New-York tribune., 1894-04-22
A ROMANCE OF TIE FUTURE.
MIR. J. ]. AsToR.s ROOK.

4 JOURNEY ~ OTHER WORLDS: Romance
Gt The Ea,nre y I3hn laGo6 As,or liIus. 8
company.
Mr. Asior IS by no means the materialst that the
pcrlsai of the ars, hundred pages OF his book
might lead one 10 infer. His intellectual lungs are
quite as adaptable those OF his travellers.
who found no difficulty In breathing the air Of
several different worlds. lie specula;cs clcverly
and darlngy on the scientific advanc' ~ the car;h.
and be rcvcls the physical luxuriance OF Jupiter:
but he also lets MS Imagination travel through
spiritual realms and evidently delights In mystic
speculation quite much In scientific iavesti-
CATION. II ne Is follower OF Jules Verne he has
not forgotten also to study the philosophers
In the year 900 the world is much wiser than Il
was at any time know. Invention has gone on
wrh marvellous rapidly The lightning express for
South America goes az the rate OF 100 miles an
hour. The water spiders coo fee, long. which are
exactly described by their name walk on the
ocean at the raie of a mile minute. Magnetic
cars are drawn by satIoniry electro magnets placed
along the line so.arrangcd that they Will attract
an approaching and repulse recedng one.
sending It on within the influence OF the next mag.
not Flying machines and other devices dreamed
OF century before in fun operation. and all
the power wished for is obtained bv windms and
improvements OF the mirrors. experimental
with two centuries before New-York has been
made delightful city. clean. we'll paved with
stecI-for vehicles are run by electricity and have
rubber tires-with second story sidewalks. bridges
and tunnels. as many desired and to
cap the climax. with rapid transit and a good city
government. How these last blessings were ac-
qured Is recorded There seems to be limit
even To a prophets Imagination.
All these developments pale. however, before n
new force. owing TO which all the discoveries in
other worlds are possible. This force Is apergy
the corrclative Of gravitation Attraction implies
rcpulslon. The whole universe OF matter IS In a
state Of vibration. Molecules are drawn together
and then the reaction throws them apart. Worlds
are attracted ana repulsed Ike pith balls on an
electric machine. The OF the comets are In
motion among themselves The force that diffuses
steam and keeps the universe from crashing to-
gcthcr I'm mass Is brought under control and by
It machines enabled 10 overcome gravitatlon and
speed through space.
At the time the story begins great ENTERPRISE is
under way. 1t has been decided that the world
would be better Off II Its axis were at right angles
To the plane OF Its orbit that the sun might
always shine directly on the equator and the tenn
perate zones rejoice In equable temperature the
year around. This is being accomplished by dam
ming up the waters in the arctic regions when the
North Pole is turned from the sun and pumping
out the antartc seas. Thus the increased weight
at the further pole increased attraction to
the sun, and, the reverse conditions prevailing at
the south. the tendency s to tilt the earths equator
into the plane OF the orbit While this Is being
prise build ship shaped much like a conical bull
let. ore Il with provisions of food and air for use
In the void OF space. and by the force OF aperEy
drive themselves from the earth and land in Jupiter
This planet Is fall Of material wonders. It IS the
world In early stage OF development In fact al
the end of the carboniferous period. The earth
crust IL thin; springs run with warm water:
gigantic fern forests abound the air. the water and
the woods filed With the counierparts OF the
great creatures whose fossils found In
coal fields Saurians. enormous turtles. hairy ee-
plants. serpents AMI bats are found in great
numbers In addition to these there ants as big
elephants. Grefilcs AS big as bats. and electric
jelly fishes that would have difficulty In sur
rounding man. when they awokc the flowers
singing with the volume Of a cathedral organ.
the chant rising from eli around thcra." Ths IL
found TO be due 10 the contraction and expansion
~ the flowers caused by solar heat. and II serves
the same purpose honey in terrestrial blossoms.
attracting birds to carry pollen The world of
Jupiter In short. s in the most luxuriant state Of