The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-23

great stone pillars. or suspended In air
some OF these suspension or flying
bridges" as they are called by the chit
nese. are not less than four hundred and
ffty feet In length. Ave hundred feet above
the valley and wide enough for four
horses 10 cross abreast. ana are still
standing after a period Of more than 2.ooo
years. These sre some OF their engineer
INK feass-fents which we're performed
two thousand years before suspension
bridges were known In Europe. and "a was
shcse roads and these bridges which made
Sganfu easy ~ access through the wild
est and most wonderful scenery known 20
China. Along these roads the conquerer
built posi- houses and resting places. inns
and csravanHarieH which made travelling
not only a dream Of romance. hut a mat
ter Of comparative comfort as well and
for two hundred years he and HIS success
sors governed the empire from shls city,
giving a new name not only 10 the coun-
try. but 10 the people as well. the proud
est literary name they bear to-day-fhe
country and the people Of the Hans
The CITY behind the Mountains.
Arrived ~ her destination. the exlled
empress finds q city OF more than a mil
lion inhabitants-thc principal trade cen
tor between the East and the West In It
rises a great temple 90 Lao Txu. the found
or OF tho Taoist sect-one OF the most IA
nous temples IN the empire. The city IL
the capital not only Of the Han. but also
OF tho Tang. the dynasty which embod-
Sod the greatest POLITICALLY literary period
of the empire. But there are other mem
cries OF a more stable ana permanent
nature. Here was established the great
Han Lin College. an Institution
which T. commonly compared with
the French Academy, tho oldest
really living Institution Of learning
IN the world to-day unless we except the
College for the Sons Of the Empire IN
Pekin. which was probably established
first IN the same city.
For the eyes Of the Empress there will
BE- here n sight calculated 20 excite her
wrath. In this city. during the great
literary period there was erected IN the
year 7si. A. D.. monument which pre-
serves an inscription IN praise OF Chris
flanlty and the God Of Heaven-tho great
HISTORIAN monument. from which she will
learn that the Emperor himself AZ that
early date established and patronized the
church. which she ~ the close Of the nine
teentb century IN trying 70 blot out
% existence. She may he reminded Of
the fact that here have been found
coins twenty-five centuries old ana n
brick ns old ~ the Great Wall which
was subsequently made irto an Ink tablet
and sold for several thousand taels after
fierce compstitiou She may also be re-
minded OF Tho fact thai three thousand
Manchus M the beginning Of the present
dynasty kent hack horde Of rebels I'M
til one hundred and nifty thousand braves
from Pekin could 10 20 relieve them.
She may remember how the founder OF
the great Tang dynasty after s,sting HIS
father on the throne ~ an act Of hlal
obedience. after conquering the country
ana setting n NJ rest. came over these
great roads and bridges and into the city,
drssfed in a costly coat OF mail. with a
breast rlate OF gold. surrounded by 10000
picked horsemen and 30.p1o cuirnssiers.
bringing with him a captive Tartar
King, and n she compares her entry with
hls. and her reception with the royal