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The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1908-07-04
BIC ROCKS GO FAR
HUGE eoWLDERs SCATTERED
OVER NORTHERN STATES BY
WIDE SWEEP OF GLACIER,
ICE DECLARED MILES DEEP
CONCEALED Liquid in Vast Quantities
Flowed Far Down Mississippi VAL
ley-Underlyins Strata High
ly Polished by Motion.
BY G. FREDERICK WRIGHT, A. NJ,

BY G. FREDERICK WRIGHT, A. NJ,
IL. D.
CAuthor of THE Ice Age in North Amer
lea, Man and the Glacial Pc
Rod" Etc)
Copyright. Joseph b. Bowles)
The story of the glacial period has
not been half told. Its wonders are
increasing every day 1t is the last of
the great geological epochs, and has
not yet passed away. Greenland is
still shivering under the rigors Of
glacial conditions. With the excep-
ton of narrow belt of mountains
around the southern end, the whole
continent, some 100000 square miles
in extent, is still buried beneath ice
from one mile to two miles deep,
while the antarctic continent, with a
still greater area is so completely en-
veloped in ice that explorers have yet
been able to penetrate only the
merest fringe at two or three points
But during the glacial period prop
er the ice to depth of more than a
mile covered 100000 square miles
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1908-07-04
Taft a Good Risk.

Denver.-Reports that William H
Taft has been denied policies by life
insurance companies are denied at
Washington. A press dispatch from
the national capital says: He has pol
icies to the amount of $4,000, and
several Of these were written when he
last went to the Philippines and for
his tour around the world. The life
insurance companies do not rank Mr.
Taft as fat man. They claim that
his 300 pounds are well distributed
and that he has more than the usual
'expectancs Of life Despite his weight
he is active physically, and has a
strong heart and excellent lungs.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1908-07-04
Mexican Garrison Attacked.

Ell Paso. Texas.-The first revolu-
tionary outbreak in the republic of
Mexico beyond the borders Of Coahuila
occurred Tuesday morning at O'Clock
when the garrison at Palomas, Chihua-
hua, seventy miles west OF this city,
was attacked by band Of fifty men,
who were repulsed with loss Of one
killed and one captured. There were
fourteen guards stationed at the Mex
lean post when the attacking party sur
prised the town. The most of the in
surrectionists were armed with rude
weapons and homemade implements Of
warfare.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1908-07-04
To Entertain Newspaper Men.

Colorado Springs-The Pixies Pc
Press club Of this city, aided by pub
spirited citizens, is planning to emit
tain the newspaper men who will vi
here after the Democratic convent
in Denver.
General PassengerAgent Fred M
thews of the Cripple Creek Short Lii
Will probably tender the visitors co
plimentary trip to the gold cam
Manager w. s. Dunning Of the Antld
will give them a banquet; James
Burns will provide headquarters; MI
ager w. o Brinker of the casino Y
throw open the resort in their bef
one night during their visit, and MI
erous other features are planned.
Press club will show the visitors
ious points of scenic interest and
them in hand generally.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1908-07-04

Alleghenies in northeastern Pennsyi.
vania. In southern Ohio there are
long belts of Canadian powders
which can be traced to lodges of rock
north of Lake Huron. Even in Boone
county, Kentucky, few miles south
of Cincinnati, number Of red jasper
conglomerate powders, some of them
two or three feet in diameter, have
been found, which came from we'll
known lodges in Canada north of Lake
Huron. Bowlders of large size from
these same lodges have also been
found as far southwest as Keokuk, la.
Bowlders from Wisconsin and Mime
sofa and DaNta abound in northern
Missouri down to the Missouri river,
some having recently been uncovered.
Armed with these facts concerning
the former extent of the Swiss
glaciers, Agassiz went to Great Brit
ain, and came to America, and init
ated those investigations which have
shown the spread of glacial ice over
the areas already mentioned. Scandi-
navian powders cover northern Ger
many, and are found 700 miles south
east at Kief in Russia, found at Tus-
cumbia, 60 miles up the Usage river,
which comes down from the Ozark
uplift to the south. They are also
found on the south side of the Kansas
river as far west as Lawrence and To
peka, while windows of them are
found in central Dakota which have
been derived from lodges in the vi
cinity of Lake Superior.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1908-07-04

land, measured SO by 20 by 40 feet,
containing about 10000 cubic feet;
while another near Monthey contained
more than 10000 cubic feet. Ship
rock, near Peabody, Mass, is
glacially transported bowlder esti-
mated to weigh 100 tons; while Mo-
hogan rock in Montville, Conn. near
Norwich, would weigh 10000 tons.
At Madison, n. H., there is bowlder
measuring 80 by 40 by rs feet, which
can be traced to lodges u Conway
granite, about two miles away. The
so-called Judges cave, or West Rock,
near New Haven, Conn. is formed by
a transported bowlder weighing 1000
tons, which can be traced to we'll
known dykes of trap 16 miles to the
north.
A granite bowlder near Lebanon, O..
which was brought by the ice from
Canada, measures II by 10 feet, with
eight feet out of ground and evidently
much larger mass under the ground.
But Prof. Orion has described a mass
of Clinton limestone in Freeport, War.
rem county. Ohio, which is three
fourths of an acre in area and 16 feet
in thickness, which has been brought
several miles. The central part of
northern Iowa contains a great num-
Der of powders of exceptional size,
brought from several hundred miles
away. One Of them furnished build.
ing stone enough to construct an en-.
tire church.
Although these transported powders
are such striking witnesses to the slow
but majestic movement of glacial ice
during the glacial period, they are by
no means the only ones. AS the ice
slowly crept over the surface frag-
ments of rock became frozen into it's
lower strata, and powders, gravel,
sand and clay were dragged along be-
meath it, furrowing and scratching
and polishing the surface of the rock
to an astonishing degree. Almost
anywhere over this glaciated area the
removal of the soil will reveal
scratched and polished rocks under.
meath. The direction of the scratches
and the grooves shows the direction
in which the ice was moving at the
time they were made. This was, in
the main, outward, toward the mar
gin of the glaciated area which we
have described, but there were many
curious variations. In central Ohio
the direction of the glacial scratches
is southeast, whereas on the islands
in the western part Of Lake Erie 1t
is very nearly west. At Logansport,
Ind, extensive grooves and scratches
have been found where the movement
Is toward the north. This variation
in the direction of the grooves and
scratches indicates that there were
eddies In the ice, such as are found In
the current of deep, slow-moving
stream OF water. The grooves on the
islands in the western end of Lake
Erie are among the most remarkable
In the world. One groove, in hard
corniferous limestone, was about 20
feet broad and eight feet deep, extend
Ing for long distance across Kelley
island The surface of this groove is
most finely polished corals and other
fossils being cut off as sharply as
could be done by any graver's tool.
Tbs direction of these grooves in the
bed OF Lake Erie lA evidently due to
the fact that the depression Of tbs
lake diverted the ice movement iE its
closing stages In the direction of Its
longer diameter toward the natural
!. outlet. on the vest
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1908-07-04

of North America and 1000 900 square
miles in Europe. In North America
the southern border of this ice field
extended into the ocean off the New
England coast, rising like a great ice
wall out Of the water, and westward
to a line running through Long Island,
across New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
to Salamanca, N. Y, where it turned
southwestward and, with many minor
variations, reached the Ohio river so
or 60 miles above Cincinnati, crossed
Kentucky and southern Indiana, reach
ing its farthest extent at Carbonate,
ILL.,: thence northwest, it crossed the
Mississippi river at st. Louis, and fol-
lowed the Missouri and Kansas rivers
to Topeka, where it swung northward
across the eastern parts of Kansas
and Nebraska, and through central
Dakota to near the Canada line;
thence proceeding with long loop
where it crossed the Rocky mountains
and the Sierras) to Puget sound and
the Pacific ocean. If one had ap-
preached this line during the glacial
period anywhere from the south, he
would have Immediately struck the
conditions of Greenland, and found
them continuous for thousands of
miles. Alaska still retains the stumps
Of this great glacier, several hundred
square miles being covered by the
Muir glacier alone, and still larger
area by the Malaspina glacier, which
comes down from Mount ST. Elias.
In Europe the ice fields radiated from
the Scandinavian peninsula, extending
across the North sea to southern Eng
land, and across the Baltic to central
Germany and southeastern Russia.
In thinking of the glacial period it
should be kept clearly in mind that
glacial ice is simply compressed snow.
Glaciers are formed wherever there is
snowfall which exceeds the melting
power of the warm season. Everyone
is familiar with the fact that snow
ball may be made as hard as Ice by
sufficient pressure in the hands.
like cold tar or molasses or any other
semi-fluid seemed, until short time
ago, impossible, and did not enter into
the thought of mankind. But about
70 years ago it was demonstrated in
Switzerland that the ice was actually
moving down the valleys. proceeding,
not like an avalanche, but creeping
with true flow, and carrying on its
back and frozen into it's mass frag-
ments of rock of varying sizes, some
of them being as large as a small
house Under the lee of one of these
rock masses on top of the Aar glacier
Agassiz built him a hut, and conducted
many of his important observations.
The great extent of this glacial
movement in former times was shown
by the distance which some of these
powders had been carried.
In North America the transportation
of powders by glacial ice has been
even more remarkable. The back
bone of Cape Cod and Long Island,
line of hills from one hundred to two
hundred feet high, and two or three
miles broad, is simply a pile of bowl
ders and small fragments transported
from New England to Canada. Ply
mouth Rock is glacial bowlder
which journeyed from its northern
home thousands of years before the
Pilgrims set out from Holland. Bowl
ders from the Adirondack mountains
- '--ss,AAr .s,,tha
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1908-07-04
AL Munson of Nederland, Bou

AL Munson of Nederland, Bou
county, is breaking for harness a
Of yearling elk for carriage driv
They are twelve months old, four
one-half feet high and weigh
pounds each. They are gentle
Mr.. Munson claims. will make II
roadsters for mountain travel.
The fourth annual meeting of
1ntermountnin Masonic Associi
was held at Salida June 9TH IN
servance Of st. Johns Day. and
lodges were represented by 200
gates and visitors. There was .
banquet At night.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1908-07-04
American Troops Reach Border.

Washington. -. American military
forces are now in service for the en-
forcement of the neutrality laws along
the Mexican border. General Meyer
commanding the department of Texas,
has reported to the War Department
that directions already have been
given for the dispatch of four troops
Of cavalry from posts in his depart.
ment to Del Rio.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1908-07-04
Japan to Welcome Fleet.

San Francisco. CALM. Arakawa,
Japanese minister to Mexico, has ar
rived here on his way back to his Off
cial post after years absence. Japan,
he says. is planning great reception
for the officers and men of the Amer
lean fleet. Minister Arakawa is dis
posed to telittle the Importance of the
Chinese boycott.
The Glenwood post. (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) 1897-current, 1908-07-04

The size of these ice-transported
eral in Switzerland which have been
moved more than 100 miles would
weigh more than a thousand tons
apiece. The celebrated Pierre-a-Bot
a bowlder above Neufchatel. Switzer
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
BAD ITCHING HuMoR.
Limbs Below the Knees Were Raw
Feet swoIlen--sleep Broken
Cured In 2 Days by Cutieura.

"Some two months ago l had a hui
nor break out on my limbs below my
tnees. They came TO look like Jaw
oeefsteak. all red. and no one knows
low they itched and burned. They
we're so swollen that | could not get
any shoes on for a week or more.
ised Eve or six different remedies and
got no help. only when applying them
he ourning was worse and the itching
less. For two or three weeSs the suf-
iering was intense and during that
time did not sleep aR hour at time.
Then one morning l tried a bit OF
cuticura. From the moment Il touched
me the itching was gone and have
not ielt bit OF II since. The swelling
went down and in two days | had my
shoes on and was about as usual
George Il. Farley. so South State st..
Concord. N. H.. May Ia. 1907"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
Conscience.

A man who does not use his con-
science often has terrible paroxysms
OF Il; but n man who uses Il all the
time never comes into what is called
Q state OF conscience. II comes on
him as dew on flowers. and falls on
him gently as rain on the ground. He
is full OF conscience. but II is not con-
centrated at any single point. II is
distributed through the brain, the
nerves, the muscles and the skin. II
is In every part Of him. II pervades
his life. II does not, therefore. rise
up into freshet.-Henry Ward
Bcecher.
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81 did," he replied promptly.
Inartlstlc Pottery.

We wonder that some of our enter
prising firms with the great resources
at their command do not produce
cheap artistic pottery, for II would pos
sibly create its own market after a
time. One cardinal faith among most
shopkeepers appears to be that art
with big A must be paid extra for.
Until we get rid of this foolish be-
lief we shall not make much progress
in popularizing art.-British Architect
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
Malaria Wrecks the system.

Leading medical authorities admit that the
danger in malaria is not SO much because
Of a possible fatal end, but because the
longer the disease lasts, the more danger
there is Of the patient becoming a physical
and mental degenerate. IL is therefore Of
utmost Importance that malaria sufferers
realize the absolute necessity of a speedy
preparation sold that is guaranteed TO
cure quickly and give relief in n hours.
That is Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic
which is on sale at most drug stores and
is prepared by the johnson Chill 4
Fever Tonic Co., Savannah, Ga.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
The Dissatisfied.

The happy people in the world are
those who enjoy what they have,
Those for whom nothing is good
enough are neither ut for earth nor
would be satisfied In heaven. Here
they are restless. There their halos
would be damp or would not set
straight. The third domain. which
rhymes with well. would not be well
for them. for the best would be too
lnyariable or attending to fires would
be too monotonous.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10

ll
Iuoders had his FIRST great
H. An the Longs Peak
zion famous throughout
l, ,eavy SHOWS and ava
maid came over from Den
ra5ua,Ing from high school
f. summer with Sumpter
\. fathers youngest broth
|, vasa very young uncle,
're but % and not very
college. while Donald was
stump was a big.boned,
blow Who had played cen
,uere football team. a man
I,ne blue eyes and teas
'but entertaining serious
owning a great mine, "
td pluck and persistence
one to light lie was run
III on phat he believed to
Lent gold bearing prospect.
longs Peak country Don.
nd 10 help him. The tall
,,lons Of becoming a min
and here was experience
proye Of value when he
teady to enter a technical
, il very much In confusion
country. the earth having
about at all sorts OF
AGED and ragged and
s,reams sprawl in foamy
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
BREAKS A COLD PROMPTLY

The following formula is never
failing remedy for colds:
One ounce Of Compound Syrup of
Sersaparilla. one ounce Toris Com
pound and one-half pint of good
whiskey. mix and shake thoroughly
each time and use in doses of table
spoonful every four hours.
This II followed up will cure an
acute cold in "a hours. The ingre-
dents can be gotten at any drug store.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. 40 they cannot reach
the seat Of the dsease Catarrh h blood consti-
tutlonal disease and IN ord,r 20 you must take
internal remedies HAIRS Catarrh Cure h taken IN
ternally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces. HAIRS Catarrh Cure h not a duack medi-
cine IL was prescribed by Of the best physicians
IN this country for years and regular prescription.
IL Il composed Of the best tones known. combined
with the hes; blood purifiers. actine directly the
mucous surfaccs The perfect combination of thu
two Ingredients Il what produces such wonderful re-
suits IN curing catarrh. Send for testihsona free.
y J. CHENEY A Co. Props. Toledo. U.
Sold by Druggists. price 75c.
Take HANS Panty Pins for constipation
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10

The kidney secretions passed irregu-
larry with pain, and bloated badly.
My head swan and spots fitted before
my eyes. One doctor said was in
durable. However, ! found prompt re-
lief when I started using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. and the troubles / have re-
lated gradually disappeared"
Sold by all dealers. soc box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co, Buffalo, ". Y.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
For the Blues

II you are blue. detected. and feel
like the world has It I'm for you" the
chances are your liver is taking few
days off. Put II TO work by using
simmons Liver Purifier (tin boxes)
it's the best regulator OF them all
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10

rear ano Norror.
ough the canyons and the
nes on the soaring sleeps
y In the wind and sun.
y Il all quite magical.
purposed returning home
the autumn. but Sumpter
ed him an interest In the
they succeed In striking
concluded 20 remain at
Christmas. Donald's IA
Pr the value OF practical
thought It quite as well
should stay and rough II
D deer and bear and
ouse In that lifted. broken
he two young fellows had
for hunting them. being
irving the tunnel as rap
D as little delay and ex.
sslble. Sumpter had built
pc against the base OF a
wall OF rock at the side
Pm In which his claim lay.
u they lived very snugly.
to Ward occasionally to
pplles Donald had come
country over a little rail.
ns from Boulder to Ward.
ck upon which the snow
are busy most Of the
hris'mas the young min.
grow a bit lonesome and
~ especially grew weary
uhhed meats aud longed
bear beef, or almost any
food that was fresh.
ueaV on the mountains
uld get about but little
o~shoes Donald wished
mat he might go home
ouI made up his mind
sumpter in that white.
would be selfish and
he remained.
morning Donald nut ON
IN and dinging sumpter's
n's shoulder. he declared
to look for fresh meat
ausned at him but the
youth was resolute.
inter he said. told me
down in Ward. the last
uo~n' that a lot of deer
'"e Dig thickets inst
mere; he said they Were
a. " but he'd found them
t...lm going up to see"
u'ed reluctantly, caution.
iv.. not to go too far away.
va Vas soft and mild. the
81 ~, asleam with sunsh,s.
"a a pair OF smok ed
'ar'ed up the canyon A
Tss he found a littIe
'ne slope OF which no
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10

ED GEERs, "The grand old man., he
IL called for he il 20 honest handling
horses ia races lie says. II have used
sPOliNS DISTEMPER CURE for u
years, always with best success. II Is the
only remedy | know TO cure all forms Of
dlstemper and prevent horses in same sta
bic having the disease" SOC and 81 bot.
We. All druggists, or manufacturer. Spohn
Medical Co, Chemists, Goshen, Ind.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
No Others

II is n class to itself II has no
rivals. II cures where others merely
relieve. For aches. pains. stiff joints.
cuts. burns, bites. etc. It ia the quick
est and surest remedy ever devised.
We mean Hunts Lightning OIL.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10

An Itching trouble is not necessarily
a dangerous one. but certainly a most
disagreeable afiiction. No matter the
name, II you itch--it cures you. Hunts
Cure Is 1T" Absolutely guaranteed
TO cure any form OF itching known.
First application relieves.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
Well Prepared.

81 learn" she said reproachfully,
"that you were devoted to no fewer
than FIVE girls before you finally pro-
posed to me. How do l know that you
didn't make desperate love to all OF
them?"
II did" he replied promptly.
"You dial" she exclaimed.
Certainly" he returned You
don't suppose for a moment that l
would be foolhardy enough to try for
such a prize as you are without prac-
ticing a little first. do youe"
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
Explained.

"Whats the difference between
valor and discretion ?"
well. to go through Europe without
tipping would be valor"
Il see"
"And TO come back by a different
route would be observation-disclosures
City Journal.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
A Clever Fellow.

ibid you friend make a hit at the
literary club?"
Il guess he did. He pronounced
Les Miserables' In a brand-new way
and then alluded TO II as Victor Her
bert's masterpiece" = Washington
Herald.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10

Il wouldn't do for politics. guess
said the pretty girl. I'D simply vote
the way Papa votes
In that" remarked an observer,
you wouldn't differ SO very much
from most men"
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Important to Motners.
Qualified.

"Why in the world did you elect that
dumb man as your representative"
That's all right. He NAV not be
able TO talk, but he can make mo-
tions."
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How n tiappened.

Jack-How did spylow get the bum
eye-football?
Jake-No. cir Sprained IL last sum
mer at der bathing peach.-Wiseonsin
Sphinx.
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ago ] contracted SO.
we're kideey trouble
and my back began
TO ache continually.
Every day II seemed
worse. The least
pressure on my back
tortured me, and I
could not stoop with.
out n bad twinge.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-12-10
Bad.

Did you enjoy the play last hightr
NO. II was awful | could write a
better one myself"
HIN Then II must be bad."-De
troit Free Press.
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Reciproclty,

Hes very quick to reciprocate.-
"Yes?"
Yes: ! killed his dog yesterday and
buried mine today"
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The lanau.us o. the plants.

"iie didn't care 10 write to her when
he wanted her TO arrange for a secret
marriage, so he sent her q running
vine"
What did che do7"
Sent him a canteloupe."
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cettlnq Hls Own Back.

THE giraffe has tongue is inches
long" said Mrs. Talkmore.
And knows how 20 hold II. too"
growled Mr.. T.. who had had long
curtain lecture the night befors.-An.
sWera