The attitude of the men—affable, almost obsequious, at first, stiffens; the face is less liable; even the buttons on their hats turn rom a pale blue to an assertive red. The way of the world, no doubt; the way of the Chinese world undoubtedly. A curious effect of this quick transition from lowliness to power is seen in. the number of "transients" that hold ellice now. One-year men are scattered all over the place. One-year squeezes! The policy is disastrous as it is unwise and una One year to, do ill in; hardly time, however, to make good resolutions, so much nimbler are the powers for evil.
Suifu has a branch of the Imperial Post in charge of a courteous and cultured young man from Hupeh; next comes the Consul, and then, but along way after, the Tong" king Szechuan trunk' line, with' round-trip tickets from Hongkong to Shanghai. Whatever may have been the case in Galileo's time, there is no doubt now that the world is moving. To us stranded out-of-the-way mossbacks it seems to be moving fast.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.