FOR----. . ` _ 019- LGROQERIES ' -:-d.'uJ-.oN- 8.H.REYN0lll8, _ Corner of Marv andmnzabem sm. and. Right Prices . . . 3; 3 I MIIIIKMIWS DRUG STIIRE 3'. ; . 92 nU'NLoP s'r., BARBIE. $ WEIJIJINIE ITATIBNERY ee;y two years. -1.-- CVUIJ svvv u.---- The eyes change. Glasses exactly right last year may be injurious now. Whether you wear glasses or not your eyes . Ihould. be examined _at least` once every two years. We are eye-experts. We can afford you -' - -.--A. _2_._I.L T|-I-IE ADVANCE Statjonefy, and, of course, will rquire theCORRECT style. This is the only kind We print. and we -v"` The great northern woodul mapped in snow atnd_;i 10!` `~93! ' momhs the first. rvvmter J.e:r!ol_4l"- worked in the 10881118-03139.: and 13!! wand it difficult _%tp;. d:o Itho 7 assigned him, to: 1vt u_1'olvff amps over the` snow yndjipg carry the -workmexvs xmplexxyeutse Axeg and crowbars were qo_wt;!wn__:_|ev 1y getting du-.11. amd Jerrold took them to -the "snrit*11s".8h0P.9.A`9'*9 Glow to" the oa1np'Dou'de1'. halt_ a mite away from _the`logginbg_ 9pq!;a- m::;s1'.x0ld was no choose)` 0`! his '1 {or he was poor and depgndent 1- I_%p.t)n his small wages Mr 110 h.,9|l!l`t1'i,3 of life. Though scarcely "seventeen; he nevertheless. `W9-5 , 3'T933_f-,_ _-`V. sturdy. The work at log`-`d_rive1_$ Olj. "cutter could not. have` laden `harder than the ma!1i11.d id- .ti9, h _W"`P` called upon to per-orm`._._EV0_i, 130-; in camp seemed` ti? 013181591` -him. "'5 ' , ' - I ...4\nmn'UIlIlI and \Irni.fll'l', ZZVjInc wu- EXPERT OPTICIAN. BARRIE . If you are contemplating ma.tri_mpny you will be interested in Wedding are prepred to satisfy you as to ..qu_ality Valid 1'23 ,:_DU1I9QPL Sunni`; seemed` ti? 011081991`-3.113. "'5 a special messenger and wai-to`:-. Jrrold` did not grumble; .ow_utw'a..!`|d-1 \ ly, for he had 508855 fr .t.h,-"W'.i,ti at-a time when he was oo`ld. hungry. and destitute. ...,, _..... ....-.. -H-u Hr harm-" anu (wstuuua. ' u ` L "Yes, you can try 11: here., `ioreman had replied. fivut you'll ` get enough of it. -Camp-bdy-I gII_IlV.-1' satay hcrelotng. I suppose tllj-.1303! drive them too hard." " ' J I--- `.1.-. .t.h, positiocn become almoait-V wnbenr-_ QIIVU l1J\`uJ bvv -can-so -- Then he had laughed harsh-lyuud Jerrold had coloreld to? the mobs 01: his hair; -`out he accepted `the `posi- tion. It had been six m'onIths- of hard, grinding labor and lilbtle `-pnw. He scarcely. had .eno1_1gh ahead;t`op_ay_ his way down to Ottawa.` . " ` T -"P11 stick it `ou~t,till spring." he said grlmly; "them I'll go.~ ' ; But the work acoumulated. and able. One day the climax was reach- ed when he was sent five mils`: up, the river with a message to anohher` gang of men. There gw-as a r'a8i!\! blizzard, and the boy nearly lost hus life in the tramp. 7 Whemyhe finally returned he had ~deicid:eJdl `to hand in his resignation. He _"stal_ked% angxi-ly` toward the 1oreman a .o_a.`oin ' ;e`n to tell him that he was going` `F0 quit and wantedhis money. I m. L... ..--..u....A Hm cabin -he quit and wantecyxua uwu.v,. When he reached the cabin -`he heard a groan from the -insigl. A` rough voice growled. "Gqme inmnd shut the door I What do you want | !Oh, it s you, is it 9 ( '_ . Jerrogd sstood irresolute. The big <----- ___ LEVER % Consumption an Pneumonia, La G |IUl\ l.l.|l\a it u-...-._ _, the cabin he "-'"` ' _"_" '"-v L . . _ mud `mm inside_ A "Yes. xx you stxok to that you "ough "COMO ii: and .oo'u`ldn t '88?-v109t-" - V. .' .. -hut the what do want *1 The two .looke'd'~ at each other ii: .1 ' silence for a.,.mw momn-ts. Jerrold I 9" J<-.rrol_d stood T.:Iig`__ we wNuii'rA% .. - : T `._,t. ._ V . n. `v The Cougiaonsi isimeiias they ca.n.be Tdilet Soapsfos {which you__hav E52" dint i-none!` 73er'y..Jgv'e_ek. ` _ SOAPS for nothing,- J . _ Ask yout`.gfoce"tv'fOr paxticulars or write us for .Premi\im List. A gift is of little value if it consists of something you have to use for. - ` - - .- . . - - ,. ..-;_s;,_;' ;-_ _-. ..'........:;:..... ....... hear` anti Users of `can get` inzxchang e_for:A_Sunlight Sop` Coupnij T use every The Scourge :1 and climate |s nnorruzns unmzn. rnomo. ,My lungs and every organ 0 `diseased and wa.sted.. Fr Dr. Slocum Co. . _ hoto and testimonial _ I am sending you my p _ herewith for your great remedy PSYC.HIN_}f_2. Yes, I was about 28 your remedies did wonders for me. ` or 3o yea.rs of age when I took PSYCHINE. The doctors bed given meup is an incurable consumptive. f the -body were ten-ibtl V iends and neighbors thought I'd never get better. But P_-\SYCHINE`~`saved me. My lungs have never y/bothered `me fog: lyeux-Q,` and ; Psvcl-HNE ia I"p'erm Im.eIttIcure.: , y _ _ f `_ . . ,-'u,I_I_e_.f .AI.I.zz|_I-tTcA_lIe;I_oI:.'- DI-It UIIU Cut up u... ___ _ , I this sands of, lotion on me at ofco` t!t|?r|h: to ;.tho% manur- alldlod soxcollonco .61 Puychluo In orudlcatlncnnd prpvontlng Lula- ---i.9f~th-?Th~#?-E!-!m;9h-at '\,v : _ F ., ,\..~| ,. 5.. .>., ,._ 3 , . ` _, . ~' :1, _ k 7- ._ \ I . This Is but ono%outof`th' o thong-; - ~- %--h-- -m % -mar at. thin foreman. was -stretohcd_ aux a math got. writh-i:1~g;in pa.in._ - % . 'Wel1.`+yiru` got `that ..messa.'o: to the d_the_'r g.a::1g 1" _oontint`1ec_l_thh_e vgning` wa.sh`t ' in I sag % y_ovre `o;d_ fmtemazn. >11't was pna_'tty`" r"pughtr`n_-_ Vahid tirdd. `Weill . ` "a. miniie 3 T ' A;_-..-.: -:... .....:-. mu] `& mlnuus." . .. v Tho man groaned "in; pa.'ui can)d struggled for 6. moment `to pooutgok . i A I ____;_-A.!....-. Inna (II|*": nun~wu.~ _ W T "This'rheuImatism has got ` `me again)? "he moaned; ' "and I'm done tor `until spring. I can't doa thing now.` It I could` get down `to` Ot- tu{w.a. _ and get goms at the medicine -the doctor told me about, Iuumighlt pull "thr"au-gh.' `But (I 'can`t 'gb.-a'nd none of the men can Toe 'tr_.uste.d. , ;_W\hy oovu~ldn`t one ot;;tl;em got ? asked Jerrold. ' , t " N5" ' uuvu _ n `l1..-....uu4s 41:15:19!` In-vr !!- 8482811 aurruuu. . Why! _ Because theg d never me I turn. Dist you ever; knovyq or elim- berman getting away in `the m_,id of the season and revtwrning! There`: too mugsh d o~'m'g_ in 0tt,d.\`~r`a, f,Bsmes. I" paid` ,t.heJm'* off last` ..we`ek. _'.\I_ _ and they've got `their ' money: .w.ith them. '_1`he=y d' like to tinde. place -to spend it}: it." . . Jerro`ld a face worked a. little as he watched the `spasms qt `t_he- sick man. He was suffering from rthq cold and exhauion ;hix:'ialf ; Tout stihl `(sight at: smother in pain m`a.de__' him- paxtly forget his . A ? 11.. ....a.lnmIu nnind 1118 head. puruy Luxgou -unv ........, He suddenly raisapd his head. `and sta.~mmered: Oouldn t-ooul-dn t I` go` and `get the`- medicine?` I-" ~I ,- V"Yo`u3 dWh,'y`.`-I you're only a.fago'y." Jerrold lu;shod."a.mId answered '9. little sharply: A"Butt I've bepn do"- ing a. xnam s work all winter. I don't think any of your mem mould tramp -through this 1"alizzard"-bett_1Aar`~!_th.an% did." . 9_v\ 3'1 wn LL- 2--uu- _l `Jain: "True. true. murmured the fore- man. 'Fact is. -you have been -3.` pretty good worker 'a.ll.win~t`er. I've noticed it`;` but I was too busy. to say anything. _ I don`-t. know-," though 4, -`-I don`t know all a."aoutt' Ithit. trip. It s dim-gerous._ You might` get Lost and eaten up by the -wolves. "Doesn't the river "go straight. dovn to the city 3 L ~-- - us _.-. ..va.:..1. .+....`n-mt van; of this country 3 Tuberculpsls or 5x A'Bathurst St., London, July Stfeet Elly an III we; fit, ' photo [and `psvcumn. era me.` I zvas {bout I) PSYCHINE. - - -----4.63:5`; 'y6u= get something ke .wolve8.\a` ., I > ` . . k to mt t'he'n_ orqce more skated overthe -rery ` ` 5' smooth ioe._ Long before dusk of the ` - V .,-. early evening he was in x `Ottawa. u`rM m There was no need to hurry about nu... :..a.. nun +3111 .2... .-;. A1`... .:L.. n -ml 1-n.lu1-I-n nnrhr Hm _m |his'pu1-chases.` for he was to rest (.1103 e -19:` river` isjsmooth` and `hard. and Ijuae ii pair ot*"ska~tes with met '1 I could .-.ska.1t_<> down `to 0t't q.wmf" '-j `But the blizzard may cover the --._ILl nu`-lI`Q 59 g ` No; Viae` across. the `I smooth as 1 i The face .0 smooth as cw-1-.i - of the foreman brighten- ed, lie suddenly_ra.ised himself on tan` :bow.v' and `sand.- "See here. my- your You've. got boy. it yau* w.mi 36 down get thiit medicine ftari me`. -Pl}: dmble right `tint! `tn yhu"-~n`ot' afraid I of .gx_xy-thigig. Come now. will you `iyand re.turx_1`I" i , _ an 'I'.._-.I4I nun- `IJIII LVJIUKIIO "If I" go I'll return." Jerrold an- ti swered. noticing the suspicious ring V in the man`s. voice. . A S uAnd yous. 80.! ' - - _.: Yes. in the morningl it the snow has stoppedtalling." "` " ~ "Fifteen "km-inutes later Jerrold. walked away from the.foreman s ca-_ bin` to res-t and prepare =1-orf-th'e,`l`oug. jo*u'rriey.' When ' "he i'e`leoterl.~..:"he` smiled a. little. He had enteretd.-the throw upphiavjdo. and he vlett itwith _ 'a harder duty to perform !tha.-n any assigned `to him `that winter. Butt i.t will be a sort `of 'h`ol-iday. he;=`rel_asotn-' v fed to himseltg "I love to skate. and it the wind dbiesznltz change I'll have it -at my back all the way d'ovwn.` . The wind "had not changed by `the - morning. `Jerrold was ` nip ibeitonq sunrise to study the sky and clouds.7 ' I Itvwas a cold.- crisp mornings with | all` signs ot_ storm! -gone. He` atehis V early breakfast alone. strapped a- lgundle of food and water on his back 1 and within` an hour was -on the ice, I _ The wind had swept the snow from the river, and it was clear skating ' ahead . Jerroldhaid `tried 11-idislzaates I scarcely once all winter. and he `flung- ` himself into the pleasure of `tabs exer- '5 cise with all his energ-`y.`It' was an 9 ideal scene and day for the sport. - Q .u,,I L!` , "No dainger of?wo1_V r-es in thi-alight lhe mu-ttered,a.s he sped along`. Then the_ sun game up. and the, woods were resplendent with the glistening; snow and ice.` Five. Ptern. fifteen. twenty? miles `were covered before` Jeuold eve`: st-nlnmifior :1 rest. Then . he sat down in the sunshinoand ate. his dinner. - A- :9` nla puru[IuBV. LUI III! YV` B U`: `.4 day in the, cityo. and return early the v lollowing morning. Among his pur- ll chases tor the foreman` besides Itlhe medicine t'o~a.l1ay the pain of his rheumatism. was tenyards of un- iileaehed `muslin to be used for bam- ~ ldages; When he gathered all of his small packages V together Jerrold found that he had a formidoiole load. - "I. ought `to have a -sled tor *tahetm."` ` the murmured, ' ` ` i * `As he sa'._id this he `passed. astore , where brightly painted sleds and l bobs were displayed in bewildering ' - err-ay. Jerrold was only -seventeen. and therefore not 'to`o"old to appreci- ate the pleasure ,of coasting. When- he saiw the sledas. and `thought of .`tIhc' -tine coasting he might `have on .'the river `banks by-the logging camp. he etc-pped and pondered. The foreman _ had `given him` five dollars to mag- ` take the trip,` Why not Tanya -sleld s and earvyioack his `purchases it! t n a,uL ,__j_ L2. ..'.:n"i_ghtly painted sled, on wrhioh; was The'fol1dw=ing mom:nin.g bright and. n early. ajsolitary skater left the ioitty o of ttawa. dragging behind him a s.tra.pped a few -packagrges. Often Jer- rold would turn his head to glance admiringiy at his sled. Every tem_or::`,. tiiitgen minutes he would -propel. .`:i`l: I '1orwa.1d andi take` :1 flying leap it` to coast along the sx_noo`.th ice; V, v I av vs: w-...~_ ..-__,`_ In {his `way"he.rproceeded. up the river: .mak-in`-.g .pleasure o-t_ _hi~s tri p,* and cove-ring nearly aslmuoh gro1in1,.. gs if he had skaitedsoornatinually. W163 V cheeks ushed and eyes burning brightly he soon/Eorygot all about -the` hard times _1;e_-h_ad "ac-Len .'thm`u'gh_ the Lpasit_winter, V` . f : L` f % {At i noun he stopped toAeiaJ;'. ;his' .luno;h. X `Her spread`out his~s'zmp1e-x;_e- `past on the sled..axid. sitting -`on; -the % ;tr_u;nk of.a.,-t1-eev. e`aj6ye1.Lhims;1;r;:v:t2`fy` mu_yoh_. The T.tempitiz.ti-own, .to 1; linggr-& V `it-Iirg ' ';i:_/trift. " dit1d~-1$`owaa o.;oorui5le j ; '6I_h `"~'*fa1t9r"*u;.`-the ratuljgn gjgig: l W ` 3% 1 `JV o~a;n'u. sinus. ~ . > wind is sweeping \ it `river,-_,. and the ice is as IKETQB wluu uuvu .. .___i_ to 0t't o~an`t!. skate. \ ? ADVANCE and A 1 ' `, mean; 11` ;;found qnerq-I-`his ta;-1-un-;;,< 1: '_ `rs broken - :i`n.~ha.l;t`.{ Hehpioked it up : < : ulcllonoked ruefully at `it. :1!" L it had a `strap he "might. have." _ "fixed. it`; rthe|:ste'el rum1er~coul\! not be ' V ' "How shall I get back ? .`"was the tirpt question that occurred to boy. He asked himself this with a. little frightened. Imiver `in his wnioe. r'l`hen._ as it to answer it. he aid- ed. "I, must hurryl up. -'or it win `be dark be-tome I get there. `I-must` ekaxeon one `too . 1__._.L _....... .-`0411-4` l5KaLD`\ilu vnv kuvu. _. ` I _ - "Skating on` one foot _may"a-ffordg. t peasvure to some. but one does not. . make much.p1-ogress -- thereby. _ L \voimded' 'bind`= can do_e)qua|1y well; in `t_lyingas a boy on one skate. Joli-' told soon found ._ this out, and then: . he tried sledding. pushing himself ` with one oort while- he rested. his . bodyon tne'ne"w sled. "'1`his_.likewise- . was a slow method` of locomotion. E Anxiously the boy glanced up at the sky. The sun was rapidly leap- pearing beh-ind the. ..woods-. -and night , was approanhing. He still was a long. distance from camp. There ap-. `parently was no way to make better progress," and Jerrold grew more worried as the sunslowly sunk. If I don't appear at camp by dusk. I wonder if some of -the men: will come part of the way to meet me. he relleetedi They knawi `Pma coming back to-day. and that thenel. - - ---A-_ `:e..-... .....|..m... nan this river is danger from wolves _on.;th:e river 0 utter dark}? - . ` . } With the somewhat forlorn "hope; in` mind. he made desperate efforts to slide and `run. along. using iaothfi the sled and the one The wind fortunately had ishitlted since the pre- vious day, `and -it now was-blowing a_ steady galenp the river. This made; : hisprogress easier. .:~ ' - 23' 5 The ..sun finally disappeared emtire-`_ i ly fro`m':v_ie.w. and the first signs oy, ; an early dusk crept: down from the _ woods. casting. the western part of . the river` in gloom. ~The. sight `oi it ' made Jerrold ` shudder. He must be ' ten miles from the camp; Withnigihst` actually upon "him he-`had good rea- son `-`to shudder. V V ` Thefirst for-away `yelp of the " `wolves came only too soon. It was responded `to by others. and within halt an hour the woods seemed to echo with the `blood-ourillingz I The cold perspiration stoodout on I Jerrold`s forehead. and he breathed. ' '0. short prayer. He had two heavy sticks on the-sled. with which `he, in- tended to defend himself `to the last; but `they were poor. implements for such an_ emergency. - . LI.` _.....- -a `avg. -.._ 7 __ Driven to desperation by the near M15 ness of the wolves sw*a.1'*m'mg'down` to not the river's edge from nearly [every n`, side Jetrroldi finally stopped in ex- haustion and tried to think. ` tm "licwnnott run away from them." in he said slowly. "and. I can't defenlds die myselt with these sticks. I must da, outwit them. But how?" ` Almost as soon. as the words were out of his mouth ablast of wind Pl blevw off his hat. and that simple act hrorught him to his senses. He pick- ed` u~p`the hat. and exclaimed. "I ll `do it! Thut`s my only! hope. ac - Within a few seconds he had ,u1n- ' rolled the yards of unZ'>leached~mus- ' lin which he was carrying `back to l the foreman. One end he fastened to v astick. and then doubling it he (3 tied the other end t'o a..s_econd stick. ,. The sticks were fastened in an up- : right position on the sled. butlt was :3 hard work to make. them stay. '1`-he e wind suddenly catching the balloon- ? like sail. swung the sled around; via.- .a lently. ' ~ 3 -.71` its Jerrold realized`that he had rig- l- ged. up an ice-boati that uwould run` 1' like the wind. but it `also would turn is around easily and spoil everything. ld There was little. time to work," for re _Tihere was no opportunity to "rig md up a` steering arrangcmeent. and :13 `Jerrold had to lie flat on this sto- sll. mack and hold the sticks secu.re_ly Bi- in their uipright *po si_tion. endrgmide en` his strange craft with his feet dreg- . the ging be-h-ind. When he sw.un'g `the he sled up beiiore the wind. the sail he `oellied `out. ` d in a moment the ion crait was `gliding swiftly; acres the - `ice. i s M ' ' . leid A dozen `wolves sprang; out of the }RAo"of= YouI?7()-\s'fn%`Bnrn ' :10 costly `labor, no ext:-ha expeue. to ` l>ntcrson s- % %Wirc% Edge _ , .. --` N 15:1! are nails. ti-n 7 qgld upun cement to comxglete. "3 3,5, m you_need.in a`hImmer.r_7IIid you an {act ham. chicken houoe..dIi1'!- "34 gg1iah3'you'ue1l. ' ` t -n #_.__ a..t.'. honor`! {ux-ite."1l8. `BBC '31 IIICQ U`'`' . ` Anyway, emu: `non sumo! #3.." $9?-5".A"" _-:39: n'.`r;'g'enod;o".'Wit 1lid7'<"' L-R ` ;.: V` :3. "29.- E, J 13D.K`L'U"\.I.a.y. Gilli. Iaauuuv -v.-v- -~ from wolves V 199.419.. th`9, ` ` *-'2.-.;~. . I1 drand chased o.teu' him. _ 1 Jerrold gave a little"exu*ltan1t cry of happiness as he dashed acrosd the! ice. In vain the wolves tried `to over:take- him. When they approI6h- ,ed dangerously near a.little_ pressure `---I-- A. $1. ... ..:n}-.4 nr Iaftl dano o*viax`v"t1i`e: 1=oz:;?~"rm;ei . `:01 one foot; on the ice wiqirld guide -OI uuv, l.llIlI.`\n|.I -uuv ..... ....-_..___ _,_ `the sled sharply to.'t.'e right or let. g'l`he wolve. .ui1aI.:'>1e_ to tu1"nj- so 134-; _.pidly. would ., s`1i.de an in a. straight line for a. hufndred yands. " n._-a.:-... T4-uuvvtln` won An- H3115 ll)!` U. Illhuuxvu _,..-.....-- , By these` tactics Jerrold was en- abted to gain on `his pursuers. -and? in 5. short. time `they were left _ in the rein`; butt thevalarm had` been- passed down the whole line, and ather wolves appeared ahead to in- .tercept; his pr_ogress. YITELL l._..4~. 'n1scnnI`l`|l1 :`l'|f;ffIP.a+- 1 Lll 151; .I. vac. ; With true `eowa.rdly' instincts. the; 7 wolves did -no`tt_ s_ta.nnd directly in the- why of the approaching craft. "7.->ul:;; 1. "waited `until `it. passed them. and} snp.pped:atv the~ho'ysA-legs`. on T twice their e tee-'th lzorel his clothes; '1 but they last thercuce by ltheif co-j " wardiee. They never could overtake ~the fly~in ioelooat. A single jump from ahead would have land-_< ~ ed any game of them rj-an the boys I back. and the rapes -would have been, ended. But" they. were a.tr_aiid. of thief` _ gfeat, White doject flying befdne the? wind. and t-hey~d1d not `dare `to `take the 1'l8k.' .,'__ . .. ~ ` _ `Half an hour later Jerrold flew-. T past what seemed `to be the last line 01 wolves. Then he heard the roar of a. gun. and saw. a flash of light. . Vln.sfcan'tlw there irks a shout -from I. near the bank . '-and -the boy-"knew that he had met the lumfoermen. --H- ._...L. L- ununlb I-..:rn ` (ail. I19 Luasl uuuv nus. auu-....v-- They had some OWU to mleeit `h-im. expecting .-that . aomelthiing ' had ha? pened; but they were nt~`P*1P -"`.*` for the w`-hi~te, ghost ,'U1aut Suddlbf upvpeamd out qf. the-darkness; Tih-y ` ., _:~_u 4...; 1.4. 3...`: .-.. ivilro wn|vpn-4n.'nd Wm `ll-IIL Ialln \-nnnnu-v--~-u ---`, had shot ht (an? of "the wolves.` an then st'o'od -petri-ea with weme; V and astnn-ishment. : When] J,e;1-.rold~ -'araugh~t his craft around nd..~=drag:g it `towand the share the men wex~e__inclin_wd _.to' shiorw m`_o\re `oi-'.it' `than'of the wolves. In a few `mom-guts thewywere satis- fied that `there Wa nothing super-, natural about the rig. and oungratu-" lated thbboy on his `epba-pe._. t- ' throrugsh. agjd : ~' I81`! (135 klqy \u1.uJn Uu}nn___- _ In his cabin `the: mreman of this camp listened with astonishment to Jea`r6lId s story. when he was 117; `*W;l1; y6'u re worth two men. W need reuows with ideas `mp .he'm-; Who else would have thought of. A -_ J _...--- .-.4-.-o \-an`: such .a.`strickA`I And you say (you didn t lose the medicine or spoil the muslin for the ? ~, No. `they're -L `both here._ ' Jerrold answered. The muslin is frayed a little on "the ends, bmt ndt enough ;;`.;;uJu:-if ' " "Wonderful, wonderful. muttereild the tmemn. as hes 1'uf.:rbe` ach-, ?ing- lyimbs Wi"th th8-`1".h8`l11I1sa. ti8!n me} dicino. "I wan_ t forget it 9. Long `day. you'Wither. : OOOOOOVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV-' ' ' 1 3 With 3 ii"iisa %VRunner. _.'g -: nag: Q -11' noun: 101-: MELTING A- ? % % %wAv scunm-vx.s'rs AND mxnoamns mamx ran? an A ulunmn. 1313;?- ~ rumxcm _ Physical geographers are asking ' whether we are now witnessing the gradnal disappearance of a glacial period. It has been kn-own for some time th-at-the ice is dwindling in itihe-. Arctic. and it has now, been iehown that the ice is melting faster `than it. forms in a :part of the Atlan- ti6_ and perhaps in all \of it. ~. Among .the observations that have} V led to this pconclusioin concerning Arctic ice phenomena are the state.- mell'tS0f Professor Garwood that i the line of pe.rpetua1~snow in S'pi-.tz- vfaergen is now `two thousand :feet above the sea; V of Von Drygalski _ that `the Greenland ice is receding andthat it would: `require a more humid` climate to advaneeivthe glac- iers in 72 degrees north - .10.-tiltukle; where he - observed them`, to their: tormer extent. and of Dr. Schei.twho, `has taken photographs in Grinnell Land -of rock waste that had been borne along-by glaciers, this waste 3 being fifty feet higher than the `pre- O sen-t lev.c1.ot- the -glaciers. - `5VI._l'L .|VV.U1_l UL buv 'boIp.vnv- ..,. The. Antarctic explorers report that the ice is tretrartizng there. Mr. Ferrar of the British expedition says that `the Ross ice. sheet on Vicatoria -Land Thais .re-t1'e:ated'.M an average; tifvteeani miles since Ross 'sa.w. it 65 ' years 8.30. 4 l\_..L .-n$`- n.Avv\fnOY|l`OT` {If RTE- yctua 6.50. -. . Gap-t. Scott. commander of the_B=ri,- tish expeditioxn. told the` 'B.o:y-ul Geo- gmp-hic~alV society a `few weeks ago that `his party had`. found these mo- 1:aines'o.rV terraces of waste rock 800 tget above` the .preseu1t -ice, -andi eV(e;ijy,where there. were signs 01 .-tthc Lva.StIy`gr9eaLter extent `oi the ice sheet in} former ft-imes. - _. : \ p ,-__._|"_`.. 4u`n1|:1\I` `.l.l1`.|.U1l..I.l.VJ. `|.u.uv4:-o v . There are innu=meralble glaciers, bu;-t in e~levge~.n'degrees of latitude on.- ly tour of them di-scharge .ice into the sea.-from inlarid. The dead glac- ie`rs.as Captain Solot-t calls them. are practically stationary and are grsaduy Tally wva-sting _a.way' from the summer tha;wing. Far down below the .pre,- -`sent ends the: glaciers and high . above them the. sides` of the Val- _ 1/etysruare -the heaps of morcaines show- `inwgtv the -former ext~e;nt".of these` ice heams. 1` ` V Sir John `Murray. commenting} on -a"1t`hik8'-`,>v:d >O- "says that a retreat of c `this .ic_ef. i?s'1oertaisa|J':',now `in = rogress` ` "?`?2ttnr1;-:...L8ndt l a`n4d.aprocaa I7 all ` the ganta_r~ctics .afr68~i-ons. ; No acxpresad agto .13 due} . iI.&q11 #11513.- L Proof ` .4 1imwon %.ooooooooowmw . ., , g.. __..L... x....._..... ;-...- ..&..ndm'Ina'nn'\ A