Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-04-30

This planet, TIA the latter part OF the
ninete-nth century Of our Christian era,
sitting az q table IN . room Of an oruins-
~ home IN al old country town Their
minds are al bent upon something or
somebody. What Is il. or who il it,
That ia \ question they would g lady
answer Il they could But not one OF
them can r. il soIfe one or something
invisible. inaudible. intangible. But IL
can move. and apparently il can hear
and comprehend IL can cause other
things 70 move also. Ar this m0Iner- it
Is moving pencil lie. us question ~
Who and what are you, Invisible
presenceY' The pencil. after an In
etants pause. moves slowly up and
down. and from left % right. then
pauseS- We spell sut what has been
written. There il but one word
''rr4t" We ask sgatn: whence do
you come. Trait" and the answer -
written down. terse, yet cOmprehen-
sive enough: 1.-The world. We ask
still further. "Br. what IS the name 81
s0tfr cOuntry?'' The Invisible silently
seplies: lingo" DO you mean, Trait,
that lingo - your whole worid?' ''Of
course" Ard does no other nation OF
another name adiOin yours" Mo-
Let us reason little at this point
being called Trat. who lives in . eoun-
try called lingo. one who fancies him
self member of the only people on
earth. cannot be civilized being. He
must De barbarian, the inheritant OF
some vet unexplored wilderness The
larges. unexplored wilderness that we
know of is In Africa Trait is Central
African. then; perhaps one OF tina. mys-
FERROUS white tribe. which both Living
stone and Stanley have mentioned. But
let us see. lis there any water in that
country, TratY' Yes" ANY river2"
fsYes." Where does the river flow TOP"
.'Over the edge"
some high, inaccessible table-land-an
island in tho air. such as exists in Brit
ish Guiana. what do you see when
you look over the edge, Trait" "Can-
not see" "why not?' Would be
killed IL we did. "who would Kill you?''
"The nation" "Do you mean il is un-
lawful 10 look over?" yes"
STAY Perhaps lingo is a continent
mt the north pole Such n continent
must be isolnted. and would very likely
be surrounded by a barrier of ice.
Now. II the north pole be indeed the
home OF our mysterious visitor, II IL
evident that the length of the days and
nights would indicate the fact. There
fore: "Trat, with regard 20 the periods
of light and Of darkness In your coun-
try, how often do you sleep during the
dark p~riods?" Once" ~And how often
do you eat during the Ugh. periodsp"
''Five times" These answers dispose
OF the claims of the north pole; for
even supposing a man can sleep for six
months at a stretch, he must surely eat
more than once n month during the
day. Try Africa again. Let rs ask
him IL he has ever seen or heard OF
wAite stranger visiting his country.
Yes" replies TRAIT "once . god
came"
All, now We ars on che right track.
Livingstoue. OF course. WAS bis hair
sTsight2"
yes" "And his face was winter"
"Yes."
"whas ias1uace did ne speak?"
"ours." fvell. Livingstone spoke the
negro dislscts) How do you know he
was n Todg' He came there" TO be
sure not bad answer)
What did he say 70 your" $50
where he went Very proper Ian
rusge for messiah.l What did You
do9" "Kiued him" tsensa.ion.) ''Did
You eat himT' The answer Ii rapidly
written. "No~-a god"
ssweu. what did you do with him7~
s'rhrsw him over the edge"
Ts can hardly BE- Africa, after all.
Where can il be7 Suppose we approach
the problem from the poin. Of view Of
The considerations: They should .eIl
something Of the latitude. "'rrat. You
see stars at night in Zingo9" 'sWhat9-
~Stars-brsgns points In The sl<y?-
"No-lamp&" "a very bright lamp hv
davy" Mo- "And q moon By night"
1.-Two" $40 you mean TO say you have
two moons in ZingoT' "of course
Trait replied
We look 81 one another With 4 queer
sensation. A country with two moons
exists not on this planet; Tras,--sheu.
must be visitor from another world
than ours. This becomes interesting
w. AK Trait how The SIN moves in
lingo. and he draws narrow eIllrse.
ssBn... we inquire. does /. not disap-
pear az one side and come 10 at the
csherq'. sNe." Then what makes vour
ri0bt9'' The moons" How Sos.'
For answer. Trait draws two large cir
eIe. % represent the moons and a
smaller one az n distance from them. for
che sun. "no ycu mean. Trait, that
your moons arr larger than Tonr SUM-
ives s.Rut the moons sinner "Ns,-
black 'srhen II Is the shadow ~ she
moon between you ard the sun that
makes the night 'Of course. sevs
Trat. and Ne roes on - explain thas
there are four tines Il ten hours each.
darix and light "How Tar arr the
rrpcns above n. earth Three raiies-'
gahcut equal. az We Afterwards eSti-
mated. - ff.een - sur niles ~
the moons novr, or stay IN enc placer
"Stav~
Here. then. vss At entirely novel
terrestrial scheme. Instead ~ rewaiv-
ing On ia AXIS. The planet - lingo rocks
=, ard frs. with les Tn~sns. Ike
cradle ard as the great black fnoo.s
pass sri repass successfully before tse
safn. night and aav foIlow each ether.
We lesr-se,f. BIZ .serrses. ether ztranc.
facts IA this eonneetian- The heat -
Tie san : 50 Intense "a ~ melt or fuse