The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-05-18

could never have done IL alone. nor could
heat but a combin alton OF the two could.
What Is needed TO make enormous quanti-
ties OF snow2 Plenty OF steam or water
vapoE What Is needed to generate this
vapor1 Plenty OF heat
So We have, as so ably shown by Prof.
Donnelly. the conditions for glacial
epoch: Q) A place where much aqueous
vapor could be generated; ~ winds to
carry IL TO colder place on the globe; (3)
cold air to turn the vapor to snow. All
these conditions came when the air above
the poles became cold through the shutting
Off OF the internal heat OF the earth by the
thickening of the polar crust and the less
ening OF the suns effectiveness by reason
OF it's diminished size aud the polar angle
OF the earth TO the suns rays
During this awful period, life, both vege-
table and animal, had hard struggle for
existence 1t was driven first TO the north.
then to the south. In waves or vibrations,
corresponding TO the "great astronomical
Year, OF the earth. But the work or evo-
luton went on slowly, step by STEP to more
perfected forms. the environments
would permit While this tremendous work
was going on, Pluto had not ceased his la
bors by any means, for we find that our
continent was lifted bodily. and again
dropped down beneath its load OF Ice, sew
eral times
After the 9Champlain epochn came the
great period called the Terrace epoch
(Steel), during which period the land all
over the earth oscillated up and down, like
a ship at sea 1t was during this time that
the gigantic terraces CT star-like ridges
were formed, such as those We see at Mack
mac and elsewhere This feature Is es-
pecially noticeable In the West or Rocky
Mountain region, where the great lakes
are shown In the engraving. The Atlantic
continent Is seen almost submerged, 10
again >uprise, while Its mate sinks, on this
continental teeter.n The mouths OF the
Mississippi. Amazon, and Rio de la Plata
are still several hundred miles inland from
their positions at a later period. The State
OF Michigan and part OF Wisconsin are I'M
der water. forming one large lake.
We next come to the period called the
"Post Glacial and give view OF the
earth during that period. The Americas
have assumed an appearance nearly the
same as the present. yet there Is a great
difference in details, too small to be shown.
The river systems have changed n great
great deal, also the lake systems At
lantis, the "gem OF tho ocean," has be-
come we'll defined during this period.
while the Atlantic continent has been
broken up and partly washed away. leav-
ing numerous islands Greenland has re-
treated farther northward leaving the
place where the Atlantic continent stood,
with It's millions OF beings to become the
great submarine ocean plateau OF our day.
The beginning OF Man.
ILere mas Deen muCn controversy naQ
over the question as to the particular
point in geologic time when man first be-
came a development which cou be dis
tinguished from the quadrumana. Scien-
tihc authorities differ very widely upon
estimates. and every new discovery has q
tendency to place the acceptable estimate
farther back. Taking all the evid LEM e at
hand from various sources. We are OF the
opinion that the first distinct type OF men
appeared upon the earth about $50. 001
years ago There was great and distinct
change in the animal life during the
glacial period, where the mammoth and
cave bear seemed to have existed with
early man. Long ages OF time elapsed,
during which tremendous vlcissitudes oc-
Cured to our earth and Its inhabitants
Man was obliged TO fight his way upward,
oven as his progenitors had done before
him. step by step, some dimes retrogradlng
for a time. then advancing.
We give another view OF. our earth, In
the alluvial or present stage OF time, when
the rocks over large part OF the conti-
mont al divisions are deeply covered with
the rich debris from former lands, now pull
verified and scattered. America Is one vast
cemetery OF buried and forgotten forms OF
life man being included among them
Other nations have arisen upon this conti-
nent fought the battle OF life. and have
fallen into oblivion Fourteen thousand
years ago a 1ourishing ration occupied the
soil where we now strut about as upon the
stage OF life. other nations will follow us
and still others; lands will sink and lands
will rise, as step by step the cold Of the
arctic regions Will drive men south Lake
Michigan Will dwindle gradually to q river
Chicago after attaining the grand position
OF a leading city Of the world. with 6.0O0.-
900 inhabitants, will sink beneath the
quicksands. inch by inch. and will dlsap-
pear from the sight OF man. New York
City will be under 400 feet OF salt sea
vater and Roston will he n memorv The
lake, and rivers become slowly concealed
as the great Ice walls OF the arctic sea
press downward over our devoted and
doomed country. step by step. until the
whole Is covered with the crystal pail
But while this change Is going on, kind
Nature provides home for her children
She raises vast bodies OF land from the
broad bosom OF the Pacific, whose thou
sands OF Islands become continents AL
though our sun is diminished In splendor
at this far-off date. the loss OF heat Is
compensated for by its perpendicular rays
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