The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-12-28


making her usual revolution, and In on
dssvorins 70 pam BY the obstrsction, .
ANAL portion Of her was disconnected and
torn Of, and it was only by the most strsnu-
ous efforts, and by calling into uss Ill the
swift and powerful comets i'm Jupitsr's pas
turs, that they wsrs enabled TO ovs-take
and bring back ths dslinqnsnt pieces, and
again attaching shsm TO the disjointed
moon. II was thought, however, more
economical to change the orbit Of the moon
than to run the many risks attending the
changing Of the altitude a the tube, and
the requisite change in her orbit has been
effected."
John and his attendant had been walk
ing on broad and beantifhl street paved
with blocks Of alternate gob and silver.
Where does all this gold and silver
come from said John.
1--WE make it, said abe.
MAKE it ."
Yes, our scientific mcn have long
known how to make oil tbs metals known
to you on earth, and very many other met
ais which are ~ yet entirely unknown to
you, but which will eventually be used eK-
tensivsIy by your people when discovered,
As they are much stronger and lighter than
any you have in use now. We also make
our own diamonds, a. you will nee by that
brilliant light over there, ".she continued,
pointing toward building from viii. h en-
anated o CLEAN of light 10 intense ~ TO
compel John to shade his eyes with his
hand. 1--WE have large lot Of them in
process of construction now for the Dark
Trip"
"The Dark Trip" said John.
Eyes, the Dark Trip - you must
know, John, that the Other side Of our
moon, mot having the bsns6t Of the light
reflected by your earth, il quite cold and
dark, and il m yet but very little known
BY US inhabitants ON thi. side of the
moon, and once every year party leave
our aide TO explore the hidden mysteries
of the dark and cold side and the diA-
monds We ne % Light Pohizes, and are
enabled BY them to carry Light with US in
our dark researches"
"What is that said John, pointing TO
what appeared to be vsryhigh Cylindri-
cal shaped object, many hundred feet in
height, andapparently made VI some kind Of
metal.
THAT is our Temperature Equalizer
for regulating the weather. ihe responded.
weather Do you have weather here
on the moon said John.
"Yes. We never have amt weather that
Il unpleasantly cold on thia side Of the
moon, but We do feet rather warm some
times, and to counteract it BY the aid Of
our very excellent machinery, we are en-
abled to make use of the power contained
in the gerry heat that oppresses us, to com
press q vast volume of air int Our Tenn
perature Equalizer, and BY letting the
compressed air escape, il expands, and in
expanding congeals the vapdrs which are
precipitated, and diffused in the form Of
cold. frosty air Sometimes, when the
compressed air il allOwe.' 70 escape too
freely, the vapnrs take the form Of snow,
which is disAereeaBie, and cur sriontisa.
are in Aopss,.sf ssIns AbIe " aEercsnss this
tspu of e%sden.ssiaA. shps .ssaus-- g..l..
do sou see that bright star a--y "a u Oul
right 4 4"
eyes, said John.
"Well, that il our Time Star. In on,
hour it will he in conjunction with the
moon. and if you ara ON the moon wher
that takes place, you will be obliged Il
remain. a. none but inhabitants Of the
moon are able to survive the wonderful
changes that take place in orr atmospher,
When our Time Star arrives at tn,
moon"
John followed her, and in a short time
they reached the platform on which they
had first aighted. Telling him to remain
there for a few minutes, she left him and
soon returned with the Comet She
stopped the Comet at the platform, and
told John that inasmuch as he had behaved
himself very decorously, she would give
him small piece of the compressed matter
to take home with him, as it would greatly
expedite his descent, and telling him 70
take off his Gravity Arrester' shoes, while
she would go and find piece Of the requi-
site size to insure his easy descent, she left
him.
Now, John was on the platform, and the
platform wss very near the Venus Glass
and the Trumpet, and as Johns wistful
eyes rested on them, his impairment curl
osity overcame his prudential scrupl,s, and
he stole very cautiously up TO the trumpet,
and applied his ear. In his trepidAtion he
could not hear distinctly, but aft sr sundry
confused CALCULATIONS Of chignon, bustles
and rats, he heard voice say very dis
tinctly, something about man-moOn, and
guessing that their look out had warned
them Of his proximity to the glass on the
moon, he concluded to make one grand
rush for the glass, and endeAvor to get a
sight Of some Of the beauties before they
could get out Of sight, which idea hs imme-
diately proceeded to execute with such en-
ergy and Ardor az TO put the woman in
charge Of it to fight. He jsmmed his
eye to the glass, but alas for the hopes Of
those Of earth All the beauties Of Venus
had taken fight, and nothing met his
eager gaze but bill posted on the wall Of
a Building announo ing that Miss Blonde
would complete her course Of lectures ON
Man the last Animal, that evening. at
old Maidn' Hall 10 nm directed hix "a "a