Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-03-03
BY MEAD PUBLISHING CO..
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY
HE Objects. Z Q. PLAN.
ARGENTINA MAN OPPOSES A.
TERIMa BARFH's ORBIT.
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Says Canadian Astronomer Is Con-
templhting the Project for .Pur-
poss of Exploring Heavens
Dangers Pointed Out. ,s.-

London.-A daringS sastronomer in
Argentina wishes to change the orbit
Of the earth, and as the government
Of the country Sh0F ne fnflmatipn 70
interfere with his plans, the ingenious
correspondent whose letter is append
ed, calls for British Intervention to
avert dstast5bphe. sT91u11aiungn
The fqllpwipgdis the; text, OF, the let
ter as received BY newspaper here:
"Buenos Ayfes.A1 have no doubt
this lettef,fWi.5cause great ssupor in
England. Where it will, find all the att
tention that it deserves. "A. review of
Buenos Ayres was publishing a fiction
by Mr.. Adolfo Enrique Antognini,-
which wal, in tbrisf, the folloWipgss9a
Some astronomers, seeing the poor
progress of astr ohomic. Science, due to
the great distance, that separates the
nearest heaveRlHi bodies from the earth,
which renders null all tthe Improve
ments that Can be made on telescope
apparatus sdefefmihe- taking aivs satnni!
tage of the discoyeryoof afiCanadian
who is memRero Of the companY--to
divert the earth from its normal path.
with the purpose 90 Of exploring the
heavens as far as possible
q This work would have. nothing, of
particular interest had II hot been a &c.
companied by &nfeaIiy Wonderful rruu !
NOR, which is that CHEZ protect . Of f 4 rei
moving the EARTH fnqno dts orbitaass "a
true ond the sp5salled fiction ,gheins
but manner Of preparing the paonle,s
mind to the thing. 's'S't'' y ~
1.-THE persistence Of this rumor
aroused 1t tssFTsome tnquietude anons
the publif, hIsittoqgh unable to re-
alize thei magnitude and perils Of the
scheme owing to tbetr. little knowledge
OF ASTRONOMY, on Reading the ptfbAca.
tions OF Ethe newspapersT on the sub
ject werS struck with terror, and at.
tempted to lynch Mr.. Antogini. The
authoritiSs- made some investigations,
and then the rumor was given the lie;
but can assure you that the attempt
will be made.
The learned English people can I'm.
agfne what would lbe the sconsequences
OF such thingssInEthe opinion OF well.
known astronomers a little deviation
OF the earth from :, its regular orbit
would be fatal to humanity, II. It were
to be removed within Its orbit ii w would
percipitatel into fhe sun; and II With.
out It. 1t w5aId sattracti the planet Mari,
or be attracted by Jupiter, VIII results
that every sones can imagine. s9i9 ~ $40
"As 1t is IAN Saftairl that concerns the
whole world, am sure that the Eng
ilish government, after being made
aware of this, will hasten an energetic
Intervention to9preysnt assure disaster,
as the Argentine authorities seem a
Indifferent about 81 thing of SUCH IN.
portance. For. however great Tor hui.
'manity the value of a better knpw1edRs
gof Mars or Venus may be, it appears
to me that tospvt, without their con.
sent, the humS nf family under DANCE,
LOT complete estelcti0n lis toof ntch
'audacity on .{hb BART Iot these men. 70,
whose degAs,etS anh Unsuitable curl.
osity the whole world does not sufficS
and who, to satisfy their passion fol
knowledge would dare to Oppose COD.
VIII. It would be shameful II the, end
Of the earth and IT'S Inhabitants should
be due to the recklessness sot some
crazy fellows.
Those who wish to obtain more in
formation can do SO from No. 800, Al
mirante Browp street where ME- An.
tosnini andsh fg5 sd4pEnions holds thei,
councils against human well being. E'R
Il hope that my call to the English
people will be successful, and that with
the help of your important publication
1t may save humanity from an immeas-
urable peril. am, sir, your most
obedient servant. 9l{BG i1G tlffQi
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