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THE HONKONG HIGH LEVEL TRAMWAY COMPANY, LIMITED.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1896.
To-day's Advertisements.
PERSEVERANCE
LODGE OF
HONGKONG, No. 1,165.
BIRIS.
At Swalow, on the h July, the wife of J GLASEY, Imperial Maritime Customs, of a son. On the 19th Jun", at Beraum, Holland, the wile of J. G. BERKHUYSEN, of Sandakan, of a
BON..
At Kamigawa, on the and Joly, the wife of J. H. GOBBINS, of a son.
DEATH.
N° MORROW (FRIDAY), the 17th lestant: A REGULAR MEETING of the above July, ELIZIA D'SOUZA (64 CORNELIUS), wilt of
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON,
General Managers. Horakone 16h July `n
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OCCIDENTAL AND ORIENTAL STEAM. SHIP COMPANY.
NOTICE.
CONSIGNEES, CARGO per Sicamshly
from SAN FRANCISCO, we hereby notified that their Gon's are being landed and stored at their fisk in the Company's Godowns at Wanchai, from whence d-llvey may be obtained on countersignature of Bills of Leding.
Cargo from Japan ports will be delivered from alongside,
Goods remaining undaimed after the 23rd lastent will he subject to rent
No Fire Insurance has been effected.
Į, S. VAN BUREN, Ageuk
Hongkong, 16th July, 1946,
FOR SHANGHAI.
PHE Steanuship
THE
*LYEEMOON,"
Captale G. Herrimann, will be despatched for
the above Font TO-MORROW, the 17th lotant, at 4 PM., instead of as previously advertised.
For Freight or Passage, apply to
SIEMSSEN & Co. Hongkong, 16th July, 1805.
FOR PENANG AND SINGAPORE.
Steamship
THE
"INTRABAN,"
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Captain Diedrechaun, will be despatched for the above Parts TOMORROW, the 17th instant,
at 5 P.at., Instead of as previously advertised.
For Freigh or Pantage, apply to
FOOK CHEONG "AH YON & Co., 44, Praya Central,
Hongkong, 15th Tulr, 1896.
CHINA NAVIGATION COMPANY,
LIMITED.
F1103
FOR SAMAR NG AND SOUNABAYA, THE Steamship
"TIENTSIN,"
Captain Pennefather, will be despatched on SATURDAY, the rã & Instant, 10 AM.
For Felphter Paretge, amely to
LODGE will be held in the FREEMASONS' HALL, Zetland Street, THIS EVENING,the 16th Instant, at 8.30 for o o'clock precisely. Visiting Brethren are cordially invited to attend.
Hongkang, 16h Joly, 1806.
CONTRACT FOR BUILDING A RESERVOIR AT MOUNT PARISH, HONGKONG.
1100
PERSONS desirous of Tendering for the
above are requested to deliver their, Tenders. Sealed and Marked "TENDER FOR RESERVOIR," not later than to AM. an FRIDAY, the 31st Jo's, 186, at H.M. Naval Yard, Hongkrag, addressed to the COMMODORE IN-CHARGE, H.M. Naval Establishments.
Plan, Specification, and all Particulars can be obtained an application to the ASSISTANT CIVIL ENGINEER, Officer-la-Charge of Admiralty Works.
Hongkong, 16th July, 18oð.
Intimations.
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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUI,
THE Company's Steamship
"HAIMUN,"
Captain Hathurst, will be despatched for the above Ports on SUNDAY, the 19th lnstant, at Daylight
For Freight or Persy, apply to
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co, General Managers.
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Hongkong, 16 July, 1896.
"BEN LINK OF STEAMERS.
FOR LONDON, VIA SƯÈZ CANAL.
HE Steamship
THE
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"BENLÒMOND,"
Captain McIntosh, will be despatched as above
on or about FRIDAY, the 240 Instant,
For Freight of Pwasave, apply to
GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,
Agents Hongheu, 16th July 1846,
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Hongkong, and May, 18ot.
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At the General Hospital. Penang, on the 7th the late Justintan d'Saoin, #god'55"year.
The Hongkong Celegraph
HONGKONG, THURSDAY, JULY 16, tấgố
TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S MESSAGES.
LONDON, July 14th.
LI HUNG-CHANG IN PARİS. LI Hung-chang in visiting President Faure dwelt on the excellent relations existing between France and Chins; especially since the laterves tion of France in the retrocession of the Liao- tong Peninsula, and hoped for a still Bloser friendship. President Faare replied in the most cordial terms.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT FAURE. Two shots from revolver were fired at President Faure whilst in his carrelage at Long Champs. The President escaped unhurt and ķis asallant was arrested.
A
WELL-INFORMED Washington correspondant church. Bet your last dollar on him and he will writes :-"McKinley's election a safe as a
pa'l you out on top."-Very kind, but why not bet on the Republicans making a mess'of thinge THE Times, props, the McKinley'nominal- generally if they get their man in ?
lor, that "a high teriff would undoubtedly lajurs British trade, hat Britons can take comfort in the thought that nothing the United States could do would expose their commercial interests to to great a danger as would free trade in Americs," Goon News! The American mail brought news to-day that the International Telegraph Conven- tion sitting at Bada-Pesth on the roth pltimo
· decided, after considering the resolutions of the New York, Far Eastern, and other Chambers ej Commerce, that the official Vocabulary aball not be made compulsory,➡This was so very unim. portant that Reuter didah report U. ABOUT RATS: Rats of one sort and another play
■ large part in the world's affairs. There ́are | autoc-cats, like our friend, Nicholas 1.; there are aristoc-rats, foreign and domestle; the Democ rats both gold and silver; the platoc-rats, always for "sound money;" and, finally, there are the plain rats, the ordinary kind, which are just made tó be caught by tertler and cats,
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THE Cologne Gasstis recently devoted a long leader to the declaration, that Russia within a
few years has custed England from ber virtual protectorate over Turkey, and, in the domination of 'foreign policy, has taken the lead in China THE SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
over England and is menacing from an unassail- Renter's agent at Bulawayo wires that the slidable point of vantage the Anglo-Indian empire, ation is very disquieting. The rebellion appears The Kreuz Zellung says that the time is draw. to be extending southwards, and several Impis ing near when the Franco-Roralan coalition will are threatening the Tate road between Bulawayo bring the long-prepared policy against England and Bechuanaland. It is feared that the Makalakas will join the Matabeles.
to climax, and that Germany must stand aloof, watching her own interests. Germsas, the paper says, may not desire to see England driven from the positions she has long held in Asia and Africa, yet England crippled Impiles that the chief opponent of German colonial expansion is weakened. Why can't the Kress Zellung tell as something we don't know-something that hasn't been dinned lato our cars ever since we
THE IRISH LAND BILL. The Government has withdrawn its own amendments to the Irish Land BIII.
(From Japanzte Papers.) KOREA.
SEOUL, Jely 7th.
The contract for the Seoul-Wijn rallway has been signed by the Korean Gavemment and the' French representative. The work is to be com. menced within three years, and completed with in nine. The other provisions are identical with those of the Seoul-Ninsen Jine.
SEOUL, July 7th. The rebels around To-saw have retreated Into Hwang-bai province.
SROUL, July 8th.
LI Seung-kla has brought forward a proposal to punish the Tai W8n-kun. Pak Yong-ho, Kim Hong-taub, and U Kil-chan (late Home Minister) concerned in the meufs of October 8th. The for high treason, along with others who are Korean Government has accepted the proposal, ❘ and issued warrants for the arrest of there con
cerned. Lid S6-pan, many army officers, and the Tat Woo-kas have been arrested...
LOCAL AND GENERAL,
THREE cases of plague to-day in the city. PEAK residents should note that no cars will rus after 8 p.ra. to-morrow. Vida nået. FOOT-AND-MOUTH disease has brake cattle at Glugor, Straits Settlements. ARRANGEMENTS have been made for another Gymkhana, to take place at Happy Valley on the 8th proxime. The programme will beʻlsamed at an early date. MARK TWAIN will visit England at the clown of bis African tour. After lecturing Hole in the "uld countrie" he proposes to settle la a'sen aide vllings, and finish his new book of travels.
world.
broken out among
left the nurtery,
THE conference of the United Empiro Trade League opened in London on the 15th ultimo, with Rt. Hes, Jamça Lowther, formerly Under Secretary for the Colonies and Chiel Secretary for Ireland, In the chair. The meeting was called
to discuss means to consummate a cofamercial
federation of the Empire. Sir Donald Smith,
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Where the best authority state that, ph- ct to audit, the forthcoming Dividend of the Hongkong and Shaughal Baok will be për share, $155,000 will be placed to the Reserve Fund, and about $300,000 curled forward
Tax other day at Singapore a thief showed his contempt of the law by robbleg the "boy" of the Chief Justice of his clothes while the owner was serving the chief upholder of the law. Of
it is to see that the laws are obeyed, and in the Ocean Steamship Company to Chinese) le course such a challenge could not bat be taken up by the branch of the Government whore daly
THE latest news regarding the steamer Änchitis, (this vessel was lately and by the managers of very short time the Police had the culprit in the bare announcement that she can aground charge. The very next day the daring fotruder near Rangoon, but that no lives were loth WAY Kentanced la do two months' hard labour. We (Singapore Fria Press of July roth) hear JOHN FORTER, the “prince of racehorse trainers”
that the ship has now left that port for Penang.
will shortly pubilah his experiences in a volamo, TIK Locomotiej, anys that gold minne in 'Tara entitled "Kingsclere," which will be edited by was famed for its gold mines, and a contary and are attracting attention. In ancient times Java Mr. Byron Webber, the well-known dramailea half ago the presence of gold among mountains attic and sporting novellat. No trainer has ever achieved so much success ne Porter. Since he began business at Kingsclere £491,800 ta, according to home papers, been won by horses trained there. The name of "John o' Kingsclere" will go down to posterity as the trainer of two of the finest thoroughbreds ever extended on the English turf, namely, Ormonde and Isonomy, THE concert given last evening in St. Patrick's
success in all ways. The room was wall filled, Club in aid of the building fand proved a great
among those present being a large number of civilians. The programme was an excellent one. The singing of Messrs Laing and Payne, the Rifle Brigade champions, was tally up to their was again well to the fore, the audience never enviable reputation, while Mr, C. T. Robinson
tiring of his witticisms, and continually demand ing encores. There were several particularly good step dances, and the sither solo was delightful. The Rifs Brigade troups repeated the
in the province of Krawang was a matter of common knowledge Mining was irled and the abandoned works there revived an interest afterwards abandoned. "Ta 1885, the fading of la mining which soon flagged. This year a prospector, named Ven Dalfsen, has examined the ground, and found auch promising signs that be bas gone to Europe to lay the matter” before capitalists. His idea is to raise money to engage amining expert from Australls or the Transvaal to thoroughly examine the gold-bearing ground.
MACAO NOTES.
(From our own Correspondent.) PREVENTIVE MEASURES.
Macao, Joly 14th, It affords me infinite pleasure to be able to
plagae up to the present time. This is the more report that, with the excepilon of a few sporadie. cxies, this place has been absolutely free from remarkable as hundreds of Chinese sive here dally from the plague-stricken city al Canton and the plagus-infected districts lying be tween cur post and Cao on. Of course, pre- success in the laughable sketch entitled tion of the diacasa here, and the examination of cautions were taken to prevent the introduc- "London Day by Day," which they played oven better than on the first presentation. The from Hengkeng, Cantor, and, in fact, all all Chinese and other Asiatic passengers meriving
entertainment was all that could be desired
Chinese ports has been very strict, though and it is to be hoped that every success wil idiotic quarantine regulations such as the we have never resorted to offensive and wholly attend the efforts of the Committee, who do so Manila authorities have, in thele great wisdam, much to provide amusement for the garrison.seen fit to impose on varsels balling from Another concert will be given on Saturday Canton, China coast ports, and Singapore: evening, when an entirely new programme will he presented.
suicide at Singapore on the 6th instant by blow A JAYANESE Damed George Ohuo, committed ing out his brains with a revolver at 14. Banda Street. The deceased it appeare, had made a contract 10 Ko te Wern Australia for pearl diving, bat, says the Straits Times, when the time came for him to go be eraded the contract, and, hearing that a warrant was issued for kis apprehension, he promptly "crossed over to the Great Beyond."
The Rangoon Times reports that an interesting
NO MORE MEDICAL INSPECTION, To-day it to my pleasant duty to inform you that the medical Inspection of passengers arriv
in your colony and la the fair City of Ram. Ing from Hongkong and Canton has been disei continued
Lowing to the great falling off of cress This is a fact, and you are, like the ancients of! whom we read in Holy, Writ, at liberty to. pube lab the glad tidings from the house tops, pro claim it in the market-places, and telegraph t to the uttermost parts of the earth,
SCOURING THE CITY,
The two large companies of atteet scavengers, that have been at work for upwards of three streets and scouring the lanes and backyards months, are still kept hard at it sweeping the
of Montreal, said a Zollverein is at present Emmemorandum has been drawn up by the Inspec-twice a day. Not a street or a yard is missed, and upon tea, coffee and cocos from the colonies be the 1.G., points out that the difficulty of possible, and suggested that the duiles imposed tor-General of Foresta on the question of fostering if the inspectors find filth in yards, or in the the cultivation of thes in India. Mr. Ribbentrop, houses of the poor, Instead of handing the redaced one-baif, and be moved that the Gov- extraction of the Sbre has been overcome by the them before a magistrate, they simply remove tenauts a magisterial diet doux and ballog exament abrogate as speedily as possible Gemiss process, and that owners of this process the nuisance and move on in the next house Articla tg of the treaty of 1363 with Belgium," To prepared to take, larded In London, about You may laugh at our dilatoriness in other 14,000 tone at about £10 per ton I sent on stiers, but there can be little doubt that we de and Article 7 of the treaty of 1865 with the certain silpolated conditions; the Industry may German zollverein, which, while in force, prevent therefore rival jate cultivation, but the French
our sanitáry, and more.especially car plague the colonies hom preferring British over foreign Colonies are already showing considerable than do your venerable" city fathers" and your preventive, work in a more pracileal mannes goods, Sir Donald Smith's motion, coupled activity in the matter. Finally, W. Ribbentrop army of scavengers and sanliary "spectres with another calling" for the early summoning make experiments in growing the rhes plant law courts trying to prove that old mother so proposes that the Government of India should
who seem to pass most of their time in the. of an Imperial commercial conference, was and, if possible, offer special facilites to culiland-so allowed her water tap to run all night, of adopted.
vators by grants of land, etc.-How would then do in Borneo?
PLAQUE CHARACTERISTICS IN CHINA
Mr: F. A. Carl, Costomy' Commissioner, writes: Io bls trade report from Mengtsz for 1895 "As May and June went by without any cases (of plagos) appearing we were in hopes that `Haagiss would escape the usual visitation. The season up to July had been very dry, but the first few days' of thai manih were wet, and shortly afterwards the plagne began with Its wonted virulence. The disease WAN
ROBERT FITZSIMMONG was offered a bonus of co prevalent and fatal during July and August, i Hado in conséquence. The president, in concia- If he would fight Jim Corbett for a puras of and remaleed till towards the end of Septem 1,600. He refused on the grounds that Corbett her. Various estimates of the pumber of vic must whip some first-class heavyweight before are given, from 800 to 1,500. The neigh. stepping into the ring with the champion of the bouring towns suffered severely, the malady even raging in Lolo villages considerably over 6,008 feat above the sea-leval. At the cam- mencement of the epidemic the Chinese thought it would disappear with the arrival of the autumn (8th August), but the disease prevalled till it had months' lime, as shown by the records kept run its course, which requires about three
slace the establishment of the Meogtaz Customs in 1889,"
CAPTAIN HASTINGS this morning held an inquiry Into the cause of the death of the Chinese detective Lai Tak-sing, who was shot on Sunday The Water ared is proved by repeated recorded a verdict of willol murder against "Lal by the robber Lal Tai-mit. The Coroner STRAITS, CEYLON, AUSTALIA, INDIA, | Anslyses to be Absolutely Pure.
ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS PLYMOUTH AND LONDON. Through Bills of Lading Issued for BATAVIA, PERSIAN GULF, CONTIKENTAL and AMERICAN PORTS.
HE Sie malip
THE
"PEKIN,"
For COAST FORTS, Waters are packed and placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and the full amount allowed for Pákages and Empties
·when received in good orden.
Tai-mit.
WILL the Manila authorities kindly note that the medical examination of passengers arriving at Macno from Hongkong and Canton has been
discentioned owing to the marked depresso la the number of cases of plagus at this port and at Canton dating the past mónik ?
on the 16th ultimo the Emperor of Ger Hang-cheng in the Knights' Hall of the old castle many granted an imposing audience to L Bealls. "LI was conveyed thither in the royal carlage, escorted by Prussian Uhlas, Empero
Captain J. F. Jephann, carrying Her Majesty's / Counterfoil Order Books supplied on application. | GENERAL DE MOULIN, the newly sppolated William and Emprens Augusta were seated on
Malls, will be despatched from this for BOMBAY, &c., on THURSDAY, the 30th July, at Neon, taking Passengers and Cargo for the abure Porir. This stexmer connects t
Bombay with the S.S. Oriental, leaving that
port on the 31st August for London direct.
Silk and Velazbles, a Cargo lor France, and Tea for London (under arrangement) will be teanskipped at Colombo into a steamer proceeding direct to Marseilles and London other Cargo for Londen, &c., will be conveyed vid Bombay.
Parcels will be received at this Office until 4 P.M. the day before walling. The Contents and Value of all Packages are required...
Skippers are particularly requested to pate the terms and conditions of the Company's Bills of Lading,
For farther Particulare apply to
.
H. A. RITCHIE,
Superintendent.
Hongkong, 16th July, 1896.
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PROPOSED SAILINGS.
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LAUTS, WEGENERƑ& Coo Hongkong, 16th July, 1896,
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Governor of Achsen, died on the 8th July in their thrones, surrounded by, royal princes, Acheen of soustroke while returning from a Chancellor van Hohenlohe and Freltherr Mar- milliary excursion to Kroeng Rabu. Before schal von Eleberstein, the Minister of Foreign appointment to the post he was, according to Affairs, were also present. Li Hang-chang bowed iba Straits Times, Chief of the Staff of the low an approaching the throne and presented ħlu Netherlands India army.
credentials, at the same time delivering an address expressing his admiration of Germany, INFECTOR BUTLIN of Yaual this morning He dwelt upon the fact that the relations charged a shopkeeper and two folis balers between Germany and China were more friendly Caplata Hastings with stealing the bags of rica
than those with other powars. weighing in all goo pounds, from a cargo-beat thanked the Emperor for Germany's aid regard» anchored In Yau-mall Bay, The tice was founding the retrocession to Chins by Japan of the in the shop. The shopkeeper was fined $48, Lisatung peninsula. Ho seferred to Germany with the option of two montha'"hard," while as the first cation of the world, and hoped for # the fohls were bound over on their own lacting fiendship between Germany and China. POTASH WATER,
recognisances,
Emperor Willam replied with a cordial welcome SELTZER, WATER, Tax Shanghai Chih Naw Pdo hear from and sincerely reciprocated the friendly sent
Keres that the King of the Hermit Kingdom, ments with an eamest hope that the friendship although not supposed to forward any more between the two nations would develop. He tribute to Chias, will still follow up the practice, begged Li Hang-chang to thank the Emperor of but in a much less marked manper: Instand of China for sending him to Germany as an envoy bona fide tribule, in the trde wense of the word, and to conyer bis best wishes for the welfare being sent, the King will, at such imesas and prosperity of the Chiness empire. coincide with the old dates of tribute, lesions, dospatch a deputy with presents and lotteri of foquiry to his Chinese Emperors
SARSAFARILLA WATER,
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TO-MORROW,--17th July, - 10a.m.-Summary Court,
SATURDAY,—18th July.
French mail dot.
The
TER Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the
resolutions declaring it expedient for the British Brkish Empire on the 14th altimo adopted
Government to endeavour to secure the consent of the foreign Power to withdraw, all of the proposed new sound signals for nisin fog adopted at the Washington conference. The system of signals is condemned na dangerous and nonlais. Resolutions were adopted, favoring the extins 22 UT
son of the Canadian decimal system of currency (in očkem porijpter of this emplis, And the adoption Føt thu-matrie system of weights and mmeurer.
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Transfer Books of the H.K.. C, and Macho Steamboat Co., Ltd, closed from this date to the graf fast., Inclusive, pind permission of Major Retallick and Ófficers, tha: Band of the Hongkong Regiment will play in the Public Gardens,
SUNDAY 19th July.
Tacoma mali des
Daylight Evandale tees for Victoria, B.C.,
and Turma9%d Höhe kid Yokohama..
man heard of thele success there be sent for this MRS, BROWN-POTTER and Ms. Kyrie Belleware now in Melbourne... As soon as the Bulletin lyre and warbled sweetly thusly:- Pretty Mrs. Potter and Beautiful Bollem
Are once again on view, Their tricky airs and graces, And interesting faces,
Seem qulte as good as new. ·| Welcome Potter and Bellew, Many years of absence, or, certainly, a few (Good gracious I how they flew (), " Have touched the classlo texturas Of those ever-blooming creaturen
Refreshingly as dew
Mr. Thingmeljig added six faches to a backyard xtracture in contravention of some bya-law the laid belove him carefully translated in superb poor fellow never heard of, and which if it were Chinese hieroglyphics he couldn't understand any more that can the average chailly acos! teacher grasp the meaning of the ancient Egyptian characters on the foundation stone of prismid If you people went in for less slums of your city, Mancy less would be beard "courting" and more practical work in the of lakectious diseases In the "Isle of Fragrant Steams!"
FLUSHING DRAINS. One of our preventive measures consists of the
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in Great George Street, Westminster, Mr. G. A. of Mining Engineers opened on the 4th ultimo, THE twenty-first annual meeting of the Institution
Mitchell the President, occupied the chair, and delivered an address, in which he referred to the various changes and Improvements which had, since the middle of the century, made anticipated a great development of coal-cutting mining ona of the healthiest of occupations, and machinery through the transmission of electric power. At present too much coal was being produced, and there was depression in the coal sion, teferred to the recast remarkable develop liberal use of sea-water, With this-which costa ment of gold-mining by scientific methods. On Both the whole of our sewers every June 5th, Mr. A. G. Chazicios contributed a day with the aid of a powerful Shand & Mason the Indian goldfields. He stated that in ancient some salt water, I belleve; but you lack the description of the history and development of fire-engine. In Hongkong harbour you have times it appeared that India produced immense means, or the will, to make proper use of it. that meh goldfields might be re-discovered in this, for they (poor things!) have to send bome to quantities of gold, and it would seen probable Perhaps your ratepayers are not to blame fer parts of the country which were at present Mr. John Bull over a quarter of a million dollars unknown to Britlab ritare.
every year to help him to keep his army sup
tion to the erection of salt-water reservoirs and Home Government to forego the military molet plied with the needfal. But why not petition the for one year and apply the $360,000 "contribu pumping stations? If you did so, you would save vast quantiles of fresh water (which in great consideration for your people) and be able to flash your sawers every day of your lives. Strange, you progressive. Hongkongites have never attempted to utlize the splendid and unlimited supply of salt water that runs past your door day in and day out,
IMPROVE AINTS. When the plague raged in Hongkong in 189 you found Taipingatian war iis breeding-ground. In this Colony we also had a "taipingahas district, known as Volong. It xeeked with fi'th and every conceivable abomination just like your "plague surseries" before you converted a whole district into's "Forbidden City." Our municipal authorities made up their minds to checkmate the evil designs of the mischievous plague bacilion and so set to work long, lang age, not to build in the filthy distalct and keep it as a memanto of an evil past, but, on the con trary, demolish it-blat ft out of existence and Tear over its raios respectable dwellings for the poor, all well lighted, well drained, and easily kept: in proper order and under proper supervision, In. A CORRESPONDENT of Fame tells the following purpose of dwellings for the poor years ago, you. the place of the vile piggeriss which served the funny story of what an "ad" did for him"When will now fiad in Volong district clara hazes, the present wilter announced the arrival of mon green trate, well laid-out streets, and a total and her in the birth columns of one of the absence of disagreable odours. The work's not possessed dailies the other day he had no notion that he complete yet, but as building is going on rapidly. many friends as he certalely does few weeks hence we shall be able to congratulate Congratulations poured in from various well our City Fathers on having rande a valuasie known commercial houses, and these were addition to our picturesque little pot. Faw accompanied in many instances by substantial about Tel legshan? Is it now a respectable kinds of soap, nine samples of various infant ment, erected there suitable dwellings for the presents. There were about a dozen different portion of the city? Has your paternal Got ar foods, three bottle of beef extract fear, neither be speedy nor pleasant. The poor Alas! Your reply to these questions will, powder puff and zeven boses of powder, lour or five different kinds of night fact is Tm correctly informed that your lights, eight babies bottles, three alabate officiels have made a complete mass of the works on how to bring up young children, speel whole business; they have squandered wast mens of linen and flannel for lofant attire and sums of money, and instead of blouting advertisements innumerable of everything that this stain on your boasted ciliation baby could possible need. Besides these thare out of existence (preferably with the aid of panles to losure the life of the baby and the loose with most serious affair and rendered came proposals from a dexen insurance com kerosene, plich, and a torch) have played fast-and-
prospecluses from a Callforala migration sociary little Macao" and meesteurs les Française away ➡hole family on especially advantageous terms, themselves thereby the laughing clock of Apoor auxious to ship the baby and the rest of the down in Salgan. Before you “ go fork, Macao the lowest possible rates,, lagfleis frops petrate house are likely to experience very unpleasant family to the land of peaches and pumpkins at again, don't forget that those who live in glasu gentlemen who wanted to lend any sum consequences when they indulge in the pastime of money from £5 to £50,000, an 20 security of throwing stonas. Saves? wishes, enough. whatever, together witksivice, sympathy and „lást, ¤ ̧ family, 'a' kundred
Fell on buttercups that grow. Pretty Mrs. Potter and Brautiful Bollew "TIs a plangdeo to review, V for Six intervening summers, Since last we saw thośg'mummers,
Have faded out of flew i The old time is the now, And rain appears car weeping For some dear ones who ate slaaplog
'Neath the shadow of the yow. Buried objects of affection Own a seeming resurrection To Potter and Bellew. '
"A. "RI‐KKY * STRIKE. Ha! Ha! Ha Ha! HeisH6] Rickky has taken a lend out of Tom Make's besi nad gena.