The Grand Councillor Kang Yi is said to be greatly delighted over General Tung Fu-hsiang's invention of a death-dealing military weapon of such a character as to make it desirable to provoke a war, 80 to enable the gallant General to strike terror into all rebellious Western bar-parians. The said article is a cross betwixt a shovel and a spear. It is just broad enough to fit under the chin and sharp enough, so thatin a charge being made with it, the heads of all foes patient enough to wait its arrival would be neatly shaved off. The handle of said spear-shovel is only two feet long, so that, to ensure fair play, all foreign weapons capable of reaching a longer distance will require to be abbreviated. That " Grand Councillor should be susceptible to pleasure over such idiotic inventions is a sign and token. Kang Yi should be China's delegate to the Ozar's Peace Conference.
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