that pany enlist all the ponies of the district and the rabble of the whole prefecture again imposed the customary burdens on the respectable people. Several lives were lost in the fights that never fail to occur on these occasions, and how much money was worse than thrown away that ought to have been spent to clothe the aged and educate the young no one ventures to surmise. It is generally admitted, however, that idolatry in its various forms is the cause of nine-tenths of all the poverty and strife in this naturally wealthy region.
OFFICIAL HEADS, though not weighted with crowns, have not been at ease for the past tivo months, Not emile from the city a youngster struck his step-mother, who in a Gt of anger committed suicide, He was promptly executed, and his head suspended in basket by the roadside has ceased to be an object of curiosity. A notorious thief escaped from one of the prisons, and it is suspected thnt some one pocketed a handsome sum for helping this "unfortunate" accident to happen safely. These and possibly more serious matter recently took both the Prefect and the Magistrate to the provincial capital, where the former still tarries.
OUR UNIQUE LANDMARK, the Fujiyama of Hsioghua, presented a most lovely view at sunset several avenin, in succession before the dry season closed. For nearly an hour it wore a delicate lavender hue which gradually changed into light, and finally into dark blue as night approached. If nature anywhere offers a prettier sight your correspondent has not seen it.
6th January. depend upon the quantity and quality of the sei The Health and Vigour of an individual bleed. When the tian by a been a we there are thrown into the blood waste pri ducts, and if these be not eliminated Lut through any cause) detained in the blood, they influence nutrition and function and finally produce of ie sHisease."—Th- Hume unitarian. In cases in und Blood hounds of been effected re_is sold everywhere i zo. 9d. per bottle. Beware of worthless imitations and substitutions,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.