Out city was recently honoured by a visit of the United States Minister and wife; the party, which included Miss Campbell and Mr. McConnell, being the guests of the Rev. and Mrs. Killie. This is the union of "church and state" that we all believe in and are grateful for. It is safe to say that our entire American community would vote "no change" as to our Peking representatives and vote as often as the Law allows.
A Tete-a-tete.
"And what news is there from the north?" " Oh, the Japanese are gaining, but the and of the war seems not near." "Do you mean, teacher, that. those people keep up fighting such hot weather as this?" The Chinese rule about war appears to be something like this: " Never fight so long as you can find any excuse for not fighting."
Wheat and Opium.
The farmers all over this region are gathering in, & very lango wheat crop. The prospects seem good for the an. tamn cereals. Opium raising appears to be on the increase. We think China should have a very free hand in the taxation of the narcotic.
Another Pressing Need of the people is better facilities for tranportation of food stuffs, ete. It ought add interest to their rambles by searching'|to be a matter of little difficulty or ex-for it.
Pense to get an expert opinion on when ther afew modern locks on. this river would or would not pay for theniselves in afew years. At present the rate of progress of a freight boat over the last ten mailes of our small river would cause any self-respecting snail to blush, One Other Inconvenience.
While in a complaining mood, we take the liberty of mentioning one other.incoriveniente. It is. well known that ten ten-cent pieces do not (in China) make one dollar. This naturally makes trouble. But again, what is a dollar? The "standing man," and the Mexican are received at the railway of tive, while all the Chinese varieties are The Chinese nood just what isod governments have, a national currency of fixed value. How they are to get such a currency without having a modern government we do not see,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.