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some, hesitation, and apparently in a dublous frame of mind, sanctioned the vote, emphasising the fact that it was only on account of the boom in prices-of land principally; and that whenever the boom should collapse, the salaries should be cut down to a reasonable Agure. Now, where is the boom?
THOUGHTFUL TOMMY-Tommy, I hear your A REGULAR meaing of the Diligentin Lodge of master whipped you at school today." "Yes, Instruction will be held in Freemasons Hall, ma, but be's getting old and weak, so it didn'i Zetland Street, on Thursday, the fath instant, at hurt Did you cry Oh, didn't I just 15 for 5-30 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are bawled so that you could bave heard me in the cordially invited. next street." "Why did you do that, Tommy?" "Oh, I only wanted to make the old gentleman feel happy,
various exhibitions and competitions in London Salaries question, which Mr. O'Barth and women in the United St tes earning a living by
and elsewhere, GINGER ALE made by the formula we now die has won 37 Prixe MEDALS
This is briefly the history of the Official Governor RoBINSON, freshmen of the freshest type, cannot of course be expected to grasp completely all at once, and naturally prefer to Ignore as long as possible, in the Interests of their own Ia Ego competed and won against FOUR of pockets, But that is no reason why any the most famed Belfast makers.
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onghong Telegraph.
HONGKONG, WIDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1893.
OFFICIAL SALARIES,
THERE are said to be to-day more than 20,000 professional and persons! service outside that of merchanical labor or work in the shops, in the practice of law and medicine, the téiching of music and art, literature and science, and in clerical work of different kinds in government and other official places.
YESTERDAY 1'tanoon Detective. Green paid, a New Year visit to Mr. Kwan Chung, 39 Prays Central, who was busy just then writing for fa tickets. Chung paid a return visit to the Polies Court this morning, mentioned that this was his second performance, and as he had not $100 to spare, said he had no objection to stay three
A well-known Americas paper claims to have church, If they were permitted to go, says the solved the problem of getting men to go to Transcript, in all the glory of the Kaight Templar's regala, with pismed hat and laced coat and git trappings, they would be not only willing but anxious to be seen of men in the public assembly on the Sabbath.
official, however hard working, should make himself obnoxious and hateful; there is no need for any unpleasantness at all. No amount of poetry or peevishness can alter the facts, nor persuade a people whose knowledge' is complete and whose mind is made up. No amount of figure-meaths. juggling, nor even apparently conclusive statistics, can disprove the fact that the boom is burst, and the delirium is dead Even the most brilliant orator cannot revive a stone-dead boom; but there is another thing which Mr. O'BRIEN is doing; he 'is sharpening, with the rough edge of his nasty tongue, the weapon that will be fatal to him. Crown Colonies are governed undera system which gives the officials abso- lute power-only as long as the Unofficials are willing to sit in the Council and be out-voted. For some inexplicable reason they have done so for an unreasonably long time; but even the worm will turn, and even the Invertebrate jellyfish sting. The policy of the present Government seems, hitherto, to have been one of deliberate and gratu- FROM the confessica of Miller, the Kobe itous provocation, of carefully prepared | "Vanishing Act” artist, which we reproduce Insults, of eager malice. Every precaution in another column from the Chronicle of that istaken not to approach the delicate ground of sober argument on questions which can only be answered in one way. It will be interesting to know how much more the Unofficials will meekly endure before playing their trump card.
TELEGRAMS.
PROBABLE TERMINATION OF THE LANCASHIRE STRIKE.
LONDON, January 2nd, 1893. Owing to the rise in the price of cotton, there is a prospect of the Lancashire strike being terminated shortly.
CHARTERED MERCANTILE BANK. At a meeting of the shareholders of the
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India London and China It was agreed that the new Bink be registered as a limited liability company.
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
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EXTRINIS Meet-The newest kind of a shoe. saya an exchange, har a ventilated toe, So bas the oldest.
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ALL-ROUND Fxtravagance "So you think your son's wife extravagant ?" "Extravagan is no name for it. She won't have anything cooked over; she, wook have a dress mcnded, Always has new one; she gives way what would keep a family, and now she has capped the climax of her extravagance." "In what way ?" "She has just bad twing,”
age, almost appears as if "Brownie's" hind Edmunds, who was going to do great things in the coolle trade with British Colan bis, Feru, cic, early last year, had been a fraud from beginning to end.
APPEARANCIS are very deceiving. A little boy
SUPREME COURT.
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION
(Before Chief Justici bielding Clarks.).
January 4th."
THERE are other suns in space that are lufinitely larger than the one which gives us hest, light and life. The star Arcitrus, which is known DELILIOS AND HIS ANCUNT LIGHTS. to be a sun for a faraway system of plancis, is In the suit of E. R. Belilios for an injunction 11,500,000 simea further removed from asthan | against Ng Li Shing, to stop certain buildings our solar luminary. His diameter is 71,000,000 in Lyndhurst Teir ce, shutting out the 'ght and his circumfigence about 224,000,000 miles. | from plaintiff's office, defendant - moved the. One 10 is bu 866,000 miles in diameter, a fact Court to dismiss the case. Mr. Francis, with which proves that Arcturns is at least $5,500 whom was Dr. Ho Kal (Instructed by Me. CD. times greater in bulk than is our "great orb of Wilkinson) appeared for the defendant, and Mr days."
Leach, with whom was Mr. Pollock' (instracted by Mr. Wilkinson) was for the pininuă.
Mr. Francis stated that this was a motion to dismiss the case libet calling on the defendan', on the ground that there was no such thing in Hongkong as "ancient lights." The provisions of the Prescrip'lon Act (3 and. 4 William IV, had never been in force here, because they were not applicable to the cir "Yes, they could hev proved one for me, but cumstances of the Colony. He further sub- they couldn't hav proved no alibi fur the host. Imitted that there could b: no easement of light waż ridja' him when I was ketched, b'gosh 1" in respect of land where there was a pubile rörd istervening, over which no essement could exist.
(Case.proceeding.)"
"Ever in jul 1" asked Dare-Devil Dick. "Once, auswered Sanguinary Bill "Hoss stealin."
"Git sent up?"
"Yes. Two year."
“Wear wɔa y'r pals? Couldn't they prove an alibi?"
THE origin of ox'all soup is said to be as. follows:-During the Reign of Terror in Paris in 1993 many of the nobility were reduced to starvation and beggy. The abattoirs sent their hides fresh to the tanneries without remov ing the tails, aid in cleaning them the tails were thrown away. One of these noble beggars | him. He took it to his lodgings and made asked for a tall, and it was willingly given to (what is now famous) the first dish of extall cup. He told others of his good luck, and they annoyed the tanners so much that a price was put upon them.
.STRAY THOUGHTS. The the that binds-the necktie. things square.
A round of pleasure will not always make Who cares to kanw the pedigree of a sausage? How can a colt cut capers in an onion bed? how many short people you meet:
When pre wishes to borrow it is wonderful
rises in the easi "Certainly," replied, the "Has it ever occurred to you why the san
smart boy. "The cast makes everything rise," What is better than a promising friend? A paying one
at the New York Casino, who noticed the gentle-A men who is a lamb in society is usually a men looking through their opern glasses at the bear at home. ballet dancers, and being of the opinion that the opera glasses were for an entirely different pur- pose, said: "Mamma, buy me one of those things to I can cover up my eyes, with them when those women come on the stage."
On New Year's Day Mr. J. J. Spocner, Chief Excise officer of the Oplam Farm, visited a steamer bound for Shanghai, and discovered a thousand tiels of opium, but somehow, possibly lowing to the festive season, he falled to find any certificate Complying with the Ordinances,
After bothering the Police Court for three days, the docament turned uplallright. No business done.
A FEW useful household items:-
One who has experienced Insomnis found a cure for it in the practice of going over the whole body with fish glove-a quick, dey, vigorous hand-rubbing--t before going to bed.
A geranium leaf applied to a brulse is healing. All kinds of cooked fish can be served with salads. Lettuce is the best green salad to serve, but all cooked and cold. vegetables go well with
fish.
Tea and coffee kept to glass fruit jars lastead of tin boxes is much improved in flavor.
Old newspapers make the best of house cleaning materials. They are excellent for cleaning windows, "just the thing." for scouring woodwork and unequaled for cleaning brass and sliverware.
Drain pipes and all places that are soor or pure may be cleansed with lime water or
carbolic acid.
THE position of cook to an ins of Court is Incrative and desirable. For a vacant post as | Gray's Inn the chefs of two of the best West-end clubs were in competition, and It transpired that the bill even at this small Inn, was close on £1,000 per annum, Lord Rosebery on waiting
nother of the Inns was astonished to find that THE TAIKOO KECREATION CLUB the white-capped and white-aproned gentlemus who came to the bench for erliicism and a-glass- of sherry was one of his own county councillors.
DAKOTA, Lawyer (to witness), "You saw the fight with your own eyes, did you
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The following legrams were held over from last night :—
WASHINGTON, December g'h. A letter from a member of the monetary co ference at Brussels gaya :
"There is no.hope for bimet-lliam, and it is scarcely probable. that any definite conclusion will be reached by the conference."
THE KOBE VANISHING ÄGT ARTIST.
CONFESSION OF MILLER.
As soon as the Me bourne arrived venterday morning (sys the Ache Chronicle of the 24th Ct, Game ashore, arcompanied by C. R. Miler, uko) Mr. Z cale'd of the China and Japan Trading who is accused of embetaling funds belonging to the above-nined company, and pre-eded direct to the United States Consulate. While In the shipping office of the Consolate Miller had a warrant seived upon him by the Marshal ol the Court. Upon being saved with the war- rant, Miller stated that he was aware that a warrant had been issued for his anest and the Berv ce was expected. The accused wis Im U.S. Consul, and upon being asked by the mediately brought before Mr.. E. J. Smithers, Indge if he was ready for prelimlary examlons than, stated that he desired it as early as pasti ble.
possible for Mr. Pasch to be present at the His Honour asked Mr. Ziegfeld if it was Fxmination, to which Mr. Z-egfeld rep'led that Mr. Posch was ill in bed and unable to attend.
The Judge then asked if Mr Lon, of the same fim, could be present. Mr Ziegfeld said BERLIN, December 6th.. that Mr. Lyons was not at the office and he did in the Moabit criminal court, where he is being that it was necessary to have arme evidence Rector Ablwirdt experienced a reverse to-day not know his whereabouts, His Hon or sald tried for libeling the Ludwig Lotwe company, before him in order o commit M Ber for trial. gün makers, and Lieal, Col. Kahne. Yesterday Accused asked whether he could not be com Ahlwardt demanded that Count Hebenthal,, mified for trial apon the confessin made by Freiherr von Wacherbirth and Dr. Pasch be him in the presence of the Consular Agent at summoned to testily. These gentlemen, he sald
Sourabaya, whereupon the Judge asked that the had overheard conversation between Loewe document be produced, and it was handed in by and Kokot, in which the latter apnks in a de. Mr. Ziegfeld, After readig the confes in, the preciating manner of the goo inspectors, These 'udge asket Miller if he recognied the gentlemen appeared to-day, and testifi d unant-document and if it was signed by him, musly that they had heard no och omversation, and whether he was now willlig of his own The rebillot in the Ahlwardt-Friedberg district accord to make the same confession 10 him, for member of the Richstag to k place today. Warning him at the same time that he was not The poll stond Ahiwardt 10,300, Drawe he wished then and there to make the sime and resulted in the return of Pastor Ahlwards, obliged to do 10, The accused-answered that (Freis!npige) 3 075.
confession, and it was then read as follows :—
1, Charles Edward Miller, a citizen of the United States of America, lately residing at Kobe, Japan, but at present co: fined in the prison at Sourabaya, declare an flows :-
"I am the person against whom a warrant has been issued at Kobe aforesaid, ch aging me with the crime of emb si ment. Though I cannot plead guilty to this charge, I do say that owing to a breach of trust on my part the China and Japan Trading Co., Limited, at Kebe has temporarily been deprived of the usa of a large sum of money, their property, which sum I believe to be between 27,000 and 30,000 dollars.
The members of the center party in the Reich- stag have held three conferences to decide upon the course the pany would follow regarding the army bill. It was generally believed that a split would occur in the party over the measure and. that thirty-four of the Southern members would vote with the opposition and the seventy-six others with the government. The result of the conference proves that this belle was on founded, The army bill will not caussen api in the party. The Bundesrath today sarg toned the changes in the taxes on brand and bourse transactions provided in the army bills. It was reported that the Bundesrath had decided to make important modifications in the provisions of the bills im-
"The circumstances lead ng un to the missing posing new taxes, but its action to-day in sanc. of this amount are as follow: Since December, tioning the above changes as proposed by the 1889, I filled the pes'tion of Cashier and Rook government shows the reports to have been on keeper to the China & Japan Trading Co., founded in these respects at least.
Limited, and in that capsely was entrusted with The reballot in the Ahlwardt-Friedberg dir-the funds of that firm. I had also to keep the triet for a member of the Reichsing to-day resulted firm's books, which naturally entailed consider- in the return of Pastor Alwards, the anti-able work, so much so that my eyesight, which Semite, now on trial for slandering Lowe, the always had been bad, grew worse to such an Hebrew small arts manufacturer. The poll alarming extent that I was obliged to take stond: Ahlwardt, 10,300; Draue, Frelsinniger, medical advice at various times, and after the 3.075-
most careful examination of my eyes the verdict gresive myople, the progress of which na of the aculist was that I was suffering from 'pro- medical skill could stop or even delty, and that It would eventually end in io al blindness unless I could give up the close work I was then doing and take to outdoor work, where I would not need to continually stiain my eyes, I returned, however, to my work,
sinco thara W33 absolutely no probability of my obtaine ing any other employment in Japan, and did the best I could, sid and sick it heart with the gloomy prospect of soon beng unable any longer to card my dally bread or bread for my family. While in this melancholy state, I became acquainted with a man from Vancouver, BC, who had on hand a scheme for sending Tipanese labourers, &c., over to Betish Columbi to settle there. After having thords: hly po into the emigration scheme I was convinced that if I entered into it I would not only get away from my back work, but would be able to make conriterable pic fit,
of the abstraction from the War Office of the It is said that the Kaiser has been informed Ahlward documents, and that there little hope of the culprit ever being discovered.
Rector Ahlwardt has been returned to the A very enjoyable atbleils meeting was held at Reichstag by a large mafaty. His triumh is Qony Bay on Monday the 2nd January, In almost the sole topic of conversation, is an splendid weather. There was a fair number of interview on Saturday Prisce Bismarck said he spectators, and everything passed off beauti-garded the strong polling in favor of Ahiwardt at the fist Friedburg e ection as a demonstration of popular discontent with the present regime and proof of the growth of anti-Semitiam.
Miss Gay-Oh, Doctor, I'm not 's contortionist say more questions in that allp-slap style in this fally. Details:-
THERE are some people. In the church who would burt the devil's cause a great deal if they were to leave it,
FIFI Dealer-Can I sell you a nice green turtle ta-day, mam 7 Mrs. Newbride-No; but if you have any ripe ones I'll take a couple.
AT the Magistracy this morning Luigi Delagile was brought up on remand charged with stealing Dr. Prato's pearls, and was further remanded a week.
A FOOTBALL match under Association rules was splayed on Monday afternoon between the trams of H.M.S. Swift and H.M.S. Impérieuse, resulting in a victory for the former by one goal lo nil,
Tur programme of to-morrow's Legislative Council meeting makes no mention of Official Salaries, so that presumably the subject is not to be revived at present; but as the great fight on this question has not yet been decided, and might at any time
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Witness (Sippantly), "That's what I did." Judge. "Lookee here, young gent, you answer
court room and I'll fine you for castempt of court, danged if I don't, You don't want to fergit that you're in a court of jesice now, and that the digalty of this here court has got to be preserved If I have to break a leg to do Itt Jest mind that, fresby | 2
100 YARDS FLAT RACE-Prize, Cap. Entries Messrs. Kuikpatrick, Waite, Grimshaw, Perrie, Dickson.
Mr. G. Kbkpatrick......................................................... ! Mr. Frank, White ... Time 11 seconds, PUTTING THE SHOT-Entries Measts. Wark, Colls, Perrie, Edwards. 3 ft. 4 inches.
Mr. W. Waik.................................. !!! Mr. R. Perrie.......................
Perle, Kirkpstick, Stuart. Height 4 ft. 11 HIOH JUMP-Entries Mesars, Currie, Walte, inches,
DURING the bearing of the South Meath election petition on the 27od November, a feeble old man named Edward O'Keefe, eighty years of age, attended on, subpœna but declined to be sword. He declared the he was stan ch Parnellite, and had had no peace Ence Mr. Parnell had been, dead. Mr. Justice O'Brien repeatedly warned him that he would be com miited for contempt if he persisted in his refossi, and that he would in consequence lose his post. tion as postmaster In the town where he lived, This had no effect upon O'Keefe, who was then.40 committed to prison for a month.
THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s Royal mail' steamer Empress of Japan, from Hongkong, THUS a correspondent - Here is the little arrived at Kote yesterday at 11 p.m., and left verse that drew Charles J. Holliday; again at noon to-day, for Vancouver, via Yoko-They say in Ceylon they want a new club, hama.
I never could- But they can't find the funds and that is the rub,
· It never could-- And the Chairman, who wants to
"boss" (blogs his own way, When bie colleagues di sent and inglat on a way," Well, he simply resign there's the devil to
pay-
AN Emergency meeting of St. John Lodge, No. 618, S.C.. will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, on Saturday, the 7th Instant, at 5 or 5.30 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited.
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AT Colmar Germany, a lawyer bequeathed the
sum of 100,000 francs to the madhouse in that
It never could,
The artist who wrote the above is very clearly city. "I earned this money," said he in his will, the man to succeed Tennyson as Poet Laureate. "from there who spent their lifetime lo lawsults, This legacy is only a restitution.”
LOOKING Ahead" Henry, inquired the anxions
TO-DAY'S BHIPPINO RETUFEL Inward,
wile, what doctor shall-1 call Bonds | Ocean watermer, from Slogapore. † Dr. Squinine," replied the sick husband leobly, Clare comidinner (p 12, Saigon. "He's courting old Bullion's daughter, and old | Amoy ............... Bulllon is chairman of the life Insurance com- Peeting
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must, sooner or later-reach the critical point, we beg leave to recapitulate the leading features of the problem, in concise form, in case Mr. O'Brien should again forget the facts and wander off into figüres, Action, poetry, and recrimination.
The simple facts are that during the Governorship of Sir W. nis Vaux, three or four years ago, there was an unspeakay I'm Insured in ably insane boom in Hongkong, which Infected everybody In the Colony-not one or two speculators, or + few share gamblers, but everybody in Hongkong. Life is too short to relate the thousands of mad things we did; Hardly a sano act can be recalled in that period. One result of the boom was that the price of Iand went up far beyond Its normal Tus Band of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry-tag mumumiy valup, and In a few phenomenal, cases will play the following programme at the Ladles asmuch as, possibly, 100, or 150 Recreation Club to-morrow
Mother' (to her old maid 'daughter)-Why, Jalls, what do you mean by using the family Bible in that way? You are catching out figure in the family record and insering others. El Dorado teamer, for Canton...
Jolla-It is a record of my blith, isn't it?
Yes, it is,"
"Well, I'm lowering the record,”.......
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THE originator of the theory that the earth is 640 BC. Rezot only taught that the earth was round was probably Thales of Miletus, about globular in form, but knew of the five sons,
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years old).
Mr. J. Coll.............................. I Mr. R. Berwick Time 13 seconds.
THROWING THE CRICKET BALL-Entries Mestra. Whtie Dickson, Blake, Eckoff, Edwards, L' chavá.
Mr. Frank White, 98 yards a ft..... ↑ Mr. J. Blike, 70 yards I (........................... 2 Lova- JUMP Entries Mesars. Grimoka▼, Shuster, Dickson, Corric, Wark,
M. F. Shuster, 13 feet 9 inches...... I Mr. T. Grimaliaw, a feet 7 laches... 2 1 MILE FLAT RACE-Prize Cup. Entries Messrs. Foyan, Kirkpatrick, White, Wark, Stuart, Shuster, Dickson and Currie,
Mr. G Kirkpatrick....................................................ones. I Mr. D. Currič ......................... Time 5 min. 10 sec.
100 YARDS VETERAN RACE-Prize Entries Mess. MacDonald, Wark, Harvicand Edwards.
Mr. E. MacDonald................................................ Mr. J. Harvic ....... Time 15 sec.
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I MILE WALKING RACE-Prize Cap. Entries Mesus. Dickson, White, Foyan, Kirkpatrick,
Grimshaw, and Wark.
Mr. T. Foyanogersation. I Mr. R. Dickson, sinaisonneronymo 2 ORANGE RACE (20 oranges to be placed 3 fort, apart). Estries Messrs. Wark. Berwick, Biske, Hardwick, Grimshaw, Furgueson, Summers, Eckoff, Foyan and White.
Mr. D. Currie..inas I Mr. R. Berwick ......................... ☎
À MILE FLAT RACK-Entries Mears. Pessie.
Curie and Berwick.
BRUSSELS, December 6th. The International Monetary Conference sumed its sittings to-day and continued is dis- cussion of the report of the committee which examined late the Rothschild proposals. After perch by Sir C. Rivers Wilson, a member of the British delegation, Mr Rothschlid announced that he withdrew his scheme from further con-
■lderation of the Conference.
ST. PETERSBURG, December 6th, Marsden, of the Red Cross seclety, who is The Russian newspapers accuse Miss Kate attempting to raise funds for the relief of tepers in Siberia, of exageration in ber accounts of the ravages of leprosy in that portion of the lepers being anually in the province of Yako. empire. The papera state that instead of 10,000 utak, in eastern Siberia, there are only 400 persons suffering with the disease in the whole province.
SAN FRANCISCO, December 6).
It was reported the afterned that Jim Burge, the Australian iron man, was dying. Last Fri day morning bo and Sam Fitzpatrick, the trainer, hada di pute over a gime of cardy, which culminated to Fizpatrick striking Burge a vicious bine on the alde of the bead with an fron cribbage board, inflicting an ugly scalp wound. It is believed an internal membrane was broken by the blow. With the best of care, Barge will pull through. He referes to have Fitzpatrick anested.
LIVERPOOL, December 6th,”- A very heavy gate, prevails in this vicinity and a tremendous sea is running at the mouth of the Mersey river, making it exceedingly dangerous for vessels to seek to enter or clear the river, This morning the Norwegian bark Dungeon ran aground on Burbo bank and was completely submerged. Life bonin put out for the bark, bat. the bask went down before they re-ched her. Everybody on board the bark was lost,
this chance in my way, so opportuns cams it to It seemed as though Providence bad thrown me, and.I decided to go into and did cater Into. partnership with the aforesaid" pary.
I. par.. sonally concluded all necessary arrangements. labourers wanted, and for the obtaining of the with a Japanese Company, for the topply of all sanction of the Japanese Government to the scheme. and after everything was satisfactorily arranged, I went to Yokohama for the purpose of raising the necessary capital to cirry out the scheme,
"The capital required was $15 oio, but after." plicing the undertaking, and all japers and documents connected therewith before moneyed man (Mr, Jobnstone) pwhom I had been recom mendid, he decided that that sum would be too. small, that it would be necessary tohave, sy $50 000 at our back. He on it. par interested; another gentleman, Mr. Donald Faser, in the sch-me, and after four or five days' egotiation K left Yokohama with the promise in both these gentlemen that they would back the scheme to the extent of whatever amount was necessary. I returned to Kobe and reported the suit of my trip to the manager of our firm, with whose cofas son I bad made the trip, and at thị same tire tendered my resignation, to take efect as gon as another man had been engaged,...
"From the day I devoted contrable time for the emigration business. I waned to push it on, and since I had the promise of two solid SWAYBEA, December 6th. backers I commenced to make payments O The experts of tin-plate from this port last recount of this business with mone belonging, boxes. A notable feature of the orders was that day to receive funds from my backes to enabla week reached the unusual amount of 120,331 to the Chios & Japan Trading Co, testing every they were mostly from tour, Rossla, where theme to replies the borrowed money. There was plates will be made into receptacirs for petroleum. In the event of the American trade ever return Ing to Wales prospernus times will be in store, CALCUTTA, December 6th..
further correspondence of cour: u ofthe stoject, but this was suddenly dropped on the part of Mr. Johnstone,
My original partner had in the meantime A few days ago a band of Chifast, tribesmen been guilty of soms very shady Balings, and numbering a thousand men made an attack upon I bought him out, paying him for be interest in
■Cashmere guard under the command al Dr. the business the sum of $1000. I all 1 hid Robertson, the British agent at Chitral. The paid out about $4,000 of the firm'money and tribesmen were repulsed with a loss of fifty killed. $2,000 of my own, when I suddenly sacelved Two days later a force commanded by Mej. telegram from air. Johnstone saying that he It is supposed that the Chiisis were fastigated to scheme.. attack the British array by Sher Alsul Khan, the usaping ruler of Chitral, inqu
from the North China Daily Nema recording Kirkpatrick, Grimshaw, Wark, Dickson, Stuurtwigge attacked and dispersed the tribesmen, would have pething further to d with the
the mysterious disappearance of Mr. George Prentice, of the China Inland Missioo, wo kin informed that there must be some jmistake, as it was perfectly weli koown in Shanghai, that Mr. Prendice was desirous of going home on account folklog of Chins, in contranace of bich of the sufferings he and gone through in th health was much abattered: 32 % wated & were
Mr..G. Kikpatrick.asn. 1. .. Mr. R. Peniesione 2 Time a min, 33 REG.- TUO OF WAR-(11 men naido),
per cent. This, at any rate, was stated to be the amount of the rise, thoughindw, In days of sober adversity, every one knows bow utterly false and exaggerated It was. Anyhow, the Unofficial Members in Council thought that the rise in land, in cost of Ilving, and in prices all round called for a rise in Official Salaries; but chlofy the Increase in rents was their reason. A some of the principal circles of the sphere, the| in Shangha! (fer arriving from, the interior) de Commission was appointed-practically capacity of the moon and the true course of the the Marion Director to send him home, ne the all the residents in Hongkong had lost lanar eclipses..
C. L. M. people must have known, and deh Committee Messis. J. Bobteny, R. Berwick, their reason, during the boom, Bo' It
Shanghel on Saturday the 24th,/allo para las | R. Fargueson, R. Pertic, Batte matters little that the commission EXPERIMENTS show the German rifle to be the steamer Afafoo, arriving here on Toesia). Referee Mr. R. Berwick,
es composed mostly of Idiota and most merciful weapon ia usele Europead armies, the shute Has Prant Tuesday again
Mr. N. Wark v. Dr. Obɛlmukt.
· Winner Dr. Obrimski's Team. 14 *Tilkoo Club v. Jardine's Club (10 aside). Winner Taikoo Club's Toam. Og
Starter T. Grimshaw
LONDON, December 9th. Mrs Maybrick's condition is critical 90' Torsday her iness was so serious that the governor of the prison telegraphed to the Barnes De Rouges, Min. Maybrick's mother, at Ronen, and she arrived in England yesterday. Herbert Spencer, the noted author, is seriously 批
BERLIN, December 9th,
In the Reichstag today Mierbach, Conserva- tive, supported by many members of his piny, Introduced an interpellation, demanding to know
"He was the fist blow, elying on the word of man who has the repu atlon oljever going dick on bis word, I was now not onlyloser of my owo money, but was unable to replc the money belonging to the C. & J.-T. Co. Iga the whole scheme up at once, and reqsented permisslot from the manager of the firm to be allow.d⋅ 10 withdraw my resignation preflaust tendered, which permission was granted.
then set to work trying to devis some way of making money enough to cover uphy shoringe In the arm's cash. I dnally bit upe a plan of pecalating on exchange. The rate exchange. between Japan and London steadily
Commission reported in favour of while the Lebel rifle, used by the French in Hongkong and left for Scotland the klóping Clerk of the Course, and Timekeeper -, whether the Federal Government approved of declining, and I figured out: the smo
Dahomey, makes a very langged wound. The day (alth, mito) by the French Mall Mamert
Nacrease of salaries. The Council' new English, nagasize ride seems to be the Salesfa. His friends up North will glad to
Hardwick
Hon. Treasurer-Dr. Obrimski
ed a vote for 30 per cent, increase, | qmalest of the three, as his builat smashes bonos || learn that he is quite safe, and has was got low in .... Hon. Secretary Mr. W, Hardwick.
the Secretary of State, after, ang tonys firsh at agistance of 1000 yarda) Shangkal
„Min Záith Grkis kindly presented the prison
the German delegates, to the Brusels Confere monty, say or 3-thousand ponds stąpilng ence not supporting the Bimos efforis of ramkied backwards and forwarde alfavourable, ather delegates to combat the depreciation of rates of exchange, would throw off large gilia "silver,-
+ 5 thassieu sozained £3,you 10 Longa" "TAIRC