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The object of this book is to explain

in a clear and simple manner howto hypnotize yourself and othersand to improve the mind bysystematic development.

Many books have been written onthis subject fully discussing itshistory during all ages, but the aimin this work is to simplify it andenable the reader to do all that anyother hypnotist can do. Not onlythis but to develop one's clairvoyantpowers, and this is made so simpleand plain that no one need to fail.Respectfully,

J. W. Wei/tnER.

HYPNOTISM.

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HYPNOTISM as a theory, is handeddown to ns from ancient times, bnt,as a science it is of modern times. Itis now creating a world wideinterest, and is being investigated,stndied, tested, accepted andpracticed by people in every walk oflife. Having run the gauntlets ofprejudiced criticism, it stands to-day successfully demonstrated to beone of the most wonderful sciencesof the century.

Hypnotism in its broadest sense,

may be considered mere suggestionwhich influences or controls thesub-conscious mind. In its limitedsense it is simply sleep producedartificially or by suggestion.

Mesmer claimed that hypnotism is

magnetism or electricity. From himit received the name of Mesmerism,bnt the same power is inMermerism and in Hypnotism, thepower of the sub-conscions mind.Some say it is only weak mindedpeople that can be hypnotized, bnt agreater mistake conld not be made.The subject simply becomes passiveand accepts the suggestions of the

operator, not because of weak willpower but because he is willing tobecome passive to the suggestionsof the operator. No one can forcehim to do so. His will is always free.The power of hypnotizing resides inthe subject.

In the last few years the MedicalProfession, in the most enlightenednations of the world have usedhypnotism to a great extent. It isused in many Hospitals, andPhysicians, Dentists and Nurseslearn the principles of Hypnotism

in the schools located in nearlyevery city of importance in the

world. Many works have beenwritten on the subject, such asWood's Ideal Suggestions; Hudson'sLaws of Psychic Phenomena;Bernheim's SuggestiveTherapeutics; Delenze's AnimalMagnetism, etc.

It is no longer an experiment but anestablished Science. Systems ofMedicine have been tried anddiscarded, but Hypnotism as aSystem of Healing is with us to stay.Every great discovery had itsenemies, and no wonder that this,one of the greatest of alldiscoveries, has met violentopposition. People condemn it

without investigation, but if thereader will carefully observe thedirections given in this course ofstudy, and test them thoroughly,you will be convinced of thewonderful power of Hypuotism inthe cure of diseases, and

in the control of yonr businessaffairs.

This is not a subject that should belightly trifled with. The charlatanstage performances are largelyresponsible for the adversecriticisms against Hypnotism inmany localities. Persons should notpractice it until they become

complete masters of the science,not only in producing the hypnoticsleep, but also in waking thesubject, or in bringing the subjectout from the influence intocomplete consciousness.

The first stage of Hypnotism maybe termed a light sleep or thesomnambulistic stage. The secondstage is the cataleptic stage, and thethird is the trance stage orclairvoyant stage. In a lightclairvoyant stage, mind reading maybe developed, but in the deepertrance, or clairvoyant stage, mostwonderful powers of the sub-conscious mind

is developed or discovered, such, asleaving the body to visit distantplaces and persons, and makeaccurate reports. In the deepesttrance the mind is able to know andto see most wonderful things. 2 Cor.12: 2-5 illustrates this condition.The words heard were unspeakableand not lawful to be uttered,because the world was not then ableto comprehend such wonders.

PASSING THROUGH THESTAGES.

When you place a subject in thefirst stage or light sleep, and desirehim to go into the cataleptic stage,

you simply give the commandfearlessly and confidently : ' l Godeeper ; n "Go into the catalepticstage where your body becomesperfectly rigid." The subjectimmediately becomes rigid or stiff.This may be ascer-

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tained by lifting the hand slightlyand it will be observed that the armis perfectly rigid.

To pass the subject into the trancestage, you simply give thecommand: '' Go deeper ; " "Go into alight clairvoyant stage," or "Go into

the mind reading stage." When yougive these commands or make thesesuggestions, you must expect themto be obeyed, and the result will beexactly according to yourexpectations. In this condition thesubject may develop the power ofmind reading.

When desired to go into a deepertrance, the order is given as above, "Go into a deeper trance where yourmind may be able to visit distantpersons or places." If the mind ofthe subject is directed to makevisits and bring back reports, it willdo so more and more accu-

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rately as the clairvoyant develops.Before giving the suggestion ofgoing into the deepest trance, youshould suggest that the mind returnto the body and prepare to go intothe deepest trance, then yoursuggestion : '' Go deeper into thedeepest trance and remain (a givenlength of time) not longer thantwenty minutes, and at the end ofthat time, after directing the mindto return to the body, thesuggestion should be given: "Wakeup," or "You may now come backthrough the stages and prepare toawake.'' You can wake the subject

direct from any stage, by the simplecommand, u Wake up," or whenproperly developed, the subject canbe placed in any stage direct,without being required to passthrough the preceding ones.

If the subject does not wake upwhen the command is given, saywhen I count

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(a certain number as) twenty, youwill wake when I say twenty. It isjust as easy to wake a patient as it isto put him to sleep. The mainbusiness of the operator is to keep

cool, not get excited, and issue allsuggestions or commands with thefull expectation of being obeyed. Ifyou make any "Time suggestions''such as '' Go into the catalepticstage and remain two hours," youcannot wake the subject before thetime expires, therefore be extremelycareful what suggestions you makein any of the stages. If you fail towake the subject, do not bealarmed, because he will wake ofhis own accord, after sleeping theusual length of time of his naturalsleep.

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METHODS OF HYPNOTIZING.

FIRST METHOD.

The patient should be directed to liedown or sit in a comfortableposition and be at perfect ease. Thehypnotist either standing by theside or sitting in front of thesubject, places his hands, withfingers extended, over the subject'shead and makes passes slowly downto the extremities, near but nottouching the body, stopping a fewmoments in front of the eyes andalso at the pit of the stomach,closing the hands at the end of eachpass, until he is read)/ to make the

next pass, or until the hand reachesthe head as the starting point.

It is also suggested to ask thesubject to direct his eyes to acertain point and hold them theresteadily but without making anyeffort to think.

After making these passes a fewmin-

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utes, you should let the voice dropinto a monotone and say, "You arenow resting quietly, and will soonbe asleep. Do not try to think, but

just rest and not even try to go tosleep. You are looking very sleepyand your eyes are getting moist andyou are breathing more slowly andyour limbs are getting heavy andyou are going to sleep, down, downinto a peaceful sleep," etc., etc. Youcan prepare a long speech similar tothese expressions to be delivered ina monotonous manner and use asmuch of it as necessary, and afteryour subject is asleep, it is best tosay, " You are asleep and you cannotwake up 'till I call you."

When you are sure your subject isasleep, you can say "You are asleepbut you can hear me, and do

everything I tell you." "You mayremain asleep but you can openyour eyes."

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The subject will now take anysuggestion and do anything orattempt to do anything you suggest,except to commit a crime. Hecannot be induced to commit acrime in the hypnotic condition, anymore than in the waking condition.

There are hundreds of ways tohypnotize, and the operator shouldtry various methods, until he findsthe method best adapted to himself,

which he could select as his leadingmethod, but the methods shouldalso be varied to suit the subject.

SECOND METHOD.

Your patient will" lie downcomfortably and you sit by his sideand touch his forehead with the tipsof the fingers of the left hand,pressing gently, and with the righthand grasp the patient's right handand give the monotonoussuggestive speech similar to thatsuggested in Method No. 1.

THIRD METHOD.

The subject is comfortably seatedand you stand in front, Holding abright object, not more than oneinch in diameter, in front and alittle above the eyes, directing thepatient to look steadily at the objectand think of nothing but sleep. Thisposition tires the e}^es and themonotonous suggestive speechsimilar to that used in the precedingmethods, will soon induce sleep, ifthe subject is susceptible.

SELF-HYPNOTISM.

Take a comfortable position, call inyour faculties of mind, and rest.Count the pulsations of your heart,

by counting mentally, one, two, asyou inhale the breath, and three,four, as } t ou exhale, repeating thiscount mentally, thinking of nothingelse, and you cease to think of

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the counting, but you doitautomatically, you will soon beasleep.

Other methods of self-hypnotism,such as repeating the letters of thealphabet mentally, or a stanza ofpoetry over and over again,abstracting the mind fromeverything else, have been

successfully used.

Another method is to direct youreyes to a point between theeyebrows on what the Phrenologistscall the organ of individuality,keeping them in this position, whilementally doing what is suggested ineither of the methods suggestedabove. The eyes should be closed inthese efforts at self-hypnotism.Before inducing the hypnotic sleepupon yourself, it is wise to makeauto-suggestions similar to any ofthe post-hypnotic suggestionsexplained in the twelfth lecture.This will enable you to accomplishanything you, as an

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operator, can lead your subjects todo, such as Self-Healing, or learningTela-pathy, Psychometry, MagneticHealing, or how to apply your mindto the healing of others.

There are good works published onPsycho-Therapeutics and muchvaluable information may begleaned from them, but myendeavors have been to present inthis course of study, the simplestand most practical methods ofhealing, and to present them in away that may be understood by theaverage reader and yet sufficiently

comprehensive to interest the mostphilosophic minds.

POST HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIONAND HYPNOTIC CURES.

When a subject is hypnotized, youmay make such suggestions as willinfluence him in his consciousstate. You may

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suggest that at any time you desire,you can hypnotize himinstantaneously by any movementon your part you please to suggest,or by the reading of any letter you

may write him, or even bytelephone message, and if you makethe suggestion sufficientlyimpressive, you can at any timeafterward accomplish with him justwhat you had suggested, except tocause him to do anything morallywrong.

You may suggest to your hypnotizedsubject that he can learn how to besuccessful in his businesstransactions, and he will soondiscover a marked improvement inall his business operations.

Remember all Post hypnoticsuggestions are made while the

subject is in the hypnotic state orcondition, and }'Our object shouldbe to make only such suggestions aswill be of advantage to your subject,and induce him to lead a better and

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more useful life, or to rid himself ofany bad habits that he may beaddicted to. You may suggest thathe may now learn to make his lifemore agreeable to his associates orcompanions.

TELEPATHY.

You may suggest to your subject

that he can learn how tocommunicate his thoughts toabsent persons or to receivecommunications from them. This istermed by some writers MindTransference. The communicationsmay be so distinct as to seemaudible, and it is then called Clair-audience. This is learned when thesubject is in the deep clairvoyantstage.

PSYCHOMETRY, OR "SOULSEEING."

Suggest to your subject while he isin the deep trance or clairvoyantstage, that he can learn how to see

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and know just what they are doingat any time, and if the suggestion ismade sufficiently impressive whenthe subject is in his conscious state,he will soon discover that hepossesses what is called by somewriters "Spiritual Sight," or knowingby intuition.

The only way that you can reallyknow that these Post Hypnoticsuggestions accomplish these,wonders of the mind is to test themfor yourself. Some of these things

seem incredible until you see themactually done by properly developedsubjects. If at first you don'tsucceed, try again.

Many diseases may be curedpermanently, by making impressivesuggestions to your subject. Theproper suggestions for the cure ofdiseases are: "You are getting betterand your trouble will soon leaveyou." "YOU are im-

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proving very rapidly and in a fewminutes you will be entirely cured.""Your restoration to Health will be

complete and permanent." "You arenow perfectly cured, and yourtroubles will not return any more,"etc.

In this manner you can curenervous troubles, Headaches,laziness, the tobacco habit, thewhiskey habit, the morphine habit,epilepsy, colds, la grippe, loss ofpower, etc., and give tone andhealth to your afflicted patients.

Many cases may be successfully andpermanently cured by one hypnotictreatment, but if you have failed tomake your suggestions sufficientlystrong to effect a cure, try again and

again, fully EXPECTING yourefforts to succeed, and your successwill be exactly according to yourEXPECTATIONS.

To make a successful hypnotist, it is

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necessary to cultivate and possessfull confidence in your power tocontrol your subjects. Without thisconfidence you will fail. The way toacquire this power is thoroughly tomaster the subject, that is, tounderstand how to proceed, how tothink and what to say. Make anysuggestions you can that will give

your subject confidence in yourpower as a hypnotist, and thestronger you can make thesesuggestions the easier it will be toget him under control. A goodreputation as a hypnotist addsmuch to the power of an operator.

Cultivate perfect confidence in yourown powers, and learn to depend onyour sub-conscious powers toattract unto you whatsoever youdesire. Do not recognize in yourselfany possibility of failure. As onetraveling man suggested, ' 'Whenyou want anything, go after it andGET it."

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Many persons undertake a task,thinking, " I don't know whether Ican succeed, but I will try." This isnot the correct position to assume.

One Commander said to aLieutenant: '' Can you and yourcompany take that battery?" TheLieutenant answered, "We can try."The Commander said, u You are notthe man I want." Calling anotherLieutenant he asked, u Can youwith your command, take thatbattery?" The answer came, u Ican." The order was given, " Go andtake it;"—and he TOOK it.

Industry and economy, togetherwith a settled purpose, will bringyou into any degree of prosperityyou desire.

If you desire to become a hypnotistor clairvoyant, assume you can doso, and try it when you have anopportunity, and if you make yoursuggestions as your

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own common sense may dictate toyon, yon will succeed in a majorityof cases. Whatever yon do, let it bewith a purpose similar to thatconveyed in the Historic expression,

"I shall fight it out on this line, if ittakes all summer," and "Gen. Taylornever surrenders."

You may learn of the power of thesubconscious mind, but you mustTRUST it, and EXPECT it to do yourbidding, and you will succeed.

This is true as a hypnotist,clairvoyant or healer.

There is no limit to the power of thesub-conscious mind, except thedoubts, fears and biased judgmentof the conscious mind, and whenthe conscious mind or objectivemind is asleep, either in the natural

or hypnotic sleep, the sub-conscious or subjective mind is freeto accomplish whatever isdemanded of it.

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The sub-conscious or subjectivemind is a distinct entity, and itsbusiness is to care for the body,regulate all the organs andsecretions and excretions. It is theintuition, the human soul, and cansee without the .use of the naturaleyes, and has the power tocommunicate with other minds,regardless of distance. It is able toproject thought and receive thought

any distance, and read the minds ofothers. It never sleeps, it neverforgets, and is considered thestorehouse of all humanexperiences. It never dies.

The sub-conscious mind is thatwhich produces all the phenomenaof clairvoyance, and these powersare more or less common to allhuman minds. That is, the power ofbringing up into consciousness allthat is stored in the experiences ofthe conscious mind, or to read theconscious and sub-conscious mindsof others.

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Enough has been given to enableany one to develop his hypnoticpowers, and the discussion underthe head of Clairvoyance will giveall that is necessary to know todevelop yourself or others.

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CLAIRVOYANCE.

WHAT has been said abouthypnotism may be considered thepreliminaries to a complete

development of clairvoyant powers.Clairvoyance means clear seeing. Itis simply seeing or discerning withthe sonl or sub-con-scions mindwith sufficient distinctness for theknowledge, or facts to produce anintelligible impression on theconscious mind, or to cause theorgans of speech to communicatethem to others. To see the absent asif they were present. To see the pastas if it were present. Much that ispresented to the public under thename of clairvoyance is merelytrickery and cleverness on the partof the so-called clairvoyant, whosegeneralization will

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apply to all alike, or who may beable to read the mind to reveal thepast, and since their object is tomake money, their futurepredictions are usually of a pleasingor flattering nature.

The power of clairvoyance isthrough the sub-conscious mind, oras some term it, the subjectivemind. Being an individualizedexpression of universal mind, itmay search out and know thepeculiar characteristics of any otherindividual. Here lies the secret;herein exists the power.

This power of the mind has beenobserved in all ages. Socrates andAppo-lonius exercised this self-same power. Cicero and Pliny speakof it and recommend that someoneshould record "what these sleeperssay because they do not retain anyrecollection of them."

Tertulian, St. Justin and Platorecog-

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nized that certain people in theirdays had these pecnliar powers.

These powers were supposed to be

"gifts," and that only a few wereendowed with these peculiar gifts;but modern science has revealedthe fact that most persons are, to agreater or less extent, clairvoyantsubjects.

Clairvoyance may be natural orinduced by hypnotism. In its perfectform, the concious mind is asleepand the body in deep sleep, so thatthe strongest substances have noeffect on the sense of smell; needlesthrust into the body would produceno pain; surgical operationsperformed without being felt. Whenin this state the sub-conscious mindis most active and it is able to read

the minds of others even to thepower to give names of persons andplaces that any other mind isacquainted with. To see the absentas if it

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were present; to visit people instrange places and give accuratedescriptions, to even leave thisearth and visit other spheres, asillustrated in book II of thisvolume, these are powers of thesubconscious mind.

The all important question is not togive in detail the history of what

has been accomplished in all ages;but how can a person develop thesepowers?

There are many ways of inducingthe hypnotic condition and beingcarried into the clairvoyant state.This may be done by engaging asuccessful operator and placingyourself in his hands to bedeveloped, or it may beaccomplished by auto-suggestion.

The discussion on hypnotism willenable you to hypnotize others orteach them to hypnotize, and weshall now explain the process of

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SELF-DEVELOPMENT,

of Clairvoyant powers.

Once or twice each day "enter thesilence" for a space of fifteen orthirty minntes. This is simplyentering a private, quiet room, andsitting; sit facing a dull black clothspread out about a yard square,holding the eyes upon a particularpoint of the cloth without movingthem in any manner whatever.Relax all your organs of body andmind, cease thinking and rest.Before u entering the silence" direct

your sub-conscious mind to giveyou a hypnotic sleep and carry youinto a deep trance. This maydevelop you in a very few sittings.Some seem to develop very quickly,while others require a long time.Before these hypnotic auto-suggestions, make the suggestion asto the time you wish to remainasleep, and if you make this in apositive manner you will wake

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up at the time designated. It wouldbe safer at first to authorize a friendto wake you after a certain length oftime. Simple as this seems, it will

do the work for you.

This is a development no one cando for you—no one can give youthese powers. Even if you go to anoted hypnotist or clairvoyant, themost he can do is to employ suchmeans as will make suggestionssufficiently strong to your sub-conscious mind to cause it toaccomplish the desired result. Hepresses the button, but your sub-conscious mind must do the work.

Any phase of clairvoyance, mindreading, telepathy, clairaudience,psychome-try, may be developed inlike manner. When "entering the

silence," make the proper auto-suggestion, but do not try anyparticular phase until you succeedin hypnotizing yourself. Continuethis

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until you become clairvoyant, andrepeat the process from day to day,or time and again, until you canenter this condition at will.

You may make the auto-suggestionthat when in the clairvoyant stateyou will be another person, andthus assume any character youdesire. Our good spiritualist friends

term this being "under control."Whether true or not, much of theirteachings is most beautiful. I do notoffer it as an argument againstspirit manifestations when I saywhen you become clairvoyant youmay assume the character andidentity of a living person (mind orspirit,) or you may assume thecharacter of one who has passedfrom this earthly existence andrepresent either character, one aseasily as the other.

This volume is not intended as anargument for or against any of whatare

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termed the nineteen phases ofmedinm-ship, but it is simply anexplanation of what hypnotism isand how to induce it and whatclairvoyance is and how it may bedeveloped.

Many things have occurred in thelives of most people—coincidencesthey are nsnally termed, but manythoughtful people recognize themas mind transference.

Yon "happen" (?) to think of afriend from whom yon have notheard for a long time, and while

holding him in mind 3^011 writehim a letter. Before he has time toreceive yonr letter he has happened(?) to think of yon and written toyon. The letters pass each other onthe way. Coincidence? Not always!Mind transference? Why not?Telepathy? Pure and simple.

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naturally clairvoyant. They seem toknow or sense things by what issometimes termed the sixth sense.

Mr. , of Nevada, Mo., left home

for a two weeks' trip. The third dayafter leaving home he felt animpulse or impression that he wasneeded at home. He went home andarrived at night, and his little boywas at the depot with his buggy tomeet him. The father said, "Son,why did you meet me with thebuggy?" The son replied, "Wethought you would come home onthis train." The father said, "Son,what is wrong?" The answer came,"Uncle is dead!"

Coincidence? Certainly not. Mindtransference or telepathy is the onlyexplanation, and it was natural withthese people, but these same

powers can be developed in a largepercentage of the human race.

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Volumes could be written toillustrate this great subject, but it isour purpose only to make the wayplain to seekers after these seemingmysteries. If you desire to developyour clairvoyant powers you havemany points in your favor forsuccess. If at first you don'tsucceed, if you are willing to tryagain and TRUST your sub-conscious mind to accomplish whatyou desire, all you need to do is totake your sittings for development

according to the plan alreadysuggested, and you can developmore surely when sitting alone thanin company.

To illustrate the psychometricpowers of the mind, the writerdeveloped his sister-in-law, Mrs. S.J. Weltner, as a clairvoyant, or ledher to develop herself, and testedher power of visiting places orpersons with such accurate ordefinite

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results that he directed her to visitthe planet Mars and report what

she could see and learn. The resultis given in Book II of this volume.

MRS. S. J. WEI/TNER.

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THE BOOK Or MARS

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PROP. J. W. WELTNER.

ST. LOUIS, no.

MARS,

The planet Mars, so conspicuous inthe heavens, and so much studiedby astronomers, is an oblatespheroid, similar to the earth inform, having a diameter of 4200miles. In its perihelion it is128,500,000 miles from the sun,and when in aphelio it is154,500,000 miles from the sun. Itrevolves around the sun in 687days, and rotates on its axis in 24hours, 37 minutes, 22.67 seconds.

About every 15 years Mars, when inopposition, comes within60,000,000 miles of the earth. It isthen a brilliant orb, rivaling Jupiterand Venus in splendor.

The telescope brings into view whatis supposed to be land and water;also snow about the poles. Thepolar caps diminish in size duringthe summer and increase duringthe winter.

The dark portions seen through thetelescope are supposed to be water,and

the reddish portion of the planet's

disc is supposed to be dry land.

Astronomers report the existence ofclouds, bnt they report the air onlyone-fonrth the density of the earth'satmosphere.

The bnlk of the planet being onlyabont one-eighth as large as theearth, the force of gravity is not sogreat, and if the atmosphere were ofthe same composition as that of theearth it wonld not be dense enonghto support life, but an all-wisecreator has supplied, even to thisextremely rare atmosphere, theelements necessary to the existenceof animal and vegetable life.

Mars is attended by two moons.Their names are Deimos andPhobos, which names are given byHomer in the fifteenth book of theIliad, to the steeds which drew thechariot of the god of war, whopersonifies them as the attendantsof Mars. There are five smallermoons belonging to Mars.

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The surface is composed of landand water, the permanent watersurface being about 500,000 squaremiles.

The land surface consists of what

we call low plains, plateaus andmountains, with rivers and manyartificial waterways for drainage,irrigation and navigation, thusmaking the vertical configuration ofthe surface of the planet similar tothat of the earth.

The foregoing facts have beenlearned by astronomers, and theyare about all that they will ever beable to learn with any degree ofaccuracy.

We shall now proceed to describeMars as seen by an expert inPsychometry, whose sub-consciousmind or soul has made frequent

visits to our sister world, and haslearned many beautiful lessonsabout the planet and hisproductions.

What the astronomer has learnedhas been verified by the greaterscience of Psychometry, and it isneedless to repeat what has alreadybeen written. We shall

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proceed in a simple manner todescribe the productions, animal,vegetable and mineral, as far as wehave been able to see them; also themilitary and civil life.

The Vegetable productions aresimilar to those of the earth, thoughnot so profuse. . The forests beingextensive, but the trees not so largeas they grow on the earth. Theanimal creation is also similar tothat on the earth, though thevarious species are smaller buthardier, and all are covered withwool or fur instead of hair, toprotect them from the intense cold.

The planet is inhabited by two racesof people similar to the Caucasianand Indian races of this world, eachforming a separate nation.

The country inhabited by the white

race has a republican form ofgovernment, and the nation of thered people is a limited electivemonarchy, though the customs andhabits of the people and their lawsare similar.

The name of the white country, intheir language, is Latu, and thepeople are called Latunes. Thename of the red nation is Gobay,and the people are called Gobays.

Each nation has its own language,most words being dissyllables. Thename of the king of the Gobays is"Geegee," and is styled "FabaGeegee," or Great King. The name

of the queen is "Pumlum" and iscalled "Veve Pumlum," or LovelyOueen.

The name of the president of theLa-tunes is "Roman."

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Elections in the Latune nation areheld each year, and the men andwomen who have performed theiryear's work satisfactorily andproperly are the voters.

Their work is regularly inspected,and at the close of the year theofficers of the government issue to

those who have completed theirwork properly a clearance card. Thisclearance card entitles the holder toa vote.

After the age of fifty years all menand women are retired and receivethe same yearly support as whenthey labored, and all these areentitled to vote.

These elections are held once a yearat the beginning of a week of rest,and the delegates are selected onaccount of their specialqualifications.

There is no scramble for office,

such as we have in every election inthe United States.

Each voting precinct elects adelegate

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to what we would call a countyconvention, and they also electthree trustees to manage the affairsof the precinct. The trustees dividetheir precincts into districts andappoint a superintendent for eachdistrict, who appoints his clerks,school teachers, etc., and all theseare officers of the government.

These superintendents and all othergovernment officers are paid by thecoupon system, the same amountas any other laborers. The ideaprevailing in this Mars republic is toprovide for every one's support,comfort and happiness, rather thanto accumulate wealth.

The government offices, from thepresident down to the clerks of thedistricts, are considered places ofhonor, and are not sought after, butthe places are all filled from the listof those who had passed the civilservice examination. Each officer orclerk is selected on account of his orher special fitness for the place.

Clerks and teachers continue intheir

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respective positions permanently orduring good behavior, and anycomplaints against them must bebrought before the district court,which will be described later.

—51— THE COUNTYCONVENTION.

The delegates elected by the votingprecincts compose what we wouldcall the County Central Committee.

They hold a convention regularlyonce each year for the purpose ofelecting state delegates and countyofficers, and meet from time totime to fill vacancies, etc.

They elect three delegates fromeach county or "forum" to representthe county in their state legislature,and this legislature elects the stateofficers, the governor and his staff,whose term of service is threeyears, and they are not eligible formore than two terms. All otherstate officers, such as clerks,accountants, etc., they elect to serveduring life or good behavior.

This state legislature makes thelaws for the state, subject to theconstitution of the generalgovernment, and fills vacancies inthe offices.

The state legislatures also electrepre-

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sentatives to congress, and theseare chosen on account of theircharacter and qualifications. Thiscongress makes the laws for thegeneral government, and appointsall committees for the managementof the civil and military service.

The state .legislatures also elect onedelegate from each state to thenational convention, whose duty itis to elect the president and hiscabinet. The term of service for thepresident and his cabinet is sixyears, and they are not eligible formore than one term.

All vacancies in the nationalconventions are filled by the stateconventions, in which suchvacancies occur, and vacancies inthe government offices are filled byvote of the national delegateconvention.

The president and his cabinet have

powers similar to those exercised bythe president of our U. S.

—53— THE COURTS.

The supreme court is composed ofone national judge for each state,but no judge is selected from hisown state.

The president appoints one chiefjustice and the twenty-threeassociate judges to represent thethirty-three states, and the congressaccepts or rejects the appointmentsby a two-thirds vote.

Each state is divided into judicial

districts, and the national judge foreach state appoints a judge andother officers for each district, andthey hold court four times a yearand continue in session until theentire business is disposed of, andthus no cases are postponed exceptfor obtaining further necessaryinformation.

There are no lawyers, andeverything is settled by arbitration.Each side selects one man and thejudge selects the third man, and thejudge then requires each principaland all the witnesses to write allthey know as eye witnesses aboutthe case.

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A clerk then collects all thesewritten testimonies and reads themin the presence of the judge and thearbitrating committee, or as wewonld say, the jnry.

The judge is well versed in the lawand he explains to the jnry all thelegal points of the case andexpresses his opinion, or as wewonld say, gives his charge to thejnry, and the vote of the jnry is afinal settlement of the case.

They do not have many cases inconrt, because there is no money or

property to fnss abont, as allbelongs to the government. Theirconrt cases are abont their personaldifficulties.

I witnessed one trial which was asuit for divorce, and I learn thatdivorces are not granted for acomplete separation, but the partyat fault is sent to prison for a timecommensurate with the nature orextent of his or her offense.

Adultery calls for a lifeimprisonment. If both parties in thedivorce suit are at fault, they areboth imprisoned; but if

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they liave families to care for theyserve in prison alternately.

If husband and wife arequarrelsome, the neighbors areexpected to sue for a trial and bringthe case into court, and the casethen proceeds as in the otherdivorce cases.

The result, I am told, is that almostall homes are lovely and peaceful.

—56— THE ARMY.

All able bodied men between the

ages of eighteen and forty areconsidered as belonging to the statemilitia, which, in Mars' language, iscalled "rom torn." The militia isrequired to meet two days in eachmonth for drill, and each state isexpected to furnish a certainnumber of men for a nationalguard, and in time of war againstthe "Gobays," a call is made by thepresident, and each state furnishesits quota of troops.

The state militia has beenthoroughly drilled by officers of thenational guard, and they are armedready for battle at a moment's call.

The militia are all eager tovolunteer, and the required numberis selected by casting lots orstanding in line and every third,fourth or fifth man is taken,according to the number required.

They have never had a civil war, andas they are about evenly matchedagainst

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the "Gobay" nation, in case of ageneral war, each nation calls onttheir complete force of militia.

One general battle settles the

matter for the time being, as eachside loses abont the same, and theyrest and prepare for the next atta'ck.

I saw one battle which may interestour readers.

An invasion from the Gobays wasexpected, as their preparation forbattle was discovered by airshipscouts, and all the border towus ofthe La tunes were made ready toresist the attack. The towns arefortified by a double wall with thespace between filled with earth. Onthe wall are placed watch towersand shooting engines which hurlimmense fire balls into the ranks of

the enemy.

We are stationed in mid air in an airship above the contending partiesand can witness ever} T maneuver.On comes the foe and they arerepulsed by the terrible fire ballshurled by the shooting engines.

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These balls fall in the ranks of theenemy and explode and hurl deathand destruction in every direction.

The attacking army retreat a shortdistance and go into camp for a fewdays, while they prepare to place

and explode a mine under the wallsof the besieged town.

All is ready to renew the attack andthey approach and the mine istouched off and a great breach ismade in the wall. Through thisbreach the attacking army begins topour; but the shooting engineshidden in the walls of the buildingbegin a galling fire and mow downthe enemy as fast as they approach,and the attacking party retires ingreat disorder.

In other parts of the country theattacking party was successful andcaptured some cities and slew many

of the Latunes.

With all the ferocity of the warriorsof either country, they never molestthe women, children or the aged,and before any town is attacked asurrender is de-

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manded, and instead of a surrenderit is understood that the people inthe town not expecting to engage inthe battle, will leave the town andremain in the country until afterthe battle.

If the town is captured these people

and the remaining part of the armyretreat to another town, and areprovided for by the government.

If the town is not captured, thepeople return to the town to enjoytheir homes again.

No prisoners are ever captured, butas soon as either side considersitself beaten, all the able bodiedmen retreat and carry their deadand wounded with them.

The battles are fierce, but of veryshort duration, and in case of ageneral war all the border cities areattacked simultaneously.

The people of either nation are notallowed to travel in the othercountry and they have nocommercial relations and norepresentative or ministerial,consular or

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any other relation, except that ofenmity and hatred, exists. Eachnation feels prond of its ownstrength and permits the air shipsconts to come and go unmolestedexcept in time of hostilities.

Although the people of each nationare loyal and friendly at home and

personal quarrels seldom occur andneighborhood feuds or quarrels areunknown or never occur, yet whenopportunity offers to fight againstthe other nation they are alwayseager for the fray. The idea ofcowardice does not exist, and theyhave no words which convey themeaning of treason or cowardice.They are indeed a war-like peopleand the planet was correctly named.

—61— CUSTOMS, HABITS ANDDOMESTIC LIFE.

All property belongs to thegovernment and all labor isperformed for tile government. The

farmer, the mechanic, themerchant, the teacher and all otherlaborers are in the employ of thegovernment and all prodncebelongs to the government, fordistribution, and "no man liveth forhimself alone."

Their medium of exchange is a kindof coupon system.

Each man and woman receivesfrom the proper government clerk acoupon book at the beginning ofeach month, the same amount ofcoupons for each man and eachwoman.

The heads of families are allowed acertain amount of coupons for eachchild, but when the children reachthe age of thirteen years the parentsor guardians receive the same foreach as for an adult and thechildren are expected to haveregular employment the same asadults.

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To secure an earnest effort on thepart of all laborers a certainpremium is allowed to those whocomplete their work perfectly, andso reasonable are the demands thatalmost every man, woman and child

earn the offered premium.

The housewife is considered in theemployment of the government andreceives the same wages as thehospital nurse, the actress or anyother female laborer. Preachers,physicians, surgeons, receive thesame wages as the farmer or theclerk. There are no trusts, no greatcorporations, no millionaires andno poor people or tramps, but allhave an abundance. All laborers areretired at the age of fifty and receivethe same wages as when theylabored, and the housewife isfurnished a servant so that she mayrest from her labors.

This seems very simple, but thepeople seem extremely happy intheir simplicity. They simply havenothing to

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ernment furnishes the necessarymedical attendance and nurses, andall funeral expenses are paid by thegovernment.

Their hours of labor are limited to

six hours, and they have all theremaining time for rest andimprovement. The meals areprepared by expert governmentcooks, and all food is furnished bythe government, giving theindividual the privilege of selectingfrom the bill of fare. The peopledwell in small villages and everyhome is made comfortable. Thecapital city is quite a large city andthe border towns are large and wellfortified. The streets and highwaysand byways are kept in propercondition by the government, andthe sidewalks and awnings are alsokept in good repair, and everybody

is treated alike and have the samecare and protection from thegovernment.

The homes or houses are built forcomfort rather than for display, andthe rooms of the houses havepartitions that may be

removed or raised out of sight sothat all rooms may be throwntogether when desired.

The rooms seem to be withontfurniture except a few stools, but bythe pressing of a button in the wallyou discover or bring in sight yourbed or table or easy chair.

All dressers, cupboards, etc., arebuilt in the wall, and places forbooks, papers, clothing, etc., arebuilt in the wall.

There are no carpets, but the floorsare of a peculiar kind of wood thatseems soft or similar to our Indiarubber. The houses are not large, asevery room may be used as a bedroom, and they need no kitchen ordining room, as all meals are takenin the public eating house where afamily and their friends may havetheir meals served in a privateroom. They simply enter the roomand press a button which isanswered by a waiter who fills their

orders without delay. They eat andare permitted to enter a receptionroom where

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they meet their friends andneighbors for social intercourse.This room is supplied with readingmatter, magazines, daily papers,literary works, etc.

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DOMESTIC RELATIONS.

The home circle seems to be amodel of simplicity.

The wife is considered queen of herhousehold and is the head of thefamily in all matters of domesticeconomy, and the husband is thehead of the family in matters ofbusiness.

The women are considered equal tothe men and are treated as equals.

In their courtship the ladies actabout the same part as thegentlemen of the earth. That is,they are expected to make all theadvances and proposals. The men ofmarriageable age try to makethemselves attractive to the ladies,but it is for the lady to take the first

steps and do the wooing, and whenshe proposes, if her suit is favoredby the gentleman of her choice hesimply says, You may arrange for afamily council.

The parents are duly notified by theanxious seeker after wedded blissand

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they meet in solemn council, and attheir first meeting they simply talkthe matter over and take a week fordeliberation. They then meet andvote on the petition that has beenformally made by the woman who

has made the proposal. Three votesare necessary to elect.

If either parent is not living, aguardian is appointed by thegovernment or by the courts,andthe guardian takes the place of theparent. If it is decided in favor of aunion the happy couple are notified,and the lady then goes to the homeof her intended husband to live fora month and then he visits her ather home the same length of time.

The parents are then called togetherto hear the report of the visits, andif the couple still desire to marry,the ceremony is performed as soon

as possible, and as they have noelaborate trouseaus, and all that isneeded is to call the friendstogether, the wedding usually takesplace within two or three days afterthe final council

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of parents. During the two monthsthat the couple have visited eachother they have been allowed everyopportunity to get acquainted andstudy each other, being togetherconstantly, but of course they areprohibited from acting as husbandand wife.

The marriage ceremony is thenperformed in the presence ofinvited friends, and is performed inthe center of the room at the homeof the groom's parents on arevolving platform similar to that inthe theater or forum. This givesevery one an equal chance towitness the ceremony, as therevolving platform brings the partyface to face with every one present.

The happy couple then go to theirhome that has already beenprovided and tastily furnished bythe government. They live togetherfor a month and then are permittedto travel for one month, all

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exciting scenes, bnt the Happyconple seek only to enjoy eachother's society.

After the trip they are met at theirhome by their friends forcongratulations. They are nowconsidered married and begin tolive as husband and wife. Duringtheir associations together for fourmonths they have rigidly adhered tothe strictest principles of virtue, and

now that they have had fourmonths of intimate acquaintancethey are ready to enjoy theirconjugal relations. There is no greatmarriage feast, and no charivariexcitement. During this period offour months they have rested fromtheir labors, but now the husband isready to begin his usual avocationand the wife is expected to assumeher household duties.

Before any man or woman can bemarried they must pass a physicalexamination to determine whetherthey have sufficient health andstrength to bear children, and onceeach year the husband and wife are

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the physical examination todetermine whether they maycontinue to bear children, and if anyparents bear children when they arenot pronounced healthy thechildren are taken from them andreared in the government nurseryand training school until theybecome strong and healthy.

This precaution on the part of thegovernment to bring forth childrenby strong aud healthy parentscauses the people to be almost free

from sickness or disease, and astronger and healthier peoplecannot be found on earth. Thepeople are free from worry, care oranxiety, and the highest ambitionseems to be to be strong and well,and you seldom hear any onecomplain of aches and pains orsuffering. If any parents bearchildren when the physicalexamining board pronounces themunfit for such duties, they are sentto prison for a time, but if they haveother children at home they servein prison alternately an equal part

of each day, so that one of themmay be at home to care for the

children. This seldom occurs,because the wife being the head ofthe family seldom disobeys the lawsin this respect.

If the parents are pronouncedunhealthy they are expected to takeespecial care of themselves untilthe next annual physicalexamination, and if they both passthe required examination they arepermitted by the laws to bearchildren, and this causes them thegreatest happiness. The Spartanmothers were proud to raise malechildren, but the Latune mothersare just as proud to raise children ofeither sex.

—72— THE SCHOOLS.

The schools are all governmentinstitutions. The teachers areemployed by the government andall books and supplies are furnishedby the government.

All children from seven to thirteenyears of age are expected to go toschool and the chief studies arePoliteness, Reading, Numbers, andAstronomy besides an industrialoccupation. The industrial school isthe chief feature of the Marsschools, and every child serves anapprenticeship in the schools in thetrade or profession that the child,

the parents and the teacher selects.The natural inclination or bent ofthe child is a great factor in theselection of an avocation.

Politeness or etiquette is sothoroughly taught that the peoplebecome highly polished or cultured,and rudeness is seldom seen inchildren or adults.

The idea of selfishness does notseem to prevail anywhere. Thechildren have equal advantages inthe schools.

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They have no tardiness or truancy-and children are never absentexcept on account of sickness,andthis occurs so seldom that theteachers do not keep any record ofattendance but merely record anoccasional absence, and in everycase on record in the schools Iexamined, the cause of the absenceis sickness. There is no wordconveying the meaning of corporalpunishment, and such a thing aswhipping children never occurs inschool or home.

The time devoted to study andrecitation is four hours, and fourhours are devoted to the industrial

work each day, and the seven yearsof school life make the pupilsproficient in the four branches ofstudy and in the chosen trade orprofession.

All writing is done in short-handand all print is in the samecharacters, and the pupils do nothave to learn to spell by letter andlearn print, and script and short-hand, but the one style of writing

answers all purposes. I wonder atthe simple things composing thework required of Mars' pupils, andwhen I think of the great booksatchels and the arm loads of books

and slates I have seen carried by thechildren of earth, I wish we hadsufficient common sense amongthe educators of earth to eliminatefrom the school curricula all the unnecessary rubbish and teach onlypractical things. The arithmeticused in Mars' schools consists of(eighty-four) pages and they haveno higher mathematics exceptastronomy, and for the astronomerthere is a course in trigonometryand geometry, but the publicschools are not burdened withanything but practical studies.

Ladies teach the branches and allthe industrial work pertaining to

house-keeping, and the gentlementeach all other industries.

—75— PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS.

Each town or city has a grand fornmlarge enough to hold the entirepopulation. The larger cities have anumber of these forums so as to beconvenient to all the people. Theseforums are places for publicamusements or entertainments andin the large towns the districts inwhich the forum is located is alsocalled a forum to distinguish it fromother parts of the city.

The seats are so arranged and the

acoustic properties are so perfectthat every one has an equal chanceto hear and see the performances.The forum is in a large buildingwhich is so perfectly heated andlighted that one seat is consideredas good as another. The stage is inthe center and the seats arearranged like an amphitheatre.

The stage is made to revolve andseveral performances are given atthe same time, but the stage ismade to revolve noiselessly, and asit revolves it brings eachperformance in full view of everybeholder.

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Entertainments are given on oneevening of each week and the actorsand theatre managers being in theemploy of the government, theadmission is always free. Everybodygoes and as the theatrical troupesare only permitted to exhibit in thesame forum two weeks insuccession, the people are favoredwith new plays since no two troupesin the theatrical circuits arepermitted to use the same play.There are a number of thesetheatrical circuits with a sufficientnumber of towns or forums in eachcircuit so that each town w T ill

have a different troupe every twoweeks throughout the year.

Every town or forum has atheatrical troupe and greatcompetition is seen, as every towntries to have the very best troupe.

Each troupe plays two differentleading plays with a great variety ofacts, performances and feats.

No daring or dangerous feats areallowed, but each act is judged onaccount of

its artistic display, and each yearthey are expected to have a

complete change of program.

The traveling expenses,entertainments and costnmes andall expenses are paid by thegovernment, or I should sayprovided by the government, andevery tronpe is expected to givehigh class exhibitions, and nothingvnlgar or common or low is everattempted.

Around the stage there is a spacefor the exhibition of animals. Thisdisplay of animals is always nearthe close of the performance, sothat the people will not have toendnre the smell of the animals a

great length of time. The horses allappear in colors similar to onrzebras and the riding is extremelyartistic and beautiful.

The movements of the actors seemso light, free and graceful. Onereason is, the attraction ofgravitation is only about one-eighthas great as it is on earth, which maybe more readily understood

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when I say the writer weighs onearth, two hundred pounds, but hisweight on Mars is about twentyeight pounds. The people seem to

be of greater strength than thepeople of earth, but not quite solarge.

The average weight of men istwenty pounds, or about onehundred and fifty-four pounds byearth weight. The same amount ofexertion seems to accomplish somuch more.

High jumping is one feature of theperformance, and they leap fromtwenty to thirty feet in the air andperform many astonishing trickswhile in the air. During theperformance very fine music isrendered by a string band, but so

soft and sweet that it does notprevent the assembly from hearingevery word spoken by theperformers, and all actors areexpected to make themselvesunderstood when speaking orsinging.

—79— COMMERCE.

All prices are regulated by tilegovernment, and everyone pays thesame prices for like articles, meals,etc. The working suit for eachindividual is a uniform peculiar tohis avocation. The dress suits of allpeople are various, according to thetastes of each individual, but all

prices are regulated by thegovernment, and in public youcannot know a person's avocationby his dress.

All clothing worn by all the peopleis tailor made, and as the tailors,milliners, shoemakers, etc., are allpaid by the government, thepurchaser only pays for thematerial, and such a thing asshoddy work or shoddy goods isnever known. There is no attemptto cheat, wrong or defraud anyonein any manner whatever, becauseall work is inspected by experts andit would be impossible to deceivethem. There is no adulteration of

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motto of all laborers is "Not howmuch, but how well," but at thesame time they each aim toaccomplish a fair day's work.

The object of the government is tokeep all people supplied with everyproduction, so that one place cannot claim any advantage overanother, and there is no chance ofbecoming dissatisfied and there ispractically no moving from place toplace.

In the manufacture of every article,utility, comfort and taste govern,and there is no attempt at display atthe expense of health andhappiness. It is needless to say thatthe notion of using corsets, tightshoes, etc., has never beenconceived by the women or men ofMars. Of course there are no dressreform associations and in factthere are no other reformassociations, because no abnormalconditions are permitted to exist inmodes of living or in anycommerce.

-81— CITY PARKS.

Every city is provided with a citypark which is artistically planned,and all animal and vegetable life ison display.

These parks are free to the people atall times becanse they aregovernment institutions.

At regular stated times generalcelebrations are arranged and allpeople gladly assemble in the parkfor a grand holiday, and when theyleave their homes to go to thesecelebrations or anywhere else theynever lock their doors. They seemto have no notions whatever ofthieving, pilfering or burglarizing,

which happy condition seems to bethe natural result of their absenceof money. There is no struggle forwealth, either through "highwayrobbery n or high-handed robberythrough great monopolies such asexist on the earth. The telephonesand lines belong to the government.The government owns all railways,waterways, ships, air

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ships, all the land,—everything.Homes are provided for all. Everymarried couple is furnished a homeby the government, bnt thearchitects plan the honses

somewhat different and thehnsband and wife are permitted toselect the home that they desire.'

Bnt we are digressing.

One thing is very noticeable in allcelebrations in the parks or in anyother assemblages. The children allwear a badge on which is placed thestreet and nnmber of theirrespective homes, and as all adnltpeople are expected to protect anychildren, they are allowed perfectliberty to rnn abont and enjoythemselves. If a child is lost it isexpected of the adults to take it to acentral station, where a policeman

or patrolman is detailed to take thechild to the place designated on itsbadge as its home. The notion ofkidnapping seems never to haveentered the minds of thesecontented Latimes.

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art, pictures, vases, sculpture,paintings, hand work, needle work,anything and everything made byhand. Nothing is allowed on displayexcept the most perfect work,except in the display of the

industrial schools. The bestspecimens are taken from eachgrade in each year.

In all these associations of thepeople, everyone seems to beacquainted with everybody, and thepeople of any city are not strangersto each other.

If any strangers from other citiesarrive at any time they wear a badgebearing the name of the city, andthese are always treated with greatrespect, and the "stranger withinthe gates" is indeed well cared for.

—84— RELIGION.

Only one form of religion seems toexist among the Latnnes. Theirbible is so plain and simple, withoutany ambiguity or even without achance of quibbling or controversy.• They never hear anything of sectsor creeds. There are no agnostics,infidels, cynics or stoics and they donot have any word in their languagethat conveys the idea ofeccentricities, idiosyncrasies orcranks.

They worship a supreme being astheir creator and preserver. Theyhad no original sinner and of coursehave never been in a lost condition.They have no conception of a hell or

devil, but all expect to exist foreverin a beautiful hereafter. Theirnotions of eternal bliss seem to bethat they will continue to improvein knowledge and power and thattheir labors will be all of a usefulnature.

They worship God or the SupremeIntelligence, and one day in eachweek

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they assemble in the "Forum" fordivine services which consists ofmost beautiful music, a lecture orsermon and a form of

entertainment that is elevating aswell as fascinating and entertaining.I asked one intelligent individual ifthere were different religiousdenominations, but he could not bemade to comprehend my meaning.

Their simple form of religion andthe perfectly plain language of theirbible, leaves no room for doubting,and they have no word in theirlanguage that conveys the notion ofdoubting. They have no idea ofattempting to deceive, as deceptionis usually practiced on the earth formercenary motives, but here theyhave no word conveying the notionof deception. They carry their

religion into their everyday lives. Infact they seem to have a heaven onMars. Their sermons seem to be forencouragement and to extol thegoodness of God. They have noordinances or ceremonies, but theysimply wor-

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ship God for his goodness, and notto escape punishment here orhereafter; and since the minister isemployed by the government andthe chnrch worship is nnder thecare of the government, everythingin this line is free. They can not say"salvation is free, " because they

have never been in a " lostcondition'' and do not need saving.They are safe or saved. They haveno use for such expressions as "thesurvival of the fittest," whichusually means on earth "thesurvival of the fightest."

To the enterprising, pushing,scrambling, jostling, grasping,selfish people in many localities onearth the simple ways of the Marspeople will seem too tame. To this Ican only say we cannot help it. Weare only writing what has beenmade plain to the writer throughthe Clairvoyant powers of one whoproved herself to be exact and

accurate in visiting places on earth,even places that neither she nor thewriter had ever seen.

—87-FACILITIES FORTRAVELING.

The numerous waterways and airships render but few railroadsnecessary, and most of the businessdone on the few railroads is mainlyfreight business between towns notconnected by waterways. We do notlearn what the motive power is onwater, land or in the air ships. If itis steam no smoke or steam isvisible. All of these roads as well aswaterways and ships, and air ships

belong to the government. Everyperson is carried free on a passissued by the proper officer, and nocarrying vessel or car is ever overcrowded.

The railroads have double tracksand accidents seldom occur and nodangerous speed is ever attempted.For short distances or privateconveyance, the governmentfurnishes to every town or forum acertain number of vehicles,—a kindof horseless carriage, which isrented out to the people at a verylow rate. Besides these every familyis provided with a

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unicycle. This is a wheel made verylarge and the rider is within thewheel, and it is so constructed thatthe center of gravity falls below thecenter of the wheel, and it is almostimpossible for an accident to occur.This seems to be a wheel within awheel, so geared together that themovement of the pedals will causethe outer wheel to revolve. Theycould not grasp the meaning ofsuch an expression as "taking aheader."

Every child born into this Latunenation is presented a beautiful

child's carriage or cab. Thegovernment has these made invarious styles and the parents arepermitted to select the style desired.This present is made by thegovernment and this is only one ofthe many ways the governmentmanifests great interest in the littleones.

The respect for the aged is shown inmany ways also, and one that isappreciated perhaps more than anyother is the fact that after they havereached the age

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of retirement they receive from thegovernment an elegant easycarriage. These are made so as to bereadily distinguished from anyother vehicle, and great respect isshown to these aged people whenout riding as well as at home.

— 90— TILLING THE SOIL.

All farming is done by machineryand the motive power is the sameas that used in propelling thecarriages. Farming is conducted onscientific principles and from thenumerous streams and artificialwaterways thev obtain water forirrigation.

If at any time there is a scarcity ofrain they irrigate and such a thingas a famine or failure of crops hasnot occurred in several pastcenturies. The garbage and refuse ofthe towns is all conveyed to thefarms, if it is fit for fertilizing, but ifnot, it is consumed by fire.

The sanitary condition of all thetowns is so perfect that they haveno epidemics and the health of thepeople is almost perfect.

Great care is taken to rotate thecrops in such a manner as not toimpoverish the soil.

A great variety of vegetables similarto our potatoes, carrots, etc., areraised.

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Their variety of choice fruits issimply wonderful to behold, butthey can not compete with the earthin this line, but what they raise theysave, because the government has asufficient number of storagebuildings to properly care foreverything in this line.

What they have in immensequantities is a vast variety of nuts,large and small, and of almost every

conceivable shape and kind.

—92— ART DISPLAYS PAINTINGS.

Entering the art halls I find in artwhat far surpasses any of earth'sdisplays I have ever seen or heardof, and I speak thus advisedly as Ihave seen the finest displays of artin Europe and America. Fascinatingsurroundings, mysterious andsublime in every department. It islike entering through a great stonewall with three great arch doorsopening up on the most picturesqueparks of magnificent foliage,statuary, rockeries, mounds,landscapes and flowers of rarest

kinds and colorings. Among thesein glorious profusion are urns andvines and flowing sprayingfountains that make the sceneryand place a paradise.

The spraying fountains andwaterfalls that dash the spray ofmist and dew on every plant, tree,statue and urn, make all seemcrystallized when the brilliantilluminations, known to the greatartists, bring out every shadow in adeeper shade,

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and every light reflected as from

radiant stars through a mist ofdazzling dew-drops.

We see massive statuary of thenoble men and women andbeautiful children, as well as ofanimals. These we behold in thismost beautiful park, which leads tothe main hall where we finddisplayed everything in art on agrander, more perfect andmagnificent scale, a completedescription of which would requirevolumes of poetry.

Old masters had painted underinspiration, and every face and formis life-like in appearance, which

seem to be living beings, ratherthan paintings, with purity of mindand body portrayed. The fur ofanimals, the heavy clothing,everything, perfectly represented inthis display of high art.

The child's picture painted by agreat master is perfect. The child isin almost a nude state, with handsoutstretched feeding two largewhite birds almost like

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the swans of earth, but heavier andmore massive feathers. The childseems to have chased the birds

from their nest and is master of thenest, but is feeding and kindlypetting the birds. The nest is madeof weeds, small twigs and leaves.

Another picture of immense size isof beautiful women showing thedifferent types of the beautifulLatune daughters, all in perfectharmony and admiration for eachother; all intelligent and angelic inappearance.

A picture of perfectly formed men,heavily robed in furs. Each manbears a medal or badge givingevidence of honors he has won inbattle or in civil life, where great

skill and high artistic talent hadbeen developed.

The marine pictures in perspective,with a blending of colors impossibleto describe in a few words, seem tobe beyond human hands to paintnature so divinely.

The painting of an air ship sailing inair is so inspiring, as it seems to sail

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majestically along, beautifullylighted with colored lights, and withmany joyous people aboard andmany more on the ground below to

cheer the voyagers and wish them aglorious journey and heavenlydreams. The ship's band withmusical instruments playing in midair is echoed back to them by a bandplaying at the starting station. Thepeople seem entranced by thedistant strains of music and seem togive more attention to the departingband than to the one playing to allthose left behind. We see in thispicture the landscape below, theherds of animals in the fields, thestreams of water, and all seemsharmonious.

The next picture shows an air shipdescending and landing at night.

The light of moons makes thevessel look weird and the peopleghost-like. They seem to bedescending toward the earth like agroup of chirping birds. Thismoonlight picture is great, too greatfor me to attempt a description of it.

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The paintings of animals in groupsrepresent the animals as friendly tothemselves and to human kind. TheMars people love the animals andcare for them and there are manypets. The painter gives to theanimals such a familiar and lovelikeappearance that you seem to want

to talk to and pet the picturedanimals. They never need any"Bands of Mercy" among thesepeople because there is no crueltyto animals here.

Groups of pictures of fishes andreptiles, peculiar in shape andcoloring, and some like the fishesand animals of the earth's seas.

The old masters of Mars havepainted the mother love and child.This is indeed a master piece. Suchexquisitely tender looks does themother love give her babe. EvenRaphael has never producedanything to equal it. There is such

inspiration in this picture that thebeholders bow in reverence anduncover their heads to the motherlove and child.

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One painting represents Godblessing the children. His radiantcountenance is as the sun shiningand He smiles words of love andeach child is so attracted by thepower of love that all their faces aregazing upward and their lips seemto say love, love, to thee, so greatand so good. Their beautiful handsare lifting to him the most gorgeousflowers, wreaths, palms, crescents,

and crowns, and they appear todesire to give still greater honor tothe Ruler of all and the Giver of allgood to man.

Another great painting by a greatmaster is a group of twelve Marswomen, bowing and holding in theirhands tall ancient bronze candlesticks. These are standing in acircle, with God in the center, andthe brightness of His crown of glorycauses the light of the candles toappear dim, and His lightovershadows all. Around themseems misty atmosphere in whichare seen their favorite palms as ifstanding guard.

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Anotlier painting represents God'slove of animals. He shows how Hevalues their lives as He stands intheir midst placing food, grain,grasses and branches, and watersthem with clear, sparkling water.They show their gratitude byfeeding together in perfectharmony, resting their grateful eyesupon Him as if returning thanks forHis great goodness to them. Wordscan not describe these paintingsand only the inspired can paintthem and the beholder becomesinspired as he gazes upon them.

Ancient and modern paintings oftheir presidents and governors,both men and women, showgreatness 'of character and nobilityof mind in each face. They seem tobe living, breathing, speakingpictures. There are many rooms andgalleries full of these great picturesand it would require volumes todescribe them.

The larger and more elaboratepainting in this large hall exhibitsthe manner of honoring those whohad reached the high-

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est degree of excellence orperfection in their life's work. Menand women having received thebeantifnl medals to which they areentitled, and having received greathonors, their animated faces are solife-like I seem to enter into theirlives and feel that I am one of them.

Then we see the painting wherethese same happy people arehonored by the government with agreat banquet, where all are somerry. The menn and service alllife-like, the dishes in their variousstyles and colorings, gold, silver andbronze pitchers, cnps, bowls, vases,art decorations, etc., to represent

much beyond my comprehension.

This all is so fascinating that Iattempt to handle one of the bronzepieces.

The fruits and flowers in thisimmense picture I could almosttake hold of and handle, so perfectare the shades and lights andcolorings.

One feature in these great paintingsis the representation of the picturesand

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pieces of art hung on the interiorwalls of these governmentreception rooms; portraits, picturesof scenery, arts and decorations, trierichness of heavy draperies, allcombine to please and enlighten thelovers of art. It shows years of studyand labor as well as rare talent toproduce such great masterpieces.The harmony among the people, theharmony in music, the harmony innature, all mingling together, I feelas if I am one in their midst and canrealize the beauteous lives of allwho have been and now are on goodold Mars. O how I admire thesemost beautiful pictures, seen in

perspective, apparently at suchdistance.

The displaying of elegant furniturelet down from the walls of thesegreat reception rooms; the servantsin order, chairs in order and allluxuries supplied and the guests socared for. What can it be but reallylive pictures and not painted oncanvas? It is simply wonderful tosee all human life so accurately

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reproduced. So many of thesepictures are large in size and showthe customs and costumes of

ancient and modern times.

The pictures of battles show skilland bravery in every figure, all menbeing so perfect in body and verynearly the same size. The powerthat moves the wagons that carrythe great shooting engines isunseen, similar to our auto-mobiles, and this same power isused to produce the effect in themoving pictures. These are onrevolving platforms, and thecomplicated machinery causes thevarious figures to appear and act asliving beings, showing themaneuvers, the actual movementsof the soldiers in battle. The

discharge of the great shootingengines, the awful carnage, thewounded, the dying and the dead;the victors crowned with glory, withthe enemy retreating. Then isshown the work of rebuilding thecity, and all calm and peaceful.

Babyland is a very interesting andat-

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tractive picture, large in size, rich incoloring. The scenery is in awoodland, and these babes in thewoods are exercising, climbing andromping. Their light, easy

movements are easily imagined asyou see them among the branchesin almost every imaginableposition. Perfect happiness seemsto be represented in every feature.Those on the dark mossy groundare playing among the rocks andnatural mounds, hiding and seekingand almost every conceivablechildren's pass-time is beautifullyrepresented. The nurses andmatrons are seen in a group nearthe outskirts of this baby-land readyto care for them. Patrolmen seem tobe walking to and fro to show thatthe children are under the specialcare of the government.

The picture of a baby in the cradlewith its mother carefully rocking itto sleep, while she seems to sing insweet, low tones, as the fond papa istaking a last look at the sweet littledarling before

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going to his day's work. His look isthat of tender love and pride.

The nursery is furnished by thegovernment with everything thechildren need for their comfort andproper amusement, and there is nota favored few, but all are favoredand favorites. A beautiful picture of

Home shows the happy family,some reclining on a sofa, otherssitting at tables playing games andplaying on musical instrumentssimilar to the pianos on earth,though smaller. Such loA^e andharmony, such congeniality, leadsthe beholder to exclaim, u O God,Thou hast blest the homes of Mars!''

No gossip, no fault finding, noscoldings. Such things asbackbiting, gossiping, etc., are notknown to these simple people.

The clock that runs by an unseenpower, that seems like a perpetual

motion, shows the hour, minuteand second, and the times of all themoons, as well as the day of themonth. On the

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face of this clock the child is taughtits first lessons in astronomy.

There are pyramids of flowers inpicture and beautiful forms ofchildren looking out and rompingthrough and among the flowers andtossing the flowers here and there.To represent life and beauty seemsto be the aim of the artists.

Many more of these paintingsmight be described, but enough hasbeen given to give the reader anidea of what is contained in thesemagnificent art buildings.

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A most beautiful figurerepresenting Love Immortal, is inthe form of a woman cut in purewhite marble, standing erect andholding in the palm of right hand abrilliant gem representing a starand the manner in which theprecious gem is cut causes it toshine as the brightness of a star by

day and by night, and light the faceof the figure causing it to beam witha heavenfy radiance impossible todescribe. The left hand is placed onthe left side of the forehead as iflistening to hear the whisperings oflove from all nature, and the faceseems entranced b} 7 these old yetever new revelations of love comingfrom the hearts of all living, inexpressions of most exquisitetenderness. Thrown over thisfigure, there is a delicate veil carvedso delicately as to represent thefinest texture. This almosttransparent veil does not concealthe perfect figure, but seems to

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effect. The draping is the mostartistic I have ever beheld, andwhere canght np it is fastened withsmall star stones similar to that inthe right hand, thongh smaller. Theveil is hnng and draped full trailingin the back, but the sides and frontnot so long. The feet and limbsseem so perfect and lifelike that youalmost imagine the spirit of lifeanimates them. This love statuerests upon a base of highly polisheddark gray stone, bowl-shaped on itsupper surface, so highly polished as

to reflect with the power of what wewould call a French plate mirror,and this adds greatly to thewonderful effect and causes anappearance of a number of similarstatues in a group. On the sides ofthis stone base are carved wreathsof palms, flowers, grain and whatseems like massed ferns andgrasses ; everything seems by theartistic carving to be represented innatural living colors. Many are thepieces of statuary of women, themothers, sisters and daugh-

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ters of Mars, so perfect in form,

exhibiting the perfect purity in theirlives. These figures representwomankind as mothers, asgovernment officers, rulers, and inevery phase of woman's sphereexisting on this most favoredplanet.

Man, his power, bravery, dignityand nobility is shown in one grandstatue. He stands forth fearlesslywith every fibre of his body ready todo duty as a citizen, as an officer oras a soldier. He is indeed whatmight be called a well developedman, prepared to occupy anyposition in public or private, inpeace or in war.

Sculptured animals are seen invarious colors of stone, not exactlylike our animals, but smaller,hardier and covered with thickmassy wool or fur, some- withshort, straight horns, otherswithout horns. All varieties ofanimals cut in every conceivablevariety of stone. These are torepresent the various schools ofsculpture.

Fowls and birds of every variety are

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carved in stone and not moulded.The plumage is not as rich in

colorings as onr birds, but is heavierwith more blue and gra}^. Birdswith large bills and rusty largeclaws. Singing birds, one species ofeagle so strong and large that it cancarry off animals as large as a youngcalf. The work of the art schoolsfurnishes a vast number and varietyof these birds in stone as well aspainted on canvas.

A large figure of a lion similar toour lion except that the heavy longfur covers the whole body instead ofthe neck and shoulders as worn byour king of beasts.

Tigers, dogs, horses and cattle all

small and covered, some with heavyfur, others with a heavy coat ofwool, these are all faithfullyrepresented but in such abundanceand apparent confusion that we canonly glance at them. Many of theseanimals seem so tame and docilethat the beholder is moved with animpulse to pet them, forgetting thatthey are

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not endowed with life. The figuresin the ornithological departmentare so perfect that it is almostimpossible to distinguish themfrom the stuffed birds, and even the

live birds that are kept in the roomfor comparison, and all these are onrevolving tables or pedestals, andthe revolving of the tables sets inmotion musical instruments thatproduce bird notes so perfect thatthey sound like the singing of birdsin the forest. Indeed, the music ofthese instruments is similar to thebird notes in the Wagnerian musicin the Siegfried and Tannhauser.Some of these figures of birds andanimals are massed together toform arches, pyramids, lofty stepsand exterior and interior housedecorations.

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