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ARTFUL MOON HOAXES Lies That Have Been Told About the Queen of the Night. FOOLED THE WHOLE WORLD The Pamoue Moon Hoax of the New York Sun That Was Published In 1835 and Was Reprinted All Over the Globe?German Yarn That Fell Flat. Oho of tho must curious facts con corning tho -goddess of night" is her Inlhunto connection with liars of vari ous ilk. phe joke of its day and gener ation was tho famous "moon hoax" of Ihc New York Sun, perpetrated in I&'m. Sir John H?rschel had gone to 11,0 Cfl].f Good Hope to take astro nomical observations. Inspired by too deep potations or by NMcollet'a sneers at the moonstruck Arago or by the baleful rays ?>f the queen of night her self, I ho idea came io Richard Adams Locke, a Sun reporter, that a mythical account of sir John's work would make a unit class "story" for bis pa lter. It has boen stated that Louis G'uylord Clark aided the plot, but this Is uot probable, aud some doubt cveu Nlcollet's lutlueUCo and hold that the whole Hellenic lay between Locke and his bottle only However that may have been, there appeared in the. Sun in September a long article purporting to be a letter from Dr. Andrew Grant to the Kdln htirgh Journal of Sciouce describing Home wonderful discoveries that Ber schel hail laade concerning the nature and Inhabitants of the moon. The astronomer, it was said, had been ena bled by a remarkable combination of powerful telescopes and microscopes to bring the moon so near that the ob server could recognize the character of rocks on her surface, perceive the color of flowers and delect the charac i- Istles of men aud animals that he saw. These observations proved, of course, the existence of animal life on the orb. ami It is curious that among lb types perceived there were several that Darwinism?had it been born at that date?might have recognized as "missing links." All the types of life ..a the lunar surface were inferior, proving, as the writer of tho article grandiloquently observed, that "man may now fold the zodiac around him wllh a loftier consciousness of mental supremacy." The sensation produced by this artl ele was amtr/.lng. Of the issues of the Sun containing It edition after edition was called for until 000,000 copies bad hen sold. The article was also Issued in pamphlet form?both in the United Slntcs and England?and was disposed ? in countless numbers. (In the Eng lish edition all reference to Dr. Grant il the Journal of Science was wisely omitted.) A French translation was also promptly made by M. Nicollet, of which over half a million copies were sold on the continent of Europe. It may he said that a whole world was taken in by this magnificent Joke. Kxcepl a few scientists who perceived ilte splendid absurdity of tho detailed descriptions and a few skeptics who never believed anything on general principles everylmdy was hoaxed. There were rather more doubters among ed ucated persons abroad than here, as might have been supposed, though even iberc Ihc numbers of believers formed i lino tribute to the Ingenuity that framed Iho "story." M. Arago wast i ,i |o have i.ii completely taken In, whereby the malice that lusplrod the translation of Iho tale by bis political opponent. Nicollet, was abundantly sat Mod. This latter gentleman, in fact, -mined !i -real deal more than he was ;ii ah entitled to?In amusement and Icrary credit as well as hard cash? from Mr Locke's imaginative effort. No oilier Jokes on thv moon?and on file public base (here been in recent mes that are quite worth recording. Uiolll 1S02 a Hosten paper published i story purporting to be translated from an article written by a German astronomer. This declared that "a see .iii.l satellite to (his earth planet" was p, make iis appearance within a few rears, when overy person gazing at the goddess of night In her resplendent glot'A would he tempted to quote a line from an old sonu. "The moon is full, und so am I " for he would "see dOll i,i,.-' ihc article gave very elaborate , , ulations to impart to Its absurdi i v a semblance of truth, hut all this in genuity seems to have been thrown iv. Whether the Boston paper real \ originated the joke or actually bor rowed it from Germany seems not to |,?v0 (.n known, hut In any case it fell tlat. At that time our civil war situation did not give the people time ,?? inclination to take Up hoaxes of any ">rr. Again, in 1^71 the New York World published a dispatch based on some mythical observations made by a sup posed men.her of a British scientific ocicly, Which stated thaV the frame of Iho moon was seen to be gradually cracking and threatened ere long to fall into separate fragments. This whs ;i "special cable," sent by a corre spondent, and the worst victim of the hoax was the piper receiving it. Agnin, in the Chicago Times. Il^olf a inker of no mean repute, was eompletely taken In. This paper pub Ushod a cable account of a powerful |.0(lccll011 that hint been erected near Paris, Which when directed toward the |noo1l had revealed large buildings on ..?,, ,??!,, also gangs of mon chained together engaged In various occupn li. ns If was the theory of the ob server of these new mnrvols that the Side of the moon turned toward the ..?nih was used as a penal settlement hocnuso of Its lack of atuaoephere: in. Innatl Commercial Trlbu?e. A VISIT TO THE MOON. Is Suoh ? Thing Within the Bcjnds of ! Possibility? Can men visit the moon? In any ago but the present, says Professor Krnc.n Oruou DoUgo, A. M.. ii.:; question if seriously asked would have been nn swered by a chorus of Jeers. S> fur beyond the pain of possibilities has the visiting of other worlds always ap peared that writers of lietiou have felt free to treat the idea sportively, describing thrilling jourueys through space in Impossible vehicles. .Nevertheless iho thought of explor ing distant plaints, pausing 011 route to view the further side of the moon, so tftlltldkdngly turned from us. Is one that (Ires the human Imagination most profoundly. The worst (but < an he said is that it now looks as dtllleUlt to us as the crossing of the great Atlantic must once have appeared to the naked savage upon its shore. The Impossl- ? bility of the savage became the tri umph of Columbus, and the day dream of the nineteenth century may become the achievement even of Cm tvycntlclh. A body on tho earth's equator is traveling with the earth's rotation at a Speed of more than a thousand miles an hour. If relieved of gravity it would not fly suddenly < ff, like a can non ball, nnd disappear into space. For several seconds its rise from the sur face of the earth would be so slow as to be practically Imperceptible ow ing to ihe small dlii'orcucc betweeu a straight tangent lino and the earth's slow curvature. Gradually, however. Its apparent upward velocity would Increase so ns to Itfi it sott e sixiy-ftve yards the first minute and 'core than a hundred miles the first hoi r It would travel 230.000 miles, the .Us; a nee be tween the earth and tie ! ooii, in ten d*V?, and If suitably oxp <ed to the earth's attraction, acting * a brake, while screened from thai of the moon, Its landing could be made gentle nnd safe. Strangely enough, the tin turning attitude of the lunar BUrfllCO In rela tion to the earth makes the return voyage absolutely Impossible snve by n tedious roundabout journey of many months. Involving the circumnaviga tion of Murs. The query may now arise, "What is the innen good for. even If man suc ceeds In reaching It?" We know it to lie a barren, rocky world, without air or moisture, un speakably eohl at night am! below the free/.ing point even al noon. However, men could abide there for a time In thick walled, air tight bouses and could walk out of doors in olr tight divers' suits. Scientists would find In tho lunar wastes a fresh fletd for explora tion. Astronomers could pla it their telescopes there, free from their most serious hindrance, the earth's atmos phere. Tottrl: s of Iho wealthy and adventurous class would not fail to Visit the sat; lilto, ami costly hotels must be maintained f?<r their accommo dation. Then it Is quit ? probable that veins of previous metals, beds of dia monds and an abundance of surphur n ight be discovered on a world of so highly volcanic a character. The foregoing may seem filled with "the stuff that dreams are made of," yet most of the assertions are based on Ilia hard Hu ts of mathematics ami physics. History i-> not always par ticular to follow tin- precise path laid out for it by prophets, yet in the long run It rtever fails to achieve larger things th in tho seer dared to predict.? New VorU World. Napoleon anil C.ie Cobbler. On Napoleon's arrival at Mars-la Tours th" mayor, a fanner, tried in vain to make tho speech he had pre pared How ing ami scraping, be stood fascinated by Bonaparte's scrutinizing black eyes an unhappy squirrel in the gaze of the rattlesnake. Close behind the trembling mayor stood an old shoe maker, in flguro a true Doll QulxdtC, chid in bis working dress. "Why don't you speak, you fool?" be muttered from time to (hue lo his leader. At last his patience gnvo way. He pushed the mayor aside, advanced, With his left hand removed Ills greasy cotton nightcap, with his right lifted the born Spectacles from bis nose, made his bow ami delivered the oration: "thnperor, you are on vom- way to thrash the Prussian rogues on. u more. I hope soon to see you return crowned with glory, and I have nothing more to any, but that Caesar and Alexander were botches in comparison with you." 'Ihe emperor laughed and Inquired of the old mail whether he had any sons. "Yes; four are In the army two of these in l^io guards." Their names were.taken down, und ihe honest shoe maker soon saw tii ni raised to the rank of Olllecl'S ami folthd himself pro vided with a comfortable pension. Gladstone's Peculiar Eyes. Gladstone had peculiar eagle-like eyes. Al a dinner ul which he nnd Professor Bloeklo were pre. cut the two men wore opposlle, and when Gladstone cave in a forcible way his Idea that Homer was no longer recited, but chanted, the professor cried out, "Mr. Gladstone. I doii'l believe a word of it!" Then he rose to (irgtlo the mat ter and said ono sentence, but got no further, lie had met Gladstone's gaze and seen his outer eyelids widened to their fullness in a Btendjl glnt'C, and bis tongue stumbled, and be sank buk into bis chair in confusion. The w riter concludes: "GO to the zoo for II. Take your umbrella. Make your way lo the place where eagles, vultures, falcons and sue* like creatures blink on their per. lies. Se lect a bird. Stare nl him with insult and you will see the outer lids e\pand ns Mr Gladstone's did. Poke at him with your umbrella, The fllmj vertical lids through which he looks at the sun and opens to paralyz" his prey will part, ami then you will see what Blacklo saw and understand his feel logs." > Altogether now for New Year! We an- now fully prepared t<> supply tin- wants of < very mer chant in Laurens County. Our stock of Goods is very large and brand new. Our prices arc as low as high quality will permit. To those who have not already bought your full requirements we *$T would advise you to do so at once, thereby enabling you to avoid ^ J the rush. ^ > J. S. MACHEN & COnPANY. < 5 < Flannels > Scarlet Twills Medicated. X White Wool Twills. A Plain all wool yard wide in white. Kxtra heavy yard wide Cotton Flee v. Hosiery < Ladies' black wool Hose. ^Ik Ladies' bl ick fleeced lined cotton. & Misses' fine ribbed. ^ Ho\s' heavy ribbed extra weiirht. Under Ladies' scarlet and white wool in separate pieces. Ladies1 white fleeced cotton ribbed. ^ Children's Union Suits. 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