With the cold weather has stopped a phenomenon which greatly alarmed the country folk east of the city last fall. Straw-thetched huts would suddenly cause, At fit it wae thought thet the ignite, without warning or apparent
fires were incendiary; then that the spirits of the dead were to blame. We must_auppose that ere wee generated in the old straw thatch, E Pur Si Muove!
We learn that the Governor's son, Mr. Nich, has secured the services of Miss Lawrence, formerly of the O.M.S., Ningpo, to teach his wife the pianoforte, and to teach others in the family English. There is the greatest possible desire for English all through this region; axa ign customs are Leitig copied more than ever before For rus Broop 1s rma Lire." Clarke's World-famed Blood Mixture is warranted to cleanse the blood from all impurities tuis, Penne emo, Boa eas, bin d Blood Diseases, Pi and Sores of all es fogs, Skin an Kinds, its effects are mscrellons. Thoueficoted by it, Bold everywhere at 2s, 9d. Siware of wcesulese Sahabloas. nus of woscecral cures bare, vee.
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