The question comes up anew in a recent instances. Two men were hayg] a neighbouring town over the price of small article worth only three cash. Words at last came thick and fast until one man in rage picked up a cleaver and killed his opponent. Three cash is a small sum to cause the loss of two lives, but perhaps it ix all they were worth There is a Little Promise for better things here but it may be only a promise. The building in which the Western Jearning ix to be dispensed to Chinese youth, is now finished, but, no teacher is to be found; so we are told that the school will not be opened the comin; (Chinese) year.
Still in' other places there has been advance. Thus a fried! of the writer's gave away three copies of the well-known geography last year to as many friends. and everyone of the men took his degree, two of them the M.A.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.