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A-TALK-WITH

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY, MAY 20 1899

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sed to tell us with pleasant frunkhem, that they were quite tired of dich allier, aye take the imbecile men and wonen for drives.THE There is a much

doctras infirm people in the wards, have, pretty often preached to day by thysterical sentimentalists concerts and tea parties The blind go to who desire to see werkhouses swept of the face classes every day with guides. The food is of the earth that it acement a good thing, be fajgly varied; skilly is reserved, for the able coming well as the Scottish metrical psalm bodied. We have between seventy and eighty phrases it, to go and have a talk with a sensible, skilled nurses for the sick. Each person hat. clear headed master of a London workhouse a good clean bed, often for the first time in his Ha is, moreover, kindly with the people. Few or her life. It is obligatory to have a bath perhaps, realize how much resolution, tact, and once a fortnight, although this is not regarded courage are required to retain one's kindly as an unmixed blessing. Then we have a feelings when working among the poor and library, papers, and so forth.” among prisoners. Only the sentimental and Yes, the jam sounds very well. But it is ignorant are unaware of the fact that, speaking a big slice to spread over. Do you think that generally, the poor in our workhouses, asylums, more outdoor relief can be administered with and institutions, are a clays by them out increasing pauperism. selves. They are fit the must part physically in that view. We ought to have degenerate, and with physical degeneracy there a good number of sensible women to visit the is a moral taint of some kind, most commonly, out-reliefs, and see that the money is properly a lack of appreciation of the truth, petty piller spent. Old people are often not fit to look ing, and sometimes both

after themselves. They are dirty, illfed, and Spend the money on drink Sometimes when I feel desperue, I wish that every pauper could have 105, weekly and be left to his own "Of course I do not speak with scientific devices. But of course this is absurd. It would precision," said the master, but I should put add to the problem of housing the poor; the the figure down at 75 per cent. Drink and money, judging by past experience, would soon other excesses have brought a very large numbe in the public-house; and we should be left bor here, and when opportunity offers, they to pick our inmates out of the gutter and bean

once more."—Pall Mall Gaselte.

Now will you tell me what proportion of the inmates of this house owe their presence here to their badly ordered lives 2

take to it again, You don't know the work house character as I do, and you would. be surprised, 1 imagine, at the lowness of the moral tone. The sense of truth isn't in these people; they lid out of long habit when there is nothing to be gained by lying, and they pilfer when they can.".

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#Truthfulness is a very uncommon virtue among all classes in my experience, and of course, one would not look for a among the aubmerged. But you do not trust them far?"

No not in the house, but there arise op- portunities when they leave. Situations are found for, people, and clothes to go to them. But soon the old story is written once more." Do what you will, you cannot supply the lack of character, of reliability, and the people you have helped arp landed on you hands once more. There is a lack of power to govem the life aright, and it is this lack that brings most of our inmates here."

"You said that 75 per cent. of the innates are here by their own fault. Now shall we find that the remaining 25 per cent, have simply been unfortunate, and are decent people 2

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*LA REINE EST MORTE:"

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Poor Marguerite My complaint of her has been long and-loud; her complaint of me, in the many miles she bore me with creak and groan, has been longer and louder. Yet, now that her dainty successor stands beside her in the hall, now that I see them both in undigni- fied contrast, i cannot help feeling a bit of a traitor.

think they are

THE SITUATION IN CHINA, The negotiations between the British and Russian Governments regarding the Chinese Question were proceeding when the last mail left-Russia holds that China is not yet a second.Africa.co

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appeal with peculiar force to men of loyalty Now, the Jonatha hout counting the ranit honour; nerechelcis dguards or the Jado the brake, weighs wholly inadequate to just just twenty two prepared to bellele, anything about a bicycle, which they disapprove. There is a limit to the

the ran" on: I was their influence, to the

projects after the morning I had spent, but I could not claims of private associations allegiance to help wondering how any one was going to ride the Church herself, and the high obligation of machine without a saddle, except in a circus self-respect ura compromised when that limit In the hope of recovering my shattered senses I asked Phyllis's husband what he thought»

is over-passed about chainless bicycles. "I don't think any." thing of them at all, was his prompt reply: "they ever slacken, you see, like a chain does; you just have to go on without any effort, of your own, whereas a chain machine keeps you buck. No doubt Phyllis's husband is quite sane, but if any one could explain to me keeps you back I should be glad. cycle that why it is an advantage to have n

shop. There was a serenity about the Jona- It was quite a relief to arrive at the Jonathan than man that composed my reeling brain, Take it or leave it, he seemed to say, as he placed the Jonathan bicycle before us with the. indifference that comes from an assured supe- riurity. He did not dream of saying a word in its recommendation. Every adjective in the English and American languages baving been used up in the catalogue, I supposed there was really nothing left for him to say. It was the in the market, that was all; and anybody who could not see that, without being told, was unworthy of its possession. I am quite sure, in any case, that the Jonathan man did not think was worthy of the Jonathan bicycle; but still, Between Phyllis's husband and the Jo purchaser. And I have had an uncomfortable nathan man,I speedily consented to become a

tion to buy the bicycle I wanted to buy, I have. sensation ever since that, in spite of my inten ended in buying the bicycle I was told to buy, which is not a nice reflection for any woman id make.

to be contradicted by recent facts, is a maxim Empire, however, much the

phrase may seem which Russia adheres to for her own sake, for, as the immediate land neighbone of China, she ing the status quo in the Celestiil Empire. is now more than ever interested in maintain

on the subject of the lease of Sanmun Bay are Official negotiations between Italy and China being carried, on uninterruptedly through the intermediary of the British Chargé d'Affaires at Peking. Although the Chinese Government persists in its declaration that it cannot con- sent to the.cession of Sanmun Bay, the Italian Government is confident that its attitude will soon be modified.

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The present otal is try and foreten rally go together. When I callid, on and weak, two characteristics which; gene... him with Mr Wilson, a Miesos,uy, one of the Tantal's servants was overheard, as we went out, saying: The din has entered and the dirt has gone hence, but it loaves & nasty stain behind. We went back and remonstrated with the Thotai, wba quote) some ancient maxim to his followers concurling the etiquette of hospitality. It was this official to whom I had to apply for an escort, intr Kwei- chow and Yunnan, He did everything possible to dissande me, from making, the journey. Apr eith been exhausted, he began to plead ons onder frightening me with the disturbed state of the proceed

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might happen on my journey. I was hever, be due by the behalf his responsibility for anything: that recovery of few pa inexomble, and pressed for an efficient agurt, published o failing which I would go in any case, and ↑ 18c8, in their telegmphed to Peking and to London what I had done, leaving the whole, responsibility for consequences on him. The result is the lam to have six picked, armed ingn to Kwenyang. those I take from Chungking to be changed on the

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"THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND CRISIS.

lengthy letter to the Times says:

The Bishop of Gibraltar in the course of a

So that is why Marguerite has had to

Marguerite's life or mine, not to say of both; all for the rest of her days; but, unfortunately, first, to give her an honourable position in the and Marguerite bad. to go. In point of fact there is no sentiment abou: Lionel, and the she has not gone yet, for she still leans her hall is Lionel's half as well as my hall. It was battered old frame against the wall, while her certainly unfortunate that he should have magnificent rival site up aloft on the bicycle tumbled over Marguerite's pedal in the dark, stand and looks down upon her. I wonder the other evening. Marguerite always had an Is there a large proportion of them vicious whether this pretty stranger weed love unlucky faculty for putting ou, he said with Very considerable; I should say from a submitted to my early inexperienced efforts

her foot in it! third to a half. A fair number have been in with the devotion of a Marguerite prison, and you will casily understand that the moment I am weak enough

For exaggerated calmness, "how much longer this presence of such demands severer discipline buried in the past-in Marguerite's past.

be hall has got to be turned into a bicycle shop." than might otherwise be necessary. Of course, It is only for a moment, however. Margue white," I ventured weakly.

"I rather thought of keeping Marguerite for classification comes in to lessen the disadvant rite's present is always safficiently obvious 10

Lionel started age, but classification is very expensive, since obliterate Marguerite's past, and it is a relief

"But you've got a new one!" he exclaimed. it works but to a, demand for more room and

Just then Dorcas lighted the gas; and an to turn from her to my siender and beautiful answering gleam shone--not from Marguerite, more buildings, and that means money-in-Jonathan, as it sits, puffed up with air and but from the nickelled features of her successor creased mates. Already there are workhouses pride, on the stand that was once Marguerite's. in London whose yearly bill must be reckoned It is impossible to say, so carly in our acquain-turning my back on Marguerite at last.

It was very base of me, but I could not help in bundreds of thousands of pounds.".

tance, whether Jonathan is going to be a person or only a bicycle. Atter my experiences with said.

"La Reine est morte! Vive la Reine!" Miguerite, cannot help hoping, if it does turn out to be a person, that it will keep its per sonality under control. Indeed, on the whole, I am inclined to think that bicycles are best without personalities; and it was in search of t bicycle that was only a bicycle that I started out the other day to make a tour of the shops,

Now, there are various ways of buying a new bicyle, One way is to go to the shop across the bicycle that lies nearest, the one you have started at mechanically for months and nonths. This, no doubt, is the way that any body who is not prouds might buy a bicycle. The Professor bought his bicycle that way, only the other day. He happened to look at the clock, at the end of a hard moming's work, saw there were just five minates to spare be forg lunch, and went across the road to buy a bicycle. The Professor is not at all a proud bought but perhaps it would be difficult to be Pred wiwas a bhuit called a "Kay of Sun

or some such name as that. Why light" did you get it in such a hurry?" I asked him, curiously. Why not?" said the Professor. sought about for a reason, and suggested that he might have got a better and somewhere cisc. Oh, no, said the Professor in his gentle, superior way: bicycles, are all-alikes really and everybody knows they are alike, and everybody goes on pretending they aren't: It's much better to acknowledge that they are, and then you can buy the first one you see always silences me; he has such an amazing Saves no end of trouble." The Professor way of making a perfectly wild statement sound plausible that I never can think of any thing to say until it is too late. On this occa- sion i could only refer to the enormous weight of the "Ray of Sunlight, but that did not fuffle the Professor at all. Yes, it's heavy" he observed indifferently; but the only thing Sometimes I cannot help thinking that the Lever really like about a bicycle la its weight Professor is trying to pose.

"I could not put the figure as high as that; can't be nearly that. I do not much like these proportions any way; it is so difficult to be correct. What I can be more positive about is that we are still taken in by certain people their appearance is so respectable and their manners so agreeable Now there was the Duchess, as we called her, to whom my wife was quite attached, and who served her for years. A situation was obtained for the Duchess'; a lady found her, clothes and new boots. She left one day, but was brought back the same night, dead drunk to the very bench outside this workhouse. She had pawned the clothes and sold the boots. I could not tell how many times we have been deceived. To live at all' here we must live under rule,

see one sidle; there are several priam, abisi, var molly-mamuguet as the one you know,”

I understanding, that Mr. Litton is now on his way back from Kwelyning, and I hope to have the luck to meet him on the road. Every one in Chungking agrees that he has displurged that site the he

| "Are Supplementary his mission splendidly in Kweiyang. No man but it Mr. Colezz In Russian political circles we are told Li is so looked up to by the scattered Britishicon-not call Ms alanest Hung chang's return to Peking is hailed with munities of Missionary and others in the West and out partisan of Russia's aggressive policy strong, thoroughly self-reliant and fearles, and great satisfication, as- Li is considered an out of China as Mr. Litron

Uchtowski, who is a close friend of the Cane stayed at Kwelyang without any support but in Eastern Asia. It is reported that Prince one not to be put on with plausible word ile will proceed next month on a special' mission

Hu Hanilaisen by: his own resolution, and saw the titty, M. Manchis, whay nila. to Péking.

The Vienna Politische Correspondent refers, interior of China, properly supported, wounter tifa tenente de

oficials punished. A few such men the 1 guarded kinguage, to reports about a secret awakon hope of the conservation of both British witness. In answer to this understanding, all European instructors subordinate post in the Consulate at Cantis.) the European Powers. "As a conséquence of of the removal of this meritorious office a Park Cone to kick 2015. will only be dismissed from the Chinese Army." It is well known that Li Hung-chang Protestant Missionaries gathered here at fire-printent thing and

Sita the advertiseczek, Bishop Cassels, Dr. Hudson Taylor, and the ment" in the manors supports the plan of an alliance with Japan, sent, as well as the Koman Catholic Fath style. It w and that a strong party in the latter country consider Srachuen and Hupeh and the cold try Their projects, however, are scarcely up to date; foreigners, the central Government has pu advocates an alliance with China with the object generally to be in a very dangerous situation.

verament, the Sp of excluding all Europeans for Eastern Asia. The Empire, they say, is being partitioned by

us savoje! part÷OF A TERC tubre (Pan tersisestamaks for the influence and, if need be, the armed power, while the authority of the Chinese eff-minence. He bar prad

10 machinery KEYS IN strength of European Powers can no longer be cials is being everywhere weakened, anditore excluded. The report comes from St. Peters-is universal unrest and discontent. Only these for tea

ng indiv. Wilces; any. burg, and inay be a ballon d'essai, with the trading and well to-do classes are in favour of object of finding.out whether Japan has already order all others sympathise with Ya Mattie, entered into binding engagements with one or and are ready to failove him or any other than more European Powers to oppose Russian pro- who may rise to lead the attack against Li gross in China.

Baron von Heyking, the German Minister in Peking, who has taken sick leave on account of his throat complaint, and who will be unfit for active service for a long time to conte, pas been replaced by Baron von Ketteler, the German Minister in Mexico. Baron von Ket. telar has a considerable. experience of Chinese and Secretary from 188.4 to 1890 to the German affairs, as he was Interpreter from 1873 to 1874, Legation in Peking. His previous experience should therefore prove valuable to his country in his new post.

and order.

THE TONGAN ISLANDS.

A rumour has reached England to the efic: that H.M.S. Tauranĝi called at the Tongan islands and formally annexed them in the rate with respect to these islands a corresponde of Great Britain. Writing in the London Glek

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the islands Cermany will, sooner or latter, It is quite certain that if we do not andia

to New Zealand and Fiji, are virtually or establish herself in what, from their proximly

if they must be filched, from their native ow posts of our Australasian dominions. Hence, ers, England in her own interests should a given the order. Since he le

where all the navies of the world migs: long delays fo land-locked and hill-encircled deep-water port cu pad witness can put chief. The island of Vavau possesses the June, Sch he had not tajans finest natural harbour in the South Seas; Latins that he wat

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this prevents your knowing people well, you person, not even about the bicyle he has effect, it is vastly outweiglied by the evil, They .be protected on engineers there should allow this mganificent naval base to pass into space went be reduced, s

Whichever I look over a workhouse, I think. of one word; degenerate. Are they not so?"

"There are very few people here who are physically sound. Even amongst the so called able-bodied there is almost always a physical defect. Of course many in this house are old Would it be a feasible thing to break up the workhouse, to distribute these people at least, to some extent d

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suggesting that ring 1 in evade the jakát ven Crosse mine barato. that indeyi

away; we pay for pauper lunatice in asylums; I have often noticed that the aggravating that "it is hateful even to seem to be in oppo" \ concerning the political designs of Denmark

We must be very sanguine and optimistic if, after reading the manifesto, which was sent forth a few days ago from the office of the English Church Union, and of which I have has forwarded, to the German Foreign Office Lu Hai-hwan, the Chinese Minister in Berlin,

decisions, which the two metropolitans may meni relative to the attacks on German officials Just received a copy, we suppose that any an explanatory note from the Peking Govern. deliver on disputed points of ritual, or any reform of the Ecclesiastical purts which our every assistance to the German authorities in and missionarics in South Shantung, offering

ed waters and restore discipline, peace, and adds that the town of Chow-fu has been rulers may agree to make, will quiet the troubl suppressing the threatened rising. The note concord to our Church, so long, as party organi. Karison by his wish that the foreign as zations continue to be maintained. Whatever having expressed mis may be the good which these organizations sinnaries and exasperate and embitter controversy. They

against further attacks..

the mailed hands of a jealous and aggressive widden, deepen, and perpetuate our unhappy harbour regulutions for Teininu, dated Jan. 15 permitted the Erench to forestall us in New The official Fetchsanzeiger publishes the rival we shall be as short-sighted as we were vert divisions. They blind men to the comparative and signed by Admiral Tirpitz on March 31

when to the disgust of the Australians, we of things. They create an imperium in im Paragraph shows that the harbour is divided Caledonia. The German plea for disturbing perio, weakening and even superseding right into an outer and Inner part, the inner having ful authority. They issue mots d'ordre regard for its northern limit line from Woman's holds water in view of the fact that for one the status quo in the Friendly Islands scarcely less of the directions of our properly constituted Island to the north point of Chiposan. The rulers. They

debt owed by the natives to the German firm lead to disruptsitegrate the Church, and other paragraphs show that the harbour is open there are probably three due to English traders picture of the havoc which the English Church arrival and departure, the captain being required combined to reduce the Tongans to grea

This is no overdrawn to all ships, which must hoist their flag on Union is at present working. In the "Memo-

Disastrous hurricanes and bad seasons hav

randum" which the society has issued this Two and a half cents are to be levied per ton

to hand to the authorities his bill of Lading, but, trust, only temporary poverty; and ance he bad asked me month, it states that "at present the whole dis- Opium must be imported in the original pay the Government taxes, a default which did not tipk of sept.

as many of them have been unable tlf he wrate the denies so the case who created the ruins? Not the great body of is forbidden, Any, contravention of this cipline of the Church is in ruins." If such be the boxes, and the import of small quantities entails the risk of imprisonment, I can unders to get the reductie 1 our clergy. They are obedient to their Bishop, regulation will entail forfeiture of the opium, time of late. But as these gentlemen persist benefit of bu See

stand that the traders may also have had a bad in the pain gak.. loyal to the principles of the Prayer hook, and a fine of at least $500. The import of in giving credit to the natives, well knowing after, Wies at faithful to their ordination vows. The ruins, sa arms, ammunition, explosives, and material to they hava no business to do anything of the picture, at the far as they exist, are the work of those members be used for the production of explosives, issari, much pity for their misfortunes would be He had a compl of the Church Union who refuse to bow to the placed under official control Ships carrying misplaced. The Friendly Islanders trade the misreprestaties. appears from their recent manifesto that unless tain roadstead, and have to show a red flag by means of the steamers of the Union Steamronh the bilato law of their Church and country, And it petroleum or explosives must anchor in a cer

chiefly with Australia and New Zealand, mainly His Home d intend that our Church's discipline shall concern cases of sickness on board, the treat ago the North German Lloyd Company placed code and wills i they are allowed to have their way they at the foremast. The remaining regulations ship Company of New Lloyd Company Yered suggested is one remain in ruins; for while they professment of deserters, &c.

an experimental steamer, the Luebeck, the

The STRASSE Bishop requires one of his clergy to justify his in East Asia, it is semi-officially announced

With regard to the rumours published abroad route, but she ran a disastrous, loss, and was sition to their Bishops," and admit that fa practice before the metropolitan" he is acting that the, despatch of a cruiser to the Far East

soon withdrawn, leaving the Union Com 28th next

on "a sound principle, they make no-promise is solely for the purpose of strengthening Den

pany to its present undisturbed monopoly The great majority of the white inhabitants of

contrary, they show clearly that they will accept and that it has no political object.

Tonga are of British nationality. The half of obeying the metropolitan's decision. On the marks commercial position in Siam and China,

castes mostly call themselves. British, and no decision with which they disagree. "No

speak the English language. The Tongans decisions," they say, "of Bishop or metropoli

converted them, taught, clothed, and doctoked tin can be assented to explicitly beforehand

and their brass bands murder "God Save the are all devout Christians. Our missionaries

obedience to them must depend upon what

them They sing our hymns and anthems, they are."

dreaded warriors of the Pacific. Now they Queen. Once they were, perhaps, the most

purposeless people. We have converted them are gentle, lovable, helpless, harmless, and

long time shepherded them. It now becomes into sheep, and having done so we have for a our duty to see that no strange dog shall worry them."

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"Often when I feel the weight of my cares 1 wish the house could be done away with There is much to be said against aggregating great numbers of people of a low type, lacking in self-respect and many of the virtues. But do you understand how even here the mass of poor is broken up ?" I shook my head

So many people forget that a house like this vast as it is, is only one of our activities, the care of our Board of Guardians. We have and contains but a third of the people under a home for hundreds of old people, a few miles we have boys in training ships, children in statements of aggravating people have an poor-law schools; we have a large infirmary aggravating way of coming true. Directly 1. at full to overflowing we have children tried my way of buying a bicycle, I found that boarded out in the country and in a convales the Professor was quite right-that bicycles cent home; some hundreds in hospitals; much were all alike. My more than one thousand receive out relief all the same as the Professor's way, roman of course, was not at The fact is, that people who cry out for the who has been buying new hats for years could breaking up of the workhouse don't realize, not be expected to buy a bicycle straight off

Austria ought not to stand apart from other probably never heard in their lives of how So I began by visiting all the principal makers,

first-class Powers, and demand. nothing from papers, continue to urge that scattered are the operations of a large union. under the impression that I was going to com-

China; and only a few days ago an Austrian *I am sure i cu plead gully withe Lave pare their machines and make a deliberate But you say you pay for hundreds of people in choice in the end. Coming straight as I did asylums. Why then, do you have continuously

It appears from letters which have lately returned from China, in a lecture before the merchant pioneer, Herr Fischer, who had just so many people in imbecile words in this work-first machine I saw should leave me breathless members of the Church Union who disagree that that country should appropriate the rich from Marguerite, it was only natural that the been addressed to The Timer that there are, Vienna Geographical Society, recommended house?

with admiration. Any bicycle that had all its with the policy of the dominant section expressed province of Fukien, the only one on the coast, Because all the asylums in England avail-spokes and lid not wear its heart on its sleeve, in the recent "Statement" and Memoran he said, to which nobody has, so far, laid claim: able for paupers are filed to overflowing the in the shape of its ball-bearings outside its dum," but had no opportunity given them of This inst assertion, it may be noted, is inaccur, workhouses are filled with hundreds beyond pedals, would have done that their certified numbers. Let me ace, said the in the market, said the man confidently unbe wished that such persons would combine already an assurance from China that Fukien, It's the first expressing the disagreement, this much to ate, as Japan, the mistress of Formosa, has master, running his finger up and down a great equalled for speed, endurance, and lightness, with the great body of English Churchines which line just opposite the island, shall not book yea, we are to-day so above pur Hill climbing? Why, it walks up them, No who belong to no party organization, and that fall into any other hands than her own; proper strength. During the years have been wasted energy, you see. All the nickel parts their combined strength should be exerted in here we gradually approach the doubling of our are thickly coated with copper, first best defence of our Church doctrine, worship, and Pest, writing from Chungking, Jan. 30, states

The Special Correspondent of the Morning. alaffi To return to what I was paying, the chamelling throughout; only tested materials discipline, and the support of duly constituted it has often been remarked that wherever the asylums can't and won't take bed ridden old employed, Oh, yes, we may have one left next authority. paupers who are protty quiet with oilter forms werk

Viceroy of a Chinese province was resolved to The Kev, H. Hensley Henson says I was strongly inclined to

keep the peace with farmigers, orders were Lord Halifax adopts a tone of arrogant con- given to subordinate officials to avoid quarrels suspicion which his recent action has caused and when quarrels did break out the orders in many minds by no means naturally disposed were te patch them up immediately and to to think evil of he positively asserts; stands committed to the their Consuls. The rule was partly followed and vice of Mr. Terence Dowling. After their day's the engine piciumb auselfish a man. The English Ch-minded, and ceda everything that was required to prevent

ulssionaries from making a claim through natives and slightly hurt e durwan in the ser sted, force uji there sweeps aside with something like contempt the has been especially the case in Szechen, Baptister andere quite imprepared for the ex-mak The cerven fatuous declaration recently set forward. He partly disregarded in the provinces, and this work, three young men. Messma Allen, J. C. ages, uninjured over Unionists disapprove of the statements there winked at, if not, encouraged, the attacks on notion that any considerable proportion of the where sometimes the higher authorities have lament that followed. Having gone some four during this st

Waters, palled forth in quest of me land it safity, tarka advanced "With perhaps one or two exeap Christians, while no other mes they have milles, accompanied by their dogs they got plain lie, the.. tons of no sort of importance," the union repressed these attacks with severity, Pro-Ekubbur that some leopards were quite close suid to be unanimous. I believe his lordship in bably it was always a matter of calculation by and were further informed there had been the loan of tunt

directors of the A0% Red from shop to shop, only to be told the same less than four senior members of the union inconvenience on the high official them that two or three men had been killed. Mr. In: nlion he plunge Ze was in a dream... I misinformed. Within the last fortnight no as to which course would entail the least loss of cattle almost daily, and what was wore, ment thing ever, an over again the world was have expressed to me their emphatic disap selves. This seems to be fairly well illustrated Allen tried to persuade some of the men, who gullble prac packed with bicycles that possessed an uner-proval of the policy adopted by the executiva, in the history of the particular case of Yu Mantse were parched on trees, to frighten the brute out. Later on he hemped ring perfection and hot a single mark of dia and assured me that they were anxiously con against the Szechuen Missions. This man had of its lair, but to no purpose. Finding all his and among his Vies unctie Onetrary, ak a los unon sidering whether or not they ought to continue been at one time arrested by the authorities an attempts futile, he cautiously approached the wines, hele hi one merely, because it had an ingenious device members in a society fo which they, no longer account of a quarrel which he had with the bamboo tape, followed by the for keeping the oil can in the handle-bar. It possessed any real influence. They told me Roman Catholics, and he was imprisoned, suddenly rushing at the brite, caused it to of, 40,000 firs

which trades people wind he would at least, be somethings by which to further that many others were in the same probably with little regard to his guilt or in leave its hiding place, Mr. Allen, who was tiot obtained goods in the know my bicycle from everybody else's bicycle position. In response to my earnest conngel Rocence. A mob rose attacked the Finally and

to consult Phylis's husband. Th from the union, they all in various phrases made either under compulsion or by connivance with missed the brute which, springing furiously at Vies na, offeri

dogs, but in the excitement of the moment he presented Ins d is holling if not enthusi- the same reply, that the union bad done good the mob, went through the form of a trial and him, bit him severely on the left shoulder, leav. and i had bech with him five minutes workin the past that they could not lightly surren acquitted the prisoner So far the popular ing deep, ugly scratches on his legs, The gun Pop with Certain as he was that the der men bership consecrated by many year's aide. But this same official then got into dropping from his hand, owing to the sudden act

had never even duration, that they had a great personal regard trouble with the higher authorities, was obliged mess of the attack Mr. Allen hit the brute threaten

for Lord

that they shran efing to retire from the public

ack, knocking him off wer sining believed to have committed of the whole incide

are kept waiting for room.

buy

-the first

of insanity it is different Even then, we off bicycle I saw, but I tore myself away and went fidence which must deepen the profound with, the Catholic Missions or their converts, Locomotive Workshop, was severely mauled | tirétended fatintiz tad

there, but not enough for extension, and now filed to the bursting point. We bought land we can't get it at any price.” SAI

Then If you have an infirmary, at into another shop, just to assure myself of the why have you hundreds of sick people here? inferiority of all other machines. 1 felt a little For the same reason. The firmary-downcast when the second man wheeled for- the oner had just seen. It seemed hardly ward machine to all appearances exactly like All sick people should be for the country beautiful machines, and it was a little discon credible that the world could contain two such They are not of the opi

It is certing grievance of the old people whom we house the man was saying climbs hills so as you

First on the road, first everywhere, In one of the suburba that they are so far from wouldn't know they were there! No wasted Landon, smoke, and whenever they can, they energy and all the nickel parts thickly coated come here.

with

After that I felt sure

Perhaps you will recite, for the benefit o my readers, what are the advantages of life in the workhouss

We have to sicer a middle

those who think it desirabi

inmates and those

discipline

hodily com well, and

Week

by

A leopardess, measuring 7 feet, which, Hesterted o

not before it bad fatally injured one of the slidden imp after an exciting encounter, was killed, but Frovided with :i men

vo up my way of buying a bicycle that they should at once dissociate themselves: and: kolcased him. The official concemar away, fired after, it had killed one of the sands of Atorios:ful

of course

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