Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1905-12-01

lows q well-known natural law. The
grasitation Of the little planet was almost
as much less than that Of the earth N
its size. and ! weighed-had scales been
E sss Ma mt ten pounds. more OF
t. jump seventy Or eighty feet. the tii1i-
Guilty being To keep ON the ground at all
NOW, suppose you are wondering
how u was that the planet was not drawn
y the earth BY the great attraction OF
the latter body. 1t took the scientists less
than i've minutes 10 determine the reason
accurately 1t was because of the CON-
position OF Nebnla. such ingredients hav-
Ing been put together In Its formation as
10 repel the advances OF the earth toward
4 union, but not enough to drive the Ut
tie fellow altogether away From q
metheriy profection. He had come WITH
~ CERTAIN distance. beyond which ne
could not paes. My companions called
me back, as they wanted to make some
calculations. and sprang back as easil,
as ! had jumped AGREES.
BY looking at the earth. they had dis
covered that we were travelling around
mat planet from east to west. while n
turned over from west to east. The COM
hlned motions In opposite slirectiaus made
our speed about two thousands miles an
honr. so that we should circle the esrti,
was OF the greatest Importance, since we
would have to time our departure ac~
curntefy In order 10 land where Ne
wanted to. II We allowed cor balloon 10
ascend ut the wrong time. Il was jnsf
as likely that we should hnd ourselves
ever an ocean ms over the land. and Just
MS likely ever Africa as over Ampricn
Figures were Jotted down. snd We then
determined upon an exploration o. our
Kingdom.
AT this point ] did some Hruring my.
self. Il seemed reasonable to me to sun
pose that, II I could jump seventy feet
with little effort. could RIM iust so many
times faster here than I could on the
earth. And ] proved II I pointed out
TO the others a ciump Of trees about a
mile away. and then. asking them 10 time
me, started. Ny work surprised me he
yond expectations. for I leaped Into the
aiighted easily some sixty feet beyond.
and took another bound, as simply as II
on the earth. vet with an case that give
iae not the slightest weariness. I ran
back and found that I had made the two
miles 10 fraction under three miuutes
"'At that rate said I, can run
around this bail NJ the rate OF fortv-fve
miles nm hour; and II your calculations
are correct, and II II eight miles In d.
ameter, II must be about TWENTY-FIVE miles
In circumference. can, therefore, II I
don't get wiuded. circle II In less than
forty minutes, and I'm going 70 do IT.
1.-TWO OF the party volunteered to &C.
company me. and on we started Mt n
the word Col None OF M seemed 10
mind the exertion, II floating lightly In
the air can be called exertion and we ran
along through the forests ana across the
plains with the ease and grace Of grey
hounds For half an hour we did not
siacken our pace; but there APP
pearcd before us deep gulley, at
the bottom OF which was q stream.
Here we cnme to a stnndstill The
guich was quite nifty feet deep and
nearly hundred wide at the top; aud as
far as we could sec, there was no better
crossing In sight. Elated at onr work,
and feeling certain We could mike the
leap, we all ran at II together. Every
bound we took was better than the pre-
vions one; and when we reached the edge
Of the arroyo, we sprang Into the air like