these few constituents are constantly presented, are known to all who have paid the least atten. tion to Chinese cookery. Another act of extrême significance does not force itself upon our notice, but can easily be verified. There is very little waste in the preparation of Chinese food, and everything is made to do as much duty as postible. What there is left, after an ordinary Chinese family.have finished one of their meals, would represent but a minute fraction of the net -cost-of the food.--Tn illustration of this general. fact, it is only necessary to glance at the physical condition of the Chinese dog or cat. It is the unhappy function of these animals to 'live'
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instinct of economy that it is generally impossi- ble to buy any tool ready made. You get the parts in a raw shape, and adjust the handles, etc., yourself. It is generally cheaper to do this or oneself, than to have it done, and as every- ne takes this view of it, nothing is to be had ready-made. We have spoken of economical adjustments of material, such as that found ordinary houses, where a dim light which ust cost next to nothing, is made to diffuse its tarkness over two apartments by being placed Farkle ve diving at the best Xamples fsuch adjustments are to be found in Chinese manufactures, such as the weaving of all kinds ffabrics, working in pottery, metal, ivary, etc. dustries of this sort de not seem to us to xemplify ingenuity, so much as they illustrate Thinese economy. Many better ways can be vised of doing Chinese work, than the ays which they adopt, but none which make significant materials go further than they to with the Chinese. They seem to be able do almost everything, by means of almost lothing, and this is a characteristic generally of heir productions, whether simple or complex, It applies as well to their iron-foundries, on a ninute scale of completeness in a shall yard, is to a cooking range of strong and perfect fraft, made in an hour out of a pile of mud bricks, lasting indefinitely, operating perfectly and costing nothing,
Every observant resident in China will be ble to add to these random illustrations a Chinese social fact. but perhaps no more characteristic instance could be cited, than the case of an old Chinese woman, who was found hobbling along, in a painfully slow way, nd on enquiry of whom it was ascertained, that she was on the way to the home of a relative, so is to die in a place convenient to the family. grave-yaid; and thus avoid the expense of coffin. hearers for so long a distance 1-N. C. Daily News.
THE YELLOW RIVER.
the leavings of human beings and their lives are uniformly protected at a poor dying rate. The populations of new countries аге proverbially wasteful, and have not the least doubt that it would be possible to support sixty millions of Asiaties in comparative luxury, with the materials daily wasted in a land like the United States, where a fiving is easily to be had. But we should like to see how many Buman beings could be fattened from what there is left after as many Chinese have eaten to repletion, and the servants or children have all had their turn at the remains! It is a fact which cannot fail to force itself upon our notice at every turn, that the people of this land are not gifted, as a race, with that extreme fastidiousness in regard to food, which is frequently developed in western lands. All is fish that comes to their net, and there is very little which does not come there first or last. In the northem parts of China, the horse, the mule, the ox, and the donkey are in universal use, and large districts the camel is made to do full duty. Doubtless it will appear to some of our readers that Economy is carried too far, when we mention that it is the general practice to eat all of these animals, as soon as they expire, no matter whether the cause of death be an accident, old age, or disease. This is done as a matter of course, and occasions no remark whatever, nor is the habit given' up because the animal may chance to have died of some epidemic malady, such as the pleuro- pneumonia in cattle. Such meat is not con- sidered so healthful as that of animals which On the 15th ultimo, as the reports from the have died of other diseases, and this truth is principal officials in charge at Cheng Chou à id he smaller breaches more revently made stated recognized in the lower scale of prices asked for "it, but it is all sold, and is all caten
hat the Huang-ho was in full flood, that the disturbances of the human arganizations into works effected during the winter and spring were which such diseased meat have entered, are being swept away by the current, and that n well recognized by the people, but it is repairs to the broken bank could be carried on doubtless considered more economical to eat until after the autumn Boods pass and the stream the meat, at the reduced rates, and run alis to its normal winter level, the Imperial the risk of the consequences, which, it should Government formally ordered all works of be said, are by no means constant. Another eparation to be suspended. The workmen, example of Chinese econemy in relation to the 50,000 in number, will be paid gif, discharged, and dispersed, and between this time and preparation of food, is found in the nice adjust- ment of tlie material of the cooking kettles, to November, when the river will be low and the exigencies of the requisite fuel. The latter manageable counsel will be takes to determine is scarce and dear, and consists generally of upen the best course to be followed in the future. nothing but the stalks and roots of the crops, So far, the works at Cheng Chou have cost making a rapid blaze which quickly disappears nine million, taels, every cent of which has been To meet the needs of the case, the bottoms of the wasted. The Chinese engineering methods, if boilers are made as thin as possible, and require to be honoured with a designation, have been of very careful handling. The whole business of the crudest kind, and no local repair or organic gathering this indispensable fuel, is an additional improvement of any kind has been effected. example of economy in an extreme form. Every By the scour and force of the flood waters a deep basin has been" excavated round the gap, so smallest child, who can do nothing else, can at least gather fuel. The vast army of fuel that it is said the new bank, which the Chinese gatherers which in the autumn and winter over-engineers have in vain tried to construct, spread all the land, leave not a weed behind the has a depth of 60 feet from the top to the hungry teeth of their bamboo rakes. Boys are immersed base. The breach has not been reduced sent into the trees to beat off the autumnal leaver in size, on the contrary is in a far worse state then when the river wall broke last autumn, and with clubs, as if they were chestnuts, and even straws a scarcely allowed leisure to show it is found that the methods used for repair, such which way the wind blows, before some enter. As piling, and then raising a structure of cushions prising collector has annexed! them. On of millet stalks with mud in rice sacks, are one of the principal highways of the Empire, utterly inadequate and useless. It is also known we once saw a Chinese woman a little in that investigations made at different paits advance of our cart, apparently picking up of the river banks, north and south, all something in the road, and afterwards throwing agree that, in consequence of the auntal out her arms in a wild and forbidding manner,
deposit of silt, the river bed, from the point like an actor when he cries "False wizard at which it emerges from Mongolia, has along its whole course to the sea been unduly raised, nvaunt!" On approaching nearer, it became evident what the woman was about. Chancing that the normal river flow of turbid and silt-
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months; to run Formosa teal between Kelung and Hongkong. It is also a new departure that for the first time, one of the Douglas steamers is running coal between Kelung and Hongkong. This is the new steamship Hailong which arrived from Tamsui at this place to carry coal hence to- Hongkong. A'Gernian brig, the Kristine Nilson is also engaged to carry coal for the Government coal mines between Kelung and the mainland.
It is generally regretted that at present the state of the weather dres not permit the railway heers to carry the work without arjury to their health. As soon as the weather becomes more favourable, the building operations will be pushell forward as vigorously as ever
Two of the wretches implicated in the murder and robbery case, of which I reportel not long ga, have been decapitated, and three more are waiting their fate.
A large English barque is now discharging cement for government ccount, and the German Reather Johann is leading coal here for the Kiangan-Arsenal, at your place. I hear the Government Telegraph steamer Fechen is bout to leave Tamsui for Shanghai, with the s of His Excellency the Governor, on board. He will proceed from Shanghai to Nangkin, to piss his degree of LL.M., and is reponed to be a very able young gentleman. I understand the Fechen is likely to return from Shanghai to Northern Formosa with a cargo of rice for the troops in garrison in our Northern ports. Of the fast typhuon we had more wind (hay rain here, and there was not much harm done-Shanghai Mercury.
COREA.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT)
Siul, August 4th." The ste mer. Deutschland left our red-port, Chenrupo, on the 25th ly, and was strandled 50 miles to the Southward. She was bound to Mokpu, Her people aurived alt safe back on the 28th July, Froin statements made by the Catain and others it was supposed, that she immediately broke up and sunk.
On the 1st instant the steamer Signal arrived it.Elfemulpo, from Mokp› The captain of the
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Consignees.
"NOTICE" TO CONSIGNEES.
STEAMSHIP "CHANCELLOR," FROM ANTWERP BORDEAUX, DUNKIRK AND HAIPHONG. CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby
requested to send in their Bills of Lading
Intimations.
-HONGKONG-AND-WHAMPOA-DOCK-
COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
"HE ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEET-
HEORU
in the Offices of the Company No, 14, Praya to the Undersigned for countersignature, and 30-Central,-on-MONDAY. the 27th instant, at 3 PM, for the purpose of receiving the Report TAKE IMMEDIATE DELIVERY OF THEIR GOODS
of the Directors, and a Statement of Accounts, to 30th June, 1884,
FROM ALONGSIDE.
Cargo Impeding the discharge of the Steamer will be at once landed and stored at Consignees' risk and expense, and no Fire Insurance will be effected.
All claims against the Steamer must be sent in immediately,
ADAMSON, BELL & Co.,
.Agents. Hangkang, 20th August, 1888.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG, AND SINGAPORE. HE Steamship,
THE
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JAPAN ".. having arrived from the above Parts, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their goods are being landed at their risk into the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and 'Godown. Company's West Point Godowns, whence delivery niay be olitained.
Cargo remaining undelivered after the 24th inst., will be subject to rent. No Fire Insur- ance has been effected.
Consignees are hereby informed, that all daims nuust be made iminelately, as none will be entertained after the 24th invant.
Bills of Lading will be countersigned by %
DAVID SASSOON, SONS & Co. Agents.
: Hongkong. 18th August: 1888.
180.4 PACIFIC MAIL. STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
NOTICE
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 13th to 17th August, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
Insurances.
THE NEGLECT-OF-LIFE ASSURANCE.
THERE is no feature of our civilised life that strikes a thoughtful man with more force tian the neglect of LIFE ASSURANCE. By payment of a small quarterly, subscription any man of good health can secure a very large sum to his family-in-cuse-of-premature-death, yes- udreds of families brought up in cofort- perhaps in luxmy-are left in extreme poverty every year from the bread winner having neglected to assure his life. to the East many 1 man lives up to his income, knowing well that of death cut him off suddenly," his wife and children would be left almost wholly unprovided for. All this can be prevented by Life Assurance.
EVERY FACILITY In connection with Life Assurance Business is afforded by
D. GILLIES,..
Secretary.
1760 Hongkong, 1st August, 1888
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE FOR CHINESE,
THE STANDARD LIFE OFFICE, -D ESIDENTS in the Colony would materially Rid the Teine of the college by forward- ape of the largest and wealthiest of the Provident ing to the ALICE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL institutions of the United Kingdom. Furms of
(1.)~Glass Jars (for Muscum purposes),, •
ipplication and all information will be promptly (2.)-ILLUSTRATED PAPERS and BOOKS for theforded on application to any of the Standard
Student's Reading Room and Library. Company's Agents, or in
Address JAMES CANTLIE,
THE BORNEO COMPANY, LD, Hon. Sec., to the College.
Agents, Hongkong. Hongkong, 7th August, 1888.
1773
Hongkong, 29th June, 1888.
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FOR HIRE.
HE Fast Steam Launch" ELK " is always
Taler steam off Pekler, Wharton
is at the service of the public fir proceeding to and from Steamers, Picnic and Bathing Parties, etc,
For particulars, apply to
CRUICKSHANK & Co., Ld. Hongkong, 17th August, 1888
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THE CHINA-SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED.
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latter steamer tjorted having boarded the ONSIGNEES of Cargo per Steamship N accordance with the provision of No. 121 of
wreck of the Deutschland; everything abast the engine-room was away at that time, but her deck is nearly dry. On the 7th instant the German Consul-Geveral, Mr. Krein, intends to visit the week per Signal. The Deutschland is supposed to belong to Korea, but had never changed her g She is said to be insured by a company of which Messis. E. Meyer & Co. are the agents. I hear, that two nhora small river steaners have been purchased by our enterprising Korean'friends from th· Osaka Shipping Company and will probably arrive in a few days. The steamer Hai-riong has gone. to Dagelet Island, on the east coast, to bring wood for the audience hall, which His Majesty is anxious to have built in foreign style. of Judge Advance, Korea!" Nothing new Denny or von Möllendar II,
"CITY OF NEW YORK "
The above Steamer having anived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for Countersignature, and to take immediate delivery of their Goods from along ide.
Cargo 'impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Consignces' risk and expense.
CHS. D. HARMAN,
Agent. Hongkong, 17th August, 1988
fi CANADIAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. STEAMSHIP "PORT ADELAIDE.” FROM SAN FRANCISCO, VANCOUVER, YOKOHAMA, KOBE AND NAGASAKI.
signees of Cargo are hereby requested-
You will no doubt be interested to learn that the Soul Club is now almost un fait accompli,THE above Steamer having arrived, Con- about $3,000 being already subscribed and the list will probably reach $4.500. The Ministers have subscribed $100 each and other people are assessed $50 and $25., I think it is a fine idea. The original Club scheme was started when Messrs. von Höllendorff and Haas were in Korea, both of these gentlemen taking great interest in fic scheme; it was dropped when they left Soul until quite recently.
8th August.
H.M.S. Rattler arrived unexpectedly off Roze Island yesterday, from Nagasaki. "Japs" and Celestials who have visited the wreck of the Deutschland almost daily, insist upon stating that she could be get off all right, the only damage discernible being in the ballast tank. Their opinion is that if the lids of the tank were screwed down water-tight, the ship could be
I can see. The first serious. gale, however, will, probably smash her up entirely. The small steamer Riong-san, lately arrived, 'is about twenty tons measurement, and intended for the
to see a pile of manure in the road, (which pro-laded water is unable to cut a pass and thal floated. There is sense in that theory, as far as
To as to free the river bed from shoals, the embankments on both sides, throughout course of over 600 miles are in a dangerous con- dition. That the river should have broken bounds at Chéng Chou in particular was an accidental occurrence, as the embankment there
river service-Shanghai Mercury.
Co-day's Advertise ents.
WANTED.
ROM October 1st, or later, a HOUSE with from Three to Five Rooms, Furnished or Unfurnished. A situation preferred not too far from the Office quarters.
Apply to
STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
INSURAN
NGKONG CONSULTING COMMITTER :-
F. SEP, sq, Messrs. ED. SCHELLASS & Co. the Articles of Association, the General Agents have this day declared an INTERIS. REUTER, Esq Messrs. PUSIAU & Co. DIVIDEND) of 6 per cent, for the half-year ending 30th June, 1888, on the paid up Capital of the Company,
Dividend Warrants payable at the HONGKONG AND. Shanghai BANKING CORPORATION will be issued to Shareholders on the Register on the 24th instant,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the rolls to the 24th instant, both days inclusive.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co. General Agentst
Hongkong, 4th August, 1888.
Auctions.
'PUBLIC AUCTION.
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to send in their Bill of Lading for Counter. signature, and take immediate delivery of their
Foods from alongside, discharge of the Vessel THE account of
HE Undersigned has received instructions Goods from alongside. will be landed and stored at Consignees' risk and Removal to New Premises), to Sell by Public expense.
ADAMSON, BELL & Co.,
Agen:7. Hongkong, 21st August, 1888.
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Intimations
NOTICE.
THE TAKU TUG AND LIGHTER COMPANY.
ROM the 1st July the above Company will lighter steaners and sailing vessels at the Take Bar, at the rate of
THREE MEXICAN CENTS PER PICUL
The work is done under the personal super. vision of the Manager assisted by a large FOREIGN STAFF.
W. H. FORBES, Secretary. Tientsin, 28th June, 1888.
CHINA TRADERS INSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE
was not in a worse state than in hundreds of other places, Probably some small shoal or obstruction might have deflected the stream, so as to throw the force of the current suddenly on the site of the breach with resistless force, but the calamity might have happened at numerous other points on either side. It may be assumed, in general terms, that the entire embankmeni from the Mongolians frontier, in the sea, is unsafe, and unless organic change is made, allowing thorough regulation and control of the stream, at least from the sea mouth to Kaifeng Fú any repairs that are made to the river, walls, even on a large scale, will be impermanent. If the old condition of things that has existed from 1830 or 1830, when the river was diverted from its more'southern course to its recent bed through Shantung, is allowed to exist, and endeavours are made to prolong it by local separation. having no influence on the widespreading Persica LANE, CRAWFORD Public Auctie, been 3rd proximo, both days inclusive. Froblems that ought to be investigated and settled, the river bed will continue to rise yearly, the embankment must be continually raised correspondingly, and consequently, there must Lea regular succession of calamitons inundatious.
A. 'W., clo Hongkong Telegraph Office Hongkong, 23rd August, 1888,
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PUBLIC AUCTION.
instructed to Sell by
ON ACCOUNT OF THE CONCERNED,
at the Hongkong and Kowloon Whail and Godown Co.'s Godowns, Kowloon, TO-MORROW,
the 24th instant, at'11 O'CLOCK; 225 BAGS JAPANESE RICE, Ex Steamship Jalwa.
More or less Damaged by Sea Water; TERMS As usual..
LANE, CRAWFORD & Co, Auctioneers. Hongkong, 23rd August, 1888,
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Auction, on
TUESDAY,
the 18th August, 1888, at 2 PM, at his Music Store, Queen's Road, opposite the Hongkong Hotel,
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HEAD, OFFICE, SINGAPORE.
STRAITS, INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMIT»D._ Subscribed Capital
Paid Up Capital Reserve Fundl
..$3,000,000
600,00 85,000
RISKS to all parts of tire World at HE above Company is accepting MARINE
CURRENT RATES.
+
STRAITS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY,
LIMITED.
Subscribed Capital .......
Paid Up Capital ....
$2,000,000 400,000
HIS · Company is prepared 10 Issue AXA Foreign and
Native Houses, Godowns and their contents, at› CURRENT RATES.
All Contributets of Business in the above Two Companies participate in the Bonus whether
JOHN ANDREW,
Agent, Office, 24, Queen's Road, Opposite Hongkong Hotel. [710
Hongkong, 17th July, 1888, 1
NOTICE..
A quantity of STOCK, comprising :- VIOLINS, GUITARS, DRUMS, CELLOS, BANJOS, MOUTH ORGANS, CORNETS, THE MAN ON INSURANCE COMPANY,
ACCORDIONS,
CONCERTINAS. TRUMPETS, 'HEROPHONES, ARISTONS, FLUTES. FLAGEOLETS, FIFES. OKARINOS, CASTANETTES, BONES, VIOLIN BOXES, BOWS, ROSIN.
&
&c. "METRONOMES, MUSIC and MUSIC PAPER, TOYS and FANCY GOODS.
ALSO,
A FEW PIANOS. TERMS OF SALE--Cash on delivery.
G. R. LAMMERT,
Auctioneer.
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Hongkong, 21st August, 1988
(816
LIMITED.
CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED...................$1,000,000.
The above Company is prepared to accept MARINE RISKS at CURRENT Rates on Goods, ko. Policies granted to all Paris of the world payable at any of its Agencies.
WOO LIN YUEN,
Secretary.
HEAD OFFICE, No. 2, QUEEN'S ROAD WEST, Hongkong, at February, 1881.
GENERAL NOTICE.
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THE ON TAI INSURANCE COMPANY, (LIMITED.)
CAPITAL
TAELS 600,000, Į $833,333.35
EQUAL TO ..
RESERVE FUND... $240,000,00
BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
TWENTY SECOND ORDINARY MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the Head Office. Victoria, Hongkong, on MONDAY, the 3rd proximo, at 4 O'CLOCK P.M., for the purpose of THE following Farticulars of Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction, to be held on the presenting the Report of the Directors and spot, an Statement of Accounts to 30th April fast, and of declaring dividends.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
LIP SING, Esq.
LO YEUX MOON, Esq..
LOU TWO SHUN, Esq.
"
MONDAY,
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company the 27th day of August, 1888, at 5 r., are
will be CLOSED from the 21st instant to the
By Order,
A. S. GARFIT,
Acting Secretary, Hongkong, 10th August, 1888.
1781 HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHARF AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED.
THE
published for general information.
By Command,
FREDERICK STEWART, Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th August, 1888.
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Particulars of the letting by Public Auction Sale, to be held on MONDAY, the 27th day of August, 1888, ut P.M., by Order of THE Company is prepared to Tranship Cargo His Excellency the GOVERNOR, of One Lot of Point to any Steamer in the harbour, and to for a term of 999 Years. .
THE Kowloon or West CROWN LAND, in the Colony of Hongkong,
bring Cargo across from Kowloon to any place
on the Prays at the usual rates.
By Order,
bably adjoined land belonging to her family) she had gathered it dp in her hands, and scattered it over the adjacent soil in such a way, as to have it do the most good, and at the same time foil the enterprise of the professional manure collec tors, who everywhere swarm. It was the irre. pressible instinct of economy which led the woman to do this, and every thrifty Chinese housewife is in her own way, equally economical, She knows how to make the most of ber materials. Her dress is not in its pattern, nor in its construction, wasteful like those of her .sisters in Occidental countries, but all is planned to save time, strength and material. The tiniest scrap of foreign stuff is always welcome to a Chinese woman, who will make it reappear in forms of utility if not of beauty, of which a parliament of authoreases of Domestic Econo- mies, would never have dreamed. What cannot be employed in one place, is sure to be just the thing for another, and the least trifle of stuff is sufficient for the binding of a shoe. The benevolent person in London or New York who gives away the clothing for which he has no further use, entertains a wild hope that it may not be the means of making the recipients paupers, and so do more harm than good. But whoever gives away similar articles in Use, and China, though the studs there the style of wear are so radically different from ours, has a well grounded confidence
For the present the province of Honan, one- that the usefulness of that particular article has now at last begun, and will not be exhausted, of the most valuable of the whole eighteen, til there is nothing left ofit for a base with which and possessing a special political importance other materials can unite, Many of the fruits of from the notable part it has taken in different Chinese economy are not at all pleasing to the critical phases of Chinese history, is rained. Westerners, but we cannot help admitting the The ferille grounds now under water in the genuine nature of the chain' which may be bullt low-lying fat valleys, if ever relieved by on them. In many parts of the Empire, especially artificial means from flood, will, we fear, as (strange to say) in the north, the children of is found to be the case in the recently dried both sexes roam around in the costume of the districts in Shantung, prove to be sterilized by Garden of Eden, for many months of the year. the vast deposit of sand and stony detritus This comes to be considered more comfortable from the treeless and barren Mongolian bills for them, but the primary motive is economy. The numerous cities, towns, and villages des- The atridulous squeak of the vast army of froyed by the overflow will not be restored and Chinese wheelbarrows is due to the absence of re-peopled for many years under any circum the few drops of oil which might stop it, but stances, and the once busy population, which which never, do stop it
because
to has excellent qualities of enterprise, solidity, those who are gifted with an absence of bravery, and intellectual force,
gradually nerves the squeak is cheaper than the be dispersed and become absorbed in other oil. The same may be observed in reference regions. This last matter is one that should to those personal habits which form so great a greatly concern the In perial Government, contrast in the Chinese and Japanese peoples. which will do well to deal promptly and in a If a Japanese emigrates, it is specified in his liable spirit with it, as if a few millions of the contract, that he is to be furnished daily with hardy peasants and artisans of Honan are so many gallons of hot water, in which he settled in Manchuria, or in the more fertile lands may, according to c parboil himself. The of Mongolia, or in the anses of Chinese Tur-
o custom Chinese bave their bathing houses too, but the kestan, a few years would add vastly to the greater part of the Chinese people never go nçar
delénaive strength of the Empire in those re them, nor indeed ever saw one. Do you wash, gions, which are, as yet, insecure, and if steps your child every day " said an inquisitive are laken in the direction we suggest attack and foreign lady to a Chinese mother, who was seen conquest by an aggressive power could be maile throwing shovels full of dust over her progeny, impossible.—Chinese Timer.. and then wiping it off with an old broom. Wash him every day, was the indignant. respouse, he was never washed since he was born 1" To the Chincie generally, the motto could never be made even intelligible, which
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT). was put in his window by a dealer in soap
Kelung, 'August, 1888. Cheaper than dirt." The Chinese doubtless
Formosa, the beautiful island, sull deserves regard the average foreigner, as it is said the its name. A beautiful island and a most useful Italiana do the English, whom they term one indeed it is. There are all the treasures soap-wasters Washing of clothes in China of the three natural kingdoms, and, it appears by and for the Chinese there certainly is the very person has
ng been placed in charge tila on a very subdued scale, and in pfformers to develop a r
TES companion, with what we call cleanliness, present governor, we mes pHe has establi bed migut, almost be left out of accounts, Ronomy team as milk toplendid forests and AN EMERGENCY MEETING of the above. Coupons and Reduced Tickets at the OfficCon
material has much to do with this, as woods in the island, bejön been a making roads,
MACEWEN, FRICKEL & We spese General Managers cannot help thinking, for many Chinese constructing dredge scamships,, telegraphs, FONS HALL, Zetland Street, TO-MORROW, the appreciate clean things as much as we do, and rallways, and is improving the harbours. Recently 24th instant, at 5 for 5.30 PM. precisely. Visiting VICTORIA EXCHANGE some of them, are models of neatodas, albeit | be has chartered a sailing ship, the Anna Bertha Biethren are cordially invited."
'so di 5%, Queen's Road," heavy, disadvantages. It is-dap-to the 1 of yoo tons, at a monthly charter of $1,0ƒe for six ---- Hongkong, 22nd August, 1888.
Hongkong, 17th August, 1888,
`-FORMOSA..
will
NOTICE.
G. SMITH, D.D.S., will take entire A. Charge of the DENTAL PRACTICE of the Undersigned till Dr. KIMBALL'S return; and is duly authorized to Sign the firm.
WINN & KIMBALL Hongkong, 23rd August, 1888.
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TO LET IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, HOUSE No. 1 and 2, "BALL'S COurt,"
Bonham Road, BUNGALOW, No. 35, Pokfulum Road and Third Street.
HOUSE No. 3,
"WEST VILLA," Pokfulum Road.
OFFICES and SHOPS, BRACONSFILD ARCADE," Queen's Road...
Apply to
BELILIOS & Co. Hongkong, 23rd August, 1888.
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Masonic.
LODGE
ST. JOHN
TOP HONGKONG;"
No 68*S.C
named Lodge will
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ISAAC HUGHES,
Secretary. Hongkong, zoth April, 1888.
THE CHINA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE.
'HE Offices of the Company have this day Teen REMOVED to VICTORIA BUILD. INOS," No. 5, Queen's Road, Central, Ground Floor,
JAS. B. COUGHTRIE,
Secretary, Hongkong, 13th August, 1888,
THE HONGKONG HIGH LEVEL TRAMWAYS COMPANY,
LIMITED.
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THE Public are respectfully informed that the PEAK, TRAMWAY was OPENED for Public Traffic on WEDNESDAY, the 30th May,
HES WEEK DAYS.
The CARS RUN au follows' between ST. JOHN'S PLACE and VICTORIA GAP —
-] 8 to 10 AM. every quarter of an hour: “
(12 to 2 P.M. Galf hour.
quarter of an
hour, SUNDAYS,
4 to 8
pastra to past ode every quarter of an hour, "and" from 4 to 8'P.M., every quarter, of an
hour.
Inland Lot
No. 1,149
Causeway Bay
370
feet. feet
184'10"
20,400
-234: 5,100
No. of Registry.
Boundary Measurements Contents in Annual Upset
Locality.
Sale.
No.
N.
S
·E
W. Square ft. Rent Price
PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
MANAGER.—HO AMEI.
MARINE RISKS OF GOD, & take
world.
at CURRENT RATES to all parts of the.
HEAD OFFICE, 8 & PRAYA WEST. Hongkong, 17th December, 1885. 1877
For Sale.
FOR SALE.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL,
WATCHES. XATERBURY
The Handiest, Cheapest, and Best Timekeepers invented. Price $3 per Piece.
THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHIA,
(Sole Agents in Japan and China" for the Sale of the above Watches)
10, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, Opposite-Marine House, Hongkong, 20th August, 1888.
FOR SALE AT 'MACAO,
ON - MODERATE TERMS.
(813
N extensive property on the business Aside of the town, consisting of TEN STRONGLY BUILT GÓDOWNS, with Rooms above suitable for Offices or Dwelling Housen ; Six small Dwelling Houses, attached to a Chinese Hong and a piece of spare ground suitable for building purposes.
There are two separate entrances to the property, one opening on the Harbour close to the Steamboat Co.'s Wharf
For full particulars, apply to
"THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH” OFFICE,
Hongkong, 3rd April, 1888.
ABOUT
FOR SALE CHEAP.
[366
BOUT TÊN TONS OF ASPHALTE,
Apply to
A”A. DE MELLO & COM
Масло
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Macao, 3rd April, 1888,
&R TENNENT'S ALE and PORTER.
SAR A SONS)
MERCHANT NÁVY“)
NAVY BOILED LONG FLAK
CROWN
CANVAS
ARNHOLD, KARBERG & Hongkong, 15th June, 1881.
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