Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-10-05 | Page 8 | Will Earth Die by Drought?

I t r t ill Jh Earth Die by Pi Drought 1 Is m the tIle end of the world to come through the drying up of its oceans and Does the biblical prediction of destruction I I b by fi fire c mean that life on the earth will become extinct by the gradual elimination of water and the consequent burning up by byth th of e. e sun of all life animal and vegetable I 4 That this may maybe be the case is indicated by a report t just made io 10 to tl the scientists of the coming from War Wa lerberg Af South Africa ca made by by Advocate Bug Eugene ne N. N Marais R R. RJ J.P. J. J P. P of After mentioning some facts relative to the drying up of th the l whole earth which according to the French Brench it r will ultimately cause the end nd of the world the report fro from Professor Marais cites a number of appalling instances of the increasing in- in f cr creasing dryness of Africa a real lake less than fifty years is ago is isnow now now no more than a marsh thre threatened with rapid extinction ex ex- Lake Rudolph is rapidly shrinking an alar alarming g fact when it itis is s realized that this body of water feeds the Nile and wafers wa- wa f fers r of Egypt Professor Marais believes that thai the old theor theory of the perfect cycle of moisture evaporation and precipitation precipitation-or or rainfall rainfall rainfall-is is false and that the earth is all the time sucking up moisture like a gigantic sponge Some Sone idea of of- of the terrible i fe ts of the tu drought are gained from the description given of district of W It used to o be a land of milk and honey It was also the last stronghold of the big game gamo of northern Transvaal Today it is a desert with dried water courses dead orange groves desolate pasture lands In the entire district of which is larger than most American states there was as last year ear no running water and in its northern part there is a tract over oyer square miles indies in e extent tent where there there single drop of water running or stagnant above the s surface i The effects of the drought were so reaching far according ac ac- ac- ac cording to Pro Professor ess r Marais that those animals capable of escape escape escape es es- es- es cape fled fIed early from the stricken area area arca man with his live stock am among n t the c first Th Th The terrible heat and the absence of all moisture cause curiS curi curi- S effects r the h hair ir isso electrified that when stroked lightly a crackling shower showe-r of sparks is evoked and the fingernails become to o brittle they break brcak constantly hair and nails lose the power of growth gY all celluloid substances break rubber rubber- becomes up a useless use use- less spongy mass hors horses horses' tails tails crack incessantly and in the nHit t their ei flanks flanks see seem to be su surrounded rounded by electric flashes to