Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-09
MELTING LIKE WAX.
ALL MOUNTAINS WILL VANISH IN THE
COURSE OF TIME.

Notable Elevations That Arc slowly trum.
biinE aud becoming suasiisr-Awfni ca
tastrophe That nefeli the village Of Kim.
Process. Of Change.
A French professor told tho recent
scientific congress in Rome that "all
mountains will vanish of tho faoo Of tho
earth in course OF time" We do not
doubt It, for It is divinoly forotold that
tho earth itself will disappear nt tho end
Of TINA However, the Fronchman's
prophecy "a already IN course Of roalizn.
tion. Tho Ardeunoa, tho Pyronoos and
tho mountains Of Provence are going 30
roiccs by degrees in our own age. The
mighty Himnlayas. ~ II weary ~ "rcar.
ing their forms sublime" through so
many generations, nodded their heads
IN ono place two yoau ago and hurled
into tho valleys below mass Of debris
which was estimated % 500, 600. 900
tons The largest locomotive ou tho fast
trains Of tho Hudson Rivor railway
weighs only GO tons That ABiatic
mountain slido therefore. caused On ava.
lhnchc equivalent to The tumble II about
5000, 600 such locomotives Oh bridge
10. 1000 feet high. Littlo wonder that
"tho noise was terrific" and that "tho
natives woro frightened Masses Of
rock wore hurled a mile away. and
''many blocks Of dolomitio Limestone.
weighing from 30 60 90 tons, wofo sont
like cannon balls through the Dir.
In 1891. in tho ALPS. there was on
immense hill fall. caused BY is human
undermining la order 10 obtain slate for
school use. Tho mining icRan In 1865.
IN 1870 tho plattenborkorh split across
it, crown. and after progressive enlarge.
monta for years. which caused comment
and forabodinga, u ION In tho year
named. This catastrophe procipitatod
about $4,000, 900 cubic yards Of rock
i,d75 feet downward into tho valley
Tho debris ricochottod across the valley
and rolled 925 feet up tho opposite slope,
where Il was cantcd over sideways, ana
then poured like liquid over a horizon
tai plano OF about o. 700, 900 square foot
and 10 q depth Of from 30 20 10 feet
Ono.half ~ the village Of Elm was
overwhelmed, and 10 was 30 swiftly
cleft by the roGistlo1s mass that tho limo
was sharply defined. aud ono house was
cut IN two ono hundred and hftoon
people wore buried ono home was loft
ON tho very verge, Of which tho doors
woro open. tho fro burned. tho table
was rot, tho coffee was hot, but no liv.
ing soul was left Tho head " tho
household was saved, but his ontiro fam.
lily. who wcro out looking at tho noun.
tain fall, were lost Tho debris damned
up river. for which q channel was
blasted nfrcsh. New soil was carried in.
60 tho valley, and spread over tho ruins
whore harycBts now smile again, and
tho people go about thoir work a. II
thcro wcro no such thing as nn ava.
laicho in this humbling and crumbling
world.
Tho process Of change Ia earth loyols
In all lands ~ illustrated ia your un.
paved back yard or VILLAGE street after
heavy rains Each tiny rivulot no larger
than your little finger has It's floods, its
narrower limits whore IL runs In It's
square foot Of harder soil, and Is thoro-
by pinohod sideways, iis sudden shallow.
ing and Widening whore tho soil h soft.
or, and the panic stricken ants or DO.
dragglod beetles arc caught In thor
miniature world and routed as men arc
ON larger scale Ten foot square Of
back yard uay illustrate the succession
of events which mako soas shallowor
and mountains lower Tho Burchargud
warm cloud gets u chill as 10 caroaaas tho
head Of some diRnihod peak, 'ho sudden
condemnation upsots tho shower out ot
the atmospheric myriad cell buckets,
and the torrent rushus down tho breasts
and limbs OF tho mountains 20 swiftly
that the surprised soil catches tho spirit
Of panic aud forglts 60 obey grnvitgtion
until IL finds itself ut sea and almost out
Of sight Of shore That transfer of earth
leaves the hills thinner and deposits
that which makes tho river or hay or
sea somewhat less deep People 1.-Two In
the lowlands uoar thoir grain and fruits,
and these thrive on the alluyium wash.
ed down BY torrents and tlood. That
theft VI matter makes tho mountains
barohoadod and puts the valley undor
NNAAhatANH W iHN ItNlHiH NhlNA ANNA WV
crops with plant nuirImont stolen from
above. Like man, tho haryosts life thor
eyes TO tho hills wh1nco tholr help
oomeA Tho mountains arc being carried
into tho sea, and man demands tribute
as thoy pass
The forces Of nature and tho clements
iu battle, Ike tho gospel. are loyelorA
Thoy bring down tho mighty and life up
tho lowly one OF these days the earth
must be- rosurveyed. The aspirations Of
tho hills will hhyo been reducodi tho
depths Of tho rivers, bayi and oceans
will be- lOas Men who journey by water
may return 10 the plans and proportions
that best suited those who built tho ark,
and tl.vu tHHt Nnrh know 4rriH.