The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-11-14
THE MYIHIC SEA.


Happy Aline," softly murmured Vernon.
L. s.
THE MYIHI0 SEA.
For ages there has existed myth con-
cerning Northern Ocean, whose shores
were the lmpenetrable barriers Of ice,
and whose waters held life and music
all their own. The Scandlnavians re-
member the myth, and to this day in Swe-
den and Norway and the Northern Is
lands, the great unknown sea has exist
ence in the belief Of every supersltlous
mind. To US, who reason so phllos0ph-
ically that nothing is hidden, it was not
deemed probable that any such body Of
water did or could exist - and though
many navIgatols asserted their belief in
the myth, it has not hid sufficient data to
claim attention. A few minds, keen
from observation aud sagacIous from
nature, still clung to the ancient story
and suffered it not TO die. One of these
minds was DR.. Kane, who now returns
home with the tidings that the i,st sea is
found,
Our readers doubtless pursued the mar
rative of the Kane Expedition with q
breathless attention, and from it learned
that the intrepid navigator left his vessels
fast in the almost lnpenetrabe noun
tans OF ice, in latitude IS deg. and Is
min. north, pushing his way in sledges
and on foot to latitude 81 deg. and 80
min, where he stood upon the shores OF,
TO his eyes, lmitIess sea. Three thou
sand square miles did he scan with eye
and glass and yet no bounds TO that ex-
panse OF water were f und: for titty-two
hours did heavy gale from the north
heave up the surf, and yet 1t brought
down not particle OF ice showing that
around the pole all was ocean HE in
stead of frig,d death. Thus was the
veil penetrated; surprise seized upon the
philosophical speculator, and now the
world is busy a, the resolution OF this
wonderful problem Of Northern sea.
Isl. The DR.. represents those waters
Ilmpld as that of any summer sea ny
wha, process IN nature can that high lat
itude So modify the temperature OF air a:
TO leave the sea unfrozenl Where the
DR.. winterea the thermometer often stood
so degrees below zero. and yet IN a still
more northerly cline there is a sea tina
is never frozen. Science stands tupi
fed, for all It's axIoms are repudiated anC
new laws are 10 reconcile the facts tt
theory.
I'd. Bird and fish life is there exlsrar
ia the utmost profusion. There the hawl
and elder duck range IN unlimited free
, dom, while whales and wairuses sport |,
such herds as makes the water swarm
with their huge meTrlment. Can thes,
all live without proper food! Does th'
? duck infest these regions without Its prop
er berries and grasses and bulbs for food
Here then is another query for the spec
uator to answer, aud the mystery OF tia
Northern sea grows more and more eX
citing - Sandusky Herald.
a Sign of the 7,oses--It is an obser
yable fact that IN the South Ward, IN thl
borough, on Tuesday last, six,y-,hre
/. young men voted on age; of which, six
ty cast their suffrages for the whol
, American ticket This is prophetic Q
e what the American party will be III fiv
G years, when the old fogles, who are no.
b mere clogs to the wheels Of progress, dI
d off, and Young America takes their posi-
D ton in politics. As the great ma Jorlt
ol young men of this country, when the
O attain 10 manhood, ally themselves wit
a the American party, It's strength IN AZ
wear. must be enormous. Stick to you
j, glorious principles Americans. There
' brilliant future before yoa.-- Ponsrll
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