A
THE AGED HOUSEWIFE'S PRAYER.
I pray that, risun from the dent,
I may in glory stand,
A crow, perhaps, npon my head--
But a noodle is my found.
I've had no tians to learn to play-
So lut na hari be mine; Through all my life, by night and day,
Plain sowing's been my tins. Therefore, accustomed to the and,
To plying usofaltitches, I'll be content if asked to motid The little angela' breeches. -Eugene Field, in Chiengo Neves, ¦-
THE MODEL HUSBAND.
A husband duly trained should be
A model of sagacity.
Should understand especially
The marvellous capacity,
The clover perspicacity
of
woo's windem and esprit,
Compared with his opzeity;
Should listen silently when sho Trdatges in laganefty
Ard Trust unticaitatingly
Har
knowledge and votacity,
If now and then she chance to he
Comparatively tacit, he
May
voiture the audacity
To speak a word respectfully.
If
if #30
yunoticed
pass
is, ho
Must show no pertinacity,
No masculins puguacity
But humbly wait,
patiently,
To swallow with voracity Whatover crumbs of wisdom sho May drop, and to her procopts ha Should cleave with moak tenacity.
WHAT THE WOMAN SAID. INGENIOUS DEVIUS OF A PERIPATETIC GEMENT YENDEL.
(New York Tribune.) Madume,' said a man with a crushed hat and dilapidated clathes, es ho appeared at the basement door of a Harlem house, *I have hero aume little bottles of my own genuine patent indestructible cement, for mending broken china and other articles, absolutely indispensable to any woll-regu
Don't want it, sir ! It's only ten cents a bottle, undam, and
it will pay--
No use for anything of tho kind, I say wouldn't anvo it!
warranted to mond anything in the
lina of broken dishes, or-
'I tull you 1 don't want it, and you needn't stand there talking any longer."
Alright, Madain, all right don't want to intends,
Fine morning, madam. The lady next door made a little remark about you, madain, but I don't suppose you would care anything out hearing it repeated. Good-by, wadan.
were accused of having constant recourse to it to get out of the way mon whom they did not like, husbands and sons and thors connected with them, as well as atrangers. And one writer reloarks that, whorever there ware irregularities there were poisonings. Some historians have re jected those tales of poisoning
as the invon tions of credulona amalies, I think, with
ut good reason. Bat whether the storico, are true or false, the Romis believed them, and they embody a Roman belief in ro gard to whe
to what woman could do. And it twig that wo zunt regard them as indicating that he Room cons Esl sometimes that they were badly treated, that they ought not to uudure the bad treat meat, and that they ought to take the only means that they passed of expressing their feelings and wreaking vengeance by nmploying poison.--Contiagorary Revirro..
THE CHINA MAIL
everybody takes pills of some kind, it substituted for the Compass Signal, and it may be well to deation what a good, will be kept fiying until the Ship anchors, sate, and relishlo pill should be. Now, The Distanen Stual will be kept up fifteen 6. If the Steamer is a regular Mail wien ung feels dull and sleepy, and has minutes after the Steamer is made out...
igre or less pain in the head, sides Stoamor à Gun will be fired, and a Ball over and inek, be ay be sure his bowels the English, French, or American Bisign, are constipated, and his liver sluggish. with the Diatarted off at that time, will bo To remedy this anboy state of things shown at the Most Head, The Compass there is nothing like a goud cathartic Signal and Symbol will be hauled down. The Distance Signal ill. alt will act like a chat by sti- The Ball and Ensign will be kept up nažil the Fossel, ang for half-an-hour, and mulating the liver into doing its duty, will be kept flying and ridding the digestive orgns of the necuinnlated poisonous matter.
changed at each successive half hour to slow tho Distince off at the time. When cho But the good pill shoes at gripe nud vessel, is between Green Island and the Signal will be handed down. If the Mail pm, us, neither dues it use us sials: North Point of Hongkong the Distance
Steamer diniserable for a few hours or a
is not in the Harbour when it is whole day. It sets on the entire glan-too dark, to distinguish Bags, a red light will dular system at the same time, else the be exhibited at the West Yard Arm, or a after-effrets of the pill will be woren green light at the East Yard Arm until she than the discase is.f. The griping anchora exused by must pills is the result of irritating drugs which they contain. Such pills are bareful, and should never There acu tras tales of the work of en- bn used. They sometimes even produce ergetic, heroic women in the Far Weat hemorrhoids. Without having any hefors which to heroism of the soldier particular desire to praise one pill pales and which should stand out as monu-above another, we may, hovortheiss,
determin- ed offorts at
HEROIC WOMEN ON THE FRONTIER. BRAVING PRRILA AND SUFFERING PRIVATIONS
FROM WHICH MES MIGHT SHRINK,
7. Rive
Rivor Steamers will not be signalled. or Chaton will be made known by showing The approach of other Stonmore from Macao
the National, or House Flag and Symbol
at Yard Arm
8. Ita Flag showing that an Officer of high oak is on boast an incoming vessel, a similar Flag will be shown above the Ball Mast Head.
nents in the histotort ud żelf-ratianes. Itame Mother Seigi's Pills, mailac-or the Flag alone will be hoisted at the
From Washington Territory come numerous inred by the well-known house of A. J. ceannts of women whe shrank not from the White Limited, 35, Farringdon Road, most difficult tabor under the most try London, and now sold by all chemists educated and medicine vendors, as the only one ing oircumstances. Entelligent, edu wonon, who had known ease, gave thewe kuow of that actually possesses history of their pioneer work, with no grain every desirable quality. They reUITG
or shadow of regret or
of complaining One, alone, without child or mather or sister, in the pressure upon the brain, correct the living on a heavily-timbered homestead, liver, and canse the towels to act with Sho
BAYS she has done all the work of ease and regularity. They never grips grubbing and clearing har land, plowed it or produce the slightest sickness of the matcock, and cultivated and harves-stoinach, or any other pleast feeling ted her crop of potatoes, rusibagas and or sympton. Neither do they induce besta for food for her cattle, mowed grass further constipation, as sendly all other
from the with a scythe and carried it swamp to her house load by load in gills do. As a further and crowning blanket; fakes care of and does the dairy merit, Mother Seigel's Pills are covered work from five cows, hunts them in the with a tasteless and harmless coating, to mark their which causes them to resemble pearls, deep forest, with to trail course of her own; chops her firewood from thas rendering then as pleasant to the the growing Forest- trees a foul of more indute ne they are effective in curing diameter-and saws and aplits if for disease. If you have a severe epid and
sho communeed this work
are threatened with a fever, with pnios Yet, when -thre years ago she was not stro expects after awhile, when the dairy od doses will break up the cold and provent Buttrengths case with exercises, and she in the head, back, and limbs, one or two vantages of her and are improved, to live the fever. A costed tongue, with a more easily. She has planted and is bear brackish taste in the mouth is caused all kinds of small fruits, so by foul matter in the stomach. A diges on bor placa a ing that she even now has some of the luxuries of Seigel's Pills will effect a speedy
Another example: Three years ago a wo
Often-times partially devayad man left a worthless and cruel husbandre.
years,
who could not support her, and a washtub food in the stomach and borele pro which had been her only support for my duces sickness, nausea, &c. Clause the and with her mother and four chil- bowels with a dose of these pills, and dron started in ursuit of a home. The on- ly encouragement she received was the good bealth will follow. sursue that she should have been sont to an insane asylum for taking or helpless Hold on a moment, won't you? She family into pleat wild country. She local said it
something about me, you say?? ed $20 acres as honesteads for herself and Ten, ma'am, lot fall a little remark con-mother, walking nine miles from the land. earning you but I don't think you would office, through mud and water, through
made boon care to hear it. I've got to hurry along,
*Just a moment, I believe I'll take ant road-making. The sottlers round about
the forest where no attempt lad
them tarned out and built of that stuff. The lady I was speaking of took three then work for them commenced in parnest.
bottle of t
Unlike many kinds of pills, they do not make you feel worse before gun ore better. They are, without doubt, thợ best family physic ever discovered. They remove all obstructions to the natural functions in either sex without any unpleasant effects.
house, and
Money Orders. bottles for a quarter, madam. but I' Sht, with the help of her oldest buy of
1-Money Orders are issued at Hong- Give me four battles, please; half the twelve year, grubbed and cleared tan acres kong and Shanghai on the following coun- dishes in the house are broken. The idea of a of her saying anything about me, the mean ground, made rails out of the timber and tries and places, at current rates of oX-
thing!
to
(LD
There you
afo.
ur trees and mana change— it, cut the gets
growing trees factured them into pickets stal posts, and
Amoy. * Azores Is. Yes, certainly. Accidents will happen made a pickut fees inclosing the house and
ground; raised their provi
Bangkok china. Apply it with the brank, two acres of
it * d. Also, Thave large bottles of ion, or if ablo to parchase anything.
Belgium. * Bermuda. was at the farther cost of walking nine furniture polish, fifty cents a, bottle. Two buttica?
* Canada. miles co the nearest market and carrying All right. There's your change, madani Hupe it home on her back. And, with out this,
Canton. Cape Colony Cape everything will be all satisfactory. Good shu found time to nurse the sick and so
Ceylon. make some little money, with which she morning.
"But wait just another momont--you bought pige, chickens, cows, and a
† (Constantinople). didn't tell me what that woman said about af ogen-which she pronounces a luxury. Cyprus.
me Since going on her claim her mother I'll teach her to talk about behind my back !'
died, and but one year of her pioneer ¦ iife had passed when her oldest son
that. BO
amputation of shot himself,
the That left the lcg wna necessary. Work
Thus she daughter of ten years. labored with the sorrow of death in her
Je
Oh, yes, I most forget it. You see, it was this way: I asked her if the lady in the next house, meaning you, you see, was at homo."
.
* Madeira
+ Malta.
*Maurities.
* Natal
✦ Nowfoundland.
Now South Wales. NGW
* New Zealand.
Ningpo.
North Borneo.
• Norway
Port Darwin.
Shanghai.
*
Io.
* S.
Howa
Foochow * Gambia:
Gibraltar.
* Seychelles.
* Gold Coast.
"Yes, yes, I understand. What did sho for many months all for herself Germany.
eay then?
She spoke up quick like, and said she collage and the trouble of sickness and its didn't know. That was all, madam-attendant expenses. With all these re- told you it wasn': muck. Ba cure und apply the cement with a brush, as directed. Good-by-New York Tribune.
verses, the writes:
We have never really boen in want of the necessitios, although we have not strictly adhered to the latest fashion.'
From Colorado a cass is reported of res late and enduring courage. A widow with three little children, the oldest but ten years of age, took 100 acres of mountain land. A man tried to take her claim from
fox
Hankov. Hawaii. Hoihow.
* Holland.
* Honduras, (Br.).
Hongkong. Iceland. India
*
d.
* Sierra Leone.
*
South Australia. Straits Settlements. Swalow,
Sweden.
* Switzerland.
* Tangier,
9. The approach of Mon-of-War and Sail- ing Vessels will be notified by their proper Symbols and National Colours, or House Flaga, at the Quarter of the Yard, or at the Yard Arm
Note The Districes of vossola will bo estimated from the Peak, and will be made by means of the Numerals which are attack-
H..G. THOMSETT, EN15 ed to the letters in the table of Flage.
Barbour Master, cc.
Tasmania. United Kingdom. United States
Fictor Western Australia.
in Indios
*(British, *West
Danink, and Dutch).
THEY POISONED THE MEN. HOW THE WOMEN OF ANCIENT HOME HAD THEIR REVENOF.
of tho C. In the year 331 B. many Roman citizana, and especially many of the
her off. He commanded her to leave, but turwarded through the London Post Office, Roman nobles, were attacked by an unknown diseas, which showed the same symptoms in all, and nearly all perished.sho quietly went to week to build ber little and are paid less a anall discount of about
logs and house by getting together
2. in the £1, for which the remitter should The cause was wrapped in obscurity, but at
All such orders must be expressed noellow. length a maid-servant went to a curule covering them with her wagon cheet. And trale there,
in her improvised cabin, with no in British currency, and cannot be drawn tedile and said that she could explain the protection but God's watchfal care, she for any sam less than 64.
rigin of the disease, but would not do oslept with her thres little ones. And while 3.The commissisu obarged is as follows unless urity were given hot that she she slept the man built a better cabin than (according to the currency the Order is would
suffer t no haria in consequence. The curule medile brought the matter before the hors, and in the morning came with a team drawn in).
Up to £ 2, or $10, or R ......0.20 cents. Consuls, the Consuls consulted the Senate, and plowed areond her cabin. She reep
ringutely walked niter him
insurances.
QUEEN FIRE INSURANCK COM-
PANY.
THE Undowsigned, Anzers for tho above 1 Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.
NORTON & Co.j.
Agents.
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Hongkong, July 15, 1887. NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY. 1E Undersigned, Aczs of the above Company, are authorized to Insure against FIRE at Current Rates,
GILMAN & Co. Hongkong, Junnary 1, 1882..
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Intimations.
A Skin Without Blemish
Allow moto expram to you my heartfelt thanks for BRATWHERE a network of starlile ducta, velus, į and pores, the skin constadsly rooms toelfrich the good which your Outasuna Rexnines boave done -out with it. casciers desquamation, but with its me. I have matered for the past three years of eczemu -ustumi functional action, eliminates all waste, reeu.of the bride and arms, and liavo endured a great mulare, mint discaec. Henco.ankia wiem tanishumoses of tliering, and ergnoird untold sums of oaeg on doctors, attending various skin bospital, means more than Beauty; it came health.
Creuna, the greatsiin care, sod Cuticura Boir, zad also do temedles of one kind or another, but all to na exquislio alde beautifier, prepared from 11, no purpose, as my arms gut vores instead of Seiter; is ternally, and Cericana RESOLVERY, the new bised Last, they wars perfectly leathsome to behold. Ai purifier, interually, cure ovary.apcofrs of torturing, I was pounded by a lady friend of mine to try the dieping, tiching, scaly, and pimply diseases of CUTICURA REMEDIES, And after using threo packagek the skin, scalp, and blood, with tons of buit, from the discaso appeared like magic, phoples to virolola. -
BLIZABETH EDWARDS, Buckinghani Rání, N,
[No. 7796.—August 18, 1988,
POST OFFICE NOTICE Unclaimed Correspondence, August 17, 1868.
When I wrote you last year I was suffering with as very and leg. I was awollen to more than twice (te tal size, and broke out in four great mores, ai ended with mout intense itching, skied to thin, Z and most dreadful attacks of sick headache. All my Trends Loghi my work was done, when seeing CUTICURA Remedies advertised, & procured a set, dylab, I on thankfully say, quite cured my leg, and
I have over had a sick headache ice. Indeed, was never better in my life than l'am now, You at iberty to make what nan you like of this letter, ....'ELÍZA PAYBE, Ziame, Casticaton, Fairked.
·s wife bee bordsuffering from chronic errefor two year. Etra we took advice from our-focal dot. tote, then who want to one in one of the Bres Skier Hospitals, and at last, being nearly done upate went to one of the most eroinent physicians, but allin vain. She then detemirdory the Cuzcoa REMEDIES, and to one week after taking then she was able to walk and attend in her regular duties as of its house, and after, the second week, I mutzer, any, the car no sign of enzema to be seca. W. PAW...
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INCORPORATED AT ROYAL CHABTER OF His Majesty King George The First.” -
A. D. 1720:
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Marine Department, Policios at current rates, payable either here, in landon, or at the principal Porte
of India, Obina and Australia.
Fire Department. Pelicios issued for long or short periods at
•arront rates.
Life Bepartment.
Bed by the und of CUTSCER SOAP.
Mails.
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Mails.
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THROUGH TO NEW YORK, VIA OVERLAND RAILWAYS, AND TOUCHING AT YOKOHAMA, AND SAN FRANCISCO, THE U. 8. Mail Steamship TY TOP NEW YORK will be despatch.
Policies issued for suma not exceeding GIBRALTAR, BRINDISI, PLYMOUTH, WEDNESDAY, the 29th Inst., at 3. p.m.,
£5,000 at reduced rates,
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12:496 Hongkong, July 25, 1872.
Intimations.
SUMMER TIME TABLE.
THE KOWLOON FERRY.
STEAM-LAUKOH MORNING STAR Rons DAILY as a FEEDY BOAT between Peddar's Wharf and Tsim-Tan-Taui at the following hours:-This Time Table will take affect from the 1st June, 1888.
LEAVES KOWLOON. LEAVES HONGKONG.
6.30 AM.
6.00 a. M.
AND LONDON:
alpo,
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.......
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A SteamBIN," connecting
Through Passage Tickets granted to
Franc England
and Germany by all trans-Atlantic lines of Steamers,
First-class Fares granted as follows:-
Baa Franciscu Aw
.......$200.00
To San Francisco and return,
available for 6 months To
To col (546.
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Passengers, who
who have paid onbarking at San Francisco for China or Misionary Record, Japan (or vice verse) within one your will be Nase Illustriste Zaitang,
6.45
7.00...
Itzly.
7.50
7.45
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8.3
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Japan.
8.45
9.00
hor, and by intimidating her hoped to drive Orders on the Countries marked aro
Legne.
0,80
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*10,10
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*10.80 12.00 12,30 F.M.
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2.0
2.00
2.30
2.00
3.30
pany's Office.
4.50
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5.40
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NOTICE.
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and
planted the
5 or $25, or 500,40 guaranteeing and a resolution was passed
£7, or $35, or 70.60 safely so the maid-servant. Whereupon ground as he plowed. Again he loft, du
faring he would come back and gat ber £10, or 850, or R100....0.80 she declared that the deaths arose from out of that. She then with the help o "1
g of
R150,... $1.00. tao matrous WOTO poison; that
hat oldest boy dragged poles and branches 4No Order must exceed £10 or $50 the habit of compounding drugs, and from the mountain aide and built a fenco
ziny limit), nor will more than two sach Orders
she would take the officials to a house around the plowed ground. True to his (unless drawn on India, when R150 is the
matrons while engaged in the operation.
* There will be ve Launch on Monday
in which they would conio upon this her persecutor same back, bringing be issued to the same perven, in favour of fand Friday, on account of coaling.
The above Time Table will bo strictly with him a mob of men of his was typo to the same payes, by the same mail.
this one lone woman
Money Orders on the United King-adhered to, except under quarcidable cir cumstances. In case of stress of weather, She,
The officials accepted her offer, followed balu him, as against with all the dignity | dom for even sumus not exceeding £5. are due notice will be giren of any stoppages
hor and found, as she said, the matrons and: her babes.
were
a halt, and ordered the men not to come within granted by ricase of Postal Notus, as to
her incksure. They looked on with
compounding drugs. About twenty of them of a major of an army, ceramanded a
to the forum and were conveyed subjected to an examination on their doings Two of them, of noble
noble family, and with patrician names, Cornelia and Sargia, affirmed that the drugs were perfectly whole
some.
ment Evidently she was not the kind of
The Overland China" Mall,
A WEEKLY JOURNAL FOR THE HOME MAIL,
which see separato notice or the Hong- amaze kerg
eng Pestal Guide.
G.--Sams not exceeding 850 may be re- woman they had been in the habit of deal mitted between the Purts of Chins by That could be easily tested, and and with They saw in her face as could means of Postage Stamps, subject to a
anco of the justice of her cause that could the stromatrous were requested to prove not be shaken a spirit that could not be charge of one per coat. for cashing them; their truthfuluees by drinking the mixture.
troken- resolution as steadfast as the or Money Orders can be granted at Hong-TS PUBLISHED to suit the Departure
Shanghai cu Porta where there are kong The two matrons begged for a few moments mountains of her chosen home. And they Agencies of the Hongkong Post Oflice, of private talk with the rest of their as-
left and troubled her to mero. And therá,
General Post Ofter,. sociates, but within sight of the people. by unspeakable labor, in the seclusion of
ion was granted, a
Hongkong, 26th April, worda Permission wa
were her home for which she fought so bravely, exchanged, and then all the twenty matrous she holds her land and supports her little
quafod came back, buddly
the liquor, and family.--Ewan Haddock in Women, died in consequence. Then a search was unde for all the matrons who had been pu
& few
gaged in this conspiracy and 170 of them
HOW PILLS ARE MADE. The Custom of taking medicine in
were found guilty. The men explained the the form of pills dates far back in his
by asserting that the women
occurrenceted, but probably they knew tory. The object is to enable us tol
wore
1888.
By means of Portal Notes.
of each ENGLISH and FARNCH MAIL Steamer for Europe. Formerly the Over- land issue was published fortnightly; but as it was deemed afspecial aportance that aweekly budget of news should be prepared, it was decided to issue it wookly, Sub sribers at Home, and those at the Coast Ports and in the interior, who find the Overland edition a convenient form of new paper for their peruial, will welcome the compendium of news from the Far The following Rules regarding signalling East, contains special Commercial intelli-
Government Notification.
No. 66.
HARBOUR DEPARTMENT.
• The Overland China dan, now B
gage can do so on applicatiost at the Com-should be marked to address in fall! valte | Naccina Froreosiansta en Espana.
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES › MARITIMES. PAQUEBOTS POSTE FRANCAIS.
STEAM FOR BAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, COLOMBO, PONDICHERRY,
PORT SAID, MADRAS, CALCUTTA, ADEN, SUEZ,
MEDITERRANEAN AND BLACK SEA FORTS, ALEXANDELA, MARSEILLES, AND PORTS OF BRAZIL, AND LA PLATA;
BORDEAUX,
LONDON, HAVRE,
DUNKIRK AND ANTWERP.
well why recourse was had to such violent swallow easily in a condensed form at the Peak are published for general in-gence, special tables of Shipping, and other Noo, the Company's measures, and that Roman matrons were disagreeable and causeous, but very formation.
not likely to be subjected te tyramy with useful, drugs. To what vast dimensions
out making an effort in one way or another ill-taking has grown may be imagined
to
put an end to it.
An occurrence of a similar nature took when we say that in England aloar
By Command,
FABDERICK STEWART,
Cokxial Secretary's Office
Acting Colonial Secretary,
1883.
pia in 180 B. C. In this case there can about 2,000,000,000 (two thousand Hongkong, 17th February, scarcely to a doubt that a real plague raged, milion) pills are consumed every year.
in
information.
tion. The various Reports of Courts and Meetings, and all other news, are given fall as they appear in the Daily issue. The attention of Advertisers is directed to a weekly newspaper, which is circulated among old Chine hands and others, both take the daily journals.
Francisco
For further information as to Passage and Freight; apply to the Agency of the Comapany, No. 60A, Queen's Road Central
0. D. HARELAN
Hongkong. August 8, 1888,
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
NOTICE.
Sentinel.
Sample of Sefate of Soda Sport Zeitung. Tit Bits
Times Weekly Edilles. Unirerin! Ergina. Uit Yerre: Landen, War Cry
1325 Weekly Mail.
STEAM FOR SINGAPORE, COLOMBO, ADEN; SUEZ, PORT SAID, BRINDISI, GENOA, ANTWERP, BREMEN & HAMBURG, PORTS IN THE LEVANT, BLACK
SEA & BALTIO PORTS;
SO, LONDON, NEW YORK, HUSTON, BALTIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON & SOUTH AMERICAN PORTE
THE COMPANY's STEAMERS WILL CALL
AT SOUTHAMPTON TO LAKE PASSENGERS
AND
Weekly Dispatch. Welcome Werde, Weekly Mercury.
NAMES OF VILLAGES 20,
IN OR MEAL HONGKONG.
(Corrected Spelling.) San Trin: Shai-van
A-kung Ngan. Ap-li Cheu Choung-shan Hom Chung Hu Chang Wan Fo-pang
Eeng-kong
Trai (Aberdeen) Hokiti Hok-tsui Wan Hok-un
Hok-ün Kok Hung-heung Lo Hung-home NB-Cargo can be taken on through Bills Keilung Wan. of Luding for the principal places in Ka-az Wa RUSSIA
Kau-pui Shek
Kau-Ring
N THURSDAY, the 30th of August, Steamship NATAL, Commandant Sucu, ALL PASSENGERS, SPECIE, at CARGO, will leave this Port for the shove places.
Cargo and Specle will be registered for septed in transit through Marsailles for the The Overland China Meil will be regularly principal places of Europe, 1. The Union Jack will be hoisted at the posted from the China Mail Office to auth- tively small. To-day they are produced. with inbuitely greater rapidity by ma-ast Bead when any vessel is being scribers, on their addresses being forwarded Noon.
signalled. chines especially contrived for the pur-The Commercial Code of Signals for favorable opportunity for the use of poison.pose, dad with greater accuracy, too, in all Nations will be used at the Station. In 180 B. C. the Prator, the Consul and the proportions of the various ingre many other illustrious men died. A judge dients employed.
for it lasted for three years and decimated In early days pills were made slowly | #saSTATION, VICTORIA PEAK, KONGKONG,At home and in the Far East, who do not andun és well as for Marseilles, and ucAN THURSDAY, the 30th day of August; Kung Chung.
Italy.
But the women wore enraged with the men for the harsh measures which had by hand, us the demand was compara been taken against them
ia
connection
with
to have regarded the plague
the Bauchanalian mysterics, and.
was appointed to inquire into these deatles, No form of medication can be better
been
and especially to examine if poison had employed. The historians do not narrate the results of this investigation, but we are
told that the wife of the Consul was tried
and condemned
tu
thas a pill, provided only it is in telligently prepared. But right here
1823 Peet above Fen Level.
to us.
SUBSCRIPTION :.
4. When Signalling to Men-of-War in
3. All Signats made by vessels in the Per Annum, Ohing will be repeated.
1
TH
the Mast Head of the Man-of-War. sign will be hoisted at the Flagstaff, and at
$12.00, postage,
3.00, Quarter,--.
0.30. Single Copy, Chino Mad Odles, Hongkong.
SATLOR'S HOME.
the Harbour or in the Oding, a White En
occurs the difficulty. Easy as it may When's Steamer, the mpole of
ā..
death. Thirty-six years seem to make a pill, or a million of Steamer, is sighted, the Compass Bearing
Wan.
CEung. Ma-tat. Kok,
1883, at 10 am, the Company's Kung Kak Steamship BAYERN, Capt. R. BANDER, LAR-p The and CANGO, will leave this port an above, Shipping Orders will be granted until an AGO, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, Liat Mun
calling at Gewas.
Shipping Orders will be granted till Ma-tau Talln Cargo will be received on board until 4*
Mn-tsu Wai. pin. Specs and Parcels until 3 p.m. on Noot, Cargo will be received on beard $1.00 the 29th August, 1888. (Parools are not to until 4 p., Spesie and Parcels antil
0.25 be sent on board; they must be left at pin on the 20th August. (Parools aro
not to be sunt on board, they must be Ngan Ping the Agency's Office.)
NY Cast-off CLOTHING, BOOKS, og PAESES will be thankfully received
Hongkong, July 25, 1857.
sfter this two men in consnlar rauk were them, there are really very few pills at the Yard Arm, and Distance off at the poisoned by their wives, Is subsequent that can be honestly commended for Mast Head, will be hoisted. If, when the at the Sailor's Home, West Point, times the use of poison became frequent popular use, Alest of them either un vesel is made cut, she is not a Mail Sterm- and particularly in the early days of the prepire the introns about the court dershoot or overline the mark. As er, the Vessals Distinguishing Fog will be
Mong-kok
Ngong-
Shai-taxi Po Shamsini Po. Shatz-ki Wan. Shoic
Shes Toug Shek-tong Tad. Sheung Wan Shui-ting Wan Sa-kon Po
Ha. ung Kang. Tai-pang Taishok Kok
Tai-tam Tuk.
Shar
Tai-wong Kung Tang lang Chi That Tes-mui Tame-sha Tri
To kwa Wan
Wan
(Hospital)
Tung-lo
Tu
Un Obau. Wau-ta
Wong-bok Tens
Ko
g-thin Chan Pak-shui Wan Pok-fu Lam. take Bai-van Kaali
Sai Ying-Jin YEU DIA TI
AB -Documen's should not be dated Year of Kwong, which is the style of H. the Emperor of China, and la of 1500 | course inapplicable in a British Colony,
Contanta and value of Packages are re-left at the Aossey's Office). Contents and
Value of Packages are required, quired.
The Steamer has splendid Accommodation For further particular, apply at the and carries a Doctor and Stawardees,
For further Particulars, apply to Opipary's Off
MELCHERS ..Co.,
Agentar Hongkong, August 4, 1838.
G. DE CHAMPEAUX,
Agente Hongkong, Anguet 17, 1888,
1968