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The Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1890,
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LOSS OF AN AUSTRIAN MAN-OF-WAR.
LONDON, September 17th. The Austrian war-ship Taurus has foundered in the Euxine. 72 rersons drowned.
LOCAL AND GENERAL.
BARON DE LISSA broke his leg the other day. his horse while riding near Sandakan. we regret to hear. In consequence of a fall from THE Ocean Steamship Co.'s steamer Tason, from Liverpool, left Singapore for Hongkong this morning, and is due on the 25th inst
As we mentioned in a telegram yesterday, by order of Schwys, which is one of the so-called forest cantons, the story of William Tell le henceforward to be strictly excluded from all school histories published by authority, and it is officially proclaimed that the Tell stories are nothing more nor less than fanciful, if patriotic, legends. A dispatch from Geneva says that the despair of the Swiss who have kept and exhibited Tell's chapel, pointed out the exact spot where be made his famous shot at the apple, and who owned the steamers that brought travellers to the shrine, may be imagined. It has long been known that the whole Tell story, tyrant's cap, cloven apple and death el Gessler, was nothing but a myth, but not until now has there been any official declaration to that effect. We do not feel sure that the precedent' thus established is a good one. The first thing we'll know will be the French Chamber of Deputies publicly repudiating Napoleon's address to his soldiers in the shadow of the Pyramids, and Cambranne's famous spech at the battle of. Waterloo, and any number of last dying speeches and apart of edifying sentiments which are French literature. Worse still, the Legislature of its discredit on the story of George Washington, his little hatchet, bis father's cherry tree, and the paternal admiration of veracity as exhibited in the youthful George; and if that sort of thing should go on what would become not only of our nursery legends and childhood's tales, but of nat which we dignify with the title of history? Truth is a precious jewel, no doubt, but the embroidery and filigree-work of history, that which tends to lighten up the glooms and bald and otherwise uninteresting
to attractive, especially make s
the narrative young student, may subserve a useful purpose. There is no use declaring by solemn legislative enactment that the legends and folk. lore of a nation are not true. Suppose they are not, what harm is done? We might as well level our legal anatheman at Mother Goose's Melodies or the stories of Jack the Giant Killer and Bluebeard. The children have some rights which even legislatures and parliaments ought to respect, and to pass laws declaring that their favorite legends are proscribed, comes within the definition of cruelty to children.
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The P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Gwalior left theatre and laughed sa long, or loudly, or with Nagasaid for this port at 7 p.m. yesterday, an such whole-souled indifference to dislocated
jaws,
which he as did that
fun from the Ar the Magistracy this morning Mr. Robluson last night. There was continued the inquiry into the circumstances word "go, and if Mr. Lincoln had restrained connected with the extensive fire which occurred the band and skipped the intermission there were not half-a-dozen of the most thirsty souls at Mesurs Blackhead's godowns on the sight of the oth instant. After sorae further evidence present who could have been dragged away to bad been heard the Inquiry was again adjourned. the moaning bar below About ten minutes after the time fixed Mr. Lincoln, attired simply THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play in evening dress, stepped on the stage with a the extent of which had not yet been assayed the following programme to-morrow afternoon, nervous smile, an eye-glass, and a vein of humor when he retired. After a few prefatory remarke on the occasion of Mr. Spencer's drop-act-
which left the audience in doubt as to his seriousness be plunged into anecdote. That led him to the piano, and it began to be realised, that he had a thoroughly, good voice. In the absence of a programme it is difficult to remember balf of what followed, but among a host of elber things all sandwiched between jokes that could not but be generously smiled at he gave tuned the instruments of an orchestra, depicted imitations of various styles of alleged singing a few of the types of photographs in the average family album, hit off the mannerisms
natural "pop" and poured the invisible soda them in a scene in Macbeth, to the very life; drew an imaginary cork with the most water into an impalpable tumbler with a life-like sympathy. There is no doubt that Mr. Lincolo is simply surcharged with fun, and as it is gurgle, and drove four men to drink out of pure
the Theatre will then certainly be packed. impassible for him to stay later than Saturday
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criminal: to the civil side of the court. It was purely a case for a civil remedy.
#6. Let us test the question of criminality by another standard,- What did the accused attris · bute to Mi, Eddy? He wrote to the paper he corresponded for, saying that Mr. Eddy had been that he could challenge the accusation and provo taking care of his friends and relatives. Knowing its untruth would Mr. Eddy not have been equally well vindicated by a civil remedy? There is no ground of comparatio between a man wholmputes the fairness of his administration. We fail to see a crime to a fellow citizen and one who challenges on what ground the allegations made against Mr. Eddy should be regarded as of a criminal type. A well-known First Lord of the Admiralty, whose identity has never been doubted, has been libelled all over the world by a song that has been dung everywhere. Yet that well-known First Lord never commenced proceedings against his well-known libellers, and any attempt to criminally prosecute the persons who were sisters, his cousins, and his aunts' would have guilty of having said that he provided for his
7. We are not defending the publication of been laughed out of count, untruth, even where there is an entire absence
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LONDON Engineering says it need excite no surprise if before many years the first-class Atlantic ships maintain an average speed of thirty to thirty-five miles an hour, and a four days' journey between Queenstown and Sandy Hook is probably not at all an Impossible thing
in the future.
WE are asked to state that at a meeting of the British Mercantile Marine Officers' Association to be held at the Marine. Hotel at 9 o'clock to-night, the general discussion upon the Sunday Labour question will close with the movement of a resolution In connection with that much vaxed question.
NEws reached Hongkong today that Senor F. M. Rivers, the Spanish Consul here, had died early in the morning in Japan. Sr. Rivero, who A., S. WATSON & CO., LD. was formerly a professor in the University at Barcelona, was the Spanish representative bere (ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.).
for the last three years, and left for Japan about a month ago in a poor state of health.
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Canadian-Pacific Line, inform us that the steam- ship Abyssinia from Vancouver 29th ulto, arrived at Yokohama on the 14th fatt, and leaves Nagasaki for this port to-morrow, The steamers Sussex and Mongkut, both from Yokohama 31st ulto, arrived at Vancouver on the 17th inst.
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THE Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play the following programme at the Barrack Square, this evening, commencing at 7.30 o'clock:—
March... Absony” wanas Lancers Daris". Valse" Alschied von Menchin"
Polka.......Nightingale "
Qumrifle..."New Melodien"
Calop Frok and Elieter
Wakelen, Bucalanel, Gang.
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them at Christmas-Mr. Fraser-Smith
THE train was about to start for Chantilly. A police inspector, who was walking up and down the platform, stopped in front of a first-class carriage nearly fall of passengers. After looking "Good you have here a couple of sharpers) inside, he remarked," Be careful, gentlemen, gracious!" exclaimed a very stylish-looking gentleman, preparing to get out, "I haven't the Another, who was sitting in the opposite corner, then said "I have a large sum of money about me, and don't wish to run the risk of losing it," whereupon he, ton, alighted. "So, gentlemen," the inspector calmly remarked, "now you can set your minds at rest; they are both gone." THE following particulars of tobacco sales received by telegram from London may be of interest to some of our readers :-East Borned Planting Co., Ld., 62 bales, sold at 151 guilder cents; 30 bafen, sold at 65 guilder cente; Darvel Bay Planting Co. 568 bales, sold at 160 guilder cents; and 14 biles, sold at 35 guilder cents. Latest advices from Sandakan to 6th instant state-East Borneo Planting Co., Ld.-Planting finished; 1,800,000 trees planted, and 410,000 reaped; Songel Kayah Planting Co., Ld.- Planting finished; r.800.000 trees planted, and 220.000 reaped, Lamag Planting Co.. Ld. Planting expected to be finished shortly; 500,000 new planted, and 17,000 reaped, Prospects on the whole very encouraging.
HERE is a condensed history of our friend the rat. The black rat entered Europe by way of Astrachan four centuries ago and the brown or Norway fat followed 200 years later. Cor- recily speaking, the brown rat is net Norway a rat at all, but a Persian rat. The brown rat being larger and fiercer than the black rat has almost driven its weaker cousin out of existence. Not very many years ago the variety, with the long tail and big ears, and the common rat in this country was the big black
"dock rats." But the black rats have almost brown rats were only known as "ship rats " and disappeared since they, while the brown rats are spread all over the inhabited, parts Europe. The black rat went over to England with William the Conqueror, and the brown rat voyaged across the channel. These facts are historical
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A STARVING crew in the "Malta and Gibraltar of the East" is a novelty, but it is a cold fact. A member of our staff discovered to-day that the crew of the Peruvian schooner Sara Mercedes, which arrived here sometime in June,
CORRESPONDENCE.
[We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in thisĵcolama).
WHY?
made the greater the gravity of the charge the that in all cases where an accusation is greater the care on the part of the writer remembered, therefore, that in writing what was uttered at every street comer and talked of to exercise caution and care. It must be
write anything impugning the honor and integrity in every club in Sydney, the accused did not of Mr. Eddy. He merely said what others said, that Mr. Eddy favored his sisters and his cousing" and his aunts. What element of criminality is there about such a charge ?"
8. In the famous Times-Parnell case the Timsi accused Mr Pamell of certain acts that amounted to a serious crime. The allegations of.The Times were proved to be untrue, yet The TO TER EDITOR OF THE "Boraxand TinqnaIK.” Times writer has never been criminally prose- SIR,-Could you inform me what are the cuted; The Times accused the libelled man of duties of the Crown Solicitor of this Colonya crime, and between that accusation and one There is a case Regina v. Minhinnett, now imputing mere unfairness of administration, there pending for trial at the Magistracy, in which the is no ground of comparison. Then why should prisoner in charged with an abominable crime, the greater wrong be condoned by a civil and yet there is no one who would appear to remedy while the far lesser offence is singled prosecute on behalf of the Crown, while the out as a crime only to be condoned in a prison prisoner has retained an advocate to defend, 1 cell? A crime per re should not be condoned by believe the Crown Solicitor, Mr. Johnson, is paid a money penalty. In such disparities are we $200 a month out of the public purse, and it not encouraging the belief that we have one law seems to me that he does nothing in retura, either for the rich and another for the poor? in the shape of prosecuting or defending. Hisg. According to The Daily Telegraph, the only duty, I believe, is to sit for a few hours at slanders were uttered at every street corner and the monthly sessions.
talked of in every club in Sydney' But the harm done was in publication. Surely this i Yours, &c,
true. The head and front of the offending is in publication. The responsibility of writer and Hongkong, 19th September, 1890.
publisker is a joint one. The publisher has the larger share of responsibility of the two because he performs two functions. He must read and approve of what the author writes before he publishes. He is not bound to publish even if he agrees with the writer, and he certainly need not publish if he does not agree with him. Yet in this case the major offender. has been let off "scot free," while the minor offender is treated as a criminal and punished by the passing of a crushing sentence.
A TAXPAYER.
THE LIBEL SCANDAL.
`A SENSIBLE VIEW OF THE LAW..
We learn from the Avenir du Tonkin that out that it was necessary to go into pointed actually, at this moment, have nothing to eat, to the public press that if they had the slightest | Martin. The libs! action Levían v. Fóz, in.
THE members of the Hongkong Cricket Club held their annual meeting in the Pavilion, yesterday afternoon. The President, Mr. W. M. Dean, rccupied the chairs. The report and accounts having been adopted, the following elections were made W. M. Deane, President, A. K. Traven, Hon, Secretary; R. Tresilian, Hon. Treasurer A. J. Leach, T. S. Smith, T. E. Davies, E. M. Blair, Col. Chater, W. H. Wallace, Committee Mr.Sercombe-Smith was appointed assistant hon. sec., at the request of Mr. Travers, the hon. sec., who found the demand on his time somewhat too great.-It, having been agreedy on the motion of Dr. Lowson, seconded by Mr. Fraser-Smith, that a charge of $1 a year for the use of the lockers should be made, Monday next was fixed for the opening of the season, the Grat match to be played on the 3rd and 4th of October Mr. Fraser-Smith asked if there was any probability of return matches being played with Shanghai and Singapore?-The Chairman replied that Shangbai had been challenged, but nothing was settled about Singapore, the Club there inviting a Hongkong eleven to visit practice invitation was to be at once if the accepted. The meeting then resolved itself into a special meeting, to consider various amend ments in the rules respecting the tennis courts, Mr. A. S. Garfitt proposed that the number in "A" class be raised from 16 to 21. Mr. F. Maitland seconded-Mr. Fraser-Smith moved that the "A" and "B" classes be abolished their existence was utter rubbish except as regarded matches. Mr. G. J. Phillippo seconded, but on account of an irregularity the amend ment was withdrawn in favor of Mr. E. W. Mitchell, who proposed that rules one to eight be expunged, which would amount to the same thing. In doing so he pointed out that the classes bad privileges which the rest of the 360 members had not, which was unfair. Captain Scott seconded, but the amendment was lost by a majority of five. Before Mr. Garfitt's motion Ar the Summary Court this moming Mr. Justice was put Dr. Lowson moved, and Mr. Fraser We delivered judgment in the case Salet Smith seconded, that the classes remain as at Barretto, in which the plaintiff claimed $500 present, which was carried by a large majority times, its age being accepted an fifteen hundred 1.50 damages for trespass committed by the defendant Por Cass. Par Clas. on the morning of the 3rd inst. Mr. Pollock (in. After some discussion, hearty votes of thanks were accorded to the various sub-committees structed by Mr. Rodyk) appeared for the plaintiff. His lordship pointed out that in the cases cited appointed to carry out the arrangements for the by Mr. Pollock trespass had been committed in entertainments of the Singapore visitors, and also to the various clubs and societies who had $450 pursuance of some judfetal order, whereas in 5.00 this case the defendant simply broke in to look 7.50 for some woman. He thought the plaintiff would 12.00 be amply compensated with too and costs, and granted immediate execution accordingly,
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our old acquaintance M. Mayrena, King of the 1.35 Sedangs, is en route to his kingdom, with M. Villerol d'Augis. The greatest precautions have been taken in all the Residencies in Cambodia, 1.30 Cochin-China, Annam, and Tonquin-right up to the Chinese frontier to prevent bis passage. But he'll get there just the same.
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PETER Lechner is known as the most lonely 0.75 | man in Europe. He is connected with the weather bureau service, and is stationed on top of the Schonnblick Mountains, in the Austrian Alps. There he lives month in and month nut. It is the custom of the villagers on
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THE arrangements for the aerial exhibition by Mr. Spencer to-morrow are now completed $1,10 The two Grand Stands have been fenced in, together with a large slice of the Race-course 1.25 and Inner Oval, and seats have been placed round the spot on which the halloon is to be inflated. 1.50 The Band of the A. & S. Highlanders have Issued an attractive programme, and sa ne weather has set in, it may be safely proguosti cated that Hongkong will spend an afternoon at the Happy Valley on Saturday afternoon which, as far as amusement and excitement go, cannot he surpassed-especially if the parachute won't
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6.75 A SHEKEL of gold was $8. - A firkin was seven plats. A talent of gold was $13,809. A talent of silver was $138.30. Ezekiel's reed was nearly 0.75 eleven feet. A cubit was nearly twenty-two inches. A bin was one gallon and two pints. A mite was less than a quarter of glass. A 100 shekel of silver was about fifty cents. A piece of liver, or a penny, was 13 cents. A Sabbath day's journey was about an English mile. An ephah, or bath, contains seven gallons and five pints. A day's journey was about twenty-three 0.75 and one-fifth miles. A hand's breadth is equal to three and five-eighths inches. A finger's breadth is equal to one inch, A farthing was 7
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"A few weeks ago Mr. R. Martin, the corres- pondent of a New South Wales, paper, was sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour, for writing a letter, which the jury found
10. The verdict in the case against Reseigh to be libellous, concerning Mr. Eddy, the chair- man of the Railway Commissioners. The severe Martin is also in strange contrast with the verdict sentence passed caused Intense excitement in a more recent case that is in principle and amongst all classes, and the jurors even wrote logic on all fours with the case of Eddy against idea of the judge's intention, their verdict would which R. H. Levien, M.P, sought to recover of have been a very different one. So strong was £2,000 from C. J. Fox, editor and proprietor taken sick, and came ashore, where he has been the public feeling that a petition was at once the Northern &*&%} was the publishing of a Narrabri, was decided on drawn out, and influentially signed, asking the "Thursday" The Governor to exercise his prerogative by ordering letter written by a man named Ryan, who the immediate release of Mr. Martin. This charged Levien with neglect of duty in a lawsuit petition is such a sensible summary of what the in which Levien acted as solicitor for Ryan. clearly the many difficulties which honest journal-publishing the letter and that he had offered a Law of Libel ought to be, and points out soDefendant pleaded that he had no malice in Ists have to encounter in the impartial perfor fill apology. He had paid six gulacas into mance of their duties, that we need make no court as satisfaction for plaintiff's claim. The jaty found for defendant, holding that the six apology for reproducing it verbatimi
guineas paid was sufficient. In this case, as in Mr. Eddy's, the person libelled was accused, not of any dishonorable act, not of any crime, but of a dereliction of duty. In the one case the false statement is corrected by a civil remedy, and in the other, the person who made the mistake or eror of judgment is treated as if he had been guilty of a great crime,
and no means of obtaining anything. About a month ago the captain, Senor A. Mimeatgín, was eversince. Until recently the compradorehas been finding the crew, eighteen in number, with pravi. sions; but as he received no money he stopped supplies three or four days ago. One of the crew the mate went to the Peruvian Consul, who gave stated to our representative that early this week him twodollars with which to purchase provisions for the whole crew of eighteen They had had nothing to eat since yesterday and appeared to be in an almost famished condition.
Ir we may believe the Yomiuri Shimbun, a Japanese policeman of Nara, named Nagamine Takefiro, has just come into a snug sums of money. This lucky individual has long been the possessor of a figure of Amida Nyoral, about fourteen inches high, sald to have originally come from India. The idol was considered to have no particular Vale, except that it was a relic of ancient years at the least. It was suffered to lie for years buried in the dust of a shelf. Recently, however, it occurred to the owner to give the relle a cleaning, and, wiping off the dust, he had bis attention attracted by a bright spot by curiosity more than anything else, he assisted them in the entertainment of the visitors, on the smoke-begrimed brow of the idol. Led on the motion of Di. Atkinson, and the proceed-proceeded to rub it very carefully, when he
found that it emitted a light of uncommon bril logs then terminated.
liancy. On showing the strange relic to a virtuoso, he was agreeably surprised to learn that the brilliant light came from a diamond let into the forehead of the figure. According to the opinion of the expert, the idol is said to be an article of rare value, not only on account of the precious stone it bears, but especially from the fact that it is evidently the work of some Buddhist saint.
To the Honorable the Minister for Justice "Sir, In asking for the immediate release of Reseigh Martin, sentenced to two years' hard labor
Monday last for having written libellous letter concerning Mr. Eddy, the chair- man of the Railway Commissioners, we, your petitioners, feel bound to recite to you the strong reasons that schiste us in asking you to move
17. We desire to further point out that Mr. his Excellency to exercise his prerogative in this case, as his lordship would not, of course, take Eddy is a bighly-paid public servant discharging so grave a step without cogent reasons being important duties. He ought to live in the fierce shown for such a course,
light of public scrutiny, and he and all other "1. Ever since the advent of Her Majesty's high functionaries, not being private individuals beneficent reign the paramount spirit of British but having to deal with public property, should legislation has been to avoid, above all other not be too thin-skinned and too sensitive when things, the manufacture of criminals. There their conduct is canvassed at every street corner make a broad, deep and well-defined line between times, but it proves this, that the public is taking has been a continuous and painstaking effort to and every club. It may be very irritating at civil wrongs and criminal wrongs. The object a keen interest in its own affairs. The public, has been to make the liberty of every self-only half informed on the affairs of a great respecting citizen, sacred. The most notable department, is liable to ear, and good public example of this effort is the abolition of servants are liable to come. injustice at times. imprisonment for debt, except in cases where fraud But it has been, is, and must be one of the penal. can be proved. The beneficent character of our ties of the greatness to be sometimes dispraised. legislation has even gone a stage further. In All a public man can fairly ask is for an oppor some parts of her Majesty's demiltions the tunity, when occasion demands, of vindicating Judges have power to practically forgive some himself. He should be projected against malice of first and wilful misrepresentation in every reasonable offenders convicted before" them offences, by simply ordering them to come up and possible way. It seems to us that Mr. for sentence when called upon. The object of Eddy would have been amply vindicated by the this spirit of legislation is to avold, in all cases imposition of a fine. His reputation was where possible, the terrible consequences that thoroughly cleared, he was not hurt in any way always follow a man when he has once been and he did not require the imposition of a committed to prison. The moral stain of having terrible penalty on a man who, though guilty of once passed under a prison gate under convice an error of judgment, really gave Mr. Eddy a tion is so dreadful to any self-respecting man chance of publicly answering and refeting slan. that he rarely, if ever, recovers from the shock of ders that were uttered at every street corner auch ignominy and degradation; The tendency and talked of in every club. of nearly all legislation has been during that ground of creste. The collection of news for the 15. We also desire to point out a farther present reign, to do away with every law that has a tendency to deal criminally with wrongs press is a delicate and difficult operation. Even that ought to have a civil that bears the common and anything | a court oflaw may err at times in sifting evidence. vindictive or But the members of the press "cannot sift and revengeful punishment is usually regarded by try all the information they get as a court of law British communities with profound repugnance, does From The Times downwards they are all Shortly stated, the essence of a criminal liable to err: What is the case of one to-day act is 'Intent or intention," au act done with may be the case of another to-morrow, and if fer a path bold wintali o errors of judgment and mistakes are to be treated guilty knowledge."
It may be remarked that the enunciation as criminal we are, afraid that many criminals of the above principles need not be stated. We have gone funwhipped of justice in the past beg respectfully to show that, according to the and we think that if a new regime is to be above canons, Reselgh Martin has been cruelly instituted in future the vocation of a pressman will wronged, that he has not been guilty of any involve great perila, and that the ever present criminal act, and that the degrading sentence of dread of a cell ill diminish (perhaps with two years' hand labour passed upon him has been benefit) much of the volume of news and come regarded by us with a sense of dismay and regret ments we have been accustomed to in the past, There was an entire absence, at the trial. But in any case if a new order, is to-be intros of any proof of malice. The accused had no duced we think the first incautious and mainten personal object to serve by writing as he did. tional offender should be let off with a warning! He did not know Mr. Eddy personally. There and not made the subject of a punishment that was not one tittle of evidence to show the accused would be regarded as drastic even under a had even a faint suspicion that what he wrote Draconian code, isang merah was not true
"In concluding this petition, which of necessity 5. On the contrary there is abundant evidence has been argumentative, we desire to repeat to show that he believed that every word he that in the error of Reséigh Martin theṛO WAR not in any sense any element of criminality. wrote was true. The accused-was told the alleged circumstances by people he trusted and We believe that he wrote in the firm belief that the statements so made to him were confirmed what was said at every street corner and in every club in Sydney was true. We believe by (la his mind) common report. The Daily Telegraph sayai-Identically the same slanders that the evidence does not disclose any malice were sent to this fournal for publication, and in on the part of the unfortunate wilter. It was one or two instances authenticated by prominent mot, therefore, a case for criminal prosecution or public men who gave their names as a guarantee for a criminal penalty. We believe that the of the accuracy of their statements. It is clear; injury done to Mr. Maria cannot be undone. therefore, that a very widespread belief existed He has been torn from his wife and family and as to the accuracy of the statement in cireula treated as if he had been guilty of a great crime.. #1 wrestle with the sixiblities, madam," said "tion "uttered (as The Daily Telegraph anys).ut with knowledge and malice aforethought. If he Mr. Frank Lincoln to New York lady of the every street comer and talked of in every club survives the degradation and humiliation he has "Struckile" type tThe genial entertainer spoke in Sydney This proof of the absence of malice been abjected to for having written what turns the undraped truth. It is faint praise to say that or guilty knowledge of wrong alone should have out to have been untrue, though so universally no Hongkong wallienee ever sat in the City Hall | romered the trina of the wrong done from the i uttered, he will be a man of more than ordinary
REFERRING to the beauty of Irish women a recent writer says:-Ireland is the country of the radiant akin. I have never seen more beautiful colour ing. It seems to me that the texture of the skin of English women is too coarse for perfect beauty, except In a few isolated cases. English women get red at the elbows, and chapped on the shoulders as time advances, but they retain the colour in their cheeks far into middle life. This is due to some NOTHING Indicates more clearly the modern extent to the molat climate of Great Britala, progress of medicine, says a writer in Popular The sun is never scorching, and the long period Science News, than the disappearance of the of damp weather brings out the colour in the bulky and disagreeable boluses, powders, draughts womens' cheeks. It is in Ireland, however, and and mixtures which the physicians of former mainly in the southern and western counties, that times administered to their patient in many red checked women most abound. The colour cases with but little effect except to pat an is so vivid at times that it almost startles a additional burden upon an already wearied The homeopathic stranger, On the west coast around Galway and overloaded stomach. and on the Arran Island, there may be seen in physicians have at least shown that exces- the muddy hints of peasants, faces that are sive medication is unnecessary, and that n almost beyond description. Many of the people medication at all will result in an equal number there are the descendants of Norsemen and of cures in a great majority of cases, while the Swedes, who came down and settled on the Irish present tendency of all schools of medicine is to coast many centuries ago. A little later great limit their prescriptions, bath in number and body of swarthy, black-haired, acquiline featured quantity, and place more reliance upon hygienic Spanish pirates swept down on the coast, settled and sanitary precautions, combined with watch- there, and Intermarried with the northemets. ful and experienced nursing and care. The philo The results, as seen in some of the Galway women, sophy of prescribing what are popularly known are worthy of note. On one occasion, when I was as "medicines "is really a very simple matter. crossings long stretch of country near Galway It is a well-known fact that certain substances, with Michael Davit, we stopped at a wretched when taken into the system, produce certain hut and asked our way, The door was physiological effects. Thus, oplum and Its THE centre of attraction at Mr. Wodehouse's thrown open and an Irishwoman of perhaps alkaloids produce sleep, Ipecac causes vomiting, muster at the Police Court this morning was twenty-two year stepped out. She was clad quinine is found to have a remarkable power of unquestionably the case of Shek Janne watch to rad Around her had bobl of rupe controlling intermittent fevers, and soon through 0.40 man at the Perk Hotel, versus pretty little Mrs. confined a, blanket which been fashioned the list. There is really no difference between a medicine and a poison, except in the violence Janno and thirteen relatives and friends, all of in the form of skirt, and her bust was only 0.40 whom were drawn up in line before his partially covered by a tattered and patched of its action; and, in fact, some of the most 0.50 Worship. Its many a long day since Bodice. Her neck and shoulders were almost powerful poisons are found to be valuable medic. such a formidable and motley array of defen entirely bare. They were of satiny smoothness inal agents when administered in minute dants, la one case, were put on the "stand and as white as snow. The whole of her face was doses. The scientific physician, therefore, #cure" a disears by in our model matron de justice. There they beautifully formed, and was of a pure blonde will not attempt to were, Indians, Araba, Chinese, Hottentots, Malays tint. There was a faint colour is her checks, but or both sexes-all Jumbled-up together. the rest of her skin was of the transparent purity Herring's Cherry Cordial Foor Janno, whose Chinese missus left him of alabaster. The nose was acquiline and finely Dr. Siegert's Angosturs a week ago because he seemed cranky and did modelled, the lips perfectly formed and bright Bitters, &c. not supply her with ploppah chow-chow scarlet in colour, and her teeth were even, blamed the whole gang for the abduction of his regular and white. What gave a startling effect wife, and, while going through all sorts of antics to the beautiful face was a pair of big, black, in the box," charged them with entering into blazing, Spanish eyes under heavy shaded A wicked conspiracy to poison him with black eyebrows, that were pencilled sharply fiendish drugs. His Worship, after being across the pure white of the brow. Her informed by Sergeant Witchell that the com- hair which was a dull heavy black was pushed plainant seemed to be a shingle short, was a up in a knot at the back of her head." As she anisance to the neighbourhood, and unable to talked to me the colour rose and fell in Bercheeks. support his hearty little better half, dismissed She was perfectly content in her cabin, and after the case, read Mr. Shek Janno a severe lesson she had told us the way she went back into the span the impropriety of his conduct generally, dusky kole, humming softly to herself, I shall and refused to grant an order for the compulsory never forget the picture she made standing amid return of the faliblers Jimmima 1,5
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