Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-24
= EVERLASTING HILLS.
Ind 4 Proctor, In The Fort
.ttl, Review for April.

.,,oes which have prevailed
be u. 5nring the last six years
.esl5e'! .l-ast to the inquiries into
3, a'a . l'.'' by which the mountain
g,o'b hem upheayed, the great
" l-'. ..-msd. and the vast depres-
l-ssa'' 'O. which are the beds of
p l'o--' ss While the science of to.
iia' 'ls NE mountain ranges Of the
,.sA,,-. r,ore ancient than men im-
~ qben they spoke of the ey-
fss- 5''I Nina that same science,
s.ls .1onph. sees in the mightiest
Ii'- asses the signs of youth
~ ofage. Compared with the
l.- moulded under the geograph-
sa-N..ior. "the scandinavian
z re-itable Alps are as the child
y. s-5av. the Himalayas and the
',,rgsr yet. Cotopaxi, which
.,s5er mouth toward the heav-
o. 400 feet above the sea level,
~. ..,bful compared with the yolean-
,-b,.e ebasal wrecks" alone re-
~ inner Hebrides. Yet noun
10. though themselves compare
'A-7 attest in another way the
sorr earth. The materials of
~ are formed, regarded as leaves
t.s,+ terrestrial volume of
awful Bible, are for the
,s- a. Of yesterday. But
rs. are formed OF materials be
..,,aages far more remote. Their
,,rea attests not only vast peri
fine during which the earth's de-
oress fashioned them out Of
lateral. but speaks also of stage
| ..a,a of past existence, during
M .eIf-same material formed part
-r successive strata. The core,
.,s1 of the youngest mountain
belongs TO the earth's primeyal
cannot but touch on the
-,es of the lesson taught by the
.-s,a win regard to time. As
Tell of vaster regions of space
,eologist has to deal with-nay,
a. so vast that, compared with
II. ,aip shell of our world, which
og.,. can here and there examine,
s5.oIa.4ly nothing. Astronomy
also periods of time which far
v.u the millions of years over
Geologic record extends. But
gr, NO tangible record of the vast
If time Of which the cyclic
ID. of the heavenly bodies give
The geologist touches and
sm4 material produced III past
processes which he can watch in
progress now. He has material
af the millions Of years whereof
whereas the astronomer,
sma, be as certais practically
moon ana stars have existed for
periods, can give no direct
l0 ,ae laith that Is in him.
among those who have
ds geological record are fully
a Size vast periods of time to
.rs witness. Ia the first place,
e.. aa. TO overlook the evidence
1e vast age of the earth. But
more marked degree we overlook,
second place, the signs which show
-,a 0. tho garth's record has been
gs3.
o ,ae former point we may well
V7aa we consider how clearly our
l and valleys, our hills and
9sa our knobs and ravines, an
the am-z'ug antiquity of the
crust that o few seem to appre.
lesson. Along sea-shoro and
a9,e- nag, along roads and rail
#ags are the signs(5o plain and
1a. ae who runs, even at rail
d may rJadl Of tens and hun
oi.aolsauds of years of past
a Nas for one who notices them
l'a,s blind to their significance
student of geology alone, no
Is given TO read the lesson in all
4, Even be can only catch the
EldcaLce OF those details. The
a.gaa can say, this lawyer speak
-.-l. of thousands of years, thai
60. OF millions. thar series of strata