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IDEALIZED BRIGANDAGE.
well-known French sirman hopes. Mr. John Galsworthy's Stinging
shortly to surpass M. Pegoud's feste. Be intends to endeavour to land upside down, and an aoro-
plane is being specially built for
Letter.
A Chinese Robin Hood.
In Chiuses popular literature sad sentiment we find certain The following letter from Mr. irregular onurses of conduct
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This might woll startlo us at first. Yuan as Emperor.
Sir, I am moved to speak out! d d we not recall the name of a There was great excitement in what land, I am sure, mac Chenobow recently: the report others are fealing. We are a so got out that Yuan Shib-ki and called civilised country; we bare already proclaimed bimself En- a so-called Christian religion; we poror. The rumour was started profess bumanity. We have a by an ignorant Yamen policeman Parliament of chosen persons, to who saw the proclamations con- each of whom we pay £400 a cerning performing encrifices to year, so that we have at last come Confucius, and jumped to the right to my : Please do our conclusion that, at lyt, what they business, and that quickly." Still, we are hardly prepared View from 1st April 1914. had been expecting had occurred, And yet we sit and suffer sach to find a Chinese work in seventy No. 12 Beaconfield Arcade, and that President Yuan was now barbarities and moan crueltics to eliapters and dignified by the Shop.. Emperor Yuan. The news went go on amongst us as must dry the epithet "The Fifth Work of: far and wide gathering force and heart of God. I cite a few only Genius," in every hat shop in fury as it went. It was reported of the abhorrent, things done the land, and of great purity, that hereafter all would have to daily, daily left undone: done devoted to the gloriaestion of bow the kree, as in Manchu and left undone, without shadow brigandage, and the disa fiture times, in the presence of officials, of doubt, against the conscience of all Government attempts to That such a rumour should start and general will of the com- stump it out. at all is interesting, that it could munity be believed by so many is startl- ing. Some went so far as to say that it was a good thing, though most of those who spoke of it shook their heads, and said that there was troubleshood for China,
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The poriod described is that of the beginning of the eleventh century; the bandits sie, one after another, foresd against their will to biasme such; they are mostly criminals in the eyes of the law, bet to make out a case Foul housing of those who have for them, the Court is represented Mr. Bourg J. Waters, presi- as much right as you and I to as being under the away of an dent of the Kansas State Agricul- the first decancies of life.
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April 15th "next, furnished Cruelty to Helpless Creatures.
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bim in the eyes of pillaged and aging and the resk thereof is It was officially announced at a tion there would be found at any it has probably been a deterrent,
burnt out citizens and villagers, going up." mesting of the London County moment a round majority of of a cantimental, yet powerful mccked at for lack of the sansel It is I, of coures, who will b Council that, as far as can at unfettered parliamentary and order, in the case of troops tant proportion and humour in darinz present be judged, the estimates general opinion. One and of expenditure for the coming year all they are removable, and to capture him during the months
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thing, waa said on both sides be
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The trouble that to-day is small and curi- single maasuras. Be on the safe side and
will necessitate a rate of 28. 1d. many of them by small expendi- throughout the county for edature of parliamentary time, publio cational purposes, a rate of 18. money, and expert care." 51d. in parishes outside the City Almost any one of them is it at sande is stratagem; and atot against the tale of hoera no Nothing is more why your con for purposes other than edn productive of more suffering to cational, and a rate of 18. 3.154. innocent and helpless creatures, any rate have encon aed them ret spent on the latter, the ketideration than the weire of four eyes in the City for similar por pocs, human or not, and probably of to hold out against all there will yet ba mcked. This is an increase of 2d. in the more secret harm to our spiritual|
| lened forces Cable Government. I am not one of thors whey remedied, if neglected many et beyond pound for education, and of half-life, more damage to human the Gods," written at the end of but I do me and I do say that and have them examined. No charge for It was a novel "The Making of believe we can do without pay if your eyes are giving trouble call os vs penny in the pound for other nature than, for example, the the Ming dynasty, which gave party meses aksorb far too
aight testing. purposes. Some reduction of admission or rejection of Tarift
N. LAZARUS. these rates may perhaps ha pos. Reform, the Disestablishment or sible in the second half of the preservation of the Welsh Church, populur idolatis, And who wil bemanity demanda for the radea OPTHALMIC OPTICIAN. year, it was intimatod, if the I would almost say than they that this work, and its succes of oying shares. And if, Sis, Tel. 1299 1A, D'Aguiler St Chancellor of the Exchequer's granting
or non-granting of ore, witten as mere novels for laymen sea this with grief and promise that the Government will Home Rule-questions that sop the tiletallers in co wsay Irrge must be the feeling of members
idle hours, but forming gist for anger, how much more poignent p take steps this cassion for the up
elcot and pay to manage our busi-White Wolf, and of perpetuating
have bad their share in making alone remedy has been entrusted. at present who are destined to And I say it is rotion that, for his optieges, in that same pro- spend the next thres yours as mere want of parliamentary inter vinca, andits bordering regions? members of Mr. J. Foster Stackest and time, we cannot have. W. A Coraaby in the house's British Antarctio Excali manifest and stinking sorea auch N. C. Daily New
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