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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9 1908.
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
The Rev. C. Silvester Horns has boon
1910-11.
Mr G. A. Woodrock, the Secretary of the Sanitary Board, having returned from
I pace the sounding sea-beach and
bebold How the voluminous billows roll and leavy, has taken up duties at the Supreme Upheaving and subsiding while the Court temporarily until March, Me
PARIS, brilliancy from another, and quaintness in the fact that it is the Epic of from the archaisms of a third. His stylo Peritanian, the poem of a fallen cause STREET.
was thoroughly educated; he used but will take farewell of Muros to-day nominated se chairman of the Congre words not according to convention, but in the words of another Puritan poet, gational Union of England and Wales for
LONGIELLOW ---- with a strict reference to their derivation and primitive meaning; and if he some MACHINES, Ready made Day and Even-times sacrificed power to refinement, he ing Gowns, Paris Models never suffered himself to write vulgarly in Hats and Toques, in order to be thought to write down to
the popular style of the day." Laces, Trimmings, Under- clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hosiery and Gloves, etc.,
etc.
RECORDS,
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NOW
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FRIDAY, Dec. 11th,
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THE SILVER KING.
MONDAY, Dea. 14th.
THE NIGHT OF THE PARTY.
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THE FLAG LIEUTENANT.
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THURSDAY, Dec. 17th.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23rd,
DIANA OF DOBSON'S.
THURSDAY, Dec. 24th,
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OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
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Passing from Bt. Paul's School, ke entared Christ Church, Cambridge, and he left the ancient university "free from all reproach, and approved by all honest 679 men." There was nothing ascetis in his outlook in flows daya: he enjoyed all beautiful things: could wander in re- veris beneath
Miscellaneous Goods per Kamo Moru nut oleared on
this date subject to rent. Goode per Butler`andalegred after this
date subject to rent. Goods per Nis not cleared at 4 p.m."on
this date subject to rent.
General Memòranda. FRMAT, December 11
2 p.m.-Tenders for the Supply of Algen Cement, at Fush-Ban Railway Co. Head Office, Canton.
2,30 p.m.-Anetion of Jewellery, d, at Mr Gen. P. Lammerts Sales Rooms, Goods per Deninghshire undelivered
after thin dete subject to rent. SATURDAY, December 19:
2.30 p.m. - Auction of Chices Porcelain, do at Mr Gec. F. Lammert's Sales
Rooms.
MONDAY, December 14-
p.m.-Bazaar at City Hall,
Rooms.
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The high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light;
to listen to
The pealing orgun blow to the full-
voiced choir below:
In service high and anthem clear.
run,
fun
Woodcock was called to the Bar five year
Shines through their sheeted emeraldago.
far. unrolled,
And the ninth wave, slow-gathering fold
by fold.
The Ber. E. Conwall Joyes, presidenti of the Norfolk Congregational Union, has
All its loose-flowing garments into informed the descons of the church of
one,
dan
Plunges upon the shore, and floode the Fale reach of sands and changes them
to`gold, So iu majestic cadence rise and fall The mighty undulations of thy song, Osightless bard, England Meonides, And ever and anon, high over all Uplifted, a ninth wave, superb and
atrong,
Flords all the soul with its melodious
Bens,,
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Twenty-five Subscription Griffins hav ing arrived per .s. Kwong Sang, they were Bay Repository.
intends to join the Church of England and which he is pastor at Yarmouth that he to seek holy orders.
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
MESSAGE TROM 'THE PRESIDENT.
Army Reform: More Battle- ships: the Phillipines? Afferostation,
(From Our Cun Coricrgoñdens)
LONDON, December 9, The United States Congress mel or Tronday.
President Roosevelt, in his Mouange to Congress, recommends the reorganize- tion of the Army, the provision of four In his new book “Eighteen Years inį new battleships, and also the making Ugrada nad East Africa," Bishop Tucker of Pearl Harbour, in Hawii, a naval pays & warm trivate to Sir Federick
base, Lugard. The hour was critical from overy point of view; and, it produced the man, in the parson of Captain (now: Sir Feivrick) Lugard."
A Washington cable to the Manila now paperssaysthat on December 4th, President Roosevelt had a parrow escape from death
daring vf a fire engine driver eared him. or injury. Only the presence of mind and
He remarks upon the success which
has attended the polloy of self-govern- ment in the Philippines and trusts that within a generation the Filipinos will be able to decide whether they will continue as a protected state on ba come independent.
In those happy Cambridgo days drawn for to-day at Kemedy's Causeway He was on one of the principal streets of ing upon the deforestation of North
though he shrank from certain forms of festivities and questionable joking, he
!
The president quotes the ruin follow
China as a proof of the danger that tho eity in his carriago when 'a fito angina: In adjourning the Supreme Court for cane dashing around the corner. The threatens the present wholemle felling could still enjoy "jest and youthfultiffin to-day the Chief Justice said he felt driver saw the President's carriage whon of American timber.
He thanks the nations whose ahorse jallity," and enter with epirit into the time had come for the rising some distance away and realized instantly
he did not feel inclined to sit there any that only the promptest action could avert are washed by the Pacific Ocean for the "quipa and cranks and wanton longer in the absence of stearu pipes, for an accident. Without thought of himself the raception given the American Acet wiles" of the world around him. The ho was half-frozen.
he put on the brake, and pulled bis horses and concludes by observing that while gkom and sternness engendered by civil] Mr Liang Lan-beun se been appointed around so suddenly sa to throw them head America's financial position is excellent strife and the later Puritanism was yet by the Wai-wu-pa, Chinese Consul for Aus-long on the slippery sephalt. No one was her currency system is bad."
tralia. The Shanghai Thotai has been seriously burt. The President in person to come: life became hard, rigid, colone-ordered to defray the exponses for the open- thanked the driver and congratulated him
ing of the new Consulate, which amounts on his courage and sail-possession. to Tls. 18,000. Mr Liang will leave Peking for Shanghal with in the next few days.
lese for him, as it became more intense. MULTON's father desired his son to enter the Church, but the lad felt no call in that
direction. He wanted to be a poet, but as nothing short of perfection ever
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10a.m.-Avetion of Victualling Stores,
at H.M. Naval Establishments. 4 p.m.-Prize Distribution at St Joseph's satisfied him, for he had the austero pride
Volloge
of his own LUCIFER, he felt very discour aged at the close of his University career be to find how little achievement he had to
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his credit in the line he had chosen. We find him writing:-
Yet he it leas or more, or soon or
elow,
It shall be still in strictest measure
evan
To that same lot, however mean or
high, Toward which time leads me and the
will of Heaven
The Bandmann Comedy Co., who open on Thursday evening at the Theatre Royal with a performance of "Lady Frederick," will undoubtedly have a successful stay at Hongkong for already the booking is con- siderable. The booking arrangements are in the capable hands of Mosers S. Moutria
and Co, Ltd.
**A COUNTRY GIRL"
Notwithstanding the Inclemency of the weather there was a very large attendance at the Theatre Royal on Tuesday evening.
to bid farewell to "A Country Girl,” when the last performance was hold. Songs, choruses
of
REVOLUTIONARY MESSAGES.
A PEKING DECISION.
(Woh Tao Yai Pos Service.)
PERING, December &
With a view to discovering any
and dances went with communications that may be passing to ring, the chores displaying no signa
fatiguo after. L heavy week's and from Revolationists, the Board of ran of the play. The promoters and Communications has given orders that President Konsevelt has added to the embora of the Hongkong A. D. O, are to it five or more letters are addressed to Civil Service all fourth class posteaters.be highly complimented on the whole-
This takes away an immense amount of hearted way they entered into the produc: the aame person at one time they shall patronage from Congressmen. During the tion of “A Country Girl," and it is to be be opened and their contenta read. Taft campaign not a little leverage was hoped that they will follow up their great
exerted on those officials. It is believed that during the presidency of Taft strong efforts will be made to enlarge the Civil
Service.
We Love pleasure in announcing that the orchestra of the Fuerat Bismarck havo armnged, by kind paraission of Admiral Coorper, to give a musical trest in St
success at the carliest possiblo date.
We understand that the bookings on
Saturday constituted a record for Hong- kong, amounting to no less than $1,441.
SANITARY BOARD AND ITS SECRETARY.
All is, if I have grace to use it so A in my great Taskmasters.ey He was travelling on the Continent when the troubles between Charles I and his parliament brought him back Andrew's Hall on Wednesday, Decem- At Tuesday'a meeting of the Sanitary ber 16th. Needless to say, this en-Board, Mr Shelton Hooper said:-1 would home in a hurry. Thenceforth for tertainment will be heartily welcomed like to ask where our Secretary ist Mr on Pages 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, should be sent to the many years we lose sight of Marox the and there should be a full houso. Plans Woodcock has returned to the Colony and Office, No. 5, Wyndham Street, not later than 11 poet in Mrms the political partisan now open at the store of the Robinson we have heard no reason why he has not before 3pm.
.. Nets Advertisements seculd be sent in and patriot. He took no part in the
It appears that a determined effort Advertisements and Subscriptions which are Etrife of swords, por did he write a will be made at the next session of Con-. until countermande. not ordered for a fized period will be continued syllable to animate it. His duty to grees which meets to-day, to disassociate
GOD, as he saw it, was to uzke full use the Marine Corps from the Arasrican Navy, crer until next meeting? I don't wish to
Telegraphic Address: Mail, Hongkong.
Telephone No. 22.
The China Mail
HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, DSU. 8, 1908,
JOHN MILTON.
of his reason and to try and bend men to his way of thinking by the use of per suasive argument. To each man his place: MILTON's place was to keep watch over the course of opinion
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taken up his duties at this Board. Hove you any communication to make to the Board on the subject?
No reply being forthcoming, Mr Hooper alled-Perhaps you would like it to stand
PRINCE CHUN TO WITNESS NEXT YEAR'S MANŒUVRES.
(Wah Tr. Yu Po's Service.).
PERIS, December 8. The Prince Regent has notified the Grand Councillors of his intention, te witness the great manoeuvres
year.
BILLIARD HANDICAP AT SHAMBEN.
nort
(Froin Our Own Correspondent).
SHAME, December 8. and to include it in the Army as a now
press for an immediats reply. I thought There is now in progress at the Club branch of that service. The President has possibly some one else had been appointed. another Billiard Handicap. This new The President-Better let it stand ovar handicap is on the American plan ench the support of President elect Taft, of the new Secretary of the Navy, Truman until next meating. Newberry, and of General Bell, the Chieflike to know the reason.
Mr Hooper-I think the Bound would
of Staff of the Army.
increased from 37.910 to 47.400, and their
...
Hor dimensions
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REMEDY
IN SOUTH AFRICA. ··
player meets every other ontrant, and he who gains the highest, aggregate of points wine the cup. The game is 100. An 37 members have entered and there are thus
sufficient.
Ae yet it would be indiscreet to prophecy" as to who will win two or three are pretty wall ahead, but, as several of the members- have played vary for games as yet, no one
say just now what the result will be.
THAT MEANS RHEUMATISM.
The official returns of the Baptist
In connection with the Union Church 666 games to be played the committee are churches in the United States, just furnish- Literary Club the Rev. C. H. Hickling Allowing 4 months to finish the handicap while the contest raged. It is an ed by the Rav. R. 8. MacArthur, show a old story now how he sacrificed his remarkable increase. While the popu's Tercentenary, Scatch of life, extracts from it the games continue to be played off as to lecture to-morrow evening on "Milton The handicap has became very popular and eyesight for the good of the State, tim has increased twofold since 1870, the writings, representation of Comus" THREE hundred years ago to-day was CROMWELL had in him a right excellent during that period, so that there is one Williams.
Baptist churches have more than trobled The chair will be occupied by Bir W. B. the present rate, half that time will prove born at a well-to-do house in Braid-Latin Secretary, one who could hold Baptist to every 17 of the population. street, Cheapside, London, one Jon his own against all the Continent of Since 1895 the number of churches bas Mures, who for all time will represent Europe and the debt which we English membership from 3,637,491 to 4,969,524. not only the bigbest but the completest owe him is freely acknowledged to-day, For all purposes upwards of £4,453,800 RS. Schneider, of Kofferfontein, O. was last your contributed. In the Sunday R. O, is very grateful to the mann type of Puritanism which the world will but the price MILTON paid was very heavy schools there are two and a quarter million seturers of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He has found that it ouraï his children se everse. The sou of a scirener, MITON total blindness and bitter persecution scholar, an increase of 750,000 in 13 years. well himself of their cought and colds. CORE and swollen jousiti, skerp chroting They were a coughing and got no relief 》→ pains, jogturing maɛoles, no meet, 26- Messrs Commell, Laird, and Co. re- was born just when Puritanism had in his declining yours. For the Restora
until this remedy was uɛsi. Many parents sleep. That means rheumations it is r began to exercise a direct power over tion found bim of all living men the cently launched from their Tranmere yard, has made this same discovery. There is stabhor disease to fight, but Charaberlain's English politics and English religion most bateful to the Royalists. It was his Birkenhead, the steel twin-screw and lothing better for coughs, sold and aroup, Pain Balm has conquered it thousands of and as it contains no injurious substance, times. It will do so whenever the oppor- pump hepper dredger Lovisthan, built for there is no danger in given it to the ohil tuity in affered: Try it Das applian 1740 Containing:-Soap, Perfume, Powder and he died when ita efforts to mould them "Defence of the English People" which the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board deen. For sale by all chemists and aboration relieves the pain. For sale by als
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chemists and storekeepers. into its own shape was over, and when bad justified throughout Europe the The Leviathan is said to be the largest keepers it had sunk into one of the many in-execution of the King Imprisonment, dredger in the world. fluences to which we our English as of fortune, persecution, threats of re-Longth, 487 Lusty-boam, 09 fost; depth, 34 feet 7 inches. The Leviathan character. Though his home, bie school, assassination were his portion for many will life 10,000 tous of sand in fifty minutes
years: Lue books were even burnt by the from a oriniui depth of 70 feet. and social environment were all rigidly common hangman. But solitude and dredger will work at the bar of the Morsey. Puritan there appears to bays been misfortuns only brought out into bolder making provision for the increased depth nothing narrow or illiberal in his early rulief Marose inner greatness. He was Lusitania and Mauretania and the larger page of water required for vessels like the
training." My father," he tells us in one the last of the Elizabethane. Possibly liners in contemplation. Vory suitable for Presenté.
of his essays, "lestined me while yet a he had seen SHAKESPEARE, for, as GEKEN
By kind permission of Mejor Evania Handsome Tolet Bets, Silver mounted. Little boy to the study of humano lettera; points out to his Short History, and Officers, the Band of the 18th Rajpeta in Fancy Casto, Handsoche: Put Bores, which I seized with such eagerness that great Will on his visits to London after will play the following programane of music, at the King Edward Hotel, during Gut Glass Bottles in Great Varisty, Hair from the twelfth year of my age his retirement to Stratford, may have mer, on Thursday, the 10th December Brushes in Leather Cases, Perfume Spraye, scarcely ever went from my lessons to passed along Bread-street to his wit com 18 (weather permitting() } Manicure Sefa, Scissore in Caser.
bed before mid-night, The reult of Lata at the Mermaid. After the publica selection The Mikado?
Welte Claribel": HAZORS IN CASES, by the Best the wide range of of study to which he tion of "Paradise Lust," however, his Bongs Alteliobrastet nicht and
liebeslied: *. Miskera Gillette, Kropp, Rodgers, Wil-devoted himself was later seen in his TON's house became a place of pilgrimage Two Stap. Narsho
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marvellous pe style, and to oven to the writs of the Restoration, Men came Selection Lee cloches de
•Walls : L'avi du Midi Patent Razor Strops, Shaving Mirror, more striking advantage in his poetical with reverence to gaze upon the blind
By Requnet) &c., do, fo
Serenade writing. He ted the English language poet as he site, clad in black, in his Galop
green
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na.nono before him had done, and no chamber hung with faded Two Step Cum right down
one has ever been able to assume his tapestry, his fair brown hair falling my of mantle, › Mr TusonORT BUDELEY diskur çid over a calm, serene face that still ||~| sing this question of MILTON's style says retained much of its youthful
he drew on the classical and continental We have not space to discuss tho languages with unsparing freedom. He greatest of his poemă, called come from
Paradiso Lostý
to de Huskin Bee
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