Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-03
/, A Cold Talk.

Ice, conciscly, is water made solid by cold.
Now, as a, general rule, liquids cxpu6d by
heat aud contract by cold: but water seems
to be an exception, for time at least; for 1t
becomes solid at temperature of thirty.two
degrees, and expands until it reaches forty
degrees, whom it contracts. The expansion,
and consequently lighter weight of ice than
water, cause its position on the surface Of tho
wator, while the warmer water remains be
meath. Wero water not thus exception
alinitsnature, ourrivcrs and ponds would keep
on freezing in winter, down and still down,
until solid mass was formed, and all the
fish frozen to death. But, us the water un-
der tho ice remains OF forty degrees, the fish
have comfortable time, except when brought
into an unfortunate acquaintance with the up.
per world by means of hook and lnc
The expansion of water by freezing is IA
miliar to all who have had pitchers and bowls
and watcrpipcs cracked and burst on frosty
nights, when water had been carclcssy
loit in them. This expansive power is not
to be triAcd with If the boys and girls
doubt what wo say, let them Ell bottle with
water, put tho cork in tightly, and expose it
to freezing weather; or oven pitcher partly
full of water will answer every pur-
pose. The experiment will be more saisGac-
toryin scientific way, probably, than to those
who have to pay for the broken crockcry.--
You will notice that water frozen in almost
any limited space will bulge" in tic centre,
that is, expand, and take up moro ROOM
The quiet power of expansion is very fre-
qucntly seen in winter time. y hombshcll
en- be burst by Glling it with water closing
it firmly with plug, and exposing it TO the
FROST the shell will either break, or the
plug be driven out with great force. Often.
times, water freezing in an olen vessel will
brca, the bottom, and for this reason: the
ice forms on the surface, aud acts like stop
per, and the water below is thus confined in
a limited space, and as it continues to arcc&c
it expands, and the weakest part will yield: {:
if the bottom of the vessel is weaker than the
ice at the top, it will break, and cicc rcrsa.
Artificial cold, or freezing, is quite common.
Apparatus is now in use by which ice can be
made in summer: this is done by process
of evaporation, or by Sc ting free the heat in
the substance to be froZcu.- OHycr OpAc's
M,ya@iac.
NEARING TIE OTHER SHORE. E.-Whcn af.
ter weary voyage that first made across
the ocean, sick and loathsomc, arose one
morning and went upon the deck, holding on,
crawling thinking was but worm, smclt
IN The air some strange smell, and said 10
the captain, "What is the odor ?'' "It is
the land breeze from off Ireland" sMelt
the turf, [ smclt the grass, I smclt the leaves,
and all my sickness departed from me my
eyes grew bright, my nausea was gone
The thought Of the ncarncss Of the land came
to ll,c, and cured me bcttor than medicine
could cure nc. And when afar off | saw
dim line of land, JOY came and gave me
health, and from that moment had neither
sickness nor trouble; l was coming nearer TO
the land.
OH is there not for you, old man, and for
you wcaricd, mother, land breeze blowing
Of from heaven, waiting to you some Of lis
sweetness? Behold, the garden of the Lord
is not far away; know from tho air. BE.
hold the JOY Of home DO not hear the chill
drcn shout? The air If full of music to our
silent thought. Oh, how full Of music when
our journey is almost done, and we stand up
on thn boun1 and nrnc;r,t of tl,t j,l>.col