Telegram-herald., 1890-03-20

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ton and Mrs EV4ngsllaa Scorbitt were
saying.
The Sise and the ignorant we're united
this time by the logic OF the situation.
Eyen Alcide PieFdeux repeated IL, and
added: Even II they did shoot, what is
The dlrerencef The earth will not stop
Naitzing on It's old axis and turning az
it used 70 do"
In fact no one knew what had hap
/ pened at KAlimaniaro But AZ the close
Of the day an answer came 70 the ques-
tioa which was engrossing the attention
! OF mankind
A eablegram arrived in the United
States, and here is what this dispatch,
sent by Richard w. Trust Consul at
Zanzibar contained:
zASzIBAR. Sept. s3.-7s5an
To John s rrshf n mater sT state.
The cannon was fred % yesterday evening
a. mi1night exactly BY Tie device bored in the
southern part Of Kilirsnisro. Passage II the
prOlectile VAS accompanied with a powerful
whiTr and terrible dctOnstion. Whole provinces
destroyed by the ooncussioa OF the air Ocean
Agitai-d as far as tAs Moran oique Channel A
large number OF vessels disabled and thrown on
The coast Towns and villages destroyed. Every
hing else Is we'll RICHARD W Trust
Yes, every thing else went on well.
Nothing had been changed in the state
OF worldly affairs save the terrible dis
asters produced in Wamasai, which was
partly deluged by the artificial water
spout, and the shipwrecks which were
produced by the current OF air. The
same thing precisely happened when the
Columbiad threw Its projectile TO the
moon The shock TO the ground of
Florida, was it not felt through radius
OF one hundred miles2 Yes, certainly,
but this time the effect should have
been hundred times stronger.
Whatever had happened. the dispatch
gave two pieces of information to the
interested people of the Old and New
Worlds
First-That the enormous cannon had
been erected in the flank Of Kilimsn-
isro.
Second-That the gun had been fred
at the fixed hour. And now the whole
vorld uttered an exclamation Of intense
satisfaction, followed by great burst Of
laughter.
The trial which Barbicane & Co. had
made had entirely failed. The calcula-
tions of J. T. Maston were good only for
the waste-basket Tho y. j. T. A.
could only announce its failure. But,
perhaps, il might be that the secretary Of
the gun club had made 4 mistake in his
calculations.
Rather would / believe that have
been mistaken in the affection which l
feel for him." said Mrs. EvaDgelina
Scorbitt.
But, beyond all, the most discontented
human being was J. T. Maston. When
DO saw that nothing had been changed
in the movement Of the earth, that tho
conditions remained precisely the same
as they were since the creation, he
hoped that some accident had prevent
ed the success of Barbicane & Co.. and
that his associates had met with some
disaster.
But there was the cablegram from
Zanzibar which stated without a doubt
that the operation had taken place.
Failed!, And what OF tho formulas
and calculations on which he had spent
so much time? Is It possible that cyl
inder 600 meters long, 27 meters wido,
throwing proiectilc OF $50, 900 kilo-
grams, with the deaagration OF 200 tons
of meli-melonite. with an initial velocity
OF 2. 500 kilometers, would not be sufiic-
lent to move tho earthly axis? 1t did
not seem probable.
But why?
So J. T. Naston, in state OF violent
quit bis retreat. Mrs. Eyangelina Scor-
bits tried IN vain 70 prevent IL. Not
that she feared for his life, as all danger
OF that sort had passed. But the insults
which he would have 20 bear. the jokes
which would he cracked about him, the
remarks which would be mado in re-
gard 20 his work-she wanted 20 spare
him from these. And then, moreover,
what would his associates OF the gun
club say? Did they not havo 20 thank
this man for the want Of success OF
their operation ard for making them
ridiculous? Was no not the man who
had figured out tho whole affair and on
whose shoulders rested AL the respon-
sibilisyP
T. T Naston would not listen 20 any
one. lie resisted the begging and
teass OF Mrs. Evanrelina Scorbitt. lie
went out Of She house whore he had kept
himself in hiding He vas recognized,
and those who rad trembled for fear Of
the consequences Of his work now took
revenge by joking and laughing az him.
and this in many thousand different
waVs He vas forced 20 listen 20 ieer-
ing remarks. even from the street gam
ins. Al they shouted, here he Il
who wanted 20 change the axis Of the
earth. who wanted 30 discover coal mines
around the North Pole. and even wanted
20 remove it." In short the secretary
OF he gun club pss compelled 70 re-
turn 20 the mansion % Mrs. EvsaRe ina
sco-hltt. wbo usei all her wealth OF
tenderness % consols him Il vas in
vain. however. ! T Nastoa couli not
be consoled as his cannon bad produced
upou the earth sphere 70 more efecs
than simple porrUa would have done
A fortnight went or n this way, ard he
world resumed s = daily routine snd did
not even think any longer Of the projects
q the \. p ?. A
A fortnight and ID news -et from
President Bzrbicsne and Captain
Nichoil Had -heT persisted y he q is-
charxe n tbe lsn5 - Wsmssai7 Had
they sacriaca5 tssir lives il the most
mysterious operation of modern tines2
NJ
After the set.natf0n hoth were over
thrown sIong v{th tha Snltan ard his