New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
fRRATIC FATHER TINE.
HIS Did0es at the 18Oh Meridian
.Hake a Nan Di2au.


The Newarker made answer. but began hunt
Tag FOR something from pocket to pocket. 1t was
,ot morning. and the ferryboat began it's voy-
age 10 the isle OF Manhattan he began TO perspire
sroun his exertons. He had accumulated fat as
rsu as fortune. in the liquor business
There smile lurking in the beard OF the
Nonfclair lawyer. as he continued quietly: II sup
,ss You refer TO the opening of the American
able across the Pacific on the Fourth Of July IT
Gems a wonderful feat when compared with
,stbods OF communication a century ago; and still
~ben one fully understands telegraphy # is not
.nAeiauy wonderful. President Roosevelt sent a
,sssage around the world to Mr. Mackay in twelve
-ssutes and the president OF the cable company
s.ut circummundane reply in nine minutes Now.
rat is not So
Look here.'' shouted the Newark man as he
.,led a newspaper clipping from a vest pocket
YOU may know lot about cables and electricity.
bit you can't explain that Read it."
TIE Montclair read follows:
On their passage around the world the messages
,a in a way exempiify the thought OF the line.
backward. turn backward. o Time. in thy Aightr
"A message starting at a m. to-day, for In
s,snce would arrive at Honolulu at II p m. yes
terdsy -
=, vou think OF that? message leaves New
v-k say this morning at o'clock, and 1t gets to
.,s Sandwich Islands yesterday at II O'Clock at
rieb, Who ever heard tell OF such foolishness7
art 90 on That amt all OF It"
with the mental methods or his fellow
,or,uuter. the lawyer only strosed his beard. and
rsae again:
THE message would arrive at Midway at 10 p.
Yesterday, at Guam at p. m. to-day. and
And what exclaimed the Newarker. Did
80, notice what you said: that # got to Midway
=, n o'clock last night and then. when it got to
saan. the next stop, it had jumped to o'clock
tonight But 90 on 90 on! mat am the
worst
n would PASS through India" continued ths
wontclaIr man. at P. to-day. and would re-
,r-n 70 New-York before a. Thus it would
make an excursion from to-day into yesterday and
,rrve back at New-York within hour Of the
tine Il started
Read on" shouted the Newarker as the Mont
csrfan took breath.
Another message leaving New-York at p. m
tsday would arrive at Guam at a. m. to-mor-
Did you hear that?" interrupted the liquor
dealer again.
Apparently fourteen hours after it started"
sid the reader. Continuing its journey around
he world it would arrive at Suez at midnight Of
b-dzy. and he back at New-York this evening
Now. If that don't beat any newspaper yarn
tat ever read was the final commentary of tho
psrspiring Newarker-
It's AL true said the man with beard.
Haven't you ever heard how in going around the
world YOU have 70 drop a day add day 70 your
cslendar?'
oh yes. I've heard tell Of that" was the reply
But never understood how they did It or what
st has got to do with this fairy tale that you say
Is exactly true "
We'll then III try to explain It to you. Starting
rom first principles I Will say that the world is
round and that il revolves from west to east. Ac-
cordingly. the sun appears TO move from east to
vest"
The Newarker glanced Up at the sun, mopped his
f-or and nodded solemnly
ANON the world revolves once in twenty-four
hours ana as there are $50 degrees on the earths
surface the sun goes Is degrees an hour
Il goes more than that in hot weather." said the
sa1or man. as he famed himself,
You allude 10 the thermometer" said the matter
r. -a,t lawyer. Il am speaking Of degrees OF
l,1ritnde."
GO ahead"
SOW. then If you travel eastward to meet the
SIT you would the earlier every morn
Not if you got I'D at the same time" broke in
lie Nevarker
7 mean II you were up and watching for the sun
rise" responded the other with evidence OF
istgue. Thus. If you went toward the sun Is de-
EFess day you would see the sun an hour earlier
every morning"
Z Understand"
Accordingly youf day instead Of consisting OF
tFsnty-four hours from sunrise to sunrise, would
consist Of only twenty-three hours"
Tsee."
so you would have in going around the world to
ba of sunrfses than you had according to your
Estch"
-V7hy. Of course" said the Newarkes. and If
yon went around in year you would have fifteen
extra sunrises"
The Montclair citizen grasped his companion by
the coat. as if to save him from falling into the
Hudson
Fifteen extra sunrses" he repeated. How do
you make that out?"
Why" said the liquor man. IF you went IS de-
gTees a day you would go around the world in
tEeaty-four days"
Yes"
And you would see an extra sunrise?"
Yes"
Then If you went in S65 days. or year you
would have as many sunrises 800 days is to be
divided by twenty-four days fifteen sunrfses and
little over"
1t with sad face that the lawyer replied:
Ny dear man. your speed around the world does
not make any difference"
II does with the price of passage"
Yes. speed may affect your travelling expenses.
bgJ you do not any more sunrises No matter
how fast how slow YOU go. you get only one
more day from the sun"
Certainly .. 90 II you go east Is degrees day
degree day they are shortened by four minutes
80 you C. can gst . only one more sunrise?"
ppose you saw the sun Use al New-York"
Then you travelled eastward with the tnstan-
1eous speed Of an electric current $50 degrees to
nstantinople, where il would then be about sun
Yes"
You spent the night there and saw the sun rise
next morning
Yes"
Then you again travelled eastward with the
instantaneous speed TIL you reached New
1rk the other side of the world"
Yes"
Put up over night and saw another sunrise the
sKt morning"
That's right
Then you would have seen two sunrises while
people who stayed in NewYork would have
only one"