Yesterday's "Humiliation day"
sion passed off quietly, Few I believe, knew that there procession'and that a day of humiliation was being observed. Indeed, the people are getting very weary of the observing of days and of fasts, in sympathy with ques tions they are puzzled either to understand, or to keep count of, They have neither time nor sympathy give to them, the struggle of winning their daily bread is too severe. Towards many of the present-day questions they regard themselves as mere laymen and are Hinelined to leave the settlement of these issues to those who are in-such matters as a profession. of necessity be the head Serious Cholera Outbre tion will not submit, so intrigue follows intrigue until ultimately the battle will lie with the fittest and strongest. The Dalai inclines towards India, the Panchen towards China; the lamas take sides; army is called into being, and in the meantime the strongest wins, Ningpo has had a bad visitation jof cholera this summer, the heat of which has been very trying. Yearly this enemy of mankind visits this City, but not for four yee has the mortality been so. gre With the coming of September the temperature begins to get lower, s0 the expectation is that the health of the people will improve.
Holiday-seekers for beauty spots China can give the Panchen her "more far" are turning home. 'The friendship and protection; her ass strange thing about it is that as a stance, "in her "prevent internal rela and protection; her ay: lie Wy hate' lar they ave abate ale ite bout of ike Panch ently down to work. It is not a little Snchen, appa inweay ems [204,10 Noah dove wan: ders to and fro. In the meantime} The City gets quieter now that the Dalai sits the students are preparing to resume scious of the moving waters around their studies. Some of them, with no doubt with a large measure no attempt whatever at misplaced sincerity, have carried on throughout the whole period of the a compro If the Dalai can make his claim good before the prelereat heat. Their duties were to sent disgruntled lamas his position watch for the importation of British is so far secure; should he fail to woods. coming off the Shanghai this and should the Panchen steamers, and delivered by Parcels' secure othe help and sympathy of post, the Mongols then Lamaland will The Methodist College and the assuredly have her warfare and strife.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.