At Tsweintsiao, a Hsien city, 20 miles south of here, and on the great road leading from Nanking to the centre of Anhui province, several progressive spirits have established a well-up-to-date reading foam. All the well-known daily papers and monthly magazines are on file. The rooms are finely furnished in Chinese Style and well lighted. Maps of the Empire and other countries decorate the walls. A largo Japanese globe stands on the table. Quite a large library is found on the shelves. The surprise is that ate modern affair. he is established in interior a city should put up such a com-fide rooms off the Confucian temple. In fan adjacent hall, capable of seating not Jess than 1,000 people, they propose next year to revive the former custom of expounding the Sacred Edict to the people. AProgressive Official.
At our other Hisien city, Snian,, where young official, who has station, we ha Mablehed a bureau of intelligence re-ost Eres! rs 7 Konaiging to agriculture. He has puring largely to advancement in things Biased several thousand mulberry trees and is experimenting in underdraining. He has raised the. central street pavement, has large Kongs filled with water mattered over various parts of the city to be used in case of fire, has
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