The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-03

cd il to her lips, and, rising, sutfused
with bushes. she tripped from the dais
and disappeared behind the curtain.
The king frowned as he looked after
her. at is a mark of preference, he
said coldly. ut is ore Of our customs
for dancer or singer TO favor some one
Of her spectators in that way. My daugh-
ter evidently mistook you for al embas-
sador from one Of my provinces, but 1t
does not matter "
"She is wonderfully beautiful, re-
piled the taotful Englishman, pretend
ing not 10 be fiattered by the notice OF
the princess.
do you think our people fine look
ing as ruler" asked the king TO change
the subject
Decidedly. l never imagined such a
race existed.
Again the king was pleased. THAT
is one Of the objects Of our system.
Generation after generation we improve
mentally and physically. We are the
only people who have ever attempted
TO thoroughly study the science of liv-
ing. Your medical men may be num-
bered by the mil!ion; your remedies for
your ills change daily; what you say is
good for the health today is tomorrow
believed TO be poison; today you try 10
make blood TO give strength, and half
"a century ago you believed in taking it
from the weakest Of your patients. With
all this fuss over health you will think
nothing of allowing the son of man
who died with q loathsome hereditary
disease TO mary woman whose fam
lily has never had a faint Of blood. Here
no such thing is thought Of To begin
with, 10 person who is not thoroughly
sound can remain with US. Every heart
beat is heard by our medical men, and
every vein is transparent. You see evil
dences Of the benefit Of our system in
the men and women around you. All
our convenieaces, the excellence Of our
products, our great inventions, are the
result.
Il have been wondering about the
size Of your country, ventured Thorn
dyke cautiously.
The King smiled. THAT will be one
of the things for you to discover later,
he returned. But this the city Of
Moron is the capital. Our provinces,
farming lands, smaller cities, towns and
hamlets lie around Us. Come with me
and / will show you something"
He waved his hand and dismissed a
number Of Courtiers who were waiting
to be called, and rose from the throne
and led the two captives into a large
apartment adjoining the throneroom.
Here they found six men in blue uni
forms looking into large circular mir.
ror on a table. They all bowed and
moved aside as the king approached.
"TEcse men are the municipal po-
lice" explained the king, resting bis
hand on the gold frame of the glass
They are watching the city" And
when the strangers drew nearer they
were surprised TO see reflected in the
deeply concave glass, the entire city in
miniature, its streets, parks, public
buildings and moving populace And
what seemed to be the nest remarkable
feature Of the invention was that the in.
slant the eye rested on any particular
portion of the whole that part was at
once magnified so that every detail of it
was clearly observable.
"This is an improvement on your po-
lice system" continued the king. mo
sooner does anything 60 wrong than
red signal is given on the spot of the
trouble and the attention of these officers
is Immediately called to it. A flying
machine is sent out, and the offender is
brought to the police station. But trou-
bic OF any nature rarely occurs, and the
duties OF our police are merely nominal.
My people live in thorough harmony.
Now, come with me, and l will give you
an idea of the surrounding country"
AS the king spoke he led them into q
circular room, the roof of which was of
white glass, and the walls were lined
with large mirrors.
This is our general observatory,
from which every part Of Alpha can be
seen, said the king, with touch of
pride in his tone. Look at the mirror
in front of you. L."
They did as he requested and at first
saw nothing, but as he went to a stone
table III the center of the room and
touched an electric button q grand view
OF green fields, forests, streams, lakes
and farmhouses flashed upon the mirror.
The king laughed at their surprise and
touched another button. AS he did so
the scene shifted gradually. The land
scapes ran by like panorama. a pref
ty village came into sight and passed,
then larger town and still larger,
then fields, hills and valleys and forests
of giant trees
ut is that way all over my king
dom, said the king. "In an hour can
inspect it all. I"
But how is it done?" asked Thorn
dyke, forgetting himself in wonder
Through telescope invention
aided by electricity and the clearness of
our atmosphere, replied the king. at
would take too long to go into the de-
tails The views, however, are reflected
to this point from various observatories
throughout the land. Such system
would be impossible in any other coun-
try ON account of the clouds and atmos-
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