The news of the Peking coup defat has been ed here with philosophic calm, not to say quiet satisfaction, The unfortunate Exuperor Kuan was regarded ler the influences of Knish
rel from the Frew point of view.
val was consequently. "desirable The Sowrwil des Dibats rena has not the slightest of their queues and adlopt-1 clothing if their alleged taste reform 1 best served by those who the Celestinls jor repose the enjoyment ones and robes, this taste for the picturesque will he readily approved. The fact is th governments capable of looking after China than the Chinese ent, whatever its intentions may.
any fresh proof were wanting,"
Délnts adds, "of the strength our position in Ching, it can be found in the anmomnicement that our diplomacy Tras svanted the es n of the French Unier these eiroummtwnces we eat, quietly await the development a very curious accidental discovery, open quite a new field for inves! " the action of light, ix reported by a French photographer, 'MIN. Cousine!. "He had taken a snapshot frien! sitting in the courtyard of a house, exactly on thy line of demateation be: teen shadow and sun-shine, The body of the sitter was in shadow and the sunlight fell directly on the The camera was phoed in the shade, a few yards from the sitter. On developing the photo, MIN. Guusinet found that his friend's fleshly envelope had become transparent Not only were parts of the bony. structure shown on the negative, hut objects situated at one distance beyond the sitter were Jy visible through his body! The cane "the hack of the chair in_ which he sat appeared through his legs. The shape f the left rossed over the right, could be traced inside the trousers, me ass tiles on the floor of the court: yard, six yards beyond the chair, showed thenisele zhi the calves of his lees and his stick was also transparent. 'The details of a door in the background were the hat and' skull, and hones of the right Teg' were An. experiment on another person ar results. It would seem teat th fis of the X-rays are thus oh without any of the elaborate us hither! employed; but of course taken for granted until M. Coir'—nent has been confirmed by of tors.
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