Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-07-24


lly has never had 4 ualnU OF blood. Lere
no such thing is thought of. To begin
with, no 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 conveniences, 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, u
he returned. but this the city OF
Moron is the capital. Our provinces,
farming lands, smaller cities, towns and
hamlets lie around u.s. 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 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.
"These men are the municipal po-
lice," explained the king, resting his
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, tho entire city in
miniature, its streets, parks, public
buildings and moving populace. And
what seemed to be the most 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 q
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-
BILE 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 I 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
SEEM" said the king, with a touch of
pride in his tone. Look at the mirror
in front Of you"
They did as he requested and at first
saw nothing, but as he went to o stone
table in the center Of the room and
touched an electric button a 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.
1T is that way all over my king
dom, said the king. "In an hour can
inspect it ALL"
but how is it done?" asked Thorn
dyke, forgetting himself in wonder.
Through a telescope invention
aided by electricity and the clearness Of
our atmosphere, replied the king. 1T
would take too long to go into the de-
tails. The views, however, are reflected
to this point from various observatoriea
throughout the land. Such a system
would be impossible in any other coun-
try ON account Of the clouds and atmos-
pheric changes. but here we control
everything"
II noticed" returned the English.
man. THAT green fields lie beside ripen.
ing ones and those in which the grain il
being harvested.
1--WE have no change of seasons, an.
swered the king. ''Change Of seasons
may be according to nature, but it is in
the province Of mans intellect to i'm.
prove on nature. But must leave you
now. shall summon you again when
have the leisure to continue our con
versation."
well. what do you think Of it?''
asked Johnston as the king disappeared
behind curtain in the direction of thu
audience chamber.
Il give it up. only know that the
old fellows daughter, the Princes
Bernardino, is the most beautiful, the
most bewitching creature that eve1