The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1900-12-05
END OF THE SUN
COMING SHORTLY
Two Norwegian Scientists say That
our Grandchildren will Perish Of
Immeasurable Gold.


Science. speaking through The lips Of
d certain Prof Barkendal has sounded
an alarm. A cold wave Is coming
that viii beat all records since the
world began.
According to this Norwegian investi.
gator ii were better for our grandchil4
dren never to see the light of day-so
brief will be their chance of seeing it,
For he points to n blackboard full OF
figures and declares that the sun Is but
IA burned-Out candle, which, though
likely TO Outlast our time, Is low In the
socket and sure to 9putter out by the
third generation. Mathematician Mohn,
also of Norway, has carefully verified
Mr. Barkendals calculations, we are
told, and finds them correct
Now this announcement, II We are to
take II seriously, is like the sounding
of the last trump 50 far as the earth
is concerned For with the extinction
of the sun would come a chill which II
Is n nightmare even To think about
Fires and furs would help our grand
children very little in such situation,
They would burroW deep in the earth
and freeze there. The ocean would soon
become an arctic Sahara of drifting ice
dust, at last the very air would mist
and fal-and freeze. Then All would lie
stll and dark, while the unlmaginable
cold OF outer space utStraueu 70 cal ~ .
centre. cracking its very marrow. The
frozen mummies OF our race would out
last the balsamed PharaOhss there
would be nothing to disturb their quiet.
Ana tach ilgIu shape W9uld De IFS own
alabaster monument.
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Astronomers MAINTAIN mat the heavens
are lull OF lust sueh black ghosts OF
suns and worlds They nit through
unseen TbHN BIlinumbeT the
stars
To this 1t viii cohe-but whenH can
any mans hgures convince US that suCh
is the inheritance of Our chlldrehs chll-
drou2
Figures sometime lie, and sometimes.
also. figures Disclose unWelcome truths.
1t Is useless 10 iuggle here with mathe=
matics which only professional experts
can understand Plain common sense Is
often better than a SLATE. let us glance
at few of the established facts, to
which all theories must conform. They
may prove rcaasunE. anyhow. the5
are extremely interesting.
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the reverse of reussuiing. The sun /,
for the most part simply wasting hi,
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