Williston graphic., 1902-09-18

ICE WILL FORM INTO A LUMP.
not bend. Should we visit glacier
or look at a good photograph of q
| glacier, we would observe that the
valley may be very crooked and that
the solid river of ice bends and twists
about as if it were so much soft
dough. How can a river of ice turn
a sharp corner when ice is brittle
solid that will not bend?
If we want to know anything about
nature the best plan is to perform an
experiment. Get pail or basket
and about a yard of stove wire. Pass
the wire through the handle of the
pail and twist the ends together to
form loop. Then place two tables
of the same height side by side, leav-
ing space nine inches wide between
them. Ask the iceman to cut block
of ice twelve. inches long and six
inches thick and wide. Rest this on
the two tables to form bridge be-
tween them. Now lift one end and
slip the wire loop over it, resting it
on the middle of the block. The pail,
supported by the wire, will now hang
under the ice. Place pan under it
to catch the drip from the ice and
put flatiron in the pail for weight.
Presently we shall see the ice be-
have in the most surprising manner.
Gradually the wire, pressed on the
ice by the weighted pail, will sink
into the ice. AS it sinks deeper we
feel sure it will cut the ice in two
pieces, and pail, ice and all will fall
AS the wire sinks deeper we make a
discovery. The ice is being cut but d. oes
not break. At last the wire passes
clear through the ice and the pail
falls. The block of ice appears to be
as whole as ever, the two parts hav-
ing frozen together. It recongealed.
Place the ice in pail, and with q
hammer break it into small pieces.
Shake the paikto prove the Jumps are
loose. Then lay a plate on the brok-
en- ice and place fatiron on the
plate. In twenty minutes take the
plate off, and the broken Jumps of
ice will be found frozen recongealed
together into an irregular mass of
ice. These experiments are the key
to the winding glacier.
Years ago many people did not be-
lieve a glacier flowed down a valley.
To prove that it did man of science
in Switzerland set up row of stakes
on a glacier in straight line across
the top of the ice. In few days the
line of stakes was bent down stream,
proving that the solid ice did flow
down, and that, like so much water,
the middle moved faster than the two
sides next the edge of the valley. The
top of a glacier is always full of deep
and dangerous cracks. Many travellers
have lost their lives by falling into the
cracks in the ice. The cracks tell us
that the ice continually breaks as it
slides down the valley and recongeals
again. 1t is this continual breaking
apart and freezing together again that
enables the apparently solid and con-
tinuous stream of ice to pass around
the corners of the valley. Sometimes
two glaciers meet and CONCEAL to-
gether and form new, larger and yet
solid glacier. The immense weight of
ice in a glacier that is a hundred feet
deep also helps to press and squeeze
the ice around great corners.-Chas
Barnard in N. Y. Herald.
Mischief Caused by Jackdaw.
Thieving jackdaws have been the
cause of much mischief, and here is
~ ooourropoo ,rb;oL rrovoe - n noxu
Not long ago man named Fergus was
discharged from the Dartmoor prison,
England, who had been imprisoned
for three years all on account of one
of these birds. He had been charged
with stealing noted diamond of
great value belonging to Lady Allon-
vale. The jewel, which was set in
ring, was found in his rooms, in the
house next to that occupied by Lady
ALLOWABLE. 1t was charged that hehad
gone to live their shortly before in or
der to be near his intended booty.
Fergus declared that the ring had
been stolen by his pet jackdaw, which
had left it on his window sill. The
man was stranger to the place, no
jackdaw could be found about his
rooms, and he could not tell what Lad
become of it. So the police laughed
him to scorn and "sent him up" Tive
years later the crushed skeleton of
jackdaw was found under trapdoor
in the garret Of Lady Allonvale's
house, and Fergus was pardoned