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Show IN THE YEAR 1,000,00a Tim Lwt Sinn on Earth Will It Smaltor Than u Kly. The surface of tho earth is slowly but surely diminishing, says tho scientists. All the landed portion" will bo submerged sub-merged and the last man will bo drowned. The ico is gradually accumu' 'ig at tho north pole and slowly melting away at tho south. Eventually the earth's center of gravity will suddenly change, and tho la.st man will bo crushed by tho ruslt of movables that will quickly glide over Us surface. There is a retarding medium in space cau&ing a gradual loss in velocity in all of the planets. 'Jo earth.- when her revolutions Una'casc, will budrtwn nearer and nearer to tho sun until tho lost man willbolitorally roasted of? tho face of the earth. Beginning with the year !i000 A. D. humanity will commence to retrograde, and by the ond of tne year 1,000,000 man will be no larger and havo no more intelligence in-telligence than a plant louse. In that event there will bo no "last man," re-marksthe re-marksthe St. Louis ItcpubUc. Tho 'riun's tires will gradually burn out and the temperature cool; in consequence conse-quence the earth's glacial zonon will enlarge, driving shivering humanity toward the equator. At last the habi t-able t-able space will lessen to nothing and overcrowded humanity will bo frozen in a heap. |