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energy and alt the vises of the ubiquitous wheelman ? fa trach the athletic woman has it all her own way just now. It is her carnival, and she maxis the very most of it. The hotela team with muscular maidens, At tadie d'hôte, whether the locale bo York- The history of the London police has you hire, Cornwall, Scotland, or Kent, they to be written, sud a very carions record in- make their appearance, and though they doed would be that of the successive obs, bring with them the breezes of the man- always in the direction of improvement, which baye been made in the institution, tains and the sea, and suggest in many ways the discipline and the dress of the metrope the delights of the sesairy and of the
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litan nud pity police sings the force, asta-holiday season, yet it is impossible to stil)UTH AMERICA, AND BUROPE, The History Hengkong. blished by Aes to of George IV., comouend the teeling that they are just a trifle over- duty as September 29, 1829. Although the powering. After a hard day on the m0476, blundering and inefficient igree of police a rough day's fishing or an afternoon at constables had by this time discarded their golf, the men like to come in and cojoy the swallow-tailed coats and their stovepipe their womankind in pretty tea gowns, to be of feminine sodicty. They like to see hate, the city authorities, excepting for a very short period in 1848, besitated to pro- soothed by music and he asked about their and petled like tired hunters after the eport, vide the force with any weapon whatsoever choss. The sparting woman aures for none FIA INLAND SBA OF JAPAN AND Books Wasted. Exchanges, &c, excepting a lantern and a rattle.
At the head of this army of 14,000 polios of these things. She comes in with the men shoer physical is a single commissioner called the Chief tired and hangry, but by Comtalssioner of Police. Ho is appointed force she keeps all the conversation in a eporting grocve. Songs and flirtatione, by the Queen, and holds his office for life, which koop the men up and unit them for Belgic (vis Negaki, THURSDAY, Oct 26, A general in the army of twenty years' starding is always solested for the place the next day's sport she neverely discouragen, some soldier who has distinguished him-white for all fallala he has a grand con-
thet, a matter of for executive ent Chini Comentive ablity. The pres completely unpower their an Tao, Bradford, K,C.B., K.0.8.L., who organized the King of
Persia's cavalry years ago. His salary is £3500, or $12,500, learned to temper her zeal with discretion, Faelic (via Nagasaki, TUESDAY, Deo. 5,10A, —à burdcen Faper Mills, This temmissioner has the appointment of three assistant commissioners at a salary of £1500 (£7500) and allowances of about £500 a year extra. These assistants are choses from the ranks of barristers who have distinguished themselves for opward of twelve years in the criminal courts, Next in rank come four abict constables, who likewise must ho chosen from the list of officers in good standing.
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Thore is strictly no polities in any of there appointments, and they are all far It would life or during good behavior. see fitting to put an experienced army officer at the head of such a body of men, and specially fitting to join with him as his assistants three experienced orimical lawyeri
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DIED WHILE IN PRAYER. Another mat was found in a kneeling pros- ture, his face buried in his hands, as if he had died in prayer.
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Tolip this pathic sentence from an account of the St. Elimus coal mine lisator which cocurrod is Fan, is December, 1891. The hire Jad been smentdoring for yours is a remɔle part of the mine, bat it further advare ndroak their journey at any point en route. Teen stoppad by barriers. Yat they proved in- sufficient at it, and the terrible tire-damp
In addition to the 14,000 uniformed police, thers des 600 detectives and leptodel, senttering death throughoot the mine. mounted police. The department breed all Snich incidents are too well-known in England their own horses; and they board in bar to nood farther explanation or comment. raoke all bachelors belonging to the fores at Has it over truck you that the interior of the hamau bady is like the interior of a cool raize? I shilling a week.
Al its operations go on in solido The pay of an ordinary constable is from Well, it in
und darunoze. 30 to 30 abülings (87.50 to 29) a wook. are just as dangeronte as tire-daxap. Generally Gases are engendered in it that The detectives or inspectors recoivo £185 (8925) a year, and £5 (826) adrance for Ey-yut bold on, let's have the little story cans year of service for ten years and then It's about a woman. In fact, it's from her, £10 advance for the next fifteen years.tos, and is to sure interest pavicbody way betu European officials in service of Ubías After twenty-five years sarvioo they are on. She says that n hing ran of time, from pensionat for Life on two-thirde pay. The ser- bahoot to years after her manage, she never genota of police receive 46 shillings ($11.25) know what fuers was; ibat is, so as to remem wask and are only chosen from the racks ber it, or to have il che a mark on her, as we focastables. Every one ccaneeted with moy say. Bat eighty tow folks manage to the force, excepting the commissioner and cacape foo old stars driver altogether. Nor did the four chief ccostables, must rise in the she. service from the lowest ranke,
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I was to the summer of 1890, sbe mya,
be allowed when 1 began to feel bad. My appetite wis poor, and what did I sai gavo in great pain and distros. My food seemed to lie like load; and after every meal, no auster hon simple the food was. I had the unnst excruciating pain you can imagine. I had a oagging. thuddling, pain af my chest, and through to my shoulders, that was very hard to bear. So bad was it that I thought
No crdinary policeman is allowed to carry a revolver, capting in the suburb, where revolvere are handed to the men when going out ca duty, and are inspected each morning to see if any shot has been fired. Each offiect must likewise report each use of his stick or tranoheon. There is almost no something (perbeps a cnmour) was growing drunkenness found among the foros. Most willis eson as over food entered my of the men are recruits from the country, stomach I used to say, "It is beginning," mean- and ere farmers' FDD3, Any palicemining the gnawing pain. found intoxicated off service is put back frut two to three years in rank and pay, and if found drank while on service is dis- charged at once.
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I tools all kinds of things for relief and ap prisil mustard plasters to the chess, im nothing did me any good. After a time I dared not take a proper meal: I was afraid to cut, and got very thin and weak. It vae as much as I could do to! While I was in London not enjoying the go about my horse work. To October of this courtesy of Scotland Yard one of their va
Jear (1891) Mr Jatacs Morenz, ef 170, High luable detectives was discovered intoxi-Stecet, Lenglan, recommended me to try Mother nated when off duty. He was reported to Seigel's Curative Spray, and I got a boldly and | the commissioner and summoned before hire comfureused be take il. Alter a few doses I felt the following morning. This man happened relief. My food agreed with ine, sad by the to be a favorite of the superintendout at time I had taken ene harga battle all the pain Beutland Yard, Mr Shore, who intereaded had left as, and I now feel as well as evor He did.Yours traly (signed), Mrs Elizabeth in his behalt before the commissioner. had never been reported for any prior Wright, 19, King Street, Hanles, Stafordshire, neglect during his long term of service, but
Nowmber 1969, 1891.
You ask me what the sad fate of the minors had, on the contrary, boen of great earvios to has to do with the case of Ms Wright. I'll tell the department on account of his fluency in you in half a minate. This lady says she was speaking four languages. Commissioner fase in in the anumer of 1890. Now, do yan Bradford said that his disposition was to suppose the mess and the use of the illness discharge at once, but owing to the exvallent come up at the same time? By no means. character given by the superintendent he Cause first, effe afterwards--that's the order. would consider the case for three days, at always. Aud Nee here! A canse may be ab
the
e and of which tiras ho decided to bat the work for weeks or years before por notice any detective back three years in his class and results: aut fl you do notice results, you suspend him from all leave of absence for des't know there's aught goes wrong. Isn't The miners, to be sure, knew there two years, Thin, I was told, was she equi. That so?
Bat it was fenced off valent in money of a fine of 165 or $325, was are in i mire.
from them and they thought they were zmie From this instauce one can obtain a very
twinkling of an cya. The barriers leaked, and deadle griped them in a
correct idea of the discipline enfureed under the present chief commisioner
The body is it a mines, as I bave said. The fidelity and bravery of the London Disease and death are caused by the action of poling was well abowo in 1884, when a posandous gases and solids inside of it. They all couple of oficers on duty at the Parlia start from the steach and then creep into every ment building discovered a lighted dyns- part; sometimes last, sometimes zlew. In sama mite cartridge in the hallway directly acute desouses very fast. The doctora ullen cal under the ball in which the House of gout auptenvors of tric and. The perce Commone was sitting at the time. The of all the deadly things is indigestion and two men seized the cartridge together drepapai. ight symptoms first, thus the core and ran with it barning in their handa terrible and alarming. Watch the way it momen
This was Mrs Wright's allment. out into the open courtyard, where it ex- ploded.
Bath me are cripples for life. suffered fifteen months before she found out
Dn.
the
what the matter was and what to do, Gracious,
Both are deaf and blind and one has lost mezey if we only know the sort of things that his caseou. They were at once prowled ga ou iu en bodice we'd understand that it's to the rank of sergeants and pensioned for about a dangerous to work in a kitchen as io n lifa. One was summoned to Windsor coal mine.
Castle, where the Onsen herself decorated
him with the Albert medal.
The officer who was confined to the hospital was then visited by the Queen in person, who pre- sented hiza with the Alberi medal.
The latest innovation among the Lendon police is the introduction of a lamp fed by electricity in lieu of the oil lamp er dark learn. Every constable on the force is to be provided with The advantage of the new illuminating agent, for the detection of orime and critaiuals will be obvious, for the piorcing rays of the elec- trie lamp will be a veritable search light.
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THE ATHLETIC WOMAN,'
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At this time of the year when most of va are holiday-making, the athletic woman is somewhat of a terror in the land. She per- vades every place, and makes herself un- doubtedly evident. She is to be met wandering-not dowo-but
the mountain-side in the professional style, with stick and kuspeack, "flask and pedometer. Disdaining assistance from male pedestrians, she trudges along sturdily and pluckily to the bitter end vadismayed by wind or rais, heat or cold, hunger or thirst, ready to can tinue the journey when the others aro, and equally prepared to face difficulties. Go northwards where the more or less gentle angler in casting his line, and there she will likewise be found skilled in the age of flies, deft with the rod, and not a whit wöre dismayed at the prospect of having to sit silent for hours in a boat or on a damp bank than are thomasonlins disciples of Izaak Walton.. On the back-waters, too, she fa well in evidenco. skilfully manipulating pcle and
ear. And where are the links where the lady golfist is now unknown, or the purple moors as yet. untrodden by the sportswoman ? Many a grouse will have a bad quarter of an hour during the next few weeks at hands that were surely never meant to paint guns and take the life oven of the edible fowls of the air, and in the basket traske being
big harted daily into the corridor train at Euston there is any scurt tweed biooting sisteme, daly provided with cartridge pickets and a leather shoulder-pad, for the use of the keen-eyed, steady-aiming girls whom holiday-makers will meet by the dozen in Yorkshire' and Bootland. is not the pease of the entry roads distrirbed by the female oyclist, who displays all the
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THE FAST ROUTE BETWEEN CHINA, JAPAN AND EUROPE, FIA CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. (Calling at SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & VICTORIA, RO.), TWIN SOLEW STEAMERS-10,000 Hower Power.
PROPOSED SALINA KROM HONGKONG.
EMPRESS OF JAPAN.....6,000 Tons......WEDNESDAY....dth October, EMPRESS OF CHINA.....6,000 do.....WEDNESDAYA...1st November. EMPRESS OF INDIA......6,000 do......WEDNESDAY......29th November.
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THE STEAMERS of this Lime pass through the famous INLAND SEA of JAPAN,
and call at VICTORIA, B.C., to land and embark, passungere The Mountain Scenery on the Canadian Pacific Railway surpasses that of any other Trane Coatinontal Bouts,
Passengers booked to all the principal points in Canada and United States, and also. through tu Grest Britain and the Continent of Europe at current rates, with passengers” choice of Atlantic Line..
RETCHY TICKETS.-Time limit for prepaid return ticket je reckoned from data of re-embarking at Vancnaver.
Special Rates (rst-clase only) ate granted to Missionaries, members of tho Naval,
Military, Diplomatic and Civil Services, and to European oficials in service of China
or Jaata.
The Canadian Pacific Railway is the only Trans-continental Line, extending from the Pacifio to the Atlantic Seaboard, and running its own Sleeping Coaches through without change. The Dining Cars and Mountain Hotele on the Route are owned by the Company and their appointments and cuisine are unexcelled.
The Steamers on the Paomic and all Day, Sleeping and Dining Cars are comfortably heated by Steam during the Winter Season.
For further information as tɔ Passage and Freight, apply to
Hongkong, September 6, 1893.
D. E. BROWN, General Agent.
SHARE LIST-QUOTATIONS.-Sert. 30, 1893. ·
Blocks
No. of Fake Shares
Ja the Suburbs, 9 a.m., unen, 5 p.m., unlessingkong and Shanghai Bank Dory30,000 $
the delivery should be retarded by the Con- tract Baila
2 Boxholders who desire to sand Ciren- laza, Dividend Warrants, Invitatioun. Carvin, & all of the save weight, to addresses in
Hongkong, or the Forte of China, may
deliver tham to the Post Ulice unatamped the postage being then charged to the sender'a account. Each batch must con aist of at lesat ten.
New Isae...
Bank of Chine, Japan and Straita, 109,875 2 Lath......1,250 £ National Bank of China,"
Limited.
MARINE INSURANCES,
Canton Lazarance Office Co., Ld..... 10,000$ Chau Traders' Insuranca Co., Ld.... 24,000 $ North-China Insurance Co., Ld... 4,000 £ Straits Insurance Co Ld 30,000 8 Univa Insurance Society Uo., Lt....10,000 3
FIRE INSURANUES,
3. Boxholders may so sand Patterns to the same places the same way. En-Yangtze Insurance Association, Id. 8,000% velopes eonteining Pastorns may be wholly in Bite Insurance Co., Ld... 20,000 closed, if the nature of the contents be first orhibited or stated to the Postmaster dougkong Fire Lusuraues Co., Ld... 8,009 General, as be many consider neizsary, and Straisa Fire Insurance Co La 20,090 approved by him Printed Cironiars may
DOOKS.,
STEAMBOATS
be inserted in such Pattern Packets.
okozy & Whampos Leeds Cai, Là. 12 50
kong
The Post Office declines all responsibility China and Mandia 8. 9. Co., La................ 5,04 for Unregistered Letters containing Bank Dougia: Beamship Co., Limited ... 20,00 $ Notes
or Jewellery and, where Red. U. hud af Steamboat Co., Id. 80,0] gistration has been neglected, wriL MAKE In China B. N. Company, Inmiten 60,00 80 ENQUIRIES into alleged losses of auch Steam Launch Company, Limited.....|| $1,00 letters.
Chine Mutual 8. N. Co...
It is forbidden to insert in ordinary or Begistered Correspoɑdents (6) Carreat Coin (b) Articles liable to Customs Duty.
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REFINERIES,
| Chins Sugar Company, Edmited..............|15,00. § Luzeo Sugar Company, Limited.......... 7,001 ||
BAND WHAZYEJ..
1563
-
Ulazing Cheutations,
up.
Oash.
125
all 100% prem, sales & sellers
10£ 1.1540 conts, sellers
120, sellers
108.10 $27, sellers
250$ - 50 $115, sales and sellers 83.33 25.849), sales
2002 60 TL. 115, buyer
1008
20811, bayera
2603 25 886, alas and bupers
100
Bl
$60, sellers
10.879; sellers
23 350$102, bayera
120817, Bellers; $161, buyers.
195 all. 79% pram., bugars
$37, buyers
6262, sellers
55% dia, uomg,
50
all $27 Bellera
Gual
26
10 al
0120
20,000€.
10
15 (£8, no.
£2, nom.
(now isms). 90,000)5
10 11
ILOU
al $150, sales and sallorg
10
ali 833 Bollers
60
all $384, sellers
200 37 $41, buyara
50,000 $
6,0008
10 $ 80,854, salas
583 $72, sales
al
$14, nom.
5
40 820, sellers
ali 8874, nom.
a85), sales and sailors
Parcel Port to the United Kingdom. Parcela not excoding 11 a, in weight are received in Hongkong and at British Poss Offices in China, for transmission to Wanchai Warehouse and Storage | the United Kingdom by P. 20. Packet vid Gibraltar. No parcel is sent with the
HK. & Kow. Whart & Godown Co.)20,000|8|
Company, Limited
༔ ་
LAND AND BUILDING.
2,600
Overland Mail vik Brindle Parcels there Hongkong Land Investment and foru arrive in London about eight daye later Agenor Comapany, Limited...) than the Mail Parools may be souled, but Kowloon Land and Building Cota- any parcel, even though sealed, is liable to phreys, Estate & Fiancee Cu... 1,000s
opened for examination.
FRAMWAYS.
Parcels must be posted in Hongkong West Point Building Co., Limitet. 12,500 3 before 3 pm on the day before the depar ture of the Mail. Those scriving from the HK. High-Level Tramways Co., L. 1,30 Coast, o, after this four are kept for the following P. & O. Mail.
Jelebu Mining & Trading Co., Lat. 45,028 The Postage is 25 xente per it, and 20 Punjom Mining Co., 10 ............. 60, UK a cents each succeeding in or fraction of a b. Société Francaise des Unarbai. which includes Registration fos, and must nages du Tonkiu
49 32802, buyers
Fe 50 F4.503860, buyers
10
17500 £
1 17/6-nom.
200,000
aom
25 conte, salos
11374843, sales and buyers.
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bo prepari in stampa. No further charge in The Balmoral Guild Mug Co., Lt5,000 mado. in the United Kingdom except for New Innerie Mines, Limited Customs duer, No parcel must be mure Raub Aust. Gǝki Mining Co., L than 3 feat 6 inches in length, or 6 feet in Soleus. Praticies des Hanileres
de Tourane greatest length and girth combined, Aro- ceipt is given for each Parcel..
The sender must fill up a form of Customs China-Barnao Company, Lad, Declaration, which can be obtained free at H. G. Brown & Öó, Limited..... Jach Post Office. No parcel cai be accept-
FLARTING, ETC.
ROTLLS, ETC
Company Limited.......... dongrong Hotel Company, Lit.....!!
3,000 phs, lased ......................... }
DISPENSARIES,
8,00 Fes 500{F.
7,60 $ 1$ 81, bayers. [8,00 8.250}. Áli E10, buyers.
4,000 $ 50
6,000 $ 60
nm.
$16, ellara
ad till this is completely and aconcately Austin Arme Hotel and Building filled. The only articles ordinarily sent from China which are liable to duly a Tea, Tobacco, likely tous or parishable goods, articles to injure the Mails, Liquids (unless securely packed) or parools sandy crushed, such as band-boxes, are prohibital. No Par- cel cats be received if its valuta exceeds $250, A Parcel may contain a letter to the same address as that of the Parcel itself, or an other Parcul to the same address. other enclosures are allowed.
Watson & Op., Limited... 60,000 $ Dakin, Grnískakank & Us.. Ed................ 60,000 $
Ne
LIGATING..
tic, and China oka. Do. Limite, 7:01 Hongkong Electric Co., Limited ..... 30,00
DRICK AND DESŁANT. Green Laland Cement Co., L 20,00 Hongkong Brink & Cement Co.. Lai 4,00
MOBELANGGUA
1,28 6,00
With regard to inwand Parcel, addressees are requested to observe that the Parool Campbell, Moore & Co., Limite Mail is not opened until the ordinary dis. Goa, Farisk & Co., Limited |tribution of letters, de, is finished. The Hongkou Bakery Company, Ln,
Postage on Parcels at home is 10 per b., the Regulations are generally similar to the above, and the Panels aap sant out vid Gibraltar.
Hongkong Dairy Farm Co.
5,00 8 Hongkony les Company, Limitan... 6,0) 8 Ekong Ropa Afanufactory Co., Ld. 8,00
Founder's shares
LOANX
Amount Valu
$101, eales and buyers 811, sellers, fi, buyers
$105, buyers
83.10, steady
82, bayord
15 $12.603, toady 10 al 194, nom, 25
2015, buyers
165
50 al 10 A
EO
₤15, bayars
$60, buyers
$85, colors
Interest
Quotation
REGINA F PITMAN, containing the whole of the Proseedings at frademnity for the Loss of a Registered Article. the Police Court, full report of the trial in The Post Office is net legally responsible Oriminal Sessions, with connected Corre-Į for thosafe delivery of Registered correspon spondence and comments of the Prosa. dence, but it is prepared to make good the glossary thin. Th. 767, TL, 357 % p. ann. 13 % prem., buyers.
contents of such ourrospondence lost while passing throug's the Post, to the extent of $10, in certain cases, provided
To which is now added a Report of the Case of
PITMAN F. KESWICK AND OTHERS.
Frici per Copy, 50 Cz. China Mail OrrIOR.
1. That the render daly observed all the condition of Registration required.
2. That the letter was nöcürǝly enclosed
in a reasonably strong savolupe,
DESENTEREN.
Bangkong Hotel Mort-1 gaga Dabantures: 1889 †
400,000,0 1850/
16, prem
Printed at the China Mail Of, No. 5, Wyndham Street, Bangkong