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.V CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JANUARY n, 1800. THE JOYFUL SUK1MUSK. DFL TALMAGE IN VIENNA PREACHES ON THE SURPRISES OF RELIGION. Un 1 1 In Wuy lloiiiii Mo l'rotwlim on Jorti aulpin, Siilniiitin iiikI tlm Quern of Slietwa. I-a-aanin Timulit ttiti ClirUtlun An I'.x ample fur tlm Slotliful. Vienna, Jan . The Rev T. Do Witt Tnhuage, 1) 1., of ilrooldy n, preached In this city today on "Tlio Hurprlsc of Re ligion." Ills te-U wan 1 King, x, 7: "Ik hold, tint luilf won nut told to me." Tlm Mi nion won un follows! Apearliig Iwforo you today, my mind yet agitated with thu Hcenury of tlio Holy Iaml, from which wo huvo Just arrival, ou will expect mu to revert to nninu of thu wenes onco enacted there. Mark u circle uround Lake Galilee, and another circle around Jerusalem, and jou ilpwrilw tho two regions In which cluster memories of inoru events than In any other two circles. Jerusalem won upell of lascinatlon that wilt hold mo thu lest of in Ufa Solomon luul revolved that 'that city should lie thu center of all titcicd, regal and commercial uiagutllcunco.. Ho dothlmself to work and uiouupollrcd tho lurroiuidlng de-tertits n highway for hU cara van.. Huliiiilt tho city of Palmyra around one of thu irinciMil wells of tho east, m that all tho long trains of merchandise from thu east weru obliged to stop there, pay toll and loavu jwirt of thutr wtvtlth in thu hands of Solomon' merchants. Ho umiined tho fortress Thapsactis, at tlio chief ford of tho Kuphrates, and put under guard evwyHiinj Mint t -m theiu T'i thieo great product of l'alistino wino )rwl from tho richest clusters mid celebrated all thu world olt, oil, wlilch in that hot country Is thu entire, substitute for butter and lard, and miu pres.scd from thu olivu brunches until every treo in tho country bocamo an oil well; and honuy, which was tho entire nubstltute for sugar thewj three groat product of tho country Solomon ox'wrtetl, and received In return fruits and precious woods anil tho ani mals of o cry cllmu HOW 80UM()V KM.AU(li:i) III.S KIMIDOM. Ho went down to Kzion-gelier ami ordered a ileetof ships to liocoiistrucU.il, oversaw tho workmen, and watched tho launching of tho Uotilla which was to go out on more than a year's voyago, to bring homo tlio wealth of thu then known world. Ho liemd that thu Egyptian horses weru largo and sw 1ft, and long mailed and round limbed, and ho re lolvcd to purchase them, giving eighty-live dollars aileco for them, putting tho best of these, liort-es In hU own stall, and Helling tho iunlus to foreign potentate-) at great profit. lie heard that there was tho best of timber on Mount Lelianou, and ho sent out one hundred and eighty thousand men to how down tho forest and drag tho timber through tho mountain gorges, to construct it into rafts to bo iloatod to Joppa, and from theuco to bo drawn by ox teams twenty-fhojulles across tho land to Jerusalem. Ho hear" that thero were beautiful How em in other lauds. Ho sunt for them, planted thoiu in Ills own gardens, and to this very duy thero aro Uowcrs found in tho ruins of that city Mich as aro to lw found in no other wirt of Talis tine, tho lineal desci'itdants of tlu ery Uowcrs that Solomon plants 1 Ho heard that In foreign groves there note birds of richest voico and luxuriant w lug He sunt out ieoplo to catch them and hi lug them there, uud ho put them into his cages. Stand Itack now and sou this long train of camels coming up to tho king's gate, and tho ox trains from Egypt, gold and silver and precious stones, and beasts of every hoof, and birds of every wing, and fish of uvcry scale Boo tho jieococlvs strut under tho cedars, and tho horsemen run, and tho chariots wheel I Hark to tho orchestral Gaze Umii tho dance I Not stopping to look into tho wonders of tho temple, step right on to tho causeway, and pass up to Solomon's jialaool Hero wo find ourselves amid a collection of buildings on which tho king had lavished tho wealth of many empires. Tho genius of Hi ram, tho architect, and of tho other artists is hero seen in tho long lino of corridors and tho suspended gallery and thu uppioach to tho throne. Tracerlod window opposite tracerlod w indow. Bronzed ornaments bursting into lotus and lily and pomegranate. Chapiters, surrounded by network of loaves, in which Imitation fruit seemed susiend(.il, as in hang ing baskets. Three brunches so Josephus tells us threo branches sculptured on tho marble, so thin and subtle that oven the leaves seemed toipilver. A laver, cajMhlu of holding ilvo hundred barrels of water, on six hundred brazen ox heiubj, which gushed with water ami filled tho whole place with coolness and crystalline brightness and musical plash. Ten tables chased with cha riot wheel and lion and cherubim. Solomon sat on a throne of ivory. At tho seating place of tho throne, on each end of tho steps, a brazen lion. Why, my friends, in that placo thoy trimmed their candles with snuf fers of gold, and thoy cut their fruits with knives of gold, and they washed their faces in basins of gold, und they scooped out tho ashes w ith shovels of gold, and they stirred tho altar fires with tongs of gold. Gold ro llcctcd in tho water I Gold Hashing from tho apparel I Gold blazing in tho crown I Gold, gold, gold I Of course tho news of tho alllueucu of that place went out every where by every caravan and by wing of every ship, until soon thu streets of Jerusalem aro crowded with curios ity seekers. What is that long procession ap proaching Jerusalem) I think from tho pomp of it thero must bo royalty in tho train. I smell tho breath of tho spices which aro brought as presents, and I hear tho shout of tho drivers, and I soo tho dust covered cara van show ing that they como from far away. Cry tlio nows up to tho palace. Tlio tuouu of Sheba advances. Lot all thopeoplo como out to see. Lot tho mighty men of tho laud como out on tho palace corridors. Let Solomon como down tho stairs of tho palace tteforo tho queen has alighted. Shako out tho cinnamon, and the MuTron, and the calmus, and tho frankincense, and pass it into tho treasure house. Tako up tho diamonds until they glitter in the sun. H1IK WOULD SEE TOIl HERSELF Tho queen of Sheba alights. She enters tho palace. She washes at tho bath. She sits down at tho banquet. Tho cup bearers bow, Tho meat smokes, Tho music trem bles in tho dash of tho waters from tho molten sea. Then she rises from the ban quet, and walks through the conservatories, aud gazes on the ai chltecture, and she asks Solomon uiuny strange questions, aud she learns about tho religion of tho Hebiovvs, aud iho then and there becomes a mtv ant of tho Lord God Sho is overwhelmed. Sho begins to think that all the spices sho brought, and all tho precious woods which uro intended to Ih Coined Into harps and psultciics uud Ulto riiilhis for thu causeway between tho temple and the palace, an t ij- one hun dred Mid eighty thousand dullais in money tho begins to think that all these piesents amount to luthlug in such a place, uud shu is almost ushumed that she has brought them, aud sho isay s w itlilll herself; "I heard a great deal about this place and about this wonder ful religion of tho Hebrews, but 1 Had it fur beyond my highest anticipations I mutt add mole than tlfty er cent to what has lieen related It exceed", evil thing that I could have utectcd Thu hnlf - the half wns not told mo I .earn from tnts subject what a Umttlful thing it is when Klal position and wealth surrender themselves to God U hen religion conic to a neighborhood, tho ilmt to receive it are the w omen Homo men say it is lisviuso thoy aro woukmtiidcd I say It Is Ihsviuho they havuqulckcrpoiwjitloiiof what is right, more anient uffcutiun and capacity for suIh llmur emotion After tho women have re ceived the (losxl, then all tint dlstti-wil and the Mr of both wxt, those who huvo no friends, accept Jesus. Iist of all come tho greatly pni'riil. Alas, that it is sol If there aro thoso who have Ixt-li favored of fortune, or, as I might (tetter put It, fla vored of (lod, surrender all you have and nil you expect to bo to tho Iord who blessed this tpjecn of Sheha. Certainly you are not ashamed to bo found in this tpiecu's com Muy. I am glad that Christ has had his Impend friends In all ngwi- Kllra!eth Chris tina, (piwn of lrHsilu, Maria Keodnrovna, queen of Russia, Marie, einpi ess of Kraneoi Uelena, thu lnierlal molhwr of Coustaiitlliu, Arciulia, from her great fortunm building public ImiIIis in t'onstautinoplu and tolling for thu alleviation of tho masses. Queen Clo tilda, leading her husband and thmi thou sand of his aiiiuit warriors to Christian luip tistn, r.lizabeth, of llurguiidj, giving her Jeweled glove to it lieggar, and scattering great fortunes among tho distressed, I'riiiui Ailiert, singing "Hook of Ages" In Windsor castle, aud Queen Victoria, incognita, raid ing the Sci-iptures to a d Ing i uiiiht I blets Oixl that tho dav is coining when royalty will bring all Its thrones, and nuisle all ibt harmoules, ami painting all Its pic tures, aud sculpture nil Its statuary, and ar chitecture all Its pillars, .md conquest nil its scepters, and tho queens of thu earth, In long lino of advance, frankincense lllling tho all aud thu camels ladon with gold, shall it pnuich Jerusalem, and thu gates shall bo hoisted, aud tho gnuit burden of splendor shall Ikj lifted Into thu palace of this guvitei than Solomon THE K1N(1IK)M OK IIKAVKN MUST UK H0U01IT Aguln, my subjs;t teaches mu what is earnestness In the stureh of truth. Do you know where Sheba wasi It was In Abys sinia, or Mime savin the southern xnt of Arabia Felix In either case, it was a great way oir from Jerusalem To get from there to Jerusalem sho had to cross a country in fested with bandits, aud goacioss hlisteilug deserts Why did not the queen of Sheba stav at homo and send a committee to in quire nhout this new religion, mid have the delegates report in regard to that religion and wealth of King Solomon She wanted to md for herself and hear for herself She could not do this by work of committee. She felt sho had a soul worth ten thousand kingdoms like Sheba, and shu wauhil u rolio richer than any woven by oriental shuttles, and shu wanted a crown set with thu Jewels of eternity, llrlug out tho camels. 1'ut on tho spices Gather up thu Jewels of the throne and put them on thu caravan Start now; no time to l lost, (load on thu camels. When I mu that caravan, dust covered, weary and exhausted, trudging on across tho desert and among tho liundlts until it reaches Jeru s&lem, I say; "Theru is uu earnest seeker nfter the truth." Hut theru are a great many who do not act ai that way. They all want to gut the truth, but they want thu truth to como to them, they do not want to go to it, Thero aro e ple who fold their arms and say: "I am ready to bcc'imo a Christian at any time; if I am to be sav nl I shall be saved, mid if I am to l3 lost I shall bo lost." Hut Jerusalem will never come to mi ; you must go to Jerusalem Tlio religion of our Lord Jesus Christ will not coinotojou; you must go and got religion. Bring out thu camels; put on nil thu sweet spices, all tho treasures of tho heart's ulToc tiou. Start for tho throne. Go in and hear tho waters of salvation dashing In fountains all around about the throne. Sltdown at thu banquet tho wino pressed from thu grapes of tho heavenly Kshcol, thu angels of God the cupbeurcrs. Goad on thu camels. The lllblo declares it: "Tlio queen of tho south" thut is, this very woman I um speaking of "thu queen of tbo south shall rise up in judgment against this generation and condemn it; for sho came from tho uttermost parts of the earth to hear tho wisdom of Solomon, und, licholdl a greater than Solomon is here," What Infatuation, the sitting down in idle ness expecting to Iw saved. "Strive to enter in nt the strait gutti. Ask, and it shall bo given you, seek, and yo shall find, knock, and it shall Ikj opened to you." Take tho kingdom of heacn by violence. Urgo on the camels I Again, my subject impi esses mo with tho fact that religion is u surprise to any one that gets it. This story of thu now religion in Ju rilsaleiu, and of the glory of King Solomon, who was a tiof Christ that stoiy rolled on and on, aud was told by oveiy traveler coming buck fiom Jerusalem Thu news goes on tho wing of every ship ami with every caravan, uud you know n story enlarges as it Is retold, and by tho time that story gets down into tho southern purt of Arabia I'ellx, uud tlio queen of Sheba hours it, It must lo a tremendous story. And yet this queen de clares in regard to It, although she hud hiard so much uud had her anticipations raised so high, tho half tho half was not told her THE CONVKUT'B JOVFL'I. HUlll'UISE. So religion is always a surprise to any ono thot gets It. Tho story of grnco un old story. Aiostles preached it with rattlo of chain; martyrs declared it with arm of fire, death IksLs have alllrmed it w ith visions of glory, and ministers of religion have sounded it through the lanes, mid tho hlghwn)s, and tho chapels and the cathedrals. It has beeu cut into stone with chisel, and spread on tho can vas with pencil, and it has been recited in tho doxology of great congregations. And yet when n man first comes to look on tho palaco of God's morcy, and to see tho royalty of Christ, and tho wealth of this banquet, and the luxuriance of his attendants, and tho loveliness of his face, and thu Joy of hU ser vice, ho exclaims with prayers, with tears, with sighs, with triumphs. "Tlio half tho half was not told mo!" I appeal to those w ho are Christians. Coin aro tho idea ) ou had of tho joy of tho Chris tian life before you became u Christiiu, with tho appreciation of that Joy you hnvo now since )ou have Uwoiueu Christian, uud you aro willing to attest beforo angels uud men thut jou never in thoduysof your spiritual lionihi0'o luul any appi eolation of what was to come You are itadj today to answer and say in regard to the discoveries jou have made of the mercy and the giaco and tho goodnessof God. "Tho half tho half was not told mu!" Well, wo hear a great ileal about the good time that Is coining to this world, whui it is to Ik) glldisl with salvation Ildmcvsou the liellsof the luises. The lion's mane putted by the hand of a babe Ships of Taishlsh bi Iuglug c irgoes for Jesus, and the hui il. dry , buireu.wi.itei bleached, storm seal rod, thun der split loik bunking into floods of bright wutei. Distils into which di omniums thrust theii uosti lis, because they who afraid of thu simiMiii iluseits blooming into carna tion ra.s and silver tipped lilies. It it thu old stoiy Kvujhody tells it Isaiah tuld it. John told it, I'aul told it, Hzo Kiel k.d it, Lututr told it, Calvin told it, John Milton told It overjbodj tells It, and yet mi 1 et when thu midnight shall lly tho hills, uud Christ shall marshal his gi eat army, nud China, dashing her Idols Into thu dust, mall hear tho voice of God and wheel Into line; nd India, dudroj lug her Juggernaut nnd matching up her little children fiom tho Ganges, shall hear tho voice of God and wheel Into lino; nnd vino covered Italy nnd wheat crowned Hilssla, and nil the nations of tho earth shall hoar thu voice of God and fall Into line, then thu Church, which has Usui tolling and struggling through the centuries, rotxsl mid garlanded like n bride adorned for her husband, shall put aside her veil ami look up into the face of her Iord tho King nnd sayi "Tho half tho half was not told mu." IIKAKN TIIK (IIIICATKHT HI .tl'ltlHR. Well, them is coming u greater tan pi Iso to every Christian a greater suiprlso than anything I have depleted. Heaven Is nil old story Hverylsxly talks ulMiut it, Thero is hardly a hymn in tho hymn Ixxilc that docs not refer to it. Children read alxmt It In their Sabbath school Ixxik. Aged men put on their sx.s:taulca to study It. Wo say It Is a harbor from tho storm. Wo call it homo. Wo say it Is the house of many mansions. Wo weavo together all sweet, Ixwitlful, dell cuto, uxhil i rant words; wo weavo them Into letter, and then wo sxdl It out In rose and lily and amaranth. Ami yet that place Is going to Ik) a surprise to thu most Intelligent Christian Like thu queen of Sheba, the ro lort has come to us from thu far coun try, and many of us have started It Is a desert march, but we urge ou thu camels What though our fiel Ixt blistered with tliownyl We aro hastening to thu palace. Wo take all our loves and hoxs and Christian ambitious, as frankin cense nnd myrrh and cassia, to the great King, We must not rest, we must not halt. Thu night is coming on, uud it Is not safe out herein the desert Uigoou thu camels. I wi) tho domes against the sky, and the houv of llliaiion, find the temples nud the gardens. Seethe fountains dance ft) till' Mill, II" ' MlU gates Hash us they oxui to let In thu xxr pil grims. Send the word up to the palace that we are coming, a id that wo aro weary of the march ofthuiluMit Thu King will come out and saj : "Welcome to thu palace, bathe In these waters, tcclluo ou these banks. Tako this cinnamon and franklueen-e ami myrrh aud put It iisni a censer and swing It Ixjforothu altar" And jet, my friends, when heaven bursts uxui us it will 1x) agreiter surprise than th it Jesus ou the throne, and wuuiado like him I All our Christian friends sur rouudin,; us in glory I All our sonows aud tears and sins gone bv foi ever' The thou sands of thousands, the one hundred ami forty and four thousand, the gnat multi tudes tint no man can number, - will cry world wi bout end. "The half the half was not told i lol" The Hun with the Connsliln Cn. One night a year ago there weiu hnlf a dozen of us to go up to tho village hotel III the rickety old 'bus, und iiinoug the crowd was a solemn looking old chap, dressul In very plain gixxlsnud wearing ncooiiskln cap. It was thu tj pica 1 village hotel landlord in the barrixim, a very fresh young man Ixthlnd tho register, mighty llttlo for supjxT, and that jxxirly cooked, nud theru was more or less growling, Thu man with thu iixiuskiii cup was tleatcd very brilsquelv by thu clerk, and the frowsy headed waiter girl didn't seem to euro whether he luul anything to eil or not Hu didn't say much, but it was ev id 'i.t thut he was mad. After sups;r the landlord und 'Voo'isMn'1 luul a privato confab. When It v. i ended thu old man camu down stairs, op'ii'il the front door, nnd then turned to tlm elork am) Raid: "You git I" "What do you mean I" "I huvo rented this hotel. Skip!" Thu cleik put ou his coat and hut uud walked out. Then "Coonsklu" sent word to the cook und waiter girl to I hi out in half un hour, for tho hostler to Ik gone by midnight, uud for the liurkeexjr to vacate by noon tho next day He kindly ullowod us to stopover night, but wu luul to get our breakfast nt a bakery lly noon tho d(xjrs of thu hotel were nailed up, signs of "Closed" posUil, and ils Wu footed it dovv n to the deot thu solemn old Hum thawed out sulllcleiitly to observe "I'm after seven more of 'em along this lino of railroad, nnd if I can shut 'em up the pub lie will lxi in my debt. I have figured It out to my entire satisfaction, and I truly Ix-lleve that three-llfths of tho crime in this country Is incited by pixjr hotel keeping." Now York Sun Tlio World of Science. Ants ni o caught nnd killed at Kow Gar dens by (lowers of tho orchid class. Tho ants nru too large for thu ilower, but they visit It for the suko of tho honey and get caught hi the muiilage. The llowei, however, sailers equally with the ant. It is well known that whales can remain a long time imdel water, but exact data as to the time have Urn lacking I)r Kuckcn tlial, of Jena, has recently ob-r veil a har pooned white whale continued under water forty-llvo minutes. In Germany they uro making colfeo from linseed meal roasted to a dark color and mixed w ith oomo glutinous substance tteforo passing thioiigh machines which form it in the shax) of Ih'-uiik. Kxperimciits during three mouths, taken to determine thu velocity of thu wind ut tho top of tho HIITel tower, show a mean velocity thru) times greater ut tho summit than tho I wise. Tho electric light of 20,000,000 caudle x)w erln the lighthouse at Haustholm, coast of Jutland, sulci to bo the most powerful light In tho world, Is now lighted for service. Tho clitnato in the Caucasus is found to Im well suited for tho cultivation of tho tea plant. Cart Iliads of UzuriU. A great destruction of life took place ujxon thu old Luwton farm, two miles up tho river For several generations theru has been amtiskrat nd about twenty rods from tho Kennuliec, consisting of u half acre or more, Uxidtti eight acres of splendid lnnd which was made worthless by its surround ings, w hich was drained ncross to tho river by laying u uswer under ground five to nine feet deep. When tho wnter was drawn o(T to near tho bottom tho men noticed that it was charged nith uiilmaUsl life, uud iu tho Isottom Itegan to upjx.ur tho struggle in creased, nud It was estimated there wero from two to four curt loads of lizards from two to five Inches in length, mixed with re tlles shajxil like the tadpole, four aud live Inches long, and a promiscuous collection of bugs and smaller frv, some of w huh looked like green grasshoppt rs. Skowhegau He- K)iiei A l"e w 1'olnta for the Siipcn.tltlous. A Gei man wilting from Lisbon relates tho following coincidences "When the cu thcdrul Ml ut Hrugauzu, the ancient real dt lice of tho Portuguese rojal family, was tolling foi the di nth of (Juoui Maria II, mother of the late King Luis I, In 1V!, it cracked In 1M11, when the castle ensign was hoisted half mast high at Hi agana on the occasion of the death of King l'edro V, brother of thu Into king, it wns torn to pieces Immediate! bj the storm At tho death of King Luis I, I tt mouth, thu cathedral Ml again tracked, and thu uistlo ensign was ugnln torn to shreds by tho wind "-Gallg-uaui's Mtssenr'r NKKilinOll JOHN'S HONKS, SOME FACTS RELATED AS TO DEAD CHINAMEN. Why Hip) Curry the lltmex of their lleiitl Hurk In their Nullte lull ('million Ho ller to lltiidn Oliliresfilve lllllrs til Hie unship Cotilmnlrs. Hsvl il (Wru(tidt'lice J Svs IV.wcHro. .Inn I -Much li:i ls"c i written of lute veurs about the Chinese In tlio Unltnl States und tit hot cotititilfs. whither theso jietiplo Imve nought (dhow rotini, to earn it living and one singular fact in John's cuso lias liven i;lven niticli pniliiliiciico and used us tine strong point iignlnst lilm that is tlioouw torn generully iilMorwd by theso Mi)ple of ctinv eying tlio bones of tliuir ikuul back ncross tlm tx-enn to ruM)so in their native soil. Thu object of (his tl litis jilantlng of tlio ilcnd has Mirhiips not been fully limleistixHl. Aside from it sort of Meiilliiieiitnllty whk'li inclines ono to prefer that his Immum leposoln tlio fiinilly coinolory near to the bones of Ills fathers, it makes but little tlilTt'ieui'o to tho majority of men what particular Hxit of tnrlh iivelvcs biek tliolt tlllst. Not ho Willi tlu t'lllna iiiiiii To liim this iiitstion is not ono of Heiitiment. Il is one of u el fine Ho Ih lleves that after this life Ih over, Ills "mm! goes marching on," uud Its march is lelmdcd or UHslsted inut'li by tho co oH'iutIoii of his relatives, mill particii larl) Ills mulo descendants. Tlm so culled uncestial woisliip iimong the Cliiiii'sn has glow n out of this en deavor of tlm living to iiinlui .HiiHxitli tho joiirnov of the dead, Tlio graves of tho dead are kept griiui by the male descend' lints lluoiigli Hiifcet'illn gi'tioiatious, nnd this fact accounts fur Illogical iiiiin Iwrsof well nuirkod and pi ostt veil graves found oven w horn in China. Once every yoai, on n legiilur ilnto, the graves uro visited nnd tlio mound of earth, which isovul itiHtoad ol oblong as with us. is repaired and looked niter. If the tramp of feeding holds of cattle or hulTuloos lias beaten down tho little hill, or water washed iivvny the earth, it is replaced und put in Its in iginal coni form shape. Hv the giave thus repaired uro loft iluinty dishes of boiled pork, with rico anil vegetables, and also wino, and theso leinaln untouched by hungry beg gars who pass tliuin by, for tho spirit of tho dead to feast lixii. Tho splrlttml jxirtioii of tho fixxl only iscoiiHiimcd by thespirlt of the dead. Paper clothing in gorgeous colors mid gold and silver paper tinsel, uro likewise reduced to tho spirit stnlo by lieing bin nod uiui nrt then until bv tho spirits in the othei life. Tho so culled "Joss piper, so llheially burtietl around tho living couch of Cliliiiimeu, is for this pin pose. The people think thotlovil, or devils, cannot ilistiiiguish imitation from leal money, und it is to enable the dead man's soul to bribe its wuv tluougli tho devil's kingdom in safety . It is tho duty of every Chinaman to pei form those post burial rites ut the grave ot his paternal uncohtors annually, ami henco if one's IxnicH uro loft in n stranger's land, vvhoro his descendants will never IxMibloto M.r form those riios, it issuro to huvo u lonu lyiiud unuidtsl journey through tho spirit land. Tho reasons, therefore, vv hich prompt theso js-oplo to convoy their dead comrades back to China nro indeed pa thetic. When u Celestial is sick unto death the family resort to nil manner of de vices, as ludiciouH us iiiotrcctuul, to save tin life of the patient. Thoy know but little of medicine or surgery, but thoy stsdc eitliei to biilte or frighten uv.iy the spirits uhoiuo HiipK)scd to como to con vov away the spirit of tho ilv ing. Joss papei is buiiiotl in tlio hopo Hint the mercenary spirits mnv lx svitisflod with u supply of tho bogus coin and leave the pitlent. And if this device fails, tho most infernal noise is made bv llring of heavily charged cannon or blunderbusses, and beating of gongs am blow ing of hoi us, to frighten tho devil away. Hut all elforts fail, and the sick dies. Thoy then direct t licit dlorls to ward securing tlio welfare of tlio dead, as iiIkivo described, Tho tload aro prup.iictl for burial by lieing clad in their best clothes ami thu Ixxly is put into a largo, squaio vvootleu colliii and picked in lime, tho object of the linio being to absorb tho gases and water of tho decaying Ixxly and prevent otlors. Iho dead aro often kept unburicd for weeks, or, in souio cases, years tho rea sons Ix'iiig many. Tho most common is a luck of funds to carry out tho pro gramme of paving a Tnoist priest for consulting with tho spirit of the dead as to vv hero ho vv Ishes to bo buried and for paving the owner of tho laud in whoso field tho dead may locate his grave. I have soon hundreds of uuhiiried cofllns, each of vv hich contained a corpse, sitting around tho edgo of a baiiilxx grovo awaiting interment. And many of tlio colllns hail been thereuntil thoy uuro browned by the sun ami rain, and rark grass had grow u up around them until thev were well hid and formed a favor ite cover tor rabbits and pheasants. Tho custom of filling the tollln with lime uppeared to be generally practiced, ami hns been for a long time. I onco came across an opened gravo near a Chinese citv and I made a startling dis ci veiv . It was that the grave had been opened, and the lime, now fuither clinched by the decay oil bones, had been carried iwuv lo feitliie glowing vegetables. ami the thick planks ol vvhitlithe tollln was made li.nl been bioken into small pieces and curled away im tin I to use m cookiiu food All that iiiiiained of the beggai vvIiiim- bones had theio de layed m oulei to fertilie cabbages, was his long braided cue Tho hair vvns up p.ueiitlv us fieo from decay us tho day the man had died. It was alxiut four feet long, and In aided with throe strands, and lay just where it luul lieon buried, no knowing how niauv vents. It was a pauiier's grave In a "jxuter's Mel I," and no new mmlo graves had lieen there foi many ve.irj the sutfacoof tho cat th foi miles around having loilR since beet, (llled with tho dead, To what extent this species of vandal ism was practiced I huvo no means of knowing, Hut this Instance barely at tiactcd Iho notice of passers by, which loads me to Infer thai It Is um ul all un common In a hillside near by were (he prot Hiding etuis of colllns, which hud Ihm'H uneovoieil by tho vvouilng of Iho earth Into gullies, nud when tlio colllns thus became cqxisod to light and air they soon decayed. Tho caviller) thus opened became Iho hut tows of rac coons, gophers uud othei vv lid animals. Thegiavos of pniix.'rs me very shal low Tho law requires that tho man upon vv hoso premises u iiikt dies shall buiy tho corpse, and tho job Is lot to a class of men who follow tlio business, ami they expend as llttlo lalxir us possi ble for tho small foe, uud henco to open (his class of giaves Is an wwy tusk. Tho U'tter to do ixiiplo bury their own dead, and it is this class of graves which uro looked after us before tlcHcrihcri. It Is a common custom for those ablo to do ho to have tliuir colllns made many years IkjI'oio they din, and the Ihnldhisl temples aro used as un rehouses iu which (hoy aro , Mtornl. I have sum colllns thus stored away which wero uulipio specimens of workmanship. Ixdng elulsnately cm will and oinanienteil with coals id mnm and fantastic llguies As thoreuio no hearses the fillifi ul piocessloti foi ins a novel sight, as the collln Is boiuo to tho liuty iug spot suspended mulct poles homo upon men s shoulders and followed by tho hhed moiituois and tho niiisloof ono stlillged llddles uud tho cries of tho paid inouiiiers They aio convoyed to tho place of Interment befoio Iho gravo Is dug, and set upon (ho ground vv hilo vv ith pick and sp ido tho gravo is dug. Tho coftlu is then lowered into sisltlon nnd covcicd with earth, thero being no box oi ;!ilei uiveiiiig to thu collln, as pi no ticed in most toimliles. Cm veil sti,ii' ru placed at thu gravo, if tho family ouiJ.'ilionl It, and tho social rank is iii'ilicaled by tlio ili'iglit mid ciiciimfeienco of tho mound. I tHlC" climbed to tho summit of a giavo which was L'OO hundred feet high. Il is at Nankin, and is the tomb of tho last empeiorof the Ming dy nasty. It is a mile around tho gravo ut tho fool of tho mound, and It is inclosed iu a high brick wall and has a tunnel entrance under iiealh tho wall. Centuries hnvo passed dlnco that iniinenso bank of earth was thrown over tho Imiiics of tlio dead em perm, and scrub oaks aud chestnut trees have long grown over thu mound. In front of tho tunnel, under thu wall, which is of arched masonry, is thu ruin of a inagnilleeut porcelain temple, which was demolished iu thu slcgo of Nankin dill lug tho lupaneso rebellion, in which Chinese (loitlou ttxikpait. Thu broken xirceluiii bricks still lio iu lingo piles, just as they fell under the blows of camion balls. landing away in a half circle for a mllo stands an open column of huge stone statuary, which leads to tho tomb of tho prince, over which stands uu liiiineiiso stone column, upon tho four sides of which aio chiseled In Chinese chatacters tho lineage and his tory of the long dethroned loyal family. The statuary is In pairs, standing sixty stops apart, facing each other, and between them is a paved road boiuo twenty feet broad. Tho llgurca represent all tho ranks of Chinese ollleiuls, Ixitli military and civic, who did tho bid ding of thu dead emperor. Also, theru aro elephants, camels, horses, hulls, lions, tigers and other largo animals, with ouo pairof each standing and ouu nir crouch ing. Thu figures are mammoth iu siu and aru carved out of bluu limestone, and thu figures us well us thoix'dcstnl niton which they rest aru each of ouu solid stone ami not built in sections. What lalxir ami ex pen so thu building of this giavo ami its siiiioundiugs lepiu scuts, may Imi judged when it is said that it was all done without tho aid of ma chinery or vehicles. It is all the record of human muscle ami perseverance. Tho mound was can led theru iu bas kets ou men's shoulders, just as forts ami other earthworks aio done at thu present day, no steam engines or even lioioo carts being employed. Thu canals aro dug ami emUiukineuts made by hu man hands and thu earth carried in bas kets. When tho Chinese first legun to carry their dead back from California thu ships charged thu s.uuu for each collln taken to China as they did for a livuChlnesu passenger. Then thu cunning heathen cheaix-neil tho cost by filling ono collln with tho Ixincs of many dead. Thu ships agents got on to this, ami required that each collln lw oeued for insection. Then tho ships Mood iu vv ith San Iran ciscan undertakers, aud required that metallic cisketa bo used, under pretenso that thu health of thu passengers and crew was endangered by tho presence of the exhumed Ixjnes from California ceme teries. This sealed casket is now re quired foi the transmission of these Units. 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