From all directions comes the word that crops are poor. In sections where cotton is raised, the crop is good; it is always better in dry years, but the cereals have given a very small y 'As a consequence, there has (been " considerable rise in the price of grain and flour, with the prospect that a greater increase is to follow. This means great and increasing suffering fur the poor extending' over.a veryglarge part of the north, of China—from; the Great Wall to and beyond the Yellow River. This, added to the widely extended dissatisfaction with the Government as it now exists, the unsettled conditions in Peking, and the uncer-fainties as to tie' future of the North, does not afford a pleasant outlook for the coming winter, We would not cronk; it is not always wise to predict; but there is a feeling of anxiety manifest with many as these facts are considered.
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