carry the water off from the mouth of the tunnel in a flume, placing
quicksilver in the riffles, and if it is a copper mine we place scrap
iron in the water and we also use the water for power to assist us in
mining, so that at the present time we extract and reduce ore at a lower
rate than in other parts of the world, for there is no wastefill
management and no overproduction, for in all our mining operations we
work those that cost the least, and we operate our coal mines in the
same way."

I thanked him for the courtesy shown me and took the train for the
capital, and my next visit was to the Department of Education.



CHAPTER VII.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

I was ushered into the office of the Minister of Education and was
introduced to a charming lady who filled that position with signal
ability. "I am told that you are from the United States of America. "
she said with a winning smile, "and I hope that you will have a pleasant
time while you remain with its." She spoke perfect English and informed
me that it was the language of Eurasia, but that it differed from
English used in other countries in one way. "We write the words the way
they sound and eliminate all useless letters, saving a great deal of
time and paper." She informed me that in no school throughout the
country, save one, were the dead, or foreign, languages taught, and in
that one only for the purpose of correct translation in the interest of
science, for practical education is what people need. "We have one great