The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1889-04-11
rHE aREAT pELuoE.
EvIdsaes THAT the satire Earth was
MOI Iaaadatea

Not Inundated.
John GmeInsr In the Catholic World oG A prii
Geological and archaeological
reasons combine to prove that
geographically the deluRe was not
universal. AZ the time assigned for
tue deluge the surface Of the earth
was substantially as 10 IL now. IL,
then, some great portion Of the dry
land had been submerged, q proper.
tionate rise Of land shove the waters
would have been necessary In some
other part of the globe. For, ss
Prof. Alexander wincheIl observes,
"the terrestrial globe, In some Of Its
behavior, may he compared to an
InIa-rubber ball Oiled with water.
IL Indented by pressure In one
place there must be q prOtuberance
equal in volume in another place
Hence, 10 all Asia had been sub
merged, a propOrtIonate amount Of
dry land would have been lifted
above the waters somewhere else.
That Asis, Africa, Europe, Austria
liza anl America were all submerged
ct the same time seems geOlngically
imIIDtsiblP, aud we have no evidence
which would justify u 10 assume
h"AA Na'A ha'hEhA ~ HhNfth"S"S =
wonder.
On tine contrary, there are geo
logical aud archaeological facts
which evidently prove that some
PORTIONS of the earth have not been
Inundated 10y the Nnschlan deiuge
For Instance, In Auvergne, France :
in the EIfel country of the Prussian
Rhine province lin New Zealand and
elsewhere. there are extinct vOlca-
noes, evidently older than Noah,
that are I'm ITked by cones 81 pun
Ics--iuur. AsLes aud such light sub
stances ~ could not have resisted
the waters 81 the deluge"
Whereabouts Mas the drluge? lu-
dICatiUns seem To point to Western
Central Asia. "a IL quite probable
that the leading irscendautA OI
Adam. the direct line uf HOd' :
rhuseu people uG old, continued tu
reside HrAT the former happy home
nf oar fir-! parents the garden oi
Paradise Now, this WAS uuh0uhi-
eddy situated In Western Central
Asia, - the Book UT Grnr-i- uu-
mi-Iakabiy Indicates by stating thai
four rivers, the Phi-un. the tirhOn,
the IigFi- aud the EuThTItPs,
hsd their -ourre im the TrYiuH of the
Paradise That really the TiRiis
aud the EuphTAIrs of to-day were
meant can not be- duubtpd. la the
first place, Of the TIgri- 10 - rN-
pTrssiy Il aIsd that ID H. the same that
paS-eth along hy the As-yrian-
sSerIHdIy. there H. un gtOingiral
reason known why the present III
gTis aud Euphraie- should not have
existed la the days nG Adam, or even
long before.
THUS, for instance, our Missouri,
Ohio aud Mississippi, the lstirr about
a. far suuth ~ Tennessee, -etuI lu
have been Ia existence during the
tertiary age, long before the appear
Anre of uIau upon the earth.
Moreover, u IL not likely that the
transient iuuntlatIun ratISrd 10y the
delugt has permanently changed the
rhauurls uT these rivers, Hhirh ID
could not have dnne without chang
ing the entire surGarr at the sur
rounding territory. Aud. finally,
the Book of Genesis was written 81
n time hen no other rivers were
known IS the Tigris aud EuphraIes
than the rivers which still bear
these names.
For these reasons ID can not lie
doubted that the Paradise vas To-
Gated some where near ar shout the
sources Of the present Tigris or Eu-
pilates, la Armenia. This l. the
opinion II competent authorities.
The labor bureau Of Kansas la its
last report, a. in its previous ones.
gives detailed results Of its investi-
cation 81 the earnings aud expenses
uf the WagP-earneT- of Kansas. As
q conclusion, Il gives q table show
ing that In manufacturing, IL, g7T
men were employed receiving la
wages $S,Ol2,H.5I; in mining ,5SS
men were employed who received
t2,Blg, 10 in wages; Ia transportation
~ $40 mPu were employed, and
received In wages l2,525, $40. 80.
The average wages per man engaged
In every division Of occupation into
which these three industries may he
divided are given In the body of the
book, a. are also many facts con-
corning our street railways The
building trades are given in detail,
but not la the aggregate but a. q
conclusion the commissioner says of
this industry: THAT carpenters,
pIasterrrs, aud brick and stone
mEsOns have been reasonably busy,
q glance through our wage tables
will drniOnStTate, and that the year
Just ended has been the most pros
porous To Kansas craftsmen of any
since the organization Of the bureau,
our reports will verify. This result
Is the more gratifying when 10 IL
remembered that Kansas has en-
cOuntered short crops during this
period, the activity ia towns, la the
line Of building and municipal inn
prOvements, furnishing employment
TO many whom q crop failure had
driven from their claims, aud who,
failing in this class OF work, would
have teen compelled To either ask
for assistance, or else have been
driven entirely from the state"
In the milling industry the aver
aye yearly wages per man IL Sjl5;
In the industrial establishments
each man " oman aud child received
an average annual pay oT SIS. 3g;
miners and mine labOrsrs show an
average yearly wage of saaD each;
railroad employees earn All average
Of t1'ig 81 per year; while street rail-
wsy wage-earneTs have al annual
income Of iIO.2T.