The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1871-11-23

LcN the Earth will be Desaroye0-
frOst and mot Heat the DsssOovs0S
Hyeua-l he Fate of other Planets.

NSw the Earth will be Desaroye Cd
Er"st and nos Heat the Dlss06viaE
Nsens-I he Fate Of other Psaoess.
A Young celestial geologisr, Stanislas Men
nier by name, has lifted us out OF the rut ~
regards our future fate, and for 80 doing has
been compiimen,ed by the eminent -avan',
NJ. Dumas. For hundreds OF years We have
steadily believed that in the end this planet
will be parched up like "a scroll, and 1t l. re-
fresh ng TO lind out BY Mennier that so iar
from melting with iervent heat We shall
probably break in peices from intense cold,
and BE- dis,ribue ed through space in erOIites.
A close study of sideresl psle0ntobogy has
let, NJ. Mennier TO this conviction, which
would certainly, in former days, have drawn
down upon him the thunders OF the church.
Tie Ceologist astronomer arrived n his sys-
TEN in ii is manner: After a thorough ex-
animation OF the arolites in the museum, he
conceived that the asteroids, which are con-
sian,ly falling upon our globe. must be frsg.
ments Of some heavenly body about the size
of the moon which persisted ages ago by
Spontaneous rupture, having arrived n It's
last period of cooling.
This star, which wa. Probably satellite
Of the earth, NJ. Mennier has named Geolog'
ia. and the stones which tall down on ouI
globe are portions OF that deiunct body. In
fact. as Button or Cuvier could recOnetric
a prehistoric animal from ubn, 10 NJ.
Mennier has gorne 10 work TO RECONSTRUCT M
entire planet from a fragment The oriner
exl-,cnce OF Geologic having teen satlsfac.
toriiy established. NJ. Minnier proceeds e
show tina. il must have occupied place
among the solid planets, that rs to say, IN
the region of Mercury, Venus, the Earth,
and Mars, rs solid stones like those picked
up and preserved in the museum could
hardly have come from the gaseous or the
iiqu d planets. NJ. Mennier appears inclin.
ed to believe that his Geologic once played
TIE role OF second moon until it cooled and
went to peices. The other solid planets, nc.
cording 10 this theory, are gradually ap'
preaching this fatal point of refrigeration,
and by the time they break up, Jupiter and
>aturn vii. pass from the liquid tothe solid
and Uranus and Neptune from the gaseous
to the liquid state. NJ. Dumas has thanked
NJ Mennier Tor ''placing in q new light
questions which had hitherto remained in
the domain of abstraction"
4 Dying Saint.
Senate. Nve, OF Nevada, rs an invelerxte
wag, and has almost N many stOries to re
! late as had President Lincoln. In one Of his
latest speeches he told the following good
one of an old man in one Of the mining nam.
lets, compssed Of log cabins and canvas
houses, who lay dying, and Nye w's attend
ing him Seeing the old man was fast 60
ing TO that other land. he thought it his duty
to advise him of the fact. The following
! WAS the result. Said the Senator:
Davis, it is undoubtedly best that you
should know the truth; you are very sact
man, and will in all probability live but
short time. Are your affairs in the condI.
ton that you would wish to have Them?
should be glad TO do anything tor you, yo'
know" .'
"Yes; they are all right" ~
swell, would you like me 10 write TO any
| Of your folks East%' 10! ',r
mo, not now-af,er it is over
"Would you like me to call in = min
ister!" 'i' i.-' -'.+'
i The sick man BY great effort of will ovea
a weak and shattered body, drew himself uE
in bed, 40 a. to be in sitting posture, and
s.ernly, most soberly, and earnestly said:
"Why, Governor, what should want I
minister for? nerer poted The Democrats
ticket in my tte''