Telegram-herald., 1890-03-18

ply frou President B4releAnss IL .
work said BE. .sWeich wlll ehanss '1e
toe ~ tie ~srtn. = Nork S5teA ~A44
sring ne greatest glory On t1s sse--SSs
S4iEzn ~ al TIE E2stera kinxa
b. tae 2Ssa q August tie EcrAs we're
entirely hnlshed The shan SAs h'feo
70 the wishes fer p0iak Il ~~s pro
yiie3 with . smooth bore cf SIX meters
diameter Al the bottom q TIC Shait
~ere placed the s.0oo tons q nell
melonise. then cane the prolecllle I'D
meters long. After edacting tie space
occupied - the powder and prolee'lie
there remained stil s92 meters before
the mUzzle Was reached, whleh secsFe1
al the effect possible by the reeoll pro-
cueed By TIE expansion Of the gas
Now, the hrst question which might
come up Was, would the projeetile de-
viate from the trajectory assigned 70 u
by the calculations Of j. I. MAston- In
no way. for the calculations were Abso-
lutely correct They indicated 70 "hs1
extent the pro,ectile would deSiate TO
the east of the meridian OF KilimanJaro
because OF the rotation of the earth on
its axis, and what would be the form OF
the curve which 10 would describe be-
cause of the enormous initial velocity.
Secondly, would II be visible during rs
course? No, because in going out or
the shaft IL would be thrown IN The
shadow OF the earth and II could not be
=. of
trajectory il would have a very sharp
angle of velocity compared with the
earth's course. In fact, Barbicane and
Captain Nicholl could well be proud OF
their work. which had so far succeeded
in its every detail Why was J. T.
Maston not there 10 watch this
great operation, founded on the fgur-
ing which he had dene? And who
was it that kept him so far away, SD
very far away, when this terrible det-
onation would wake the echoes as far
as the furthermost horizon Of Africa?
Thinking OF him, his two associates
did not know that the secretary had
been compelled TO keep away from
Ballistic Cottage after having got out of
prison and hidden himself in safc
place away from the savage people.
They did not know TO what extent in
dignation had been reused against tho
engineer of the y. +. p. A. They did
not know that they, too, would have
been burnt or hanged and tortured 10
death il il had been possible TO have
reached them. Really, they ought to
have been glad that at the moment
when the shooting would take place
they would only be salutcd by the cries
of this negro people OF Eastern Africa.
well, at last" said Captain Nicholl TO
President Barbicane, whom on the 22d Of
September they were standing before
their finished work. "Yes. at last"
said Impey Barbicane. What a chance
it was that placed at our disposition this
admirable meli-melonite." said Captain
Nicholl. (Which will mako you the
most illustrious person on the earth,
Nicholl" without doubt, Barbicane," "
'modestly answered Captain Nicholl.
"But do you know how much it would
have been necessary TO dig out Kill
maniaro if we only had gun-cotton equal
to that which threw our projectile to
the moon?"
How much, Nicholl?"
Zone hundred and eighty galleries,
Barbicane."
well we would have digged them,
captain"
"And one hundred and eighty pro-
iectiles OF one hundred and eighty thou
sand tons
1--WE would have melted them,
Nicholl"
1t was useless to expect reasonable
conversation between two persons OF
this type. But after they had made the
trip TO the moon, what would they not
be capable of? On the very same even
ing only few hours before the minute
when the gun was to be fired, and while
President Barbicane and Captain Nicholl
were congratulating themselves. Alcide
Pierdeux, closeted in his studio at Bal
timore, uttered cry of hurrahl as if he
were crazy.
Then, suddenly getting up from the
table. which was covered with figures
and calculations he cried out:
"Ahl what fool Maston is.-what q
stupid fellowl His whole problem will
go in the soupl Christopher Columbusl
Why did | not see this before2 IL
only knew where no was at this moment