Nanking, Feb. 2.
In order to promote the development of Chinese medical science, the Central Institute of Native Medical {Science has decided to establish a branch in San Francisco. Mr. Huang She-ching, an honorary member of the Board of Directors, has been invited to take charge of the establishment—Kuo Min, McCurdy has also gone there, while numbers have gone up the' Little River to Be Bel.
The New Year's Day is drawing toa close. I have asked myself how I would celebrate it if I were a Chinese. I rather think I would join the others of my own people and celebrate the day as it has been observed for centuries, regardless of the new ideas and orders about the calendar. The morning snow was hailed with delight, because snow on the first day of the year Is a good) omen for crops and business in general,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.