That some real endeavour is being made to reform the school system of the country is, evidenced ty the efforts that are being made in the interior, and out of the way plas sack half-a-cent The silt from the old|* Kiangyin. As is well-known, China Yellow and probably a natural has a free school system that is of long rising of this portion of the earth's surface, duration. But heretofore the system Account for these magnificent wheat a has been of little real value to the or a day or two we wore passing by the country. Take this place for example. possessions of the Ma Clan, Some of, the There has been, from time to time, individual families hold titles. to land land set apart, by bonovolont individualo, worth more than million dollars. In one home, worth more than one and a-1 half ment for the free. Schools of and worthy magistrates, a2 an endow millions, there are throe generations of Tard bold in trast for this in jatracy.. There are now 4,652 mow of produced in the order of their importance; tilled by host of renters, 'The crops img and no heir, This land is all this district. The land is rented to the ar teen ie kaoliang, corn, millet, beans, farmers at the maskat price, hich yr opiam, and peanut' Many note, faite about pear. re-and vegetables are al The founder of this AEe family's great venue thos so vided kas hovatofore bec in of the village elders for wealth is said to be " certain Ma who) There are sixty schools in this district, -was inner palace guard (shi-wei) for the: the teachers of which have been paid Emperor Tao Kwang. He guarded the door 0 jealously that he nearly killed! from $3 to $7 per month. But in man; the Emperor, who tried to pass incognito. P places where there should be school running there is no school. But fora His royal master was much pleased with his firmness. He wished to reward him, and at his request gave him as much of the marsh lands near his home as he could ride around in a day. The marsh is now well dried up and is the home of a myriad of his tenants. At the Chipan fair we saw the usual wares-and salesmon, the quack doctor and his camel, the Shantung drovers and ti herds of donkeys and cows. There wore gamblers, and merchants, farmers and thieves, all Chinese numbers.
Boeing in the same inn with the quack doctor he talked around till he finally got) courage to ask what occult powers the Germans possess. For, he said, at one of the mines last Spring a German asked him to let him see his three camels, After looking at them awhile he let him go. "And in three woaks two of my, camels died."
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