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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, 1905.
Consumption. Lung Troubles.
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ment will have to take full advantage of it at once leaving the protests which will Eurely coms from powers other than Great Britain and Russia to be dealt with in the best way possible as they arise.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. ROPINGS IN A NEW FIELD-RADIUM-ALUMI- NIUM-X-RAYS IN THE FACTORY-EARLT THE AUROBA-1 NEW IRRIGATION IDEA
DENTISTRY-PAPER CLOTHING-CAUSE OF
The fruit of the Barbory zopal, a widely dis; { tributed fr-tree, is used by Prof. Cusmano, an Italian, for the novel parposs of watering trees, or protecting them from drouth, & pit a foot deep and two yards acrosa is dug around the tren to ho protested, and this in filed with the figs and their stoms, the whole boing. The beaten down and covered with a layer of
pulp thus nid down in spring absorts much moisture, which is given off very slowly. After a drenth of four months Prof. Casmano hus found the pulp still fresh and capable of aap- porting vegetation, while the foliage of the tree was green and in perfect condition.
The old alchemists' theory of the trasmutation of elements is confirmed aner by fresh evidence of the change of urnaium into radiuin. In the Jater experiments of F. Soddy, a solution containing over two pounds of aranium nitrate was frent from all traces of radiam and in a closed bottle, since which tims, for eighteen occasionally. An emanation -- apparently identical with radian-has.gradually developed and increased in power.
The roless stoves" of German cooking schools are tightly dosed wooden boxes thickly lined with bay or felt. After first boiling a few minutes over a fire, pots containing food are placed in those boxes, where they rotain their heat for hours, the result being slow cooking. This method is suitable for soups and vegetables, which do not require a quick, hot fire,
The most oven temperature known is believed to-be that of Surin, Datoh Guisas, where the summer averages 78-deg. nud the winter 77 deg.
The mallest tree is a'aimed to be the Greenland birch, whose height is less thang three inches, although it spreads over a radia of two or three feet
SUEZ CANAL BLOCKAGE.
WHAT IT MEANS
up
The very convenience of the Canal, remarks the Bombay Gazette, makes it a danger to English commuication with India. It has always been said that the first open not of any Rasing atack of Indis would be blowing the Canal. It bes now been blown up and the delay to train is almost negligible. Dynamite exerts its faces in the line of greatest resistance, and sand wots as a buffor, or the rocky bed would have been shattered as well as the sides. The diference between the difficulty of clearing sand and rock is enormous, but the present explosion shows that we have little "to fear from any dalh- erate attempt to destroy the Canal. In view of the size of our army in Todia the only benest that could asarne to the Russians would be naval one; und by the treaty ratified in Paris it is impossible for the Black Bon fest to pass the Dardanelles with afficient ease to enable it to harass the English ships protecting, the Port Said entrance. We have already see the value of Russian baral work in the Far East and this, combined with the comparatively slight effect produced by the explosion, entirely
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The Tokyo Industrial Review says:-Now that the tremendous struggle with Russia has
Some Tokyo journals state that America has come to an end, Japan in determined to opply her whole anorgy, which has proved so efficient signified her approval of the establishment of a If this in the conduct of the war, to peaceful enterprise.Japanese protoctorate orer Cores.
the industry and commerce of the country.etatemont be authoritative then we may argue The fact that the peace does not bring any by inference that the other powers have not FINE TONE AAD_APPEARANCE indemnity to our country, has awakened our approved of the proposal. Ou the whole we business-men to the necessity of making good regard the statement with suspicion and class the financial losses sustained by this country on it with the other canards regarding the with account of the war, and this can only be drawal of the British and Italian Legations OF A FULL GRAND.
Affected
nalen of industrial and from Seoul, by the s. During the war, the
We uote that Mr. Hayashi and General commercial enterprises. patriotism of our merchants caused them to Hasegawa bare returned to Tokyo, presumably cheerfully bear the beary burden of the cost to assist in formulating Roma scheme for the of the campaign. After the war, the same furtherance of Japanese interests in Cores. This would hardly have been necessary had the their energy in pursuit of their respective Government been in a position to adopt such s callings. Though acting in different felda simple measure as the declaration of a protector their spirit is the same and their determination ato. On the whole it appears to us that Corea oae. Their motto hence forward will be will have another spell of independence. The wish may be father to the thought but all the Labour for the sake of the Empiro!? The actual cost of the war so far amounts straws show that the wind blows that way and to about 1,800 million yea, but with the unless Japan makes considerable sacrifices to expenses for the withdrawal of troops from secure the assent of the various powers we be Manchuria, pensione nod rewards to soldiers lieve our deductions will prove to be sorrect. and sailors, and many other post-bellum expen-
lays the bogoy which it has hitherto been GREGOR & Co's IMPERIAL HIGHLAND WHISKY ditures, the total outlays in connection
quite reasonable to fear. The lessons to be with the war will foot up fally to two thousand millious. In commardal circles, this sour sum of two thousand millions is considered as an
| Larned, from the accident to the Chatham should be taken to heart and noted agon swiftly. The Suez Canal las become so enormous a factor advertisement fee paid for advertising Japan to the world. By this war, Japan has become certain
in the trade of the world that it is high time the work of widening were pustred on with famous and things Japanese. to
RADIUM GENERATION-FIRSLESS COOKING.
greater vigour. A delay of even four days extent, are now fashionable in the world. The
means a great lost to the inercautile community Commercial Masoam of the Department of
While radio-activity is still about as much of
acted at the time. In addition, adequate Agriculture and Commerce in receiving large a mystery as electricity or even life, it is now
widening of the Canal would allow of greater numbers of overtures from foreign merchants, who are desirous of opening transactions with undersloud to be a quite common phenomenon. Japanese manufacturers in different lines of Among those who have been making interesting speed than the present six miles an hour, and the We (the Tokyo Manufacturers' experiments is Dr. Tommasina, of Genera, and increased size of the new beats under constrac business.
to render he has discovered what he names pyro-radio-action for the P. & O. Company shows that the Association) are taking measures
will not be sonfired to the Atlantic; and when overy assistance
husiness connection with our charged wire of inducing radio-activity in any
rubstance, "Ionization
by x-rays or die vessels of over twenty thousand tone are if you suffer from any discaso due to an impuro per distamos to any forsiga merchants desir.tivity," which is the power of a hosted negatively time is approaching when the ocean greyhound state of the Blood, nON WHATEVER CAME ABI marchants, or vice versa. These are instances of you should test the value of Cro's Blood Mixtare, the manner in which the war has extended the charges of an induction coil also gives to the necessary to cope with the trame, the Caval the world-famed Blood Parlier and raborer. The
sir the power of imparting radiowtivity, as it now exists will banuara lebla.
The steamer Arabia passed the Chatham on medicine has 40 years' reputition, and is to day more market for our merchandise.
Financiors are confident that their market Through such means any substance can. popular than ever, the reason of this being undoubted.
Arabia saw the Chatham she was lying sub- after the war will enjoy a sound and stable made temporarily radio-active without tas pre. the way to Bombay. When thos ou board the prosperity. After the Japan-China war, wesence of radiura, and by charging the human acquired an indemnity of some 300 million yen body, or any drug, food or drink, it may be merged with her decka awash, the bridge and and the result was a panic, owing to the inflation practicable to test the suspected but unknown poop being the only portions of the hull of the currency and a craze for new enterprises. curative value of radio-activity. In some plants showiur above the water. Fortunately for In the present case, we bare foregone on and animals Dr. Tommasina has found a slight the convenience of traffic, the Chatham indemnity, and our businessman, though fully permanent radio-active power, which seeming to was lying sufficiently close to
be a function of vitality itself, he calls the banks to provide a fairway for passing steamers, but the passage was of the narrow- active, are quite cautious, anch attitude a bio-radio-activity."
est dimensions, only a few feet intervening cluding the occurrence of any paulo. Our financial market, as everyone is aware, passed
between the two steamers when they came The Chatham was through the throes of the war without any abnormal conditions resulting therefrom, and
abreast of each other. there is no reason why the same loanciers,
noticed to have a list to starboard, and, from the appearance of packages seen on either bank of the Canal, they were supposed to be aided by cautions business men, should not be able to sondest the post-bellum finsuses with
portions of the cargo which had been taken out of the sunken steamer before it was dis- board. Further salvage operations were then covered that the also hid nitro-glycerine on stopped.
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Small protuberances, like drops of melted metal, have been noticed by N. Orloff on the curface of an aluminiam plata that had been dish containing radiom bromide. used to cover Radiations from these protuberances showed no lessening after six months, and it is inferred that particles of radium accumulated around slight nuclei of aluminium to form a stable alloy,
The eyes of our enterprising business mensre cause arising. For now naturally draws to the promising folds of activity in Baghalien, Korea, and Manchuria,
Norel use of Roentgen rays 's made by a which they deem it their duty to exploit in s peaceful sommer. It is difficult to enumerate Berlin company in manufacturing submarine here all of the promising businesses that can be cables. The cables are tested by being passed pursued in those countries. But the principal over two eye pulleys over an X-ray tabe, the are the fisheries of Saghalion, gold mining, screen above stowing any defect more directly ootton, serioultural, and salt industries in Koras, and with greater certainty than the resistance and mining, agricultural and general industrial tests usually employed. business in Manchuria.
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TUNELL LOOK CHAIR WITHOUT BENEFIT Mr. F. E. Lowie, 48 Brlige Btract Row, Cheater, writes:-- Just a line in favour of Ontka's Blood Mixture. I had oczema for org months, and tried many things without benefit antil I took your remedy. After the eighth bottle I was quite well apoi, Please accept this letter ass token of gratituito your wonderful Clarko's Blood Mixture.***-June 31, 1902.
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Sold by all Chemists and Patent Medicine Ve Espire, they are eager to trude, whether in dating probably from the fifth century B.C.
Hippocrates, about fear centuries before Korta and Manchuria will remain open to the world's commerce. But it is undeniable Christ, wrote of the care of the tooth, and a that our business men are trying hard to tomb at Tanagra, of about the same period, compete successfully with their contreres all bas yielded a set of false teeth. Following up Italian archaeologist, finds that the art had over the world in rusting forward their ancient dentistry further, Ernesto Mancini, an commerce. The government is taking mass-Ital ures to perfect the meras of communications reached a high development at na earlier time by in Assyria, Egypt, Phonicis, and among the thers The large feet of steamere acquira Etruscans.
ullings Porfectly-adhering gold transportation between Japan and the from mamuy teeth of Thebes have been reported other anthorities. Jinan during the war will be used in facilitat continent. Banking facilities have been estab by Benzoni, though denied by listed by the opening of branch offices thers of In European museums are preserved Phoenician Japanese banks and a further improvement is teeth bound together with gold wire, Etruscan
from
Cervotri. A museum of Rome has a plate contemplated in connection with the proposed gold teeth, and bridge work" 3,000 Fents oid organizaton of the Japan China Bank.
Not only in Korea and Manchuria do the Kiting orer three sound tooth and having a A Florence museum Japanese merchants iotend to carry the trade place for a fuise tooth. but throughout the whole world. In order to claims the oldest dental work in Italy skuil about the commercial prospority of this with incisors bound with a gold band, and exports or imports, and we, the Tokye Manu- Dautistry declined in Europe after the early *The Arabe kept facturers' Association, shall always be willing part of the Christian era. to assist in any transitions between foreign up the Greek art, however, and late in the CLARKE'S BLOOD MIXTURE and Japanese merchants. With these aspira-sixteenth century the protection of teeth tions in view, we hope that our business men became common in Europe. Fare, physician of will in a few years he engaged in a keen a Charies LK,, was the flral to transplant living contest for commercial success as that of our teeth. Ho filed ordinary testh with cork and Army and Navy for supremacy on land and lead, but used gold for royalty. sea during the past eighteen months.
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WH. PARLANE, Manager, Hongkong, 18th November, 1901.
ON SALE.
155
ROUND VOLUMES of the HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS; January to June
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JAPAN AND COREA.
The best paper cloth so far produced seeme to be that made by a patented process used tü Saxony. One kind is span and woven frem narrow strips of paper; a second variety con The Corez Daily News of October 13 says:ins cotton with the paper; and a third grode From the latest Japan exchanges to hazil wa learn that it was believed that the full text of the best-results from a mixture of wool and the ponce tranty was to have been rasde public paper. The new material-though not so on the Jitu inst. If this turns out to be the streng and durable as ordinary cloth-gicids
abeap, serviceable and even washsble clothing. case wo shall probably receive telegraphic particulare some time today. We await the full text of the dan selating to Corea with grott anxiety upon its wording will depend the autonomy of this Empire. The position of the Japanese Government and the temper of somer. He finds that the irregularity of
The hypothesis that magnetic storme, anrorue, are due to the passage of the earth through in favoured by Prof. Schuelerle, the German donger portions of matter sjected by the one-
the people are such that if the terms agreed Ou Bale at the Hergkong Daily Press Officbto by Russia, cdmit of any assumption of period is what should be expectal, and the
Japaroso authority over Cores the Govern, plemena of cometa sustain this view.
Hongkong 17th July, 1805.
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DOCKA WHARVES AND GODOWNS.-Hong kong and Whampoa Docks have ruled steady and without any change at $180 with a few sales and close with buyers at that. Kowloon Messrs. Vernon & Smyth say in their weekly Wharves have been in demand at $1074 with share report date Hongkong, 27th October: out bringing any shares on the market, and close with buyers at $108. Farabiams have We have no material changes in the market to further declinel in Shanghai to The 140 with report. The tendency of rates, except in Marine selere sail our market has followed suit. Now Stocke, has, generally speaking, buen towards weakness, but variations have been small and Amoy Dorks; no change or busiDİSKA, there are no features of any interest to record.
BANKS-Hongkong and Shanghais in the carly part of the weeks again improved to $9073 and $910 with small sales; later, however, chiefly.
COTTON MILLE-With the excaption of a in consequence of the contioned rise in fall in Ewes to Tls. 54, we have nothing to obange, the demand ceased and the rete again fell to 3907 at which the market closes with sellers. Nationals onchanged.
LANDS, HOTELS AND BUILDINGS. --With the exception of a few sales of Humphreye' at $15 we have no change or business to report under this heading.
raport.
MISCELLANEOUS.-Lanndries (old) have
und Watkins at $6 and $6.40; further than MARINE INSURANCER-Unions with a small changed bands at $8, China Providents at $9 dewand and no sellers have improved to $735, these we have no sales to report. Philippines with small layers. Cantons retain steady at have declined to $6, and Watsons to 314, both $3274 with probable buyers and $330 sellers ez with sellers
CHURCH SERVICES.
the div. of $20 paid on the 23rd inst. Chins Truders have been in a steady demand, and sales have been effected at 3879 and $58, the market closing with buyers at the latter rate.
ST. PETER'S CHURCE, Queen's Road West. North Chinas have been placed ut The 911 or div. 76. Yangtazes unchanged and withou
19th Sunday after Trinity. Holy Communion 7.30 am, Morning grayerila-Vonite, Savage; business.
FIRE INSURANCES.-China Fires have bees Te Deum, Hawen; Jubilate, Hunley; Hymns, placed at 350 closing steady. Hongkongs have 199, 292, and 28. Evening Prayer 8.90. Meguif- cat, Gregory; Nune Dimittis, Foster, Hymns, ruled
quiet with sollers at $940,
Lados ruled firm during the 19, 264, 274, and 204. SHIPPING
The Church launch Dayspring, will tell ou ships early part of the week and a fair business was! transacted at $5, at the clean, however, the carrying white cross, to being friends ashore to market is weaker with sellers at that rate. the services, between 9.15 and 10.30 a., and Douglases have been placed at $31 and more are between 15 and 6 p.za. (Kowloon Police Pier
Shell Transports, with a 10.30 and 6), returning afterwards. wanted at that reto, rine in the home market to 23. 6 have beenAnswering Pennant is the call flag enquired for and the rate here he improved to sittings are free and anappropriated, Visitors Star Ferrins, welcotas. Books, &e.. provided. Sunday School 235, 6d. with small sales at that.
Fales.
10-10.45 a continue on offer at quotatious, without
REFINERIEG-Chian Sngurs have continned to be affected by the settlement due on the 30th which although a very small one has caused gradual decline $223 without any business to speak of; market closes weak at that rate.
MINING.No change or business to report under this heading.
The
All the
ASHLEY ROAD HALL, Kowloon, No. 6, Ground, Flear Services. Lord's Day, la... Breaking Bread. Lard's Day, 6.50 p.m., Gospel Meezing, Tuesday, 7 p.m., Bible Chiss Thursday, 7 p.m..
Saturday, 7 pm, General Meeting. Meeting.
1873