The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-01-24

feeli 81 one no has Ed L. me
pfesence OF Christ and tlia : q u Of a 3
sins are f0rgi This Isl the ms
form o paving resi- to the deity
Ein China
The city o. IcliaEgs ted on the
head waters ot the famous Yang re
river. is the most historie and odorred
| spot IA an OF China. When you get
your eye cast upon 1t you behold one
tof the greatest wonders OF the world
more enduring than Babylon, more
ifhrilafng chan Santiago in the days Of
the refsn or Calipb Harbuu, and more
age denying than all the tempt and
castles OF Rome added together. Here
It was where the great and noble em-
t!peror sung was born, and here IN THIS
haIlowed spot each year the Chinese
gather tp pay homage 90 the n1aI y q
successfully reigned over them for 80
long where ne received the training
that made him the fair emperor thai
he was known the world over to be
During my stay in China have
gathered q chest of the most anctent
coins that could possibly be gath ered
IN any part of the world, even by TAR
the oldest tne1istence During my
first trip around the world gathered
fcoins OF all nationalities though notnT
ing In comparison TO what nave
1k5tN 9%@ACAS
and before feturn to my native city
1 VIII have the finest collection OF
coins that anyone can possibly gatheI.
have coins from the wilds OF Africa,
coins from the wilds of the great sa-
Ihara desert and from the widest part
tof Siberia / have gathered specimens
that are worth their weight In gold
Ny most valuable collection came
from the wild and desolate country OF
Tibet and Yunnan- Here gathered
what is known as the man eater coins.
4 coin that is used solely among the
natives in the buying and selling OF
their goods. / have spears that are
the pride of all great cprto hunters,
and my collection OF coins and cnrtos
has been pronounced by experts TO pc
the hest in the world In order to get
this fine collection have travelled no
less than 75 600 miles and on more
chan one occasion have deliberately
taken my life in my own hands yet 4
have came through 1t all without
scratch. / have travelled over roads
and streams that in America wouia pc
called impossible
L have in my possession silks and
drawn work that range in age of from
City to 300 years old. have gathered
many fine specimens of lace during,
the late rebellion that took place In
China, and have seen silk and drawn
work torn from the frame from where
1t had been hanging for as mucn as
two centuries, and during the great
fire that reigned in the southern halt
Of the province Of Yuccan, the emma
men in order to save their faces ano
silks from the horde of looters that
infested the country buried it and
some of it remained in the ground tor
ave years, yet it came out in fine con-
dition. and was restored to Its old
place in the frame where 1t had nung
for years. ,
cinity of $50 years old. The age OF
silks and laces is usually told by the
color It bears when dug up Inc
greatest needle work. in the world
comes from China. and only N LARS .sai,,
and London can one see the tine specl-.
mems OF laces on exhibition from the
ancient Chinese In my cruise around
the world / have endeavored to gather
things that would interest the people
Al home. and / firmly believe that when
L Mace my entire lot on exhibition IN
my own home town that the people
will marvel at the wonderful collec-
ton that / have gathered, II expect
to return to Clarksburg some tune II
March. 1914. Then IL 1t is fair weather
4 Il
at some convenient spot.
IN conclusion want to say g rev
words about the cruelty of animals
that have witnessed in my travels
around the world, and ! am sure y
will not come amies TO the animal low
ers that are In my home town
Now | will tell you about the cruelty
to human beings instead OF tnaJ o.
animals as you call them, though II
China man is not as good as human Ell
as YOU shall see from my statement I.
which is absolutely true, and wnlcn
/ will substan tate with when come
to Clarksburg BY showing the phoIos.
In the wilds of China have seen ana
known that live persons were KEPT
| hanging by their toes in dungeon
for DAYS at a time or until death came
and claimed the victim OF the most
heinous offense OF torture, and on other
occasions hae seen them lead out
tied hand and foot and their heaas
cut of with big axe. pretty mucn
IN the same manner that you would
| cut a chickens. head on. At other
times / have seen them chained To-
pefher alive aud floating in the river
tiIat runs about ten miles an hour,
/ They only stay above the water g rev
I moments and then sink never TO re-
turn to the surface again. nave seen
icats and dogs drowned in pretty much
lthe same manner at home The great
! Yam etze river. the Amazon OF the
world. is deserving of its name Tor u
tis a very large river and Is the swift
lest river in the world The Chinamap
diners from any person when ne y