Tsingkiangpu, Ku, Aug. 4, Three distinct earthquake shocks were felt here on Sunday the 2nd, The first about 430 am, the second Jebout seven and the third about 630 that evening, To the superstitious these shocks were a foreboding of evil, On Monday a wind of typhoon proportions began blowing and Increased intensity all thebugh the afternoon and night. Considerable damage to {tees and poorly bull houses has re-
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 Jalmost_ unbelievable and certainly Jadds 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 large body of flood water is now being carried to the sea by this new route. Whether this will prove a 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 good, 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, ele. 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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