Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-07
SyNTnESs HOLE.
Proofs of q Tropic Paradise at TN.
North Pole.

! oi the earth, through the newspaper press and
/ by lectures before colleges and students In
which he expressed dissatisfaction with the
NeWtonian theory and In which he claimed that
the earth was globular. hollow and open at the
pgies- But the novelty of his idea caused his
/ theory to be ridiculed and stigmatized as
Symmes Hole" In opposition to the New
tonIan doctrines he maintained the theory of
concentric spheres with regard not only to the
earth but also all other planets. A San Fran
/ cisco correspondent calls renewed attention to
SyInmes theory, saying:
viii state in bT;Ss some of the main points
! OF his doctrine as I understand them to have
+ been promulgated b. him in his later wears He
died IN 1929. His principal lectures, it is said,
were delivered during the winter of 1867 be-
fore the faculty and students of Union College,
and il ~ said they commanded the profound at
: tenti0n of the learned and venerable Doctors
Mott and Maryland. He claimed that the earth
was glObular, hollow and open at the poles
that the diameter of the northern opening was
about 1900 miles, or 4 900 from outside to out
side. and that the southern opening was some
what larger. and that the planes of these OPEN
! inEs are parallel to each other; but that they
form an angie OF twelve degrees with the eqla-
tor and that the highest point of the northern
plane is directly opposite the lowest point of
/ the southern plane. lie claimed that the shell
! of the earth is about 900 miles thick and that
The edges of the shell of the openings. called
: verreS, measure from the regular concavity
WITHIN to the regular cOnvexity without about
! ,0UO miles. the VfFgeS occupying TWENTY-FIVE
deg1ees. Deueated on map only the outside
/ half OF the verges would show. All the polar
/ regions OF the present maps would be out OF
/ sight.
/ WHAT ARCTIC RESEARCH PROVES.
! need not 20 into all the scientific details to
prove the truth of Symmes' theory. but will
cite from some Arctic explorers facts and state
ments that tend to establish the plausbity and
he tpJrh of tbn oil hat 4
Indians in latitude CO. north are in the remula ar
! habit OF migrating north or northwest on the
approach OF winter to seek milder climate and
desirable winter quarters. The great Yukon
river Is on the verge of the northern Opening
and its mouth is much warmer than 1t is 600
miles up stream. In nigh ATTITUDES the inhabi-
tants commonly speak of the south as being
colder. and they migrate north at the approach
OF winter to seek a warmer climate. Captain
Ross in high ATTITUDES speaks of the Arctic
sea IS calm and clear of ice, while all the south
was wide belt of ice, and that currents
of air from the north were warm and
melted the ice Captain Parry makes
frequent mention of warm currents of
air coming from the north and northeast
which doubtless came from the interior of the
earth. DR.. Kane also claims that in the far
north the climate is warmer. All Arctic eX-
| plorcrs state that above and beyond 6S deg TO
40 deg. north latitude there is milder climate
than at lower degree. Large herds of deer,
Wnlte bear, foxes and other animals are in the
habit OF migrating north in all high ATTITUDES on
the approach of winter. Those that live on the
northern side of the verge go north and those
on the southern side travel south in winter.
when there is a warm winter in England it is
unusually cold In Spitzbergen, because the
winds passing over the ice-bOund verge fall on
Spitz6ereen cold and lower its temperature,
while winds blowing from the north or from the
| interior fall on the island warm, but after
passing over the cold verge they lower greatly
the temperature of England
THE OPEN POLAR SEA.
1t is certain that far to the north of the frozen
regions of the verge there is milder climate
and an open sea. And recent explorers all tes-
THY that such is the fact for they have zone
where 1t is warm and where the water is not
frozen. Captain Ross states that I'm the polar
regions the horizon from north to south is very
limited. but that east and west it is greatly ex-
tended. The apex of the verge is in Iapland
about 6S' north; in the Fox islands, $50 north
In the Urai mountains. $50 north. and extends
through the south part of Kamschatka
Tn the north side Of the island of SpitZbergen
there are lodged vast quantities of drift timber
oil different species from any known to natural
lists, and many plants have been found drifted
There that are entirely unknown to b0tanists.
Ihey are OF tropical growth, but could not have
noated from equatorial regions. The distance
Is TOO great ana the gravity OF the plants would
not have allowed them to drift so far They
must nave Come from some warn region to the
DSe4utc, the currents Oh ocean there
are from the north, and consequently the drift
could have come from nowhere else The Gulf
stream passes around northern Europe and Asia
and to the south Of Sp;tzbergen, but the current
that washes the northern shores of the island is
from the Arctic regions.
ETERNAL SUMNER AT THE POLES.
Another reason for the belief In warm eli
mate in the Arctic regions is the fact that the
Wild geese at the latitude Of 82o where Dr.
hane wlntered- were seen flying north at the
approach of winter. and in. the spring were seen
TO return with their young. and looking fat and
sleek. They must nave passed the winter in
some warm region where the grass grows to
subslst upon. The nest of the gray goose has
never yet been found by man. and it must be i'm
some region IN the far northern eXtremities of
Greenland, OF in some country still beyond it,
Where there is tropical climate a very paradise
for the feathered creation. Common reason tells
Us that such must be the case. Some of Dr.
Kane crew in his Arctic explorations travelled
IN sedges drawn by dogs to avery high latitude,
ana discovered an open sea full of birds and
1eathered creatures. The water was warm and
waves were rolling as though they came long
distance and over an extensive sea. need not
dwell further on these points; the ancient idea
that the poles OF the earth are snow and ice
capped is anti9uated and unwOrty of belief
under the lights of modern science and Arctic
travel and explorations
We talk of Columbus having discovered a new
America. but what should we say if De Long
penetrated the ice belt of the north and found a
new country, and perchance new people in
habting that country; and who knows but the
lost tribes of Israel are hid away behind that
Ice wall OF the impenetrable north.
people may be there, with splendid cities.
more civilized and enlightened than We Thew
may have more beautiful country than We They
may have highly cultivated land, finer roads.
better houses, magnificent ships and all that
belts more enlightened people Or per-
chance the country is uninhabited by humanity,
but a far superior locality for man than on the
outside OF this mundane sphere. The all-wise
Being may have reserved it for the settlement
upon by man in this nineteenth century, when he
Is somewhat elevated by the various agencies Of
civilization and education. There NAV be on that
other side wide seas, grand rivers noble inland
lakes, wondTous mountains. vast areas of fer
tile, productive land. and the inner earth NAV
produce spontaneously all the food necessary
for mans subsistence and pleasure Sickness
and disease may be unknown in that superior
Cline. On that inner land may be the abode of
huge and terrific monsters that inhabit the land
and water and fly through the air. In the pre-
historic ages the outside surface of this earth
which we now inhabt was the abode of animals
ana FISH and birds of gigantic size; in that inner
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