Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1873-10-23
04cIuuoU 1IOm tne eCOnOmy OF tne u01-
verse. The result will be intense cold
and darkness, q cessation Of all animal
life, and an immediate return to origi-
nal chaos. :,ca-~-.
THE BUBBLE EARTH TO BURST.

gradually formed over the fiery mass
inside. A globular form is maintained
by rapid rotary motion, the inner fluid
sustaining the soft shell in it, position,
so that the undulations are einpercepti-
BILE to us. Thus We are being whirled
through space on huge globule, the
surface of which floats on IN interior
Of liquid fire. Only tho rotary. speed
Of this bubble keeps it together, and
any disarrangement or change in ter
restrial phenomena would transform it
ali into fluid that would resolve itself
into vapor. General Barnard does not
believe that tho surface is of an essen
tally different composition from the
liquid interior-it has only been con-
densed sufficiently to form . sort of
capsule. The tenure ct the worlds ex-
istence, therefore, is e1oeedingly un-
certain. Any greatly disturbing inlu-
ence-the breaking out Of huge vol
cano, any change in the surface that
would render it brittle, the impact Of
heavy meteor or comet-may, in q nc
ment, immolale it, leaving humanity to
whirling death amid the horrors of in
organic space.
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DARKNESS, SILENCE AND DEATH.
Mr.. 81. F. Walling began an essay on
the Dissipation of Enerov." bv sav-
inc :i1 Sinee Che days Of the anoients
it has been known that all motion is
gradually developed BY friction, and
must finally cease, unless maintained
by external power" The heat power
of the sun. which, he reoarded "a the
motive power Of the earth: is being ex-
hat,sted 'bv the prodioious layiahness
of its exnenditure. It ia eupDosed. he
said- that fha satallite viii fall into
nlaneta- the nlaneta into AIMS and
snns into A oommon centre. After which
s sdarkness siience and death w;il
reien He vas not v;thont I shallow Of
hone. however. He saw Onlv two noss;ble
chances for a noatnonamcnt, at leaat'
of The dreaafnl catastronha F;rst q
sar;es of nstnrsl chemtcal evolnt;ons
attractino tn the ann a vast amonnt Of
combnstible material: and. second
the infnite maonitnile If the universe
being auff}cient to nerm;t never-endino
Concentration of massea. One dreaded
effect of q loss of aun power. he said.
ia a d;snlacement Of atmasnher;c fonces
Tidal ;pfinences or ~ nIanetarv collisions
NAV haaten the dreadfnl cetaatronl,e
Which will be a slowinr of the MAJ.
ch;narv If tho universe nnt;l orov;no
st.onaf;on cniminatea in a total ext;nc,
t;on Of I;fe forces.
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UNIVERSAL DhooGH AND STARVATION
DAFT r-.,L,;c u uorch foroto,d @
o.,o4.,ai 10. !snnmth - 80 % ,.sn1t . of oioor ;"
~ - of tho foroats MTho con.
trast." f" he said, " "between an open and
sunburnt pasture and one interspersed
with clumps of trees must have been
noticed by every careful observer. The
fact that furniture in houses too much
shaded will mould is an instance of the
humid influence of trees, and the re-
suits Of woodland shade explain the
fullness of springs and streams in the
forest, which dry up and
disappear when the trees are re-
moved" The rapidity with which
forests are disappearing has already
been . matter OF alarm; but when we
consider the effect upon streams
practical illustratlons OF large ones be-
ing lessened and small ones extinguish.
ed-there is cause for fright. Land
will become unwatered, and c0nse
Quently sterile; crops will lessen in
volume until the arid and tree)ess
plains refuse to respond to the incite'
ment OF the farmer; universal famine
will ensue; and the world, entirely de-
populated by starvation, will sink into
uninhabitativeness, until some new
change calls another form Of life into
existence.