New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-07-02

ing the truth nowadays. George
Washington couldn't have edited q
paper without lying; and I'd rather 60
to school all my days than ever try it
again. ~ RIlliama N. E. Round, in N.
Y. Independent.
History Of Famous Chinese Pagola.
The celebrated Porcelain Tower.
near Wanting, China, is described ty q
traveller, who says: " In the quiet even.
ing we made our way out of the city BY
the south gate, through q well-con.
structed tunnel, and shortly stood upon
an eminence whose surface was a mass
of debris, consisting of broken bricks,
tiles and plaster several feet thick.
This was all-all that was left of that
which. for its historic beauty the in
genuity of its construction, and its
great cost, took rank with the wonders
of the world-the famous Porcelain
Tower. 1t must have been very beau.
tiful in its perfection, if we accept the
statements of its various historians.
who differ so little in their accounts
that one does for all. From them we
learn its form was octagonal, nine sto-
ries high, tapering as it rose to the
height of POI feet from the ground, the
circumference of the lower story being
120 feet.
"The body of the pagoda was Of
brick, but its face was composed Of
porcelain tiles of many colors. Each
story formed kind of saloon, through
which ran the spiral staircase leading
to the summit, and whose walls were
covered with small gilded idols resting
in inches, the entire apartment richly
painted and gilded. Each story was
defined by projecting cornice of green
tiles from whose points gilded bells
were hung.
"The roof was overlaid with copper,
and above it rose mast thirty feet
high, capped by golden ball and
coiled about by an immense band of
iron, appearing like rings from below.
The base of this shaft was an iron ball
formed of two halves, the outer surface
of which is magniticently embossed.
say is, for one-h half rests where it fell,
the only tangible thing in the mass of
ruih. The other half, weighing twelve
tons, being broken by the fall, was re-
cast into temple bell.
Standing before the half which il
left, we query who were they that
fashioned this beautiful casting, worthy
the hand of master? Whose writing
and inscription embellished its face,
unlike any Chinese workmanship?
Whose skill was great enough in A. d.
1870 to place ball of iron thirty-six
feet in circumference, weighing twenty
four tons, upon pedestal POI feet
high? This ball was the receptacle of
various treasures calculated to ward Oft
all evil influences, among which were
6 bright, shining Jewels" pearls,
books, gold, silver, thousands of strings
of cash, satin, silk and priceless medi-
cine.
"The number of bells on the struct-
ure was 152, and the interior was il
Illuminated by several hundreds of
lamps, while the exterior required 1913
to light it. 1t took nineteen years to
build it, and cost $3,515,078.
"Of all this, not ore story rests on
the other; lightning, fire and war have
laid their hands upon it, and it fell, its
final destroyers being the Tapping reb-
els, about twenty years ago. 1t stood
in the grounds ola Buddhist monastery,
which fell at the same time a prey to
the fanaticism and rapacity of the in
vaders. One work of art within the
grounds escaped destruction, pure
white marble tortoise, bearing upon
his back a perpendicular tablet with
an inscription. This, with one solitary
priest, keeps watch and ward over the
ruins of bygone glory"
lin 1876 q Compulsory Education
act was passed in the British Parlia-
ment, to come into operation gradual
~, the full working to be delayed until
1881. After that year no child between
the ages of ten and fourteen is to be
employed in any labor unless he has
passed an examination in the Fourth
Standard" grade in the London pub.
lie schools which comprehends mod
erately good knowledge of what are
called in America common school
branches. Labor certificates will
be granted to pupils who pass exam
nation in this grade, and it will be I'M
lawful to employ any children within
the ages named who have not such GER
tificate. During the year 1879 chill
dren that have passed the Third Stand
ard will be permitted to be hired out to
work. The Third Standard includes
reading, writing and arithmetic through
compound addition and subtraction.
The managers of schools will be re-
CURED to send to the Trustees list of
all the children in their charge, and
their attendance. This has long been
the practice in America. The school
boards have power to grant the labor
certificates
EVERYONE has read of the tulip
mania which hourished in Holland
from 1854 to 1857. Immense prices
were paid for single bulbs, and this
statement is corroborated by the fact
that two houses, about twenty miles
from Amsterdam, are offered for sale
which were purchased with the pro.
ceeds of the sale of three tulip bulbs.
The record of this remarkable pur.
chase is preserved in a stone inserted
in the gable of one of the houses.
There is story told of patriotic
AsseoSAsSA "AAASA 0AO"6 l1OW Aux Lkl0 WOxs
ship of the powers that be can 90. He
was Boosting in the presence of an En-
glishman of the excellence of the Car.
He proved beyond doubt that he pos
sessed more gifts and virtues than all
the other crowned heads of Europe put
together. The Englishman naturally
rebelled, and at last said, in tones Of
superb sarcasm: 'Well, my friend,
you will at least acknowledge that the
Car is not equal to the Almighty"
The Russian, unwilling to admit even
that, replied evasively: :" Perhaps not;
but You know the Gar is young yet"
The Chief Of the Massachusetts
State Detective Force recommends the
enactment OF the New Hampshire stat
ute against tramps, or some law equally
stringent.
GERMANY exported last year, in the
eleven months ending with Nnvamhor