Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1885 — Reported at The Day of Judgment. [ARTICLE]

Reported at The Day of Judgment.

St. Paul Pioneer-Press : A Presbyterian doctor of divinity once said to me at a general assembly, “You newspaper men must have queer views of things. You are always looking on and never taking part. Ykmr knowledge and habits of thought must be very circumferential and superficial. I suppose, now, your idea of the day of judgment is that you will have a table off at one side and report the proceedings for the morning paper.” . ... K.. - The following explanation of oome forms of Afghan nomenclature is of interest : “Ab” means water, as in Punjab (that is, “the five waters,” referring to the five great rivers that traverse the northwestern province of Hindostan), or as in Hurrirab (the water of the “Hurris”), or as in Surkh-ab (the “red water”), and so on. “Koh” is a mountain, as in Safeydkoh (the “white mountain”), Koh-i-Baba (the mountains of Babab or Baber), or as in Hindoo Koosh (the Hindostanee Mountain). “Abad” as a terminal (the “City of Allah”), Ahmedabad (the “City of Ahmed”), and so forth. “Safeyd" is white, “siah” black, “surkh” red, “nil” blue, etc. Then there are the numerals, such as “panj” or “punj” (five), “char” or“chahar” (four), etc., all of which are descriptive Of certain characteristics of the places to the names of which they are attached. “Panjdeh” is an example, for as “deh” means village, and “panj” five, as already explained, the name of the place signifies a collection of five Turcoman villages. Wherever “kotul” occurs it signifies simply a pass over a mountain spur. For instance, the first victory Gen. Roberts won in Afghanistan was at the Paiwar Kotul, the Pass of the Paiwar, 9,000 feethigh.