, 1878-04-06
4 Trip 30 the Neon.

y krip 10 tke Asecs.
\ reporter OF the Virginia Chronicle
visited the cabin Of miner IL Virginia
City recently, and got from, him the details
Of plan by which lie proposed to tahc 4
trip 10 the moon. Alter the newspaper
man got IN, the inventor of Ihc proposed
car and machinery locked the door and
opened large chest, from which he took
4 S:nall model of an ar compressor, of
moayly the pattern IS those IN the Com
s;cck mines, Lat mounted vn wheels: al
Su three four-n hceici ears, and delicate
ladder about toUr feet long and three III
chcs wide. This sad Alfred Aiarsden
I tthats his ralHe) - is railway. and that
Is IL, ;r,,in. y ~: aye Y-'oba5iy aware that
the nitrogen, o,y..-.o and ozone, Of >Nhich
the atmosphere is cmyosed, can he both
hgulE>d ard sp!diiic,i separately This is
not mere Gii,icU,j than cuigVress.Dg air; it
can he done 10y tie s;.l..5 process and with
the same machine, only tae machine VIII
have to he much siFuE-e., since whereas
air is only comp.,ss-j T. trUr atmosPheres
/ viii haze 10 COMPRESS CScI OF the rie-
mcnts Us which it - composed TO pres
This is sI lay secret, ;l nay Invention.
/ propose II i.uiiy the ar and tl.en
solidify il. You can sav that propose IL
iEe,ze il, If You VIII, and you vii not he
out of The way, Us ;hat 5 What itamoUn;s
: to. Tie balance If ny invention Is simple
/ the application cf tAs GUilWa: principle
on tremendous scale. sla!i start my
. ...i
ar being cicc.cd IN he shape 81 Iaplecules
that viii bake such s.r,E- affinity that
. they vii uui.c ,!tc instant tAcy arc cicc-
I'd, and viii form y slid roadway. upon
which the rails MI he l:,id i, sections, the
tra II advancing rs The W,:y IS ready.
I There Nil bv nu delay, Is ,Ee ar Will be
/ cunfsr, Sscd and eIectcG instantly with the
same velocity rs = strong wlud, and the
tram viii tlttye! ~ the :.tte of 100 miles
cr mere per hour. is the compressed
.,irwii! haYea temperature "f ::i1'iI degrees
below zero. 10 natural kuat can melt it,
and 1t viii thus form {. road-hed that viii
always I've smooth AMI compact. 1t VIII
never get out + order. ;!nd VIII not cost a
| .;.i,t iur rrJsSgs. vii give 1t 4 grade OF
! forty-fiyc Gegrce5, So tha. sor every make Of
travel enc viii be gained IN height. In
:, cour!,,r,, lively short time tie anoon VIII
| be reached. and Communication can be
established with this planet and III the
others
| d" !;,t what VIII vnu do when y"u reach
the moon, winch has TO atmosphere! the
reporter asked ''The moon has an at
mIsphere," ihc replied - other
wise. low could any ihing iiyctkere lie
then resumed: Thai Is the object of
nv invention. have work. d al 1t four
vtars. and know iLat ii can be dore.
! All lack nov Is the money required t"
cary orIt 1,y plans About %iu1,JO0 viii
do It. Tha: IS molAir% where the profits
are bound to he 50 gigantic. The re-
/ I.oricr said lie room VAS very close, and
raised Tie window Hcar where Nc -Jt as
! hieh rs it would 90. The inventor con
| iinued . = hen yet To the moon viii
/ take possession Of Il II ;he rgue IF The
c,ru.any thar VII organize {" ea-yrefate
with he. There a:c vast deposits CT
diamonds. @old silver, tcllCrium, and even
! the mure precious metals there, and It's
/ soon as the moon Is reached | viii impress
into our cpmpanya service ali the M
/ Lan:tants Of that NV world before they
ca;t recover from the ast .uishment which
my arrival Viii canse. The third month
after our arrival Nc Viii declare dividends
| of Si5.0jy. $50 to -, 800 600 per month
raahie in diamonds Of thc first water
/ We VIII revo;g.ionizc the universe, and
have gold for cea;s, instead of copper,
/ with diamonds for currency. VII yoa
| ION Iao in the frst t.ip made by In"rtais
! from the earth 10 the moon ! want the
trip to bo wei written up. The reporter
assured the inventor that nothing would
aifor,, him greater pleasure than - accom-
r.any kin On the proposed IMP; and then,
! while the uiadman's attention Was direct
ed 10 his machine, the qIIili-drlVer sprans
out Of the window, and ran oii as swiftly
as his les could carry him