“What make you so aware?” I require for curiosity.
“Because-so this,” manifest Sydney. “Some distinct Professor say in Magazine, ‘Mars is considerably cut up with 10,000 Panama Canals!’”
“What do this prove about Hon. Republican Party?” I require.
“It prove plenty,” say Sydney. “Would Democratic Administration dig 10,000 Panama Canals on such a planet? Would Hon. Henry Watterson permit such a great shovel? Ah, no!! Republican Party is blame for putting all them surgery on face of Mars!”
“Them 10,000 Panama Canals must took several Presidential terms to dig it,” I say for philosophy.
“Third terms is often followed by more of it in some Solar Systems,” embark this Sydney with J. B. Forker expression.
In discussion of how get there to Mars we was considerable discouraged persons, thank you. Railroads might go there by Government Ownership, but would they? Distance from U. S. to Hon. Mars is a very extensive row of arithmetic. In speaking of such compendious figures it is easy to drop several millions of miles without feeling bad about it.
“Such a trip is too expensive,” said Sydney. “If one Japanese Boy desiring to go to Mars should travel all over Earth and collect $1 eech from eech man, womans & children, he would not yet have sufficient money-pay for trip to Mars.”
“If I had possession of such ability to collect $1 apiece from all mans, womans & child of this Earth I would not be particular about going to Mars,” I renig with American eye-wink.
I then go to bed for brain-ache full of astronomy.