At Wufu (Ji) a_ barracks to accommodate 5,000 soldiers is being constructed. The buildings, which will be completed in three months, are of blue and red bricks, very substantial, modern, and factory-like in appearance. About 16 buildings, some of which are very large blocks, are nearly completed and are already occupied. The troops are mostly Fukiene: On the north and west there are ranges of hills; on the south extensive marsh lands used for. pasture, and on the east the railway line is about 500 yards distant. so that troops can be moved quickly.
Aeronautics are not unknown to the rice-merchants in Shaohsing, for the price of rice has been sky high for several months and is now $10 a picul.
Plums have been rather poor but melons are excellent and yiang-mae are cheap and plentiful. is reported that the much-dreaded "Kuling Tiger" has again put in an appearance at that summer resort. It is further reported that a Chinese has again fallen victim to the monster. having been found in a badly mauled condition Avorner suicide duc to the present economic depression in Japan has taken place in Osaka. The victim this time was the proprietor of a firm which has been extensively engaged in trade with North China. He stabbed himself with a short sword, and was dead before medical aid could be procured. In this case it was the boycott wiovement combined with the sharp fall in silver which caused the trouble,
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