Evening times-Republican., 1903-10-17

use. which holds say three water pals
fulD filled with bullheads caught dur
ing the day with hook and line. They
threw back dozens of smaller ones on
~ Keeping those il paid to clean
Worms We're the bait they started ir
1 to use, but one of the party using a
| frog bait for possible pickereI soon got
an Idea. Happening to let the frog sink
| down to the bottom, and feeling good
! bite, he pulled UP ana found he had on
/ three bullheads. Two were hanging on
/ TO the frogs hind legs and one TO a
t front leg. Immediately both put ON
/ large frogs, and from that time on
/ when they didn't pull out four big
| bullheads at a time they were not hav-
ing very good luck That's the way
they caught so many in seven hours
and twenty minutes, their actual fish
ing time.
Some one. for reasons the writer can
not understand. sends the LOCKER on
Il clipping headlined as The Decorah
Ice Cave" and suggests a repubica-
ton in this column. Viola G.. Brown,
in The Oaks, is the responsible writer:
Near Decorah. Iowa, is cave that
is one of the worlds wonders. And
yet at first sight one sees nothing re-
markablt about 1t.
1T is just an ordinary looking cave
in the face of bluff about 500 feet
high. The cave is midway between the
Top and bottom of the bluff The en-
rance looks as if it might have been
hewn into shape by human hands The
same may be said of small square
opening near the main entrance If
so, no record or legend exists of the
hewers.
The remarkable thing about it is
that ice forms in the cave from June
until September. After that time the
climate of the eccentric cave moder-
ates and does not freeze during the
winter. In June it begins to grow cold
again and is coolest during July and
August. The program is repeated
yearly without variation.
II was always So says the Oldest
inhabitants,
The Indians in early days used 1t
IS a storshouse for their game in sum-
mer, If they happened TO have sur
plus.
II itstS hcsIi Nltseiy investigated Dy
scientists. and theories advanced to ac-
cunt for the phenomenon which are
reasonable and plausible up to GER
lain point. The theory that a large
cody Of ice left over from the glacial
eeriod is somewhere in the earth in
that vicinity obtains most credence. 1t
Is We'll known that there are several
mines in Colorado that penetrate
frozen soil for 800 feet, soil that never
thaws except for few feet from the
surface. 1t has not been warmed up
since the intense cold of the glacial
period so says geology. and there is
an immense glacier in the ice chamber
of Natures colossal refrigerator in that
locality.
The ice cave at Decorah and the
wei, near there which, like the cave,
pothesis. The small oblong cavity
visible in the interior all leads to un-
known depths. presumably to the body
of ice which causes the cold.
But even this theory offers an ex-
PLANTATION for only one -half-and that
the less marvelous-of this wonder
The cave thaws in the winter. Frozen
solid In the summer. water trickles
from 1t during the cold months.
The cave has been investigated by
many scientists. but while 1t Is easily
explainahle up TO the point of glacia-
tion. the absolutely unaccountable
thing about the fact Is that 1t thaws
in winter! All that the most learned