, 1873-12-28
THE PEKlN GAZETTE.
How Chinn'a Only Newspaper In Con"
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a scoyared ptng ong a Ioopo HePp e no % Of
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n tho pa]oco nj po1tn t,ere In 1itt1o of,ce
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I'To.ont nt;,,;',str"tiona ~ " II cty 'When
tiaso hccr"oa do mi rofnIo tn soerot nIra,ra
thoSo on,novou nro a,,tboriyri, Ia nr;nt tI1nm'
anI ~ Iil. .r,,}o .i,o ~ tl,o, s,,bso'hor. 4,
H pat,n ;. hc Gnzcta thon contnns oniy wl'nt tho
Hnwnrnmnnt wishos ~ In n,ndo Lnnvn
Il Is r COMPOSED " Of throo 'In narts: first, tho
1nnrsMom nhsoo ~ i uony If tho dior NJ
ta I3oIaoa y irIis ~ lin Tp;;rt ;o,rno, wc1,
rycs av 1,v fjnv. tia Int Of f,;nctionaarfct M
i1ty, wl,Icf, ronordy Inc notions of tbo Tmporor.
anj annnmncou In rrasor,tnttans In vaita H.,
ue,,nrtmroa an %n ~" Snnon thn gnna.yn4 s Sr in.
Natal decraea tri,irI tin 1f'sow-isnn Gdr rc,mrts
| OF tl,o great op,cerY Of the crown,
Tho Printing ollco is III Que OF tho narrow
streots wilich border upon Lien-Ii-C Ginning that
n "a rry
| ''casey,'' ranged agauat tic wall, contain the
| wooden types arral,goi lit their order. The
Gazette, OF roltin, as circulation OF nauy thou
lands Of coples, which arc distributed to sub
PROVINCES. The prize Of subscription in nbout
| 70 q year, but many OF the poople coute,st
themselves with hiring the paper to read for
lay returning 1t in tho evening. 1t is curious
with tho London Times, pructicea in China with
tho Pekin Gazette.
which this people, 80 Intelligent and tAougilt-
J fni, perHovele III routine. In tho laRt century
tho Jest,its introduced movable copper types
| The Improvement was manifest but this did
| not prevent, in 1926, q roturn to thu wooden
! types, as If nothing lad beon changed In tho
Interval. 1t wonld be very easy to import from
HING Kong lot OF metallic types, which would
greatly economics labor aud give ncater i'm
preston. No ono sooms tocare anything about it.
Tho Btyio Of tho pokin Gazette is omphatio, and
oil attentive reader CAN ga!leT much curious in
furuintion concerning tho laws, tho finances, md
| tic it,ntitutionB OF China.
| Evidences Of tho superstition of tho Chinese
hold prominent p]nco IN tho Gazelte. The the
o!ogy Of tho Chinese admits Of goddeHaoss, as did
thai Of tho Greelts; mud these fomA}e spirits mo
hold in honor. ncro is AZ extract from recent
| uunlhcr Of tho Gazette:
Taon-Kwo-Fan Governor. oeuoral of Kiaug,
ard Kwo-po-Yln, uovornor OF Chiaugsu, be.
n1,on fomoIo p,,ir;t Of risian nnSfiao, IN whom
! va nwo t],o fo1ldwinc aoryicoa: Al tha time of
want or roin. tnia snlrit las filed with water tic
noighborng river Tho third year Of tic reign
nf iisionf.Tne ftho fathor Of liz nrosonI Enno.
ror1. whon liz >' rabe]s Of Canton attacked Ynnc-
o1,n sim nrntectoi Tia li.trict IN wci, wos lar
u1tar'' The ei1hth year Of tho aamo reian sllo
tlostroved bv ira mi G.,htung n niimorn1u
troon of rnbela who were mnrohinp to attack
ysnpclnw. IN othor ciroumstannoa sha hns
| shawn harso1f m n noraon surroundo,1 by a hnln
Of ljrht, md has nut to light corps Of rebels
w" VIII natian r. 1'1 vna rarerroa To to oouno of
oeromonaa. @ ''S' "'@' '913'1'N " Wv o0'''''' -
lot m pnss on Ia traits of tlomestio life and to
social mai,nors;
4 conuor domant,a Tint tho E.mneror ,ccora n
tablet to tie family Of a Lisutonant- -colouel
cordea, 7''~1 " '1D 'ND '''0 ''1@~'
1ho othor sex IN nat ,osa faithful. censor
uamad Cha Clan. Ching M Ching @ cites tic conduct o. i Of
Ins ady sGsg lGf + husband n, ~
"a;ois'o 1Tn,,nuntv t1,a anoc;1o i1;a not hnve
tba Iasjrad atraat. ind the 1nau died. Ten
months aftorward. tic mothor Of tits heroine
being dead in t,or turn, the poor woman stran-
Gla,i herself An odiot will appoar charging the
Council Of Ritea to report upon tho host method
Of tesiifyi,lc tho Imnvrial admiration Of this de-
voted womans conduct,
All tho women. however, arc not faithful
Tn"-yil. Chang. Governor Of Kiangau. OK
noses tha case Of a woman guilty Of adul.
| tory She and hor lover killed tho husband
mnan 1earoinr that lo waa about to hear Of
i,nr nnorous intrigue. Tae woman is con-
demned to tie slow doath tic man will 10 de-
canitatci Tho alow doath' is a horrible tor
tnro. Tie victim. attached to q cross. is cut
into lfttlo pieces. d morsol Of time. The oxo-
outioner smi us takos Ills timo about Il. ~ 0
Tue maua ior obtaining ofllco under the Gov
Thare is a mission. however. wl,icl. soeme to
uosyess old mon rutlor than Young ouca. Iora
animation
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