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Show Cl,lnr. tihonllng. A Chlnrre lioy b s school at abont retro year of axr u J of the hlalir ranks lm taui.it home by pilrat tnlors, whll the s nr ls atlrod a Scliool In common s the Chinese language lan-guage has lio nlpl 'vt or grsminsr the niethodof stulylir ollsr 1-aih object Is rrprrsrnted, not I a celtsln ounblnv tlon f f letters, hut bj a cbararler, which Is dllftrrut acoonllog totlistlilog It drslg nstra, Now, as svrrrthlna known to the mlnd-arcry noun, verb, adrerb and a.1-.retire a.1-.retire Is thus designated by an indeprmt-tnt indeprmt-tnt character, one m r foltil a faint I lea of the vast amount of labor required to master mas-ter Sim a small part or the written language. lan-guage. Imagine attempting tostudy the Century or the International Dictionary, n it by inas taring I he -i-nlllng of eaeti word, but by learning for each of the thousands of words an enttrrl UluVrrnt cbsraeter At Iho ate of mtren the liny Is sent to Olio of the profrawir nf the ltoyal Acailnny for rxamlnsllon Thrr he Is glrrn one wonl on which to write a composition, ami for this poriose Is lorknl up for a day and a night In an nnin.nt alone. At the rod of that time, If the conipusitlou tn creditable, credit-able, t!i liortalt-j his dr.t druie," and rcct Ires a gold button, which b wears iu his hat. He then studies fur three years more, an I at the end of that lime tindergis-sa sreonl eiamlnatlnu, lu wlihli.lt success, ful, he rrcelrrs a second gold button At the end of another three months' study ho U summoned to Itkln to a ur before the Iniprrlal acalcmr Hers ho undrrgis a thrre dars examtoitlon, aud, It successful, be Is rllglbhj fnr the Mxhest uiriers In th empire, from among these graduates are chosen tho foreign ministers, governor and the highest oltielals of the government. Of roilrsa no hoys except thos of huh rank are admitted lo these examinations. -l'alUdrlphla Times. |