Valdez daily prospector., 1915-04-14
AN ICEBERG AT SEA.
Ono of the Most Awe Inspiring Spec
 facles tn Nature,

Ono of the Most Awe Inspiring Spec
 tacles ln Nature.
 There is nothing in nature so impos- ing and awe inspiring as the iceberg, writes Lacey Amy in the Wide World Magazine. It gives an overpowering sense of relentless force, of dignity and of brilliance.
 Beneath the suns vivid rays or the dark clouds of threatening storm, in the moons cold beams or dimly through the shadows of moonless night, in calm and tempest-every one of them, from the tiny "growler" to the huge mass of spurs, rouses at first glimpse an awe undiminished by q growing appreciation of its beauty.
 Always before one is the thought that but an eighth of the iceberg's bulk shows above the water, the re- mainder stretching down and down into the blue-green depths and out and out until captains breathe freely only when the horizon is clear of them. Far out in the ocean. with the largest steamers passing swiftly miles inside, they ground upon the bottom tn tre' mendous depths and calmly await the relieving touch of sun and current.
 In the widest seas and strongest gales these frigid mountains float un- disturbed. There could be no seasick- ness on an iceberg, for its foundations are fathoms below the wave disturb ance.
 An Earthquake.
 The horror of experiencing an earth quake has been set down by F. s. Ly- man. who was in the Hawaiian ls- lands some years ago. when there be- gan series of earthquakes on the southern Hanks of so called quiet volcano"
 First the earth swayed to and fro from north to south, then from east to west, then round and round, up and down, and finally in every imaginable direction, for several minutes, every thing crashing around and the trees thrashing as if torn by hurricane. and there was sound as of mighty wind. It was impossible to stand. We had to sit on the ground, bracing with hands and feet to keep from being roll ed over. The villages on the shore were swept away by the great wave that rushed upon the land immediately aft CT the earthquake. e."-Exchange.
 Wonders of the World.
 The seven wonders of the ancient world are: Pyramids of Egypt, the Pharos of Egypt, the Hanging Gar dens of Babylon, the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, the Statue of Jupiter by Phidias. the Mausoleum of Artemisia and the Colossus of Rhodes.
 The seven wonders of the middle ages are: The Coliseum of Rome, the Catacombs of Alexandria, the Great Wall of China, Stonehenge. the Lean- ing Tower of Pisa, the Porcelain Tower of Nanking and the Mosque of St. Sophia in Constantinople.
 The seven new wonders of the world are Wireless, Telephone, Aeroplane. Radium, Antiseptics and Antitoxins, Spectrum Analysis and X Ray ays.-Phil- adelphia Press.
 Getting On.
 How are you getting on with your photographyY
 Well" answered the young man with brown finger tips, "Tm doing bet ter. The snapshot portrait took Of MT. Curmudge must have been recos- nizable."
 You are sure of that?"
 Perfectly, for as soon as Curmudge saw it he said he could whip the man who made that picture"
 Reason Enough.
 Critic tas the composer plays his last piece)-Very fine indeed. But what Is that passage which makes the cold chills run down the back? Composer That is where the wanderer has the hotel bill brought to him.-Fliegende Blatter.
 Too Plain Spoke=.
 He-l wish you'd drop the Mister" and call me plain George She-Oh, but 1t would be unkind to twit you on