Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-16

with earth and stones. This Is stamped
down and upon its ton q paved roadway Is

with earth and stones. This Is stamped
down and upon its top paved roadway Is
made. upon which the guards walk and
upon which In many places are old cannon.
and near them piles of stones ready to be
thrown down upon the enemy. The length
OF these walls is much greater than Is neces-
sary to inclose the cities. / have seen none
less than ten miles long. and this wall of
Marking is 81 miles in length. The city of
Marking, which is bigger than st. Louis.
occupies only small part of the Enclosure,
and the wall runs up and down over a roll
ing country, taking in small farms and
market gardens, many of which stand upon
the site Of the greater Marking of the past.
The distance across the Enclosure from one
wall to the other is more than eight miles,
and during any other time than an exposi-
ton or convention period you could crowd
all of the people of Chicago inside these
walls and have room to spare. 4 mile Of
such wall must cost considerably more than
mile of railroad. and in these 1900 walled
cities II is safe to say there Is something
Ike 5000 miles Of Notifications, or enough
to have covered China with railroads. Many
of these walls are poorly kept. but If big
city should spring up in China today 1t
would have wall built about il, and this
Marking wall was thoroughly repaired three
years ago. 1t cost the viceroy s250,OO0 to
patch II up, and you see the fresh mortar
OF today running in and out of the gray
lines of 500 years ago.
The Mammoth Mont.
The moat outside tine wall is fully as in
teresting as the wall itself. This runs
about the entire structure. save at the end
where IL cuts into the mountain. and at the
opposite side Of the city from the gate at
which l 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 Marking moat ranges from seventy to
one hundred feet in width. 1t Is connected
by a canal with the Yangtse river. and 1t
forms the highway from IL to the city.
Although ii is about two hundred miles
from the sea. it is affected by the tide, and
only small boats can sail through II. These
bring. 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 scull great RATS of reeds
about through 1t, selling as much as one
man can carry for about twenty cents.
The moat is crossed by bridges at the gates,
which, like tunnels. enter the wall, and
some of these bridges remind you of the
noted bridges of Italy. There is one at the
south gate which Is walled with stores
like the Ponte Vecchio across the Arno at
Florence, or, rather. more like the Rialto
in Venice. Some Of the canals run into the
city, and the moat and canals in many
ways remind you of the famed water city
on the Adriatic. 1t is to me a far more in
teresting city than Venice. and the won
ders of its ruins are greater than those of
old Rome.
Marking Generations Ago and Now.
The Marking Of today is built upon the
foundation of the Marking of the past. and
outside Of the present city there Is a vast
area which was once covered with build
ings. The Tartar city where emperors
lived has dwindled into dust, and the mar
BILE and golden-tiled palaces Of the past
have been supplanted by the farms and gar
dens of the present Fifteen generations
ago there was here one of the most pro-
gressiye monarchs Of history. Marking was
then the center of Asiatic trade and Gull
ture. Foreigners from all parts came here
to study, and the Persians and Arabians
crowded each other upon these streets
Today you see Jewish types among the
faces you meet, and the city has a large
population OF Mohammedans. Many OF
these are the descendants of the strangers
who came here in the days of the famed
Chinese ruler Chu Hung Wo. This man