The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-12-04
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BIZ Sye's Views % tar sphere U.or
Which We live.

BIZ Sye's Views o. ras sphere U..r
which We live.
The earth is that body In the soInr
system which most Of my resS5rs now
reside upon, and which some of them. L
regret TO say, modestlv desire 10 own and
control, f0rgettiuE that the earth is Tie
Iordis and the fliness thereof some
men do not care who owns illa ear.a s0
lOuE as they get -Le 1.-usss
The earth is HN.H0o.CIl wears of r-c.
eccordius 20 Professor Proctor lrnt she
doesn't look b. 20 ma Tine Duke of
Argyll maintains That she is ln.nGG. .o2-
wears old last Au--Et- buf what does az
ordinary duke know about thcse thinEsf
50 tar rs / aTa concerned / VIII pUt Proc
tors memory against that of any low
priced duke that I haveevcr seen
Newton claimed that the earth would
gradually dry Up. and become porous and
tn Il water would 1T last become curl
osftv. Many believe this and are rapidly
preparing their systems by -iE.3 course
OF treatment. 80 that tLeE a live FOR
years without he use Of water Internally
or externally. Other scientists who have
set up nights % monkey with the solar
systems, aud thereby shattered their ueTF-
C-s systems, claim -hat the u"--i is -1--
TING top-hcavy At the North Pole, and
that one OF these days while we are think
Ing OF sonnet hing else, the great weight OF
acc~mUlated ice, snow. and the vast ac-
cvmulatiOu Of secondhand Arctic relief
expeditions VIII jerk the earth ont Of its
present posi- iOu with 80 much suon' nueity
and iu such an eNt~- -Tlrlv forthwith man
ner, that many people VIII be permanent
ly stTabsmussed and mUCh hric-a-brtc
VIII be for sale a. @ Great sacrifice. This
may or may not be true. 7 have not been
m i'm the Arctic regions to investigate its
truth OF fal4itv though there seems to bs
d growing sentiment Throughout the
country in favor - my GOING 4 great
many people during the past year hGvo
written hie and given me their censaut- r
If could take srout twenty good.
picked men a-G 60 up there -OE rEe SUM
ms, instead cf bringing back rr-enty
picked men. 7 vouldn'1 mind the II p.aE6
feel that we really ou.,bs q base a larsol
colony On the ice In t--t E.gu rh5u We
now have
The earh is eomp5=5d Of land and
water. Some of the water has large
chunks Of ice ia Il. Tie earth rev olives
on its own axle once In 1.-=ut ty-fJur hg1r--
thouEh IL seems To re-ol-e faster than
Jhat and 10 Nvohbie e gJoI deal during me
holidays NOtL-uE tllkles the ear-h more
than 20 confuse q man when he IS coming
home late ar niEht, and then 90 rise up
suddenly and hit him iU the back with g
town lot People who think there is no
fun or relaxation ~ ugrE The heavenly
bodies certainly have not ErTftlan ft5slT
habits Even the moon is q hUraorist-
A friend Of mine who was returning
late at night from q regular meeting ri
the Society FOR the AUrIiCrari-U Of Hot
Scotch said that tie earth rose UP sud
denly and hit him with q right uI way,
and as he was about 10 rise mp again ne
was stunned by q terrific blow between
the shoulder blades with an oh land
grant that be thought had IapseG yeaIs
ago. When he staggered 10 his feet he
found that the moon IN order 20 add r1
his confusion, had gone down in front 81
him and risen again behind Elm, with hel
thumb on her nose
so, say, wittou1 fear Of successful
contradiction, Tint If y0u do not rhinE
that planets and Orbs and one tLirE ans
another have run on the quiet you. ar.
GROSSLY IGNORANT Of their habits
The earth is about half wry octvyCly
Mercury aud Saturn IN the matter o
Cauzity. Mercury is Of about tt- specific
gravity of iron, while that of Sefur1 coz
res ponds with that Of cork IN the mat
ter Of density and specific gravity. Ih
earth, of c0uI=e, does not compare viii
Mercury 10 the matter OF srlidity, yet Il i
amply firm FOR all practical purposes. Z
negro who ie1 out ol jAe tower OF
tvelve-stOry building while trying q
clean the upper window BY drinking
Quart OF alcohol and then hre8i hing han
on the glass, SAYS that he regards Ii
earth as pefectly sefe 20 60 business on Ic
years 10 come. He claims that those WIZ
maintain that the ealFh-s crust Is onl
2.5Ou miles III thickness have not thoi
CuEAiy tested the matter by e. system c
practical ezEeFiTlsuts