Peking, Aug. 28.
If the surmises of geologists and Jarchelogists in Peking are correct, Peitaiho is something more than a very delightful seaside resort. It ig said to be the site of the third Han naval base which apparently has been lost to history and which Jarchmologists "have been trying to find for many years.
At the time of the birth of Christ, China suffered from the inroads of very daring Korean pirates, who preyed upon the peaceful Chinese until they and the Chinese them. selves were routed by the Mongols. To protect themselves from these incursions, the Chinese estal [three naval bases, one near Weihai-[wei, a second near Port Arthur, and the third is now stated to have been most probably on the site of Pei.' man down here who can produce|taiho. According to historical re-Dunsany masterpieces of phantasy situated in the Gulf of as they have not been produced in|Chihli, small island. Now Light-the West End itself, who has Nor-house Point, which is one of the: man Graig beaten to a frazzle—and residential "sections of Peitaiho, he came from Shanghai! (I wonder|™ostly by the summer what Robert of the Glittering. wees of the Pekinz Union Broadway will have to say to this|Medical College, is a neck of land' testimonial?) jutting out to sea, and was at one ime a small island. Since it was Jury Trial Anomalies. reported), Turning from the pleasant topic find Mr, Gat W. Bishop, of the of charming personality to serious Smithsonian Institution who has: matters, one had rather a shock at been conducting excavations a recent visit. to the Courts of various bevis of China for several Justice here. A man was on trial ely brought to light, for his life, a sordid enough case, and the poor wretch was found guilty and sentenced—an unpleaint enough thing for judge and He has also located remnants:
ry alike, apart from the horror of what he believes wes the old it for the condemned man. ity wall, The system in vogue in Hongkong So interested was Mr. Bishop. is in curious contrast to that which, that he came back to Peking for his I believe, British Law compels to surveying instruments, and it is be followed in the case of a man understood that he is now cooperat~ on trial for his life in the United ing with Mr. FR. Tegengren, of kingdom, oF even in Shanghs [the Geological Survey, Mr. George They empanel a jury of seven—B. Barbour, of the Yenching Univer-not of 12 men.
They do not lock the jury up sity, in an attempt to test the trath of the dadu its at the adjournments, and the jury go off to tiffin as they will, and go home in the evening as they please, and assemble again the next morning forthe grim busines ofthe trial.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.