which by its explosion oceasi a calamity in Hangchow in 1898, is rebuilt, and is used storing powder a story " quantities within the forbidden years ago. by Imperial edict; hence the officials were interested tivo years ago in hushing up the atfsie of the explosion. It seems. very unfortunate that. this menace to life and property should ba thus rene Ie i said that the powder was removed to this place within the city last summer, at the time when the rioters of Chuchou were reported to be approaching Hangchow. We cannot however vouch for the truth of this statement. were built last year at the foot of the city hill; and there have been large num-hers of "braves" stall ned there through the spring. Several hundreds of these were Chuchou men. They have been under constant drill for months, the sound of rifles aul sans being heard almost daily. They are now disbanded for the summer,—whatever that star ut may If we could experience such a summer as this every year, we should not complain so much of ' Eastern Climate." The violent winds experienced during the past two days indies te that a typhoon is razing out at sea, 2nd August.
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