opened shew station in Yaochou, a town The Baptist Missionary Society recently. bout thirty miles north. Things worked smoothly at first, but about two months ago the non-payment of temple dues by an enguirergot himathrashing. The enquirer is a barber by trade and from the first consist tently refused to poy towards the support of idols, But one day he found a big crowd round his doors which soon demolished his little shop and gave him a good thrashing. Proving still obstinate and refusing to pay, the temple guardians decided to try what the ofa river would do, and accordingly proceeded to his house armed with ropes and'other things. But the offend der' heard in time and escaped to the mission premises. When the missionary heard this he sent a trustworthy man up to " speak peace." And though he went to seek the then hurried before s small official, who culprits, they refused the offer of the olive pretended to make an examination, but branch. Hearing that the missionary hed arrived, the guardians sat a handoow pre-turned them over again to the soldiers, who bound them with leather thongs, and with sent to the yamen to make sure by money of
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