NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY. JUNE K. 1004.

TWO ROYAL HORSEMEN. FOR MEDICAL STUDY.KING AS EQUESTRIAN.

THINGS NEW, QUAINT, ODD AND INTERESTING, GATHERED HERE FROM ALL QUARTERS OF THE HABITABLE GLOBE

A BOLD PRINCE.KING ALPHONSO OF SPAIN TAKING A HURDLE.e> Thin picture, shows th© German Crown Prince taklna; a water Jump. Tn a recent open Jumplns; com-

petition. In which the German Crown Prince took part, his Imperial highness finished In a deadheat. He ran neck and n»»ck for the first race with a colonel of the Kaiser's army. It was re-ported that this was don<» in disobedlenca to the Kaiser's orders and that the Prince was disci-pline,) therefor.— (lllustrated London News.

"KingAlfonso is growing Into a manly youth,

eager for outdoor exercise of all kinds, andbearing well the fatigue of public ceremonialand state details. His health, at one time un-certain, is now greatly improved, and the Span-

ish people will welcome the marriage of theirsovereign, as the next heir, the King's sister, is

xnarTied to a son of the Count of Caaerta, a con-nection by no means popular. Itis to be hoped

that there will be no such Intriguing over the

rr.arriaare of King Alfonso as there was aboutthe marriage of his grandmother, the ex-QueenIsabella, who died in Pari« recently; but thereis no longer an ambitious Kingof France to befeared and distrusted by all Europe. The on-pagement of the Spanish King to a twelve-year-old Austrian archduchess, which was rumoredlast year, has probably no further foundationthan the tie of cousinship which exists betweenthem."

'Alfonso of Spain Likes Hearty

Outdoor Exercise.•'Th» tour which irir.s Alfonso of Spain has

been making thro -i bmm not passed

Trtthou: Incident: but fortunately the •nek on

en, ; M.i-ui.i, ti. \u25a0 Pj r \u25a0\u25a0! • r, who was in Barce-

lona v.it'n his majesty. <-:i be attributed to theunpopularity rf the Premier with a certain sec-

tion of U*e Spanish p", -ilace rather than to

any illEeeJfnc against th« King." says "Blackand White." "indeed, It baa been noted that

the reception riven to King. Alfonso in Barce-lona, the Catalan capital, mi much more en-

thuslaßllo than had been expected, and there

ie much reason for hoping that the present

sovereign has bejmn a lone and prosperousreign. As Ban • a has hitherto been the cen-

tre of Carttel Intrigue, the events of the lastfortnight have more than ordinary significance.

flrflnr Maura hns not I ceded in making him-

self popular Kirnc his accession to rower, and

the hootir.gs which have been noticed are meant

for him. King Alfonso Is said to have been asubject of great Interest to his latest royal vis-itor, the Krr.peror William, who in turn wasClosely scrutinized by the Spanish gTandees dur-ing his stay. Both Germany and Spain have

reason to feel sore ever the Anglo-French agree-

ment, and the recent meeting of the (sovereigns

may be the first symptom* of a drawing to-gether between the two nations, which, however,

have but little in common. Itis said that King

. Alfonso will return the Emperor's visit in the

late summer or autumn, but he will scarcely

take so leng a Journey as that to Berlin with-

out proceeding to Vienna, where the Emperor

Francis Joseph, the venerable head of the Ha]

burg noose to which the Queen Mother. Chris-Una, belonps. would wish to welcome the young

sovereign.

DEER AND DOGS AS FRIENDS.

Fine Specimens Found in New-Mexico.

"The most Important piece of aboriginal sculptureInthe I'nited States." 13 Bradford I*.Prince's char-acterization of a New-Mexican relic which ha de-scribes In "Records of the Past" for May. Thewriter, who was at ono time Mayor of Boston, hadvisited the Southwest to study the present and pastcivilization of a people which In some ways ex-hibited a higher decree of culture than any otherIn thl3 country prior to the appearance of the whiteman. These were tho Pueblos, who took theirname from the fact that they lived in towns or vil-

ABORIGINAL SCULPTURE.

California Gives Instances Where They

Have Played and Run Together.In the town of Oroville, Cal.—now a notable gold

dredging centre— where Ilive.Ivery recently sawa fawn, etiil in Its spots, unconcernedly rambling

about the main street; doge that were In nowiseaccustomed to It went up, smelled It. as is their

"Are the placu rs gone yet"

he demand* 1, with

an accent that was as Ki:uli=h as his clothe?. Hecame by the accent honestly enough, having beenborn with It, and. md< ed, he was not quit- so «:\u25a0

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about glaciers as bis question nißi'» Urn appear.He had heard of the magnificence of the glaciers

along the Canadian Pacific. He had registered themamong the worlds flights that he meant to eeobefore he gave up wandering around the globe.

In Hong Konu n few weeks njrohe met some onewho had visited thaclared that they were gi dually rec< ling, ar.Jpromised In course of time to shrink to :\u25a0.

cance. This worried the Englishman, andhis plans. He was toing to lyuulou by way of theSuez. Instead he crossed the Pacific and landed

But Will Be on View a Few Hun-dred Years Longer.

Glacier, B.C, May V.The first glacier hunting tourist of the year

dropped off the east hound Overland yesterday, andhis first question brought smiles to the faces ofthe Swiss guides which will n*'t -wear off all sum-mer.

GLACIERS RECEDING.

Average Yield Siv to Ten ThousandFlowers Dailj/.

Commercial carnation growlnjr In the Northern,Middle West 'I?:'! {Eastern parts of this preat coun-try of ours iias been a problem in economl :s. Out-door growing In t \u25a0

- named la alwaj

fined to limited tiiiK-s, or rather seasons, and ?omuch of it ha n< I \u25a0 adjuncts thattheories vanished before the attacks of conditions.The flower is one that has always been popular,and has been cultured and spe< lalized to almost aiierfectlon, but never commercially satisfactory,excepting to tho interest.-.! grower whit.i --t.- effortsbecame remunerative upon the cxtre;i:<i demandanil limited «m;i;.l>'.

To the ttrariK>r within the :;ates of this State tho

carnation growing of California b • n objectof the Interest and a most satisfactoryFipht. '. : md the vi ry

sty] k<j iter mary el In this .rs.

In brief, I r on anaverage from six thousand to ten th iueand flowersevery day in the year, with a market in which thedemand is at all times greater than the supply

ACHES OF CAHXATIOXS.

Bdlat Annapolis Was Presented toCommodore Perry Fifty Years Ago.

One of the reminders of the early friendship ofJapan for America now adonis the grounds of theNaval Academy at Annapolis, Mil.

Suspended in a pagodalike structure Just oft"Lovers' Lane" is a qu«><r looking bronze bell ofunique design. It usually attracts* the attention ofvisitors, but few ever learn that It possesses ahistory of Importance. It was presented to Com-raodore Matthew Perry on July 12. 1951, by theRecent of the Lew Chew Islands, a dependency ofth.t Japanese Empire. Commodore Perry was atthat tin commander in cnief of the United Statessquadron In the Asiatic seas and Minister Pleni-potentiary, charged with the duty of opening Inter-course between Japan and t!:<- United States. Afterhis d.ath, in ISSB, Ml Perry presented It to theNaval Academy, in fulfilment of his wish.

The boll is covered with an Inscription in Japan-ese, which .is recently translated by a youngJapanese who was at one time a student at theNaval Academy. 'i •\u25a0 inscription reads as follows:In the eighth year of Rlrak and Konoys Tnra ofthe reign of the King of Lew-Chew Kei-ahl-yo-hV

ho-o <.ff»-r.-il s prayer of benevolence fur the p. o-pls an.! afterward ordered a laru-.- bell to be found-•d He did thi.s as an act of thanksgiving, andpresented It to tho \u25a0>;\u25a0!>.,:\u25a0. A:.'!. In thskingdom. In order that the King might r-ign proa,perously and !.\. long, and that the people of thethree worlds, Heaven. Earth and Hade*, mightb*s saved from Infernal d • rines, and therefore itwhs thai he Instructed Bho-ko-ku An-sal to fumethu inscription: This beautiful ben haa been found-ed anil hinih' in the tower of the :\u25a0•!•-. It willawaken dreams of superstition. If en* will bearin mm.l to set rightly and truly, »nd the lords andminister! willdo Justice In a body, the barbarianswill never come to Invade. The sound of the bellwill convey the virtue '! uski, un<! will echo like thesong of Tsnlray, and th*» benevolence of the Lordwin continue forever like these echoes.* . . \u0084.

Th« 2>th day, 10-h month. 7lh year, Koltal.

Shut E!»hl

Chief Tricat of the Tempi*.

EUon< Tu.'!rvari Kumlmlto,

r»iir.i3?r of t>.o IlelL

A JAPANESE SOUVEXIR.

J7EW MEDICAL LABORATORIES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA.Bold to be the largest and best equipped building:of Its kind in the world. To b» dedicated June 10.

OLD JAPANKPtJ BKTiT. AT TUB IfAVAL.ACADEMY. AN'XAPOLIS. MD.Thirty years n».-o. when visit!;:? Ban Dommco in

!al capacity, he waa taken in hand by armwiy appointed minister, wl ok to showMm around. Coming to the courtway of a promi-nent building, the guld >orway andremarke I, aa compl sently n^ ir he v.. r« Iii.fc' the name of a street:

'Fhat is -wiaro our lust

i."In the c •..;\u25a0 c of his sojourn he c i n aped

man. held in bi^u esteem by the community \><\cause he had been witness of a quite, c.xcit'.i;ni;)»r of I• • . |a|e

"How many have you seen?" the visitor asked"Forty-two," th>> patriarch modestly repliedItappears that when a boy the old man had Keen

I>'uis x\i and Marie Antoinette rarri< I(•< theKiHliotlno. Emlcratlng to San Domingorevolutions rap.dly run up till It exceeded forty

FORTY-TWO REVOLUTIONS.From The ''\u25a0\u25a0: i::ill.

A-< the "Tth year Kaltal" t*T>-t* to the year 1451of the Chrl tlan era. this bell is exactly 44^ yearsold.

\VHIPSTOCK AND • LASIIALL ON"E FIECSs*

The Fine Xew Laboratory of theUniversity of Pensylvania.

The new medical laboratory building of the Bw.verslty of Pennsylvania, said to be the largest af*best equipped building of Its kind In the wmuTwillbe dedicated on June 10, and the occasionbe one of note In medical circles'. The *its;oil'_Medical Association will be In session at \u25a0Vtiap'City on June 7. S. 9 and 1<). and arrangements ha

'been perfected by which the members of thl»«i«?*elation are to attend the dedication In a body

Because it is claimed America has fallen fa- khind other countries In medical research, for •".*"of suitable laboratories and appliances, the com-1

*tion of this new laboratory Is hailed with daltaa*by many medical men. The new building mVprises three great laboratories of pathology, pjZrology and pharmacology.It was about three years agro that the irapersJb*

need of better provision for laboratory .researchstudy became apparent at the University of p«^Tsylvanla, after temporary provision had folios**temporary provision In rapid succession. for%accommodation of the Increasing numbers of sta.dents.

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To Professor Simon Flexner Is given the erst-for the general design carried cut in the neir la'^.'atorles. The building, which Is on the south s>kof Hamilton Walk, parallel with the "OH Fie***and to the rear of the dormitory buildings, rijatwo stories In height above a basement, and ssaafrontage of 340 feet, with a depth of about M.

The great frontage faces north, end affordmaximum amount of the best light for laborvor»purposes. Along the entire front ara arroajMrooms for research, rooms for professors and -«i*.assistants, a library and other rooms.

The entire first floor Is to be devoted to phflsjLogy and pharrdacolofry. For work in physJojg.-there is one large laboratory for pra"-!.\ai tnsli«Ltlon. one for general research work, twenty roc--*for sub-section teaching, research work, profesßßj*offices and other uses.

For the use of the pharmacology ••ctJon ther» »one big laboratory for practical pharrr.-icodynaai-.a laboratory for Instruction In practical phansssx44 feet by 142 feet; another for general phanssss.dynamics, 44 feet by C feet, besides a museum aalten rooms for original research, work.

The whole second floor Is to be given up to Ttsiin pathology. Tho entire north front !a to begtruup to laboratories for advanced .lents Insin-ology and pathological bacteriology, ar.d to tb»special research ami assistants' rooms. Inthe esawing Is tho laboratory of experimental pathologyand in the west wing tha museum, of pathologic^specimens. Th« museum adjoins the (Jemonstri-tlon hall of morbid anatomy, which in turn cosnsbnlcates with the general pathologic •\u25a0-histologieslaboratory. This laboratory, having a front alines:entirely of glass, U located In a s*<-tion of th»

Ibuilding looking north Into a spacii -:a court. TisIroom will seat ons hundred students and wlB b»

devoted entirely to microscopical work.Another section of the buildingalso : kingnoH&

Into the court Is subdivided Into two smaller labor.atorles for Instruction In neuro-pathoiogy, auipt^pathology and practical clinic pathology. The pht-tographic and mlcro-photographio outfits are lathswest wing.

Tbere are four lecture rooms In the bulling.The two "demonstration rooms" each seat IS stydents. Two large lecture rcoma at ':.•> rear of litbuilding each seat 400 f*T#nrtm Tfc<» Ugxitinjar-rangement and equipment of each room haa r»>celv^d special attention. To avoid confusion be-tween lectures] the corridors an.l stairways ha?»been so arranged that one class may enter th« lar|jlecture ro> m from one side as t.v.'j other dsslleaves It Cross the opposite side.

On the '.•?.. atioa day, June 10, the laboratorieswillbe open for Inspection from 10 a. m. toia m.and many interesting- exhibits willbe on view. Fci-lowing the arrival of the members of tha AaierteiaMedical Association, by special train :\u25a0\u25a0 -n AtlaatltCity, ail th© guests of the university wi" aas«mhlsIn Houston Hall. In the reur of th.> main 'ollejibuilding,at 4 o'clock In the afterr.ccn. ar.-i ;roc«a|to the new laboratories, the faculty of the coUsjileading th* procession, followed by the represeßs>tlvts of the various universities, medical ccllaH)and public and private preparatory scaeen\ r»pr»»sentatives of medial societies, the faculty of ti«medical department of the university, ;..a iariMguests, the alumni sad th*stu*Je-nt3.

Immediately after the arrival of this process 1.:!th© guests will eor.girrgate In front of th* s«»bul'.cir g and witness the formal presentation andacceptance of the structure, after which they sslassemMs in one of the large rooms o* tha labcrvtory and listen to the dedicatory a<Jdr^s.->es, iriiiciwillbe delivered by several eminent ::. I:ins.J. Vaughn Merrick will present the -atorlsi

to the trustees and they will b«* accepted !a th»trustees' behalf by C C. Harrison. LL* D. crows:of the university.

Formal addresses will follow ?r the laVratory ttpathological histology. The speakers will t*Pro-f»»sor H. P. Rowdit.-h. profess ;

-J '^iolsrr.Harvard University: Professor R. TI. Chitteadßt

director of the Sheffield Scientific School Yale Uni-versity: Professor George Dock, professor of me&.cine. University of Michigan: ITofeajur ratio C.Wood, professor of therapeutics, miferia mediaand pharnuioy. University of Pennsylvania.

An Inspection of TV*new buildir.g by t!:o questsnr.1 a luncheon In th.» dormitory triangle Brillcom-plete the day's programme.

ARCTIC SANATORIUM3.Th» advantages offered by the three rr.^r.iita of

Arctic summer are so numerous that ther» har«appeared recently several announcements of ".oat-

In? and permanent hospitals for patients suHssss]from incipient pulmonary affections and r.e:irss-thenlc states. According to "The Bttdsh MedicalJournal," It is proposed to erect \u25a0 sanatorium «athe shores of Lake Tome, in I-rvnland. a long andbeautiful sheet of water at Wasslta'ive.. near tMend, of the i>fotf> Railroad. Tl-..: rain . . it maybe mentioned, has only on© station In a distance at171 miles. Thera is do human dwelling i.ear thatstation, which is on the Una between Sweden andNorway, anil was erected solely :Yr the require-ments of the customs office, Except for a sssslsettlement at WassUauve. th» on s^r. of humaaexistence In the district Is the- ecCSBSOOsJ \u25a0**\u25a0*\u25a0&of a few l.i-'lun.i. with their herds <>f reindeer.Already there has been installed at this -.-ot

*scientific station In a solidly built block i

- con-taining seven rooms, and it Is proposed v bull!the sanatorium In the- Basse way.In "American Medicine" Dr. Frederick Sohoa 1m»

called attention to the sre.tt advantages of tisArctic climate. We learn that Dr. boa has *•cided to organize \u25a0 cruise to the fjords of 'jreeii-land, returning before the hardships of the ArctiJwinter be«in. These regions of perpetual bbbsMHmay be reached within ten days from N'"va Scotia,

and the trip ir~ay be made with Safety a::<! com-fort In iv suitable vessel altered and appointed forthis purpose.— (American Medicine.

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TO GROW MINIATURE TREES.Itis Quit© possible for any one to own a forest

of miniature oaks, which may be grown «v«n wltft-out the. aid of soiL In order to rear a m!^latur»forest procure a shallow dish and cover the base

of It with moss an inch, thick. Then set a nasa-

ber of good acorns In rows about t»\> (aches apart.

and a perfect little forest of oak tree* zi**•

raised. Tha moss must always bo kept very moist,

and the acorns will begin to grow Inthe spring.By June or July they willhave raised thesasslW

six to eight Inches high, and will form a eharmfclsight for any lover of tree*.— (.London Mai-

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PACE OF A RECEDING BHITISTICOLUMBIAN GLACIEEr

lngos, rather than shifting encampments. ••Pueblo"originally meant, e.r.d still means, one of thesefalsem ol residence. Many of them now lie inruin*,bat a few (more modern than tho others, nodoubt) still exist. Near tne pueblo of Oochitl arethe Hires of two mountain lions that have beencarved out "f tho soUd rock. Mr. Prince had thatpair of statues i:i mind when he used the expres-sion Just quoted.

"The stone lions of CochltJ." (is they are. some-times called, are nearly twelve miles to the north ofthe. village, which Is the nearest one now Inhabited.Th© ex-Mayor, after witnessing '\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0• annual festivalof the people- of Cochttl, procured a guide an.lini,!,. the Journey over a difficult road to t!. lionsand back again In a single day. Thai part of thecountry is broken up by numerous gorges, or can-yons, whose sides vary In steepness. Between themare high plateaus, or "mesas.* 1 On one of thelatter nr' the rains of tho pueblo of Quemado, orthe Bomt Pueblo, Which at some ill defined periodtn the past was destroyed by fire. Though It IsImpossible to secure precise tJstortca] data con-cerning the place, Mr.I'rtnce notes that the formerresidents, though walking barefooted or wearingonly a soft moccasin, were able to wear paths Inthe rock to a depth of six Inches.

Quemado was laid out like other pueblos, in theform of an Irregular square. One side measures 525feet In length, ur.,\ another about 400. On ench sidetho buildings bad 1• en continuous, and at th» cor-ners of the parallelogram no opening was left, ex-cept at the northeastern angle. There the onlyplace for entrance was provided. The houses werethree stories high on the outer faces of the square,and were terraced down on tho Interior. The occu-pants obtained access to their dwellings only fromthe Inclosed court. This structural arrangement

fitted a town admirably for defence In war. par-

ticularly as tho outer walls were pierced with fewwindows. At the base the houses were twenty-five feet deep, and were divided up into threerooms, whose width was about seven or eight feet.The rooms were about twelve feet long-. Even yet

ItIs possible to perceive that the masonry of which•-'\u25a0.-•\u25a0• structures consisted was of a high order.The stones were hewn as perfectly and systemati-cally Sis Is dono by th» most expert builders to-day.

Within tho court were the ruins of four smallcircular lnclosures. thirty or forty feet across.These, too. are typical features of all pueblos.They are known as "tstufas." and two theories are.advanced concerning their use. both of which may

be In a measure correct. The Sianlah explorer

Coronado. who Invaded the region declared thatthe esturaa were the homes of the young men. andthat the women dwelt In the terraced houses. Thereis reason to think, however, that they were alsodevoted to religious or other ceremonies, and some-times served as council chambers.

The lions were found In another circular ln-closure outside of and a third of a mile awayfrom th« ruined pueblo. The wall was of stone,

three feet thick, and ha.l once been six f*et high.The diameter of the ring was about 18 feet. Thewall was pierced on the southeastern side, and ex-tended In parallel lines so as to afford an easilyguarded approach. The statues form a part ofthe same t.iass of rock that supplies their roudfla-tlon. Removal Is therefore impossible without de-taching them. The lions ntan<l side by side, facingto the eastward. Their bodies are 33 Inches longand the tails 22 Inches, giving an extreme lengthto the figure of nearly six feet. They are dis-proportionately stout, it would seem. Inasmuch asthe greatest breadth of the bodies Is 30 inches andthe tails are 8 inches wide. Until fourteen or nf-teen years ago the statues remained in an excellentstate of preservation. Hut Ignorant herdsmen havebattered the heads sufficiently to Impair the orig-inal outlines of the latter.

Mr. Prince thinks that the lions were designedas fetiches for Pueblo hunters. Even to-day pU-grlnuLge* ara mada thither from Cochiti, when par-ties of. men are about to engage In the chase.

The plants are perpetuating. In a \u25a0'•nsa, arepropagated In the open Ids, cultivated with lesslabor than ordinary crops, and are exempt fromInsect posts unJ but rarely troubled with disease,

excepting ordinary fungus attacks,Tho average life of a field carnation varies from

two to three years. Now plants are tak-n In cut-tings from the. old ones and put directly into theground. They take root In about four weeks, andin about ten months tire In bloom, and continue togive their dally quota of blossoms until they dieout. Inplanting tie carnations sir.' placed In rowsthree feet apart and the plants two feet from eachother. This permits tho cultivation with horses,and once in healthy growth they require onlywatchfulness for <iiwt-as» and Insect pests, Irriga-tion about every two weeks and dally picking.—(Los Angeles Times.

Another nearly grown doe Isaw last year (ad-joining the same town) standing In a little creek•with pome cattle. Iwas told that It came and\u25a0went to pasturage and to milking (of course, thedeer was not milked) daily with the cows. InJEST Iwas at I-<Jen Valley Ranch for a month. AWild, rough country In M«-ndoclno County, CaL,environs this gem. Big and small game Is abun-dant there. The wild cat In the "roughs" arethe most Interesting features there.

The cattle dogs, wild dogs, bear dogs and deerdogs ore taught to attack and pursue tirelessly.The most exciting chase and fightIever witnessedWas between these dogs and a grfat wild bear thatsucceeded in ripping two cut of six of the largestand best trained flogs. The bear was finally se-cured alive and dragged Into the corral at the tallof a riata suuMied to the horn of the caddie ofthe chief vaquero.

For a month I saw a male and female fawnmove with perfect unconcern 'among these dogs,and all lap milk from the name trough (the fawndoes r.ot lap. lut drinks like a pig arid drinksmilk like a starved plpi. It wan laughable to seethem pushing each other while gulping milk. Thesedogs that ran off ih<* mother doe were first to dis-cover her young, but did not selz» them, as they\u25a0would have done U;e doe. When strange dogspassing this ranch boose on the road espied the.awns In the orchard or the meadow, they natural-ly"went for" the fawns. Iexpressed apprehension,but Iwas told by the wife of the proprietor thatthe home dogs kept a sharp outlook for strangedogs, ar.d always protected the fawns, lsaw evi-dences there of this.Iknow a gentleman In Virginia whose shepherd

dog chased a tame deer all about the grounds attop speed, to the infinite light of both animals.After the race deer and dog would come up totheir master.— (Correspondence of The Hartford

Times.

canine custom, ar.d passed on. The fawn was per-fectly unconcerned.

Two years ago there was another deer, over halfgrown. in the same town, which had as Its com-panion and safeguard a large Newfoundland dog.These animals were often seen playing together,and went downtown together at their own desire.On these trips the Newfoundland seemed, by In-•tlnct, to know that the deer was at the mercy ofother dogs, and paw to it that no dog molested thedeer. The family owning these two attractive ani-mals has moved from Oroville, taking Its Interest-ing friends.

rilK STONE LION'S OF COCUITI.ZMagram sbowlnr how th*y He In centre of a cir-

cular lnclosure of stone.AA—Sioii* !lor.». BB—Circular walL CC— entrance»»s)«f.'><- cl; itf....at „, :.- nj"llecor<l» of the Past")

In the heart of glacier land. He was still anxiousabout the recession, and what to meant to askwas Ifthe glaciers were still worth visiting.

The Swiss guides had their laugh out, and thendemonstrated to him that tha glaciers they exhibit

were still In prime condition. Ifthe recession goes

on for three hundred or four hundred years they

willnot bo so worthy of notice.Most of tho glaciers alone the Canadian Pacific

are receding:, bat the one whichhas bi-en particular-ly studied from this point of view is the Great, orJlk-dllewaet. glacier, which is familiar to every onewho has ever stopped off here. Since the summerof 1887 it has been observed with more or less care.At that time it covered the great bed of morainebowlders which now extend! from the edge of theIce to the alder bush fringe below. The location of

the Ice edge at different icrisis has been markedon the rocks with paint.

During the cummers of1859, 1900 and 1902 accuratemeasurements were taken lor determining th.- exactrate of flow of this glacier. A station v.as selectedfar up the right moraine, and a surveyor's transitset up. A number of steel plates, painted red forpurposes of easy Identification, were laidout on theice in a straight line across the glacier. This linowas about IJBM feet above the forefoot of tho Ice.As the glacier moved the plates were carried downwithit. The- nrsi year showed a dally advance nearthe centre of between six and seven inches, whichtit-creased toward the edges. During the last fewyean, however, the average rate of flow appears to

be diminishing.

"The recession movements of this glacier,'

saysGeorge Vaux, jr.,of Philadelphia, who has studiedit "are very slow, and cover a period of manyyears. After 1883 for a year or two the changeswere probably not very material. But from Au-gust is1."1 when a certain rock near the alderBushes was marked, till August, lb»8, tho totalamount of this retreat up the valley bad been 451feet, or an average of fifty-six feet a year. Theactual recession, however, for the next year—is tillAugust, IMS-was only sixteen feet. This Isin part, at least, accounted for by the heavy snowaof the preceding winter, and by the fact that th»Bummer of IS«J was unusually cold. The next year,however, there was an even greater recession,reaching about sixty-four feet, while the next twoyears snowed recessions of twenty-eight feet andthirty-five feet, respectively. It will thus bo seenthat the average recession for the last four yearshas been only about thirty-five feet a year."

The recent annual reports of the "Commission In-ternationale d,>s Glaciers" show that during- thelatter half of the nineteenth century the greaterpart of the observed glaciers in all parts of theworld have been receding, and those of the Hookiesand Selkirks are no exception.

There is one glacier in the Canadian Rockies,however, which Is advancing as steadily as theothers are receding. It is the great glacier of theValley or the Ten >••\u25a0;:!;*. extending down almost toMoraine Lake. The heavy forest Is being destroyedby its resistless force. Geologists say that localcauses are responsible. The glacier is hemmed inon the eastward by a continuation of stupendouscliffs. At some date not very lemote an unusualavalanche of rocks, of enormous proportions, hasbur!*-,! the ice deep In piles of huge stones andbowlders, which, preventing the access of the sun'srays, protect it from much melting. There seemsno good reason why this state of affairs should notcontinue to exist for many years, perhaps cen-turies, as the conditions are likely to recur.

MADE FROM PORTO RICO LACE WOOD.A Philadelphian having some business connections

In Porto Rico recently' had sent to him a naturalcuriosity from that island In the shape of a whipcomposed of a single piece of wood, from the rosetteon the butt to the end of the lash. The materialfrom which it Is made Is known as laco wood. Apiece of this tree In its natural state Is not muchdifferent from that of other trees, but upon re-moving the bark and fraying out the Inside por-tion th»» reason- of the name is at once apparent

The inside will be found to consist of fibrelikestrands, which are Interlaced in exactly the samemanner us coarsely woven burlap and similar ma-terials, which are used for various purposes Thehandle of the whip la formed of a piece of wood inIts natural suite, with a rosette on the butt Thisrosette is made by simply separating the differentlayers of the iaoellke growth, the strands overlap-ping one another with the regularity of a. piece ofcloth which has been woven in the loom. The lashis formed by making three strings of tho wood andplaiting them together. The whip Is then oneiPiece of wood from one end to the other and therela no fastening of any kind whatsoever,

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