SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1896.
Rainier Beer!
Intimations.
THE CHINA MAIL.
Rainier
Rainier Beer!!
RAINIER
BEER
A GOOD THING TO HAVE ON HAND.
Beer!
Those who have tried it are now our Patrons. Are you one of them? If not, why not!
Join the band wagon and be "in it."
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A GRAND AND NOBLE MALT TONIC IS
RAINIER
BEER.
SEATTLE BREWING & MALTING Co.,
F. BISHOP,
geting Manager.
Merchant Vessels in Hongkong Harbour.
Exclusive of late Arrivals and Departurca, reported to-day.
HONGKONG BRANCHI,
ICE HOUSE LANE.
To faciliste finding the position of any vessel in the Harbour, the Anchorage is divided into eleven Sections, comancing from Green Island. Vessels near the Hongkong shore ary marked, near the Kowloong shore k., and those in the body of the Shipping or midway between such shore are market'a, in conjunction with the figures denoting the rections.
Section.
3. From Grsen Island to the Gas Works:
1. From Gas Works to Jardine's Wharf.
3. Fenni Jardine's Wharf to the Barbour Master's Office,
4. From Harbour Master's to the P. &0. Co.'s Office.
From P. & O. Qu.'s Offics to Peddar's Wharf,
6. From Peddar's Wharf to the Naval Yard,
Fejuta Name.
Caption
Steamers.
Activ
3 e Dalling
8 Murray
ASTUDY.....
Bygdu
Carton
Chiu
Cly of Peking u Empread of China.. Formosa
Gaelic
Long and Thin.
Hig
Section.
7: From Naval Yard to Blue Buildings..
8. From Blao Buildings to Baat Point.
1. From Keldel's Jaland to North Point,
10. Kowloon Wharves.
11. Jardines Wharf.
Date of
Arrival
Consigne or Agents,
Destination.
Jardine, Matheson & Co. 17 dicassen & Co 1P. 1 3. S. Co.
Dan. atr 819 June 164, R. Marty Bog
str. 1680 Sapt, 18 Batterhold & Svire Brit
str. 2203 Ost. 17 Order. Norw, str. 721 Oct. 24 Chinese Brit
str. 1110 Oot, Ger. asr. 1114 Oct. Smith
Amer. str. 3128 00 Archibald Brit.
str. 2003 Oct. Robo Brit. str. 674 Oct: Pestre Brit. str. 2600 sept. Bisilor. Brik, str. 1761 Vol. str. 2214 Oct David Brik str. 748 Out. Harrassowitz-tez. str. 20-9 Sept. Bastian Frea. atr 738 Out
·Haqeen
Note, alt. 1088 Oct, Unsworth Brit. str. 1114 Oct. of Luckey Unate. 1080 Oct. Knight of Bt. Joba Biliets. Beit. ste. 2631 Oat ... Chiatr. 1905 at
Ghaze.... Glengle Hailongs Hohenzollern.
Hougkang...
Jacob Caristensen.
Keong *Bi
King-ban
kwang Leo
Zongmoun
Machow
Naueban
Осмой
Orono
Paiyang Phra Nang Prodnice
Se
Salberg
8 filieray Brit
1h Wallace
Lorensen
Stovall
Ger
60, E., R. Co. F 22.Douglas Steinship Co.
40. & 0.8. 8: Co. 19 Dodwell, Outlil & Co. 28 Jardine, Matheson & Co. 14 Douglas Steamship Uo. 16 slohers & Co. 23 AR Mart 20 Malahore
Co.
180. MS. N. Do.
21,Chinese -
24 Nippon Ynas Kaitha
sir. 1-45 013 atr. 1903 Oct.
atr Britt. 13400
20. MS, A Co.
Siemsson Co.
8 Wieler & Co.
15 Yon Fat Hong- Out 19 Bradley & Co.
Alatasson & Co.
Young Brit Rate Ind? Let Carill & Cup
Hendeck
str. 1941 Sept
hLehmann Ger. str. 363 Oct. 24 Sie & Co. Walion 2 Best 1021 st 22 Yosh Bat Heng Borgersen, Norstr. 1002 0.23 Mitsui Bussan Kaisha
and Belt. str. 1380 Ost,
reptovitch... Roser, 3453 0
Chefoo
San Francisco
ancouver, B.C. Swatow
Shanghai Anny & Tarashi Boihow, &c.
Boba
Shanghai Shanghai
walow, do.
Rerworks,
Koch Dook
To-morrow
27th inst. 28th inst
To-mucrow
Insurances.
AN UMBRELLA LANGUAGE.
After a lengthy study the subjout, Gume clever genius has ranged the follow- inglanguage of umbrellasTo place an umbrella in a rack at a club or friend's house indicates that it will shortly change owners. If cotton one is substitted fur asik im exchange is no robbery. An umbrella held over a lady, with getting all the raindrops from the points, Signis courtship; but when a man k the lion's share of the article and gives the arly the droppings, it indicates marriage To carry an umbrelin under the arm at an angle implies that the individual following will lose an eye, white to hold is just high nough to injure passers oyas and men' hats, signifies at a woman." Lastly, the fun of an laeth synonytuvus with an act of egregious folly..
A WORD TO PREACHERS, In the case of some preachers it is their misfortune rather than their fault that they are monotonous, irritating, or inaudibl en we think that they are few. There are not many reicus which cainnt he so tuned as to become the useful straunels of the priaction is not me strength of lung which occury. Fortunately mature bas denied to the jurity of preachers the possession of stentorian trojdes; and they are ever really noted, even in large churches. What is necessary is not s much a vobmo of sona as its wise direc tin and cpiogent. One use of gæcor delivery fazy envessos. 14-μy. naught erou for the precher who bas cance learned them to forget the prongile vf aloration and the practice of them, and to lapse into Exulis, specially is this tho
with the country clergy. There is in
tl Is of many clergy a prejudice. gainst any kind of technical training in the art of preaching or of vice-production a prajuiten aride from the mistaken idea that any kirel of technical training involves mane degree of artificiality. Some proschers sem almost to themselves upen their disregard of elusuliozary, priz ciples; just us certain people, affecting to link that the cultivation of good manners and pulitem is a form of resincerity. pro then selves upon their brusqueness, It is edless to say that mich an idea, even though it originate in the burlable desire for perfect honesty and naturalness, is wholly erroneous and mischievous in its rosully-Chwich Times.
AN ECCENTRIC PREACHER May storica are curreal about the ince Rev. Peter Mackcusio, the eccentric prea- cher.of the British Wesleyan Conference. On one of his numerous visits to London, he toy evening went in company with a friend to Malame Tand's wanucks. fining front room to rom. he came
the! Hall of Kings and entered the golden
hunder, where he saw the roading chair | of Voltaire. And this inclonge,' said he, to the man that was going to pull down Christauity and swoop the religion of Jeans from the earth. Then seating himself in. the chair in his own inimitatite style, he ox clainel as wondering visites crowded aromud fuo:
Jesus shall reign where'er the sun It is surecessive journeys run, Hishingdan strerel from shore to shore Till shall rise mal set no more.
A Boghton on one accasion he prayed: save the Methodists, for they are
[1983 the fixependents; Lord, save the Independents, for they are rath ning after the Church of England: Tord, As the Church of Enghind, forsire is run- ning aftor the Church of Roine; Lol, save | the Caurels of Ronse for she is running after the desil. Lecturing once at the NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE Tongue, be commenced by saying
The INSURANCE COMPANY.
subject of my lucture is in everybody's mouth. In his lecture on the Devil, he TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ur Digester, 1893,
said: Why the very mums of the devil in £12,433,331.
had. No one likes to hear it. Take the Authorised Capital......
airay, and it is "ovil "; take the "e" Rabucribed Capital............£2,750,000,0.0 away, and it is "vilo"; taks the " Paid-up Capital....
1027.600.0.0 away, and it is "it" take the "i" away, Fire Funds....... .........................£2,601,019.2.0 and it leaves that bad place that nobody
wants to go to.-Christian Age.
........£9,000,000.4.0
AVING been appointed Aczsrs of the
Habove Compay ay are prepared to Accept EraerzAN and CHINESE Risks at Current Rates.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,
duents. Hongkong, July 29, 1880.
1475 UNION ASSURANCE SOULSTY.
(Instituted in the Reign of Queen Anne 4.D. 1719).
CAPITAL FULLY SULSORBED, £450,000. DAPITAL PAID Ur. £180,000. TOTAL INVESTED NUNDS EXCEED £2.700,000 TOTAL ASSUAL INCOME, £530,000.
Undersigned, having been appolated ABERT the above Buciety in Hong kong, is prepared to POLICIES gainat FIRE on the auki sera.
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HARRY WIKING.
fentral
Intimations.
THA BEVINDE UK SALAA.
A SERIES OF ARTICLES,
Reprinted from The Olina Mul WITH AN APPENDIX. Con'tan Ducks API is Now Hudy,
and day be bod altho To-day
Office of Tas PAJER, To-morrow
Mocs. LANT, ORAWFORD & Co.'s, Mora, KALLY & Walsh's, And Mr. W. Brewer's, Folae,
Quarty Bay,
To-day
To-day 1971b inst
Klovn 'Dock
125 inst.
Cos'tan Book
Bingapore
fadey
140NZZ
***** Brit,- str. 1969 Oct
18 Nippon Yaren Kaishn
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Das
1 Ordes
Slogspo Auelcalin
To-mustow
Noer, str. 18950g
Britt 148390
18 shoyar. Temer & Co.
Jardins, Matheson of Ox 193ade Matheres & Co.
dwaton, &o.
Cos'tan Dock K'och Dook Spors & Caloutta To-day
{lo-day 87th time.
Britate 077 0 21 Jardine, Matheson & Co.
106
Captain
the 1410 Sept 10avasal Yard
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FIRING AN ORDINARY CANNON UNDER WATER,
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USE
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THE ONLY PREVENTIVE
OF
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The most curious experiment ever ade with a piece of ordnance was at Portsmouth. A stage was erected in the barbote within the tide mark on this an Austrong gun the 110-pound pattern was noted. The gun was then loaded and carefully aimed at a target all this, of course, dur ing the time of low tide. A few hours laber, when the gun and the target: depth of six fout, the gun was fired| were bota covered with wator to
by means of electricity. Wo said "aimed at a target, but the fants aro that there were twe targets, but only one was erected for this nther being the
experment the Grip, which lay directly behind the target sad in range of the hall. The target itself was pictat paly twenty-five feet from the muzzle of the gui was composal tf onk beama and planks, and was twoaty ohe inches thick. In order to make the cid. Griper invulnerable, a sheet of boiler plate three inches thick was riveted to the the bail sus expected to take if not des logged Juli iz
dieach rangs with the course flected by the water. On all of these--the ressel huil the wifeet of shot from the saker target, the boiler plate, and the old eubmerged gun was really startliny.
The wooden target was pierced through and through, the boiler target was broken inse pieces and driven into its backing, the all passing right on through both sides of
the veel, making a huge hole, through
which the water poured in torrenta.. Taken altogether the experiment was an entire succces, demonstrating, as it did, the feasibility of placing submerged guns in harbours in time of war and doing great
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