The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-07

lows u wellknown natural law. The
sravllailon of the little planet was almost
i,s ns si, aiurh less than that Of the earth a.
us SIZE aud weighed-had scales been
proNiutn.about ten pounds. more OF
less. Wlth my muscles. 1t was nothing
" Jump seventy Or eighty feet, the didJ-
e.'S oe'us u Keep On The ground at all
nov II was that the planet was not draws
~ Tue earth by the great attraction of
.he Mltef body. 1t took the scieutistS less
tnhh h'e minutes to determine the reason
accurately. 1t was because OF the coW-
position Of Nebula. such Ingredients hav-
ing been put together In its formation a.
70 Fepel the advances of the earth toward
union, but not enough to drive the ut-
ue isnow altogether away from q
In certain distance. beyond which be
could not pass. Ny companions called
me back, as they wanted to make some
ca'Gniations, and sprans back a. easily
as J. md jumped across.
.,va,g, 6s looking at the earth, they had dis
coNeIeu that we were travelling around
tnat planet from east to west. while It
turned over from west to east. The com.
Dihe'lg motions in opposite directions made
our Speed about two thousands miles an
every twelve hours. This calculation
was of the greatest Importance. since we
wonid nave TO time our departure ac-
cmrntrly in order to land where We
asceuu at the wrong time. 1t was Just
as likely that we should find ourselves
over an ocean as over the land, and just
as as likely over Africa as over America.
flgnfes were jotted down, and we then
determined upon an exploration Of our
kingdom.
.'At this point I did some figuring my
self. Ii seemed reasonable to me to sup
| pose that. If l could jump seventy feet
with little effort. / could run Just SO many
| times faster here than L could on the
earth Ana 1 proved it l pointed out
! mile away, and then, asking them to time
| me. started. My work surprised me be-
yond expectations, for 1 leaped into the
| air about thirty feet at each bound,
| alightcd easily some sixty feet beyond.
and took another bound, rs simply as II
on the earth, yet with an ease that gave
| me not the slightest weariness. / ran
| back and found that I had made the two
| miles in Il fraction under three minutes!
AT that rate said /, I can run
around this ball at tine rate Of forty five
| miles an hour: and II your calculations
are correct. and 1t is eight miles In d.
ameter, it must be about twenty-five miles
don't get winded, circle 1t In less tnan
forty minutes. and I'm going to do 1t. )"
1.-Two of the party volunteered to ac-
| company me. and on We started Mt y
the word Cor None of us seemed to
| mind the exertion. IL floating lightly In
the air can he called exertion; and we ran
| along through the forests and across the
plains with the ease and grace of grey
| hounds. For half an hour we did not
| slacken our pace; but there ap-
| pcared before US deep gulley. at
| the bottom OF which was stream.
gulch was quite fifty feet deep and
| nearly a hundred wide at the top: and as
| far as we could see, there was no better
crossing in sight. Elated at our work.
Ii. tntv fn n
| leap we all ran at it together. Every
bound took was better than the pre-
| vious one; and when we reached the edge
of the arroya, we sprang into the air like