At the present time an old style roof of tiles is being put upon the ultra modern ferry-concrete frame work of the K'ai Yuan Temple in this city. 'The writer went to observe the work last week, and. re marked to the worknion, how strange it must seem to all' people and especially to the idols, (if they had consciousness), that an old idol should be housed in such a modern building, now free for ever from the dilupidations of white ants, hitherto were his insp: companions. A few other remar} made to the bystanders, showed that many of the rank' and file, who looked upon idolatry as part of the warp and woof of life, are now displaying a certain amount of doubt as to the utili lois, even nan age of Tax officials are ever ready to pounce ripon those who would dee prive them of their dus. A few days ago in this city, one of the large cloth shops attempted to do a shady trick; this shop received a consignment of 500 bales of cloth, and in due course sported that the amount was only 100 bales; the affair leaked out and investigations were made; these reveatrd that the facts were as stated, so the a thorities were compalied to inf the modest fine of $1,700.
Educational efficiency is coming to its own at last; all types of schools are gradually raising their stantards 0 that @ healthy n It is quite a common Jgroups from the junior schools doing nature paintings or drawings on the city wall and other prominent places.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.