At the ownest solicitation of three elliptical-eyed gentlemen, representing the ratepayers, or citizang, or burgesses, oF somebody of Tali, we consented tv an' exhibition of cycling. The spot chosen was the parade ground where the military are instructed in the methods of warfare, which, recording to Celestial ideas, consists in swinging huse stones, as though every oldier were a David und every Japanese a ith, balancing great iron bars Sandowtyle, jumping into the air, and finally cvntorting their features horribly. But truth compels us to say thst our demonstration was not a success, There was a huge c-owd, but nobody was enthusiastic. 1 Yes," they. sai foreigners ura rather clever in mezha Al devices, but then they give their mints to such things. They nothing about ancient. literature—how eas they when they d't speak Chinese? The great foreign men are those who pass examinations in manufacturing
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