Show GLACIAL ACTION one of the most interesting papers presented before the american association for the advancement of science assembled at it buffalo was that of prof newbury on the glacial epoch in the valley of the tho mississippi the facts which he reported may bo be epitomized as 13 follows journal of commerce Corn meroe merce first throughout tho northern part 1 of tho valley of tho the mississippi and in j the lake basin whenever the superficial material is removed the surface of tho the underlying rock if protected from atmospheric influences is found to be planed down smooth or striated and furrowed in a peculiar manner and evidently vi dently by one great cause the furrows spoken of are sometimes afoot a foot or more in depth and continuous for long distances are excavated in vertical as well as horizontal surfaces are generally parallel among themselves varying in direction with the typography of tho the country on the islands in lake erie having bavido tile the direction of the major axis of the lakes second the valleys of most of the streams in this region at the tho time the general surface was planed and furrowed was excavated to a depth sometimes as great as one hundred and fifty feet below the present stream beds third lying on tho the planed and grooved surface of tho the rocks and partially filling the eroded valleys are aro what are known as the drift deposits consisting of first and lowest blue stratified clays with trunks and fragments of coniferous wood second yellow sands clays and gravel accurately stratified third elrd boulders bou idera iders often of large size generally of cryst crystalline alfine rocks brought from the far north these latter often in groups and lying oil ori the surface of the ground fourth in a few localities in tho interior of the tho glacial area and in many along its southern i margin beds of stra tilled bravel gravel grav brav el and boulders boul dors tre ire found resting on the giar glar glacial dal lal stir surface face nace forming true truo Imo moraines mo raines 31 i from the tho extent and uniformity of the tho of the tho rock surface tho the continuity and parallelism of the tho furrows on the horizontal and vertical faces in short from the absolute identity of or these markings with those he had observed under glaciers ho he could not doubt that they were formed by ice and that in sheets and masses of great extent and thickness moving slowly but constantly from the north towards the south as a general rulo but locally along lines of drainage or depression at the west end of lake erie eric the bearing of most of the glacial furrows was ten degrees north of east and all the inko lake bottom where visible was marked by them the basins of all the lakes had like thia this been all or in part excavated cava ted by this agent at a certain period an elevation of temperature melted thia continental glacier and formed in its a great I 1 inland land laud lake or sea of fresh water from which the stratified clays covering the glacial surface were deposited and the ladds lands spread over them then the tho overlaying gravel and boulders were transported from fro nithe the north borth and since the stratified deposits beneath them were everywhere undisturbed they must have been floa floated tiDd down and dropped to their resting places fron from above this could only have havo b a vo been done by icebergs was their legitimate 0 work and just what they are every day doing on tho the banks of newfoundland wo we have therefore evidence that icebergs floated southward on thi this inland land sea receiving their loads ot 0 granite greenstone quartz copper ae where they were detached irom the tile parent mass masa in the I 1 ake superior country discharging them on the southern shore now tho the slopes of the tho southern margin of the tho lake basin the waters of this inland sea were gradually drained off and its ity it area diminished mini shed to that of its present representative but the lake ridges ancient beaches which surround the lake jake 0 at different elevations prove that at a comparatively lato late period the fhe water surface in the lake bamin banin ha min nin was wa basone sona sone one hundred feet neet or more moro holier thun now und and all our lakes hikes were united in one the causo cauro wil wit which leh ieh I 1 induced tito ritt t the he forin formation a of or me tho great glacier i of the drift ep epoch h was a depression of tho the mean an ail nual temperature tem grature over the watershed water shed from which flow the columbia yukon mckenzie McK mek enzio enzlo saskatchewan bt st lawrence mississippi and its t tributaries tributa rles ries by which which tho the water that now forms forma these streams was arrested and accumulated in enormous masses of ice there was no general ico period as south of a certain isothermal line near lat 3 38 no tram traces of glaciers are discoverable erabio erable and the fauna and flora of a temperate climate continued to exist an elevation of this part of tho the continent would be sufficient to produce all tho the phenomena of tho the iee ico period it would provide a vast condenser eon ton denser of at moisture and produce a degree of cold sufficient to convert that moisture into ice the tho great depth of the river valleys prove during the ice lee period the drainage was much more free than now and it is difficult to account for tb tho the great reat depth of the channels of the hudson 11 ii son the mississippi and the columbia on any other hypothesis A subsequent depression would supply the succeeding chain of events the previous geologic do history of the continent proves that similar oscillations of level were many times repeated on the western coast evidence had been obtained by prof N that the glaciers which now occupy only a few high valleys north of the columbia once extended far south into california and as low as feet belo beio below w the snow line not moro more than twenty years since it was a criminal offense in connecticut to play billiards or keep a table for the use of and about ten years ago a circus company could not rido tide in this state without the forfeiture of all the horses ac of tho the company thirty years ngo ago agnau X ali ail all aU ilip iilo labor and andi vain recreation i was by law jaw forbidden on either cither dastoor fasts or thanksgiving days dass and many manyi was waa the tho culprit who graced the justices office an tha tho mornings following gwng those days about that time the law was repealed which denied to Universal iata tl the a right to testify in courts ot justice etwas contended that persons who did not believe in a state of future punishment y could not be depended on to tell the thith truth up to that time at nt every election each candidate was required to be voted for on a separate written i ballot and it consumed the whole day to vote for tho the whole ticket columbia register tire THE LUTHERAN IN PARIS ten years yeas afo there ivere ivero were but eight lutheran ministers in paris and only four lutheran churches now the number of ministers is twe twenty lity and the have under their charge fourteen four tein churches and chapels vast numbers of german laborers have been attracted attract to paris within a fow few years and the whole population has been rapidly increasing tho the french government at itt its own expense eapen ic has recently ine lne fine ino church for the lutherans Luth erans and ond has legally transferred it to their uee use WHAT is progressive agil agriculture cup oun the tho now new york observer dils dvis answers this question ina lna in a few words but very comprehensive as follows at under its influence spring up tabt tast tasty a and hid fid convenient dwellings adorned wick with shrubs and flowers hewers ana and and beautiful with withe in with the smiles of happy wives tidy children ihl ibl i the lap of thoughtful ager age r broad hearts and acts as well as words of or wei wel welcome coine progressive agriculture builds barns and puts gutters on them builds stables for cattle and raises roote to feed them it grafts wild apple appio trees bythe bytho by the meadow with pippins or green ings it seta out new orchards and takes keg kes care of the old ones it drains low lands cuts down bushes buys buss n mower house tools and wagons keeps good fences and practices boll soiling 1 g it dt makes hens bens lay chickens chic kins live and prevents swine from rooting up meadows nica dows progressive agriculture keeps on hand plenty of dry fuel and brings la in the oven ovan wood for the woman it plows deeply sows bows plentifully harrows evenly and arla aria prays for the of heaven finally it fuh sub eribes for good religious ligi ous and family journals furn turn I 1 il 9 and pa bavm f or in ind in advance vance advocates ud v coratee free all nil bild 1 I al wll wit ys takes taken sumo fumo thing think baldes the tho family 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