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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-03-28, Page 3WHEN WELL NEXT ICE AGE COME? THEORY THAT VOLCANOES ARE CAUSE OF GLACIAL EPOCHS. Volcanic Explosions in the Past Have Been Followed by Prolonged Periods of Severe Cold. Shall we have another ice Age a new Glacial Epoch ---ante when will it arrive? The answer is that such a shivery period may arrive at any time. Though most unlikely, it is entirely conceiv- able that fifty years from now the whole of Canada might be covered by a sheet of ice many feet thick, un - melted by the hottest summer sun. There have certainly been several and perhaps many ages of ice in the history of the planet on which we dwell, covering vast areas with glacial sheets. Such epochs extended over nobody knows how 'many thousands of years, and were succeeded by long periods of warmth. The fact has been fully established that the cold periods covered the en- tire earth; likewise the warm periods. That is to say. it was colder every- where at the sane time, or warmer everywhere not merely over limited areas. Puzzling Scientific Problem. The reason why offers bile of the most puzzling problems that science has endeavored to tackle. Has 'the sun's heat waxed and waned at inter- vals, thus causing great climate changes on the earth? This is a theory long ago offered, but it does not gain acceptance to -day. A theory deemed much more plaus- ible is that which attributes the ice ages to volcanoes—a juxtaposition of things that seems very odd, but which is easily explained. In 1783 occurred the greatest vol- canic catastrophe of which history has record. The mountains called As- samayarna, • on the main island of Japan, blew up. For years afterward the atmosphere all over the earth was "foggy" with the dust it threw to a height of at least fifty miles. Benjamin Franklin, "describing the phenomenon, wrote: "There was a fog all over Europe and North Ameri- ca. It was of a permanent nature and dry. Rays of the sun passing through it .were ao faint that when collected in the focus of a burning -glass they would scarcely kindle paper." It was a cold summer and the win- ter that followed (1783-84) was severe. The next two years were likewise very cold. Why? Because the volcanic dust - clouds, floating high in the atmos- phere, interrupted the sun's rays and prevented then to some extent from reaching the earth. When, in 1815, Mount Tomboro, east of Java, exploded, the catastrophe was followed by three years of cold all over the world. Fifty-sii thousand people were killed and there were three days of darkness to a distance of 300 miles. We had then the famous "year without a summer," when there was snow in every month. The Cold Years. In 1883 Krakatoa, a mountainous island in the strait of Sunda (between Java and Sumatra) blew itself to pieces, the disaster being one of the greatest in all volcanic history, and for three years temperatures were much below normal in Europe and America. A cold year followed the explosion of Pelee, on the island of Martinique, in 1902; and we had a twelvemonth of low temperature after the great outburst of Mount Katmal, on the Alaskan Peninsula, in 1912. It doesn't really matter where the volcano that produces the dust is lo- cated. The material is so light that it may take two or three years to settle to the earth, and very soon it is distributed by the winds through the atmosphere of the entire globe, s So serious is tho interruption of the sun's rays by a cause of this kind and so great the diminution of the amount of heat delivered upon the earth that any long -continued series of volcanic outbursts of first-class importance might radically alter our climate -- quite possibly, if they. kept on long enough, introducing tis to a new Age of Ice. - War Closes Estates. There are, or were before the war, nearly 1,000 great country estates scattered over Great Britain, many of which have now been closed be- cause of the huge taxation. Of these sixty may be classed as private pal- aces, for each required a stair of from 200 to 600 servants and atten- dants, dants, Outside of the household ser- vants there were many men employ- ed as caretakers for the grounds, gardens, park eoverts, outbuildings Bind stables. 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Forced labor of civilians in con- nection with military operations. Enemy usurpation of sovereignty during military occupation. Compulsory enlistment of soldiers among inhabitants of occupied terri- tory. Pillage. Confiscation of property. Exaction of illegitimate or exorbi- tant contributions and requisitions. Debasement of currency and issue of spurious currency. Imposition of collective penalties. Winton devastation and destruc- tion of property. Bombardment of undefended places. Wanton destruction of religious, charitable, educational and historic buildings and monuments. Destruction of merchant ships and passenger vessels without warning. Destruction of fishing boats. Destruction of a relief ship. Bombardment of hospitals. Attack on and destruction of hos- pital ships. • Breach of other rules relating to the Red Cross. Use of deleterious and asphyxiat- ing gases. Use of explosive and expanding bullets. Directions to give no quarter. Ill treatment of prisoners. Misuse of flags of truce. Poisoning of wells. Even this list, as the sub -commit- tee takes pains to point out, does not exhaust the record of the enemy's 8 '•cs.-u Delicious Mixture of heat C Barley Er sound nourish- ment and a sweet nut -like flavor impos- sible in. a pro- duct made of whet alone, eat Grape:Nuts tAryAPA roo6 00.180 WtGIt9L NO L-020 4x--x,C iSSUE 13—'19 crines, and it recommends the ap- pointment of .some standing. body for the purpose of collecting and system- atizing further information with the view of laying before a tribunal or tribunals to be set; up a conlprehen sive list of charges and accused per-.. SODS. Heavy Punishmenit Urged. In the commission at responsibili- ties as a whole, more perhaps than in any other commission, differences of tendency are apparent. While some energetic people take common sense as the guiding star, there are others who are unable to get away from legal precedent, unable to see that war may even have rendered out of date all the ideas of their sacred temple. It may be said that the first drafts of at least two of the sub -committees were not by any means satisfactory as to the punishment of those chiefly responsible for the war, which, it was suggested, would be satisfactor- ily meted out if a parliament of the world were to pass a resolution de- claring the German Emperor was not a jolly good fellow. Those drafts are being reconsidered, and the British, at least, are doing their utmost to bring the ex -Kaiser to book, together with other chief offenders. ELS! [211111 A MOIST C10i F1 THROU011‘11AIR OHRE ITS FAIR Try this! Hair gets thick, glossy, wavy and beautiful at once. Immediate?—Yes! Certain? that's the joy of it. 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If you care for pretty, soft hair, and lots of it, surely get a small bottle of Knowlton's Danderine from. any drug store or toilet counter for a few cents. A Soldier First. "If you don't join us we'll annihi- late you." That, in effect, was what the Bolshevists said to Col, John Ward, M,P., when, in October last, he marched his battalion into a Rus- sian town. Col. Ward promptly ar- rested the leader, posted his men and guns, and by resolute action saved the battalion from being cut off. Col. Ward says he would sooner command a battalion than accept a seat in the House of Lords. !llinard'5 Liniment Cares, Slims. Mtn Army Mascots. What is to happen to the amazing menagerie of regimental mascots that have accompanied our troops, through- out the varying fortunes of war? writes a British correspondent. There is a formidable list. The monkeys of the Signal Section, the hyena of the West Surreys, the goose of the W.A. A.G.'s, the tame rats, kittens, pigs, rats, ferrets and mongooses, parrots, foxes, rams, ibex and cage birds. A certain military policeman at Bou- logne, engaged in the usual examina- tion of the kits of five men for con- traband goods, had the time of his life. He broke open a carefully -wrap- ped parcel and out fell three snakes. They had been captured by the Royal Engineers in Mormal Forest a few days before the•4rmistice. What Saved the Baby. The family were entertaining callers one afternoon, and while the grown- ups were talking the baby crept on the floor. Suddenly there was a loud bump and wild wail. It came from the direction of the piano. "Oh, the baby has hurt himself!" cried the mother. "Run quick, dear!" The young father had already dash- ed toward the piano. He dropped on his knees and groped under the piano for his injured offspring. Presently he returned. "He fell down and bumped his head on one of the pedals," he reported. • "Oh, the poor darling" Is it a bad bump?" asked one of the guests. "No," he answered. "Fortunately, his head hit the soft pedal!" "The best education in the world is that got by struggling to make a living.—Wendell Phillips, 666666.666. 3ltinrvrct'>y Iliniinesit 1telioveri Neuralgia. • The Latest Designs us Swagger sports model for women. The middy is made on simple lines and the yoke is of an odd shape. The band at the lower edge is turned up and forms pockets at either side of front. McCall Pattern No. 8796, La- dies' Middy Blouse. In 5 sizes, 3.4 to 42 bust. Price, 20 cents, ape A Spring suit is smart this season when one wears a waistcoat with it. This one offers an opportunity to wear one of daring form and color. McCall Pattern No. 8787, Ladies' Coat. In 7 sizes, 34 to 46 bust. No. 8794, Ladies' and Misses' Chinese Blouse. In 3 sizes; small, 32; med- ium; 34 to 36; large, 38 to 40 bust. 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It is sold under a. money -back guarantee to cure bronchitis, coughs. colds, bron- chial asthma. No cure—no pay. Ten times more ,powerful than any known cough cure. Price 50 cents, 15 cents ex- tra for mailing, 8 bottles mailed free for $1:50. Sold only by BUCKKLEY, the Druggist, 97 Dundas Street East, Toron- to. Conservation. "I wish I had a baby brother to wheel In my gocart, mamma," said small Elsie. "My dolls are always getting broke when it tips over." MONEY ORDERS. Dominion Express Money Orders are on sale in five thousand aloes throughout Canada. Not His Function. "I want to know," said the grim - faced woman, "how much money my husband drew out of the bank last week." "I can not give you that informa- tion, madam," answered the man in the cage. "You're the paying teller, aren't you'?" "Yes, but I'm not the telling payer." htinard'a Linluterit for Mate everywhere. 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Short- ly the entire corn can be lifted out, root and all, without pain. This drug is sticky but dries at once and is claimed to just shrivel up any corn without inflaming or even irri- tating the surrounding tissue or skin. If your wife wears high heels she will be glad to know of this. OR HONEY REFUNDED. ASK ANY DRUGGIST or write tymen-!inox Co., Montreal, P.Q. Pries BOc, Remember the name .s it mliht net he aeon nrsin e<7244.^cA•itre—®'® '. ®di How to Pune c ® the Blood i "Fifteen to thirty drops of Extract of Roots, commonly e called Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, may be taken in water with meals and at bedtime, for the cure of indigestion, consti- pation and bad blood. Persist- t81 ionce in this treatment will effect 6 a cure in nearly every case." ,® 0 Get the genuine at druggists. I" So it Seems. People ask who the Czecho-Siovaits are. They are the men who put the "trot" in Trotzky. 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