The Labor enquirer., 1885-04-04

some hr-avay place; had studied the
habits and customs Of the people of that
country, and was now about to deliver 9
lecture, and relate his experience while
absent from homo.
As the speaker had not yet made his
appearance, / leisnrely looked about me.
determined to observe more closely these
strange people. I noted with astonish-
,ment that, although seemingly human
beings like myself, there was wide diff
ference in their looks and actions from
the people of earth. All were finely
formed ali had rich, melodious voices
and cheerful, happy expressions; none
seemed wasted by disease, or bent. or
otherwise disfpured BY excessive toll /;
every step was buoyant, every action and
movement graceful, and the department
of all was that of well bred ladies and
gentlemen.
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Then the speaker appeared and
mounted the pulpit, or tribunal, and as l
looked around upon the thousands Of
eager faces encircling him / could not
help exelaiming: How can this man
make himself heard by all these people
in this vast place" Then again the
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same rich voice hich had before spoken
answered me: "Look and listen, and
you shall be satisfied" Then / noticed
what had before escaped my attention,
that large bell-shaped contriyance was
suspended over the pulpit, and whsn the
lecturer had signifed that he was ready
to begin, this bell slowly descended till
within foot Of his head. As soon as
the speaker began his discourse l found
that this strange instrument above him
was used to convey his tones to the diff
ferent parts of the hall. His voice
seemed to be foated in deep, rich and
clear tones, to the farthernost corners
Of the vast amphitheater, and l after
ward learned that his speech had been
conveyed, by the same instrument, over
a radius of many miles. AS the speaker
began, every eye was turned upon him,
and the silence throughout his discourse
was unbroken, save by low murmurs,
and the sobs of those tender-hearted
ones who were visibly affected by his
recital.
"My friends"-thus began the speaker
-"you are aware of the mission which it
was my duty to perform, and the sue
cessful accomplishment of which I have
already reported. 1t is now both my
pleasure and nv pain to speak to you
of the experiences which 1 have had in
that strange place which recent discoy-
cries have enabled me to visit. 1t is my
pleasure because Of the final triumph OF
mind over matter, and the unbounded
success of the experiments which have
been made with view to transporting
ourselves at will from our own world to
that of the planet, Earth. 1t is my pain
because of the sad scenes l haye wit
messed during my temporary sojourn
among the people who dwell upon earth
To you, accustomed as YOU are, to the
guidance of reason and common sense,
and to being ruled by love and the
natural laws of your being. many of the
things which am about to relate will
seem wholly incomprehensible, and if I
had not seen these things with my own
eyes, too should doubt the existence oi
such state of affairs in the universe
| l could not have believed that beings
endowed with reason, and seemingly
perfectly capable of selfgovernment
could live in such a condition of in.
harmony and disorder as do the inhabi'
tants of the earth.
"Ah, my friends, I never realized
until had once more arrived safely in
our own dear land, how much I loved
my own home and the institutions under
which 1 was happily born and matured.
The earth, my friends, is beautiful
Nature has been most lavish in her gifts
to its people, and yields an abundance
of everything with which to supply the
physical wants of man. Many of the
places which 1 visited are beautiful be-
beyond description. Grand and lofty
chains of mountains stretch for thou
sands of miles across the different por-
tons of the earth. Great bodies of water,
seemingly measpreless IN their dimen-
sions, cover the face of the globe ;
smaller bodies of water, called lakes, are
numerous in every country, and streams
of water flow in all directions. There,
as here, the grass is green, great forests
abound, and thousands of beautiful
flowers are spread over the plains and
dot the hill-sides. In many portions of
the earth food springs spontaneously
from the soil; while the ground pro-
duces raw material from which the
finest of raiment can be easily made,
Luscious fruits and nuts grow IN profusion
without cultivation, and many animals
of the lower kind furnish material from
which useful articles of clothing aud
furniture are manufactured, while their
flesh can be used for food. The whole
earth is filled to overfowing with every
thing necessary for the comfort, ,conve-
nience and happiness of man, and there