, 1872-11-25
CHICAGO Daily TRIBUNE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2

Not only, therefore, is It the SUMS power which pro
duces evaporation hut particular constituent Of that
fire the existence OF which you probably were not
aware Of.
Nearly everyone is familiar with the fact that
water, whhn it freezes into ice, floats. It fol-
lows the laws Of contraction, under the influence
to expand, and; when at So degrees + it has
cryatalized as ice, it is much lighter than the
water. This familiar fact has been often cited
as benefcent exception to the usual course Of
crystalization, which would make the ice sink as
fast as foed }oHn sss and would fFeSze so
Great use has7been made Of this s'ao1itary fact"
Count Rumford, probably the most scientific
mind America has yet produced, next to Frank
lin, and whom Iyndall calls q one Of the most
Providence interfered on this occasion in 3
manner which may well be considered as n1irac-
ulous all the fresh water within the Polar Circle
must inevitably have been frozen to q very great
depth IN winter, and every plant and tree de-
stTqyea Professor Indsl replies n,,o,,
continues in this strain to expound the ways and In:
tenhons Of the Almighty and he does not hesitate to
nton W 70 t9ose VINO Of e
which is too often forgotten that the pleasure OF com
fort Of belief, the warmth exaation Of feeling
Water is ota solitary exception to an otherwise general
law. There are other molecules than those Of this
ae Condition oen oS ao
Iron is in point. Solid iron hoata upon molten
iron exactly rs ice floats upon water. Bisnuth is
-: ns'' ssis asS IL
water There no hsh to be taken care of here, still
the "contrivance :" Is the Same. I am reluctant to
mention them in thesane breath with Count Rumford,
but an told that in our own day there are people
who profess to find the comforts Of religion in gu
DRrBt{tinn lower than TINT hitherto DEGRADED
the civilized human mind. = Life, and the
conditions Of Hfe in necessary harmony. This Ii
not exist. But both life and it's conditions set forth
the operations of inscrutable power We know not it's
origin We know not s ends And the pres3umption
the throne Of the universe magnihed image Of them
selves and make its dongs more colossal imitation Of
!. their own.
fancy With which Tyndall illuminates his topics
than his opening pages; IN which he traces
Apen ice to it's source
Go to the mouth Of the River Rhone, and trace It
backward to Lyons where it tuzs to the east: Bend-
ing round by Chambery, you come at length to the
Lake Of Geneva, from which the river rnshes, and
which you might be disposed to regard as the source
Of the Rhone But the head OF the lake. and You
find that the Rhone there enters it; that the lake
i in fact kind Of expansion Of the river. Follow this
upward you find It Joined by smaller rivers from the
journey en higher You come 1t length to huge mass
Of ice,-the end Of glncier,-which fills the Rhone
Valley and, from the bottom ot the glacier the river
rushes. In the glacier Of the Rhone you thus the
source Of the River Rhone. But again, We have not
reached the real beginning Of the river You con-
produced BY the melting Of the ice. You get upon the
eacsr and walk upwards along it: After time theice
disappears, and you come upon snow. 4 you are .
the top and descend i the other side; you
called he Trif from NJ the e. end Of Which rishes %
smaller river than the Rhone. You soon learn that
the mountain-snow feeds the glacier. BY some means
comes the snow7 Like the rain, 1t comes from the
Clouds which, before can be traced to raised
BY the without SF fire. son could hase
snow, no glaciers. Curious, then, as The conclusion
,nay b. the cold ics the has its origin in the heat
CAMPING OUT: As RECORDED B7 "Krr." Edited
By g. A. STEPHENS. Illustrated. Boston :: James
r. osgood Co. Chicago: Cobb, Andrews Co.
story Of his sudden introduction to s'Wash" and
" Rsed' on the occasion OF railroad smash
up,-".one OF our peculiarly national inBtitu-
tions, "-and their subsequent adventures, aquat-
ie, Tenatorial, pi1a7oatoral, and other, in
SsSAns eds concerning Maine which b'F ths hsre ess @s
legend that q Penobscot Indian, while hunting
moose near Mount Katahdin, had found on one
OF the northern peaks or spurs Of the ridge, 3
lode OF lead, so pure that he had cut of quanti-
kACs ~ ~ WALL uA6 AQ116 u I'LL 4utO VIII
the H{ofts OF this discovery, Wash, and Raed,
and K1s meant to buy themselves yacht. They
had coon-hnnts, 1yn1-hunts, bear-hunts Wild
cat-hunts, moose-huntB, all sorts Of adventures
and acrapeg. Theirs are some very good illus
trations, which, with the lively text, make this
good book for boys, or Tor those who have
been boys, or eYen for those fairer creatures
who have only secondary interest in the male
species.
KEEL AND SADDLE: a RErnospEor or Forty
fTrrT Hv
JOSEPH ". REVERE. Boston: James B. Osgood
b Co. Chicago: Jansen, McOlurg h Co.
General Revere tells, in . pleasant way, the
Incidents Of q life OF varied adventure. He en-
tered the United States Navy at the age. Of IL:
cruiBed the Pacific and the West Indies; assist
ed in the suppression Of the alave-trade on the
West Coast Of Africa; went to Russia and ST.
IBERIA; waited the sunny shores Of the Mediter-
ranesn had midnight seance With Lady Hester
stanhope, the English lady Of Sidon; went
everywhere. To be brief, he followed Dr.. john
sons e1hortation to 1et-observation, with extern
Bive view, survey mankind from China to Peru.
His autobiography not only gives great deal Of
bnt about the Lands and people he has
so Oriental marvellouHnesB that We are content
to be entertained without being convinced.
Among other matters OF interest, there is an &C.
count Of his intimacy with stonewau Jackson,
whom he met in 1852.
WONDERS OF THE YELLOWSTONE. Edited by
JAMES R1cHARpsoH. Illustrated with Seventeen En-
Chicago: Had1ey Bros. + Co.
This volume OF the ttnlustrated Library Of
Travel, Exploration, and Adventure which
scribn6r is issuing under the direction Of Bay
ard Taylor, who knows, If any American does
what pertains to this field Of literature, gives
3 review Of the marvellous features and phenom-
'ena OF the grand park in the Rocky Mountains,
stone. There is much more in it than the recital
OF the ordinary incidents OF exploration. The