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Show TIMELY TOPICS THI END. ' Bubeldenc ef the continent beneath the seas and tha drowning of tba race Is tha latest scientific gueea aa to tha and of tha world aoma I5,000,0o years hence. For thla last, milch thanks: . There still remalna to man plenty of Urn In which to enjoy hlmaelf and ta get something out of Ufa. In tha meantime, ba will doubtleea ba treated ta many variations of theory as to tha and-alL Only a few weeks age scientists solemnly gave warning of aa ending by drought, with seas receding reced-ing and land becoming too arid and torrid for existence. ex-istence. " t Between being dried out and being drowned there may not ba much choice, but there ta wide rang of dltterenoe. In between there la room for innumerable innumer-able variations, aad beyond there ta room for even wilder fanclea and gueaaea. It eeema that scientific alarmists cannot long remain allent on thla aubject. Very often prophets rise ap ta fpreoaat tba end. Many hava been ao rash aa to eaat their dlaaater for an early date, and accordingly hava beea discredited dis-credited by failure. Later prophet hav generally adopted, tha safer rule of timing the end-all at some remote time. Now that thla warning haa been leoued the world public may get aat for the naat gueea, which will not be long In coming If centlftc alarmlete , keep up their prophetic ga't- Marlon Star. - a. |