The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-18

palpable dust until the winds and rains
collected and compacted them In the
cracks and crevices of the rocks
THAT was 1t, of course
And now" added. my amazement az
the success of Halls experimesits ana the
accuracy Of his deductions increasing
every moment, do you say that you nave
also discovered the means employed py
DR.. Syx to obtain artemisiums from the
moong'
mot only that" replied my friend. but
within the next few minutes l snail nave
the pleasure OF presenting to you nut-
ton OF moon metal, fresh from the veins
of Artemis herself"
xIH.-The LootinK of the Moon.
SHALL spare the reader a recital OF
the tireless efforts. continuing
through many almost sieepiess
Ill weeks. whereby Andrew Hall OBJ
i'll ,ained his elew to DR.. Syx's meth
DDS. 1t was manifest from the be-
ginning that the agent concerned must
be some form of etheric. or so-caiieo
electric energy; but how TO set IL IN
operation was the problem Finally ne
hit upon the apparatus for his Initial ex-
periments which have already described
.sRecurring to what had been done more
than half a century ago by Hertz. when
he concentrated electric waves upon a
focal point by means OF concave
MIRROR said Hall. 81 saw that the key
I wanted lay In an extension OF these
experiments. AT last l found that
could transform the energy OF an engine
into fluctuations of the ether, which.
when they had been concentrated upon
a metallic object. like q chunk OF gold.
impaired to 1t an intense charge OF an
apparently electric nature. Upon thus
charging a metallic body inclosed In
vacuum, observed that the energy Inn
parted to II possessed the remarkable
power OF disrupting Its atoms and pro-
jecting them on in straight lines, very
much as occurs with a kathode IN
Crooke's tube But-and this was OF gu
preme Importance found that the line
OF projection was directly toward the
apparatus from which the impulse pro-
ducing the charge had come. In other
words. I could produce two poles between
which a marvellous interaction occurred.
MY transformer. with Its concentrating
mirror. acted as one pole. from which
energy was transferred TO the other pole.
and that other pole Immediately flung on
atoms of its own substance in the direc-
ton of the transformer But these atoms
were stopped by the glass wall OF the
vacuum tube, and when I tried the ex-
pertinent with the metal removed from
the vacuum and surrounded with air, 1t
failed utterly.
This at first completely discouraged
me. until / suddenly remembered that
the moon is In a vacuum. the great
vacuum OF interplanetary space. and that
1t possesses no perceptible atmosphere of
it's own. At this great light broke
around me, and / shouted 'Eureka!' With
out hesitation constructed a transformer
OF great power. furnished with a large
parabolic mirror to transmit The waves in
parallel lines. erected the machinery and
buildings here. and when all was ready
for the final experiment telegraphed to
you"
Prepared by these explanations was
all on fire to see the thing tried. Hall
was no less eager, and. calling In his two
faithful assistants to make the final adj
justments he led the way into what he
facetously named "the lunar chamber"
IF we fall he remarked with smile
that had an element of worriment IN Vt,
ut will become the 1unatic chamber
hut no danger OF that. You observe that
polished silver knob. supported by met
allie rod curved over at the top like
crane That constitutes the pole from
which propose to transmit the energy to
the moon. and upon which expect the
storm Of atoms to be centered by the re-
Election from the mirror at whose focus
It is placed"
'.one moment said. Am I to un-