Refugees from the past summer's floods in the Yangtze valley are drifting through the interior. A number have reached here, coming from the district north of Wuhu. During the recent cold spell they suffered greatly, being but scantily clothed. Ove mother, rendered heartless by her own suffering, threw out her new-born babe to freeze to death. It was rescued by the dispensary assistants and revived, but the shock was too great and it died the next day. It is hard to conceive how a mother can be heartless as to throw out a naked babe in freezing weather and let it slowly die in such torture. Ifshe wants to kill it why not do £0 at once and prevent suffering The New Departure.
Chuchou has now laid plans for, hired three teachers, all Chinese, and expects to open a school of Western learning early in the new year. They will enlarge a Buddhist temple and utilise heretofore useless space. Their experiments in this line will be watched with great interest. Those in charge have already intimated a strong desire to have the resident foreigners assist as much as their limited leisure will allow. The last examination under the old regime will be held shortly. The provincial literary chancellor will be present, and the new order of things will be explained: to the gathered students. Thanks to the Society for Diffusion of Christian Knowledge and the British and Foreign Bible Society each student will receive 16 good books which will also tend to open their eyes to see the root of Western learning. The Chow official has entered very heartily into the plans for the distribution of these books.
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