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LIMITED,
14. QUEEN'S ROAD.
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S. MOUTHIE & CO., LIMITED,
14, Qneer's Kand
(Entrance in Zetlaul St.),
25
Hongkong, 15th January, 1996.
INSURANCES
AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRS IN- SUBANOR C.
OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE.
HE Undersigned, having been appointed prepared to ACCEPT RISKS agitat FILE at Current Rates.
THE the boss, Company, are
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REUTER, BROCKELMANN & CO.
Hongkong, 1st April, 197 L'UNION OF PARIS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED
THE Undersigned having besu appointed AGENTS for the above Company are prepared to accept. Risks against Fire at carront
SIEMSSEN & CO.. Hongkong, 1st January, 1904.
alos,
"JANEN"
LIFE & ANNUITY INSURANCE CO.,
HAMBURG.
ESTABLISHED 1818.
Assets Pulse Dreemus, 190K MA«. 5900-april to £2,609,00
HE UNDERSIGNED. haring men up-
Tpointed GENBILAL AUNTY of the above Company for Hongkong aul Chína, neo prepared to acerol LIFE and ANNUITY Insuraness, as well as to issus ACCIDENT Policies at the mest libacal worms over offered
the East
SIEMSSEN & CO.
Hongkong, 1st January, 1996.
173
TORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN-
NORTH BRITANCE COMPANY.
TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ST Ducsmuss, 1904. £17,161,299
I
AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £3,000,000 Suaschioso CAPITAL.... 2,750,000
637,500 6 Pai CAPITAL..........
น 11. FIRE FENDS.......
8,001,266 12. 9
The Undersigned, AGENTS: for (he above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Katar.
SHEWAN, гOMES & CO.,
A conte. Hongkong, 30th June, 1905,7
HONGKONG
1567
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
BOOKBINDING.
"DAILY PRESS" OFFICE.
The 'valy office in China having European taught workea Equal to Home
work.
IRON MERCHANTS.
SINGON & CO.,
Iron, Steel, Metal and Hardware Merchants. Wholeendo Lil. Hot Lil Ironmongers. Pig Iron and Fonudry. Coke Importers. General Store- keepers and Commission Agents. 35 & 37. Hing Leong Street. (1st Street West of Central Market,elephone No.515.
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Rom Central.
PRINTING.
"DAILY PRESS" OFFICE.
Proofs read by Englishmen.
STOREKEEPERS
BISMARCK & CO..
Cesadlers,
Navy Contractors, Shie
Provision and. Coal Merchant, Ball
makers, Jo, Fresh Water supplied to
Vessels in the firbor
KWONG BANG & CH
Shipchandlers Sailmakers, Provisionors, Coal Merchants. Hardware, Engineera Tools, Metal, Tron and Steel Merchants 37 58 & 59, Cunningha Road, Now
Prava Central,
BRIGHT'S DISEASE AND DROPST.
CORED YEATS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23nd, 1906,
CULT OF THE FLYING BOOT.
i whom we have esiled. The more fast that they did call, and that we word forced to return their call, has.made me dislike them. Superstitious people thought they saw a satanic visitation when a gigantic figure in length and breadth of the British Isles, a Now 1 sak a plain question-Is there, in the sovendegas boits das 1 down the Avenue des solitary man who can honestly say that ho Champs Elycous on Dec. 15th at boat twenty-enjoys paying calls? Is there one out of all voiles an hour, shot film a thunderbolt across the millions of mascaline members of this rast the Place de l'Etoile, and di-appeurod with a whizz and a whirl into the Heis da Borlogna, comminuity I reply without hesitation--Not a Ian's sange of these Ay It was however, only M. Corsini takiagingle one.
Condemned the absurdity of calling for con a little gentle exercise in the castor boots which aries past. Men hare paid ells with their be te aconte le and for which he wise or sweethearts under protaat vror since there is a great future.
to
Mi A. M. Steadman, living at 130, Cambridge Road, Killwrs, London, England, says: I wish I could t-il you how thankful I am for the good Dan's Backache Kidney Pills have doue urn. They have saved my life Hofors I Legan sig hem, the doctor said I couldn't live savihor the months, but that won a year and a
well and I'm as a quaeter ngo to-day xeber I tena in og fe
"Hofore wing Don's is I was suffering from Brighth dies and dropsy. My body
alling was invented. Inquire into the cause These new departures in footwear and loans af any given call, and you find that it is was no wallen f'mt I can'cn't get my clothes tion took veske little victor cars is ds to fan finnes. A young man pays or cuts on; to pass is my back were foar Wellington boots. Each is driven by Pall seans mother Core him to do so, Tally agonizing, and I could hardly breathe motor, and the spoed can to acerberate from an old man beans x wife insists. Neither Though I went woder hospital treatment, and six up to thiriz *% miles an hour. had the best of aredient advice. I kept galting They are fifteen biches long and braid ing men nor old men would stir ayarl worse and worse unill I began with Doan's proportion. The whods, of which fandt erented the frenia.
across the set to pay a ell if wom kiad Pills, I cannot speak too highly of disfour on each bont, uva sight inches in dia- medicine, for it did we good from the first, and meter, and are fitted with solid tyres. although it was a year and a quarter aga that I was cured. I Am stil! in splendid health."
Women who suffer from pain or dull ache in the back, loins or side, from dizzy spell, plouatio twinges, minary troubles, gravel, cintia, Batulence, headache-rome who are merros, irritable, moody-women who can'
't stoop, can't eat, can't sleep, rud who ridon emile-are recozamonled to try Doan's Backache Pills; Doan's Pills help the kidneys to purify the blood and drive out the disolved or crystallised poisons that-whon kept back in the body by clogged kidneys--causo fatal kider ryusplints such as drops, sticture, Bright's disesan cor diabetes.
Iroen's Buekarde-Kidney Pills are 29 a box, | or 139 for 6 Boxes To be had of all cheni B4 medicine-dealers, or direct from the propriators, the Poster McClellan Co., 8, Wells Strost, Oxford Street, London, England, just fres ou receipt of price,
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SURE PREVENTIVE OF EXHAUSTION
Halle Com Win will keep you strong and healthy, in matter how hard you must work, how many ages are toenst upon you, how 'try- ing may be the weather. It prevents exhaus Blau and ahead and marvons disorder, such as neuralgie, sleeplessnerrous prtation, by enriching the vitim blood rd vitalizing th whole system.
A wingbragte two or three times a day wit on any weakness dun to impoverished bleach,
66-16-
MITSU BISITI DOCKYARD
AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI.
CODE WORD: "DOCK." A., A.B.C., and Engineeing Code Used
NEW DOOR NOW OPEN.
DOCK No, 3. Extreme Langih... Length on Blocks
799 Fret 714
1
Width of Entrance on Top
964.
17
Width of Entrance on Boltem. Water on Blocks at Spring Tide
884
341
DOCK No. 1,
Extremo Langkắt.... Layth on Blocks
524 fret.
533
With of Entrances on Top With of Entrancon Bottom... "Water vu Bosku af Spring Tide
88
77
281,
371 feel. 36
66 53
DOCK No. 2. Extreme Longth....... Longth on Blocks
Width of Entrance on Top With of Entrance on Bolton... Water oo. Blocks at Spring Tide 22
PATENT SLIP, Sailable for vessels up to 1,000 tons groas.
THE WORKS are well equipped with
LATEST PLANTS and APPLI ANCES
undertake to
BUILDING or
Accumulators are ciel in ball con nected by fine wires with the motors. The bonts weigh about Itilbs, inch, but weight doess not matter as the feet are never lif d. The boots cout abont 120.
An press errespondant asked M. Om stantini what would happen if one bout. iga to bravel at six ad as thor at thirty-six miles an hour. But he would not say,
basarelled several hundred miles on
theres and saves to subrot, to St. Po re- burg when the welor-car show is over..
......
SOBRIETY BY LOZENGE.
CHURCH ARMY INVENTION FOR REFORMING DRUNKARDS.
JAPANESE PORCELAIN.
Writing on the poruchain industry of Japan, versenkr paper observes that the yearly proriuation is erasing, though slowly. More han half is exported, the valug sent abroad in 3 being Y31000. The destination of the pore lait exported abroad in 1904 and its valuo were as follows
Asil
Y1,358,969 216,099
North and South Amerien, i.. 2,189,198 The United Statra je the boat enstamor for the wars, parehasing to the value of $1,930,000 in 1984; "Chim cours next with 14,900; then Cores with Y268,000. British North America was a customer is the extent of Y 120,000, and Great Britain, France, and Germany exch excecili
1 Y50,000. The United States purchases large quantities of prin from Europu. In the roast twadro years the value of exports Exper moats have been on the way for a outh, and in that time one hundredweight from England to the United States has of the new patout citro-preventative swensen only 1 por cont, from Germany. 152 has been sold. The esperiment has puca el 4, and testimonials from rescued drunkards are pouring in by scorns.
-The Church Army is, trying to make ; ɔple sober by lozenge.
The Rev. Wilson Carlile sketched out the ifo history of the sw. me it to an Express representative. Three physicians have put their bew Is thor, and made the lounge. It is a succe Or the Church Army nerve tonic, another and older aid to lemporance.
per cut.; Frauge, 41 por cont, and Japan, S per cont. The value of the porcelain produced in Japan in the five guars vading 1903 hason as follows:
1800
1989 £1091
1992
194
158ui 82
6,873,693
14,933.176
65,911,391
6,975,542
People told me that when they felt like drinking alcohol, a draught of the toute saved | ADMIRAL DEWEY ON THE AMERI-
them,
said the chief of the Church Army. But one cannot always be drinking out of a bottle in the street-bouse the lowonge."
3. Carlile hopes to establish a lozenge factory in the near future, bat he was careful to point out that the charge of sixpones for some fifty-one loveures leaves a margin of profit for the inventor. The lozenges are white and olourless, their shape and general appearance do not betray the user.
CAN SOLDIER.
We have na good a mury as there is in the world today," said Almiral Diway. W has us goof ships as has any country. W have as good officers as can be found in nay country, although some of us. may be golding fold; bit," and the Admiral's face lights up with enthusiasm as he procentai, hava the berat enlisted men of any country in the world. These men come largely from the West and exo the finest spectares of manhood that Am rics can procines. Ons sou why the American enlisted man are a superior to those The most maddening of all the conventions of other countries is brouss the United States which grip a man when he gets married that Gocera ut pays me for their ervices, and known as paying el, esys "M" in the
our war vos de ara so bly minnel that I Frening Standard. During the years of my believe that if at the offers ou a ship were bachelorhood I do not remember over puce kill it setio tho men could fight the ship to "paying a call on anybody, or anybody pay victory. It is the caea behind the guns, after ing a call on me. That is to say, I never wall, who are the mainstay of our way.
ON PAYING CALLS.
In
so foolish as to go to the tronso of any per these days sramurship lons not count so greatly, whom I did not really want to see, url C The person who complain of the lack of inflict his society on me material for our growing ary do not look enough was cruel unless he had some definite conson for so doing bend the fisherman of the Mains coast. But --business or social. Tras, Icues and Smith the day of the Now Raglan fishermann is pass- often dropped in on me of an eraning, and ing. What the navy wants paw is men who my part ofton dropp 1 in on them. But that
can handle latchino; wibawako young Amor- was because we bad things to way to oach other, irans, out the establishment of the training or wanted to be cherred up, or wished to disensstation in the vicinity of Chicago in bal ag plans of some sort. There was a gouine roonillustration of where the tiovernment experts for our visits. We were friends, and enjoyed each
Bat it
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THE HOLY COAT OF TREVES.
ether a company.
But who I got married Ierace las bost m in for the service." found I had to receive visits from dozens of people whom I had no desire to see whatever. Moreover, it was painfully evident in mostrases
A CHANGE OF DEFAMATION, that they had no desire to so0, MD.
call was their bunden duty to
The editor and publisher of the $ad Deutschen and our equally bouzhu daty to return the Montag Zway appared before the Court I don't know. My wife of Maaier rontly charged with defaming call. Why doesn't know wither, though sho prt als she religion. Ti offenes was committel in a aumber of articles gostioning the authenticity doox She cannot give me any exploraticu. this conduct of our neighbours, and, what of the holy seamless roat, which is claimed to without son, woven is more, she objects if hint that I have be the identic cont
a
REPAIRING SHIPS, ENGINES, and no desire to encourage them by following from top throughout," referred to in the Opel BOILERS, and also ELECTRICAL bad szample. Ok. but we must return of St. John XIX 2, and which is pensarved WORK,
their call says. They'd think it so odda sazred volin in the Cathedral of Travus.
For the defence a number of ancient ocel 1- A LARGE STOCK of MATERIAL is if we didn't. They'd never sems to 53 me always kopt on land.
again. Which is precisely what I am aiming siastics and hidorians were quoted, oren sok Tí, COMPANY has the powerful steamor at. I have no interests in common with them. extracts from dis pressedings of the Council of "OURA-MARU" (712 tons, 700 I.H.P.) I have no desire to wastonguarteror half-an-hour Trout being translated from the Latiu. The apecially built for SALVAGE TURPOSES once or twice a mouth holding forth to tlum Borut Catholic historian. Prof. Dr. Ritzont squiped with necessary gear, always ready about the weather; and besides I know they stated at the opinion of thosxperts uzde Short Notice.
are as bored as I am. Woub! not Lacy thank melly is that thn Travos ent is not then if I refrained from returning their call? adding that the great majority of Ought not they to be rather grateful than relies are enunterfeit. otherwise at my considerateness?
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It is not a thongh one had any difficynatorid whether the "lika wag in making friends. One finds friends quickly not: they a o port and parcel of rough-but not by paying calls. Indent of a roguist religious- I cannot imaging anybody over being on therafore wider tire protection
safeguavis religions iostitaf CELONICLE friendly terms with people who pay valle.
could never overcome my first fling of repulsion for a person who had deliberately forced his way into my house und stolen part of my afternoon with chatter about nothing
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