Mukden, June 1.
Poppy cultivation is said tobe very wide-spread in the districts along the Mukdan-Heilunekiang Railway. Obviously within view to making this state of altairs less conspicuous to passing travellers and saving the face of the authori ties, Civil Governor Lia has iasved fan order prohibiting poppy eultivacone li of the railway, even going to the length of com: pelling farmers la that zone to re: Place poppy seeds already sown by other evops. The tax payable by the farmers for land under poppy cultivation is stated to amount $5.50 per mow. The owners, of opium halls are taxed at various rates—$80, $60, $40, and $20 respectively por month according which. they belong. ko travelled throughout _Hupeh,
and the North selling medicines for} a living. Every day he walks over 100 Li along the read.
He married 14 times successively' land at the "present time has 11 generations of descendants. His} children, geand-children, ete., number in all 180 persons.
Me, Li has very" good eye-sight and the finger nails of his right} ud are very long (as may be seen from the picture). Tle possesses a hax full of finger nails, all of which from his own hands, He can recall all the history of the! Manchus and can answer all sorts of questions. He sayx that there are a number of his friends who are even older than himself.
Mr. Li has many disciples, all of whom are old men. Some of the oldest men in the district say that! their grandfathers knew hin. Mix disciples, when questioned, say that Mr, Li has taught them to "Keep quiet heart. Sit like w tortoise. Walk sprightly like a pigeon. Sleep Tike a dog.
The teachings of longevity Wang Lao have een burnt but Mr. Li atill lives. and his teachings may lead to many others learning to Li long lives,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.