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Show BACK l-BOM DEAD. . The body of a guide, perfectly preserved, pre-served, haa been yielded up by one of the Swlaa glaciers after a period of twenty-three twenty-three yeara. In 1388 the gutds fell Into a crevasse. His body waa latsly recovered, recov-ered, lie appearance unchanged by Ita long Imprisonment Hi the Ice. There hsve been other esses of ths bringing back of a long loat body, held for years In the close embrace of the Ice. One of the flr,t Instancee on record relates to ths Hsmel accident, which occurred oc-curred In 1820. Heveral guldee were swept down by an avalanche and hurled Into a crevasse. Hsmel prophesied the glacier! would view them up In the course of 100 yeara. nut Profseeor Forbes, a British expert ex-pert In Alpine affaire, believed that the end of the glacier would be reached by the bodies In forty years. Thle statement wss considered bold, but Its accuracy was borne out by the event. In forty years the flow of Ice brought the bodies to light. In 1X43 Henry Arkwrtght was lost In a glacier. In juet thirty-one yeara hie brother received a telegram from -e the mayor of Chamonlx elating that the bodv had been found.' Every article. of clothing waa Intact. Hie name and regiment regi-ment could be read clearly on hla handkerchief, hand-kerchief, and his gold pencil-case opened and shut ss easily as when he had last used It. three decades . before. London Til-Bits. ' |