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A Great Country
Peopled by a f ri
Great Race Inside Oj TilG
of the Earth,
Only a Few Hundred
Miles Away! Such Is the
Startling Theory of an
Aurora, III., Scientist—and
Here Is His Remarkable
Argument in Support of It.
eAN it be possible that down in the
middle of this earth there is another
earth? That a few hundred miles or
so .way, separated from us by ground
and rock and vapor and such things, there
is a great country inhabited by a great race?
Scientists innumerable have discovered life,
vegetable and animal, upon oilier planets.
Ix>ng ago the seers and wise men peopled the
heavens. Exploration has stretched out toward
the truth in all directions save this one. It re
innius for an Illinoisan to lead us in theory
—iu that direction—down, down into the
earth's innermost recesses and the wonders
thereof,
Marshall H. Gardner of Aurora, the scien
tist in question, does not say iti so many
words that people live in the middle of tin
world. But he makes a circumstantial, case
to that effect. It is his belief that there is
n big auu in tiie earth's interior, that there
are immense holes where the poles are sup
posed to be. and that the phenomenon of tiie
aurora borealis and the aurorn australis are
the result of tiie interior sun saining out
through the polar holes.
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Sajij the Earth Is Hollow.
The Aurora man, who has spent twenty
years in studying out his theory, asserts that
the earth's interior, instead of being a molten
mass of lava, as has been claimed by scien
tists for ages, is hollow and contains a cen
tral nucleus or material sun or about tiOO
miles iu diameter. He says this sun is sur
rounded by a corona of ample depth which
is inclosed within an envelope of atmosphere;
that this atmosphere is surrounded by a vac
uum. and that between this vacuum and the
interior surface of the earth's crust there is
another envelope of atmosphere the thickness
or depth of which is approximately 200 miles,
thus making the diameter of the earth be
tween its two interior surfaces a distance
of 0,400 miles.
By adding to this amount 1,000 miles, or
twice the thickness of tiie earth’s crust, the
diameter of tiie earth as measured from its
exterior surface would be 8,000 miles.
The author of this remarkable theory de
clares that instead of a north and south pole
there is at each of these imaginary points
an entrance to the earth’s interior 1.400
miles in diameter, or a space sufficiently large
when combined to provide an area ample for
keeping the interior temperature of the earth
in an equable condition. lie says that all
other planetary bodies of the solar.system are
substantially of tiie same general form as is
the earth.
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Hour the World Was Formed.
“ According to my theory,” says Gardner,
"the earth originally was a mass of nebulous
matter projected from a nucleus in the form
of a spiral which through centrifugal action
evolved itself into a central nucleus surround
ed by a ring or wall of nebulous material
that was gradually condensed and cooled until
it became a new planet with its central sun
and polar openings. Every planet origiuall.v
was an independent nebula which in the
course of time condensed and took its place
with others held in the solar system by the
attraction of the sun, which is the center of
all their orbits. j
“ Such a configuration as that is I believe
and shall endeavor to prove the real one
of the earth and of every other planet as well.
” The most obvious objection to such a rev
olutionary theory is that polar exploration has
demonstrated that the old idea of the solid
polar caps is correct because the poles have
been. attained and no such polar openings
were discovered as are there according to my
theory. This objection is based upon misap
prehension of my argument. I claim polar
exploration really goes to support my theory,
lint why did not Peary and other explorers
find these polar openings?
“ The reason is simple and can best be in
dicated by asking another question: Why
did man not discover by looking about him
that he was living on the surface of what is,
practically speaking, an immense sphere?
Simply because the sphere was so large he
first thought it was a flat surface, and that
he should move over the surface of it ap
peared so natural that when he was first told
it was a sphere he began to wonder why he
did not ‘ fall off,’ as he had no conception of
the law of gravity.
Mi Mi
Continuous Force of Gravity.
“ Now in the case of the polar explorers
the same thing is true. Explorers arrive at
the outer edge, of the great polac opening, but
that opening is so large that the downward
curvature of its edge is not perceptible to
them, and its diameter is so great that its
other side is not visible to them. And to the
error that they might ‘ fall over the edge ’ I
answer, as the scientists answered the people
who wondered why they did not ‘ fall off the
earth’ when they first heard it was a sphere!
The force of gravity holds us in both cases.
" But whereas we are accustomed to think
the force of gravity pulls us toward the cen
ter of the earth, because we think it is solid,
ns a matter of fact there is instead a continu
ous force of gravity throughout the shell of
the earth, and its ‘ center,’ if we can still use
that term, is in the center of the earth’s
crust, distributed equally throughout its whole
area, and therefore working equally In all
places.
"This gravity, therefore, holds us down to
the surface of the crust on whatever part of
it we may be, and as we journey up to the
polar opening, around the immense curvature
of the earth’s crust at that point, and in
alung the Interior surface wo are Rtill held
down to tlie surface without noticing any dif
ference. It is this pull of gravity, coming
equally from all directions, that also holds
the interior sun in its position in the center
of the hollow earth.
Si Si
A Journey Through the Earth.
“ Let us take an imaginary journey to the
interior of the earth :
“ Starting at the arctic circle and proceed
ing northward over any one of the several
routes traversed by polar expeditions, we
reach the point marked A on the accompany
ing diagram. From this point onward and
around the semicircle to the point marked I)
there are observed an increasing number of
changes and manifestations peculiar to this
region, such as the aurora borealis; the ice
pressure observed during still tide and calm
weather; the rising temperature and rapidly
diminishing quantity of ice encountered as
one travels toward the supposed actual site
of the pole, until open water free from ice
surrounds the voyager; a south going current
of water instead of one flowing northw’ard;
certain migratory animals, including traces of
hares, foxes, lemming, bears, and musk oxen,
which could not have come from warmer lands
in the distant south across the immense fields
The Great Central Sun and Earth’s Interior.
Map Indicating Trip
Through the Earth.
of ice ; last, but uot least, extremely well pre
served bodies of mammoths in icebergs when
this animal is supposed to have been extinct
for 20,000 years; icebergs In these regions
cannot remain intact for that length of time.
* *
At the Apex of the Earths Crust.
“ Having reached the point marked D on
the diagram, we are now half way around the
semicircle, or at the apex of the earth's crust
or shell. Here the magnetic needle of the
compass is seen to dip and oscillate in a
peculiar manner owing to its being directly
opposite to the point marked I, where the
magnetic force is focused in the same manner
as the magnetic properties of an ordiuary
horseshoe magnet are strongest at the end
of either pole.
“ At the point marked D we are able to
catch our first glimpse of the corona that
surrounds the central sun o'f the earth, because
this sun is, according to my theory, approxi
mately only 3,300 miles distant from that
point. Therefore it appears reasonable to be
lieve thnt the corona could be seen and would
have the appearance of a sun rising above the
horizon under favorable atmospheric condi
tions. )
“ Continuing our journey around the semi
circle of the earth's crust, and in reality
having pursued a downward or southerly
course since leaving the point marked D, we
arrive at the point marked E. Here, accord
ing to my theory, it is possible for us to see
the central sun in its entirety and to realize
that we are actually gazing upon the source
of life and energy of an interior world, a
world not unlike our own and but 800 miles
distant from us through the earth's eruBt or
shell.
“ A® leave the point marked E and con
tinue downward the central sun will appear
to be rising farther and farther above the
horizon until at last it is directly overhead or
in the zenith. At this point we will have
traversed the entire semicircle of the earth’s
crust and actually have reached the interior
surface of the earth after having traveled
1.200 miles from the point marked A on the
diagram, or the exterior suface of the earth.
* *
Continuous Day; One Season.
“ Resuming, our journey southward, it ap
pears reasonable to believe that we should
find conditions somewhat similar to those
upon the earth’s exterior surface. The ex
ception noted is that the position of the in
terior sun remains unchanged in its relation
to the earth ; consequently there is one con
tinuous day and no change of season within
the interior of the earth.
“ It is quite evident that a condition of
this kind would be productive of all forms of
both animal and plant life to a much higher
degree than'obtains on the outside of the
earth with its four seasons and extreme
changes of temperature.
“On necouut of this equable temperature it
is apparent the central sun provides the
means necessary for propagating vegetable
life to a more luxuriant degree than is pos
sible on the exterior surface, that the various
species of land animals which may he found
on the interior surface are through the action
of the central sun upon the Interior plant life
developed to a more prodigious size as a result
of the more abundant vegetation, and that
this extensive growth is due to the increased
amount of moisture formed by the interior
sun’s uninterrupted radiation.
* *
Giant Animals; Great Plant Life.
“ us pause to speculate upon the nature
of phenomena and life that may he encoun
tered in this interior world. Here exists one
unchanging season and a continuous period
of daylight except when certain parts of tire
earth’s interior surface may be partly ob
scured by intervening clouds or mists raised
by the sun’s constant rays. Here the hent
emanating from the central sun does not affect
the temperature to such an extent that
either animal or plant life is placed in jeopar
dy, because any abnormal condition of this
heat would be dispersed or modified by in
rusliing currents of cold air from either or
both entrances to the earth’s Interior.
“ Here, indeed, we may expect to find a
new world, a world the surface of which is
probably subdivided, like ours, into continents,
oceans, seas, lnkes, and rivers. Here, through
the heat of the central sun, plant life may
• exceed in size and luxuriance any vegetation
that ever grew upon the outside surface of
the earth. Here may be found strange anl
mala of every description, some of them even
larger, perhaps, than the prehistoric mam
moth, and mastodon, on account of the abun
dant supply of vegetation, and others of spe
cies unrecorded by zoologists.
* *
And an Unsuspected Race.
“ Ikere, also, may tread the feet of n race
of people whose existence is unknown and
even unsuspected by us. In fact, the existence
of an interior world, such ns deocrlbed, lends
us to consider possibilities ns ad infinitum in
number and character as those suggested at
various times by eminent astronomers and
other learned students of the planets adjacent
to the one upon which we live. ,
“ But let us return from the realms of spec
ulation and continue our journey southward
until the serai-circle at the south polar opening
is reached. Here it is possible we shall find
conditions practically the same ns those en
countered when the central sun was first ob
served by us to be in the zenith. As we pro
ceed around the semi-circle of the earth's
crust, however, the sun will appear to be go
ing down behind us until at length it disap
pears below the horizon as we finally reach a
point corresponding to I> on the semi-circle
traversed when entering the earth's interior
through the north polar entrance.
“ l util more data concerning the central
region of the antarctic circle are obtained than
already have been recorded by others I am
warranted in claiming that conditions there
will be found to be similar to those within
the central region of the arctic circle. For
this reason the remainder of our journey
through the southern entrance to the earth’s
exterior surface will doubtless be not unlike
that to the interior of the earth through the
northern entrance.
* *
Secret of Aurora Borealis.
“ Having completed our journey and emerged
through the south polar opening, I submit
herewith certain additional observations in
support of my theory that the earth is a hol
low sphere with two polar openings, and con
tains a central sun. The existence of a cen
tral sun offers the one practical solution of
what the aurora borealis and the aurora aus
tralis really are, despite all claims that these
phenomena are the result of electricity, as
only by the rays of such a sun passing through
the north and south polar openings in the
earth’s crust, and being reflected by a cloudy
or dense condition of the atmosphere above
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The Aurora Borealis.
these openings, could the northern and south
ern lights be produced.
11 As tlie aurora is always confined to the
polar regions, varies in color constantly and
lasts for varying periods of time, it is obvious
that such a manifestation is due to a source
other than electricity, because the latter force
is. according to those familiar with the laws
governing its action, incapable of creating tho
illumination known aR the aurora.
“ I am justified in declaring the only ra
tional theory is that tho aurora is produced
by means of the earth’s central sun, which
shoots its rays in all directions. Some of
these beams come through the polar openings
when they are not prevented by clouds, and
if the atmosphere at a certain height above
the polar openings is in a dense or opaque
condition will be reflected ns conditions vary,
in the upper and uninterrupted air, and also
ns they vary in the ntmosphere of the enrth’s
interior through which the beams pass oa
their way to the polnr openings.
“In this manner the manifestations of the
aurora will vary in brightness, color, duration,
depth, and apparent height from the earth’s
exterior surface.
* Hi
Where Did This Debris Come From?
“I’nless the earth does contain a central
sun which produces and maintains vegetation,
the origin of coal, wood, pollen from plants,
etc., found by explorers upon the ice and snow
within the arctic circle must forever remain a
mystery, as it is admitted that such products
of vegetable life could not have been carried
toward the polar region when the ice is eon
slanly moving away from it, and the nearest
trees on the exterior surface of the earth nrs
hundreds of miles distant from the localities
where these material evidences of plant life
were discovered.
“As the quantity of ice diminishes rapidly
as one travels toward the polar regions, until
an open sea is encountered, it is evident that
there must be a source of heat for producing
an increase in temperature, and this source
cannot he other than a materiul sun in the
center of the earth.
“As terrific winds suddenly arise within
the assumed locality of the poles when the
sky is dear, it is apparent that hot air mue
be supplanting cold air somewhere within tha"?
region, and such a change can be ascribed out/
to currents of cold air rushing into the polar
openings to modify or disperse the heat pro
duced by an interior sun.
“ As the air within the immediate vicinity
of the so-called north pole possesses sufficient
warmth to form an almost continuous fog, it
is evident that heat sufficient to produce this
condition must come from within the earth
through an opening in the earth’s crust or
shell, as the rays of the sun do not strik)
the region so affected.
As there have been found within the polar
regions certain migratory animals which could
not possibly have come from more temperate
lands in the far south across the arctic fields
of ice, the presence of these animals can be
explained only by admitting that they orig
naliy inhabited the interior of the earth and
migrated through the polar opening to the
place where found.’’