Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-17

Black sea and the Mediterranean the water Is still warm enough for bathing. Other in. stances of remarkable warmth in this alleged winter season are noted.
 It would naturally be expected that south Of the equator the weater should be found colder than usual to counterbalance the in- creased warmth of the northern temperate zone. The coldness experienced by Dom Pedro, whose scientific attachments are well known, and who has actually been frozen out of the empire, and the frigidity ob- served by American merchants who have gone to South America in search of trade, go far towards sustaining this theory, the re- suit of which, supposing it an established fact, will be to place New York state and New England in the cotton and orange and sugar growing belt of the world.
 Predictions of seismic disturbances, and of serious atmospheric and electrical phe- nomena, are mentioned as being probable re- suits of the above conditions, and are borne out by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the cyclone at St. Louis.
 But the most remarkable feature of the Professor's article is still to be told. He an- nounoes himself as a supporter of the theory in his s'Theory of Concentric Spheres" fa- miliar to students of Union college little over half century ago, and referred to dis respectfully by them as "Symnes Hole." According to Captain Symmes, and strenu- ously maintained by him in his lecture at Union college, the earth is globular, hollow. and open at the poles. The diameter of the northern opening he figured at about two thousand miles, and that of the southern openings are parallel to each other, but form an angle of twelve degrees with the equator, 50 that the highest point of the north plane is directly opposite the lowest part of the south plane, and the Albany scientist be- lieves that with the shifting of the poles these positions are very nearly reversed. The shell of the earth is about one thousand miles thick and the edges of the shells at the openings are callep verges, and measure, regular convexity without, about one thous- and five hundred miles. Without going into the particulars of the matter, upon which the author dilates with great exactness and exhaustiveness, dealing with isotherma1 lines, submarine currents, the suns attrac- tion, planetary influences and the aurora borealis with equal facility, it is sufficient here to say that Captain Symmes's theory entirely and satisfactorily accounts for supported by additional proof furnished by the institute professor.
 Facts attested by good authority prove the existence of warmer climate beyond the verge. The Indians of the interior of British America, in latitude about sixty degrees, migrate west or northwest on the approach of winter to seek milder climate and find no sea. Though these Indians migrate far to the northwest they have. .as Hearn informs us, no knowledge of the Pacific ocean. It is interesting, by the way, to note the agree ment between Lord Lonsdale's account of his travels last year and that of Hearn just a century before. Both traversed bleak, in- hospitable country and found it difficult to' sustain existence. At length the character of the country changed and they found 8 milder climate, sustaining vegetation and supporting varied fauna. Both travellers had been in Symmes's hole.
 The problem is presented of this polar core or bore, 2,000 miles in width, presented gradually more and more directly to the suns rays and receiving more of it's heat, to- gether with the increased amount of electric. ity constantly generated in the northern
 temperate zone, the increase in the bulk of
 the external crust of the earth noticed by
 European astronomers, and the increased
 heat and friction and electrical phenomena
 produced thereby. The professor, indeed, if
 he were not, like so many of his class, lack-
 ing in human interest, might carry his re-
 searches to an elucidation of the fate of the
 unhappy Mr. McGinty, who may be even now either buried under the Arctic snow and ice or picking dates and oranges in Symmes's hole. The paper of the professor, whosa modesty in insisting tho. his name shall be temporarily suppressed, is only equalled by his erudition, will be awaited by members of the institute with the greatest interest, and it's appearance, when announced, will be hailed by an attendance unprecedented in
 the history of thatvenerable society.