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THE CHINA MAIJS
of tradition behind her that he has, and hence, being perfectly untrammel- | led she has shot-ahead in quite) astonishing fashion. But it will be but a temporary advance, we imagine: things will gradually readjust them solves and then the present disparity will be found to have naturally dis appeared. But meanwhile the Girl
PIRATES FIRE ON THE S.S." WEI HOL
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL..
Lieutenant Cornelius E. Carter has junt When the .. Wei Hoi arrived at Canton retired from the Royal Navy at his own Monday it was reported that who had request Bo was well known in late yolla encountered pirates on the way fmm Waen the China and East Indies Stations. how bit luckily excapedi al hough the ship or traves of numerous bullet boles in the between Canton and Wachow and How. The reuse in wooden ore and the affair took place near Bai Kong Shek about 6pm on Sanday.
In Washow it is reported that the piratus demanding 82,000 from the insider var lenmore and 83,000 from the largur
uncak
NEWS OF THE DAY.........:
President Tall threatens intervention in Cuba unless the rising insurrection thero is suppress.d.
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1912.,
A MORTGAGE DISPUTE.
Mother Suas Son.
property. Throfure, swing, to some docu- mput which the plaintifs and the threa brothers of the defendant had signed, a valid encambianov had been grotvad on the property, dirt for 9150,000. and In the Supreme Court, before the Chief Therofero is would have been he ples (or after blat luad: on paid off, for $142,000. Justico (ir Francis Piggott) ibla marding, the plaintiff Latake ang jaceng to Yuan Shih-kal is said to have remarked Fidow, against La Lína Yuik, her son, defend it, will have to how that the
an action was brought by Lo Leang 9h, so naida either of the mitones
men.
The after the bomb outrage on his 1.fe, that described as a gentleninu, for the recovery defend m, as gerited these ad plantit in order, to river on the
things. He did not intend it to deter him. received by the defendant for the use of own enth
in his position must axppat auch of $38,728,10, money alleged to have been advancat on menig ge, received those tunties: his own account anul bis of the Period has the best of it,When the first shota-ware brad-the
That wald · have to the plaintiff The sum claimed was madde ha Aproved, wod it' w. 14 maitur En" the witty lady contributor Chin pain did not stop whan 25 in the service of the Catholic princips: menus received by the defendant upon, the plaintiff. In this connection. Archbishop Bonna, who came to Nagasaki up as follow One-flth of 8142,000, the in grid to bich the burden would at Barrowly averted a collision with the junks Mission, has died at St. Luke's Hospital, from Murers F. Sassoun, A. W. Bassoon, defence wh elt, he said, o'early Hut out that to the Referee, puts the case very in which the pirates word!
cutanol show attention to the state us bef nently in a recent article. She says:
aes in Jaly last year, Donth was due to or about February 8th, 1010, on security perty originally but were merely no- Tokyo, gel 07. Re only took over his B. Nissi, M. Nissim and E. Shellim on these tire was, in whose names the pre "There are learned young women still,
plaqrisy. but they are different from those
of a martynge on Inhed Lot No. of mineer of Lo Chuk. Chi, their father. Ib was clear that the defendant had raised we know and fed from a decade ago.
The death, is reported of Mr J. 1.which. los. the plaintif owns one-fifth and the issue as the plaintiffs title to Their knowledge sits more gracefully
andinel, s very el resident of Now-ue-fifth of 881,540.83, the net sum the property. The signment of the pro upon then, and they add to their
chwangi, who caue to China in 1870, Ateived by the defendant between August perty from one of the sons to the plaista
was stated to be an ignment for valu diferent times he was Cocul er Vice-consul 1st, 1907, and the end of the first moon of but that psition w challenged by the wisdom the art of being interesting.
for Germany, Japan, U. S. Amarion, the present Chinese year for the ront of defence, and he submitted that the plaintif Take also young Englishwomen as a
Norway, Sweden and tho Netherlands.
No. 6, 84, 88 nd 69.Qa-en's Road.uld not possibly come and way. I have whole. What foreigner or home-
Central and Nox 2 and 3, Stanley Street, my title, to the property," brosuse if the considerat n in a deed were challenged, dweller could call them stupid now or
these same or any part thereof. standing upon the said fuldhd Lot No. 7 it had to be proved. It was set out that defendant had not paid inferior to their brothers? They have grown, they have developed, they have progressed-not gradually, but fairly by leaps Personally, I see no in- provement of the present-day young men under twenty-five over the young men of the same age of ten years ago. There seems to be much of a sámeness about them. I can shut my eyes and listen to their talk and note not the slightest difference between them and their now elder brothers whom I knew of yore. Those b. others who were so insufferable at twenty-five are grown up to be real men of thirty-five and fury now, and these younger boys are talking about the same things in the
Practice at Custom Pass. B-Variety Entertainment at Thenastime manner from the same old-time
tro Royal, City Hall.
SUNDAY, January 25-
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9m.Excursion to Macho,
Meeting.
attitude of self-conceit and eccksure- nese. I find no such similarity be MONDAY, February, B:--
Non-Kowloon Land & Building Co.'s tween the present girl of between twenty and twenty-five and the girl of the same age whom I knew ten years ago, while as for the present-day woman of thirty, she is an absolutely different erenture from what she would
SUNDAY, February 18:-
Chinese Now Year Day.
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Monna, February 19:-
Public Holiday.
TUESDAY, February 20
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Duchess of Fife's (Princess Boyal) birth-have bees at the same age teu years
day (1887-45). "Bongkong Races-First Day.
ago. In a word, our young women are growing, and, as I said before, not
THURADAY, February 22:-
Hongkong Races: Second Day.
FRIDAY, February 23 2
Hongkong Races:-Third Day. SATURDAY, February 24 :—
Hongkong Kapes:-04 Day.
The China Mail
THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD.
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Severe snow soruws are reported from North. In placus in Hokkaid the snow is fourteen foot dryp. „, 1
The Singerie bus vired to plansla time they cannot send a polo teni to represent then at the Carnival,
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Japanese, Americans and Filipians geball championship of the Philippines. will compete at the Manila Carnival for the
In the protonces case at the Crimand Sewing resterday the securd prisoner was discharged and the fist found gilynne cut. Sentence was reser ve until Saturday in order aliat a point of
Aw may to discussed.
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Company, Limited, report that the total The Chinese Engineering and Mining output of the Company's, three mines fur the week ending 6th January amounted to period to 24,330.88 tong, 32,481.81 tons and the mies during the
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for the coming year will consist offers The Municipal Council of Shanghai C. Anton, E. F. Clark, H. de Gray B. . H. Figge H. C. Gulland, A. Hid. B. Owen, and E. C.. Pearce. Mr J. R. Patterion succeeds the late Mr.G. W. Noul as Land Commissionr.
In the election for three seats on the French Municipal Council of Shanghai, to Faturel, H. Mader, and M. Fennizel be held by French citizens, Mesera C.
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that in memory of his daughter, the inte The intersting announcement is made fea Maud Ashley, Sir Ernest Casol is giving £50,000 to hospitals and other kindred institutions. Of this, £1,500 govs to the King Edward Hospital Fund,
was not a violation of the armistico.
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After the tiffin adjournment argument was resumed, Mr Fullock declaring that Mr M. W., Slade, E.C., and Mr Eldon the other side and not attempted to prove 14hat the defondant raised the atomies a was for the plaintiff, and MPH. E. Pollocking it at in the absence of proof of that Potter (lastrucled by Mr R. F. C.. Master) mortgage for his own benefit, and contend-
K.C., (instructed by Mr D. V. Stevens) appeared for defendant.
somewhat peculiar because all the material Mr Slado in opening, said the case was thats necessary for the plaintiffs prove
vera admitted, and, so far as he (Mr Shade)
sout the plaintiff could not succeed. Whe- ther the father had ang title remaining in.. hirwa iy on rense immaterial, because on the title being still is the father at all. the title of the mortgagees did not deponit
the application of the mortgage music. Sit rally came back to the question of
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In teens interview Presidens Sun Yst-en declined to discuss the general situation, aying that it was by no means settled, and that until he received moro definite pows from Peking he was not in a
Me Shade submitted that Mr Pollock had position to live an opinion. He said that could see, no defence bad hoon starwn either to rely on a suporier title or he had the Bepublican squadron had gnue to Cheah, all in the statement of defence. not. But he had persistently refused to foote protre that senport from a threatened friend might be able to twist a state that the plaintif was the
However, it was posle that his learned state whether he aleged that the father had
already Republican territory and therefore appeared to be ineffective, int something produced her documento her find
superfor title or not. attack by the Imperialists. It was, he said,
The position was
of an tount which to an audinary person divided fifth of the property, she had the entrance of the men of-war or of troops which would operate by way of defence. appointed the defendant her agent for the the nigamant to her. She had Proceeding, counsel said plaintiff was the nongement of the property and he was In commenting on the telegram, sas
widow of Lo Clink Chi, who died in Decem-bound in law to account to her for every- nouncing the death of the Earl of Carling ber, 1907. It appeared tint in the year the property,
thing
he had received or paid in respecs of yesterday we inadvertently described him 1904 Lo Chuk Chi bought a piece of pre- as the 9th holder of the title. The 9th porty in this Caleny and took the sign Earl died in April of last year, when he meat in the mantan of five of his sons, succeeded by Viscount Morpeth, That assignment was a straightforward from 1904. It is no dout the latter per who sat sa M. P. for South Birmingham document with no peculiarities about it His Lord bip They are entitled to sot an admitted document; the "P certain facts, which may or may not who is now dead, as he has born in inamonit paid was 830,000. That property different health for some time past. If so, romained in the possession of the five sons
amount to trusteeship. he is succeeded by his only nou, or until March, 1905, when one of the sous,bined Control over the property.
Jr Sinde Will Mr Pollock say ho dues unt allege tru-tenship? Jan., 1895, Thur the death will not nece in consideration of a Jay'yn L'Estrange, Cadet E.N., born
Mr Folnek-I alleged tit plaint fre- sun of 940,000, itare a Bru-election, as Mr Steel-Maidand conreyed his fifth share to the plaintiff, his tonk Lord Morpeth's seat, and retained it at the la- election.
nother. From that time ap to the present
Paymaster John Lyz, B.N. (retired) at power of attorney given by the plaintiff to the property had been held by the four The death took place on the 7th Decem-sons of the plaintiff as tenants in comuon her last, at Richmond, Surrey, of Floet-in equal shares, The soxt step was a
WAS
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and was
Further argumont ansued, in which Me Sinde asked him Lordship if he would rul trusteeship and not plead it. If so, he that the defendants were entitled to set up (Mr Slade) would be much surprised.
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alleges it one way or the other.
Mr Slade Thoro you are, he won't His Lordship Thaimly question now is
the stor
in w to a trustership can be argued latur. alleged whether there is a trusteeship.
atory is and to see nor the facts Mr Stode-He has pleaded that the father retained a locial interest.
His Lordship Whether that amounts You want to force trusteeship on him.
gradually, but leapingly, springis Hermanus, tied for second place with 107pmastut in August, 1851, paymaster in Power to collect rents, ote, including a whether he alleves one thing or the other.
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Mr
was proceeding when we went to press
Evidence was then called, and the co
SEAMEN CHARGED WITH
2, 1912.
· DISOBEDIENCE.
to
were ruccessful. For the two foreign kentar Mr Francis Ellis herted the poll and the age of years. He catered the service the eldest son of La Chuk Chi, giving him Musam W. S. Davidson and T. M. P. in November, 1846, was promoted assistant)
Mr. Slade-I do not. I want to know Watch then, and you note that they votes cach.
March, 1857, and retiring in August, 1873 August, 100. Under that power of ende asked his Lordship to note power of mortgage. That, was given in Hi Lordship-I don't think that is grow while you are looking at them.
became fleet-paymaster in February, 1886. Of late suveral telegrams and letters. He served in the Chion War 1867-59, and orney this son (the defes dant) mortgaged that he (fr Slade) cuusidered that he was Put your car to the ground at their addressed to the Manchu Princes and received tho thanks of the Governor of the property first of all fo10,000 and untitled to know whether trusteeship was feet and you will actually hear them others by several misionaries, advising Hongkong for valuable surviens tendered for that mortage was paid off, a new alleged in this case, because if so he should grow. There are certain fearful pro-retire from: the dininistration of affairs, Consulate at Canton, December, 188, in was paid to the plaint who was owner we no reason why either party should be ther to acknowledge the Republic and at the destraction by fire of the Britisle was admitted that no portion of the money
mortgage w Czecuted for 8142,000. It want to plead further matter.
His Lord-bip-On the facts before ine I phets who, watching this remarkable have appeared in the press of North Chin, saving the records and valable archives faith share. It was admitted also that called upon to say whether he relies on process, shake their heads and feel Such action has now been di-cuontonanged the Consulate, and alw the acknowledge had the power of 'hitorney had been paid HONGKONG, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1912. doubtful about the future of England, disclaim any connection with suci expres Midusel Seymour, and the Admimity:
no portion of the rente since the defendant trusteeship or not. h, the official missionary bodies, who meats of the Commander-in-Chief, Sirver to the plaintiff, and it was alleged since there seems danger that these sions of opinion.
by the defence that they had all been used by the defendant in the service of the ambitious young women, with their
CONDITION OF CANTON.
wtgage.laintiff claimed that she was wide-open eyes, their outstretched Dinner at Volunteer Headquarters on It has been pro osed to hold a Compa
entitled to one-fth of the proceeds and is put in the position of a mortgaged as from ONE of the things that strikes an hands, and their profidly lifted chins, Saturday, February 10th, at 7.45 p.m. (she
(From Our Own Correspondent)
the time when one-fifth of the proveedo were paid arer to her. She was entitled Bel ro. Commander CW. Beck with old China Hand of returning to the refuse to mate and bear song and Saturday before the departure from the
CANTON, Jan. 21. toe-fth to be paid now and from the RN.. at the Marine Court this morning. Colony of Captain A. J. Thompson, Staff. Old Country after the lapse of several daughters to populate the Empire. Oficer). Each member of the Corps may been. the least suggestion of any trouble her share the interest. Not having a charged 24 seamen of the same For more than a week now there has not time onwards she would, of course, pay Mr. H. Cross, master of the a.. Bossie years is the vary great improvement Refuse to mate! Fear not, oli, ye of invite one guest. Names of those intending and there is no prospect of anything crop the mortgage was executed up to thence of the lawful commands of the master and use of the asoney from the tine hip with continuous and wilful disobedi to be noted in the physique and bear- little faith and blinded eyes! Not one be sent in not later that Friday; ad can speak with certainty at this time of the So what she was asking for were the
to be present wad rames of guasts should ping up at present, but of course no one present time, she was under no ubligation between 27th September 1011 and January ing of the rising generation of middle of il-this brilliant company of women February, to the Mus Secretary,
to pay interest in the intervening time.
Complainant gave evidence that while class school girls and young ladies will ever refuse that, for woman was
⚫ CAT. In the course of a long journey aut rents, which were admitted at $51,000, San Pedro, California, on September generally. In many respects they are meant to mate, anul mate she will, in Bins Bay a few days ago arrived at Shau- peaceful date of the streets was very was an di pute in this case over ligares; Later they did obey the order. On Octo One of the junka which was pirated through the city yesterday the quiet, mortgage, which uns to 28.000 There shpalong the line of docks. This and the ith share of the subsisting 27 he gave an "onder move the abend of their brothers and boy cousins unless she is levied the opportunity matter to the polics. The owner stated was excocntered and they were escorting documents, and contended there refused to work and the following day they
order defendants refased 10 kiwan on Monday night and reported the noticeable and only one band of soldiers was a question of right. Counsel then put
obey. of similar years. This fact is even I grant you that she may refuse to that about $5,100 worth of gods had been
bor 9 while at San Francisc defendants being borne in upon the minds of the marry far more often than she has stolen. The launch flow the revolutionary At the upon spaces where troops are usually satisfy bis Lordship that his friend had say that they would not be ill-trentod. s company of new arrival to headquarters. Mr Pollock submitted that if he could asked complainant to give them a letter to
was no defence. stay-at-homes, we-gather, if recent dared to refuse heretofore, since and the pirates the launch told the drilled the work was going on famously. avideure was called, he took it that he was articles in the London papers can be she will demand. to be matched gling goods. They were taken to a place lately, and the old state of affairs has passed His Lordship take it the prsition is Complainant. gavu bim the money,
not made out his case, unless further On October 24 une defend nt refused duty. junk men that they were accused of smaug. Discipline and drill are much improved entitled to judgment.
unices lio received 85 and he endeavoured taken as any guide, and naturally as well as married, and she will caled Sun Liu where the cargo was dis
to get the other rien to refuse duty also. This much antisfaction is expressed by the wait for marriage till she finds
Away. At the Government Yamion were as in all ordinary
defendant had been very troubleromia and CINCE of mortgages, or TURTHER REDUCTIONS, feminists that things should be so her peer. Is such a situation, then,
drawn up's body of well-dressed, well-plaint puts in the documents and says gave other instances of disobedience. On any cases depending on documents the had tried to incite the others, Complaionat At a meeting I shareholders of the armed gands who saluted oficer in There is my priva face case," said it in The effect of two decades of High alarming? Yes.; it is alarming, unless A, Bir Hugo dielus was mucted from the offices were messengers who'pch & English carry the cave further than that. Supposing lenders tas tu nesta in prisal import Que pecasion they had threatened the Chief Alzia Estates, Ltd.. heidin' Shanghai Let quite approved style and at the Government for the defendait to swer it. School training upon the girls of the the young men of England wake up Board of Directors on the result of a poll, perfectly and treated all comers with cour-I et satisfy your Londship that may learned and the reminder to 20 days' imprison Mr Pollock-I submit my friend has to His Worship sentence the three ring- Excellent
middle classes of Society las indeed and rub their eyes and begin to read after having been declared elected by a teny. Also there appears just at present to friend has not proved lia cxen, without ment each IN ALL
been very salutary, producing better the wriling on the wall. Here les ordinary gerem) meeting the shareinlders tiver and laden junks are coming in, in your Lirdship, then I take it I am entitled | show of hands. At a ubsequent extra-be a great deal mor trade going on by the opening Excts apart from those before: developed bodies, more self-reliant
there and then to judgment? minds." The open air life which gst whichi'readeth somewhat thus:Your and Generat Maungers frons office £nd to government is proposing to knock downe Pollock. proceeding, and his friend
me help them to decipher that writing, decided to remove the present Socreiniy large number. A rumour in about that the His Lordship Oh yes, clearly. school girls lead during the huura set sisters are marching past you, and appoint a British firm in their place. I bis the big wall which surounds the city and apart for physical exercise is very behoveth you to look alive! ””.
action also was the result of a poll.
replace it by a wide rond, realising that the different to the restricted routine to
days of walled cities aro past, which their mothers were subject,
In the High Court of Vienns, the We expect the young men of Eng-question has just been raised for the first river and of course "it was just the time This morning was very leggy on the while in another direction the widen land will wake up, their women-folk time whether a testament is valid if written when pirates had a fine chance to ply fing of the intellectual horizon his will make them in the long fast, and with the typewriter. A Vices across the busties. When the ... Esten
been equally productive of good re-then what a splendid
Friulin Hilde Grusner, petitioned to ret was coming up, those in board heard race we may aside the typewritten will of her grand-many shots fired and the piraten werd sults. But the Boy of the Peried is expect in the immediate future. With father, by which she was disiaberited. It noen making an attack on is laden junk, very much where he was a quarter of them we can safely leave the destinies was duly wgned by the testator and An attack ons village in Huam was un VICTORIA THEATRE. that stem moralists are beginning to able to reconstruct from the ruins argued that the statute aya that the
a century ago, and the consequence is of the old country, for they will be in Austris, but the petitioner's lawyer again proving their worth.
attested by three witness as prescribed successful, the soldiers in the vicinity NATURE'S
Annual Cash Sale
Values
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to 8.48 2.M. AND
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THE THRILLING Pieredz THE GOLDEN BELT.
TUESDAY-DENBUT OF las RUBY WILLIAMS.
WEDNESDAY-Dznur oF TILE LYALL SISTERS...
Look out for the Panuit of MISE LYNDA DAVIES
January 26.
it
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will was valid on the ground that the
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· PNEUMONIA, N YOU ars probably aware that pneumonia I always results from a cold, but you nover bord of a cold-resulting in were concerned under the power of attorney Remody was uset. Why take the risk they had a good title. Therefore the por Rhen this remedy may be had for tion was at it was admitted that in fact trifle For sale by all Chemista and there had been good mortgages of this Storekeepers.
bad contended that as far as the mortg gies puemimonis when Chamberlain's "Con.b
Port Wine.
NATURAL TONIC,
GREAT DIETETIC VALUE
lash out at his delicts in more or lest which the pessimists declare we aree printed as with the typewriter. After the same as before. The place is still must be written and says nothing about OnShinéen the state of things is much measured terms of contempt, oppre preparing for posterity a newer and along argument the court decided that the under siegu benditions and the Freech brium or satire as comes easiest to better polity which shall bring appre typewriter is aa rauch sil instrsmust of have comienced to fortify their part of over the World, en account of its Dietetic Value and as a Nature's Natural The Popularity of good Port Wine has increased in Public fureur all their respective pens. When all that can be urged against the public
ciably nearer the much-desired Golden plicated, and pointed out that it could not which has bees camping out in an open
Writing as the pun, though more com.the island. The Baluchistan regiment Tonic. school boy, and the young man into
Age
be erimeted that the Austrisp, civil onde which he developes, is fairly weighed in the balance it must be owned that some of the criticism hurled at times is justilled. The human boy has al- ways been a more or less selfish in dividual, very opinionated, inclined to be patronising, and keen to maintaining favorably.
should uxores-ly mention typewriters, as it space have found the weather conditions Our Ports are of the Highest Standard of Quality, being haported direct. was promulgated ju a century before very trying and are being housed in a large from the Oldest and Most Relible Houses in Opurth, for whom we have there nolumes were invented,
godown opposite the Canton Club, for the been acting us Agents for n great namber of years present
LADY LUGARD.
The bulletin issued by Dr Jordan at 7.15 p'nlock on Monday night, mid;
or Exdollyhey Lady Lugard la progreet
THE TIMOR TROUBLES.
A Significant Demand.
Our Stadio correspondent writes under yosturday's date as follows me t
The following bulletin was sued to urgent message has come from Timor requesting instant despatch of two medical dion and 8 nedistapa also all available munitions of war and troops.
the old traditions and old customs of 10.30 o'clock this morning :-** his class and caste. His sister or his
THURSDAY A DEAD MAN'S CHILD girl cousin une not the tonuries Pood wight and feels arudh Potter
HIT ELK Lady Ligand has had
it
CKQUI PREVENTED." HAMBERLAIN'S Cough Remedy is
will pruvoab the attack when freely given soon as the frayiploms appear. In tently at hand ready for instant use many thousands of homes it is kept con
not only a certain tuża for group, bub
on sa the croupy cough in heard. There
These are Ports and Ports, and we julvise you not to be led away by mere labele on account of cheapucas
Gande, Price & Co., Ld.
is no danger in giving it to young children Hongkong, Shanghai, China,
It is believed the detachment teasing depistance or sole by all Chum lacus and - it contains an opium or other injurious
Formosa, and
Aine Merchants
Queen's Road Cent