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JE SUIS AMERICAIN, ["When it shall be heard as the proudest exclamation of man I am an American ritezen.'' -Daniel Webster.)
Ho got to Paris lale at night,
So tired he couldn't stand, He had three valises by his side,
A gaido-book in his band. He'd singled out a hackman from
The crowd. Said he "My man, Just drive me to the best hotel,
Je suis American."
The Jeha drove him to the Grand
By conrsofcircuitous.
The stranger said; then registered.
And to the clerk began:
"I want the best room in the house-
Je suis Americas."
They showed him up to twenty-blank.
Upon the parlor for:
inge of Russian rule to welcome the Muscovite legions as deliverers.
"Either war with China is absolutely determined upon at St. Petersburg, or
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE SCOT ABROAD, It is a Scotch proverb that " & Scotch- man, a crow, and a Nowonstle grindstone The Sco ch, travel the world over."
ful.
Visitors' Column.
List of Public Buildings. Government House, North of Public
Gardens.
City Hait. Library (8,000 volumes) and
Sluseum, Fres Public Gardens, a beautifully picturesque The Clock Tower, ther's Road Cen.
retreat and of great interest.
trul, majine with Peter's Wharf. General Post Office, Hongkong Club,
Bongkong Rates of Postage.
(Revised June 23, 1880.)
In the following Statements and Tables the Rates are given in cents, and are, for Lettere, per half ounce, for Books and Patterns, per te mintta.
Local Parcel Post.
[No. 5952-SEPTEMBER 4, 1880.
POST OFFICE NOTICE. Unclaimed Correspondence, September 8, 1880.
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We have instituted as an experiment else the announced probability of war is very singularly, are far less insular than ISITORS' COLUMN, which we trust taken as a pretext for transferring and the English; it is said they differ less will prove successful, and be found use To it will be relegated from time permanently locating in the Far But a from the general type of Euro, can; they to time such items of information, lists, considerable portion of the Russian fleet, adapt themselves more to the habits and tables and other intelligence as is con- Of course there in the third contingency modes of thought of other nations; it is! of the one being contemplated sa well an said that on the Continent they mark sidered likely to prove valuable to per- sons passing thright the City, and we have opened the other. Admiral Lessovski bas junt themselves far less strongly, and conform Juft Odessa on the Cesurewitch man of to foreign ways more easily and naturally in connection with war, en roun for the Pace, where he is than the English, It is far more al SEST HOTEL AND BUSINESS to take command. He is accompanied to meet with a continentalised Scotch-DIRECTORY, applications for enrolment into which we are now ready to rección, by some sweaty officers, and several man than a continentalised Engli-bman. And charged price which was-wall, by doctors and sisters of chatity are ape. A story was told during the Crimean wat cially attached to his staff. Simultar of the disappointment of an Englishmas No means gratuitous,
eously with bim half a dozen torpedo who went out to the East as an inter boats leave the Euxine: for the China proter, and whose ruling passion was a coast. Other ships are being equipped hatred of everything Scotch; but, ato at Nichoiniovsk for the like destination.ing through the camp with a Turkish In order not to be entirely dependent chon, and abusing the Senteb to hie upon Japanese courtesy, flating docks heart's content, to his astonishment, Has- bhyn heen ordered in England, and as san Bey, the Turk, broke out, I'll tell Hourly they will be sent with the ye whant, na mon, gin ye daur lows ut at ditch to Vladivostok. Troops ye're longue non constry bke that, continue to have fe the mus ren- gie ye a cluot on the lag that'll mak dezvous. Siberian rivera being apt to it tingle fra this til Hallow'!" Thr fre 2 by the middle of September, the thunder ruck En, libean stammered prout is the last marat for their out, "Why, my good man, I thought you
And so kama Turki despatch, if the water emmunication is were a Turk to be turned to uerunt The troops aro the noo, my braw chiel," said the angry St. John's Cofludrul (Anglican), above! mansione: 8 inches by 4 inches by 2 found these facilities with a Parcel Post to ging from Dt. Peersing to Nijai Glasgow Musliman, but my father's Novgorod by ral, and from Nijui to auld leather brooks ue'er travelled far-
Small detach
her than just frx Gluggow to Greenock Ekaterining by ateamer. nels arrivo in at a week on the and back again but when I ging bae Siberian frontier, whence it takes thems 1'll do or it's lang-1'il just be little more than two months to team to Wully Forbes, son o' and fandy Fortira the Far East, inclusive of the land, o' the Gorials, for a' that'e come and
gane!" Presently, a splendidly dressed. pssage intervening."
Hungarian can up and said to the Turk, Wully mon, there's a truce the noo for is bonts; just come wi' me and we'll hae a glass o' whusky thegith." It was the no with a Rusiau ficar, until the Bless y Englishman exclaimed, heart is everybody on cartha Seth nun? Perhaps I sin one myself without But when the Russian knowing il
Two candies on the mantle piece.
A gik plate on the door; But, ere he slept, le missed, and thos
Hie lucubrations ran : "To-morrow I'll make Paris bowl --
Je suis americain.“
And make "how he did indeed.
From Concorde to Bastille,
From Madeleine to Luxembourg,
He raced, and at Malilo
Wound up the day. But, whco a fair
Smiled from behind her fan
Seductively, "No, no," said be:
Je 18 Americain.
Next day be to the summit of
The Are of Tromphe hied.
"Vell, vai you sink of zis
inquired
A Frenshman at his side. "This? This is nothing." answered he;
Deny it if you can;
You ought to sea our Brooklyn Bridge
Je suis americain."
Into a gilded restaurant
He chanced to drop, one day
The waitere jargon fairly drove
Elie appolite away.
COL, GORDON: A SUGGESTION, (Friend of Judext).
Colonel Gurduu's unavons admirers will be glad to be assured that he is not: about to had the Chinese hordes against Russia in a war which would he ose in support of a lower ageust a higher
"Confound your dishes, cooked," said he, though parlings, ant yet a very high
On the Parisian plan!
I want a plate of pork an' beans-
Jenis Americana.”
Where'er he went, whate'er he did,
'Twas always just the same; He couldn't, it appeared, forget
The country whence he cnice; And when, once more at home, his eyes
Familiar scence did scan, He deffed his bat, and cried," Thank God,
Jesus Americain !" --George B. Callin,
RUSSIA AND CHINA.
¦
Geomal Tarassoff exeland E, Doonid Cawmel!! are ye heet" and Ibrahim Pashu burst forth, Rimaultaneously,
What, Sandy Robertson! can this ba you?" the Englishman burst forth, It's all over! Turks, Russians, Hungarian, English-all Scotchmea! Its more than I can bour I shall go home; therr'a nothing left for me to d here. I came out as an interpreter, but if all the ns tions of Europe talk nothing but Scotch, what use can I be " This seems very droll, but it is not more droll than real. We believe it is Sir Archibald Alison who mentions how, when Marshall Keith was combating the Turkish forges under
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In several German military papers the would have on the military sition of Russia in Europe uro discussed, and it in stated that the alterations therein produced by such a campaign would be considerable. The Russian fores 81 new, as is well known, divided into
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VARIETY STORK,
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Patterns, 4: Fia Galle, Letters, 25; Rouch application unless it also is lost.....
4. That the Postmaster General is satis Sanch Marshal Keith, who originally! Modi's can from the neighbourhood of Tauif, intern's Road.
Watches, Jewellery, Charts, Binocu-gistration, 10; Nowspapers, 2; Books and
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civilisation. It does not indeed appear from our latest information that he ever had any intration of fighting against Kassia, but some may have thought that if his influence failed to prevent war, the templation to join in it when it becaune inevitable would be too much for him. The temptation is not now likely to try hire, for there is overy hope that Russia and China will, for the present, peace- ably adjust their differences. But even the cus of war, we doubt if Gordon Ho differs from would have fought. most men of anitary genius, inasmuch as he has no love for war for its own rebellion which was filling crashing the country with cruel horrors; it would he quite another to lend the Chinese in foreign war against the Power to which has apparently been entrusted the mission of civilising the northern hall of three separate armies--the European sin, and a qui, too, in which it the Caucasian, and the Aaistic. The Yould have in on difficult to show that hina had right and reason on hur side. Caucasian army, consisting of 25 regi ments of infantry, four battalions of Those who feared that Gordon might dragoons, has been always regarded as risk and perhaps sully his great repudu should accompany him; Marshal Kesh und Sportsman's Requisites of all descrip- the European army, which now constation the lender of a barbarian army neordingly went in, and the moment of 164 regiments of font, 56 regiments against the Russians, had never, whey confericit, the Grond Vizier the convers, Entfort House or Hevoustich
Now, ut his turban, tore off his beard, and ¦ of cavalry, and six brigades of sharp shooters. The Asiatic army had until any rate, they may not the minds at running to Marshal Keith, said, "t C It, as we binetimes far, it is Jobunie, foo's a w? yo, man?" and
the Grandi now only to defend the interest of the Russian Empire in Central Asia, and decreed that England is never to get he then discovered thus
as has been stated by official harauit diembarrassed of Afghanistan, Vizier of Turkey was a wolfellow of who had disappeared about | reports, composed only of 2 line batta he might utline Colonal Gordon's ex-hs own, lions, four battalions of sharpshooters, radinary powers by appointing thisy years before from a parish bool
Governor ut that country. Serl Gordon ¦ near Mothho-Leisure Hour. 11 garrison battalions, three brigadue of field artillery, a battalion of foot artil- there with a 5w regiments at his dis lery, and two companies of sappers and post, and allow him the exercise of miners. To these troops can be added; wide discamion, and he would transfo
the whole condition of the country in a ten battalions of Cossack infantry, 11
few years Cossack batteries, und 47 regiments of
If indeed, it should prove that our irregular Cossack cavalry. The whole strength of this Asiatic army cab, there. new settle out of Afghanistan has irre fore, be reckoned at between 60,000 and coverably broken down at the very on
set, and if we still revolve not to abandon 70,000 men. These troops are garrison. od over a very large expause of territory, the country without effecting a secule which they have to occupy for the tent, we are inclined to think that the parpose of holding the different wild best course we could take would be one
think any ce for alarm.
Gordon.
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ALMER Victor and George, bons of the Price Wales, midshipman, have had their gas inereased from 1 shilling to 1 shilling and 9 pence per day,
AceasDING ta Protsesor Siemens, who to crowded audience of legal engineerk assembled at the Civi E giumers' Lustiut, Wesmiter, & for ovenia ago, described me extensive experiments he has recently marie upon the cat joor, the electric fight is
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We should at the same that night frosts can be electrically defied, Two Conlus, ... against a foreign foe, and it would be claiming ourselves pro tampore rulers of and Dr Stepans expressed bis conclusions
Afghanistan. quite impossible for her to carry on war against China with these Asiatic time send a Kuler, and the one man while fruit can, by the same means, be forces alone, all the lesa as China has a capable of undertaking the task is Colonel | riponed in the open air. Before long be Make him Regent or Viceroy, selfoves we shall have eletric tramways io mines, and for the ou Connection vory respectable army at ber disposition
suf pasengers along the roads be on the Russian frontier. The Caucasian Give him a small army to be maintain
tween populous centres. army could then no more, a, least for a ed by England, until such time as he ance
The Indian Herald (Allahaball) publis' ea long time, be regarded as the reserve could make his own revenues support it.
following curious
English specimen foroea of the European army, and the Let him establish himself at Uabul, and latter would, therefore, no longer be proceed to enforce submission and order law, which has been unearthed by an Eng. throughout the provinces. We believe lib contemporary as basig been sureted superior to the German army.
having never being repealed. We have no The Czar has taken the very unusual he is capable of doing this. When this 11 years ago, and as being still in force might feel some step of writing an official farewell letter task is completed, then, and not till then, Dive Court her, or wo
hesitation in publishing it: A women. to Admiral Losovsky, expressing a hope the question can be taken into considera
tion whether we must permanently oc of whatever rank, age, profession, or de- that the admiral will have occasion to
or widows, gree; whether virgins, maids, or distinguish himself in the Pacifio. Acupy the country, or whether we can, telegram from St. Petersburg states that for a term of years, baud over a compa- that Abali, after such Act, impose, sudner, a native and betray into ma rimony any of his MA in consequence of intelligence received ratively seitled kingdom to from China, hopes are entertained that ruler, bound by strict treaty obligations Jraty's malu subjects by scotte, paints, an additiousl payment of 5 cents.
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seow strange ns coming from a jourant wi ohcraft and like misdemeanour, and the "Should the dispute with China be which is resolutely opposed to schouues marriage, pour couviction, shall atsed null settled without resorting to arms, it is of annexation or conquest. But if our and void.”
Tae of drinking Bordeaux wine is ua-
war has been finally averted.
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Money Order Begulations. 1-Money Orders ara exchanged with Evening Star the United Kingdom, Now South Wales, Fabius Queensland, South Australia and Port Fontanay Darwin, the Straits Settlements, Western Feronia, s. Australis, and (except at Shanghai) with Firth of Tey the Japanese Empire. Hongkong also Flechers issues orders on Shanghal, and vice versa..
2--Small zums may be remitted between the other Ports by means of Postage Stampa, subject to a charge of one per cent for cashing them.
3-Many Money Orders are supplied to residents at the smaller Ports in this way.
Florence Night-
1
Miramara, s.. - 3
I regd.
Osaks
PARATIO Pizarro:
Prince Amadeo Queen Mary
E. Robinson
1 reză.
1
1
Diana Panay Divina
Doctor Petermana 1 Eden
1
Rapham
Bioca Gezova
His Loge
5
Badobrin
1
Bauvener
1
Sibas
Smeder
Sortlan
Star Stort
| regia
Strathearn
I
Succean
Great General
Sepatre
1
Tales:
Helen Marion
1
Titania
2
Vale of Doon
I
Vale of Nith
Valpariso
Vincent
West Glen
ingale Frank Pendiston 1 Glamorganshire 1 Golden Hunter 1 Great Admiral Hemon
An application for an order is filled up. Helena
and it enclosed with a stamped, directed, Heptarshy, 5.3. and unsealed envelope to the Postmaster at Eigimoor" the nearest issuing office. The application Hing Busy Shing
must be accompanied with the fall amount Hotspar (including commission) in cheque, postage H. W. Dudley stamps, or
or other equivalent of cash, and a 3. A. Thompson 1 little margin should be left for variations Jalace laylay of exchange. The Postmaster issues the James Gardiner
and James Hewlit order, ands it on in the envelope, and Janel Ferguson returns the change, any, by first oppor tunity
1 regd. Wachasėlis
I
W. Minstrel
Wan, Dirklason 8.n. 1.
Win. H. Connor 1 regð.
1 regd. Wm. Bilson:
1 Wr. Turner
with a receipt for the letter, if it Java, .NE were to be registered, as it always should bo. Care should be taken to send there
For Men-of War, &c.
Carey, Lieut, W. M. Coulth, J. Earle, Mr. Speirs, Jas.`
Moorhens
do. "do Tron Duke 1 rgl
to
the
applications in time, as the Money Order Offloss close some hours before the depar. tures of the maile,
4. No order wust exceed £10, or $50, or include say fraction of a penny, nor will more than two such orders de Issued same person; in favour of the same payee,
Books, etc. without Covers.
by the same mail. Orders will be drawn Allgemeine Zettung.
at the current rate of the dayt and paid et the rate of the day when the advice arrived.
The commission is as follows >---
Orders on the United Kingdom. Up to £18 cents. £5............ 36 f7-་་་བབ་་་ཅ*! $10..........72 "
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Local and Intoroolonial Orders. Up to $25 or £6.25 cents:
15
Bombay Jam-E-Jams Journal,
Cosinon
English Mechanic and World of Balenta. Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chropicle. Handelsblatt
Ilustrated London News.
Kemp's Mercantile Gazette. Lantema.
Liverpool Weekly Albion.
j; 850 or £10....60
Müller and Fritie Cizonier, 5.Lists of Money Order Offices in the Panch. United Kingdom may be consulted at 16 Puzzle.
Raft (Bong), Bongkong and Shanghai.
6-Names must be given in full (except Report of Briet Congregation. when there is more than one Christian Sonaine Religienzo,
3. Boxholders who desire to send Cirouare) but the name of the Payee need not Staatsblat van 1880.
2.06 Lars, Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Cards,
or the Parts of China are crassed). It can then be paid only Tea for Sale (dircular).
through a Bank, and may afterwards be Timon. and Japan, may deliver them to the Post specially crossed to any Bank,
3.60 dc.,
all of
1.75
of the same weight, to addresses Hongkong, Bangkok, or
In
be given if the order be crossed (as abeques
3rd Class Cargo Boat or Ha-kan Boat of 800
pienis, per Day, Class Ourgo Bont or Ha-kan Buat of 500 picals, per Land,...
ww
1.5
Ottica uostamped, the pestago being then charged to the sender's account. batch meat consist of at least.ten.
Fach 7-No order can be paid till the Payes
....
1.0
rd Olas Cargo Bont or Ha-tan Bort of 800
picals, Hail Day,
TFL
very possible that the Russias fleet may Government cannot get us out of the known, it is asserted, except at Hurdosax, go up to Kores, the northern Italy, country, perhaps among the many wild for with the Bordelais it is an ort, and it is towards which the Russians look with scheraes which will be propounded for quite a sight to witness the operation. with a serious air, announcea Writers in the daily our future action, this one may not prove longing eyes. papers go so far as to urge its annexa the wildest,
on pouring it. "Chateau Giscourt," or
Laecomb," or "Margaux of 1849." tion, pointing out the folly of allowing
pluuia, per Day, so choice a worgel to be swallowed by
APRONS of grass form to this day the gast silently takes the glass between his at Claes Cargo Best of 8 or 100
Chamb and forefinger, raises it to a level some power which is more energetic,
pisals, per Load, • All the efforts of the Japanese, who only thing of the danguture of Eve who with his sye, and, with a slight movement lat Glass Cargo Boat of 3 or 909
are found in a district near the Travancore' of the elbow, gives the alone are admitted to the ports of the back water. The leaves of a certain water reation. This sete tren quid a rotary sud Claes Cargo Boat of 600
the aroma. Is.
picula, per Day, Peninsula, have not sufficed to conceal plant are cut into the profitable nature of their monopoly, and Lied round the lengths of a foot long suiffe the perfame circulating on the edge and Claas Carge Boat of 600
waist in such fashion of
of the glass, looks at the raby color But it is not only the commercial that stringa unwoven hang down in scintillating in the gloss; then drinks of advantages derivable from the enterprise bashy tail behind and prepont the same the wine deliberately in small instaiments. that should be considered. The great appearance in front reaching nearly to the Silence follows; the guests look at each 3rd
is accounted for by a tradition other, the bost has an anxious air, awaiting Importance of Korea as a basis for that in former daya s' certain high caste the verdict; then opinions are given in privatoor warfare, the only Russian man of that region had been sowing turn in a serious tone, and the wealth of weapon against England, is nufficient to various grains and planting vegetables in adjectives at the command of a Bordelais warrant the undertaking. Here, too, his field but bad found out that his daily is revealed. If the judgment is unfavor. would at last be found the true boundary work was in some unknown way frustrated, abic, the wino is declared "reballinas, or Pellaway Boats, per Day,
without soul, of the Eastern Empire of the Czar, and for whatever he planted or sowed in the "hard"
imperi. Russia could take her station on the day was carefully picked up and taken
and gracious," "antipathetical," "
even "mute." If, on the con Pacife in all the dignity of a Great when men alept. En he set a watch and one
eyes Power. Thus, commercially and politi- one night he saw, coming out of a hole trary, the judgment is favorables,
hitherto unknown to him, certain beinga
and the wine is styled "amiable," to work
seductive," " cally, avery argument telle in favour of like men but quite naked who set
Parsuing
rich," annexation. Nor is that feature lacking destroying his hopes of a crop. Par
MREET DOOLIES, which is most likely to commend the thom he succeeded in outcling a roan and
coquettish,"
Seals of Hire for Strest Coolies. enterprise to Russian ears. The people woman and he was so impressed with lug," of Korea are, it seems, the Bulgarians of shame at their condition that he gave kab parable," full of love.". "But, madam," | One Day...
Half Day... man his own upper cloth which was bang said a listener to those expressions to a the north. They are ruled by a deepot, ing on his shoulder and made him put it lady who sat next him at table, sinoc Tree Hours, and groan under the oxactions of a host on but not having one to spare for the your husband gives sueb adjectives to One Hour,... of Tahinovnika-I quote from rior woman sho (following Eve's example) made wine, what deerho use to you to exproes Half Bour Maximoff in the St. Petersburg Galette-hersolf an apron of grass as above describ. its affection ?" Well," she replied," ho
calls me Lafitte, 1848." and they have only to hear of the bless-od--Madras U. M. Record.
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Burapons,
One Hour,
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$1.00
10
be
Half-an-Hour, After 6 ................10 centa extra. Nothing in this sale provoate private agret
has signed it in the proper plads. An
4. Boxholders may also send Patterns order on be transferred to another offos
8.If the order be not presented within six months an additional commission will bu charged; if not within twelve months, the money will be forfeited. When the order in once paid no further claim can be entertained.
to the same places in the same way. Bin on payment of an additional commision 50 volupes containing Fatterns may be wholly In case of loss of an order, nec anity tor alosed if the nature of the contents be first stopping payment, or the like, application exhibited or stated to the Postmaster should be made to the nearest Money General, as he may conelder necessary, and Order Office for instructious,
by bim. Printed Circulars may
u strah 2
Pattern Packers FAROELA. The publia in reminded that, there is no such thing as Parool Post to Europe, &o, Much ironble and pointment are caused by persistent sitempis En send small valuable trifles through the Dross, Fans, Carios Articles of Fancy Work, and similar presents are con tinually being refuses, the senders having often spent more in Postage then would have paid the freight by s CAMOT. No zofand can be made on such parcele of the Nothlug lu the above Halo to also prirate Value of Stamps obliterated before the agregmentq.
grand"/bta.
**Binyat-
.03 cunts.
20
12
5
71
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nature of the contenta was discovered.
9. No order cat bo paid until the advios relative to it has been received.
Made ont ons printed form which is supplied
gratis.
Local Ordere op kanghal ars drawn at 2 per cent. premiam in all cases. A fixed dol lar rate for drawing on the United King Jem is in foron at Shanghai
NOW READY.
completo Reprish, in Famphlet, Forwa (51 pages), of the proceedings in the REZ Zier, CABE of
REGINA F. PITMAN, gontaining the whole of the Proveed logs at the Police Court, fall report of the trial is Criminal Sessions, with connected. Corre- spondence and comments of the Prom. ** 30 OESTE, Prios per Copy, * China Mail Orrios,
Hongkong, June 19, 1880,
Printed and published by Geo. Mussar BAIS, at the China Mail Ofios, No. 3, Wyndham Strest, Hongkong."