The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 9, 1901, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1901. 'ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Teauine CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS must bear signatwre of Z. At FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. SEE GENUINE WRAPPER SEE GENUINE WRAPPER HE Oceanic Steamship Company’s Zealandia and the Japanese mail steamship Nippon Maru arrived from Honolulu yesterday The latter vessel made the better run and came in ahead of her usual time. It only a question of turning the tables, however. The Zealandia is one of the best preserved of the old class of ships, while the Nippon Maru is a modern vessel with a guaranteed speed of seventeen knots. She did not run up to her “‘guarantee” on this occasion and the Zealandia beat her to dock. In connection with this run comes up that of the Sonoma and Hongkong Maru. Both vessels left here for Honolulu on the same day, but the Hongkcng Maru had a two hours' start. The latter vessel has “found herself,”” being nearly two years in commission, while the Jceanic Com- FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXIOR GENUDNER SUST mAVE §L0UATURE. ITTLE IVER PiLLS. ‘“PRINTED O AMUSEMENTS. LUMBIA co ];a|n ‘ghflzfl is pra-:xl(-anyhon horl{nal::;}‘n trip. She left here two houys after the Mana, emper Presext | QRAND OPERA HOUSE | {00k Maru and beat hek four hours into port. As the Sonoma holds the rec- | ord between Philadelphia and San Fran- | cisco the fact that she beat a seasoned | seventeen-knot mail boat six hours in a 2100-mile run Is all the more to her credit. The Zealandia docked as soon as she passed the quarantine, while the Nippon Maru was held at the station for several | hours. Those who came up on the Zea- landia were: B. F. Dillin and wife. M MAT OAMES ~» KIDDER |55 5on 2o - AY-LAST TIME! CHARLES ERIN VERNER, 4 MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM” ERIN V3 nday Night, “MACBETH.” SHAMUS NGHT—"IGHARD I O'BRIEN COMING TO ALHANBRA MOROSCO'S GRAND OPERA-HOUSE, Special | X2 Beginning T()-“(lRB()W' .\IG!iT. = Mr. ham and wife, Heineberg Kane and wife, Mrs. H. M Benson, H. W. Bloom, Rev. E. Bishop, J. T. McCrosson, E. J. Cotton, M. Ebert, W. Koeb- r, W. J. Falkner, P. ;, A. Saylor, A. W. Judd, C. H. pringer, Bachant, J. E. Holland, Cramer, . Crowell,’ George P. Baughman, §. Peiser. George Williams, Mrs. R. J. Eftord, A. Armitage, H. P. Miss E. Faye, Miss E. , Mrs. J. E. Keller and child, Mrs. J. E. Murphy, Mrs. Dowsett, Mrs. W. T. Hyde b A few front rows Good Reserved Seat in Or- %c. Branch Ticket PEXING OF THE MO- EASO Faye, MAF co and WALTER MO- g SCO Annou! the Farewell Ap- n. = s t : 0 4 STRALIA. e - nce in This City of Those who came up on the Nippon Maru ¥ORDHE AL o - were L 0[ "BlA THE-\IER"[\"a MME. SARAH BERN“ARDT Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Chapin, §. Hotta, A S i 4 ——AND— G. Menocal, U. S, N.; F. Huttenbach, Miss | night seventy-eight d4ays from Newcastle, | from Port Ludiow. Jan 24—Ship Charmer, . M. Mechiyouna, B. Myeda, R. | Australia, and the bark Roderick Dhu, | from Oyster Harbor. Jan 2—Brig Lurline, M. COOUELIN George F. F. Wilde, U. S.|fifteen days from Hilo. also made pc hence Jan 8. EUNDAY NOON i Lee Chee, L. Huttenbach, H. | The latter vessel has made the run of the | _CASPAR—Sailed Feb 8—Stmr Luella, for San At 2 r Uimflar ihe Divectin ot season so far, but Caplain Johnson says Francleco. £ ; MR. MAURICE GRAU. | R 4 Do will make it a nine days' record be- | FORT GAMBLE—Arrived Feb 8—Bktn Ska- NINTH ANNUAL BENEH]‘ FOR TWO WEEKS ON NEW SCHOONERS COMMISSIONED | fore the year is out. The run of the Lord | “So("TH "BEND_arrives Feb s—Stmr Det mmen DAY e p ———r Cajrns was only average, but then it is | Norte hence Feb 5. s & ROSTAN DRAMATIC POEM, Three Will Sail on Their Maiden |a vear since she was on the drydock. | mYENTURA—Arrived Feb $—Stmr Geo Loo- Voyages Within Ten Days. The schooner Maurice came down from { Turner’s v and will be fitted | out 1c . ot yet accepte ficulties will be st .+ “L’AIGLON" oR Mat CHARITY FUND Theatrical Mechanics' Association, THE x AGLET. Grand s all di and the RACE IS WON BY THE OCEANIC COMPANY’S STEAMSHIP SONOMA Beats the Toyo Kisen Kaisha's Hongkong Maru More Than|The Six Hours in the Twenty-One Hundred Mile Run Between San Francisco and Honolulu. TAHITI INTERISLAND TRADE." THE NEW SCHOONER MAURICE THAT HAS BEEN BUILT FOR THE SHE WILL SERVE AS A FEEDER NEWS OF THE OCEAN. Matters of Interest to Mariners and Shipping Merchants. The Alice Cook load lumber at Port $24 | smart little schoc away loaded | Gamble for Honolulu: the Heatheraig, wheat = | with _freight. n among the | ot this port for Eurc 3ss 8d, prior to arrival. = orrT. £ & ‘; :x{npm‘l nds = quarters will el “PHEDRE" and Besides the Maurice, the Alvena for the The Guatemala’s Cargo. x | # » an Gardner Mill y g Alumna | The steamer Guatemala cleared yesterday for —— | “LES PRECIEUSES REDICULE? | for the Simps Valparaiso and way with a general cargo, e e A s chanros | = to comm valued at $15,3%. manifested as follows: For 1 and Eureka in a few Mexico, $: Central Americg, $5084; South with full cargoes. These els are onl the advapce guard of the new fleet that | will be launche and commissioned this month. | — - Movements of Transports. a quandary just brought ials are wteers have of the transpor The army offi to b ke six weeks cy run. Warre hape f n to ne The DAY, SATURDAY. F TO-MORROW. SUNDAY NIGHT— SOUSA Pa BIG BILL! ept HE sel will follow her on March 1 is a mys- ANOT R tery. Should the Me get in on time FELTE MURRAY AND L. KATHRY] ! she may be rushed out again, but if she —aND mrs MAN nsport will sail on the SEATE > DY ALHAM trip. Only work that Is ¥ # CONCERTS— Matipees 3 ary will be done on the and Warren and they will be or sea as quickly as possible. Sealing Men ‘Protest. are more than thirty British seal sels at work along the coast, while Francisco dare not wer a boat. Uncle Sam has prohibitel the taking of seals and the Britishers are king hay while the sun shines. Yester- v five of the fleet were in California ports refitting. The Borealis was in Drakes Bay wait- ing for a new crew to be sent overland from Sausalito. The Vera (formerly the American schooner Halycon) and three rs were in Montersy Bay wating for inters, while half a dozen more are at a Barbara. All tnese vessels hunt mil. nd thus evade the 1 clear on a Sealing sel cannot. Conse- s & Evenings AND WH MON e British and thé men who have the Prebyloff Island concession. ‘Water Front Notes. James Robertson of 451 Bryant stree INEE OF NEX MRS. FISKE in met with a peculiar accident yesterda “BECKY SHARP.” i o . CAZ R, other men were engaged in hawse pipe in the bark THEATRE new L. Cu: He goes to Puget Sound to | take his new command. | “The tramp steamer Olga sailed for Eu- | rope with wheat ve steamer City of | ma and w + JUVENILE 'PERFORMERS’ ‘_‘, e St i i, \: n Aiddt"\‘ the r;m-, hnidinsi . . ICHUTES arp ZQQ s e tionn 5 5 cod was treated at the ?)Hrhnrv Hospital. | l ' I D A ' SPECIAL---THIS AFTERNOON. v reigned from e of the ship Mar: rday. and the mail salled for Pana- Augustin ng Comedy, 2 Acvf\I;Gl.‘ll:i': (.)vFvF'" DAY! e g s = TO-NIGHT! Prejudiced BELASCO ~woTHALLS L. xRE o ‘ (E—‘NTRA bmfl/: BlgmLhS ?kie‘ivilk! |is the state of any woman’s e et g e |mind who closes her ears (Sunday) Last P THE HENSCHELS. THIRD RECITAL AT METROPOLITAN TEMPLE | TO-DAY at 3: ent Recitals morrow ning to the praises of White Cottolene Its fame has spread to "UL MELODRAMA, ATER OF THE MILLION A DALG . ext Monday Evening at $:15 o'clock. Novel and Eta Situatione. | = 3 o'clock. PRICES == S0, 1sc, Z5e, 3e, 500 | Aoy s £8P m. Last recital Thurs- Ma gt 5 § o 5 NEXT MONDAY—Wm. A. Brady at Sherman, AFTER DARK. ne These hotels pos- sess the attributes that tcurists and travelers appreciate —central location, liberal manage- ment, modern ap- pointments and perfect cuisine American and Eu- ropean plans. OHS KIDNEY B LIVER s TTERS LAXAT ® THE SAN FRANCISCO JOCKEY CLUB, TANFORAN PARK-THIRD MEETING. | L o February PALACE and GRAND HOTELS, San Francisco. everywhere know it as the shortening which makes crusts the best part of their pies, because they are so flaky and cflisp and taste so good. It is better than lard and as satisfactory as butter in EVERY department of cookery. Why not order Mongay, January to Saturday, | Inclusive. £IX OR MORE RACES EACH WEEE DAY. 6ix Stake Events, Three Hurdle Races and Bix Steeplechases. ST R CE OF THE DAY AT 2:10 P. M. = Jeave Third and Townsend strects for ran Park at 7, 10:40, 1:3 & m., 1, 1:% m. Trains leave Tanforan Park for | at 4:15 p. m.. followed after the | Tece at intervals of a few minutes by sev- specials. Seats In rear cars reserved for nd their escorts. Admission to course, uling rafiroad fare, $1.25. ! MILTON €. LATHAM, Sccretary. | EDWATT YWER, Racing Secretary. SHERMAN, CLAY & CO0.’S HALL. Leopold Godowsky, y ladies BI A PLEASANT [l noT inToxicaTine RERCHIEIESIY THE GREAT PIANIST. 3 "Fllmlfl - $150 and $1. On sale at T— r::wmum FREE! ©ur dainty booklet, “‘A Publiec Secret,” mailed free to any address. For two 2c stamps we will free our 125-page Tesiey NCERT HOUSE. Admission 10c. FISCHER’S <0 and_Lewis, the Marcos, Lillian Levy, Cununingham, Harry de Lhe Fairbanks brothers and Hinricks' Reserved Sests 2c. Matinee Sunday.” P. 8.—NoHog Fatin COTTOLENE s to be overhauled | with | 1ogs 18 in the hands | every country, Wise cooks | Amerlea, $2474 cipal & For Mexicc pkgs machinery. s fuse. 5 crs potatoes, 3 crs onlons, 16 pKES groceries and provisions, 100 flsks quicksilver, 18,600 1bs sulphuric acld, 6188 Ibs chloride lime, 120 gals | wine or Central America— rial, 52) bbls cement, wine, 2 | vistons, | 1ard, 10 os paste, 555 Ibs rice, canned goods, 20 cs apples, 5 cs salmon, 1320 Ibs dried frult, 30 1bs beans, 10 cs hardware, 2 fisks quickstlver. For South America—25 cs salmon, § cs canned goods, 160 bbls flour, 25 bdls pipe, 594 Ibs hops, 6 pkes machinery, Ibs dried fruit, 2 crs wagon material e Large Cargo for the Curacao. The following were the prin- 94 pkgs railroad mate- 116 bbls flour, 20 gals S ft lumber, 30 pkgs groceries and pro- es candles, 33 crs potatoes, 50 lbs cs 14 for Mexico, carried the following cargo, valued at $92,399: 37 drums acid, 80 cs bread, 15,526 1bs beans, 600 gals brandy, 67,23 Ibs bluestone, 255 ctls arley, 64 coils cordage, 100 bble cement, 129 cs anned goods, 14,822 1bs’ coffee, 45 cs drug: Ibs dried fruit, 230 bxs fruit, 40 cs fuse, pkgs groceries and provisions, § bales hose, 60 bales hay, 1490 Ibs hops, 1171 pkgs hardware, 4586 1bs lard, 144 cs mustard. 16.000 Ibs minerai brown, 72 crs miliwork, 53.297 1bs malt, 202 crs machinery, 2015 1bs middlings, 21,100 Ibs oats, 46 bales oakum, 31 crs onions, 524 cs 23 bbls oil, 51 pkgs paste, 463 crs potatoes, 333 pkgs Quce, 345 kegs nails, 167 bales 13 cs paper, 1712 Ibs nuts, § bales rubber belting, 94 pkgs rail- road material, 150 fisks quicksilver, 15 bbls rosin, 3531 bdls shooks, 269 pkgs pipe, 7 cs fit- tings, 97 cs paint, 43 cs saimon, 1200 sheepskins, 13 bdis shovels, S0 bdls shingles, 9545 Ibs tallow, 150 cs turpentine. 40 mats rice, 263 pkgs vege tables, 26 s window glass, 37 crs wagon mate- | rial, 210 cs whisky, 82 cs $233 gals wine, 50,103 ft 2522 pes lumber. Shipping Intelligence. ARRIVED. Fridav, February 8. Stmr Navarro, Hansen, 11 hours from Black t Stmr Jeanie, Mason, 95 hours from Seattle. Stmr Arcata, Nels hours from Coos Be- via Port Orford 46 hours. Stmr Washtenaw, Zolling, 53 hours from Ta- coma Stmr Eureka, Jessen, 26 hours from Fureka Ericsson, 47 hours from San Stror Westport, | Pedro. Stmr Columbla, —. Jap stmr Nippon Maru, Greene, 27 days from Hongkong, via Yokohama 18 days, via Hono- lulu 5 days 23% hours. 3r ship Lord Cairns, Newcastle, Aus. | “Hark Roderick Dhu, Johnson, 15 days from Hilo, 75 Schr Fannie Dutard, Rudbach, 5% da Port Los Aneles Schr Newark, Beck, 16 hours from Bowens Landing. . CLEARED. Friday, February 8. Stmr City of Sydney, McLean, Panama; Pa- cific Mail § § Co. % Br stmr Guatemala, Harris, Valparaiso; Bal- four, Guthrie & Co. Whalinz bark Andrew Hicks, Storey, whal- ing cruise; § F Whaling Co. SAILED. Friy February 8. Stmr Corona, Gielos San Pedro. Stmr City of Sydne~ McLean, Panama ang. way po Stmr Whitesboro, Olsen, Greenwood. Stmr Gipsy, Leldnd, Santa Cru; Aus stmr Federica, Ivancich, Nanaimo. Aus stmr Olga, Descovich, St Vincent. Stmr Fulton, Levinson, Grays Harbor. Stmr Noyo, Johnson, Fort Bragg. Stmr Empire, Macgenn, Coos Bay. Br stmr Guatemala, Harris, Valparatso. Tug Samson, Stream, Astoria, with barge Washtuena in’tow. Barge Washtucna, Harriman, Astoria, in tow of tug Eamson. Schr Mary Etta, Anderson, Bowens Landing. Schr Ocean Spray, Olsen, Iversens Landing. Schr Volunteer, Brissem, Grays Harbor. Sehr § Danielson, Hagerup, Siuslaw. Schr Free Trade, Peterson, —. Schr Abble, Paterson, Coos Ba: Schr Melancthon, Olsen, Willapa Harbor. TELEGRAPHIC. POINT LOBOS, Feb 5, 10 p m—Weather cloudy; wind NE, velocity ~ miles. DOMESTIC PORTS. HONOLULU—Arrived Jan 2—Stmr Califor- nian, hence Jan 19; brig W G Irwin, hence Jan 10, Jan 30—Stmr Sonoma, hence Jan 24; stmr Hongkong Maru, hence Jan 24; bark Dia- mnod Head, hence Jan 10. Feb 1—Bktn Beni- cla, hence Jan 17; schr Murlel, from Newcas. Uaiied Jan %-U § stmr Grant. for Manil ed_Jan a: bktn S G Wilder, for San Francisco; bktn Jane L Stanford, for Puget Sound; schr ‘Alblon, for San Francisco. Jan 2-—Bktn Chehalis, for Puget Sound: brig Harrlet G, for San Fran- cisco. Jan 28—Stmr John 8 Kimball, for Ka- hului. Jan 39—Bktn_ Archer, for San Fran- cisco: bark Edward May, for San Francisco, via Kahului: bktn Echo, for Puget Sound. Jan 20— Bktn John Smith, for Puget Sound. Jan 31—Stmr Sonoma, for Sydney; Jap stmr Hong- kong Maru, for China and Japan. To sail Feb 2—Ship Florence, for Puget Sound. Feb 5—Bark Kafulani, for San Fran- eisco. HILO—Arrived Jan 24—Schr Marle B Smith, from Port Townsend. Jan 2—Bark Oakland, trom Pu 3 r“;‘::‘ul ;mtml—mm'n:m, for Franelsco. STh ot oading—Bark Martha Davis, for San Francisco, PORT m&a&m—.«rflv« Feb 8—Bktn Ekr’-‘;‘-"ea'm Feb s—Stmr Bertha, from Valdez: stmr Victoran, from Alaska. Satled outward Feb s—Ger bark Antigons, O URBK A Arrived Feb s-tmr Scotia, hence Davies, 78 days from from s Pomona. henc o “&hfikm Pacadens, for San Pedro; FORT BRAGG—Safled Feb $—Stmr National , _for San Pedro. stmr_Bru! for San UI—Arrived Jan 18—Schr Compeer, The steamer Curacao, which sailed Thursday | | | | | | | | | | | cos Isiand. | Eureka ! Santa Rosa h nce Jan 7, and safled Jan 8 for San 0. - ASTORIA—Salled Feb 8—Br stmr Condor, for San Francisco. Salled Feb S—Gor bark Hassia, for Queens- town: Br stmr Strathgyle, for China. PORT LOS ANGELES- Sailed Feb 8—Stmr Mineola, for Redondo, REDONDO—Sgfled Feb 8—Schr Wm Renton, for Whateom. SEATTLE—Arrived Feb s—Stmrs Bertha and torlag from Alaska. Salled Feb 7-Stmr Farallon, for Skaguay. FOREIGN PORTS. EMANTLE—Arrived _prior to: Feb 8— - liisworth, hence Nov 1 SYI Arrived prior to Feb S—Bktn Ruth, from Eureka. PANAMA—Arrived Jan Dec 28 SANTA ROSALIA—To sail tle, for Portland. 21— Stmr Colon, hence | Feb 7—Br ship To safl about Feb 13— Br ship Haytor, for nitrate ports; Ger ship Antuco. To sail about Feb 15—Ger ship Ari- ;’\n:lv To sall about Feb 10—Schr Philippine, or ——. In port Feb 7—Br ship Marion Jostah;: -Ger ship Osorno, from Hamburg. Arrived Dec 24—Br ship Crown of Denmark, trom Hamburg, Feb 4—Br ship Olivebank, | from Shields. Salled Feb 3—Schr Lillebonne, OCEAN STEAMERS. SOUTHAMPTON — Arrived Feb 8§ -— Stmr from New York rrived Feb $—Stmr Hohenzol- rro; ew York. NAPLES—Arrived Feb 8—Stmr La Gascogne, from New York YOKOHAMA—Arrived Feb 6—Stmr Braemer, trom Tacoma, for Hongkong. LIVERPOOI—Arrived Feb S—Stmr New Eng- land, from Boston. - Safled\ Feb 7—Stmr Tunisian, for Portland. QUEENSTOWN—Sailed Feb $—Stmr Penn- land, from_ Liverpool, for Philadelphia. MOVILLE—Sailed Feb S—Stmr Furnessia, from Glasgow, for New York. LONDON—Sailed Feb S—Stmr Marquette, for New York. | or San Mar- { | | | | | | | H | H NEW YORK-—Salled Feb §—Stmr Dresden, for Bremen. sl Steamer Movements. TO ARRIVE. Steamer. | From. ] Due_ | Sterra..... Sydney & Way Ports..[Feb. § City of Para..../Panama & Way Ports. Feb. 9/ Coronado. Redondo Feb. 9 Hyades _ Seattle Feb. 9 | Wellington. - ... Comox [Feb. 9| Royalist Oyster Harbor Feb. 10 | San Diego Feb. 10 Newport |Feb. 10 Humboldt Feb. 10 | Grays Har! Feb. 10 | Grays Harbor Feb. 10 | Titania.. Nanaimo ... Feb. 10 Argo. Coquille River . Feb. 19 Panama ... Feb. 11 | Puget S Feb. 11 Seattl Tacoma . Humboldt Humboldt Newport ... Portland and Feb. Panama & Way Ports. Feb. Point_Arena . |Feb. ./8an Diego Crescent Cit Progreso. Crescent City. Bergenhus China via San Diego.. Mattewan Tacoma. . Mandala Coquille River . Alliance Portland & TO SAIL. Steamer. Destination. Sails. | Pler. February 9. S {Grays Harbor .. 5 pm|Pier — |China and Japan..| 1 pm|PMSS Point Arena.. Point Arena . 2 pm|Pler 2 Coronado. Grays Harbor 5 pm|Pler 2 San Pedro.... [Humboldt 0 am|Pler 2 State of Cal..| puser Soond P uget Sound Ports.[11 am|Pler 9 Santa Rosa.. San Dlega Pler 11 Eureka.. Humboldt Pler 13 i Februa; - |Coos Bay Pler 13 Australia. IT.hltl 12 m|Pler 7 !c“‘"fif"’{y Argo.. ‘oquille River. Py Pomona. |Humboldt 2 pm| Pier f Columbta.....|Astoria & Portland|11 am|Pler 2¢ Seattle & Tacoma Pler 2 Newport .. g Pler 11 February 13. g.ydn:)); & Way Pts) :pm Pler 7 n Diego -| 9 am{Pler 1 S February 14. Newburg..... (Grays Harbor .....[ 5 pm FoRcmany 1] TR 2 Walla Walla.|Puget Sound Ports/1l am|Pler 3 Corona. Newport .. 9 am|Pier 11 Sun, Moon and Tide. United States Coast and Geodetlc Survey— Times and Heights of High and Tow Waters at Fort Point, entrance to San Francisco Bay. Published by officlal au- thority of the Superintendent. NOTE—The high and low waters occur at the city front (Mission-street whanf) about twenty- five minutes later than at Fort Point; the helght of tide is the same at both place SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9. Sun rises Sun sets 8: 9: 0: ' w 143 34| 10:34) 11:36| 135! :28] Wi 08, .. P4 @ g NOTE—In the above exposition of the tides the early morning tides are given in the left hand column and the successive tides of the day in the order of occurrence as to time of day, the third time column gives the last tide of the day, except when there are but three tides, as sometimes occurs. The helghts given are in addition to the soundings on the United States Coast Survey charts, except when = minus sign (—) precedes the helght. and then the number given is subtracted from the depth given by the charts. The plane of reference is the mean of the lower low waters. — PENNSYLVANIA SYSTEM of railroads. _Office, 30 Montgomery street. * | summer winds freighted with moisture | HOME STUDY CIRCLE FOR CALL READERS Changes It H Geography of Asia and the as Undergone Through War. Copyright, 1901, b ¥ Seymour Eaton. XVIL ! Let us return to the Perslan empire as it was in the sixth century before Christ, the period when the semilegendary kings bore sway in Rome, when the learned ty- rant Pisistrastus rules at Athens and when the Jews were ending their captivity on the banks of the Euphrates. It was then the most extensive, the best or- ganized and the most wisely administered state which Asla had seen. But already active in it were germs of decay. The martial virtues of the Medes and Persians, stalwart children of the hills, their temperance, frugality and energy, were undermined. Even their re- ligion, which their magi had attained on the mountains in the contemplation of the , could not save them. Raised sud- and without preparation to un- bounded affluence, they were like paupers who have drawn the grand prize in a lot- tery or have fallen heirs to an uniooked for estate. 2 The conquered clvilization of the Tigris- Buphrates basin thus took a speedy re- venge upon its conquerors. The empire sank into an immense, inert, though still living, mass. The invasions of Greece it attempted demonstrated its inability to attack. Xenophon and his ten thou- sand, marching across Asia Minor to Cun- axa, demonstrated its incapacity for self- defense. No nation and no ruler ever fell more inglorfously than did the Per- sian empire and its last sovereign when | assailed by Alexander and his handful of Greeks. The Greco-Asiatic kingdoms, which arose under crowned generals after | the death of the grea® cenqueror, were determined by the natural conditions which the rivers and the mountains im- pese. Aslatic geography had overborne Alex- arder himself. The twelve altars which, according to tradition, he erected to mark the extreme Imit of his triumphant | course, had thelr location indicated by | geography. He had pushed on where no other European had ever been. But even he, the unconquerable, could push no farther. The Roman succeeded the Greek, but | the base from which he made his attack | was farther awa Rome weakened as | the distance increased from her vital center, the Mediterranean Sea. Her le- glons carried their eagles up to the | sources of the Euphrates and Tigris and to the borders of the Syrian Desert west of old Chaldaea. Over that territory, mostly embraced in Asia Minor and Syria, the arms and diplomacy of the two con- tinents have contended ever since. Thus far we have paid chief attention to | territos | of government, whose by the degree wherein man rises superfor to and utilizes the forces of nature. Yet this superiority is only relative, Man is still for the most part the creature of cir- cumstances. The roads along which armies march, the fields whereon battle, the limits of mnase occupations of tHeir inhabi 3 tudes and inclinations of dwellers upon certain territory—concerning these and kindred things, nature by soll and climat and elevation and every physical teristic uttered her flat at the crea the world. There are certain matters of special in- terest to remark as we contemplate the present map of Asia. One is the unequal distribution of popu lation, some regions being hardly occupied by man and others being crowded almost beyond their ability to afford support. In all Asia there are supposed to be 550,000.000 human beings, or fifty-six persons to a square mile. Yet 700,000,000 persons, fifteen- sixteenths of this overwhelming host, are packed at the rate of 117 per square mile into China and India, which together in- clude only two-fifths of the entire Asiatic On the 13000 square miles which make up China proper, 383000000 persons, or 24 to the square mi to exist. ‘But the remaining quare miles of the Chinese empi port only 19,000,000 souls, or not quite sever to the square mile. Mountainous Persia has 650,000 square miles of territory ane 8,000,000 people, or twelve to the square mile. Hence we see that the relations of domicile have remained unchanged from antiquity. The river basins, like magnets, still attract agglomeration while only sparse and s linger on the mountain or steppe. Another striking fact is the definiteness of the boundaries. The physical mao might almost serve as the political map, with so much docility have political sys- tems adopted the Ifiits which physical considerations have bed. T i apti- reseril mothing here of that artificial deli of frontier, of following p tude and ' meridians, w agreements and conveation familiar on the map of Afri conquest has sometimes ignored natur: landmarks and sought to_divide the in- divisible. Thus Russia, Per-:a and tha Ottoman empire each holds a third of Mount Ararat. Thus the western pow- ers, with isolated possessions, dot the coast of Uhina. Generally, however. it is the flowing river or the mountain lina that traces where one dominion ends and another begins. Another fact, more impressive and sug- gestive, is the weakncss and paralys which has fallen on such of the Asiai states as still profess a nominal inde dence. What cne is there whose th. ystem of ¢ Moder two inseparable physical factors, the e i - owess rest mountains and rivers; the mountains )?‘:Q“;’"M SO Taaueat D veac of as determining the nature of the rivers | Japan sole exception. But only the in their volume and direction; the rivers | veneering of western ideas, which she has as determining the fertility and extent of | | the alluvial plains. There remains a third | factor to consider, hardly less important, | the desert or steppe. | The steppe is itself a consequence of | clim and sofl. Almost all Asia is situ- | ated im the temperate zone. Only a por- fon of its three southern peninsulas are buth of the tropic. But the Tian Shan and Kuenluen stand in the way of the | from the eastern seas. In consequence little rain falls, west of those ranges, over | an area measured by hundreds of.thou- sands of square miles. Nor are the con- | ditions greatly different through an enor- | mous tract south of the Altal Mountains. In winter the prevailing winds are from the mainland toward the ocean and are naturally dry. The parched soil or sand, wind-blown, prevents the growth of trees, in which both the steppe and the des- ert are wanting. The difference between them is one of degrees, the desert being the drier, drearier and more desolate of the two. Yet some rivers from the moun- tains, before they lose themselves in the sands or reach the brackish inland Aral | Sea, form oases in the wilderness or af- | ford means for irrigation along their banks. Still the population of the steppe | can never be relatively numerous nor can | it have its habitation permanent and fixed. The people born upon it must be romads from the start and never can at- tain a high degree of civilization. The | region must react upon character and | render its children as unreliable and as merciless as their sands. Their own lives | and the llves of others can possess no | sacredness and little value. Trained by | the nature amid which they are born, in war it Is their pastime not only to kill and conquer but to destroy. Only a child of the desert could have boasted that, where his horse’s hoof fell, no grass ever rew. & protected by thelr encircling mountains in the infancy of the race, the favored | dwellers in the river basins could mul- tiply and grow prosperous in peace. But as time went on, rumors of fabulous | Wealth and luxury were sure to reach the nomadic tribes in what was then an outer | world. At last even ramparts and bar- rlers, thousands of feet in height, could | not shut out their cupidity. Always on the part of the nomadic invaders there was the passion not only to pessess but to ruin. The later of these outpourings 3 from the desert are recorded in history. They are personified to us in the names of leaders such as "Attila, Genghis Khan | and Tamerlane. Despite all ghe massa- | cres of which we have an account in va- rious times and among various peoples. the bloody ferocity which marked the ca- | reer of these last two leaders is un-| equaled. Over his tomb at Samarcand is now written the sullen epitaph which | sums up the spirit of Tamerlame. It/ reads: “If I were alive the world would | not be glad.” | Before we take up the Asia of to-day, there is one country apart, to the south- west, which has a history distinctively its own. In politics it has affected the welfare of mankind more than has done any other portion of the Asiatic conti- | nent. In religious influence it has been inferior only to Judea. It concentrates all it was and has been in the life and deeds of a single man. Since Christ was born at Bethlehem no other human being has Wielded so large and permanent an au- thority, has cast so large a shadow, as Mohammed, the camel driver of Mecca, the proohet of Arabia. ‘Arabia is an immensc rectangular block of land, over a million square miles in area, suspended between the Red Sea, the Arabian Sea, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It is attached to the con- tinent only on the north. Northward its boundaries-are as indefinite as the horizon and as shifting as the sand. It is shut off from the rest of the world by the terrible desert which veaches westward from the head of the Persian Gulf. Arabia Petraea, wherein the children of Israel wandered, is only a small portion of the peninsula. Until less than 1300 years ago the Arabs were split into innumerable and petty hos- tile tribes. The great majority as nomads | roamed over the deserts and the high pla- teau which form the greater part of the interior. Some more fortunate Inhabited villages and towns in Arabia Felix, on the long, narrow strip of land which borders the Red Sea. The population could not have been much less than 3,000,000, but among them there was no tie of nn{ sort, either of language, religion, ancestry or race. The achievement of Mohammed was that with the fire of 2 great idea he weld- ed all those warring elements into one or- ganic whole/ ftatesman no less than | prophet, he built the tribesmen into a na- | tion. Inflaming them with the spirit of military ardor and religious zeal, he sent them from their desert confines to the political_and religious subjugation .of the world. The resistiess torrent of the new invasion spread victoriously up to the shores of the Caspian Sea and submerged every faith and government from the In- dus through Northern Africa to the At- lantic. Arabla_ from its seclusion exer- clsed a more widespread domination than had Greece and Rome. Islam, the creed so recently revealed, counted more adher- ents than Christianity. The results of a convulsion may be seen long after the passing of the earthquake shock. The crusaders were but an episode in the unended line of consequences that | have followed the outburst from Arabia. | No other cause has so modified the cur- rent of subsequent history. Few other causes are so potent to-day. It would be a stimulating and fruftful task to linger upon the war geography of Asia as determining its life and history | order and tranquillit | such protecti | portion of the continent has never known. assumed as to adminiztration and mi tary g Her future is secure o; r condition that thera be no relapse f only s on the ess: the Oriental from which st was roused Perry and the Ameri d. n 1 The other “independent” states are Persia, Afghan- istan, Siam, China and Korea. The Otto- man empire, though Asiatic in origin and ith and Asiatic in_most of its territory, has its capital in Europe and is to bs reckoned a European power. The last fact to recognize is this: Asia, with the exception of Japan, has already passed or is fast passing into European ownership and control. ~ There are few islands anywhere along its extended coast over which there does not float a foreign flag. There is no Asfatic court in which the influence of some foreign state 1S no- predominant. Per: Korea are sub- servient to Russia. to Great Brit ain, Afghanistan to bhoth, and China fi to Russia and then to all the powers, one of these states dares perform an cial act or take an official step of whi its “protector’” does not approve. But by far the largest portion of the continent is under the direct administration of European rulers_and 1s_reckoned their territorial possession. The acquisitions of Great Britain and Russia span a space, 5000 miles in breadth, between the Arctie and Indian oceans, and meet in the Pa- mirs. Over the Himalavas and the Alta's with_ the certainty fate they impend on China, which not oniy they, but France and Germany. menace from the sea. How long rea, Persia istan and Siam shall retain a quasi-independent existence depends upou foreign procrastination rather than on themselves. Nor is this progressive march of western ery and assimilation to be denlored. One may lament the deceit and violence | by which it is too often accomplished, but s ultimate outcome is of humanity. To India a to whatever Asiatic spot of the Englishman aporoached, there advancement to Turkestan, he gun carriage r of the Russlan has come with it such . such safety of life such equality of rights and before the law, as that and property. EDWIN A. GROSVENOR. Ambherst College. Note—An examination upon this course as a basis for the granting of certificates will be published on Wednesday next. For a Cold in the Heaad. 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