St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-18


see. .Hamlets and villages were .nuRaer-
Gus, and mere and there towns of;c0nsid-
cradle size. There were ferries atsev-
eral points. for the convenience Of the
people, which appeared to be DOING a
thriving business. They Are large fat
bottomedi boats pushed across byoi0ng
poles, and carry people and -IheiriIhg-
cages doHkeys. wheelbarrows. eteisltlie
fare being one cash. s. The goyernIpaiit
ferries, which are at important cEOSS-
ings, are free. There are no bridges
over the canal. The donkey is ~
ia - 'A-VAIUABLE INSTITUTION 2so'
in this part OF The country. lou meet
with him every where, and your respect
for him increases every time you meet
him. He Is small. strong hartly.fniitaile..-
footed. patient, gentle and In every 'sNag
reliable and serviceable. Long strfagS
ofsthems carrying burdens to- market.
which almost eHtirely-hid tiieslittl5l6hI-
-lhals from view, passed and repassea'oh
the. embellishments, and HImbly eshie
and went ON the many branching
roads. Men and women, :aIsestt in
great numbers, big, fat men. too bigifOr
their little steeds. and Women, oft8Hslh
pairs, We're seen riding the donkeySaHhe
women astride- like tire men, The
wheelbarrOw is. however, the general
mode OF conveyance in this part of the
country for both passengers and prod
uee, and its creaking and squeakihg
can be heard afar. Farther up'the caifal
and in the interior, these primitive
vehicles are used. for travel and
traffic by thousands, to the addi-
tional discomfort of the otherwise very
bad, never-mended, wretched roads. A
walk of six or seven miles at a good
pace, the boat with the irackersr OIL the
tow-line fairly keeping up with me, en-
abied me to see mubh of the surround
ing country and gave me fair idea of
the life aud customs of the people here
aboutS. At every village there is, of
couISe, a temple, mostly Buddhist:
and there are temples in many places
where there are no villages. In pass
ing these on the boat, a priest from each
temple stood on the shore, beating a
little gong and holding out bag at the
end of bamboo pole. for aims. |
thought at first that these men we're
fishermen. but their importantly soon
activity among the boats, and the
tErongs on the roads and Dgways.. be-
tokened our approach to Yan.chov.
and presently, on rounding a bend
i'll the canal, we came m view
CT a pagoda, ana beyond it the walls of
the city. The pagoda stands near the
bank OF the canal, and is evidently of
great antiquity. 1t is seven stories
high-each story about twenty feet, and
you can see that it was once encircled
with Daluslrades on every story.
These baluStrades have long since
fallen away, and the whole editice
bears evidence of slow decay. 1t
apparently affords now only a habita-
In f,in nth md iaIx
were seen in countless numbers, resting
upon or flying about it. No one of
whom inquired had any knowledge or
tradition as 10 when this pagoda had
been built. 1t had stood there, they all
knew. time out of mind. and it looked
it. We landed from our boat under the
walls of :,g
THE CITY
near massive gateway. which is
fianked OIL each side by a round tower
pierced with loopholes. The walls are
of stone: land brickwork. twenty feet
deep, forty, feet high, crenelated and I'M
good preservation. They answeredsthe'
purpose, eno. doubt, when they were:
built, as defense against light horse
men,, bows aud arrows, lances and data
pulls. 10 could not learn the extent
of the wallis and the city Is soIflat
that l was enabled to get only partial
view of it. Yangchow is. one of the
most famous of the great cities of China.
1t is alleged by tradition to have been
built in the Hia dynasty, 2205 B CO. In
the Han dynasty, A. D.s25. it was known
as -KiaHgto.a Later it was eaAeds Kiaag-
ming. In the Sui dynasty, A. Da5S9sit
got the name of Yangehows (Which it now
bears. Like all the CITIES in the ,region
Of the Yaliglze, it suffered much In the
TaiDing rebellion, but has nearly reeDy-
cred It's forlifer. prosperity. The eeie-
bfated Venetian traveller, Marco ;P6B,
related In siwondertul oook of Travels
that the great Kublat Khan appointed
him to be;tiIe governor of this city, and
that he resided here three years. This
was in A. ID. 1882. His description of the
city is meager, like most of his de-
ScriptionS, but what there is. of it can
be recognized. and local tradition quite
upnolds the narrative of the traveller.
1t now has a population of between
600. 000-and 700. 900 souls, and is the resi-
deace of many wealthy mandarins and
retired officials. and is accounted by all
China as IL pleasure. city. 1t has always
been noted for lis beautiful women,
and furnishes concubineS to the mobiles
of-the realm.
"A CITY OF PLEASURE.
IL was an emperor or The Sui dynasty,
A. ID. 6l5. who made the city famous as
resort OF pleasure, which 1T has been
since maintained. History makes his
reign OF thirteen years one unceasing
round of luxurious ease and pleas ure-
the Chinese Sardanapalus. He built a
magnificent palace, and in its spacious
grounds erected pavilions dedicated TO
every variety of pleasure 1t is related
OF him that on one occasion at festival
FLOWERS, held in his royal gardens, he
ordered his state barge. and, as there
was no water at hand. spread the ground
with yellow beans, over which the i'm
perial barge and guests were waited to
the gate of the Incompatible pavilion.
The site of this palace is now occupied
by Buddhist temple.
10 be concluded.
Steele Mackaye Very Low.
CHICAGO, Feb. 17-Steele Mackaye,