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HONGKONG
RUSINESS DIRECTORY.
BOOKBINDING
"DAILY. PRESS" OFFICE,
The only flee in China having Europeas taught workwon, Equal to Home Work FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN
A CHEE & CO., Established 1859.
Every Household Requisite, Depot for Pustiu's Kodak Filme and Accessories;
17. Queen's Road Central," CHEONG LẠE & CO., Furniture Store, Established over 20 years. Importers and Exporters Teakwood furnituro, Black- wood, Jewellery, he, highest grade, bost and cheap. 8, Queen's Road
Contral
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JEWELLERS
MAISON LEVY HERMANOS
Diamond forchants and Watchmakers, 4 Watson's Building, Queen's Roul. Abo at Shanghai, Manila, Paris and Iloilo
PHOTOGRAPHER
M. MUMEYA, JAVANESK ARTET.
Braaide and Crayons Enlargements aud also colouring Photos and relief Photos. Views of China and Manila. - Work done for Amateurs; No. 8A, Queen's
Road Central.
PRINTING
DAILY PRESS" OFFICE. Proofs real by Englisdiman.
STOREKEEPERS
P. BLACKHEAD & CO.,
Navy Contractors, Sailmakors, Provision and Coal Merchants, Sole Agents for Hartman Rabljen ́s Genaige Com-
position Rut Hand. Brand.
BISMARCK & CO.,
Navy Contenelors,
Chandlers Ship Provision and Coal Merchauty, Sail- akers, &c. Frush Water Mayflied”in Vossils in the Harbour
WONG SANG & CĐ,
Chipetadlers, Sailmakors, Provisioners, Coal Merchants, Hardware. Engineer
Tei, Dez Voux Rand.
Tools, Brass and Iron Marchants,
MORE & SEIMUND,
43 ant 45, Des Your Read, Shipchaudlere. Sailoukers, Riggers, Commission Agents
and General Storekegers; Sole Agents | for Shipowners Composition ("Grey --- hennd - Brand and Bundes Spence & Co.'s Composition. WATCHMAKERS
DROZ & CO.,
14, Queen's Road Central. Repairs of Watches and Clocks by competent European experts at moderate rates
SITUATION WANTED.
GENTLEMAN woll up in French Con- mercial Correspondence wishes employ ment as a Bookkeeper. Clerk, Seresreper r General Assistant. No objection to cnports, Speaks a little English. Gooi referoncess
M. R.. Apply to
Care of Daily Press Office, Hongkong, 6th January, 19083,
WANTED.
YOUNG ASSISTANT auted for Robinson Piano Co, L., Shanghai House Salary $' to 8150 per month.
Apply to
W. V. ROBINSON. Hongkong, 17th December, 1962.
WANTED.
USSIAN TEACHER.
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Adiress
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TAS HONGKONG DAILY PRESS THURSDAY, JANUARY 13 H 173
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.
NOUTHERN I IGHTS IN THE LABORATORY - A
SCARLET FEVEL HPECIPIC" LIFE "
IN METALS—THE BIRTH OF WORLDS--ELEC-
TR C POISONING-STANDARDS FOR STEEL
DALLOON THERAPEUTICK-THE SMALLEST ATOM-A NEW FILE-BRAIN OF THE AGES,
The aurora borealis is imitated on a small seals by Prof. W. Ramsay, whore experiment has been exhibited to the London Royal Society. A powerful electro-magnet, placed vertically, has pole-pieces extending horizontally from both the upper nad the lower ends, and between these pole-pierea is an exhausted glass globe contdising in its upper part a metallic ring. A powerful alternating current passed through this ring produces an aumlar glow discharge. On passing a current thringh the coils of the magnet, the glow discharge in deflected down- ward, producing streamers closely resembling those of the sky, and highly rarefied air in the globe gave the lines of krypton that appear in the spectrum of the nurora.
thenght to be limited to a few per cent. Many
built for only one man, and in the bout beside |
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other physicists have been working on the themselves was a small packet of dried fich FRESH ARRIVALS FOR RACE SEASON
problem, and it iwa remarkable fast that Lord Kelvin's latest result, by another method, practically the same as Me Ridout's.
is
A fi'e specially designed for working on gan-metal is being wod in French naching shops. It has shallow diagonal channels at intervals of half an inch, the teeth being on tho It is raised portions between the channels.
lained that the files, clogging much less rapidly than others, increase tho work done by about 50 per coat.
In the dry soil of Egypt, Trof. G Elliot Smith finds, the brains of mest non-mummified bodies of the cemeteries have been naturally preserved, even from predynastic times. The convolations may be mapped, and an account is soon to be given of the brain structure of Egyptions of different periods.
A VOYAGE OF TWO HUNDRED
DAYS.
The captain thinks the men were carried from Borneo by a strong current, and evidently from their appearance had hoe om days at son.
It was his intention to tow them until land was sighted and then release them, but they left as, suddenly as they were sighted. After being towed for abant two hours, there appaared on the horizon a small dark cloud which had very much the appearance of land. The captain be loves that this deceived the occupants of the canoe, for as soon as they say it they cast off the tow-rope and ingon peddling in that direc tion. They were left behind so quickly that they could not be prerouted, and were at least sixty miles from land with a strong surront to pull against. The caplain believes, and in fact said le was certain. that if they were not picked up they would perials, as all they had on board was a little thei-d fish were at least several days' journey from land. and small quantity of water, while they After this interesting experience, which is sargestive of the pares of Robinson Crusoe, the Cobrabier met with no further adventures until arriving within a few hours journey of 嘻门 Kobe, when a gale barred her entrance to the |port. The voyage bus been a long one, but
without any casualties.-Kobe Chronicle.
INSURANCES
INSUR
TRANSATLANTIC FIRE
ANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG,
some Current Hates.
STEMSSEN & CO.
Agents.
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Hongkong, 16th November, 1872. NORTHERN ASSURANCE CO.
The scarlet fever vern of Dr. Moser, of
The oil-ships of the Standard Oil Company Vienos, is obtained from horses which have trade regalarly between Philadelphia and bern injected with a mixture of germ callures Role, crying thousands apon thousands Although of cases of oil which are stored in the from various scarlet fever cases.
Btandard Oil Company's "cutumundions ware. still imperfect and difficult to obtain, the scrum
houses at Yokoye, and afterwards distributed The Undersigned, having been appointed has been under test for two yours, and hes
to the Consumers io Japan. The sailing | AGENTS for the shore Company, are pra- proven to bave u specific curative valus, girigips which carry on this trade invasily pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at speedy improvement and preventing death if fake the Cape of Good Hope route. injected on the first or second day of the of the passing south and others worth o" disease. The supply has been insuficient for Australia. There are about a dozen vessels s Yakove, the Arrong, Rickmer Rickers, Colum all patients at the testing hospital, yet the, and prysont four of the era at mortality in 490 cases was reduced to less than bia rnd Juleopolis. In all they have carried 10 per cent, the average at other bospitals of some six hundred thousand cases of petroleum, ench case containing ten gallons; and after the town being more than 33 per cent.
dinfringing their large cargoes, which takes a Dead utter has been shown by Dr. J. C few weeks, the ships will probably saif in ballast | rg HE Undersigned Agents of above Company
for Puget Sound. Usually the long royage
are prepared to accept First-clas Foreign from Philmlephia to Kobe is acomplished and Chinese RISKS against FIRE at Current without incident specially worthy of record-, that is the sailer says so, but if he can bo par sanded to speak, what he says is mare to contain The two ships which something of intarest. have most recently arrived at Yakaye are the Columbia and Jetcopolis, and the captains of both vessels complain of their not having been ible to have the services of a pilot when ent r ing the Ki Channel The Jetenpolis was delayed a month nutside by rangh weather, and the Columbia tweety days. It seems to be the usual thing for sailing ships to enter Kube
Bose, of Calcutta, to have some of the irritability usually supposed to belong solely to brang organs. Under electric action metals are made to give responses that are lessened or modified-like the responses of muscles and "nerver... by pinching, freezing, heating, and even by choroforming or poisoning.
A telegram lately seat round the world in au ensterly direction took 10 hours 25 minutes; ons in a westerly direction required 13 hours 30
minutes for the trip.
Striking confirmation of the astronomical theory of Prof. Barwin, of Cambridge, is being brought to notice. He pointed out that at a certain velocity of revelation on its exis-one
of a few hours-a star would tend to break in twe, and before complete separation of the parts it would take the form of a duinb-bell, or two Just this pears joined by their small ends. condition is shown by the light changes of some lately discoveral variable stars. One southern variable, for instance has & period of seven hours, and a study of ita light changes indicates that it is a twin system with the two bodies still in contact and revolving round the common contre in seven hours. Another variable star of the southern skies appears to be a system in which the two stars have just separated, the distance between them being still small.
Observations in the Alps, at a time of rupid alterations of fair weather and storms, have | shown W. Caspari that the air is strongly electrifiel-or "jovised "-during the clear 'periods, and that the prevalence of positive or negative ions changes to correspond with the fair or stormy weather. Mountain sickness was seen to be closely connected with atmospheric electricity, an excess of free ious appearing to act as poison. The Lyssjoch, which is 13,001 feet high at the edge of a vast ice cleft, has a Lad reputation for mountain sickness, and hire 211 the dissipation of electricity is probably the
greatest ever observed,
Box No. 044, Cara of Duty Press Office. Hongkong, 10th Janney, 1900,
WANTED.
BIPPEWRITING CLERK
Yo British Mercantile Firma CHINESE Apply by letter to
K. L. M., Barent Daily Press, Office. Hongkong, Hi Jununey, 1903.
THE CHINA-BORNEO COMPANY, LIMITED).
NOTICE.
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HAVE This Day RESUMED CHARGE
of the shore Company's business.
JJ. WHEELEY, Mangor. Hongkong. 9th January, 1943.
CARBOLINEUM-AVENABIUS-
USED FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
IN CASKS
ABOUT
450 LBS. NUT
TRADE
MARK
An unpopular court decision in England bas given prominence to the fact that there is no enet definition of steel, and inferior metals way to sold under that name. It is urged that protection against the por imitations is needed as mitras the law against the sale of argarine for butter. A suggestion is that an expert commission classify the iron alloys, the decisions to be given force by su act of Parliam+1.1.
per cent, of manganese makes itón practically ron-ungsetic. Alloys more magnetic than commercial area may be produced with nickel, silicon, aud aluminum..
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without a local pilot, for they are unable to obtain the services of a licensed pilot, end to employ a fisherman to assist them means
envy fine for both "offenders." In this respect navigators have a strong grievance, that may soune day be redressed whop a ship driven ashore in the straits gives point-and-force to their complaint, which the authorities at present do not seems to notice..
Rates
ESTABLISHED 1836.
TURNER & CO.
.[240 Hongkopy. 14th January, 19 3. THE WESTERN ASSURANCE_COM- PANY OF TORONTO, CANADA.
INCORPORATED 1851.. Cnsh Security ... Total Losses Paid
...£625,719 ...£0,769,240
THE Undersigned having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, arr Prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Carrent Rates.
WM. MEYERINK & CO. Bongkung. 22nd July, 1902.
[142 DHNIX FIRE
OFFICE
The Undersigned are now prepared to GRANT POLICIES of INSURANCE against FIRE at Current Rates.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK &.00,
Agents for the Phenix Fire Offies Benekonr. 17th August, 1987.
T
B
JN INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON
The voyage of the Columbia has been parti- onlarly interesting. She left Philadelphia on the 9th June and arrived in Kobe on the 26th! December taking exactly 200 days. Of this time 3 days were spent whistling for the wind after the ship had passed Caps of Good Hope, and 20 days enssing the wind, so to speak, outside
FORD 1710, Kobe. Up to the tin she was becalmed the
The Undersigned having been appoiu.rd record passage for Catania" had rande
AGENTS for the above Commany, are pre- swiftness, just as on completing her voyage it had turned into a racord for slowness. While pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE &
SIEMSSEN & CO.. becslus the crew cauit several sharks. This Current Rates, was dous in the fashion amiliar to anglers. A
Ageats,
$26 hempee rope was thrown overboard, of the end
Hongkong, 30th May, 1892, being fixed a piece of chain-cable about a yard in length, so that the shark could not get away ANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG WORTH GERMAN FIRE INSUR- IW when one hooked, by biting the fine. great strength, with a piece of meat us any fish heck of very lurge size and Soveral sharks bait, was fixed to the cable. were caught in this manner, the largest of which was eight feet in length. This was one of the diversions of the crew during the esim. At the end of the thirty days a welcome breeze sprung up, bat algust at and it blew a Some of the heaviest seas in the gale," captain's experience were shipped in that gale One of these, a huge wall of water, boarded the
Au
ship at the stars and ran right along the deck and into the forecastle. The compass-house and compass were carried overboard, the mon at the wheel had the arrowest escape of his life, and soon found himself clinging to the ratlines, the mate on watch was carried off kis
Lates.
The Undersigned AGENTS of the above Compaur ao PREPARED TO ACCEPT First Case Foreign and Chinese Risks at Carrert
SIEMSSEN & CO. Ronckobe. 20th May 1995 SALAMANDER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
AT
34. QUEEN'S ROAD.
PARISIENNE MILLINERY.
LIGHT SPRING DRESS GOODS, LACES, CHIFFONS, LACE COLLARS,
AND BERTHAS. FLOWERS.
GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT,
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28.
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SMART NECKWEAR NOW ON SHOW.
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81, CANNON STREET, LONDON, E.C.
MAKERS OF THE LARGEST, MOST ECONOMICAL AND MOST SUCCESSFUL
CENTRIFUGAL PUMPING MACHINERY IN THE WORLD.
FOR IRRIGATION, DEAINAGE, RECLAMATION, DOCKS, &c. &c.
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AND TRIPLE
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HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, WEIHAIWEI.
AGENTS-
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AE Undersigned, having beam appoistet AGEN IS for the above Company, are repared to ACCEPT T(SKS against FIRE
HCZ JACOB & CO. at Current Rates,
Hongkong. 2nd Are 1900, AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN SURANCE CO. OF AIX-LA-CHAPELL,
T
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Undersigned, having been appointe
AGENTS for the above Company, are
feet, the caterpien ladder was washed away as wore the heat chimps, the skylight of the cabin i was broken, in, ayl the Captalo, whose wat h below it. was, vas awakeurd by the sukles squal to find bis cabin half tail of water. Nothing securred after this squall worth particular notice until the Columbia wes in the Colobes Sra, just leaving the Macassar straf prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE The vessel was then sailing at the rats of about
REUTER, BRÖCKELMANN & CO.,
Agents. two kuols, when a small canoe was sighted.
(113 being not less than sixty miles from the coast
"Hongkong. 31st April, 1897 of Borneo, and ari equal distance from the coast of Celebes. It was not until the ship was quite
NORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN-
A late British investigation has shown that the enores that the later was noticed, at which, tims its two occapants appeared to be making every effort to get out of the way, which they satceeded in doing, but at oue
de signs as if they wanted something. This strange meeting in the open sea greatly interested the crew of the ship, and the Captan ordered a ropes to be thrown to the canne so blood-that it could be towed, which was done, but it was noticed that the man who caught the rose -both appeared to be famished-bad scarcely strength to make it fast Is at length did so, and strange signs and sound were then munda by the men. It was grossel that they wanted water, their appearance was evidence of their starved condition, aud.& fio, hobling nearly a gallon, wex, handed over to them. They were so famished with thirst that they drank it off and were given more, with some biscuit and estes which the cook had just made. Daring. this time the captain was trying to speak with theri. He was unable to understand a word they said, but bringing out a chart pronounced the names of the conatries bordering the Celebes S-a, aut from the expressious of tho me when the ame was several times pro- souneed thought that they belonged to Borneo. The occupants of the einde wera of durs com. plexion and win but for their loin-cloths. Their unos or catamaran, with outrigger at one side, was not mon than ten feet long.
Astonishing effects as a tonic and forvoer are cininod by Dr. Nangier, of Pacis, for balloon ascensions, Eestites that un air trip of two hours givos z markė 1 increase in the red corpusoles of the blood, this increase Frontixning to noticeable for at least ten days ufte: wards, and that fits ascenicus witidu six or seven werks impart more benefit to a anaemic person than three months in the mountries. The good resuits bogis almost Immediately, prolonged stay in the upper air. being of no advantage and possibly harımfel. He urges that the city should give poor people Throughly reliable preservative for Wood the benefits of a clungo of climate by providing and Stone against White Auts, Decay, Fungus a Targo balloon capable of taking fifty patients
daily on un aerial outing. Rot, and Damprosa.
J.
CARBOLINE
ENARIUS
INS OF 45 LES
NET.
LUTGENS, EINSTMANN & CO.,
Sole Agents for China.
1801
Hongkong, 1st July, 1902
A NEW MAGAZINE (Published Quarterly) "THE EAST OF ASIA."
YONTAINING Articles of Spacis Interest, Profusely Illustrated, descriptive of the People, Customs, &c, of the Far East.
$1.50. Price At Messrs. KELLY & WALSH, LD,
Hongkong. Hongkong, 18th December, 1902. ME
CHADWICK KEW
DENTAL SURGEON. No. 39, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
Oice Hours-9, to 5]P.. Hongkong, 19th March, 1902.
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The size of atoms, a subject of inquiry since the time of the nuclent Greeks, is now a matter of great importance. A recent determination by Mr. II. Y. Ridout, reached by simple geometrical processes from dissention by electrolysis and through the aid: et kuown electrical foranzo, places the size of the iou--or elictrified atom-of hydrogen at about one 286- millionth of an inch. The posible; etrars are,
EVERY HEALTHY BOY likes to get himself into places of dangers Heneo braires, strains and sprains. Mother scolds and brings ut the bottle of Perry Davis' Painkiller and rubs it on the injured ep ts with an aaergy sed frequency depending on the seriousness of the case. There is nothing like Painkiller to take out the soreness. There is (2727-8 but one Painkiller, Perry Daris“.
Refreshing and Agreeable.
CALVERT'S
CARBOLIC
ITOILET SOAP,
A pleasm Antiseptic Saap (containing te pure Carbolic Acid), Shouli be used regalar to improve the skin and cotoplexiou and scrut infection.
F. C. CALVERT & Co., Hanchester, Eng,
[2001-2
at Current Rates.
N TILE INSURANCE COMPANY. TOTAL FUNDS AT 318 DECEMBER, 1991. £15,722,093.
I.
AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £3,000,000 0 0 SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL.... 2,750,000 0 0 PAID-CP CAPITAL.............. 687,500 0 0 I. FIRE FUNDS.....
2,695,548 5.2
The Undersigned, laving been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are pre- pared to ACCEPT EISKS against FIRE at Current Rates. {
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
Agents.
[1796 Hongkong. 1st July, 1902.
L'URBAINE"
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LD. -
(Establishe 1838)
at current rates.
•
THE Undersigned, having been appointed GENERAL AGENTS for the abovo Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS
P. LEMAIRE & CO. Hongkong, 7th Welanary, 1901. GENERAL MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY; LIMITED, OF DRESDEN.
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THE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above L'ompany, are to ACCEPT FOREIGN and prepared CHINESE RISKS.
HOTZ, s'JACOB & CO. Hongkong, 1st September, 1982, AUTOMATIO MAUSER
PISTOLS.
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GALIBRE 7.83 m.r. With CHAMBER for 10 CARTRIDGES FIRING 10 SHOTS in 2 SECONDS. STEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong 3rd October, 1900.
.66
JARDINE. MATHESON & CO.
TURKISH TROPHIES."
"OH, SLÝ CIGALETTE:
OH, FI, CIGARETTE!
WHY DID YOU TEACH ME TO LOVE YOU SO,
WHEN I HAVE TO PRETEND THAT I DONT, YOU KNOW?"
BRITISH-AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY. LIMITED.
HONGKONG.
JAPAN
MITSUI
COALS.
BUSSAN KAISHA (MITSUI & CO)
HEAD OFFICE: 43, SAKANGTO-CHO, TOETO. LONDON BRANCH - 34, LIME STREET, EC.
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OTHER BRANCHES.
New York, San Francisco, Hamburg, Bombay Singapore, Sourabaya, Manila, Amoy, Ghanghai, Chefoo, Tintin, Nereliwnug. Port Arthur, Seal, Chemulpo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Oaka. Kobe, Kare. Shitonereki, Meji. Wakamatsu Karatsu, Nagasaki Kuubinotes, Sussbo, Maidzura Mike. Hukalite, Taipoli, &c.
Telegraphic Address: "MITSU" (A.B.C. and A. I Codes)
CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy and Arsenale and the State Rastways: Principal Railway Companies and Industrial Works; Homs and Foreign Mai and Freight Steamers. SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Fanons Mike. Tagawa, Yamano and Ida Coal Mines: aud SOLE AGENTS for Hokoku. Hondo Kanada, Kishima Mamada, Mannoura, Odoura Otsuji
Sasahar Tenbakuro, Yoshinotani, Yoshio. Yunskibars, and other Coat
N. INUZUKA. Manager, Hongkong, 1111
PURE FRESH WATER
RJ. REMEDIOS,
DEALER.
FOREIGNED COLONIAL STAMP THE HONGKONG STEAM WATER- BOAT CO.. LD.. is prepared to supply ANY QUANTITY, of PURE FRESH WATER to the Shipping, both for Dick and Boilers,
Call Flag W.
--No. 38. WYNDHAM STREFT, HONGKONA. Will be glad to send STAMPS en approval to any address on mceipt of satisfactory refer
Is also prepared to purchase used POSTAGE STAMPS in Large or Small Quantities for C's
AGENTE WANTER.
13:99 15 to 25 per cent. Discount Allowed,
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J. W. KEW.
Menart. 20, DAR Vaux Corel
Hongkong, 13th June, 1902
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