Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1905-12-09

lows a wellknown natural lay. The
gfapitation OF the little planet was almost
as much less than that of the earth as
It's size, and l w~eighed-had scales been
proYided-about ten pounds, more or
less. With my muscles, 1t was nothing
70 jump seventy or eighty. feet, the dill,
Gully being to keep On the ground at all.
No", L suppose you are wondering
noW ~ was that the planet was not drawn
70 the earth by the great attraction OF
tpe latuer body. 1t took the scientists less
than nve minutes to determine the reason
accurately. 1t was because Of the com-
position or Nebula, suca ingredients hay
Ing been put together in its formation as
10 repel the advances of the earth toward
a union, but not enough to drive the lit
Ie 1elioW altogether away from n
motnerly protection. He had come With
Al d certain distance, beyond which he
could not pass. Ny companions called
me back, as they wanted to make some
calculations, and I sprang back as easily
as I had jumped across.
by looking at the earth, they had dis
covered that we were travelling around
that planet from east to west, while II
turned over from west to east. The com.
blned motions in opposite directions made
our speed about two thousands miles an
honrj SO that we should circle the earta
every twelve hours. This calculation
was or the greatest Importance. since we
would have to time our departure ac-
curately In order to land where we
wanted to. II we allowed our balloon to
ascend at the wrong time. It was Just
as likely that we should find ourselves
over an ocean as over the land, and Just
as likely over Africa as over America.
Figures were jotted down, and we then
determined upon an exploration of our
kingdom.
AT this point I did some figuring my
self. 1t seemed reasonable to me to sup
pose that, II I could jump seventy feet
with little effort, | could run inst so many
times faster here than [ could on the
earth. And 1 proved 1t 1 pointed out
to the Others a elump of trees about a
mile away, and then. asking them to time
me, started. My work surprised me be-
yond expectations. for | leaped into the
air about thirty feet at each bound,
alighted easily some sixty feet beyond,
and took another bound. as simply as If
on the earth, yet with an ease that gave
me not the slightest WEAKNESS. l ran
back and found that I had made the two
miles In a fraction under three minutes!
AT that rate said I, I can run
around this ball at the rate of fortr-fve
miles an hour: and If your calculations
are correct, and 1t is eight miles In d.
ameter. 1t must be about twenty-five miles
In circumference. L can. therefore, If 1
don't get winded, circle 1t In less taan
forty minutes. and I'm going TO do IT."
Two of the party volunteered to ac-
company me, and off we started at a
good clip, the stop watches being out Mt
the word Co. None OF us seemed to
mind the exertion, If floating lightly in
the air can be 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
slaeken our pace; but there ap-
peared before us a deep gulley, at
the bottom of which was a stream.
Here we came to a standstill The
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,
and feeling certain we could make the
leap, we all ran at 1t together. Every
bound we took was better than the pre-
vieus one: and when we reached the edge
Of the arroyo. We sprang into the air like