Yet with all this homage paid to Veorda, I cannot believe that she is more illustrious than the present living wizard of our world, the notable Edison.

Veorda lived and died a devoted worshipper of “The Great Influence,” or God, and it is delightful to think that we shall associate with such great minds in our eternal abode in that Broader Life where the pure of all spheres gather.  Will I do wrong if I quote that sublime beatitude, making it applicable to all worlds?  “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.”

The written language of Saturn resembles the Chinese character language, only it is much more smooth and more complete.

The Shakespeare of that planet is a woman called Ziek-dod who has been dead twelve hundred years.  Her writings have been quoted and esteemed as masterpieces all through these ages.  Her style is singular, resembling the proverbs of Solomon, with a little more ornament in the language.

As to the subject matter, her epigrammatic sentences are grouped and classified with an accuracy that is both pleasing and popular.  At intervals the reader is treated with a sprinkling of alliterative sentences.

Ziek-dod shines as an eternal star among the great names of her world.  Like Veorda, she was pure-hearted and possessed fine moral and spiritual qualities.  She passed out into that Broader Life where language is sweeter and thoughts are more holy.

In music I noticed the most radical departures.  The popular home instrument is larger than our organ and has nearly one hundred keys arranged somewhat like the keyboard of a typewriter.

These keys and their combinations are capable of rendering sounds to correspond with every syllable found in their words.  A proper familiarity with these sounds is a part of every child’s training on Saturn.

When one plays on this instrument every sound struck on the keys represents a certain vowel-consonant sound.  Thus the listener hears the sounds more distinctly than we hear the words of a phonograph.

Under such conditions a musician is capable of interpreting his exact feelings when manipulating the keys.  He talks to his listeners with organ sounds.  The great poet musicians can breathe out their inspirations in rapturous melodies.  On special occasions famous musicians are employed to render original selections.  Addresses and lectures are also given in this manner with very pleasing results.

The Saturnites know nothing of the Telephone, Telegraph, or Phonograph.  But for carrying messages they have a signal system by which intelligence is flashed from one point to another with great rapidity.

Saturn has eight moons and is surrounded with the rings which have made it famous from the time the planet was first seen through the telescope.  These rings and moons are inhabited by a type of human beings altogether different from those that live on the planet, and are distinctly visible to the dwellers of Saturn by means of powerful telescopes.