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Show ARE RULED BY EARTH DOCTOR8. Queer Things About Location of Houses and (Iravei In China. The abandonment of cities, town or localities Illustrates the peculiar Influence Influ-ence among tho Chinese of their geo-mancers, geo-mancers, or "earth doctors," as they call them. Theso fortune tellers, with a great deal of rigmarole, pass upon ho luck or unfavorablencss of a spot whether It bo selected as a place on which to build a house or dig a grave says tho Chautauquan. The entiro city of Pekln was moved by the' first emperor of the Mongol dynasty becnuse his "earth doctors" told him that bad luck was associated with tho old sltfl' and that it ho wished wish-ed to establish his dynasty, he must build a new capital, The modern city of Pekln was tho result. And so the cities and towns ravaged by the Taln-Ings Taln-Ings over fifty years ago have never recovered because the Chinese believed believ-ed that their fuck had been spoiled nnd tho populntlpn hns built new towns and new cities rather than tempt fate by rebuilding tho old ones. The Chlncso will abandon houses almost al-most now If convinced thnt their geo-mancy geo-mancy is wrong, nnd In almost every city you will And somo quarter vacated vacat-ed and abandoned becnuse It Is Bald to be unlucky. |