Rain ig falling, however, and that fis something to brighten the gloom of the city for there has been a lon, dry spell in this neighbourhood and the farmers hive been uneasy about the bean crop.
In spite of the tumult andi wrecks the course ves el feeling of satisfac the: breast 3 may wonder what persons will be lucky enough to enjoy it The wheat crop just gathered was unusually good. True to form the Taichow county farmers are feeble in the expressions of gratitude for be-befits Feeeived. The old expression of as bad as some years" means much if one keeps in mind the lack of thankfulness which seems 10 be n inherited trait of character com= mon to farmers of all nations, all ages, The Rev. Lewis Lancaster left Tale chow several days ago for a slay at Hongkong.
About 1020 am. three planes appeared from "the southeast, flew several times over and round the city, dropping five bombs, and scattering many machine-gun ' bullets, before fying away to the northeast 20 minutes Tater, No one was killed injured. The net results were some 20 "houses call empty) burned, and bomb holes in several others, all the eastern part of the city near the hsien yamen, But many of the seekers of relief left immediately empty-handed for the country.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.