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Show - s. T! 153"" "t -i: A - 1 - . THE PROVO HERALD? OF PERSIA UWEASYEATIOUHEBOLjSHAH 1W. or The great boo& - .J;.:.:'.'- Jr.- - i , - ; '. - - is! .... ;., HE Groat Flore of Ha hk chow, which Is reckoned among the three won ders of China, is caused by the great flood tides TSf 7i JEA WML AND PAO'WA AT Ml WIN (i from ib Pacific surging up the funnel mouth of Hangehow bay and Into the --swift flowing Tsien The en Jta'ng beyond Is 60 to 60 trance to Hangchow-baailes wide and narrows down to 2.4 jmlles opposite Honing in the Tslen bore reaches its tang river, wbere-th- e full force. The bay and the river are filled with sand flats, whtjchj'lmjedethe Incoming tide, and consequently when It gets over these ssnd flats and fa the river the tide has been backed CP untlljt forms a jwall ol rusMnfw-terfror- a five to ten feet hip,h This is the bore. It can be seen coming '" - " Aac- -- t-.- . '"' - "Jv, 1 1 r"ii I- t I - t TTTrrv ti?5 ' - 1 . ,v y.f ,..t--- - I - - - -Si.V "1 - i i Mf HAmCflOW Mi tali an hour before It reaches the Chinese In A.D. 911 built the presthe foam ent sear wall of stone. The top of the looks like .a white line extending wall la 23 Vi feet above the river at cross the bay, In places where" the low wafer. In order to facilitate load-ltld dashes on the sand ms 4 ad $mioi)41n& Junks, a, .vlettttPO-ham hosthe bore In its rage at these been made on which the Junks opposing obstructions flings up the rest during low water and float after tnud in huge black masses twenty feet the bore has passed This platform iilgh. - On Jfcotnes, making a peculiar is eight feet high, and the Junks are 4ujl roar Milch is awesome and lm floated at the first rush of,the water, lreB8eaone with a sense of great when there Is a big boref t. e.. a high force; The highest part Is in the cen- - tide as It approaches nf , .To protect thl Junk platform, feet li tigh. whereas near tbewalLOD ever.ihe Chrnese have erected a huge the shore It Is only about six feet at theeast end, about 200 feet high. .Tne' bore has a sloping front. buttress, from,il)e pagoda atHainlngajid this and thifr4agitated Into foam extendthe full force of the bore as It - -; f- - - - feet long being driven down Into the mud and sand. It only takes Ave minutes to drive a pole , In. v There are ui pearancejOEe. .center, ropes, and two coolies tnere eaten tne block of stone In their bunds above their heads, aDd then throw it down on the. pole. These coolies say Jhej got "30!) .cash" "aay" for this work (about 'sixpence), snd there are said to be about 1,000 always employed ex la about"ten mile per hour, and tra? to- - forty la thirty-fivmiles before ' losing its height and strength: " i point Js tbatlneottn. try to the north of the Tsientang river Is two to six feet below r mark, and the ; Chinese '. In ancient times bulk a ihuge embankment to keep out the tides This embankment xtends a wanceor 120 miles. anT further Inland there are previous and much older embankments These are made of tnud. but In order still furtrt- ther to resist the force of th e 7" A!?nribU how - bjeaks rushes along the wall, and so saves the hawsers hpldlng the Junks from being.broken Thls buttress is 30 feet nlgh.iand la built of mud, enclosed This formation Is tn by fasches. some places made in front of the embankment. Twigs are stacked up, and these are then pinned down Into a solid structure by poles sbout twelve ay behlniJ. Behind the ing'. a'1org-wbore there is no declivity but a eoapt tiously Increasing depth of wateXand within quarter of an bouifter the passing of the bore the lid is about fourteen feet'highrsiiiHn three hours reaches its maximum of nineteen feet This tinge volijm of water only takes tbre4hpurMo fill the estuary;- and is thrr. fcinT hours running out In a troftg" Cerent This strong outgoing , Hirent is actually running at the tlui h9 boret arrives and Impinges against core, ana so high-wate- ecutlng repairs. Thej5hlne8e have Jegend about the Hanachow bore In the fifth ceffv tury B C. a general. Wu Ttu Su, warned his sovereign, of the feudal state of Wu, of coming danger, but the prince of annoyed. imd or Wu-wa- s dered him Co commit suicide. He did this, but gave ,b!a eon instructions to throw his body into the Tsientang rlverTsQ.that he coulf come to Hang eiiow-wlt- h every bore and gaze on the downfall of Wu. The mid autumn festival, on the eighteenth day of the eighth moon. Is a Chinese holiday, and Immense crowds visit Haloing to see the bore and also to worship- at the temples Most of the people arrive by boat, and they worship at the Hal Shen Mlas..or. Spirit of the Sea temple r ThrsTyear e temporary pavilion was also erected on the buttress to enable, the Jocal offi ciais to sacrifice to the Spirit of the Sea. In this pavilion was erected a table on altar on which were the varl ous sacrificial dishes and wine, and at the side a cooked fhfep and a cooked hofc..0n the sea wril there was a crowd of about 10.000 assembled, wait Ing for the bore, and about half, an hour, before the bore was due the offl dais arrived and performed the sacrt flee. The ceremony only occupied about five minutes, and was simple hut .lmnressive. for- - here was a force ht faatiif which had burled itself for - roaring, rushing ana over but instead of showtorrent, whelming ing pride In his victory he kneels down and worship 'Nat-- re still tmsubdued The highest official In and powerful father of the people, the the locality; as the Chinese call him: the most sue cessful roan; the niott learned man; toe man who tias.hu d mor( honors titles and degrees bestowed upon him than anybody else; he too must kneer down In the open air and worshlptbt In the act Spirit of the Sea. and &He ' by a "foreign devil be the fierce., sna'p-sbottJd- " ycn men - ungorou. Mr A 6tab - m-It- .- don't like the looks of bsl Juror urTti tbr big artT6anCBnonT(TpTer is they "strolled through the cemetery. c&'n the defendant In the case whis- "what does that mean on all tbest 1 y. c"d tombstones T" pered U. his. lawyer. "He has an ugly mug." said the law- see." began Bluffer, "Why ue..'a fac$.", - r':i "that's an abbreviation for' 'hickory It- IsjJt altogether": Sv look, Jacket:' that .!a to say. hickory cofthough, confided the client; "he's pay- fin." xThats the kind they used. In to the old times, ing too blamed tlose attention ' " S ' teatl mony. 1 -- f'-f- .. - rer;-"that'- New York. I've been a thief ever since I was 12 years old. In the last seven months I have attended various functions at - Newport, Narragansett. Beverly and Providence. I have made in that time 35 successful "hauts." am -g- oinge-tell how I. did It, and how by similar methods other crooks, working for the lame man that trained me and for. themselves have been jlo lng the same thing for the last ten yars or more. This isn't a "Bijueal," said the criminal in bis confession. I'm not going to give away the man I worked for nor the man I worked with. I wasn't born anywhere near society. I'll have to go a bit into my history to make It clear how easy society Is to manipulate. I was born In Fait River. Mass. My parents, both hard working, respectable weavers, still live there. I made my first break playing hookey. They tried to send me away for it. and while the case was still pending I stole a pair of rabbits, and that finished me. I went to Lyman reform school In Massachusetts for a year and six months." One afternoon while walking through the common, 1 felt a hand on my shoulwhom I der. It was an knew. , "Gone home!" he laughed. "1 guess be back to work soon." you'll v "I've got a Job for you, and I want to give you a chance. I'll glvt you a T1 five Spot tO gO t".Prnvldn''fl Routfne Resumed. "" So you have friendly doings with your brother's people onct more! Pat Yls. si- r- His family and oiir'n do ba acrappin' agin as If they'd nlver ' bin' parted. Harper's Baxar A ' Foolish Questions. ; 'Do you know ; how to manage '.a f wifer, . . s. "Good nearens. tnaol'.) What makes you suspect I hsve ever been tn an In an asylum?" 1. ...:!' ' Happy. ' -'V . . i. V ' tlra. i Family.- - . . . " "That Scrapplngton (In tha midst of her reading) Thla recaU of Judgea that the newspapers are making to much atew about nowadayt of f--- bus-eand- at josed. forget t :. - pardons, Mrs. Fisher!" I exclaimed, stooping to pick up the fan, and as I came up and handed her the fan with my left hand I procured the oiamond -sunburst with my right. believed Mm. After a week the chief Bowing In "my best manner I edged fold me that he had got hold of an in- - away and made my way slowly out the viiption for me to i'ttend a ball given doors. by the patrons of some charity or other and to be held In Boston. IN CELL The card had to be presented at the POLICE CHIEF HELD door. There was to be a very select crowd. About nine o'clock I presented Boy Who Releases Official Not Entiremy card and walked right In with the ly Sure That He Is Not a crowd. When I got into the ballroom, Regular Prisoner. I was dazed. It was the first thing of the kind had ever been any way near Wenatchee, Wash. Chief of Police for the theaters after all are public. Wi W. Gideon was unknowingly locked The swarm of beautiful women in even- In the city Jail and was Imprisoned an ing dress, the decorations, the music, hour before he got the attention of a the brilliant lighting, were all new small boF who was passing anoL sue-- . to me. ceeded in regaining his liberty. The chief had gone Into the Jail to The chief bad told me that a "Mrs. of the inJudson" would be there. That's not make his -- the her 'm -- not real terior. Officer W. F. Clay came along names in any case. This "Mrs. Jud- - and, noticing the dqor wm open, son" was expected to wear a very val- closed H and went on. The chief found himself a prisoner uable diamond stomacher. The chief didn't expect her to wear It long after Some of the prisoners proposed a until an., officer met her. I had a lot of "dope" about game of seven-uthis -- Mrs. Judson," and 1 was all should show up. but tbe chief's uneasiprepared to talk to her about acquaint- ness aroused him to the point of keepances and Intimates. I hadn't been In ing a constant watch through the bars the place many minutes before I ran for passersby. A small boy heard the plalnUveCall across "Mrs. Judson." She was very haughty and very beautiful. I was of the head of the police department afraid of her. Twice went up to her, and stopped. It took considerable perdetermined to address ber. to claim ac- suasion on the part of the prisoner to quaintanceship, and each time my convince the urchin that he was cblei of police and not a prisoner.. courage failed. Then ?got the Idea that 1 was discovered, that the guests bad slzed .ipe Dog Privileged to Bite. A lost my nerve completely up. Seattle. A dog has a right to young chap I afterward - found out bite a "man who steps on the dog's that he was one of the Wtntbrops of tail.!." This, "ttK effect, was the ruling Boston sauntered up to me, and ask- mad by Judge J T. Ronald when he ed ma to a drink with him, say found for the. defendant In a suit ining: -- "Jr'm sure I met you "at the bach- volving a claim for $4,500 damages for elors ball In Philadelphia, last year!" . . f!.. a dog bite A day or two after he gave me an It appeared from tne testimony that other chaace. It was a big affair at tbe dog sank, bis teeth In Samuel La v-r.r.P- Revgrlf nna. nbuii'alefLleg only aiierLavan yeryTvaluaTiTeunWrs stepped on his tall. In addition, burg' and I was to get It yX there was no showing that the dog I got Into tbe place easily, and In a was a bad tempered animal. very few minutes I located "Mrs "Spot," a setter, occuFisher" we'll. Call tier that She wore pied a proffi1ne"nT"p6sTt"lon fh'a corner the sunburst At the earliest opportu- of the court room, andl aided In the nity I brushed agarnBt her and knock defense by allowing peoi.le to walk ed her fan from her hand. "A thousand around him without offering to bite. usual-inspecti- i ' could lose, and I took him up. That letter was my initiation into society. Tbe providence man was a . big merchant .He told me point blank that he wanted me to turn some tricks for him. I still wanted to be straight He showed me I couldn't be. FINE FOR SOCIALIST SPEAKER Remarks About Queen Victoria Cost Man $10 Crowd Threatened to x Him. Whip and-Sho- my , " Broken Tale,'., "Miss De Style Is looking very baa A j "Tes She went to pieces at the end of the season." "Then no wonder she looks all brt. " : ken up?" . ' , ." 'r- - '. Ini 192$ or Sooner. tell you, how la the tln First Jap to attack the JL'nltid 8:atea. '.. . ' - Second so? - First Jap There I . i Socialist." returned Thojrip-son- , "and 1 claim the right to criticize every Institution In tbe land, lhave no ill feeling against royalty." Ijhi Huntress Kills a Wolf. Meeker, Colo A obo wolt. tbr first to be killed by a woman In this coun-- ' ty. waa shot by Mrs. W. H. Kandolpb, the wife of l Meeker contractor and builder. ' The KSadolphatardroa.ocliJA r basin, and. while out nunt' Josephine pean war on nxiw.'and every Auieric-M-. m rabbltswtth: asmallirtllaMra. Scrapplngtoa-WeiL-.wbaL.la back flghtlnj for his ratberiandV-Puc- k. Randolph acared up tbe won raking aim at the animal while it - was : on Mrs. Scrapptngton What Sa needed ": V A Simile, run she fired, with the intention, tha of la recall tha worsa : great deal Not Hie Business. do yon think of birds .or Z as tba aald of tickling Jt--- ;rPock! ::": :..Tour friend- - looked peculiar feather flocking .together T"l r Uttla struck home The ahot: and, "I know they do. "When 1 collected asted him If ba was Interested at V maddened, tba beast turned on tne ' forgot His Cua. bata bv rolna on a lark, and took In tha hunuess. but" Mra' "Randolph' nnished MrCJarencs-lsterJiiJJwnxl"Uq wonderr. He's the warden 01 either In or India somTanowsTTouna" myself tne JsiLIt before It bad 'come a bau- - dozen George--She'- a . , , crow." y baxt day. eating: r I whlch.Judge - ; Masier Stuffing the Ballot jjoUtlciau couldn't b honest If he" tried." said Senator jiorghum. "What has be been dolngr; .' "Wa arranged to take a straw vote In our commuhlty and we caught" htm sneaking aroand with a bale of bay." , t. r vxwrxm - - JrLc oitMJl r 1 $10 At Lau wnn r,t..;rlriilstil te pra said hia lona augorJ.piurateej4jSg:Mri-yovoke a breach of the peace." r- - your tlred-o! abirties desrt, I'm., Witnesses stated that Thompson , ways Got a Job yetf wan made "I'm etlll he Insulting 'remarks about Queen grunied; "Nope" tn'' fur somvthln' to turn up" Victoria, with 'the result that the : "WelH-herIt Is, BUI. Take i."gooi crowd around him became disorderly; s look at It and clear out : Soma of tbe audience shouted out that be ought to be locked tip, whipped Whereupon she turned up ber oos ' - ' at him.' and shot ' -;- ' tsft4i?- - H 1 London. John Bonnar Thompson, a Socialist speaker, of Kemble street. Prury lane, who was said to have made - disgraceful reflections on the character of Queen Victoria, was fined iiiillii-siviiEES- S - 1 $1,250,000, 1 wwivmuifkwiorwurmjmmwi 'T" ," . i-i- WAS ALWAYS THIEF I- foAnimAwiKmromriiLE covqjE nft, and 1 131. said to be tne iuom cobiij(KKSIA S harassed child monarcn has for his throne in tne palace at leDeran what )ice ot turniture tn the. world it ts of ebony', niiiRTiitlcently Inlaid and adorned with gems and la valued at Was Inmate of Reforrrjatory Characterizes Institution to Which He Was Sent When' a Boy, as a "Crooks' College." about - 1 periences Amidst Socieiy. ! U M JJiJe'OPilr I rr-- irf MiJt New York "Raffles" Relates Ex : iu - f Jap-Ho- ''.' -- - itepa, r -- 7" p 1 1 1 ... -- y o- d Hem Concealed uiiVs Will Unique Contest In Probating Strange wltnspewho were called In Thls l Testanient Begins in TJroveoMo be the will of .Mrs Durkee, ' in which she' left all ber property to .1 sylvanla Courts. her beloved niece. - Mrs Moores This - Harrisburg. Pa. A will, most stngu she Is now ttylng to have admitted to larly discovered eewn In "the tpem of probate here, and other relative are her black dress months after her contesting death, may upset the disposal of iSFJESOlCmOlAN-OEN- Cr U Duiku:".1t'1leTriKa",dledln thiT city" 4- on ,May 1 last. Those who have in Keeper Battles Half Hour Before Ha the, Interval .divided up the estate by ' Rescued by Com ' process of administratio- n- not know .: 'i!j;;' ".'...r. rade. lng that there was any will,: are con New York Charlek Guhkel.. sixty, testing, the testament's validity. aU a hearing 6t the case under oath was assistant keeper of the birds on. the held In the law office of Hargest ft lake in Prospect Park, Rronklyn. was --y Hargest here attacked by a scene of Canadian geese the 'Gunkel left his keys at home and effecta left by Mrs Dur-keAmong were a number of pictures and was climbing over tbe six loot wire silk dresses, all of which r were dla- - fence of the bird Inclosure ben be posed of at public sale Among the slipped and pitched, bead downward, purchasers was Mrs Minnie" Moo res of on the mslde. His feet caugii 111 the Baltimore, a niece of the . deceased, wire and be swung back and lortb unwho had her purchases shipped to able to right hlmsfclf.. . ( Baltimore. Several weeks ago Mrs His frightened Tories Blarmed the Moo res' bus band waa hanging one of geese and with loud tionks they pecited the pictures, and he noticed that tbe at his bead and lace With arms back of it was loose.' In It be found a working like flails he drove them off. small piece of paper.: rolled tightly. but as soon a be stopped working his Alleged-Jt-b- e tandwyttf amfd"W"TO "rlghl himself they , ... ing, ana saying: again atacked. It waa a half hour be - "Look "in the" hem of my black silk fore his cries brought Philip Monag-ba. '; " a drjver,to his fescue. As Kun-k- el dress. '" , was released from the fence KeepIt happened ' that among the ga menta purchased at the sale by Mrs er O'Brien appeared with a double-barrele- d Moorea - Wat this identical black , allk shotgun in his hani dress.-- ' knd she at once got out. the V thought thieves, were breaking Ingown, und began an, examination ;To to, the Inclosure,'- - he said. ber unbounded r astonishment . be found concealed therein a manuscript 1. jt" frown baa . never ' been - very- - ef which 6he removed la the presence f fefctlve as a bait for Fprtune'i smile. Pefin"' -- ' - a y t Mra-Durke- e'a n, y I -'r V |