The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

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1o9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
MSasIs - fns Has1m.
When the directors Of the koFshene
Ing exhibition in Paris In q weak -
ment signffed That they were nos -
that would rfves the sttenfi0n 81 -
world upon the Champ de Mars -
It's neighborhood, vienuese geye1e
man communicated q notion thst =
sudacfty must have ecIipsed anyfhsnG
that had hitherto been fOrTarxfed -
their consideration.
He proposed that globe Should -
constructed just one-fenth the size -
the earth itself. The proposal will nss
be acted upon. London tourists Msy,
however, find eonsoIation for this s0
in contour map Of their city, 30 fees
square-that in to say, IL the county
council carries out q su9xession TO fAsS
effect
The earliest globes manufactures
were those upon which the heavensy
bodies were mapped out probably by
Arabian astrologers. The national f.
brary in Paris boasts such a one. maS3e
Of copper, which was engraved abous
the eleventh century. Another ceEestfsf
globe Of historic interest was one Of
the treasured possessions of FredericjE
IL, emperor Of the Romans and king
of Germany ff1941250)- Not only wss
Il made Of gold. but the positions ~
the stars were Indicated by pearls
The earlier globes. such for instance,
as the Laon globe of 1893. which -
about the size Of a 3s-pounder cann0n
ball and is made of red copper. shows
the first meridian passing through
Madeira and, Judging from the Lenox
globe (1586), also made of copper and
possessing q diameter Of ffz inches.
what was wanting in geographical ae-
curacy was more than compensated for
by the extraordinary variety of sez
monsters depicted upon them
A terrestrial globe that must have
excited the cupidity of all geographers
since Charles w. duke of Lorraine,
presented IL to the Church of yotre
Dame de Sion. Is now preserved I'm the
municipal library at Nancy It is ahous
10 inches in circumference and is made
of chased silver gilt. having the land
Notwithstanding the new world,
which appears as a portion of eastern
by fine gliding and
the oceans by azure blue enamel
The Academy of Sciences at ST. Pc
tersburg boasts several noteworthy
models of the earth. including one Of
copper that is seven feet in diameter.
but all of them sink into insignIficanee
when compared with the famous Cot
torp globe which is also preserved
there. This is a eonfcaI sphere II feet
in diameter and contains table with
sitting accommodation around Il for q
dozen scientists. who are not usually Of
an abnormal size. The exterior repre-
sents the terrestrial globe and the in
terror shows the heavens. the stars be-
ing distinguished according to their
magnitude by gilt nails of divers sizes-
The stars. consultations and heav-
ems generally by means of some inse-
NOUS mechanism can be moved so thaf
their position both rising and setting
can be illustrated. This mammoth
model was named after the original
globe of Gottorp, and was presented by
Frederick ~. Of Denmark 20 Peter the
Great, who was go delighted with 10
that he had it transported by water TO
Revel. and afterward by means Of roll
ers and sIedges to ST. Petersburg
DR.. Roger Longs famous globe was
lined inside with tin- and the heaven
~ bodies depicted thereon were those
visible in England on the horizon Of
Cambridge. The sphere was capable Of
holding no fewer than 30 persons, and
had an entrance by six steps placed
over the south pole.
As far as London is concerned. the
largest globe the city has seen was
erected By Mr. Abrahams in Leicester
square for Mr.. WyId in 1851. This great
globe was no less than so feet inches
in diameter-that is, on a scale Of
one-seven thousandth of nature. or
about II miles to the inch. re remained
on view until 1861 when It was sold and
the building pulled down.
When this building was about to be
erected the equestrian statue of George
T., which stood in the center of the
square. was taken down and buried. but
on the great globe being removed ft was
unearthed and replaced in its former
position but minus leg. Where that
statue is at the present moment fs is
impossible to say. but IN 1872 ft was
sold for the magnificent SUM of is
not very extravagant amount for
work of art to which the Subjective
beautiful" was applied by the author
of Payne's illustrated London
Probably the heaviest globe now I'm
existence is that remarkable model of
the earth in Portland stone standing
ten feet and weighing 20 TONS that ex-
cites the wonder and admiration Of all
visitors to Swanage in the vicinity Of
which it stands on DuTIston head. In
even heavier model took a very prom
inent part in the Quebec carnival Of
1896, but as IL represented "the world
in ice" it can no longer be said TO com
pete with the Dorsetshire heavy
weight. Chronicle.
Ss Need - weIkfas.
The old man was sitting in front Of
his house on a stump which had been
cut with a step. so as to make ft do duty
as carriage block.
Through work for the dayT asked
fhe voTYu0 man with tho orFr c,r