over by the waves until the very finest particles are washed out and floated Into deep water, while the sand re mains near the shore and is gradually washed southward by the prevailing currents. Everyone in Chicago knows how land is forming on the shore, giving rise to contests as to own ership From observations of the I'nltid States engineers It war. found that H"i,ouO cubic yards of sand were annually stopped by the two piers which were extended out Into the lake to deep water. This * ast amount rep- hiiweo r, but a fraction of th> whole amount of sand that « >• being • irrled by the currents past Chicago to the south end of the lake «)n reaching th<> south end of the lake the sand is washed up by the wao - during storms and left fur a considerable portion of the year eg d to the action of the winds, whl< It haw drifted It out Into t}>•• belt of dunes, with which so large a por tion of the traveling public Is famil iar Hut, owing to the ta< t that the prevailing winds of this region are *• terly, the largest accumulation of <1 :in«* Is found upon tie- east shore, fo Michigan Travelers upon the Ml hliuii Central railroad cannot fall t i • noticed tie »« gr> a dtlftx of •and nearly luO f> ><t high, at Mlcht g*n t ty This helt » >t duties, about a quarter of a mile wide rising some tlim » to more than 100 feet In height, t *<• i.ils imrthwatd all aim g the shore, b< ,g -i ei mil) prominent at St Jo i«|il: and lirai d Haven In many |>. , * they threaten to overwhelm Whole tillage* and to compel the rail read* to remote their tracks to get em of the way of the drtftlim mate rial, while m xiiiist cases houses and for. »* hate b* fit completely buried Celt hi^ht It has hi i| profitable to dwell thus tu ,'ii the .lunes sn.ui.d the or the m<i»t i 'tiioptcooMn In t|, toflit, I t of tie t« a| i Hi j miles from it. This consists of a belt of sand bills a half-mile or so in width, which is slowly traveling east ward across the state. The prevail ing southwest winds are constantly blowing the material from that side and drifting it over onto the north eastern side, thus gradually shifting the line of the belt. So irregular are the drifts, however, that innumerable hollows are left between them, and so slow is the movement that vegetation covers their slopes and water is pre served in them; hence they furnish favorite centers for ranchmen. The source of the material of this traveling embankment moving so ma jestically across the western plains of Nebraska and the manner of its movement are even more interesting than the similar phenomena around Lake Michigan. The sand of which this belt of dunes is composed is prob ably derived from the trough of the Platte river, where during the great floods of a former period it bad been brought down from the Rocky moun tains and deposited along the banks, whence it was lifted by the winds and started upon Its victorious career over the uplands of the interior. The whole movement Is exceedingly slow, but It is easily perceptible, especially to those who have built their houses and cultivated their gardens upon the eastern side. Hut when one considers the vast amount of material that is being transported by the wind along this entire belt the movement is ma jestic in the extreme. The arid lands of I'tah and Arizona and other portions of the great west afford innumerable illustrations of the activity of wind in drifting sand Into regions distant from Its original source of supply. The desert of Saha ra, Arabia and tho region about the Where Our Dolls Are Made Some Factories in America, But About $2,000,000 Is Contributed Yearly to Foreign Makers. Dolls have amtiaid th" world for age*. and a««m to have been well known In the days of the I'haraobi, for, In the toiiibd of anrlent Egypt, figure* of painted wood, of terra rotta, of Ivory and of ran-* have been found who*"' limb* were made mov able for the delight of children In the ruin* of Ktrurla similar toy* hav«i Inn (tiacovered, and in China, a» well a* In India, movable llg>ires mudi* to net from time I mine mo rtal by hand and on Miring*, or a* bhadowg In hind a curtain. the ancient llrwk) were experts In the manufacture of pup-ieta, In eluding wax dolla, and several of their poet* allude to offering* of doll* to Vrteml.t and Apkfudltr. made by maiden* before their marriage. I toll* were evidently «r-.i Int-mled to uiiii.»e children. but the adult* mooii adopt. d them a* a source of en t' rtalnuient. I'uppet *huw* were all the rage in Europe in the mxtw.nth century, arriving m au> h perfection that the performances rivaled In at tr.itlon Ikuiw of living actors. In Covington, Ky„ I* the largest doll factory In the fulled Stain*, and th'-rw are many ntlier establishment* In the eastern *tate» liut the moot doll*, and we »r« »orry to have to aav It.the Mil doll*, are Imported, and tli'' America* children contribute alaitit »4,i«mi,uo« every year lo Kuropw fill del In i here ar« ium« very |»« dull* in.tile lu I ngtaitd; but tku veiy liit«»i i nine I rum KiHiue and Outuiany. and ti« > ar« made «e it ia a 4> gr»« of per fection autpiulng *.»«< i. • ■ ... 'h i, mi ii ' pep*" aad 'mamma" K(.i g little n.ore inoM< > ywu wan Inn a vrveuti •toil or g aaikigg d<>il 1a ii !h«»ru ti« dolla tkti *(itg "itly I h' Mtwlv, of «tuiraw and th* very k»i» ,t gull t» P*« »Me«l aKb g pbouMg'apg, ud will |« 4U.H41 f«tf u«, luniM CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1910. Red sea are covered with such mot. Ing drifts, but most attention has been attracted to them in the more thickly settled portions of Europe, where they have occasioned the population an im mense amount of trouble. The coast of Norfolk, in England Is fringed with sand hills 50 or 60 feet in height, where in more than one instance whole villages and ancient churches have been buried by the material. In Eceles the village church in 1839 was almost completely hid by the drift ing sand which enveloped it, while 30 years later the same wind which had buried the church uncovered it and exposed it to view upon the other side of the dune. The churches of St. Piran and Gwithian in Cornwall passed through similar experiences, while in 1668 a part of Santon (Sand town), near Thetford, was over whelmed by sand which had been slowly blown in from five miles to the west. In the course of a century this dune had traveled four miles and spread over 1,000 acres of land. The northwestern coast of France is specially exposed to the destructive movement of dunes. On tbe coast of Gascony "the sea for 100 miles is so barred by sand dunes that in all that distance only two outlets exist for the discharge of the drainage of the interior. As fast as one ridge is driven away from a beach another forms in its place, so that, a series of huge sandy billows, as it were, is con stantly on the move from the sea mar gin toward the interior." The entire coast of Flanders and of Holland and northern Germany is girt with theM drifting sand hills. In Hol land they sometimes rise to a height of 260 feet, but average only from 50 to 60 feet. Dunes of smaller extent also line the western shore of Ireland and Scotland, but 011 the Dutch coast they are sometimes as much as five miles wide. On the exposed shores of the Hay of Biscay, where vegeta tion has not had time to protect them, th"y are traveling inward at the rate of 16 feet per annum, while in Den mark they are in some places moving as fast as 24 feet per annum. The only method of protection against them, which, happily, is partially suc cessful, is to plant pine forests, which readily grow in the sand and through the production of turpentine become the source of considerable revenue. facture of to>-B and dolls, and the small town of Sonneberg, in the Thuringlan forest, alone produces ar ticles for the amusement of children to the value of $150,000 yearly. German ladies are expert doll dressers, and there Is a yearly Christ mas exhibition of dolls at llerlln. A grout deal Is made of the Merlin doll exhibition, and society turns out in large numbers to patronize It. There arw whole towns In Germany that do little else but make dolls for American children. They aru mostly simple country folk. They get small pay for muklitK even an excellent doll, but It must be remembered that their wants are few. Family Study Valuable. Speaking tu the students in an Kiir llsh women's college, an educator said: 'l>lg out all your family skel etons Your relatives will probably be annoyed, but dig *h«m out and fuc*<t them. Make out your pedigree, tra ••line your family back to your great grandfathers and their brothers and sister* My this means yon can barn what traits to avoid and what ills ettie* tu guard against It takes tliue, tact and temper in hunt back to the re. ord of one s family, but It Is worth It Two 111*11 may seem the aama, yet oittt man may hand dnwu disease and crime tu his 4esi endaiits, while the hi her may hand do *it «<uly tho».i ttual- Ittes that are g<ajd." 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