[After the Chinese of Li-LaiPod The plashing of my oars hath The song the water-tilles sang in tune, On ithe green waters of the Lak To the beloved image of the moon, La Tae Poking public is surprising by the invention of a new Kind of coffin. Hitherto, coffins wore madd of wood and tha quality of wood jed upon. the fin Ancial standing of the dead por-son's relatives. A corta enterprising ofa, shop in the Work nod) with Roed. wood. Th, wil ty hes invented a cement coffin Inst three times a6 jong a6 the ordinary wooden coffin. und costa galy 9 little more, Tha fortune tellers have, -howover lod new 6 carte rially effect the luck of tha pow tenty. peasant function took a o the instant, when the peat atid good! praising departs Air, Watson, who eae tee" hae" on Sanday for " well earned, holiday. Me, Wateon, who han been in the Cus. toms aorvion for 93. years, win attached to the Customs. College 4 Peking for a long portod, here he waa very poplar with sil'with whom he came in contact. He has been 'Chic? Appraiser in Shanghai, since io. he, wary, Shoroagh' know inports land exports of Chinn. and called, The Principal Articles Gf thor of the widely read volume Bi, Sere ats porta." Avery fa copy of th a fin fu silver with his monogram. 19 gold was presented to him by the Sppraivers, and ho was the rot Pent of many hety wlabes for rare newt hol day in the Thomelaad and ady and cal return to China, Wateon's first home lowe during the % years of arduous service, Tae diptement was made the other day that Mr. Henderson, tha Homo Secretary, who hag bwo sons who are members of the House of Commons, is the only member of the Hotiso of Commons to sit in that assembly with two sons aa colleagues, Mr. 'Connell, however, hack fous soma who' wore members of (the Housy of Commons, of whom three ant simultaneously with im in thes House. Mr." O'0On enced la. 1899 and. conbinuod I's Parliamentary career com-Bil his death in 1847. Mr. O'Connell's eldest son, Marion,
Commons from 1639 till 18687 hia was a member of the Hous of i second son. Morgan, frm 1832 will 1840;, his Yhird' son, John, from 1832 till 1852; and wore accordingly members of the Hous of Commons together for some part of their Parliamentary Eareors, and sat simultaneously with their thither. Mr.—O'Con-neif's fourth son, Daniel, was also member of the House of Com: mons, t which, however, he W elected in 1859, after the death of his father.
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