The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-01-18
GREAT WALL Of CHINA.
Immense Stone Fence Erected Be-
tween China and
Mongolia.

Long ago Mongolia was net . r.srf Of
stss~ e2jsss I5mp5vs,~ 10 81 ssssmy. sn.f
me Hiungnu ancestors Of the NsnsDIians
we're Cbina's HOST terrible eneray s;as
his great wall WAS stretched rien= ri4
border between China and Mongolia III
rider TO keep out the formidable invaders
from the north. 10 ia probably the only
instance in history where ff1e preeise
boundary between two countries was for
fsss marketi by n stone wall. The wall.
g ~ suias, MAG stsli Ne traced from fiss
tIui1 or Ifaofung. ut the u0rfnern sr-
TreD1ity of the Yellow sea far over the
dains and mountains marty 20 the west
sfu limit of china prDE~r.
III was a cot1ssai work, and ranks with
he grand canal Of china ami the pv-z-
nids Of Egypt n srnong fh.. mssr saIt-
Jendous of human arffievstnsDrs n Is.rsf
q length of over 2sssT niles. rer.utfrr-
snrious sfruesfties and the asef,Es rsd
triple wallis built N few pFacsss- natttsIy
20 the north OF the proyiHrp< Of Pat-afIi
tnd Shansi- Wben we roF~isIsr that The
vail hal an average hei-hr of 81 fs~r
md mean width Of about - serr. sslsf
! nat II - supposed 70 hnve c9rfa.1rrt
tbout 1Gi,ess-Dsp cubic meters II SgI7.E
masonry, we Hfay gain ssrlr sEIgfIr IsbrI
of the eaornous labor iHveEvpsF IN - esR-
ssrsetion- But il .iif nat r4Es ve-v
sreat many y"aES 10 tytITIf IT, The En-
per1r. Chi HDan-fj was WY sFJ-p -.
aeetisd that wall when he bs..Fn rs. a--par
work twenty-ene centuries arB. n s-sszr
- much in h,IrHHH life 1Fd rra7<T-s -
great war. md rssf aIi ffss. mr. t..-,--r,ze.
:" n,uch haste WIS Haltr 20 erns-- = ,---
raj hundred tls1usani men ire as-t:s-r-f
/ 20 haze perishes! while rhfv gvD~- ~ --sr-ty
N the wall wlIiPIf vas fs .. - ,.r-ss q
yfosectisrf againSt their count RS .I,.rEsi.,
md memorial If riIrTr rrI,Tr--r,farn.
A great many writer's have. zy.nkF3 ~
ms VAL az puT" waste 1f .THHaH .-Tgrr
" This - a nfi=take- II = rrr-aFu -h-r-
the wall WIS worth 70 4us-:sn- T-fi:gz
FAR more than 10 evEr cost her F-srryy q
Aiiftary point Of view IL rrsE~atI -. 10. ~
prime importance. Tha-.. - M I-rus.y -h.z-
for some centuries the horssss IF Ns,7--rsI5-r
were stopped in their war eTposfirgs,sls -
the foot Of this wall whi.-h 1,Fr-Ea.f -F,.
soushern ed-e ~ their IarfI. for so. ~
was nothing NOR pr less han ~ 70
mense fortifcgtiSB. The -rsaresr -he, vrrEr.
ever saw and there. We're plenty # 6--ssf,e-z,-
soldiers 10 man it. Scar-erast al Iifsrfa- -afy-
top of the wall re-r. ser-frei- rr7rF5r-5
communicating disfanra Of sn- szs.rtls--
snd no enemy coGFi spproars 7f-Ess5ys-
these srnfineIS signaling tho fJrr al afsr. :
The frontier. E~erT gare n he WI 1..t
10 garTis0u and every asorrfais 49,
thfuugb which the wall vaS sssfT7 llasE =
military canp. Towns we're f,7fIr ~!
agriculture Developed aIsH- be wi II
| order to supply the Beesfs " he -.
and this fact in itseIf 7aS q prTl-ss---sgu %
China az IL increased The .i.ss1Sgf- - -.ss1--
! Iatien along the frontier. F'sg- 5n-r--~s--s
! centuries the wall a~Eve-f 20 Frs---r-- -.s.-
! EMPIRE from its uor-heru sHsS T---
! came the great earguersyr - - f-.--
his Khan, who fsrrpyi The ni-F.rv ~ -TT-a--
| China han rrJreef anft Frun -b,rr 49, ~Es.
! wall ceased forever 10 - u my <--~----7.
| value
| For long stretches tn vail his NV a.
most entirely ffIsap7eTrprf JFTFf5n-~ -
! tons Of material navs ;pr7F. +sF-s r-arE ?
! 10 serve the PURPOSE VI ny 7sss-fr- -tH=TE-
| itants- The Mere wear md -az- - -
ages alone wouIsE have -srprIsri mr. - =
IN ruins The time WIS uissrl = Ms .--zz-.
punishable with d-1-u ~ 80 -g-.r-- -
scratch IL with pin Y~- = 5.,-----.
| 4 today mUTh ~ he rr=-:-zl ~ -
What IS how seen af il - he ~ - =
| Of The centuries turing he -T-s~ - -
| wall was ChiBa's grsat hufwa-z -
| north