The foreign-made carbonate of soda has come in for its share of defamation. It is beginning to have a large sale in the province. And now itis said to he dangerous, and because it turned watermelon juice black it was certainly a fertile source of cholera Many posters Have been put out against. its use. They. have been put up in the market towns in this district, and in the one east of us, A man from this place was arrested. some time since, and his soda and other seized, We hear that, in spite of the efforts made by the merchants thr the Chinkiang Taotai, he is still without his soda. However, it is' being bought by mer chants on the sly, and coloured and sold for the native soda.
Mission Meetia.
There has been something new under the sun for the Chinese here to talk about. On the 20th of September the Southern Presbyterian Mission (American) workly, ju North Kiangsu met here for the annual convention. The resident missionary made a visit t" the magistrate the day before the members gathered, to let him know whut was going on, He made a complimentary visit during the meetings. We were glad that we had informed him of the nature of the meeting, for report male each one of the five boats bring in a company of 40 or 50 men from the " eight kingdoms," and the city gates were to be shut, etc., ad nauseam. However, we are quiet again after the meetings. and it were a pity to let the Eingdoms" would heave a bitter sigh if it copie know that any one of the "eight were forced to take this poor city as a gracious gift.
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