Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1895 — Financial Astronomy. [ARTICLE]

Financial Astronomy.

Sir Robert Ball, the famous English astronomer, has been reckoning the cost of a trip to the stars, supposing a cslestial railroad could be constructed. At the rate of 2 cents per hundred miles, which would never enable a company' to pay dividends, it would cost $3,865,000,000 for a single fare and 5,000 huge carts would be needed to convey the number of half eagles required to defray expenses. At the rate of making change at certain offices how many passengers would be likely to catch the train ?