The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-06-07

.t...-.. = - 1912 ~ ~ - - q.
5, - 80
&. 1nall he dipcuqpinn mich h9a f&iteted
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g. ~ - d., = qu1 has
beea mo1e 4zsued nan NAT " ~ 6lixE
nation Of the race. There b nothing like
variety, even IN scientific argument; and
We have heard 70 much dispufation g to
whether Adam 0r Al anthrOpoid ape was
our primal ancestor, that We are now i'm
PEELED to turn to the Numerically opposite
end Of creation; and consider mot the b.
GinnipQof the first b# The end Of the lat
nm. Speculation ~ tO3 flter9 dVen1st,
ospecislly ~ sssersl 4hl1b3L - ~ eeSs'
distant--is not particularly profitable;
but II personal originator Of the race is
TO be made an object of present theory.
similar theofizing as to the personal ter
Alnefor Of the race Is certainly just Us
useful, both hypotheses being equal in
tl1e speculative natp19 of their basis; and
Il being certain th1t We cannot know any
thing moro dean18e allbut the -subject Of
~ one than thaf ~ - usher
- Alph0dse d. Ce6l0llc points ont that
Tie terrestrial surfac5 d s0natantly dlmin-
iahing. and th1t1 A4 IA 6kions are being
lowered ShF0tgM ~ imcesoant action Of
wAter, ~ and cir Beside, earthly mat
~, Weesea Of ground away, u being or
ried Inn ~ ~, which q thus filling up;
consequently ~ course OF time the pres
ent condxuratlon Of the land will change.
Continents win ~ sdiyi3ed into islands,
and theee viii be gr1du1lly submerged.
lNe auman race VIII p arSycn ~ the en-
ciuacninE Watefs from lsiand 70 1sland.
Fl7eaiy me son VIII f1se o. 3ast waste 81
sea uotted perhaps MED
lslets which once were mountain peaks:
One Dy one tnese VIII oe submerged until
reapy s0ut ono 1~leN: kopcne1nJunga,
tne aosuesf supmE er Inc 4 lmalay as, per-
maps; OF more hkely, some new coral reel
wnlcn an insect To-Day IS laDorlng, down
IN me aePtns, 70 Duiid up. Here VIII
pensn tne last man, ana the DodNo OF the
last ieiic OF oof race VIII pc .wasneq1wey
~ tne waves OF the m1gniy nood Ssihere-
lore Me tdst man does not sforce to
deafh ne sostl proodoty Dc droaoned.
announcer tneory Is inat OF tne perlodici'y
Of deluge, proposed ~ Adnemar, which
depends on tne TACT Oh tne unequal length
OF the seasons IN the two hemispheres.
4utum9 anu QUE winner tast S"ite tns. NIB
9ays. An Inc S0uhern nemnpheu, dney
last 100 GAYS. 1hese seven days OF 100
nouIs oi uinefence increase eacn year the
coluness Oh tne Poie. Durlng io'ooo years,
tne ice accumuiatcs az one pole ana meits
~ tue olneI, tnerepy qlspiacinS tne eartn 8
center OF gravity. now .ime, II Is rea-
soneu, VIII arrive wnens aitef tine maxi
mum Oh stevation OF tenneratue op one
siue, catastIoDne VIII happen, whlcn'
WIN Dring pacK the ceDter OF gravity 10
tne center Oh inquire, ana cause an I'M
mense deiuge. Inc inventor OF TINS
theory iaiis 10 CONSIDER the prooapiiity OF
tne center OF gravity retufning as gradaaly
as ~ was disgIacen: out WITH nus defect,
the hypothesis iIom anotheIspolnt VI view
goes 70 snow tnat ~ Me sdst man tos~ Ger
tGssty DC dro'oned.
q Every Few years or 80 we nave Gomez
scare; ana when the naming star appears
IN Inc SKY, tnere are plenty OF nervous
persons VINO iret themselves over me
changes na o. our EARN coAllng an c2naet
WIN II. II Is, OF course, no. withoM the
limlts OF posslpliity mat such q coiilslon
snoulo occur. II IL dia, our giooe would
pluhge mo an atmosphere OF gas, which,
mlngiing WIN tne an, say tnose VINO pre-
uics t9is Moue Vi ueasn " t94rs pissaeh
Would produce en- explosion winch Wouu
uesIoy every living -thing< scpenS poqg
.ne case, lhe person capaoie % Dreaming
ueleoerlous gas iongesa, wouid sshssve inc
lessi anu, .neleiore' loIy "se s@st "1a y, ~
~ ~ seDocaee@ W co"ses"'y gas "e 'os" %
"soto. ~. :,
~ = peIleveu ~ many astrononers tnat
.neIe IelieinR meuIuI IN space.
oaseuson tile lace ,nat Hnckes comet, N
.ni..y Three years, loses .housahuth part
Vi us VeiocIty. II tne etner TeslStS our