The morning call., 1894-10-28

AUsTRALIA-C. s., City. To whom belongs
the honor OF having discovered Australia has
never been definitely settled. for no one knows,
and the records fail to give positive informa.
ti0n. The earliest trace OF Australia in the
human records is found In French chart OF
1912, where IL appears as "Jave la Grande.D
l Is next distinctly referred to in bo k by
Cornelius Wytfiet (Louyain, 1899, in which 1t
is conjectured 10 measure one-6fth of the land
of the world. The present Torres Strait refers
to the presence of Torres there in 1906 while
the Dirk Hartog Island in the west recalls Dirk
HaIJOg and the year 1916. In 1913 the DuIcn
vessel Arnhem explored the west coast of the
land, and peninsula was named after the ves-
sci. In 1927 a large part of the south
coast from Cape Leeuwin eastward
was sighted by the Dutch ship GueI-
dene ZeeDard, and the Gulf of Carpen-
tara is II reminiscence of General Carpenters
visit to that part of the world in 1928. So far
as known the first British subject 10 see this
land was Dampier, after whom an archipelago
In Inc northwest was named. 1t was not until
1770 that Captain James Cook, while circum-
navigating the world, reached what was then
known as New Holland, now known as Aus
tralia. he left Otahelle, as be named what is
now known as Tahiti, on the 18Th OF July,
1859, visited New Zealand. which bad not been
touched at by Europeans for 125 years, and
after exploring the coasts for six months sailed
westward, and on the 10Th of April, 1870,
landed at New Holland, which he took posses
sion of 10 the name OF Great Britain, naming it
was made in 1888 at Port Jackson, on which
Sydney now stands.
CUI FATA PARENT-F. L. F., City. Follow
ing closely the lines OF Virgips 1Eneid, the
reader will have no difficulty in discovering
that "cui fata parent" in book ILL., verse l2l,
refers to 1ato and not TO winds. While the
Greeks were sailing for Troy their fleet was
detained at Auis by adverse wind, and IN
order to propitiate the winds so that the
journey might be proceeded with, Iphi-
genla, the daughter OF Agamemnon, was
sacrificed TO Diana. Then, there is the state
ment that Simon told the TrOjans that Calchas,
the soo;hsayer. had prophesleu TO the Greeks
that they would have 10 return 10 Greece 10
make amends for stealing the palladium and
commence the voyage anew. There Is the inii-
mai ION that in order 10 return, the winds would
again have to be appeased by sacrifice, and Ii is
fair TO infer that If some one had been sacri-
nee, IN the 1fst instance, the sacrifice of
another bnma1 life was contemplated This
is borne out by translation OF tile verse: "As
these words reach the ears OF the crowd the
minds are daZed, while cold SILVER rushes
through tile very bones of those IN doubt for
whom tile faies are preparing (the destiny
which Apollo demands.
One translator OF The H1neid, Greenough.
says: "Fata' Is in the Dominatiye and DIR
rent is used absolutely without an object. L he
doubt is Implied In tremor, and the response
liminary announcement that some one is
TO die. Ii is true that this use of
''paro" absolutely is not common. but
10 is found iD Ter. Andr. l. o. l g. and 1t seems
to be so used In Livy XIII. 53. l.. The COM
pound compare Is also used, and Cicero uses
''paratum esp' with "ita." which is almost the
same. At any rate, the balance OF the clauses
seem to demand this interprei alton. The cause
OF the agitltioD OF the people Is explained by
verses 130-131.
PRESTON SCHOOL,. T. E., City. No boy
can be admitted TO the Preston School OF In
dustry at lone, Cal. except he has been found
guilty by magistrate or court Of competent
jurisdiction of any otfense punishable by fine
or Imprisonment, or both, and who In the opin-
ion OF the magistrate or court would be tit
subject for commitment TO the school Such
boy may be committed for period nos exceed
ing the time when he shall attain his twenty