Shanghai, Sept. 5.
In our juvenile, days we used to ead that "in China, Nature worked Ins way contrary to her perform-frees in the western world, and that Stcording to our homeside standard: lite was all topsy tury here, Bird: wee were told, did not sing, and flow: Gs had no scent—all wrong of course, but there is one particular in teh ich we seem to flourish in reverse order from European. countries, Tt is generally conceded that the Spring of the year brings to humans as' well to plant fe, renewed vigour and {nterest in events. With our selves, itis the return of Autumn which awakens us to the life around, and fives us courage and hope. "True the customary fruitfulness and sub-Sequent. decay take. place' in the Yeyetable kingdom, but socially at his season life begins to stir, the jammer coma, disappears, and' the general outlook: seems good.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.