The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-09-30
A COLORED SCIENTIST.
HE SHOWS UP THE CAUSES
PRODUCING EARTH
QUAKES.
SOME UNIQUE REASONING WHICH
KNOCKS THE THEORIES OF
SCIENTISTS HIGHER THAN
a KITE.

"Boss, want some 'pinyuns on dis yeth-
quake bizness?" asked an old darkey yes
terday as he approached a SrATEsMANs
reporter.
Eyes, would like to hear what you
have to say"
swell, you kno' boss, amt no SCIENTIST,
but my 'pinyun am dis: De quaks am
caused by de iostling of de waters"
"What waters?"
ode waters inside de yerth You kno'
in de beginning de yerth was widout
form, and de spirit of de Lawd
moved upon de waters, an den
de waters was divided an den de dry Ian
'peared Oats de hole ting boss. He
made de dry land and ue "1oors OBJ de
sea" and dey am but great big crust
resting on de waters and wen dey gifts
'sturbed de crust moves an waves up an
down an sometimes cracks jes like big
raft on a ribber."
Scientists say the interior of the earth
is fire and molten NATTER" said the re-
porter.
II kno's dey do, but dey's nebSer
proved it. De idea of de Lawd kin'lin'
big fire and keepin' it up millyun OBJ
years and den BLOWN his bref on it a
nudder millyun oh years to cool it off so
dis crust could be put on it,
do'an strike de min oh dis niger
like hot 'tater. What de Lawd foolin'
way all dat time fur?" dis world was
made in six days boss, an de Lawd, dat
de people mite make no mistake bout 1t
de berry fuss ting made a measure OBJ
time He knob sum SCIENTIST was agoin'
ter git up and say he was a millyun years
dom de job So he fixes tings at de berry
outset so us niggers would kno' dat wen
he said he made dis yerth in six days ne
ment six OBJ our days. OATS it. At de
berry fust move He said let dere be lite,
an it was good, and He divided de light
frum de darkness, and de Ginning an de
mornin were de fust day. Den on de
fourth day, an after de waters
was divided an de dry Ian made an de
forest and de YARDS started ter CROWN
He made de lights in de armament and de
sun ter rule de day and de moon ter rule
de mite, both oh 'em, de day an de mite,
habin' bin made an fixed in de kallender
so tight no scientist, in my 'pinyun has
ebber been able ter move er change EN-"
''How about the volcanoes?" asked the
reporter.
DE vulkanoes am all rite; dey's natural,
and dey don't bother me. You see, boss,
dar was flood once, an de fountains oh
de deep bust forth and de rains come down
and de waters riz ober tree thousand feet
a day, and dey knocked dis world out OBJ
iint."
"What has that got to do with the vol
canoes?"
Its got ebbery ting to do wild 'em,
boss. Der mus hev been powerful site
OBJ drift dem days; all de timbers, an
rails an houses an flowers an grass
an animals an folks, an all dat were
kotched out an drifted inter big piles,
lest like dey do now days, web dars
a big rise in de ribbers Oats it boss, an
dis drift kivering hundreds of miles was
caught. in certain places, an as de muddy
walters sided frum de yerth, an de mud
settled dis drift was kivered ober iuess
like dey is on de ribbers now. an after
awhile dey kotch fire themselves and made
dem vulkanoes. Some of dem drift piles
has burnt out and de vulkanoes am ded.
l he'rn my little boy read dat some OF
dem keeps as quiet as turkey IN settln
time fur years an years an den busts out
again. Oats all rite, dat drift under dem
has bin burnin all dat time, an all at once
de water in de yerth speculates fru an
runs on dem hot rocks, an IN ter dem not
holes and hollors wat burnt out an dars
kumotion, worse dan a coon in chicken
ward, man de steam an gas gifts up a big
splosioa, an dars a quak an Dustin oh
de yearths crust, an ebbery ting rushes to
dat chimney, salty valve, vulkanoe or wat
ebber yer min ter call it, an dars big
eruption, an sum time boss, my little boy
saws. lots OBJ mud an water an fish am
frod out OBJ some OBJ de vulkanoes. HOws
dem fish cum dar boss, II
dey didn't go in dar wld
big rush OBJ water
Whar der drifts warn't kivered berry deep
dey didn't git hot huff ter burn an some
times, pehaps, de water got in on EN-
befo' de burnin' pint war reached, an dey
turn ter coal an cooled off. An whar a
hole millyun OBJ whales, an fish, and fat
bars an other critters, an boss, fur all l
kno' sum OBJ de people who was Twin TO
de flood got kotched in one big pile an
we're kivered up. dey turned ter lie. an
darfo' de lie wells. Boss, does yer kno'
| I'm sorter skittish bout burnin' coal lie.
/ LII uOUSDU De LllAcu wiz SUM w NC liO w
doze ole sinners wat wouldn't hey Noah.
Who kno's? Boss, yer member dat pile OBJ
| trash all kivered ober wild dirt an rocks at
de foot Oh de Avenue las winter, how 1t
kotched fire by itself bout fifteen feet
under de ground, an how it burned fur
mont's until de water works was turned
onto it. Dat was vulkanoe in miniature
an it heaved up de ground and cracked it
in many places. Oars one burnin'
down below town now.
Den again boss hear my boy read outer
de bible dat all de ribbers run inter de
sea. yet de sea am not full; unter de
place whence de ribbers came thither dey
return again" Oats it precisely boss,
ribbers run inter de sea am de currents
oh de sea run inter de yerth, an de waters
of the rbbers dar by an returned "unter
de place whence de ribbers cum"
"But the sea is salt and the rivers come
out of the earth fresh" insisted the re-
porter.
Oats a fac boss but its easy huff.
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