The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 12, 1947, Page 3

been for the car The case was serious, the prob- lem interesting, and one that must y excited, Barbicane’s moral He listened. Outside was perfect silence: but the thick pecans was viz., the projectile was sin, The president drew a thermometer from its case and consulted it. The instrument showed 81° Fahr. “Yes,” he exclaimed, “yes, we are moving! This stifling heat, through the partitions of the projectile. is produced by its. friction on the atmospheric strata. It will soon diminish, be- cause we are already floating in . and after having been near-. stifled. we shall have to suffer mae : t!" said Michel “Arden. “According to your showing, bicane, we are already beyond the limits of the. terrestr re? ag oo as te eter agen 4 -five minutes pas ten: we coeae been gone about eight minutes; and if our initiatory . ees Des net been checked by the six seconds would be atmo- in what proportion do you esti- Key West In Days Gone By OF THE CITIZEN OF a bill in the legislature: that a provides for the organization of a zoning board in Key West... - et Victor Larsen, in charge’ of, WPA recreation activities in: Key said today ‘that he has be- to. ze a troop’ of Girl, in Key West. BeOS Mrs. W. B. Kirke, head of the beautification committee, will make a report tomorrow after- oon at a meeting of the Key West Garden Club. Mothers’ Day was observed Monday, May 10, by students in Six B class.in the Division Street school, under the direction of their teacher, Miss Mae Sands. A birthday party’ was given Bobbie Ann Albury yesterday in her home at 525 Grinnell street. It was her fifth birthday anni- - * 8 * S, 1 Myron Grant,: former. -* Key Wester, who had been: here yisit- ‘Ying relatives and friends, ‘return- PT. 4? ploye of the P. & O. Steamship Company, left yesterday for Tam- pa to visit relatives. Mrs. Chris Hofel, daughter of the late Benjamin Demeritt, who has been here on a short visit, left yesterday for her home in St. Louis. Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: “A New York beggar was found to be keeping two automboiles. —— that was why he had to LADY NEARLY CHOKED DUE TO STOMACH GAS One lady said a few days ago that she used to be afraid®to: go to bed at night. Shejwas swollen with stomach gas, which always got worse when she, went to bed, and: gas would rise up in her’ throat after she lay down: and’ would nearly choke her. She couldn't lie flat. Had to prop herself up on pillows. Recently this lady got INNER-AID and now says gas is gone, stomach) feels fine, bowels are regular and she can go to bed and sleep -AID contains 12 Great Herbs; they cleanse the bowels, clear m stomach, act on liver and kidneys. Mis- people soon feel different all over. don’t go on suffer- ing! Get INNER-AID. Sold by all drug stores. ___.. —F bets:’ four thousand dollars be- the}cause ‘the Columbiad did ‘not burst; five. thousand dollars, be- cause the projectile has risen more than six miles. Now, Nicholl, pay soon as possible, Thus, | UP.” ed greats oe rai| “Let us first find out where we are,” said Barbicane, “and let high], energy triumphed over physical b weakness, he rose to iis feet,| down the panel. soon accomplished. panions immediately rushed to the uncovered lit by no ray of light. Profound _| darkness surrounded them, which, however, president from exclaiming: fallen back upon the earth; no, nor are we submerged in the Gulf of Mexico. Yes! we are mounting into space. See those stars shining in the night, and that impene- trabl darkness heaped up between the earth and us!” 2) *}h) Michel Ardan and Nicholl in ope voice. 1 : t “ AND the moon; will she per- vous?” *° Barbicane; “our future globe is at its post, but we cannot see her from this side; let us open the other.” . ing the window to open the op- posite scuttle, his attention was attracted by the opproach of a brilliant object. It was an enor- mous disc. whose colossal dimen- sion could not be estimated. Its ed yesterday to Miami.’ ? 7. WHILE LYING IN BED— “Ah!” exclaimed Michel Ardan, Pics is.. that? another: projec- e? _. Barbicane did not answer. The appearance of this enormous y surprised and troubled him, A col- lision was possible, and might be attended with deplorable results; either the projectile would deviate from its path, or a shock, break- ‘ing its impetus, ht precipitate it to the earth; or, y. it might be irresistibly drawn away by the powerful asteroid. “By Jove!” exclaimed Michel “we shall run into one very simple operation was Barbicane and his two com- window. But it was did not prevent the| instine ively the travelers drew back. Thgir dread was great, but it did not last many seconds. The asteroid passed several hundred yards from the projectile and dis- appeared, not so much from the rapidity of its course, as that its . face being opposite the moon, it was, suddenly merged into the perfect darkness of space. “A happy journey .o you,” ex- claimed Michel Ardan, with a, sigh of relief. “Surely infinity of space is'large enough for a poor little projectile to walk through without fear. Now, what is this portentous globe which nearly struck-us?” .” replied. Barbicane. deed! you know every- “No, my friends, we have not “Hurrah! : -hurrah!”: exclaimed chance fail at our rendez- “Do not alarm yourself,” said thing. “It is,” said Barbicane, a “simple meteorite, but an enormous one, which the attraction of the earth has retained as a satellite.” Is it possible!” exclaimed Mi- chel Ardan: “the earth then has two moons like Neptune?” (To be -ontinued) As Barbicane was about leav- — rived “8k of ; . . ¥ { Real tf EP PES AES es Sek at eee A, NS EE OSE AY AGE T¥i YA ACK is Guarantesd :.....: | Place Your Refrigeration on @ is a eee and You Will Get GUARANTEED Refrigeration Service REAL ICE == Thompson Enterprises, Ine. Healthy and Safe (ICE DIVISION) e KEY PHONE NO. 8 WEST. FLA. The Posting of © Advertising Cards or Printed Matter of Any Description On the Poles of the City Electic System oe Prohibited Any Printed Matter Posted On the Poles Will Be Removed and Destroyed