The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-07-22
rHINA'S GREAT WALL.
Trip Over the New Imperial
Railway to the Frontier.
.,,uuso CHANGES PRIVATE CAR
.~skening of thu Most UnproKrsss-
-. country in the wsrfd-Hov
IA. wall Was Built.

80 China, from shan hal ehwAa 70
80 .T.sn--by railroad tothe great wall Of
80 -. On q special train through some
=. least known paftsoof the Chinese
-. Dashfng along atJthe rateaof forty
-. an boar through the plains OF North
-. The steam demon of the present
.-s,Inx his way into the most famous yes
-. Of the celestial past.
rssss sre some Of the wonders Of the
..s-.ey I am now making over the new
s~.<risl road Of this vast empire IN come
80 With the party o! ex-Secretary Fostsr
Z ~ uriyase car Of China's most powerful
~..<snan and ruler. Ii Hung Chang.
= aaye travelled already nearly 200 miles
4.arrh the agricultural and mining dis
-. a this part Of China, and have
.s..s,d our American sole leather on the
r.ssrs Of Manchuris. We left the New
r~k Of North China, the great trading
- AZ Tien-Tsin, aod its million almond
"a people, in the early morning of
- days ago, and piowed our way
s,uugh tens Of thousands Of brown
..ss mounds TO the eastward
4 passed the myriad huts of the
nr Of Tong Ku. at the mouth OF the
s.sho river, and turned to the north al
nsss under the shadow of the frowning
s.stlernents and Of the Krupp and, Arm
Gong guns Of the Taku forts. We stood
: he platform and saw the scores OF
s.ssf windmiils which with their square
| shl,s wings pump the brine of the yellow
s.snto the salt pools Of the government
nurFoirs. and watched the gangs of yell
sE coolies cutting down the mountains Of
q, and loading il for Tien-Tsin, whence
aslII be shipped of at high prices as
ssyernment monopoly for the people of
IL interior. We rode for an hour over
al. marshes. upon which Monaghan
pau,ss. red cattle and donkeys grazed.
nd then entered the rich gardens. of
tie great plain. Here every inch was
cultivated. and the farmers were every
sAsrs lsboring in the fields. We saw the
vAss. vlanted in rows two feet apart
springingirom the soil In its luxnriant
rrssn dress of the early spring. and could
ron fbs curious methods OF work Of these
he ssst farmers of the world. The crops
rspanted in small tracts and everything
a9aItivated with the hoe and the plow.
fsas is no sowing Of grain as with Us.
mweeded and fed With manure.
The wheat isplanted in the fail, and in
n spring, as now, the rows are plowed
ed other crops planted between them.
Ersrywhere over the Eanscape you see
,iess of manure each containing about
no bushels of brown earth. and here and
Asre men and boys gather up this manure
! hlo baskets and carefully shake it out
ser the newly planted cror. This Is after
4 hs seed has been sown. Now a donkey or
i sman pulls through the row little roller
I d stone mixing the seed aud the manure
Nth the soil and pulverizlng the earth
uil il IL as fine as the sends OF the sea-
sAsre. Every one is at work in the fields.
81 Lite children of %. aud q years go
nrsHgh the rows with baskets tied
their backs, pulling the weeds
IN threeSpronged hoes. They put
- weed. into their baskets, and il is
usfor food or fuel. There you see boys
ezg donkeys and now and then you
Use man blowing and men and boys
tkAed 10 the plow and doing the work OF
hsses photographed one man on my
ear TO Peking who bad his whole family
Aarnsssed to his pillow. He leaned upon
lhs handles with all his might. while his
three sons and one daughter tugged and
pulled IN drawing the pillow through the
inTrow. He grew quite angry at my
pointing the camera at him and rushed up
20 me and tried TO take IL out Of my hands.
showed hin back. however. and with the
ssslslanes Of my donkey boy vas able TO
mount and gailop away.
We saw some such scenes on the way TO
i Tong Shan. whore the famous kaiping
4 soai mines are situated and where We were
4 entertained over night. We passed many
zeal cars carrying the black diamonds
Y eesn TO the sea to be shipped in the COM
4 fanys steamers 10 all parts of South
taina and az every station we found a
4 desd OF slmond-eyed, yeliow-faced NOR
hs gazing at us In wonder. The trip from
Ioag Shan to the wall has been over the
sss government railroad aud our special
TAN is the first Of the kind which has
8 gahe over IL The line itselfhas only teen
opened 10 traffic fer few days and this
~ he The first report given TO the civil
Nc world OF It's character. Ii is rail-
NAa that any country might own
va pride. Well ballasted and
VEL laid, the steel track is as
Nsia q though Il had been used for gen
sasen, and ITS stations and bridges have
10 built to STAY. The Ian no bridge.
aA<a sc crossed several hours ago, near
- vailed city of Ian Chow. is nearly
aAe lses IN length, aud II has tive great
Isas, each Of which is 30 feet long. II
aanatnber OF smaller spans, aud lt IS
~ upon arches OF solid stone, the iron
sess being made nv the same company
sas nade the great Forth bridge IN Scot
a. and tie heavy arches were suhken by
- Fasamatie pFocess.C Crossing this We
- eassTd part OF the time AZ q speed of
..1@1,ase miles an hQur--past other cities,
II We eAme IN sight OF tha mountains OF
.a.aaeausiA. and stopped With the end OF
s~.ssfAsiFoad, almost on the edge of the sea
sathin stones throw Of the breach
- as gFsas sall through which the rail
b - . % be extended hundreds OF miles
ss.eef on into The wilds OF the almost an-
ea country o. MAnchuria. Here
@ssf The shadow of the great Chinese
gray With its age of 1900 yesns.
se eur luncheon in the viceroy's
i Asa.ne representatives OF the most pro-
- nations Of the present, At home
a - q comfort among che ruins OF the
ss@ssss work Of Chlua's historic past.
"siadsed curious sight for China.
pafsy consists Of SIX Ap9ericans. three
sk.sHas1sp aud tao Chinese officials. in
''en 70 reilnue Of servants and tram
- he Americans are Gen. john W.
\. .s1-seefstary 81 state. and bis wife:
:. wealthy citizen 81 Evansville.
$50 bis tso Young lady daughters.
=, - &se se'ated, "a Secretary Foster, and
ass making The toar OF fhs world with
SO lAsE Of al! Your aeorresp ondent,
. "a been seat o1t here to write qp tie
~ ~ noselEent in Chin2 The three
~ssssnasn are he Officials IN the employ
i : Hung Chang. oFirst, there Is NJ. a.
..ssaseAvard. " 10 has lr,iIt rasiroass m
saaallA AMI New South Males ana
e. one OF the ecst mod
sss,.. asa ehg!ntsrs lie is ia