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NATURE STUDY
SNOW—ICE—FROST
By MRS. THOS. S. SHARP
! “The snow had begun in the
glooming
And busily all the night
Had been heaping field and high
way
With a silence deep and white.”
—Lowell.
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“Hast thou entered into the
Hi treasures of the snow.” —Job 38:
22.
Snow is made up of ice crystals
from water that has frozen in the
clouds. Look at the flakes through
an opera glass or a magnifying
lgass. If you have neither, be
sure to buy a small magnifying
glass at once. You will need it
throughout your Nature Work.
Count the points of the perfect
snow-stars, notice whether the
rays are smooth or covered with
frost work. How many spokes do
I you find in your snow-wheels
Hunt for other shapes.
During a cold snow-storm the
flakes are small and uniform in
size. Each flake starts with six
needles, arranged like a six-point
ed star. Small needles branch
} out from the sides of the first
J needles. The star may become a
J six-sided wheel by the cross need
* les filling all the space between
J the points. Tiny needles may
J later form all over the star. See
J how many shapes you can find.
J The wind may break many
* fakes. Some of the points of the
if stars may melt if the air is warm
J —also, the flakes may stick to-
J gether, forming larger ones that
* make no regular form.
if “The little snow flakes dance and
$ Play,
J They flutter gently down to earth:
J To give the world so far away
* The first few flakes of winter
J birth.”
J —Vivinare Ewing (age 10)
JI England.
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J To give to the trees and shrubs
*- the “ermine too dear for an earl,”
if and to make “the poorest twig on
J the elm tree” to be “ridged inch
J deep with pearl.”—Lowell.
■ “Announced by all the trump-
S ets of the sky
I Arrives the snow, and driving
o’er the fields,
Seems nowhere to alight: the
whited air
Hides hills and woods, the river
and the heaven.”
ICE
Outside, on a window-sill, place
I cups of water. Watch them.
When freezing begins, tip the
cups often so as to see the first
ice that forms. Where does the
first ice form ? Notice the size
and the shape. Is the ice the same
in all the cups ? Before the sur
face is frozen over, pour off the
water. Notice the under surface
of the ice. Is it smooth Is the
upper surface smooth or in ridges ?
Put out a bottle of water, but do
not fill it. Notice where the first
ice appears and how far into the
water the first pieces of ice reach
ice will rise up in the center of
your bottle and form a lump.
- Place a pan of water out on the
porch, for a “pond.” In a pond
ice forms in the same way as it
does in a cup or a bottle. At first
it is in scattered needles, but when
a great number of needles have
formed, the ice is in one sheet.
(Please find this out for youreslf.
Otherwise, it twill be first “book
learning,” and you may forget it
very soon. Learn the joy of ob
serving and experimenting.) Ex
amine the water in your “pond”
just before it is completely froz-
I en over. Are the openings be-
JB tween the “needles” round, or
H long and narrow? Are the edges
of the opening smooth or like saw
teeth Look for these “needles’*
and “combs” of ice on the sides
and bottom of your “pond,”
Have you ever wondered why
ice does not sink to the bottom of
a pond or river until the “water
is solid ice”? After one very cold
winter, what would become of the
fish and other “livint things” in
the water? Tis true that all
fluids when subject to cold be
come slightly heavier, but here
is where God show-s Himself as
our Heavenly Father. Like all
other fluids, water becomes heav
ier when cold. When it reaches
within 4 degrees of freezing, in
tend of increasing its “specific
gravity,” it becomes lighter and \
rises to the surface as ice is form- |
od! Did the water just “think 1
j this out for itself,” and “out of j
11 the kindness of its heart” (where
THE BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS
is its “mind” and where its
; heart” ?) decide to protect its
j “living inhabitants” No the good
All-Father who cares for us here
| below, the great God w’ho “created
all things,” altered His otherwise
j universal law, causing ice to be
i not only non-death dealing, but
actually a wonderful protection to
the fish in their winter habitat,
their “store-house.”
Ps. 33:7—“He (God) gathered
the waters of the sea together
as a heap. He layeth up the deep
in storehouses. “Who hath meas
urde the - waters in the hollow of
his hand?” (Isa. 40:12.)
“Co'd contracts,” we say, but
when water freezes it swells so
that 10 quarts of water becomes
■ 11 quarts of ice. The ice is light
; er than water and so it floats.
Bubbles in ice are made by the
air that was dissolved in the wat
er. In frozen water the air is
driven from the water and held
between the needles of ice- After
a warm rain melting may take
■ place around each bubble until the
j ice is full of holes, and i - eadily j
crumbles to needles.
“The frost looked forth one still,
clear night,
And said: “Now I shall be out of i
sight.
I So through the valley, and over j
the height,
In silence I’ll take my way.
“He went to the windows of those
w’ho slpet,
And over each pane like a fairy |
crept,
Wherever he breathed, wherever j
he stepped,
By the light of the moon were
seen
Most beautiful things: there were
flowers and trees,
There were levies of birds, and
swarms of bees,
There were cities with temples
and towers, and these
All pictured in silver sheen.”
On cold days have you not often
marvelled at the wonderful “pat
terns” or “designs” on your win- j
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“HOW TO SAVE f Jp
MR PODSNAP
1 Disconnect your electric door-bell. What if Vour friends and neighbors do bruise their
knuckles knocking? You’ll save a penny a month. Naturally, a penny saved is a penny
earned. In only eleven years (at compound interest) you’ll earn enough to buy
another door-bell for the back door so you can save TWICE as much by not using it!
2 Sel! your vacuum cleaner and beat your rugs by hand. The money you get for vour
old machine will buy several sturdy beaters, and an ample supply of i: :., C nt Then,
every time you beat ten large rugs, you'll save a whole penny.
You can easily do ten rugs in a couple of days, after you get used to it. The exercise
wiU build you up, even if it does break down the rugs. And the more you beat ’em the
more you save!
°®7 0 "” dio ,The Electric Hour” on Sunday afternoon. Os course, you’ll
■ «ixth * n y and hi * gUCSt Stars 0,1(1 Robert Armbruster’i Orchestra, but you’ll say*
' V, pe ? y e Z try time yOU d 0 tt - In • * ear . that’, nearly to And there’, no
, * ’ “““t® *° Pleasant as those coppers clinking in your pocket!
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dow panes? These ice forms are
made from the steam or watery
vapor in the air. Why are kitchen
windows sometimes covered with
ice when other windows are not
The particular form of the frost
on the window-pane depends upon
the currents of air near the glass.
There are • dainty little fern
leaves,, tiny blossoms, delicate
feathers. Jack frost may be “a
cracker of pipes, and a burstre of
drains,” but he is “a beautiful
painter of window’-panes.”
Frost is not frozen dew’drops,
for dew would freeze in solid
balls. Frost does not fall from
the air like snow, for then it would
cover everything alike and would
I not cling closely to them- It is
made from vapor that becomes
ice when it touches anything
freezing cold. When it becomes
cold whlie a fog is in the air, the
trees and weeds are often cov
ered with a delicate white frost
so that each twig seems coated
with downy feathers. If you are
fortunate enough to live near a
stream, you may often see this
feathery frost on the overhanging
bushes. Why ?
When the sun shines upon frost
coated spruce, pine or hemlock,
you will have a vision of loveli
ness, glistening crystals of froz
en ice” Tangled masses of twigs
ami branches, touched by the
frost, become' like a silver foun
tain.
“Every pine and fir and hemlock”
Wears “jewels fit for a king.”
On what does frost show most
plainly ? Is there any on the bare
ground? Is the frost in a white
coating like paint, in grains like
flour, in, stars and wheels like
snow, in needles like ice? Put
out a board so as to have it cov
ered with frost. Look for flat
particles of frost- How many
straight sides has one of the par
tiqles Do you find any frost
stgrs, rosettes? Do the frost par
ticles lie flat on their sides or do
the stand on end? (Use_ your
magnifying glass and make notes.)
Does frost on the grass glitter as
much as that on a plank or fence
How does frost look at a distance? j
Watch High Top, the Craggies, 1
and uor other mountains.
“I feel that His embrace
: ' Slides down by thrills, through all
- | things made,
i Through sight and sound of every
i ; place.
1 ; “As if my mother laid
; in my shut lids her kisses’ pres
i sure.
• Half waking me at night; and
said, ;
> Elizabeth B. Browning.
i Read: Lowells “The First Snow
s j fall,” Emerson’s “The Snow
-1 Storm,” and Whittier’s “Snow-
Bound.”
(Copyrighted)
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i Women’s Club M** f
1 At Swannanoa Tuesday
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* The January meeting of the
1 Swannanoa Women’s club met on
' Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock
> at the home of Mrs. T. J. Hunter.
1 Mrs. Roy Alexander, president,
■ conducted the meeting
- Following a short business ses-
I sion the program was presented
1 >,y the art department Mrs. Hunt
-1 er chairman, and featured a talk
1 on “The Practical Application of
Art in the Home.” Following the
program, refreshments were
served by the hostess committee
1 composed of Mrs. Arthur Banner
man. Mrs. A1 Basterache, Mrs. W.
11. McMurray, and Mrs. Arnold
The executive committee of the
club will meet at 3:15 for a busi
ness session.
“CHICARY CHIC”
CHA LA, CHA LA
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Is me, says W. M. Mills of
down Swannanoa way, who is
rcr.'ly in the chick business-
Mr. Mills has just sold 400
“eating” size chicks and then
turned right around and bought
5,000 more baby chicks. Mr. Mills
an expert at raising chicks and
his past records really show it.
These 400 chicks he sold this
week averaged four pounds each
and are still real young chicks.
For further details you can call
on Mr. Mills and he can tell you
how it is done.
Lionism is a big and helpful
brother to every worthy endeavor.
| and a valuable assistant in the
growth of communities.
Thursday, January 17, ]rJ
ST. MARGARET MA J
CATHOLIC CHURCm
REV. MICHAEL A. CARF.yH
BASIUK |
SUNDAY MASS 9:00 A.
FOLLOWED BY BENEDItInB
OF THE {■
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GROVEMONT No
REV. MICHAEL A. CAREY I
SWANNANOA, N. C. BOX mi
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