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100000 YEARS OLD
Age of the Earth, as Estimated by Professor see

earths history contraction was going
on, but 1T ceased after our planet be-
came encrusted. In fact, he thinks
that SO far from contracting, the earth
may now be slightly expanding, owing
to the formation of pumice everywhere
beneath the crust
The old theories that mountains are
due to the secular cooling and contrac-
ton of the globe must therefore be
abandoned. The mountains are formed
by the expulsion of lava from beneath
the sea, and hence they are parallel to
the coast.
DR.. See concludes by a mathematical
inquiry that the age of our encrusted
earth does not exceed some ten million
years, which is a much shorter time
than biologists have generally allowed.
He also finds that radium plays no I'M
portant part in the development OF the
globe.
Professor See translates Aristotle
theory of earthquakes, which has never
before been made accessible to Engnsh
readers. The Greeks all held that
earthquakes were due TO the agitation
of vapors within the earth, which
tended to escape and diffuse themselves
in the atmosphere. Aristotle observed
the eruption of a volcano and conclud-
ed from the vapor noticed to escape
that all earthquakes were due to the
same cause as that producing erup-
lions.
When Plato was 81 and at the head
of the academy in Athens and Aris-
totIe was a boy II years old the Ho-
meric city of Helike, on the southern
shore Of the. Gulf of Corinth, was
thrown down by an earthquake and
overwhelmed by q seismic sea wave.
The cause of this disaster perplexed
the Athenian sages, and has remained
one of the mysteries of the centuries.
Now comes Professor See, who shows
that it was due simply to the expulsion
Of lava from beneath the Gulf of Co
rinth, which thus made the sea bot
tom unstable. and when it gave way it
also carried the shore on which Helike
stood; indeed. the city was first de-
vastated by the movement of lava be-
; meath the crust and afterward subsid-
ed about 100 feet, so that 1t was COW
cred by the waves until only the top
Of trees remained above water
Besides the sinking of Helilke, other
cases OF the subsistence of the land are
mentioned, and in the concluding note
attention is called TO the elevation of
the mountains and the sinking of the
sea bottom now going on in the vicin-
ity of the Aleutian and Kurile islands,
in the north Pacific
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-21
THE POLITICAL OUTLOOK.

Two weeks from next Tuesday the
voters of Salt Lake City are to choose
their servants for the two years be-
ginning on the first Monday in jan
uary next. 1t may be still a little ear
~ for an accurate forecast, but a care
full review of the situation shows be-
yond question that the real contenders
are the Democrats and the "Ameri-
cans" The Republicans not only have
no chance whatever to win, they have
no chance to be better than third. The
Democrats, on the other hand. have at
least as good as an even chance for
victory and the sentiment in favor of
their ticket is rapidly growing stronger.
AS the campaign enters its closing
week. save one. IL is apparent that the
Republicans have given up whatever
hopes they may have entertained of
winning This is shown by their plac-
ing of the names of Democrats on their
councilmanic tickets in the Third.
Fourth and Fifth precincts. Having
abandoned all thought of success for
their city ticket they hope TO secure a
few crumbs in the council. IL is not at
all likely that the Republicans will
win over any Democrats to their cause
by placing Democrats on their council
manic tickets. There is no need for
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-21
MEMORIES OF A WAR

lationship they'd hev killed him. He
sure was tn king CT shreds an
patches, as Hamlick ses.
"Washington's men all wore nice
white wigs an he'd Their hair tied up
neat We'uns took to gettin' tn clip
pers on-thought it was cooler that
way. l was tn first to set tn style.
1t was wen we was In camp at tn state
capital afore we started fer Cuby. Tn
camp barber he'd jes' clipped tn east
side of my head an was standin' ad-
mirin' tn effect wen tn bugle called to
US to fall in. Their was no time for
anythin' but jes' to git into line,
We'll, sir, tibet happened to be tn
day III governor was to inspect our
regiment An me with four inches of
hair on one side an tn other side
peeled as close as il I'd been scalped!
"Th' band played an tn snare drum
beat a glad step, but my martial
spirit didn't seem to be workin' good
We marched around tn executive man
sion an wen we halted l was plumb
in front of tn governor an his party,
includin' his staff. TIL governor he'd
jes' remarked how tickled he was to
see SIGH a band of noble patriots, wen
bis wife took q look down over tn
front steps an then went into tn most
complete set of highstericks you could
wish to see.
They picked her up an took her
away an tn governor resumed his
speech. He didn't git furder than Go
forth to uphold tn country's institu-
tions,' wen his mind began to wander.
He he'd fastened his eye on me- Then
all of sudden he put one hand to his
head an reached tn other to his sec
rotary.
" Take me away SEE he. I told you
1 shouldn't hev drunk tibet last bottle
at dinner seq he.
Tibet broke up tn inspection an we
was marched back to camp.
9TH next day tn colonel got a let
ter from tn governor. He writ thet
he knowed he was gittin' old an tibet
1T was tn fashion nowadays fer Amer
leans to disrespect them who was in
high places, but if tn colonel thought
1t was funny TO stand a lopsided freak
up in tn front rank o. his regiment
on dress parade his sense of humor
wasn't wot tn governor he'd expected
of him. An thet's all he he'd to say
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PROHIBITION IN KENTUCKY.

The dispatches the other day an
nounced that another county in Ken
lucky had gone dry" There are 119
counties in the Blue Grass state, and
prohibition is enforced in 100 of them
That is, in 81 per cent of the entire
state, the sale of intoxicants is abso-
lutely prohibited. The statement is
made by the prohibitionists that it will
not be so very long until all of Ken
lucky will be going to the fountain
instead of to the distillery or the sa-
loon TO drink.
The progress of the movement in that
state has been slow and toilsome
Many years ago a law was passed Civ
ing TO the voters in the various coun-
ties the right to say whether or not
liquors should be sold in them. 1t was
a long time before any of the counties
availed themselves of their opportunity
to enforce prohibition, or even made a
fight towards that end. In the begin
ming the temperance people sustained
many defeats. Now they are winning
tons
That Kentucky of all states should
evidence such a marked tendency
toward prohibition affords food for
thought. While it is a fact that more
whisky-of a SORTS manufactured in
Peoria, Ill. than in the whole state
of Kentucky. the state of the blue
grass has been famed time out of
mind for its distillery product. Ken
lucky whisky has come to be recOg-
nized as the best whisky produced in
the world. Notwithstanding the fact
that Kentucky produces some very bad
whisky, even from the standpoint of
the man who drinks, for the prohibi-
tiOnists believe that all whisky is bad
The day is fast coming when the an
cient joke about the Kentucky colonel
and his whisky will be a joke, indeed,
because there will be absolutely no
truth in it. And ii has always been
true that Kentuckians consumed no
more whisky per capita than the citi-
| zens of any other state. The future
progress of the prohibition forces
| there will be watched with a great deal
of interest. II a state that builded a
reputation for its whisky can prevent
the sale of whisky it would seem that
the same action could be taken in any
state in the union.
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In the September number of the Pro-
ceedings of the American Philosophic-
al Society Professor T. ]. j. See, U. s.
N, has memoir on the cooling of the
earth and the theory of earthquakes
held by the ancients. In part, the me-
moir is further elaboration of the pa
per published last March by Professor
See to show that earthquakes are due
primarily to the leakage Of the oceans
bottom
For almost a century scientists gen.
orally have held that the earth is cool
ing, and therefore slowly contracting.
In this way they explain earthquakes
and mountain formations. Now comes
Professor See with an elaborate argu-
ment more exhaustive than that of
Lord Kelvin, tending to show that the
effects of secular cooling of the globe
are insensible, and totally denying the
contraction Of the earth.
Professor Sees memoirs may be sum-
married as follows. The earth's tenn
perature has an elliptical distribution
within, being about $500 degrees Fab
renheit at the center, and falling of
toward the surface, where it is zero.
AS the earth slowly cooled. the crust
was the only part which experienced
an appreciate fall in temperature.
IlClCC lilC 10 lIlilt, With a SIhN1A
ness of not more than twenty miles.
which agrees with the depth deduced
from the study of the world shaking
earthquakes. The great earthquakes
originate at the depth of about twenty
miles, and none is known of depth
exceeding forty miles.
AS the earthquakes all have super
fetal origin, and no shakes have a
deeper source, it follows that there is
no deep-seated contraction of the
earth. Consequently all changes in the
crust are due to ordinary earthquakes
and to no other couse.
Secular cooling is infinitely slow, and
affects only the crust, whereas world
shaking earthquakes proceed from the
layer just beneath the crust. AS earth
quakes occur mainly along the sea-
coast, they cannot depend on secular
cooling, but must be due to the expul-
sion Of lava from beneath the oceans
Hence great earthquakes are not due
to secular cooling at all, but TO the
leakage of the oceans, which produces
steam beneath The crust. This event
ually pushes Oft at the sides and raises
mountains along the coasts.
AS the effects of secular cooling arg
| insensible, it follows that the earth IL
not contracting, as held in the books
for three generations. DIR. See shows
| indeed, that at an early stage of the
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THE BATTLEFIELD.
Baltimore SUM-


A mothers heart is a battlefield,
A mothers heart Is nest
Where love leans down with snowy shield
And lips that sing to rest.
A mothers heart is the plain where meet
Through all her days of life
The Iegions Of the childhood feet,
The glittering ghosts of strife.
A mothers heart is a field of war
Where none may know, may see,
The wounds that bleed, the guns that
roar,
The anguished hours that be.
A mothers heart is battles home,
But, oh, so few have knelt
With her where shadows fill the gloam,
Have felt what she has felt
A mothers heart is warfare's realm,
In it, unseen of time,
Rage the grim wars that overwhelm
But for her faith sublime.
mothers heart is where she hides
So much she never tells.
So much that in her soul abides
And conQuering lOVehoOd quells
A mothers heart-oh, sacred place,
Oh, tempted fame, how fair
To kneel beside it's shrine of grace,
To kneel and worship there.
A mothers heart is calm retreat,
Is rest and love and song,
And round it, Oh, how tender-sweet
The shades of memory thrOngi
A mothers heart has seen so much,
Has felt and borne and known
The rugged blow the tender touch,
Within its wandering zone:
Has borne so much for those that lean
Upon it's help and trust,
Has done so much to keep them clean,
To lift them from the dusti
A mothers heart is a battlefield
Where sacred strife has been,
Where spear on spear and shield on shield
Hath ragLo the battles DIM
o holy shrine, inviolate spot.
Where love and memory come
When all the rest of life's forgot,
When all the rest Is dumb
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THE PURE FOOD INSPECTOR.
Dallas News

dallas News.)
The chile raised its fur and yowled. the
sausage yelped with glee,
The potted game did much the same, as
joyous as could be
For came man of lofty mien, and mean
also of face,
To make report to Uncle Sam on pure
food in the place.
He came and shook the chile can, and
just to make ii sure,
He read the label carefully before he
stamped II Pure"
He poked the sausage with his cane, and
fed some to the cat,
Which threw fit, so he also as pure
food labelled that
For everybody knows that food when
packed in little pots,
Or cans or skins or other things to keep
ii, never rots;
While no one making things to eat would
ever think to rob,
Or falsify-but this Is mum-a man must
hold his job.
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DISCUSSES COST
OF STRONG DRINK
The Rev. C. C. Mcintyre De-
liverS Sermon Against
Use of Alcoholics.

In a practical sermon the Reverend -
c. Mcintyre at the Westminster PresOy-
terrain church last evening discussed THE
Laboring Man and the Drink Problem. .
The Rev. Mr. Mcintyre took up the actua4
cost of the evil in dollars and cents. them
in health. crime. idiocy, loss of happiness,
etc, showing the enormous toll that Is
annually paid by the country because ~
the Unsuitable cravings of its citizens TOT
strong drink. Mr.. Mcintyre said IN par
The saloon is the social center TOT
many working man. He is attracted TO
II by the fellowship of his friends, the
freedom granted for unrestrained speech
ana action, the cordial welcome ana III
telllgent interest of the salOonist. VINO
holds the workingman's employment,
family and interests close to his heart;
The average saloonist is the adviser and
cOnfidant of many men.
But the laborer pays dearly for such
privileges. Notice first its cost in money.
Two five-cent drinks day will cost in
thirty years, compromising annually at
per cent, over 5000 which would buy
good home, a splendid library, a good
start in business or put two or three chill
Cren through college. In 1904 1.65S, OO0.u,0
gallons of alcoholic liquors were con-
sumed in the United StateS-H y gallons
per capita at "A direct cost of 81. 800 900. 600
and an indrec. cos in crime. pauperism,
insanity, idiocy, etc. of Sl,0OO 10000 or
total cost of s., 500 10000, or SSl per capita.
and $50 for the average family, In one
year.
The Cost of Health.
Think, second, of the cost in health.
The Scientific American has said: In ap
pearance the beer drinker may be the pic
ture OF health, but in reality he is the
most incapable Of resisting disease
Notice the cost in earning less wages
OF the 100000 men employed by the RAIL
roads, approximately 100000, or five
sixths, are prohibited from drinking liquor
or frequenting places where it is sold. A
certain railroad contractor said: Beer
drinking men are worth . cents less a
day to any employer than men who do not
drink
ITO drink costs the workingman his
home. There are many inhabited houses
in Salt Lake City that are not homes. II
requires husband, wife, children, plus
love, to make q true home.
1T further causes a bad reputation or
the loss of respect of others; then the loss
of respect for himself, and finally the
surrender of character, which he loses,
both now and forever, unless. Ike the
prodigal he comes to himself and finds
in the love of God the power 20 restore
TO him both himself and the love Of
those to whom he was lost.
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any Democrat to vote the Republican
councilmanic tickets in the Third,
Fourth or Fifth. because they have alb
solutely nothing to gain thereby. Nor
is there any reason for voting the Re-
publican councilmanic tickets in the
First and Second
The Herald believes the Democrats
have the fight well in hand now. Their
canvass shows a tremendous sentl-
ment in favor OF Richard p. Morris
and his colleagues on the ticket. Dem
ocrats who left the party last year are
returning to it this year, and they are
bringing with them hundreds of Re
publicans who are disguised with ma
chine rule in their own party. With
them, too, are many who voted the
American" ticket two years ago and
who heartily disapprove of the extrav-
agant, reckless and incompetent adj
ministration of city affairs by the
American" party.
The question is one largely of bring
ing about the registration of chose
whose names are not now on the books,
and of getting the voters to the poll
ing places on election day. There is
to be another day shortly for registra-
ton. 1t is highly important that on
this day every Democrat shall devote
a little time to assisting in the regis
tration work. If all of them will give
one hour to the cause the results can
not fail to be tremendously beneficial
to the city's best interests.
Chairman Snow of the Democratic
city committee has perfected a SPLEEN
did organization. He has a canvass
that shows the names of unregistered
voters OF the Democratic faith. and
he will put forth every effort on reg
istration day. Still. all the work should
not be left to the.chairman. The Her
aid hopes Mr.. Shows fellow Demo-
Gratis will give him all the assistance
in their power, for he is entirely de-
serving of their united support.
The Democrats can win this election
If they will stand together, if they will
refuse to be discouraged by the boast
ing of their adversaries-and the Dem
ocratic party is the only party that has
a chance to defeat the Americans"
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Chicago News.)


81 picked up a magazine tn other
day." said the weary pilgrim, an 1 see
picture of a bunch of George Wash
ington's soldiers. They was ragged an
some starved lookin', but their faces
was all as smooth as tn bottom of a
soup plate. Yes. sir, they'd all he'd Their
faces fresh laundered afore they start
ed to destroy tn base oppressor.
'lt made me laugh, it sure did, fer 1
was a-thinkin' tibet they must hev been
more particular about appearances
than tn bunch of martial heroes / be-
longed to was
MY regiment in the Spanish war
was made up mostly of city fellers thet
either he'd good jobs or good dads an
at home they was heavy swells an
wouldn't no more think of goin' out of
doors with a two days growth of lilacs
than they'd hev gone barefoot. But,
sayi About month after we left home
they was tn most amazin' epidemic of
whiskers broke out in tibet regiment
you ever see in all your born days.
1T didn't make no difference wheth-
er a Teller he'd full beard or not. he
didn't shave. One Teller tibet was a
lawyer in tn city didn't either shave
'em or trim 'em an by tn time he got
back his face was plumb lost in a for
est of black rushes as thick as cats
fur an about foot long an, him hav-
in lost his hair by reason of fever, he
looked like a professional musician
with his head on upside down.
But you ort to hev seen tn NAM
mas boys wen they got away from tn
family cat! One laI he'd a bunch of
down in tn middle of his upper lip. but
none on tn ends for twiSters; another
he'd two ends of q mustache but no
middle / wanted 'em to match pennies
to see who'd get tn whole mustache,
but they wouldn't.
zone of the sergeants was a doctor
at home an he he'd been a dude fer
fair-shoved every mornin' an dressed
like Solomon in all his Sunday clothes.
But wen he throwed his razor away
he was a sight. TIL spinach come out
in punches IN tn most unexpected
places on his face an some was red
an some was brown an tn rest was
pink. He was tn most horrible out
rage I ever dreamed of. If he'd gone
among tn HOttentots an claimed re-
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him 5000 in gold and note from Aud.
in which the latter said he would not
be able to go himself, but that Bixby
should go ahead AID do some of those
things he said he would.
As soon as the physicians pronounced
him out of danger, which was last Sat
urday, doc" took the train east.
What do think of Tom Auld?' he
said last night. Tom Aud is the
finest man in Nebraska
That's what all Nebraska thinks
now, too. Since his gift became known
his worst enemies have been throwing
bouquets at him. He is even talked
of as candidate for governor.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-21
JOKE WINS OCEAN TRIP.
Newspaper Squib Means of Extract
Ing Money From Nebraskan.
philadelphia North American

(Ph1ldQelpnla NOrtn Ameflcan.)
Three weeks ago A. L. Bixby, who is
known all over the state of Nebraska
as doc" Bixby, was a hard-working
newspaper man. Today he will leave
Philadelphia on the steamer Marquette
for England, occupying the best state
room on the liner, and with pockets
well lined to pay his passage over and
back. That three months from now he
will return to his room at the Nebraska
State Journal. in Lincoln, and resume
his labors is hardly worth mention
ing.
In Lincoln there is a man whom Ne
braskans know of only as the richest
man in the world. He is tom" Aud,
president of the City National bank in
Lincoln, and he owns some eleven or
twelve other banks besides.
Three weeks ago, then, Bixby, VINO
is one of the Wittiest photographers
anywhere, wrote a letter to his paper,
in which he said that some day, when
''Tom" Aud had gathered as much of
this worlds wealth as he wanted, he,
Bixby, was going to Europe with
'pTom'' at Toms" expense. He also
appended some lines in verse. telling
of the wonderful things they would do
when abroad
That poem shook all of Nebraska.
Everyone knew Tom" Aud, and
everyone who knew him we'll appre-
ciated the joke. Bixby himself thought
when he wrote the squib that 1t was
little the funniest thing he had done.
The day Bixby returned to Lincoln
he received a telephone call
rs thfs Doc Bixby?" came over
the wire. This is Aud. When can
you take that trip to Europe?"
Bixby dropped the receiver as
though it were charged with electric
ity But he picked 1t up again Any
old time, he told Aud, joining in the
joke. Then Aud hung up.
The next morning a messenger came
from Auld's bank. He carried with
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-21

The many friends of D. H. Peery,
Democratic national committeeman for
shortly return from Los Angeles en-
tirely restored to his one-time good
health. The splendid courage he has
manifested during his illness, his de-
termination TO get well, coupled with
the gains he recorded during the days
Immediately preceding his departure,
encourage the belief that he will ul-
timately regain HIS health.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-21
ARTHUR PAULEY'S FUNERAL
Impressive Services Held in L. D. s.
Church in Murray.

at the L. d. s. church on Vine street.
Murray, Sunday noon. Mayor Charles
Brown presided. P. J. Johnson, G. NJ.
Mumford, Elder Harper and President
Morris spoke and dwelt at length on the
admirable qualities and useful life of MI
PauleY.
The casket was covered with flowers.
among them several handsome set pieces,
including a large harp and large shear
of purple and white asters. The services
were largely attended. Judge Charles
Holm pronounced the benedictiOn.
InteTment was made in Salt Lake. The
pallbearers were G. ]. West Arthur
Holmes, Charles Nygadle, Harold Erek-
son. Joseph Williams and Walter Atwood
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-21
LEADER CAPTURED.

Mexico City, Oct 2O.-Special dispatches
TO this city report that the leader of the
gang which last week stole sl5'OoO worth of
bullion from the precipitatslg room of the
Guanajuato Consolidated Mining and Mill
ing company, had been captured after be-
ing wounded three times. With him was
taken all the stolen bullion. In his con-
fession he implicated about forty persons,
who have been arrested.