The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-01-23
ruLrnLMENr OF PROPHECY

Aside from the deductions oi naviga- tors and scientific men, proving that the Japan current was turned further vest ward by che earthquake of lS99, thcrc arc many phcnomeni that will inspire confidence in the discovery, amoog tbc less erudite Last summer. it will oc remembered. there was a constant re- currence of warm rains such as prevail on Puget Sound and in the British Isles. The intense heat iu far northern couu- tries, during brief period ot midsum- mer. was lacking. The heated term in the east. SO fatal in its results, was a very climatic opposite Co conditions on the Alaskan coast. The flowers Of the sOnth bl,omed in the garden, ot S6ag- way with an exotic voluptu0usncss that surprised and delighted those WhO,wiJh faint hope of success, sowcd the seeds. The bOuuteOus harvest ot domestic veg- etables more than supplied The home market and many shipments were made Co interior mining camps The exhibit of the Skagway Chamber of Commerce, at the Mechanic, Fair, at Portland iu' spired wonder in che minds of those best acquainted With old time conditions ln Alaska The muiucs, oi the present winter Is abnormal Thc recurrence of warm rains, varied by crisp cool spells, that form the features oi thc present season on Lynn Canal, wou,d b, more consonant Co the conventional idca~ oi winter in che south Of lrc aVl au, Lands End. than mid winter in Alaska.
 Fo- the first time since thc occupation of the country by whites and che rec- ords oi ,hc Hudson Bay Company rum meth Dot Co thc contrary, A,I.n LlNc and the Yukon are open. The trains crossing Che White Pl>- g' ard com, with uuimpcdcd regularity. Grou>, have been drumu.u- aed mating tor the pas, month. lut though m.dwilter, the bud, are cur-tirg on che -hrub1e-y.
 A gr.lt. wonderful aud radical ,.i- matic change has taken p1tc. fiu iu Che light cf ,b, np.co ot ages .t Is but d mere rc urrence.
 The recent submarine uparayl. which turrcl che Japan carrcutthrolga the Gu.fof All~Sl, i, a- nothing ,o The even, which suddenly changed '0i- vast couatrv from a tropics. toa polar region. That th- chan- was -...n. is proved by the frozen ma-.1l1n. found by starving rro,p.,.o-, ir l -.a- cier and who survived thrr n gut through the nour.>hmcut a0'rd-l by the tcnjcr'oin steaks ,hry chopped from che coll->tortgel au iJi'1s.4u.
 The imprint, of ,rop,a, vcs.aroa may b- found la many Alaskan t'--t beds and thc remains ot elephants arc uucover,d iu th- working of placer claims. That there was % tropical era in Alaska Is not disputed. There ccr- tainly was when elephants roamci tle the land, mas'adous wallowcd .u tle marshes beneath Beatty cOl. ye.u. and mammo;hs brovsed h,re 0u pIlm and fig leaves.
 What caused the whole of Alaska Co be covered with sea oi ice, thersmaius Of which are but now found ia ,lr gia. ciers |, was a far migdtcr ,rlospo- sitiou oi nature than the changing of the Japan current
 Alaska was certainly lovely land .u its tropic days-so lovely that there Is but faint reason Co doubt that ,t wI, .i- orally the Garden oi Eden. No .rac.s Of antiduuyan man are found iu this broad land. The remains oi prehistoric man are found elsewhere ou, u1t here.
 50 h. drove out thc man; and Ho placed at the eas, vf the garden cheru- bins and a flaming sword which turnei every way. y."-Geu 8; %.
 To relieve the chcrub.u of his guard the land was deep covered with ice Co await the time for fulfilling prophecy. The land has been held in reserve for the chosen people who would enter