The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-20
SOME MORE SCIENCE.

We like to read what the scientific fellows say. Some of them know more than We do. Not all of them. though. Some of them don't know even as much as they think they do. If they did there'd be nothing left for the rest to learn.
 But 1t is always interesting to read after the scientists, and not less so be- cause we can't disprove anything they say. If one of them shows you a bone and tells you it is part of an animal or fish that died a million years ago you needn't dispute 1t for you've got no ground to stand on. If he draws a picture of the animal and tells you how large it was and what 1t fed on and how many horns it had all you can do is to look interested or incredulous, for you can't disprove anything he says, and what's the good of calling a man liar when you are not able to prove that he lies? Evidently none, for you get a row on your hands and prove nothing.
 The most interesting of all scientific cranks are the astronomers, for they've got all creation for their imaginations as they choose without getting caught. True. their assertions and deductions don't always agree. but that makes no difference. as each one knows he's right, all a No i,r 1 and no problem so intricate that some astronomer will not tackle 1t, and settle it. too, to his profound satisfaction.
 Lately we were much interested by reading what some Professor had to say about the moon, which, by the way, is about the softest snap an as- tronomer ever tackles. They practice on that when they are learning the business, and the fact that they don't know all there is to know about 1t is not very creditable to them. for they've been picking at it long enough, and it isn't far off, anyhow.
 But to get back to the Professor and the moon and the earth for he had them all connected in his essay. As We remember his theory he held that millions of years ago" the earth made a revolution on its axis In 23 hours, and millions of years" before that if revolved once in g hours, and so he goes back by periods of millions of years till he reaches a time when a revolution of our planet was made every five hours, and very considerably stops there. We are glad. by the way, that the old thing slowed down. If 1t should start off at that gait now it would send us all flying into space like mud from carriage wheel, and scatter us all over space beyond hope of get ting together.
 1t was while the earth was whlzzins around on its spindle about five times as fast as it does now that the moon got into the game, according to the Professor. He says the moon was born about that time. which is a strained figure of speech, for by his own show ing great hunk of the damp earth broke away and, after getting it's dis tance and bearings, began to twist around on its axis and to skin around the earth, and thus-the moon Simple. | isn't it? The hitch in the combination. as we view it, is the fact that the Pro- | lessor only speaks of one moon. and | we fail to understand how the earth | threw off one wad of mud and stopped |
 
 that much more material than it need | ed in it's business. and when that was | of there was no need of get ting rid of more.
 One more point that We remember in the Professors theory Is that the moon l