The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-22
TOLD IN ASTOR'S BOOK.
Things as They Will Be in This COun-
FRY and Elsewhere in The Year 1000.


Great Game = The Flying Ships
Race with a Comet.
John Jacob Astor, of New York, has
written a book 1t is called, "a Journey
IN Other Worlds - and was published by
the Appletons on Friday last. A few days
before the publication a reporter Tor the
New York Sun was permitted to read a
few chapters in an advance copy. This is
what he says of the work:
The date OF the events narrated in the
booIy is supposed to be :, 900 A. D. The in-
Sabjtants of North America have in
creased nightly in numbers and power,
and knowledge. 1t is an age of marvel
ous scientific attachments. Flying ma
chimes have long been in common use, and
fnallv a new power is discovered called
oanergv," the reverse of grayitation, by
which people are able to ny of lnto space
in any direction, and at what speed they
1t is believed by all the governments of
.hp world that ii the axis of the earth
could be Strengthened so that it should no
longer incline at an angle of 23l50 TO its
eciptic great benefits would accrue to all
lands in the temperate zones, at least, by
doing away with the extremes of winter
and summer. Accordingly, in New \ ork
city company is formed and called the
Terrestrial AXIS Strengthening Company
Its method is to dam the outlets OF the
Arctic o EN- and then pump enough more
water into it at just the right period of
the wear to alter the earCh's centre of
gravity and cause the axis gradually to
assume a per- endicular position.
DThis having been as good as done, some
Of the Younger and more reckless of the
men Of science propose a journey to Jupi-
ter by means Of the newly discovered
power. and the book is an account of
their travels. One of the characters,
AryaulC, is engaged to a pretty Vassar
girl who will not graduate until the year
gOJl and he proposes the journey because
he cannot endure life on the earth
whole year without her While discuss
inc possibilities of apergy the same youth
suggests with reverence that Christ on
the waves Of Calilee and Elijah being
translated TO heaven were both superior
% the laws of grayitatlon, and he en-
lures the opinion that in these miracles
no law of nature was broken, but the
"apergy' came into play
Mn AstOr's opinion OF what New York
anu the world will lie in the year 1000 is
OF more in crest to most people than any
other part of the book. Electricity does
all The work The appliances for the
des ruction of armies have become so
plrfecc that battles ceased, and the great
came. The armed flying machines were
the most e3ec i've of these peacemakers.
The blessings and curses OF immigration
to this country had continued at an in
creasing ratio, owing TO the difficulty of
earning living in Europe. Canada had
been anne ed TO the United States by the
wish of its inha oitants. England prac-
tcally controlled the old world and the
United States the new. English was the
universal language. The area OF the
United States was 10000 600 square
miles and the population 300000,000 The
form Of our government remained the
same.
To those who have been looking for a
solution of the rapid-transiG problem it
will be gratifying TO learn that perfect
system viii be n operation in the year
ZOO 4. d. New ork will extend out
into all the suburbs with population OF
l4,3OO,OJJ. The waters will be crossed by
bridges, tunnels and electric ferries. The
avenues III the newer parts of the city
Will De goo feet wide The hollow masts
OF he ships Will contain folding wind
mills instead of sales, and these will store
up enough power for a voyage while dis
charging cargo. Concentrated rays of
the sun are to take the place of fuel in
heating steam boilers, and this will make
deserts ike Sahara valuable for manu-
iaeturing purposes, be, ause OF the alb
seLte o. clouds TO obscure the sun.
All no iious animals are 10 be destroyed
0y means OF incubation, the inc uiated
individuals 10 be turned loose to SOW the
seeds OF disease among their species All
diseases are 10 be prevented by inocula-
Lol, ana cures will be accomplished by
& dieting,
The work of the world is done bymeans
largely OF winds and tides, which store
N up eItcIflclty. The electricity of thunder
storms IS also captured and stored up on
inc tops OF mountains. Railroads are
Oo40uy tCQ bE placing magnets at intcr-
td-9 OIL hlGN mics, the magnet drawing
81 me tars as they approach, and, by sim
PIE tuin OF the mechanism, repelling them
amer they PASS. The railroads are all
constructed without curve and marvel
uuS speed Is attained Ocean steamers
ana water SPIDERS, as they are called,
are also run by electricity. The latter
are hght craft that coasv over the TOP Of
we waves. The flying machines vary in
S!le from spread of 80 feet to 50J feet,
%aN are run by electric motors OF extraor-
Qlnary lightness.
horses are, of course, rarely seen. Fiec-
lI!c phdeJons on pneumatic tires run at a
d@ye OF thlrtY-hve or forty miles an hour
StgGI5 me country roads. Bicycles are
oyh popular, but the motive power is
eteGlrlclty In the cities the whole width
VI VI, tne streets, including the space form
~ occupied by sidewalks, had to be
Even up TO these swift electric vehicles.
lA5 streets are divided into strips, along
e%Cu Oh Whlcn vehicles of the same rate
u a. IfaEeI are required to go in the same
e Tt'ettloh, The pavements are of steel
snee1S nall an inch in thickness laid over
o 9u asphalt. As there are no horses
%DU Ihe wheels are all tired with rubber,
s aiS SJeel pavement keeps perfectly
o1aooIn. Heavy trahjc is carried on BY
'-SelIie railroads underground
3, Coal Is mined and burned on the spot. !
c cte torGe thus generated travelling TO the
U , IN the form of electricity along
Tres Telephones, photographs which
/ n c4LrS sights in the same way the tele-
o 5f ,,-H conveys sounds, the photographing
M oo.ors, The production OF rain aJ pleas
are are all perfected according. to Mr..
'S ~, IN the year 1000 A. d.
IN, Iue elective illustrations which accom-
panS me work were accomplished by Mr.
t|podtd IN twelve days one represents
Isnr; space snip" as it is called, after
tfL-'lhg The earth and before it goes into |
Il cr rG SlauoW thrown by the moon. 1t is a |
n[1n'rer OF glucinum, the lightest of |
ms g,"-S, ana consists of an QUEER and an |
s eraor smell! with wool in the intervening |
n he's YES, and windows of plate glass. The |
can ' u e represents flash light from the |
an throwing a farewell message to the /
"a - CuCufOuS explorers