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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1893.
demanded that the Cinsi company be zelm- | given them on a fixed day at a certain place on bused for the sums of money that have been the coast which the outlaws named and appoiút. Improperly paid out of its treasury. These pro-ed. Il the amount was not rent the. Trigand's posals were rejected by an almost unanimour threatened to put their captives to deaths The inhabitants being powerless to obtain therelease, complied with 'the request. "They made up a sum of $3,500 and deputed a party to convey this anm to the place appointed on the day pamed. On arriving at the spot, the pasty sa their young kinsmen securely placed in a boat
· LONDON, December 6th. The Newr Paris correspondent says that the Court of Appeals may decide that it is incom petent to set in the Panama canal case and that the directors may be sent to the assises. The Reinach post mortem seems to have been far.near by. gotten.
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Char'le Mitchell, the pogflist, this morolog withdraw his appesi from the sentence of im prisonment for an unprovoked assault on an old man, Imposed on him by police magistrato, und was ef’once taken lo priten..
PARIS, December 6th, Three members of the Funama Investigating committee went to-day to the offices of the Credit Mabiller and fourd three checks, one for gocco, and ascertained that the recipient of two of the others for 40,000 francs, was M. Vasto, minnger of the Comptoir d'Escomp'e, Several payees of Thierree cheeks appeared before the Panama Investigating commiuce to-day and declared the checks they had received were to payment of ordinary deb's owed by the late Baron de Belnack, and that these transactions were not connect d with the doings of the Panama Canal company, M. Chabert, an engineer, who is one of wake payres and is credited with receiving a large amount from the cinal company, on being ques- tioned about the relations of M. Hers and Baron de Reinach, replied that be only knew that they bad business relations. Chabert admitted that he had na serannt barks which show how he disposed of 335,000 francs, of which he was the sec/plent.
their votes,
Deputy Barne to-day described an attempt to bribe him in 1856 while the Panama cazul lottery -bill-was-hefore the Chamber of Deputies. He said that he was offered 25,000 france to use his Influence to secure the voles.often deputies. He was to pet 25.000 france for every vote secured, Independently of what the depuiles asked for President Carnot presided at the meeting of the Cabinet which was held this afternoon and at which was dicasted the declaration of policy which the Minister will make on Thursday. It was understand that it was agreed to allow discussion with regard to the respective powers of the jurdletary and legislature Immediately after the reading of the ministry's declaration, which, It is exp-trèl, willlav special miress on the pacifie Intentions of the cabinet
Deputy Lean Borle writers to the Eclaire to way that in 1986a i bbyist offered him 35,000 francs for a vole avorable to the Panama Canal Co. Similar offas, he says, were made most of his colleagues.
BERLIN, December 6th. The Tageblattsiates that the Jesult General Fr. Martin, has the to Cologne to prepare for the return of the Jesuit orders to the empire This, the Tagabhát assumes, is proof that the political deal betreen the Government and the
clericals has b-erconsummated. The conditions of this deal woofthat the clericals should support the military bill in return for a bill for the re-admission af the Jesult orders.
NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS.
A sheck of ariqaske was experienced at Amoy on Decenbe 16th st.3 a.m. The in- babitants were awakened from their slumbers by the shock which lasted several seconds.
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A Kashing poit boat while on its way to this port was attacked by pirates on the aist fast, The boat was loster of MII its treazăre and letters valued at Tin. 2,000 One of the boal's crew who offered reaktasce had an car slashed off by the bandits.
One hundred charges of dynamite were dis- covered and rad by the Customs officers at Amoy, on boards steamer which arrived at that port last mean. The dynamite is said to have been thrown wverboard. The person who carled this dangious cargo was not found..
A destructiveire broke out in small village
west of the Carn chy on the 9th ulto, and did considerable dage. The inmates of the house In which the fi ciglaa'ed were burnt to death, One of them, ajold man, was blind, and another An old woman, a deaf, and the other was only an infant of leer years.
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December 16th,
(N. C. baily News Conicspondent.) One of the devils that stond. Ip menace peace at Ichang has been laid. The old woman of desecrated gravo notoriety has had her wounds healed with a silver salve; having been hand- amely paid to part with the piece of ground coutzining the dust of her honoured ancestors, one-fifth of the purchase money being paid by the Chinere efficials themselves. One, and not the least, of many dangers has thus been removed by the mutual and Judicious action of the British Corsal and city mandarins.
There.remains yel, however another fourteen days of anxiety for these officials before all immediate danger can be said to have passed, and things assume their ormal again." By that timesil the students will pri bably have dispersed; many have elendy gone, but there are mostly from the civil branches, leaving the most rowdy portlon, the military, still in residence. The final examination takes place, I believe, is the 1st week of this, morth, so we may hope for quiet times again in January; after which will come
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New Zealand has set apart two islands for the preservation of wild brids and other animals.
An article, inspired by Prince Bismarck- criticises unfavorably Dr. Miqual's proposals for financial reform.
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George Meredith has been elected President of the Sneléty of Authors, in succession to the late Lord Tennyson.
Disabled paupers,
angged_in_obnoxiousTM work" ip: England will have the privilege of smoking and snufflag.
Daroness James Rothschild, recently converted, in Catheticism, was baptised in the Cathedral at Beauvois on November 17th.
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refute his charges, he look good care to inatll' into the mind of the unwary pubile the fallacious belief that up to the last Korean revolution in 1884, he had been the editor of the Govery geeni Ganette" in Sul, and also the "Foreign "A"viter" of the Korean government; the lailer fact, probably would for crer have remained unknown, if Mr. Inouye K. had not trumpeted it arrogantly fith bimaell; calicly nobody clac ever knew of it, until Iconre did any so. But this "Gaxsite" editor and scif-styled would-be "advise," made such a muddia of kis paper submitted before public Parliament, that Minster Mutsa was reluctantly compelled to polni vut that he could make neither head nor tallo Wito, East Africa, they are making'aagar | 5}r.wo of some of the "idrographs," in which several from cotton seed, which is álteen times sweeter Thin Stasmer has Superior Accommodation of the quellons were wisten by the "learned" | than angat made fom cane.
for Pasengers interrogator, Mr. Inouye Kakogoro. The latter.The Papa has been requested by the Argentine For Freight or Passage, apply to abjectly apologized by saying that the Minister Republic to elevate to the Cardinalate the
SHEWAN & CA, had spoken of the difficulty in deciphering some Archbishop of Buenos Ayres,
General Managers, of the "Ideographs," usen in the questions. He,
Hanekomu, trd January, 1893. the speaker Inouye Kakugoro, was not a scholar. He was a farmer's son ; if he wrote badly, he
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The Greek Government has voted 500,000 drachmas to be expended on the reproduction of antique works of art for the World's Fair.
The English Cabinet has decided that for the future the Attorney-General and Solleitor General sball relinquish their private practice.
Carga steamers are growing in sist. A 9,000. THE Company's Steamship tonner was launched two weeks ago, and another one similar in elas is being laid down.
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The pilgrimagesto Rome on the occasion of the Pape's Jubilee will begin at the end of January, the pilgrima from Alsace-Loraine being the first to start.
The widow of the late Dake of Marlborough, will have the use of a large house at Woodstock. or d the town house. She expects to sealde part of the year in America.
The Frenchmen interested in the Panama Canal have applied to the olombian Govern- ment for an extension of one year on the time allowed for resuming the work.”
The milkmen of Frankfort, Germany, freely conceded, at a recent meeting, that probably not one dealer in that cly and milk in the same condition in which he received it.
The name of the first famens man dress-maker In Paris is said to have been Rhomberg He was believed to have been the son of a poor Bavarian peasant who lived in Munich.
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It is certainly remarkable that the omniscient the Chinese New Year which may or maytreaty which is secres, and that he should have Inouye should know all about the violation of a bring excitement.
The American exim, "nevi: prophesy unless bragged about his editorship and advisership in you know is speaking generally, a sound one dal, and now plead the ignorance of a farmer's but I think i shall be wife in venturing into the son in extenuation of same gris ignorance in region of shattered reputations, and predicting writing. Inouye and bis whole empty, tank that the students are not ikely to interfere with word-making may be readily dismissed, and the mained marelicsly quiet cuing the las ezek tos in Kotes, an account of the numerous alleged
on or so, and from certain unmistakable alena breaches of contract (al which the Soul Foreign appear to have had a handsome lesson which Office was not made previously aware) at ould they intend to prefit by. Trus the scion of the have been entertained for one minute officially, "beathen" is generally inscrutable, and it is. It is a freak of modern palliles, which is always safe to expect only the unexpected; yer without a parallel either to Tokio, or 55. there is evidence, however artfully insinuated, Japan would never have dared to do anything that he is by no means enamoured of foreigners of the soit by the colossal Chinese Empire, In the face of the official discruntenancing of sticks.
To provide cacliement of a cheaper sature and private contracts between individuals, as state that does not entail similar penalites, they have affairs, which has been promulgated in Peking been pursuing the old drdge of levying blackmail The Korean Foreign Office issued a perfectly on their own countrymen. Even this, the other similar noufication a number of years ago, and day, proved far from a profitable speculation for yet members of the Japanese Government Count d'Aubigny, the French Envoy to them; for à viag entered the hut of a black-be-little themselves, by being nearly misguided Morocco, has obtained concessions from the sus ib, on the river bank, and demanded money, in Korean affairs by monentities like Inouys Sultan for the laying out of roads and the build- the worthy smith seated such a rompus, that Kakugore. Persons like the later would rathering of abattoirs and water works in Tangier, the blackmailers were soos surrounded by a let loose the whole Japanese vernacular press large crowd of long shore dwellers, who mauled against the Korean peninsula than keep the them badly and drove them into the city with a peace, to serve their own selfish ends, well know. ing that the present Korean generation is not prepared to defend itself by means of a national press, for the simple reason that Choren is not yet armed with such a powerful institution worth speaking of People of ability, indvence and honest intentions in both neighbouring countries, Japan and Korea, should make it thelt businçai to promote friendly, intercourse, and the bist possible relations between Dai Nippon and Churen, instead of Japanese, Chauvins, like Inouye Kakugoro, being permitted to rear their venomous heads, poisoning the very atmosphere Mr. Gladstone "vasted his ordinary athletic on both sides of the Korea Strait. Happily, program of tree-chopping the other day by unsubstantial beings like the verbose, but emprylifing the first shovellal of earth on the occasion. windbag Inouye Kakeguru, need not be taken or of the commencement of work on a horse tall-C
shower of stonez,
In this milde the foreigners were spectators only; but they were assured by the victors that the culprits belonged to, the same party that attacked the Custom-house, and that they were very bad lot. So, apparently, the realdents of the city will not be sorry to be rid of their thieving #tirati visitors..
The weather is at cold, and the oldest inhe bitant has a solid grievance, i that the river is now three feet higher than it has been at this date for well, I forget how many years he says it is since it happened; but before most of us were born,
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Nagasaki, December 19th. Your readers are informed already that Captain Browne of the P. & O. steamship Ravenna had to go with a number of his officers and men to Yokohama, so attend the Court af Enquiry re collision are with the late Chilma Kam. The enquiry was to commence, at the place named, to-morrow, on the 10th instant,
But there is one thing remarkable about this particular case, and I fail to see any ind scretion whatever in the fact of speaking my mind on the subject. It is the manner, in which some Native officials bave subjected the pijnt of the Ravenna to a private enquiry of their own, a kind of novel lequlellion, by an Astalle Hermandad, assisted, I am sorry to say, by a F-reigner, named Mahi assist in this unholy transmtion, taking place mann, who came expressly down from Kobe, to behind closed doors and in strict secrecy. I am not aware wast steps the P. & O. Company, or other British authorities may have taken, with regard to this peculias kind of enquiry held on the Ravinna's pilot by Japanese officials, before the proper nays; enquiry, felating to the Ravenna collfilon, had come off. I am also not
siritur, and in a land of political fermente tion, like Japan, they answer, as harmless Highising conductors of party strife, in the direc ion of inoffensive, and still more or less unresist what in the name of all the Japanese Gods, bad ing objects, as the Korean peninsula. But Inouye to do with the purely Korean telegraph line of Fusan, in the peninsula, and does he wish to be presented with few tons of salt for curing the fish caught in Korean waters, by the nimble but not over-bashful fishermen of this fine Country From Korea very little can be given just now in the shape of sews known here except that things are going on fairly well, and that as the leading treaty port Chemolpo, news withstand this year's later storms very well bas arrived that tbe Customs' sea-wall did not on want can be expected of work, constructed dau regard to the requirements of draining, on the "cheap and nasty" principle, without any
pourd of cement, piping, and without the expenditure of a single
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An Engllıh company is being formed fo7 the climatization of clephants in South America. The valley of the Amazon and its tributaries are thought to be very suitable for clephant farming. Grand Doké Serglas of Russia, brocher of the Czar, has been received by Pope Leg in' the throne room of the Vatican with every honor accorded to members of imperial and royal homes.
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Baron Hich is 'salu by'a
London newspaper to be the richest 'moner the world has ever known' the sintement being that he is worth £6,000,000 year. This implies a capital of about $500,000,000,
road at Wirra
Queen Victoria heard recently that one of her old retatuers at Balmoral was seriously II, and she not only called on him in person but also gave orders that a basket of fruit should be sent to him daily.
take a sombra view of the silver question in the The British journals in general are inclined to United States. They speak about an "impending disaster in America" and a "financial crisis in the republic."
specially modeled to represent her in face, and to Mrs. Langtry is having a doll three feet high be dressed exactly as she was in Cleopatra." Mrs. Laniry sends the doft as contribution to the Chicago Exhibition.
Toe Duke of Veragua, the descendant of Columbus, who has promised to visit America the famous Order of the Golden Fleece from the as the gaest of the nation next year, has received Queen Regent of Spain.
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Eighteen teams of British Infantry, each paid compared of sight men and leader, have bad a race of fifty-ion miles. Seven of the terme the distance is about seventeen and a half hours. came in without losing a man, the first doing
From Vladivostock I hear that the German A troupe actors while on a passage to
empfos, with railway material from Europe, Kahsing were tacked by several bost loads of
had a very supleasant experience. The piping would-be pirate not many from Pingho. On
of her deck machinery frees and burst, and the pirates athpling to board their boat, the
belleve even some cylinders in the engine t went the same way it would take several weeks actors offered most stubbern resistance. The encounter result in the defent of the attacking aware, if the Japanese pilot was intimidated on damaged, and all the heavy cargo had to be there to repate or replace the gear destroyed or party, who had beat a somewhat hasty retreat. this occasion, or influenced or swayed any way? hofsied out by hand, a rather tiresome, slow and
all I can say is, as a member of the general tedious procras, Of the seven sealers in that Since the Belgian Government has absorbed Alarge gambg establishment in Canton was public, that shipping people may think twice in harbour I understand that two were sold at footed by a batat sabbers on December 16 bnture, about employing Japanese pilo's, so long public auction, felching about 30:0 roubles serious aspect to the telephone girl,
the telephone business, life has taken on a and was despil while the gambling was la fall, they are liable to be subjected to almiler treat
each, Mr, Startself was the buyer; but the operators are required to pass an examination Alt ment by their own authorities, as has been the awing. The rotis Ingled amongst the players,
cave with the pilot of the Ravenna, and a long lots, 1 belleve. The steamer Stratok, belong be able to drag a map of Europe,
schooners and their gear ware and in separate in English, French, German and Flemish, and and at the signof a gun they began their loot as well qualified Foreign pilots for the same ing, and soon de off with their spoil. The
M.Flamaron, the distinguished French men belonging the establishment gave chase, by presuming Japanese officials. I note from went to his island Putistin on the Job instant, astronomer, believes that great climatic changes
purpose can be got, not subject to be overridden ing to the enterprising merchant just named, but without
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the public press that the Commander-in-Chief in large alterations are being made. Next are going on in Ecrope, and that France, the of the Raveinn Squadres on the Asiatic Station year it will be a fine watering place, a most wel United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Austria The Klang Grain Commissioner has proceded to the Naval Department in Tokio, on rising elty of aristocratic or Caristegratie
come and much wanted adjunct to the rapidly and Germany bare, temporarily at least, lost remitted to the otsi a sum of money, equivalent | the 6th inst., to express his regret at the loss of visdivostock, in Siberia. There will be a fé Herer degrees of temperature.
the new torpedo cruiser Chishima Kan. That commodious hotel next year, with horses to Seplaff are to issue a magazine very six weeks The group of individuals known in London as is all very nice, but in the meantime everybody hire and carriages to let,
rather anxious to bear the verdicts of the
Margo Tennant will be the edilo, aided by a entitled, probably, the Soul Grails." "Mis courts of equity, pending in this case, and
Board of Commissioners, Contributions to the in the Zambest-Hokumon Maru allar. Thp Zamora is to be repaired at Yokohama, onder
magazine will be by women only. stand, the Yokosuka Dock Yard being engaged beforehand for long time.
to the valan ek 30,000 'picals of tribute rice, which the Cen Government bad a short time ago granted to relief of the famine-stricken people in Ynow and in the Chicking prefecture. Tistribution of this fund will be placed in the ide of the Treasurer, who will despatch depa to the famine districts, to give to the people prding to their sufferings and
need.
seventy newspaper organs, of which twenty-two The German Socialists report that they control
some of them amount to 66,000 marks a year. are pofitical dailies. The subsidies granted to The Vorwärit, the leading Socialist organ, circulates about thirty seen thorfand poples, an architect an old writing table, la overhasileg A Paris furniture dealer recently bought from which he found a packet containing 1,600f. Hi of his find, was rewarded by an equally honest honey, in at once inferming the former owner declarifon on the part of the architect that the latter knew nothing whatever about the money
horses and all sort of things are there already, A fine stud of and lots of fine, commodious roads bave been made already, bealdes many more being in in keeping up communication with the Sebastopol Course of constractios, A special steam launch
The parliamentary campaign going on to The work on the railway in discontlused there of Manchuria, as staled formerly already. Tokio need hardly stouch upon, Its perasal for the winter, but I hear the excavation at the The canals, which the salt of the Tungchow being freely at your disposal to the Japanese dry dock are still going on, I understand district le cord to market have of late press bot part of the stulog of the 9th inst. in that skating was going on very freely alongsid become very dult of navigation, owing to the Tokio, is of auch interest to our pejgaourt in the as. Pemétos, while discharging was per want of a sefit depth of water, In order to Keres, with whom we are now in almost conformed, daring the second week of December, facilitate boating these waters the authorities bave, 3 sepatation being made by mtr. and with whom we have the greatest possible good, a spell of milder, weather may set in yet But contact, by sieamers coming and going, but we expect to 128 everything O. K. there chants intere in the salt Industry, given reasons for remalatig on friendly terms. orders to derpha channels. The werk of The partentous questions of the Japanese possibly these, besides I understand that com dredging warmenced in the middle part of parliamentary wind-bag, Mr. Incuye Kaingero, procured, up to a late date, by channels kept and would not accept ter
munication through the ice could be readily the oth mound it is expected to reach com- have received a filing answer in open Parlia pletion some tip the 12th moon,
ment, at Tokio. In the sliting of the 9th Dec, artificially open. 42 Mr. Mussu, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, very ably baudied the self-conceited, would-be important Inouye, who seems to have only bu sting to harp upon in the Japanese Paillament,
On the night he gth December the people of Koutanzo, place in Konasaen Halen, Kuanglung, led by the sight of a wonderful plnendo occurring in
NEWS AND GOSSIP.
They are still killing witches la Russia. Two persons die of starvation in London every week.
upting to work himself up, with some of his monntales, Sabis page there is a very tall pretentious popularity. Not long ago he des contrymen, into uorent freory of peak which is out prominently from the lectered papllely to grown up people agricultural prizes.
Queen Victoria has taken altogether' 447 rea: On the tight in question a range red (and political children too,) in Japan, on light was seening from the apex of this the four questions, which he intended to corpulency of the milit
The Berlin Military Weekly uldicules the peak and fo ment a belt of liquid fire brleg before Parliament, relating to Keres, Soldiers in the Italian army are allowed cigars streamed down the summit to the base in farm of rib Wild speculations are in- and said that he would make the Ministers as part of their daily rations....
answer them before the representatives of the
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The Valcan Steamibip Company of Stettin, Germany, is constructing for the Hamburg American lloc a big twin-screw steamship which will measure about six hundred feet in length and register between twelve thousand and four- teen thousand tons. The builders will goarte
• conturous speed of 27 kuota ap boue during an ocean voyage,
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E. W. RUTTER, Attorney for the Liquidator. Hongkong, 3rd January, 1893. ;"
HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION,
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HE SHORT RANGE. CUP will be Shaf PM-Ranges gen and 600 yards,
for on SATURDAY, January 7th, at 2.45
The RETURN MATCH,MAGAZİNE ̈v. MARTINI HENRY RIFLE, Will be Shot on THURSDAY, January 11th, Time, 1.45 P.M. Ranges 200, 500 and 600 yards,
the sth inst.
be CLOSED 68 THURSDAY AFTERNOON, Members are notified that the RANGE will
ED. ROBINSON,
Hon. Secretary, Hangkong, 3rd January, 1893.
· SINGING AND-PIANO.
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the Community (bat he will be in a position to SIGNOR CATTANEO, having RETURNED from Europe, kas pleasure in informing RESUME TEACHING in a few days.
ADALBERT KORFF and Ma PARTNERS in our Fini from this date.
MELCHERS & CO.
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Hongkong, Shanghai, J 1st January, 1893.
NOTICE.
THE INTEREST and RESPONSIBILITY
of Mr. MARCUS AARON SOPHER fo aur Firm in HONGKONG and CHINA, CEASED on the 31st December, 1801
S. J. DAVID & Co" Hongkong, 3rd January, 1893.
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NOTICE.
We have this Day Established ourselves at this place MERCHANTS and COM. MISSION AGENTS under the Style of LAUTS, WEGENER & Co. +
JOHANN THEODOR LAUTS,
OSCAR WEGENER
FRANZ HEINRICH LUDER HAESLOOP.
Praya Centṭal, 16,
Hongkong, 1st January 1803.
Firm
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NOTICE
admitted this Day PARTNER in our
LAUTS & HAESLOOP. Swatow, 1st January, 1893
Apply at No. 6, CHANCERY LANE, OF
Messig. KELLY & WALSH MB OSCAR WEGENERA bea Hongkong, 3rd Jangery, 1893, e (1199
BALLOONS, PARACHUTES, TENTS, &c J. D. KILEY, MANUFACTURER OF
No. 3, JUBILEE STREET,
Hongkong. Hongkong, 3rd January, 1893."
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„KNOW. THYSELF! THE GREAT ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, which none should fail to visit, is now open for a short time only, at Duddell Street, opposite Lammert's Auction Room,
This Museums will be found both useful and instructive,
FOR SALE THE VALUABLE PROPERTY,
KNOWN ABO THE FAMILY HOTEL, CHEWOO, HELONGING TO THE ESTATE OF · EDWARD NEWMAN, DICIABED.
Beach, about One mile from the Settle ment, and comprises The HOTEL and OUT. HOUSES belonging thereto. The Land measures 20 'mow a fen and is registered in HBM's, CONSULATE as LOTS Nos. 33, 41, 61, 65, 66 and 90.
THE PROPERTY is shusted as the East-
The HOTEL is furnished and ready. for Immediate occupation. It has been a favorita many years and has proved a remunerative investment for the Proprietors
dulged in by thopla in giving an interpreta people. The great event has come off now; the flapy, lë 'the name of 1,000 fishing boats increases the flesh, but kuulu tha leritation of the The PANORAMA consists of VIVIDLY Summer Resort for Visitors from other Ports for
tion of this once.
engaged around the British coast.
The London Times would have all foreign live cattle excluded from Great Britain,•
Hundreds of girls are now engaged in London for the Christmas pantomimes.
a Russia the principals of a duci partake of breakfast together belare going out to fight,
The wrecked British battle ship How cost I found numbers $4,000,000, exclusive of armauicut,
Ministes did to with flying colours; and the great talker Inouye Kakogoro came off only The pirates le cast of Ningps are again second best Korea, compared with Japan, is active." This they went out of their usual at present an insignificant place, and the hunting grounder. On the night of the unfortunate Inouye K has been trying to make 5th uho ban thirty of these marauders the most of the aktuation, weli knowing that any made an attach a community of wealthy tales more important than Korea would be an families, livin Stapos-and-earled away cute wolf me fangers to war of hits calibre. thirteen young, giving the people a written | During the rhodomontades, when he sported the documfixi price for the ransom of the grievances at Kores in pablic which as Hamburg has lost thousands of her wealth captiv thement the bandita demanded intended to bila Befare the Paillament of producing people and fully, topqoq marks by
of by which amount was to be his county, cunilingning: the government to jke cholers,
▪
FOOD for Consumptives--Scott's Emulsion of Pare Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites of Lims and Soda is a most wonderful food for the Consumptive. It not only gives strength and P throat and lungs. It is very palatable j chlidren take like milk, and to all wasting diseases both fir idolts and children it is marvellous food and medicine. Any Chemist can supply it & &, A. S. Watson & Co. (Limited), agents is Hongkong and China-[Advt
Approved of by Medical Professors of the Highest Standing The most WONDERFUL PANŐRAMA fi alzo open at the same place. ILLUMINATED SKETCHES of the GREA- TEST WARS of the WORLD, and the scenes of the late terrible Earthquake in Japan, contains 34. Bed-rooms, a commodious Dining room and Drawing-room, ample. Outhouses,
·SCC, &c.
Further Particulars can be obtained an appli- cation to
Mas NEWMAN, Family Hotel, Choo
Open daily from F1 AM to 11 PM, 'PRICES OF ADMISSION ↑
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Drarress ABSOLUTELY CURED A Gentleman To the Museum, Adults......... 30 confs, who cared himself of Deafness and Noises in the To the Panorama, al will pleased to send full particulars free Head of 14 years istanding, by a new method,
Children under 1010 Addres FIERBERT CLAFZON, B. Shephard's place,
"A" NAFTALY Proprietor Kenabgion Paik, Landon, S,M,, Kg÷[14/ Hangkong, sid January, 1897.
The Hotel
Maasra, J, F. WAKE & E. FOR
Trustees. Chefco, asit December, 189%,