A Monk Kissing a Nun—Natural Low in the Spiritual World.
Tae Ostasiatische Lloyd issued an Extra on Friday, saying that the audience at Peking had passed off according to programme. It was generally agreed that the further that he was told by the weare for speedy death. A und the ex-Imperial Turor Wong T'ung-ho's house to prevent his exeape, he being too high in rank for the magistrate to arrest him, a special deputy from the Governor being expected to carry this out. It is believed that both Wong ind Shen will commit suicide, A Macao telegram received by members of the Reform Party here on Sunday states that the Viceregal depa now demanding the extradite Lien-shan is Liu Hsia-hsun, who made such a mark of himself in Japan last year the secret emissary of the Empress Dowager to the Court at Tokio, When. frost of Kin he forinde the clerk at the Chinese Telegraph alice there to forward any tele-rams to Shanghai or Hoi about the matter, so Kin's friends hal to send news post to Hongkong and then telegraph to Shanghai from there, e-paper basket is kept sup: plied with applications for postage-stamps, some bare-faced, some most ingeniously worded. Si the native lnguayo of the applicant, seme are polyglot," The French Mail bro 1 in three languages, so de cannot but reproduce the English appealing to your collegial miableness I take the liberty to request ridly to send me, by closed enver, sortment of postage-slamps of your try. Asa compensation I shall transmit) yon an assortment of German, Bavarivn, and Wurtembergian postage-
Thanking you beforehand for this kindness I remain with much esteem, Yours truly, eRe A Perixe telegram received here on Monday siates that a number of the members of the Imperial College of Physicians were calle on Saturday, the 3rd instant, the Palace to prescribe for the Emperor, as His Majesty had been seriously ill since the mor f that day. Apropos of the june it is venerally believed in local m circles that this is but the besinn of the end and that it is doubtful whether Kuang Hsii will be able to last a month longer.
Iris reported from Nanking that HE. Vicerny Lin of that city proposes to go up to Peking after all, and that he is preparing, to start for the North rid Shanghai om the 15th instant. Apropos of the above it is Freely stated in local mandarin circles that shoul Viceroy Lin actually i up to Peking the chances will be greatly in favour of his returning to Nanking, there being now no longer any necessity for keeping him out of office since the failure of the coup to impose a new Emperor on the country. It is further reliably stated that H.E. has recently received numerous letters from supporters of the Emperor
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