the nomadis contour of his fase, and has grad uaily brod characteristics often strongansty blatwed as pointing to a Caucasian origin.
of a yard. And when Aofiilen has ran the one tenth of a yard the tortoian has run ong hôn. drodil. It is only useqssary to continue the sata process of reasoning to prove that Achilles osan novor overtake the tortoise.
A much better paradox, though somewhat of the ama kind, rana ne follows man, who owas a shilling, proceeds to pay it at the rate of sixpence the arst day, threepence the next day. throo halfponce the nest, thres farthings the Bext, and so on-paying each day half the mount ho paid the day before. Supposing him to be furnished with scouters of smit: valne so es to be able readily to my tractions of a p how long would it take him to pay the shilling The stayer is that he would never pay, it. It is true that he will pay eleven-ponce farthing in four days. But the remaining threo forthings
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¡2035
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NE TWO UNFURNISHED ROOMS,
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1862
TO BE LET WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION. DESIRABLE HOUSES is Caine Road,
Tho atresra of emigrants pours forth," aaye Mar Narian, "from the German seaports the life-stream from a deadly wound in the body of a nation, jet after jot, in constantly increasing volamo, and the Government is powerless to arrest or control it." It is differont with China. While Germany lacks on, Chian has too many, and the Chinese Imperial authorities are assist. ing thom in their exodus. Many years, my esnturios, have the Chinese tiled the earth ust agriculture has with that has0010 one of the Bas sets. Thany, get from the soil more than buy other race of him. But now, vast as China is, examativo as isthe mode of tillage, the Empire greans bonnath its seething human burden and Fornituls it by accusional years' of failethal it ko can never pay. wants a rest Four hundred millions of mon con spare, without more ado than a giant a pint | of klovil, some 50 or 60 millions of their number. They turn their oyes no leuger eastward to Avorion. They coms south and wander in thyr My lads into the Northern Territory of Austin They do it silent, so gradually, that thor advent makes do more nine tlom a fallaby braather over the cradle of a slooping child and, like the chilt, Anstrella sloops ou. We are too The following is a really exclient paradox ness ourselves to see the aitimate meaning of a "A train storia daily from San Francisco to Now contemporary movement. We negloot to throw York, and ore dally from New York to San the present into perspective and view it from Francisco, the journey lasting seven days. How the-stupd-point of the future. We slight the nay trains will, a traveller mast in journeyer of $60,000-for an establishment for the jongkong Rope. Manufacturing Company, LAASTERN & AUSTRALIAN STEAM of the Army, Navy, "Civil Servios. and the No. 9. MoUQUA TERRACE, from 1st June, jessous of the past and forget that-in.the lm from San Francisco to New York?"" gango of Einersqu "Man is explicable by ro It appears obvious at the Beat glance that the Duke and an oatfit for herself-ia the youngest
ling less than afi liis history."
traveller must meet even trains, and this is the daughter of the widow of the sewing machine The Chinese mayoment in Australia is similar answer which will be given by nine poople out of man he ist be inded, rory chart to lot the man. ako is taller by averal inches than De the Jewish advance on Canaan, the Dorinter to whom the question is new. The fact i - advanes in Greace, the Crocian advance on India, overlocked that every day during the journey of fair dinger escrito so many of her high notes.
the Saxon sud Danish and Norman advances on fresh train is starting from the other end, while in his babalf at this stage of the engagement. England, the Buglish, advance on India and there are savan on the way to begin with. The Ainaries and Australia, the Raasian advance on traveller will therefore must not seven trains everything that can be eaten. But we hase but fourteen-Statesman,
Der forewarned. There is always a simmer lø- for the national caution. boils arer. Tin thought is always prior to the faot," and the honght has beau wolt advertised. The China are engaged on a second Argonautic expedition in neuroh, like aualent, Jason, of a second Golder Fleeco. We ought to arous ourselves to the magnitude of the problem. Tho Chionman has Crown hungry and he is now booking around fr a meal, Creis faolsunderko the charts of em: pires. As a modern philosopher his remarket
The nomads of Africa wore constrained to wander by the attacks of the goday, whte drives the cute mid, and so equals the tribe to.amigma.ie tla ming soon: and to drive off 11 cattle to the gr
ady gone. The nomade of Asia follow the pa trece from mouth to month.
The patol rations were needy and hungry to desparation. Australia is to the Chinaman "a land of Havilak where them is gold.“”.
It is uo question of marriage or of station. We must study history actively and not passingly. This whole Chinese problem is a proban abortying the old racial warfar The Ubia map is a usk of the elornal human riddle. Nbingis isolated Tian dissipates to shining scher the solid augularity of facts." The acts of tio pat, suggested by the wide-resonuding naris about watch olings the auruota of antiquity. 19 bring relevant to dry. We are now, in Australia, engaged in making a crucible, nad in it shali be moiten the metal with which the mould of the faturn will be filled. To evilised lives of races crystallise the memory of their past enn qrests. And it we forget thus the Chian we once in iurador, he does not! Nothing ta the world is fined The Tartars of the past karo pitched their camp at the gates of Vienne. The Tartars of the present may found an empire i oa the banks of tho Darling, and build a greater Peking on the shores of the Great Australiaa EightTM
Brassay any that there are pertions of one continent which must be developed by colored labour 10 they are developed at all. We might admit the tristh of this, and take into my OFF
This parador varies from the preceding in the important particular, and deserves to be called s better parador for this reason that, we know that Achilles, in spite of all reasoning will certainly overtako tae tortoise. But it is mathematically demonstrable that the debtor under such circumstances, can never pay his shil Ting even though siad o saduod like Tithonus with the gift of immortality.
ALOTE.-
From the French of drièse Boyanyi.j.
On the hill have I 1881, Fect base and hair un foro,
Alina Dream in the mid-day sun.
For ber averythint goes
Well and the climbing, wild,
Wildrose
· Sends swept sönge to the chili.
On the hill have I s
Hor hearing bosasi bare;
Aloe
Sing in the open alt.
Langhing Ler fears apart,
A soldier took by prish
Her heart; Innoeenea krs its price..
On the hill have I rec -How areat then was her grisf
Alino
Sobhing past all belief.
Her lover went sahny And sipped without repius,
One day, Another loved vizio.
On the hill have I seen,
In the Spring, a greon maind. Alino Steppettore, cold, in the ground. Hongkong, 26th May, 1998.
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Arnhold, Karberg, & Co....
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the Duchess de Cazos, at a preliminary vest to
Mies Isabella Binger, who is about to become Perak Sugar Cultivation Company—Lle. 18-pur
of Maryland, lave just taken out a patent on a Dr. W. M. Gray and his son, James D. Gray clook so novel in its principles that scientista at Washington who have seen the model in oper- ation say it is the most important improvement made in the construction of time-pieces since Galileo invented the pandalam. The new look is entirely silent in its operations except whỏn striking, and can be made to ran for years aftor being once wound up.
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It is said that Bismato, when at Varzia, his favourite_country sout, is second only to Hai- sions in Telling tross. His next weakness to help in his brewery, ble judgment in the matter of alt being infalliblo. Ho is known to bo superstitions, and will penso in the dictation of ad important dispatch on the first stroke of 12 on a Thursday night, rather than continue on what he views, like so many others, as hie nalucky day-Friday.
The death of Baroness Schlointa, at the age
of eighty-six, is aanounced at Vienna, Whez,
in 1848, the late Emperor of Germany, then
thira
Bite per chargers. A. S. Watson & Co. Limited-88 per coni, Hongkong & Kowinon Wharf and Gedown Co,
premium, ox div. bayers.
Limited-$164 per share. Singapore Inauraase. Company, Limited--$21
pet share. Chinese Imperial Loan of 1884 - per cent
prominte, nom. Chinese Imperial Loan of 1864 0-9 per cent.
premium, num.
binese Imperial Lon, 1956 E-10 per cent,
premiumi, nom.
Société Francalec des Charbonnages du Tonkin
per cent prem, nom.
SHONGKONG. TEMPERATURE.
..29.")
20.50
FB
..EB
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(Phòù Hasowe, Pascomer, k Co's Raczazza,) May 31st. Rarpsieter M. Barguetec Baront P.M.. Thermometer-? 4.3 Thermometer- Wiktio Thamomoter *Kozom Tharoorclarifi alar. (Wet halb).. Thermometer) 15. (18t balti..... Thermometer-.ac. (Wat ball).. Themomster+Mzima Therecompler-Minimum (over right!
Prince William. had to Ay from Borlis, the CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
Barone ved Eis life by hiding him in her
REGISTDE.
{ house, and landing him some of her husband's olathe, which enabled him to leave the town. unnoticed. The Emperor never forgot this inoidout and remained gratefully attached to:
* 30th May, 1948, at 4 F.M.
her and the present Emperor was also very fond STATION, of her.
nd
09.76
Mr. Howard Vincent has been promised a re-ki turn which will hardly fail to be of considerable public intersat. There are in existence, Sir y Jamar Fergusson tells us, tranties which provent Berckung the self-governing coloules from admitting Eng. liah goods duty-free unless at the satee Line they Macile admit them also frem foreign countries. Cer- twenty-generally manage to portit by or imparial {tainly it would asam as if foreign diplomatisti
OLLA. PODRIDA. The late Sultan of Sansibar leaves Barco widows and 262 children. (--
Fitz-Grasne Halleck's poem,Mazoo Bezzaria, has just baen suppressed in Turkey.
Novelists are the most remarkable of animals
hands the traffic in Chiness sleres. We might because their tales come out of their heads. form them into gangs and drive them to workf beneath the lash, and make what'profit we wou'd) Tolstol's last work has been suppressed in out of a trade in Mongolisu, flesh and blood, bis Bueria, ponding an investigation of its religious histery is platboric with examples showing that the way to ennoble a nation is to enslave it. W1 have read of the ravelt of Spartans and the Tall borses are now the fashionable saddle Roman slaves, of the mur berlass insurrection house in Entton Row. Sirteen hande and a half
doctrines.
of the Janissaries, of the rising of the mayors of is the standard. tto palaos who founded the Carlovingina fine of France; of the revolt of the Mamelukes, of the
There has not, it is said, bean cae single im-
cattle boughings of the down-trodden Trish and provement in Russian railroads in the Just the bold menace to the French in 60 Danings |twenty-two years.
by the slave general Toussaint L'Ouvertara There is but one coarse-prohibition of Chines
Christmas Eve." Sir Johs fillais' picture Jabour on Australian soil. We must follow the of Marthly Castle, has been sold for the very
high nigars of £4,000.
lóid of America in dealing with this question!
If we had honest and patriotie politicians we might be able, by the irksomeness of sanitary In audient times kissing a pretty girl was laws, to make to intolerable to Chinese immi cara fora beadache. It is difficult to improve grauts to this continent. It might be possible upen soms of those old-fashioned romoties. it wo had different" men fo pawar, to impose a
aromalies. When it suits then-in the Postal | NATION, Union, for instance they treat Australia as
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za integral part of the British Empiro and donyada to New Smith Walos and Victoria the right to Toki » represan lative which can be claimed by Monaco lingasala
Dragon... or Alontenegro, If it is a case of war, Mel-ame the responsibility of being part of the dominious... benrno and Sydney will not be allowed to escape orang... 20,81
of her Britannic Majesty. Bat in tim of pasco Mantle.... it suita Franch or German merebants that they should be commercially foreignera se regards England, and as foreigners accordingly we are to be bound by treaty to consider them.
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An Important Discovery is announced in the Paris Figure," of a valuable remedy for nervous dobility, physical exhaustion, and premature decay. The discovery was made by a missionary. in Old Mexico; it saved him from a miserable existence und wo early graver Wo Toarn that the Rev. Joseph Holmes, Bloomsbury Mansions Bloodshary Square, London, WC, will sand the prescription, free of charge, ou receipt of a selt addressed stamped envelope.
The barometer has non lu the west, and fallen in the ret, andienta nis.very moderate for W.BW. witdi. Tad weather in sloudy, hot and rather dry bat misty is some places
W. DOBERCK.. Hongkong Observatory, 21st May, 1898.
METEOROLOGICAL REOISTER.
Garpunter
day.
Late On data m.nt 4 p.m.
29.77
20.81
22.74
[97
fcuperature Kuridity Direction of wint Korse of indig Weather 218 BY Bain
: 53
WS.W., S.S.W
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"COMMERCIAL INTELLIO)NCE.
THURSDAY, 31st May, EXPORT CARGOES. Per steamship City of Rio de Janeiro, sailed on the 19th May: For Yokobrina-3,309 bags sugar, 2,122 packages morehandise. For San
tax ou very employer of Chinese labour Tepre! Hubert Berkomer, the English paintar, has leid Benting the difference betwon the Mongo's aside his paint-pot and brashes, and is devoting subsistence-wags and the price of bona fide white himself entirely to the writing and production labour. But no law, however stringent, could be of operas, in which do appears as the chief singer so administered as to ba incapable of ovnsion
"I do love a liar," observed Mrs. Arapp, after before there is but ous course which all true Australians must inflexibly demand, and thin her husband had been telling her why he was écuras is a prohibitive one. We are met, on the detained at the office. Mr. Grspp simply part of our legislators, at the very thrashokaared "Egotist," and now they eat their Francisco-cheste orude opium, $59 bags coffee, 220 Lugs beans, 1,181 bags rice, 26 onses silks, 1 with fear and trembling as to consegnonicos meals in silence. They almit the seriousness of the situation, bat
balo hemp. 142 balss gambler, 892 hala gun- immediately blab commonplace about the grest Douglass Jerrold was once asked by an in-nies, 50 bules ink, 198 slabs tín, 100 packages ten, mess of the British Empire! We must take out tolerable bore, who affected to be a poet of and 1,220 packages merchandise. For I L fate into our own hands, and set at naght this the Milton sell, whether he had read his bertadesses rikased 2 cases merchandise. For phantom of subworrioney and pusillanimity. Sir Descent into Hall." "No, sir," resin Punta Arenas-6 packages merchandise. For Henry Parkes, with other Australien premiere the irate wit, "but I should like to see it." Panama 6.953 bugs rice, 781 packageż merchan
hevitates," if he does not Esar, to offend the
dise, and 5 cases silks. For Guayaquil é cases Empire, and he endeavours to Zeno the Chinese texte fabric, paper, and sach inflammable ma 198 packages tea. For New York-35 ones silks,
Prodene is a new liquid which renders woods, and 4 cases merchandise. For Chicago question in a humbla circular, abjectly imploring terials fire-proof The liquid is made of all and 10 bales Raw silk. England to intervene and kindly ask China teolours, so as to be and as a ebatitute for paint; Bond no more Manohariau recidiviller to Aus tralian chores. The people mist not stand this and it is said to render bones and other out
buildings fire-proof. draven parlaying with their future wolfare. "Å man," said Oliver Cromwell, "never rises so high ware he knows not whither he is going" This is likewico true of a nation:
SOME PARADOXES.
The smaltest circular in-ase is one used in
sitting gold pens. It is a dian abcat the size of a 5-cent piece and luas the thickness of ordinary popor. Ita velocity tends to keep it rigid euongh for nas; four hundred rorelations a minuto je the ordinary rate of these diminutive sawa.
EXCHANGE.
דל :
amenn endased to 22 degision Fallot us Great the sea in fhebes, tentia and Enddrodis.
3-EBEVARATURn ja tha ahače in degrees Fatracheit,
Harry in percentage of station, helality of MIT ANGEPANA With moisture being 100
A-DILEGION OF THE WIND to be points 5-M Weding to Dewules & Seals.
AZE OF THE WAZEM: 2. UDK: C. detached mond D. drizzling rain 12,fog; Q.ginoony, fl, haf!; f. Hght- wings 0. vezenet: P. paning whewere; squally i & mor; thunder, V. visibility W. Ben (re).
Rafa foons, to Ugand handedli.
W. DOBEROK. Hongkong Ohsarvatory, 31st May, 1988,
VESSELS ON THE BERE
FOR SWATOW, SINGAPORE, AND
BANGKOK
THE SCOTTISH ORIENTAL STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. HE Company's Beamer
* TAICHIOW" Captain J. Newton, will be despatched for the abore Ports TO-DAY. the 1st Juno, at NOON.
For Freight or Passare, apply to
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[1037
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*
OF LONDON
Telegraphic Transfor
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2/118 2/11
THE
Bank Bills, st 30 days sight
Bank Bills, at 4 months' sight Credits, at & mouths' sight8,0 Documentary Bille, at 4 months
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9.84
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754
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Every yachtsman knows that a ship on sal
A wonderful kindscape on exhibition in Paris faster than the wind: that is to say, if the wind has been executed in European and foreign in. is blowing ten kools su hour a abip mas he pakete. Every desired tonu le supplied by 15,000 ing twelve of ffteon knots an bear. Now it is leoptera in the foreground and 4,000 varieties obvions that if the ship is sailing straight before of the insect tribe for the remainder of the pio the wind it cannot as the most travel fastar fares. The work required four years of the thus the wind itself is blowing a matter of artist's time. fnot it will travel much more slowly. If on the
other hand the ship is sailing et un angle with
Mash of the so-called ivory now in use is
the wind, it seems at first sight that the wind simply potato.
A good, sound potato washed in
anual art with less affect than before, and the Hotel alphuric acid, then boiled in the sam stip in consequence mil more slowly still. Batulation and then slowly dried, is all ready to be aaa matter of fact the ship not only sails more fured into buttons, poker chips and inauer gnickly than before, but more quickly than the able other things that ivory was used for once wind telf is blowing. This is a paradox which few, even of those who are well noquainted by a time. experience with tau-fast, have found themselve able to explain.
On dit. Lord Tennyson reveived an honorsestum
of 22 per line for a little poem of "Spring"
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BELARBS.
Quotations are:---
per cent, premium, buyers-
$86 por elare.
+66 per share
Chits Trialers Insurance Company's Sat North China Insurance-Tis. 280 per share Yangtze Insurance Association The 108 per
ilmare.
Chinese Insurance Compsay, Limited-3175 per
-sluts, worn.
Tai Insurance Company. Limited-s 14
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FOR NAGASAKI, KOBD, AND
YOKOHAMA.
THE Steatoship
"DENBIGHSHIRE,” Rickard, Commander, will be despatched for the Above Ports on or about the 2nd proxice.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
ADAMSON, BELL & Co., Agento. Hongkong, 29th May, 1888.
2018
THE "DEN" LINE OF STEAMERS:
“BENLAWERS."
Captain Webeter, will be despatched as above on SUNDAY, the 3rd June, at FOUR P.M. instand of as previously advertised.
For Freight or Promage, apply to
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co,
Agenta. Hongkong, 3let May, 1887.
1033
OCEAN STEAMSHIP: COMPANY.
FOR SHANGĦALVIA AMOY,
On 3rd Juns, at 4P.a. On or about 2nd Jane On 8th June. On Gta June. To-day, st Nana. On 4th June. To-mix, at Nuan. To-morrow, at 9 át. To-morrow, at Noon.
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SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. FOR SYDNEY, MELBOURNE, AND' Calling at Porr DARWIN and taking through ADELAIDE.
Cargo to QURRESLAND PORTS, NEW ZEÁ- LAND, TASMANIA, &2).
THE Stearnship THE
"CATTERTHEUN,”
First-class Fares granted as follows To San Francisco
9200.00
Te San Francisco and returo,'
$50.00
available for 6 months.
To Liverpool
925.00
To London
330.00
To other European points at proportionnte
rates Special reinced rates granted to Officers
Imperial Chinese Cuatoma, to be obtained on application. ambarkan San Francison for China or Japon Passengers, who have paid fall face, ro
2 West End Ferace, opposite to Rose Villas,
Apply to
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TO LET
188J.
¡912
COMMODIOTS DWELLING HOUSE,
Apply do
SANG SIN and TSANG TIN PO,
07, Queen's Road East.
1919
for vice versa) within one year, will be allowed
dissonnt of 10 rom Return Fare, ThisHongkong, 10th Mag. 1888. allowance does not apply to through fares from China and Japan to Europe.
Freight will be received on board until 4 P.M.
will be recoived at the Qfos until 5 x.m. seTAN day: all Parcal Packages should be marked to address in full value of samo is required.
Captain Darko, will be despatched for the above the day previous to sailing, Parvel Packages Forts on SATURDAY, the 9th Jnue.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
RUSSELL & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 29th May, 1888.
1025 CANADIAN PACIFIC LINE.
TAKING CARGO AND PASSENGERS
JAPAN, CANADA, THE UNITED STATES, AND BUROPE, TIA
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THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY- AND OTHER CONNECTING RAILWAY LINES & STEAMERS. THE Brisiak Steamship
"PORT ADELAIDE,"
2,751 Tons Register,
West, Commander, will be despatoked for VANCOUVER. B.C.. AND SAN FRANCISCO, A KOBE, AND YOKOHAMA, TO-DAY, the 1st June, at THETE P.M.
Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo dostized. to points beyond Ban Francisco in the United States shoald be sent to the Compexy's. Offices in Sealed Envelopas, addressed to the Collector of Customs at San Francisco.
For further information as to Passage and Freight, apply to the Agency of the Company, Ne. Ma, Queen's Road Central.
C. D. HARMAN Agent Hongkong, 21st May, 1858.
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13
May
SAIGON. SINGAPORE, BATAVIA, CO- LOMBO, PONDICHERRY, MADRAS CALCUTTA, ADEN, SITZ
BISNEE VILLA," PORFULUDI. GODOWNS at BowRINGTON
Apply to
SHARP & Co.,
Marine House,
380
Hongkong, 25th April, 18997
TO LET.
To be followed by the 8. S. "PARTHIA, PORT SALD, MEDITERANEAN AND DESIRABLE COAL GODOWNE, 28.
on the 21st June, and S. S. "ABYSSINTA,” on the 12th July,
Connection will be made at Yakchama with Steamers from '. Shanghai and Japan Ports, and at Vancouver with Pacific Coast Points be the regular Steamers of the PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP COMPANY and other Steam WTH.
Through Passge Tickets granted' to 'Eng-
Hines of Stearners.
luc, France, and Germany by ali tesas-Atlantic
First-class Fares granted as follows:-
ALEXANDRIA,
BLACK SEA PORTS,
MARSBUGLES, AND PORTS OF BLAZIL AND LA PLATA; ALSO,
LONDON, HAVRE, BORDEAUX,
DUNKIRK, AND ANTWERP..
NOON,
the
FROM 1ST MAY, 1983. Apply to
LINSTEAD & DAVIS. Hongkong, 12th April, 1885,
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TO BE LET,.
SEMI-DETACHED HOUSE in RICH MOYD TRACK containing 6 COMFORT-
ON THURSDAY, the 7th June, at Company's Steamship “DJEMNAH," Commandant Vaquior, with ABLE ROOMS, 3 BATH ROOMS and convenient MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIF, and Oor-Orebes. CARGO, will leave this Purt for the aburo placos.
A NEW STORY bus just boon added to the Cargo and Specie will be registered for Lon-SERVANTS' QUARTERS. don as well as for Marseilles, and necapted in
Apply to
MR. JOHN WILLMOTT, krasit through Marseilles for the principal
Fougkong Diswas places of Europa.
Hongkong, 25th April, 1888.
To Vauchover & Victoria Mexican 8160,00. To San Francisca.......175.00. To all Comba Pointa in Canada 200.00.
and the United States..... To Liverpool.
...... 300.00. To London........
305.00. To other European Points at proportionate Shipping Orders will ho grantod till Noox, ratas. Special reduend rates granted to Officers Cargo will be received on board until 4 pm, of the Army, Nagy; Ciril Service, and the Specie and Parcels 'nutil 3 .., on the 6th Imperial Chinese and Japaness Customs, to be | June, 1838, Parcely acu not to be seat obtained on application.
an board; they must be left at the agency's Consular Invoices to assespaar Cargo dos Office) Coatonte and value of Packages or ting to Points in the United States, should be required. Bant to the Company's Offloen addressed to Mr.
For further partionlaes, apply at the Com- D. E. BROWN, District Freight Agost, Van-pany's Office. couver, B.C.
Froight will be recoíted on Board until 4. P.30. ou the 31st May.
All Parools must be sent to our Office and should be marked to address in full; and the same will be received by us until 5 PM. the day provious to sailing.
bor information as to Passage or Freight, apply to
ADAMSON, BELL & Co., Agents. Hongkong, 16th May, 1889.
STHAM FOR SINGAPORE. PENANG,
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COLOMBO, ADEN, PORT SAID, MARSEILLES, MALTA, GIBRALTAR, BRINDISI, AND LONDON: ALSO,
toppen again the fight
MADRAS, CALCUTTA, & AUSTRALIA. N.B-CASO CAN 8 TAKEN ON THROUGH BILL OF LADING FOR BATAVIA, TRIESTE, HAMBURG, NOW YORK, AND BOSTON:
[`HE_PENINSULAR AND ÜBENTAT STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S Beamship
← VERONA,” Captain M. de Howe, with Her Majesty's Mails, will be despatokedl from this for LONDON direct via SUEZ CANALund usml Ports of call TO-MORROW, the and Jure, at Noox.
Carge will be received on board until 4 R.M. Parcels and Specie (Gold) at the Office natll & P.M., on the day before sailing.
9. DE CHAMPDAUX,
Agant. Hongkong, 28th May, 1898. UUIDENTAL ANDORIENTAL STEAM-
SHIP COMPANY.
TAKING CARGO. AND PASSENGERS TO JAPAN, THE UNITED STATES, MEXICO, CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA, AND EUROPE: VIA THE OVERLAND RAILWAYS, AND ATLANTIC AND OTHER CONNECTING STEAMERS.
be
HE Stencile "BELGIC" will
despatchal for San Francisco, v Yoko kotan, WEDNESDAY, the 20th Jano, at THREE г.. Connection being made' at Yoko baru with Steamere from Shanghai and Japan Parte.
AR PARCEL Packsors should be marked te address a full: and same will be received at the Company's Offos until FIVE .. the day pre- vious to antling.
First-class Fares granted as follows :- Te San Francisco
$200.00 To San Francisco and return, 2
available for 6 months...). 350.00 To Liverpool......... To Loudon
325.00
390.00
.1235
TO LIT.
FOOOMS ∞ "Collage ChambERS."
coenpind in HITTERFIELD & SIZE,. GOPONE B Ice House LANE, lately from the It Angust.
Apply to
DAVID BASSOON, SONS & Co.
144 Tongkong, 20th Jois, 15.
TONGKONG WITARE & GODOWNS
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Goods received on STORAGE at‘Moderate, Rates in First-class Godowns.
STEAMER CARGOES discharged on Favourable terms.
Also Entire GODOWNS to LET.
Apply to
MEYEE & Co.
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Hongkang, 2nd July, 1887,
TO LET.
COMMODIOUS SUIT of OFFICES
in the Ics HOUSE BUILDINGS. Apply to
6. C. ANDERSON,
13, Praya Central. Hongkong, 23rd Marsa, 1838.
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FOR SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT. HANDSOME AMERICAN MANUAL
AND PEDAL BASS ORGAN, ALMOST NEW. DIMENSIONS-Length, feet 11 inches; height, 5 fsat nobea; width, & fast 4 inches. In Walnut case, served and polished.
The instrument hus Six Octaves of Kara.
C. Seulu, Six Sole of Resis, Fifles Stops, vis,
To other European points at proportionate rates. Special reduced rates granted to Officers of the Army, Navy, Civil Service, and the Diapason, Melodis. Viola, Dulcet, Principal Imperial Chinese Customs. to be obtained on Calssto, Flute. D'Amour, Callo, Cremona, application.
Flugle Horn, Forte. Vox Humana, Octavá
-For farther particulars regarding Fescont ard PASSAGE apply to the PENINSULAR &ebarking at San Francisco for China or Japan. Grant Organ, Fent Portal, Swoll Foot Pedal. Passengers, who have paid full fare, re Coupler, Bourdon Pedal, Manual to Padals, OKIERTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY'S Office, Hongkong.
The Contents and Vaics of Packages are re. quired to be deolarel prior to shipment.
Shippers are particularly requested to note the terms and conditions of the Company's Hack Hills of Lading.
E. I. WOODIN,
Superintendent. Hongkong, 23rd May, 1888.
"NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
NOTICE.
STEAM FOR SINGAPORE, COLOMBO, ADEN, BUEZ, PORT SAID,
ERINDISI, GENOA, ANTWERP. BREMEN, AND HAMBURG. PORTS IN THE LEVANTE, BLACK SEA :
AND BALTIC PORTS; Åpne LONDON, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BAL- TIMORE, NEW ORLEANS, GALVESTON, AND SOUTH AMERICAN
FORTS. THE COMPANY'S STEAMERS WILL CALL AT
SOUTHAMPTON TO LAND PASSENGER AND LUGGAGE.
J
for vice versa) within one year ruonths, will be Font Blow Pedak, How Handle. Pedals
flowed a diseamt of 10. This allowance 1 Set 30 Notes Padai toode, 16 feet Litok. does not apply to Birough fares from China und
an to Europe.
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Consular Invoices to accompany Cargo dos timed to points beyond San Francisco in the United States should be sont to the Company's Vilces, addressed to the Collector of Custows, San Francisco.
For further information to Freight er Passage, apply to the Ageny of the Com pany. No. 80A, Queen's Road Central,
C. D. HARMAN. Agoni. Hongkong, 31st May, 1888.
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ORTLAND CEMENT
J. B. WHITE & BROS. SOLE AGENTS FOR CHINA,
HOLLIDAY WISE & Co Hongkong, 11th April, 1889.
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Can be men at the Offics of the Daily Press ang morning between the hours of 10 AM and Noor
Hongkong, 6th April, 1885. .
FONG,
1,698
PHOTOGRAPHER Kasjast added to his COLLECTION of VIEWS sonte NEW SCENES and Photos. of NATTUR TYPES, mples of which are obtainable in bis Studio or ul Messrs. KELLY & WALSH'S,
ITORY MINIATURES of Superior Quality and of Excellent ad High Finish. PERMANENT ENLARGEMENTS of Poros. and Vows and reproductions of the same on Taper, Catras, or Opal.
INSTANTANEOUR VIEWS, Groves and Pok- TRATTS are taken in any state of the weather. and all Permanent Processes, ars eremuted on Molerate Terms.
-STUDIO-ICE HOUSE LANE.
\HE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST has now an assured position in its large circulation in Ceylon, Southern and even Con tral and Northern India, the Straits Settlements. Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Northern Australia, Queenaland Central America, Natal, Mauritius, LARGE
Proval of the publication and an encouraging
From all sub-tropical | and the West Indies. planting settlements we have had cordisi ap-
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COAL MERCHANT, basstways on band STOCKS OF ETARY DECLIPTION OF
O O A L FOR SALE AT a Moderate PRICE,
No. 85, PRAYA UENTRAL."
BILLS OF LADING 202 TAU PRINCIPAL of support. The English Indian god PLACES IN RUESTA,
Colonial Progs have spoken in commendatory TEN torms of the A.. 88 Klso Directors of Public
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WEDNESDAY, the SiL day of June, 1889, et 4 Pa., the Company's Steamship * NECKAR," Caplain H. Sapmer, with MAILS, TASSENGERS, SPECTE | CARGO will leave this Port as aboro, CALLING
AT GENOA
and
Let na consider the diffloalty the light of contributed by him to an American publication. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Share:-158 FOR KOBE (DIRECT) YOKOHAMA N.B-CARGO CAN BE ZAKEN ON THROUGH the following experiment: Piace e ball at one The Fresident's sister, Rose E. Céreland, and Union Insurance Soolaty of Canton, Limited THE British Steamer sild of a billard table, and, with the long ons held $500 for a poetical contribution-The Neneseth lengthwise from end to end of the table. pash Century sent the G.O.M; £250 for one of his
T the ball acroes the cloth. The cue here repreferite articles. wants the wind, and the ball the ship sailing directly before it; only as there is bere no waste
A refractory Boston youngater was boing of energy. which in jba case of the wind and sharply rebuked by his mother for his numerous ship is very great, tie ball of acuzeo timsole at transgressions. Harry, Harry," she exclaimed, the sime rate as the one-evidently it vazut you behave in that way, you will worry your possibly travel faatur. Now suppose a crave to father and mother to deail and what will you be out diagonally across the fable frumoas do without any father sut mother The corner pocket to the other in which the halt may Lord la ay shepherd," said the small boy "I roll If the bell be now placed at one vud of the shall not want. groove and the cue bold horizontally and moved forward as before, the ball will travel along the groove famul along the one) in the me fine as said a buxom widow to an old bachelor who had
"I cat. Dever be more than a mister se yon, the one takes to more across the table. This the ease of the ship sailing at an angle with the
proposed. direction of the wind. The groova is consider atly longer than the width of the table, more tlan double as long, lo fact. The ball, therefore. travela inch faster than the one which impelt it, since it covers more than double the dietsnot you may yet be my mother-in-law."
in the sametime. It is in precisely the same
"Ah, madame, yes you can," he responded galiantly I am not a man to lose hope" Tes, bot I ay I cannot," she parsisted. "You have daughtere, mandare," he said, "and
A bookmaker witness in the sirvel the soc, maner that a tacking ship is enabled to sail dostal daath of au. soquaintance He sets off to faster than the wind
break the news to the widow. Ho is charged The foregoing mysteries of motion bring to not to teil abruptly. At the bouse he asked for mind the fanions paradox of Zeno, by which he Widow X sought to prove that all motion is impossible. "I am Madam X.," says the ludy; I am not a "Would you like to bet on it?" responded
A body," the signed the fogenious philosopher, widow." must move either in the place where it is, ge
in the place where it is not, zow, a body in ths the bookmaker. place where it is, is stationary, and cannot be in
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motion; nor obviously can it be in motion in the Not long ago an officer of the London School place where it is not. Therefore it cannot move Board was crossing Covent Gardon market at a at all" It was of this paradox it was said Sel late hour, when he found a little fellow making viter imbulando"it is solved by walking." A his bed for the night fa a fruit basket. Would mory practical solution could hardly be required. you not like to go to school and be well caret
Another paradox familiar to the Greeks that for? asked the oflvial".
of Ashilles and the tortolais well known, Askilles (the swift-footed) allows the tortoise a
"No." replied the urobin.
Canton Insurance Office, Limited-$75 per
.share.
$325 por abacs.
Henghong Fire Traurice Company's Shares (Taking Cargo and Passengers at through rates China Fire Insurance Company's Shares-$7NINGPO, CHEFOD, NEWCHWANG, TIENTSIN, Strain Marius Insurance Corapany, Edmited-TEE Company's Bluamabig
bare.
$25 zom
Straite Fire Insurance Company, Limited
819 or div.
Hongkong and Whampoa Deck Company's
Shiras-33 far cunt: prem. Hongkong, Canton, and Hasan Steamboat Co.'s
Sharps $10 per cent, prem." Indo-China Steam Navigation, Co.'s Share-
12à per cent, disco quť,
China and Manila Steamship Company, Limited
-255 per share...
Douglas Steamship Company. Liulted-per
Blare.
Hongkong Gas Company's Shuree-135 per
BOL.re.
Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares-$170 par
shars.
China Begar Refining Company, Limited-150
ரன் வீ. Luzon Boger Raining Company, Limited-151
per share.
But do you know that I am one of the people Hongkong Los Company's Flare-100 per
ore hundred yards' etart and runs ten yards who are authorised to take up little boys what wingkong sed China Bakery Company, Limited
while the tortoise runs one. Now, when Achille I find as I find you, and take them to school P" has run one hundred yards, the tortoise has ren "I know you are, old chap, if you find them
$80 per share, NA
ton yards, and is therefore still that distanes in the streets; but this bars is not a street. It Forsk Tin Mining and Smelting Company stead When Achilles has run those ten yards, is private property; and, if you interferes with
$2 per share.
Company, Limited-$11 per share
the tortoise has run one yard When Achilles ay liberty, the Duke of Bedford will be down Panjo sad Suughie Dax Barantan Mining bearen one yard, the tortoise has run one'tenth upon you. I knows the fact me.well as you.”
HANKOW, and Ports on the YANGTRZE).
TELAMÓN”
Captain Jackson, will be despatched as above on WEDNESDAY, the 8th Jane. For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents. Hongkong, Stat May, 1888.
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CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITED.
FOR TIENTSIN."
EE Company's Stamship.
"WHAMPOA”
Shipping Orlars will be granted till NOON, Cargo will bo regaived on Borri until 4 2.M.. Specie and Parcels until 3 P.M., on the 5th June, 1888 (Parools are not to be sent on Board; they must be left at the Agency's Contents and Value of Packages ars required.
The Steamer has splendid Accommodation and carrios a Deotor and Stewardess.
For Further. Particulars, apply to,
MELCHERS & Co., Agents Hangkong, 14th May,-1889 190
FOR SINGAPORE, HAYRE, AND
· HAMBURG, VIA SUEZ CANAL.. (Taking Cargo at through rates to ANTWERP, AMSTERDAM, ROTTERDAM, LONDON,
LIVERPOOL,`and B2EMEN,) THE Steamship
TH
"LYDIA." Captain G. Petersen, will be despatched for the
on FRIDAY, the 6th Jane. Captain Feweatt, will be despatched as abevor Ports on THURSDAY, the 7th June,
at NOON.
For Freight ur Fessage, apply to
DIEMSSEN & Co.,
Agents. Hongkong, 29th May, 1888.
1017
FOR SAN FRANCISCO. THE American Ship
For Freight or Passage, apply to
BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE, Agents,
Hongkong, th May, 1888.
11026
FOR BAN FRANCISCO.
THE A
HE 3/3 I. T. British Borque
WANTOINETTE,”
shots Port, and will have quick despatch. H.. T. Bünje, Master, will hand here for the
For Fraight, apply to
MELCHERS & Co.
·Hongkong, 12th May, 1868,
(026
*PACTOLUS," Barnham, Master, will load here for the above Part, and will have quick despatch.
For Freight apply to
RUSSELL & Co. Hongkong, 7th April, 1888
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