Telegram-herald., 1890-03-10
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g4nners ~ ID Ia saeA "a 0psration2 foa
sill see. Is Is necessary % present
formally ImDsF Bzrblcane. president Of
the gun club Of Baltimore and Csptala
NlchoIl. snd T. Maston- aud Tom
Hunter WIth the wooden legs, and the
lively Bllsbg sRd Colonel Bloemsberry,
and other assocl4tesf No, II these
strange DsFsons we're t-entY years older
than az the time when ths attention
Of tho world vas upon them they had
alSays remained the same, always as
much incomplete personally, bat equally
noisy, equally courageous. equally con-
fusing when 10 VAS a question OF some
extraordinary adventure. Time did not
maze an Impression on these gunners;
it respected them a. 10 respects cannons
no longer IN use, but which decorate
museums and 4rsenals. N the gun club
lad / SIS members IN 10 when 10 was
founded names rather than persons. for
most OF them had lost an arm or leg; IL
So,s75 corresponding members we're
proud 20 sOWe allegiance 20 the club,
these hgares had not decreased. On tbs
contrary. and even thanks 10 the in
credible attempt which they had made
20 establish direct communication
between the earth and moon, its
celebrity had grown in an enormous
proportion. No one can ever forget the
report on this subject which was made
by this club, and which deserves a few
words OF mention here.
A few years after the civil war certain
members OF the gun club, tired OF their
idleness, proposed 10 send projectile to
the moon by means OF a Colum bad mon
ster. A cannon nine hundred feet long.
nine feet broad at the bore. had been
especially made at Moon City and had
then been charged with 400. 600 pounds
OF yun-cotton-
From this cannon a small cylindro-
conlcal bomb had been hung towards
the stars with pressure Of six millards
pounds per square inch. After having
made e-and curve 1t fell back TO the
earth only to be swallowed up by the
Pacific Ocean at 27.O7 degree of latitude
and Al. 81 of longitude, west II was In
this region that the frigate Susquehan-
IA. OF the American navy. had fished 4.
up 20 tho surface of the ocean, 20 the
great comfort OF its occupants. Occu-
pants? Yes, occupants; for two MEM
bers OF the gun club-its president, I'M
pey Barbicane, and Captain Nicholl-
accompanied BY Frenchman we'll
known for his boldncss in such cases,
had been in this flying machine. All
three OF them came back we'll and
healthy from this dangerous trip. But
ha fs-0 ho- H.
20 risk any similar thing. the French
Michel Ardan was not On his return
20 Europe ne brought fortune with
him. although 10 astonished a good many
people. and now be il planting his own
cabbage in his own garden, eating them
and even digesting them. IL one can be-
lieve the best-informed reporters
After this discharge of the cannon
Impey Barbicane and Captain Nicholl
had lived on their reputation in com
psrative quietnesS A. they were al
ways anxious % do another thing like
IL. they dreamt and tried TO find out
something else. Money they had in
plenty. out Of tho i've millions and
half which had been raised for them by
subscription they had nearly $500, 600
loft This money vas raised in the old
and new worlds alike. Besides. all they
had % do Vas TO exhibit themselves and
their proiectile in America and they
could always realize large amounts OF
money. They had earned all the glory
which the most Ambitious mortal would
look for. Impey Barbicans and Captain
Nicholl would have been well able 70
keep quiet and idle II this very idleness
did not torment them. And il was
simply no doubt 20 do something that
they had gone 70 work and bought this
part OF tho Arctic region.
Bat it must not be forgotten that II
the pure hase COS. $500 0oO and more,
thatitwas Mrs. Evsngelina Scorbitt who
bad put the necerssrT amount into this
sfair. Thanks % this generous woman,
Europe had been conquered By America
Since their return President Barbicans
and Captain Nicholl crioyed a supreme
celebrity But there was another man
Nao deserved crodis in the matter. Il
IS easy - guess TIA. J. 7. Naston vas
he man - whom 80 speak. The tom
Borsry secretary 0f tne gun club. Did
we not OWE to this brilliant calculator
al tho mathematical formgls which
enabled IA % tell the story OF tho voy-
a9s 20 be mcons II he did not accom-
ranT bis two associates on their terrible
iournsv it was not fear which kspt him
hack No. indeed. g was only the IN
iaries ha had received during the war.
For really it would have made bad i'm
p-o sion on the inhabi -ants of tho moon
e. s..e him in his disabled condition az
represen entstiva - our people ard the
roou onlv eur humble satellite. To
his extreme regret NJ Msston was COM
pelled 20 stay az home. Nevertheless
- had not been iils. Aft9r bafing
constructed a. immense telescope. which
vas uu- or the mountain % Longs
Peas. one ~ the hiEh''st noun tains 81
the Rocky range. Ne went NJ there per-
soma nj and after 30 hai received tho
stigma .na- tar e1n nusn- bal Mad been fred
r. ga uot once leave his post Prom
Bis plscs ~ ohse-vation he sssaTed
the r8sz - following biz frisnds f-ing
ACROSS the vast spare. one niivht readily
believe thas his friends would - lost -
tha w,rl6 thst ft vss very easilY POS
sihie ths- this protertil~ could = cosi-
rofea By the sttrsction - the moon -
becar,- suh-ssteiIite A deviation
which ore m izht call rroviien tisi had
hanged ths dirsctien of he rroie-tiie,
.na afser havi-1 rsshe one trip around
he moon. in place - touehinz e Is wss
.a~rfsd away IN a tesribls fan and "a