The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-13
ROW THEY TALKED WITH THE
PLANET MARS.

serving even a poruon o. the o4a Adoofs-
tory and Bemls CLASSY life coffin, through
al the changes Of the troubled centuries.
But they had triumphsd oy means OF their
wealth, shrewdness. tact and patience.
i Graemartle, who. owing to the advances
made ia the saving up OF vitality, had
reached the age OF 10 and was regarded as
beng In the prime OF life. was the senior.
wraIthe kept the records OF the past; and
Stanlfex was a twenty-second century
conservative. whose function Il was TO
doubt ard question everything. The task
% awakening Bamis and again Inducing
him into activity fen 10 Grsemantls. and
vas performed successfully. notwith-
standing the skepticisgn Of Stanifex and
the adverse precedenfs az Wraithe-
Bat Il so happened that al the hour ap-
pointed for the rousing OF the Fiyiacated
man, most important news had come from
the northwest, which admitted OF no dali
lying Communication had been reopened
with Mars and the result was expected 70
be OF vital moment. Grsemantle had only
time 70 welcome Bemis 70 what was prac-
tlcally a new world. before starting for
Wisconsin.
'.Rut GiadWin-whsrs II hep Where Is
Eva Pryor." demanded Bsmls. starting up
and rubbing his eyes instinctively. al
though his sight was clear and he felt
amazingly refreshed and awake.
"Gladwln died several nfetAmes ago."
said wraithe As for Eva Pryor
Come" broke In Graemantle. There Il
no time to lose over recoIlections OF your
infancy! You had better go along with
me. II win DC a good way 10 get an idea
a. once Of the new conditions Of earth"
So, barely stopping TO oloohe him in soft
snken garments and 70 give him a draught
OF concentrated iiquid food that seemed 10
make up In a iiffy for the missing nourish-
ment OF centuries. ne led him TO an air
cutter. A short flight IN this conveyance
bore them over the woods from the retire
ment OF the half-ruined laboratory to an
electric railway. where they bounded As
though by magic on to an electric train
moving al dizzy speed. The rest Of the
Journey Bemis scarcely realized. beyond a
sensation OF being swept along as though
with the whiZz OF a cyclonic wind. When
this ceased they were in Wisconsin, and
stepped or into a walking balloon" which
proceeded with long strides OF ITS alumni
mum legs over a slant % steep upland.
Here IN Wisconsin is the Penokee range
Of mountains. chiefly remarkable for it's
belt OF iron ore forty three miles in
length. unbroken aud very magnetic. This
deposit. averaging 80 feet in width. ex-
sends 20 an unknown. unfathomed depth.
II was over the magnetic ridge that they
were now stalking. As Graemantle ex-
planned. 1T contains probably more iron
than all the other deposits Of the United
States combined. but owing 20 the admlx-
ture Of silicon With the ore 81 has never
been utilized.
1T occurred to Us that we might convert
the whole Penokee from deposit into a 81
gautlc magnet bv winding wire around it.
The Society OF Futurity wanted 10 talk
With other planets, and 20 do this We must
produce on earsh magnetic disturbances Of
great and decided violence. We must pro-
duce them periodically. too SO that by
their force ard their definite order OF re-
| currence thsy would send a shock through
vast distances and compel the attention OF
dWellers on another sphere. Then they
might respond with similar movements.
which we could record on our magnetome-
tiers, and 50 We could start conversation.
Look at that cleft In The range right
under us" he added. suddenly That's
Penokee Gap. ard there's our station. with
an engine of SEQ horse power. See those
telegraph poles
Bemls looked. ard behold poles stationed
Ike dumb sentries along the mountain
sides as FAR rs the eyes could reach car
rs ng q great number OF copper wires.
There are ~ larns Or shat wlre." his new
guardian went on. land each turn is
eiEhty-six miles In length. They encIrcla
this whole mountain mass o. iron which
IS thefr sore, and make e a colossal mag
n0;- Utt which We 60 our planetary tele.
eraYhing."
A.ghtirg al The staten. they met Prof
GilssDan. who was lr charge g small
nervous man. with g1iterirg eyrs th1t
made h'm look as though be- wor- na.r
~ sparkling ErsCt3cles. or would be io do
80 r a.e eyes had NOT been sc bright and
piercing v boat them. -Ns he explain "a
the great mlahne 81 pune .aat.5 BIS rt-
marks w.th n modest and am h'e 1tf'a
eo1gh as though the A.gnesS ~ tho thing
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