The Washington times., 1906-02-25
IRISH GIRL DENIES
SIR ISAAC NEWTON
Says Idea of GrayitatiOn is
All Wrong.
V0RTICES RULE UNIVERSE
Studied All Her Life and Went to
Wilds of Labrador 90
Learn Truth.
V0RTICES RULE UNIVERSE
By LADY HENRY SOMERSET.


LONDON, Feb. 24-It has been con-
stantly stated that woman will make no
new discoveries, that her vocation Is TO
tramp miles behind in the path OF man,
making the road perhaps a little easier
over which he has already passed but
that 10 lead, TO invent, TO discover will
never be her province. Miss Martha
Craig claims, however, TO have made dis
cOveries which will not only destroy this
theory, but will upset all the scientific
teachings which are now generally ac-
cepted as the natural laws which gov
cru the universe,
All modern science is based on the
theory Of gravitatiou. but Miss Craig
has ruthlesslv overthrOvvn the accepted
idea Of the solar system, she denies the
principle Of gravitation OF the attraction
Of matter, and in its stead she places
a system of worthless.
Universe of Worthless.
She claims that every constellation has
It's own vortex which holds the particles
together by pressure, and she maintains
that the atmosphere is in perpetual voT-
tex-like motion, and that the light and
heat which are supposed 10 come from
from that source, because the higher YOU
go the colder you get, but that light
and heat are generated for the world
by the friction Of the vortex on the
worlds surface coming in contact with
the solar rays
The discoveries which Miss Craig
claims to have made and the conclu-
sions she has arrived at have been hand
D., pur4z
where she has met with much encour-
agement
The history of this remarkable woman
is interesting and romantic She was
born in an Irish valley. the descendant
of Scotch covenanters. who took refuge
in the Isle of Saints nearly so years ago.
She grew up knowing nothing Of the
world. and seeing nothing but the tow
erinr mountains which surrounded her,
an6 as these offered little new in the
nov nj studv she turned her childish
attention to the stars which glimmered
above them.
..Whv do they not fall down. she
asked her father, VINO promptly quoted
Sir Isaac Newton
Did Not Believe Newton.
II do not believe Sir Isaac Newton. -
answered the little girl. To this her IA
ther eraveIy replied. Then you VIII
have TO find out for yourself and the
child registered a vow there and then
under the night heavens that she WouI0
discover the secret of the balance OF the
stars.
In order to accomplish her purpose
she endea vored to obtain information
a. sF y-g
p uuaTryman. and who had been dis
abied in work. Then she came 20 an
old minister from England, but she
gained nothing BY the theory advanced
by Newton.
At this time little Miss Craig wrote
such a remarkable poem. that she was
sent to school in England, and after
ward to France. At every place she
asked the same question: why do the
stars remain IA their places When
she grew up. as 1T was necessary for
her to earn her living. she became a
Journalist, but side by side with her
profession, she devoured every book OF
natural laws. physics. geology, and as
1ronomy, and wandered over the face
Of the earth pursuing her studies
It then occurred to her that she must
leave the paths Of civilization II she
was 10 receive an answer 10 her qUeS-
tion, that she must go into the wilder
ness where she would be better able tc
get closer to the 7~-trables OF nature
She therefore went into Labrador and
penetrated the wilds. with only two
North American Indians for guides. and
Il was at the very farthest north, she
tells US, that she discovered truths
which she holds VIII upset the existing
foundations of science.
Valentine Out of Fashion.
The postman breads Christmas time
on account of the extra burden he Is
called 10 bear. There was a time when
he was wont to dread Valentines Day
as much as Christmas Eve, but now St
Valentine Is forgotten. and February Il
which used TO set all the English maid
ems in "A fiutter of expectation, is scarce
y remembered. The modern maid who
expects the advances of the young man
of her choice would set no store by tho
Cupid with his arrow. shooting at the
pToverbial heart. or the rOse-bedeCkeC
picture with appropriate verses. A bon
al the opera, two dozen pairs of gloves
q fan or a bouquet are 10 her more
practical signs of devotion. We have
become utilitarian above all things. and
have exchanged Cupid's arrow for a big
hank bQlaDaa