The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-02-28

m1nStr2ceG that OBSTRUCTION or f>rest
b-ings,abcu. srid Conditions. Even
il the forsInate presence OF mountain
ranges, tends to keep up the supply Of
wat:s for certain districts by co:.dens
ing the moisture drifting in from the
ocec ano storing it up in glaciers and
springs, and especially in The porous,
spcnge-like soil OF gr, forests; yet
the destruction OF tie forests. and tie
6eruiation O. the hill slcp.s defeats
this kinds purpose Ct nature, causing
the water in rs!ny seasons and duricg
the melting Ct the mountain SHOWS 20
ruth DOM il destructive oas, which
swiftly CT IS tire lover lands without
staying to noisten their soil, and hur.
~ 10 be lost II the sea.
Man cannot lift the ocean walters TO
freshen the continents; only the pow
g. Of the sun can Go thas, and II. by
nakicg smoc5n an6 claar iss road back
70 the ocean he enables the ~aser taat
has 6esce nd33 ca the hills in tie form
Of rain to curry down again TO sea
level, he loses all the advantages shat
the sun has cftorad him, and f1ds his
farms driving up snd hins=lt aud bis
castle ttraaysns:7 vith a thirst that
Canrof be que cled.
| LIST this process 90 On long enough
and the earth will possess no nore
fresh water, except SIC. as pous use
! Iessly snd dastrGctiv:lY do@n In the
tprn Of cloud. bursds and dslugiae
rsins. Then it Will not be posssble
so- the great popu!s tions CT the globe
20 ind sustsnaace by hugEiag TIE
sasx ores, And IN the end seas them
selves will shrink AID ultimately dis.
appear.
But what, it msy be asked, bsoone:
ct the water that has disappeared
when lakes and rivers dry uf? Much
OF il sinks into the eartl 5 crest. TIE
globe is hot within and IS gradually
coolicg. As the intarior cools Gre
vices and cavities ace tormsd, and the
surface water, sesking the loTest level
urGer tbs force OF gIav!tasioa, pens
srabsS 20 great Cep:GS
Uaderneagn Sou:h Dskota auG sone
OF the othsr States bordering ehs
Rocky Mountain region, it has beon
demonstrated lnas there is an I'm.
menss shees Of underground vase.
gradually making les way shrough tae
sandstcnes sowsrds the Aisaissippi
and the Gut. AZ present. seRs OF
this water can bs reached and arcughs
to the surface By nsans OF sraes;sn
wells, but as tee globe continues to
cocl the water will siak lover and
lower, until it gets TOO deep to BE-
brought to the sustace By human COZ,
tri7ance.
And not only does the water Of tbs
earth tend 20 disappear by siEkirg
into the Gust aud forming deep r:se:-
voirs aud vast sheets there, bus much
Of it probably enters into casmical
combination with the cooling rocks.
In the case Of the moon, where the
cooling process, ow:rg 80 the compar-
a5ively small dimensions OF che lunar
glcbe, has gone On muca more rapiaiy
than in she earth, it is believed by
many thaa the water formerly exist
ing on tie surface as lakes, seas and
rivers, has been completely ABSORBED
by oxidation, the oxygen OF the water
ccm mbining with the meJa?liicrous in.
terror rocks. And the ultimate fate
| OF The waters OF the earth may be
similar.
In fact. the whole history OF ou,
planet, as geology has disclosed it, is
such as 10 lead to the conclusion thss
lis surface must eventually become 3
dry and barren waste. At irst mol
ten globe. the eartn cooled down un.
til 1t had a crust Of solid rock. O1
this crust, SIS it in turn cooled off, tue
vapors Of the atmosphere de- c:ndei
and condensed iaUo cceans. Some
nsve tht rgAs thst in the beginning
the ensir earth was Covered WITH Es
ter. But as the cooling 0; tee g'.be
continued much OF the water coasyi-
tutirg the prinsvsl ocaan was al.
s;rbsd into the deepening c,us5. Then
continents made their appearance and
then gradually became more exoeD
stvs. But in the earliest psriod at
which geology has 7snrursd 10 crzw q
cart Of tie earth, We see that th5
proportion Of land to water vas very
much less than it is tcdsy.
Gradually tie deSicstion has pro
ceeded, aud apparently 10 is destined
30 60 until even ehe Atlantic ana rn5
Pacific have disappeared, and I'll the
v:aae1s OF the earth are withdraw
into its interior or deStcc: ed oY chen
ical disSociaiion Of tie lou d and tha
reconciliation OF It's el. n:lts With
solid matter. Long before aaat stage
is attained, hoseve-, al animal sutl
vegetable life will hsvs disappeared
! ::on tie lands, for they csono5 sar-
2ivs 5ae withdrawal Of the fresh wa
-. upon whtoh taetr e1!sse1ee CO
| .,e-4s. The sslt oeeans, becoming
VIZ mere salt as their vo.un stl.iuks,
may at lass reaco point OF cnncsL-
tcation where svsn marine LIE will be
destroyed.
Thus the Lass picture CT the earth
that geology can forn by glanc;ng
into the fusure Shows It stripped OF It's
inhabitants and CT ali forms OF III,
and cepri7ed OF wassr and perhaps
also CT Atmosphere bsre wreck CT q
planet, drifting io the ethsral OCEAN
Of imnensiay.
G rr<t> P. Ssrri3s.
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