She lady fede from "what he oes, of this port seems to be on the increase, is
umber of new houses built or of old ones Febuilt, the great demand for houses and the very high rents that are paid all seem to indicate prosperity. Just row steamers are being loaded with peanuts, enormous piles are' ying still, uoshipped and Ere coming in. Crowds of wretched Shantung coolies eke out their poor existence by carrying peanut and rica But la spite of come earning a few cath, the number of extremely poor seems to be fom the constant increase, supplied chiefly from the two great sources, an tnepeskably bad government and the' ever-increasing opiumemoking habit. For a reason not made known to us,
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