The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1877-05-31
TW TArE OF TuE LAST NAN

oar 90 Fm1I ancestor, lhal Nr u'c DIV sh .
prtl,d ta turn lo the Numerically oppu.
site end ui creation, and consider not tho.
brglutlrg ~ Iug rts. tut the end uf the.
last man. Speculation as 90 the f4turc /
events especially iI several billions or 60
ysAr' dslaat-is uul particularly prui.la- |
blo. bat Ii "a personal originator ot the
race is 90 br made uu object ui pre- Ont the /
ury. slm.lnr IhvaIElug as 10 the personal
tvrmlnAIur ai the race is certainly Just as
useful both hypvlhrses being sQutIIu The
speculative UaluIe ui tLriF basls aud lt|
being certain that We cannot know any
lbiug more 4uutul.o about the subject Of
ght one than l.tu4I that OF the other.
NJ AipAousr DO CauluIle points uut that
the LyTTcalIal surface is constantly slmiH.|
l,Alug. aud that elevated regions are being
water, ice. aud AIR. Brtldys, earthly mat
Ter. washed or ground away, u beng car
glrl uutu lhr sea, Nhl,h IS tEus d ling up
consequently in course OF time the present
,uuLEIraJluu II the land will change
Continents WI.l br divided into Islands
aud these Nil gradually submerged. The
human race ,NIIl be driven by the eu
,raaChiug waters from ISLAND o. island.
FINALLY tao sun Mill rise On yHsI waste Of
ui sea dotted perhaps wiki far-svpAraied
ts3tl. which once We're mountain peaks.
iLN IN ono AIlI et VIII LN eh Ilalti ~ Alst4t
tually tlt Oh, is leiI kuuchalIjunEa.
lhv lyitIcst summit ui tho HimHlny as. per
laps or mote likely, some HuN coral
rect which ~ insect to-day Is .aborlng,
.LuRA Iu Tie depths 10 build ur. NvEe
.N4Il perish tie las. man, Hnd Tie body ui
luv ls-t gvllc OF uuE gayc NI.l Je washed
away by the waves ,l tie mighty Hood.
Therefore ~ 10 Iau last uau does hyt
sla.,u .u death ae al.l probably d. drown
ul
Another theory is lha, oflAe pcsiudie.iy
.uf urIugt, proposed ly AGLrmAI which
depends 5u lUc fact ul the 4Uc44u. length
10 il- seasons IH the .Nu h,ulspAvrrs
h4.ulHu hUa car winter last With Us lsF
dan, To- tho SuatLrrn hemisphere, tlty
.a.. lNU days Iurse seven dAys or It's
hours at difference Increase each NV4E The
,ultuvs, ul tarpu.c D4r4uE 1000 yvars.
,H, lse a,s4u44.a.es at uuv pole and u.elts
al tar other. thereby dsI.ay.uE I.y earth b
centre 90! gravity. NaN time. G IS res
,aagd. Ns.3 arrive " ben, after l.e maxi
fl.u or elevation ul temperature uL one
tlr. catastrophe W3lI happen, which
Mil bang back Iao cca.Fe Of RrANisy - The
centre Of figure. and cause an immense
aytugr. Tho Inventor ut ILIs ihcsTy iAll,
o. consider !Ay probability y! lac vvl.Ts
81 gravity returning As gradually as }, wai
displaced LII With lh.s defect. the by
g,lns+s from another point o. y ew gori
20 show that q The laAI man MI. eeF.alniy )
lr drowned
E,yfy frs ycAss or 80 We have a eomc
aeary and " hen The hAntag slas appear
q ,ae tAy, there AEc plenty ~ Heryo4l
persons NLv !rct themselves over Ia,
chances I'd u-F earth coming ll oUItAc
~ ..h II i. ls. 81 course, bot S..hsut ID,
limits uf possibility thar such q collision
should occur. lfil did, cur globe Soull
plunge into Au atmospheric OF gAs, which
mlag.lng Nt:a the air. s.y those who pre-
l.ll tLl. mode O.! death 20 oar plane
n,4ld produce m explosion which would
4va.-oy every living illHE. sguh beiul
llc ratr lhC person capable %! breathing
leieltr.aus gArloagcsl ogid survive %,
rgst and therefore 81 { the lAsl man Ii
not suAocA.ol by cJmc,Ery gaa be All! b,
blown up.
Il is believed rs many astronomer, iLA
lhoIyts rtlard.ug medium "a space. bEsvt
yl the fact shat ElCNrs comet, o thirty
.hfcc years. loses ihousand!h par. OF il
velocity. lf.Lc ether rrsis.s our earth
motion lu is orbit, then the centrifugal
force WIll be constantly 4c'sen,d, Nhll,
,ht action 90 gravity a..h remain CON
s.atL 90 !HA. the Garth W,ll describe .
SPIRAL path. UlAays approaching the slu
Tic ctlUg; g, iais would Do 90 yu.Vcr; n,
.fuy.es into "a desert, which would g-alu
al.s expand toward the pulps. from about
which .Lc ice and snow would te quickly
mu.lri Finally the Intense heat would
SARA thu ShuiC globe Iulu uau barrcf
waste LuI before then the human rae,
would have disappeared. Tho probable
.-cs iu A4rA ryeai point % tAu S-ppus ...et
that I lhc last man vii be sgrt.ruuk.
4. d. / - j. Fsf
arc constantly becoming hydraicd anl
arc thus otclud.Gg immense amounts o
water The theory has been broaehcl
lhal. 5n course ul time, the suat all thus
be dried ~ and Waiyr being absent. out
alao. ph-r- viii diuVpeAr, tho earth be-
coming "a waste Hia4t4-- 10 lhe moon. Bu
before. then, toe atmosphere would yrub
ably become too rare to- human cxistcnCc
A. ghc air pressure decreases. So NJ Bcr'
bias shown the priyatton %! oxygen pro-
iaCrs the dclcicTiyus effects experienced
chiefly hy a-pnauis and mountain climb.
.,g. Cuusrl lueHNy, iu yicw ofthis theory
.. the las: man si.l bu sut1catrl.
Oar fuu l;scli may come 10 an end ir
t~o ways First. 40 NJ. Proctor has re,
Gently very graphically eIplsiucd. being
but variable sIAr It may suddenly blaze
up aud go out as other suns are known 1,
have done IL this case. the in,rf.sc hua,
. OF the colossal CuutagrAti0n wuu j destroy
everything on The Garth and perhaps even
yapori.c ghc earth it.yli Should thi,
Irya.. occur g., the last msa vii. he burn.
ed up.
/ or. tho sun msy coci doSa. The gla.
I Icial zones would thus enlarge. the race
Twill be crowded nearer and nearer TO the
equator, by the uncroachiug glaciers com.
/ lug from the poles. Tho small space viii
,s.F . D.
/ terrible struggle for existence only the 80.
/ test will Of course survive Finally, ailer
/ the earth becomes covered with the vas,
/ ice sheet. man with his wonderful capacity
1 |ofsdaptalion 20 surrounding circumstance
will probably subsisi for n certain period.
but in the end tho constantly Augmonling
coldncss will assert itselt, and thus eyeutu-
ally "a the last man will be frozen 80
death
1t has been suggested that tho cooling Of
tho earth will lead 10 the production OF
immense ffsuros in its crust similar TO
those already visible in tho moon. The
surface OF tho earth would thus be render
ed extremely unstable. whl!o the dwCllcrs
thereon for safety would be compelled TO
take refuge in caves. II is possible that
the Iroglodyiic remnant Of the race might
meet it, fate IN some great cataClysw or
eruption, and hence Il i Rssumsblo that
- the last man will DO crushed in some
suhtcrrancan cavern.
Or, supyosing that the people adapted
themselves 80 their surrounding and man
aged % live on the surface until the time
when the earth becomes so cracked and
broken that, as predicted, it falls apart,
flying off In fragments into space. Posi-
bly, part may oK,st large enough 10 pre-
serve IL BiE,o.EEe5e. Il may either be a.
satellite of the Hrst larger bo1y within,
whose sphere Of attraction Il Eav come
or il may fall into another world. 1nl
such case I9j tho last man will be killed by
the crash Of orbs but If he is not, and mo-
one can tell 10 what extremes of resistance
the raco may develop, he will become an
inhabitaut Of a new world. Evolution
does not necessarily imply progress, and
possibly tho race may have rotrograded
until tie human being possesses the ma
turc OF tho plGni lGLse such being
the case, this single inhabtEnt Slil span-i
postorjty OF both soXes, !
A new race Of men will begin, TO continue
ad indniium. Hence 90 thoro will be- no
last man.
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