Telegram-herald., 1890-03-14
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A laOnth lad elar-ed sinee TIE meet
ing Of the gun club aad the stock
holders 0f the neE-foEned society, and
publlc opinion vas getting much
altered The advantages of the change
- bs wrought la the axis OF the earth
were forgotten and Is dls4dV4nta tages b5-
gan 10 10 SPOKEN Of It vas very prob
able. public opinion said. that terrible
catastrophe would happen, - the change
could only be brought about by a vio-
lent SHOCK What would this eatas-
;r0phe exactly BE-? In regard TO the
change OF climates, was IL 80 desirable
after alp The Esq uimAux and the Laps
and the Sam0yeden and the Tchoulchis
would benefit by il. as they had nothing
~ Lose. The European delegates were
very energetic in their talk against
President Barbicane and ais work. To
begin with they sent Information %
their governments They used the cable
frequently and always sent cipher mes
sageA They asked questions ard
received Instructions What then,
were these Instructions. always in
energy, but DO not com promise our gov
eminent" said one. Act very consid-
erately but do not touch tho s,atu
quo,'" said another. Major Donellan
and his associates did not fail % predict
terrible accident 1T IS very evident
that the American engineers have taken
steps 50 as not 10 hurt, or az least as lit
ue al possible. the territory OF tho
United States" thought Colonel Boris
RarkOf. But how could they do it?7
asked Jan Harald. If you shake = tree
do not all its branches suffer while you
are shaking it?" And IL somebody hits
you on the back does not your whole
body feel the pain?" said Jacques Jan
sen That is, then, what this strange
paragraph OF the document meant"
said Dean Toodrink. That is the
reason Why they mentioned certain geo
graphical changes"
Yes" said Eric Baldcnak, that is
what We have 10 fear; this change will
throw the sea out OF its basin. ard
should the ocean leave its present quar-
ters would not certain Inhabitants OF
this globe hnd themselves so located
that they could not readily co1muni-
cate with their fellow-citizens?"
''It Is very possible that they may p
brought into such a density Of surround
Ing medium, said Jan Harald, gravely,
that they will DO unable 70 breathe"
We viii see London at the top OF
Mount Blanc" exclaimed Major Dom
elan And With his legs crossed and
his head thrown back this gentleman
- - s-.f.
his country was already lost in The
clouds In short, il became public
danger and most annoying one.
True, IL was only question of q
change OF % degrees and 2S min
utes, bus the change might bring
about great movement ot the oceans
"a The new earth fAttened itself around
the Pole. ProtestatiOns were heard from
al over and the government Of the
nited States was asked 20 Interfere.
1T was best not 20 Try the operation at
ALL The consequences of il might de-
stroy this world" God has done all
things well; IL was not necessary 20
tetter His work" were the comments.
And vt there we're people light-hearted
enough tomake merry o. the whole mat
ter. Look az these Yankees, they said,
''they want % turn the earth on IFS axis. II
the earth had shown any faults in its
motion it would bo ell right - bette- it.
b-t it had gone on FOR millions Of years
and always as regularly IS clock-work.
Instead % answering such questions
Engineer Alcide PierdcuV tried 20 find
which would be the countries and direc-
lions. figured out by Mathematician
Nastor. ir which tho test would take
r.7ce-the exact po,nt of the globe
zhcrs Tho work would begin As soon
"a be should know This ne would be
n-ster 0f the situation and know ey-
actly the place which would be in the
u,ost danger It has been mentioned
before thai the countries Of tbs old con
tincnt were probably connected with
those % the new across the North Pole.
Was 10 not possible il was asked in
Iu-oDo. that President Barbirane and
Captain Nich0ll asd !. I. Maston had
considered only how % save their own
country from ill censequences which
n- ght come from the shock2 He vss \
Nanseo--it Vas pointed out thov were
al 1arSees-and particularly this man
Bsrhic1nc. who had created the idea
q, going 20 the moon In any case il
vas sr-ued thst tha whole New World,
from the Arctic regions 20 the Gulf of
Mexico. would not have % fear any
tainr from She shock T. a even prob
sbie on tae other hand that
America would profit immensely
BY 10 and gain some territory.
"Who knows what is lying IN
~ fvo Dreams which wash the Amori-
can coast Was it not probable tnst
there vas some valuable territory which
they wished % tsks possession OFF,
asked people who never saw any thing
but the dark sfsa of q question is 10
slre there : no danrer9 suppose J. 4.
Nastcn Should make a mistake m "a
calculations Ard could nos the presi-
tans have made a n, stake when he came
- Put tha sDpsratus in working orderf
This irar happen - The suarrest REQ
re They uirht nos always pus he
hulss IN the tsrTet. or shes might neg
lect - rn- tha cannon ball iut0 the can
non. were the ronnrnen = ~ these ncrv-
eus folk Trfs nnaasinsss vas fouented
~ the European tsiezstes. Secretary
Dean TocdrinS pub. shed several ar
sirres IN his line. s7f evsr stronger
onss were put ~ him IN The Standard.
Jan Hars'a cut scue IN t5e Swedish
f,----aI AfterAe .it. sri Cclcrel Boris
49, y sa IT, II