Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-20

veFs vsl fiisd "a Tuesday evspino 4
hear Professor Curmsss Isctrre a. xeno.
paon's AnabasiS and DE-. snndbsrr,s
theory Of fhs growth u Isneuaos.
Professor Curms held his hearxrx a,
eighty minutes enohanfed with his Il.
Old description Of TIE march OF ! ere.s
army through hostile country ID !
fatal encounter With an ovsrmssterin0
power. and The far mors heroie retreat
Of ten thousand fueitises through she
country os thsis oonqoeror. hsrassed
~ bis troops. exposed 70 wintry storm.
aud daily expeckati0u of being sur.
rounded ~ their foes, yes cutting their
Way ~ strange -outo for lei mile
back 70 their native country. or,Ey. aIez-
70 Be betrayed BY their friersds ana
driven for q time into exils for their
expedition, until tho pflIeQrnatic soar.
Tan woke 10 the w0nderfut feafz ~
bravery and skill performed by their
h6yolc bretbTeu.
4 Xsn0phon was described a. not n
great man IN the brozdest sense. but 4
man OF ahaira, q close observer and 4
felicltous writer. VINO 90 painted the
ordinary routine Of q march, with the
descriptions Of meK of places and Of
custons, that ths whole Greek nation
became enamored OF his story. Al
though 1snophon's Anabasis was
the story Of q retreat. IL showed such
heroism, skill and perseverance, on the
part " the Greeks, and such utter lack
OF these virtues among the Persiaus.
who allowed such handful Of men TO
escape from the very center Of their
government, that Alexanlsr, reading
the story more than century after.
was aroused 20 his opportunity and
sprang 70 his feet, saying, I" can con-
quer that country and did II.
II Alexander could have had such q
historian rs xsnoph0n the world would
never cease 10 read the story.
Persia was blotted ont OF existence in
q single generation, and the Greek Lam
guaQe spread over the Whole region by
Alexander's conquests. inspired by the
magnetic pictures OF Greek life and Per-
sian laziness painted BY the high private
who reoreanized fugitive army bsreft
Of i've generals in day, and led them
back IN safety, by his suegsstion and
inspiration.
Da. sunDHERo's LECTURE
Reviewed the early growth of language
In q unique manner first. tracing all
language back 70 a single source, the
nature OF which has been varieusly set
forth by Linguistic echoiars-some adv y
eating what Max Muller faoetionsly
calls the bosc- tsosr theory, which suppoaes
a certain correspondence between the
early roots of words and some expres-
z1sx .<.E wsxA AtxO A~~ L..
Ia called the bow-wow--tho trickling Of
called by some tho .0n0maf0-p0ctic.r
Others propose an interjecsional ORR
gin, az when We burn our hand We cry
. Oaoh = or express our disgust by
/" Pshaw r etc. This Ii called BY Mul-
Ter the " pooh pooh" theory. Still 9TH
era suppose thai there Ii certain reso-
nance with which mems minds are
filed At 6rst impression of an object, as
the ring of bell, the resonance of
violin. eto. This is called the ding
dong" theory.
However this one language came, il
was soon divided, possibly by the use Of
different expressions for the same
Thought for lack Of frequent communi-
cation. We have tho linguistic tree az
whose roots DIR. 3. wonld place the az
glutinary languages, after which came
the intiectional period and decay of
words. He traced very ingeniousiy the
decay of ouse endinQs and modifying
words, as from the Latin " paoare,n to
pacify. comes the Spanish pag" and
the English pay" as an idea of paci-
flying by money. Madam becomes
main" and "m," AZ "yes'm" So
with " monsieur" !" SIR and Is r." as We
say "yes'i."
Ia the leading chronicler of the next
meeting, December I'd. and the art of
speech will be continued by the same
lecturer.
Propositions we're presented for q
broader organization and more pro-
nonnced work, looking toward the es-
tablishment of library probably in
connection with the University, which
skali be accessible.
IL was announced that the University
library is now open every day from to
10 p. m.