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Show HIM Hi. tnn tlur.i l'.T ThouvinJi of curious and InTcntous theories hao been brought forth to ac count for the fact that tbe mm, although al-though bo has whirled his burning dltk across tho heal ens for untold ages, continue, con-tinue, to burn without being continued or his bulk bi Ing Inwned in the leait. Homo learned men affect to belleo that tbo great orb Is n monstrous ball of gns, butecu A gnat ball of go. would bo consumed to Its utmoit atom lutbo courwotafcwthoiKamlscars. Others pretend to bellero that Its llrri are kept up by tbo remains of wrecked worlds which aro conitantly falling Into Its drpths, butrieu this seems far from probable, not to say n purely absurd conehifloii. In Eh Ing his opinion nn the last opinion, opin-ion, one of tbo most eminent ostrouo-tnee ostrouo-tnee of tbo day has figured that n mountain raDgo consisting of 170 cubic miles falling Into tho tun would only 1m suulclmt to maintain tho present heat torn single second t n mass oquil to that ot our earth would engender only enough of hi at to I ut nlnity-thrco years. 1 f these cnncludons nro correct, anil wo ha e no inuns ot pro Ing them false, well may wo nsk the questloni Of what wonderful, IndestriictlMo mli-stanee mli-stanee Is tbo tuu composed! Ht. Louis lUimbUe. |