A high premium seems to be placed upon the foreigner's power in the Chinese courts, at least in a certain county in eastern Shantung. A certain man had a lawsuit whi seems to have gone against him in spite of all ordinary measures. He suddenly left for Chefoo and soon returned and annowne ed to his adversary that he had bought his claim to official rank, he donaed a wait foreign title. To prove the genuineness ut
of foreign clothes and Hourished a cane. This was enough! The opposing parties sued for peace and yave up. their case, Emboldened by this strategy the fellow next offered his services to anyone the consideration of fifty strings of cash. in scouring a like prestige in the Courts for
The pretender was not an adherent of any foreign sect, but had evidently heard of the official rank assumed by the Roman Catholic priests, and carried the idea to its logical conclusion.
14th November,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.