The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-08-23

4 TRANSLATION.
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The ancient Chaldees made much more
progress In science and discovery than IL
i generally thought. Stray tribes OF the
great nomadic people OF Asia had reached
America, The spherical rotundlty OF the
earth was believed and Il was known
that America was right under the feet OF
the Mag In their own country. As usual
with the learned of that age, all the ex-
plorations and facts Of science were con
served to the priesthood with monastlc
severity and II ever Il was given out to
the common people, Il was under the
species Of a rhetorical figure or religious
tradition.
| One day these Chaldees, or Cnldees, as
they were called IN Scotland, were IN sol
emn conclave, celebrating upon the gen.
eral state of things among the people. II
was generally agreed that some fearful
possibility OF future punishment must be
conjured up or the people would go &C.
tually to temporal pcrditIon. A grave old
Magus spoke. "Thcre Is country right
beneath our feet. Between us and II IL
the horrible Styx, the surgIng river Of fire
whose overflow Ia the lava OF VOLCANOES.
TO go direct TO that county is to 20
through eight thousand stadia OF cooking
rock. OF course we. know that tho road 10
Il Is worse than the destination but we
may omit TO specify upon so dreadful n
subject. In that country the wheat burns
up. The corn blades roll Into cigars. The
dust of the ground Is part OF the climate.
1t Is an atmosphere OF itself. The people |
have small outlying pre.empiion on each
cheek. The dust Is an alkall II cats of !
III sir hair II parches their skin. II gives
them the sun grin until their noses all
urn up so far that the nose and chin, In
old age, meet-arouud the other way.
Trees east their leaves before harvest.
Fowls die OF thirSt. Cattle so about with
their joints crying like an old Missouri
spindled wagon, In 50, on the last two
months drive to Oregon. Dogs wslk on
their tongues. Men get trusted, expect.
Ing harvest. Drought, fire, smut and
priority claims consume Il and the labor.
er has 10 do without tobacco and remain
put Of the circus. Great fres, ouidosing
pes,eago, or Chicago, or London, or
Rome, lick up their cities. Engines fire
heir grain fields. They hear the wolf at
hight and they say, IT IL a token. But
he next day rises ; and the brassy sky,lhe
ufernal north wind continues the fell ,
work of ruin. The wells give oui and !
he rorrowful inhabitants ask the saloon.
for empty barrels that they NAV =
,aul water from the waning rivers, They
iaul Il elgh, miles through the bllstering
unshlne and the oven blast. Then they
rink II, thick with microbes Of death for
I'D II no: wash two thousand miles OF sheep '
md cattle range"
Enough Enoagh p cry all the ,.
'Iagi. They agreed 10 menace the pee
'le with bondage eternal In this awful J.
'lace unless they behaved themselves
md paid their qnarterage, They gave |,
ome name that, to them. was full Of ON
nous meaning. OF course the priests
meant that emigration to that country
would be the fate OF the wicked. Things
o the place prepared for tho devil at.a his {
ngels were short in keeping with the sim .
'le character OF language at that time !; :
md II served TO make curses emphatic \
lrtil this day. Some polite scholar sug
,eSted Sheoi and iiades and these words
lad little humorous run but the old ex \
'losive that opens with an asplrate that
izzss Ike bullet, rings through the shor,
ound OF +, with the teeth shcging, and
nds with the re.erbcFation OF double l.,
cmainS the favorite, when the heart has \
Is moods. In course Of time, the last OF
he Magi was on his death bed, lie was
leard TO inutmur, 1.-THE end justified the
means, and yet, and yet -" One OF his
aithful attendants drew near to comfort
Tim. lie eignalled silence. The old man'A
ips moved, and he said, "Nut Oregon"
10 one knew what he meant. The COM
non people were not skilled In spherical 4
geometry, and the fact that the perfect op.
okition In the nsdir would miss Oregon !
y the width of the Columbia River vas
oct 10 them. The old mans conscience
.oadrd him to one mortal effort, and he $
houtcd, "Elell IL wAh.s.ng.t'n.u try" Hls
'oice rang out with awful power at first, !
'niy TO d~Indle and ripple into sibiianls
md guturals. and brogues 10 the end. The
'bsequions attendant made reply TO the
'niy part of Il that he understood. lie !
aid, "Be II far from your grace ever 10 20
here. Turn your thoughts TO Heaven
rhe old man lay thinking. lie thought.
and must they learn It's true character
'nly by going there ?"
coLoS.