The Red Cloud chief., 1879-09-25
CHINl'S GREAT WALL.
An l.ssrv.sinx letter fr~sa .. Ss-<n
Young. Accompanying a~n- ara"f.
rsrty.

An 1e'srv.sinx Letter fr~@ D tss<h
Young. Accompanying Geo "r""'.
Parry.
7tosn to- >~- N"sk fi~f~hi
Ai-ut ? o~'closk IL the sii.rns-,n lS.gsi
Sp-rrr. III. navigator. had au -NE+u
cnrs that mu>; hasr rruiiusi,.l him Il
tplumhu.~ discovering Am~nra H. bad
found ths great wall rs car;ul h-k.
ing through thu gias-.-. IA tam. W. sEe
IL z thick. brown. iu-gliar line that
CUuml'ls-i into til" -. III" ErgEnH'nd
strained toward tks bach. anil 49, Era-
ciou- Wa The wra;h-y that ~ were alb
- anchor aiihin a mil. uf Nhnr'. 81
the hrai~ werr 1t down. anj e. nfsus
A. could - spared from thu vel vrut
a-hnr. tn. captain. the nfhvvr.. ~sIE'r-
in their blue. tsis uniforms. and au 49,
I~-cisl -ailor with \ Us; 81 white paint ."
in~cnl- the fact that the l.iyhm"ud hat
visited thu grrai wall. The .r.1t val
j tn, "uly ! have ~-au whl,h
could IL. improved by mo-iru -arul
and hitch could D. painted over aud
pla>i-r,vl without "pmpunstiuu- ut r,u-
~~cirucc. Fn,m ~ hat | read II iht> .'u-
ps.nduuls achievement u va. btiif under
the reign II 4 Chimes, "mp--u'r who
fiuuri>hsl two centuries hsf"r. Christ
Ihi> emperor wa- disturbed hl The Jrrr-
slant INVASION Il III. Tartar, q h4ri,
n"maiic race, who capp from tn bill,
If Mongolia and plunl.r-i hI> l.-,pl.,
who were indeed aitrrNsrd ir ,um.. Il
uuly the emperor could h1yr ul-n,-i the
books If fate AMI known. and rule Tho
count and found thu dyna>i, wh.,h
exists after q fashion ~,lll -, hi maize
" resolved Ia build 4 wall which ,h"ull
forever protect hi~ empire from thu
invader. The wall Wa hullt. and 49,
We'll wa> IL don. that her. W. come.
Wanderers from the ~luiipuir>.
~ centuries after. AMI find il ,till q sub
-tautial, imposing. but in The light "f
modern >cicuc, a u-.i.>- wall II l. l.
20 mile in length. anil il i uui, Whom
yuu consider that distance and thu ina
credible amount If Labor 1t inla,-,,i that
thu magnitude If The work break upon
YOU. w landed 81 a smooth. Ialli,
beach. studded with shells which would
have rriuic.1l the ewes 1T children. w
found a small village and q saw the Fil-
layers .rin.liu" tn" corn. The Children.
q few hcg@lr> and q blind person cams
Ia welcome IL. The end If thu wall
which jut~ mt" the -"a has been beaten
by the waves into u ragged. ~haprlc~-
condition. Their" VA 81 easy ascent.
however, up STONE ~tcI'~. At III" top
ihcr,. was 4 small temple. rNidcnil,
given To- pi"u> Uses >,ill. Tor there WAS Il
keeper who lickrr-i about lrtriu@ ~ IN.
and the walls seemed to br in order.
-, Iii -. II -.
If ia" temple Wa 80 "T ~" feet wilr,
hut this Ma only 4 special width 4" a.
c"mm"darc the temple and present IN
imposing presence Ia th" so. " lar -
We could Sc ia" wall stretched over hull
and valley. until il hcc,,mc u line. It.
average width If the surface j. "a {" -
feet. Al the base IL varies from 10 feet
Ia leo. II i made nf >ton" 1ud brick.
and. considering that ~ centuries have
been tc~tin" il workmanship, ia" work
was we'll done.
" a mere wall there i nnthiu" ina
posing ahou, the great wall If China.
There are a hundred thousand wall>.jhr
world over. better built and more Use
full. What impressed IL waSthc iuiinii"
patience, which could have comprised
- vast "A labor. Wonderful are the pyr-
amid-. and wonderful a. a dream the
ruins Of Ihchc>. Their" You see me-
chanical results which You can not fol
low or solve. engineering achievements
We could not even repeat. Ih" great
wall i u marvel If patience. | hal been
reading the late Mr.. Stewards CalculI-
tion that thu. Labor which hal builh,,l
the great wall would have built the Pa
ciiic railways. Gen. Grant thought that
Mr.. Seward had moderated IT, extent.
Il hclirVc.' he said, ..that the labor
expended on this wall would have bull,
every railroad in the United Ntat">.
every canal and highway aud most II
not all of our citic>." The story i that
millions were employed OH thu wall
that the work lasted ~ wears. | have
ceased To wonder al a story like this. In
ancient lav>- the DAYS which our good
people are always lImcnting and u re-
turn To which j. the PRAYER "f :" MANY
virtuou> and pioI~ >oul>-in the ancient
DAYS when an Emperor had Il wall nr q
pyramid Ia build hc sent out {" the
iirld- aud hills aud gathered in the
people and made them build "u
peril If their head. II required au
emperor Ia build ia" great wall. NJ
people would ever hay" done such a
thiny. When YOU see the expression OF
a peoples power il j. in the achieve
mrnt- IF the Roman. the Greek. and tn,
En"li>hman in the achievements al
Cinnamon when they have been allowed
their own WAY. The great wall i =
monument If the patience Of Il peopl,
and the mi>applicd prerogativr "f =
king. IL never could have been Of much
Use in the most primitive days. and now
it i only Il curiosity. We walked about
on the top and studied it, simple ma>>iv,
Workmanship. and leaked upon ia,
plains IF Mongolia. over which thu
the wall was China, on the other Mon
"ulia. We were ~ the furthc>t end "i
our journey. and every step now would
br toward home. Their. was something
like u farewell in the feeling with which
We looked upon the cold land of ntv>-
terry which swept on toward the north
cold and barren even under TIA" warm
sunshine. There WAS ~omcthin. like a
welcome in the waves ~ We again
greeted them and knew that the SEA
upon which we are again venturin@ with
the confidence that comes from long aud
friendly association would carry u home
Ia America. and Tighten even that jour,
nry with Il "limp>, If the land IF til,
rising sun.
Newspaper Mans Good Luck.