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They have every heinous disease and affliction conceivable leprosy, typhus, Asiatic cholera, smallpox, tuberculosis, dengue fever, opium smokers' poison, and plague. The first sight that struck my eyes was a woman who had just come in with her throat cut wide open and bleeding to death. The bleeding was quickly stopped, and the Eible women going to work at once, found that she had suffered from guilty conscience and cut her throat to let the evil spirits spir-its out of her body. OF all China's great cities I found Nanking the richest in historical interest, says Dr. A. B. Leavelle in an account of his travels in China, published in the Los Angeles Times. It is 205 miles inland on the banks of that wonderful waterway, the Yangtze river. Its history his-tory dates back, under different names, several centuries before Christ, and it has served under a number of dynasties dynas-ties as the capital city. Nanking is very advantageously situated for defense de-fense and has the vantage point striven striv-en for by many of the leaders of China's Chi-na's numerous rebellions. It was here that Dr. Sun Yat Sen lived and took his oath of office as president of the ltepublic of China in 1012. During our i stay In this city we were entertained ! In that great yamen, formerly owned by Ll Hung Chang, ex-minister to America. The present walls of Nanking are among the finest in China, being 00 feet high, 40 feet thick and 22 miles long. In their construction no fewer than 4,000,000 workmen were employed. employ-ed. These walls have now been built more than 1,000 years and, though nioss covers most of the brick, are well preserved. The past glories of this city are indi- ! cated - bv arched bridges of carved i stone; by the ruins of the world-fa-' moiis porcelain pagoda ; the examimv tion halls containing cells for 30,000 students, the near-by ancient Confuci- ! an temples; the drum tower, and the : precious stone tea houses. The celebrated cele-brated mausoleum of Hung Wu. the humble founder of the Ming dynasty, we saw just outside the city walls. : l-'or miles it is surrounded by huge carved granite lignres of animals and solid stone images, known as the Ming tomlis. This is one of the most picturesque pic-turesque places known to history. ; Purple Mountain That Was Chained. All Is overshadowed by 1'urplo mountain, where the greatest battle of Chinese history was fought. The wife of one of the emperors declared she could see this moutain move, and to ; relieve his people of their terror he set forth with '1,000,(100 coolies and constructed con-structed a huge iron chain about its base. Since that day it has not moved. ' Taking a stern-wheeler we proceeded up the world-famous West river right through China's present theater of ar. our good captain, having a big consignment con-signment of sliver aboard, was sure the pirates would take ill, and at nightfall night-fall placed "ltig Doc" (my brother) and me in a private cabin adjoining his on the bridge, nil of which was enclosed In iron grating with locked doors. We had ItOO Chinese herded below ou the deck which had no beds, as they preferred the tloor. I was glad of the chance to see I hem nt their evening eve-ning meal of rice, bamboo sprouts and chopped duck, served before them ns they reclined, a half-d07.cn or more eating with chopsticks out of the same large bowl. It certainly was a great sight. Then they passed around the community water pipe, which after a few pull's would lay them out to sleep. Oh, say, did you ever see a duck boat? Well, all along here you see these peculiar bouts with overhanging sides equipped to accommodate something some-thing like 1.000 ducks. They land at a new gia.lng place each day, throw down 11 bamboo gangplank and herd thrni like sheep n call will bring back any straying drake. In the afternoon when ho call Is given "all aboard," you never saw such a scrambling and falling Into tin- wnlor to gel up that gangway, for (ho last half-dozen get 11 sound thrashing for being late. U looked like a crush at a theater tiro. A Flood t Vuchow. Wo finally reached Vuchow, the "Hlg Dor" and his charming wife, formerly of the blue grass, showed me the most Interesting leu days of my life. I could forget three fourths of 11 all and still have enough left to write a book. I arrived In (line to see what their city |