The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-22

prevent it. 1t may suffer considerable I
shock. but 1t ultimately protects itself"
Can you think of no sudden catas- !
trcphe which might possibly end the /
earth?'
THE impact Of our sun with some other I
SUM or star is more apt to work havoc /
with the earth than any other possible /
event The mass of the sun might be
thus Increased to such degree that the
earth's orbit would have to change. If
the sun came in contact with a body of
equal size, and if its force of gravity or
attraction for the earth were thereby
doubled, the whole solar system would
probably be broken up. To balance itself,
the earth would have to fly away to a
greater distance. or. as is more probable,
1t would tumble into the enlarged sun.
We have lately learned that the sun Is not
stationary and that 1t is describing a
path toward the constellation of the Tyre.
Now the other apparently fixed suns or
stars In the sky are in motion also. but
each is going in its own direction and it's
threaten collisions from time to time:
such collisions have apparently resulted
within the historic period
That man will entirely disappear from
the earth and that evolution viii mean
willie have produced from his stock
bigger race is the original notion of DR..
Theodore n. Gill, the great biologist of
the Smithsonian.
I'm the course of untold time said he,
man must develop into creature as diff
fereDt from what he is now as is the ape
, ,arcestor from which he sprung This
: evolution will depend upon future changes
in the surroundings of earthly life. The
system of mans offspring will react to
meet them. What these conditions can be
: j cannot foresee: If the earth gradually
dries? Well. then this descendant OF
. man. whatever creature he may be- will
! have adapted himself to much less water
than man now requires. Life would be
possible under such conditions. The
, desert animals live on very little water
Rats and mice of the desert do without
. IL for long intervals. The camel stores II
), UP for future needs. / do not think that
r this new creature to succeed man viii
/, have a stomach like that of a camel II
: the earth cools? This new being will
!, simply live generally as the Eskimo does
: today. No, do not think that he would
!. grow hair over his entire body. Neither
. do ! think that he would develop into ar
: aquatic animal in case water should cover
(, the earth's surface. With the slow en-
croachment of the water, this new race
+ ould retreat until the last bit of land
= disappeared. After that, sooner or later
: the whole race would have to give III
A the ghost
: Suppose there were another glacial
! epoch, you ask? In that event greater
part Of mans offspring would retreat e
the equator Those left behind would
!. either die or they also would assume life
:. somewhat after the manner Of the present
: Eskimo. No, there Is not the slightes
, danger that mammoth animals of an,
: kind will ever develop and destroy eithe
= the human race or that which is to fol
, low It No animals of lower intelligence
e could effect such progress Neither do
y believe that disease microbes will ever ge
: the better of posterity. Science win keel
p them in control.
II feel positive that man, as we sc
him today, will become gradually mod
= fed into a different creature, and tina
= remnants of our own race win EVENTUAL
= die out. Yet think that man will be abb
-. to adapt himself TO new surroundings an
y. I, will remain as monarch OF the world fo
- ages to come"