The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-22


leo saw them vi.h his INST te!escGre.
| The tremendous ulcsava:s from the
saisr s,!r'ace, 70 which Getsrerce has
sIreadv beer made; the ID eUshirc O.!
yapcrzed matter from ;Ee interior Ct
TIE sun. and ina uneXp aiGec perloc2-
cal character Of ali th5Se colleiatsd
OoeDomeGa. ike the eb0iDg ard tiow
iDe Of s tiGe, are regarded by Profess
or C2crrisan as proofs that the tine IS
GEAR and perhaps just ct hand when
another planetary nirth is TO take
ulace. Tne spots the bs&z ng tacuiae
streakirg the solar surface at inter
vslS, the violent outbursts foiloTed 5y
sunsidenceS, all these sre regarded as
indications Of the stZaiulag OF the
eient in It's birth throes.
When the detachment OF the matter
that is to form the rev planet occurs,
phenomena such as 40 man e7er be
neld must present themselves II the
sun. Stsrs have been aro7n suddenly
10 bl.ze forth with hundreds a2d even
thousands of times their former laten-
sity. Something OF this kiud would
probably occur If the predicted olrtn
should take place in the sun. Viewed
from the depths of the universe the
sun-visible from that distance cn:y
as star-gou!d burst OCT with an ex
trsordinsry display of bri!Iiancy.
Spectroscopic observations would show
q sudden intensifcat!on CT It's raolatiye
energy, and violent movements IN the
neis ishborhco6 OF lis sucfac would be
revealed by the shifting Of tee s3sc'
troscop:c lines In the course o! tine
he fsct would become evident thst 3
new fiery body hsd made is appear
arce cicse to the sun, and from this
boov the processes o: evolution, act
ire .hrolgh long ages, would procrce
the full iedged planet nth lis rocky
crust, and, If the conditions were fav,
oraole, It's covering of vegetation and
lis complement of living fcrms.
II the mesntime the ferco output
from the sun would have consumed
the face of the earth, and car planet
would fost in sraca, wrecked AID
aban5ened, with no Stir OF lie u9on
is cindery surface. TIE past history
of the eartp, however, enables us tc
say what would be the main s.eps IN
the evolution Of the new world, whose
birth had cost the life Of its elder sis:
ter. The eye of science would be abe
to see, dimly shining through the hot
vapor playing over the new born
world, It's future living forms existing
like germs within it. Science per
caives no occasion for miracle IN
these things. Processes OF the sane
order as those which are abie 10
change blszing gas into sold rock
can, with equal ease, evolve ;ee mus
c'es OF tiger ard the brain of man
from elements wnich, ia their original
state, are binding bright at2ms III the
shining sun. :,
Water atmosp1 eve, metals ,ock-all
would be intermipgle6 ana lnd;stln:
guishable in the fiery mass that nad
parted from the sun, hut IS It cooled
aud chemical uni,ns began to take
pace among it's atoms snd sraTtatlon
grsdua!ls brought ticto shape these
things would assume their forn2s, such
IS the earth knows them roT7, urai,
cut Of the widest chaos would came
order, beauty snd tie evident re'gn OF
law
Butif Profess n CorrigaD's pred:c-
tion is we'll founded aud . new plane.
is about to be addsd to the solar f2aa
lily, snd tbe earth is il dauger from
the copssouercss CT the disturbance
inst the birth of the new w9Ild |lit
create, yet It wculd not follow inst
.hs newest ma0.4er o. the system is
.o be eou&l in magnitude and import
ance to the cider ones. The three new
planets which Professor Carrlgan
links he has found nearer 10 the sur
than the arcient planet Mercury are
all comparatively small bodies ana
toe circumstance OF It's formation
=, I'D prescribe for the one tast IS not
|, ct separated from the sun 6 slnl!ac
:. s;su;1carcs ID magnitude. More
iov :, is oroit will be so nezr tae sun
i.ha. consuming heat must contiDus
10 ali upon It's surface as long as the
san renlains IN lis present STATE, 50
,that The chances would appear to 90
all sesinst the development Of living
forms upon 1t.
Profess or Corrigan evidatly thinks
tnsv tne birtn Of one OF the small II
It's. Mercurial planets just referred 10
was the cause Of the catastrophe which
gee c!ocy indicates overlook the cart:
sone twenty odd millions O. years
ago. Since that disaster, however, the
earth has recovered its living 5orms
and sdvarced to stage CT evolution
fac oeyon0 anything that existed pre-
v;orsiy. GARRETT P. SERViSS.
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