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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1691, 22 April 1886, Page 3

: Ac'corcling to tko San PSjancisco GouHer, the great "lacier of Alaska is ''ibb'Vui'g at the rate of ' a quarter oi' ;imle 'per an mini. The! ironi yres^tHs a wall oFjce 500 feet m thicki ness •''its breadth paries from three to 4fei> niih?s, and its length is about 150 4tSile^/ Almost every, quiu'-t'er of an! nWrit'ShiyntfredH of. tons of ie» m large • bifrcfcs ;i fali iii to the ' sba, whi ch th ay iii a - ;:i riiinst'VKtleM manner/ The waves are,sdi(l ; to besuch 'jbhajthjey 4&S* »sib6ut tlic' hirjorest^ Velsslsj wliich approach r i lie!slacieY J as if theyj »w;ere Js^lili i fevt^ ..Tfie ice jr^tremely. '-■ p%e^iid idlizzling to ihe^eye* it ha«f -tints of the'ligiitest bltie as well as of >: tl)e" deepest indigo. The 1 top is veiy trtiiigh and'" bvokeii, r'forimjng small ■Mllai;aiid : c|7en ■chains of Vnio'ijintains IS 1 miniature 1 . This Imiiiensc'mass of *ibe; skid to^'f >c more than'an average l ja- ; th ousaM fe^t 1 tn'ibfc^ advances Vd&ify ioWards 'the sea. "^" i '' v ' t ■. \E vents m Co ( pen*liag9n *appear to be' rajiidlv.crjstalizing", . There hag bften fieriou^'.riptjng,. and; an attempt has oeen made upon the life «»f; {lie .Prime s lpnister^ These: . are . significant incidents. 'ji>; Isto, ; he i)?ofne.ip mind -ttiatthe TDanesare ardnjl, phlegmatic! .yac^^^Theyarein tlie Irajbit.of jcakingi '^ings^uietly, and of accepting condi-| 1 tionjs ratfier-tjmn protesting against; I'tWhi.'^ ; Th ese ;riols and ; pistol ■ shots,! ~&}hef§rp,,siioy: iliat; publiA feeling isj lex^iieflftpja significant :,extentj tnatj veVolatimiiairi the air. A: naturally | people yj hen aroused; v are j ; vniqre. dangerous- than a' .population, /i; „f w }