Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-09
The Earth
\ Hollow
NIorkcry.

The Earth The earth has had many
A Hollow hard names thrown at It,
N,ockcry. 1t has been called fiat,
sphe1ical and oblate. But
heretofore nobody has accused 1t OF
being hollow mockery. Aud that Is
what we have come to now. We nave
not trod securely over n sphere eight
thousand miles thick, spurnIng be-
meath our heels antlpodean savages,
who chung like flies, head downward,
on the opposite side. No; we are
promenading upon shell, within
which pcngulns, sea serpents, four
headed dogs. and talking artichokes
dispute for supremacy with unicorns,
griffins and brontosauropopotam
'"rhats why we wiring clothes, and
that's how butter is separated said
Mr.. Reed "'Herc's that crazy man
coming along who thinks there's an
other continent over the ocean said
the monks of Columbus. Why does
the north wind raise the temperature
during the Arctic winter? Why did
Nansen sail fifteen days through clear
water and only advance one degree
unless he was sailing round and round
inside? Where do the seals and musk
oxen go for their feeding groundsf
Where do the fresh water icebergs
come from? Why do scientists treat
the earth as IL Il were a solid and have
to make out that it's three times as
heavy as nickel steel in order to make
their calculations fltf Why do they
admit that the earth Is flattened Mt
the poles. and not go further and allow
it's hollow? Why is the sun invisible
so long at the north and south In win
ter, unless there's a depression which
shuts out its light? What is the Au-
rora Borealis7 Electric lights? Then
why don't we meet 1t all over the
earth? It's fires reflected from inside
the earth. And the dust that troubles
all the explorers comes from the vol
canoes there. The colored snow is
produced by vegetable matter blown
out from the interior. The great ice
pressure comes from rivers inside.
The tidal waves" | orawled down
stairs. / had gone in a sane, strong,
angry man; / came out knock kneed.
ramshackle wretch. When I saw the
Pennsylvania railroad excavations l
braced myself against lamp post.
Since then have been wearing moe
casins, and banting-Herhert Dick
enson, in Harper's Weekly.
Happiness We have seen many
Not From painful examples dur
Wealth ing the past few
months of the failure
of wealth to produce happiness. We
man behind 1t does not stand for
much The X-rays of public investi-
cation have revealed some ghastly |
spectacles. or a number of rich men
who We're in positions of great respon- |
sibility and trust at the beginning of |
the recent financial panic, some have |
committed suicide, others have died |
from the effects of the disgrace which |
they had brought upon themselves |
and their families, and still others |
have suffered tortures. not so much |
because of their wrongdoings, as from |
the fear of disclosures. A few months |
ago those men were supposed to pos
sess the things which make men hap
by. They had what all the world is
seeking so ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS They
lived in palatial homes, were sur
rounded with Injuries, and yet, the
moment misfortune came, what they
called happiness fled as though IL |
had the wings of bird. These men
felt secure because they had that
which most everybody is struggling
so hard TO get. They had supposed
the wherewithal of life. so buttrcssed
by their solid" investments. that
nothing could shake them. But, al
most In the twinkling of an eye, their
foundations slipped from under them,
their regulations were gone, and, in
stead of being the big men they
thought they We're. they not only |!
happiness" fed with their reputa-
ton. 1t does not matter that the
great majority of the human race be-
lieve there Is some other way of reach
Ing the happiness goal. The fact that
they are disconnected, restless. and
unhappy shows that they are not |,
working their problem scientifically.
sci Inn T. l
other man inside of u.s. that there ac-
companies us through life divine,
silent messenger, that other, higher,
better self, which speaks from the
depths Of our nature, and which gives
Its consent, IT'S "Amen" to every right
action, and condemns the wrong. Men
and women in all times have tried to
bride this constant monitor. to pur-
chase its approval, to silence 1t In
nervous excitement, to drown It In
vicious pleasure. and with drink and
with drugs but all in vain.-orison
SWEET Marden. In Success Magazine"
Down The To those who take an
Vista OF interest In the history of
The Ages. the remote past and in
gliinpsing down the dim
vista of time. a day spent In the great
at Cairo is a day of keen
and enjoyment. Entering
the splendld ana massive vestibule the
visitor Is Immediately in an atmosphere
Of antiquity. and surrounded with relies
both Of the very dawn of civilization
and also of the more refined and artis-
tic period of those powerful monarchs
whose conquests raised Egypt to tho
zenith of its power, and whose massive
achievements remain to this day al
most untouched by the disintegrating
and despoiling hand of time. Here,
tngt1nnn "a ma p-,NiH t-ta /
chariot, It's gllded frontal OF leather
smbosaed with warllke figures or with