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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
HIS EXCELLENCY CHAY, the Chinese Minister to the United States of America, left Shanghai on Saturday inat by the Saikio Maru.
A YOUNG coolie cut his throat with a knife last night, in a house down westwards, after reading an article in the Vah Tie Yai Po, the Chinese China Mail. He is not dead, though."
TO-MORROW morning between 9 and 10.30 o'clock, the steam-launch carrying the Bethel Bag will call alongside any vessel hoisting code pennant C, to convey men ashore to 11a.m. Per Dozen $10. service at St. Peter's Seamen's Church, returning
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AH YON is the plaintiff in the approaching criminal libel suit which we mentioned yester day, and a contractor is the defendant. The cause of action is not what we surmised-the offensive allegation was that Mr. Ah Yon was broke, not a broker.
THE agents (Messrs. Melchers & Co.) inform us, that the Norddeutscher Lloyd's steamship Bayern, with the German mails, dated Berlin 6th inst., left Singapore for this port at 1 pm. yesterday, and may be expected on Wednesday morning, the 4th proximo.
THE hearing of the charges of intimidationA CHINESE Syndicate, representing a capital of brought against ten of the head men of the szco,000, have received lease from H.E. Chang Stonecutters' Guild was continued this afternoon. Chih-tung to open the mines situated in the San From the documents put in it appears that the Ch'a Ling hills, province of Kungsi, "by the aid strike has extended to Canton.
of foreign machinery and plant. The director of the Syndicate is Kuan Tun, of Canton.
On Thursday and Saturday, the 12th and 14th' September, the "Military Mummers" intend giving two performances in the Garrison Theatre, Whitebait at Greenwich," "Chiselling," and "Sold Again", are amongst the items on the
programme.
classes of men had been frequent during the Interest to be observed upon the banks. They last ten years, considered that, unless reinare, for the most part, low and level, with forcements were sent to those troops already on houses scattered along at small intervals, and the march to the scene of action, the province between these the endless jungle. The river is would surely be enveloped in a general rebellion, wide, with a steady but not very rapid current, Keeping this in view, therefore, the Memorialist and for more than a hundred miles, in spite of important tributaries, if it not seem to vary ordered Major-General Chao Chih Chung, com-
in size. About four days' distance above The THE German steamer Glucksburg went ashoremanding at the White Forte, to fight for Pekin is the scene of the wreck of the Panjam hattalions of troops and start the same night for Company's steamer Sri Pahang. When I at half-past one on the morning of the roth inst.
Shun Ch'ang-hsien. Lieutenant-General Sün at Sidill Point, near Singapore. The engines were
Kai Hus, Commander-in-chief of Fukien, was passed there it lay in almost two "lathoms immediately put full speed stern and the helm also asked to send a battalion to Shun Ch'ang-of water and very little of it was violdie above the surface. I believe that an effort is put hard to starboard, but it was three o'clock
hsier, and at the same time two more before the vessel came off, just as a boat had
battalions were despatched to Yen-ping-fu being made to raise this by means of a coffer been lowered to lay out an anchor astern. The
to prevent assistance coming down the river dam; but with what success I have not heard. Glucksburg was surveyed in dry dock and two
On the sixth day I passed the mouth of the plates will have to be taken out and straightened, from Klang.si. On the 28th of June the memo-Triang, a long river rising, far away to the South rialist received a telegram from Eu Liang, Tao-
West in the Jelebu District, and two days later I tai of the Yen Chien Shno circuit, stating that reached the Semantan, which affords communica the insurgents had ravaged thirteen villages, country people. On the zath of June the insur: the entrenchments on the banks of the river at bances in the province of Fukien, particulars of Fu-tang, which was immediately attacked that which appeared from time to time in our columns. Nothing reliable, however, was heard day by the Imperial troops, under General of the alleged insurrection, until the other day, Wang Tax-tlen, and in the engagement that when the Govern-General of Min Cheb, Plen ensued, the insurgents lost several men, the troops having one man killed. On the next Pao; sent in an official report to the Throne, of day, the 25th, General Wang advanced into the made imposing by the great size of many trees. which the following is a translation :-For years past a large number of boats from the neigh-ravaged districts, and captured nearly thirty of he lost only two men., The Memorialist boring province of Kiangai have been in the the insurgents in several skirmishes, in which habit of plying up and down the inland rivers of Fukien, starting as far north as the Asien then sent telegraphic orders to execute martial law on all those caught with arms in their
THE M. M. steamer Conge, hitherto running on the Atlantic ocean line, but recently in the Mediterranean, will most probably be put on the Indo-China line to replace the Anadyr, lost in Aden harbour. The Congo is a larger shipthan 2,400 horse power. the Anadyr, being of 3,666 tous burden and THE INSURRECTION IN FUKIEN. committing fearful atrocities on the defencelesstion with the rich mineral regions of Raub sod
AN did astrological prediction gives the cha racter of a girl according to the month she is born in, as follows:-If a girl is born in January, she will be a prudent housewife, given to me lancholy, but good-tempered and fond of fine clothes. If in February, an affectionate wife and lender mother, and devoted to dress. If in March, a frivolous chatterbox, somewhat given to quarreling. If in April, inconstant, not very intelligent, but likely to be good-looking and studious of fashion plates. If in May, hand some, amiable and given to style in dress. If in
handsome, but with a sulky temper and a penchant for gay attire. If in August amiable strikingly If in September, discreet, affable, much liked and a fashionable dresser. If in October, pretty and coquettish; and devoted to attractive garniture. If in November, liberal, kind, of a mild disposition, and an admirer of stylish dress. If in December, well proportioned, fond of novelty and extravagant, and a student of dressy effects.
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· A few weeks ago there were reports of distur- / gents divided into two bodies. One occupied most of his time. Above Pulau Tawar the.
The tenth day brought me to Pulau Tawar, a small village where the sultan spends
river becomes much smaller and winds about character of the country changes gradually. The
petuous current. The houses on the banks are between blaffs and low hills, with a more in- now few and far between, and ths, jungle in
Passing on the right the mouth of the Tem beling, an important river wholly unexplored, miles from the Punjam settlement, and one day in three days I reached the Kwala Lipis leve
later the Kwala Tut Above the Kwala Lipis the river is called the Jelai, and this in fura
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during is Majesty's voyage down the coast, was invited to dine with the King, who presented also presented him with a set of gold buttons.
him with a gold chain and $1,000. The Queen and practical, likely to marry rich and to dress brawls, and delight in fighting with swords,f their lenders." The memorial concludes with ¦ tinuation, the Jelai, that many of the best
A WEL KNOWN Anglican dignitary of the church was golfing: an the St. Andrew's links recently. ad, like every one else, gat into trouble in a bunker. Stroke foll wed stroke, but he couldn't At length, his lips moving with get out. extreme irritation and the effect of continued muscular effort. his caddie interposed, and coming up to the rex, canon, exclaimed. "Wull
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A BANGKOK Contemporary says Mr. F. A. Hitchcock, who underwent a term of imprison- ment in Singapore gaol, has been recently released, and we hear that he means to make it lively for some people in Bangkok. He has begun by summoning Mr. Wright, engineer on board the fedusa, for paying out some money which Hitchcock entrusted to him. The money had been paid by order of H. B. M. Consular
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MEN'S proper business in this world, according to John Ruskin, talls mainly into three divisions: -First, to know themselves, and the existing state of the things they have to do with Secondly, to be happy in themselves, and in the existing state of things, Thirdly, to mend themselves, and the existing state of things, as far as either are marred and mendable, These, I say, are the three plain divisions of proper huraan business on this earth. For these three the fallowing are usually substituted and adopted by human creatures: First, to be totally ignorant of themselves, and the existing state of things. Secondly, to be miserable, in themselves, and in the existing state of things, Thirdly, to let themselves, and the existing state of things, alone (at least in the way of correction.) The dispositions which induce us to manage this wisely, the rffairs of this life, seems to be: -First, a fear of disagreeable facts, and con- scious shrinking from clearness of light, which keep us from examining ourselves, and increase gradually into a species of in- stinctive terror at all truth, and love of glossen, veils, and decorative lies of every sort. Secondly, a general readiness to take de Tire Actuary to the Bureau of Statistics of the light in anything past, future, far off, or some his estimate of the population of the States at the here leading us gradually to place our pleasure United States Treasury Department says that where else, rather than in things now, near, and next census (June, 1890) is 66,000,000. The principally in the exercise of our imagination, estimate of the late actuary for 1889 was
and to build all our satisfaction on things as 62,921,000 but this is now considered much too they are not. Wh ch power being one not ac- low. According to the latest estimate the pepala-corded to the lower animals and having, indeed, tion of the United States will have received an when disciplined, a very noble use, we pride addition of 16,000,000 in 10 years. Of this in ourselves upon it, whether disciplined or not, crease about 6,000,0:0 must be ascribed to im- and pass our lives complacently, in substantial
'discontent and visionary satisfaction. migration.
THIEVES will rab anyhody now-a-days. Mr. Aprar, broker, put his coat on a ledge in the new billiard-room of the Hongkong Hotel, last night, and during the progress of the game. some Chinaman outside put his hand through the window and, speaked it. Mr. Apcnr alleges that his watch and chain and other property was worth $6co, and we are requested by him-to use his own felicitous expression-to "gif de dam 'otel--"
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"I've always admired proverbs, my dear," Mr. Dusenberry said, as he rubbed his chin in a contemplative way. "They are chock full of significance. They are laconic and logical. Now for instance, there is the saying. Straws show which way the wind blows. What could more tersely-"Yes," interrupted Mrs. Dusenberry, with a twinkle in her starboard eye. “If you'd sift the ashes every morning, instead of letting me sift them, you'd know more about the direction of the wind than all the straws in creation would show you."
way port and going down south as far as Tsung agan, in the district of Chien-ning. The men navigating these boats continually indulge in
it naturally follows that there is not a single boat spears, and other weapons. Such being the case,
but contains a number of rough characters who have small regard for law and order, and who
the extent even,
practise piracy and violence e tentaret trading junks, going to in some cases, of Inking them off bodily to their own province. In former times the proper number of the Inland Navy war-janks, was ninety eight; but during the past few years, owing to the system of so-called retrenchment pursued by preceding viceroys, this number has dwindled down to thiity, whose duty it has been lately to pairal a stretch of water extending over a thousand Each boat has only a crew of six men, all told. The bouts are useless and rptien through age, and are consequently unable to maintain the good order that should exist in their district. In the lower districts, those of Hsing Hua, there are a great number of Fukienese boats, called in the colloquial dialect Ya Meo Chuan, or "Mather Duck" boats, and these also ply about in opposition to their Klangsi rivals, so that whenever trades wish to bite boats to convey goods or salt from one town to another, fight arise between the rival factions for the business, resulting frequently in bloodshed. This state of things having continued for over ten years, the loss of life on both sides arising from such frays cannot be less than several thousand, and owing to the weakness of the administrative system of the riverine cities, the authorities have never been able either to overawe these turbulent boatmen or bring them to justice for their misdeeds. The feuds culminated on the 3rd day of the rath moon of that month Jan: 14h the Memorialist last year (Jan: 4th 1899). On the 13th day of received a despatch from Cheng Shen, acting in the prefecture of Yen-ping. to the effect district Magistrate (Che-hsien) of Shun Ch'ang, that on the 4th of January a number of Kiangal boatmen, while engaged in bringing salt down to the lower districts, bed got into a fight with the Fukienese bonimen at Takau, a river mart under his jurisdiction, and in the fray that ensued had killed three Fukicnese. The latter accordingly gathered together an immense mob of townsmen, and attacked the Kiangsi men, who in their turn lost thirteen men and were compelled to retreat. As the memorialist consi- dered the loss of sixteen lives an exceedingly serious matter, he immediately gave his deputy orders to go at once and arrest the ring-leaders of the riot who were responsible for the murders, This the Chehsien in question failed to do, and, as a very long period had elapsed in which the guilty parties remained uncaught, the Memo- rialist removed the Chehsien's button, but allowed him to retain his post provisionally, so that be might have the opportunity of. effecting the capture. But, later, no arrests having been made, Cheng Shen was removed, and Wang
in conjunction with Brigadier General Chú Ch'ang Sheng. Department Commander of Shun Chang hsien, made a joint report to the Memorialist, on the 23rd of June, stating that they had received news that some fifty Kiangsi boats, containing over a thousand
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TELEGRAMS;
THE STRIKES IN LONDON.
LONDON, August zzód. The strike has extended to the ten warehouses, preventing the drawing of samples and the
discharge of steamers,
FRANCE.
One hundred and two Boulangists; officers of
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districts by the 30th of June, when the Memo- rialist hopes to report to the Throne the utter discomfiture of the insurgents and the capture
the request that those whose duly it was to prevent the Kiangsi men from coming down the river should be punished; but owing to the insufficient means at their command, vide the miserable condition of the Inland Navy, the Memorialist prays that under the extenuating circumstances of the case the punishment meted out by the Throne may be lighter than it other wise ought to be.
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but the natives say that the Serau is navigable by small boats for three or four days. It is on the upper part of the Pabang river and its con- known mining concessions are situated. Bo- ginning at the head waters of the latter stream and going down the river you have on your left, and then the Kechau district, famous by report. first the Tanom diarict, next the Yong district, On the right bank opposite to these. lie the Jelai district, a corner of the Punjom country, and the Chika district. All of these are suppos ed to contain much gold, and 1 have seen it myself in four out of the six. The other
the two, namely
Kechau and Chika districts, I was unable to visit.
As for travelling by land; in Ulu Pahang there are two bullock roads, one at Punjom and one at Jelai, aggregating less than eight miles in length, and in both cases leading from the river to the mines on those concessions. Except for these there are only jungle tracks varying in badness from impassable to simply bad. The larger brooks and rivers must be forded, whereas the small stream may be crossed on rotten logs. There is also much boggy ground to be waded through and in places are paddy fields where the crossing is made on the narrow irregular ridges separating the various patches of cultivation, Consequently it is evident that Ulu Pahang is to country for a man who is not prepared to be wet through and exceedingly dirty whenever he is compelled to travel foot. To revert to myself. When I first The prospectus of the Imperial British East reached the upper waters of the river I spent several days with Mr. JẹM. Neison, who was Africa Company, with a capital of two millions sterling, has been issued. The object of the prospecting in the Yong district near Hukit Tuja, Company is to acquire concessions granted by
The results, which were satisfactory,have already. the Sultan of Zanzibar, Sir W. Mackinnon is
been described in the Singapore papers. After
Directors comprises the names of Sir Thomas mine of the Malayan (Pahang). Concession Com chairman of the Company, and the Board of the departure of Mr. Nelson I joined Mr. Knaggs, and spent three weeks with him in Jelai at the Brassey. Sir Thomas Powell Buxton General Kemball, Sir Lewis Pelly, and George Mac-advanced in Pahang. Three tunnels are being Sir Donald Stewart, Sir John Kirk, Sir Arnold pany. These worki gs are interesting as being with the exception of those at Punjom, the most kenzie
driven with much success, and the machinery in , ST. PETERSBURG, August 14th. in place, so that within a very few weeks crushing The Russian Government have decided to will begin, and there is much to crush. Relura- raise the duties on all articles exported from Afing thence I stopped at Punjam, where Mr. ghanistan except wood,
Hardie and Mr. Arch showed me over this most interesting property,
BERLIN, August rath. At a banquet given 1st night, the Emperor William, in drinking the test of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria, declared that Germany would hold firmly to her alliance with Austria, and that both armies will fight shoulder to shoulder to maintain peace. The Emperor of Austria in reply spake in most cordial terms of the Emperor William and the good feeling existing between the two countries. .. The North German Gazelle disavows the ex- pedition under Doctor Peters, and says that Germany values the friendship of England more than all that Dr. Peters might attain on the Upper Nile.
LONDON, August 14th.
LONDON, August 15th. The Prince of Wales has gone to Hamburg, where he is taking the waters.
There is some talk of the French Government
demanding the extradition of Boulanger on a charge of embezzlement, of which he has been found guilty.
Zanzidar, August 15th, Considerable anxiety exists here owing to rumours that a rising agalost Europeans is Aalight disturbance took place yesterday evening contemplated on Musulman new year's day. which caused a panic among British Indians.
CANRA, August 15th. Chakir Pacha has proclaimed martial law over the island of Crete.
BERLIN, August 15th.. The Emperor of Austria, accompanied by Count Kainoky, took his departure to-day, but before doing so had a long conference with Prince
LONDON, August 16th.
In the House of Commons, Sir Jahn Gorst, in reply to a question, said that the Council of the Empire of India which was appointed at the Delhi durbar was never intended to form an organized body to transact State business. I was the policy of the Government of India to associate the Princes and Chiefs with the Go- vernment, and a notable instance thereof was in the arrangements made for the defence of the Indian frontier, when native Princes were con sulted.
THE Allahabad papers describe a curious search for treasure believed to be buried in the Alford Patk in that town. It seems that some years before the Mutiny the then Prime Minister of the King of Delhi rosigned his appointment and brought his family and worldly possession to Allahabad, where he built a large house and an underground chamber to keep, bis jewels and treasure. This latter is said to have included a lakh of gold mohurs, of the kind now valued at 28 rupees each. Shortly before the Mutiny he died, and, during the disturbance, his family Red, covering up the chamber as they could. When order was restored a line WITH reference to the size of ancient Rome, ■
of barracks was constructed by order of Loid examining all the data we have, all the statements of the various ancient writers who allude to it, ex-Premier's house was built, and the exist
ence of the underground chamber was forgot. and all the facts which seem to bear on the
ten by all except some relatives who, on trying question, I am convinced that in estimating the
to reach it on one occasion, were so stung number at 4,000,001 rather understating
hornets whom they had disturbed than overstating it. It is much more probable by that it was larger than that it was smaller, that it was taken as a sign that it was God's DeQuincy also estimates the inhabitants of will that the treasure should be reserved for a
men, were about to start from Shao Wu for Bismarck. I will only cite one fact future generation. In course of time the barracks
Kiangai. The leader of the Kiangsi fleet were also demolished, and the present park laid had hoisted a sacred flag containing the words and then leave this question. The Circus Maximus was constructed to bold 250,000,
oat. Recently the existence of the treasure was
"P'a tien fo tu," ("The Lord of the idols or according to Victor, at a later period brought to the attention of Captain Hamilton, of the whole world." In addition to this an old resident of Allahabad, who had helped probably, 385,000 spectators. Taking the smal
to prepare the site for the barracks. He there was also displayed from the leader's junk fer number, then, it would be one in 6 of all
a small flag containing the talismanic figures obtained as much information as could be of the Fa Kua, in the middle of which were the the inhabitants if there were 4,00,000. But as one-half the population was composed of slaves, Kot from the existing relatives, and obtained character "Tien ti," beaven and earth. Admiral from the Collector permission to dig, and a Liu Tuan Mien, commanding the approaches who must be struck out of the spectators, when the circus was built there would be accom police: Escort. On May and about to coolies of the river border between the provinces of were set to work, and they soon came upon Kiangai and Fukien, attempted to stop this modation then for T in 8 of the total po pulation, excluding plaves. Reducing again some masonry, but, unfortunately, young invasion, but he was set at defiance by the the number one-half by striking out the cobra was unearthed just then, and the men Klangsi feet, which sailed southwards, avowedly women, there would be room for ju refused to wok any more, belleving that the with the intention of revenging the deaths of the Man striking out the, young children and the treasure was guarded by cobras, and that it was fellow provincials who had been killed on the 4th A VISIT TO THE MALAY STATES, old men and the sick and impotent, you would act of sacrilege to dig for it. The excavations, of January at Ta Kan. On receipt of this report, the Memorialist Immediately telegraphed to the have accommodation for nearly the whole popula- however, were going on when the mail left. tion. Is it possible to believe that the Romans
Taotsi of the Yen Chien Shao circult to incor- constructed a circus to hold the entire population TAK N. C. Daily News states that the Pootungparate the two half battalions in his circuit into of Rome capable of going to it --for such must Dock premises are commencing to show further one, under the commands of Admiral Lis Tuan- have been the case were there only 4,000,000 of signs of collapse, and the tides which are com- mien and General Wang Tsz-ien, and order inhabitants. But suppose there were only ing on will probably produce further develop them to proted General Chu Chang heng, 1,00,00 inhabitants, it is plain from mere ments; in fact between Saturday night and with Brigadier Sheng, figures that it would never have been possible Sunday morning fast some of the wales and who had been ordered to oppose the insurgents to half fill the circus.
Special caps at the upper side of the entrance to the and prevent their further progress. deck were fractured, the side being bent over orders were also given to spare no one if the pler head Kiangsi men proved intractable. The next day, "Six Hundred Medical Don'ts":-Don't neglect has gone outwards towards the any opportunity to Insure a variety of food. inch, while there is a bele, not very deep, how from the acting Chehsien of Shun Chiang, stat- Don't pamper the appetite with such variety of ever, just where the side and head of the docking that the Klargei fleet had arrived at a place food that may lead to excess. Don't take animal unite. There are no less than seventeen crack few miles distant from Ta Kan, where they food oftener than twice daily. Don't consume in the ground on the upper end of the premises, had commenced to entrench themselves, apps, more than ten ounces of animal food in a day, and one of them is inside the balkhead, another reatly with a view to making that place the Don't average more than twenty-four ounces of is foxide the line of the caisson, apparently basis of future operations. The Acting Chehsien fluids daily. Don't let your entire food exceed endangering the dock itself, for it is only about and Brigadier General Chu Chang Sheng thirty-four ences in twenty-four hours, Don't ten feet distant from the corner of the dock, accordingly went over personally to persuade the over-eat at any time, but especially not in bot The original tie-back pile sate considerably Kiangs! men to return home, but in vain. On weather remember that a large amount of our exposed and leaning towards the bed of the the next day, the invaders advanced on Ta food is applied to keeping up the warmth river, while the tlo,tods that had been attached Kan, but being met by the Chebsien and some of the body when, however, the temperature to them are bent downwards and broken. On hastily-collected levies, they were again asked of the air vises, we lose less heat, and there the lower side of the dockhead, there are several to return. To this, again, so heed was given, fore require less heat-producing food. Don't places where the ground has sunk. Two of, but the invaders marched to a point across the eat ice-cream that has stood for any length these are beside the dockhead, and there are river, and having first set fire to the guild ball of time in tin vessels. Don't drink green others facing the river, while there are a number (Hul Kuan) of the lower districts, commenced tea, and ure black tea moderately. (A gentle of small cracks, one of them being some 8g to ravage Fu-tung, Pai Shib, and the adjacent man who was urged moderation in the use of feet from the river, and against the extra townships, burning whole villages, and killing tes, considered it an evidence of great self-tic-piles to which the tie rods for the zo feet piles all who had been unfortunate enough to fall into control when he reduced his allowance to nine- are fastened in front of this crack, the ground their hands. Remonstrances being fruitless, and teen cups a day.) Don't keep milk in any vessels is spongy. There are two capstans on this his force being too small to cope with the except bottles or "hermetically sealed" glass piece of ground and in front of one of them we insurgents, the Chehsien was compelled to return Jars. Don't use hair dyes; they all contain polsons. saw a boatman's bamboo pushed into the ground to Shun-ch'ang in order to look to the defences Don't bleach the hair; no preparation can give it some four feet with but slight effort. The of his city. Matters becoming serious, and, more light color without injury. Don't wear pointed wharf has sunk a line is one place. Oring to over owing to the fact that the tea season was at shoes, which have a tendency to dislocate the the danger of a further landslip the capstan on its height in the prefectures of Yen-ping, Chien- second toe npward and to produce ulcerations, the upper side of the dockheads is being remoyning, and Chin-chop, when tex pickers from all sometimes so severe that they demand amputa-ed, as there are cracks all round it. The boiler parts of the different bordering provinces celicct tion. Don't wear a shoe, the sole of which Is and balance weight that belonged to the dredge there, to the number of several hundred thousand not broader than the outline of your hole when ing machine have been recovered from the bed men, the Memorialist, fearing that these roving pressed by your full weight upon a piece of paper, of the river, but as yet no trace can be obtained bands of tea pickers might join the Klangs insurgents, and as feuds between the different of the engine, and marked with a pencil,
on
From Punjom I followed the usual overland route via Raub, Tras, Kwala Kubu, Rawang, "and Kwala Lumpur to Kwala (140 miles) and thence by steamer to Singapore. To return to Punjam. From there to Raub there is only a jungle path, but as it is passed over weekly by the mail carriers it is well beaten down. The distance I should give at about forly miles (almost due south) and a fairly good walker can make the journey in two days, Leaving Pun
and, bout thirty brooks to be forded. This brings Jom in the morning there are, in the first place, six bours of dense jungle to be passed through
you to a great stretch of paddy fields and the scattered houses ofthesettlement of Atto, Beyond Atto there is open country to Sigur, about two hours further, where native accommodation for the night may be obtained by a determined person. Leaving Sigur you pass through open shadeless plains on the banks of the Lipis and Dong rivers for what seems an interminable time, then three hours of jangle and two or three miles of paddy fields, and you are at Raub. On this day's journey, with the exception of the part through the paddy fields, the track is very good. From Raub to Kwala Kabu in Selangor the dis- Lance is forty-one miles and all of the road lies through the Jungle, but in spite of this it is an easy two days' march. First comes a stretch of
nine miles over a moderate track to Tras, where there are alluvial tin workings.
It is here that you meet the new road from Kwala Kubu which is being built by the Selan. gor government. When completed this is to be four feet wide and it is hoped that it will be passable for pack horses, Already it has been cleared and roughly graded throughout its entire
the Army, have been caahlered and otherwise We take the following from Dr. Valentine's I and forced downwards. The upp. About an (24th June), the Memorialist again received news Pahang, I have ventured to send you a few notes mlies of excellent trevalling to Kwala Kubu.
panished.
BEHRING SEA SEALERS.
A United States cutter has seized two British Sealers In the Behring Seas, and has boarded and searched others.
THE STRIKE.
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August 23rd.
In consequence of the strike, the departure of the P. & O. Steamers Khedius and Massilia, which were to have left London on Thursday & Friday for Calcutta and' Australía respectively, has been postponed indefinitely.
LABUAN.
The British Government has asked the British North Borneo Company to undertake the Admi- nistration of Labunn, which however will remain Crown Colony and is not to be ceded to the Company.
THE STRIKE,
August 28th,
At a meeting of the Teadenlers Association, it was resolved that, upless the Dock Directors yield to day, arrangements will be made with whaifingers to throw open the wharves and ergag labourers on the terme demanded,
length, with the exception of a few places where engineering difficulties have to be contented with. This
road is wonderfully level for a The Singapore Free Prats gives a long and track passing over such a high range of hills as interesting account of a recent journey across those which form the boundary between Pahang the Malay Peninsula, made by a young gentle and Selangor. The first night out from Raub man from Boston, Mr. Jahs Gardner Coolidge must be passed in some lule shelter used by He is the first private traveller who has done the road-makers, but as these are found at in- this simply for the saice of the journey, and not tervals of a mile or two, there is really no for political, scientific, or commercial reasons. danger of being overtaken by darkness without In the course of his article Mr. Coolidge says findings place to rest In. At the base of the As there seems to be a certain interest mani, mountains on the Selangor side there is a little fested by some of your readers in the State of settlement called Gumut, and beyond thistwelve as the result of my observations made during a Kwale Kubu is a flourishing Chinese town, in the neighborhood of which are several alluvial recent tour through that country, wishing it to
tin workings in the hands of the natives. There be understood, at the same time, that I was merely travelling for pleasure, as I have no per Js a good rest house at this place, but I was sonal interest in any mines or other property in fortunate in being the guest of Mr. Keyser, the magistrate, whose kindness" made me realize that promising but practically-unknown land.
The regular Mall steamer starting from Singa- most strongly the difference between the hard- pore reaches the Kwala Pahang in about twenty shiga to be encountered in a native State under hours; then three hours in a small boat and you native rule, and the comforts to be found are in The Pekan, the capital of Pahang. The wherever British influence has been thoroughly Fekan is too well-known to need description: established. At Kwala Kubu I hired a pony suffice it to say that it is here that boats, coolies, which carried me through very well to Rawang supplies, etc, angat be procured by all wishing to (24 miles) where the well-known tin workings are situated, and after spending two days thore go up the river, for beyond this point there is nothing to be bought except fowls, eggs, coconuts, Mr. Keyser, who accompanied me, drove me and, for those with depraved tastes, durians into Kwala Lumpur, a distance of seventeen The supply of these even is precarious, for though miles. Kwala Lumpur is too well known, to they are abundant, the natives are often quite need any description, so I will only say that arrived in unwilling to sell them, or else they ask a price twenty six hours after leaving there I which no man can pay and retain his self-respect. Singapore, For one or two men travelling with an ordinary A few words of general advice to those intend amount of baggage, a house boat of moderate, ing to travel through Pahang. In the first place. size manned by a crew of three polers and a it is better to enter the country via Selangor and helmsman will be found to be the best, and return via the Pekan, reversing my course, for in it is on this basis that I estimate the time, this way you have the advantage of fibating necessary to reach the various points of impost- | rapidly down the Paliang river instead of being ance on the river. The boatmen begin their poled up for many weary days. Secondly, as to daily task at about alx, and, with interents for baggage Take a little as possible, for the hard cooking and eating, they work till sundown, reason that in many places coolles are very when they go ashore to pray, for they have to obtain and here two of them may be found much to be forgiven. While going slowly up in a day it might be necessary to wait a work the river, day by day, there is but little got.), four were required,