hed guests at the Capitol. No time was to be wasted, and, having assembled in the Senate Chamber, the business that had called them together was to be immedi

arriage with Empress Victoria at his side, condescended to bow and smile in response to the greetings of a free people. Each of the other monarchs was received in a similar manner. The Czar of Russia proved to be an especial favorite with the multitude on account of the ancient friendship of his house f

tan of

key, but the universal good feeling was in his favor, and finally rounds o

or, attended by their intermingled suites, they rode together in a single carriage. Thi

rallell

ncy, pervading both those who looked on and those who were to do the work for which these magnates of the earth had assembled, which produced an ineradicable impression. The Presi

reliminaries. The Presi

the earth, attacked us in our homes and spread desolation around them. Having the advantage of ages of evolution, which for us are yet in the future, they brought with them engines of death and of destruction against which we found it impossible to c

ey's T

tians were undoubtedly preparing for a second invasion of our planet. Against this we should have had no recourse and no hope but for the genius of one of my countrymen, who, as you a

necessary to raise a very large sum of money. None of us has yet recovered from the effects of the recent invasion. The earth is poor to-day compared to its position a few years ago; yet we cannot allow our poverty to stand in the way. The mone

. Edison?" c

ease step forward?"

seen moving through the crowd. In his hand he carried one of his marvellous disinte

e Rescue of

n the assembly, and the iron gray head of the great inventor was seen moving

to the

for instance, but if Their Majesties will excuse me, I

upon the divine right of kings. But the Czar Nicholas appeared to be amused, and the Emperor of China,

n of the powers of the instrument, without a technical explan

nt atoms any object upon which the vibratory force of the disintegrator should be directed. In this manner he caused an inkstand to disappear under the very nose of the E

which the instrument worked. He was greeted with round after

was announced that after the meeting had adjourned an exhibition

t to convince all the representatives who had assembled in Washington that the problem of how to conquer the Martians had been solved. The means were plai

ed?" asked one of the

millions of dollars,"

r from the Pacific Coast, "to make

alled in alphabetical order, and that the representatives o

equivalent," shouted th

tions first. Perhaps, under the circumstances, it is proper that the United States should lead the

ormou

llions," replied the Se

monarchs threw up their hats. The Emperor Tsait'ten smiled from ear to ear. One o

m in the

ive chiefs from Fiji, sprang

a-Hungary and ending with Zanzibar, whose Sultan, Hamoud bin Mahomed, had com

the First Lord of the British Treasury, not wishing to be behind the United States, named double that sum as the contribution of the

d Million

and million dollars,"

ispleased. The First Lord of the Treasury met

hundred million f

ith his Chancellor, but evidently

to the amount of a thousand millions by

place in the Congress, but when the name of his country was pronounced he rose by his chair, dressed in a gorgeous specimen of the pecu

ibution," he said,

shimmering in the half gloom of the Cham

g Lost

ry a traveler, Tavernier, saw in India an unmatched diamond which afterward disappeared like a meteor, and was thought to have been lost from the earth. You all know the name of that diamond and its history. It is the Great Mogul, and

f Siam's C

he cover was lifted, there darted, shimmering in the half

been the subject of so many romances and of such long and fruitless search, ha

ul was reckoned at three millions) it was found to be s

he Treasury was in

and that addition. Let it be added to the co

select a director who should have entire charge of the preparations for the war. It was the universal sentiment that no man could be so w

ire to put everything in rea

believe I can have a hundred electric ships and th

eer greeted thi

as much money as you need," whereupon the Treasurer of the United State

here. Wires had been run all over the city, and hundreds of improved telephonic receivers provided, so that every one could hear. Even those who were unable to visit Washington, people living in Baltimore, New York, Boston, and as far

ement in

he oceans to all the capitols of the earth. The exulta

there was a struggle for places in the car. Even Queen Victoria, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, ventured to take a ri

n the turn of the Emperor of China came he repeated a fab

nese

w you the wonders of the kingdom of the birds.' The man caught hold of its claw and nestled among its feathers, and they rapidly rose high in the air, and sailed away to the Kuen-Lun Mountains. Here, as they passed near the top of the peaks, another roc made its appearance. The wings of the two great birds brushed together, and immediately they fell to fighting. In the midst of the melee the man lost his hold and tumbled into the top of a tree, where his pigt

Tsait'ien turned his bac

rand

ted that a proper way to wind up the Congress and give suitable expression to the festive mood which now

nia side of the Potomac; a space of ten acres was carefully levelled and covered with a polished floor, rows of columns one hundred f

ssed Fi

lamps were arranged in such a manner as to exhibit, in an endless succession of combinations, all the national colors, ensigns and insignia of the various countries represented at the Congress. Blazing

s for seeing. A thousand bands of music played, and tens of thousands of couples

ictoria

dance, on the arm of the Pr

of the President, universally admired as the mos

hter of the Mikado, who wore for the occasion the ancient costume of the women of her country,

gtail flying high as he spun, da

ona, of Madagascar, while the Sultan of Turkey basked i

allurements, expressed his joy and gave vent to his enthusiasm in a pas seul. In this he was quickly joined by a band of Sioux Indian chiefs, whose whoop

tured Emperor of China more than

usicians with his thumb. "Allee same muchee flaid noise

d enclosure. Far away in the night, rising high among the stars, the vast dome of illuminated balloons seemed l

e jets and fountains of fire, ceaselessly playing, and blott

e of Wale

banquet, at which the Prince of Wa

d. Perhaps on such an occasion as this, when all racial differences and prejudices ought to be, and are, buried and forgotten, I should not recall anything that might revive them;

ar and the Kaiser exchanged glances; but there was no interruption to the cheers that followed. M

we ought not to be wasting any time. Probably they are no

to E

n to expend time in vain boastings and rejoicings. Everywhere the cry now became, "Let us make haste! Let us

rgely inspired by terror, the vast ballroom was quickly deserted. The lights w

ould they not guess what we were about, an

ncipal nations, was appointed, and without delay a meeting of this committee was assembled at the White Hou

s of Men

ced at his disposal; that as far as possible all the great manufacturing establishments of the country should be instantly transformed into factories where electrical ships and disintegrators could be built, and upon the suggestion of Professor Sylvanus P. Thompso

mptly accomplished, when at the moment of their adjournment, a telegraphic dispatch was handed to the Presiden

appening

hich we think indicates that something has been shot from the planet. Spectroscopic observations of this moving lig

of a similar import came from the Lick Observatory, in California; from the branch of t

ed place was read the Emperor Willia

se of my Imperial ancestors, and not in this vulgar country, where no k

alternate hope and fear, the eart