The Labor enquirer., 1886-02-20
'aEfitten for The Enquiier.
fHE ISLAND or NEEHGOBAD.
By zEso.
lcontinaed.l
CHAPTER II.

CHATTER IL.
Captain Gulliyer found it difficult to
reduce some of the names to English
photography. The name Of the island,
IS near as he can express it. is Neer9o-
bad. This name was originally used TO
designatesthe earth. But when they
were forced to believe that other lands
exis ted, they retained the name as ap-
piled to their own land. As race they
ealled themselves 2llyum pronounced
! ReW-yum) the name being the same
whether singular or plural. The women
we're distinguished by the term yum
Yum. The word syum" conveys the
very highest conception of excellence,
no matter how or to what applied; for
example, nob-Yum, fine fruit tree; /;
nara-yum, an eloquent orator and 30 on.
Now the women of Neergobad being con-
Hdered las they really were) the sum
total ofall beauty and excellence, with no
mixture whatever of alloy, no other term
but ayumn could be applied to them; and
as no one had ever been able to conceive
of the real extent of their virtues, the
. word was repeated thus: yum-yum, 80
as to include any quality that might
escape the finite perception OF guyum.
The same word was applied to the
male sex with the prefix agu," which
means soul" Hence, literally trans
lated, guyum is good SOUL" but in
no particular approaching yum-yum In
the higher virtues. The religion of
Neergobad is closely connected with this
subject. The only objects of worship
were the sun and the yum-yum. Years
ago the sun received the greater share,
but now this was reversed. The reason
given was, that no matter how much
praise and alteration was given to the
sun, it persisted in seorching them in
summer, and failed 70 aid them materi-
ally, during the brief but moderately
cold winter.
On the other hand, the real services
and beauty of the Ynm-yum grew to be
more and more appreciated until they
we're the chief object of devotion
:. By some strange law, most of the
younger guyum worshipped yumyum.
while the older heads clung to the almost
obsolete sun Worship, each being gov
erned solely bY his idea of the import
ance of the object worshiped. Devotional
services were held every ten days in a
large hall exactly in the center of the
island, therefore easily reached from all
directions The council meets in the
same hall. This tenth day is also hol'
iday. Services commence in the morn
ing. They begin to gather in about one
hour after sunrise, and another hour is
spent in conversation and music until
all have arrived. They, are then called
to order by the chairman of the council
who gives way to ore of the, oldest and
most dignifed yum-yum, who addresses
them on subjects of vital interest to all
of their duties to one another; of the
events occurring from time to times and
the lessons to be drawn from them
The speakers are listened to in almos
painful silence, and when they cease, art
greeted with rounds of applause, fol
lowed bv music from an unseen orches
ira. They then dispersed and the re
T mainder of the day would be spent il
various amusements and games
"-. CHAPTER III.
{ The above facts were learned by Gul
!. liver after stay Of several days. Blu
at the time of the first conversation il
the school room, the thought occurred t,
him,-Why had he seen no ladies? HI
inquired of the guide whols called Will
limp.
: He replied: you saw quite nhmbe
on our way here. Now take this elas
and direct it toward yonder beach"
Gulliver did so, and the powerful fielt
glass revealed beautiful sight. Abou
a mile away on the coast, the autumn
sun shone bright upon a beautiful parl
e separated from the sea by strip of sand
Finely formed and singularly dressed
children were playing on the sands
Many lovely yum-yum we're there, en-
gagged IN various diversions; some wer'
knitting as they reslined in hammocks
some assisted the children in theil
: games; others were reading. A large
number of gondolss of a pattern strang,
to Gulliver, we're filed with yum yum
and their children. A few of the latte
were learning to catch fish.
"Those are our mother yum-yum
They do nothing but care for the risin]
generation of guYum," said Willinip
Now turn your glass inland to tha
broad hill to theleft."
Gulliver saw long low building 0
two storiesin height. He noted the fac
because all the other buildings were Q
one story. A bright glass dome aros
from the center. He could see portion
of flower gardens, and yards filled will
vines and fruit trees.
'That is the home of our yum-yum,
said Willinip with gesture of devotion
He remained with eyes closed and hand
clasped for q full minute, and the captain
and sailors waited in respectful silence
Willinip wal, not q, sun-worshiper., Hi