The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-20

I lines. The presence Of this hood has essu
| known for two generations, or svr since
l the days Of Doctor Edward Hitchcock. Ooo.
| tor Charles T. Jackson. Sir James Han and
| hundreds Of other great sc5endsf& Dur tney
have all been at q loss to ,explAaM thf1
| presence, for the reason that It nevF oe-
Cured to them-nor to anybody befors Mr..
Leon Lewts-to go to the South Pole fos
their cause, power and motion.
on the Atlantic States. - also on 2a1t-
ern Africa and Eastern Aaia, - Win b
seen by tho map. tho deluge - conv9ted
into a great southwest drift. partly in con-
sequence Of the earth's rotation. These
movements are succeeded by many othsr.
Of secondary character, especially during
the melting Of the ice sheet. Il n enough
to say that the whole Northern Hemi1phseo
is buried beneath hundreds Of fathomD Of
water and ice. Great Britain and the other
countries Of Northern Europe arc covered
by the deluge twice. both in coming north
ward and in returning. and this - VIM
says Mr.. Lewis. Great Britain u mereiy q
skeleton of what 1t was when II was Joined
as Sir Charles Lyell. Reclus and others
have shown-to Spain and Portugal. On the
south, the Continent on the east and Nor.
way and Greenland northward.
WHOLE FACE OF THE WORLD n
PROOF OF THIS DELUGE.
Turning now our attention to the face Of
the earth. remarks Mr.. Lewis. Ne ind It
giving evidence everywhere that It has bssa
worn and rent by furious floods.
Sir Henry Howorth. In his "olsssal
Nightmare" has placed this point beyond
dispute. The habitable globe IL covered ev-
erywhere by a vast washing and deposit
known as the drift. which Is indisputably.
according to Mr. Lewis, the work of the
great glacial deluge.
We ind also that the northern parts Of
Europe. North America and Asia have
been covered repeatedly by nearly . mile
Of ice. and this is also ascribed by Mr..
Lewis to the Great Glacial Deluge. He as
serts that the 'ice age or glacial PERIOD
IS wholly the work Of the deluSe Of which ho
is the discoveref.
Biologists tell US that the northern parts
OF North America have been under water.
or that the ocean formerly stood higher than
at present. fifty feet higher In Connecticut.
100 feet higher IN Maine. 800 In Newfound-
land. 1000 at the south end Of Greenland
900 at Disko Island. and three-Quarters of
mile at the North Pole.
They explain these ancient sea marzins
and ancient sea beaches by saying that the
ly. leaving different marks every time. but
they give no reason for these crust move
ments and can give none.
Mr.. Lewis accordingly rejects them in
toto, and says that all the facts and ap-
pearances Of the Northern Hemisphere are
fully covered by the Great Glacial Delusc,
and that they have no other cause than this
food.
The outcome Of his contentious. even upon
these brief showings. win certainly be a
great deal of inquiry and discussion.
Given the fact that all geologists agree
in saying that there has been three-ouar.
tiers of q mile more Of water at the North
Pole than now; given also another conceded
fact. namely. that the Ice and water uov
accumulated at the South Pole II amply S,,f
(as soon as the ice cap breaks up). to the
above height-Mr. Lewis concludes that an
other recurrence Of the Great Glacial Del
uge is row due. and that any day OF hour
may bring US a cablegram from Nontsvideo
or Buenos Ayres to tell ~ that It b q its
eay northward.