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Show THE DESERET NEWS. L omthe LAKE r LUC "Snc-i) II u - C&cSpe An Everlasting and Artistic Monument To Switzerlands National Hero. HETHER th. accounts of th. heroic .deeds of William Tell be based on actual tacts or mere tradition. It Is a story which Is still read and retold with enthusiasm lh every Swiss aahool and every Swiss' home A dignified monument to the gallant archer of Burglen near Altdorf stands In the latter village, but the most beautiful-- of all tributes to this pioneer champion of Swiss liberty Is to bi found at Tsllsplatta, on tba Lake of Lucerne, on the spot where Tell leaped ashore from the boat In which he whs being carried off as a prisoner by Oessler. The little rustic tempts upon th waters edge stands like a solitary shrine, amid the foliage of the steep, sloping shore. Its Interior is decoratsd by four frescoes, by T. Stuckelberg the Shot of the Apple, Toll's Flight, dossiers Death and the Oath on the Rutli. The first fresco represents the scene in the market place at Altdorf. The quaint style of architecture of the houses, a combination of wood and stone, U carefully depleted by the arttet, ae well as the costumes of that period. William Tell has Just accomplished the wonderful feat of shooting an apple placed by the tyrant on the childs head and the boy Is now exhibiting the same pierced by the arrow. The archers crossbow liss on the ground and the tense moment is depicted when Qersler sitting on horseback and surrounded by hie insolent suits has discovered that Tell carried a second arrow destined for tne trant himself. In case of accident to the boy. With threatening gesture the heartless Austrian bailiff announces that Tell will now for punishment be placed in a dungeon, where be shall aee neither sun nor moon. Tellt wife, Hedwlg, and his mother, are aeon pleading In the foreground and his younger boy clings frightened to his knees. The second fresco shows thi scene at Tails Platte ItseFf. Tell has Jumped ashore, pushed back the boat into the foaming watera of the lake with his foot, leaving Oessler shaking his fist at him In Impotent rage. The boatmen are concentrating their efforts to steady the boat and keep It from being swamped .The storm Is abating In tbs dlstanoe; a streak of lightning falls In the vicinity of the spot now adorned by. Bfunnen, but Tell has successfully foiled those who wanted to throw him Into lifelong captivity and his trusty crossbow Is safely In his handa With this, his only weapon, he Intends to take the shortest cut to Knsanacht, to wait In hiding for the passing of Oessler and his suite. The third fresco of 0sslers Death depicts the seen In the Hohle Gaese.' A poor woman, Armgart by name, has Just stopped the tyrant, to plead with him for a pardon for her husband, a cowherd, who had been Imprisoned for a trivial offense. Suddenly an arrow plsrces the proud Oeeslera heart and Tolls figure la seen In the background. The Swiss struggle against Austrian oppression has begun and a tiny chapel also marks this spot where Oessler had to pay the penalty for his ernel deeds The fourth fresco shows ths historic scene on the meadow of ths Rutli, on the Lake of Lucerne. On this spot, on ths night of November 7, 1107, thlrty-tbre- e men, from Urt. Scbwys and Unterwalden, assembled and swore to drive out their oppressors. Tradition relates that the three fountain which are shown there sprang up on ths spot where the three Confederates Warner Stauffacher of Btelnen in Schwyg. Erny and der HaJden of Melcbtal in Unjer-waldeand Walter Furst of Attinghausen In Url, stood-Ipresence of thirty tried Mends whepths oath was taken. ' n n A Sketch of the Province In China Which May Cause .T rouble for the League 'of Nations. Witt Itie -J luteruuuuual Syndicate. t.oj of the smaller and yet quite this a discipline of consequences fof points in the Treaty the lives'of the two Gorman misPeace was the disposition of sionaries who were killed by a Boxer German interests or rights mob In 1897. No martyrs were ever ULi.hlna. On more than one occasion nore bitterly avenged, for there close the German Empire had used a trivial by the sacred spot where the head of matter as a pretext to extort from the Chinese religion rests, the China wmte territorial or commercial built a great city, and Its Teuconcession When the Great War ton Inhabitants took good care to Inbroke out Japan sided with the En- sult the natives. ' tente. and proceeded to eanture what At Kiaochau. the Germans spared no the Germans possessed on the ma,n-lan- expense, but saw to It that everything of the Chinese Empire. In the used was made in At Germany.' settlement of many conflicting Inter- - Tsingtau they made a great naval and ests af d demands, Japan was given commercial port, and the grand bat-thGerman holdings .m the Province terles Moltke and Bismark guarded of Rhantung. with all the rlghta and the harbor. Three thousands of Ger- privileges whirl) that nation had ceded man marines were alwajs kept there, to Germanv. and in summer many battleships. , are the oldest living The Chirp Birthplace Of Confucius At the foot of the Imposing Tal. in nation In the world, and of all the er Western Shantung, the thrice blessed hhnian family-hpeople have the bones of Confucius have rested these Iongesthtory. They have probably thousand years. Westward frotp vented and Originated more than any l's mountain retreat the splrfl of the t other people Whose history we have Sage never to the mind of the de- - read. The people called Chinese are vout Chinese far distant from the hal-l- a composite race formed of a hundred lowed spot has viewed the wide-- j tribes and nobody knows whence or spread land wh'cll after many years howtho first settler came to China, the Chinese were compelled to give They are at present a frugal, tem-,uBut not many miles from the perate. l,aho-!opeople, who are bills wild but peaceful in '. ariably honest their solitude com1 hc echo and the. Shantung Is one of the richest and beautiful provinces of the of Wternat'oml strife. Bahf ThtsjmoH h hern ev-- r s'nte Germany exacted Chinese Empire a poition.of which right, 0K Germans d j e ! i i p , us consists of a mountainous promontory ona hundred miles wlda which projects eastward Into the Tellow Sea for Ths nearly two hundred miles. province has an area of 56.970 square miles and a population of over 11,000,. 000. Owing to the fact that It was the birthplace of both Confucius and Mencius It has played an Important part in the history of the country. Neither the Christian religion nor our system of education has made very much progress in Shantung. One missionary of the Christian religion declared that a Chinaman and an elephant were alike. They would do what you wanted them to do when Now, hs they fully understood it. said, there ar$ some things in the Christian religion that one cannet explain. and It must be taken on faith. Here Is where the difficulty with- - the Chinaman comes In. He wants to know." Besides the Christian religion Introduced by the Jesuits Iri ths Sixth Century, and by missionaries many years later, they have Confucianism, Buddhism. Taoism and Mohammedanism. Confucianism has enjoved slate patronage and protection for more than i100 years, and Is perhaps the most popular. Enormous numbers of the adult population cannot read or write. The reform In education Is Just now occupying the minds of the educated people of the nation. Hundreds of men and women have been sent to different parts of the world to receive finishing courses, and- Peking has a fine university. Shantung has a few schools, mainly those taught by missionaries. so life goes on thsre much In the Chinese way, although all parts of China are waking up. and those who saw China twsnty years ago and see K today find a differ, ent China. - Ancestor Worship Ancestor worship still exists and as this Is one of .the teachings of Confucius, Shantung so near his grave Is psrhaps one of the places to see it at Its best Every Chinese household has within Its doors an ancestral hall, a shrine In which are deposited the tablets of the deceased ancestors. Every clan has also an ancestral temple which forme a rallying point Jor Its members who come to joto In the rlTlial as new shrines are to be set .up. These tablets are slips of wood about one foot high and three Inches wide, placed upright on a pedestal, and having In - scribed on each aids the name, rank, date of birth and deaths They remind one of a tombstone kept la a home Instead of being placed at a grave. After the consecration of the tablet a dinner la spread for the dead. Then money and clothing are set out. These are left on tba table for several days. 'Tbs eldest son is compelled to go through an elaborate oeremony In carrying food and wine tooths burial place for several days. and. to say prayers before ths tablet when he returns horns. For this - reason the Chinese are anxious to have a son. If there Is no son and no ona to perform the ceremony, the ghogt, hungry and Is destined to wander about the earth. They are especially particular In the observance of ceremony and have a set etlquhtte. For Instance, the first thing one man does upon meeting another Is to ask what eaoh member of the family Is doing, his age. his. full name, and If he Is marjied. his wlfss name, and whether they have any sons (for It seems that girls do not count). After .that they talk about anything they tlkq , Flower Lovers ' They love flowers and every Chinese garden is filled with fltjwor hods and tba women always wear flowers- - In their hair. .All along ths Grand Canal, which runs through the whole Province of Shantung there are rows of flowers.1 Agriculture flourishes feet, and surmounted by a glided ball there as cotton, wheat, Indigo, maixe, fixed to the top with a iron bar. fruits and vegetables of all kinds are Besides pagodas there are great raised. Silk Is the most Important temple 'wholly unlike those found In product of the Province, and pongee Japan, but quite as beautiful. . ac-... When one becomes thoroughly and brocaded silk are shipped in large quantities. The care of the silk worms quainted with the Chinese people, one Is left to the women, who take the finds that theyvhave some excellent best cars of them, cultivating the mul- qualities and seem,ready to follow the them the berry trees and feeding white delicate leaves. Shantung is especially rich In minerals, such ks Iron and copper, and there are four great coal fields; These minerals are of special use to Japan when she wishes to Increase her armament. The waters teem with fiah and the fishing Junks are a particularly Interesting sight at sundown as they lay out In the waters. Thvfauna Include small antfhala such as badgers, wolves, foxes and several species of poisonous snakes. Among ths birds ire the quee Manchman Cranes, wild ducks and turkeys. The climate Is healthful and there seems, to be little sickness and Shantung Is one of the few Provinces In China which the Red Cross has not fost Its duty to aid. Thsre are many beautiful pagodas In Fhantung towns and cities built to perpetuate the memory of some dts-- j tlngulshe'd man or woman. They are usually octagon In shape,1 eight stories high, each' story being naarly thirty Golden Rule. We have been told that the Chines have no national feeling, no .pair oN .ism. This may have beenfrue once, but It Is no longer true. Thi Chinese today are fervid patriots. SAmGTHETORNCOB Recent! Investigations by chemists have proved that corncobs cooked at high temperature will yield a fluid which, on being evaporated to a sirupy consistency, makes an excellent gum. 4 suitable for use in for X gumming labels. In the paper box in- dustry, and for many other employ- - ' . ments. r; For thla purpose thev are pressed and the cake left behind, when coarse-grounmixed with molasses, and dried, makes first rats feed for stock, i Thisi "cake," by sjmple chemical ; treatment', can be made- to yield 75 per cent, of Its weight in pure glucose, for which there are many uses; and "J the glucose. If yeast be added, wall ii" . produce alcoho j I f' |