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Show THE END OF THE WORLD. "Editor Standard: Will December 17 he the end of the world? I have been told the astronomers predict the ono ,on that date0" No astronomer of recognised authority author-ity has predicted such a calamity, and , we do not know that a forecast of that kind is possible with the limited knowledge possessed of world affair.-, j Years ago religious leaders fr ! quently foretold the destruction of the earth and at one time in New York 'state the excitement created by the naming of a day on which .he sjtnrs were to fall and fire descend from the : heavens was so intense that nv.ny be-llievers be-llievers gave away their property and j devoted their time to prayer. Every day is the "end of the world" for some one Wherever dentb 'presides, earth's turmoil ceases to lis I turb. ! Nature has a mod orderly waj Eternal laws govern tho planets, and the changes which occur ar- so grad jual as to be almost imperceptible eve I to the trained eye of the cien'ist. |