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                       DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION。 



     I called at the Department of Information�察�and when I was introduced I 

realized that I was in the presence of one of the world's greatest teachers。 

She gave me a warm handshake and said�察 �I have been expecting you�察�and 

now that you are here�察�I will take pleasure in showing you the workings of 

the   department   over   which   I   have   the   honor   to   preside。   There   are   no 

Government   or   private   detective   agencies   in  our   country�察  �but   a   constant 

watch is kept on all public officials as well as private violators of the law�察�

by the Government placing for sale in every postoffice and every military 

station and every prison Government envelopes with fifty´cent stamps on 

them�察  �and   any   person   interfering   in   the   sending   or   tampering   with   said 

letters   is   punished   by   imprisonment   for   five   years   at   hard   labor。   Steel 

boxes   with   a   slit   in   the   lid   to   receive   the   letters   were   placed   in   every 

postoffice�察�military station and prison�察�and could not be opened except by 

a   commissioner   from   the   Department   of   Information。 Any   person   could 

buy   one�察  �for   there   was   a   printed   address   on   them�察  �and   send   it   to   the 

President�察  �who   has   at   the   present   time   three   hundred   secretaries   ��young 

ladies chosen from the orphan home�� to read the letters�察�answer them and 

send a copy to the Minister of Justice who has them Classified�察�and acting 

on the information sends orders out to bring the guilty parties to justice�察�

and as punishment is meted out only to the bribetakers�察�for it is only acting 

according to the mandates of human nature for a relative or friend to try to 

get a person out of trouble to offer a bribe�察�carried with it no penalty�察�but it 

left the bribetaker at the mercy of the other party�察�and in consequence of 

adopting   this   system   very   few   public   officials   proved   untrue�察  �and   crime 

has greatly diminished。 Our department has charge of all mail matter and 

telegraph�察    �telepost    and   telephone     lines   and   wireless    stations    and   all 

newspaper   books   and   magazine   publications�察  �and   we   edit   the   National 

Gazette�察  �besides   we   have   charge   of   all   Government   scientific   research 

parties�察  �and   if   you   will   call   again   to´morrow   I   think   I   will   be   able   to 

introduce you to the Chief Engineer who stands very high in his profession�察�



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and who has�察�by placing an Astronomical Observatory on the summit of 

Mount Everest�察�attracted the attention of the civilized world。; 



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                               CHAPTER VI。 



                              DEPARTMENT OF MINES。 



     I   called   at  the   appointed     time   and    was    introduced     to  the   Chief 

Engineer�察  �who   invited   me   to   accompany   him   on   an   inspection   tour�察  �to 

which   I   gladly   assented�察  �and�察  �after   a   week's   pleasant   travel   by   rail�察  �we 

arrived   at   the   station   on   the   southwestern   slope   of   Mount   Everest   at   an 

elevation   of   twelve   thousand   feet   above   the   sea。   We   had   arrived   in   the 

evening and enjoyed a good night's rest�察�and�察�eating a hearty breakfast�察�we 

walked out to take observations of the locality�察�before taking our trip to the 

summit�察�and the Chief told me of the way by which they finally erected an 

observatory on the highest mountain of the earth。 

     ;Five     years   ago   the   President    sent   for   me�察─  �explained     the   Chief 

Engineer�察 �and asked if I could plan an observatory on Mount Everest。 I 

replied that I would try to do so if the Government saw fit to place me in 

charge   of   the   undertaking。   I   received   my   commission   the   next   day   and�察�

calling    to   my   aid   two   of   the  ablest   engineers     in  the   service    of  the 

Government�察�we selected a site for the entrance of the tunnel and next we 

searched for suitable power to do the work。 We found a waterfall twenty 

miles     distant�察  �where    we    built  a  power     house�察   �installed   turbines    and 

dynamos and built an electric line to this place。 We then erected a machine 

shop�察  �in   which   we   placed   our   electric   engines   and   air   compressors�察  �and 

built a railroad connecting with the main line�察�and after we had done that 

we   started   the   tunnel。   As   you   will   observe�察  �the   tunnel   is   a   round   bore 

twelve   feet   in   diameter�察  �and   no   explosives   were   used   in   making   it。   We 

used a tunneling machine driven and operated by compressed air�察�boring 

on   the   average   fifty   feet   every   twenty´four   hours�察  �and   we   washed   the 

debris away by a powerful stream of water directed against the face of the 

tunnel so as not to obstruct the work。 We gave the tunnel for the first five 

miles a grade of one foot in ten and from that point to the summit a grade 

of sixty degrees�察�and laid heavy steel segment rails six feet apart bolted to 

the  solid   rock�察  �by   this   means   dispensing   with   ties   and   permitting   a   free 

flow of water and slum。 We found it necessary to build a chamber within 



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the mouth of the tunnel sixty feet long�察�with automatic doors opening and 

shutting�察  �to   secure   an   abundance   of   air   in   the   tunnel�察  �and   also   in   the 

observatory。   The   tunnel   required   no   timbering�察  �as   we   bored   all   the   way 

through   synetic   granite   and   encountered   very   little   water�察  �and   when   we 

were about to break through at the summit we provided the workmen with 

fur clothing�察�and with air respirators�察�so that they would not be overcome 

by    the  cold    and   rarety   of  the   atmosphere。      We    had   a  car   driven    by 

electricity   to   carry   the   men    and   material   into   the  tunnel�察   �having    four 

cogwheel drivers on each side�察�and the tunnel throughout was lighted by 

electricity。 We built the observatory of composition metal and glass�察�which 

was carried up on the car´but come along and you shall see for yourself。; 

     We entered an observatory car that was run by its own dynamo but in 

case   of   the   dynamo   giving   out   a   trolley   wire   overhead´   could   furnish 

power any  moment。 After a pleasant ride of an hour's duration we came 

out    of  the   tunnel   into   the   observatory     and    I  saw   two    magnificently 

mounted telescopes�察�one for visitors to look through and the other one for 

taking photographic views。 I looked through the visitors' telescope and to 

my     astonishment       the  sun    was    blue   and    when     I  asked    one   of   the 

astronomers present the reason for it he   replied that the sun was a   great 

dynamo and that the dazzling brightness seen at low altitudes was caused 

by our atmosphere offering like the filament in an incandescent lamp great 

resistance to the electric energy of the sun producing a brilliant glow and 

if you were able to go outside the atmosphere of our earth you would only 

see   the   sun   as   a   dark   body   in   space   and   you   would   find   yourself   in 

absolute darkness and eternal silence。 Night fell and when I looked again 

through      the  telescope     and   gazed    on   the   countless    hosts    of  heaven's 

millions of suns there came into my mind and I repeated aloud that noble 

passage   in   the   Bible�察   �The   heavens   declare   the   glory   of   God   and   the 

firmament showeth his handiwork。 I remarked to the Chief Engineer as we 

went down to the station�察�that a great many people visited the observatory�察�

for I had looked in the visitors' book�察�where every person was required to 

sign his name。 He replied�察 �Yes�察�if a private company owned it�察�it would 

make   the   stockholders   wealthy�察  �for   it   has   become   to   the   globe´trotters 

what Mecca is to the Mohammedans for no tourist would dare to return 



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home   without   registering   at   the   observatory   and   we   encourage   them   by 

publishing their names in the National Gazette。 

     ;If you would like to accompany me I think I can show you another 

work we are engaged in that is adding to the accumulated knowledge of 

the ages。; I gladly assented and after ten days of railway travel we arrived 

at   the   great   platinum   mine   of   Eurasia。   It   was   on   the   continental   divide 

between   Europe   and Asia   and   had   been   worked   on   a   small   scale   at   the 

surface for a great many years�察�but had not produced much platinum and 

owing   to   an   increasing   demand   for   it   in   the   arts   the   value   of   it   greatly 

exceeded that of gold�察�while at the present time it is on a par with silver�察�

owing to the government selling it in the market of the world for what it 

will bring and smashing any gambling ring that would attempt to corner 

the market。 We entered a cage and were lowered to the one thousand´foot 

level�察  �then   we   got out   of   the  cage   and�察  �walking   about   twenty   yards�察  �we 

entered a chamber where there was another shaft and hoisting works and 

were lowered to the two´thousand foot level�察�which opened out in every 

direction�察   �connecting      with   a  drainage    tunnel   eight   miles   long�察  �which 

carried     off  all 
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