, 1877-09-03
POPULATION.
How Soon Will the Earth Become
OvercroWded.
ANumber Of Interesting Facts, Figures,
and Queries.

u,a,ou nf ~. cor.b t., l,e tfS, tn,,,1ns mi
sunposine Tint The reeeve,l e,,rono,rr , !, eor. ~
ret, aud with only Adnm and Eyc to stnrt
with, the people OF the earth hare doubled. say,
every o1O ycart,--nutnIthstnnt][u wars,
pcstjlence. famine. an3 font,ranr nt tl,c lava Of
r.. :. :. ~. t.s,la .,,". .n"', s.,,, ..'s." T..
us :: - @ ps"'a''e t"at t"e5 VIII increase u.
TIC next l,ooh years Just as fatt, seeing that
tue genius nntl tendency of the age are 10 mti-
gate tic horror, Of tho mast and to lcnntllcn
1fo N,,. T., H.. M .,ax. r., uo,,. tto-n ~.
~. ", :" ~. ''.s. ~ an st ''es,.
Nv mso o. these pcfloos OF ~" 5ears eacn'
l3y APPLYING tho haH,e rule OF trogTcsston,
VIC shall get, In 1000 years from now, 3o billions
Of ncon1a f,,sinr thc French ,o,atIonA sa,ooo
~, vst '.s ,..,,..,,,., ~ aa',' anJ ,,..r,. nnr,
',"Vt VI s'i nun '.a. W s't' .'' ~ "s'e
o. ,nn .aa ,ro tle ~ rgS os II so =. nina /.
cycrr ncrc ttrnurhout tt,c rtrle. ar
Tunsa TINES As rorrLous ~ cr,yA NOW n.
VI course thefe arc ooleettohs u Tue passs OF
TINS calculation. Thus, II Is contcnt'c'l that
A.lam anil Eye were only tho progcnttors of tho
Hebrew race, and that, therefore, tho majority
:. - .u w. '"s" o'.. o'E'u'
%h!s"' teie' Oh course uesttofs the arEutheht.
J. e'se II, however. lor "fat It IA worth, ara
thosc who think tim. our race originated only
1mt ,i,,r, /. o,,,hor ~, , ,,oro ovl -,n-,,nn,v
,,,... ~ ..,,,.,s.s.s :. 49,. ,'s,1..,. n.,
uas'a W c"'e"'at'o'' ~ "'st ":'ctcs ptoF
llsssch SOME years ago, III Harper's -Haga=i"e,
nnl selected t,y religious paucr tn atswer all
cr@in,, ool In e1,n,y &lr mia ri1,l;iv ,,,,f ,,rt
n,t. .,,., H.. ,,,,ity ,rrnttu,,o ~ i,"'1,tsr,n
"o's! .'s's t"s ,.'!
seventy sanlsh H'len went 'l"~h 'nto F..ypts
dill, III the cdtlrse Of 2f7 ycars, incrcasc to tho
number ffO3,5yO-Numlvrs, l., d, which came
nut If Erypt. This l,asis is said 10 uc, "tlat
the human . ri'ec doubles once IN about twenty.
even ts laiis l., Id oulc sui,lyic,It to accouut
law were universally true. thcn IN l.ooo ycars
tre viii e s",ne sestIl'o"s gs ar'9,'t'''ons
nrnnf" atr,rr1inr far lif" mi nw"r,ntrr
eeSPe eP earta ii.ues ths ai M u al ' ,,s s"ar .sas
nf tha ."'rs n.rsi an M tnc,,lv ''I n.,,uta;us '
occans' o nnI iii Mt M n, tIIn,ts ~ n.rss' vii,
dNi S, yar,Is . To t., Tic acre, aay Ill; is,liia's
Of su,larc yards, there must bc bctwccM i
or, I n,t,if.'ns =, nvnrv sn,,.rc vor,i Ti,c.a
ncupu must l,ayo ~'' ''O
Dnt even % iii. tlucs mot SLOW tic ca,mbility or
W ,x T. aa aiI ~ ~ ~ @ " s is oss hos
sm.tu"ers Ia }:nsjaWl Mr. ilawks]ey. in n, or-
ticls iu ti,c Manchester EIaMiner, aid by b. iy.
urrs t],a: IT, can,st it," :'sws, BY I'll lie eensa.
II ~ iiiia,, S,s :" ss a .d
p"mitinms. II thc Irr.uni. rensns M ri
is7i '' th"' n,tmhrrs s,.,l " inrrcasc'l r. r.
mears m.rn ,o ~ nts'Tfn. tnan ,-n u eylo sayl they
seventy @ yea Years. IN Now, % takinr The increase crease IL Il,
.rs y war n an i y n rasv na .o
tr H., navy T." .tc."sr,snc IT, rnti, nf h;sr"as
49, NV q,,;nro ~ ,vl, r",,rastt,,, ~ fnrtw vrnrx
m "s ,hr In f,nss ~ 1.ts tu.Ionk III. Iiswkticy ,,ns
accur.luay nrovsn tiat. NJ t.,r en-! If one e.,.,
s5aa y ae ~ ~; n.sa. W. n,u,, ~
n f. - .,', ,,1n,+.I.,,, um ;u ,'',,tH ~;
irsv pr r.a, c,o mi ma NOR, w
nateIus Eteat Isotst ~ ue GG4s. as'on ,u.. s
M pa up te 10y " ~ ''f WITT, a''v v,ars
s. '..,i.i !.'it' y. 80, 1s. - a ,u
wy ~ 10 ,t se ~ ;!.a ,,,;., " w % .,ans
!o9' III" uW .uo 1 a ~ .ii,,a"a tas s WIZ III
wat! Haal.age 10 !eeu r Mer i e M''..uhs ue l,.a
I3 H. tGr ta ~. ~ ~ ~
' nr,art ~ r. ssi, ' IL ~ rnrs ~ ~ ~.
~ tot ~ c,t,,rcr ~, ~. w.
HILL 's ta. ns' M !. .:t..,,. .n".s ~, .. ~
H. aAo ''''' l'' aoss ~ '"u' ea""''
"eVor f,oaa In ato,, boro Int oocx ri, unit, bc
us ~. Its ,, Nv s.op nuts; us kusa "" ~
| @nSs.s @ tnaI tMeutI Eetst"nue 1 'sn.e-. - =. -: