After a few weeks' interval of rainless won ther, this region was recently visited with a heavy downpour, which swelled the Min far beyond its banks in places and changed much of the adjacent lowlands into lakes, For several days thousands of rice fields were under water and serious injury to this cereal was feared. Fortunately, however, the damage has proved much less than was anticipated. At this writing we are having sunshiny days, and the weather is rapidly growing hotter, Returning Residents. has tenance io that of a man of wai, who wili|midst a number of faces that have i e of the soldier, but the couu-'Is is a pleasure to see again in our
drive his way through a continent if the ' be been missed for several months past. need require.
Aimong them we have noticed Messrs.
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