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Show ail.VMIHlSTO I'l.Ol'l.i: AU'Kt. TlIB latnat acheme fur pulatlris Alak It a novel one, but Willi tufll-cleut tufll-cleut energy and capital l-jhlll.l II lo Inaurti thorough work,th retulU ought to b inarteloua. Tli proioiUloii It to transport Iho i-pllro Kpulallon of Iceland Ice-land to that colony aud act them up In butlnea, an to tpeak. I'rom whit la repotted of th ways an I dlfflcultlei attending civilised J-lwilH In Iceland a mote lo Alaakaundergood ateu ranee of nece-mry aatittanc ought to b very acoeptabl to that pronto. O.lth other hanJ, belu acclimated to tho north regions and dUUpllued to cltlllred methodi under tho liarth ooudltloua belonging li Ihelr 1'iveut country, their preecne In Alka ought to react Ilk an enchant nietit upon It jrcgrrM and inaUrlal prosperity. It la doubtful If n people could bo found ou th Rlob ao well adapted lo th cobnllltlon of audi a country No people that we know of hate had aa detral a alruggl to hold their own agalntt natural dlaparngemtnui. Hut they hat bung on, and while not advauclnglnlhe teal of clvlllsttlon pcrcllbly, they have not by any meaoa d-generau-d. They hat tb-llahe-1 an! maintain! school and churrhef, and have th narao of being, Intlieml.litof Ihelr terrible uvrty, thamott moral prvpl on the glolie. Th lupulatlon hat had no pcrce- tibia gain for of er a hundred yurt, although It It now reported to bo om hat 111-crvulng. 111-crvulng. Tli late.t lUtlitlca at hand Clr an mllrntt! population of 41aW. |
