The Washington times., 1910-05-06
THE PLANET JUGGLER
BY ]. q. FREDERICK

He SAYS night That means very
probably that he IS speaking rom a
star in the southern hemisphere
4 viii save you the trouble OF SPEC
showing that the speaker heard the
most ordinary conversation in the room
! am on Campus"
The astronomer gasped,
Why" he said in bewilderment ana
inCredulity. Campus is so far away
that we haven't been able to measure
its paraIIsx yet!''
1T IS three hundred and fOrty-five ten
JhOuSandths OF a second Of an arc.
was the immediate response, accord
ing to your methods Of computation
How do you know our methods o.
computation and our universal IAN
guage2' asked one Of the scientists
who had been persistently skepticaL
have been able to hear CONVEX
satiOns and discussions on the earJh
for the last sovoni tulna-I beg pardon
Il mean. in your universal language
Tor ten years But up to short time
ago I could not make my voice heard
upon your earth. even though could
send II to within your reach / was
not until you perfected your wireless
system that I could get my voice 10
your ears
Therefore. 1 have had ten years
opportunity TO relate the things I saw
TO words [ have heard used, and con-
meet them L your habits, speech and
ideas ] can see earth objects from here
better than human eyes. BY the way,
If the Gignifed gentleman with the
bald head and a small wart on his neck
who has the seat near the Ieyden jar
table, viii hurry to his factory he may
help 10 save some of his property It
is on fret
The scientist and manufacturer whom
the description fitted started. looked
half foolish and half frightened and
undecided We went to the telephone,
and in few minutes rushed out. cry
ing: It's true, gentlemen! It's truei
VIII you not give Us more sCien-
tific knowledge which will advance civil
izatiOn here on earth2'' asked EMERSON,
respectfully.
A hard, dry laugh came from the re-
CeivinE horn
Now that I've had a little chat with
you, 7 am ready to talk business q $
seems 20 be q common phrase with you.
This star, as your astronomers al
ready know, is deficient in metallic COM
position Your method Of spectrum
analysis places II ia what you call type
one with strong hydrogen lines You
can readily see, therefore, that such
a metal as gold has an immense value
in society on this star.
Now, as your planet is the only
one il your solar system which IS in
habiteCs besides Mars (WhOse inha BIZ
talts. I ind. have never taken the
trouble 20 mine gold and as there are
only TWO other inhabited stars In as
much OF the universe as I can see-T
want your gold which you have mined.
II need huge sums Of il TO persuade
workmen 10 make the paraphernalia
use. and keep II in order. and the aC-
Complishment OF my one ambition VIII
demand more monetary value than
can get on tbs star"
w nat IS gOur ambition asked FL
version, N a voice hollow with an IN
namable fear
My ambition" came the firm re-
ply, is 10 consolidate the mum berIess
solar systems about me into one huge
sphere Cool II automatically to the
proper temperature for the mainfe-
nance Of the most highly developed life
which I can fnC on any sphere within
reach Of my ~ .lOiic refTactoT
''In other words. I want to hasten
cOsmiC evolution by scientific means
and accomplish the survival Of the fit
test without natures slow waste
viii destroy the civilizations which are
below q certain stage Of DEVELOPMENT -
How does the earth stard in rela-
ton TO other Inhabited planets2-' asIza5
EFszrson. eagerly
Fourth was the reply. Therefore
she IS useless In NJ plan You rank
even below the civilization on Mars ia
your solar system. but : have 10 use
for Mars either. just as 7 have no use
for the civilization on A cheTnar. az you
call the star near me. Only Sirius and
this star. Campus. will share in the
consolidated civilization We have been
in communication with Sirius for many
centuries, and our language and ideas
and interests are already unified
But we had better get 10 the bust