The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-08
THE GREAT WALL"
CHINA'S STRENGTH

~ Charles EdwArd lIehnlI.

q "a ,,.si~s with any humber AZ sInin
~ANi.sos,a ana block -holiaea. the Great
van ~ rhina stretches from shan hnl.
swar !. a. the Gulf a IiaotunK. On fha
rersHeast ~ 4 IIttle below fuchaw n
rrans,,h. an the west.
~ 49,. - q defense ara,nst ~
rsmna n WA built bT \ Tain Euaperor.
nSmea Hwanrtl. II, the early. one
,,l~he alnnost aay the semi-mythicdi.
\, 800 ~ chinaee history. more than 2o0
800 hafore Christ. ana renalreA Nv 4.
s,,sat MIN Emperor about 1850. A. nj.
with the aid Of 60,0ae soldiers, 90 secure
fhe frontier ngainat the growing pow.
a. az the Tartars.
~ ,sa ase "A aenni-mythlcai. liz gram.
.na,,r i. niso aemi-anythicai. MeaT,aer.
in~ over mountain and across valleya
broken by none OF Natures obstacles,
ana taling UPS ana downs OF one Of
sns 49, Ss.,,"rsd q str,Ee thsm nv ~
Great WAN 10 like no other building
reared by the hand OF man.
At the port Of Hhanhai-kuan, now
4 connected with Tientsin, and 20 with
\ Pelsing, BY railway, the Great Wall
4 dius into the sea, and lts nearest point
+ to the capital IL up the PeihO, due
\ north. The line, or cTesg-cut. Of the
\ Great wan. that can be visited IN three
4 or foar days from peklng, was con.
etructed about 500 years ago by the
| Min9s and runs almost due south from
a point below Kupeh-tau, branching
| south and west mot far from Fau-plng.
1 "a. ana It can best be seen In al 10 ma.
4 1eety some fifteen miles west o. III
1 city Of Nanlau, through the NankAr
+ Pass. which admits the great caravans
L Of Mongolia and Tibet, 10 the Picking
plains.
Trarn early morn to dewy eve the
thorouahfarea are crowded not only
,a,itJ, fI,e normal traffic afOOt, on mule.
banIr. and in carts. but BY the long
fines AZ Ractrian camAis. laden with
Ana raw products Of the western kha.
mates.
CHINESE WARRIORS.
-. s. ...,..a
mol xaE away g 49, 1870 1870 1870 e.Ss..'
" tne tsoop.s ~ 49, =" 1870 sssasss .sss
GIG cAn 70 ss..s -. $sy,ss.. 80. IN
ment on ~ aIon. ~ 800 49, n ~ ~.
snoM Ws :. -. 49, 1850 ss,,a 500
4 A. -
ano ~ wssn 49, s.s 1900. y. ~ Z
over !heiF coOhe cio.s - ~" ss.. ~ ~
tached groups OF aaM 49, a,so sss ,sa
carrying tneir oi0-Iasnlense una ~
Emes IN y way untccVbhssc1 ~ -
drill book.
A great 0imcuty N keeRanE any s.ns
Issued IN Y ny s.a.e W 49, = $50 -. -
Chinese soloier wan Use " ~ ca1 ss..
y WINCH $W3&IN
wages, when ON uuty. 49, 49,
thing, no oouOt' IOf Iea1e $3.50. NJ =.
its reereshmsnt On sne " ~. 49, n
the necessary % tOLa nAas, . sss y !.
Is none the less = aualn' w" 49,. y
cleaning .ne rine rae, 80. - . ~
70 pour acwh ~ wa1e ie'a 4. - -. -.
hot tea thas tney oay en- IOu.
use tea AZ 9 SUBSTITUTE Ior ~ ss
DO economical 2. - nlVIn Is1 ~ -. -.
cost the war u1nce eriie aol "s@'
and tear.
Another strange incOnsfua.y y ~ VI
hold the Mancnu soiuier sun pIss M
ING VILE nas uow $50 80" M,s,. VI
mains necessary and valued part q
ms framing, anu 49, 49,. - \.
tsFy eIncaency s,... No. -,
wneM v Ky % ASns,n~ a 4 farwef
- 80 .ssa.,.s - s~ratarssnt
~ = S.sw a. s.,str,, ~ choose of9i.
-. -, All. ts.t ana : Manchu rem.
.1 -. 800 .s,ca saa.,ea 4 manifesto
San,a-s,,. the terAencv os yonnr on.
-" =. ,,,,hshe ,.,oaern iAeaa 81 warfare
go ,ax,,rs aorr tha nrincinle that tn
sr,,. t,,aI ~ .trencth ana courage wa.
-. $50 0rcn n,sfaiAe 4
- 81 80 ~. onlv slrna y
nus ossa.t.na - 10 great camp,
~. ~ ,,,,f,,arv caravan y
Ine passs 81. $500 "a daccrafei
pon,ee lA s,,~ 49, ~. w,r. hnnale,
oy n,'le yvio~ nass. .As e'
.oeeeneE MAe u.s.. 80. sroa,
r.,s" ..as.r ,,s,,cw.coate,
camp - ",.. 80. $500 froro ~
Laa' ~ -. ,,an,ndlv ,oo,,
nns. ,s ~, 49, ,,,,ch q commo,
lns peope .s 49, a., roytn an,
WIZ .e 49, t.s.ar,,,or tents SCENE,
IN lneH o,I' .~" 49,. - tha,r ian,
70 DC MAINS uio
pe'esr"''oS.
mp Arr CENTER.
Through the Great VAN anu e
Nankau Pass. nret crossing .ne W.
at Kalgan, Is carried All the tIaue
Central Asia, ana much also 'n ss LII. .ss.a.,
by waterway az mrs. aions ny !.
taries OF the Hwans-hc' = uNs. a !,
this route. To tap sucn traus Z
railway would obviously pc Z prv IN !,
BILE undertaking. and there la'A '
an American line. 70 reach rlo