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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11

ance we saw in a days tour of the
city, and it required some engineering
to make any Roadway with it when
two parties met
Although the business buildings are
seldom more than two stories high (the
residences are usually only one story)
the streets are so narrow and so filled
with signs and advertising banners
that the sun can scarcely find it's way
to the pavement. the stores are mar
row little stalls with the entire front
OPen TO the street. Often there is a
little shrine outside the door where in
cense is burnt and innumerable gods
OF wood, brass and stone are to be seen.
While in their style of dress and IN
their institutions the Chinese are much
the same throughout the empire. they
dIffer considerably in size and color ac-
cOrding to the latitude and in features
according to race history. In the north
the people are lighter and larger than
IN the south, while the men and wO-
men of Manchuria have coarser and
stronger faces than the Chinese. The
people in the north seem to be more
vigorous and warlike and less artistic
than the people in the SOUTH
The shaved forehead and the queue
were prescribed by the Manchu rulers
25O years ago as a sign of subsection.
but they are now a source of pride. and
no greater humiliation can be inflicted
upon one than to cut off his queue In
the northern provinces the men. women
and children wear padded clothes, gen.
orally Of dark blue cotton. The
breeches of the men are tied at the
ankles and the long, narrow coat
reaches almost to the feet. In China
the women also wear trousers. but they
are more like the American article, and
the coat worn by the women is con-
sideTably shorter than that worn by
the men. China is a great Mace for
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11

give still greater security the gates
open into an inclOsed square. While
the walls of the city of Pekin are
the most substantial in the empire.
the walls of Marking, the former capt.
tai, inclOse nearly four times as much
ground. There was a double object
in making the walls of the city ex-
tensive-frst, to provide for future
growth, and, second, to enable the
people to withstand a longer siege.
How we'll the second purpose was
served is shown by the fact that dur
ing the TAPPING rebellion the city of
Making was besieged for Is years
Just outside the walls of the city may
still be seen the eaTthwOrks thrown
UP by the imperial army, which some
times numbered 30, 000-
But it must not be understood that
the capital cities were the only ones
protected by walls. On the contrary.
all the cities are walled; one sees 10
or 20 of these walled cities on the
railroad from Pekin to HankOw and
a number of others on the ride down
the river to Shanghai.
The agricultural population. in
stead of occupying individual farms
as in America, is gathered in little vii
lagos, each home being inclOsed in its
own wall. During the summer the
people swarm out from the cities and
villages and cultivate their little
tracts Of land with the most primitive
tools, carrying the farm products
back to their homes on wheelbarrows
or in baskets balanced on poles. In
the north of China the camel is used
for long distance travel and in the
south we saw the water buffalo draw
ing the pillow, but in China less than
anywhere we have been has man sup
plemented his strength by the strength
of domestic animals.
In the cities the streets are so mar
row that travel by ordinary vehicles
is impossible. In Pekin there are a
few wide streets leading from the
gates through the city and on these
peculiar heavy-wheeIed springIess cart
is used, but most Of the streets are
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
MISTAKEN IDEA.
Chicago Tribune.)

The misguided young man in the check
suit had disturbed the audience by snick-
ering audibIy while the gifted actress was
playing the part of Mary, Queen of Scots.
and the big policeman was leading him
out by the ear.
I've found out, anyhow" muttered the
young man, that laugh and the world
laughs with you is the biggest lie that
ever was DubIiShedt"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
IN THE PHILIPPINEs.

washington Starr
The tariff quOth the native bland,
why should it claim my care.
IT'S nothing, so I understand,
To eat or drink or wear"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
SKEPTICAL.
brooklyn Life.)

brooklyn Life.)
They. say Napoleon could go to sleep
at will-just stopped thinking and fell
asleep"
L doubt that. I've seen lots of peO-
pie who had stopped thinking and most
Of them were awake"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
UNCoMPLIMENTARY SYMPATHY,
Detroit Free Press. }

Wilkins-Fve just INDUCED in a lottery
speculation and it cost me s. to find out
what a fool l ami
Bilkins-What waste of money Any
body would have told you that for moth
ing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11
ONE OR THE OTHER.

philadelphia Press.)
4 don't know whether she has shaken
him or promised to marry him.
''Why?"
He has stopped tuyirg extrava CANT
Presents for her"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11

along with as little thought of change
as the ancient race whom he serves.
In Canton the streets are not wide
enough for the 'rikisha and both the
pony and the donkey are conspicuous
by their absence. The sedan chair.
borne by coolies, was the only convey
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11

Dyer-Higbee is in a fix.
Ryer-Whats the trouble?
Dyer-He doesn't know whether to go
through the bankruptcy court or sell his
auto
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11

royal monopoly in ponies), but the
most popular saddle animal is the pa
tient donkey. 1t looks ludicrous to
see fat Chinaman perched upon the
rump of one of these tiny beasts, but
there seems to be entire harmony be-
tween the two. and the donkey trudges
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11

Copyright 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Copyright in Great Britain-All Rights
ReSeTVed.)
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11

Copyright. 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.I
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-03-11


Before speaking of the people, a
word should be said in regard to the
Great Wall It extends from the
ocean westward along the northern
boundary of China proper for a dis
tance of about 1,500 miles, climbing
in its tortUOus course hills and noun
tains, one more than 5000 feet high.
It is about % feet thick at the base
and 10 at the top and varies from 10
to so in height. It is made of earth
with a shell of stone or large brick to
hold the earth in place. The watch
towers built at intervals along the
line add to its imposing appearance
and make it an object of historic in
terest, although a large part Of the
wall has fallen into decay and in some
places only q ridge of dirt remains
This wall was constructed about 200
years before the Christian era as a
protection against the hostile tribes of
the north, and for many centuries it
answered its purpose, although today
it only suggests a tremendous waste
of labor.
But the Great Wall imposing as it is
because of its length, is inferior in
height, thickness and construction to
some of the city walls. The wall of
the city Of Pekin, for instance, is
about so feet high and 40 feet wide
at its base, and is kept in excellent
repair. The wall incloses what is
known as the Tartar city and is near
" four miles. square. Huge watch
towers rise above each gate, and to
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-27
TURNED ON THE REFEREE.
Turtles Objected to His interruption
 of Their Fight.

Milton J. Vreeland, a farmer living near Pine Brook, N. J., was nearly drowned in the Pass;ac river yester. day as the result of his acting as ref cree between two snapping turtles. says the New York World. Vreeland who was in a canoe, watched the bout for minute or two and then decided that it was time for the combatants to break away.
 He padded up to them, reached over the side, caught them by the tails, one in each hand, and swung them into the canoe-one in the bow, the other in the stern of the frail craft. But the turtles did not accept this decision. They wanted to fight on. and being unable to get at each other they at tackled the self-appointed referee.
 The farmer had found it an easy matter to catch hold of the turtles tails when they were in the water, but 1t was impossible now with the canoe to keep on an even keel. He caught up the paddle and with this managed to beat off his assailants for awhile, but at last the canoe capsized. As it did so one of the turtles dealt the farmer a blow in the back just below the belt. It clung to the place on the trousers where it had snapped and Vreeland found he could not swim.
 He says himself he would have gone 10 the bottom but for Frank Jacobus, who turned a bend in the river in a canoe and lowed man and turtles ashore.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-27
Eccllsh Di.tetic FadsL

'f men grimly eat to live. they will not live long," says Dr. Thomas La. throp Stedman. in a protest against the desperate seriousness with which the present generation regards its food. Dr. Stedman suggests that peo. pie should eat what they like. "Appe. tite." he says. ifs as necessary to di. sestion as is mastication. and what is eaten without relish is with difficulty. If at all, assimilated. for the stomach despises unsavory stuff and refuses to secrete sufficient fluid for it's diges- tion.-
 The dietetic crank. he adds, is saved from the otherwise inevitable results of his folly by the fact that his enthusiastic appreciation of the un. savOry food which he is persuaded will assure him strength and long life gives him a taste for it. and so the motherly stomach provides an aburd. ance of gastric juice of the proper com position.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-27
Earth eecouiuo s c.s.rt

That the earth Is becoming a des- eTt and that it is only a matter of time when it will he a desolate waste. was the statement made by Prof Lowell in a lecture before the Lowell institute at the Massachusetts insti- ute of technology.
 The water contained by the earth is passing gradually o7 into inter-stellar space. and the great deserts such as the sahara and those in Arizona are increasing h sire much more rapidly than most people think.
 According to Prof Lowell. what were once veIl populated valleys in the region of the Sahara. is nov a dry. sandy vsste- h Mars similar changes have been taking place. and the planet is ror about threeeishrhs desert--Bosto1 GloeeL
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-27
GLAD HE WAS KIND.
Passengers Wanted Conductor to Put
 Dying Man Of Car.

Manchester, Nov 21.-William F. Madden of this place was the conduc- tor on the car that carried George Brackatt, whose sudden death was reported yesterday morning. to Rock vile. If some of the people on the car had had their way Bracket would have died by the roadside. Soon after Bracket boarded the car MT Madden noticed that he looked i'll and few minutes later he had ev- cry reason to believe that he was. He was so weak that he could hardly walk and several times he had to go to the rear platform where he was aided by the conductor.
 Several of the passengers on the car thought the man was drunk and said that he ought to be put off the car. The conductor was the object of much abuse because he did not put him off.
 Later when he learned of his death he was thankful that he had not ta- ken the advice of some of the passen- gers on the trip.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-27
sRooKLYH BRIEFS.

Joe Evans and Ernie Blansneld went hunting yesterday; not saying what they caught.
 David Fitzpatrick of Providence, R. l., is visiting his parents who re- side in this section.
 There will be a whist party and dance in Music hall on Thursday evening for the benefit of the piano fund of the Town Plot school.
 The handball league of the Brooklyn Athletic club was such a success last season that plans are be- ing made for the reorganization of the league. Last season Edmunds and Picquignot were returned the winners and received suitable trO- phies for capturing first place. They played a corking good game during the entire series and were not de- feated in single game.
 The tickets for the annual dance of the Brooklyn Athletic club at Eagles hall on Thanksgiving night are selling rapidly and 1t is expected that one of the biggest crowds that have ever attended this yearly event will be persent. The floor is now in the best of condition and the music will be of the kind tha good dancers enjoy. The committee has been work ing hard to make the affair success. That Hans Rasmussen Is quick in accomplishing things was made evident by the removal of the pole of the Connecticut Railway and Light ing company from tho corner of Highland and Avon avenues. The pole was few feet out of the way and was a nuisance to drivers, con- sequently the Town Plot Improve ment society at recent meeting dis cu5sed the matter and appointed Hans committee of one to see that it was set in it's proper place. He | immediately got the wires working and in about a weeks time had the pole put down in proper manner. Although he did not have to wait in the church, still William Richenbach, who lives over near Mid dlebury, did not have his expected wife when he came out of St Joseph's s Lithuanian church this morning. She was still hanging on his arm, but he was disgusted and vowed to have ! nothing more to do with the woman, so it is said. What his fiancees name | is could not be learned. but William
 has been courting her for some time. To-day was the wedding day, and William was to be the happiest man
 in town. Bright and early he was
 up and not long after he was speed l ing in hack toward Brooklyn. He went to the home of his bride-to-be and she was waiting, decked in her Fbriday costume. The party proceeded
 to the church and as they walked down the aisle the face of William shone like a sunbeam A few minutes later it was like a muddy street on wet day. When the priest came to | administer the matrimonial vows the
 woman refused to take them. She gave no reason for her actions and notwithstanding the efforts of her suitor she would not relent, so there was nothing left for the party to do but leave the church, which 1t did. William is almost heartbroken.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-27
.LONEBANDITDOWNED'
Truehart of California Caught { a Tartar.
HAD ROBBED TRAVELLERS OF S2,0oO

Conductor Heywood on Kansas City
 Capture of Robber In Face
 of His Revolver.
 KANSAS CITY, Mo, Nov. 27.-One of the most daring train robberies in the history of the southwest was com mitted 100 miles east of Kansas City shortly after midnight. Between Slat- CT and Armstrong, Mo, distance of twenty-one miles, a masked man sin glehanded robbed twenty passengers in three cars of the fast eastbound combination Chicago and Alton Chi- cago, Burlington and Quincy passenger train. After half an hours work he secured approximately $2,oO0. besides several watches and other pieces of jewelry.
 When the robber had systematically robbed the passengers in the smoker of their belongings he passed to the door, keeping them covered. It was twenty-five minute run from Slater to Glasgow, and he awaited the arrival at the latter place. AS the train stop ped at Glasgow he swung off and boarded the chair car as it rushed by moment later. Through the chair car the robbers tactics in the smoker were repeated. Next he entered a sleeper and commanded the luckless passengers to surrender their valu- ables.
 Conductor Haywood appeared upon the scene here, and the robber, with the command, 'sThrow up your hands!' pointed his revolver at the conductors breast. Instead of complying the con ductor, quick as flash, knocked the revolver from the robbers hands, threw himself upon the man and bore him to the car floor. The two men struggled flercely, while the passengers were instantly in panic. Finally the dozen male passengers in the car came to the conductors aid, and the robber was literally pinned to the floor.
 "Gentlemen, the jig's up," he said. I'm Truehart from California. There was only one man on the train. He's too good to be train conductor"
 Then he laughed as though it were all great joke, and a search of his pockets was begun. They were stuffed with greenbacks and watches and chains.
 Tine train was stopped at Glasgow, where it was learned that a passenger agent down the line had seen the masked man going through the cars as the train passed and had telegraphed ahead. Plans had been made to cap ture the robber when the train was Jagged. The engineer recognized True hart as the man who robbed a train in exactly the same place and in the same w0v On Nov
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-27
DIAMONDS THAT ARE LOST.
Many Valuable Stones Which DisaD'
 eNpear. Never to Be Recovered.

At what figure can we estimate the diamonds that get lost? One can only reply approximately. Although fr seems enormous, it appears that one can place at 15 per cent the dia- monds that no longer belong to any, body.
 First of all, what do we mean by lost diamonds! When a stone goes astray it generally occurs that, if, the owner does not find it again, it has fallen into other hands. It is not lost to commerce. It is not thus, however, when a diamond, badly set. for example. falls to the ground. At least unless 1t be of size sufficiently important to attract attention one must see there is little chance of it being saved.
 In the city it goes directly into the gutter and thence to the sewer. In the country. on the main road, it be- comes covered up by the pebbles and earth that are stirred up by vehicles and pedestrians. One can feel sure in this case the gems are lost to the world and will never return to use fulness.
 But. one will say. we are still far from the Is per cent given as the actual loss of diamonds. There are. after all. not such a great number that get lost and are never found again. That is true. but it Is neces- sary to take into account numerous other sources of loss. such as those occurring in fires. shipwreck. etc. Again. there are persons who express kn their wills the formal desire to be Secoratei with their jewels when dead. This is customary in some coun- tries.
 All these causes explain easily how nearly a sixth of the diamonds can completely disappear.
 The Bank of France every year has a big balance coming from bills that are never presented for payment It is therefore not at all surprising that the same should happen with preci- ous stones.
 Tn this reckoning are not connut- ef the losses arising from recruiting The spiinteref fragments and pieces are servicszbie still in some way or ofher. We do not admit bort. black diamonds and diamonds usei in the Industries. but refer only to gem eusiEties-
 One night mention the zs per cent Indicated by the loss on rose cut fones- Of all stones these roses Dow the greatest loss.-Le Diaua1t-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-27
NUTMEG GRATlNes
Interesting Items Boiled Down for
 Our Busy Readers.

The schools in Canaan have closed on account of an epidemic of diph- theria. They will open December 3 If the number of cases does not in- crease.
 Beacuse it did not bring an income the realty near East Rock, New Ha- ven, known as College woods. has been sold by Yale university for s100.000. This sale places the prop erty in the city's grand list.
 ThrSe men were almost instantly killed and five were seriously injured late yesterday by the collision of a work car crowded with Italian labor CTS on the railroad and a string of three heavily loaded gravel cars. in the upper end of the Cedar Hill yards of the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad at New Haven. The dead are: Peter Megono, Tomasso Soca, Dominick Distino.
 John o'Brien of Groton made a find at old Fort GrisvoId in Groton last week The Groton monument commission has recently decided to improve some of the portions of the old fort enclosure which have fallen down and the contract for the work was awarded to Michael O'Brien of Grotou. His son. John O'Brien. was directing the work of replacing a portion of a fallen wall On the south side of the old fort. overlooking the never portion. when the diEzers came upon an old cannon ball which has lsin buried iu the soil since the Revolution The bah weighed sev- enfeen and one-half pounds and vss but a short distance below the sur face It vas taken out and vfIl be preserved
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-27
Public Market,
Y. sI. c. A. BUILDING BURNED.
Janitor and Family Rescued by Fire
 men-General Alarm Turned In.
PHONE SOP.

New Britain, Nov 27.-The Y. NJ. c. A. building was burned early this morning. The blaze started in the rear end of the main building at the corner of Main and Court streets. near the corridors which connect 1t with the C. s. Landers Memorial gymnasium. The origin of the fire is not known. but seems to have started in the second or third story.
 The total loss is about s100. 900. The Y. M. C. A. carried a good in- surance.
 The alarm was sent in through box : by Samuel Danforth. The upper part seemed to burst into flame and 1t seemed to be a great mystery hov the blaze could have gotten such a start without having been discovered. The building is In the heart of the city.
 A general alarm was sounded. call ing out the whole city fire depart ment. Soon after the P. 4 F. Corbin factory whistle was sounded to call out the Corbin fire brigade to help the city department
 Fred Nave. Janitor of the build ing. his wife. his mother-in-lav and his sister-in-lzv, lived in a tenement on the fifth floor. They appeared in a window h the top floor Of the building and appealed for help. Fire men put up ladders and with much dificuIty managed to bring them all down They were nearly overcome and had a narrow escape. the whole building beneath them being a mass of flames They were the only oecu- pants
 The first foor is occupied by the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co and the New Hardware eity Trust corpora- ton
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-11-27
BUSINESS FOR LAWYERS
old Case Begun in Superior Court
 the RosenbIau Case.

The case of Thomas H. Hayes against Attorney Nathaniel R. Bron- son was begun to-day before Judge Case and jury in the superior court. The case has been in court long time and has been to the supreme court on writ of error. The su- preme court found for MT Hayes and allowed new trial.
 V The contention is to this effect: Tn June, 1895, R. Rpthschild & Son Co of New York replevined certain saloon fixtures from Gardiner F.. Gould, who kept saloon where Cone's drug store is now located. At torney Bronson claims MT Hayes went bond for the Rothschild people, while MT Hayes's contention is that he went on MT Bronson's bond as surety, while MT Bronson himself was princi- pal ball for the Rothschilds. Pending the tria of the suit the Rothschllds went into insolvency and MT Gould sued MT Hayes as bondsman for them and obtained judgment for some $S,- O87.53. Gould subsequently went out of business. He was we'll known here as Captain Gould, his previous business having been captain of a whaling vessel from New Bedford. Mass. The amount of the judgment MT Hayes is in this suit endeavoring to recover from Mir Bronson.
 The case is very interesting. Bur pee and Ely appear for MT Hayes and Henry c. Stoddard of New Haven ap- pears for MT Bronson. MT Hayes claims damages of $5,000.