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The Irish standard., 1902-02-01
EARTH IS NOT A GLOBE.
Contributors to English Magazine Say
II is Flat.

Ever since Galileo, the assertion
that the world moves has been ques-
toned; for hundreds Of years there
have been contradictions Of the state
ment that the globe is a globe. 1t is
not a globe because it is flat, and
most frequently it has been proved to
be fat by the Biblical references to
1.-THE end Of the EARTH" If it is a
globe, how could it have ends? has
been the triumphant question Of the
iconoclast.
Just now the contributors to the
current number of The Earth, a
Monthly Magazine of Sense and Sci
ence, present symposium Of new
reasons which range from whole
chunks out of the Bible to the last
yacht race for the America cup. H.
cidentally Sir Isaac Newton comes in
for some forceful raps, and Camille
Flammarion is quoted with a freedom
that promises to make the French
scientist vince. incidentally, The
Earth is edited by "E. A. M. b." II
Glouchester road, Kingston Hill, Eng
land.
In this symposium the nebular the
ory Of the planets is overturned on
the ground that there is no proof of
the cooling Of the sun, of the glacial
epoch on the moon, or anything to
show to the geologist that on the
earth 'the duration of the present
order Of things has not been some
where over 1OO,O0O,OOO years." Con-
tinuing this critic, signed RECT
angle" says: ''There is no proof, and
in the nature of the case never can be
any, that the planets were ever In
any other condition than that in which
we see them today. No evidence that
the earth was once molten can ever
be furnished. It is only conjecture
that it must have been SO, because it
Is assumed to be q globe-a planet
like the rest"
FlammariOn Is quoted on the as
poets Of the earth as seen from a bal
loon: ''The earth appeared as one
immense plane. : As we
mount higher, the surface of the
earth actually flattens out and seems
to become hollow underneath us, so
that we feel that we are sailing as it
were between two concave glasses,
the sky and the earth, which seem
to be soldered together at our horizon,
and the concavity of which Is con-
siderable above and below u.s."
The Irish standard., 1902-02-01

Concordances seem to have been
searched with reference to the "cor-
ners," "ends," and pillars" of the
earth, and Of these the phrase, 1.-The
ends 'of the earth" is said to occur
twenty-six times in the Bible.
The midnight sun" figures in one
form of proof upon the experience of
DIR. Fred Cook, medical officer of the
Belgica, who, in latitude 20 degrees
south, on Jan. 1, 1899, saw the sun
still to the south of his point Of
vision.
This startling phenomenon of the
sun being seen to the south of the
observer in 20 degrees south latitude
is irreconcilable either with the glob-
ular or the 1at-earth theory. In dis
cussing the subject with learned
professor he said that he did not be-
lieve it. But said 1, If you main
tain that the midnight sun must be
visible in southern, precisely as it is
visible in northern ATTITUDES, what
path could the sun possibly appear to
travel on other than as described as
"skimming along the horizon around
the heavens?" He was silent.'''
Between a bird's-eye view Of the
New York yatch race, illustrating the
fallacy of globular earth, and the
figures which another critic presents
with reference to the Suez Canal, it
looks as if the editor should have
done little editing.
Of the yacht races, one writer says
that annually "the courses stand for
ward as prominently conclusive and
at the same time of the most convinc-
ing value" AS proving this, he
takes the fact that on a clear day
the racing yachts may be seen from
Sandy Hook all around the course,
whether it is fifteen miles out and
back again, or only ten-miles triangu-
lar course. He says:
Treating the course sailed over as
the shorter distance of ten miles in a
triangle, then the ten-mile mark
would be 66.6 recurring feet below the
horizon from the starting vessel at
Sandy Hook, and it would be impossi-
BILE for spectator to see the compet-
ing yachts round the distant mark
boats. Again, with ref
erence to the longer course of fifteen
miles out and home again, the distant
mark in this latter case would be $50
feet below the horizon.
Such results most convincingly prove
that the New York yacht racing
course from Sandy Hook most un-
doubtedly approaches to the horizon
tai surface and cannot by any possi-
bility form part of a globular sur
face"
Yet, taking the Suez canal for such
proof, another writer shows that in
the 100 miles of it's length, there
should be difference of levels of one
| and three-quarter miles, while, as a
matter of fact, the whole canal is cut
to dead level.
| On the same line of curvatiOn a
writer shows the old "ships disap-
pearing from the eye of the man on
the land" and says: ''First observe
the size of the circular part Of the
diagram. 1t is about the seventh
part Of the circle it is intended to
represent, the earth, and stands for
1000 miles. Secondly. each ship is
600 miles apart, and the observer is
credited with seeing the whole of
them, with the exception Of the one
on the other side of the hill"
The Irish standard., 1902-02-01
PEARsoN's HEREsY.
The Methodist Professor Hauled Over
the Goals.

The worst case of heresy that we
have ever known in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, If not indeed in
any orthodox body, is that of Prof.
Charles w. Pearson, of Northwestern
University, says Zion's Herald. The
Chicago Tribune Of Jan. 10 devotes
nearly two columns to the publication
of excerpts from paper which Prof.
Pearson has prepared upon "Open
Inspiration VS.. a Closed Canon and
lnfallible Bible" In this paper he
proceeds with utterly reckless free
dom to express his views upon the Old
and New Testaments, rejecting the
supernatural and miraculous in both
as myths" "fancies" and legends" !"
unworthy Of credence by an intelli-
gent mind. We herewith note some
of his more extravagant published
declarations. The miracles in the
book of Daniel and those recorded of
Elijah he compares to those related
of ''the monks of the Church Of st.
Catherin at Mount Sinai in the 'voy-
ages and Travels of Sir John Mande-
ville,'" and says:
They are mere poetic fancies, one
as untrue and incredible as the other.
Some of these stories are crude and
childish, some are pathetic and SUBJ
lime, but they are all alike legendary
and not historic.
He then proceeds to eliminate the
miracles of the New Testament. He
says:
= 1t is impossible to draw any divid-
ing line between these alleged mira
cles in the Old Testament and similar
accounts in the Gospels and Acts of
the Apostles. t.
When Jesus is represented as walk
ing on the Lake of Gennesaret we
think of Moses dividing the Red Sea
and of Elijah and Elisha cleaving the
waters of the Jordan. The story of
the raising of the son of the widow of
Main by Jesus recalls the story of the
raising of the Shunammite woman's
son by Elisha.
The legendary element is as obvious
and as indisputable in the New Test
ament as in the Old.
The Biblical stories of Christ's
bringing the dead to life, of His walk
ing on the water, and Of feeding the
multitude with loaves and fishes, are
mere poetic fancies, incredible and
untrue.
He concludes by saying:
The miracles spoken Of once help,
are now hindrance. It is the cow
ardly refusal of the churches to ad-
= = . s. . D . H
The Irish standard., 1902-02-01

"ltendlng any and all churches, until
I began to feel that the practical work
of Masonry embodied the highest form
of religion-sufficient for the most ex-
allied of the humblest of mankind.
In this state was rapidly drifting
out toward the sea of deism or theism,
although the cares and responsibilities
of parent were upon me, and was
feeling them with increasing weight az
the years passed and my children were
growing up around me. My family
resided at Wilmington, N. O., and be-
ing in Savannah, Ca, on one occasion.
my wife wrote and requested that I
call ON Bishop Gross, afterwam Arch.
bishop of Oregon, whose brother at
Wilmington, Father Mark Gross, was
her pastor. She desired that I
should make this the plea for
meeting the bishop, and talk
with him regarding obstacles as ex-
listing in Masonry. 1 obeyed her re-
quest as from some Irresistible impel-
ling impulse, which l have since at
tributed to the fact that she had lust
made her Easter Communion, and had
offered it up to Almighty God for my
speedy conversion, as she subsequently
Informed me. She also informed ME
that on leaving the Communion rail-
ing voice seemed to tell her that
her prayers and offerings had been
heard and accepted, and that my con-
version would follow, and when in
formed her few Gays later she felt
no surprise over it. But 1 anticipat-
ed. After peasant hour with the
bishop (and he was an exceedingly low
able man. as l subsequently came to
knew him most intimately; peace
to his ashesD, I brought up my DIFF
ficulty, and asked him why the Cath
olic church condemned Masonry. As
near as 1 can recall them, for that
was twenty years ago, these We're his
words in reply: '"The Catholic church
is a divine organization, while Mason
ry is human in it's origin. The ten
dency of Masonry is to lead it's vot-
aries to that as their fountain OF
morals, instead of to the church; hence
the church found itself with human
rival in its path, and could do nothing
less than conuemn it, or else abandon
its claim as being the divine source
from which men must receive their
code of religion and. morals.'' At
once the force of his reasoning came
home to me, although had doubtless
had the same truths conveyed to me
before, but my heart was prepared
to receive them only through the grace
Of Almighty God, who had answered
my wife's prayers. 1 said to him:
"Bishop, will you take me into the
church tomorrow morning?" The
good bishop laughed until his side
shook, and his eyes danced with mer-
riment as he answered.: eve do not
accept members like Protestant church
es; you must be instructed first" l
told him I desired to be then and there
examined as to my fitness, for had
heard my children's catechism, and
knew it from cover to cover. This
was done; I was found sufficiently in
structed, and my request was complied
with the following morning. And I
| fh0f a ftnr q 10ncl
of twenty years during which l have
practically been monthly commun-
icant in the Catholic church, nothing
has ever occurred to cause me the
slightest regret for my action, although
severed fraternal ties and friendly
relations that priced, next to my
family, above all else on this mundane
sphere.
The Irish standard., 1902-02-01

John NJ. Gleason, undertaken, "a
Seventh street s. Telephone, store,
1921; residence, 489-J. So.
The Irish standard., 1902-02-01

CALL UP MEAGHBR & co.
If you want good dry pine wood.
Every load warranted. Tel. 1851.
The Irish standard., 1902-02-01

Chris. A. Gallagher, counsellor-at,
law, 920 Guaranty Loan Building.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
MILLIONS IN TAX
ON ENTERTAINERS
In Eew York City Alone Over s3,OOO,OO
Was Paid Last Year.

NEW YORK, April New York city.
in the fiscal year which closed on Sep
TENDER 90, 1901. paid TO the State under
the Inheritance tax laws g. 393. Oy9.48. The
total IL the entire State. according 10 the
report Of the State Comptroller. was S4-
OS4. 6O5S7. 50 that the city's shares was
considerably in excess Of so per cent Of
the whole.
svOrIhy among the large estates
which paid taxes on transfers 10 direct
and collateral heirs were those Of William
Marsh Rice. for whose murder Albert r.
Patrick has just been sentenced 10 death.
Mrs. Emma X Schley; jacob 5. Rogers,
the millionaire locomotive builder 81 Pa
terson. y. J.. and Benjamin ID. SilIiman. Of
Brooklyn. at his death The oldest graduate
OF Yale Included in the cnlIecttnrs To-
ported are payments by the estates Of
persons long dead, such as former Vice
President Hobart EItd Oswald Otterdorfer.
These payments indicate th6- the estates
were during 1901 in cOurse OF settlement
From estates in New York county there
was collected s.. 938. 502. 81. at an expense
for appraisers salaries. legal services and
fees Of various sorts, Of SI5e, 477.2s, or
about 5iz per cent Of the einoant col
lected.
Kings county contributed a total OF
1856 1913. %, which IL cost SIS. 5@5-5I TO col
Iect.
Queens county yielded a total tax OF
Sl4. 027.4s. which il cost Sf.Z311S. or nearly
80 10 per cent. to collect, and Richmond
paid tax aggregating $5.2S6.S8. the only
noteworthy estate in which was that Of
Sir ROderick Cameron, which contributed
81 1882.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
Quiet Ceremony Perform
ed at Brides Home.
HER BROTHER TIES THE KNOT
Only Small Company of Relatives and
Intimate Friends in Attendance, Be
cause Of d.. TaImage's Serious Illness.
To Live in New York City.

Tho marriage OF Miss Maude TaImage
to Nj. Clarence Frederick wyckof. Of
ithaca, n. Y, was solemnized at 1890
o'clock today at the TaImage residence,
Massachusetts, Avenue, near Thomas Cir
Gle. Owing to the illness OF the Rev. DR..
7. De witt Talmage the original plans
for bis daughters wedding, w1ich had
been arranged on an elaborate scale, were
50 changed that instead OF q ceremony
at the Church OF the Covenant, with
bridal train IN attendance and hundreds
OF guests, the service was performed IN
the drawing room at home by Rev. Frank
De Witt Talnage, D. D., the brides
brother.
The bride descended the stairs with
her brother in-Iaw, Mr.. Daniel Delevan
Morgan. Of Brooklyn. and passed into the
drawing room where were gathered a
few relatives OF the contracting pair.
During her residence in Washington Miss
Talmage has made many friends, because
Of her winning personality, and though
an unusually pretty and vivaciOus girl
she never looked more charming than in
her wedding robe Of white Irish lace.
Orange blossoms crowned the tulle veil
that fell in misty folds to the edge Of
her train, and she carried shower Of
white lilacs, caught with a love knot
OF tUlle.
The brides niece. Miss Hazel Talmage
Smith. Of New York, was her maid OF
honor and only attendant, though there
we're present also the girl friends who
were to have been her bridesmaids They
were Miss Neil Evans. Miss Alice Bur
dette, Miss Mary Wills. Miss Sally Faux
ner. Miss Mary Warner and Miss Geergi-
ana Gibbs OF Philadelphia.
Though DR.. Talmage is recovering from
his recent illness at a very satisfactory
rate. he was too 81 to witness the cere-
mOny.
A bridal trip to Japan had been planned.
but will be deferred owing to the illness
Of Dr. TaImsge.
When Mr. and Mrs Wyckoff left on their
honeymoon tour. the latter was stylishly
attired in brown.
Though Mr. WyckOf's home is in Ithaca
he and his bride win reside in New York
city.
The guests at the ceremony were Mr..
and Mrs. ID. y. Morgan. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren G. Smith. Of New York, Mr.. Ken
meth Chisholm. who was the groom's best
man. OF Brooklyn; Mr.. and Mrs A. e
Donnan. Of Richmond, and Mr.. Edward c.
WyckOf. the grOom's brother, Of Ithaca
y. Y.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
MAN Was DROWNING,
ROPE AROUND NECK
Not Attempt at Suicide, But
Peculiar Accident.

NEW YORK. April 9--WhTe a stin
northeast gale was sweeping across the
North River yesterday morning at day
light Captain Smith OF the ferTybOat
MontcIair. of the HobOken line, heard
faint cries for help
The MontcIair was ABOUT TO start out
from the Christopher Street slip for HO-
b0ken. Captain Smith listened and the
next time the cry came 1t was even more
faint than before He blew the alarm
whistle and started the MODtclaIr out or
the slip with a plunge
Once out in the river he saw a man
bobbing Up with the waves beside a
lighter just on Recreation pier No. a.
The captain OF the MOntclaiT quickly sig
nailed his engineer TO bach the fcTryboat
into the Christopher Street slip and sum
mOned Quartermaster Henry kellerer.
biding him run quickly 10 the end Of the
Recreation pier, where the man was being
pounded against the sides of the lighter
Kellerer summoned Night Waterman
George Reed. Of the Catskiil line. They
found the drowning man completely CE-
hausted, hanging IN the water with rope
around his neck
Can you catch a roper shouted Quar-
termaster Kellerer. but no response came,
and the two rescuers thought the man 10
be dead. They hastcaed upon the lighter
with a bound ard approached the side
from which the helpless man vas hanging
by a rope. Kell,rer swung himself over
bOsrd by ire same - 0e aud grasped the
man by the coat collar and pulled him
within reach Of George Reed. who hauled
him aboard the II liter.
When the man -ega.Eed his senses he
said that be was T Costello. night watch
man for the Ward line. His home is at
81 Cheeycre Place. Brooklyn. Costello
told of has experience in the water
4 have been fighting for life more than
half an hour" he said. 1t was 4-S0
O'Clock when / noticed that the canvas
over the cotton On the lighter was being
blown CT, exposing the cargo 10 the
weather ! swung down upon the lighter
with my lantern and began to make the
canvas FAST.
The boat wabbled TO one side all OF a
sudden and l was thrown into the water
swinging to a rope used as flashing for
the canvas. This got wound about my
neck and / could not pull myself up. try
as l might I was well-nigh dead when
shouted for help. 1t seemed like a life
time before I heard that alarm whistle
Then lost nay senses"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
CANADA WILL ASK NO MORE.
Will Wait for Reciprocity Until Our
Policy Changes.

BOSTON, April 9.--Speaking on the re-
ciprocal relations between Canada and
the United states at the banquet of the
Canadian Club last night. J. W Langley.
Attorney General Of Nova Scotia, said:
4 hope I shall be pardoned if I say
that the result OF the persistent policy Of
American politicians of all parties has
been to compel me to abandon expecta-
tions OF fair and generous treatment
"And. in common with the rest of my
fellow subjects Of his Majesty in Canada.
/ have reached the conclusion that we
viii discuss reciprocity no more until We
see evidences that IL is to be reciproc-
ity indeed. and a reciprocity which means
giving as well as taking; a reciprocity
which recognizes Canada as an indepen-
dent, self-respecting Commonwealth, cap
able OF working out its career without
bending the knee to any foreign State.
Il know the sentiment OF the imperial
Government on this question. and 1 have
no hesitation IA stating that for num-
Der of years past British statesmen have
gone out OF their way on every occasion
10 cultivate and secure the friendship OF
the United States"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
EMMA EAMES ILL.
PEina Donna Thinks She Was Poisoned
by Ptcmaines.

CHICAGO. April SHINE. Eames is
threatened with ptomaine poisoning.
which may keep her Of the stage the re-
nnainder OF the season.
She was overcome at her hotel just pre-
vious to leaving for the Auditorium last
evening. and for several hours last night
two physicians worked with the prima
donna.
Nine Eames was in good health and
spirits until lateIin the afternoon. Her
maid and trunk had been sent 90 the the
atre. and she fully expected TO sing IN
Die WaIkure'' last night
But just as she was about TO leave the
hotel she sWooned. and upon being revived
complained Of considerable pain in the
stomach and abdomen
Her throat began 10 swell. and later
her nose was similarly affected.
Medical aid was quickly summoned and
the maid recalled from the theatre, while
the opera managers were apprised Of the
condition OF affairs.
For several hours the pains and Swollen
conditions continued but later the Singer
rested more comfortably. and there Is
Weli-founded hope that the threatened
serious outcome was averted By the
prompt treatment
Nine. Eames Insisted that she had been
poisoned BY some fish she he'd eaten dur
ing the day. but the physicians were in
clined 90 doubt that the disturbed condi-
tion could be attributed to poisoning.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-04-09
SUES WEALTHY MAN
WHO TOOK HIS WIFE AWAY
ElsOn Tells Of AffeetiOnate Parting With
Woman Now Mrs. Anderson.


NEW HAVEN. Conn, April 9.-Harry J.
Anderson. son Of John c. Anderson. a mil
liCnaire tobacco dealer. is defendant in a
suit for $4,000 damages brought by Frank
Il. Elson. a boiler manufacturer OF this
city Elson charges that Anderson allen
ated the affections Of Mrs. Elson in 1888
Mrs. Elson went TO North Dakota and
there obtained divorce. September 27.
1898, and later married anderson. Mr.
and Mrs. Anderson now reside in Laurel
Springs, n J., near Philadelphia Mrs.
Anderson. a strikingiy handsome woman,
was in court yesterday and sat with her
husband. She was extremely nervous.
Former friends Of the EIsons testified 10
their devotion to each ctner- Several wo-
men who boarded In the same house with
them few months before Mrs. Elsoa left
her husband to visit her home, In Conyug-
ham, Pa. testified that Mr.. Anderson was
regarded as a friend Of Mr.. Elson and
played cards in the Eisons' apartments.
NJ. Elson was on the stand when adjourn
mvnt was taken.
He testified that he was away from home
during January, 1898. on a business trip.
mrs. ElsOn's letters. some of which were
offered as evidence, were arfectionate. In
one Of them she remarked that Rose. the
eldeTof their two daughters. had said when
she read that her father went to church
In Buffalo, Well, that's more than he
does when he's at home" Mr. Elson re-
lated that in March. 1898. Mrs Elson vent
TO Conyngham. Pa. TO visit her relatives
J went 70 the train saw her and the
children aboard and she kissed me gOOd-by
as usual She said nothing about coming
back and We never had any talk about
separating" said Mr.. Elson But she did
not return" He was served with notice
OF the Dakota proceedings a few months
later. Sensational evidence Is said to be
coming