Tsingkiangpu, Ku, 4.
Three distinct earthquake shocks were felt here on Sunday the 2nd. The first about 4.30 a.m., the second bout seven and the third about 6.30 that evening. To the superstitious these shocks were a foreboding) of evil, On Monday a wind of typhoon proportions began blowing and increased in intensity all through the afternoon and night. Considerable damage to trees and poorly built houses has resulted, The surfacing of the road to Yangchow is nearing completion with the promise of all being finished by the last of the month. This advance is almost unbelievable and certainly adds greatly to the comfort and speed of travel, Busses which formerly took all day from here to Yangchow or Chinkiang now hope to make the trip in five hours, 'The sluice gates of the new Yellow River project have been opened and a large body of flood water"is now being carried to the sea by this new route. Whether this will prove permanent blessing remains to be seen. As much of the' new channel is dug through fine sand and as this sand tends to run right back into the channel there is the fear that after a few months the channel will have silted up so as to be useless, Farmers are receiving excellent prices for their products and the prospects for autumn crops are goode However, owing to a distrust, on the part of many, to paper notes (as over against the silver dollar) many farmers are content to sell only what they must for immediate cash, holding wheat, etc. in the belief it is a safer proposition than paper currency. This fear will pass in time if the integrity of the government is not impaired for other reasons,
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