Mr. de Speyer will soon be leaving us being replaced by Mr. Matunin whose has already arrived. This change will be acceptable to most people for if one must lose one's great coat it is much easier to have it taken off by the warm rays of the sun than blown away by the angry blasts of winter.
THE LATE QUEEN, Here in the capital we are being rapidly civilised and an electric tramway will soon be built which will take us out to the late Queen's tomb. It is built by aCoreanCompany for the benefit of foreigners who wish to ruralise in the summer, for natives who wish to be impressed by' the wonderful civilisation of the West, but chiefly for the Japanese that they may pay for frequent visits to the tomb and meditate
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