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Show A I'r.illdrIUI lll.i,itllon. A curlou story come from Wengh. slang; The town auffe-r from liiunda-lions liiunda-lions of tlio Yellow rivor, and two )ear ngo a movciuout waa ttartenl by tho local magistrate to build u breakwater. Tho chief dilllculty lay In tho want ot sufficiently largo atonoa. Buddi-nly, however, to llio tutonltliineut of tho community, a heavy storm uf wind and rain deluge-el tlio country and brought down an cudlesa quantity of lingo tbouit exactly suited to llio purpiiM-. Tlio people naturally retrnrded tho Incident In-cident u te direct manifestation of divine di-vine power In aid ot u great publlo undertaking, un-dertaking, und tho governor of thu district dis-trict cite a fart which conclusively proves tlio suiMrnnturnt origin of tho urent. Ono of tlio atonos, he toys, whlcliwusa larsuasn house-, wai Inscribed In-scribed wilts re-id e-haraoters, two of which, meaning "work" und "stone," respooibely, ho wo able to elocinher |