New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-04-03

quantities. We have signs OF this under what was lett
by those oceans, OF those saline chalybeate
springs. We find that precisely the atmosphere OF
old times much more dense ana complex than the
present atmosphere the same If true Of the oceans.
with these changes taking place, the time would come
when the CHLORINE was removed from the atmosphere
and men sulphur and nothing woud be left but carbOnic
acid aside. of course. from the atmosphere we now
breathe that carbonlc acid must have existed IN
much greater quantities 10 make the material out OF
which the strata Of the earth had been formed II IS
true that OF those strata indicate having been
formed by living creatures-that they are mere shells
were once alive. Bnt also. we find certain OF these
strata that must have formed 10y The direct action
OF carbonc acid upon the crystalline rocks 81 the earth,
went on; carbOnc aci actually becamewhdrawn rom
this OF hdrawng the carbonic acid was helped
by the process OF vegetation
THE ADVENT OF VEGETATION.
Vegetation. we know, withdraws oarbonic acid gas
from the air and replaces 1T with oxygen. Then we
come TO the time when vegetation first introduced
upon the earth and brought before the solemn
question rs to the beginning OF life the earth, be-
cause vegetable life il undoubtedly Is the
beginning of life. May 1t he that spon-
taneOus generation was possible in that former
state OF the earth must confess that find self not in
the least hampered with the religious questions assoc
cia,ed with that matter. A man OF science must sct
those questions quite apart from their religious aspect
quite apart from the interpretations when nave peen
placed upon the Word of God. We may Dc perfectly
We must deal with this matter quite apart from the pre-
conceived interpretations. over and over again IL mas
wrong and IT may well be IN this matter
Of the creation OF life. For instance, 1t IL
absolutely undemonstrable that tle descriptions gwen
i'm the Bible NAV moi have referred 70 me processes OF
evolution a. this am now following; ana WneIe u -
said that the Almighty made this or That Kind OF
creature II may be that it means that he then gave laws
TO the universe unuer which tney were subsequently,
formed. IL seems TO that We can form no inea OF
the Almighty God as consistent as 10 supposo t
proces ses OF creation. Any way Whatever view NC
lind that vegetation was ~, s.sJ hos "a
10 the existence of animal hfo ON t9e earl9, anu ~
appears manifest that the vegetation OF those ass
much richer than the vegetation OF OUT Own nm ,o
was then that those forest masses were noIe o
which The supplies of coal thai we are now using Helo
derived and in those times trees existed On scaae 40
great that all OF our large forest 'ieeS "o"" 'o"
dwaried into bushes by COMPARISON
THE FIRST ANIMALS FITTED TO 4 DENSE ATMOSPHERE
It yonld appear that the time at last arrived when
animal life became pOsSbls. The hrst creature tha1
lived we have proved to have breathed an atmosphere
such as IN our time We could not respre That atmos-
pbore contained much more carbonic acid They seem
10 have been fitted for life under those c0ndtiohs' -,
mn s.r1nSe Indeed inc whole earth was
rounded at that time by an enormously
deep atmosphere. continually laden WIN Clouds
sucl recognize in me Planet jupiter ,1 re h
extent than at the present the anu mus 10
was having c0htnua{ w. po MAJ Veil conceive that the
aspect presented by the earth 70 The nhabnts .here
were any of the moon must nave correspondent VIVA
some degree of closeness that which nave now In
We now have representation of the planet Jupiter
II is supposed he picture OF our EARN at the une
when lis atmosphere was laden with enormous CLOUDS,
and underneath those clouds those operations o.
gbuu lant vegetation were taking place; When strange
animals, such geology gives us the record OF, inc
enormOus saurian with long neck sire apoVe oo
oceans 80 the imaginary serpent mas been conceived
20 do to-day Other animals on land and The Startling
dactyan creature. with enormous bat-he Wings noatg
i'm the dense atmospher at tnat mo-lhose creatures
tbat We fnd provided with enormous eyes so thab
through the darkness Of tie cloud-aden atmosphere
they were enabled 10 search AFTER prey
THE SURFACE GRADUALLY FITTED FOR MAN.
We shall now have another picture of Jupiter with the
appearance that the earth may at that time have pre-
sented Now at last the time when the animals
began 10 improve in their quality and character. We
may conceive that the processes OF evolution went on,
and the animals ut present existing the earth began
TO appear Whether thai process oil eYolutlon
led To the introduction OF man upon the
scene rs P0l1 tb., ootter and be worth very
LITTLE and it must be lef TO the geologs At last there
came the stage when man uia alse, anu ow We a.
stage when certain new processes are coming 10 DC
applied. Animals going gradually 10 consume ftge-
table matter ana man Is come ne IS 10 eAnus sup eP
plies garnered up in former ages 10 use tue forests iO
ms purposes ana the land gradually TO De denuled OF
its covering and losses are 10 take pace thI can never
be replaced II You consider IN LOOKING Dach az tnr
former stages you will ina that each new stage used up
as il were, the materials that mad been provided
bv the former stage. In the gradual using up OF car
bonic acid find that the materials formerly forming
the Of the earth we're gradually undergone
change Then comes the time when vegetation useu up
inc abundant supplies Of oarbonc acid gas. And then
comes the time when animals are To- use uD the yeSeta
bio supplies. Is It to be believed Iat the process can
continue for indefinite perlOdI IL seems 10 me tat
the way in which man ~ consuming the
show that there must be an end. When man. the IN
ventor of so many machines when are using up inc
supplies OF coal-When man insists upon using the ma
teTd OF the earth at such rapid rate, we begin TO see
our way toward the end. BY that means seems to me
animal life will come 10 an end long before those mate
rial physical processes by which astronomers see that
the earth is passing toward It's end We see that the
earth is parting with It's internal heat tnat the great
central sun must in the long run, draw down TO the
stage when he Will longer have that great supply OF
heat which he now possesses
NO PROBABILITY OF THE EARTH BEING LIKE THE
MOON.
There is the moon with its surface covered with
these marks Here the place pointing the picture
upon the screenl where the meteOric missiles have
fallen into the moon, corresponding in a certain
to the stage when missiles Of the kind falling
on EARTH but whereas the earth at that stage OF Its
existence had abundant materials out Of which oceans
and atmospheres TO be formed 1t would appear as
If the virtue OF its smaller SIZE had not; and
therefore all these small signs OF disturbance
surface of the have unchanged. There have
been none these processes the signs OF which the
lace of the earth have been swept away, II they
listed at all existed far down before the strata
Of earth which had been formed by denuda,
9n ~ ere you and 'f conceive there ia nobpr in
what We OF the earth to show It will ever arrive
at this condition. but again say that TINS earth
ance as that 1 don't say, indeed, that the
atmosphere of the earth can ever fail to con-
tinue 10 clothe IL. We have seen that parts Of
the atmosphere have been Withdrawn. IL seems
conceivable that other parts of the atmosphere will
that then a time will come when the earth will no
longer have atmosphere Then there will be nothing
TO cover the earth with those signs OF volcanic action
Therefore say the final stage Of the earth will very
different from the final stage OF the moon
NO ATMOSPHERIC ACTION on THE MOON.
Yon see there is much ITO show US that at any rate
two orbs Of different sizes pass through Chemically
same stages. Here is the earth on which live which
was passing through these stages when IN very differ
ent condition from the present condition Of the
moon The moon has atmosphere, and
cannot have any atmosphere OF any apprecs-
BILE extent. III 1t had, those markings on its
surface would have been swept away In great part and
the moon would be reduced 10 the condition Of
earth when the heat had passed away from II. But
earth will have the appearance OF the surface Of
the moon because those marks that might originally
have been seen have been removed by the downfall OF
he nd