The damp heat experienced lately can cause the most virulent form of heatstroke and every one should be particularly careful in protecting the body m the sun and at the same time wearing not too heavy clothing. Sun glasses ought to be worn by all Europeans"as the pupil of the eye is in-close communication with the brait Tum recently acquired love of the Chinese for the establishment of produce and_ stock exchanges is spreading. Some merchants now propose to organize one in Swatow and Chinchow with' a capital of $5,000,000.
His Majesty's Minister at Po king has confirmed the sentence of death passed on K. Peters for the murder of two Chinese shop assistants in North Szechuen Road, and the necessary arrangements are being made for carrying the sentence into effect. Apparently as a concession to popular clamour, the Chinese press on Tuesday announced that Peters was executed on Monday.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.