The only article which redly possesses nutritious virtues for stimulating and rose ening the hair, is Rownaxn's Macassar Of." It removes scurf. harshness, dr; ness, prevents the hair being injured by children's hair; mo other article imparts illness, should always be used for stich a beautiful and dressy appearance to the hair as Rowzaxo's Macassar O11, and jif you have never used it you are strongly elvised to procure a bottle with: ut delay, and © tinue using it; +Isoin " golden colour for fair hair. Sold by Stores and Chemists.
3))—M & F—30my-02 490 31st May, 1901. theee A Bad Look Out.
Is is many years since there has been at this season a drought so general as now. Following after the disturbances in southern Chibli, and in combination with the general unrest and uncertainty about things in general, it is not singular that the future is looked forward to with apprehension.
Throughout all this region, and as far as one can hear of in every direction, the wheat crop, which counts for so much in the agricultural economy of the northern provinces, was a little more than half a crop. Inthe wide regions where the soil is sandy, and where the spring winds keep the surface in perpetual motion, the wheat was " blown-to-death" as happens several years out of ten. Had it not been for the heay snows in the winter, and even down to the late spring, nothing could have been planted even to the present, time, As it was the usual crops were put in, and in some places emerged much as usual, but very slowly and hesitatingly, as becomes a land with an Tndemniy Debt eight and thirty years long hanging over its head. But there have been no early summer rains worth mention, and everything is at a phenomenal stand-Mill. Those who wish to replace the crops that failed to come up or that struggled into a sickly lifo and then disappeared, LLesitate to do so until there is a soaking rain. In spite of most promis. ing clouds, heavy black masses occupying four-fifths of the heavens with " eminently respectable thunder" and first-quality lightning, the rain itself does not come, and presently the skies all clear off again, and the crops dry up still further, This does not necessarily mean stary tion, however, at present, or for some little time yet. Long experience has shown that when the rains come in abundance even as late as the " Little Heat" term (this year 8th July), there may be a very good crop after all. This because the Chinese four and twenty "terns" having relation to the sen, and not to the moon. do contrive to convey a fair idea of what the weather is not to be. The frost-fall—a most important item in farming in such latitudes—i for the 23rd of October, and if it ren keeps aloof until that time the crops be well matured despite their lateness Millet, beans, Indian corn, and most other crops can be ripened within one hundred average days. and there is plenty of room still for that. But the lack of work in the field, where there is almost nothing to be done, makes much suffering among, those who are dependent. on selling their labour in summer. Almost nothing ix made by weaving cloth. Spinning thread is merely an allotropic form of starvation, if there is no other dependence. Num bers go north only to find that there no opening for the unskilled who constitute the bulk of the population of this unprogressive province.
Yet Worse! ters of dissatisfaction is now added the To these prominent sources and promo-
cholera, The reports of its ravages in Tientein and elsewhere are magnified many diameters by popular rumour. It has crept along the Grand Canal, and is now (said to be) at our door, all disturbances of the digestive organs being additional proofs of the danger. The water in the Canal is lower than for many years and the larger salt-junks, ete., are completely stranded. Local rains have positively no effect. and the only watz which can help to float a stranded boat nts? ited without permission.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.