has been cold and dry beyond anything experienced for a generation. The wheat and fruit crops and een many of the trees were destroyed by the heavy frosts. Then followed the drought, and now that, spring sowing is beginning the exnals will von be pumped dry, However, the sky is overcast and heavy cloud hills. The showers hav: lay the, dust and rice is going down in price, The anxiety of the people has once more given way to hopefulness, especially now that the news from Peking is sati factory and—the district examination hi been held. While the people seem stolid under ordinary adversities one can notice a livelier pulse-beat when relief comes in sight, March 10th.
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