The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-17
A Journey in
Other Worlds
A Story Of Eour Explorers Starting Adsasus
Among tie HasaA
By Col. John Jacob Aston
u6Gshsd6y As8ordS Of tie Trustees Of ~ Asss, Estss.

face It the arahlDsla0e ~ aDuoa
equally div11ed bskwsn iaol aoA UueUP.
TT would take goed savioat1sa ~ -
elaborate syvtam Of ushs-Aousss." -
Besrwarden. Tor . ssptAin 20 And d
shortest couFSe thr0uSh Sheos 0VuDA"
The islands we're osvssOd wssA 49,
trses mscA rsssnnhse1 tnsss - sa1uL
yellow Aad red g. lhD hsn1sDADs's
autumn had already oeg,m
''rhe Jovlsn tress.s said csst,AUA
''can never cease 70 bsAs. sAs0oA ~
ohanss u ssasuns - sviosatty che -
turn thsir color, S00aps ~ 0seJ1y
rfpanin4 them WhO0 Q YiDo ~ -
on. IT, olaao . Aeuotle0 Goea tAGoo
by . bSA. Tor eer,nisation anA n0GuD0p
cation % on Stae ~ 6l0A" -
Before lsavinS. they dsea4s1 - -
this Twsntisth Csutury ArsAipseao8
since % much q the kA0Wle0U aSDoH
tanning - u had 6ssa aeQsose1 - vA1&
arms Of the two eosstnsaeo eA0e WltA1&
AfteeR hundrsd milss % each othss. III
eastern sHtsasioa Was spin me ~ tai
Of ash the grsae bay termed thseSe4
6sing Allied with islAnAs. which alss ~
tended about half Of <ho distance Acroo0
The western extremity shslved vevy
gradually. the sand-bars ruaniss oct ~
miles Just es'ev the swsAss q -
water. -
ward 1t great 0psoa n tho uD04
regions Of the air. Tor thsy wsrs aax1s1s
70 hastsn their Journey. They esu1e
nothing but uuoroksn seA, ana - TN
they reached latitude S4Ghty-0sveo ~
there Q Sign q ~ Thay IN 80
some small bsrp asa Asad loA but -
no great QuantitisA ~ tAeif 0oega1B
ehsrmomstsr. vhsn jase absv0 ~ Vaas1o
watsr-for there wego 10 w0voD oeso-
registered twsaty-ens Aegso0 yAAgoo-
hsit they accounted for this saasu10 -
ice BY the absence oe 1ARA - VAelh
fresh water could free3s. ana ~ ~
fact that u was not eeA NaoaDA -
CONCEAL The very salt ssA-Wa&0. ~
Finally they reAohsd aaotAH 0sue1.
ps1aGo . few hundrsl mlleo b sxto44
tho larger Islands q Wh3oA woso en-
srsd With . sheet Of Ice. AZ IL s1osQ
Of which small iesssrg. were 49,
formed BY ersshins on ed SLOWLY
which sAs coating was TIN. thsV
grounded the Callisto. and 0tsUpeA -
for the drst time IN several dsya ~
air WAS 20 still that . sman pieee =
paper released At . height Of si1 tsse
sank slowly and went ~ straldlst - H.
string o6 . piumIb-llns. The, sun wes
bisected by tho line OF the horison. end
appsared to BE- moving about then n
. circle. with only IL upper half vls1ola.
A. Jupiters northern hsmisphsre was
passing through it, autumnal squlno9,
they concluded they had Aa6s1 sHsse2n
at the pole.
said Cortiandt II wonder how We nay
~
I'VE can explode Q small quantity q
dynamite" replied f3s6rwafdsn, ''aftSS
which the diegtng Win - oomDarasivsay
easy"
While Cortiandt and BearWardsn VsO-
pared the mine. Ayrsult brought out Q
pickaxs, two shovsls. and the battery
and wires with which to ignite IL
explosive. They made their prsparstions
within one hundred fest a the Caiiisto.
or much nearer thaa an 'squivalsnt
amount Of sunpowdsr could have been
discharged.
''rhis recalls an oid laboratory expert
ment. or rather lecture" sah Cortisndt.
a. they completed he Arrangsments,
"for the iiiustrst ton Il not e . ruis
carried out Explode Two pounds q
powder on an Iron safe In . room with
the windows closed. ana the windows
will be blown out. while the safe ~
mains uninjursd. Explode an equivalent
amount OF dynamite on top a the safe.
ana Il viii bs destroyed. while tie Siass
pAnes are not even CRACKED. This u
illustrates the difference in rapidity with
which the explosions take place To
the intensely rspid action OF dynamite
tho air affords ~ much resistance ~ .
solid substance. while the explosion Of
the powder 10 20 slow that the air has
time TO move away; hence the Asstrus-
ton OF the Windows In the oree oAsa
and shs safe IN thu second"
when they had moved bsyonA the
danger limo. BearwArden, ~ the party'p
practising engineer. pressed the button.
and the explosion did the rest. They
found that the ground was frozen 20 4
depth OF but little more than . foot
below which Il became perceptibIy
warm. Plying their shovels visorousiy
they had soon dug the hole so deep tha3
Its edges were above their heads, Whsn
the floor was ten feet below the suss
rounding level the thermometer regis
tered sixty.
This Is scarcely a fair test" saiS
Cortlsndt, "since the heat rises and n
lost as fast as given on. Let us thersA
fore close che opening and see In WIS
J time 1t Will melt number Of enho
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