The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13

! was made n unlimited quantities. oy
squirting Ritroce9suinse into i continuous
~ worked Sacucus space and then rca~e-
Ing Il 70 celiusoss by hog sulphy1rate OF
ammonia. uader pressure. aad had AIKEN
/ the place CT COTTON ard wooden gooas
among the wsll--o-Sto.
Al tne moment. however. The my
thought / could grasp was. that E..ecS'a
had impressed ne deeply and tendsf'y.
How could anyone heia ghIs. wlIh -se-t
She was eNqus-t serene. COMMANDING
and absolutely Wlllout huusbus.
Il had been a surprise 30 me 70 ind taa'
no longer loved Eva Pryor. X was aoS
n al a surprise that I should be CAPT.
waited By Electra. Charming though ~ !
was IN her way. she bad perhaps p4a@ed
herself al disadvantage hy having n
sisted on Keeping her nineteenth century
costume. The angular slope ana spFeA1
O her skirt. her unnatural wasp N4-s''
the swollen sleeves. and the sim. unS2lnly
bulgGaE of her corsaEe had ggo>essae
and even offensive ef1ec.. TIE eNtfaor-
d.nary tangle. also. o. arslic-44 mowers,
wings and ether rubbish that she carried
on her head-for she still wore aeF nat
vas as barbaric or savage as the hea1-
dress Of some cary Morse warrior " Asa
! Indian chief
To all this Electra presented a refresh
ing contrast OF harmony. with grace ana
dignity and a style OF dress modern, YET
class.c--womanly. yet suggesting Inc
robes Of a goddess.
must have made my impuislVe aufnlra-
ton for her very evident: Ter within a few
minutes I Was aware that Eva had grown
sad ana n at ease. and that Hammerfieet
Wa darling at me half suppressed glances
C. aaeer and Jealousy. so the wind SITS
n taal quarter l med.1ated; and ne 5
in love with Electra'
But the talk turned al once 10 the new
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express car. There las been number
Of them made remarked Graemanile;
ard proceeded to show US one, IN the
house "A good while ago there were dis
covered in the Hudson's bay country great
masses OF ore containing metal whleh
yielded the spectroscopic line OF HeAun,
metal unknown before except as oh
served in the sun. Hei.um differed in
some ways from all other metals; and we
could make no use of IL until one OF our
most brilliant scientific men, an African
named Mwanga-for Africa Is now largely
civilized and nl:ghtened-discovered that
It's molecules under certain treatment,
could be so arranged as 10 neutranze
gravitation. He came near being carried
into space. himself while experimenting
with a big piece of re-arranged Hehum,
that suddenly shot off through the air and
was never seen again.
However, we finally learned to regu-
late the tllNS. anu nOWs YOU StS, LIS 80
IS furnished with a Helium screen whlcn,
once put into the non-gravitating state.
Is adjusted and regulated by the voyager,
who sits inside this small non-conducting
chamber we'll provided with stored oNy-
gen for breatlAng. or course, many ex-
perlments were made before Bronson
last attempt to reach Mars"
But how" I asked, can traveller
suhsist in so small a space, through such
a long Journey"
ooh, it Isn't long" was the answer; ut
takes about FIVE hours to reach the limit or
the earth's atmosphere. When that mas
been passed the screen or shield is so ad-
justed that the ear attains 10 speed OF
100 900 miles per second, there being no frie-
ton in vacuous spaces TO retard Is pro-
gress. Now, the whole distance to Mars
being Is o0e,co0 miles. 1t should take the
stellar car at the rate of 10000 miles per
second only $50 seconds to traverse IL.
Four hundred and eighty seconds are only
eight minutes. But when the car reaches
the atmosphere of Mars the screen must
be molecularly rearranged again, 50 as not
TO resist too greatly the attraction Of that
planet. The car must descend through
the Mars atmosphere slowly, by ordinary
/ hotation-shutter apparatus.
The shutter apparatus for sailing In the
air and propelling ships. was ] found, one
of the most useful inventions OF the age,
and | shall describe II later.
ITO pierce through the Mars atmos-
phere. then, involves a delay Of three hours
more. So we have for earth's atmosphere
five hours, for Mars atmosphere three
hours. and the intermediate distance, eight
minutes: that Is, in all eight hours and
eight minutes"
"Whewt'' 1 exclaimed, In amaZement.
Graemantle laughed indulgently.
And at what rate do your electric trains
move2"
About 80 miles an hour"
Then It takes no longer 10 go TO Mars
by the stellar car than IL takes 10 come
from New York to Wisconsin,"
No" said he; why should IL? Time is
only an idea. You thought you knew that
before. but now you begin to realize tt
"Stul" I objected, the Journey 10 Mars
has not yet actually been accomplished
Al this moment a small side door opened
and Wraithe and Stauifex, who had iJst
come 70 Ptnokee Ivy the electric. and by
walking balloon. entered. quite right"
remarked Stanifcx the doubter Who had
heard. ny last words.
wait and see" retorted Graemsnue
- sti9 have confidence"
The floor now opened. ard some tables
aeccnded noise 'ess'y through q trap door,
deicatcly set ont With pleasing vands.
most Of which were new 90 me Animal
food was not present. and the articles OF
Diet jaii before us were chiefly vegetable