SHIPS AND SHIPPING
THE HONGKONG DAILY FRISS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 101⁄2¤, 1908.
larger than any hitherto regularly employed in 1 the Mediterranean and the Levant. Moreover, the fact that they are faster ateainety ecables. them without loss of time to take a call at Messina. Thence the voyager, can take train to Fyracuse, and from that port su Adria steamer will convey hiin to Malta distance of about sighty miles.
At the beginning of the year there came into operation ■ section of the Merkast Shipping The agreement between the
Act which provides that foreign samen, in Hamburg. American Line said the Norddeutscher Lloyd order to be employed on British ships, must has naturally been the abject of much illusion posse suficient knowledge of the English in shipping airoles. For the moment, however,
language to understand the orders that may be the disposition is to await the arrival of details given to them, Bo Lar this now requirement of the sahome before pawing a final opinion upon complaints have been heard, the majority seems to have worked without dilly, for no it. Inquiries suggest that it may take some little time before the agreement can ressive of foreign man in our mercantile, marine practical effect. Quite clearly it is not possible already have an adequate acquaintance with the atstroke of the pen to re-arrange the large English tongue, the now regulation is hardly sumber of services concerned, or to provide for likely to have any considerable effort. It, may new dispositions of the respective fiets. There however, have the result of excluding small no doubt, however, that the project which the purcacing the sales, me to that extent Kaiser bas so openly approved has as it's basis of influencing the supply The motion does the more economical working of the two cometa British protectorate, or to any Inson things appear to be clear, Onu is that the not apply to any British subject, any inhabitant Presumably, it would not touch a Chinsman from Hongkong, however had his pidgin English. Lasers, of course, bave their own arengs, who have a good knowledge of our language.
pantes, and further extension of the area of their operations.
'Beven-
It is interesting to note that in the ties" when the Norddeutscher Lloyd passed through an exceedingly bad time, it sold two of its steamere-the Von Moltke and the Yon Roon-to the Peninsular and Oriental Com. pany. These two boats afterwards oime to knewo as the Assam and the Siam, and were placed in the P. and O. Company's Bombsy trade. During the war between France and Germany the reasels of these two German licea were naturally subjected to a good deal of in. convenience, but they were remarkably from from capture, Not a few of them proceeded to the United States round the North of Scotland, while others, assisted by fog, ran the gauntlet of the English Channel.
Bingspers is a part of Clapham Junction of the East Consequently the news that the Nard: deutscher Lloyd have driven the Japatens out of the trade of Further Indis in of rome im- ⚫portance. The Germans have doubtless pail a good price as they did ten years ago they data from British infarne a network of branch lines, controlling almost the entire conatal service of Indo-China and Beathern Chins. Dr. Wiegand saw that if he could qoly bay up those lines, and bring thin coastal trade under Germen iniuence, in association with the German mail service to Chinn, it won't be an azoullout stroke of business, The two British lines absorbed, were the Scottish Oriental Steam ahip Company and the East Indian Ocean Steamship Company. Their disaposzano wan much lamented at the time. Now the German Leg predominates both at Singapore and Bangkok.
Many a well found sailing ship has come to Stenner, un she other hand, have the option grief in endeavouring to round Caps Horn, of navigating through the Straits of Maghan, and thereby ensuring a charter ronte, and, sa o rule, better weather. A Norwerglen has now come forward with a proposal-not by any means novel-for establishing a service of tug- boats at Pants Arous, and taking sailing ships in tow through the Straits. It is chimed that instances to reduce the voyages of sling ships in this way it would be possible in certain by several weeks. The worst of it is that this revived scheme comes very late in the day, for stoom now invades the long-royage trades to the North Pacifo, Besides, there would be difficulties in taking sailing ships in tow,
It will be recognised that the advantage of this call át. Mesalius in to open up a new route to Malts, which avoids long sea pazzags Indeed, so much does the Norddouteoker-Lloyd recognise this that it is offering through tickets from London to Malta, vià Marseilles or Genoa, at £12-30s first-class hd 29 second-class. Two
of the Mediterranean and the Levant for all Germans mean to develop the passenger traffic that it is worth and that is second is that, by giving every indecement to good deal. The Voyagers to employ their largo atemmers in these inland seas, the Norddeutscher Company services to more distant parts of the world, achieves an excellent advertisement for its
he can't that the British people won't have it.
Yet manufacturer and trader warn him that,
demonstrated times innumerable the past five But the British publie will have it, and has years that it will
in the most superficial way, and have succeeded For our people have entered that market only there anally in spite of their own most careful the dozens of Yankee commodities now firmly preparations for avoiding enseess, and among established in Great Britain there are few that have won a market on anything but staple de- menn fox something that had never been in- troduced before.
THE "GRAFTERS.
KOER STORIES OF SAN FRANCISCO SCANDALS.
The amazing story of the San Francisco grafter," the corrupt municipal authorities Dow on their trial, is continued by the "Times" correspondent.
ENGLISH “CAWN'T" ". AMERICAN Mr. Langdon, the District Attorney, and seat- How Boss Buef" was kept from remering ing himself in his place, is described.
" CAINT. "
AN AMERICAN ON OUR MOST-USED-WORD, “
Collins, the American journalist who did
Another entertaining article on British 'conservatiem" from the pen of Mr. J. H England last summer, appears in the last number of Printer's Ink," New York advertising publication
According to this investigator, the British public has been much maligned, and it is really
world generally. He says the manufacturer and trader who are responsible for the backward condition of the commercial-
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm, the new steamer being June 7 isappointed for the first sailing of the built at Bremarharon for the Norddeutscher Lloyd Company. The vessel will be of abont American advertising man who has never been "Why does he do things this way "aska the 18,000 1001, and much on the lines of the Grosser to London, England is a venerable country, Kurfurst, although bigger. She is intended I know, but good lord aren't the people over for the Australian trade, but in the off sesson there human? Couldn't John Bull get a club may run to New York. She will, as a matter of and sail into old coacervatiam or tradition or lots to say, she is a twin-screw boat. It is returned Yankee has to insist: "It can't be foot, make bar frat voyage to New York. -Need-whatever it is that holds him back? And the hardly worth while to build any others nowadays explained--you must come in actual for passenger services, more especially in view of with it.
contact the added safety of the twin-screw on the long Voyage seross the Southern Ossau,
Shipowners are not yet altering their plan, in expectation of the Panama Canal. They have indeed, little inducement to do so in view of the torta respooting the prospects of that under Leking. What is happening at Panama in, it is med, singularly like the events which ourred when M. de Lesseps was struggling to repost his Sacz triumph. More and more money was required, was forthcoming, and was pened out like water. So it is now. The American Government has set itself a task,
So the American newly arrived in London experts to see marvels of conservatism, just as Indians, An Englishman so conservative that the Englishman in America expecte to see grass grows on him and a tree rooted in his top hat-this would be up to the American anticipation.
business life to convince Americas-that Now, it takes bat a few days of London *conservation" is, too dignified a word for} what sile the Englishman.
The
Mr. Laugdes, it appears, obtained a tem- porary injunction restraining Raef from taking the office of District Attorney, and when the time came to hear the arguments for and against permanent injunction there was s crowd of citizens in and around the court-room favour of the "grafters.” prepared to hang the judgo if he decided in
Before the proceedings began a couple of bundred men asembled in front of the juge's room, each with his oyon Ezed on the judge, who was visible at his des at the window.
Get a rope! Get a rope!" they cried. The judge decided in favour of Mr. Langdon. After this, what had seemed an impossibility before the obtaining of an honest grand jury
became a possibility.
obtained by the reformers' committee, broke op the ring, Ruef was placed under arrest and bail When the confessions of the supervisors,
obtained an order admitting him to bail. was refused by Judge Dunne,
Buef then went before, a friendly judge and
When he signed the order the judge was fact, and no attempt was made to deny it, intoxicated, the newspapers all printed this
more remarkable than the manner in which he Service officer, bas done in the case has been Nothing that Mr. Burns, the Federal Secret
has dealt with Raol.
The latter, it must be remembered. is a man inconceivable. above the average, and of an artfulness almost of extraordinary ability, of intelligence for
The Cairo, the second of the two Ane farbine steamers built by the Faraleld Company for the Egyptian Mail Steamship Company, has just done some very successful trials on the Clyda. On a double run on the measured me at fall speed she made 213 knots, or three-quarters of knot in excess of the contract. On a twoire
At the present time, o eleverly has Mr. hours full speed trial she did. 21.2 knots, and
The thing ought to be expressed by the word as his greatest friend, begging Mr. Burns Burus worked, Ruef regards the datealive disclosed remarkable uniformity in the working
can't. of her three turbines. On the engines being which, according to present appearances, will retailer in his two-by-four shop, assures yonery day, but, so far, not agreeing to make the reversed from full speed ahead, only absorb unlimited millions, until the American that such an article might go very well in the prosecution is after. Each time, however,
For one hears yo't
not to leave him and asking-im to dinner cawn't an ovory furu. elapsed before the astern turbines were la mso- tion. Unlike the Heliopolis, her sister ship, Canal will doubtless be made some time or other, an mr people they wouldn't lave it, sir! The to show how Mr. Barns works.
absolately complete confession which is what taxpayer may begin te tire. The Panama Amarios, you know, but really you can't try it he confegues a little more. Here is one incideul which is already running between Marseilles and we are hardly likely to see a repetition of trade worries about commodities that cawn'ê de and Alexandria, the airo will not call at Ply those terrible scandals which distinguished pat before the consumer. The mannfesturer announced his intention of kicking Henry month, but will procent direct from the Clyde to Marseilles, thers to take up her work. The French enterprise in the region. But the warns you that you can't, and makes his goods (the chief prosecutor) out of San Francige,
same day this ornament of the Bench introduction of these two frst tarbine bosta is speciation that the world's trade routes will by that formals. one of the events of this year's Mediterranean
have to be reconstituted within the Dext
Judge Dunne ignored the other judge's order, and threatened a reporter" with a revolver, Tomson, and marki a noteworthy development in
few years is one which British shipowners the passerger steamship service of that great decline to entertsin,
and Ruef, after a “bluff' inland sea.
of carrying the
What really is behind it sli? Almost nothing.
The
ples.
The British consuming public is veritably matter to the Federal Courts, withdrew his are low, and agriculture more or less restricted, composed of ordinary human beings. Wages so two of the greatest consuming classes with us are, in England, not to be depended upon to the same extent as in Americs; -
At the moment the Mediterranen is a centre Nothing is yet definitely settled respecting of great interest. Big White Star and Conare the building of the five new mail steamera which liners are to be seen there, as well as the the Orient Company will require in order to Heliopolis, the fine new urbine boat of the carry out their contract with the Commonwealth Egyptian Mail Btesmship Company The Government. The idea, however, seems to be Cunard Company are employing both the enough in their expenditures Homes are Bat the classes that do have means are liberal that all five of the boats are likely to be con-
Caronia and the Carmania in yachting cruises larger, and life centres in Them structed in Footland-three by the Fairfield from New York to the Mediterranean and the classes. A magnificent trade organisation among all Shipbuilding Company and two at Clydebank. Adriatic. These boats are each of 20,000 tons, covers the whole kingdom, and despite its These orders, wherever they may finally go, will and carry orchestras, publish daily newspapers, negative attitude toward novelties, it has been be exceedingly welcome-as-providing work-at-a--and gires oboice dining alther table d'bite or amply-demonstrated that now merchandising time when there is little doing in the way à la carte. The Ca onia la due back in the enterprise with real vitality will be backed up. shipbuilding Reduction is the cost of material Mersey on March 16, on the ocmpletion of har is apparently now to be followed by a diminution third yachting cruise. She will bring home different in British conditions for nations There seems to be little that is fundamentally in wages, and thir, so far as the boilermakers are from Neples the passengers who leave Liverpool character, the British consumer is not nearly coneerged, with the acquiessence of the men in the Carpathia en February 15 for an at-a-poserrative is his purveyors believe his to themselves. The idea of foreingirike in tractive pleasure trip. The Carpathia bertelt he. Manufacturer and tradar are simply not existing condition would, indeed, have been little goes on from Naples to New York. less the madness. It may be doubted, how
remobing the consumer, that's all ever, whether the fall in materials and the prospective reduction in wages will be eaffoleat to tempt many new orders until the faters of the shipping industry looks a little more amured,
The Nippon Yusen Kaishs, the principal Japanese steamship enterprise, has just declared for the balf-year ended September 30 at dividend it the rate of 12 per cent, per annum This is in acord with previous distributions, and suggests that, whatever diculties Europes teamship companies may have had to boutond with, the Nippon Company has been er periencing god times. It is anticipated that the German companies will not be able to treat their shareholders so well as formerly when the next distributions are announced. The Hamburg-American Line, which past 10 per cent. for the previous year, is expected to pay 6 or 7 per cent, for 1967. The Norddeutscher- Lloyd dividend is predicted at 6 per cent, as mpared with 8h, and that of the Kokmon Pa at 10 or 11 per cent, se compared-with- 14. There are expectations which have been formed. They do not represent actual results.
Once again the propriety of setting a canal for ocean-going ships between the Forth and the Clyde is put forward for discussion. Many schemosa having this object in view hars from time to time been broached, withont, however, meeting with any great suous. The project is now more partioplasty vanammanded in. view of cur changed naval relationships, and the desirability of enabling our ships of war in the Nerth Sea to reach Glasgow so quickly as ponsible for repairing purposes. It is stated that opinion to shipping circles is distinctly. Favourable to the scheme, but whether the maritime and commercial community will be disposed to find a considerable portion of the money la an open question. There is of course, an existing waterway across Scotland in the shape of the Caledonina Caual, but it is quite out of court in connection with the require ment that a battleship should be able to get from one side of Scotland to the other.
In connection with the provision of sub- marine bell siguals, there hare of late been some interesting developments. It has been demonstrated, for instance, that by means of an electric cable a warning bell can be operated accesfully under water a good many miles from shore. Again, the provision of antorstio bell buoys has offered an intresting branch of inquiry, because an apparent difficulty was to secure that the submerged bell should be put in operation by the rise and fall of the
when the opona is at its calmest. It fe spires that, in the course of the experimenta with automatic bell buoys, which are beings made at the Nab lightship Trinity Hono has supplied a buoy of a particular type, which has proved specially sensitive to wave inluence. The rest is that the submerged bell at the Nab will give an effective service of from ten two twelve blows per minute when the "waves" are only four inches high.
In every retail skap one finde goods packad The Norddeutscher Lloyd Company is paying as we packed them twenty-five years go, and special attention to the Mediterranean. In usually weighted out in balk October it opened up direst communication every line ate limited, by our standards. The Assortments in between Southampton and Algiers, the boats consumer's home is crude when it comes to made available being the Ese steamers engaged modern conveniences. His business deas on Its Chins line. Now it is announced that crudely, with few labour-saving devices. His the company bas token entire control of the clathing is erade in everything but quality, of service from Marseilles and "Cenos to the materials. In groceries and drags, the prepara Lerant, which it formerly carried or jointly tions are often old-fashioned, so that an Ame, with the German Lavaate-Line, and is putting ries can hardly look into say shop without on the service the steamera Premsen, Bayern, seeing gaps that ought to be filed with com- and Sachsen, These boste med to is in the modities that have a univeral male in this Norddeutscher service to Chios, and are far ocustry.
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and the coroner, both members of the gang, had reported their inability to find him, an The "Boss" then fed. After the sheriff
showing the alisor the way, covered his biding-place in an hour, Mr. Burns honest eliser appointed by Judge Dunne dis
consummation of an ingenions plot by which the "Boss was to be "kidnapped by his The capture osme just in time to prevent the
friends and spirited off A-yacht-bad-beta- chartered and was to sail with Ruef that night. A little later Ruef pleaded guilty in Judge Dunus's Court,
that Schiits, the ex-Mayor, had afered to make clean breast of everything it he were set free. The "Call" printed a statement to the effect
The ordinary detective would have taken a copy of the paper to Bue!, Mr. Barns waited until one of Rust's friends took the news to him,
Rad was greatly agitated. He asked Mr. were true, Burns if the story that Bohmita was to confess
Baros. "A man did come to us and gaid he could "Nothing in it. Nothing in it,' said Mr. gat Schmitz to pontes, but he did not represent. Schmitz."
bet he did. "And that night he confessed a few "The devil he didn't "exclaimed Raaf "I more of bis erimes. Had Mr. Burar ld him that Sebmits was ready to confess, the "Boss" would have become suspicious and believed that the whole thing was 'w' "plant,”
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The formidable yonn wrestlingg champion who has issued a challenge to Hackenschaid, is authoritatively stated to be the most dangerous rival who has ever come forward to dispute the supre macy of the redoubtable Russian. Constant le' Main is the very personification of health, strength, and energy and his magnificent frame is splendid. evidence of the careful and methodical way he fosters his wonderful niuscular des elopment, which, he says, he can only keep perfectly vigorous and well braced by the aid of Phostefine. As Phe Remedy of Kings Pliosferine is universally familiar, but its now equally The Remedy of Champions, for Le Matin's striking adinis. sion ofthe remarkable energising properties of Phosferine is supported by similar tributes from nearly every well known Athletic Cham: pon. The unstinted praise of men'so-renown. ed for their glorious strength and endurance as Apolo, the Ideal Athlete, Gunner Mor. "Champion Heavy weight Boxer of England, Tom Burrows, The World's Champion Club Swinger, &c., is a positive assurance: that Phosferine will be imensely beneficial to everyone who seeks is aid. Constant le Marin says Phosferine gives Stamina and Muscular Energy both before and after a contest,' and' as both he and other famous athletes must always be sus of things, and omit nothing that helps in the struggle to become para- mount, the complete confidence they express in the recuperative and sustaining properties of Phosferine, should convince eves the most desponding weaklings that bad health and nervous exhaustion can certainly be permanently cured by a course of the famous tonic.
What the Champion advises..
CONSTANT LE MARIN, Champion of the World, writes: I consider Phosferine a great factor in the formation and increase of Stamina and the maintenance of what standard of Physique which is so necessary to uphold great muscular activity. The tonic tones-up the system and promotes that stronge: vigorous action of the heart without which a perfect wrestler can never hope to achieve the proud distinction of Champion, most heartily recommend it to my fellow countrymer and my great English adversaries so that we may meet- on perfectly equal terms and profit by its invigorating influence. As a recuperative and sustaining towic both Lelone and niter a comest, I faid. Phosferine par excellence, and I am confident that it is the very best and in keeping one in battle trim."-July 25, 1907.
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Hongkong, 2nd Tecember, 1907,
PLAIN FACTS ABOUT THE HAIR.
1 18 2 Dany of every one who is interested in bair pre- casation to learn tough about the sujeet to tell whether an advertlerment for a bir wmedy is reasonable or unreasonable. In this crinect or, the United States Feat Ofice department les Itegun a mih eded comysigo again false and misleading
ments in adririments in genere While his work i bglly commencalle: and culd be greatly extended still at the me me it texde to Taterzalism ra ber tien to personal self- relisme, ou brew that the claims for a har emedy are rgrettoi able and chfine, that k owk@go will save you money. and prevent disappointment.
TEE TECUBLE LIIS in the fact that certain over ambiti: ue Propri tors employ advertising writes who do not know the cmposition of the remedies they write stout, and ven if they did they are not exprofed to know the therapeuticofion of the Faiora ingrediente. Two ray familiar and oft repeated state- ministre that the lair must be watered si'd fed just like a plant, and that the color of the hair, cpce destroyed, cas le restored, Ly ralural precess. While Toth of these statements are false in eroy pesticuler it requires some little knowledge of the hair follicle to nr derstand why the statements are falge.
Taz Hat FOLICE is a year-shaped seck in the eny 1 at helde the bair rcot. At the bottom of the Tair ft licle and xtendig up into it for a short distance, is a nipple-koped prejcetion that remains in the realp when a hair root is forcibly. pulled ent. This projection in the bair papila from which the fair scot grow. The continuous addition to the bottom of the air riot, forces the bair proper cut through the scalp.
THE HAIR TAF reded by the hair dot; which thes takes a bulbous feam. Above the hair reof, or bull-wi ich cecupies about tire-fcuitba of the entire folEcle is the rock. of the hair follicle, below: which the mes penetrating fluids krown to Medical Foierce.can nok pene rufe. Lerefore the story of feeding the starved, and impoverished hair 100ts with an external application is all a myth.
THE SHOFT PORTION of the bair tolli lo abovo its neck opene somewhat like a fanuel and is filled with the onter sosip skin. Opening into this outer portion are the highly important oil or sebaceune glands which, from their location,, are most exposed to disease. When these oil glands become infected with a certain aerobic growth (the case of dandruff) there is hair disease and finally hair death. Fortunately thin outer portion of the hair follicle can be treated by carefully rubbing into the ralpa suitable, remedy, What remedy should be used.? Manifestly one that will destroy the growth that causes-dandruff, and falling hair.
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NEWBRO'S ES REIDE is the first remedy that was prepared for the particular purpose of destroying the lavisible vegetable growth. In fact, it is called the "ORIGINAL remedy that sille te dndruff germ Newbro's Herpicide was not made. antil after Prof. Unna of Hamburg, Germany (ask your Doctor about lim) discovered that dandruff is a highly contagious disease eansed by a microbe. The almost marvelous success of Nembro's Berpicide bas caused advertising writers to claim germie dal properties for other hair remedies, many of which were on that this new claim for old remedies is a reasonabl› one? the market years before Prof. Unna's discovery. Do YOU THINK.
Remember, that the hair gate its life, colour, and strength direct from the blood, and that good blood, deep breathing and sunlight, favour hai developm at. Out-door exercise, to insure free circulation in the scalp, also scalp massaging for the same purpose, are very helpful. Worry, indigestion and sedentary babits oppose hair growth, while ta o dandruff gerin will actually destroy the hair, unles it is eradicated and kept out of the scalp with Newbro's Herpicide.
HERRICIDE is delightfully cooling and refreshing to the realp and almost marvelous results sometimes follow its con- fit ned me. It stops itching of the scalp almost instantly,
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