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Show KOK AVSTRALIA. Elder John P. Slevent WrMee Abaul Candltlona In That Land. AiLiri.Fo. AuMralia.Feb. 10,1902. EuiToaTiaia: It la rome tin e tince I wrote niv laat j letter to your paper, and I will now endeavor en-deavor to write a lew linei lor the benefit olmy many Irirudtand aciUulntaiicea lu Summit coanty, who are interested in my welfare and the caute I represent. Tberoantry baa changed aotnewbat ainc I wrote yon laet, lor then flowert were in bloom and nature aimled but the rayi ol a tropical ion have changed the landscape froro a beautllul green to a dnll gray, and now nothing It left to Indicate In-dicate the ipott where nature wat dreaaed to beautifully ; and looking In either direction the ere can tee nothing only parcbeJ, withered vegetation ttthh loikt extremely oalnviUng to the Weary traveler. We have aumnier now and lor day In turceaiioa hot windt blow from the uortb which rtmlndi one ol tb hot air from a lurnaee. it It nothing for tht tberaom-etar tberaom-etar to reglater 110 in the tbade, and tblt Iwteate heat conlineet bolh night and day for weeAi at a tiaoe. The brat1 hat Wen ao tottoeeat different neriodt tbat it teemed to deatroe the Innlnct of lear ia wild aoitnalt and birdt, and tbey weald permit anyone te captnr Hum and would eeemoblivioae ol their anr-roundinga, anr-roundinga, apparently not knowing or caring what Wcamt olthtm. The core of thii eooatry la Itiacarcliy ol water, audio many localitlti hugt cleaerni and aeeervoirt are constructed la catrfa tbe raia water, which 1 peeaervtd in thlttViot and jMai MuecaaeoB - eaandt. In many localitlet the people deeiend exclotively on rain waiter lor doauettlc poaaoeea. Aaint, aa aralr, are not very freeneot In eummer, hot In whiter wear favored nearly eeery day wkba thowwr. The iheep owner! tave for levtral yeert bad aary aerieuatline f It. I ana informed from reliable eoareea that thry hare been compelled to kill tht Iambi to tav the live of tb old out lor the water applyba been o ua-eereain ua-eereain that only a limited number could and luffioenteratertotuaiainlife. That hundred! of thourandiel aheep bare beea killed each year, betide tht many erblch hawe periihed by th'rtt. ' To government owna the ralroadi here and aofporl4ioo ia auucb cheafier than ia America., but the can are old latbioiaed, tba aeate ar sol ceaebJoned nndaifter rldiagtn thecoacbei tor eight or ten tiouri, one aighi for ar modern Ameriean cart, IthaitMentaidby peopte In Ameriet that Auitraliawatagood place for poor man, in fast it baa been laid It wat a poor toan'i paradise. This It not the ease, and if any oae till believes thie country it a good place to gain a livell- 1 hood, all they nee I It to comt here and j get tbeireyetoptned. I am acquainted j with men who are clerking In ttoret for 11.10 per week. Five dollar il considered consid-ered good waget for an average wcek'i work. There are bund red a of honeat men out of employment aud timet are very dull. The crops of the furiuers for levers) yeare have been a total failure, and no tbe government ii furuiibing lied wheal to the furmcrs fur the coining yrar. We are making Verv good progress in our won here, and huva found t'je peo-pleaiaiule, peo-pleaiaiule, very hospitable. Thenees-papers Thenees-papers have treated us very well, for they have published several ariiclri in defense de-fense of accusation! brought against ns by our adversaries. We have large, at-tsulive at-tsulive audience! at all of our mealing!. We alio have tuauy friends ho are not afraid to speak a word in defense of o audourcaute. Wa Bud that our great-eat great-eat ad verier is! are those pioii i.iug Cbistlanlty, and those whe make Be Delusion at allare nearly alwayi oar frVxla. Tbit la a tplendid field tot mlalonary worst and there ia mom lor seen of onr yeang men, and I will be pieaed to bnre-of more being called, fur tbe rtneyard Ii great and the laborers awe b. 7 our brother In the gospel, John , Stevent. |