The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-27
THE INSIDE OF TIE EARTH.
A nIG ROLE THROUGH TrE Plant
FROM POLE TO POLE
How Claitus Treats tie Theory Of the Opcn
Po'pr sea WHAT he save about the CRf
strrnm-Iite ct n Brookiyu DiscoVcrer.

lie WIS III tlVfIlN uldu WIN u p'ulN W
rri1zlcd or Y, unkcmpt hair. light eyes that shot
q .ick, furtvc chances; pale lips that trcm led
of'cn with weak. uneasy suiiles, and hands that
rcs,lessv rubbed each other, or else rropcd IN
consciously for some missing tool. His ,lo' hes
were coarse and In rags, and az he sat on low
uuturned box, close before a half warm stove
be shivered sometimes when n fierce gu OF
freezing wind ratified the patched and dingy
Windows. Behind him was q carpenters fet CHI
with rack of beatly-kept wood working tools
above It; lathe and small stock of very
Handsomely finished library stcp. ladders. \
great pie NJ black walnut chirs and lathe dust
Lay on the 1oor, md the airw = fun ~ he clear
fresh smell Of the wood The room IN which he
sat was garrett, IT the top OF two crooLcd
fights " steep and rchety stalls. In building
within three blocks Of the southcrnmo-t eN
trcmity Of that Liiputian railway on which
saratoga trunks, nttcd up as horse cars, are run
from Fult' n ferry to Hamilton ferry.
"Don't mention M name at all, sir," said he
TO the suN reporter. who petchcd upon an I'M
steady box before him, NOR don't Give them the
exact place. please. for there are lots about who
know u c, aud who'd be bo,herinc me, nd may
be laughing at me. Call me John Claitns. That's
me name was known by down In Charleston
and all down South. and 1t did very well while
was working there, so You can put II In that"
"But whv. having er nd scientific idea, and
being the originator Of novel and bold theories,
do YOU shrink so modcstly FROM public rccoGni-
ton and adplretion7'
81 don't want any Glory I've though, out
wnat have because felt I had a mission to do
It, aud may he mlghin't be let live If didn't II;
but I'm done now. I can't last much long r.
I'm cid and poor, and don't caro- 10 have { lks
boihcrng me and may be laughing at me; and
you see nv brother, my cousins. and sor ctincs
some sailor friends come To see me, md Id
ia her you'd let II 20 IA Claituf, sir."
And as Clitus n shall 60. But about your
discovery. Was n not svmmss's theory ~ hoi.
tltou-h the globe that FIRST gave you the dear
ErMtHK tBIG NI-iuss.
"Oh, not at nil! I was shown 1t all tn y vision
" re iciotc ever heard q him. T. was more
than thirty eight years ago. Iwus ouh atwclNe-
wear Old boy. | was greatly afraid when saw
It; It was so terri le to me. really think, from
what l saw. that the earth was an in a SORT Of
mist or foe' once. felt that | must GO 10 sea
and try To Ind cut y hat cold about IT M a
poor man; so - sailor I won't for years,
alw4ys thinking about It and inqririrg when /
could Of them that might have had a chance O
know something. About two years ago | " ent
Soutn aud triei To esfaLii-h myself there. and
then Stw thr vision again. not go terfiblc -
before, and ! co Id understand 1t better. Ii
cane to- me ike a globe. about two feet through,
III
N'sne-. tnid u - people there, and hey AID
Wits rfuYv. told ~ tn two men wus working Z
brothers lhry were ana l'renchm n. buit al
extension table ana ised the roof OF their
house Tor them, ami they said, How can T. b"
tnat YOU do our work 50 well nd vet are not In
your rivht mtndF - quit saving anv hing
about II. ms is mVdti II like what s.w Ia
the vi-i n"
'rhe model Of the vision ~ produced Is a hail
OF black walnut NO 81. tour aud half inches In
diameter, trtyersed bV round apert re whose
diameter seems to be about one third tie di.
al lac "A arr rln \ r mao TO fIf
Ines have ueen Traced bv a tibet lul the spaces
between then representing ten degrees each. a
Tins bail ~ mounted between the points OF an
Inverted l. Of st ong wire. 50 based uron little
ifd as To- admit OF It's being tipped to cham
the ANGLE nj which the ball j. poised. The points
OF the wire are fastened near he edges ~ the
ends of the hole az opposite sides OF the liftle
globe, 50 as To admit OF Is turning. and thus
sitern itey raising and depressing. with refer
ence TO the false poles, the ends OF the hole. As
the ihlng stood Oh tile stand, where h" pl ced
IL very carefully, the SUM- ght poured through
the mole, and as he turned Il the area covered IN
TIE interior Of the ball ly the suns direct rlys
Wa gfadu lily narrowed. shortened, and IN lly
- ciidini-hed a. TO extend inward onl, a vcrS
little ~ ". then, MS he continued turning IT, mo
patch II hgnt once NOR widened and length
ened until the sun gain shone all the way
TnR LESSON OF TIE MODEL
here" sud be. that represents day and
II nigut for the people IN the inside OF tue
earth. lm perfectly satisfied in my own mind
tuat the turn IS made on about ten degrees, aud
about ten degree nom the outside rim o. n
them that goes there would get 20 the hnt IT
on the inside. When they get To the ninticth
degree hats the pole they've slways been try
J. MAKE. ueNH DC turning INTO the IN
SIDE. Eiguy degrees is The fIrthest tue, We
ever got yet, az least that's the furihcst for
any one that has come back to tell about II.
lcuys Point Is the rtnest land nOrthwnrd
on tn continent Ia l has ever been reached.
alu Sutzhefscu is out as far Oh the other
side. Tho iurti.cst they have gone south l.
Nictori Island. opposite Clpe Horn, my he a
thous nj miles away from the Cape, aud that's
ohl' an"ut elshlN desfees. I've got hit Il
~ me here that came FROM Vie ora Island that
a -ti's man gave me. Inn an, may be, ui-ht
l"H 9ui s9metnns about II from somebody
lne di.c.verer arose and walked slowly TO the
further crd II rs garrett. WLcre he took from
slet u'tlc piece of stone, ABOUT three lnrues
I lcou.--. of as rotten stone almost, Iisht
lr.Tn ana 'ok.nt Ike q biz u pc rilcd wood
- e. GA LnnW NlN ~ is. There isn't much
curious .huIt d.. I've seen tit Of stone from
l geo. RAJ l. iA that Looked much he u, but
h"i lnsi he same. tri'd 10 make "A whefst he
o. H. ult a. Was TOO sott; II wouldn't take any
poiish.
In your long sea service did YOU ever get Tar
r't,r tive If your tneohes Z"
Nut my sef, though Eve noticed things that
rollrN ed me. Auw, there's tnc GUT : stream,
-, lance; lheH say there's current from
we g. 1000 ~ Mexico tutt Eue, across to Europe;
~ / 'r sen cuou-h myself IN the lldian
"th tntt We crossed many time and Oft u,
ana round Co Caoe Horn, that Im sati ,ied il sa
> itr rtrrdu' aud the action II ,he sun OF 10
.G.,d Ia TIE Gull oi Mexico. Inoy thought
ihe ure-s arc OF thcm dig rivers flowing intO ne
hli made Do. Now, II that Wa SO 10 Woull
81 IKE great pressure v here IL rushes through
iur marrow place between Florida and the West
lh4lts' "a 4 would srt tue sttealu gong away -
the ottet SIDE ol the Oce ~. out / cOuldn'. see
any such pressure greater tht re o an any SL,ae
ei'c. Inefn flVcr- hts no tuOre effect there than
a nue. ct = waller poured INTO the bay down he
yUnd would lave. It'7 toe great heat OF the sun
81 me mar ow rim M i,lne Tue Ice. and tue cur
rent pouuhg out Of tuht mole, that makes wlat
They on the GHf stream IN tho part Of 1t
they We ohseryed.'
WHAT SAIL lR SAID NJ SAW.
Have you ever met any sailors who know
ahYlhhP more At out IL IN u YOU did yoursel!f"
ar,' tic dt,cuv-Itf answered quickly, &c ~
Ing 10 bore H. from the SOFT stone with his
thick thumb nail, ma looking up with an eager
shlir, net s"tor man Ia Churle-tOn-TOla
or IpI ia ms name was-lno he SAID he adj
been far cnOu-h TO see great, bright arch TINT
rose out Of The water like. aud / said, lnat's
MY 'rch that's the rim OF The lole to tie inside
OF the earth lie w4s there in Charleston Wit
ing Tor ship, and l was making patterns We
USED ~ meet every nignt 10 talk about tins
tuln-, Tor he was "a knOwledReaOlo man, and
t"nk IA Interest In II, the same as l did, lie
saw ihrt arch every Dirht for two weeks willie
we prNdt, or lie W. on was In them waters, and
al hat was win aim saw 1t, but they cOuidn'i
h..H H. out Then 10y rot frRbi-I,.sts OF il,
T''- -,nt m strange waters, and at last they
a. ".SN - p.r,s If Tue ooe IA they knew, Hld
80 ."V "Nal as last IA they could. Well"
t'-"'"- zoe stD Ike, " sail Is sometimes m Ike
sTn a. "l"R @n1Ht VIII they've seen. and pos
Si"'l 'H'lt huinlng IA IL. Dt!t there may be- [
'N the same, for I've seen IL in