seems to have come to grief. For many Ser onl the tare sia fas kept lone aod solitary in the sunshine, Whether the wind has turned thestarsfand stripes into stars and sir and Uncle Sam has not sant out any dollars to buy © new one, or whether the Americans a lly of we mislemesnour and no longer deserve to be honoured with afiag, or whether the Great Republic haa declared war with the Dragon "Throne—whatever mey be the explanation, the fact remains, 'HYMEN, Our young people—and middleaged—are stil marrying and getiog marred (ough sometimes "on the sly"), showing that they are determined to make the best of the present life. The last member of our community who has thus entangled himself is Mr. Jas. Gibson, married to Miss Lydia Martin of the China Inland Mission.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.