To the Editor of the "Norra-Curxa Datty News."
S1r,—It may be refreshing to your tired readers to know that according to the Chinese Calendar, yesterday was the first day of Autuun. The Chinese year is divided into 24 Solar Terms or Sections; Li-ck'iu W#k, or the "Beginning of Autumn," is the thirteenth term, and occurs when the Sun's position in the Zodiac 1s 15° in Leo, Although an agreeable change is noticeable in the atmos-here since yesterday, summer eat does not actually break up till August 23, when the fourteenth term, Ch'u-shu, commences, i.e., when the Sun enters the Constellation of Virgo, exactly a fortnight hence. At any rate we may now look forward to cool nights. 1 am, ete, Zapoc.
Shanghai, Aug. 9.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.