Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01
HANPDEN's THEORY,

This, IN brief, Is this cosmographer's theory
OF the earth That 1t is a great fat circular
stationary plano, its inhabitants living only on
the upper side of it; that the sun and moon
revolvs above it at q mean height of about
2,700 miles, and that there is no such thing az
solar attraction or Rravitation. The CONT
nents and seas are arranged about the arctic
region In the center of the earth plane and
spread away toward the outer edge of the disk
the merldians OF longitude diverging like the
spokes OF wheel from the northern center to
the southern circumference 1t would be we'll
for the Patagonians and Australians to adopt
the prscGution to keep wide awake seaman up
aloft az they so sailing about the southern seas
or they may sail serenely off the face Of the
earth and go floating everlastingly through the
une1plored regions OF Infinite space
With a few extra blows Of his cudgel this
iconoclast demolishes to his own sstisfac ton
evidently, tho principles of magnetism, which
popularity accepted notions of the oceans
shape, and the fact Of atmospheric pressure,
which he considers as preposterously false and
gross delusion as a spherical earth. Lunar
eclipses, too, share a similar fate. In this ease
however, he furnishes q substitute for the
theory destroyed He tells us positively that
the darkening OF the face Of the moon il not
caused by a shadow of the earth, but il due
simply to some non-luminous body passing be-
fore our satellite at determinate intervals.
Ahu mus no iuiihiuates against q projected OK
petition to reach the south pole: Gould any
one IN their sober senses be SO infatuated, so
mentally degraded as to seriously contemplate
an expedition to a place which only set OF
heather astrologers invented in an age motor
ious for its whimsical superstitions? What do
geographers know about a south pole?'"
1t will be admitted that Mr.. Hampden knows
how to PROFOUND some stunning questions
Children often do the same.
sIN6LE-HANDED IN THE rraHr.
Mr. Hampton recognizes the fact that he
stands almost alone In his contest with the
scientific world, and that it is his lot to fight.
sIngle-handed, what he calls "a combined hos
Of stupid opposition in the face of existing
scorn, ridiculs, malice and ignorance" He
asks II, under the circumstances, it can be
expected that he will have any great copsidera-
tion Tor the feelings OF his adversaries, and, to
show that he would not, he launches forth in
this manner: zone Of the wooden headed con-
tributors on the editorial staff o. the Kensington
Netcs has lately been filing three or four
columns every week in his absurd attempt to
prove the world globe, by a series of math-
ematical figures which would have served
equally well as an illustration Of new pattern
for floor cloth" When Mr.. Hampden swings
out his right he doesn't use fye-ounce gloves.
"Ali the attempts which have hitherto been
made, says he, Ito establish pointsof COLI
sion or antagonism between the Bible and
true science have resulted in failure. But
that real antagonism does exist between rev.
elation and modern theories, falsely called
science, none will venture to deny; and mas
much a. all modern science Is in direct antag-
onism with the inspired records, all modern
science must be spurious counterfeit and as
unworthy Of being Q standard Of reference in