The sun., 1891-05-10

!
| inclined to regard II as q kind OF medication.
! In another Of De Bry's pictures symbolic OF
! Maeellsn's voyage. We have ffGure OF Rigan-
| Ito PatsgOnisn performing this curious trick.
together with all sorts OF amszinR celestial and
| marine figures. and rolling clouds and spout
| ing terrestrial fires surrounding and crowding
| upon the unconcernsd great navigator who
! sits in his war harness among his esnnons,
|, calmly taking an observstion 49," So
| On oct IL. 1870, tho neet entered that ohan-
mel into the Pacific. which has since borne
Magellan q name. II 10 pdesibls that Magellan
was the hrst Europss n, who over Threaded the
Straits but thsre seems to- - little doubt that
their existence was knownin Europe some
years previous TO his 'voyaRv They are said
10 have been Indicated on chart made BY
Martin OF Bohemia, and preserved In the
treasury OF the King OF Portugal. and they ap-
pear on two globes. bearing date respectively
Of 1915 and 1870. the work Of Julius Schooner.
q professor Of ms athsmatics In Nurembere
While the feet was Ia the Btraits the g. An
tonic deserted and put back to Europe. roach
ing Seville on May 9, 1871. Magellan. with bis
remaining three ships. pressed ON. For three
months and twenty days they sailed over the
Pacific without meeting storm. Butthey en-
countsrsd hunger. disease. and death. In Feb
runry." writes one OF the contemporary his
torians ''suoh a dearth Of broad and water
was tueE0 tuuJ tuVy NV w OuhSops sAe A0iu
their noses as they drank the water for tho
stencil OF It." Tho biscuits had become
powder filled with worms and d6tiled BY rats.
The hides which had boon wrapped about tho
yards to prevent ihsm from chahnG were
soaked in the sen By the fAmishinR mariners
and then broilod aud eaten. They ate sawdust
also. and rats were sold for food at half aducat
apiece. Seven mon died OF scurvy or Of hunger
In the lns weather on tho way TO the Ladrone
49, - .AAl HTAa ~
1921 Master Andrew OF Bristol died hors
three days lstsr The s1st Of the same month
was Easter Sunday. The fleet was then in tho
Philippines. and the day was celebrated with
the firing OF cannon and with pious observ-
ances. The hoart OF Magellan must have bsen
filled with peculiar rejoicing as his broadsldes
roared. Less than four weeks later he lay dead
on the little island OF Mactan. close to Sebu. He
had offered battle to the natives. and they had
slain him and twelve OF his men. Disasters
multiplied after the commanders death.
Twenty-Five OF the explorers were massacred
on Ssbu. Tho Conception became unservice-
able and was burned. The two remaining
vessslo Of the feet reached the Moluocas on
Noy.6. This was the goal Tor which the ar
mada had started from Seville twenty.seven
months before. At the Moluccas the Trinidad
was found to be aleak. She was left behind.
and the Victoria continued her voyage alone.
She left tho Moluccas with sixty men. Of whom
forty seven were Europeans. Scurvy and star
vation thinned them. I'VE noticed a peculiar
thing" writes, PiRafstta. I'm throwing the
bodies overheard. Tho Christians remained
with the face turned Nm to heaven. the Indians
with the face downward"
On Sept. 8. 1922, tho Victoria anchored near
tho Mole Of Seville. She had been three years.
oil but twelve days in sailing around tho
world. She had eighteen Europeans and four
Indians remaining on board. She bore also
twenty-six tons OF cloves, worth 1850. and
other spices and sandswood worth 5000
more. Deduetin9 the value Of the returned
Victoria from the original cost Of the armada
Shs money profit OF tho expedition will be
found to have been In che neighborhood Of
1000. interest not considered.
- A.,
eolawi. snisA .. the Canadian Question.
By tho general consent Of VOL Uniformed per-
sons In the English speaking world. tho man
preeminently fitted to discuss the future Of the
Canadian Dominion is Mr.. Goldwin Smith.
His qualifications. intellectual and moral. are
almost ideally complete. profound and
comprehensive study Of history has given him
the key to tho Significance Of any contem-
porary phenomena with which he is thoroueh-
~ acquainted. and there is no doubt that he
has an exhaustive knowledge OF the actual
political and social conditions Of the Canadian
community. His opinions. therefore. regard
ing the drift OF events in the Dominion and tho
ultimate solution whioh the Canadian problem
ought to receive. have a weight such Is attaches
to the utterances OF no other man on this side
Of the Atlantic. The American public is ia
milar with the general trend OF his onviotions.
for they have been repeatedly set forth In
lectures as we'll as in essays which have OBJ |
tanned wide currency In reviews and news.