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pletely transformed the ways of thought of by previous disastrous accidents, was able to the world. Though an indefatigable worker, fant in his machine till help opportunely and the founder of the modern school of arrived. classification, CUVIRE was little of a theorist, anddid notcare to coms before thepublie like LAKABUK as the originator of any general philosophic scheme of evolution. More than WATSON & CO. the moderne, Le was a believer in the pos-
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sibility of reconstructing by correlation of growth" the lost parts of animals hitherto unknown, be they fossil or recent, so that though his general conclusions were wonder- fully accurate, his detaile were often sadly at fault when put to the test of more modern WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS,overies. None the leas, the theory was
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.
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fruitful in preparing men's minds for the reception of the faller light thrown on the processes of evolution by the discoveries of DARWIN. If, an the teachers of the day were justified in attributing to CUVIER, his
Now all this bears a remarkable resemb- louce to the methods of Nature, Naturo has, however, one enormous advantage over man in ber experiments; her time is unlimited,
and besides she carries out all her experiments & l'outrance. A good example of her methods of working is afforded in the case of the horse, whose history we can read in detail from the vory How almost commencement of the Tertibles. The first we learn of the family is the appearance of a small thres-toed ungunto, scarcely larger than a diminu. tive chevrotain, He evidently answered the purpose for which he was intended, because his romains are proportionably numerous. But climate and soil changed, and anr proto-horie had to become
Mr. Funates, Japanese Consul in Hongkong, TELEGRAMS. is in receipt of a telegram from the Foreign Ofice, Tokyo, stating that the Hongkong Consulate has been raised to the dignity of
4 Consulata. General from October 1.
The Semi-Centennial of the planting of Protestant Christianity in Japan is to be cole-
brated in Tokyo from October 5th to the 10th by national congress of Christiani workers Al- though the first missionaries caras just fig years ago, the Japanese church itself is barely 37 years old.
His Majesty the King has not been advised to oxardieo his power of disallowance with repeat
to Ordinance No 5 of 1909, entitled-An-
Ordinance to demonetize Postage Stamps bearing the Head of Hor late Majesty Quesa Victoria; and to Ordinance No. 18 of 1909, pretation Amendment Ordinance, 1908.
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LORD KITCHENER AT SHANGHAI.
SHANGHAI, Cctober 3rd, Lord Kitchener arrived here this! morning, coming from the P. & O ss." Himalaya" up the river in
special launch.
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CANTON.
(FROM OUR OWN' CORRESPONDENT,)
Canton, 2nd October 1909. UNNECESSARY UNDERLINGS; "** In the exercise of the strictest economy, the present Viceroy, H. E. Yuan, has issued in- structions to the Yamons to dismiss all uɛoloss and unnecessary, underlings.
CONSULAR WARNING
In consequence of the recent shooting affair near Canton, MA. H. H. Fox, the Acting Consul General, has sent round to British residents á cironlar requesting members of shooting par ties to exercise the greatest caution when shooting over cultivated land and in the vicinity
are
of villages. Moreover, British subjects reminded of the obligation to provide themselves with passports, when travelling in the interior beyond a radius of 13 miles from treaty ports.
AMERRY MONK.
belief in the doctrine of reconstruction of an modified to auit. Doubtless many of the tion open to all qualified natural-born Bribinhthe Captain of H.M.S. "Astræa, and he festivities lasted till the early hours of the
entire missing skeleton from a few frig.alterations and additions which from time a possibility, it to time were introduced were unsuitable, ments preserved ware logically abould be possible to a thorough and as in the case of LLIESTHAL'S comparative anatomist, given some conceiv-fiying machine, the individual perished successful, and the individual for some
It is notified in the Gazette that an armina-
subjects, for appointment in the Civil Service of India or for Eastern cadetships in the Colonial Service, or for clerkships in the Home Civil Service, will take place in London in the month
many of the lending residents.
Lord cheers were raised as Loud Kitchener landed.
There was no official reception, but a large crowd, including Sir Pelham Warren, H.M.'s Consul-General, and
An interesting story is told of a monk who en. the acting Japanese Consul-General, terad the domicile of a Chinese family, and sat down to a feast with two women of the house.
morning, and the hüarity drew the attention of a trout policeman. He knocked so the door and entered the house. The frightened monk, thinking the husband had returned, tried to ran away by the roof trap, but was
worthy and the women into onstody. He took possession of the fragments of the feast, as well ea of the silk robe and the false queue of the holy man. When asked to explain the vitantion, the monk aid he went, to the house at the iritation of the woman to tell the fortunes. This the inspector refusad-bo be. liere and the man is still detained pending further inquiries.
of August, 1910, and that-copies of the regulaHis Lordship stays with Colonel
Secretary's Office,
able ohange of some important part of an misembly; others, as BLARIOT, provedtions, etc., may be obtained at the Colonial Bruce (Superintendent of the Muni. prevented by the policeman, who took this
aptual skeleton-say, one or more of the WHISKY cervical vertibrae--to design a "practicable"
BLEND OF THE FINEST PURE
MALT WHISKIES DISTILLED IN SCOTLAND
OF
GENUINE AGE.
AND
FINE MELLOW FLAVOUR.
was at the head of his raco-till-super-
saded by one better mounted. We need not species to correspond. Doubtless the prob here recapitulate the various stages of Jom betimes presented itself to Orvis, progmas; like BLERIOT in his rivalry with but, being continuously employed on LATHAN, the one who possessed the soundest what to one of his temperament seemed and most enduring organs in the end aer", more immediately practical work was dis-vived. As BLERIOT succeeded in crossing missed immediately. Of course, an even the Channel where LATHAM fell into the small change in the cervical vertebrae would water, our next better fitted horse succeeded indicate that the presumed animal must have. în establishing himself in better and richer à different method of seizing his food, and pastures than bis predecessor, and so the this would imply that the food itself was in race went on improving in strength of some respecta different; for instance, in a adaptibility, till at last the race has cul -herbivore the new animal might be adapted minated in a Gladiateur.or a Blink Boony, to browsing of trees rather than cropping who for the moment holds the champion-
ship. grass, and this would require his being
RAINIER BEER placed in a different habitat. This fact
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BIRTHS.
At Haytor, The Peak, on October 2nd, 1909, the [1270 On September 27th, at Shanghai, the wife of
wife of N, J. STABD, of a daughter.
E. 0. Cause, of a daughter.
and always closely pressing on the means of
sustenance.
individual had the knowledge or the perse-
It was thoughts like these, which had the
His Honour the Chief Justice has, by com- misslous signed by him, uppointed Mr. C. A. D. Melbourne. Deputy Registrar and Appraiser of the Supreme Court, to be a commissioner to administer oaths and take declarations, affir- mations and attestations of honoar in the.
Court, and also to be a commissioner for taking the acknowledgments by married women of the deeds to be executed by them, so long as he shall hold his said office. He has also appoiated Mr. G. A. Woodcock, Magistrate's clerk, to be a commissioner to administer oaths and fake declarations and attestations of honour in the Supreme Court,
WEDDING AT ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL.
BLANCHFLOWER COLLINS.
cipal Police) until Wednesday, when he goes by special train to Narking.
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A SPANISH REVERSE
LONDON, The Spaniards in from Zeluan met
reverse.
October 2nd. ક્ reconnaissance with a Severe
General Vicario, two captains, two lieutenants and fourteen men were killed and 180 wounded.
LONDON, October 2nd.. The Spanish losses on Thursday amounted to 41 killed and 280 wounded.
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A very pretty wedding was solempised at St. John's Cathedral con Saturday-afternoon in the The Spaniards re-advanced from presence of a large congregation, the contracting Zeluan yesterday morning, and 5,000 parties being Mr. Edward C. Blanchflower, B.N., secretary to Commodore Lyon, and Miss Moors attacked their front. Philipps Constance Collins, of Melbourne, fighting is proceeding.
Australia.
Fierce
"HARMSTON'S CIRCUS...
The opening night of Harmston's Circus at West Point on Saturday, on their return visit to the Colony, proved a great success. There was an exceptionally well-filled tent, and the now #turns" introduced in the lengthy programme were novel, daring and appreciated. The gymnastic feats of the Sirinis on tho revolving Mexican ladder were well worth seeing, and as the pair brought their exciting performance to a close by rorolving round in mid-air like a The Brothers Kavanagh, Australia's premier *Catherine wheel they were loudly applanded.
dian clubs, hoops, tennis balls, and bowling society jugglers, fully deserved the encomiums bestowed upon
them for their skilful fents with balls. Their performance was an entertainment in itself, and the surprising manner in which
they kept balf-a dozen clubs twirling in the air, or six hoops running round the ring, was a revelation to the spectators. But the most dur-
The bride was given away by Commodore AMERICAN-JAPANESE NAVAL ing of all the new turns was the performance of
aisle.
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Sir Frederick Lawn, with Captain P. M Amongst those prosent were His. Excellency Taylor, A.D.C., and Captain Simson, Private Secretary, also Bishop Lander, and a large number of naval and military officers and well-known civilian residents:
A reception was afterwards hold on board
☐ son,
LONDON, October 2nd. The Russian newspapers " Novoye Vremya" and "Russ" publish in-
In addition to the performers mentioned,
who were previously seen in the arena. Jennie and Willie Harmston-Lore again appeared in
Bote. Mr. John - Bagoal introduced his performing tigers, and Mr. W. Schults was seen in his Abs feats of strength caused a sightseer to daring not of looping the loop" Mile.
remark that it was fortunate that the lady was. hot a suffragette, while Novella's mimicing of monkeys, dogs, cats, etc., was very realistic, Mr. Alf. Hyas introduced his performing ani- mals, while the Emmanuels pleased with their eccentric musical act. The downs were the. renowned Pimple and Roberto, whose buffoonery as usual, was productive of much 'mirth. AI. together, the circus programme is an excellent.
one, and a visit to Harmston's tent should well
again would needs modify the form and the proportions of the limba to make them Terance to have paraded them to the logical end, would bave cuabled him to have suitable for their changed life. Again, by a forestalled DARWIN, that the latter owed the curions process of correlation never yet afmost unanimous approval with which on explained, and accepted by DARWIN as a their Brat promulgation bis now and daring natural law, experience teaches us that in view was accepted by the more advanced tentional modification of one limb or organ scientists. Here was no mystery, but the is always accompanied by some undesigned application to particular case of a principle alteration of the rest of the skeleton; and which of necessity must dom instealloreation. all these, and their various consequential "Wheredid I come from, the writer remem Lyon, A.D.C. She was attended by Miss Edith A. S. WATSON & CO.. modifications to suit the changed habitat, bera to have asked his nurse in a moment Haines, also of Melbourne, Australia, while the
AMENITIES.
the trick cycliste, the Sidney Brothers. Their feats on the wheel bordered on the marvellons, would have to be worked out in detail by the of infantile curiosity. "You were found," bridegroom was attended by Lieut. John P. LIMITED,
LONDON, October 2nd and requirecenlar ilemonstration to be properly suppositious specier-maker to make of his was therespouse, "in the Cabbage Garden."Tandor, E.N, H.M.S. Kent, as "est man. " designed animal a success, capable of With many of the wisest of the day, the The bride wore a soft cream matin robe with The New York Times" says the resisted. Besides skipping on the machine, and one performer, pedalling around the arena standing the wear and tear of actual answer to the simple question, "Whence pearl embroidered panel down the front, and American sailors of f the battleship
a Court train trimmed with chiffon and
on one wheel and bearing the other on his existence amidst the strife and competition came humanity was practically identical. 129
She
up-to-date entertainers go a voil over fleet, which went on a round-the-world shoulders, these orange blossoms. of his surroundings, often directly hostile. They were created. Of course, in one sence all her face and carried a bouquet of white cruise have subscribed for a loving and bring their performance to a close by the through a series of other astonishing tricks, men, as the Cathechism inform, us, were made; flowers. The bridesmaid wore a frock of but no one consciously holds that he was pink soft satin with pearl trimmings, yoke cup to be presented to the Japanese thrilling feat of turning back and front somer Such had been amongst the problems that not born in what is usually termed natural and undersleeves of cream chiffor, and a black Navy' in appreciation of the courtesies soulte on motor oycles.
succession from his elders of a previous hat trimmed with pink ribbon velvet and videts received by the Fleet while staying in warm receptions were accorded to most of those presented themselves, at least to a few en generation. In this sense DARWINISH, as it She carried a bouquet of pink and white with Japanese waters. quirere, when fifty years ago DARWIN a new has come to be called, is quite consistent
pink streamers.”“” theory of Natural Selection came upon them with the theory of evolution unter natural olciated, assisted by the Rev. F. T. Johnson A ROYAL BIRTH IN GERMANY, their clever equestrian
The Rov. 0. N. Hughes, Naval (Chaplain, as a revelation. As the old Greek philo conditions of experiment. Some of us turn Chaplain of the Cathedral. As the bridal party sopher, by noting the overflow from his out indeed failures, while to others is granted left the Church the naval officers present
LONDON, October 2nd. bath, was led fato a train of thought which the privilege of enlightening succeeding formed with their swords an arch of steel, The Crown Princess of Germany finally resulted in his discovery of the generations, We know not all the reasons under which the happy pair passed down the
has been delivered of principle of Specific Gravity and thereby for the difference, but we can all understand solving the problem of the purity or the that it does not require much interference contrary of the King'scrown, so the enquirer with our ordinary processes of reasoning to
INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT AT HARBIN. as to the possibility of designing the practi-reconcile our Catechiam teachings of cablesnimal Lamble on receiving DARWIN's special creation with the very evident fact explanation to ory with the philosopher that each of us has in reality come into the Eureka!
What was beyond the power world by the perfectly natural process of of the west inventive of man to satisfactorily being born. The cabbage garden view is accomplish had, he now learned, been ac in the face of facts as we know them, quite HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VEUT ROAD Ctually worked out by nature during the ages. reconcileable with the more advanced view, L-NDON OFFICE-131, FLEET-STEERT EC The process was one of continuous experi- of the ordinary processes of inheritance.
ment, as the rude "dandy" of the Regency, consisting as it did of nothing more than a pair of wheels in line with a saddle fixed between, and propelled by the tour of the rider just reaching the ground, after many trials and almost as many failures, by degrees changed into that scientiße toy- Some sixty years ago it was claimed for the the bicycle, where the feet no longer touchi great naturalist CUVIER that if he were the ground, and advantage is taken of the given a bone from some nakoown animal he principle of another still more scientific toy, would be able from it alone to reconstruct the Gyroscope, to produce a perfect balance. the entire animal as it lived. That given an Aud as the making of the bicycle led to such important bone of some fossil or other improvements in the art of construction, by unknown animal, the skilled naturalist reducing weights to a minimum, the motor would be able to tracs out its general car in turn became practicable; and finally characteristics, and place it in its natural improvements in the motor engine rendered kingdom and order had been known a flying machine conceivable, and men began for fully a century, and it does not seem to experiment on taking possession of the that CUVIER ever claimed more. CUVIED's air. The first indeed to actually fly before the motor engine was capable of coming to researches into the foil mammalia and reptiles, comparatively few up to his his aid-poor LILIENTHAL perished miser. time having boce discovered had had the ably just as be seemed to have achieved his triumph; but his failure so far from checking effect of showing how intimately associated experiment, by showing what was necessary was the life of long past-geological time.
to avoid, actually promoted progre Suc with that of the present, and so confirmed cessors like FARMAN and LATHAM by the aid the slow-growing conviction amongst men of lighter and more powerful motore found of science that creation was not a sudden themselves able to accomplish what LILIEN- Jeap, but piorseded by slow and definite THAL perished in attempting, and so the increments. During his lifetime ho may be process of experiment and failure has gone aid to have established on firm foundations on till havay having early accomplished the science of Comparative Anatomy, which his daring flight across the English Channel, was a necessary prelude to DARWIK's great within & couple of miles of the English generalisation of the doctrine of descent coast, fell with his aroplane. He was not, with modification, which, in turn, has com- however, like LILIERTHAL, killed, but, warned
The Daily Press.
HONGKONG, OCTOBER 4тm 1909.
The British destroyers Fame, Hart, Otter, Virage, and Whiting left Nagasaki a week ago for Weihaiwei.
We learn that Mr. Butler Wright is still detained in custody at the Victoria Hotel, Shameen, Canton.
Mr. Michael Hughes, formerly in the Consular service in China, has been admitted to practice in H. M.'s fupreme Court for Chins and Korea as a barrister-at-law.**
The total output of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company's three mines for the wook ending 18th September amounted to 26,870.32 tons and the mies during the period to 27,834.40 tons.
H.M.S. Tumar, and the happy couple sequently left for Macao on H.M.S. Janus,
The bride's travelling dress was of white dignant comments on a Russo-German repay all who appreciate clever athletic feats muslin trimmed with insertion, and her hat was trimmed with pale blue and piuk.
SHANGHAI DIVIDENDS.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the North China Insurancs Co., Ltd., held on Tuesday, the 27th alt, a final dividend for the -year 1908 of 7 per cent on the paid-up capital at exchange 28. 3d, and a bonus of 15 per cent. to contributors, was recommended.
At a meeting of the Directors of the Kalam. ping Rubber Co., Ltd., held last week, it was decided to recommend the pay moat of a dividend, subject to the audit of the accounts, of Tis. 8- per share (16 per cent) for the year ending August 31, 1909,
SHANGHAI AUTUMN RACE MEETING.
incident at Harbin.
The German and daring gymnastic performances. Consul, Herr von Muller, is stated to there will be a matinee on Wednesday after- The programme was repeated last night, and have refused to recognise Russian aun, starting at four o'clock thority within the Russian Settlement;
PROPOSED AMERICAN CUP RACE.
LONDON, October 2nd, Sir Thomas Lipton sails for New York on the 9th inst. to endeavour to arrange a race for the America Cup
TSARITSA'S FEARS.
LONDON, October 2nd.
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--HONGKONG'S WATER SUPPLY.
A detailed statement of the contents of the reservoirs supplying the City of Victoria at the Hill Districts, arranged according to the rain year 1908-1909, is published fo the current Gazette. It shows that there was a constant supply of water for 276 days, and an intermittent supply by the rider mains for $9 days: The following figures are taken from the
Total Contenta
Grand Total Fair- of Impounding of Consump fall. Reservoirs 1st tron
of Mouth,
statement :-*
-Month.
Wet Besson-
May
The Berlin Tageblatt" states that a mental specialist has been sum moned to Livonia owing to the Tsarit-Dober
TYPHOON WARNING.
Inches
... 392,430,000 143,691,000 132 .. 287,566,000 145,175,000 15,24 485,162,000 149,875,000 22:26. 700.984,000 151,741,000 12.06 699,412.000 145,395.000 13.72
June
July
August September
Season
...747,340,000 141,192,000 5.48
November December
January February March...
723,336,000 135.543,000 628,980,000 136,906,000 4,28 549,968,0co 136,537,000 140 455,626,000, 102,225,000 1,66
April
366,387,000 112,958,000 2:35 ... 280,754,000 117,744,000 245
1,619,993,00 82.37-
THE RICE CROP IN SIAM.
It is announced that a marriage arranged between Dr. J. H. Sanders, J.P.; medical super intendent of the Matilda Hospital, Hongkong,
Although training has been in progress sa's melancholia. She is haunted by eldest son of Jaines Sanders, Esq., J.P., of South throughout the month of September, and the fear that the Tsarivitch will be the Molton, Devonshire, and Mary Beatrice, fourth several ponies are well forward in condition, daughter of W. H. Allen, Esq. of Bromham there has been, up to the present an unusual victim of terrorists.
lack of interest at the rails," marks the House, Bedfordshire, and Dean's-yard, West NC Daily News. The gatherings at the minster Abbey, will take place at St. Owon's Grand Stand in the early mornings have been Churei, Bromham, Bedfordshire, on Oct. 6, as large as usual, bat owners generally here
The telegram quoted below was received at the been loc interested in the performances of American Courante-General, Hongkong, from A Calues report says that the Ministry of their own ponise to pay much attention to the the Manila Observatory at 11inta on Satar- Justice has presented a memorial to the Throne, 4 pm on Saturday There are several good. Cyclone or typhoon E. of Northern Luzon loss. In places the growing crop in tham looks as
work of other animals. The entries closed at day-Manila, 2nd October, 1999, at 8,45 .. countries aim at correction of evils by encourag-prominent at the Spring Meeting are in ex-Testurday the following telegrams was replaces it is a failure. On the whole the outlook. which points out that prisons in torsign griflus, and many of the old ponies which were than 300 miles distant moving W. N. W. ing the reformation of the prisoners, while in cellent trim. Gemini and China, which had caved by Mr. Taller: "Manila Observatory is satisfactory. The failures referred to are, in Chine prisons are primarily intended for such a strenuous battle in the Spring Cham- 12 o'clock
received
American Consulate part, to be attributed to want of seed grain to punishment of crimes; and the former produces pions, seam-to-be-again at the top of their from, Usual 1:45 pm Grolens or typhoon west of sow again in the pisos of that destroyed by the more beneficial resulte. The Ministry the quarter-mile post to the judge's box.
and are already, making excellent times from the Baahi Channel moving W.N.W.
Hoods In Nakon Nayok district to the east, Tarterday the black cond was suspended and and in Monthon Ratburi to the west the water suggests, therefore, that the Chinese prison Moriak, Wys, Spring Rose, Pegasus and Brook local shipping acted on the warning,, all the has gone down and more would be welcomed; in into line with foreign systems by introducing to have taken a new lease of life. Soko! seems system should be imprared and brought more to have all gone well, and Bucephalus seems small craft, making for shelter. The notice the watershed of the Menam Chao Phys there issued by the Observatory at noon stated that is plenty of water, and a possibility of con- industry and work among the prisoners. ze unreliable us over and will not run straight,
the typhoon was threatening Hongkong. aïderable mors.----Bangkok Times,
good as anyone could wish to see it; in other