Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-14
H YHE ORIENT.
|, order Of ThIngsWhich Rem
|. Elaboration in Western
lsia impossible
H. paiOs Both Above and Be-
|.,s ihe Soil Awaiting
Jnyestigaiion.

InyeflighuV".
I.a Iabray AZ some Point IA
H.. would Ala scholars
4 Thsir RosenroI's'
aaenoo OF tho Ga1o'to.
s,nlA, Sob o, 1856 Never
nore eficctually east before
.,,sga.ant In the Turkish en-
4 ..,e.less treasures OF antiquity
A ssrled beneath The soil Of all
4 sscost lhc ottomans so many
\ '.ioos watching TINT II Is proha'
f.ai4 willingly den ollsh every
A t,nner times, II such a pro.
A IA relieve them Of ibc Curious
4 ,,ihc savants OF Europe and
\ u Nns only a few years ago
ss,'nn proposed 10 give the
n IN AZ Constautinople TO one
4 'o,lies who was going TO ps0
Nm. The prompt interposl-
8appesn representatives saved
u VI historic ruin OF the East
F. sSdallsm Of Il mercenary court.
,reli cares nothing for these
a n antiquity aud II Is a matter
I.,,on 10 her that foreigners
n s,vde She has OF late years
n susplclous aud exclusive.
4. incapable Of understanding
Il that lead TO Archaeological re.
'tgheneyer a party Of enthusiasts
M appear at her doors she az
them the credit OF intending
IN political intrigue uncer the
Ia OF digging up some neg
Epdo OF Of surveying some sacred
= Il for the present strictly ex-
4 n special lrman must be ob.
even an exploring party. A
4 |tsm Of espionage Is seen every.
'sa force. A native Is cast into
8{he mere suspicion Of knowing
.bsuts Of secret treasure. The
Of the government iB that
under the soil belongs TO the
he porte, The splendid
IA schlIemann at Troas and OF
Others at Nlnevah and Ephe.
SpIus did not fail TO arouse the
III Students OF history the
WG But that ardor was
% be dnmponed by the
1clusIye order OF things.
0s such explorations In Wost.
imposslbility for the present.
Sllcal ascendency OF Islam be-
ns, The Moslem world seems to
b withdraw Itself from public
resents the attempts Of the
tpfld to pfy into the secrets Of
d soil,
possibly IN this matter at least
n generalization, aud that Is
\ no archaeological work car
resent by unsoientlilc explor-
Arge scale. The whole hcld
Is being preserved for the
oBing, when explorations can
bB wlth more system than can
- under any present condl-
MdNaStating work OF the Turk
Is ID essentially finished.
old ruins that olcl
she Mediterranean shore
bed some ilme ago, and
h eno further anxiety. But
BIOL most interesting ruins,
and beneath the soil, are
over the Inland regions, aud
ptlng, undlslurbed, the lnyes.
lhc Archaeological. Should
MI g0Fefnment to-day throw
Dh 70 every enthusiast who
II and allow and encourage
~ lhdlscrlmlnato excavation,
N historical research, though
scflslng an immediate and
pcsus, would probably suffer
ian II Is we'll 70 be patlenl
|, most for the present Of
sne 70 Hight In the inevitable
srls When the great worn
= hl1 should be carried OF
w and under experienced
who has paid any attention
|; pu or TO ancient history
his attention has been con
~ cal history, there IL no meet
w the yalur TO the humai
studies, and the consequcn
There Is n peculiar las
uch q person in the gradua
" Information concerning
lhe ancient civilization. Tn
nTruas brought to Gree
! NV Impetus and mad
rs Of Homer. The discoy
AsSrlan library In IN
ancient Ninevch CAV
y " Semitic scholarshi
~ gaagei and a thousan
ppQps concerning the earl
= Avtld have already been col
1 hal, too, In the very inisnc
NJ My The work OF many en-
AZ mas lighted up the land
4 new interest TO ever
sAcred story. The labor
ihomsOn, and OF the leat
am Ilein aud English Pdle'
~ Eoh society have helped I
N, gN Important book In tll
clear light OF facts. w
mAuy Of It's mysteries ma
w aud that a multitude {
a lpos may be corrected Dl
K re Than Ia any other Ian
Il Rl atexpl0ratIous brought I
I WlVnlun with antiquity, ri
III Y lhe Phhlaohs and eve
VII s9spilan peasant Is MAD
Y Aie nov beginning 20 al
atilons ancient Egypt bel
We social aud the educ
I, y her lime. Hut howey,
sthumed from the soil
I sflfr, no one who prtIenr
alS about The subject Won
II way We have yet gathers
II Neh harvest that avail
n hazardous 70 ATTEMPT
~ upon the value 10 the b
Nsisutes SIN Wing burlI
= Asia Minor over /
sf SUI com Jaratiyely u
~ pick aud spade.
~ asfes upturned al Tro
N have shown
~ the treasul
fthnllsn WILEY. Dt