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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05
Ne,r WOMB StocI. NIarket.

Wall St. New York. Jan. 5.-STOCKS-
Opening prices of stocks today were not
much changed from last night, but the
tone was very irregular and the trading
active Running sales of $500 shares of
Consolidated Gas were made at 140 to 1851
and the price subsequently broke to 1861
compared with 141 at the close last night.
New York Central advanced 112 and Read
ing Pennsylvania and Kansas City South
ern preferred a point. Pacific Mail de-
clined / and Minneapolis. st. Paul and
Sault Ste Marie "a
the low priced stocks. especially the local
traction group. and there was also a good
show of strength made by many other is
sues. The weakness of Consolidated Gas
was ignored for a time. This stock fluct-
uated nervously for long while within
a range of point or two. and then sud
denly broke violently to 1872 a loss of 8
points. which precipitated heavy selling
elsewhere and caused numerous reactions
of point or more. A brisk rally followed.
Prices moved uncertainty within the
previous range of fluctuations and were
back to near the lowest by noon
Bonds We're steady.
The temper of speculation continued
weak. the market receding on constant
Offering. Losses reaching a point were
numerous. Consolidated Gas made a fur
Their break to 100. making Its loss eleven
points. Chicago and Alton yielded ga, st.
Paul pa Illinois Central ,, and Union
Pacific 1%. A subsequent rise of points
in American Smelling was without much
sustaining effect.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05

such result as a certificate of charac-
| ter for the law
Congressman Phil P. Campbell has
introduced a bill authorizing the
| secretary of the treasury to pay the
sum of $4,000 to Charles w. Mum of
Montgomery county, Kan in full
compensation for stores and supplies
taken from Mrs. e. S. Mum (nee
Frost) by the United States army for
military purposes during the civil
Mr.. Campbell presented a similar
of Humboldt, Kan, $4,000 for the
destruction of a grist mill and saw
mill and their contents belonging to
her husband, on or about October IA,
1851, while used by and in the pos
session of the federal troops.
Senator Charles Curtis has in
troduced a bill authorizing the secre-
tary OF war to correct the military
record of James Barrett. late of
Company H, First Kansas regiment of
volunteers, and grant him an hon
orable discharge
Mary M. E. Powers has been re-
appointed postmaster at Pierce
Junction, Kan.
Speaking of the bank deposit guaran--
ty law in Kansas. Lewis N Maher of
- y, ocilQ lIldI II Is d DAS PAOPP7
sltion, this demand that all the banks
stand liable for the $50, 1000 of de-
posttS in the banks of Kansas, and that
bankers put up 81 ,000.0 600 of their own
with.
IF his bank fails said Mr. Maher,
who is interested in the banking BUSH
ness, or a banker makes mistake,
the other bankers are liable. If the
state bank commissioner sends a politi-
cal friend down to take charge of the
affairs of a failed bank. and the gen
tleman spends three years winding up
that banks affairs, the other bankers
must pay the bills under this law.
Who is to pass on the eligibility OF
banks seeking membership in the guar
anty deposit group? Why, the bank
commissioner, under the provisions of
all the proposed bills for guarantee of
deposits.
II think it is only fair to the bankers
taking part in the movement that
committee of three of the leading bank
ers of the state should be authorized
ing on the condition of banks that APP
ply for membership, and in carrying out
the general provisions of the law.
This committee OF bankers could
surely entitled to have some of their
own representatives take some small
part in passing on the risks they take
and in handling the money they pay
)uL LOT pIOlGClIOn Ol QGpOSIlS
IF the state should pass a law re-
luiring every man in the state to take
life insurance. there would be some pro-
vision whereby the insurance companies
would have some hand in passing on
he risks they are forced to take
Ell. Webster, who recently resigned
rs chief of the dairy division of the
department. of agriculture, to become |
lean of the State Agricultural college
I,,,l I, Il
invitation to address the annual meet |
ng on January ., of the Wisconsin |
Cheese Makers association.
Eli A. Baum has been appointed post |
master at Burden, Kan. Della G. Ross
vas also named for the Office at Belvue.
Edward A. McConigle of Leaven
worth. and Russell A. Langdon. u. S.
~ of Fort I4eavenworth. are late ar
ivals in Washington.
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New York Money Market.

New York. Jan. 5.-MONEY-Money on
call steady; highest 21s; lowest >; ruling
rate PA last loan "a, closing bid pa ;
offered at "a per cent. Time loans easy
80 and 80 days pa to per cent; six months
3h to 3l5. 80
per cent
Sterling exchange irregular with actual
business in bankers bills at 81 81. 90SI4 IS
for 60 day bills and at "a. sc. IS for demand
commercial bills "a. S4240c4. S47s.
SILVER-Bar silver. 5O1kc; Mexican dol
lars. 45c
BONDS-Governmentb bonds steady: rail-
road bonds. irregular.
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WILL USE PHONES
Santa Ee Begins Work on 1000
Miles of Lines.
Installation Will Also Include
Santa Fe Branches.

Work will be started at once on the
construction of telephone lines alons
l.5OO miles of the Santa Fe system
which will cost in the neighborhood OF
100000. This will not in any way SUI
persede the telegraph but will be iust
an additional form of service which
Will facilitate the work of the opera
tors, and assist in moving trains with
greater speed and safety.
| The Santa Fe already has seventy
| five miles of telephone lines in opera
ton between Newton and Emporia.
This was built in the nature of an ex-
| pertinent, but has been found of such
! great value that the lines will be ex-
! tended.
The Santa F'e is building a telephone
| line between Kansas City and EN-
porfa via the main line which includes
Topeka. These wires will be in work
ing order within a few weeks. just as
soon as the work, which is being push
| ed rapidly, can be completed.
Material has been ordered for the
completion of a telephone circuit be-
tween Kansas City and Chicago This
will be started as soon as the line be-
tween Kansas City and Emporia is
completed.
The material and workmen for the
construction of line from Kansas
City to Emporia along the cutoff
branch via Ottawa are now on the way
and the work along this branch will
soon be under way
The installation of telephones will not
be confined to the Atchison proper. but
will be extended over the branch sys-
TENS. One hundred and fifty miles of
between Beaumont ond Somerville,
Tex, and three hundred miles of wires
will be stretched along the valley di-
vision of the Coast lines
The total mileage of the telephone
system as now planned for construc-
ton, including the line from Chicago
to Kansas City, the lines from Kan
saS City to Emporia via the cutoff and
main line, the line from Emporia to
Newton and the coast lines and gulf
lines. will aggregate 1900 miles
Yes, We are going to start imme-
diately with the work, and push it
through TO an early completion said
General Manager J. f. Hurley, this
Journal reporter 1--WE have found by
experimenting that the telephone is a
great aid in assisting the movement
OF trains.
Whether this system will eventually
extend over the entire system. is not
known yet. This depends largely on
the success which meets the lines
which will soon be constructed The
ADDITION OF the telephone as an aid in
train diSpatching has been successful
~ installed on many roads. and is one
of the newest improvements. 1t is
considered a step in advance of the
old system of using telegraph entirely.
Some inventive geniuSeS- are now
working on a system to communicate
train orders direct to the conductors
and engineers by use of the Marconi
wireless system, but this as vet is an
-iridescent dream.
Of he oil
not reduce our quota of te1egraphers
in the least said L. NJ. Jones, super
intendent of telegraph. ''It is merely
an addition and improvement in the
present service. All of our operators
will continue at their posts. but their
work Will be helped materially by the
Inauguration of the new SYSTEM
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southern steers. 81 25d5 Is: southern cows.
$2.75d4.0O: native cows and heifers, $2.399
900: stockers and feeders. 50 40Q5.50; bulls,
$2!o0@4S so: calves. $3.50GIS.00: western steers
Sz.00G15.75; western cows, $3.0004-I5.
HOGS-Receipts 81, GOO Market sc to loc
lower. Bulk of sales. S. 35GS.S5; heavy,
So. 75d5 50: packers and butchers, $5.50q5S5;
light. $5.256I5. 65: pigs. $4.00d50O.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000. Market steady
MuttOns. S4.00G5. %: lambs, s.. GOA. SO:
range wethers. $4.00d6.5O; fed ewes, $1,000
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Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago. Jan 5-CATTLE-Receipt
estimated 5000. Market steady. Beeves.
S.. 90175 so: Texans, IS. 754. 50 westerns. s.. Is
$3.50; stockers and feeders. -$2S0Q4 IS;
$50.
HOGS-Receipts estimated 81, 600. Market
sc lower. Light. So 2505. 80; mixed. $500
610; heavy, s5.60G6. 20; rough, $565a5. 70 ;
god to choice heavy. $575@6.20; pigs, 81. $50
5.35: bulk of sales. $5T006.O5.
SHEEP-Receipts estimated 5000. Mar
ket strong. Native. $2.S5G5.35; western.
50. O0d5 IS: yearlings, IS. 5001675 lambs, $3.50
@765; western, $4.75Q760
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FURNISHED by ]. E Gall. Commissions.
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks.
office 10 West Sixth st. Phone 1851

Liverpool cables: Opening-WAeat 40
higher. corn Ad higher
Second cable: Wheat I'D higher, corn
unchanged to I'D higher
Kansas City car lots today: Wheat ia,
corn AZ. oats IS.
Kansas City estimated car lots tomor-
row: Wheat AZ. corn 9. oats 8.
Chicago car lots today: Wheat II, corn
Northwest car lots TO-DAY 10, last year
Closing cables: Wheat 1AG7sd higher.
corn unchanged to lad higher
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Chicago Prodnce Marker.

Chicago, Jan. s. CHEESE-Narlxet
steady to firm. Daisies, -141zd15c; twins,
14GD1415c: Young Americas. 1419c.
POULTRY-Alive. firm; turkeys, 16c;
chickens. 121hc; springs, lac.
TOES-Market easy. 62G76c.
BUTTER-Market steady. Creameries,
22623c: dairies 2111G25c.
EGGS-Market firm Firsts, &c.
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New YorIs SUGAR and CONGO Marke,

New York. Jan. 5-SUGAR-Ravy
steady; refining. $3.1763 20; centrifugal IS
test. $5.61GI3.70; molasses sugar, 81 9202 So
Refined. steady; crushed $5.35; powdered.
S475; graduated. $3.50.
COFFEE-Market steady No. Rio.
65sGl7c; No. Santos, >sdS3sc.
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To the People of Kansas:

The legislature will convene in regular
session within the next two weeks. The
TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL is the official
state publication, and will accordingly pub
lish the new laws, as well as report in detail
senate.
Il. will be the only paper to publish the
new laws and amendments made effective
on publication in the official state paper.
Accordingly, the STATE JOURNAL is
naturally the paper you and your friends
will want for legislative news.
The rate by mail for the daily is soc per
month, 60c for two months, 9Oc for three
months, ST. 90 for 100 calendar days. $1.80
for six months, So. so per year.
Subscription for the daily by mail, covering
the period of the legislature, 60 cents
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05
Cotton Market

New York. Jan 5.-COTTON-spot
closed quiet; 10 points decline; middlinz,
uplands. 1925: middling gulf. $3.50. Sales,
none
Galveston. Tex. Jan, 5.-CoTToN-Mar-
ket higher. SC.
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Topeka .aInrref.

FURNISHED by the Charles woln Pack.
Ing Co.. yards close at noon Saturday
We cannot use pigs. thin sows or hogs
weighing less than 40 lbs. Do :sSs mar
ket hogs unless same are well finished.
as we cannot use half fat stuff We give
below prices effective AZ once. until fur-
Their notice.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05

I BUTTER AND EGGS.
| Chicago 30c; N. Y 32J5c
| CREAMERY BUTTER-Chicago. 32c;
El1oilNE &C And POULTRY.
sale PE1E1iGe1ss TyrnishsG Sy Topeka
POUITRY-Hens. Sc: springs SC: broiI-
ers. 12c: old cocks. &c; stays, &c. Turkeys.
13c; ducks Sc; geese, &c.
BUTTER-Packing stock. 1sc.
WHfi5o SiT9FFS&LE FRUIT AND PRODUCE.
FURNISHED by Sam'l Z. LUX. Whoiesals
Fruit and PRODUCED
FLORIDA PINEAPPLES-Per crate.
'Hi5fcKoRYo MgTsIPer bu:. $3.50
COCOANUTS-Per sack. original. IS; per
Oi BULK * DATEs-Per 1b.. SIC.
HONEY-Per case. $3.35.
GRAPES-Almira grapes. Der bbl., S. ESQ
12SPPLEs-Per box. sL25@2oO.
GRAPE FRUIT--Per box. $425.
ccRFAafNB ssIR RiT;OfP' Dbl. $500 per
io CALIFORNIA i.iiSiNIA ToMAToEs-Per bskt.
't cHBiBAGE = wisconsin Holland. per
iOi RED Er' GLOBE oN1oNs-wiscOnsln. per
yRS{SISss4 9I1toIn7a Per, crate, 500,
ORANGEs-Redlands Golden, per box,
S-C oR%NG ;Es-Navel. per box. $3.50
26o large. per bunch, Ss5o@S gHGn J8 Shio%
per bunch, $S.Ooq325; extra large. per ID,
SAC.
FANCY LEAF LETTUCE-Per basket.
s100.
CARROTS-Per bu.. 75c.
PARSNIPS-Per bu.. 75c.
TURNIPS-Per bushel. Coo.
BEETSNPer bushel. 75c.
CANADA RUTABAGAS-Pe H.. 11zc.
COLORADO POTATOES-Pe bu 75c.
SWEET POTATOES-Per bu, S125
CELERY-Jumbo. per bunch. soc; Blue
F FREsH peg oY sHnSRi 0iS r Counts. p.,
can Soc: N. Y. Extra Selects. per can dc:
Standards; per e &C. p; SOc Bulk.N: z;
per gal. 10; Plain Selects. per gal. SI.75s
Standards. per gal. s1.60.
Wisconsin. z. A. l6c; Lfmburger. Ice;
Daisy 2o-lb; each. 151zc; Daisy Twins, to
sin white. 16c: Brick Ice: Block Swiss.
domestice style. 16c.
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Kansas city Live stock Sales.

(The following sales were made today al
the stock yards. Kansas City. Mo. and
by Clay, Robinson & Co. live stock com.
mission merchants. with offices at all
markets.
Kansas City. Jan. 5.-CATTLE-Recei
II. 600 head. Market steady.
lower. Bulk of sales. s. 35d5. so; top. $3.50.
SHEEP-Receipts 5000 head. Market
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Oklahoma City.

We load a car for Oklahoma and Vi
cinity Jan. 20 to 80. Phone 1856. Rates
Iare carload privileges. Merchants
Transfer and Storage.
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CHICAGO Grain Market.

Furnished by ]. E. GALL Commissions.
Grains, Provisions, Cotton and Stocks.
office 10 w est Sixth ST. Phone 1851
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05

Kansas City. Mo-. Jan. 5.-CATTLE E.
Receipts 1000. including 100 southerns.
Market steady. Native steers, s4.75q6.75;
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Topeka Hide Nfarket.

Quotations furnished by James &. Smith
* Co., los East Third st.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05
Grain Market.

FURNISHED by ]. B. Billiard, corner Kan
sas Ave. and Curtis St.J
Topeka. Kan. jan s.
wHEAT--No. .. ssGI9Oc: No. 3. s4Sssoc:
No. A. 79dS1c.
CORN-55c.
OATS-4604sc.
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Range of Prices on Stocks
FURNISHED by J. r.. Gall, Commissions
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and Stocks
Office ITO West Sixth ST. Phone 4S6.1
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Kansas City Grain Market
FURNISHED by }. E. Gall. Commissions.
Grains. Provisions. Cotton and stocks.
Office 10 West Sixth st. Phone 1885,
Kansas City. Jan s.
Open High Low Close Yes
Nav iit5-. :. .1o1a1 1o2 1oO7s 1o11s 1913
July. =. 931s 9s14 1925 s29s 9S1s-14
MAY =. 55si 55s% 5s7?sz g7ss Il $3.50
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05

Ell. Webster, who recently resigned
as chief of the dairy division of the
department of agriculture, to become
dean of the State Agricultural college
at Manhattan, Kan, has accepted an
Invitation to address the annual meet
ing on January Z, of the Wisconsin
Cheese Makers association.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05

TO adorn every home in the Sixth con-
eressionaI district of Kansas re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05

Eli A Baum has been appointed post
master at Burden, Kan. Della G. Ross
was also named for the Office at Belvue.
Edward A McConigle of Leaven-
worth and Russell A. Langdon, u. s.
A. of Fort Leavenworth. are late ar
rivals in Washington.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05
Topeka. Kan, Jan.
BUTTER AND EGGS

led by The Continental
Co.. Topeka. Han.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05

Kansas City. Jan. 5.
High Low Close Yes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-01-05

EGGS-C Chicago. DOC; N. Y, 3215c.
CREAMERY BUTTER-Chicago 3.
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shot by the patrols have been left
lying where they fell. The decay of
these carcasses has greatly augmented
the danger of the spread of disease
state of Siege Proclaimed.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-18
Shakespeare and the Actors.

Why do we call Garrick great ac-
tor? Because the box office of his
time acclaimed him one. Davies tells
US how his first performance of Rich
ard III. was received with loud and
reiterated applause How his "look
and actions when he pronounced the
words,
Ion with his head; 50 much for Buck
ingham,
were SO significant and important
from his visible enjoyment of the in
cident that several loud shouts of ap-
probation proclaimed the triumph of
the actor and satisfaction of the au-
dience." A modern purist would have
walked out of the playhouse when his
ear was insulted by Cibber's tag, but
from a theater point of view 1t is a
good tag, and l have always thought
1t a pity that Shakespeare forgot to
set 1t down himself and left to Cibber
the burden of finishing the line.-Judge
Parry in Cornhill Magazine.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-18
Did the Best He Could.

In the absence Of the regularly ap-
pointed spokesman, Mr.. Makinbrakes
had reluctantly consented to make
presentation speech.
Miss Higham." he said, "unfortu-
nately it is nly-er-fortunate lot to
fulfill the embarrassing-the pleasant
duty of--of inflcting few remarks
upon this occasion-whieh Is highly ap-
preciated, | assure you. and by none
more so than myself, for the reason
that-in short. as | may say, it falls to
my lot to convey. so to speak. the as
suranccS of-that is, with the assur-
ances of those to whom-to whom l
have occasion to refer to-more or less
in this connection, together with the
best wishes, if | may so express my
self. of those who have dubbed togeth-
er-who have associated themselves
not that you need anything of the
kind. of course, but as token of-as
token of-of-with which few re
marks. Miss IIigham. 1t is my-my
pleasant surprise to hand you this gold
watch and chain. IL thank you
Chicago Tribune.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-18
The Big Storm.

The storm which has been general
over q large area of the northern
states descended upon this section of
Maine in the early hours of Monday
morning, and for two days the fall of
snow was almost incessant. The
amount of precipitation is estimated
at between Is and "a inches and as a
result the roads we're blocked in
every direction. The stages were de-
layed and some trips cancelled and
on Tuesday none of the seven r. F. d.
drivers from the Skowhegan post
Office succeeded in covering the
route. Superintend emit Perkins gave
the "no school" signal at the ap-
pointed hour on Tuesday morning
and yesterday, while the schools here
resumed their work, the no school
heard here, indicating that the Off
Gals of that town had decided to
yield one more day to the storm.
With the low water and consequent
lack of power, the Somerset Traction
Company found itself unable to keep
it's road open for the evening on
Tuesday and for that reason some
thing over one hundred Madison peo-
pie, who had purchased seats for
"Forty Five Minutes from Broad =
way" were unable to attend. Not
withstanding this and the influence
the storm may have had on people
nearer at hand, there we're nearly 900
present at the Opera House.
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-18
Returned hv the Glacier

One of the first instances on record
Of body returned by a Swiss glacier
is that of the Hamel accident, which
took place in 1920. Several guides
were swept down by an avalanche and
hurled into crevasse Iamel prophe-
sled that the glacier would yield them
up again in the course of a thousand
years. but DIR. Forbes believed that
the end Of the glacier would be reach
ed by the bodies In forty years. This
statement was considered bold, but
its accuracy was borne out by the
event. In forty years the flow of ice
brought the bodies to light.
In 1866 Henry Arkwright was lost
in glacier. In just thirty-one years
his brother received telegram from
the mayor of Chamouni that the body
was found. Every article of clothing
was intact His name and regiment
could be read clearly on his handker-
chief, and his gold pencil case opened
and shut as easily rs when he last
used 1t three decades before-''True
Tales of Mountain Adventure"
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-18

before the meeting was called to
order there were several hundred
people standing in the aisles and
about the entrances.
Chas. Smith, commander of Russell
Post, called for order at the APP
pointed hour and gave brief
"Reminiscences of several occasions,
during the war, when he had an OPP
called for the first number on the
program and acted as chairman dur
ing the evening. 1t was an occasion
when everything turned out for the
best. Those who participated seemed
to feel the inspiration natural to the
birthday of our Great American, and
also the general enthusiasm coming
from the first gathering of great and
universal interest to assemble in the
new municipal building. AS result
every speaker, reader, vocalist or
musician appeared at his or her best
and the evening answered its most
beneficent purposes i'll every way.
Rev. DR.. Fred "A. Leitch of the
Centenary Methodist Church gave
the principal address, and spoke as
one full of his subject and determined
that the lesson of Lincoln's life should
be in some measure, through bis in
depreciation, of added value to those
within the sound of his voice. A
chorus of about rs children, chiefly
from the Garfield Building, took a
prominent and most pleasing part IN
the exercises. The patriotic airs
which they sang have been learned
as a part OF their school work and
they had also had one rehearsal at
the Opera House to familiarize them
with marching ON and off the stage
and with singing under the circum-
stances there presented. This re-
hearsal was conducted by Elmer E.
Harris and each chorus was sung
The Somerset reporter., 1909-02-18
Why the Earth Cannot Explode

The theory is frequently advanced
that planets and even suns sometimes
explode and that the earth may some
day blow up like a bombshell. No
celestial body the size of the earth
could possibly explode II the entire
molten interior Of our globe could be
replaced with nitrogl ycerln and deto-
mated the explosion would not lift the
earth's crust In other words, If we
assume that the crust OF the earth is
from fifty to a hundred miles in thick
ness 1t would require something much
more powerful than even nitroglyrerin
to burst the she'll II IS necessary only
to do a little figuring to see that the
pressure OF the earth's crust at a
depth of from fifty TO a hundred miles
far exceeds the pressure exerted by
the most powerful high explosive
Hudson Maxim.