help themselves with a gourd, or Chiusio basin, troubles are stayed off. The savage "Wife even If there is one handy.
to the most troublous timen osa cross, the horders with safety, and acting as a go-between offen prevents hostilities.
(To be continued.)
LATE TELEGRAMS,
יו
J. D.
BOMBAY, Srd April
They eat as if they had never tasted food for daye, literally gorging thonsolrea until their stomacha bokooie quite distendod. They have nothing but their knives to eat, with excepting their hands, and with these they load their months fall of rice and pork, until they can hold no mere
To bowl of firowater passe The following inte telegrams are extracted round freely. A good deal of drinking lip trom the langor Baretier- top takes place. Two mon sitting next
WARNING TO RUSALA to each other, Eveling very jolly and friendly
BOMBAY, 2nd April The London correspondent of the Times of disposed, addonly put such an arta rend India telegraphs that the Standard in an ap the hook of the other and with their other parently inspired arttele, gives a sharp warning hind seize the basin of wameku, and rose to Russia not to reckon that England will nhan ́ it to their lips, the checks of both men and their don her friendly allies to purchase Russia's
goodwill. mouths being loss enough together to allow tho
HUSHIA AND PENSIA ro water to pass down both of their greasy gullata at the same time. Whilst swallowing the liquid they pat vaob other on the book an look and feel anntferably frisudly. The oup passes round freely and the frowater takes efect, as it slasys done with them before they aro satisfiell, Entering into descriptions of this kind rather trespasses on a paper in band styled “A. Glimpse at the Mamnors and Customs of the Hill Tribes of Formone that I will merely add that drinking lip to lip means, if you are a guest of) the savagen, that you are feout that moment a friend of the tribe, and is sach under their proteins in their entrenchel positions. teolien. If amongst friends, and they are the gasis, it more that all who go through the Paramony, with them are on the most friendly fooling possiblo.
The Bombay fastte learns that the Bussian embassy is taking umbrage at the fact of the G. The Sultan has brought intagnes to bear on C. 8. I, having been bestowed on Prince Lut B. the Shah to deprive him of the Governorship of Ispahan. The Priaco was at Taberau awaiting the arrival of the insignia at the time of his dismissal.
ITALY AND AD78SINTA.
MANSOWAH. 4th April.
The Negua with his force has retreated to wards Asmara because he feared to lose his pres- tige by godohuling penes with Italy; at the same time ho saw the futility of attacking tha
GREAT THE AT MANDALAY
MANDALAY, 5th April.
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#BORMIDA,”
On 25th inst, Daylight}"THE- U. §. Mail Steamer "CITY OF. Tomorrow, at 4 P.M. 1 PEKING will be despatched for On 25thiast, at4 P.M. San Franciscs, via Yokohams and Hoanlalu, On 26th inst., at Noon. on FRIDAY, the 20th April, at ONE- On 9th May, at P.M.P.M., taking Fassengers and Freight for Japos On 10th May, at 3 r.a. the United States and Envops On 97th inst, at 19 M. Today, at 1 P.M. Oa lat May, at 3 P.M. Quick despatch. Quick despatch. Quick deapateir Quick despatch. On 29th inst., Daylight On 28adins6, Daylight To-day, str.
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FOR SWATOW, SINGAPORE, AND
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Company's Steamer
THE
"KONG DENG" Captain B. Jones, will be despatched for the stove Ports U-DAY, the 20th ingt, at Tax
For Freight or Pasage, apply to
YUEN FAT HONG,
Agrats. Hoogkong, 16th April, 1898.
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per cent. premium, sales.
-
Union Insurance Society of Canton, Limited-
$86 per share, sales.
$68) per share.
China Traders' Insprator Company's Share North China Insurance-Tls. 285 per share. Yangtze Insurance Associations. Is pex. Chinese Insurance Company, Linslied-$185 per On Tai Insuranes Compony, Linaited-Tla 118
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8317) par absre, buyers.
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per share, buyer. 820 nom., sellers.
bounce, one a pucks, house, were barat. Nearly A large fire broke out at 4.a.m., four hundred the whole of the blocks bounded by Eights-se-of the decamption on which one of his most po Whilst this convivial ceremony is going on cond and Merchant-streets, Twonty-Eighth and puler and appartly most fantastic totiens is the heathen borderers are plotting in their heart Thirtieth Reads are destroyed; sir fire engines used. Henry Starab, the phenotaenon in ques- of bbarts the desiruation of their half drunken were worklag. The mosque was saved, and fire tion, is for weeks at time little distinguishable guests, many of whom are to be seau rolling sob untler at 6.15. Everybody was there, ex-in complexion and appearsase from the raKS OF
cept the Police. Fire Brigade worked admi- his fellow-citizens Le alkat. on the gesas outside in a mest uunasy way, Fably, paela house containing nine thousand most of them, but hardly darker than ordinary darker, indeed than groaning and granting liko gorged pics. Others rapers worth of coaltar was saved after match-Spaniards. But then all at once his fiat deepena of a more mercuriul tempera miast break out into ng fire. The Chinese quarter was saved. Ato a perfectly Ethiopian has, and he wakes up a favourite song of most monotonously dis large quantity of rice is reported as destroyed.ene fine morning to find himself as black as any cordant charactor, and one or two young war
negro. So altered is his appearance that his riors with burder hands than the others indulge
frienda can only recognize him by his clothes, wo in a will sort of Aing ponularly heir owa
are told. And his disposition changes with the A well-known composer, asked to contribute oslone of his epidermis, for whereas in his com capering about, brandishing their knipas, their his autograph to a fair admirer's allm tate- paratirely light-complexioned state of existence long hair floating in the beneze giving om-y, wrote over her signature" All angels he is" jovial and fond of society when ho en-
are women, but all women are not angela." phasis to the sang with occasional whaops and
ters the dusky phasos his oral undergoes an "Knois," make-believe that their fighting
monlogous obfuscation. He becomes "morone Amorien zanegar, to new man who takes the and sullen, walks about with bis hat over instinct is strong within them. Thou follow part of an Indian chief in a drams: "Say, them his yes, and seeks to avoid recognition by weary hours of smoking and talking and singinger-whoops and general yells of your was great, his friends and ecquaintances.”
They was the hitef tho piese, You musthave lived. The wily, sober harderar now commandos bus all your life with the Comanches.Now Man nes, refers to matters in dispate, and perhaps "Never saw a Comanche or any other La- bare claimed to be able to produce all the offerta Certain of the French hypnotic specialists puhes cartain demand previously objected to jus."-Manager, surprised: "Where did ye which follow the administration of any given by the savages. They are perhaps too holdly sit them valle them "--New Mau: "I use drag by simply placing a phial containing a pre- adyamood, angry wards pass, threats are made,
paration of it in contact with the skin of tha and scorned, the vast culminates in rows
hypnotized anbjost. The French Academy of A country lawyer was renamended by a doc Medicine has just demolished this proteason, and several of thio arvagos are rounded and tor to take a little stimulant and at last reluct- which, if well founded, would involve ne a no- n for killed. Daylight is just appering, and antly consented to do so; for the good man be-cessary corollary the possibility of causing death the savager, hard pressed, retroat towards the eyed in the foros of example, and honos had by poison without leaving any tree of the toxic jungle, leaving several of their friends becided to keep the bottle in his wardrobe, and take members, specially, appointed for the parpass, been an abstainer for many years. So ho de-agent in the organism. A committee of its hind The Chinese do not come off altoge a little whisky with hot water at the time at recently attended to witzesz a series of expori: ther Boot free: apvocal will carry the mark of which he shaved. When the scalopias calledments conducted by Dr. Lys, a well known the trusty La Lan (swage short sword) tout the and of a weak, the ballar announced to hypnotist Sixteen gizas tubes, containing bira that his master had gone mad. For," said various drugs in solation or in powder, wore their graves, and one or two before the sets ba, "he's orjing for shaving water all day long." employed, and it is not donied than the external Canton Insurance Office,Limited-375 per once more will have closed their eyas ža doath,
application of the phials produced, mora or less Who are the Sir Greatest Young Men of the market ofects-asoniar contractions, onges-Hongkong Fire Insurance Company's Shares The unequal battle still goes on; savages with only their knives, the bonturers with autca lock, its readers. The reply is that the greatest of emotional manifestations. But the committer day saks an inquiring periodical for young men tive symptoms, impaired respiration, and other and before the nulaoky vild mon on reach the great young man is Lord Baudolph Churchill, failed to trace any correlation in the majority of friendly jangles fow more have dropped to the while Mr. Saggart stands second. Then come the asses between the phenomena supericdaood matchlock men aut hare bitton the earth. A Mr. Balfour, M.P., and the Reverend C. A. and the established therapeutical properties of for, howover, escape to tell the tale. At ons Horbert Gladstone is thus greatest young man: teetly empty tabs was found to be as potent in Berry. The popular impression is that Mr. the substances used. More than this, a per- are called in, and mingling their Borrowiti wail- little greater than Master Josef Hofmana. It is previously employed. ings with threats of vengeance, a blood feud is child's play, borover, to aels for the six greatest -erested, and the bordorors are made boiro rouny young men. Let the enterprising or set his Naval men, oyesially in the last century, have "na godowns" (meaning "days" to bitterlylers a real puzzle by asking them, first, what often grown rich on the proceeds of a single rne the evil day on which they breka. the laws to one.
young man is, and, secondly, when às conses to socoasefal expedition, or even on those of a single captured hostile tip In 1743, during Comme- of hospitality and friendship. There may have been faults on both sides-who can decide such firmation of the theory that the shepbord king Signora de Cubadango, which had on board Canon Isaac Taylor has found farther condere Ansos's cruise, for rample, the Cantorion, on June 20th, took the Spanish galleon Nostra knotty points of right and wrong which are cou-of Egypt, the Hyacor. were of Mongolian and ballion and cargo stantly cropping up in this debateable land away not Semitic origin. Colonal Stewart, our Con- before the commodore returned to England, bis the value of £100,000, and, from all checks in the shape of laws of any kindal at Hesht, on the Caspian, points out that the squadron captatai other vessela which were beyond the one perhaps of Right is Might'' portrait statues of the Hyakos kings, sphins.
Konnd about the authors' outposts and clear-like the Issavas da Afghan in our lankstory the Prits: Frederick, Captain James Talbet, shaped, in the Ronak Museum are remarkably worth £600,000. Again, on July 30, 1745, ings, navago bead-banting skirmishers are Poraia Colonel Stewart saw a good dont of the bragt hume prizas which, with their cargo thrown out. Young boys wishing to win their Hazaras when he was serving on the Boundary were worth over £1,000,000. The treasure and spurs-which in other woris means the right Coramission. They are descendants of those share of the plunder was about £120,000. In the plate alone filled 45.waggaha, and the captain's Mongols who, nador Jenghis Khan and his end- to warto wuiden fadr. or even of dusky has"-passors, devastated Asia and at ens enn hrast same year Anethor English vessel took a Spanish mak now hows and sharpen their arrow heads aned to overrin Europe. The identity of Hys ship with £400,000 on board, and a third, the and practise at objecta se they proceed towards kes and Knaaras right suggest a now communtworth £100,000. Other captures in 1745 were Burprise, captured" a French East Indiaman the edge of the forest, and older men in posses on the story of Potiphar's wife. The Hazar the Charmante (£200,000); the oven (£140,000 sion of matoblocks called pak tus prepare dry
wothea baar a sad charaober.
the Notre-Dame de la Deliverance (£800,000), bark, port tres, prick the vent hole leading into Thuring the recent discussion upon house and the Conception. The latter'z sargo the powder pan, aut fil their ammunition opathy it was alleged that homopathic consisted of a large quantity of cocos. 35 baga with curious projectilos, and take up posl.chemists concocted all their pilules from pure sheets of silver, gold and silver coin to the tians suitable for pot-shotting the tailed invader sugar and distributed the inta boxes variously amount of over £200,000, much plate, a two- Isbelled, The Berlin Homeopathic Society was wheeled chaise, the wheels and axle-trees, &a, The settlers and it necessary to arset high lately formed that the prescriptions of its of which were of silvor set with diamonds scaffoldings in commanding positions, on the top members: wore ignored by the anemists, who and other precious stones, and a quantity of of which a small thatched look out in porched, patient canâdingly home: To test the truth of sale, the French captain, upon the promise of B ized two or three innocent drags and sent the gold in bars. When the ship was put up for and from these alevated positions they watch the these allegatious eighty different burlesque reward from Captain Frankland, the captor, movements of aborigines from morn till night prescriptions were written out in Latin and sont discovered to bin 30,000 pistales, which wors forweeks and months, and isilod hands are paining to as many chemiss. The bait was swallowed concealella a place where no one would have ever from the bodies of many a turdy pioneer. In other threo retarning tas prescriptions with the of the richest prises ever taken, but its salas by seventy seven ost of the eighty chemists; the dreamt of finding anything." This ship was one ruch times all the Chinsan go about armed and remark that they did not understand them he was execoded by that of the Hermione, a Spanish yen may see men working on the clearings, cul-seventy-and-raven, who had presumably not ship, taken in 17h by Captain Powell, tirating patches of ground with a guard of their looked at the prescriptions, but had componaded of the Favourite. The thras liautenants of the friends close at hand on the watch with match- mixtures that were no doubt partently harmless, Britishi vessel received as their shares -£13,000 loek in hand and hollow wickerwork bracelet on Publie Prostoutor.“
have received some polite attentions from the piece, and the captain obtained £65,000, whils £64,000 want to the flag offers on the Mediter the wrist containing the port fire, all alight,
renean station, whore the capture was made.
That a man in no way more surely betraya his
Biraits Fire Insurance Company, Limited-
8191, or div.
FOR LONDON VIA SUEZ CANAL: THE Company's Steamship
THE
"DEUCALION,”
4765
Captain Asquith, will be dospatched as above TO-MORROW, the 21st inst, at FOUR P.M
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents. Hongkong, 20th April, 1898.
164
EASTERN & AUSTRALIAN : STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED
FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, AND ADELAIDE.
Calling at POST DARWIN and taking through
Cargo to QUEENSLAND PORTS, NEW ZEA LAND, TASMANIA, JO.)
THE Steamship
Captain Shannon, will be despatched for the
"GUTHRIE above Ports ou SUNDAY, the 22nd fast,
DAYLIGHT
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUSSELL & Co.,
Agents.
*
Hongkong, 18th April, 1888.
FOR SINGAPORE, HAVRE, AND
HAMBURG.
at
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Through Bills of Lating ismed for trane portation to Yokohama and other Japan Ports, to Ban Francisco, to Atlantic and Inland Cities of the United States, vil Orextand Railways, to Havana, Trinidad, and Domorara, and to ports in Mexico, Central and South Amarios, by the Company's and connecting Steamery.
Through Psanago Tickets grunted to England Franco, and Germany by all trans-Aliuntio lines of Stestnera,
First-class Fares granted as follows: To San Francisco
$20.00
To San Francisco and return,?
available for 6 months.
350.00
5
To Liverpool........ To London
325.00
330.00 To other European points at proportionate rates. Epecial reduced rates (rar toll to Offers of the Army, Navy, Civil Rervice, and the Imperial Chinees Customs, to be obtained on application.
Passengers, who have paid full fare, re omborking at San Francisco for China or Japa (or vice veraz) within one year, will be allowed
disommat of 10% from Return Fazo. allowance does not apply to through fives from China and Japan la Europe.
This
Captain Darning, will be despatched as above ou FRIDAY. the 27th inst, at PuE AM
At BOMBAY the Steamers aro discharging in PRING'S Donk
For Farther Particulars regarding Freight and Passage, apply to
CARLOWITZ & Oh,
Agents:
Hongkong, 12th April, 1889.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO. THE American Slip
Barham, Master, will load horo for the above “PACTOLUS," Port, and will have quick dospatch.
For Froight, apply to
Hongkong, 7th April, 1889.
RUSSELL & Co.
MAILS EXPECTED..
THE AMERICAN NAIL
902
The O. &.0, steamer San Pablo, with Sou Francisco dates to the 21th ultime, left. Yokohama on the 12th, and is now dne.
THE FRENCH MAIL
Freight will be received on board until 4. the day previous to sailing. Pazel Packages will bo roovived at the Office until 5 r.. sa day; all Parool Packages should be marked to address in full; vaino of same is required.
The M. M. steamer Djamuak, with the Franch Consular Invoices to accompany Carge: destined to points beyond San Franciscol of the 24th Murch, Inft. Singapore at 9 p.m. in the United Statin should be sent to the on the 19th, and is das here on the 20th instant. Company's Offices in Sealed Darelopes, addressed
THE CANADIAN MAYE.
The Canadian Pacifie steamer Baluvia, with
to the Collootor of Customs at San Francisco.
For further information as to Passage nad! Fraight, apply to the Agency of the Company: Canadian mails, left Vusoner on the 4th April. No. 50A, Queen's Rond Central.
and is dae here ou or about the 4th May. C. D. HARMAN Agent. Hongkong, 26th March. 1858. STEAM FOR SINGAPORE, PENANG.
COLOMBO,
ADEN, BUEZ, PORT SAID, MAR- SEILLES, MALTA, GIBRALTÁR BRIN. DISI, VENICE, AND LONDON; AD80,
BOMBAY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA, AND
AUSTRALIA
STEAMERS EXPECTED.
The Union Lins steamer Frisia left Singapore on the 14th, sud is duo here on the 20th fastant. : The P. & O. steamer Tanføre telt Singapor
at 2 pm. on the 18th, and is dag here on the 24th instant.
Tho. 0. S. 3. Co.'s stenstor Achilles luft
N.B-CARGO CAN BE TAKEN ON Tovon Singapore on the afternoon of the 18th, and is
BILLS OF LADING FOR BATAVIA, PERTAN Que here on the 21sh instant. GULY PORTH, MANSEURS, TRIESTE, HAM-
BURG, NEW YORK, AND BOSTON.
HE PENINSULAE AND ÜBIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S Steamship
"VENETIA," Captain F. J. Cole, with
POST-OFFICE NOTICES.
Whon Correspondence has been mis-sent cr Her Majesty's Mails will be despatched delayed both of which are able to happen from this for BOMBAY, OR WEDNESDAY, Sinally) all that the add erase need do it. the 26th April, at DAYLIGHT
until 2 P.M., ou the day before sailing.
Cargo will be received on board antifte ca the enror, Scut for Receivet 4.M. Parcels and Spanis (Gold) at them, or as this case any bad forward Sty without any other writing whatever, to the To, Silk and Valuables for Europe will be the first time canse of complaint ove; it in a Postmaster-General." Whis should be acted an transhipped at Colombo, and General Cargo at mistake to let snel alterness for fear of Bombay, arriving one week later than by the giving trouble a saree wheth generally gives ordinary direct route via Colombo.
For further particulars regarding FREIGHT more fronhle in the end. and PABBAGE apply to the PENINSULAR & ORIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION · COMPANY'S Offee, Hongkong,
LOCAL DELIVERY-No delivery is attempted
on bourdd Ship, at the Pak, Kolor, Aberrizen,
(Taking Cargest through rates to ANTWERP,quired to be declared prior to shipment.
The Contents and Value of Pookages are renamed in the address when there is a place of ke, her at any priesta house favon though
ANSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, LONDON, Liveergol, and BREMEN.)
all the warriors sol hunting men of the triba but the young men' themsetres only find him a determining the manifestations as any of those Hongkong and Whampoa Dook, Company's Steamship
ready to be fixed in the hammer and on the pall(remarks Mr. F. P. Cantley, Acting-Consul at One of Austria's greatest sources of wealth of the trigger to drop into the pricing pan. Trieste) is wood, and perhaps 20 other country breeding or tis want of it than by his laugh is Lang finger shaped slagénro resting heavily on ras boast of such sbandant forests upon the same true enough, but this, says the Boston Courier, the powder and there is no gutter of doubt in area. The principal wood-producing provingga by us means the whole truth, since he betraya the winds of these land grabbers as to their despre Cialis, Slavonia, and the country comprised bis character as well. The acute observer has tination..
in the old Military Frontier. In these provinces but to hear a man langh to know many things
the woods oncurry 3,387,931 Bord Of this governing his temperament and sharpster which
Shares-30 per veut, prem.
Hongkong, Canton, and Mass Steamboat Co.'s Indo-China Stears Navigation Co.'s, Bbares
Shares-8102 por cont. prom. 15 per cont. discount. China and Manila Steamship Company, Limited
--855 per share. Douglas Steamship Company, Limited-$50 por
share.. Hongkong Gas Company's Shares-$125 por Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares-$170 por
share. Chloe Shear Refining Company, Limited-$150
elure.
par share, selag.
Luzon Bagar Refaing Company, Limited-161 Hongkong Les Company's Shares-$62 pax
por share sales,
share, buyers.
Hongkong and China Bakery Company, Limited Perak Tin Mining and Smelting Company
--$100 per share.
$20 per share.
Panyon and. Sunghie Dan Samantan Mining
Company, Limited-811 per share. Perak Sugar Cultivation Company Tls. 18 per Hongkong Hope Manufacturing Company, Iã-
mited-$50 per share.
abara
A. Waton & Co., Limited-Si per cent.
premium, buyeIA. Hongkong & Kawican Wharf and Godown Co., Singapore Insurance Company, Limited-21
Limited-8151 per share, sales.
Chinese Imperial Loss of 1884 B-5 par cent, Chinos Imperial Loan of 1884 C-8 per cent,
premium, nom.
per share.
premium, nom.
" OLYMPIA,"
above Porta sa TUESDAY, 11. 24th inst., at
For Freight, apply to
Captain P. Maller, will be despatched for the FOUE P.M
SIEMSSEN & Co.
Agents. Hongkong, 14th April' 1889.
[156 INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION
COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR TIENTSIN.
THE Company's Stanzoship
"KWONGSANG,” Captain Sollar, will be despatched as above on
or about the 20th instant.
·For Freight or Puence, apply to
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 17th April, 1888.
1768
COMPAGNIE DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. PAQUEBOTS POSTE FRANÇAIS.
NOTICE.
STEAM FOR BAIGON, SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, CO LOMBO, PONDICHERRY, MADRAS, CALCUTTA, ADEN, SUEZ,
Shippors are partisalarly requested to note businom Dearer, at which defivery can be effected. the terms and conditions of the Company'e Blank Bills of Lading.
E. L. WOODIN,
Superintendent. Hongkong, 12th April, 1888.
NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD,
NOTICE.
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STEAM FOR
.
The Postal Quilo far 1987, revised to data will be found in the Daily Press Directory.' p. 685 large fitios, p. 701 Mionll edition. This: His the only antleriscul complets, Eummary of Portal information published in Hongkong,
SINGAPORE, COLOMBO, ADEN, SUEZ, PORT SAID, TRIESTE, BRINDISI, GENDA, ANTWERP, BREMEN, AND HAMBURG, PORTS IN THE-LEVANTE BLACK SEA AND BALTIC PORTS: Árso,
LONDON. NEW YORK, BOSTON, BAL. TIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON, AND SOUTH AMERICAN
PORTS. THE COMPANY'S STEAMERS WILL CALL AT SOUTHAMPTON TO LAND PASSENGERE AND LUGGAGE. .B-CARGO CAN BE TAKEN ON THROUGH BILLS OF LADING FOR THE PRINCIPAL PLACES IN Rosera.
เ
of N WEDNESDAY, the 9th day of May,
ON
Steamship "BAYERN," Captain R. Sander, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, and CARGO, will leave this Port as above, CALLING PORT SATO, MEDITERRANEAN AND Orders will be granted till Noor,
BLACK SEA PORTS,
ALEXANDRIA, MARSEILLES, AND PORTS OF BRAZIL AND LA PLATA;
*$380, LONDON, HAVRE, BORDEAUX,
DUNKIRK, AND ANTWERP:
Ohines Imperial Loan, 1886 9 per cent. ON THURSDAY the 26th April at
premium, nom.
HONGKONG TEMPERATURE.
MOM MARS F1100mm & Coʻa Baustand
April 201
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Barosseter— KJL Barvical
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STATION
The subject of border life might be longthened quantity 69 per cent belongs to the Govern the subject might suppose to be carefully and out, but it is time now to leave these scenes of ment or to large landowners, por cent. to the completely hidden. How often does it happen strife and orvelty, to wo will ask the reader to parishes, 51 per cent is owned by the alergy, that without seeing a person one cotnes to a very enter with us a large sized shanty, situated and 1 per cent. by persunte. It has been calelear estimata of what he is is from the un- the slope of a mountain lately cleared of every divided among the inhabitants equally, the core, hollow laugh of a man or woman nos an ooisted that if all the forest-covered aras were conscious revelations of his langh. The insin thing but the trans and roots of frees, whose portion falling to cach individual would bo 11 frequently contradicts smooth and plausible pro stunted and grotesque shapes are standing sores. Somebody has reckoned the cube mea fessions, breaking up through the surface of witnesses of the destructive power that has surement at 1,055,266340 fost, and this, estim. artificiality as a sulphur spring-to indulge in a been levelled against them. As you pressed you foot, gives a total vaine of nearly £40,000,000. kept green. award. This is the man with the ating the value at nine-tenth of sponay per cubic somewhat forld metaphor-through a carefully notionsbunties of various slaes; they sea cot bomos The value is estimated to ingresso yearly by coarse laugh, which rasps arery nerve of tlu son- or family residences, they are workshops for £500,000. A vast deal of timber in various forms sitive bearer, and shows that, under whatever KR- camphor makers, tiraber cutters, and charcoal is exported, and it appears from the annual roterior of courtesy and polish, he carries « volgar burnere, and aro inhabited in numerous instances turns that Italy is by very far the largest customer mind, the nervous, irritatingly repeated laugh of the self-conscious man, she makes consplozona by men who are the very scum of the towns and According to widential hints that have been by this affectation the uneasiness it is meant villages of North Formosa. The extreme bor. received in Derlin, the now Pussian candidate to kids the laugh which is n eneer, and betraye
for the Balgarion Throns will be Prince the Mephistopheles hidden under whatever dis der is an asylum for those who have escaped Nicholas of Leuchtenberg. His Imperial High-guise the fool's laughter like the crackling of from the clutches of mandarindon, men who have neas Prince Nichons Maxillanovitek, Prince thoras under a foot," now as in the days of Englis not found the daily ronde of a village or town Romanovski, and Duke of Leuchtenberg, to Solomon. It eeldara ooors to the most care- life compatible with their notions of freedom give him his full style and title, was born on the fally finished and polished. humbug to train his and elasticity of woon. Such men fleeing per the son of the Duke Maximilian and the Grand often and often betrayed. To all this there is ith of Angraet (23rd of Jaly, 0.9.), 1848. He is laugh, and by his alcely-finished shame are haps for safety so the bills, find themselves in Duchess Marie-Nivolajevna, aldest daughter of no moral unless it be that people who would danger of starvation, in danger of being shot, by the late Nicholas the First. Euperor of Russia. Ingh agreeably must either begin to be egree- heed-huutors, and yet they prefer life in the Ee is a lieutenant general in the saite of the able or must devote an unusual amoint of care woods to mandarin rule Bringing their op. Ozar, and is commander of the 27th Regiment to cultivating a laugh which shall flisguise their scrupulous talents and dare devil propensities of Dragoons at Kit. His wife is Nadine (xés true nature. Everybody knows how few motors Nagsud... into play, thay find no difenlty in overcoming of the Car all the member of the family bear The fact is that in the case of words the em
Aurenkoff), Prinosa Beauharnais By nkase laugh in a manner which appeare spontaneous. my the difficulties in which they first find themselves, the title.of "Imperial Highton," and since 1852 piriesl meaning overs often the quality of tons, There are tlah in the streams, and the bannte they have been reangaised as members of the while in the inarticulate laugh, the natural tits- of deer cha be vinted with ease. Men Imperial House, and consequently have a right bra of the voice, stripped of artificial disguises, to the sarname of Romanovski." The Prince makes itself felt and carries with it a sura in- of this description differ in any points is a member of the Greek, Chursh, and has, it is timation of the character which lies behind. One from the ordinary pioneer, whose aim in said, the advantage of being the candidate strongly may manage the countenance, do what, he will Jife is to grab a considerable piece of land, to recommended by the ex-Prince Alexander. with his words, but it is extremely dijimit to onltivate the same, to marry and to have family,
mako & laugh lio," Hotudi Pashe, one of the great dignitaries at ko. The latter ern agricultural in their taste, the Turkish Ceart, died lately, so saddenly and though many have within them the love of usuxitably, that a strict jugniry was insti-An Important Discovery is anmanned in the sport, others are good at biggling and bartering, bated into the circumstances of his death, which Paris Figara, "of a valuable remedy for nervons buying and selling, and all have suficient spirit against a Maltean spothecary who had eapplied decay. The discovery was made by a missionary resulted in a charge of marder being brought debility, physical exhaustion, and premature and pinek to turn out and fight when attacked. medicine to the harms. It was discovered that in Old Mexico, it saved him from a miserable exuuctor The men who shelly go in for Camphor making this apothecary had seen and fallen violently in existence and an early grave. We loan that Teinprathr ure as a.rule miserable epocions, they seem to love with a beautiful odalisque belonging to the the Boy. Joseph Holmes, Bloomsbury Mansions tunelity be a degradad'set, and so descend beneath the sun, and had contrived, with the con- Bloomsbury Square, London, W.C., will sond Direction of wind level of the worst specimens of savages. With ivance of one of the keepers of the harem, to the prescription, free of charge, on receipt of a Force of wind
obtain several wordt interviews with her. His self addressed stamped envelope. all this they are men without fear," and daro jealousy of the Paths at length grow to moh
137 Weather to sarry their lives in their isanda daily. They pitch that he determined to fud some means
of murdering him, and succeeded in perasailing
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
THURBWAY, 19th April EXPORT CARGONS.
wear the mayage LẠ kat, or coat, sicke savage the girl to secretly drop a poisonous powder with pipes, and in course of time the only difference which he provided her into her master's morning between the two is their tail. Many of them soffoo. The keeper who had acted as go-between marry savage isas and throw in their lot with to the pair divulged the secret of their meetings, Per steamship Claymore, sailed on the 14th the aborigines. Hekla farmors and bottlers and this led to the discovery of the murder. The April For London-418 rolls matting, 9 esse living on the extreme edge of the savage terzi pothecary will be tried for the crime. The ods. blackwood ware, 5 bonen alike, and 2,450 pachingon
lisque, was treated after the manner customary in sandries. tory ale scusionally take into themselves such cases rows tp in a Book and thrown into For steamship Natal, ad on the 18th April: savage wires, through whom infineños" many | the nos
Continent831 bales silk, 51 cases slik plage
30.06
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Eaph.
30.01
The authorised List of Maila issued in connection with this paper is the pon published twice each day in our Extra, which is alwaza corrected to a much later bear than that giroa tolow,
FAIL WILL CLOSE.
For Suntow and Bangkok--Por Thra Chom Ko, to-day. the 20th inst., at 9.39 A.M.
-
For Swatos, Singapore, und Bangkok.-Pur Kong Bong, to-day, the 20th inst, at 9.30
For Saigon.Pee. Carisbrooke, today, the 20th inst, ut 11.50 A.M.
For Yokolinu.-Per-General Wendet,to-day,——— tho 20th inst, ut 130 ..
For Saigen-For Falkenburg, to-day, the th inst, at 4.30 1.3.
For Port Darwin, Sydney, Melbourne, Bad Adelatle.-Por Guthrie, tomorrow, the 1st inst, at $.00 r..
For Singapore For Ofpmpia, on Tuesday, the 24th inst, at 8.30 PM.
MAILS BY THE FRENCH PACKET, The French Contract Packet. Ozus will be despatched on THURSDAY, 26th inst.. with Mails to the United Kingdom, Europe, Streite Settlements, Rataria. Kurmsh, Caylon, and places beyond, vía Marecilles; to Snipim, Shipping Cargo will be received on Board until 4 Par.. Madras, Calcutta, the Australasian Colonies, Specie and Parcels until 3 P.M. on the 8th Aden, Natal and the Cape, Egypt, Malta, anal May, 1888. (Paruals are not to be sat on Gibraltar. Board; they must be left at the Agency's Office) The graal hours will be observed in closing Contente and Value of Packages aro required.
the Mriis, &o. The Steamer has splendid Accommodation
and carries a Doctor snit Stewardess. For further Particulars, apply to
MELCHERS & Co.,
Agants. 14th April, 1888. CANADIAN PACIFIC LINE.
Hongkong, 14th
NOON, the Company's OXUS," Commandant Guirand, with MAIL, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, and CARGO, will leave this Port for the above places.
Cargo and Spoole will be registered for Lon- don as well as for Marseilles, and accepted in transit through Mamilles for the principal TAKING plasas of Europe.
CARGO AND PASSENGERS JAPAN, CANADA, THE UNITED STATES, AND EUROPE,
ΤΙΑ
TO
Shipping Orders will be grintal till NoON, Cargo will be recoîted on board wall 4 1.8M Specio and Parece until 3 F.3., on the 25th THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY! April, 1988. (Parools nee rat to be cont
on board; they must be left at the Agency's Office.) Contante and value of Packages aro required.
For farther particulars, apply at the Com- pany's Office.
G. DE CHAMPEAUX,
Agent. Hongkong, 19th April, 1869.
2 JOCIDENTALANDORIENTAL STEAM- SHIP COMPANY.
TAKING CARGO-
0. AND PASSENGERS TO JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND DUROPE; VIA THE OVERLAND RAILWAYS, AND
| ATLANTIC AND OTHER CONNECTING STEAMERS
AND OTHER CONNECTING RAILWAY LINES & STEAMERS,
THE British Steamship.
"BATAVIA,"
2650. Tons Register, Watton, Corancandor, will be despatched for VANCOUVER, B.C., YIA KOSE AND YOKOHAMA, on THURS- DAY, the 70th May, at TuRES P.M.
progistered Covers ontaining Dark Noks, The Post Office declines all responsibility for
Coin, or Jewellery, and, where Registration hag been neglected, will take no duquiries into alloged lessos of such corurs,
HOURS FOR CLOSING THE CONTRACT MAILS
THE FRENCH MAILS." Day before Doparture.
5 P.M., Money Order Ofies closəR. Post Ofos closes, except the night box, which is always open out of office hotura.
Day of Departure 7. Post Office opens. 10 AM Registry of Letters cases,
10.30 A., Prsting of all printed matter sad
patterns cessaN.
11AM, Mail closes, except for Late Latteri. 11.10 AM., Lottors may be pooled with Late Fee
of 10 cents until
11.30 AM, when the Past Offen nioses entirely, 11.40 AM Late Letters may be justext on board the packet with Late Foe of 10 conta unțil titas of departure..
THE ENGLISH WALL
Two Days before. Departure,
calare ceases.
To be followed by a steamer () on 1st. June, and " PARTHIA” on the 21st June.
'Connection will be trade at Yokohams with Steamers from Shanghai and Japan Poris and at Vancouver with San Francisco by the regular Steamers of the PACIFIC COAST 2.00 P-Reception of Parcels conses. STEAMSHIP COMPANY. 4.
Day before Deparinra. Through Passage Tiobata granted to g. 1200 PM–M[5này tĩndur Oftan alasas and France, and Germany by all trans-Atlantio 2.00 ra-Posting of Prices Current and Cir- Jines of Steamers.
First-class Faros granted as follows:- THE Steamship "SAN PABLO" will be To Vancouver
Moxiçan $160,00, To Victoria & San Francisco...... 175.00. despatched for San Francis00, við Koku- | hama, on TUESDAY, the 1st May, at THRIS
To all Common Points in Canada)
200.00 P.M. Connection being made at Yokobama with
and the United Statos ...... § Steamers from Shanghai and Jaja Porta
To Liverpool.........
* 300.00. All PAZOKL Packages should be marked to
To London........
305.00, xddress in fail; and some will be received at the
To other European Points at proportionats Company's Office infil. FIVE P.M. the day proof the Army Navy, Civil Service, and the in the Night Box at the Post Office with 19 ratus... Special reduced rates granted to Overs vious to sailing
TH
First-olane Fares granted as follows
Ta San Franciscoane
$200.00
To San Franoises and return, $50.00
available for 8 months
To Liverpool....
Ta London
(Prices Carrons and Gironlars may however ba poited up to 4 o'clock if they are tied in bundfor, country by country, with the addresses all one way.
Those for the United Kingdom mest be diridad futa | (1) London, (2) England and Wales, (9) Seothad, (0) Ireland; these for Germany into (1) Hamburg, 19 other plaens in Germany.)
4.00 M-Registry ceases...
500 P.Mail olemas,
.
LATE CORRESPONDENUD may then be posted
Imperial Chinese and Japanese Customs, to be cante. Late Jun on vach, artiols up to 99 P.5., after obtained on application.
which hour it may be sent on beard with the Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo dos same lato fée...* finod to Points in the United Bistos, should be
RATES OF POSTAGE, sent to the Company's Offices addressed to Mr. 325,00
-10-Canisi 350.00 D.. E. BROWN, District Freight Ageat. Van. Letters, partez. Post Cards, each
3 Conta To other European points at proportionate couver B.C. theater. Special reduced rates granted to Oficers
Freight will be received on Board until rm. Books Patterns and Commercial 2 Canta.
Papers, Kr 2-oz. of the Aresy, Navy, Civil Service, and the on the 9th May.
2.Canta Imperial Chinese Custom, to be obtained on All Parcels must be sent to our Ofoe and Newspapers & Prices Current, each
10 Cest application.
ahculd be marked to address in full; and the Registration
De with return receipt
15 Cente Passengers who have paid full fare, roams will be received by us until 5 .. the
Commercial papers signify sash papers as embarking at San Francisco for China or Japan deg preylous to sailing. (or vice versa) within was your months, wili bo` For information as to Fassago or Freight,
The Barometer has rise in the N.E. and fake in B.W. Gradients are very modects for R winda, The
· Wentiær is overtant, warna and damp along the cont
W. DOBEROK. Hongkong Observatory, 19th April, 1898.
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.
allowed a discount of 10 This allowance apply to does not apply to through farce from China and Previous Onedats On date Ja au to Europe.
day.
41 10 kms #2 é potr
•at & pm2. *200**
30:02
74
72
90..
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X.N.E
E. EN.E.
0.
Rain"
İstancantaa Tudnond to 43 dagrosa Pälzeohedaltaot the laval of them in indian, tousha and hundredths,
1-TAXISLATURn in the mindig in Legion Exbzenbait.
e of saturation, the Amauidity of Tale saturators with moisture being 100.
KATILOTEVE OF TAN WIN to two points. Re-Foren OF Yan Wano scounding to GÖZACE OF FAR WXATURA: 3. kos sky; 0. dat.seba alsodes D, drizzling zuốn ; 1 főgy G. gloomy) Il, balls Indiglas- ming: O. vrang Experience; only 8.2008) 8. stów1 7. bender 1 V. visibility Į. My daw (wely Dog
BREW. DOBERCK Hongkong Oberbers, 10th April, 1888.
Consular Invalost ta, accompany Cargo des tined to points beyond San Francisco in Lo United States should be sent to the Company's
Offices, sädrossed to the Collector of Customs, Bas Francisco.
For further information as to Freight
ADAMSON, BELL & Co., Agenta.
Hongkong, 14th April, 1896.
FOR SAN FRANCISCO.
THE S/S LII American Ship
TAG #GREAT ADMIRAL,"
though written by hand, do not bear the charap ter of an actual or personal correspondence, suol as invokas, deeds, copied music, &o. The chazgo ls the same as for Books, but all packets of and [ under 6 oz. weight are charged 5 bouts. IS
[OT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS.
NOT
Neither the CAPTAINS, the AGENTS, nor the OWNERS, will be RESPONSIBLE for any
J. F. Rowell, Master, will load here for the DEBT scntracted by the Offcors or the Crens
dr Passage, apply to the Areasy of the Com- aboro Fort, and will have quick despatch, pany, No. 504, Queen's Road Central.
C. D. HARMAN, Agent. Hongkong, 4th April, 1888.
FOR-NEW-YORK-
THE S/S L. 1. 1. American Bhip
"TITAN."
For Freight, apply to
[4
6. H, Allyn, Master, "will load have for the ubove Port, and will have a quick despatch.
Fer Fraight, apply to
PUSTAU & Co. Hongkong, 8th March, 1888,
1304
RUSSELL & Co. ··· Hongkong, 22nd February, 1868. FOR NEW YORK. THE 9/3 L II American Ship
·* CENTENNIAL,TM
T, M. Boarse, Muster, will look bare for the above Port, and will have quick despatch,
For Freight, apply to
CARLOWITZ & Co. Hongkong, 6th March, 1889.
of the following Vessels during their stay in Hongkong Harbour
ÅBEATOON APCAE, Brit. str, Olifent.Dasid
Sassoon, Bons à Co.
COLUMBUS, Ger. ship, Haesloop-Captain. FALKENDURO, Ger. str., Dreyer, Melobers & Co. F. H. DERWE, Ger, bi, Ruthbart.-Chines GREAT ADMIRAL, Amr. ship, Rewoll-Russell
& Co.
GUTHEIR Bril. str., Shannon. Eomall &700, LADY HAREWOOD, Brit. bk., Williams-Mastor, TITAN, Amr, ship, Allýn.—Russell & Co, VELOX, GOT. str., Wolf-Ed. Schellbans & Co