This port has had a return visit of the past, or anticipation of the next spring season, with much rain in the very midst of harvest. of cloud and close muggy weather when pellucid skies and slightly nippy exhilarating breezes were to be legitimately looked for. Dan-delians have again flared up amid the grass, and spring bulbs have once more burst into verdancy. But a few miles away from the city lightning was flashing, hailstones were falling as large as dollars and taking toll of the hides of the unprotected kine. On the day of writing, however, the usual autumnal|skies of blue and clouds of fleece and breeze of cool zone have triumphed over these abnormalities and the foreigner at least once more greets the day with music in his heart a song on his lips, Jaughter in his eyes and spring in his step.
The men of the Maritime Customs Service have again: shown their well-known acumen in discovering smuggled goods, by coming upon a store of well over 120 catties of opium secreted between the hull and a false hulk-head in the str. Yungning. Last week in another steamer a considerable assortment of smuggled merch-andis was found in the saloon and behind the luggage of some foreign passengers.
The past week has witnessed the advent of three new members of the United Methodist Mission. The Rev. and Mrs. H. Truelove, for general work, and Miss Simpson for deaconess work am-angst the numerous Chinese women and girls connected with the churches and schools of that extensive mission. "This is the first time in the 46 years of the history of the mission that a trained lady worker has bern sent out for work in this department, and the coming of these three new workers has been hailed with hearty goodwill the sadly depleted staff.. The week before, the foreign community was made the poorer by the departure of Mr. De Bodisco of the indoor staff of the Customs, who after successfully negotiating part of his professional exams, has been transferred to Peking to take the other part, and we understand,.to pursue his studies at the training institution of the Service there.
The members of this foreign community have un-hounded hope of Mr. De Bodisco's urbanity and ability taking him far up in that service.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.