, 1879-03-24
A Lost Continent, and the People
Who Went Down In tho
Sea.
How Islands, Cities, Continents,
and People Arc Ex-
,tingllshcd.
Tho Unstable Earth, and the Changes
Which Have Been and
HAY Be.
g. Tronoherous Earth Crust.

sty works OF tic very dim past which tell us 0f
lucn aud nations who lyut In furlner uge, nj
most, OF quite. prehistoric, md Which glsc Us
certain cosmological data which enable LIS to
note the ciunEos upun The earth's surface.
Tl,cse wtrks are fcw In nunlbur. The corpscs
OF nlany PROSTATE cltes aro dist!ngulshablc IN
the Asattc worlds cradle which cannot 10 Edcn-
titled. Tile anccns ta!l to dcscrls'o thts1l for ua
Aristotle, S.rabp, a1tl 1lcrodotus arc vague.
Cardinal Pctrus do Allineo. WHO wrote IN tho
Beginning Of the fifteenth century, the "Imago
hfund," protesting to give true picture Of tic
world, adopted tile old theolv TINT the occaa
occupIcl very ]ittlo space In tic world. Roger
1lauon, IN "Upus MINUS" took the same View.
pon,ponius Mc1a ustl ptoic,ny elaborated the
sold Garth theory, although they had bcforo
othcm d etory Of phtrnicIan voyage around
Africa In the sixth century before Christ.
Tic ftlca nlways extensively prevailed ancicnt-
ly tint Africa swept eastward. Joined 1ndn 1T
some distant point, and incloscd the IndlAn
Ocean. There WIS similar conception a. to
the terra inrognitn of The West. We propose
to show tl,at It 10 not improbable that the
ancient throry rms bnsed upon
A REMOTE nuT ANolEsT FACT
TO most people the earth appears to have
alwnys exhibited the sa,ne land conformation
tint exists ut present. The positive facts Of
geology Snay he Hsscntcd tn, hut therc Is a COM
mon belief that the tremendous cataclysms
which llayc shaken ihc foundations Of the earth
arc not likely to tukc place again; that all thugs
arc rock-rootcd md stable. We propose to show
that not only hxve continents been swept out OF
existence within thu period 0f mans Occupancy
Of the earth, but that men aud cities 'aTc l5eeu
bottcl out with them: that not only
hayo continents disappeared, but they
have been matln and nre tn process Of formation
every day, insuring changes Of tic conigurn-
tIon Ut the lind Of tlio very highest Importance
as to tho changes Of the eartt's surface. ttat
the earth upon which W. atan'l is unstablc Is
tiuqucstiouatic We tullt Of being "rock-
rootcd,' but tlIat Is really not an expression uf
abiding strength. Old sea.eoasts l,ayc been
dlscogrvct. inr in the interior of countlfes.
The coast Of New Jersey Is today disappear
Ing beneath tho thundcrous lsoof.l,eats ot Seo-
tuuc's horses, the curvlng sea-wavra. The sca-
cnast Of New Brunswick. t,ear the main linc:
Froi. Wiichcli tells ia tlat aitlc north side OF
Nova Scotia Is sinking, while tic eolth Is r!s!ng
insomuch tint breakers now appear of the
southern coast, safely nav]gnnle years ago. Tie
Care BRETON, is another testimony to q.
Uneasy condition Of the lun1. This
place was once tho STRONGHOLD Of France III
Amerca snd had one Sf tl,S finest hnrbors ;lrl,
population Of 2D000 souls within Its walls. IT.
was destroyed during tho French nt1l 1niEali
war, md its inhabitants Dispersed. But Natnra
1si, on whlel! '' lho brave Gen. Wolfe Landed bus
nearly disappeared. Thu sea now flows withiI,
this walls OF the city, and site. once inhabited
huvo become tho occan's bed: In 1ss? tllc cltfrc
coast Of Chill was clcgatcd to n blight varying
from two to seven fcet,-an extent equal to tho
area Of New Eng'and and Now York
HAVING BEEN LIFTED UP noD11y.
In 1881 On island siuco called Graha,n's Island,
sprang from the bed Of the Mediterranean, be-
The isluntl Is now but 4 silnkcn rcuf. Ano,(rs
Island, as recently as 1861, rose from tho bottom
Of the lEecian Archipcla1o, before the very
eyes Of the American Consul, Ms; caneia;;
suuken in the little hurbor ot santorin,
hundred and axty-six years he!ore
our era ths isana 81 Hyss1 ross was y its M
years 10, 735G, md 1447. Ilc entire chnln of tho
Alcutia., Islands, ranging across tlie North
Paclflc from Alaska to kantschatka, ts but .
series Of tile Yestiges Of an ancient ridge o.
land now worn out, hut originally raised BY tho
ppwcr OF volcanic tlres whi:h arc even to-day
snoldertng bcncath the bed Of the sca."
These instances provo the continued activity
oft!,e forces ae WORK in tha bowels of tue cartl
to elevate, submerge, and rcsurrcct land. II
may bu mentioned tn addition that Tie coast o.
Florida ia gradually bcing lifted up asl in The
o. Cqo & Sa1 A york ok @9s sraf
HavAna. Tic West Inla Islands, indeed art
hut Tho southern fragments Of the old NORTH
American Continent left utter the great
period. The throca md conyulsons Of III.
old eart!,, the tiltng OF continents, t',s
sutsilcuco OF coasts also broke oil u vas
region formerly thu continuation OF what ws
nav cali India, south and southeast, A,la let
almost nnutnerablo Fragments forming w!,n
arc iiaY tlc groups between Asia md Australia
which wus once 4 part Of ABlA. Indeed, thu
vast area OF islalds lying between thirty degrees
nortls Mn! shlssy degrees south VI tho equator
in tue Pacific. presents only tho Fragments y
the wrecked continent, Witch doubtless extend
e,l from soutl! Asia to South America, Or ,rt a'
It was sunk by it!at slich sttb'narlnc disturb
auro as that whirl! sunk tiraha1n'a 1sna,d, ,lea
Sicily, mnd covered It with seven hundred tatE
the "'rhrcc Chstnnoys," between 1rclnnd III.
Nctounakhn.l, sank one day to The bottom q
the sea. NYnuo appsarss! IN 17sS OF sEsc es,as
Of Iceland md then sank tlie next yenr to b.
SEEN no morc. CDnlintnts, cities, peoples, CIV
llizatons llnve thus bccn wiped uut OF exist
enre, alhl wG }aye no GUARANTEED TINT thu ltius
apparaAt1e stable continent. WHICH tottay mn
or hlc'i with huina1' beings anu human tn,stls
which thero Is every cYldence to shoW have cs
htcd heretofore.
NOTABLE LOST CONTINENT
=, We hayc satd enough to establish tle fact 6
the ti.sapt earalc1 of continents nnl tsn,dt
VIC h.lYu shown tint there Is reason to bcltcy
that civilizations nnd peoples have thus bee
a*ept auay without u nloncnt'e warning
Thesu possibilities ara 50 grent, without add
tional evidence, tlat no rrilcctllIg person ca
we'll rcgas4l tlv traditions which hayo come t
Is Of lost continents urid people as ncFc futrlc
begottGt, pt Idle brains. .....,
'rtle outlines of Atlantis, tho lost continent G
nle Atlnnt!c, can bo traced III thu Ailant
oeean by il.e sl,nls which were left Ut It's anglr
whcn tic grc9t submarine earthquake drew Il,
gsat territory down tHtu the seq. Fcrnantl
Nuronha, st. rapl, Cnpu Verde, The Azores {
Western lsla,lls, Madcira. anl q portion Of III
West IudIR lsllllds constitute MI That Ii left {
thls oncu popu!ous co,ltiucut. hctorc proceed
hIs 70 discussion of tho why anil wherefore I
t,rso lost continents we shalt quote from tt
chronological yicws Of Plato embodied IN Il
TtmGus. 1imlrus Is tllscouraing Of tlse ortgil !
tIc unycrss nld man, s,d ho Is relatlng I
tull Solon, tue great Greek lawelvcr, abouA Il
incieht history 0f tho Athenlans. when ths
worthy was visiting Egypt. sall hc: "Mat
md mighty leeds u your siuto aru heFo tcroE'
ID III writing n."1 sa!! forth cur adsa!rst!os
,nsYeFtlw1css} there ~ ono i, particular. wL,5
Fur tlcse wstluggs rclato what nEodlglol
iorce your tity o1co 0yeleaue, when NIGH
Tr,Iu, i f1nlit ~.