Philosophy will have given way by this time to definite enteric distress, With the breaking of) datvn, the tension will seem lessened,-and after the repetition of this for five days and five nights, in all probability on the sixth day the Lord will spence to the waters. Then the Bund line of Shanghai will Loom into. view, a charming prospect. Not, however, before a preliminary "thrill rapprochement with, Woosung an hour or so back, The baked potato, article of steady. diet, will succumb to the hopes and. aspirations of Shanghai's cookery, vitamines oF Tack of them regard As the company's launch threads ite listless way towards the Custom Jetty, the seasoned traveller will know' that all has tot been in vain. A senso of friendliness will pervade" all thought of the chip left behind, Iattered though apparently ready. for the return coastal voyage Reprisal will ave been achieved. And the glow of " knowledge spread graducily that hereafter 8 conversational epic a typhoon can rank with an operation. And wi more your will have got to.a port of call where odours of sorts 5uced about the crew and habits that her cargo ig mainly rice. 01 will gather that her speed rapier flash through the blue, that the big Empress or the President, ete, ete, will do the trip days and'as many nights, regardlc of the twinkling typhoon. lights. Double the ime at best would required for the coast boat, but the Local merchants, the Peking Govern~ ment denies that it has approved of the public sale of opium in the capital and reiterates its deter mination to suppress the vil. It: will be recalled that, about 10 days. ago, the Fengtien military ledders:
king "had granted monopolies for the sale of the drug,
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