Grad in Haugehow an Flautant, a spirit me and bescued a well in bin enigtsbourhood, to signing thereby to destroy the people; but who Yuan Shwal board of it, ho threw himself into the wall. knowing that the pumple wall ant as the water in which he was drowned. Thus he arved Le people. There are now in this elty and sabarba aine temples that bear his name and every year on the 16th of the 8th moon (the 18th was the day he leaped into the well) his image is led out in procession, that the opidemics, likely to be cued by the summer heat, may be avorted. in Romsa History NO. Daily News Corrs Does not this suggest the story of Curtins pontent:
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CHINA
anmastered the best methods of warfare. But chang, Superintendent of Northern Trade, to Hoods of departments who ontrol the opere the times have changed; the modern ships of the Directorship of the Naval Aoudomy a Tien- tions of subordinate establishment from their war, artillery, and all the terrible instruments of isla, which position ho Alled szocessfully and adios in Calcutta, sometimes go sadly wrong. destruction are becoming mera and more effeo oroditably. At present he is in his native home says the Fioneer. Ons of the Government man tire every day, and in order to adapt ourselves on furlough, and the motorialists have written to factories was the other day ordered to supply to the changed piroumstances, we, as a pracciont him to come to Canton for a personal interrian. Savers thousand pounds of bellare. The all- and politic sation, shozid zo longer dalay that the name time they pray that his apponet thorities of the factory objected that they didn't stablishment of schools of modern science. Tu mantan Managing Director to the Soval gonorally make bellows by the ponad, and ang recent years, seeing the importance of Bering Academy may be auctioned by Imperial Deares. gosted that "bollowy was probably a misprint efficient officers for our men-af-war, naval axle. It is proposed to engers the services of three for "hellion," which appears to be a techuica. nies were established at Fonction and Tientsin, foreign offiora. In the Naval Academyaprofessor asuu for a certain kind of loather. A cort re and at the latter port a Government military of natioal adieucce is to be amployed, for which ply was, however, received to the effort that they on receive the requisite training for the coop Grig, at present engaged in the Imperial Ar-od with this sub, the factory proceded to mat solcol has also buon opened, where young mer position na English oftest by the more of he were to supply what was ordered. Not sentent senul at Forchow, is ominently atted, and as a calculation which showed that the quantity of The province of Kwangting, commanding as the loco of his agreement will soon expire, bis ballows indented for would, at the present rate it does a position of the utmost strategis import survicos can be easily seanrod. For the Mili of copanmplimi, last out of the requirement of ance, both in relation to the esa ocast and the tary Belool a professor of English mathemation, the whole of the Indian Empire for a period ex Dr. Milner Fothergill, who has baan instruct.southern frontiers of China, demands, with an and drilling fe to be engaged. At present there tending over several years. Then at fength dići ing and potertaining the verabers of tho British recy equalled by none of the other provinces, is a German offer in Canton by the name of the Caloutta olce find that there had been Association on the subjsot of onekney deterior that we should provide the proper sans for its Tankhaff who can be readily engaged. In addition mistake. Had it not bean for the phenomes stion," and the boat and roadieat support for his sintenance and defence. For this reason, in to these professors, the memorialists will com- obstinacy displayed by a subordinate. a consider the year 1877, the then Viceroy of the Two mazleate with the Chinese Minister in Berlin, able sum of Government money would have boon views in what may for shortness be suveniout Kwang, Lin Kan-yi, esised a special faed of and request him to obtain the help of the Ger- wasted on an unrealisable asset in the shape of ly called the priding test."
The cookney is The 150,003, and momorialized the Throne that man Foreign Office is engaging & Gerau officer bellows. sharp, shrewd, and witly in hisway, hat be cone interest derived from this wont might be to come to China as assistant professor. Apart mot tackle the dry, pie crust, and oakes"
An imposing ceremonial has recently taker | devoted to obtaining men of Western learning. In from theres foreign professors, eleven Chinese which form so large, a part of the dict of bis 1980 ex-Vicor Chang Shu-sheng, and the instructors shall bo engaged, to he employed an place et Liton in New Caledonia, where Bonin! comby cousins. Who the youthful bore of ar-Govornor Ya Kaan, having selected a spot follows In the Naval Academy, thron will the chief of ous of the narthorn tribos, volebrated "Lankalay "Hall," along the sky highway. santh-set of the provincial capital and distant touch English, drilling, and navigation; turo bis taking possession of a solidly-contracted near and hearer drawn, "saw in finiràn the light fyam it 40 ♫, within the Chang Chon neighbour | mora will tech Chinees: in the Military house or paisos, erected in the osatre of an er of London aring like another dawn," little perhaps did he think that he was string behind hood, built a school out of the special fund above demy two will act is assistant teachers of Eng lead spaos of 10 horas, by giving a feast to up him taking maybe a farewell for ever of theil. Thay sugaged instructors and se-ish, and one assistant tacker of Germon, and watile of 2,000 members of his ribs, and 1300 dumpling of his native home-supposed, to be fected the required number of students, who two others will touch Chinese. The prostore, Karakas owning allegiance to another chief were put to the study of Wostorn languages and sooratories, treasurers, oto, who are necesary The French Resident was also one of his guoats, Somewhere down Lincolnshizo way and enter mathematics. The expenses for carrying on this for the proper working of these institutions The bill of fare on the cocasion comprised eigh ing a community in which the rolling pit and institution were defrayed from the interest on will be engaged as may be needed. The me teen tarties, three oxen, each weighing upwark the pastbour su attan hang idly on the kitoben the special faad, but as this was limited, and foil cabrislists, having considered carefully the above of 500 lbs., from 80 to 100 pigs, some bundreds wall. What Lord Fey's your ma from abort of the demands, the students were taught details of the proposed andertaking, besides.com
of baskets of towia and aboat 15 tous uf yan the country sama te, after his pantry days were erely the elementary Drenchse without tonoh-munissting them to the notion of the Board of Or the first day of the festival, Oukezesan, the over we all know only tou well. The twng upon the oneness pertaining to aval Admiralty, the Teung-li Yamen, the Boards of chief of the invited tribe, eased his followor dweller, we are told, is, or very even becomd military warfare. When the memorialist, Roraans tind War, have now the honour to za-
to daßile before their hast, and on the day fol creature with a teebis digestive angkasing, mad this fnet exhibits itself most disticstly in bis habit of it-tang. Asumed the Visaroyalty, he perverentially submit the same to the sacred glance loving. Boula and his subjects marched in
caired that these students and mying "No!"too often with as unprevoked couraging progress, and he therefore altered the Emperor,
made en of Their Imperial Majesties the Empress and procession before his guest. after which dance serhity of tous--when the waiter or the servant tire name of the school to Po. Hsich Kuan mildly suggests "tart or padding, sir? Of course this is only indication of the truth that Soboot of l'hilosophical Learning). At the same time he memorialized the Throne, prapos. town life is unhealthy, and a corroboration of rag the catablishment of other similar schools of Cartlie's recent demonstration of the rarity of karaing in the province of Kwaschurg and
pare-bred sochnes of the fourth generation.
The M.M. steamer Natal, from Marseilles 11th Fahtien. The memorialists, considering paro- See the country bad settler in towns tako totally the warts of the timor have jointly delibe- September, with the London mail of the 9th rich visas, tempered with bread and fish and rated upon the cation, and they new, proposa September, serived Loro at about a quarter to iu lied of frait tarts laduiges inderately in that the existing school should be ea-organized sight o'oleek last right. The following tele enductive meat-pies aroniadial of the maxim of that costeney philosopher, made wise by his suf- this purpose the necessary bod in alition to
into naval and military academies. That for grams are taken from Ceylon and Indian pa-Lost in London." lately successfully revived in ferings, who declared that "One man's mast the presant grounds should be purchased, and pers
New York, is recalled to the memory of thess..... pia is another man's mast-poiscu." Houce gout,
Ar......... 20.11 ahu take interest' in tho stage by a nate in the
Hongkong pulmonary phthisis, and Bright's disease, which are commodious buildings, lo meat the present
New York Spirit of the Times, The story run! Malphan requirements, be erected; that the regulation are classed by Dr. Fothergill rith all tas ir number of students at both the Naval and the
Bolinas The National Bank of India pays a dividend that Mr. John Softon, of Wallack's Theatre, tating complaooney of the scientific inquirer Military Schools be fixed at seventy, to be se- for the past brif-year at the rate of 5 per cent.
being on a visit to London, was one day laking leave of Mr. Benjamin Webster at the Adelphi ameng "Damo Nature's means of weeding vatooted in the following manner; thirds from the per senam, and carries forward £15,000. the degenerate town dweller. In like spirit stadente of the Po Heuch Kusa, those having
when the latter expressed o wish to give him wo are assured that the offspring of urkan mastored acme Western language and mathe
*some souvenir of their old friendship." Mr. sidents are soether race from their cousins whematics who will be classed as the "inside
Sefton, who mast have been a person of ps ramain in the country. The latter are argudents, twenty from the affeers at the camps
uliar taste, suggested that be should take one limbed, stalwart, fair-haired Aagh-Danas, while their urban ceasing are smaller, slighter, darker those having experienced soldiers' hardships and
or two manuscripts out of the heaps of neglect st playa. whloh Isy piled in disorder in the whose heart have been grostly emboldened, beings, of an earlier and towlier sthuis för,
To this Mr. "Webster, no Baxter'a razanit telegram is doubtless a re-manager's room. who will be elvened as the "eap studente;" then and resembling the Celto-Thorlar race. More rousiaing twenty shall be litarary men, between echo of the old news, sad refers to Ayab'ething leth, requested that his friend wantd horrible still, adminst this general reversion the spas of sixteen and thirty, whether Hsia the eye of seisnes recognises a distinct liver- Tear Chign Shing, or undergraduates, who will raversion to the eucly primitive internal
orations of the bird and reptile. Perhaps after based as "outside student."
In the Narsi Academy Hinglish shell be the
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Hripkang.... second in white, and a third in blue robes The Bolt palace in devoribed as having been designed and furnished socording to European models, and its drawing-room, messaring 21 ft. by 18 th, w drupel for the occasion with tricolour fags.
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tala " many as he liked." Thereupon Mr. Sefton selected two, one of which proved to be Mr. Watts Phillips's plece, which seems to huma been offered for accepluzce, overlooked, and then all there way be in this some compensation.language studied, and thers will be two esparato
forgotton. The result, as it proved, was for TopRealarm It is a significant fact that Norfolk, perhaps departments, ons eroative and one engineer
tunate for Mr. Philips's reputation. 6 most dawpling-eating country in the whole ing. In the latter department, the students
London," which Mr. Webster had neglected, wasntion of wind kingdom, is reluctantly described by the school inspectors as pre-eminently the county of dull will study the principles of the toum ungine
brought out in New York with great soosis and much to the author's surprise. The strange obildren. The exclamation "Them's the jockeys ynamics, statins, mechanics, etc., and in the
part of the matter is that Mr. Webster should for me which fit awakened Coloralgo's former they will study pantiel astronomy, ma
haro,thought himself at liberty to give away rine surveying, navigation, and naval tactics. In mind to the foot that this happy, bealthy-looking the Military Aoadowy the students are to learn
CALOUTTA, 15th September. what was apparently not his to give and tha fellow guest at the Ina table was not the in-
the German langnage, and they will be divided News received kore states that a revolt of a Mr. Softon should have considered it competent tallectual person be had taken him for, may into three separate branded the Infantry, kind not unknown in the State took place st to him to perform Mr. Phillips's piron without have had even a deeper significance then the early, and artillery corps. In order to ondiile Manipore on Monday met ander oironmefaces sonenizing the sather. The angry controversy poet philosopher imagined. Hitherto the dump the so-called "inside students" to admission into of much daring, but it was effactually suppressed that ensued resalted, it seems, in Mr. Phillips lings have been supposed to be merely the the Military Academy they must be qualified in The present Maharajak usurped the chief antho-receiving royalties on the American perform innocent provocation of that significant evidence mathematics anil be conversant with soma West city in 1851, since when bo has had to contend anoes. of a debased intellect. But what if the impar language; and to entitle" amp students'
with gareral rivals and upstar. He has a Inge had dous it P-Daily News.
One day (asys a correspondent of the Chicago to selection they must have passed through the considerable military force-7,000 men, memo varied experiences of camp and field life, and bean fuss, and about 190 cavalry. On Monday after Totes) I mot an old friend, a capitalist, and tas inured to hardship and thoroughly disciplined noon one of the higher officials raised the result was that the year 1852 found a locate The basis of selection for the "outside studenta standard of revolt with a body of armed of Laduands; ir miles from Alamoss, in t shall be steadiness of character and a perfect men and resisted the alarajab's troops till State of Sonors, Maxi, as the residort Saperin The New York Life Insurance Company de castery of Hrarature. As tba "campistarenta" dusk, when bis position was fired by a shell tendant of the America Mining Company. sorves credit for its enterprise in extending is and "entside students are of necessity of too. After nightfall the rehols made & hold attack on Alamosa is situated in Paradise. No portin "peration to Uhiness lives. We observe also that advanced an age to admit of their being able to the palace, almost penetrated to the inner apart of the Republic of Mozion is so favoared in the has written since he visits which Herr Brner squire Western languages, su interpreter shall ments, when the assault we repelled; and early cutter of aliwate. I usver, in all my twenty. has since he visited China one is devoted be engaged whose special duty will be so interpret next morning the leader was shot dead, the fel-five years in Sonera, ruffered from the hast
this subject, and he recommends the fald to into Chinese the instruction imparted by the lowers being dispersed. There were vanalties 1 lave during the last few days here. Did. I his countrymen as a promising one for their foreign professora.
on bath sides.
Apply le The rebels lost pine killed and say thalamosa was in Paradise? I mes that it was. Tas soil thereabouts is richnes efforts, and one which fa as yet natouched. It In the Naval Academy building there are to many wounded.
itsalf. Tickle it with a hoe and it laughs a has hitherto been thought that the notaal oir- be separute quartcars for study and drill, and in umstances of Chim wore afavourable to the the Military Academy, in addition to the sbavo
harvest. There are cattleona thousand hills, miss
"TO BE LET. Dconomy of life assurance. But like many other mentioned quarters, there shall be drilling
the richest in the workt, and a population bapps.
WITH INMEIMATE FOSSESSION. conalusis which are passed from mouth to grounds for the cavalry, artillery, and infantry
contented, well fod, and, in, sorge instamoos. fabu: mouth without much independent thought on cadets. The body of the rules and regulations
NVITE OF ROOMS fronting the Frays and lously rich. Ia okon days an occasional vessel the subject it may as Ekely as not prove to be in forms at the Fooohoor and Tientein schools sports annually about 50,000 tons of sugar.
stopped to buy hides, but the happy people of Ala.
Pedder's Street upou the Ground Floor mosa were pretically shut out from the world of Building rently occupied by Messrs. quite erroneous. At the samo time, if we con- shall be adopted, with only anoh undifications iler the obstacles of every deanription which the as may be specially suited to the requirementa
A young man named Guilbert strived at They sport their days and nights fenuring, MazeERS & Co. office place in the way of Europeans insuring of Hwangting. But the primary and essential Boulogne at 3pm. on the 4th September, baring dancing, singing, playing guitar, making love to Thoes Premisesare well adapted for OFFICES their lives, and sometimes even in the way of re-obisst of the laws to be adapted will be to gain covered the distanes from Paris, which is 156 dark-yod senoritas, gambling, cook Bighting, or STORES. caroring the money, whom it is due, one saunat from Western nations whatever is of substantial ailes, on foot in 39 consecutive hours, and wins and on grand consions, bull-fighting. As an help seeing many diffealtics in applying the advantage to China, leaving stored shye tager of £200.
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instance of the great wealth of the old Mexican system to the Chinose. Not merely the love of objectionable usages. Rarly very morning the The German Government allows the misistor occasion of the christening of his first-born, had graadees, there was a very rich man who on the enicide on vary slight provocation, but the small students shall all review the four books and of only one form of religion in one of its colonies pavement of solid silver bricks laid from value the Chinese attach to life, as such, and five classics for about an hour, that they may
On this system it, has given to the Remen ato big residence to the cathedral, a distance of which, considering the lives they lus, is not to not loan their fundamental knowledge. And on live the exolusive ooonpation of a large territory 1,000 feet. When taken up after the ceremony, be wondered at, may well suggest a hesitation in every Sunday, when the foreign instructors take stretching from the East African Coast to Kil- the Bricks filled four large rooms at his haciendi. H giving one Chinaman a poonaicry interest in the their holiday, the students are to asserable limanjaro, and almost autoraisons with the ter. It was not an unusual thing for one of the death of another. Thst, however, is a broad together to review the classics and histories ritory of the German East African Company. question of principin which may be presumed
wealthy mine owners or repoheros to incite the and write discoarnes and essays, so that they** have been disposed of before the diffoulting of may become thoroughly conversant with the -It is formuate for Parikiane that they do not and feast for days and nights at a time. Some entire population of Alamosa to visit his ranch detail are reached. What is to be provided as a tentera, history, and military soies on of Chian habitually drink Seize water, as last year there times the festivities were prolonged for two weeks substitute for the medical reports, the reports of Students who during their terms of study wish were taken out of that rivar at and near Paris. personal friends, the family history, the evidence to participate in the civil and military competi-2,021 dogs, 2.257 rats, 1.337 animals of other of age, and all the other formalities which are tire examinations shall be accorded the privilege, kinds, 309 birds, 507 fowls, 75 dooks, geess, ned COMMERCIAL INTELLIONNUE. imposed on Western people before they are in order not to shut them out from the ways to tarkeys, and 7,000 lb. weight of offal. How any admitted-to-the-privilege of like assurance advancement and honour. It is not required one can be found to bathe in the Baine after
WEDZESDAY, 12th October. Obviously, these precautions must be to a large that the camp students and "nutside theas pleasant revelations it is dilleult to under-
EXCHANGE. extent dispensed with, but if so on what prolonce students" shall be very young, because the stand.
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