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The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-05
sr PROF. WILHELM BoELscHE.

Copyright, 1905. by T. C. McCiure.t
The tirle of the mammoth is relatively
near our own time. Today the Tungusian
hunter on the Lena river occasionaliy Y
feeds his dogs with their frozen flesh
Many things prove that man cnee hunted
the mammoth. certain mammoth bcngs
that have been marked by the work OF
human hands point to this.
Just in the time when the first man.
moth was found 200 years ago. thhe eye
OF the investigator had begun to become
keen for the age and the sequence of
the geological layers OF the earth. The
great science of paleontology, destined to
decide many questions had begun to
make its way. And parallel with it.,
there advanced Arctic exploration.
1t was discovered that certain stone
that occurred as far north as the seventy
dfth parallel OF north latitude belonged
TO the so-ca.led silurian age, an age that
takes us back to immensely ancient peri
DDS Of the earth's history. And in these
remains were found the fossil remnants
Of corral reefs.
There was nothing extraordinary in
the fact that the coral animals had built
np their reef-towers even in the prehis-
toric past; but there was something ex-
traordinary in the discovery of them in
Arctic regions.
The coral animals today dwell without
exception in worm seas They die If the
average of temperature sinks below Is or
70 degrees Celsius. But these prehistoric
reefs of the silurian age are on the Ian
taster Sound, close by the first winterins
place of the Franklin expedition. How
could tropical creatures ever have felt at
hom there?
There was time somewhat later than
the silurian time. 1t was the coal period
The name in itself conjures up a picture
Of luxuriant vegetation, for ccal is moth
Ing but fossil. vegetable growth. IN this
period. as IN the siiurian, birds and NAM
mails had not begun to exist The plants
were comparatively low in the scale; they
were all relatives of our ferns, snake
moss and pewter grass. There were no
oaks. ma palms no beeches, no gaudy
wer-plsnts
And such coal layers are found far in
the northermost north. Quite near those
coral reefs Of the silurian period lie coal
fields in which the fossils are clearly like
those OF the European and American coal.
There can be no doubt that on the Ian
caster Sound, as on the Nova Zembla
and Spitzbergen. in the forgotten past,
there once stood forests-one is tempted
to say tropical forests.
FORESTS IN THE ARCTIC.
The existence of forests of any kind in
the latitude of seventy-five degrees north
would have been out OF the question had
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-05
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the climatic conditions OF today ruled
there then
The evidence produced by the calabora-
ton Of paleontology and ARCTIC exrloTa-
ton was not exhausted with these two
discoveries; the most convincing testi-
mony was still 10 come
When an English expedition under
Mares explored Grinnen Land, fossil
plants were found which the great Swiss
paleontologist, Oswald Heer, afterwa.d
examined and classified. They We're not
plants of the coal period. The tertiary
period is nearer TO us than either the
silurian CT the coal period At that time,
the fern forests had vanished from Eu-
rope and North America, and had been
replaced by the foliage trees. The mann
mails had appeared, in highly grotesque
forms.
In Grianell Land about thirty different
species of plants, dating to that period,
We're found. And from them Heer con-
structed the following picture CT the Polar
regions of that time:
THE PREHISTORIC POLE"
sea with rich. tree-decked shores
On the water swim the leafy plants Of
water flowers. Reeds fringe the rims of
the lakes. Beyond them stand lindens.
elms, many kinds OF poplars and brches,
hazel bushels, snowbalIs, and evergreens,
such frs, cedars. and particularly the
swamp cypress that is found now in the
southern parts Of the United States.
These plants require mean tempera-
ture today higher by twenty-eight de-
nell Land.
They are not tropical plants. There
fore. tropical climate oid not exist in the
Arctic regions II the tertiary epoch. But
the remains prove that since then the
climate must have undergone a minimum
change Of twenty-eight degrees-a posi-
tive enormous alteration.
And then there were found the remains
of tertiary forests of magnolias. chest
nuts, oaks and grapevines in Greenland
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-05
U Ran ONCE HUfTEo,.
TAE FLAfSr9OTr n :"

The Polar animals of today evidently
are recent products OF adaptation that
developed under new conditions An al
together different form OF creatures may
have preceded them.
We cannot imagine snow-colcFed Polar
bears and thickly furred musk oxen un-
der the green magnollas of tertiary Green
land.
A POLAR MENAGERIE.
Scientific speculation produces n won
derful picture: Il shows the Fran labori-
ousIy drifting in the grasp OF vast ice
fields until even Nsnsen's heroisfn failed
before tine terrors Of the Polar world; and
we see another period when in that same
latitude wandering herds OF elephants.
eamels and wild horses browsed on green
meadows.
or did the land hide species OF mammals
OF a kind quite different from any other
known in the world-species whose bones
may be found some day IN Franz Joseph
Land or a similar place. by an expedi-
ton that Will lay more weight on paleon-
tclogy thanon geographical exploration
The tremendous glaciers that slipped
down over the world in the mysterious
ice period must have desolated theh Arc
tic lands entirely. The beasts that live
there E2w. once lived IN our Europe and
our America. The continents are fun Of
the remains OF musk oxen. mammoths.
reindeed Jennings and white hares.
1t remains possible that these creatures
originated IN the north. The increasing.
numbling cold may have driven them
southwark gradually. But IL is conceiv-
able too. that the cold advanced too
rapidly in the high north to permit the
animals 10 go through tlaErlow process
of adaptation. In that q mammoth
and musk OK must have developed in Eu-
ropean, American and Asiatic lands in
comparatively low latitudes at the time
when the ice began 20 creep down there.
Only archaeological investigation in the
Polar lands can solve these questions
We must find out whether or. not the
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-05

mammoth existed there before the ice ap-
peared, or whether Il was missing alto
gether around the Pole originally.
After the glacial pei.od-or. rathsr. in
the various times after the various sla-
cial periodsxths mammoth and Polar
animals that live today esnigrsted back
10 the north They had accustomed them
selves To cold climatic eonditiors. ard
sought the cold in the north as the ice
receded from the continents. IL was at
such times that the mammothS made
musk oxen TO Grinnei Land.
their way TO the siberian seas and the
That migration from north 20 south
and back again was witnessed by man.
There is good proof Of the fact that even
ia historical times northeastern Germany
used TO De visited by wandering herds Of
reindeer A typscsils northern beast like
the wolverine has been seen in the bear.
OF the European continent Man. as
hunter. helped 90 drive 10 the Pole every
thing that could possibly live there.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-05

The impression prevails that the land
between Panama aud Colon Is rich IN
mineral deposits. and there 10 every rsa-
son 10 think that the popular belief 10
not without considerable foundation In
fact Reports have reached Panama OF
flch deposits In the yerasna resion.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-05

As he did not show disspprovai while
a gypsy band was playing a revolutioa-
airy hymn In a cafe at suhl wessenhurx
Qiungaryl. ar army ofacer has been con-
demned TO loss Of rank. The charge
against him was ''snhecoming behavior
in a public place.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-05

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The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-05

times whose last chapter probably was
experienced by man.
And that changes the history Of the
animal world of the Polar regions totally
for Us
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-05

under the SEVENTEEN parallel of latitude.
That IS the kind of vegetation 10 be
found now at Montriex on Lake Geneva
These proofs complete the case
IT is possible that a tropically warm
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-05

ocean washed the North Pole In silurian
times.
1t is absolutely certain that climate
like the climate Of the United States and
Europe today obtained there in tertiary
The Wichita daily eagle., 1904-01-05

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Wichita.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-06
For a Hundred Years.

For a hundred years or more
Witch Hazel has been recognized
as a superior remedy, but it re-
manned for E. G. Dewitt & Com
pany, of Chicago, to discover how
to combine the virtues of Witch
Hazel with other antiseptics, in
the form of g saJve. Dewitt s
Witch Hazel SSiVe Isl the best
salve in the world for sores, cuts,
burns, bruises and piles. The
high standing Of this salve has
given rise to counterfeits, and the
public is advised to look for the
name "DeWitt" on the package,
and accept no other. Sold by
,Stotler & Corbett, Opera House
Drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-06
Triumphs of Modern Surgery.

Wonderful things are done for
the human body by surgery. Or
gans are taken out and scraped
and put back, or they may be re-
moved entirely; bones are spliced ;
pipes take the place of diseased
sections of veins; antiseptic dress
ings are applied to wounds,
bruises, burns and like injuries be-
fore inflammation sets in; which
causes them to heal without mat
uration and in one-third the time
required by the old treatment.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm acts on
this same principle. 1t is an an
tiseptic and when applied to such
injuries, causes them to heal very
quickly. 1t also alleys the pain
and soreness. Keep a bottle OF
Pain Balm in your home and it
will save you time and money, not
to mention the inconvenience and
differing which such injuries en-
tail. For sale by Hill Brothers.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-06
To Enlarge Race Course.

A force of men and a quantity
of tools passed through the city
Saturday evening en- route to Mid
dlebourne, where work will be be-
gun at once on the race course OF
the county fair track. The track
will be enlarged to a half mile
course. At present it is only one
third of a mile track, but when it
is once converted into a half mile
course it will be one of the finest
tracks in the State of West Vir-
ginia. A. A. Franzheim of Wheel
inc. has the contract.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-06
The Opera House Drug Store

ask the readers of this paper to
test the value of Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure. Those persons who have
used it and who have been cured
by it, do not hesitate to recon-
mend it to their friends. Kodol
digests what you eat, cures indi-
gestion, dyspepsia and all stom-
ach and digestive organs to con-
tribute to the blood all OF the
nutriment contained in the food.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is pleasant
and palatable.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-06
COUNTY CLERKS OFFICE.
Business Transacted in That Sane
tum Since May 26.

buln i01ASO NAosJ SN'
The following miscellaneous
business has been conducted in the
County Clerks office since May
&c:
R. j. Smith and wife to Henry
R. Sohn for oil and gas on A
acres; Ellsworth district.
Alfred Smith and wife to same,
for oil and gas on $50 acres Els
worth district.
M. A. Smith and wife to same,
for oil and gas on $50 acres; Els
worth district.
L. L. Smith and wife to same,
for oil and gas on 155 acfes; Els
worth district.
RS. Taggart and wife to same,
for oil and gas on sc acres; Els
worth district.
W. M. Smith and wife to same,
for oil and gas on II acres; Ellis
worth district.
M. M. Reppard and wife to
same, for oil and gas on II acres ;
Ellsworth district.
Anthony Smith and wife to
same, for oil and gas on 80 acres !;
Ellsworth district.
Agreement.
VIM. E. Griffin and W. E. Roe
as to the payment of rental on oil
property.
Deeds.
H. W. Mccoy to Mr.. and Mrs.
F. j. Mccoy, for lot No. 107, Nc
Coy addition to Sistersville; con-
sideration $3.50; paid.
j. M. Copenhaver and wife to
Edward Massey for SO square
rods and 5000 square feet of land
in Union district; consideration
$4,000; 81, 800 paid.
Charles Doak and wife to j. R.
Doak, for IS acres in Meade dis
trict; consideration S. and love
and affection.
Hiram Stull lind wife to J. R.
Doak, for 3 acres and 80 poles in
Centreville district 500 paid.
c. B. Mccoy and wife and Sa-
rah Mccoy to F s.. Salisbury, for
parcel of land in Lincoln district;
consideration $50; paid.
X. S. Boreman and wife to M.
F. Sellers for 1914 acres in Els
worth district consideration $40;
paid.
Margaret L. Chisler and Geo.
Chisler, to Maggie Chisler, for Is
acres in Meade district; considera-
ton 800; paid.
Sam Taught and wife to Sam
Nissan, for 40 acres in Union dis
trict; consideration 81, 125; paid.
w. R. Kimble and wife, to Geo.
A. Buck, for all interest in 165
acres in Lincoln district; consid-
Grafton 5000.
w. R. Kimble and wife to Geo.
A. Buck, for all interest in 165
acres in Lincoln district; consider
alton 5000.
Creole Dotson and wife, to Jas.
Dawson for rs acres; considera-
ton $275; paid. .
Minnie Jacobs, Joseph Jacobs
and wife, for 5 acres of Enos JOS
ephs east in Lincoln district; con-
sideration $50; paid.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-06

Insurance cannot prevent
fire, but 1t can and does pre-
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that would ensue without It.
It lets you down easy-sus-
tains you until you get anoth-
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I represent a score of the
oldest and best fire insurance
companies In the land, and
am giving very low rates just
now. TIE probability Is that
they will not be so much lon.
ger. Better take out sufici'
emit insurance without delay.
As every Company now
charges exactly the same rates
why not have your property
insured with a company that
Is well known In this City and
one you know has and, will
pay all Its losses promptly?
Here Is my list and everybody
knows that there are no better
companies on earth.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-06
BAROSMs CURES BACKkCHE.

THoMPsos's BARosN. VIII positively cure any
Ease OF Backache, kidney. Liver and bianoei
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shssdfrsr OF noD-reteuth-n. OraEHtstss
Sold by C. ". Grier.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-06
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF
Reduced Fares Authorized via
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad,
Summer Season 1904.
Atlantic City and Seashore-
Special low rate excursions
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Atlantic City, N. j.
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Fashion magazines, July mum
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Get a fine hammock at Nc
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Holbrook argus., 1904-01-30
SILURIANS IN SOUTH AMERICA
The Remarkable Fossil is Found in
 Chile

University of California-New of one of the most important geological discoveries ever made in South Amer ica has just been received at the Uni versity of California from Astronomer w. H. Wright, head of the Lick observatory expedition now in Chile The find is remarkably perfect spec iment of ichthyosaurus, and the sig nificance of the discovery lies in the fact that South America has never been known previously to furnish any specimens of these prehistoric silur- ians, so valuable to scientists. This interesting fossil was discovered near Coquimbo, Chile, and the specimen had been unearthed in almost perfect condition. Other valuable specimens have been found in the same place. Professor Merrima, occupying the chair of paleontology and historical geology at the university, says that SO far as he is aware no specimen has been discovered which rivals this one in completeness or in scientific value.
 M. Adrein de Mortillet, member of the French scientific commission, at present studying in South America, has recently gone to Coquibmo for the purpose of examining the fossil skeleton discovered.
Holbrook argus., 1904-01-30
MAKES WOOD FIRE PR )oF
A Distinguished Chemist Makes the
 Discovery

Chicago-Joseph l.. Terrell of Phil adelphia has thrown handfuls of ex- celsior on hot gas fire in the rooms of the Western Society of engineers. It smoked but dld not blaze.
 Then he placed pine shavings on top of the excelsior, pine splinters on top of them. and piled pine shingles and slabs of pine on the supposedly inflammable material below until he should have had good-sized bonfire started. There were no flames, how ever, except the blue ones from the gas.
 Mir. Terrell, who is a chemist and the holder of the Crescon gold medal, the highest award given by the Frank lin Institute of Philadelphia for chemical discoveries, had been asked to address the engineers on the sub- ject of fire proof wood and combusti- ble fabrics. He told them it could be done cheaply, and then he made the practical demonstration described.
 To show that theater scenery could be made as impervious as wood the chemist held piece of canvas in the flame, and, while it smoked little around the edges, there was no flame. Sulphate of aluminium is the compo- sition MT. Ferrill had used to fire- proof the wood and cotton. His plan is to saturate the material under a pressure.
 From a commercial standpoint, Mir. Terrell said there was nothing in the way of making any theater safe from spreading flames. While sulphate of ammonia, which has been used, is ex- pensive, sulphate of aluminium is cheap, costing .75 cents hundred weight, and the expense Is compara- i lively small.
Holbrook argus., 1904-01-30
Colorado Firm Taps Oil Lake

Florence, Colo.-The United Oil company, while drilling we'll No. 312 at Spindle Top Heights, three miles south of Florence, tapped the first lake of oil ever discovered Tn Colo rado. The oil was encountered at a depth of 2775 feet and the we'll will have the production capacity of any six wells in the field. General Mana ger Wallace announced that the oil in the new we'll had risen to within a few hundred feet of the surface and that 500 barrels per day could easily be pumped.
Holbrook argus., 1904-01-30
California Seed Farm

The seed plantations around San Jose Cal, are said to receive $3,000,- GOO year from the sale of seed. This first experiment of the planters in this line was made less than half a dozen years ago. One onion patch now covers 5000 acres, with furrows almost two miles long. A single plot of sweet pea occupies 800 acres, bed of yellow acters 210 acres, lettuce bed 21OO acres. There are within radius of eighty miles around San Jose 14,5OO acres devoted to raising plants and flowers for their seed alone.
Holbrook argus., 1904-01-30
DROWNED AT BLOEMFONTEIN
A Bursting Reservoir Wrought the
 Destruction

Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony It is now estimated that sixty per- sons were drowned as a result of the bursting of reservoir here Sunday, which also destroyed 175 houses and three hotels.
 There was a public funeral and in- terment of twenty-three of the bodies already recovered. The ceremonies were attended by all the local officials and 20O0 inhabitants. The shops were closed and the town.is in mourning.
Holbrook argus., 1904-01-30
for oil. The company will spend nearly $500. .000 building its plant, with large storage reservoirs located just outside of Houston.
UNITE TO FIGHT DISEASE
The. Increase of Pulmonary Trouble
 Alarms New York

New York-In order to check the increase in the number of deaths from pneumonia and other diseases due to indictment weather, an advisory board of leading physicians appointed by the health department has formu- lated rules for the guidance of the public.
 Deaths from pneumonia, influenza, bronchitis and similar ailments last week numbered 679, which was an in- crease of 2l over the preceding week and 12l over the record of the opening days of January. There has been a jump in the number of cases of pull monary consumption, 34S being re- ported last week, an increase of 47 over the preceding week. etgn,
 The advice given by the advisory boards recommends, among other things, the discontinuance of using feather dusters by housewives. The physicians statement says:
 Exposure to cold. over exertion, lack of physical vigor, abuse of alco- hol, etc., predisposes individuals to pneumonia, but are not its direct cause. The bacteria germs which are the immediate excitants of pneumonia are usually conveyed in the dust of air, contaminated by sputum, nasal or other discharges, not always of those who are ill, which upon drying is widely disseminated.