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Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05

greatly. but berg from go to 100 feet to the
top of its walls, whose spires or pinnacles
may reach from 200 to $50 feet in height and
from 300 to 500 yards in length, is considered
an average size berg in the Arctic These
measurements apply to the part above the
water, which is about one-eighth or one-ninth
Of the whole mass.
Many authors give the depth under water
as being from eight to nine times the height
above. This is incorrect, and measurements
above and below water should be referred to
mass and not to height.
1t is even possible to have a berg as high
out of water as it is deep below the surface
for if we imagine large, solid lump. OF any
regular shapes which has very small sharp,
high pinnacle in the centre, the height above
water can easily be equal to the depth be.
low An authentic case on record is that OF
berg grounded in the Strait of Belle Isle
in sixteen fathoms of water, that had thin
spire about one hundred feet in height.
Each glacier in Greenland so far as any
estimate has been made is the parent each
year of from ten to one hundred icebergs
When these bergs have plunged into the Arc
tic Sea, they are picked up by the Arctic
current and begin their journey to the North
Atlantic. But there are thousands of them
ahoat; they crowd and rub against each
other and frequently they break into smaller
masses.
Many go aground in the Arctic basin; Others
get to the shores of Labrador, where from
one end to the other they continually ground
and float Some disappear there, while others
get safely past and reach the Grand Banks.
According to Ensign Rodman, the ice of
bergs, although very hard, is at the same
time extremely brittle A blow of an ak will
at times split them. and the report of gum
by conclusion, will accomplish the same end
They are more apt to break up in warm
weather than in cold, and whalers and seal
ers note this before landing on them when
an anchor is to be planted or fresh water to
be obtained.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05

far more beautiful than the finest of the gla-
ciers of Switzerland, and in size they are SO
great that the largest Alpine glacier would
make only fair-sized nose, if it could be
taken bodily and placed upon the face of one
of the Alaskan giants.
AT Glacier Bay icebergs are being born all
the while. Muir Glacier the largest that
dips into the bay. presents front of 5000
feet 1t was few years ago 700 feet thick,
five-sevenths of it being under water, extend
ing back for miles and miles.
Each day the central part moves 20 feet
into the sea, the discharge every twenty-four
hours being 140,000,000 cubic feet of clear
ice. AS this great quantity cracks into pieces
from the glacier, the bergs of the North Pa
cifc begin their life. The separation from
the larger mass and the plunge into the sea
causes terrific noises.
The interior of Greenland is solid mass
of ice. In fact. some people think that at
about the central part of Greenland there is
a high mountain, around whose sides there
has grown through the centuries an enor-
nous glacier. sending down in every direc-
ton branch glaciers that extend to the coast.
It is known that the only part of the land
which is not covered completely by ice is
narrow belt around the shore.
Crossing this belt at hundreds of places are
the glaciers. Some are only few hundred
feet wide and 80 feet thick, while others are
several miles wide and meausre 1900 feet
from surface to bottom.
All of these ice streams are making their
way to the sea, and as their ends are forced
out into the water by the pressure behind,
they are broken off and set adrift as bergs.
Ensign Hugh Rodman, of the United States
Navy in his report on the "Ice and ice move
ments in the North Atlantic Ocean," explains
many interesting things about ice and bergs.
Once the glacier extends into deep water,
pieces are broken off by their buoyancy,
aided possibly by the currents and the brittle
ness of the ice.
The size of the pieces set adrift varies
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05
CONTINUED FROM PAGE FOUR

CONTINUED FROM PAGE FOUR
a final spring and he had it under control at
last-at last
His hand was on the dehector and the tears
were running down his face. He sobbed once
or twice before he could command himself.
He was glad the men were not there to see
de dared look around now. From the dis,
tances to which the miners had fled appeared
one and another form
The men knew he had conquered. 1t was
safe for them to come back Had any of
them been struck? Had any lost their lives
because he was so long getting to the spot?
But he could not have come more quickly. 1t
had seemed an endless time to him.
The men came running now, waving hats
and cheering, he thought, from their actions,
though he could not hear for the rush of the
water.
They were springing over the boulders 1t
would not take them SO long as it did him.
Ihey had no runaway stream to avoid. Oh,
that was Jim! He was safe, and Dick and
Dam. and Cal and Russell, and-a troop of
Well-known faces gathered around him.
You're the bravest lad in the diggings!"
cried the voice of one miner
Are they-are they any of them hit?"
Nary one; but some of them come pretty
nigh being buried under gravel, and that
Pike county fellow rolled down crack and
stubbed his toe bad; but he sent his com
piiments seeing he couldn't come over here
to you" said voice. "Where's that rascal
Chinaman that left this thing, and pretty
nigh m3ie an end of us all?'
But Fred could give no information as to
Quong's whereabouts.
He'd better not show his head again around
back to that sluice box. youngster. I'll tend
the monitor the rest of the day."
Fred obeyed, glad to hide in the sluice
box cut and recover his normal state of mind.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05

On the coast of Labrador in July and al
gust, when it is packed with bergs, the nol4
OF rupture is often deafening, and those e
perienced in ice give them a wide berth.
When they are frozen the temperature
very low, so that when their surface Is e,
posed to thawing temperature the tensld
of the exterior and interior is very differeH
making them not unlike a Prince Ruperq
drop.
Then, too, during the day, the water MAJ
by melting finds its way into the crevic.99
freezes, and hence expands, and, acting NJ
wedge. forces the berg into fragments.
Much of the ice encountered at sea is d
colored, and often full of dirt and graH
while not infrequently stones are found II
bedded in it.
Along the shores of Labrador, where the
is large rise and fall in the tide, Ice
brought into contact with the bottom, az
mud and seaweed are frozen in with 1t, VIM
at times landsldes precipitate large quantity
OF dirt and stones on its surface.
AS the ice leaves the coast and comes y
the southwark it brings these burdens VII
it, which are deposited on the ocean botto
when the ice melts. As this melting occu
to a great extent over the Grand Banks,
would seem that the deposit from the fie
ice would be greater than that from bergs.
1t is hard to understand why bergs shoul
have foreign substances frozen into them, 4
they are foasAed from snow deposited on IL
frozen surfaces in the interior of Greenland
and hence their thickness is added to froO
their upper surface.
It is possible that in their journey south
the Arctic current they accumulate more
less foreign matter by having it ground INF
their bottoms; but this does not seem prob
Bile, as it is hard to force gravel into ice an
give it permanent hold, while mud accumS
lated in this way would soon be washed ou
Then, too, the largest bergs hpd' their we
around the edges of the Banks, and do NJ
cross, on account of their draught, for onl
an average-size berg crosses the Banks
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05
Nv First Deer
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

venison., l induced the party to go by wa
OF my yesterdays stand, that ! might shoY
them just how the deer had broken cove
and given me the "buck fever"
As we toiled along through the snow, nov
nearly eighteen inches deep, old Dick was N
excellent humor and told us numerous stirrinq
stories of woodland adventures and gave nj
many valuable hints as to how | should acf
in such and such supposed emergencies
When we reached the beaver meadow,
said: 4
"Now, you see. Mr.. Latimer. sat down
at the foot of this big oak, and, when the
hounds got well within hearing, L" !,
"Why, bless mel" interrupted John LatiI
mer ''look there. father"
And he pointed across the opening to the
sapling, where hung the magnificent seven
-pronged buck.
My little ruse had proved a complete sue-
cess; and never in all my life have l seen
people more utterly astonished than were my
three friends. 4
But, being a thoroughly good fellow, the
old hunter was as much delighted as sur
prised at my success, and he seemed reallf,
glad that he had not himself killed SO desr-
able a deer, for he insisted upon giving 1t to
me. >
l returned to my home in blaze of glory
a few days afterward, taking with me the
two splendid deer and the VOLTS pelt, worth
about IS, which added to the State bounty OF
$6, made my chance shot quite profitable
one.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05
ROPANG A TIGER

the one most perfect in handling lasso, was
detailed to make the attempt. The man
handling the tiger was also instructed to as
sist in the dangerous duty, and the pair went
to work.
They located the tiger about stones
throw from the cage in which he had been
confined. The huge brute was crouched I'M
der a box-car between the rails His eyes
shone brightly and looked to his captors as
large as two full moons.
A large dry-goods box was procured, hole
bored in the bottom and the box placed on
its side, convenient to the animal Ones end
of the lasso was showed through the hole and
the Texan threw the rope. His Judgment
was perfect, and the lariat dropped over the
neck and left foreleg of the tiger to nicely.
Srhen the work of landing the animal in the
box began.
He was pulled up to it slowly, and al
though he resisted considerably was at last
safely lodged in the box, but not until he had
torn off one glove worn by the cowboy and
lacerated his hand badly The box was then
nailed up and the tiger hauled away, growl-
ing spitefully.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05
Copyright by James ElversOn.

T@T may sound strangely to the aver
I&I age reader to say that icebergs are
ts4k = more numerous IN warm weather,
k6E1S1a but it takes the summer sun to set
tAsss.zj them adrift and send them Heating
on the ocean, a grand sight to look at but
a fearful menace to vessels
Ice bergs are born every day in every month,
but most of them remain in or near their
native waters for a long time before they
escape and wander to the great lanes OF travel
between here and Europe.
The bergs seen last, summer are from two
to ten years old-that is. they have had an
existence Individually for years, though the
ice from which they are formed is much
older, some of it possibly having been frozen
first a thousand years ago.
Icebergs are born of glaciers, and four out
of five of the floating bergs on the Atlantic
come from Greenland A glacier is a river
OF solid water confined in the depressions
running down the mountain sides.
Soft and powdery snow falls upon the sum-
mits, and though some is evaporated, the
yearly fall is greater than the yearly loss,
and SO the excess is pushed down the slope
into the valleys which possibly at the time
are covered with green, and have afforded
pasture lands for cattle.
The snow gathers in the high valleys and
every day undergoes some degree of the
change which finally transforms it into ice.
Slowly. very slowly, in some cases only a
foot every year, this frozen river flows down
ward. Nothing can stop it, nothing can even
check it.
The process is the same in Switzerland and
Greenland only in Switzerland the glacier
melts when it reaches the lower valley and
feeds rivers; in Greenland the glacier slides
into the ocean. breaks off and becomes an
iceberg and floats away
One of the incidents of an ordinary Alaskan
cruise along the coast is to see the glaciers
break off and fall into the water. They are
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05

kAkA of a boy on farm, but he may
R06MSAI more truly realize his own i'm
kSeSsO portance by reading what Charles
Dudley Warner says about him.
"It is my impression" says Mr. Warner,
chat a farm without boy would soon
come to grief. What boy does is the life
of the farm. He is the faetotum always in
demand, and always expected to do the thou
sand and one things that nobody else will
do. Upon him fall the odds and ends, the
most difficult things. After everybody else
is through, he is to finish up. His work is
like a woman's-perpetualy waiting on
others. Everybody knows how much easier
it is to cook good dinner than to wash the
dishes afterward.
Consider what boy on farm is required
to do-things that must be done, or life
would actually stop. 1t is understood, in
the first place, that he is to do the errands,
to 90 to the store, to the post Office, and to
carry all sorts of messages. If he had as
many legs as the centipede, they would tire
before night.
Gle is the one who spreads the grass as
the men cut it; he slows it away in the
barn; he rides the horse to cultivate the
corn up and down the hot, weary rows; he
brings wood and water and splits klndling;
he gets up the horse and turns out the horse.
Whether he is in the house or out of the
house, there is always something to do.
just before school in the winter he shovels
paths and in the summer he turns the grind
stone. And yet with his mind full OF schemes
Of what he would like to do, and his hands
full of occupation, he is an idle boy who has
nothing to busy himself with but schools
and chores. He would gladly do all the work
If somebody else would do all the chores, he
thinks; and yet | doubt if any boy ever
amounted to anything in the world, or was
Of much use as man, who did not ENJOY
the advantages of liberal education in the
way of chores"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05

parture the circus wagons were being loaded
on the cars. A switch-engine was showing
some cars about, when one of them became
derailed, colliding violently with two cage
wagons, and the cage containing three tigers
was badly damaged. The woodwork was
crushed in leaving hole of sufficient size
for the tigers to get out.
One of the animals leaped from the cage
on to the fiat car, and from there to the
ground. The two remaining ones were about
to follow suit, when the trainer and several
other employees of the circus rushed up 20
the cage and prevented the exit. But one of
the tigers was at large, and as soon as the
fact became generally known stampede Of
the people in the vicinity occurred, while the
circus men rushed to inform the manag ~.
Preparations for the capture of the tiger
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05

TIGER in Tennessee may be set
down as a decided novelty, and the
account of its capture makes an in
teresting story.
The other day circus came to
Knoxville, and on the eve of de-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-05
4 Boy on q Farm

IT is quite likely that no country boy
needs to be told about the life
i of a boy on a farm, but he may
4 more truly realize his own inn
y portance by reading what Charles
Dudley Warner saws about him.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-20
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate on Saturday the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation bill was
reported.
During the further discussion OF the
diplomatic bill several speeches were
made criticising the display OF wealth
by American diplomats abroad.
The diplomatic and consular aPpro-
priation bill was passed. IL carries so.-
520,2S3.
The closing OF Saturdays session oil
the House Was marked by stormy set mes.
Speaker Cannon, despite the protests
of Mr. Williams aud refusing 10 enter
tain demand for a division or a motion
of any kind from him, declared the
House adjourned until Sunday at uoon.
The Speaker left the chair immedI-
alely after letting his gsvel fall, snd
with a smile walked toward Mr. Will
Iiams to say something to him. Mr..
Williams, however, was so iDceosed that
he refused to converse with hin.
A number OF democrats were severe
In their denunciation of the Speaker
action.
Mr.. Williams said the action Of the
Speaker was an outrsge, but the latter
said he had acted under the rules.
The House met yesterday st noon for
the delivery Of eulogies In memory OF
the late Representative Smith, of Illinois.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-20
LabOr's Demands,

New York, April 2O.-The eyes OF
union labor today are fastened upon
Washington, and until Congress adjOurDs
lbs national legislator will continue to
be the center OF interest to workingmen
throughout the country. The workers
want to know what will be the answer
to their demands upon Congress as voiced
at hundreds of monster meetings held
in every city where labor is organized.
Union labor went so far yesterday
as to threaten political del'h to every
representative and senator in Congress
who fails to meet its demands concerning
legislatiou.
Chicpgo, April 2O.--Locsl labor lead
ers today say the uuion labor vote OF
Chicsgo will be in the van of any
movement for the formation of mali )nal
labor party. At the union labor meet
ing Yesterday resolutions we're adopted
calling for Individual and collective
political action In favor (f such candi-
dates 10 The national elections who will
give unqualified support to tie demands
of labor.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-20
Mr.. BRYAN In New York.

New York, April 2O.-Momentous in
the extreme will be the visit to this city
of William Jennings Bryan who reached
here from Utica this morning. Today
he is comforting with leaders of his
party as to the present status of the
stAte organization.
Mr.. Bryan went to the Manhattan
Club where he was the guest at break
fast of Col. Henry WsttersOn, Of Louis
vile. ThiI afternoon he will luuch
with Judge Augustus Van WICK at the
Hamilton Club in Brooklyn. Mr..
Bryan is quoted as saying: 81 am not
in a position to discuss the recent state
convention of the party as | am IN
familiar with conditions at present. |
have not discussed the proposition 10
sb-ogaie the twc-thirds rule at the Dem
yer convention and all statements tn
that effect are untrue. | did not dis
cuss that matter with anybody" Mr..
Bryan positively declined to discuss
either Murphy, Connon, or McCaueu.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-20
ID. A. Z.

The congress Of Daughters of the
American Revolution met in Continental
Hall, Washington, ihi, morning.
The following was the programme OF
todsy's proceedings:
Seventeenth Continental Congress
called to order by the president general,
Mrs. Donald Mclean. Prayer, music,
address Of welcome by the president
general brief responses by Mrs. Theodore
@. Bates, Mrs. Samuel w. Jameson,
Mrs. William L. Stanley, Ms. sallie
Ewing Marshall Hardy, MIS-. Ellen
Spencer Mussey, and Mrs. Samuel Am
mon, address OF welcome to the ID. A.
r. from the 3. A. r by Judge Ander'
son, president, music.
Report of the credentisl committee,
Mrs. Charlotte EmeIsOn Main, ohsir'
man, roll call, report of the programme
committee, Mrs. Richard Jackson Bar
ker, chairman.
Mount Vernon Chapter of this city Is
represented by Mrs. W. A. Smoot,
regent aud Mrs. Stewart Jsmlson, dele
gate.
A number of other members of this
chapter also attended the congress.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-20
UnIted States Steel Company

Hoboken, N. j., April 20.-There
was no trouble at the annual meeting
OF the stockholders of the United States
Steel Company here today, and the re-
port that a committee OF stockholders
would attack the present administration
proved unbranded. There was but one
icket in the field for election, composed
of the present board, aud all were re-
elected 10 hurry. The usual motion
was carried confirming all contracts,
purchases and acts by the management
during the year and especially the pur-
chase of the Tennessee coal, railroad
and iron company properties.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-20

MANY PEOPLE who read about the
great mountain of anthracite coal revealed
by landslide near Alberta Canon, in the
Canadian Northwest, were doubtless sur
prised at this report, and many may
question its accuracy. There is good
reason, however, to accept it at face
value. Geological surveys conducted by
the Canadian government and various
private parties have disclosed the fact
that, on the eastern slope ftbe Canadian
Rockies in the province of Alberta, there
exists an uudeveloped cOslheld probably
much larger than the entire stste OF
Pennsylvania. Should only a fraction
of the deposits prove to be high grade
aud asct ssible, the vast northwestern
districts of both Canada and the United
States would be greatly benefited. In
combination with the enormous water
power of mountain streams out there,
the coal supply may, at some not distant
day Eli those grain cattle andtimber lands
with -four mills, packing houses, canning
factories and lumber mills.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-20
Protest Against Japan

Hong Kong, April 2O-Lssders of
British commercial interests in the orient
are arranging for quiet meeting here
soon to formulate protest to the home
government against the japanese monop-
oily of all opportunity in Korea and
Msnchuris. II will be represented that
the mikado is using the Anglo Japanese
treaty to dsmsge English commerce to
an extent vastly greater than that from
which any other power suffers, though it
is agreed that all are being sacrificed
to japanese greed. London will be
ssked to make strong representation to
Toxic concerning what will be openly
termed the latter government treachery
to its ally, and representatives Of heavy
Interests here do not conceal the hope
that there may be a break between the
two countries as the only means of pro-
teciing them from the islanders political
and commercial trickery. 1t will be
conceded that the japanese press Is prob
ably right in charging British IN the
east with encOuTglDg China's suli-
Japanese boycott. The measure will be
defended as legitimate retaliation for the
treatment the English has suffered from
Japan.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-20
NEGRO SHOT BY GIRL.

In defending herself yesterday, Miss
Ellen 9uartermaD, the fiiteen-yesr-old
daughter of prominent merchant, who
lives in the suburbs OF ThonssYilIe,
Ga, engaged 10 gun duel with negro,
and wounded him. Miss Qusrtermsn
was alone, the family being at church.
when the negro entered the house and
seized her. The girl broke away, ran
into an adjoining room, procured q
shotgun, aud opened FIRE. The negro
ran to the yard and returned the FIRE
with pistol. He shot three times, the
bullets going through the girls dress
She retrested to the house, and, resting
the gun in window, fred sgain, and
The negro dropped. He soon rose and
made OF. Miss Qusrtermsn gave the
alarm, aud posses are trailing the negro
with dogs. Blood has been found IN
several places. The members Of The
posse say the negro will not be turued
oyer 10 the authorities.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1908-04-20

The new marriage law of the Catho-
lie Church went into force in this couu-
try yesterdsy-EsSter Day. 1t is said
to be the most drastic ecclesiastical law
ever promulgated since the Council OF
Trent. No matter what the customs
have been in the past or how long
standing, the new law abolisles them
absolutely. The engagement feature is
enc of the mos interesting, IS every be-
trothal must be in writing and stttsted.
BY bishops aud priests are confined to
the limits of their diocese and parish
special provision is made where a priest
cannot be secured for one month. Just
at the time when marriages and marriage
vows seems to be regarded more lightly
than ever before by so many people, the
'Cstholic Church, the best disciplined of
all the churches, steps 10 and very
properly puts its ban upon the growing
evil and lays down strict regulations for
the observance of one of Gods NEST holy
ordinances.