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WOMAN AND HOME
Bicyiing has become such a favorite
sport among women, says the Detroit
Journal, that the sight of a trim figure in
short skirts or very wide knickerbockers
gliding gracefully along the wide streets of
The larger cities or dashing along a coun
try road on shining steel is not uncommon.
For those who have not the hardihood to
wear divided skirts aneat costume is given.
A light-blue flannel blouse, with the addi
tion of a dark-blue cloth sleeveless jacket
and small waterproof cape for wet or did
weather; dark-blue cloth short skirt with
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large pleats in front to allow plenty of
room for movement of the limbs. Under
the skirt wide knickerbockers are worn,
buttoned below the knee to keep out Hie
dust. A small straw bat or peaked cup
completes the costume. A more service
able suit for long excursions may be mr-dc
by using a light brown woolen skirt and
packet and fawn-colored flannel blouse.
Sateen Bedspreads.
There are sateens to be found on bar
gain counters as beautiful in design and
with all the gloss of silk goods which
mayhap you would scarcely fancy in a
gown unless you were a Dolly Varden,
says a New York exchange, out which
would make most charming bedspreads
and curtains.
Recently one of these si-reads was seen
on a white enameled iron bed, and it
would be hard to find anything daintier.
The creamy ground of the sateen had
sprays of fine pink and pale blue flowers,
lied with wandering ribbons of the same j
yellow olive tinne as the foliage of the j
flowers. A valance of this was gathered i
on a tape, aud every three or four inches a j
button was eewed corresponding with a i
bit of tape sewed to the mattress, in i
which was worked, a buttonhole. The j
valance was thus buttoned on securely all
around, and could easily be taken off to be !
washed.
The spread had a double frill four inches
wide all around it, which hung just to the
edge of the valance, and was long enough
to be carried up over the round day bolster.
In making the bed draw the spread close
to the bolster, press it in aud then carry it
over.
A room with a dressed-up bed like this
should always have some sort of a loung
ing chair or small divan, and for this you
can find no more serviceable covering
than a real Bagdad rug.
Tiie window curtains were of the sateen
and lined with old rose silesia. Perhaps
Bilkoline. if it could have been found to
match, would have been prettier.
Baby Shoe Pincushion.
The shoe used for a pincushion was but
toned and th( stuffed with cotton until it
was quite hard. Over the oDening at the
top a covering was made of a piece of
one of the child's dresses, and a quilling of
ribbon was put about the edge. The toe
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of the other shoe was stuffed back to the |
middle of the instep : then a piece of stiff
pasteboard was made round, so as to slip
into the ankle of the shoe and hold it stiff. I
It was lined with silk, and from the top
was an extension of the silk with a draw
string, the edge of the shoe was finisned
with ribbon quilling like the other. The
shoes had been red kid, and the mother i
had a kind of varnish with which she |
colored them when they seemed to grow
rusty. The two shoes were firmly gummed j
to the little china plate which the child
had always used, ana the whole thing j
made a dainty memento of one so dearly |
loved. If the shoes have been black they i
can be renewed with shoe varnish; if they i
have been white you can clean them with i
gasoline, and any one bandy with a needle j
can fix them up.— Toledo Record.
Midsummer Hats.
For afternoon wear at garden parties
and other summer fetes young women
wear Leghorn hats trimmed with chiffon,
taffeta ribbon bows, and ostrich tips.!
Pink chiffon loosely twisted around the I
crown and knotted on the right side, with j
a Prince of Wales group of black tins on j
Hie left side, makes a charming trimming
easily arranged by the amateur I
milliner. A front bow of chiffon is simple !
and effective if made large, light and soft- j
looking. It should have the loops very j
far apart, with the folds between holding I
a buckle of cut steel instead of being
closely strapped. The ribbon bow of j
taffeta is usually posed on the left side. I
and consists of three large stiff loops and i
two standing ends, all tied in one strap, |
and all pointing in different directions.
Imported Leghorn hats have a space of I
three or four inches of the brim cut out
across the back, and are worn far back on
the head. This leaves a flaring brim iv
front, which leaves an iuside trimming
of flower^, or a twist oi ribbon resting
on the hair. Seven or eight pinnies*,
black, pink or yellow, are then mounted
on the crown, and the whole effect
is that of the picturesque Empire bonnet.
Other imported hats of Leghorn have the
brim covered with applique lace gathered
next the crown, the scalloped cage falling
just over the brim. A single large bow of
pink satin ribbon is iv frout of the crown.
1 while aubergine roses of satin and velvet !
I petals are posed around the crown aud l
! drooping in the back.
Black hats are of Leghorn straw dyed a
! dull black, or else they are of chip or Hie
very .light Neapolitan braids. The bluet- |
j blue velvet poppies trim black hats taste.
I fully when massed on the left side amid a
torsade of tulle of the same hue. White
and black trimmings on black hats are
commended for elderly ladies. Thus there
are cboux of wnite mull on the
sides, while across the back is a
large bow of white and black rib
bon in alternate stripes of gros grain
and satin. If a bit of color is desired a
bunch of cherries is added or some glow
ing red poppies, or else the dark auber
gine roses that are again in great favor.
White violets in clusters beside other
bunches ol black violets are also used on
these shade hats. Black liberty satin
makes a more serviceable trimming than
mull or tulle, when arranged in torsades
and rosettes, aud will be worn late in the
season before autumn hats are ready.
Harper's Bazar.
Perfumed Bathrobe.
One means of imparting to her lovely
person a suggestion of flowery fragrance
is the perfumed batlnobe that milady
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THE -IOK_>T_.G CALL, SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JULY 29. 1594.
slips into as soon as she steps from liar
full-length bath, lt is a sweet creation in
eiderdown or silk, and is interlined with
the finest quilting, upon which has been
sprinkled with a lavish hand some deli
cious sachet-powder. By this dainty mode
the sweetness of Alpine violets or helio
trope that, nestles in every frill and fold of
the fair Eve's faces and ribbons invests
the body in a wonderfully fascinating way
that appeals at once to the maid or matron
who rejects the, strong extracts and dis
tinctive perfumesjof the day.
Souvenir Pillows.
The craze for souvenir pillows is super
seding th "t of souvenir spoons, writes a
contributor to the Times of Philadelphia.
They are of all shapes, sizes and mater
ials, from gingham to costly brocade, and
they must have a meaning. One young
woman has sota pillows made from pieces
of each dress in her wedding trousseau.
A romantic matron shows one made from
the dress which she wore on her first meet
ing with her "liege lord;" another of the
gown worn when he asked the all-import
ant question; a third from a piece of the
wedding dress, and the sweetest of all
from baby's christening robe.
One collection in a city studio is made
entirely of ginghams and percales; the
handsomest being of percale, a white
ground with red poppies scattered over ir,
the material costing ten cents a yard.
Many pillows are embroidered with the
owner's crest as on note paper or table
linen.
Men, or at least bachelors, ore forced
into the craze, young women presenting
them with pillows sufficient to "ease their
hard lot in life." One young fellow has
his room decorated with pillows made from
the flags of every nation. In some circles
heart-shaped engagement pillows have
taken the place of engagement cups.
For Serving Claret.
The proper vessel for serving claret is
no longer a decanter, but a jus with
handle and lid. The latest and hand
somest are of cut glass, mounted on heavy
silver, and are really beautiful, as well as
fashionable. Their cost is, of necessity,
large, and only the few can hope to pos
sess any of the better sort, but they are
good to look upon and they set a standard
of worth Ii at must have a beneficial effect
upon oven the manuiactuters of a cheaper
grade. Truly, if we hove wealth there is
little merit in sotting a table that is in
itself a vision of beauty. Tho art manu
factures have become so improved and the
factories send forth such delightful things
that with money in the purse we must be
blind, indeed, to fail of accomplishing a
desirable end.
For the Promenade.
Toilet of beige embroidered batiste; ac
cordion-pleated flounce of plain material;
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overskirt and top revers of embroidered
batiste; double rever and belt of black
moire.— Brooklyn Eagle.
Fernery in the Fireplace.
Look after your deserted fireplace. It
offers great possibilities in a decorative
way. At present it Is the most forlorn
spot about the house. You miss the bril
liant glow of coals or the merry crackle of
burning logs, and the Japanese umbrella,
though extremely cay in tint and design,
hides in stiff fashion the yawning gup
made by the absence of cold-weather
cheeriness.
If you live in the country or just noon
the suburbs of a big city, you will not have
very much trouble to secure fresh-looking
grasses and bits of flourishing greenery,
the only outlay being a little time, strength
and energy. As most women consider it
fun rather than labor to attend to decora,
tive details, the bit of woodland beauty
smuggled into the home in this way is au
altogether fascinating affair.
When obliged to depend upon the florist
for aid. you can fit up a fireplace fernery
at a comparatively small cost by using a
little judgment. "Select your ferns and let
them be hardy ones. The tender varieties
are worthlesss. A trip through the city
market some sunshiny morning will give
you a very pretty choice of foliage plants,
and you will find them less expensive than
those sold in the shops.
You must first get a box long enough
and wide enough to fit the fireplace. This
rests on the floor. It is also punctured
with several holes for drainage, and a
shallow Dan is placed under the box to re
ceive the water. The front of the box
may be decorated in any way preferred.
Sometimes it is enameled in a pretty shade I
of green, and sometimes decorated with j
brush and paints. Fill the box nearly to
the top with a rich soil and then plain your
ferns. Vines that thrive in the shadiest
forest nooks are the ones to select. Let
them be good runners, so that they may
be trained to climb over the mantel. Ivy
is especially pretty for this purpose.— St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The New Finger- Bowl.
This new finger -bowl design consist? of
a double bowl, says the New York Re
corder, one within another of a fluted
pattern, arranged so as to contain both j
water and flowers. It is made in smoked
chrysolite tints, a delicate lemon color
shading to a soft gray white.
Electric Beads.
Beaded lace is the newest feature of the
season's trimmings, the tendency being to
make lace look as much like passementerie
as possible. The groundwork is wrought
out with various colored beads and se
quins, which seem to reign supreme in the
world of trimmings. They appear on every- j
thing where a "glitter" is required, and
they are to be had in all the bright colors
as well as the soft, subdued tints. All
sorts of beads in crystal, satin, jet and
colors are blended with them in gorgeous
harmony. Black or wnite gauze net are
sometimes the foundation for this kaleido
scopic combination, and it varies in width
i to suit nearly every style of trimming.
i Silver sequins and crystal bends make a
lovely decoration for a white satin gown.
Among the newest trimmings are can
vas bands covered thickly with electiic
beads and drops of seauin3. and moire
satin aud velvet bands more or les* em-
I broidered with jet beads which finish the
I edge and form a pattern through tbo cen- j
j ter. For an example of the elaborate use
I of Jet is a dress composed of broadly j
striped white moire and black satin. Ehcli J
stripe of white is embroidered from the i
waist nearly to the knees with hue jet I
beads and spangles. The bodice of plain J
black satin has wide revet* of the stripe j
powdered with jet and opening over a soil j
front of deep yellow chiffon inserted with i
lines of yellow-tinted lace. The collar is !
of yellow velvet.— Boston Advertiser.
The Art of Getting On.
1 recall with shame bow earnestly and !
how vainly a well-wisher of mine, an cmi- ;
nent publisher, tried many years "ago to
impress this fact upon my mind: "'Yon
j will succeed," he used to say, "us soon as |
you produce what somebody wants, but j
I not so long as your merit is ouly that of a
I woman who is struggling." In common
| with a great many other women not
brought, up to work I had a vague sort of j
idea that my misfortunes were a passport
and would gain me an income. Let me
assure every woman eimilarly placed that
they never will. Sympathy is readily
awakened, but it is in the nature of things
short-lived. Eespect for effort earnest and
continued is a much better ally. In an ex
perience ranging over many years, I must
honestly say that every time I have failed
it has been through my own ignorance and
incompetency, and that my success has
been built up upon failures many and se
vere. The best equipment that either
men or women could have is definite
knowledge, if it be only of one
thing. The first question I ask those who
come to me tor advice is, "What can you
do?" If the answer is, as it almost in
variably proves to be, "Anything." my
heart fills with despair for the applicant.
in the money-making world "anything"
means "nothing," it is overrun with a vast
army of iucapables ready to rush in and
undertake "anything." What Is needed is
some one who can do something, as op- j
posed, to any one who can do anything, j
Competency is the only equipment that is
worth anything nowadays. — Lippiucott's !
Magazine.
To Clean Feathers.
White or light colored feathers can be
washed in benzine without losing their
curl or color. They should be swung in
tho air until dry. Another plan lor white i
feathers is to wash them in warm water !
and caslile soap, rinse three times to re- |
move fully all the soap, pass through a i
warm solution of oxalic acid and then
lightly starch. Dry in a warm room by
lightly beating eacli feather against the
hand or near the fire. To curl ostrich
feathers, have a dull knife with the top
hollowed out near the point, if you are
going to make a business of it. Hold>your
feather over a fire, but not sufficiently
near to scorch it, shaking it gently until
warm; then, holding Hie feather in the
loft baud, place the fiber of the feather
between the thumb and knife edge and
draw it along quickly, curling the end
only. If feathers are damp nt any time
the curl may be retained by holding the
hut over the fire and waving it until dry ;
then^ilace in a cool room for the fibers to i
stiffen. Feathers may also be curled
over a knife held near a hot flatiron, the
heat making the curl more durable. A
little blue iv the, water in which white
feathers are washed improves the color.—
Philadelphia Times.
A Girl Wants to Know.
The girl with the inquiring mind is up
to her old tricks again. .She wants to
know: ♦
Why is it that when you hate a cirl or a
man with au especially big, full-grown
hate you are forever running int.o her or
him at every corner, lunchroom, streetcar
—in fact, he or she haunts you like an un
paid dentist's bill
Why is it that the lamps will burn like
veritable beacon lights except on those
evenings when you have company, and
then they sputter and flare up and other
wise conduct themselves with an air of
perfect imbecility?
Why is it that an invitation to any sort
of a social gathering is the signal for a cold
to descend upon you and make you wish
you were not only dead but buried beneath
a granite monument ?
Why is it that shoes can't be made un
squeakable? If there's one thing more
tnan another that will drive a girl to soda
water and other forms of dissipation it is
squeaky shoes. £$_$
Why is it that a girl never remembers
the big tear in her best frock uu til sho is
just ready to gel into the dress.
Why is it that we can't be all bright and
witty like that horrid, pretty best friend
of ours?— Chicago Record.
Blue-Stocking Luncheon.
That was a pretty luncheon which was
given by a fashionable woman to half a
dozen literary friends not long auo. The
favors and decorations were unique, and
some one under similar circumstances
may like to imitate them. In the center
of the table stood a mound of pink roses
and ivy, and on the top of this stood a
stuffed white owl, holding a pearl-handled
pen in his beak. At each plate, except
that of the hostess, whose only tie with
literature is her appreciation of it, was a
little dark-blue silk stocking, stuffed with
rose leaves, the tops being tied up with
pale blue ribbons, which also held two
pink roses and a bunch of while quills. .%;
Every name-card had a water-color
drawing of inkpot and pen in one corner
and a little row of books in the other, on
the backs of whicn were the titles of such
books as the lady whose name the card
bore had given to the world. The invita
tions to this collation contained a request
that the recipient would take part in a
blue-stocking luncheon. A quaint conceit,
altogether, was it not?— New York Re
corder.
The Rabbit Foot Fad.
The latest fad among the fair sex in this
region is to wear a rabbit's 'loot. 1 have
seen several young ladies who were equip
ped with this sort of an amulet. It is
handsomely set in gold and used as a clasp
pin for holding a wrap. The orthodox
rabbit's foot baa to be from an animal
killed in a graveyard in the dark of the
moon, botween the hours of 11 and 1
o'clock, when the ghosts walk. Whether
those that 1 have seen were procured at
that witching hour or whether the fair
wearers procured them themselves I am
unable to say. If the fad spreads the
graveyard rabbit will have a hard time of
it.— Louisvill6 Courier-Journal.
Notes.
The black satin violets of the winter
and spring, have been replaced for mid
summer hats by white satin ones. They
are massed in huge overtopping bunches.
The gay Inverness capes are the pret
tiest of all the cool-day wraps of the sea
son. They are almost a necessity with the
Dig sleeves, and in deep red or fawn
brown, with plaid or peachblow silk lin
ing's, and the straps which let them fly
without drooping are very fetching.— New j
York Times. '
WHY CHILDREN GO BAREFOOT.
My mamma read In the papers
How the English children do,
dt old Mr. Gladstone's darling
Granddaughter. Dorothy Drew.
She -oes barefooted— such doings—
At first it shocked mamma so.
She now thinks it perfectly lovely,
Because it 13 English, yon Know.
I'm just as clad that this girlie.
This little maid far away.
Was told about, In the papers,
For I am barefoot to-day.
My feet are cool in the grasses,
l run barefooted and grow.
II couldn't be any nicer
Because 'tis English, you know.
—Elizabeth Cherry Hairk In Womankind.
HEAVEN OR BOSTON.
flliss Blank Was Too Erudite to Read
Low-Down Novels.
A few weeks ago one of Hie dealers at the '
Fulton Market engaged a young woman to fill I
the position of bookkeeper. Before' long be
noticed that when . vet a customer went od to the '
desk to pay she was found to _ deeply ah- j
sorbed in a book.
"She's reading a novel," thought the dealer, j
But day after day went by and the booK ap- 1
peared to hold her attention as absorbingly as
ever. The young woman's haoit of reading
annoyed customers, who did uot like to be
kept waiting for their change. So the dealer
decided to speak to her about it.
"See here. Miss Blank." he began, "I don't
like to have you read novels during business
; hours." ...
The young woman looked un lv astonish-
I ment.
"I am not reading a novel," she replied. "I ;
I never do read tnetn."
"Then what is that book you keep your eyes
on ail the ttnie?"
"Why. it's Euclid."
"Aud who wrote It?"
Th' the young woman, In a streak of treat
j compassion, explained that she was studying
i geometry.
"And do you keep that sort of a thing up all
the lime ?" her employer demanded.
"Certainly, sir."
"Miss Blank. I don't believe a young lady of
your tastes will suit me for a bookkeeper.
Heaven, or Boston, is your home."— New York
Journal. _
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CHINA'S BIG WALL
Its Size, Character and
Appearance in 18p4.
HOW IT WAS BUILT AND LASTS
Something About the Builder of the
Inclosure— Why Me Was Despised
by His Countrymen.
The great wall of China!
What a wonderful structure it is and
how mighty it must have been before the
days of gunpowder and cannon. I have
seen the pyramids, but this massive wall
j Impresses me more forcibly than they.
The greatest of all the pyramids is an im
mense pile of stones, covering thirteen
i acres and reaching to a height less than
'that of the monument of Washington.
; The great wall of China, if the brick and
earth composing it could be carried to
the valley of the Nile, would carpet
the best parts of Egypt, and it is a
work incalculably greater than the monu
ments of the Egyptian kings. I visited it
where it runs through the Mongolian
Mountains, about ninety miles from tho
city of Peking, and I found there an even
more solid structure than tbat at Shan Hai
Kwan, on the edge of the sea. ft begins
here at the head of the Gulf of _ echili and
runs up and down the mountains, clear
across the boundary of Northern China,
separating the country from its vast tribu
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THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA.
tary provinces of Mongolia and Manchuria
till it reaches the great desert of Gobi,
above Thibet. It is more than 1200 miles
long in a straight line, and with its wind
ings up the hills and down the valleys it
measures all told a distance of more than
1500 miles. This wall is about thirty feet
in height, or as tall as a three-story city
house. Its. width at the points where
1 have visited it langes from fifteen
to thirty feet. The average par
lor is not more than fifteen feet
wide, and if you will imagine' a solid
block of three-story houses fifteen feet
deep, built across the United States from
New York to Omaha, you can get a faint
idea of the size of this great wall. Such
a block, however, would be easy to con
struct in comparison with the work needed
for this vast fortification. It would cut
the plains of New York, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois and lowa where the soil has much
clay and where tbe railroads could carry
the materials.
The great wall of China is built right
over the mountains. It climbs no crags so
steeo that the bricks bad. it is said, to be
carried on the backs of goats. It crosses
peaks taller thau the Alleghany mountains
nn<l at one point goes over one which is
five thousand feet above the sea. A large
part of it has a foundation of granite blocks
from two and a half to four feet thick, and
the base of the wall is ten feet wider than
the top. The bricks off which it is made
weigh from forty to sixty pounds, or as
much as a six-year-old boy, and the clay
for these bricks had to be transported long
distances from the interior at some por
tions of the wall. These Pricks are of a
slate color. According to measurement
they are 15 inches long, 9 inches wide and
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Old Gate in the Wall at Kalyan, Two
Thousand Years Old.
about 5 inches thick. They are put to
gether in a solid masonry by means of
lime mortar, and they are built up from
th*» foundation in two walls, each about
three feet thick, running parallel with each
other, the space between being filled with
earth and stone well rammed down. The
top of the wall is paved with these brick?,
and its average width Is about fifteen feet.
It Is everywhere so wide that two two
horse wagon loads of hay could be driven
along it anil the hubs of the two teams
would not touch. Six horses abreast could
beeasily driven upon its paved highway,
and on each side of the road along its
whole fifteen hundred miles of length there
is a brick crenellated wall as high as your
head, which would prevent them falling off
in case of a stampede. At short intervals
the wall is crowned by great two and
three story towers, made of these big blue |
bricks, and at the passes in the mountains j
there are arched gates of stone, some of
which are beautifully carved. Here and j
there the wall is double, a second wall run-
ing over the country some distance back
from the first, and on the peaks near it
there are often watch-towers, in which the
guards stood in time* pant and warned the
soldiers stationed on its ton of the advanc
ing hordes which they spied coming from
the wilds beyond.
Much of the great wall is still in perfect
condition. Standing upon it at the city of
Shan Hai Kwan we could see it climbing
up the Manchunan Mountains, 'jumping
the gorges and scaling the peaks. Gray
with its life of twenty centuries, it seemed
to grasp the earth of the present with its
mighty hand, and where it crossed the
mountains it seemed as imperishable as
the hills whose hoary brows it crown--. At
other places, however, time has gained the
mastery, and nearest the railroad there
is a breach at least 1_ feet wide, and one
side of the wall where it bounds the city
cf Shan Hai Kwan has been almost over
thrown. ' Its sides are covered with moss,
and the grass has grown upon its pave
ments. No .arches now guard it, and it
only remains as a monument of the hun
dreds of thousands of almond-eyed men
who two thousand years ago thus sought
to protect their homes and those of their
descendants from the savages of the north
for all time to come. No one can stand
upon its ramparts ana not be impressed
with the strength of this great Chinese
nation. Seventeen hundred years before
America was discovered; at a time when
our blue-blooded ancestors, halt naked
and altogether savage, were wandering
through the wilds of France, Germany
and .England, when Rome was still a
republic, fighting her last battles
with the Carthaginians; two hundred
years before Christ was born, these,
same Chinese peoole built this mighty
wall. Their history states that it required
an army of 300,000 men to protect the
builders, and millions must have been em
ployed in the undertaking. I have seen
enough of the building of railroads and
other works in China during my present
tour to understand how it was probably
constructed. There was no machinery
used, and few cattle and horses. Every
foot of it was built by man, and in its
1500 miles of mountain climbing there are
to-day bottled up within this structure the
vital force of millions of the Chinese of
the past, a monument to the thought that
while man dies his work remains, as does
the hand that carved the Venus dl Medici
and the pen that wrote Shakespeare and
the _Eneid. These Chinese of two thou
sand years ago probably carried the earth
and stones which formed the filling of the
greater part of the wall in baskets, and
this earth was rammed down by means
of disks of stone or iron as big around as
a half-bushel measure, and from six to
eight inches thick. It is in this way that
the embankments of the railroads are
being built to-day. It • takes eight
men to each of such disks. There
are holes cut about its circumfer
ence, and in these ropes about ten
feet long are fastened. The men stand nt
equal distances about the disk, and by
pulling back raise it and throw it upward
often to a height above their heads and it
falls upon the fresh earth with a thud. A
ninth man often sings a song while these
men thus work, keening time to his music
with the weight, and joining in the chorus,
the weight falling at the end of every verso
and line. It is the same with the packing
of the earth with wooden stamps. Each
man bas one of these of about the weight
of the dasher in an old-fashioned churn,
and the gang of stampers sing as they
work. The bricks were. made by band,
and men and women aided in their laying.
Such wood as was used in the towers was
pulled up by human muscle to the ton of
the wall, and the sawing of the timbers
was with crosscut saws.
The man who began the work was one of
the great men of the world's past. He has
been called the Napoleon of China, and he
to a large extent was the fonnoer of the
Chinese empire. His name was Tsin Chf
Hwangti, and he consolidated tbe many
kingdoms of China into one. He built at
his capital a vast palace, with many build
ings, which were connected by colonnades
and galleries. Each set of these buildings
he had made the exact counterpart of the
palaces of the rulers he had conquered, and
when the whole was completed he brought
them to his capital and kept them there
in state. He built this great wall in ten
years and organized many public, work*.
Like Alexander and Napoleon, he grew
vain as he went on in his conquests, and
he decided that Chinese history should be
gin with him. With this view he commit
ted an act which has made him, in the
eyes of the Chiuese, the most despised and
detested of their Emperors. This was tho
collecting of all the libraries and histories
of China together and burning them. Ho
bad all the conies nf Confucius and Men
cius that could be found committed to the
flames, and for fear that there might be
other books written than such as he de
sired he killed the five hundred most emi
nent of the scholars of his empire. It is
said that not a single perfect copy of the
Chinese classics escaped destruction, and
such as exist to-day are made up from the
parts remembered by scholars who were
not known to the Emperor, and which
were written out after his death.
VnwvK *\ x \__j\A[ij^JjiZ
Copyrighted. 1894.
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A Girl Who Wanted Pictures Taken
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Detroit photographer as she walked in the
other day.
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"And a rish pole?"
"Yes'm."
"And a painted screen for a background?"
"Yes'm."
"Look like Cape May?"
"It does."
! "Can you eet a good-looking young man to sit
I on the boat with me?"
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"Then I want six photos."
"Yes'm. Do you go to the seashore this sum
i mer?"
"Naw. Dad's busted in business, and we've
| got to take cheap board on a farm. I wan . the
i photos just tbe same, you knew. Want 'cm to
j send to a girl friend who Is sick and can't kg
i anywhere this summer. She'll thitiK I'm down
• there all right."
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| there last season and she stole my rammer
i young man away. I want to make her believe
I I've got him nacK. Hurry up with the feller,
[ and tell htm he can sit with one arm around
; me and his mustache touching my ear."—
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