The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-11-21
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THE AIR ROUTE.


time were delighted with the fertility Of
his imagination. in the connecting OF
such an impossible story. His Twenty
thousand leagues under the sea" was
esteemed 10 border on the fantastic, yet
today many OF the relations as told in
these stories have been surpassed. The
journey around the world mas been made
in less time by mere boys. than Phineas
Fogg performed it, Boats have been
constructed that dive and swim beneath
the SEES. as did the NAUTILUS
We nave ceased 10 look upon Verne ..as
dreamer He's rather a prophet-a
man who pierces the future with an all
seeing eve that sees behind the curtain
aud draws the curtain from things that
are 10 be. and moulds the potential into
The real.
Buta few years ago a still more mod
ern English writer drew Inc applause Of
the world with his vivid description Of
the world as it is to be. Of cities vast.
thronsed win citizens living under all
the advantages Of science Newspapers
had CEASED TO be. and in their place
giganiic megAphones shouted the pass.
ine events Of The world. loud above the
soar q ihe crowd, and giant viatascopes
casi tie pictures Of the statesmen and
Ana actors Of the worlds tragedies aud
eanedi,s upon public and private show
curtains; larger and more perfect, and
more real, than was ever shown upon
book or paper.
Railroads had ceased to be, and in
their stead great freight and passenger
locomobiles thronged the air The sky
vas filled with the fluttering wings Of
these great transports, and men moved
To and fro from between London and
New York, and Calcutta, as we now
move between local stations, dining in
the one and suppng in the other.
The reading of these prophesies fill,
one with awe, feeling of dread super
natural steels over us as we read. Ye
with the wonders that science has ere
ated in the past, and the rapid strides i
is making today. we dare not say tn
imagination of the writer is the folly @
brain overweight.
Since the great achievement of III
Brazilian inventor in Paris, whereby
great air ship was made to circle III
EifTel tower, aud obey its rudder like
ship OF the sea, a great possibility Of a
travel is to be opened up. 1t is tr
umph fully as great as the realization {
steam, and its application to transports
ton
What a picture the future will give ,
then. Areoplanes loaded with mercl
andlse heavily winging their way froI
east to west, and west to east; light "a,
ing air automobiles flying here and ther
with curious passengers peering oy,
their sides at the wonderful panoram
passing beneath them. Think of 81
Thomas Upton challenging, with hi
air yacht, for the American cup, an
what magnificent race it would b,
with great air steamers loaded with e,
cursionists, lined high in the a,r on eac
side Of the course, and following the VII
tor with the blare Of the sSren whistle
And how war would be transforme
Great bombs would be dropped by mo
ster floating air battleships into Il
heart of great cities. Great warril
areoplanes would grapple in the air, al
crushed and penetrated by iron 5eak
fall with the rush OF meteor to &
earth. What sight to behold from o.
streets, these air battleships in dead
grapple, advancing. retreating, circlil
like giant birds. swooping down like
eagle on his prey, and at last droppil
earthward embodied in each others aru
Il is a soul depressing thought to thin
how great the destruction of human Ii
would be, that this demi-god OF scien