The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-09-22
DIREFUL PREDICTION
PaOF. SERV.SS ON TIE 6iRTA or A
NEW WORLD.
Prof. Oor1issn ;. Us The nu'sins Giobe on
this Sun WEI be Eurl,d Qua Into spScs
and VIII Destroy ihls E"r,h

York Journal will be 1tad with litter
est:
Whstever rsy be thought of t&e
alleged discovery Of Prn'essor 5 j
Corrieap. ofthe Gc3d ell Observatory
of three hitherto up,ecogT'z d planets
circiing between TIE earth and tre sun
and OF smother planet yet unfinished
and in process OF evolution frcm the
sun, the breaking of OF which from
the solar body threatens the deStrGc
ton Of ali living iocu on the esrth by
fire. at any rate his suggestion OF the
birth CT these Dew wcrlds out 0: the
central body OF ihg solar system aW&k-
ems 8 trsin OF thought which p!aces
the sun in oev ana starlirg light.
Every sstrooomsr knows that the
sun is the parent Of the earth aDd o.
all the other known planets; that they
are bone of his boIe ard flesh
of his fash, ard without him
they never could have existed.
The famous discovery, two years
ago, of the strar &c solar element,
helium, in the rocks CT the earth, was
really beautiful proof otthe su5s:an-
1ial Identity Of the two bodies, the sun
and the earth. Heliu.n on the earth
is a mark OF rarentage, ike pecut-
Jar strain in the blood Of an anlmal
No astronomer doubts that cur sioee
and all its comrades, has their cr!sln
from the sun.
The separation OF vast molten
mass from the sun would, no Gcuot,
produce effects that might easily
make themselves felt across many mil
lions of miles of space. The fact IS
that we have, perhaps, been wrong II
locking upon thesun as bady which
has alresdy passed through all the
more violent stages CT evolution and
has entered upon steady course OF
radiation and slow cooling, leading
ultimately and placidly to gradual ex-
tinction in cold and gloom. I: is this
view which has Induced many mod.
ern thinkers to reject utterly the Scrip
ture prophecies of fiery end to the
earth and to predict instead that when
Our globe reaches the termination OF
its career ss living world cold, aud
not heat, will be the agent of its de
s.ructiop; in other words, that the
earth wi eventually fceeze to death.
SpeculatiDg in this way, we have
turned cur backs othe sun and pracu.
cally left it out of account, except, OF
course, so far as the consequences OF
its gradual extirc!ion are concerned.
But this process Of extinction has been
regarded SIS something that would lake
place gradually, slowly, regularly,
and without any catastrophe inter
ruptions. In fact, many have been
peering into interSleltar spsce to see If
some concealed danger, scne hidden
rock, some invisible wandering hulk
of matter might not lie 10 wait there
10 brlAg sudden disaster by collision
into ihs otherwise smooth course OF
the flying earth. The keen light Of
the great star Vega, millions and mil
lions of miles away, but toward which
we are moving with TIE sun, has even
suggested that in the unthinkabIy re,
mote future, VIXEN We have arrived IL
the neiehborhood OF tha. star, 8 caias-
1rophe may oyertake US throus q the
terrible rower and intensity OF IS ra
distion-and all the while close by US
the sun hss been shining and exhibit-
ing evidences OF It's tremendouSenerey
for good and for.evil, some OF which
evidence, perhaps, We have regarded
TOO lightly or have Interpreted wrong
~.
ili~n~ NC O i.vStIGn Nt me
fact that, just as we depend upon the
sun for light, heat and life itself, 50
we should lock 10 the sun only wher
We try to lift tee curtain that hides
the future fate OF the globe We live on.
The idea which be sug&eSts, taAttae
birth Of new world should have the
efsc! of destroying tie life Of an oider
one, has a peculiar significance.
Granted that a planet may De born
from the sun in tie way hepoirts cut,
the const O lerces Indicated Clls ht well
result. Life on this earth is p sslole
only through ve!y delicate balance
of conditions and fcrces, and the eGi
6ence is daily accaauiaung that even
comparatively Slight disturbances II
the sun are capable OF affecting !hat
balance il various ways.
II is simply s question OF the an oUnt
and intensity Of the elstUoarce pIops-
gated from the sun Whether II passes S
N an electric storm or produces some
more serious effect on the atmosphere
of the earth. TIE well known pheno
mena Ct sun spots are sufficient to IN
cicate the tremendous nature Of those
--ergies which are continually active
the sur. The astronomer at his
..lescope sses huge black SCOT On Inc
solar d:s5, with tern ard ragged
edges, surrcurded vita heaped up
masses CT metallic vavorS, thousands
of miles in height. lie behoids other
masses Of such vapor spcuung, as
from the bowels Of 8 tremendous vol
cano, 10 ao elevation O: hundreds Of
thousands Of miles, ard Instantly upon
the appeara2ce OF tne scIa" cuLofeak
electric impulses sheet round TIE
esr,h, playing with the telegraphlc II
struments and waving mysterious
au-oral strsamels n the higher atncs
uhere. Yet what has sesr II tie s0n,
snd Whist has produced so sOrprislne 6
en- effect On tEe earth, IS reEe no:n-
ing compared with such an oulSursi
as would attend the birth OF 8 new
,lspet FROM the body Of the sun.
Tie new 9orld which Psofesso.
Corriesn sees about to be 6etscned
from The sun may be something SINH
lar to what took pla7e (f Professor
Dalwin's mathematics can re trustec)
at tae birth OF the Moon. Then TIE
earth was tie parent body, from whoss
side the sateEls was torn While noso
we're yet in a mol.ea condition, aEo
the active agent in the fiery birth vas
The centrifugal force Of the earth 5
rotation, seconded by the tide raising
power OF the sun.
IL lise manner, tie sarta lad is
birth from the boCy Gf The SUE when
me jsttsr was SO expaGGed rs: Il &C.