I was called upon the other day by a gentleman who is somewhat of " Chinese phenomenon, After twenty years of study.
volved x memory system by means of which all the characters in the Chinese age can i learned ina nuevellously-'The system itsel€ can be acquired in ten days and will-be taught to. fan individual or t) " class ut ten for the: sum of 20 tals. Here is another line which the Chinese are coming ince compet tion with foreigners; however, Prof, Loi-settle had better look out for his laurels, Pho Chinese New Year las come in with the usual ado. During the lust month of the old your, every Chinaman tied todo what no Chinaman his been able to do since the halcyon days of Yao and Shun—namely, to ateaighten up his accounts. I know of at least one man who cheated his creditors by committing suicide and no doubt a good many nthers did the same thing.
The influenza is here again, Kighty per cent. of the peuple are reported to be down with it, Lu one village of less than 2,000 inhabitants there have been 17 deaths within a month. In a large village, six miles distant, business was nearly wholly suspended during the last few days of the old yer.
2ud February.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.