The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-06-13
STORY OF
PLANETARY PHASES.
The Earth In That s,aes W.
the Body Fist Acquires i d..
egaom3 Of It's Own, n

Though we cannot In ON =
ephemeral life watch any planet ~.
through these Several phases a; =.
career, we can get a good viev =, .
process BY studying the present 49,
tions Of the various planets Ana I, ...a
ing together the information VA ~ T.
obtain. 1t is. in the end. e..,n. ~.
sive as in botany would be a. ,ts.s
OF q wood by carefult,snot,n, ~
condition OF the individual f,s.. y
their various growths from seed,,.s
to patriarch. Thus, at the orss ..
moment. in stage are found ~
tune. Uranus. Saturn and Juoite,. !.
stage 4. the earth: in stage s. ~.
and In stage 6. the moon and =.
larger satellites OF the other pla,..s,
Each planets Internal heat N. :.
initial motive power, and coolin, -.
mode by which this energy wort.s
first to the fashloning Of its surf,..
aid then to all evolution upon !
While still In the molten stste Il.
mass was seething chaos but I'M.
differentiated from any other ear,,
agglomeration Of matter. Yet ~.
here the several substances had 4.
gun to segregate, the heavier falIi,,
to the bottom, the lighter risins 3
the top.
With stage 3 We enter the mart q
a planets career with which. On a,
earth. geology is concerned. Thossl
specifically the story only Of on
earth, that science has analoguas ~.
whore. and to be best undelstool
needs to be gsnerically cousidarsd
Local as many earth-happenines On
with increasing light from the Aaas
ons it IS becoming clear that u
main events are Of cosmic occasion.
Ing, and that astronomic cause Nh
sides over their manifestations. h
itial instance Of planetary action q.
ours at the flrst stage Of the eastA1
history to which geology mounts bed
In which q crust began b
form over the molten mass. n
liquid metal In q furnace upon vhjel
the solidifying Stag has begun 10 aek
gives US an idea Of this early STATE i
things. Our metamorphic rocks vas
in action akin to the furnace slae. u
ing to the surface because Of thek
lightness. Proof Of this lies IN tAek'
present density, which 10 only ahex
one-half Of the average density Of u
earth. 81 times that Of water instenl
Of IS. Their constitution FURNISHES
further evidence that such they vera
The gneiss. mica and hornblends 4
which they are composed show "
heir crystalline form that they cooled
from a once molten state, and tAek
collation. indicates that they vess
crumpled and recrystallised In tAs
process.
In stage 3 the body flrst acquires
} physiognomy Of It's own. Up y
then It IL a chaotic mass ~ unstable
and shifting as clouds In the slu;
but at the advent of surface solidiaca-
ion its features take form-a form
hey are in fundamentals ever afters
ward to keep. Our knowledge Of tAb
md the two subsequent stages I aaa
) is derived from study OF three plas'
It's Of our system. the earth. the moon
nod Mars. The others contstbues
nothing to our information Of these
nid-phases. either because. like Hess
curry and Venus. they are too ID
or because. like>the maloe
PLANETS. Jupiter. Uranus and Neptune.
hey are not advanced enough
from DR.. Percival Lowell's 'Aass y
ho AhoAo NJ Tifo in The Ceutufy,