Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-01
How the
Earth Was
Formed.

How tnn In the cNllttl WYNN
Earth Was it's history, the osi i,,n'
Formed. OF TINS eurth ot oul w."
subject to continued AM
violent changes. In that remote perlou
far away down the dim vista OF lhe
past, without form and Nolu IL ls
plunged In the blacknoss OF darkness
owing to the dense mlsts and asphaitls
vapours rising from us semi MOTION
surfuce Then during the long aeohS
following II gradually cools down. ahu
the wCndroua principle Of life appeRrs'
at first OF an extremely loWlS lyPI
then as the earth became more ana
more capable of supporting H. SUISSE
quent creations gradually advancing 10
higher and moro perfect types lhvhi
the dry land being raised up from tht
waters, vegetation appears; the hrst
in order having apparently been the
common horsctail still 10 be touhu
abundantly In many marshy places
throughout tho world.
After more long aeons, comes the
splendid coal period, when magnlficehI
fowerless trees OF many varieties grew
in the warm humid atmosphere in lux
uriant profusion, their fossilized re-
mains forming the priceless fuel which
is now such a necessity of civilizations
After time this period of the reign
of vegetation comes ia an end. over
Whelme6 and engulphed in some ire
mendous cataclysm, while later on.
though after the lapse of long eras of
violent changes, came the period when
the earth WAS over-Tun with stupendous
living creatures, mighty beasts, the
largest of which--the atlantosaurus--
was nearly a hundred feet in length
and 30 feet high. A monster like TINS
would require almost the population
OF a village for a meal! And not the
land only, but also the sea sWarmed
with tytfr-, rtio 1ffs--sOmA believe that
the sea-serpent is a survival Of that
period-many of them equally ut home
both on land and in the ocean.
And then once more the land is sub
merged, quietude reigning for long
ages: the shells of incalculable myriads
of minute marine organisms falling To
the bottom of the sea and forming the
chalk deposits, which, with their snow.
white purity, are such feature OF
beauty on the shore line of England.
Then more upheaVals and more
changes the shrinkase of the now
cooled earth forcing upwards the
mountain ranges and forming the beau
tiful hills and dales ravines and gorges
upreared cliffs and rolling downs which
so add to its lovelipess and to lts at
Effectiveness. And at length, now IN
its very prime, man is created. But
alas, he soon yields to temptation, ana
rebels against his Creator But no one
need suffer from this fall OF his first
parents For the Son of God. by offer
Ing Himself as a substitute, Himself
bore the punishment due by all who
VIII accept Him as their Redeemer'
And whosoever will may freely partlcl-
pate in that redemption.--A. Banker
Drinking Returning to the tenn
No Longer perance point, the Wis
Popular. itor of our dream pro-
n
In Grants day, hard drinking was
much more nearly universal espe-
cially In the army ana navy, Such
drinking rs was common among Of
ficers In the Civil War would be IN
conceivable In II great American war
today, Long range rifles have ended
the drink of whisky before the
charge. The driver OF Il stage coach
was often half-seas over but the
engineer of a locomotive must not
be- Chauffeurs must be sober. Ihe
machine everywhere demands So
briefly, II Ia the great temperance re-
former If Grant had entered the
academy at West Point or Annapolis
in our time, the practice of his pro-
fession In its modern technical re-
qulrements-so different from the
old, hard-living Western days--would
have engrossed him. The navy Is fully
as clear an illustration of changed
ntandards as the army is. You nave
only to read Grants orders, clear
specific, and taking into account all
emergencies. 10 realize that, IL he
were in the navy today, with its man
fold activities of organization and of
study to keep up with the improve
ment in arms and armor and appn-
ances, ne would be one of the lead
ing minds by sheer force of natural
endowments. In the present navy
there is almost no drinking, except
by some Officers at meals. In the
old sailing navy, with its simplicity or
unintellectual routine, hard drinking
was the rule.-Colliers.
The Flea, AS To the place and
The Rats. manner of origin of the