Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1905-12-01

the atmospherc on the earth. n fact that an
scientists accept. some ~ these bodies are
CAS- small as pinhcads. while others may De
dent; yet bow Sc had never been discovered
oy tne carth'9 Astronomers was a puzzle
ts ulD
% That Is simple matter ~ cxpiana-
ton. said our leader 'fnis nsfprnif has
newer been discovered. rnr tls same rer-
son that many small but Important things
nave boon for years overlooked hv sCi.n-
1i't. III search ~ greater fields 20 con-
p.er- 1T ls within less than one hundred
miles n earth. while the very nearest
object ih1t has ever attracted the trla-
scopes ~ our astronomers Is the moon
. distant quarter ~ million miiez can
you NOT understand char no astronomer
would ever train his Instrument SD AS to
focus an object less than hundred piles
Distant
"rhat sounds reasonable. vet r asked
him how it was chat &c. had never been
seen With fhe naked eye.
simpler stlN,' De answered because
this htue planet Is lrss than ton miles On
oliillcfer- So small an object with a
color nearly Identical with that OF the
caFth's atmosphere, would never be uo-
could not Dee seen at any fime IL a.
more speck I'm the sky. and TO man can
teh how long IL has foated around our
+ earth There may Dee many more of
them, but for the present we win connne
ourselves o. This one. and soon shall land
aud see what there is TO see
"An aneroli barometer was than Ter
u through the trap Tn the hoor. IA order ~
ascertain the pressure Of the atmosphore
I before we dared 90 open the car ana sfen
onto the little world we had discovered
The planet was growing larger every mo-
ment, and we were now within less than
a mile OF its surface The fnstrnr 'svt
\ showed that the pressure was elrht
pounds 10 the square inch. which aboat
equaied tnat on aigh mountains on the
eaFths so we were safe c. land. The
anemometer attached 20 the car NJ this
time showed an entire lack OF brs0ze ana
we gently dropped to the surface Of the
/ Nebuia. As had volunteered 10 call the
discovery. As we looked upon the land
scape. Il seemed as n we had suddenly
l dropped INTO Southern California ana I
could not possibly Justify this condition
/ OF venture with the small size 81 the tinv
world Tor such little thing could nor ne
! expected 70 obstrnct enough OF fhe haat
OF the sun 10 produce such condition
/ t'uzzled, i myself dropped a fherrnor,a+e-
/ through the trando0r ana motel fts re-
/ lster X was eighty degrees-a facr that
rurther surprised me-and T said 10
-, dare say we shan end thar there
| are other sources OF heat besides the srr
| SAID one or my companions. anG no
sooner had we opened the car door ana
begun 70 climb down ths anchor rooe
| winch had been cast out than we ais
| covered the correctness ~ hFs nrorbse-
| Ihere were boiling springs evervvVbere
and the Verdure was magnificent
A.. lSlng the anchor rope about a bowl
| bet nfSt or All, took good look ~ +bo
| earth we had left a few hor~s besc-e
| II was more maEnifcenf sfvhf @b.-
WORDS can ever ten IL SLED almost fbo
! entire dome OF the sky and tae coDfinenr
] or North America looked exarff,- eg 81
Goes on raised globe srch as we have
! ~ Scnool-roomS. could locate San
K rFshcisco aS Wen as n I had had man
anu pointer: and from that Western NJ.
1 trVpoiis could trace the outline OF the
/ united states 70 the city OF ChiraOo erH
] - -.
4 YORK n was wonderful The air v~ss
1 not 50 rare az 20 ne hard or lungs usef
! 20 mountain conditions: hut some Of the
/ party complained. and one suffered nose.
/ n,eeo- There was n ripplirg brook near
? ~ hand. It's banks lined with plant Hfe
ana went toward In 70 got drink
feit wonderfully elated IN mind and bo,fv
\ ana ran lightly toward ~. failing on NV
chest and quenching my thirst with the
most refreshing wafer I had ever drank
\ The stream was not more than ten feet
where we stood thcre was no narrower
i place We wqntef 70 cross n and 7
/ fancied could make the lean Old man
/ fhcugh am. j took few stems hack
i ward and then ran toward the bank aud
sprang into the air
Il SCARED through that afr Hke hird
and landed AZ least fwentv Yards beyond
/ the farther hank. Ny companions. as
. Aaghfed with the ease OF feather, first
T.! looked oewtldered, and then broke tnfo
( peais OF almost unceasing laughter. For
they understood the reason before Z did.
'sNo. = Wen. the explanation Is as sim
pie as al the Others have been. ana fol