Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-11

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of the heavens created by the moons
revolving round the earth in exactly
the same time in which 1t revolves up
on its own axis, so presenting to the
gaze of the human race from age to
age precisely the same surface. The
opposite side of our satellite is so
well lighted by the sun, and no doubt
corresponds with that which we look
upon in it's physical character. But If
it be peopled by any intelligent beings,
they have never yet seen, from any of
the lands, the great world around
which they unconsciously revolve.
Nor, on the other hand, has any inhab-
itant of our earth ever beheld that
mysterious hemisphere of theirs which
is turned so constantly away from us
During the Augustan age in China
that empire was in state of continual
rebellions of revolts. When Christ
was born in Bethlehem the throne Of
China was occpied by Ping-ti. which
means the emperor, or prince of peace.
In the West. the magi of Persia, NOV
ed by the universal expectation, went
westward to seek the newborn King.
In China, within the same century, a
royal commission was sent toward the
same quarter to inquire for "a holy
One" that was to arise; and this was
the sad occasion of the introduction of
Buddhism, whose priests imposed up
on the members of it. The statement
that the religious founder of the sect
a Hindu prince-was the one whom
they sought.
The first general dynasty dates from
the year 249 B. c. The founder was
Chi Hwang-ti, who conquered the
neighboring states of Tsin, where he
had been a prince, and had at length
established his dominion over the
most of the territory now comprising
the mpire proper. This dynasty was
very brief, but memorable, and was
called rhe Tsin Dynasty.
The Tartars, who inhabited the
country north of the dominion, had
given him much trouble. After con-
quering all the petty princes in China,
he turned his attention to the trouble
some neighbors-the Tartars. They
were in the habit of making short ex-
cursions into Chinese territory, burn
ing towns and destroying crops, and
Chi Hwang-ti decided to use all his
power to put an end to their expedi-
tions. He accordingly began the cree
tion Of the Great Wall of China" It
is one of the greatest pieces of mason
ry in the world. Chi Hwang-ti ord
cred every third laboring man in the
empire to enter his service. This ere
ated general dislike toward him, and
he was compelled to treat them as
slaves in order to make them work
Their only pay was a scant supply of
food, and sometimes they went a
whole day without a mouthful of food.
Chi Hwang-ti was vain, naughty,
ambitius man, who cared little how
Others Jared, so long as he was provd-
ed for. The Chinese believed they
should do as their ancestors did, and
anything that had never been done
was unnecessary and not right. This
is the cause of the state of China to-
day--the same, almost, as it was one
thousand years ago. Chi Hwang-ti
wished to make the people believe he
was the founder of the Chinese mon
archy He had all the copies of the
works of Confucus that could be
found, burned together with the his
tory of China. His order was to the
effect that all the books and writings
should be, burned, and that anybody
disobeying his law should be killed,
and that any literary man discovered
writing a duplicate of these works
should be killed. But in spite of his
strict orders few copies of the works
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his death were brought out.
The Great Wall fifteen hundred
miles, from the gulf of Lian-tung, an
arm of the yellow sea, to the most
western province of Kausuh. 1t was
carried over the highest mountains
through tn deepest valleys, and, by
means of arches across the rivers. II
was wide enough to allow six horse
men riding abreast on its summit ant
at short irregular distances apart
strong towers were built to defend it
In these towers were stationed sol
dlers, who were evr on the lookout fol
parties of Huns. The exterior wa.
formed of stone and brickwOrk of the
most solid construction, which wa;
filled in with earth, so as to render il
impenetrable; and the whole was fin
ished in the short space of five years
1t has stood for two thousand years
and has been regarded as one of the
wonders of the world. The eastern
termination of the wall has been offer
visited by foreign vessels since thu
treaty of Tien-Tsin and the opening o
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