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No. 7443-JUNE 25, 1897.]
THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE Judging from present appesmucos petroleum is rapidly coming to the front is a fual. America, which has a long commanded the market'
suspended until compensation were AT- ranged for and houses for the homices made.
for that oil in this part of the world, will. That a friend of mine express the gravest fears, as to whether the houses of Vitòria
soon have to contend with a formidable rical, namely, Russia. A trial consign- ment of Russian petroleum in arid to ba already on its way to Java The use of petroleum as an illuminant is rapidly in- orasing all over the world, while at home and it Amories experiments have been
made with it as fuel for the furnaces of steam engines and for other purposon. When the world's resources in this respect arosonce definitely sacurtained and found. adoquate to "meat reasonable demands, there a po doubt of the great future awaiting petroleum. At present the main ostasio barring the more extensive so
their walls will not soon overshadow houses altogether.
That it may not be generally know
the
that
That one fact is, however, generally slinit
CORRESPONDENCE,
THE CHINA MAIL.
PUBLIC HEALTH BILL
To the Editor of the CHINA MAL."
Sin, Your correspondout,
June 25th:
Txcelsior,
Columbia was materially reduced, althongh the revendo of the United States- never ex- hibited the corresponding increase which the Customs officess elsimed it should.
SMUGGLERS AT WORK. HOW TEK OPIUM 18 CONCEALED: After you of constant service and long experience a Customs officer the most expert inspetor is fain to acknowledge that
On a Chine steamer, crowded as she is the smuggle is endowed with marvell with passongos, the amaggler. nan colo,
KMUGILING ON THE CHINA STEAMHUS,
LATE TELEGRAMS/. We take the following telegrams from Indian exchanges brought on the Tai
sang
THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN. Lahore May 26.-The local daily has from
ted, that tro Chinese have absolutely tion that strongly supports the Bill and for hiding opina is in and about the mined to took her up, a course of pro- three fights have taken place between the
consed to transact business in property which speaks for itself.
A BEDTIME SÔNG Sway to and fro in the twilight gray, This is the ferry for Shadowtown; always nails at the end of day,
It
Just as the darkness is closing down. Rest, little head, on my shoulder, so,
A lupy ki is the only fare; Baby and I in the rooking-chair. Rock stow, more alow in the dusky light ;
Silently lower the anchor down.
Dear little prasenger, my 'Good-night,"
We've reached the harbor of Shadowtown.
A CONUNDRUM.
HE Morry little maiden, Laughing all the day,
Why is all your life ao sunny. Many a mizer all his money. Gladly to the sage would pay Who could make his heart so gay Merry little maiden,
Laughing all the day,"
will, by and by, be visible from the Har. whose later on vested intereste sud the versatility & resoared and meat untir pays but little rogard to the saucity of a Afghanistan that some leading tribamon, Drifting away from the world we go, bour, or whether the back-yards and Public Health Bill you published last even. energy. It would soom that efter ten years Custom House seal. In foot, ho dovon't emissaries of Ayoob Khan, are exciting peo
enre a map for that bit of red tape and soal pla to revolt against the Amir. Sirdar. Ab- iug, has certainly a must vigorous style of service in the searching forces an inspector. writing, and I cannot but admire the many would know very portion of a steaming-wax, which is so much venerated by the dulka Jan Tokhi, with many others, and are so thoroughly that no package of contrademark A Custom House combinazion making things very nuplermut for the Amir bold and positive assertions coated in
ledot, which, if trug, must for over ni-band goods imit possibly be semaine lock is quite another thing, and the smugg- in some villages. Signs of hast lay against longo stil opposition to the Bill Now, Sirds to some bir aber for respects that simply because it has been the Awit had been made apparent by these
the means of once or twice completely men. the Chinese newspapers have printed tlie I happen to take some interest in the Publis Such is not the case, however, for the
The Russian Governor of Kholab, on the Health Bill, and I am rather curious to agglor is no sooner driven from one translation of the Public Health Bill, learn the real public opinion it I replacs fement than ho sets about in circumventing hin. On one occasion the and that Me Granville Sharp, was there-geot, however, that your correspaden did venting set other means of evading the stores officers had rason to believe that north side of the Ozas, has had froquest on the Belgia This steamer bad for a long Gorurner of Badakakan, at Faizabal, who not put his true name to his latter and Customs for, and guner:lly is quite suc-antity of opium as to be smuggled in personal communications with bec duit's fory so far wrong in his faóte.
thereby ouable us to give proper-weight to cessful ic'sudding.
On the din steamers a favorits place time been an object of auspicion, so that has revolted against the Anir. Independent
when she came into port the officers deter
this, I heard from Cabul last week that his assertions, that there is a porful see- looks with admiration at the way in which neobinery. The spare vollers are fre
determined. Governor and Me MacEwan quently use, and in aneh vessels as the clue which was promptly and effectively Air's troopa ander Gholam Haidar Khaa
iron trap loading to the forecaalte was lock wete victorious. pusia the Bill forward; that a great many City of Pelur and the now wrecked Tekin aried, the posts were locked, the wad the Ghilzaie, in whichs, the thilais Some troops aro. to be sent to Quetta to el, the store-roof was locked, and in fact who signed the petition did so to oblige the hellow on stringers of the ship wor
Lahore, June 3.—The Civil and Military was licked. The result was that, as thei Bill are not the public but a few sho have contraband opium. The officers tinatiy vested interests or wito speculate in the ad dropped onto this, and why the L'eking
shift then. pass them over the side, a state of popular fooling in Afghanistan passed through the strings and ho sus
harge number of silk handkerchiefs were against the Air; bo plandars his subjects, That the Public have yet to learn a good vance of land and property,&e. In crate into je on une trip mall boy wreggers could not get to their goods to aceite publishes very bad account of the dostabent alant als by a certain Stowmern discuss publicly a abject of sind in fading a Large quantity of opium. found the rat day and, the next morning and his soldiers go without pay he hak
my humble opinion when any push enmes
the searching ofticore ware eeat for and told Company which took place some little vital interest and importance, as the same ell as in-
where they could find a quantity of opium. vied taxes on marriages, deailt, and other occurroncos, and has nepotized time wishing to represent time ago, and that if all I hear be true,
The opion had, however, hear already several crops to sell them to the pople at the traction desa not rodeund to the Luence public opinion, he shoulduet weire
discovered, so that time, at least, the smug intes fixed by himself; his troops have anonymously, otherwise his allged facta credit of the Government, cither finan- will be regarded as mere slatenents, or cially or otherwise. That apparently evon the Siamese boat us in the matter of fortifinations, having stuck to sarthworks, and defended them with good gunu.
of
backyard proposals, this Sanitation clack i thoir frionda; that lose who objet ti the j for a long limo nado the recopaneles very place slint n lock could be attached to help the Amir if necessary,
petroleum us fhel for steamers, in its ten- dotey to wear out the boilers too soon. No doubt when inventivo miede anec set to work to solve this question, some way will be found to remove the difficulty. In the
anwhile it is satisfactory to know thatThat, what with backstairs influence and the Director of the Geological Survey thinks he can prophesy safely that the oil measures of Eastern Ludia will be supplying half the world with light within a measurable time when the American oil-fields haro been dry,' The sooner English saorohants realise thie, the botter.-Indian Engineering.
FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUL. That there are some things at work in con- nection with this Public Health Bill which are not yet clearly understood. Tha: unfortunately there are many wheels within wheels' in this email Colony, and they are not by any means confined to us- official circles.
That persons who are not altogether igacr- ant are of opinion that the great local Wire-Puller does not really destro the Public Health Ill to pass into law jest
yet, and that the opposition raised may give him further time. That some think the Causeway Bay Folly will owe something to and find its apolu- gy for its existence in the overcrowding elauses of the new Health Bill. That the Acting Governor in salurally an- xious to make a creditable show during his few months of administration, and the most important. Ordinance of the Bession is the show decided upon. That, if auch be a correct surmise, the at- xiety to go on and the impatience at de lay are clearly explainable.
That such a metive for action is not of the
very higheat character, but that it may be
present nevertheless.
That the authors and signatories of the Fetition for postponement went directly in the face of this strong desire of the modern Cromwell, who now administers the laws and directs the destinies of this Colony.
· ·
That this view of the case'fa more compre- hensible thau the others that have been
gote worriaonze.
That the Service in the Cathedral on the Occasion of Her Majesty's Jubileo was one to be remembered, and for who ware present but must have deeply felt
That the small Jatiles was blessed with fine weather, better than many expected, perhaps batter than mo may have on the 9th November, when the big Ja'sles will be held.
That I notice from Whitaker's Alixanack that one of the notable events of the con tury is thus recorded on vamber ad
Sir George F. Bowen berr, 1821'
but that no mention is tude when his ârst medical certiñcate wen issued.
That the fabiles committee evidently over
Innked the 2nd of November vhan our local Jubilee Celebration was fred for That I beat Hongkong had also a Jubilee troo, planted by fairy hands, not a mile from the Murray Barracks.
the 9th.
advanced, and that too much mental That the Secretary of State's reply to the reserve has been apparent.
Jubilee telegram was probably the first hint to many that the Boas of 8. Andrew had sont a special message of congrattila.
That the dirt and filth, the lack of ven- tilation, the infant mortality, the 'living liko pigs,' the appeals to Heaven and to
tinu.
TRICKS OF TUE TRADĖ.
something worse, and the object he seeks awans of a string clear down to the kellors gained nothing by informing on them- been without pay-for the last 7 months,
to gain will never be attained.
I remain, yours faithfety,
ONE OF THE PUBLIC.
OF BENGAL
LOS OF A STEAMER AND 800 LIVES,
From the 21st to the 26th May, a cyclone
epian that way.
BINING-KLACEA FOR OMIUM,
When the boilers are undergoing repairs, and the tubes are sent ushore, frequently large quantities of opinia are found is them in sout cases jammed in a tight that the tubes has to be out open to get it ont. Sometimes the opinn is put into watertight cana, cured with oilelcth, and then placed
men with consciences, the chaffing advice That the chair-coolies have been gracefully that looked eyes, now clad in death, pid handling of the same, it, standa to rea-.
to pull together good-toreperedly, and 'I'm the Governor, the only one,' aro mach more easily understood in the light of the appointment of Sir 3. W. Des Voeux than by anything else. That the energy, determination and aven the Uld-Noll-like aggressive brusnor of General Cameron deserve general ad- miration, but that it is unreasonable to expect an intelligent community to ween over a ten-foot backyard.
BROWNIE.
elves. If the smuggler can only be kept and mop join the rebels any day. The from an opportunity of shifting bie contrab- Amir las confieonted all the jaghira und and shipment while the officers are search- | meyfi lands, and has destroyed the manus ing a vessel the chance of its escaping and title-deeds of jaghiulars. detection are reduced to imun.
HOW CYIUM 38 FLOATED.
the officers were sure thiore could be po
Trade is almost entirely suspended.
Sírala, 30th May-News Las been ro- saved from Kandahar upto the 24thway bat nothing frosh is stated in connexion with the Ghilzai rising, except the fact that the junction of Sikander Khan's and Ghulam aider's force took place at Karesiahu, not at Attaghur, as first stated. Karezishu is in the Maraf district, about ninety ailes east of Kandahar.
It is much more probable, if a disturbance
ed.
BRE.
What a funny question I As if I could tell 1
Glad and joyous am I ever, Just, becauso till now I never Thought about the matter. Well? Would you break the magic spell?: What a funny question
Ae if I could tell
-Beston Journal of Education.
Quotations.
HONGKONG, June 25. OPIUM--New Potná, șasbynur 500 -
Old New Benares, caah,... 4725 011
cash....
31
#
cash....
New Malwa, cash,..... 525 Allowance, Thele.... 15/32 Old bfalwa, cash,...... 650/60 Allowance. Task 16/32 Paraian,
Oily,
ezsh. 450/490 Allowance. Taola..... None to 32 Ferian, Paper tied.. 490/500 Allowance. Taels...... 32/96
Exchange HONGKONG, June 25.
On. London-
Bank, Wire,
11
*
On demand,
30 days' night,
4 month sight,
Crédita, 4
Documentary, 4 months' sight
Ou Paris
On demand,... Credits, 4 mouths" sight,
On demand, ... Credity, 60
60 daye sight,
On New York-
On Bombay
Wire. On demand,
Wire, ... On demand,
On Caletta --
On Shangha
On demand,.. 3 days' sight,
3.95
72 33.95 ... $6.30 Temperature- (Taken at Messrs Falconer & On's Premises
Queen's Road.).
20.800 BanOYSTER 9M
201840 Do
+ P.M....
Da.
1 F, M
Do.
THORMOMETER-A.....
D
P.M....
Do
(Wet bulb) Y AM - 80
Do.
Do.
1 P.M.
4 P.,
88
Do. Du
Maximum...
Da. Mīņirates over night" 83
'METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.
AT 4 P.M. TO-DAY. Barometer
29.74 85
Temperature..
Humidity
Direction of Wind, ssw
Force Weather
Hongkong Observatory, June 25, 1887.
CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL"
REGISTER.
The falls iron austs of the steamships wore miriy milized by the snugglers in very ingenium way. A small hole was cut in the suas and the opam lowered by of the vessel. The hole in the mast was then so crefully repaired that it would escape any bat the most minstaking and uhost micoscopical observation. In 1889 or 1883 a large amount of opium was
The snugglor is no respecter of persons seized conurled in the masia of steamships and has not the slightest hesitation in taking DISASTROUS CYCLONE IN THE BAY I was, lowever, not the first time that ponsorsion of oven the captain's antoroo
the trick was known to the Customs On one occasion there was in an officer'e officer. Sometimes the chain locker is used room a desk, to all appearances built into by the smigglers. One aida may be used the side of the alip. It was examined in on the Yonge and the other not, and in an off-hand way, mullan lurpector accides, this latter side the stuuggiers arrange tally discovered that the desk could be This was done, the instinctive tug at the heart of 'Queenraged in the Bay of Bengal with disastrous
Tho resulta io shipping, and attended with grond very strong false botham and consent the moved out into the room.
smuggler never and behind it ninety ponad af opium were
Lahore, May 27th. The rumcun brought and Fatherland.'
loss of life. The storm was the sovorest shrinks from hard work, nor does he ever found. Whether the officer knew anything from Bokhara by taroling merchants ro
seem to bat a loss to command the services about it or not is not stated. The foal present the Amaar, as seriously, il, and at experienced in that quarter ses 1860, of the most skilled mechanical labor. This ing of upium off the Heads and the Mail the same time grently troubled by the dis- aensions in his dominions, fomented by the judging from the reports of vesels which is well illustrated by a seizure which was Dock has been in vogne at all times,
on the Oceanic. In
Russian agent, who has, by money gifts Among the ship lost is the made som years ago weathered it,
the bow a piece of iron had been cut out
By Boating is meant the throwing and otherwise, won over curtain leading Ateamer Sir John Laurence, mained with a
and a quality of opium stowed away in a
2 The Bokim- crew of 40 and odd, and carrying a living a space fun or twelve inches wide between verboard of opium tone up in water-men of Bokhara to intrigue with the pro-
water tank. The tight packages, which are picked up by Russian party in Badakahan. freight of 750 passengers all of thom have she bulkaar and a
piece of hou was then replaced and fastened confederates and carciod ashore. This is rau rnler interrupted their mengers, perished. Regarding her the Calcutta Mail by falsa bulta, which could be quickly rent rusorted to, however, on so large a seized the incriminated nobles, and had the moved. This hiding-place was discovered sole as might be supposed, because the captured letters read in open Coast and of the 7th Juus says
Every hope west now bo standoned of by noticing that the spot had been painted smaggior perfer to take the chances of unteneed thom to inprisonment and cou- the safety of the steamer Sir John Lantaud oup of the false bolla acidentally left landing the stuff at the dock themselves facation of proparty. The Russiall agent, of. The opin seized at that time aboamer was once taking on board a who was present, is sileged to have intar margo of wheat from a Sucramento River posed on the ground that the punishment rence with its living freight of about 750
barge lying alongside. The wheat went was unmerited and could not be inflicted passengers, mostly women, al nearly all amounted in value to $15,000.
aboard all right, and at the same tuna a without the Czar's sanction. To the pilgrims going to worship at the famous
large amounts of opium went on to the Ameer's objection that there was co stipn- temple of Jaganunth at Puri A large nibur of the pilgrims were members of
burge to be carried up the river and thou lation of this kind in the Russo Bokharan the best Bengal families in and around
sent back to this city. The Captain of the Treaty, the agent replied that the chiefs Calcatta, who this year played a sort of
steamer discovered what was going on, had only acted according to Russian in- informed the Castoms officers, and the structiona
It is now positively certain that the united excursion to the shrine. These have all game down in the great storm, and there is
drag wis seized. Mention has been made scarcely a native family in Calenta that does
of the face that the smugglers are no great telegraph has been placed in communication
It is a frontier. A Timer leader says that the Gold Last, 100 fun... That I suppose it in a tree without an in-not bemoan the loss of some car relative. the bilge. Nearly every ateamer plying respecters of the Custom House sos. One with important points on the Afghan
scription, and furnishes a contrast to that oping against hope till the vary hast, hun-butween hers and China carries marco or insinues will show this to be 90.
less exta Chinese coffins, and opium hai
common practice to hide the opium in the Government of India will lock on with Sovereigns, dreds of farsilies are now murning with a of Canton (Shmalen) where they planted grief that will not and cannot comforted been found in these ghaly receptacles, coals, and froqueatly when a steamship indifferenso ut endeavours to play the old
till time, the great healer, baires ponce and time and again. In order to do any exton cosas into purt the officers have to over-game with a Russian offiser at Marv..
Simla, June 4.--Nathing beyond the au innoribed atone without the tree.
resignation on his wings. Its as far as we sive amuggling the ring must have confede hani and shil: fully a hundred tone of
statement From St. Petersburg la known know, the greatest calamity that has ever he rates on the vassol, and where the stuff isoos in the bankets. It might almost be That it is to be hoped that the P&O Co.
found concealed in the lining of a steamer, kid that in three out of four of the here of the alleged fighting at Karki be- have now got to about the end of their fallon the upper classce of the Bangali com-
twean the Bokharass and Afghana. It is wasity, and no words can piety the agony or in other places calling fur more or less soiances the opina has bees found in the ron of bad luck.
bereavel. In several case the blow ly four of suspecting that the ship's and the grief of those who have beau mechanial ingenuity, the chances are large-coil bankers. Two officers had searched improbable, if the alleged lighting has oc the China steamers and found nothing. it, inasmuch as Karzi is not a place whore is perfectly crushing, whore wife and carpenter is not albogether innocent. i dey long in the coal bankers of one of curred, that the Afghans were covered in One of the bunkere was full of coals and they are likely to be found in any number daughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, and course vlon opinur is found in the cargo in
opium concealed in it, but to make has taken place, that the Turkomans had a widows, have all porished; and empty and package not on the manifest, or in pack desolate houses, haunted by the memories ages stand with especial design to the ru
960TRACE doubly sara thay determined to hand in it. In all likelihood the affair of beaming
so kindly, sad the schoes of Run that some mate or freight clerk knew
seal the bunker up and resome the search was an ordinary Turkoman raid, which the voices hushed for ever, are althat runsin what he was about when the packages oame
next day. The bunker was accordingly Russians have utilized for bringing a force Dailed up as securely as possible and daly within closor teach of the Kham-i-b. brought to reason, and that the fares of homes in which love and hope and daty on board.
An officer was then stationed
THT KURNIANS ADVANCINO. will now be overcharged as'usuri.
mingled their join influence. One of our
The tu contraband opinn-is fre- cealed.
The Russiaus are reported to be collecting quently found usatly tucked away in the where, unobserved huseif, to could keep gained for him the title of Maharaja from rails, and more particularly in the extra a watch on the banker. The sorching That the wisdom of waiting for advices, bas het known zeminders, whose loyalty has
been fully demonstrated to the Fire In-Government, has lost twels or fifteen of saile awad in the sail loft down below. focos land left the vessel, when one oficer plies at Cardjui, and it is expected that returned movement towards Kamiah is contemplat On one ocasion every sail on a certain stea more suspicious thail the tea to pry bis near relations. In another caes the en- surance Agents by the receipt of satin family has perished, maand women, mer, eitri ones and all, wore spread out and discovered turn
·DRULEEP AINUR'S CONSPIRACIES. and that Monday's meeting will no doubt and the house is in charge at the durians and a considerable bacl mode. The steer open the bunker. The alarm was given
The proceedings of the Mahanja Dhuleep who were loft to keep it. Other uses, age staroon is another place ranch affect- and the bunker searched, Away back Singh in Rustis are being closely watched, clear the atmosphere of tho ngly look it
A Paris latter states that tas Sikb Prince egally sad and deplorable night he mened by the smuggler in the pursuit of bisfar as it could be placed, but yet resting lately presented.
tioned, and the grief that has fallen on nefarios occupation of cheating Unde on top of the coal, the inspectore found is in daily communication with M. Kstkoff thete bomes is inexpressibla
Sam. In this spot pium is ften found $5,000 worth of the contraband drug--and M. de Giers, and that he has gone to
Russi for the done in munts of rice or masquerading as hily Alta.
purposs of organising a cou- federation of all the enemics of England. extra vores of pickles, corned beef and the
Indians
Canadians, and Irisanes are all to like. A story is told about an inspector
PLETY is like beans, it seems to do the to be called upon to rally round the Prince, who for many years served on Puget Sound
and the notorious Aylward, who was that shes to what an extent sanuggling in best on pour sile-Josh Billings.
HOW HE PROVED HE STR ROTHA stone-Joubert's side-de-amp when Sir George opiumis carried on.
catter, whose office adjoined his stoneyant, Colley sacrificed his troops at ajuta, is This officer's particular daty was to was seated in his office when a friend called pronounced as one of the leaders of the
movement, placard which might have produced cqnant himself with the mavements of upc him, and they discussed several topics.
The Paris correspondent of the Daily
the Ürst eRoots of Bolinao.... much mischief bet for the prompt action of the ring known to exist in Victoria and bugether, among them the questions to
propcaed the Magistrate in a proclamation we have erganted for the express purpose of amug what extent lager heer was an intoxicant. Chronicle says that one of not room to give. but which threatened the gling into into the United States by tae The stonecutter maintained that beer was these facts will be to proven! the disobedient with oxpulsion from the away Port Townend, Seattle sud Tacoma. not intoxicating, while his friend maintain visit of the Duke of Edinburgh to the Czar.ing.
Bumbay, 3:4 June. A telegram to a far West, and in the opinion of its inhamination. The students' placard runs a No um ever doubted but that he was well the opposite. Tho stonecutter said:
follows :--
saqwanted with the doings of the smugglers, There is a mati at work in the yard (point Bombay paper states that the Times Mor bitenta takes the cake' in mait _cases, bui
The Teachers and Pupike the Six Hiena for if wer a place was overrun with spica ing to a brawny-chested Garman) who could con correspondent souds a despatch saging particularly in the management of its own governed by Hui-chan, have us and informers Victoria was and is that drink e bucket (three gallons) of beer at one that there can no longer be any doubt that affairs. When the fact had been marinasly agreed to drive the Foreign place, but the seizures were all of little con- sitting, and feel buns this worse for it. The Dukea Singh has taken up his residenon Welt. 28.60 49
Devils out of reui-chmoh and thus ap- sequeio. One day the officer was inform friend doubted, and a wager was made, the io Russia so an arowed enemy of England.
JUNE 25,- 10 AM. Bolinao.. ciently impressed upon the public, by the peass the wrath of the people, on the first ed the on a certain veel bound for Alarka workman called, and when asked if he could He is about to become a Russia subject,
a large water
THE GERMANS KÉSBÉTING RUSSIAN aid of the Press, that the Fire-Engine asood of the third month
a large amount of opium was to be placed, drink that backet pointing
Mani... 29.87-88 | 74 INPORT DUTI KA. in need of rejuvenating, a Meeting was
Haiphong- The Foreign Devila originally poured conceled in corned bouf barrels and mans bucket) full of heer at one sitting, he repli
The offer fairlyd: Vell, I don't know: I lets you know The Russian Government has created a upiam inic China to the injury of its fested as slip stores,
Hongkong 29.84 B4 to add the Public Health Bill to his called, and the entire community-all but people. Why should wat instructed or huggal binself with delight as he thought after a vilo. The Garman went away, and storm in Germany by placing heavy import Amoy 60.85 85 Shanghai..23.02 80 Paurals ns Administrator, he mast drop four-responded to the call. The chair was advised by them to leave of pun amok of the big seizum he would unite as sounds after remaining about fiften minutes rot duties so metals and metal gools
As Bussin imports immenso quantities of Soving that they have it in their the venei docked at Port Townsend on borraad and aid: Yes, I can drink dat
Nagasaki..20.66; the fight-inspiring clauses, else he will filled by a gontleman whose rank has not been ins
is foos was wreathed poor The bucket of beer was procured, corn into Germany, the fair traders there | WTosicek. 25.59 54 100 28. hurt to advise our leaving af opium-smot-wy to Alaska. never be able to crash it in kis exirs recorded, but he must have beexone of three ing, why did they pour it is the country with smiles as he wended his way down and placed before the German, who very are asking for retaliation.
The barometer has fallen and gradients Legislative session.
for S.W. wieds remain steep. The temper things, Judgo, Doctor, or Colonel-there to injure China. Detcatan Devils! You to the wharf and boarded the vessel in Vie- aoun absorbed the last drop, and arose from boriu His countenance begume as radiant his sent, wiping his mouth with his slegen,
A great volcanio disturbançais anticipat- That if the Postponers bad but looked being no plain 'Misters' in Doughnutville, ought to be killed, you. Devils!
Thioving Devils who has injure car as the Sammer sun at noon tide when he and was walking away with a fire step,
cloudy weather prevaile. around with any disceratout, they waight you bet. The Chairman oraled at great people, we give you ten days' gmon, before ar fire or six barrels of corned beef come when his employer reculled her and said toed in Mexico, The latest details state that ature is high, the humidity moderate and
down the wharf, placed in the sling and him 'See bere my triend and I have some every high bogatuis in Arizins has an a have seen this, and carried their polut, longth somewhat irrelevantly on the in-jour expulsion out of our birders
'If you do
not take saning and run swung up on to the deck of the vessel. He curing ty to know why you did not drink greater or fraser extent, hari is topography instead of knocking their heads against stitutions of that great and glorious land of yourselves before that tim-you may be was carried away by the excitement mg. the beer when you were first asked. The changed. A traveller from Tuson reporta that a fesure not lass then twenty-five miles be stopped
up to German replied: Vell, I don'd know dot the Cameroniau well as they unfor-
liquor and liberty; pointing out how the sure that you will remain without youring within his breast the lightly tapped I could trink it, so I vent but und triak a long extends from balow Benson to fifteen i
the mill louded sling and
miles below Tres Alamo, The lasur varies Lunately did.
world revolved on its own axis once in hoads if you remain in our lordora.
Why should Shanghai dne near to De- one of the barrels with the too of his boot, bucked, den I know I could do it'
from six to eightew inches in width. That the Postponers were also unhappy is twenty-fene boura, according in the laws of Having drawn not to them why That settled the business for him and hin
NEW VERSION OF THE DAVES-LAZARUS
ENGLAND AREING THE POIS'S AID, their selection of a boater,' as the save the U.S., but ecbject to the approval of the dous he want the "Jesus Devils nousca prospective seizuro. The Captain of the PARABLE.If it was true in ancient timea
Bombay, 2nd June-Apocal telegram to Granville is known to be completely citizens of Doughnutsille. From these and cal halk called Gospel. Jans was a Chi-wased, who weby chance standing near as it is to-day, that enough food is assod
nese criminal banished & Foreign coun at hand, quietly ordered that ding load to enwrapped in the land-owning and land- similar topics he gradually and gracefully tries.
10130. This wild posterity of his pour. be set back on to the lock, as it did not wealthy family to keep two ather & Bombay paper says it is understand that
30. Diazozun or Wins, to two aints. Buse for starving. Ba had a monopoly of of the Pops to relieve them from their dif speculating interests.
Their crins is worthy of never gotton over that little affair, and the che eran ba that fell from the righ man's flouitles in Ireland. It is stated alan that That Mr Rarie was strangely mieinformand meandered towards the business before the poison into China. Deterable to the high-bolom to the ship. The Inspector han families in provisiors, Logarus had no or the Government are invoking the assistance umídity of air saturated, wiţă moisture being
mesting, expatiating, in word not few but
death Chinese Recorder.
informer was surely tempted to commit table, for anything that we know, to the Lori Salisbury has sent the Duke of Nor suice or else assassinate the Inspector. pontrary. He has been pointed at folk to Rome to negotiate
Thora used to be e purser once, who for serving the deapest pity, while the of relations between Great Britain and the tachal conds, d drizzling, rain, ƒ fog, a gloomy,"
man, Dicea, who allowed him to par- the truth of the various questions of voting-moving his audience olmset to teara THERE is only one goed enbatitute for
with his pathetis description of the twin vir- the endearments or a sister, and that in many years followed the son, sometimes on take of what his surfeited family couldn't that the Pope should denounce the Farnel equally. r rain, a antre, i thunder, visibility, inquiry set before him.
endearments or some other phellow's sister. one tite, sometimes on another, generally sat, he been held up to execration. lites. The Foro his ordained that high nues That the Chadwick Mission was the only tues of freedom of specoh and responsibility
Taxauthor of an epic poem asked Jere to howner, running to China. For years and Perhaps Lazarus, in his poverty and his should be celebrated in the Catholic Chur- way out of a hopeless Hennessy maddie of action. Fellow.citizens. hoclaimed, by if he had ever szen his Decent into He years the Customs Officers in this city tried rage, was less to be pitied than Dives, ohes in England on the Jubike day. with Military authorities, Public Works, way of a peroration, avail yourselves of No,' replied Jerrold, this chuckle of do- to ddoot him sinuggling, for they know to after all. Many rich men Bave moze mol certainty that he never came into trouble than 40 tramps. There are ex-
establishments an illegal peneiro-
Nsu York, 6th Juno.—Mr O'Brien has this port without lablog opium the great, and glorious privilege of free and light, but I should like to
A DAKOTA young man put on snowshoes manir They never did detect him, and fashionable wives and daughters to keep vavoked his promise to attend a demon- That Mr Kyrie could never have studied untestrained voting coupled with the far and walked twenty miles through bliz- he is still in the survice they probably in rich clotaus and finery, sostly parties to atraiion under the auspices of the Knights Mr Chadwick's Roport, else he would estimable bouns of perfect iiberty of thought tard to keep appointment to get mar never will, for bo ja oknowledged to have give, and marriage portions to settle, no of Labous in New York, because the Chair- never have publicly made the statsment and play of fancy as to what colour our Fire-led. 4 year after nung he will tell been the most expert and daring emuggler matter what may be the condition of the man of the Committee approved the use of his wife when he reture homes for the coals of this pert aver dealt with Ou stock market. Was Lazarus sumpelled to dynamite, and also favoured the resolution Engine is to be painted but pausing hours after bedtime that he was detained ons aalon six men were detailed to watch bother himself about any of these affaire of a meeting denouncing the private owner That as the Acting Governor admits that by thunder If you dno't unsuimously by a threatening rainstore and be forgot him the moment the vessel was boarded, Not at all. He didn't even have to ship of land and attacking the Pope. The
is umbrella-Norristown Harald,
and sever to lose sight of him. The pursor dress for dinar. He could lie around in speakers at the same meeting abused Mr the ideal of Sanitation (by the backyard vote for her? being painted red, a wOISS
La Lumiere Electrique responsible for was delighted at the attention thus bestow his old clothes, ao anay and comfortable, O'Brien. method) cannot be ranched in ter o fate will tefall you than overtook the City the statement that the isal length of the ed upon him and made himsell so very until the big, furioul dinace was over, and FRENCH AND RUSSIAN OPPONITOR AB SO more years, and that none of the roof the Plains, inasmuch as your thwarted overhead wires al press in use in the agrosable that the tig men wore nothing lath then pick over the chofes things left at his
were the mmat delicate kind Constantinople, 6th Jane-The French sidenta are to be ielt homeless, there { and outraged Chairman will no longer be whole world amounts to about 900,000 ki- to dep ashore with the object of ther leisure. They to his int, all paûvided | and Bussian Ambassadors tere have-st High water at Whampoa 102 hrs. 30- soms little need for telegraphing about able conscientiously to lay his weary head lumetres, with 1,640,000 kilometres of esplenege and strike the harp gently of crumbs that fell
This length of wire would go 38 The vowed they never last sight of their for him witheul posting an effort on his dressed a note to the Ports on behalf of upon his pillow, and through the silout times round the world, and would be sufis, and that they bart searched his cabin part. He had no wood so aww or water to their respective Goverments, strongly ab watches of the might, in gute cadence, cient to establish metallic circuit tele- diligently, and yet it was afterward ses bring-he ralused to bring even a drop for jecting to the terms of the Egyptiss Con- poemne cominunication with the moon apoutained that he had landed on that telpa barge Divos when he asked for it, the only re-vention, and especially to the class reins two independent lines. The number of quantity of the drag Sometimes he used quest the rich ran over made of the ing to the reocupation of Egypt by the
British and Tucka jointly or separately in] Tis the march, is the march, Lis the posts required (on the inrestrial, not on to gas & passenger to Victoria, and when- pampered and ungrateful mediospe→
The event of internal troubles. ever he did so the npium supply of British Teran diftinjs. the lunar lings) in about (1,009,079, march of the Qameich mou...
That it has yet to be shown that the back- yard so hysterically advocated and so convalsively struggled for, will not be ..the best centre for the gathering of 6th. of all kinds throughout the city, unlesa an army of scavengers daily strive to prevent such a resuit.
That it would have been wise had the
advisers of the Government first ascer tained from Home the practicability of tnterfering with property before troubling the Colony with the discussion on re- ennatruction and compensation. That if the tender-hearted, high-principled, conscientious Acting Governor expect
A MODERN TALE The following little anecdote apropos of wothing, or at least which ended in nothing, was dropped into our letter-bat this morn ing ---
Once upon a time it occurred to the in. habitants of Donghnutville that their one Fire.Engine stood in need of re-painting, The 'city of Doughnutville is located
as to the personal labours and painstaking wall chosen, alike upon the duties and the efforts made by Mr Chadwick to a certain
privileges alaching to fros and independent.
and Jologist Sanitation.
bo has made.
Gurdpensationer
That the paroly sanitary measures would
prove a tine feather in the Cameronian
cap, even if the fightable clauses of the Bill were cut out altogether, or at least
nors
ANTI-CHRISTIAN PLACARD. Daring recent Literary Examinations at Hwni-chow Fu, in the southern part of the Province of Anituel, the students were demonstrative of opposition to particularly Christianity. We give below a translation
eat degree.
wire-
HE WAS TOD BAGER.
ASTARI, PURSER.
пазд
to
maintain,
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VOLCANIC DISTURBANCES IN MEXICO,
THE DYNAMITARDS FALL OUT WITH MR
O'BRIEN.
station.
JUNE 34. --AT ÉT. M..
Manila 29
Hongkong
Foocher Shanghai.. 29.60 Nagasaki.. 29.70
¡emperature.
Humidity.
Wind...
Weather.
0.01
W. Doneck,
·Government Astronomer, Hongkong Observatory, June 25.
1. Banomazne, reduced to 53 degrees Fahren- belt, and to the level of the sea in inches, tentus and hundredths..
2. TEMPRATURA, in the shade in degrees, Fahrenheit.
3. Humaire, in percentage of saturation, the
5. Pass or Fine, according to "Dissufori
Soale,
Vatican,
the resumption
the banla of the negotiatione being
6. Stars or Waardes, à blue sky, do
♬ hai, į lightniur, o overcasi, y passing shonaw,
dew (wol).
7.
x, in Irates, lankbaand hundračkhe.
SUN AND TIDE TABLE FOR HONGKONG, (From The Hongkong Almanack ) JUNE.
Frou WATER · SUNL -
Day of Morn Af
Kisen
Seba
"Mouth
M..
H
20
0.18 11.0
26
2.10
28.
3.11
1.48
E. W 5.18 1.121.68 5,18 ·6,48 0.40. 5.18,
6.18 6.47
E..
6.47
90 €
29411 3.4 5.20 6.46 20 6.45
EGYPT.
mins. Istor than at Hongkong: at the Barrier: 3 hrs 15 míns. ; at the Suit Fiets: 3 hrs. 30 mins. ; at Shemeani
#3 hrs 45 mins." TIN
loon-Now Moon, 218, th. 30m after:
noon, Hime Quarles, 281, 5h. Sam aftoruorn,
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