Milford chronicle., 1895-03-22
AnoraEa nLAcIAL PERIoD.
naosoe,sts Think the world May Be fro-
zen Up Again.

biologists Think the world May Be fro
zen Up AGAIN.
The question is again being discussed
xvherher recent and long continued ouser
.vations DO not point to the advent ol 9
second glacial period, when the countries
now basking In the fostering Warin0h u
tropical sun will ultimately give way 70
the perennial frost and snow OF tne poial
regions. The researches OF geologls1s nave
proved the existence IN Greenland ana
other arctic lands Of fossil palms ana osh
ar tropical plants, which show that these
regions were once covered with flon veg
citation. which only equatorial olimes eaa
now produce.
hurled this vegetation beneath the mantle
Of cold which still prevails at the polar ex-
trennities OF the earth. Is this kingdom
Of ice and snow again extending its way
toward the equator? From the arctic cir
cles we have no data which supply an an
awer TO the question, but it IS asserted that
the climate Of Norway, Sweden and Ice
land is annually becoming more severe.
Great masses Of Ice are frequently observed
BY navigators in far more southeriy posi-
tion during the summer months IN the
Atlantic than was the case few years
ago, and the effect Of these icebergs Is 70
materially reduce the temperature OF
Scandinavia and Iceland The latter IS
land in late years has been suffering SO So
verely that corn no longer ripens there
and the inhabitants, in fear OF approach
ing famine and still colder climate, are
emiarating to North America.
The Influence Of the gulf stream on the
climate Of Norway, which has not been
less marked than its effects on the coasts
Of Ireland and Scotland, is being eitaoed
by the intensity Of the cold brought by
tbe masses Of ice which It Is for the gulf
stream to carry toward the eastern side OF
the north Atlantic. This extraordinary
cold appears, however, to be rather a
periodical occurrence than Of gradually
and annually increasing in intensity,
and the existence of larger quantities OF
ice than usual in the Atlantic rather points
20 warmer weather In the polar regions
shan to an unusual intensity and extern
sion Of the region Of the polar cold. The
annals of history show that from time to
time since the advent Of man into the
world remarkable rigid winters and torrid
summers have upset the calculations OF
learned geologlsts and rutiied the equa-
nimity Of the Inhabitants Of the temper
ate zones. Several times the frost king
has been known to come down from the
heights Of Europe and seal the waters OF
che Adriatic.
In $50 and 1884 the ice formed a secure
bridge from Venice to the opposite Dal-
matian coast, and in 1909 the Adriatio
was completely covered with ice. All the
RIVERS IN France were frozen in the years
1905 and 1854, the ice on the river RhOne
being 10 some places 10 feet thick. The
winter Of 1850 was rigorous throughout
Europe. The Atlantic froze along its
coast to distance Of several leagues, and
vessels were unable to approach within
some miles Of Ostend, in Belgium, port
that ordinarily Is open throughout the
year. The winter Of 1928 is memora-
Bile for its extreme degree Of cold. Snow
fell in New England in every month Of
the year in 1916, and the weather was so
uniformly chilly that scanty crops OF every
sort were harvested. On the 10Th Of May,
1884, snow fell tj the depth Of foot.
In the winter Ct 1851 2 the Susquehanna
river at Havre do Grace, Nd, was frozen
so hard that trains of the Philadelphia
Wilmington and Baltimore railroad ran
over it. The large ferryboat which carried
she cars across the river failed to keep the
channel open, and there being no bridge
at that time the track for the railroad cars
was laid ON the ice precisely at it was on
land, with sleepers, crossties and iron rails,
and the cars were run across.-NeW York
Times