The Florence tribune., 1899-03-04
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An Original Arizona Poem by Joseph Mulhatton, Author of "seautiful
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 NoTE-The measure of this poem is what is known as English dactylic hexameter. The time is 'rag," for the walkers.
 The hexameter is the measure used by Homer in the Iliad and the Odyssey, and by Virgil in the Eneid, also by Longfellow in Evangeline. The time was that used at the parsonage Thurs day night.
 Prof. Nets and all other prominent educators in Arizona should read this poem aloud every morning to their pupils in order to familiarize them with classical poetry.
 In order that this poem may be better understood than are those of Browning, prelude will now follow:
 THE PRELUDE.
 The scene is laid in primeval forest of giant sahuaras, many of them over thirty feet in diamater and some of them magnetic. IL is on BradY's ranch, near Florence, Arizona. The i Scientific Society has met at the residence of Mir. Brady 10 discuss the discovery of new light called the Magnetic Light. It was discovered by Mir. Mellor, a rising young artist of i Florence, while experimenting in his laboratory. It's importance to the world at large is greater than the dis covery of the Roentgen X rays or the electric light.
 The members present were Judge Sniffen, Judge Benson, Judge Herr, Judge Stevens, Prof. Nets, Clay Hockett, Ed. Devine, Tom Peyton, Geo. Truman, Bill Truman, Bill Stone, Andy Denier, ''Red" the Village Black smith, and others of Florence. Mir. Barker's was the first voice:
 ''So this new magnetic light differs greatly from the electric or other lights, does it, Mir. Mellor."
 "Yes," :" replied that gentleman, "this new light illumines the brain of man. He sees clearly his relation to the uni verse with all it's wonderful mag netic, intelligent, invisible forces"
 "You believe there are waves of magnetic thought, do you?" asked Attorney Stone, "and that man is the storage battery for magnetic intelli- gence on this planet"
 'I do, indeed" replied the artist. Man is a magnet; the earth is magnet. So are the sun and the moon and our entire solar system. The universe is but big crown set with magnetic worlds and suns, just like so many diamonds in an ornament Itis, in fact, an endless chain of magnets, set in big disc or halo or corona of magnetism. And let the Great Architect or Engineer of the Universe but whisper on any portion of this big disc of the universe and Bis voice is heard all over it. Dis tance and time cut no figure with this great system of magnetism ruling the universe"
 You think, then," said W. Y. Price, that mans brain is becom- ing spiritually illumined."
 Spiritually, you might call il" re- piled Mir. Mellor; ''but this light is away beyond any discoveries made in the realms of what is known as spiritualism. This light shows us that not only the little world around us, but the entire universe, is filled with invisible intelligent beings or forces or waves of magnetic thought or all that man is in constant communication with if he, as magnetic instru- ment, has his spiritual nature in trim to receive and comprehend the message and the forces that urge him on. These forces have been with man in all ages of history, powerful but invisible"
 "So there is really nothing new in this discovery2" said Peter Brady.
 "No," said Mir. Mellor, essentially nothing new. What are called new discoveries are only existing forces in the universe revealed to mans brain by this new magnetic light. The great source from which it emanates is somewhere in the center of the universe"
 "Do you think there is big plant away off there to generate this magnetic light, " asked Judge Benson
 ''Yes, the main plant is in charge of the Engineer of the Universe, and millions upon millions of storage batteries in the shape of men can be instantly charged and be used as in struments for them to work out his plans on this planet"