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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-21

February

February
22 Pearson Talley, Christiana Hid
" Harness. No. I East Fourth street.
22 Horses ut Millington, Md
rs Furniture, 800 Van buren, street.
23 James b roman, pencadtr lid.
rs Petitdsmanagc 81 Torbert, Mil
Creek Hid.
70, Joseph q. Mousley Executor,
Brandywine HID.
Fl R Ward, Bread and Cheese
Christiana Hd.
"a Bank stocks at stdham's Auction
Room.
q, II. L. Kelley, Mil Creek HID.
2l-Nm II, klair, Nentleyille. Del,
Is Edward Burri9, he'd Lion, Del
March
Horses, Sc, Western Hotel
z, Henry Leach Wooddaie, Mill
Greek Hid.
2 Jos, II. Goull, near Newport. Del.
2 Catharine O'Connell, White Clay
Creek HID
O Thomas Slack, Jr.. New Castle Hid
Benjamin Downey. McClellands.
willie, Del
7-hiIlcr a. Cloud, Brandywine Hid.
7--Wm. X. Rnase, Pencader,
. jeremiah Rely, Christlnna Hid
Y Frank G., Pierce Biandywine HID
Id q. Hall. MIL Greek iid
l6-..r,n .Iordcn New Castle lid
lB-Wm Thompson, Brandywinc HID.
2-Arncld Naldain, Jr, White Clay
Creek Hd.
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AZ trains Illuminated with xIno.on
~. Express trains. !.
AMtIAhE AEENUE STATION. FuE
1pSa; = NJ mrs. ~ s'': ~: sss - an
AK SIS. MS .& w a. 80 n s .siS ri
81 SH IL, st III ~ K =
MAE 1s e 4. 81 II ~ ia ~ IL, Al IJ gali
Hiss s a. ss IL soo ~ .ass 81: . Y. I
80 Ga Z! E y q week days. ~ ~, IN
~. ssS' ,sss l92i Hos m; Loo. .Zsa, ao6s
II; s. + ~ n " H. :, : n. Sock; sss
m AI Ii \ = !. CITY zee days. '7os
CAPE MAY. week days, Teb en-: 'sas
Essffsf ~! Ak. y !, f. 4 .n:H igl :.
rs s.. SIP; no. no. I'll ,a5D 49, ri s sa
y A fH!IRea Err .s6 81 w sREA.TFfoss
+ $ Al. % S :; e. as s:''y -. s,t
r, 2. 4 suha4yy., :5sl: I, !, zss: ~ a. a,
ffftT Sd s Week We da a p e .sa a. MI
d.y., 'sa a, H.: ~ t.L: r Pullman Ii II; c ~
$hAfSS$$$$SS s::,} , NJ 3 I'd ID
D tfNtlEN1f1 xND ST. r. L SUI 50 \
ToLEDo AND pETRoT. Vii .. nil
daily to Toledo and daily except sundaH
as4s4o SR 1Eb sH APP s5SSgzrs III
,; m. daily. Through sleepers to MemA
psstiHN t1Ea IL" A9dNc.eotMaiMopArroN, w..H
days. 72sa. m; ao!, 81 1o.tS p. m. aul1
"a fySs s. Il FL 49, AseAadNRopAr1olT
.9 TR1SVh 's &Ss s Fl sF ii STATION
BALTIMORE. week days. sS q. nj
TANpENgERa, week days. SIS I'd
2. M: 1856, $40 p. m. Sundays. $50 q. MI
LEAyE PHILADELPHIA Fon WIZ
IT, !!ii6S 4. 8 an; Vic, III. I'D. w.
t IL s g. 49, ST. 81 i, el|Eli e :
days, '3.35. $500, 800. 11.30 a.. m; .laM
rs, 100 !a, 80 80 (al PullnaaS
Delmarvia Telephone, No. 1888. ~
Ratee to Western points lower than viz
FIX S 9tSf1 IN MARTINEZ
Gen. Manager. Man. Of Pass Tranids
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Doubtful.

"Isn t that young man fond Of music2"
exclaimed the young woman.
II don't know" answered Miss Cay
enne. Judging by the way he will
stand up and listen to himself sing by the
hour should say he isn't. '-Washington
Etar
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NOTICES.

NOTICE TO TIE TAX PAYERS OF MILL
Az Greek Hundrcd..-I will be at $. p. Chan.
dier's store Hockessin, February 70 n March
l6H; at Stanton, March 20, for the purpose Of
receiving taxes, between the hours Of NJ a. IN
and y. m. Five Per cent will be added after
April '1st. HARVEY +, BALDWIN
llbW toller tor,
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Hundreds Of experiments have been
made to determine whether toads could
live when inclosed in blocks of stone, and
n every case the toads died before the end
If the second year.
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Gallant.

The Maiden-And where did you,
baron, first see the light Of the worldS T.
The Baron-When / met you.-Flie.
gende Blatter.
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NATANTED--A GOOD SECOND HAN D PIA.
w no; must be in good order and cheap for
cash. Apply to H.. IA East 9th street.
f2O.3t@
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY ed,

Two good general purpose horses, | fat COW,
I choice shoat pigs, chickens. One extra good
light haring bed farm wagon, l horse and one
horse market dsarborns, one | and one 2
seated carriages, Jaeger wagon and road cart,
good seated sleigh, bells, extra large. heavy,
nicely lined buffalo robe All machinery, har.
ness and tools necessary to run farm. Hay,
straw, corr and corn fodder, seed potatoes, d
portable boilers, cook and other stoves.
bureaus, washstands, cupboards and many
other articles toe tedious to mention. Pork
butchers outfit Plenty OF shelter.
Terlns-All sums Of $40 and undcr cash over
that amount a credit of 0 months, i'll be given
by purchaser giving bankabls note with ap-
proved endorser. PEARSON TALlIEY.
Stidham 8 Son Auc., fits
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EOR SALE-LARGE COAL YARD sTORE
4 and mill. Shed over yard. Front and
Madison. fy-l2t+
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FOR THE SOUTH.

Southern Railway. - 80 p. M, daily,
pa, Nashville, via Ashevills ana Hot
Spring. Florida Limited 3 o6 p. IN. week days
for Jacksonville and 81 Augustine. 80.
Atlantic Coast Line.-1149 p: m, daily
sleepers TO jacksonville, Port tampa ana
Macon; 12.5s night daily. sleepers
Richmond And cksonvile Florida spectaA
B,B2 .. m week days, for Jacksonville, Porf
Tampa and ", Augustine.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, I'll y
m. daily, dining car. and 1lcsperS to INV
cinnRti
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l
| DELAWARE DIVISION
For New Castle. sls, llN a. m; IA
For Lewe,. sis a. m; AN p. M, wesSl
Fer Dover. Harrington and tDelma1
s4 w. %yon ~ p and d wa, stations ass .
mt 4 Tssx * CAP. chsr!~ OLD ,, rs ..
''S' rs Y}HHifESSBh2f sEEHDn
'iAi FF8iT1 THE VEST; o-,
y s!.ss; E. { s's h''' Ia
,o " a. M. n. daily. for P,,tsburs and chit
n c Sis!yi L% Tosdo dss ta:sa
!, 1eH''y N as A. s FL bs4,'
a. s, = W. %.S tt,"siHnss3 and VI: I0ai
q Pi n e SIR Sai2ly, p,,,.burs, ch,csyo and
Cleveland: and Toledo. except Stature
1917 y p. m. daily. Pi,t.eurs, Cincinnati and
1l's 10 p a0 NJ daily, Pitt.eurs ana chicesoI
- Congressional Limited EXPRESS. Az
yestibule Perlor Cars ana a. Dining nan, pSnaiE
" - f instissdi Express. vestlbuls parlef
Cars. Vestibule Passenger Coaches ans
Dining Gar. No sStra fare; comn.,s
viii cali for and check baggage from
hotels and residences. -
For further information pasrsnEers arg
referred to the ticket agent at 'hs stas
j. '' b. HUTCHINSON. ~ WOOD;
Crn MaNeEer, Gen. fase AeenN
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I NEARING OUT SALE--THE Sl1BsC2IB.
lie sale on the premises situated on the road
leading from Kenneth Square to the LiueHouse
on Kenneth Turnpike, half mile from the lat
ter place, on
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-21
pEGlsTEk's ORDER
.ll RElISrER's OrFICH,
NEW CASrIE EpItNry Dny

February Q. 1890
Upon the application of Joseph i, Carpenter
administrator c. t. IL. Of Eliza A. Walker, late Of
Wilmington Hundred, in said county deceased
y 10 ordered and directed by tho y .-lstsr. that
the Administrator aforesAi-1VAiaEc s
or granting OF Letters Of naturalization up
onthe estate or the deceased. with the date OF
granting thereof. by causiax Advertisements
" DO posted within forty days from the dats
e1suoh letters IN SIX OF the most public ri aoes
OF the county OF New Castle, requiring ali
persons having demands aEaiiiSt tho estate
10 present the same. or abide by an act o.
AsAen:Eiy In such case lAnds and pro vided;
ana also cause the same TO DO inserted with.
III the same period in the DAILY REPU8Ll-
CAN newspaper published in WILMINGTON,
Del. and to bo continued therein Ihrel
weeks e. o. d.
$3.50, Given underline hand and sea- OF
as office OF the Register aforesaid At
- Wilmington. In New Castle County
aforesaid. the day and year above written.
CALVIN ". UROSSAN. Register.
NOllCE--Notico Is hereby glven that 10 tters
OF Adhlnistrai ion eta. were in due form OF
law granted unto the undersigned, on tho
9Th day OF February, A. D. 1899, and that ali per
sons having Claims against tlth estate Of tho
deceased must present tho same. GUY attest
ed TO the said Admin istrstor ctaon or before
tito 9th uay OF February 1900 or abide the Aut
Of Assembly in such case made ndproyidad
JOSEPH l. CARPENTER,
Administrator. [. u. a.
Address Wilmington, Del fiji
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FOR SALE.

EcR sALE-TEN r. /. p. A. N. 8. FOR
4 cent? ut druggists. One gives selief.
a2llyrl
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CCR SALE CHE AP-2 ZIJR ROBES. AID.
r dress Robe this oifle tt
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I OsT-oN FEB TO- A BROWN Gard CASE
~ with wide rubber band, containing s25 in
notes. keys and visiting cards, in going from
stn and Adams to the p, W. u b. station, by
paid If returned to SO WcstSth street.
fSO3t
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Min Tg0nPN Man, woman or
UEHD SHNAES child, send your
nHF NEHT1E name and address
uOu ] Willy ona postal card to
p. 0. Box 21S4 Ocean
Grove, Nd, and learn something NEW that
will give you happy surprise and roll bur.
den from your life jl9.lm

DUBLIC SALE OF REAL ESTATE AND
L PERSONAL PROPERTY-Will be sold at
public sale at the residence In White Clay
Creek hundred, Prices siding, on the Pennsyl.
vania Railroad, near Harmony Crossing.
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Pennsylvania Railroad. !

Schedule in effect January l6, 1890
TRIMS leave Wilmington asSfollows:
1has'lss 49, s5S 49, sistrssts:s ,1 ~ ~
s.H. so7. s.as. s.57. sos and sif p. ~.
Ae f rs 49, x. H. "a: IND fb B :
- -. S. 49, s.iH sSs ns vi II la e Z
M; H1s, 20. ISai IN. s SIS III and H id
e. J, Ss" 5 ds5s ess ss ,,, express; II
..l2ls DlnInE caD. ,ls7 Dining csrl, TO
FhlsdeipHa ss rG aS s5o ioss 'a am
For Boston without change lola an
= fst - Nsss +; Center and intermediate
SsitIMors ana Wa:hinstoa ,tss., sak
II #, rs rs "! ls 49, S ~ - i. HI p.
~ Es'1''Ho IS : sHd H. 'nts S5 siss;' stations
'Ss!:jS%|5 + ':ssE;; =, "a a f.
III H. Il 4 E. =. s ~. ID
suNpAV TRAINS.
Il: s.! q 81 "a y .; i, Il *
Fer :. cn''' IT, sss'fs,ss SOL 7's ~. ~ ia
"a si ss5' s!s III, Il. ~ ~, ~ = m; A
;s e. Is s'S sD ~ e !s5eayEh '!S;:s'i
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EOR SALE CHEAP A CUTTER SLEIG Fl.
7 Apply to James A. Kelley Tenth and
Shipley streets. fl83t
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the following described personal property:
drivers, ranging from to 10 wears Of ago; 7
fresh cows, and springers, II small shoass, 8
brood sows, rs pair Of Plymouth Rock chick
ems, gobbler, turkey hens. Farming lmpls
season, Deering binder and truck, Tiger hay
tedder, self dumping horse rake, 2 Syracuse
ploWs, horse Wizard pillow, Osborn spring
tooth harrow, twin harrow, Hench cultivator.
iron cultivators log roller corn shelter. Van
Wicket grain fan, hay fork, rope and pulleys,
crcsscut and other saws, maui and wedges,
broad and other axes. griudstone, baskets,
bushel measures, shovels, hoes. picks post
spade, moving and briar scy thes forks, rakss,
lot OF ladders, double and single trees OF and
other ehalns. potato planter, potato plow,grain
drill, g horse farm wagons, 4horse wagon,
hay bed. 2horss cart. 2horse market des rborn
l.horse market dearborn, phaeton, 2horss car
riage, milk wagon, sleigh 3 carriage Doles, 2
sets of heavy britohband harness, wagon sad.
set of double carriage harvest, ! sets single
harness, collars, brides, lines, halters, sto.
Hay and straw by the ton, corn fodder by the
bundle, 500 bushels corn, 80 bushels oats, "a
Of White Star and state Of Maine potatoes, $50
gallons Of cider vinegar, lot Of vinegar barrels.
Household goods-Parlor furniture, hair
Cloth shalrs ro'ksr sofa tables Is yards Of
carpets, bureaus, extension tables, other ia.
bles, wash stands, rockers, chairs, reclining
chair. gooIe feather beds, with holsters and
pillows. bodsteads and bedding, 2 clocks, 2
commodes, cook stove, other stoves, pots ket-
ties, dishes. etc. one Marvin safe.
Dairy fxtures-Churn, butter worker, milk
buckets 5 20 quart milk cans Every thing per-
RICHARD q. BUCKINGHAM,
WIN. ii. EASIBURN,
Executors,
Henry NJ, Whiteman, AUG
N. B.-The French Coach Stallion Alonaao
will also be offered for sale flS 2tw .eod-d
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TOR SALE HOUSE NO sl4 VAN BUREN,
j. street Apply to J. Wesley Vernon, this
office. f6-tf
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08
4 Dull IN THE DESERT.
TWO Mexicans Fight In an Arr
iona Lava Bed.
BOTH SHOT OR CUT TO PIECES.

Strange Experience Of Miss sarah
Burks While Carrying the Mall
over : Route ON Horse
back.
Miss Sarah Burks has crown brown
and rugged in her service as Uncle Sans
mail carrier in one OF his most ~unfavora-
Bile regions ia Arizona, says the San Franz
cisco Call.
"The most memorable experience I ey-
er had" says she, was last August-one
day when the mercury must have been
at about 115 in the shade, II, indeed, any
shade could have been found in the re-
gion. / was jogging slowly over the spur
Of the Red mountains and was passing
through a shallow guich among powders
Of lava and other forbidding things 10
this dreadful desert waste, when ! heard
a groan- Even my horse was startled at
the sound, and he stood stark still. One
goes for a whole day there time and
again without seeing u liSing creature ex-
cept an occasional bird or without hear
Ing a sound OF any kind except by HIM
self. So the human groan was quite un-
nerying for a moment.
Il reached instinctively for my pistol at
my side, when | heard another groan, ev-
identity made to attract my attention. |
raised my pistol for immediate use and
at the same time swept my exes over the
locality from which the groan came. A
great, swart, bleeding hand appeared
above a bow1der about 80 feet from the
trail and then the form Of a Mexican,
who seemed to be trying to get on his
feet. / saw that he had been lying Or
crouching behind the bowlder and that he
was trying TO get up to see me, either to
shoot at me or try to get me to come to
him. His face was bloody, ana one eye
was all blood. Every bandit story / had
ever read, every story Of Apache Kid and
his murderous gang went scudding
through my mind as ! sat there with my
cooked pistol aimed straight at the
bloody, repulsive wretch trying to get on
his feet by holding on to the bowider.
u neither spoke nor stirred. kept my
earnest gaze steadily on the Mexican I
saw a rifle lying close behind him, and /
knew he was a good shot, as all the Mexi-
cans are in the region. Finally, after
what seemed an age, the fellow managed
to speak to me / then saw that he had
been shot in the cheek, so that his jaw
was injured. He knew that I was fright
ened, and be tried to tell me by his NUM-
bled words and his feeble motions that he
was unarmed and wanted my help in his
distress.
II dismounted, and, going over to the
bowlder with my pistol still in hand, I
saw another Mexican stretched out there
on his back. with his eyes staring
straight.
The Mexican who had called me there
sank back upon the ground from sheer
exhaustion when l came near to him. I
gave him half of the water in the can
teen on by horse and fixed up a contri-
vance with his CORY blanket by which the
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hot sunshine was kept out Of his eyes. It
may seem very little to do for a person in
that horrible condition, but it was all I
could do. 1t even seemed to me then q
pitifully small service. l sopped a corner
ed as best / could the wounds about the
mans face. That gave him some relief
and kept the flies away.
He managed to tell me that he and his
dead comrade had had a war Of words on
their trail across the mountains. They
were evidently. abandoned, half civilized
beings. I did not hear what they had a
row about. The lead man attacked his
comrade with a pistol when the other
could not reach for his own pistol quick
enough to shoot back.
Instead the attacked Mexican drew
his bowie knife, and the two men clinch-
ed in a mortal embrace. Each man held
to the other with a powerful grip and
neither gave nor asked quarter until n
Of them was killed. While the attacking
man pressed his pistol against his antag-
onist's body and discharged every car
fridge in it into the man the latter drove
his bowie knife again and again into his
antagonist, The knife did its mortal
work quickest, but the seven pistol balls
In the other man brought death a haiti
hour after l reached there. and the shoot
ing had probably occurred ever hye hours
before | came riding along that way.
.When the Mexican died, ! mounted
my horse and, hot as it wns, went gallop-
ing over toward Jimtown, where ] told
that evening OF the bloody scene / hae
come upon that day. A constable started
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THE NEWPoRT MERCURY AND PUBLISHER


rHE NEwPoRT MERCURY AND PUBLISHER
sANBoRN.
when it was purchased by Mr.. John b.
Murray Of New York and by him pre-
scented to the Massachusetts Historical
society, by whom it is still exhibited at
the society's rooms in Boston.
On the 18th of June. 1853, the first
Newport Mes.cnry made its appearance.
Ii was a little sheet of four pages, each
page measuring but 10 by / inches, and
was sent forth under difficulties not to
be understood at this day, when the
newspaper is considered%l necessity to
all, but was then a luxury in which but a
few INDUCED. 1t lived, and, although
after a few years no more is Known of its
founder, he having left Newport sud
denly never to return, his mother, Mrs.
Ann Franklin, placed her imprint on the
paper and issued it rs before.
In 1763 her daughter married one Sam
uel Hall, who assumed charge of the
business and conducted it until ITO,
when he sold out to Solomon Southwick.
This gentleman published the paper till
December, 1776, when, tearing that the
British, who were preparing to land,
would destroy the appurtenances Of the
office, he caused the press and type to be
buried in the ground. All Tory. however,
ascertained the whereabouts of the bur-
led articles and gave the information to
the British, who dug them up and printed
q paper while they remained.
1t is at this period, while the British
were in possession of the town, that it
has been claimed that the publication Of
The Mercury was suspended, but Hon.
Samuel g. Arnold. the recognized histo-
rian Of Rhode Island, in his notes of thar
period in The Mercury's history, says:
ssThis interruption lasted about three
years, from Dec. 2. 1T76, to Jan. 5, 1850,
during which time The Mercury was pub
lished at Rehobeth-"
His authority for this statement is the
Providence Giizette of March 6, 1873, so
it would seem that the claim of its pub
fishers that The Mercury has been pub
lished unin~terfuptedly since 175S is indis-
putable and that this paper is really the
Oldest newspaper published in America.
After the evacuation by the British in
1850 Henry Barber purchased the paper.
The Mercury remained in the Barber
family, being published BY different MEM
bers until 1850, more than 10 years,
when, upon the death Of William Barber,
it became the property of Fred Al. Pratt
and George C- Mason. These gentlemen
conducted the business together till in
February, 1854, Mr.. Mason sold his in
terest to David NJ. Coggeshall, who re-
manned Mr.. Pratt's associate until April,
1853, when he in turn sold out to William
Messer, and the paper was issued under
the firm name of f.. A. Pratt & Co. For
five years this firm remained the publish
ers, until in December, 1868, Mr.. Pratt
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-08

NANk0W GATEWAY TIKI GREAT
WALL OF CHINA.
though it was theoretically proceeded
with he died before it's completion. Sew
eral millions Of men, it is said, were occu-
pied for the space of ten years on the
work, during which time 100000 Of the
laborers persisted.
Its entire length is 1885 miles, the
height being 20 to 80 feet, with towers
100 yards apart and 40 feet high OF
late years much of the original wall has
crumbled to ruins and in many places it
presents merely the appearance Of a huge
heap of rubbish. AtNthe time Of its con-
struction it was thick Enough at the sum
NIT to admit of six men riding abreast.
A great many writer's have spoken Of
his wall as a pure waste of human ener-
gy. This is a mistake 1t is certain that
the wall was worth, to ancient China,
far more than it ever cost her. From a
military point of view it proved to be Of
prime Importance. There is no doubt
that for some centuries he hordes of
Mongolia were stopped in their war ex-
petitions at the foot of this wall, which
marked the southern edge of their land;
for the wall was nothing more or less
thar an immense fortiication, the great
est the world ever saw, and there were
plenty Of Chinese soldiers to man it.
Scattered all along the top of the wall
We're s~entinels within communicating dis
lance of one another, and no enemy
could approach without these sentinels
signaling the fact all along the frontier.
Every gate in the wall had its garrison
and every int pass through which
the wall was built had its military camp.
Towns were built and agriculture devei-
oped along the wall in order to supply the
needs Of the soldiers, and this fact in It
self was a protection to China, as it in
creased the density Of population along
the frontier.
For ID centuries the wall helped to
protect the empire from its northern foes.
Then came the great conquerer Of Asia,
Genghis Khan, who forced the mighty
rampant China had reared, II from that
day the wall ceased forever to be Of any
strategic value.
To teal down this wall, even with the
aid of modern machinery, will be an i'm
mense task. To get an idea Of the real
magnitude Of this barrier just reflect that
It is as high as a three story house and
about half as deep. Just imagine a solid
block OF houses stretching across the
continent from New York to Omaha and
built not on level plains, but over noun
tains higher thansthe Alleghanies.
Al large part OF it has a foundation OF
granite blocks from 2la to 4 feet thick,
and the base of the wall is 10 feet wider
than the top. The bricks Of which it Is
made weigh from 40 to GO pounds, and
the clay for these bricks Ind to be trans
ported long distances from the interior at
49,