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telescope can now detect in the firmament, we shall proceed with good heart upon 



A STUPENDOUS VOYAGE 



of discovery among the countless whirling worlds that make turmoil in the mighty 

 wastes of space that stretch their solemn solitudes, their unimaginable vastness 

 billions upon billions of miles away beyond the farthest verge of telescopic vision, 

 till by comparison the little sparkling vault we used to gaze at on Earth shall seem 

 like a remembered phosphorescent flash of spangles which some tropical voyager's 

 prow stirred into life for a single instant, and which ten thousand miles of phos- 

 phorescent seas and tedious lapse of time had since diminished to an incident 

 utterly trivial in his recollection. Children occupying seats at the first table will 

 be charged full fare. 



FIRST CLASS FARE 



from the Earth to Uranus, including visits to the Sun and Moon and all the principal 

 planets on the route, will be charged at the low rate of $2 for every 50,000,000 

 miles of actual travel. A great reduction will be made where parties wish to make 

 the round trip. This comet is new and in thorough repair and is now on her first 

 voyage. She is confessedly the fastest on the line. She makes 20,000,000 miles a 

 day, with her present facilities; but, with a picked American crew and good weather, 

 we are confident we can get 40,000,000 out of her. Still, we shall never push 

 her to a dangerous speed, and we shall rigidly prohibit racing with other comets. 

 Passengers desiring to diverge at any point or return will be transferred to other 

 comets. We make close connections at all principal points with all reliable lines. 

 Safety can be depended upon. It is not to be denied that the heavens are infested 

 with 



OLD RAMSHACKLE COMETS 



that have not been inspected or overhauled in 10,000 years, and which ought long 

 ago to have been destroyed or turned into hail barges, but with these we have no 

 connection whatever. Steerage passengers not allowed abaft the main hatch. 



Complimentary round trip tickets have been tendered to General Butler, Mr. 

 Shepherd, Mr. Richardson and other eminent gentlemen, whose public services 

 have entitled them to the rest and relaxation of a voyage of this kind. Parties 

 desiring to make the round trip will have extra accommodation. The enti '\ voyage 



