Yesterday and to-day Kaifeng hae been over-run with old women who came to do honour to Gen. Chang Fu-lai, the Tuli of Honan. The story goes that, some months ago, when Gen. Chang was ill, he consulted a woman witch-doctor of Chengchow, who cured him of his ailment, whatever it was. In return he showed his appreciation of her work by presenting her with a congratulatory tablet.
Now that her patient has risen to the high office of Tuli, this old Indy, felt the ought to compliment him in a proper way, so she gathered together over 1,000 old women, who yesterday travelled over from Chengchow in a special train to present the Tuli with a tablet. It ig said that the train required three engines to draw it, which may be so. for never have I seen so many old women together. They have been feasted at the expense of the Tuli, and though many returned to Chengchow to-day, a large number have remained over for a day or AtAMAN Simionov, who returned to Japan recently, is now staying jat the Hotel Japan in Nagasaki under the name of Eldon. He is said to be awaiting the arrival of ihis wife d i Bot and then intends to go to
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