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Show A FEARFUL CALAMITY. It seems that that typhoon in Hongkong was vastly more destructive to human life than were the earthquakes and fires of both San Francisco and Valparaiso. Val-paraiso. Of course, these Chinese waters are always covered with Chinese junks. Thousands of Chinese live upon their boats and under the stress of the terrible ter-rible hurricane all were sunk, together with many great and splendid ships, and the loss of property, as well as life, was something fearful. Of course, 10,000 Chinamen makes very little difference in the host that remains. The ranks close up and they are no longer missed the loss of 10,000 of them is only as the dropping of a pebble in the sea, the waves close over it and there is hardly a ripple.. But it was a terrible calamity nevertheless. |