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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-17

Closure from one wall 10 the other is more
IMAM eight miles. and during any other
time than an exposition or convention
period you could crowd all of the people
or Chicago inside these walls and have
room TO spare a mile of such walls must
cost considerably more than mile of rail-
Toad.aD in these 1000 walled cities tits safe
to say there is something like $4,000 miles
OIL f0rtlflcatl0nS, or enough TO have covered
China with railroads. Many of these
walls are poorly kept, but if big city
should spring mp in China to-day it would
have wall built about it. and this Nan
King wall was thoroughly repaired three
years ago. 1t cost the Viceroy S250,0O0 to
patch 1t up. and you see the fresh mortar of
to-day running in and out of the gray lines
of 500 years ago.
The moat outside the wall is fully as in
teresting as The wall itself. This runs
ABOUT me entire structure. save at the end
Wnere IL cuts into the mountain, and at the
opposite side OF the city from the gate at
winch entered it expands into a very
pretty lake. The earth used for the filling
OF the walls Is generally taken from the
moat. and the excavation is so great that
the Nank King moat ranges from seventy to
one hundred feet IN width. 1t is connected
by canal with the YaDgtse River, and it
forms the highway from it TO the city.
Although 1t is about two hundred miles
from the sea, il is affected by the tide, and
only small boats can sail through it. These
Drlng, however, passengers and freight,
and the moat swarms with craft which sail
about 1T from one gate of the city to the
other, Offering their wares for sale. There
are hucksters of all kinds upon it, and
fuel-peddlers push or scnlI great RATS OF
reeds about through it, selling as much as
one man can carry Tor about 20 cents.
The m0at is crossed by bridges at the
gates, which, like tunnels, enter the wall.
and some of these bridges remind you of
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-17

green tiles lutted out, and to the corners
or these roofs were hung bells, which
tlnkled when swayed by the wind. 1t took
nineteen years to build this tower, and it
was kept in good condition till about forty
odd years ago, when an0t her beggar got up
rebellion and took Marking. He had
the idea that the tower was hurting his
luck and had it blown up. Its every brick
mas since disappeared, and when l visited
Its site yesterday the only vestige Of it re-
naming was the great iron basin-like
dome which crowned its top. This has
been placed upon foundation of marble.
1t is hollow mass of iron big enough to
cover the top of the largest haystack you
have ever seen. 1t would make bathtub
Tor an elephant. And 1t would to-day be
called fine specimen Of artistic casting.
when II covered the tower 1t was plated
with gold. and could be seen for miles up
ana down the Yangtse Valley. 1t must
weigh several tons. and how the Chinese
with their rude modes of labor were able
to polse 1t on the top Of the tower, 261 feet
ABOVE the earth, is marvel. Ii lies to-day
IN front of the vicerOy's arsenal, where
the finest OF modern guns are being turned
out for the Chinese troops, and the steam
whistle which calls the men to work in the
morning makes its hoary particles vibrate,
and 1t wonders, | doubt not, with the
ghosts OF It's builders, who are supposed to
hang about it, what sort of devils are work
ing at their magic within.
Other wonders of ancient Chinese art
and englneeringyOu see scattered through
out the ruins of the Tartar city, where the
monarchs held their court. There are
wide streets made of great flags of granite
as big as the top of dining-table, worn by
the feet Of generations into the smooth
polish of marble. There are five large
bridges OF heavy stones, put together in
beautiful arches without keystone, and
the fences which line this archway are
made up of stones mixed with broken tile
OF the imperial yellow glaze and pieces of
dragon disks of the green and red porcelain
which once adorned the palaces Of the city
and of the shattered marble which formed
the artistic walls of the past The walls
OF the Tartar city which separated it from
the common herd still stand in picturesque
ruin, Rrass-gTOwn and crum bling, and be-
side pillar of what was once in all prob
ability the palace of Prince, | saw lying
the plastered coffin of a cOOlie, whose pow
erty prevented his putting mound above
1t. Close by it in the fields worked other
blue-gowned men and women, digging in
the soil once sacred to royalty alone, and
my boy led me into tum ble-dOwn palace
and showed me two marble stones streaked
with reddish veins. These" said he,
were part of the floor of the Emperor's
palace. One of his mobiles had abused his
confidence by saying that which he should
not, and he straightway had his tongue
cut out then and there. The blood from
his mouth dropped upon the white marble
and stained it as you see."
| took donkeyS and rode out into the
country yesterday to see the tomb of this
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-17

that the people should turn out and make
a great noise on the night of the eclipse,
as it was said that the dragon would then
try to swallow the moon, and he should be
scared away. Well. the country here at
Marking is shaped just like a great dragon,
and the Emperor said, "H ] can build nv
capital on the dragons back it will last
forever" The result was that he moved
to Marking and made it for a time the
greatest city of China. He planned 10
build wall outside of the present one,
which should be ninety miles long, but he
got 10 further than the first pillars of this
before he died.
1t was this mans son who built the
famed porcelain tower of Marking, putting
it up in honor of his wife. This tower cost
more than $4,000 900. II was built of the
finest of porcelain slabs. and it bazed out
under the sun of the valley OF the Yapgtse
kiang. rising TO a height nearly half that
of the Washington monument. 1t was
octagonal in form. with a base about the
size of that of the monument. and this
base rested on foundation of brickwork
ten feet high. It had nine stories. and a
staircase within the tower led the visitor
to the summit. The top of it was q great
basin of iron, and the coiors of its brick
were green, red, yellow and white. AT
every one Of the nine stories roof Of
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-17
RUINS OF NANkING
The Biggest Walled City
of the World.
VISIT TO THE MING TOMBS.
The Famed Porcelain Tower and Its
Iron Top-China's Beggar
King.
VISIT TO THE MING TOMBs

NANKING. China. NJ ay 6. 1S94-Nanking
is the biggest walled city of the world,
and 1t Is one of the most wonderful cities
OF history. 1t was more than 600 years OLD
when Christ was baby. and its municipal
hair was gray with the age of 1900 odd
years when Mohammed first saw the light
of day. The present wall which sur
rounds it was built about one hundred
years before Columbus sailed out from
Spain to find a passage TO trade with its
people, and it has several times been the
capital of the great Chinese Empire. 1t
lies in the interior not far from the Yang
tse-Kiang River. about two hundred miles
away from the seacoast. and the Vice
roy, who now makes it his capital, has
more power than President Cleve-
land, and he governs nearly twice
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-17
THE LOST TEMPLE.
Reminder of an Extinct
Race.
MYSTERY OF CATALINA.
What the Spanish Navigator Viscaino
Discovered Three Gen.
turtles Ago.

For some time there has been a quiet
but determined search on the island of
Catalina for the temple of the god Ching
chlnich and the idols which were observed
by Viscaino in 1902 and Cabrillo in 1912,
but so far they have failed to materialze.
Especial interest has been manifested re-
Gently, as number of improvements have
been made on the island, which it was
thought might result in the discovery.
One is a coach road. which is to lead from
the Hotel Metropole at the south end of
the Island up to the top of the range,
winding about the brink of deep canyons
on the summit of the mountains to the
isthmus fifteen miles away. In the exca-
walton of this road valuable discoveries
will in all probability be made, as along
the route evidences of ancient village sites
nave been noticed, where the native in
haoltants had their houses and where with
out dOuOt are hidden many of the utensils
and implements of these ancient people.
Among the localities that have been
selected as the possible site of the temple
is one crossed by the road, and it is not
Impossible that the floor or part of the
temple. or the idol may be found. as the
natives had singular habit of hiding all
their effects in the ground when they left
a place or made journey. so the idol and
the various objects that were attached to
il may be unearthed. Viscaino who
visited the island in 1902, refers TO
the ancient CatalinIans as fine-looking
race, who had large houses and rancherias,
canoes which would hold twenty men,
and speaks of the temple as a large cir
GUAR place with poles ornamented, in the
center OF which was figure painted with
repre- ntatiOns of the sun and moon. An
Indian consented to take some of Wis
cainO's soldiers to the spot. and upon their
shooting two enormous crows the Indians
were greatly grieved. showing that they
evidently looked upon the birds with
reverence. Other descriptions of the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-17

steelyard-is charged with certain chemi-
Gals that are affected by the metallic va
pors and electrical currents that rise
through the earth at points beneath which
lie mineral deposits in which changes are
more or less actively progressing. This
being the case the vibration of the instru-
ment and lite loss OF equilibrium tell when
It Is passing over mass of ore. He then
claims TO be able TO tell about the depth
and richness OF the deposit by the amount
OF certain other chemicals which he is
obliged to add TO restore the balance of his
Instrument and place it.on an "even keep
By overcoming the attraction or pulp of
the ore deposit. All this looks very like
the "dowser" In another shape.
Norrie SAYS that though the chemical
aud electrical emanatiOns-which NAV be
looked upon as the perspiration of the
lao0ring rocks-are invisible to the eve
they are none the less real and present.
Though they escape the visual organs thew
do not wholly escape the other senses OF
certain human beings. He says there are
persons of such peculiar and delicate or
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-06-17

There are about 100 deer forests in Scot
land, having an area of 1875, 900 acres.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-06
TelItale Pork ChODs.

Quite a novelty in the annals of JUS
lice has been the conviction of MUIR
derer by the tacit but effective testimony
of the remains of a couple of pork chops
which, gnawed to the bone, had been
left on the table in the dining room Of
the unfortunate lady whom he had just
done to death.
At the end of last year Nine. Leblau,
the widow of doctor in practice in
Tilly-sur- Meuse, suddenly disappeared.
She lived quite alone, and her absence
was not noticed by the neighbors for
Iome days. The door of the house was
broken open, and all the rooms were
found in a state of the utmost disorder,
the floor of the kitchen being covered
with blood.
The plate and various other articles of
value had, however, not been touched,
though several bank notes-a list of
which was afterward discovered in a
drawer-had been removed from the
desk in which the money was kept. 1t
was soon ascertained that two of these
securities We're in the possession of a
peasant named Aubertin, who resided i'll
the neighborhood, and was known to be
deeply in debt. When Aubertin was
arrested he denied that he had any hand
in the crime, but it shortly transpired
that on the very day when the murder
was committed he had bought couple
of pork chops from local dealer, and
there on the dining room table lay the
telltale debris.-Paris Cor. London Tele'
graph.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-06
Evening Suspenders.

No indeed, the girls have not had
enough of the suspender by any means,
and fashionable modistes are introduce
ing for their benefit upon the corsage of
evening gowns an arrangement which
copies the popular ribbon suspender as
closely as evening wear permits.
The ribbons are not crossed, suspender
fashion, in the back, it is true, but rib
bon in medium width is carried over the
shoulders from back to front and fas-
tened to the band of the skirt. The odd
est part of the within is that a decollete
toilet does not affect it, for right over
my lady's bare neck and shoulders the
ribbons are drawn, frequently acting
as background for the most delightful
fancies.
One girl has her evening suspenders
sewn SO closely with tiny buds and bios
SONS that no portion of the ribbon is
visible, and the bodice appears to be
strapped down with bands of flowers.
Jewels also sprinkle many Of the hand
soonest specimens, these presenting the
most brilliant appearance, especially
when plentiful loops of gem showered
garnitures stand upon the shoulders. OF
course it rests with the wearer just how
elaborate these evening suspenders, as
they are called, shall be, plain ribbon,
if daintily arranged, being quite pretty
as the more expensive designs.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-06
Certain AnaIOgies,

Melting has its analogy throughout
the animal kingdom. We indeed mott
invisibly, are continuously shedding our
scales, but there are some animals that
get through this process even more quick
ly than do birds-as, for instance, the
shedding of the skin as whole by the
newt, eft and snake.
Sir James Paget has noted that some
people have few extra long hairs grow
ing out from the general mass of the
eyebrows. The few long hairs are repre-
sentatives of a permanent condition in
the chimpanzee and some balloons. They
grow out separately from the general
hairy mass over the superciliary ridges.
Darwin notes as significant fact that
the palms of the hands and the soles OF
the feet of man are quite naked of hairs,
like the inferior surfaces of all four ex.
tremities in most of the lower animals.
Something about the ear: The lobule
of the ear is peculiar to man. There is
however, a rudiment of it in the gorilla
Happy gorilla-and man!
| About the brain of man and apes: The
whole comparison is one of degree, and
in the case of the bushman's brain with
that of a well developed ape the com
parison becomes nearly equal. In truth
there are no specific distinctions between
the brain of the ape and that of man.
Gentleman's Magazine.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-06
Talmage Was Thankful.

The following is told by Boniface De
Witt of the Riggs House:
"Dr. Talmage was preaching at Belle
vile, N. j., some years ago, and one
week he made up his mind to go into the
pulpit the next Sunday without notes or
memoranda of what he was going to say.
He memorized his sermon and believed
he had it completely at his tongues end.
So Sunday night he went to the church
pretty well fortified with confidence.
"In those days in that section of Jer-
sey churches and hotels and many pri-
waite residences were equipped with pri-
vate gas machines, and the church where
Talmage was to hold forth had one too.
When he got into the pulpit after con-
Quoting the preliminary services all
right, he gave out his text. Then he was
Mortified to find that he couldn't think Of
thing to say. He repeated the text a
second time, and yet his ideas failed to
come. He was in agony and began
slowly and impressively to announce his
text third time. AS he reached the
last word and the perspiration of dread
and shame was beginning to start, the
gas went out and plunged the place into
utter darkness. There was no other
means for lighting the edifce, and when
it was announced that the gas machine
had broken down hopelessly DR.. Tai
mage pronounced the benediction, and ]
have heard him say that he never did SO
before or since with greater fervor OF
thankfulness of spirit. Washington
Post,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-06
Fortified WatermelOns.

A valuable specimen of petrified vege-
tation may be seen in this city. 1t con-
sists of pieces of rock which have the
exact shape and appearance of water
melons. There are two of the speci-
mems, the larger one being about sixteen
inches long and eight inches in diameter.
The small one is about nine inches long.
The end of the larger specimen is broken
off, which appears to plainly show the
rind, the seeds and the red core. There
are also specimens of what appear to be
petrified pine cones. They were brought
to Auburn by Jacob Roll of Rocklin, and
were found between Roeklin and Rose
ville.-Placer (Colo.) Republican.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-06
A Cow Inside of a Log.

Owen Clancy, of Summit, missed a
very valuable COW last week and spent
several days looking for her without
finding any trace of her whereabouts,
and had about concluded that she had
been stolen when one of his children
discovered the animal not over fifty
yards from the house. She had wandered
into hollow cedar log, presumably to
get into the shade, and in pushing her
way for fifty feet into the log she passed
through a place where it had splintered
in falling, with the splinters headed in
the direction she was going.
OF course when she attempted to back
out her exit was effectually blocked, the
splinters having sprung back. And there
she was, as securely confined as any pris-
oner in the penitentiary. When discov.
cred there she had been imprisoned fol-
five days.
Mr.. Clancy had to cut the log in
front of her before she could be taken
out, nothing the worse for her expert
ence except for her enforced fast. The
COW weighs about 1900 pounds, SO the
size of the cedar timber in that "necI
of the woods" can be imagined.-Elmira
IN. " Chronicle.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-06
Why the Soldier Ran.

when Sherman was marching
through Georgia, myself and COM
panion went on a little foraging expedi-
ton" said 0. F. Rudiker. 1--WE had a
long weary tramp without finding any
thing to replenish the larder, for the
country had been secured by foraging
parties several times before. We finally
sighted cabin inhabited by an Irish
woman. In high board inclosure were
a dozen fat geese. We arranged it that
| should engage the woman in converse
ton while my companion appropriated a
goose. He fastened a long linen thread to
his bayonet, attached well baited fish
hook and began angling in the goose pen.
Suddenly there was loud squawking
and we saw big fat gander futter to
the top of the pen and make toward the
soldier, who was beating retreat. The
woman was greatly amused, and called
out, Och, me darlint, don't run; shure
the gawnder's only playin wild yez.
'Playin nothinr called back the fleeing
soldier, the blamed thing means bust.
ness, and the bluecoat disappeared with
the squawking gander in hot pursuit.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-06
What Antoine Found in the Coal.

1t was queer find. that of Antoine
Hagenlocker, and none can blame him
for being surprised, Antoine is an en-.
gineer in the employ of the Ansonia
Brass and Copper company, and as he
placed an extra large lump of soft coal
under the boiler he had no thoughts Of
what that lump of coal contained. A
few minutes later he opened the furnace
door again, and what was his surprise to
see in the furnace handsome plant re-
sembling species of cactus! 1t was
bright red from the. heat, every vein in
the leaves being defined. He carefully
removed it from the furnace without
breaking, and when it cooled it turned
to dull gray color.
1t rests on base of coal and then
stands out we'll defined petrified plant,
but not carbonized, so that it burned as
readily as did the coal surrounding it.
He has shown the formation to many,
and nothing like it has ever been seen
here, The stalk of the plant where cut
from the parent stem is well defined.
Mr.. Hagenlocker is to have it mounted
and placed under glass case.-Water.
bury Conn., American.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-06
Frightened by q Snake.

Five-year-old Hazel Fellows, daughter
of we'll known jackson (Mich.) citizen,
has been almost frightened to death by
a rattlesnake. Little Hazel was out in
the yard singing and her music charmed
the snake, which was near by, and
which held its head up as long as she
sang. The girl saw the snake, but did
not know what it was, afterward de-
scribing it as something very pretty
and tied up with ribbons" When she
stopped singing the snake put out its
fangs, and Hazel, being fearfully fright
ened, screamed. The women in the
house rushed out and found her. Her
face was colorless and her limbs rigid.
She was soon restored to conscious
ness, when she said that the animal
sprang toward her, striking her in the
waist the moment she stopped singing.
An examination showed red spot at
her waist, but the flesh was not broken,
evidently on account of her thick clothes.
When asked if she could hear any rat
ting sound she said she did, and an
swers to other questions made it certain
that the animal was rattlesnake.-
jackson Cor. Chicago Tribune.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-06
A Tree That Produces Rain.

The people of Saltwater are greatly
mystified over remarkable natural
phenomenon which exists near that
town. In the field of Robert Copper,
south of that place, stands large cot
tonwood tree, with its branches leaning
out over the bed of little creek. A
few weeks ago party of picnickers
stopped under the tree and were star
tied by finding that there was contin-
ual shower of water falling from its
leaves and branches. 1t is in the shape
of fine mist or drizzle, but can be
plainly felt and seen at all times. AL
though it had not rained in that part of
the territory for weeks, the fall of water
from that tree has kept up continually,
and crowds of people come from a dis
lance every day to view the wonderful
curiosity.
Those scientifically inclined speculate,
theorize and give it up; the supersti-
tious ones shake their heads ominously,
but the tree keeps right on sending
down its shower and whenever the sun
is shining beautiful rainbow can be
seen under its branches. - Oklahoma
Cor Kansas City Journal.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-06

With the increased facilities for travel and
the great number Of travellers, there has
been naturally great increase in the risk
of accidents.
Everyone, who for any reason is compelled
to incur these risks, should keep by him q
supply of ALLCooK's Porous PLAsTERs, fol
they are wonderful specific in strains Of
the back or limbs such as are almost newt
able in case of accident.
Any one starting on a long journey should
have one as part of his equipment. Com
muters on suburban trains should KEEP
them both at home and in the office.
ALLCocK's Porous PLAsTERs have repeat
eddy. proved their great value In time o.
need.
BRANDRETH's PILLsremove all impurities
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-12-06
Sarah the First.

Surely never was any one 80 versatile
as Sarah Bernhard. Her last craze is
fishing, and no obstacles will prevent
her indulging in the sport, literally
shivered when | read Of the great &C.
tress, who always looks so terribly deli.
cate being interviewed on pouring
wet day as she sat in u punt fishing.
Nine. Bernhard announced her inten.
ton of returning to London for season
early next year, when she hopes to ap
pear in both of the new historical dramas
which are being written for her. The
heroines are the unhappy queens, Mary
queen of Scots, and Marie Antoinette.-
London Cor, Philadelphia Telegraph.