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Show VOIiAPL'K AT rilAL'TAl'UUA. The rropotnl International ljn;mr' Hsliilng Tator, The second unuual convention of Iho North Amcrliau Volnpuk As-oclatlou, which has Just completed It work hire, haa madu uvldeut several lnijr-taut lnijr-taut facts. It has demonstrated that the lauguage I no mere, oxi-rrlmont If lirge aud varleil literature lu every civilized country; n half-hundred iiawtBrs publlshe-J In half osmauy countries, with ui uninterrupted Issue, Inaomu eascs,of ten years, and nvocaU ularyao rich that It can express rom-prehenslbly rom-prehenslbly -oelry, science, history an J romaoco, are evidences of life and dllluilon. l.vunragre, the opening esertlset of the first nf four publlo setslo it vere In tho language Ititlf. Cot. ( it.arlea I:. Hprague, a well kuown New York scholar and banker, at lira I of tho American Volapuk Aasoclatlou, addressed his constituent In Vo Inpuk aijil routine business, Involving In-volving larllamentary procewdlngt and (artlclpaled In by many I--sou, were all In this artificial lauguage a lauguage tweet enough tol-aattractlVH even when not Inlelll glble, and Jet stil gtntrit enough to Impress Im-press IU distlnctlveniM upon one familiar fa-miliar with lanmlaire aouuds. A Saker with something lo say followed Col Hpraguo and prudcnlly chose l.ngllsu to suit the uuderslaml lug of his atteutlvo audience. 'I his was Mr. Alfred A. I'oet, of Hoston,whu rctesenla ns lu chief the Volapuk movemenl In Manueehuiett. Ills story ws of Ihe adoption or Volapuk by thu Hoatoti school committee a an elrcllvo study in Denton's evening High rkuool, and of the numerous club nnd ctasMn formed Itr various town throughout the Hlatia for the study and ii,e of Volauk. Thoarruy ofsUtlstJcaOn Ihl line was a revelation. revela-tion. Mr. l:. 1). French of New York, who waa an earnest s-raker, with a sympathetic sympa-thetic voter, gave an Imlanru of His language proving n valuable International Inter-national medium for the dlacuetlon, correonilentlally, of an artiirtloti. This waa follow ed by an exhibit of wlldirmsa of Volapuk literature, new-papers, new-papers, test books, volume of history, poetry, trauahtloua of books of the llllde, the Human Calhollo prayer took, almanac, calondart, menus, datice lists, tlisatre programmrr, t-ooka uf plava In tact of every sort of riming rim-ing which Hits natursl ltngiiaget dls-thy. dls-thy. Here were tingle Bj.ecltncns of an entire year's scrle of forty seven Journals, hundml or moro gn.uii.isis nnd dictionaries for a quarter at tainy dlfleriut.sak Ingpepl. The Consiilracy of Cata-lliii-, Ihe i:cloguoa of Virgil, tho (los lilofrit. John, the 1'roverbs if Holo-mou, Holo-mou, tho fairy tales of (Irlmm, and oven an original volauk drama, were In this large collection, whllo t harts of language, ure an I slm Ir, and chart coiui-srlug II with olner languages were abundant. Itwoalutli umaziiig nuel Instructive, this exhibit i amailng Un-ause the, llfo of Volapuk Is yot nn Infant one; lna.rectlvtcAU-oitBliu a how wide-spread and arlnl la the use of thn language. A highly etlrcllve feature of tho at-aoilatloir at-aoilatloir proetvdiiiRB waftlcclire--Irsson on Viilaput: given at tbo second day's morning sos-lon. In three luailcrsof an hour Col. Hprague, the lecturer aud a model Instructor, had demonstrated tho tluillclly if the language by Iho urgumntum ail fioml. turn, for ho hail n.t only shown tho noun's Inflection and the nrb's conjugation, con-jugation, but had actually so fitinlllar-Izud fitinlllar-Izud III audience with them and with Hie ailjecllve,tid verba and re position that the resiiinkin enmo fast lend many to his eiucitiou "how would Hits liv ex I n-ssi-l In Vobpuk?" Tho auditors had, lu hearing about thrlaugusge, actually learned It by Insensible Bison Bi-son tlou. This was Mr. Tosfj opportunity, for his listeners could then readily credit his bUU meut that n certain language professor gave lilin attention si he ox iiUlncd the lauguage, lu Iwuuty.soTeu minutes by a ttoi, watch, an 1 waa then ablo to fairly-well translate Into Vola-t Vola-t ilk a atagrapli from a uewspaier. Mr. I'o.t folluwctl this Incident by stories of almost aa amailng an an lulrementof Volajsik by othir person per-son of both sexe. Hoaummeduphy cstltnatinf- the ae erage time rinded to aciiulra a working knowledge of the lauguago as ten thretxpiatter hour lesions, without homo study. Think ol tills weary students of eirn I'reiirh, Italian or HpatiUh lu six month courses with a result of rualiied Iniufll cleucy to order ft meal ut n reitaunnt lu a loud lone of volul Volaukln a few liourl, any other lauguago ami. out study of nioutha or j ears. Mr.Charles Currier Healu then commanded com-manded tho iiulet attention it the audience while, he, told them how the patient priest of a little Herman village had studied the dltllcultlea anil tho o-lblllllea of human speech for some thirty year, and then, outof tho cliuo of much Information and from tho lab) tlnth of much dhonler, had Ueu Inl by a divine Illumination to Hi forinuuto his thoughts nud knowledge as to present all atoucea lauguago system which In coiistrueltun, pronunciation pro-nunciation aud word-forraatlun could be praitltrable to all mankind. He traced th history of Volapuk from lla prewntatlon and rejection with rldtculo down to Its acceptance by n few liirncd men, under whose arglsltfound favor In every civilised portion of the, globe, until now, as Its literature shows, It Is an aocepUd factor, fac-tor, on tho language aide, lu Ihe bring lug of all uianklud luto brotherly rela Uetis, 1 It will riot answer to shower ridicule upon Volapuk. AeHafrleudararnes.. ly alllrm, It Is not, aud noer was, lu. leuded to ujtjAuil, but ouly to aut ph ment oilier fjuguages, and ilh aucli a iirise It hasltprovlnrt',and the pro. cei-Jlngsof Hie couveiitlou uow terminated ter-minated go to show that It will continue con-tinue It work to a sublime fruition. CliAtiTAigu-, New York, August 8th, Ib'JI, |
