STRACTS.
THE DISCONTENTED TREE. Within the forant phải an3 fres,
Though nano wirolt anl winda warg koon, . A. Eitie pine grow straight and flao,
Betelurt, for bedevan, in needlen Kroa This did not plans to lifto free, Which guyor, brighter Longod to be. How pretty my matos arą drosced. Is gay green feltrgo, ons nnd niti Bas not a child will look af tas,
Although I'sa groovinge skruight-and) tall.
Oh, if the wish were not too hold,
I would hayo loves of nairing gold!".
"Tway night, and all the formet klopt,
Anil with it slept out ifle trep
Abanor it woke with gakdyr, leaves,
And was not thiba sigin to sog? **Thoro'ɑ not in all the woods no fine A tros, it aid, "with leavor like aine."
Buy long before today was done,
Amony-tender cane that way.
He haita saokapen his back,.
And when ha enw the glittering prey
Ho gathered all the low ven of golit,
And loft the brancher bata ami elek
The sapling hid its houd le grief,
And mourned its glittering leaves of gold,
"My mater," it wid, are nicely dled,
While I stand ukol hore and oold
I dare not wish again, adam!
Or bluo Pd wish for larven of glass."
Twas night again, and all things slept,
And with the apt out littlo troc
It woke with leaves of rzystal clear
It was het sight to neo,
**Na fritid, “like me gan ahina,
Or has mah pretty leaves ao mize." ..
But soon a mighty wind arose
That turned and tossed the bruchcooll;
As on it copt moross the woed
Th mind the crystal hordia's fall, And morning found them there, alas?
Battered and brokom on tho graSS,
Tho sapling gave heavy man,
It looked akel, poor, and mea While all the other trees stood there
Still glorious in their cives of graen,
"I'm sure." I said, “this with wore bust,
That I laul groom loves lie the rest."
When all things #løpt ni eventide,
And woka ngasiu at unvening guy
Adorned with yours and juicy leaves,
The little tros was gladou pay,
"They're braves," it said, "and I've the ex-
I need not bang my head for that,”
A gual cúnu down the mountain silo
In search of fields and pastores firs
Iss young ones wanted grass and horba,
But all the bills about wore baru
It spied our sapling's foliage green,
And eat to work and ate it sleep.
Our Uttlo tess again wun bace,
And sadly to itself it and
"No tauro 1' wish for leaves again,
Or green or yellow, witite zr rod.
I'm sure I never shinki coroplein
Had I ty nexlies saukt again,”
It sadly wlept at eventide,
And slutroraing wake the tree
But when the sun shone out it looked,
And ronely laughed aload for gler. Tsun of ita joy wax plalu-
Its megades al were flere vz.
From the Germin, by E. D. M. TRAQUAID.
GREEK FIRE.
tas religiously guarded was "confined for above 400 years to the Romans of the Enet and at the end of the eleventh century the Pisaus, to whom very sea" and every net ware familar, suffered the effects without
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Lunderstanding the composition of Grass flis Company, nro prepare to RANT POLIOLUB & Amarloat Prills, 30 yaela, pur plega 336 to 3.19.Camlote, . por place
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Agents,
The on This, however, is not wholly true. secret was preserved, indeed," from the Romany of the West, but the Saracens man aged to possess themselves of it very much carlier than Gibbon's accrunt would imply For at the siega of Thiesstorien, in the voar 904, the Saracens, we are told by John Comoniata, threw liquid fire, by mônda of tahes, upun the wooden, defences of the and by this thesis principally tax capturing the town. In the Holy Wars the s Mokermined:uys freely availed
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PRODUCE.
93.45 to 3.55 Camphor, packed, par planl.... $3.75 6 8.85 Dampbar, Baron, pisan, per plast 31.95 to 4:45amphor, Bass, her paul 55.79 to 5.75 Chretions, Door $18.50 to 12.00 fardawons, Tafarlar, por pieni..
13.50 to 15.00 Haven, per platestek sapernet 314,50 to 16.00 Dosts, Aleat, cat t
$18.50 to 17.09 Coals, Engisli stosu, per taɛ...** $18.5 to 17.00 dale, Syiny, pực tóm $19,53 to 14.0) Obres, per pical impa
MY WOOLLEN GOODS, Hit, por psie.. Bits, D., por pain.
Blanketu, 23 s.,, pernair.. Jamlats, 338, por piece. "COTTON GOODS.
amlats, 19, per plogs.. Amorim Drile, 15tus, par piose 3.81 56 2.25 Camists, BB, per picap.. Cotton Yarp, No. 24, por 10 s. 88, 03.00 Canlobs, LA, ££103 Cotton Yarn, No, 39 to 32, por 1001 be, $93.50 4 105.00 Camlats, LLC, por 44000............ Cotton Yarn, No 35 to 42, per 100 low. $125, 336 10. Long Kit, 1 esclob, par pleto 45 870 Jopper, Shotfaz, Jammo, per plot Cotton Yarn, Bamba 378.00 295) Gang HU, ST Ansarted une piece... to Japan, per Chinta, pornison
$1.760 176 on is, earlo, por pievo $3.65 to 1.72 Copper, Vals, per pleal...
Long Zils, HI Amarta, per piece... 5.45 to 6.73
El Noarlet, per piec. 20.05.ts 8.70 Costes. Tombay, per pleal...
18.50 to 13.29. Cotton; Nagno, pornlaul. Inatragu, DD, noe give Spanish Stripas, par gard
$672 to 0.73 Canon, Shanghai, ner plce
Catton, hautang, porpion!. Cotton, Tiostaju, per pient
Dyed Spotted Skiellogs, per place to 3.70 Long El 1 Amadriol; par pieno.8.70 8.75 Catton, Calcutta, per ploal..
Imperial Fire Insurance Company. Hongkong, 9th May, 1881. THE STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY, Saglah Delis, 13 lbs. per piaco
LIMITED
· SKLOUU ZAN.
$5,30 to 3.45 255 40 2.65 $2,30 to 2.50
Drod Dronados Shirkingo, por piace......... Dyot Damask Shirtinga, Dar nieca....... English Dells, 30 gante, par plom.
Englich Drilla, 15 tha, per plann Grog Särkings 7 "bat, porvisco Grey Shirtluge, 6 ha, por picae. ....... Frog Shirkinys, #1 1ha, per plano an Gray Shirtings lbs., par piere routings, 10. The,, per ince andyTaths, Sands, sata.the.n. p. |Grey T-Clothe 2byds, &in. 7lbs.p. pa. $1.5 to 1,70 [81978y1.Cloths, 269.1261a8lu. 30p.ps. $1.80 £61.65 GreyT.Cloths, 25ydalu8lbe. 7p.pa.. 3380 2.5 Gray-aths, stydstilbs. Xp. p. 95.45 a 2.30
THE Undersigneil having won appointed themselves of the s of Greek fire. Gallaut Agents for the shovo Company, aro knights, who
who feared little tho swords or prepared to GRANT POLICES on MARINE lances of the Saracon host, were terriflod by 1839 to all parts of the World, at ourrent the uncouth aspect and the hideous noises of rates machines which belched forth upon, thom torrent of lignid fire. Joinville tells us
that it came using through the air like winged long tailed dragon, about the thick. coss of a bogabend, with the report of thunder and the velocity of lighting; had the dark
was dispelled by this ness of the mess
illuming was dispe deadly illuminates
It does not. br ས་མས་ means follow because the invention of
guo powder rendered the ancient Greek fire ne longer a very useful military weapon, that know
owledge of the secret of its
composition would be of little value. We must rames. bar that the use of firmarine rendered clue old-fashioned anginen, by racans of which the liquid was propelled, no longer available: eines those who worked the engines could po. lungor vexture nour enough to the enemy, It was to this sides, we anepoot, rather than to any want of
in the compound itself, that the discontinuance of the use of Greek fro should ho ascribed. To time bad not yet come for making gunpowder. itself a useful adjunct to the eployment of
flame, liquid
It is not so clear, however, that the ancient Greek fire was much were efficient than that which has recently coo into use. Still, the inquiry into the naturs: of its cansposition is ant without interest. The Princess Aona. Connor's states that Greak fire was s compounded i
of sulphur, r
singe
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Co. Hongkong, 5th November, 1833
IVOOLA ARACHNOON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. The Undarsigned, as Agents for the above Compan, aro prepared from this date, to GRANT POLICE upon FIRST-LAUS RISKS to the astant of £15,000, at the Roduced Tariff
DOUGLAS LAPRAJK & Co. Hongkong, Ilth Mry, 1881.
Itafea.
NOTICE.
COMPANY.
1
METALS.
$2.8 to 7.99 (va, Dil Rowl, per piec?.................... $1 to 163 Tron, Hosp, por nie $1.77 to 1.95 Eron, Sir, per giocl. 21 to 2.22 frau, Wirò, per piaal....
2 to 2.75 end, WB par hien
- 2.35 Lol, Lt, at
101,5
1805 tỏ 9.70 ₫ Quitán, Tungshor, per plaat.... 42.35 to 3.10 Cotton Sofa, Saigon....... $350 bo 3.45 Guthor. Soads, Siam
36.93 to 85 Oattlash, Japan
SÍ.50 6à 15.70
強い
Peso, or plannin
w, piha, per inch
Pans, 9an, por ateuli
to 10:30 Px48, iltak, me'nloa
134 Teas Follower oil.
23.00 Pena, con Heina, pay pisu
to 28.30 Panel Berlay, oor pleal.
Potason Float, per planla
اسعد الله
(16,35 to 10,00 | Patchsok, per planl
59.15 60
Tin.1.30 to 1.0S $13.00 to 1.7a
12320 to 24.50 | Ralunaerán Kors, maisot,
50 to 2100 Rion: Slame, n. 7, pozival
RK, Kotter, perplazi. 533.70 to 21.30 Rios, Ham, No. 3 par pion $31.50 to 23.80log, Siam, lllet No. 1, por pleal.....
„$15,80 to 18:30 | Clos, Siam, millel Vo. 3, ner pioni
$17.50 to 17.30! Bien, aigua, No. 1, por sigut $130 a 19:00, Sason, Tom her mothe $16.80 to 17.00 no, Sakor, Erner-Bangt 1415.00 to 1850, Khed fapan ...
317.80 to 17.48
$17.7 to 19.003cstron
3:20 to 1.31 Sasrend, Geoan, pre piogl 10 to 4,20 Bouwood, Cut, nor planl. 32250 to 23.00 annem, White, par planl
97.30 arkalas, per lol...
Ballkan, fanes, por pidul
$4.50 4.35 Onttills, Japan, without bones, g. pl. 15.30 to 1500, Back, par le
4.43 to 4.15 Untilaisk, Chanchor, por pjen 11.50 to 13 Dates, Dinos, pernigale 253.00 46 13.90 | Dates, Bed, nor picule
lephants Teath, 4 to 5 pic
$4.15 4.3%
130 to 205lith, Califaraly, per otaal Tie-3.2.5 to 3.3.5 | Stack Bak, bez pínul
7 to 15 Strike Province, gene
$50 to 500
$200 to 320
Load, Hola Chan, or pion Eníaknilor, Polish, por atent.
incailer, American, por pidal 853.90 to 55.20 Dried Laly Flowers teel. Sorties, per far
15 to 4-25 thephard's Tooty, 7 to Bulace... **** 35,00 10, 500* Mos, Onitorula, par avok of 50 31.49 to 1.8 35.40 4.50ane, Amorinam, per barrel of 100 be... 19. 22 Flam, American, per barrel of 200 ba, 35.20 to 0.35 $4.00 to 4.95
Sangus ina 00 to 300 Kent Funts, per pioul......
5050 be 100 indey, Amorican, fatqunty, p. plant. $200 to 453 Haas, Ordinary, per piant Ginn, American, 23 gaily, p plaal $100 to 913
(30,00 ta 0,15 | Spelter, por pical juniormatio
80.55 to 0.82 The also, per pleal. $0.03 to 0.05
Tin, Pintoa, yet boz. 100 to 0.18
PRODUCE. 20.19 to 0.19 $0.31 to 0.93 overnight...
Aium, at quality, per pia 80.11 do 0.Alan, sul quilty, per pient 30 to 0.23
Bark, mober, per pient
$23.00 to 29.58
$3.15 to 3.55
31.75 to 1.85
Rafel Nut, ar pien!
$2,000 to 3,000 $3,400
$1.83 to
$1.76 to: 171
XL. ja 1.35
$1.40 to 1.49
B197 to 1.4
$1.75 to 1.7#
31.71 to 172
32.10 to 27O
33.35 to A4T
24.85 to 3.05
2.45 to 0.5.3
$25.00 to £2,0
$27,000 to 23.00
$11.50 to 19.00
$5.00 to 80
$1.92 (n 5.50'
to 1.66 543 to 4.85
#T7 to $20 Parnos, Prado, per plat$21.70 tv 23.00 Pepper, Binok, por plol$19.99 to 13.90 Rubin, laite, portion?. Raitane, Hozent, per plant... Sandal Wool, Malchor, mar plot Sarda! Wood, Saath Sens, roepiaul Sapan Wood, Manila, per pical. Alto 1.65 Sapan Wood; Sim, por gical... $3.25 to 235 Tix. 1270 to 18.0.0) Elm.245.3 to 31.00) Sugar, Shok-lame, White, Wo, 1, n. pal... $7.54 to 845 $10.50 to 12.00 Sugar, ok lang, White, No. 2 vol... 7545 603 10.10 to 11:00 as, Shot lang. Brown, per pieni... 5455 to 4.30 Sga: Cand Fooohor, par piaci...... Sngar Candy, Shokokunk, ber plant... $9.00 to 200 $9,8% to 9.70 Some Candy, Swator, Whita: por picul. $4.75 to 7.30
$31.00 ARSA Whost, Plantain, pár vicul Mussole, Dry Siam large, por pical.... 33.95 to 0.10 Whest, Japan, pas pient Mussain, Dry Sism midlo, par pleal $7.35 to 4) Teal (1), por njen Massals, Dey Stam still, por plan 34.15 1.35 Vindow Ges, one box.
17.55 to 19.50 Hama, Superior, per pioul
Handkerchiefs, Bino, perdean
fandtershiais, Hawa, per fason...... Haukacebiafa, Red, por lapt Bandorchtofs, Ligat Sad, parlared... Folest Black, 1 inches, per med Velvety Continn, 22 inclus par yard Velvetons, Blast, pàg garl Valvotas, Goatian, per yard. White Shirtings, to mol, por pican 15 tamonto da Mor, par.inl.30.09 to 55.00 oun. Razkow, per plaul". White Shirtings, to Grand, perpico 33.6 to 2,43 Ben Wax, Japan, White, par pigol... to Fashore, Clau, por pioul. White Sticttura, 65 to 80 real, por pless 320 to 3, White Shirtings, Cheroes, porpioco..... $3,46 to 3.0 Baoa Wat.. White, phe picul $65.50 ta' 610 White Shirtings, A, por pisci $15 to 170
$5.30 to 5.1 $300 to 3.5 33.4% to 2.50 to 2.45
Woon Was, Hankow, Yellow, por pical. 14.00 to 40.50 teghas, Japsa, per plot 0.00
UERN FIRE INSURANCE The Undersigned, Agents for the above Com Whilo Shirtinga, 7,031 rodī, par pieno... $330 to 9,25 Bela Vogt, lat quality, por picali.....$1,050 to 9:59 †Malon Sooda, Lat quality, par pieni... 91.90 33. 5.20 Teaminoti, Tlantala, per pical was $7.50 to 7.30 pany, are prowed to ACCEPT RISES ou FIRST-CLASS GODOWES at 4 por Cent. Nett pro- miura por Anacan.
RISKS at Carreut. Rates
NORTON & Co., Aganbi Hongkong, 20th May, 1881. NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AT HAMBURG. THE Undersigned, Aaenas for the above TRANCES to the extent of $65,000, on first- 'Company, azo prepared to GRANT IN class risks at carront ratos.
MELCHERS. & Co. Hongkong, 97th March, 1876.
[10 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, OF 1977. IN HAMBURG. resi.HE Undersignad, Agents of the above and oil. It may be well to dwell on this Company, am Prepared to ACCEPT
dispered many writers have boun - point,
ooneider subtle, or liquid bitumen, to no hen the prinmpal ingredient of the Greek fire, Possibly, however, the oil men- tioned by Anna Comnena may have been naphthin, and not, as one would be disposed to infer, any of the ordinary vegetable or mineral oils; for the u use of caphiba ja laps is of great antiquity. Cilton writes:
Naphtha was mingled, I know not in what proportions, with sulphur and with the pitch That is extracted from evergreen firs-hat! is, resin-in forming
ning Greek fire." It is a mout point whether Friar Bacon over discovered thc
DE the
fire. liquid Fee-composition
die Many supposed that coneraled
a real
10
PUSTAU & Co., Agents. Hongkong, 18th January, 1884.
[192 NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY.
White Shirtings, EE for piare... White Shirtings, 11, or play Wlate Spotte Skirtings, per piece... White Brocades, per bicon
Birds Nest, gality, bar nie. $6500 Malon Seeds, and quality, per piout..... 34.60 to 445 Birls' Nesta, del quality, po pivol$500 200 Mushroom, por pienl ...... Brimshorn, por signing Bato Hidas, mila........... Buah Car Kilau
55 to 2.65 $19.904 1
$60 to 8.00
SHIPPING IN THE CHINA" WATERS.
VESSELS.
HATE OF ARRTUA
FLAG
CAPTAIN.
CEO PIGE
TONS.
CONSTONEWS.
A.Atom
Diamante Darghis
الد
THE Undersigned. Agents of the lore Com.
paay, are authorized to INSURE against | Boy TIRE Current Rates,
GILMAN & Co. Hongkong, 1st Jaumey, 1882. TIE LONDON ASSURANCE. Giontyou
Greyhound Bainan Haukow
INCORPORATED BY BOTAL CHARTER OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIRST. A.D. 1720.
..... $2.1560.9.20 34.15 to 230 Tia, 43, to fh0
1245, to 2.70
DESTINA- TION.
VESUL
BARE OF CAPTAIN. JAREIVAT
FLAG AND RIG.
TONS
CONSIGNEES
DESTINA- TION,
MANILA,
In Pozy on Tey May, 1894..
1519 Smith, fall & Co
1575 Miclood & C
1735 Maoland & C>
Ordor
748 Holliday, Wis & Co
Boston
HONGKONG.
ATSAKIES.
Activ
May 18 Revabsch
Dan, atr
269 A. R. Marby
Amy Autocie Vanez Anril 1 R. Ozon Benladi May Cairngorm Chinn City of Tokio C. T, Honk
May 18 Wm. Potts
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For str
895 Wieler & Co
Alert
¡Fab..
ANE sh 1154 | Kar & Ci.
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527
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Am ah
1801 Smith, Ba!! &.Cə
W Thomson May 15 W. Jack Jan G. Sutise May 11 J. Maury.
Brit, atr
Brit. str
-1000 1790
(155, Livingston & Co
Farragut
Lpril 28
Anr.
Adamson, Boll & Co
Great Admiral Jan. 17
Amr,
tjur, alr
043 Long 30
Canton
Lodson
April 13
Nov, bi
237 Smith, Ball & 05
Amr, etc
3130
P. ML S. 8. Co
3. Friucisca
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April 10
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Frohlich
April 1
389 Orter
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Day 18 D. Seatt Nov. 28. Woord
Gustav
Mar. 28
Ger. ök
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Captain
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60
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Coast Porto W. W. Craps
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Ital, tk
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1577 | Smith, Bell & Co
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Tokohama
733
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Mac.
ignorance on the subject an apparently un-HE Undersigned having been appointed meaning ausser to the questions addressed Agents for the above Corporation,
to him. Others, however, assort that two of prepared to graut Insurances as fellowa
Luned attuli of Greck fire were, as BACUE
A
MARINE DEPARTMENT,
Forum
Kicklang Cingol
Kioto Maru Kour Bong Kwangtang
Koursang May, 35 Jackson Lord ofthe Tales:April 26) Walenty Musalia
FIRE DEPARTMENT, Polities issued for long or short periods at Msamir current-ratos.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
Menaloh Olgrapin
May 13 enervanu -favour
-
Policise, issued for game not exceeding £5,000, P. Chom Rao May 1 H. Stratten at reduced rator.
Peking HOLLIDAY, WISD & Co. Hongkong, 26th July, 1872
[11 Rosslyn ANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE Sell
Sanz* COMPANY OF HAMBURG.
Ulysses White Houd Woosung
SIEMSSEN & Co.,
Agents, Hongkong. 16th November, 1873.
HE CHINA MERCHANTS
INSURANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
12
Zaza basi
Anna Catulins Caroline
Carmudulot
and saltpetre, and that the Policies at current rates, payable either hero, shird is to be detected in the logogrip-in London, or at the principal Ports of India,
Lura Tono vit. Can utriut." We leave this China, and Australia. nagram tothe ingenuity of our readers, ioning, in passing, that it contains the apropos words,arit veraciter" but that the extraction of the words leaves us puls the contination "kapovan," from which will not be found osny to form a word, Possibly there is a mistake in transcription to add to the suagrammatic disheulty. Many At what period the ancient Greek fire was there have tried to elucidate the question. invented bas never beer curtainly determined. Frise Bungay, Charles du Freur, Damage, There are many writers who place the and Joinvill bost, in fact, of coura
The Undersigned, having been appointed invention in
quity Historical ators, historians, and antiquaries have all Agents for the avore Company, are prepared to details have been
widuced
pointing to the had something to say more or less to the ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current period of the earlier wars between the purpose. But the satisfactory solution of
10 Fates. Grocka and Romans as the true or of the the problem has not yet been obtained, aor discovery,
But we do not find any certain perhaps is it likely to be. It has been well evidence of the use of Greek die qutil the remarked by a writer on the subject that of Conatantisople, in the seventh and gunpowder blow the ancient Greek fire out eighth centuries, though a Father of the of the Behi: Bat daring the American war Christian Church, writing in the fifth con- f 1860-65 it was shown that gunder
receipts for making a combustible túry, pavo
resi, alphur, pitea, pigeon' dus ponads turpentine, and the path of the lethal
Thiarelated that the true Greek fire was invented by a certain Callimena, an architect
of a anitable prepared shell, and that its Cau Yu Cinsk, Esq. CHANO SU HO, Esq. Don Barigde. of Heliopolis, in Syria (Basice) in 678. Jestructive properties may thus be made CHING. TO CHAL, Esq. TYPY TEX, Esq.
Esmeralda the composition of this artifi- available when the besieging Faren is four
and ten others,
Fiento cial lane, and the art
of directing
its action,
Frank Carvill Ho Sur Cave, Baq, Socrótary." miles or more from the central parts of the
The Company GRANTS POLICIES on Kalsow were imported the Callinicus who had city. Charleston was certainly
rent from the
not destroyed deserted
Caliph to
the Emporer
"General Gillmore'a fira shelly; in fam, MARINE BISKS at Current Rates to all M. A. Dixen
parts of the Wok. of Constantinople. From this perd uali! are dieutics
there
sonaceted with Usui reburns of Preals are made to all Martha the year 1201 the use of Creek fire was on the
an the noustruction of such shelle which; Contributors of Business whether Ehareholders Motros Important element the military power of though for from being insuperable, or not. the Byzanting ontpice, he progress of the were not wholly mastered by the artil. Saracens was, mon than once, decisively aviats under Gilmore. But that an in- checked by the destructive action of this ense
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is sense amount of damage was powerful and terrible Bug. The important shown by the fact that Gearral Beauregard art of compounding the fra was preserved hurled from the mouths of bisa denun et Constantinople," says Gibbon, as the cations against Gillmore for employing "the palladium of the State; the gallern and
most villainous compound over used in war." artillery might occasionally be lent to the That Greek tire will one day be employed as allies of Rome; but the composition of the fearfully destructivo agent in warfare
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zeeras gearenly probable. Yet, so far from zealous scruple, and the Lorror of the
euemy oking forward with dismas to the prospert was increased and pratonzed by their ign of such an application for its properties, we rance and surprise." The aunts which any rather, perhapa, consider that prospect have reached us respecting the properties of as favourable to the interests of pe We the Greek fire are geh
to justify the tighy apply to this case the remarks salus satished by the Byzantine separate by Faller to the use of caaura - Though to the secret of its composition. It was some may say that the finding of such a liquid, which was propelled by various pliances bath bean the losing of many men's methods against the ships or engines of the lives, yet it will appear that wars are now enemy. So long as it was kept from the air, fought with more expedition, and that or remained in large masses, the liquid Victory standeth Bot so long a neuter, before appears to have been perfectly made from she express herself on one side or the other."
Hongkong, 12th May, 1881. combustion; bat es soon forth
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Ou First-class Godowns. it was nedssary to employ, in large quanti
The Dirty Shirts." Wo bavo received, ties, vither said vinegar Various however, an indigeauf letter, not from the melbods rere employed for propelling the 101st Regiment, on account of the insult, On Cons liquid fire towards the enemy. Sometimes but from s inte officer of the 1024, who On Patroleum in li
has i censed Godowns sulistance, and these were daug at the
to be called The Disty right at the enemy
Bhirts." by means of suitable projectile machine, civilian the boxious, unexplaine1, seems s
As was either
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