The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1900-07-31

Is the Great Wall. which was bulk atoat
- h. G. by Chi-hanE-ti. the first I'm
psror- This famous warrior h.st con-
querej and brought under one govern
inent the various petty kings and princes
whp had previously divided among them
selves what Il now known as the Chimes
Empire To keep Out invasiOus by the
Tarsars. ne erected wall extending
along the whole OF The northern frontier
and brought the work to completion WITH
IN I'VE years by requi-inE fer the puT-
pose the labor Of every third mali ll tot
country. without pay. thGugh the , Dor
ers were fed. The wall. which Still re-
mains almost intact. though somewhat
ruinoJs IN parts. has a length o. l.@si
miles. and II broad enough for six horse
men To ride abreast along its top. It's
material il brick and stoneN allied ia with
earth. and at intervals of loo yards IL
is fortified by strong towers
Inva.iou Of Tartar..
Strange 20 say. the Great Wall failed
10 keep out the Tartars. who. IN later
years. became so troublesome that the
EmperOrs were glad 10 give their daugh-
taTs in marriage 10 the invading chief
tains, with bribes in money to persuade
them TO refrain from spOliatiOr. This
sort OF thing went on until about the
year 1900 A. n. when extensive districts
inside of the famous barrier we're sur
rendered Ia the warrior tribes from the
north. with regular annual tribute uf
money and silk So afraid were the Chi
Eese Of these predatory foes that whole
armies of them would take flight at the
mere appearance of a few squadrons Of
Tartar horse BUT finally they applied
for help To the western T6rIaTs. or Mon
Sols. who subdued both the eastern Tar
tarS and the Chinese themselves. In l-}l
ha az eruls y f-r 81
the entire northern half Of modern Chi
ma WiUing out the eastern TdrtaTS 30
effCCtually that only a Temn2nt OF them
remained. From this remnant. however
sprang the AanchuS, who four centuries
later conquered the whole of China, ami
who remain 20 this dIy in control
The ManchUs have iutermarried freely
with the Chinese. When they posse SSed
themselves Of the province Of NarKiu,
they made All the women prisoners. am
exposed for sale i'm the market all the te-
males they did not want for 'h-"selres
They put them in sacks. young ana I'D,
pretty and ugly. and sold them all at
the same price, about L shillings, sight
unseen" Buyers had tc pay their money
and take their chance in the lottery.
The Chinese tell story OF man NAM
ed Pung. who lived 800 years and
married successfully Seventy-tWo wives
No. y having died and entered
the other world. she inquired Of
Pung's grandfather why her husband
had survived 50 many centuries rs Il.
she asked, that his name has not been
written i'm the register Of Yen Wang, the
gcd Of death2'' Not ut ALL" replied
Pung's grandfather. Il will un-ayei the
mystery for you Both the name and
surname of nay grandson are really en-
tered in the book. but in peculiar way
When the leaves of the volume were pat
together the binder accidentally took the
leaf on which Pung's destiny was writ
ten. twisted 1t. and used it To- faSten the
leaves together" Pung's wife could not
keep th- secret, and, the story reaching
Yen Nang's cars. he examined the regis
ter. pulled out the piece of paper. and
PuEg's life was ended at that moment.