The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-09-30
COLORED SCIENTIST.
HE ADVANCES A FEW MORE
THEORIES TO SUSTAIN
HIS SCIENCE.
HE THINKS THERE Is AN OPEN PO-
LAR SEA, AND GIVES REASONS
FOR THE ICE AROUND
THE POLES.

scientist yesterday, of The STATESMAN
reporter.
"Oh thought it would be of interest"
"Do'an yer kno' yer started a lot of
ignorunt niggers ter talkin', an deys bin
calm me hard names. Deys gelous and
dats wat makes me 'spise ignOrunt mig
ger. Wat | said bout earthquakes an de
terror oh de yerth bein' water, am pinyuns
OBJ my own, an do'an AK euy niger nor
nobody ter b'lieve them. Boss, Use got
NOR illusions dat 'vinces, an firms me in
my pinyuns."
what are they?'
"Dey am dis. Yer kno Mr.. Proctor, de
'stronmer"
Eyes, know of him"
"Dats so. Well, hearn my boy read
dat Mr.. Proctor says 'karfully tested, de
surface OBJ de yerth, which seems so still,
is foun' ter be quiverin' an underlatin all
de time, as if hit rested on an
ebber restless ocean OATS it, boss. In
my 'pinyun hit does res on a ocean oh
water; but rite heah Mr.. Proctor an Use
divide. Crate men will differ, boss. Mr..
Proctor, so my little boy red, fro's out an
nudder idea which strikes dis niger as
kerroberating his 'pinyuns. He says:
water kant be compressed, an wen
scientist tried ter do so, by fo'cin' water
down widin metal vessels, dey found dat
de water was fo'ced fro de metal and
stood on de outer suface like sort of
presperation." OATS it pezactly, boss. De
'normous pressure of dis yerth crus' on de
water in de terror do'an effect it ceptin'
ter squeeze it fro de yearth's crus' an
make hit cum out ob de springs an wells
clear an pure. 1t am dis pressure wat
foces de water out oh de top OBJ 'tesian
wells.
Mr.. Proctor, howemsoebber, 'sists dat
mos prob'ly de terror OBJ de yearth Is
'tensely hot, an we differs heah, an eff Mr..
Proctor was ter call at my house wen de
old 'omans away, Tde 'splain hit ter his
satisfackshun."
Don't your old woman believe in sci
ence?"
Golly, kno She says ole Wiglins had
better be in de cotton tiel', and as fur de
udder scientist, dey amt one oh dem got
emmy practikal sense, an not one OBJ em
kan tell why biskits an lite rolls an
| bread rises better an an sweeter
an NOR 'holesome wen baked in a oven
on de ole fashun fire place, dan it is wen
cooked in a new tangled stove, while
ebber ole Niger cook in delan' knO's de
reason"
How do you know that the interior of
the earth is not intensely hot?"
II do'an kno if fur sartin, but my
4 practikal sperience 'vinces me dat it am
not. SCIENTIST say dat eff you bore deep
well, de deeper yer goes de hotter hit gifts,
an de higher de 'mometer rizes. OATS
| Il 10, 10
country could er tole dem dat, an Gey
ken also tole 'em de reason. Let a man,
boss, dig well sixty, or 'tousen feet fur
dat matter, on de top oh high moun'in
an den let i'm go down inter de deep val
ley an dig one, an he'll sweat, an feel de
heat jes as bad at de bottom Oh one as de
udder, an de 'mometer will be apt ter be
de same in bOfe. Shut up yer house
tight, boss; klose all de doors an winders,
an go off sebberal hours, an W ZEN yer Gums
back an open de door, de room am berry
much warmer dan hit is on de outside.
! On summer day wen yer are out on a
| hunt an yer goes down inter a deep,
shady rabine wild de waters hoin' fru' it.,
to hab a cool time yer soon fin dat it is
hotter dar dan it is on de hills in de brilin
sun. Co.'S why? Cos in de klosed house,
in de deep wells an Minis in de rabine,
dars no air kurrents, no breff oh wind pats
yer cheek, no dancin' breeze kisses yer
brow. Oats de reason it am hotter, an
dats de reason it am hotter in de wells an
minis, but dar's a limit ter dis
heat i'll de yerth, as dar is a limit
ter de heat oh de su2 on de surface. Den
boss, yer goes down ter GalbestOn, an
bore a well 1000 feet deep an wen yer
send yer mometer down dar yer fin dat de
mercury rises cos hits warm. Go out on
de gulf and send yer 'mometer down de
same distance, and yer fin dat de mercury
falls cos hits colder. Why is dis; In
bofe kases yer proach de legged heat in de
yerth. De bottom ob all de seas am about
de same temperture as de Arctic sea-
How does all the water you talk about
get into the earth!"
GIFTS i'll dar by de way ob de poles. De
cold currents at de bottom of de seas flo
to de poles an go kerchug inter de yerth
while de warm water risen out oh de yertf
goes off in top currents De ice packed
round de poles am berry wise range
ment, boss
"Why so?"
salt water, boss. unlike de fires wen
hit gifts kold sinks ter de bottom an dc
warm rises. De Ice at de poles helps di,
vertical circulation and gibs de waters d
dam uamic.'
"lou mean, dynamic"
"All rite, gibs de water a dieuamick
force which send hit down inter de TERROR
Oh de yecth an at de same time properly
tempers de waters-tloin' out an gibs dem
: force ter move. De warm water bilin' ur
from de terror oh de yerth, boss. at de
: poles, makes an open polar sea of berry
Spectacle size, in my pinyun."
what about Virgins earthquake sci
for today
Il do'an kno, l ain pa,in' no 'tentior
ter Virgins. I've got ter scratch 'rouut
fur sum grub, or dar'ill be a yerthquake a
my house, Virgins or no Virgins"
GALN ESTON.