, 1876-03-04

Hosaon"9 Paine In called an Athotst, bns Iio
bo!iovsd In uol .lIo held that tho only tr1la
1lodgmnn mover l.at read aIlca bonks, Let him do
M, and ret soino moro modified and reasonable
viawR on this subject. hoIfRinui4ts say that no
havo human roaeon, and arc. therefore. liable TO
maho, and do make. many mistakes But What
e,ao }avo wof II was a lmman being, that wrote
tho lhb!o. md their urgumont rebounds on thno-
tnlvcs. Wo must live hccortllng ~ tho dictates
Of our reaeon. a.,t! not roy wholly o. o. wlas aomo
other man las told US. i. W. C0uLEY.
SOLAR nHn IeaRssTRlA. HEAT.
10 ths Edi'or NJ The Chtta7a Tffoun:
ROCHESTER,. Mlnu.. Fsb e8.-Tho dull bnal-
ness soasou. and tho partially dissolved and
stoatning condition Of tho surface OF the earth,
arc favorable 10 Tho consideration of theories
Of creation In " uobulous" light; and, liko
othor Of your correspondents / fool It borns
iu upon mo to mako soHo suggestions, q
theory. IN fact, which may not bo woll aot up
or defended. aud certainly cannot bo easily
prorcd.
Ono Of your correspondents asserts, and
oirers 10 provo In uomo mlnnor, TINT o!iler,
or what wo have aupposod to bo npAce In
our planetary oystom, naa weight and Resistance;
That l,eat ls rAdLated from tho sun, aud rcaclloa
the oatth hy sustained waves In THAT medium.
Will ho explain why ttoao radiant waves do not
warm Certain conspscuonH mountatn-tops Which
Ern commonly cloudcss; and also tho moon,
which isunderstood 10 bo uttor!y culd7
Tho moon eujoys An unoioudod day Of come
$50 hours, with inccseapt wsve-bonts Of sunshine
through all that day, and knows no warmth.
II atmosphere Is necessary to the development
Of uolnr lleat-if Tho SUMS rny gives no warmth
or lifo without it,-thon tho aotntion may best
be sought Ia that direction. Tho problem Is not
lfkely to bo essior hy Introducing M unknown
aud intangible force. Dut II. al Inns
a nsSa ssserod 's o sp''0 s es"1sn as, The oAfs
abolished. md tho atmosphere Of tho Garth prac-
tfcaliy touches that Of tho sun. no rocognlzo q
compliance with lava Of potfoct economy OF
hoas md force. II the nun imparss more heat
than hin piaacea roccivc,-if 10 radatos beat
nnd forcc into space,-~tien Nature is absurdly
wasting ller capital, and no aro loft to wondor
that tin business laa beon sustained until now.
IloWoFor, that III not what / propose to writo
about lust nov; but II soryea me long enougl, to
got you by tho coat-bntton for listlo interview
upon tho dynamic influence Of tho atmospheric
aud aurface olon,cnts upon tho earth.
Alost people acccpt the opinion tuat tho oarth
was at ono tmo iucandoscont; many people
claim that tho carth aud ita atmosphere contain
every atom Of ponlorkhlo mnttor which It ever
l.A1-tho conditions and relations nny have
changed. but nothing has bccp lost; aud It is
believed by tou,e people that down to Tho tiue
when cur planet began 10 assume solidity as d
globe, with q red.hot glowing surface, ali tho
water aud .pondesahEo gases which arc now con-
tanned within tho oarth wero conpollcd to oo-
cupy atmospheric relations 70 It. with pressure
upon It's surface thousand. fold grca.or than
that Of tho present. all this apparent oxcess
Inns becn taAon in By tho cooling and thlrsty
Eocks.
Prot. foumnns Gays Half tho woisht OF
the eatths crust Ia oxyeon." Prof IIitsLoocv
reports an analysis showing the portions OF
water in all available specimens to DO from l-5
OF por cent to 20 pcs cont. Granite and kin
lrod Azoic rocks gonerat1y contain about t,or
cont OF water. Now, assuming tho cooled crust
Of tho caflh to be 6o nalos In thickness, the
amount OF water 70 absorbed by the rocks. II
now o1pollnd. would tunndato oil points below
{, 900 foct Of elevation above the Goa which is
in tho Bilurian period.
Again Assuming the wcisht OF balt the
thckneda to be oxygen, ~ an caEisef period oc-
oupyang atmospheric relation to tho earth.-
25 miles, OF oven 10 miles II you profcr,
III depth OF ponderablo matter Of tho woiGht Of
granite rock and you can havc every dcerce of
lloat al o result Of tho forcc md rroHsuzo Of
such M atmosphere. atdod by the euus rayB.
Il Ia oasy to tMaEina tho blow advance OF ol,-
portuni.ies for air.braatlhng life; aud tho i'll
teusoBt types OF Tropical life were gaspipg In
tho boat OF the Pohr Circles Willie tho Tropics
wore yet into1srablo for any Life beyond marine
This process ct giving from tho air and wator,
md drlnl.iug in w tho rochs-this loadlng-
down and storing -up,-hhs never ccsecd through
all tho millions Of yeara since tue hardening bo
500 some Of tho 1osults Of an uneven stowaso
OF the load Thore arc interior heat.currcntB
With tolernhly fixed and dat1nad routes; md tho
earth'8 surface over thasa cntIout-Toutca would
anl thnraforo. slowor to nbsorh tho po,,dcrablcs
gas. Tie large plain,-ot surface unaffected by
lc1t-cuIreuts would IN ttmo become, by their
creator Acquired weight aud rapidity, as tho
increasing burden. nnk slowly upon and into
the softer interior, and drive All equivalent OF
fuHod or yielding nlattor up tna cut ut tho
weaker places in tho crust !; certainly thia out
burst would be AlouE the limos OF tina Acnt-cur-
reuss, sud the nut,sros between tho aEmor-plates
thus eive birth to mountain-raugcs. Holes apl
creviccs In theao sutusos which remain in
chokod by thoir own dcbsls, survive I'd volcanoes.
Ihis condition Of ptoErosa ts not Of tho pnst
on!y tIaoro ia no haltipg point In the process Of
absorption. aud the slow sinking and riEins Of
plains and ridges by unequni rates vi at
inoaphcric supply. TIC plauet is fully capable
Of containing the last pound Of pouterable
eurface-aottyity. Ivory lifo-throb every oxer
tlon Of force in any direction, asststa to the
ultimate quiot and rest t,-an equilibrium Of
fo1cos,- ,--Bnch as the moon. owing to ts lcBser
Bizo, Is beloved to hayo already roachs1; COTS
ditlon absolutely iifoloss and cold.
uead5 PerhaE1 1t r11ay then bo Ia the co na1-
ttoI Of srchtcAe perfection and pFnniso to tho oye
Of tho Ctoator hulnga2lnc ot btotoa forces capa
bio Of othor millions Of years Of letter lifo and
activity. il the percussion u supplied which will
again drive out tho imprisoned gases INTO at
plosphorio condition. Tho oaxeor Of plants,
wholly independent Of tho qt,oation Of their
origin, may then he suggested Is running In
Hrst-An explosion, mild or soyeto according
to yonr fancy.
Seenud-A period Of fow millions OF ycars,
tn which the wreck Of .natter slowly solldihos,
NyyH 1fRnlf 1tv Nf}int
ing which many forms Of life aro favored by rho
condition Of tho a.mosnhefe,-as men, auinslB,
and plants.
Thttu-.rho perfected, balanced globe, stored
or loaded up lsko ordunnco-shells, 10 bo exploded
only upon duo occasion.
Wllo shall sav that t,a CroAtor may not llko
His planets bast in that condition, and render
the Int the Main mud longest stage Of thoir OK
IHtence2 Who knous7 IL.
"pR. IYNpALL ON spQhTANEQua oENEaA.