[T]he colour of a Comet ſignifies the Nature of the Ruling Planet. This was of a Fiery Red, but mixed with a dusky Silver colour, which made it look but dim in appearance, (unleſs in clear Nights before the Moon was up, for then it look'd more Rutilant:) and therefore it was likewiſe in this reſpect of the Nature of Mars and Mercury, …

We were to travel second class from Shanghai to Tsinanfu, a distance of about 700 miles, so Brother Keihn suggested we had better enter our compartment early in order to secure our seats, inasmuch as it was a night train, and usually densely crowded.

a twosome dance

The condition of the besieged, in the mean time, was forlorn in the extreme; not so much from want of food, though their supplies were scanty, as from excessive toil and exposure.