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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-22
SOME BIOLOGISTS OPPOSE
MOLTEN THEORY OF EARTH

OF an intensely heated liquid mass, en-
closed within a shell as thin as we have
been taught to believe the earth's crust
TO be, 1t would long since have found
vent and overwhelmed both land and
sea.
Beresford Ingram, B. A., r. c. s., who
has given much thought to this subject
without having reached q conclusion to
which he will commit himself. very fair
ly states the theory held by some geolo-
gists that the earth is a cooling body,
with thin crust and an interior com
posed of molten, liquid mass of some
unknown substance, but presumably,
melted rocks, while others hold that the
pressure in the interior of the earth
must be so great that through the great
er proportion of its diameter 1t must
necessarily be solidifed, leaving only a
comparatively small stratum of intensely
heated liquid between this nucleus and
the outer crust.
One objection he sees to this theory,
however.
IF" says Mr.. Ingram "the earth's
crust is so thin 1t would yield to the de-
forming influences of the sun and the
moon, in which case the water would be
drawn up with the earth, and thus no
sensible tidal effect could be produced.
In order to counterfeit the attraction 1t
would be necessary to admit that the
thickness of the earths' crust is at least
two thousand miles"
He cites another theory that the earth,
having passed through the stage of alter
throughout, but with large fluid cavities
existing in the mass, which would go far
to account for volcanoes and earth
uuakes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-22
THE RISE OF A LOGGER.
Sol Simpson Began as Laborer and
Became a Captain of Industry.

From the Portland Oregonan.
Sol Simpson LOGGER, died in Seattle last
Wednesday. leaving a wide circle OF BUSH
ness and social friends to mourn his loss.
The business of logging has never been
credited with the same degree of impor-
lance as some other callings in which
men engage. There have been loggers on
Puget sound for more than half CEN
tury, just as there have been on the
Columbia river and in British Columbia.
Sol Simpson was not an ordinary logger.
He was one of those rare captains of in
dustry who prove by their life work
that, while all men are created free and
equal, a few of them. by individual effort
and energy. soon dissolve the bonds of
equality. Early environment and oppor-
tunity caused Simpson to drift into a
line of industrial effort where Drawn
and brains were alike necessary to sue
cess. The rare executive ability and
financial acumen that developed in Simp-
son later in life is proof positive that
equal success would have followed his
efforts in almost any financial or COM
mercial line on which he might have
started.
Beginning as common laborer on the
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-22
Wealth lneoncelvahle.
e New York " orld.

From the New York " orld
In neither this nor any other country,
from the time when nations first were
founded, had last years bumper crops
ever been paralleled. They are paralleled
now in the July crop report which partly
reveals and in part promises an equally
inconceivable mass of perishable wealth.
Corn promises a crop only 100000 BUSH
els behind last years huge record of 2,70S,-
900, 900 bushels. Potatoes, oats and barley
are likely to be somewhat below last
year, but wheat, much of which Is al
ready harvested, may go beyond the
record by 100000 bushels. This mere
excess alone would fill bin 400 feet in
height covering the Madison Square Gar
den block.
The four great farm crops of corn. hay,
wheat and oats, named In the order of
their gross value. will probably be worth
this year some $2,750. 100000 All the gold
dug In all the world in the Ala years
since Columbus found the new continent
would buy but four such crops.
.buIpIlna plei9H-spV 'suolleilsnl
suIl pue suo3-Ileu IoI NMes, eua AL
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-22

From the New York American.
There is a popular belief that this
earth on which we live is composed Of
a surface crust that within this crust
there is a molten mass heated to a de-
gress beyond anything the human mind
can conceive much less measure by de-
grees, or describe in figures.
We have been told that this crust can
only be compared to the shell of the egg,
ana that even this comparison does not
do The subject justice, so much thinner
is our earth crust, or SHE'LL than is the
shell of the egg. when the thickness of
both is measured by the respective vol
ume OF the contents of each.
II the existing theory is a mistaken
one. it must be admitted that it may yet
be possible for man to descend TO depths
far below any he has yet attained.
The one fact upon which scientists
base the theory that the interior is a
liquid mass of intense degree of heat is
that in the mines or other deep borlngs
hitherto made I'm the earth's surface, I
has been found that heat increases in =
degree proportionate to the depth de-
scended. 1t has been found that this
heat increases one degree Fahrenheit for
and that at depth of two miles the
temperature is equal TO that of boiling
water.
But there are those who question all
this. They even question whether the
interior of the earth is in any degree
warmer than it's surface, and If those
skeptics should be right the ingenuity
of man may yet devise means to make
exploration far beyond any on which he
has yet yentured. The objection will
arise that 1t is a fact that 1t does grow
rapidly warmer as descent from the
earth's surface is made
Mr.. Frank Harris, an English geolo-
gfsE In replying to this objection, says
that instead of the increasing heat per-
ceptible when descent into the earth to
any y considerable depth is made being
caused by much greater heat further be-
low, it is, in reality, caused by the press
sure of the air from above. He cites two
we'll known instances to prove this.
One is that in valleys in Switzerland
when a cold wind descends upon them
the pressure of the upper air, cold as it
Is upon the lower strata OF air, causes
great heat. Another place where similar
effect is produced by similar cause he
says. is att Melbourne Australia. where,
when a cold wind blows in from the
South Atlantic the air exercises a pres
sure upon the warmer northern air below
and produces oppressive heat that con-
tinues until the cold current of air has
obtained mastery over the warmer all
beneath.
And, further say those who do not
agree with the generally accepted theory
II the interior of the earth was composed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-22

spread over a large amount of ground
on this very expensive street, having
attached to it also a winter garden.
No man in London was more temper
ate than Belt His tipple was Ice water
and his hard drink tea. At dinners he
slipped claret, but often fell back upon the
water carafe. Belts excuses, IL he had
any were in the line of smoking, and 1t
used to be said he consumed numerous
cigars, of the finest tobacco and specially
made, every day. Belt was much below
the average height, blonde, with promi-
nent eyes of steel blue. In apparel he
was so dapper as to be almost dandy,
yet he dressed in good taste. He enter
talned little in London.
In his appetites Belt was said to have
been nonepicurean and almost anything
satisfied him. Nevertheless he had one of
the most highly-paid chefs in England,
and kept a superb table. Belts chief
amusement lay in music, and he sub
scribed large sums to musical entertain
ment of various kinds. He also had
taste for art, and Belts collection of
pictures was one of the finest in Eng
land His whole Park Lane house showed
every evidence of artistic taste
In manner Belt was quiet, courteous and
unassuming No hint of the financial
benlus which he possessed was obtainable
from a casual contact with him, and his
personality was extremely deceptive. A
summary of the way Millionaire Belt i'm
pressed those who met him casually for
the first time is contained in letter
a military authority who came across him
In South Africa few years ago, wrote
home.
THAT he Is a millionaire and great
financier I am informed on good author
ity and take for granted" wrote the
army man. Had I been in ignorance of
his identity should have taken him for
a nonenity. and certainly not have given
him the credit for being either millionaire
or financier. He is a most unassuming
and transformations man of wealth and
as kindly. quiet and courteous as 1t is
possible to be. Very ordinary and meagre
In his ideas and commonplace In his con-
versation, he is one of the last men
should have picked out of crowd as
able and capable
Yet this was the man who was capable
of making one thousand million dollars.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-22

,,-s -, c, -,
raiiroao sraue' MI oiinpsoh saved MS
meager wages, and through his great
Industry and ability to grasp the essen
,,oi fao+,ras % +ho ros+ o,.d,ro,,, 4a.,,
aAotteo TO MIN was soon IN position
to undertake sub-contracting on a small
SCALE From that he moved on IN the
- 4,, l., a. o,,ro.a h,,,a,r.. :.
s0"io u"s'4 a. 'rS 'o -
the '7Vs he held number OF impor-
tant contracts on the Southern Pacific.
win tho daoI,na of the railroad buildine
he wont m Seattle and engaged IN the
t',u,,,sIa 20 ,,a,,er.a1 oor+,.o ting h,,+ ara
- - 70 4tnt 49, -
ing an insuiiieie,ies " 'il1 lass ~
WORK. turheu " iossins' oe9il'ees ~
which Tor more than t"enty-lVe years
he has stood at the heaa. beeinhing
with handful or men, halr dozen
oxen and few chains the simpson Log
ging company developed into On enter
prise which now employs 900 men, owns
many miles of railroad, with numerous
engines and cars, and annually puts in
the water more than 100000, 900 feet Of
logs
A business cannot grow from nothing to
such maenituda without the controlling
influence of a master mind. and until the
foundation for his success had been firmly
uIaoed Mr.. Simpson remained in the woods
with his men and oxen. directing every
movement. He reduced the work of trans
porting merchantable timber from the for
est TO the mill to a science and while less
enterprisiny logeers were still engaged In
hand logging or using oxen. Simpson had
installed the donkey engine. the logging
railroad and other un-to-date CONTINENT.
The world navs tribute to industrial
genius. and in due season. nv strict atten
tion 10 his work Sol Simnson logger ac-
cumulated more money than he needed in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-22
An Impostor.


From the London Answers.
"Algernon is interesting" said the stock
brokers' daughter
What does he talk about?" inquired
the father.
Hes ever so well posted in Shakespear-
Ian quotations"
Young woman said the fnancier
sternly. don't let him deceive you. Dom I
you let him make sport of your ignor-
ance. There isn't any such stock on the
market. I ought to know. for I've been
on the exchange long enough"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-30
Australia's Emus vanish Before the
Barb Wire Fence of Civ
ilixutfon 'f

Australia's emus are being. destroyed
wholesale by the wire fences which have
been erected to prevent the ravages of that
countrys rabbit pest Every year the emu
makes a migration from east to west the
return journey being made at the Begin
ming of the dry season. The march Oh
death begins in the westward journey,
when the birds, striking the fences, find
further progress barred and die in hun
dreds from thirst. boundary rider in
Journey Of six miles found no fewer than
fifty dead birds; while in a stretch of
about sixty miles IL was estimated that
no fewer than 800 had perished But in
other districts matters. appear to be even
worse. boundary riders reporting that when
riding along these fences they are hardly
ever free from the stencil OF purified
bodies. A complete track 10 found on the
east side of these fences worn by the mad
dened birds in attempting to find a pas
sage to the coveted water. Only a very
few appear to have the courage to charge
the barrier and then, once over, make of
westward at top speed.
Says the Madison (Mo.) Times: "R. J.
Pendleton has a cat that Is an expert hsh-
erman. Near Mr.. Pendletons home Is
large pond stocked with fish and on a num-
Der of occasions this summer the cat has
come from the pond to the house carrying
a catfish In her mouth. The fish had evil
IDENTIFY just been taken from the water, as
they were perfectly fresh. and Mr.. Pen
dleton is convinced that the cat had caught
them while they were swimming near the
edge of the pond. Thelhsh in each instance
were between three add four inches long"
Sea snakes are very plentiful in the south
Pacific. They are widely distributed, stray
individuals having been secured on the
coast of New Zealand. When swimming
close to the surface they exactly resemble
an ordinary snake. except that the head is
always below water, At night they come
ashore and lie among the rocks. They
feed on fish and although their small
double fangs appear harmless they are re-
ported to be very venomous.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-30

against them. kept carefully in hiding.
Alexander. comparative stranger to the
police Of Arizona. openly walked the streets
OF Yuma. one day as he sauntsred along
a man suddenly stepped In front Of him
and showed a revolver in his face.
I'm .Lisutenant Wheeler Of the Arizona
rangers" said the man.
Never met you before" said Alexander.
Come with me-" said Wheeler
Alexander had to go.
That day and the next in the county jail
at Yuma he was as mum as an oyster. on
the third day he was shown letter 30 the
police from his black-syed wife in Denver
donouncing him as a s6oundrel and urging
the police to catch him.
Then Alexander broke into a string OF
dreadful oaths. That night he tried 10 cut
his throat with a piece Of tin dish On Which
he got his food. After his failure 1T sui
eide he was morose for two days. Then
he engaged in a long talk with the ofilccre
after which elk OF them hurried 20 littlc
house on the outskirts of Yuma ana SUR
rounded It, They found no one there.
Doubtless Alexander's absence had caused
/Alvord and Wood to become suspicious.
Treasure Not MoIested.
Lieutenant Wheeler and two othor off,
GERS lost little time In getting down to
Mohawk Summit. Letting as few as pos
sible catch sight OF them. they conceairl
themselves in the station. On Aueuyt r.
as the robbers had anticipated, the sloo,eo)
in gold bars from the King OF Arizona
mine arrived accompanied by three
guards. The guards we're let IN on the secret
but told to act as II nothing lad occurred.
The night OF August u passed without
sign OF any robbers n he moT;dLs
he zoI1 urau ri oh In 81
whisked away.
Fer another week Lieutenant Wheeler
and the others remained at Mohawk Sum-
nit Their the officers tracked forth on
the desert BY ffasns OF a small map
furnished them by Alexander they located
all of the water trougfs for forty miles
and destroyed them. The remainder OF
the job they left to the sun and ele-
ments.
And so in utter defeat ended probably
the most carefully planned robbery plot
framed in the history of the wild south
west. Alexander, truly in love with his
Denver wife. is now a thoroughly heart
broken man. He gave freely to the police
his own entire criminal history and has
signified his intention OF pleading guilty
to the charges made against him. He asks
for no leniency and expects none. II for
exposing the plot he would be given free
dom there await him In the outside world
two of the most desperate criminals that
ever lived. The fact that they made no
effort to carry out the robbery shows that
they suspected Alexander of betraying
them. No one knowing the history of
Alvord and Wood doubts what will be the
fate of Alexander IL they ever meet him.
AS for the thieves highway" It has
served M lint IN Inf
and adorn a tale Merely 1t shows that
the best laid plans of mice and men
aft gang aglee"-Chieago Chronicle.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-30
NOTES ON NATURAL HISTORY

Bee Want Ads are BUSINESS boosters.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
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SOME USES FOR SODA.
Material Practically Indispensable for
the Housewife.

A weak solution of soda will revive
the color. in a dusty carpet. Keep
flowers fresh by putting a pinch of
soda in the water. Add little soda
to the water when boiling out enamel
saucepans and it will help to cleanse
them. A spoonful of soda added to
water in which dishcloths are washed
will keep them good color and sweet
en- them. One large teaspoonful of sal
soda will bleach kettleful of clothes.
Hair brushes need a weekly cleansing;
for this purpose add one tablespoonful
of soda to quart of hot water, dip the
bristles-not the back-into this and
shake well, until perfectly clean;
rinse and stand on edge to dry.
When the waste pipe is clogged with
grease, pour down gallon of boiling
water in which has been dissolved
cupful of soda. Repeat this until all
the impurities are removed. In cook
ing gooseberries add pinch of soda,
size of pea to each quart of fruit and
less sugar will be required to sweeten
it. Add teaspoonful of soda to the
water in which you wash silver. Be-
fore using glass fruit jars the second
time wash with soda water and rinse
in order to sweeten them. Dampen
soda and apply when bitten by any
poisonous insect.-The Housekeeper.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
WANTED TO SEE PRESIDENT.
Young MaryIander's HaIIucinations
Cause His Arrest.

, Policeman Hopkins, of the Sixth
precinct, was standing at the corner
of Pennsylvania avenue and Third
street northwest when he was accost-
ed by young man who wanted to
know the way to the White House.
Il want to see the president" said
the young man, Ito show him the dew
lis confession"
Policeman Hopkins took him to pc,
lice headquarters and introduced him
to Sanitary Officer Sroufe.
my name" said the stranger, els
James Nathaniel Edmund Combs, and
I'm from Great Mills, st. Mary county
Maryland.
He told the sanitary officer that the
Lord had appeared to him and told
him of the confession made by the
devil. He had labored upon the writ
ing of the confession for about Year,
he stated, and the amount of writing
he had done convinced the sanitary
officer that he had not overstated the
time he had been engaged upon the
work.
The police surgeons passed upon
him as being harmless, and suggested
chat he return home. Combs agreed
to return, and said the president could
destroy the manuscript IL he read it
and thought 1t was not worth publish.
ing.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
Col. Church's Christian.

When Col. Church made his final ex.
petition for the capture of Port Royal,
and had arrived at Mt. Desert Harbor,
he was visited by several members of
the Indian tribes of that neighborhood
Among them was one old man who
asked to be permitted to partake OF
the refreshments, which were about to
be served.
The colonel told him he must be a
Christian first. He replied that he
was one already, and rolling up his
eyes, solemnly uttered these words:
Adam - Eve - Noah - jeremiah
- Beelzebub - Solomon"
What do you mean?" asked the
colonel.
Looking hard at the junk bottle or
the table, the old man answered:
Il mean rum, rum aplenty."
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
Every little, a Help.

Anybody who has visited Cornish.
Me-, has heard of Uncle Freeman"
Hatch, as he was called by all who
knew him, as genial and jovial an old
gentleman as ever was Squire" of a
prosperous country town.
He had good-natured, ready wit
and was very quick with his answers.
He operated sawmill in the village.
and in his emplov was a man named
Sim" Parker, whose wages were al
ways overdrawn. He was a drawing,
shiftless sort of a man, in direct con.
trast to Uncle Freeman"
A Saturday night came and "Sim,"
fully realizing the fact that his wages
were overdrawn, yet nightly in need
of cash, approached Uncle Freeman"
and in a hesitating sort of way said,
Uncle Freeman-could you er-er-
let me have little money to-night?"
Quick 8 flash came the reply
Yves. Sim, Just as little as you want"
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
Gotham Gets a Boost.

Mark Twain's reference to from
heaven to New York." as encompass.
ing all things recalls the story of
little girl who spent a summer in
Manhattan. Her father was pastor of
a church in small interior city, and
she missed the excitement of the me.
tropolis when few weeks had
elapsed after the return.
One day she climbed on her nam.
mas lap and asked:
Mother, is God here and all around
us?"
Yes, dearie."
"In school, in church, everywhere
around here?" she persisted.
yes"
well, then, mother, let's go to New
York, where God Embellishments
Star.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
What Was in the Bottle?

For the same reason the man had
been employed to make al inventory
OF the furniture in the house. He was
SO long about his task in the parlor.
however, that the lady Of the mansion
went in to see what he was doing.
On the floor lay an empty bottle. On
the sofa lay the man, sleeping sweet
ly like a tired child. But the in.
ventory had not been wholly forgot
ten. At the top of the rage stood a
solitary, eloquent entry: "One re.
volving carpet."-Exchange.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
PECULIAR IDEAS OF BUSINESS.
Maine Shoemaker Sees Financial Mat.
tiers in Peculiar Liuht.


shoemaker on the coast of Maine
having been asked by a summer cot.
tager for the amount of his bill for
certain cobbling job, replied
1T shall be rs cents if you pay cash,
and 5O II | put 1t on the books"
The patron, unable to see the wis.
dom OF such system, asked for an
explanation.
You see," said the shoemaker, with
a smile, "if you pay me the rs cents
down l make a good profit, and if I
put 1t on the books for so don't lose
SO much If you never pay me-"
The above financial point pf view
may be matched only by a somewhat
similar one which IS held by Nan.
tucket storekeeper. One of his GUS
toners having found that which he
considered an unusually good cigar for
hve cents, thought he would econo-
mize by purchasing number as dis
count.
How much do you ask for these by
the hundred?" he asked.
Six dollars" replied the store.
keeper.
What" asked the patron in blank
astonishment. do you mean to tell
me that you ask more for them by
the hundred than singly?"
i do" said the storekeeper, who,
noticing the puzzled a;c of the other,
continued: you see. 1 lay in couple
OF boxes at the beginning of the sea-
son and they usually pull me through
the summer all right if l sell them
one or two at time. Now, If should
sell them all for $3.50 hundred, I'd
cut my profit down, for some million.
aires would come along and buy both
boxes at once and then I'd have to
send to Boston for more, and while
they were a-coming there wouldn't be
anything for anybody to smoke, and
there would be trouble all round.
tell you five cents apiece for the CT.
gars is all right, and when man has
so much money that he can afford to
puy box at time he ought to be
willing to pay at the rate of six cents
apiece for the luxury. l tell you,
amt been a-runnin this here store for
nigh onto q years without learnin'
nothin'."-Harper's Weekly.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-22
NAMES MANY SPLENDID ELMs.
Citizens Justly Proud of Those Mag.
nificent Trees.

One OF the champion elms of Maine
stands in Ha,lowell. It's girth is II
:eet 10 inches, and it has spread of
:op, measured at right angles, of LOG
'eet by Ill feet. This elm has a most
magnificent and symmetrical top,
throwing out its branches more than
~ feet in all directions.
Down in old York they have some
elms OF which they are justly proud.
one, known as the Grant elm, has
slrth OF II feet 8 inches and spread
of top II feet. Another very symmet-
rical elm stands but few yards from
the York village postofIice, whose
girth is IA feet 10 inches, spread of
.op az feet.-Kennebec Journal.