Rev. and "Mrs. Davis, Evangelical Mission, left for Ameri ea a few days ago." Rev. and Mrs. Davis, of the Presbyterian Mission, als> left recently for Home. Mrs.
W. Mitchell and her son and Mrs, FE, D. Vanderburgh and her son all left the city recently and Mr. and Mrs. Althaus and family are Teaving ina few days on furlough. All the British missionaries of the rest Our Own Comnssronnext Kashing, Feb, 1.
The faces of the people oh the street are tense, each one keen to collect money due, or enger for New Year purchases. More anxiety, leds hilarity than usual. Merchants say the volume of business is somewhat less, profits reduced, expenses. inlereased, during the year just passed. The banks have been very careful, smaller advances with higher interest prevailing. Labour has suffered most. Farmers! short, crops command high prices. Trade im-Proved as soon as the soldiers passed fon. Our people are wanting new things, better things and more things than ever, Insidious propaganda persists, rumours run wilt and wear! lout rapidly. Chinese celebrities sicken, die, get killed, commit. suicide, yet retire to ripe old age with lecmfortable fortunes, War News Almost_none at all. Reports of Marshal Sun's defeat have been dis-Proved so often that circumstantial? details are discredited daily, almost hourly. An armoured train runs up jond down the SH, & N. Railway as 'a precaution. Normal time tables; operate with occasional Soldiers are seen Hangchow and some coming away. Marshal Sun's advance may possibly have been checked, but so far no factual evidence of anything like defeat.
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