Please restore to me the gold medal attached to the watch. The trinket can be of no value to you, but is the dearest treasure to me, it having been awarded to my father in recognition of his gallantry in a well-known battle during the Anglo-Russian War, fifty years ago. You may send the medal back to me by post.
No. 8 Yaraicho.
Since the victim in this case is a daughter of England, Japan's staunch ally, and the stolen article is a precious me-monte of an Englishman's bravery in a war against Russia, the article should be the last thing on earth for a Japanese (even though " burglar) to lay law. ful hands on. We hope the parties addressed have not yet fallen to such depths of degradation as to disown their nationality, and that they will respond to the gentle appeal at once, especially as the article can be of little value to anybody but the owner.
Tue February issue of the "St. John's Echo" opens with an editorial notice of the late Bishop Ingle. Then follow several columns of College news, which forcibly impress the reader with admiration for the energy displayed by the students and derived from their teachers, in the pursuit of the studies and recreations that build up the complete graduate. The only right the first long paper has to appear in this company is that it was read before the St. John's College Alumni Association. It is by the Rev. W. Nelson Bitton, and its subject is "The Relation of Religion to Reform, illustrated by the Protestant Reformation." As a histon study it well deserves a much wider circulation than the "Echo" can be expected to give it. Mr. Z. F. Ling writes an interesting account of the Hakkas, a people in but not of the province of Kuangtung, who came originally from Shensi, and who have never tolerated foot-binding. The leader of the Taiping Rebellion was a Hakka. Mr. Samuel E. Chin discourses on "Chinese Mysterio: He mentions as coming under this category the persistency of foot-binding, the abuse of opium, the neglect of mining, the variety of languages, the cringing to Russia; and he urges his fellow-countrymen to achieve their independence and dissipate these mysteries. Mr. K. 4 Li carries his account of "The Life of a Private Gentleman with his Son" to the cemetery. His concluding paragraph It seems to me that the Law of Heredity has something to do with men's
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