Saturday, August 28, 1897.-
A CORRESPONDENr writer to inform is that H.E. The Viceroy of Canton, to show hin appreciation of the servicon of Mr J. A——w in opening the West River and more or leas abolishing Likin, has decided to re- name Wuchow.foo, which will in future he known as Andrew-foo. *
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
[SUTELIED TO THs "Omina MaiYA"]·
LONDON, August 20. FRANCE AND RUSSIA,
The Rusaurs are indulging i extra vagent outbreaks of Francophille onthu sisem. The sailors of the two, countries
THE CHINA MAIL.
•
THE PLAGUE IN INDIA PROFESSIONAL SHALOUDY AT WORK
A SAMPAN OWner was dood £10 by Mr.H. embrace each other in the streete, and the That the slumpit silver is quite enough | putedly one of the quietest in the colony, I attention to oneself. With thres
to unsettls the tile the sellinam literally and actually surrounded by hearers one can get along at an unexpected at five conts from the pockets of an in- then. Their precipitato appearance hore E. Wodehouse, at the Magistracy to-day officers are covered with flowers. The pr
*FRAGRANT WATERS' MURMUR
PERPETUAL MOTION :
THROUGH CANTON STREETS IN A
af degradation orcatures stamped in look That I veritably think this frightful down on, the cok oF A WEARY SOUL,
SEDAN CHAIR,
and hearing as the finished products of vige ward jump in exchange has unhinged
and arive. The lack of broad streets could I have an ides that pianos, like factory
The covered seisia is more suitable then not entirely account for the feeling that sume people's minds-for it has been
The following ill-natured and ungeniseous - actually suggested to do away with all chimneye and other such nuisances, should en open chair in journeying about Canten. one was in the midst of a people of narrow rourks appear in the Times of India 'nuE WA our silver and take to gold.
only be allowed to be used a limited time To begin with, one is set up for any kind sympathies and restricted ambitions, no-sort of counterblast to the encorsiame That if it could only be demonstrated that wool day; and any infraction of this time of weather, and then one has the further steps clear of the hudly-badly with a sense passed upon the work of the Hongkong
Austomed
tways that are dark." One quantity, this momentous change, might In my neighbourhood, a few years ago re- gold would take to us in suficient limit should be visited with a heavy fine.advantage of comparative privacy-can of rolief; carrying away with him, how doctors by other Indian newspapers - be less ridiculous than it really is.
better see the people without diverting som contented with their lut. As for tu reflected all the good will, but, little of the uver, a conviction that most of the people
The mission of the Hougkong Doctors wong sadan bearers, let them extract an addition-
wisdom, of the one authoritim who sent nocent foreigner, and they depart with pace through the crowded streeta, especially that smile of antisfaction which datekons at a stage of the opionic, when any medical man in tho bazaar know at least as to all other existing races.
for being in unlawful possession of a large quantity of sail.clata and rope, which it was stated was stolen from the sailing ship West York. Mr K. W. Mounsey, who ap. poured for the defence, asked leave to ap- peal, which was granted, and defendant was released on bail
valent sentiment is described as delirious frenzy.
but if we don't
keep pur heads, who or throwing away price of our merry pianos; and, from the rising of the white Mexicans, yons, and British dollars.
The Tear yesterday conferred for an hour That the auggestion to adopt a gold curren.yel. thrush to the lodging of the frisky if the men, have good throats for shouting: their consciousness of a national superiority much of it as they did, is an episode which,
with M. Hanotaux and M. Muravief.
GREAT BRITAIN AND THE TRANSVAAL.
The paper accept President Kruger's statement calmily, and say that so lang sa be maintains the London Convention it is needless to quarrel about worda..
PARIS, August 21.
We understand that Mr A. P. MacEwen (of Messrs. Jurdino, Matheson and Co.) has gonerously presented a cup for the race
{E'Indo-Chine Franpuisi.} for the Choupionship of the Colony to l competed for on Saturday next, the 4th TUE ASSASSINATION OF CANOVAS, September, at the Auntie Sports of the Victoria Recreation Club, Mr MacEwan is a former President of the V.R.C., and his name appears on the Club resurds as u member of more than one winning crew in the annual regattas. The race for which the cap is presented will bo four lengths of the swimming enco gure, ackl
is open to any swimmer in the Culony whether a member of the VRC or not. The eup for the Club' Championship awarded to the member who scores the highest number of points in all events, is presented by the Chair man, Cape, W. C. H. Hastings, R.N.
The assassin of Senor Canovas, the Spanish Pritao Minister, has been exccut jed (garroted) at Vergarn. The real name
of the assassin was Angiolillo,
محب
THE REVOLT IN INDIA. In London, it is. considered that the re- volt in India is at an end.
WEATHER NOTICE,
The following notice is issued from tho Observatory:--
On the 28th at 11.đa. The harometer has risen in the extreme North, fallen in 8. and 6.W. China. Pressure is still high in the latter areas and slightly low in the North. Gradients gontlu. Forecast:
Mx W. F. Cox, intractor in Marine Enlight variable winds; fine. gineering, has published a sunall pamphlet
THE HIT OF THE SEASON,
A SCREAMING FARCE.
THEATRE ROYAL,
5
On WEDNESDAY, the 32nd August,
FOR THE FIRST TIME
IN HONGKONG,
on the subject of Nominal Horse Power and Indicted Horsa Power. The subject is one of great complexity and difficult of
In order to give it the prominenca it elucidation, apparently, cven to the trained
dinsarvos we insert the following advertise engineer, therefore it is impossible for the lay mind to deal with the pamphlet ade-ment in our nows solumns :- quately, The author has evidently set himself the task of controverting certain statements in the text books, suchins Reed's *Nominal horse power is a very indefinite term and lng no fixed weaning;* and Sonten's 'The discrepancy between nomi-TAKING mal and indicated power has become aʊ great that for all scientific purposes the former is utterly useless and is practically obsolete. The pamphlet is dedicated to the memory of James Watt, Engineer,' and may be purchased frons Messes Brower and Co. It should paure of interest to engineers,
THE SCREAMING FARCK
OF
THE CHESTNUTS OUT OF
THE FIRE,'
UNDER THE PATROŃIUE OF THE HONGKUNG CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
Characters:
THE CAT... MR. TAS ANDREW. THE MONERY. MR JARD. MATHESON. The Evn. GANTES MR KWANG T. VICEROY, The BRITISH MINISTER MR FRASER Pimtes, Lekin Runners, Merchants, Can Lon Oficials, Consular ditto, &c., &c. Scene.--WOCHOW-POO. Tim-1897.
Mind your backbone Look out for thumps and other pertinent calls. A ride in a sedan through Canton is a triße trying to sensitive nerves when first under. taken. The incessant noise is irritating
m
THE ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF CONVICTS AT MACAO.
PUUTHER DEVAITS OF THE APELIR.
Supplementing the account of the at-
though a bit pursenal,' lie ought to be | Linzt u: -1 Rubinstein hail regularly devotod ; and conducive to headache, and the the tempted scape of prisoners from the Macao perpetuated in bistorio form, to the det
OUT
Horgkong ere
sand chances of collision which arise along the route are suggestive of iminent dis. astor. Repeated journeys, however, bring such a degree of assurance that one can at Last lounge in one's chair, and give oneself up to a calm conteniplation of the scene
Gaol, which appeared in our issue of yesterday, Our Macao Correspondent writes:
it the historian could eliminate it, would le only to expunge the records of a blun÷" der. If the mistake ended with the do. parture of these gentlemen the matter might be allowed to drop. But thero sto already signs that the simple unwisdom of their special employment is likely to be
ment of other men. As it has been stated in Parliament that the grand work done by officora daring famino and plugue in to meet with some reward, it is right to see that tho attention of the authorities is not misdirected One of the wounded prisoners divulged away from the man who in plague havo the seprot that in another sell a hole had risked their lives in the
thick of the
figist also been successfully uude through a wali have had the worst districts and the hardest
the men in hospitals and who in
in famine largo sucugh to adaát of the prisoners con work. In plague the danger of obscuring Qued in the cell to make good their escape the line of proportion that strould be when an opportune moment offered itself. fullowed in the allatment of praise In already exemplified in the report of Dr dicated was commenced, but nothing could this repors and others of the mate king be discovered to confirm the voluntaryists who worked amongst us
from several groups of continental scien» Upon as text-books of reference in every medical
library in
in the world, it is a duty to set them
That to all remember the force falmost effort cocuta for any hops and Pader. innumerable to look at, each a study for. Thereupon an examination of the cell in- Bister, of the Egyptian Commission. As
Kanguinary) battles which had to be long will fought for the short bit of road which now juing Victoris Gap and the House stead, and the times when the Governor and the public were defeated by the
Director of the P.W.D.
That
ting to His Excellency to feel that the enemy was now two or three thousand miles away.
That the road agreed to be made is, I st
told, the missing link which was dia covered by the gallant Goneml, and I know not by what name it may yet be called. That the Black Ficad would not be very euphonious, but many residents will con-
General's Link.
tinue to cit the roul by the name of the That the construction of the road will, it is said, open out a number of new building
Road Tram Station.
Mount Austin Hotel, (tho 0.. V. couldn't run, from each extremity simul.
help itself), the new sites will be in good demand.
many as
The combination of the
wonderful and
statement of the wounded man.
suuteuse.
an
were
View
they
remain
given
ente at once threw in their lot with the The player by this time is in the youth backing of from a group of gagor short and long gontonced prisoners it. This ant Gasary to inform Govern
H. M. Admondless...
Icost
phrases,
let
of life came rushing along the str. pur-
corps.
cy looks as if the author of it is anticips. Scat, there is an unceasing tinkling and ting a voyage hou, and intends realising jingling of the ivory kay board. Some time his securities hore, and would like to ago, your correspondent Musicus' gave a have the proceeds converted into gold at
| minute account of the twelve and fifteen a fancy price per That if this is the ides, it is all right, and hours a day that such virtuen so Scheert,
lat off this time with a warning not to to the instruments in order to master proceed too far into the Forest of x them. I clearly foresaw the gosult al change calculations for fear he might that fartuante reusrk as soon as I lose hingelf
read it. I have wished Musicus' in the That
bottem-nos cave of the deepest and wides currency must be the same as that of China and it yet remains to be sea wer since. All my piano-Hogging. Japan has made a wise nei beurs, since the bun industriously seen weather
when that par move in adopting gold.
agraph appeared, STO
tá conquer That most people were pleasantly surprised at work. They are determined
to find the readiness of the Governor in the intricacies and dificulties of their in-through which he is passing, Legislative Council assembled to vots a │struments, or wear them out in the herbic
There was the customary bustle of life as Bu for another read at the Pook.
endeavour. If stealy, unflagging, tirolosa
the sedan was recently borne along. Faces swarm with owskis. They are positively indefatigable. Talk about the soothing calm and curative phylognomist: Never-endag tokens of effect of music-humbug! I a growing teil seen in the burden-laden coolics, gray and lined prematurely. I am losing many of whom are gray-headed men who as I said, it was quite refreshing to even think consequay Huge the stoop low under heavy loads, and whose further enquiry, he was led into the coll, what ence in questions affecting the per-
desh rapidly. I can't night, I can't
keep ak
day:
old age pleads for a happier fata. Shop of dining into my ears of music, music aftor shop well stocked with goods; and pointed out the exact spot where the consciously disseminates an important error in all its forms, fra Cary Ave-inguru behind the counters as thriving, intelligent bricks had been removed but sabse to a gentleman totally ancomated with the
about Pooba, wherein praminonce is exorcises to Wagner and Venili,
The
Fost irritating of fe original looking, and respectable a class of men va tausie-the hatching, so to speak, of har Canton can produce. A rapid advancourtly filled in with some light material work. He mentions the military search monious sounds. It is a special delight.......
and very skilfully plastered over.
parties as organised by Dr Lowson for the Türkish, Bulgarien, if you will-te lie and gives no chance for concentrating attention
Our correspondent adda: The public whatever to do with organizing anything in city of Poona. De Loween had nothing listen to the mesnderings of some of our upon anyone or anything; only a cursory local geniuses up and down the keys, in glance can be itsd fivan a chair no this prison of Macne is an old building that does Pounn, any more than he had to do with search of a never-found melody. It gener-
buwan pauorana. But enough can be
not fulfil any of the requirements laid down organizing anything in Bombay, nor has it and roaring in the left-hand end of the son that is capable of stirring a variety of not offer safety frwm escape of the prisoners whatever they it is impossible to think that
with a
a disquieting rambling
by sanitary laws; it is badly built and does anything anywhere.
ever coum to public notice that he organizad His operations, piano, and is highly suggestive of carth-foelings. Things ludicrous, pitiable, offen- quakes and disasters generally if the or
in any sense. All the walls are built of the corlidence, for it sites, within easy reach of the Plantation eculant be exceptionally vigorous, the eve, are to be witnessed among the co-ordinary blue bricks, and as much are easily
the few lucubrations of tha Hongkong That as the Colonial Ofice has been gra- all. Then you hear a few high-pitelbed which start up before one's vision in a
loud padal will be kept down to intensify it mon-places of Chinese life in Canton, operated upon by the prisoners who are as Government Resolutions, and the leafles
Camaroissioners" which have boen emitted. ciously pleased to decline to interfere notes at the other end of the instrument brief ride of half-an-hour on almost any
pact-masters in devising all manner of of rules which might have been drafted by with the War Office authorities about the that is the air-to speak tochnally; the day in the wook.
opper schemes for effecting an escape. At times Ofoe, represent all that was got re Bang! Whack goos a violent and
Near the riverside a decently-dressed 100, who are indiscriminately associated
the number of prisonem in the Gool exceed theo gentlemen for the dignity
ther and raised to
the handsome taneously, and as the hands seem about to That the action of a Hongkong Jury which meet in foarful collision in the middle, they Young fellow was seeking to hire a boat, together, without regard to the nature of ari
salaries
drew. At ang cats, in came to light recently was both amusing are dexterously hurried back again, to finish the duhenity in the way of settlement evi the crime for which they have been con error occupying a prominent place in a Bitter's unintentional and instructive.
at one end That the verdict of 5 to 2 was given for a pralengod group"
a squeak, at the other in a dently being the clamour of competi-mitted to prison or the turn of their scientific report, it is right to state that tho tral and
upon a remark being made two is meat-
tors for this fare.. Just ons glimpse,
organisation which stamped the Such a distinction, as TLY 10%ut of Poona in six weeks was a by
This angvement is repeated perhaps na catching is enocy-photo of a puzzled wisely obtains in Hongkong, between creation of the late Mr Rand, and this Chief Justice, the two dissenti
three times. majority, notwithstanding the fact that weird!
Lowson had nothing whatever to do with justice did not call for unanimity,
boatmen, who, with Little maddest themes of composition.
a laughing leer That comment i
is unknown here, and it would be well squeals of
of shrill and ill-suppressed excite upon their faces, were storming him with
ment or the public of a
blic of a fast which was patent That the Dock
evidently believe ment burst from his lips, as ko
too if the local Authorities could adopt to every eye in every plague centre in the works words. The next sight was fraught with a will agree to the terme himself
a frenzy. His head is up Dito
in Macao, as in Hongkong, and with for coping with
mofural, that the organisation of meaBUTER offered in connection with the con-
thrown in he
is fired with the finest possible serious issue. A maar n the prime as to delay as practicable, the 'separate the local civilague was the work of struction of
of another dock at Hunghom, ecstasy; his
officers and of the civil eyes are full of dreams, and and it is careatly hoped, for the sake of his angers of activity. Musical
mediate work of treating the Company, the terms will not include without any conneusion whatever, art sued by thers, and custuaners and sales system of confinement, which not only surgeons, while the whole labour of the im mids to the safe custody of the criminals, on the shoulders of the Indian Medical the sick devolved any repayments in gokl.
on the
the kay-board in the must prodigal mun alike. hastened from the shops to but also prevents the corruption of the Service. It would not be easy to point to That I see the Company is widoning its and recicicas nanner. As he finds that he watch or join in the chase. A cass of
borders by taking in move ground, and has been once again décoiveti, the player theft, no doubt; and the thief knew well meals of these whoso crinse is not so black anything in the whele corse of the opéra there is talk of still more sites boing wanders back to the original thunder and
tions more creditable than the loyalty of noise with which he began, and goes enough that if he could race away from the others. Segregation is advocated, be the Indina Medical Borrice under condi sottled nearly. That
causo ordinarily as many 10 to 20 Chi- tions was not a little amusing to have an through the whole performance again, till people, there was no danger of interference
which must have been
repugnant to nese prisoners are-associated in one cell, their esprit de
When work was to important despatch addressed to Hong one gets perfectly frantic and life becomes from police. kong concerning the creditable behaviour
and, when the prison is pushed for space, be done they sank all considerations but burden and a torment. "of our Coldiðâl troops, though” Leliave
Canton probably personses erary species instances have been known when 30 man the salvation of the people, Thuir de our handful of Indian soldiers aid mixed imagin, the throb failed, wildly sumb
of boggar List can be found, under the
have occupied one single coll !
partment is maintained for the purpose police attracted coneidorable ttention, estar ad on his stool,
There is not compulsory hard labour of advising Gavarament on all sanitary and were truly dazzled by the shows ing unkempt lacks with long, white: the genteel bear; beggars who solicit in
Bun. The horn beggar, the trained boggar, during the period of their confinement to questions. They are local experts tho they saw
artistic fingers, quivering with pent-up_ex-
deter these burdened wretches from fresh roughly acquainted with the That I should not wonder, by the time the eitement. Then indeed, looks he most like companies; beggars who roam individually
srúno after they have been liberated. of the country to which equiroma surth is burnt up by the sum, we shall & gestus, most like-in a mirror! How his
These attempts at sscape by convicted
career. their
They know the people, have a
euro for everything which wars,
bread whicle with unsung gongs, with music in quest of charities, or who retain a par- criminals have been of too frequent occur and know bettor then any peripatetic opunas against the human hod?
that he alone hept í
tionlar 'beat ; ' beggars who can be artial,rence. That something must be done to missioners introduced from the Far East That a medical man in india has struck But why should he harrow his hardess piteous, threatening, as opportunity arvaa. responsible for the peace and good order of who have to take aconunk of cases, any put a stop to this evil is evident, and then what limitations are expected from advisers upon u care for Plague which ho says can neighbours with such useless and riotous Numbera of them are so much, objects of the city should lose no time in seeing that medical advice was needed at all, no better be prepared by any qualified doctor in quests? Why should he onter into undisgust as to loave no place ferpity. Their matter sra placed upon a more satisfactory informed bureau than that of Las** his own laboratory.
rivalry with the That two (of thrus) romedies have already cat and make the
night
maks, however, are reinforced from time been applied in India, but this one would air hideous Way-Oh ||hg|
The
could be expected to provide it. Yet this room to be the simplest of all.
to time by the distressingly poor, and London Vallege of Music, I on
DHATH OF MR BARNES DALLAS. on afraid,
great That as yet Hongkong has done nothing in
Department, Fall of splendid tradis has a lot to answer for! It will want the wholly destitute; persons who have
tions, through some explained freak was this direction, chiefly on account of the gigantic scapegoat to carry out into the
Shanghai, Aug, 23.
absolutely set
and a couple of man, alleged necessity of establishing a kind desert all the sins of commission done in
a legitimate claim upon human dom-
In the death of Mr Barnes Dallas, who good men, no but if no particular succumbed to an attack of dysentery inst of inoculating farm, with all appliances, its name! The artificates and other passion, and who are driven by sheer night, Shanghai has lost one of its oldest country, ware brought in to supersede them.
eminence, and
of the honours sown broadcast in the Colony last
arrived in That we may hope Figue may not, corns gear have quickly borne fruit-blitor, octy to beg for a living. So far so one fursign residents. Arriving here early in the at the time thusa gentiamen arriv
fifties, Mr Dallas established himself as à could judge in a passing glance from the merchant la conjunction with Mr Booker, Combay, any doctor in the bazaar Was áð upon the Colony again, but meanting Dead Sea fruit! I
something might be done or inquiries Since I have confided in you to such an chair, it was to the latter class that an old under the firm of Dallas & Co., well known they were. Yet it was on the strength of fully acquainted with its clinical features 45 made in anticipation of possible events. extant, Mr Editor, let må tall out my pitiful belonged, who was seated with his as Blui hong. Subsequently, he started their clinical experience that they were
the mouraful-end. To use the Irving drack
amaged a small fortune went
went home,
onde, unusual sanitary experieuse. piano. Sometimes, in days agone, with busy struct. The trio looked utterly way-
the firm in Charge of hi
Word the Surgeon General's rec his return на medical man, may come next.
by dim cardle-light, I used to softly play
mendations Web est but he was blone
Baide, That I don't gee, an the chairmen of Com over the tunes that wasted away so ntang based apparently upon a writted appeal for what
and the
of Go anticipated. Th pany mostings put it that anything hours of my boyhood's days. It was a help placed on the flagstone before them. did
however, an advisors
Yammani
oh young diskoarton kim, more of a useful nature can be added to refreshing tonic after the fret and
for being strangers who had well nigh everything the discussion on the medical inspection of the day. I hoce, however,
But matured Chinese beggars are a un he was
enthusiastic sports to loan. From what partly tran
hte of shipping
he took things in That it seems a little rough on Dr Jordan is down, its notes ara untouched; knows that he is not being 'caught with shes in Sins and ustriel od business rated price. Te was under such condi to do so now. The lid of the piano cantonly wily community, and ons seldom go-lucky sort of way and started life wisdom of Government anush have been
happy spired it is plent that a A
when it is e said with a righ that he looks the cuckmach none disturbs the dust on
upon in order not to act on of his demise carried on ported wave their wabs among its labyrinth of In a few stroots further on there appeared and commission agent.
a general broker, and importing tions that the Indian Medical Servicu, kas
For many years calle The fan siteciitivian, but as Health Ouicer Forged mentors and the long-limbed
deration they guys Club and secretary of the Chamber the length the Government i
duties they were undergoing, al the wake it.
inflamed with angry passion. A water- old Shaughai Rangers and was present personal risks of
of rounds in the warla. In ACCORDING to a depatch from our native
That it
it seems to me the only sensible course have not the heart to touch it it
in shame and pain.
of plague they all the hard correspondent at Poking, the vicinity of
fur sin Government to follow u. to strike don't like to put with an old stund, and upsetting the equanimity of a passos, by soquently Captain of the B. V. G. Artilogy inglorious
Work
80. likely to be the happy medium between the short yet I am sorely tempted to send it off to This aggrieved member of society was now on honorary rank of major. During the Paper mon from afar were placed over them North Tangehou, twelve intios distant from
many years, and then retired with the when
rewards
in the ere in
results of a disastrous rain storm which lumbering, heavy-limbed, or coarse-jowled. hat, from all I have read and head of ] aro s much vidar resident hero then I am; the capital, had been suffering from the
comings of the old system and the ex- the austion youm. Shall I, or shall I not? abridge wildly gesticulating and insolierently Hunt Club incotings Mr Dallas, with true time was mostly taken up in reports or in travagances of the new system proposed. Give me the banalit of your advice. You donouncing the scowling offender, who was
spurtsmanlike spirits always provided a
ded a the attractive sphere of excurions over the the subject, this would meet the case in your experience must be much wider and standing with his buckets two steps below, circles is best known by those who knew gentlemen to us had been committed at a
huge punch bowl, and bis activity in racing country. As the mistake of sending these. the opinion of the great majority of remors varied than mine--counsel me. That 16 would appear, from the corres issue.
sidente.
sell or not to sell, that is the momentous accessfully impeding the traffic pending him on the Course. Mr Dallas leaves time when their experience had do sportal several chiliron with whom we greatly advantage, the proper pouren would have the exchange of objurgations. It was quite inpathise in their bereavement spondence in re registered letters, the There is something pathetic-in the per dramatic spectacle, although the wrathful
been to place them in The funeral takes place at o'clock to hospital, where they would have had an
in charge duty of delivery of such letters is not sistency with which roungsters go through
other hand lore is something suggestive out their mutual contempt, as is somatimes
morrow afternoon, when military honours opportunity of increasing their know scales, arpeggios and easy tunes. Ou the off for combat, and of litonly spitting C.-Ching Goetts,
of plague and of doing real of instant, unthinking suicide, in the grim
Generale Offloers. As this was not done, determination with which & middle-aged to be seen. That the heavy verbal artillery A CANADIAN paper inserts the following through error as in Dr Bitters
and as AB
effort By probably be ch
kade, beginner fopa dawa to the piano, to do or of the coolio had told with considerable under the head of A Nation Builder' the latter class in
Mrs Jahu Allen, of Sharlot Lake, gave magnify the performances of the Plazija immediate vicinity in my
Commissioners,' it may be.
be hoped that Gos uncounted members of the former class and the quivering muscles of his accuser's are doing well. Mrs Allen hus given blunder by a worse Lord. the That no duaust your correspondent Vistryed, they to Jams ingescan be train-face; and it was only in the delivery of birth to four fue suns la ten days over a tea has promised to take into degunt, fo
they are elastic and pliable: means well, but by the use of intemper-with them are easy of correction. It is the several Parthian shots as he strode in, and is now the mother of a family ate language for sheer brutal.
spesial revard the servlees of ducere whic Weakens the aspect of an one tiny drop of wooness articulation Lecise clear and effective. he
fitu dignantly sway, that the angry man's
have signalised themselves Me plague inoident which
ty could of bitte
ness to bear
TEN year ago the import of beer from ties who are
to ack that the loyal suthori have, apparently, very well stood on its ginner, in spite of the drondíci moriotany
a position to appraise Food merits
After this the journey fall a bit dar, Germany into Japan amounted to more ess of it ril, gradually get better anch day, and
further than 100,000 yen annually, but in conseMedical S
the diagust
Wag that they osta
THERE seems to be a tendency in the Colony just now to increase all marketable commodities, some on account of the slump ́in exchange and others for some unaccount- able reasons. The price of shour is also going up and considerable difficulty is being experienced with continctors. To add to the difficulties of builders, the pricv of wood seems to have risen out of all-pro- portion. There is a scarcity of the material in the Colony, and for some explained reason fow abipuncata appear to lure boon Jonde recently from Manila, Wo hear that recently the hulls of several small steam vessels have been constructed anticely in the Philippines, and that the engines-and their machinery have been purchased in England or in this Colony and shipped to Manila. We observe that the butchers have intimated another rise in the price of meat, the reason given for it being that cattle are scarce in the neighbourhood. This appears to be ouly another attempt to hoodwink the purchasers, for we learn that
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE ALLEGED BRUTALITY OF A POLICEMAN.
To the Entitor of the CHINA 'MAIL'
Hongkong. Augdist 28. SIR,-* is notorious that the Polica, man's lot is not a happy one.' Gilbert ban immortalised the fact.
The policu expect more kicks than ha penae. It is their lot. It is their rs- ward for doing their duty.
The Longkong Police Force is under a cloud just now, and on the cld principle of in common with othore, thinks tho kicking a man when he is down Visto,' oppor tunity a good one for getting in his kick at the Police Force. I have no doubt that if the facts of the Wollington Stroot stair are
the
he allegea he would have gone to Central Police Station, as you suggest editorially, and would have reported the oircumstances to the
Inspector am certain he would. He is a full-bloud,
on duty. tender-hearted humanitarian. You can
would have impelled him, at whatever his over powering feelings
oto.
+
At ti end of such ti ne aita
17.4
autiful of haunting
summer
footing.
Surgeon
Government
Gourd with the Bombay. !
cattle are plentiful, and within re judge that from the intemperance of his That cures are now being found for wonsump story to and grestiere, & ted, hivs a / wife and daughter upon a doorstop in digers on his own account and having | engaged, not awuredly on the strength.
months the supplies brought into the Co- lony have been quito'oqus! io quantity to
Ianguage; and
tion, oholera, diphtheria, and even yellow fever.
found only
any format dupplies, and that the butchers cost or inconvenience to himself, to interfere That в remedy for catuer, the bets nair of giug abut doors and fast-barred windows, worn and dejected, their last hope gave that his business had not turned out of
aro evidently taking advantage of the pre- sent state of affairs to squeeze up their spricos a little higher. NEW PLANO and Organ Repairing Material and Machinery just to hand; also the latest Music. W. Robinson & Co. Tas volume of convertible notes issued by
yes, including over 12 million yen of excess note-isare, on the Uth Aug., thus establish ing a record,
for the poor slim sailor's sake and in any such
the interests of humanity,
oren if
For my own part, eret
blow were struck as Vizio
B: the poor alim wilor will, ofi
asurse, show unmistakablo traces of the
terrible blow-I would say there was pro- bably some justification which Visto was not aware of; but that is scarcely worth discussing with Visto in his present in
conged
a tough onstomar and may last in harness its polished sarfare; huge mottled spiders guilo.
the geni
Dootor
mete
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but
bo
nat
illed
contac
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desi of the
themse
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the Bank of Japau exceeded 200 million med state of mind. At ally, ii la Torever 30 many years pretend to wires, dreating the whale of the blood an instacco of the suddenness and thorough- Mr Dallas was secretary of the. Bace what a pon to work, and we all know withs
of the Pot his career would be-exactlyrics-pounders they are going to bitmap. us with which a Chinesa can become of Commerce; he was Captain of BizTitiva (Moots, performing diil
obvious that Visto does not know what treatment the police have to encounter when dealing with drunken blaojackets. understand no complaint was made by the sailor. sailor
In conclusion, I might remind Visto " that the European Folice Force is not en tirely rada ap of Scotchmen, halking,
COMMON-SENSE.
tha
I
the
may chose to I daily pass by the instrument, sorrow, carrier's pola had caused & quarrel by at the Battle of Muddy Fist; he was sub-the
fur
i.
hich Yours, menced on the 28th July ani lasted until the 3rd August, when the rain cessed, but
only for twenty-four hours. The facts of the ease, so far se re have Sings then until the date of the despatch been able to learn, are as follow. Five of his letter the 18th August there had bluejackets wore disorderly in Queen's been nearly constant drizzling rains and Road, and one of them attacked and smash finally another downpour. In consequence ed a tickala. He was arrested by two In-
food of No. 3 Station, tearing an attempt may be alleged the safety of such at rosege, the Indians whistled for assist ance, and two European constables want
letters is what the registration fee is paid fot, but safety inside the Post Office is not quito all that is required. whisky from his
proket and
of this the whole of the country on the been flooded.-N.-C. Daily News,
porth squth and east of
dina constables. When in the neighbour-
T'ungshou
TE Shippo had a pura
took a bottle of
a peragraph from its to assist them. One of the bluejackets
Peking correspondent on the 20th inst., teoks
some
To
all the hards
so fully.anderstood as it ought to be by the wearisoute drudgery and putine of couplesid tot reach the not of synsring will be accorded, by members of the S. Ved side by side. with the Surgeon.
The Port
safe by a stupid-coolie, the Post Office has a duty to perform, even if the Post Master General had to do it himself.
素
report, to
George!
Chinnaman, with seventy millions at his rowly missed his lund, or be that which confiruts the report that a wealthy throw it at the Inissle That, admitting that delivery may not be even help me I have several of effect, could be seen in the glaring eyes birth on Saturday to triplets, boys. Avernment will rofraid from capping the rat
and plattered itself command, has been asking for authority to gufuat the wall. It is pui a railway from Ting-King-Pa. to fures was used in affecting the arrest of the Bising. We now learn the projector of obstreperous blogjackets Makole word great line is Tantai Li Wen-sen who may be taken for that—and it seems to be last year thought of starting cotton and merely a question whether undue violence woollen mills in Tientsin. But he has was used by the policemen." Neither of taken greater fancies for the Iron Horse, then, wo até informed, were Scotrizer,
than
of twelve.
This
and rumour says he kos si eye on the 12-, which will probably be satis nobory news to that had it occurred to him to act as you move on in a slow but easy progres (Oze kaveller what lost his way afforded guenos. of the development of brawing in whosby escording to geusemen
Han line too, but this, we think, is highly Szotch residents — Ed., Vra
improbable as Sheng sing Stuen has a
firm hold of that in his kandai -changhai PAR Music boxes Violins (ne models).
Daily Press,
SPECULATION among plérka in the
banking houses has, how Isanand
plah at Barlin, theo
Banking circles consider
us mest be adopte
So far the only proposak ahale
Bry
praveers and those
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but how t
question which has
any
as the banking
their wita' and WEER
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Manilblines, And Burnge of all kinds. W.
go
sired him
marit
suggest, and folled the policeran and fingers, just like old sinners, are incorigentertainment to a curious few, while at the sand or the sport or from Hongkong on handsome, allowan
fifty or six thousand yon. export of konale would have bed robably much The same sirs played over day after day
his prisoner to the Central Station, the ibla. They cannot and will not be taught. friendly shopraan by dins of hawling at boor from Japari has reached over 100,000 awards which belong to the MDR-
more satisisatory that any outcome and night siter right show the same cempted to see him on the right track, yon per annum. The authorities therefors Togerding the snub söministered a likely to arise from a tirade of spumous mistakes, repeated with machine like Some skilful manipulation through streets contemplate to imposes tax of five or six departureat, cheerfully horn af the dride words Than he falls in his duty as 6. oitisen if he tacity, ach time the same pauses, the watch' are mare passage says, scarvalyuta per cents on boar brewed in Japan pengary and danger of the actual
Bularity how to does not carry the matter. Further, and passage or chord right, followed unerringly torrupted babel of tongass abusive or moni
sedure Justice for that lumbering by the same ghastly failures. Such practory sa the situation demanded, slip just TACOMA parces have been devoting con- Instrument specialist and apost heavy limited, scars jowled Bootch polica tice is bergin, but it will never grudace as the termikus which depend the wading iderable space to a reception given on the shops and obory Dedkar EM! mant for whom flogging (if the case has music. The persistency of the fabled spider chair-bearer, and the ride was ended. FR teamer Victoris in Taunts on Renma, Casen Hand Central bean fairly stated) would be for too
too light
that Bruce or cl the Importunate Unless taken ass novelty, the morning July 19, by Mr and Mrs Geo, B. Dodwell Bible; is as nothing compared ored in the streats of Canton dees nor and Capt and Mie Panton The ship was w audible, but with theirs
agreeably impress one. There is a dearth beautifully decorated 1 thres Bundes per An offeral return stuber that fin the dination of which was not visible. In the phraseology of the onlinary ack of genuinely happy faces. Life's nest pin were present, and alias a splanced wiles vanou incristiani bi made Vitaquita 111, his mabati medicine advertisement, let me apriously framework is unattractive. The human on genug ware engaged in for at dak kay labeled 1 137 Mar
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the
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