Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-04-20

give 10 Russia an extended coast line Of
about 1850 miles. aud aid TO her military
strength by securing 10 her the fortified
city Of KArs. which Ia n Of the strongest
fortrcsses in Asia Minor.
ANCIENT ARMENIA.
The history Of tho territory which II Is
now proposed to sever and apportion out
between Russia aud Turkey. is rich in
classical events. Its history extends away
hack to the days before Christ, aud the
story OF the progress Of Christianity Is in
timstely connected with that 81 the for
tunes Of ancient Armenia. Ii Is u high
table-land on the southern slope Of tho
wards MesopotAmiA. During the hundreds
Of years since IL first appeared on the pages
| OF written history. its boundaries have
been many times changed. a. well A. its
rulers. II IL the original scat OF the Oldest
civilized people In tho world. the Arme-
mans. who belong to the Indo.Germanic
family Of nations. Their Oldest records
contain but little by which TO trace their
history ia past aScs, ou' sh""h" sP'o-
served 10 show that la very ancient lines
long before Christianity OF NohAm'
mechanism Was known-they we're gov
srned by independent kings. but after
wards became tributary to the Assyrians
and Medes. The first authentic history OF
Armenia begins about tho middle OF the
sixth century before Christ-nearly 300
years Ago-when King DiknAn. or Ilg-
vanes !. OF the hAig dynasty, restored the
Independence OF the Kingdom. The last
king cf this dynasty was slain IN bAiue
against Alexander the ureat' VINO eon'
qnered the country
TURKISH ARMENIA.
From the death OF Alexander. which oc-
Cured In 323 b. u. To the present ume'
the fortunes OF Armenia have often chang
ed. About 100 H. u tile province was Ill
vidsd by two OF is governors who revolt
sd against their sovereign Anuoehus the
Great, into TWO psr's, .he one rsnins At
sna he Other Armenia Minor. The mart TO
the west Of that river. This arrangement
| dill not last long. however. and the prov
ince was subjected 10 conquest after con-
quest. until finally the western part fell
S.IuII m. ..so,n ,,o,,jon or l,ma-
mia Major became a dependency Of Persia
about tho same time. Some part OF this
mas sineo oeen eonquet~. =! 'n' iuIA
sna,;sa - - 49, H., pn.sia ,ln,inv
her wars in this century. Turkish Ar
a.. 4. s.n.r.,a1 from ~ p,.si,n and
49, nfas;ne. hy.n ir,.,,I.r im,gin.
- H. -a.,anIi,. t,om ra,, =, Nicol.i
ny Inc. y, a. nal Ia. ~
vh 'no $500 ~, 49,, Thane.
.ne rese',n o,'o =, sou 80 ,,h. -
INC .nc VI '"A 49,"
southeast
CHARACTERISTIC, or TUX 7
~. q, r,,li.L .,m.,i. Ia
'"s n''. Pa'" ~ N
ah elevator Ao'e iahu' II" "Ae'eo ny
the Euphrates, Joruk and To a slight eS'
tan, Nv Tho heaixntef, Of the Tigris.
49,. M. .o..,.,oo,, ,.,,o, \. The
"''nin 'n' "ouH'' Wv"
.horo 4. the city of Van, which will
be remembered as figuring c~onspicu.
ou.ly I'M The dispatches during the late
war. The Armeulau plAtiAu, OH tuo VAST
ern portion Of which the volcanic range Of
M,AiA' nv .h.,.. ~ sTanrns
snJ knti,anrns' he mountains OF Kur.
distan : tho south, and those which run
north to the Black Sea. 1. ehhlpis nn'
.n,.sn;, .sency anJ even now. AZ was
shown BY the severe earthquake Of the
summer Of 1910. and the total destruction
OF Erzeroum 70 lso'; nv M
,.Iaha. .-..;oa. 4. no, IN snmmor and cold
In Win,er' but in the valleys il is more
temperate. Wood IL scarce. and In some
parts the country IL sterile for lack Of
water, but in other portions tho soil IL ex-
tremely fertile, producing rice. hemp, LAX
tocacco. wine. cotton, AMI many varieties
Of fruits. Cattle breeding and grazing are
more extensive than agriculture. The
mountains contain iron. copper. salt ieai
and naptha, but mining operations are
limited and conducted In the most print