Life in a Thousand Worlds

r World

f Centaurus I was more and more profoundly impress

less world, or a world whereon sin never inaugurated its blighting reign; but I will say nothing of this orb

Solar Systems scattered in space all around me. As I was thus darting through immensity I glanced toward our own Solar Syste

e how far I was from home. I sped onward until I reache

resque in the extreme, somewhat resembling our beautiful Saturn. Moons play like frisky lambs around some of its worlds, and many co

that fly through their orbits around Polaris, some with amazing velo

two hundred millions of miles from Polaris and is

r to ours; but the order of life is reversed so completely that the human beings inhabit the water, and the long narrow strips of earth are infes

e arms closely resemble ours and have an infinite variety of uses. In addition, there are four fin-like arms that fold into the body when at rest, but are spread for service when traveling. In all it must be admitted that these Stazza people ar

kinds of these water animals, with which the people of Stazza entered upon a war of extermination over one thousand years ago, and while intelligence is slowly winning the battle, yet the warfare is likely to continue many centuries to come, owing to the fact that th

ry plentiful, resembling brass, and it is a common sight to see polished buildin

uct of our manufacture more than the fine screening that protects every human dwelling from an invasion of small water animals. It reminded me of the mosquito netting as a safe-guard against flies and other insects in our world

there is a shaft running up and down, through which the people go with greater ease than we can climb or descend our stairways. It must not be forgotten that water to them is the sa

houses and furniture is not as great as the injury in our wo

, covering their needs in language, consisting of a series of strokes, curves and angles, somewhat resembling our shorthand

ose for them as paper does for us, and are furnished at an insignificant cost of labor. We have the very elements in our Earth to produce th

class artists who have immortalized themselves by their master-pieces, one of wh

e water, the stars have always looked beautiful, and from an early date in their history a study of them has engaged the attention of their

s a series of transparent ovals of various sizes. These ovals are so arranged that the upper one throws its light to the lower one, down through the immense cylinder. Around each oval is built a series of

ope. The highest magnifying power of a telescope of this size is so great that the Milky Way is penetrated and its solar systems revealed. What an accomplishment it would be if a telescope of this magnitude could be mounted, a thing that these creatures never att

views of its Creator and of the things He made. These people are thoroughly convinced th

in the water. A simple device which we might call a fin propeller is used to force the car in one direction or another as necessity may require. It is possible to enter one of these under-streams and thus travel over two thousan

nimals on a Planet

er in which they pluck land fruit and catch land animals, and yet when yo

h various kinds of bait, according to what they wished to catch. Then followed the inevitable waiting until some innocent Jullep or Petzel would grasp the tempting morsel on the hook. A skillful jerk fastened the

lish certain land anima

ons go out to gather them. But how can they live away from the great body of water while plucking these fruits? Let me tell you how they manage it. They have what we would call water-wagons, very wide and short, and equipped with buckets. At the rear of one of these strangely shap

h breath. Then he proceeds as before. When the water is no longer fit for breathing, he carries his fruit and water bucket to the wagon. Here he unloads his fruit and refills his bucket from the wag

seen there. The higher classes of these people live a very refined life and have their homes surrounded with an endless var

who once lived and reigned amongst them and who wrote his laws in what we would call, by interpretation, "The Book of Gold." The leaves of this book are made from an element costly an

ble spirit of evil holds his force in disciplined command, and the man who wishes to have a pure heart on Stazza must reach