New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-12-13

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There is no doubt of II. And there
is q peculiar feature about It. The
time in Liverpool Isl q hours and 90
minutes faster than ours, thereto So
traveller who leaves Boston at 81 o'clock
IN the morning will arrive at England
at 81 minutes past 8 o'clock N the af-.
lternoon. Is not that j rapid jonrney:.
On the other hand for example. as our
trains start from Liverpool at noon, the
voyager can disem bark in this station 1t
1854 in the forenoon that is to say. al-
most three hours before he started from
the English side
knew not what to think Was So
talking with an insane person. Should
Ihave faith il these fabulous theories2
Well, s said it may be co.
will assume II to- be true that your in
vention can attain incredib bile speed, but
when you come to stop, to suddenly ar.
rest this rapid motion, will not every
thing be shattered p
By no means. " responded the colo
mel, Struggling his should ers. Between
our tubes, one of which serves to go:
and the other to return. and running
in opposite currents Of air, communi-
cation exists upon each side. When q
train approaches, we are made aware.
Of the fact by electric sparks. and by
means of electricity the force that pushes
the train is paralyzed. Left to itself,
the train continues on its way from the
momentum already acquired, and by
means Of a valve which connects with q
current the speed becomes gradually
slower, until the train is finally check
ed by coming in contact with a huge
bumper, the shock being scarcely felt.
But what good are all these explana-
tions? The only way to know the ac-5
tual working is by experience. 2
And without waiting for me to re-
spond Colonel Pierce drew out sudden
~ handle Of polished copper from the
side of one of the tubes. a panel run
ming upon grooves was thrown open,
and through the aperture i saw sue
cession Of narrow benches upon each OF
which two persons were seated side by
side.
The pneumatic carriage, = explain.
ed the colonel. ]" Let us depart. Come. &
| followed him obediently, and the.
panel was Immediately closed. By
means of an Edison lamp which hung
from the center of the carriage exam
ined curiously the place III which i
found myself. Nothing could be more
simple. A long cylinder, comfortably
padded, across which were so armchalrs
bound together in pairs, arranged in.
parallel rows. At each end valve
regulated the condition of the atmos-
phere, that in the rear permitting the
air to penetrate the cylinder, while that
in front gave egress to that which had
become impure. s
Some little time passed while Twas
making my examination, and becom-s
ing somewhat impatient said:
Well, colonel, why do we not start7''.
Start? We started some time ago, =
replied my guide.
Was it possible? Could we be en-.
route? Was it really true? listened.
attentively, trying to hear some noise
which would give evidence Of motion.
If we had really started, if the colonel
had not deceived me in talking about
1900 miles an hour, we ought to be far.
from land under the pillows of the
ocean Above our heads the crested
waves may be beating against each
other with fury, are perhaps even at
this moment taking us for monstrous
serpent of an unknown species. The
whales are striking their powerful tails.
against our long iron prison house.
But heard nothing, only a sort Of
dull, scarcely perceptible buzzing. and:
plunged in a state of unbounded aston
ishment and not able to believe in the
reality Of what was happening | be-
came silent as the time went by.
Nearly an hour passed thus, when
suddenly felt danlpness upon my
forehead, which awoke me from the
torpor into which | was fast falling.
carried my hand to my face. It was.
wet. Wet! What had happened? Had
the tube burst under the immense pres
sure of the water, pressure which must
be formidable since we we're at such
an immense depth. Should we be.
swallowed up by the ocean?
great fear took possession Of me-.
BeWildered and almost desperate, | en-
deavored to cry out in my agony
And found myself IN my own gar
den generously sprinkled by a peltings
rain, Of which the large drops had in
terupted my sleep.
& had gone to sleep upon q rustic.
bench while perusing an article written.
by Boston reporter. setting forth the
fantastic projects Of Colonel Pierce
who I fear will never meet with the.
realization Of his absurd hopes. Jules
Verne
Electric Light and Colors.
Storekeepers know that the electric
light is almost as good for matching
.colors as daylight, but they generally
use the arc light. The light given By
an incandescent lamp is often little
less vel low than gas flame, and this
leads some people into error A daily
paper complains that How aud pink
cannot be disting uished 81 electric
light; that bel otroie assumes pinky