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A DR. Wohlgemuth of Berlin has publicly ex- hibited a new invention, by which patients will be enabled, to inhale chloroform without danger, maintaining their usual appearance. and keeping free from the disagreeable effects
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WE learn, says the Mferenzy of the 13th inst; that the steamer Tungting is ashore in a paddy field beyond Hankow, six miles below Yochow, The Nganking, has tried to pull her off bat without success. The Tungting is our of the China Navigation. Col's steamers running be- tween Hankow and Ichang.
Is these days of cheap literature, when the masterpieces of English writers can be had for 4, it is interesting to note that just 1,000 years ago the Countess of Anjou gave 200 sheep, one load of wheat, one load of rye, and one load of millet, for a volume of sermons written by a German monk.
THE F. M. S. Education Report for 1500, noles the growing popularity of football and other European sports in Malay schools, especially in the out districts. Certain kinds of discipline, physical endurance, and esprit de corps, can without doubt be more healthily developed in the playing field than within the four walls of a school.
His Majesty has finally approved the Royal
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All the top hamper necessary to be removed from the Canton Dredger has been sent to the Docks and the pumps are being re-rigged. Barring accidents an attempt to mise her should be made next Monday,
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BARON Kanda of Tokyo, who has been sent to Britain to inquire into the teaching of English in Japan, was asked by a Daily Mail repre sentative what his impressions of England were, to which the Baron replied that the longer he stayed here the less he seemed to know of the place. He was particularly charmed with Oxford, the like of which he had never seen in America or on the Continent,
We riding in the Field Artillery Camp at Ewshorlt, Hampshire, on 15th June Sir Evelyn Wood met with a very unpleasant accident. As the general was approaching a trough to witter his horse the animal stumbled, throwing his rider forward. Sir Evelyn succeeded in
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A Hons paper states that the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law has been conferred upon Miss Weston, of the Royal Sailors' Rest by the University of Glasgow, at the celebration of and while the trial was proceeding the litigants their 450th anniversary, in token of their warm came to an amicable settlement: The counsel appreciation of the great work carried on by for the plaintiff announced this circumstance to herself and her coadjutors in the British Navy, the Court. "The agreement must be in writt is not only the British Navy, however, that ing," said the judge. "We have it here in has reason to warmly acknowledge Miss black and white," replied the counsel, pointing of many a Japanese crew which has come to to the parties; "what more is necessary?"
this country to navigate new vessels for the EXTRAORDINARY- Skin:Grafting.-Thirty sun-Japanese navy to Japan. are inches of his skin, to be cut in sixty pieces from his limbs, are being given by a New York It is disgraceful to have to record the faci, man to save the life of his fiancee, who recently says the Pall Mall Gazette, that it has been 22.20 received severe burns which rendered skin- found necessary in the interests of commen grafting necessary. When married, the self-decency; to clase the Alexandra Park 21 eight sacrificing man will not only be able to say,
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THE Japan Daily Advertiser of the 6th inst.
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Indin on July 4th, was robbed at the Yokohama who arrived in Yokohama by the Empress of station yesterday morning while about to take train for Niklo. The thief, or thieves, made good haul, consisting of a letier of credit for yen 1,000, yen 200 in cash, and a ticket via the Canadian Pacific Line to Vancouver.
Two farmers were conversing on the value of each other's beasts at a show. "What made you call your cow Emma" asked one. "Her full name should rightly be dilemma" replied | "." the other." You see I found myself on 'er 'orns the first morning I bought 'er." The name with compare with that of Mr. Jorrock's hunters, which he used to drive tandem. The leader
was called Xerxes, the wheeler Arter-Xerxes.
"WHAT do they mean by a Jumper's Flat Race, dear!" she said, turning over the leaves cigarette case. "Oh," he answered, "those are of his race
book while he was looking for his
races for which the owners of real jumpers are not such flats as to enter, and they are gener ally contested by other horses whose owners are not such flats as to let them jump. That accounts for the naine I dare say!" It was a bit satirical but not so very far wide of the
·mark ́after all—I. P. Gazeite.
A HOME paper of the 14th ult. says:-Sir David Barbour, in his report on the financial
We have not card the last of Mr. Morgan's famous Gainsborough yet. According to the all Mall Gazelle, the Western Morning News is responsible for the story of another "Gains- burough," which, if true, would tend to show that Mr. Pierponi Morgan has paiil a dear £30,000. So there is likely to be quite an artistic shindy picture is in the gallery of Messrs. Graves of between the owners of the rival pictures. The
Pall Mall. The story is at least circumstantial, but whether it can be proved is quite another matter. In a declaration by John Foster, now dead, of Sydney, New South Wales, it is stated that he received the picture from his father, who bad it as a keepsake from Lady Elizabeth Foster, afterwards Duchess of Devonshire.. Who shall decide on the merits of the two pictures? It is not impossible that both are by the same hand. Mr. Foster declares that Gainsborough
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THE MESSAGERIES MARITIMES,
THE PLAGUE.
The report for 1900 presented to the annual Number of cases reported (Chinese...M87
up till noon of the 18th Other Asiatics 51 meeting refers to the two losses the Board has July, 1901.... .........(Europeans......28 recently sustained by deaths, first of the chair- Number of cases reported Other Asintics o
Chinese man, M. Lefevre-Pontalis, who had been a member since 1884, and president since 1896; during the past 24 hours
Europeans...
and of M. Henry Bergasse. M. Lefevre-Pontalis has been succeeded in the presidency of M, Total number of cases reported to date 1,567 Charles Tranchané, vice-president, and M. Lecat, general mannger, occupies the vacant Number of deaths reported (Chinese.....1,450 seat of M. Bergasse as director.
up till noon of the 18th Other Asiatics 34 July, 1901
Europeans... 9 Chinese Number of deaths reported Other Asiatics o
during the past 24 hours
Europeans... 0
Total number of deaths recorded to date 1,494. Since noon on Saturday last the cases and deaths are :-
Cases Chinese
11
Other Asiatics European
Deaths Chinese
Tolal....
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Other Asiatics Europeans
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The plague returns för last week were:-
Cases
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THE YANGTSE FLOODS.
Sport and Gossip of the 14th inst, says.7—. A pitiable sight is all the country below Han kow down to Chinkang, The inundation is simply disastrous. The river has not only over flowed its banks but presents the appearance of a vast lake extending from mountains to hills
on
either side. Under the circumstances naviga
tion is not only difficult, but the pilot's lot is not a happy one", for it is precious hard to dis criminale between the river and flooded plains. The crops are utterly destroyed, hundreds of farmsteads hopelessly ruined and many lives lost. Numbers of dead buffalo and pig were floating down river. Here and there on patches of grass just above the water were three or four deer wondering what they were going to do next, until the screech of the syren caused them to plunge with fright into the water and swim to another knoll. They were evidently in search of fodder. Their antics were very pretty and it was a sight to be remembered.
THE TAIYUANFU EXPEDITION.
AFFAIRS IN CHILL
The feet on Dec. 31 last comprised :61 vessels of 146,777 tons and 207,50 horse power, an increase of 3,397 tons and 4,800 horse-power on the year. The new steamer on the stocks at La Ciotat, intended for the Indo-
·China Commercial Line, is the only one the com † pany has building. The year 1900 was one of exceptional activity. With the same number nf boats the distance travelled was 1,014,464 sen leagues. The balance-shees shows receipts, from all scurces amounting to f. 72,146,200, în- cluding a sum of £. 44,490 brought over from 1899. The expenses, including amortisation, amounted to f. 67,581,199, leaving agress balance of 1.4.600,940. from which has to be deducted 1,873,373 for interest and redemption of debentures, reducing the net balance to f. 3,737,567. The dividend of Lazo 50 per share. of foo, the same as paid for 1899, inkes f. 2.700.000, leaving a balance of £ 37.567 to carry forward. A comparison of the receipts in the last two years shows a gain of 1, 6,932,932 in 1900, but the additional $6,690 leagues ruo entailed a corresponding increase in the expendi- ture. The net profits would have shown it not- able augmentation but for the rise in coal and. particularly coal freights. The company re- stricted the use of English coal, and employed greater proportion of Asiatic, the quality of which is unfortunately inferior, but the cost of which is relatively moderate. The company burnt in 1959-163,000 tons of Asiatic coal. It may be noted that from 1890 to 1000 the outlay for coal increased £18,000,000.
was
The report remarks that, the company has now been working for 50 years, having com- menced the execution of mail services in September, 185t, when it ran to Constantinople, and was undertaken by 13 wooden paddle wheel steamers, built in 1836 and 1841, and purchased from the State, and three iron paddle-- wheel steamers bought from the Rostand Com- pany, which had attempted a service of free, lines in the Mediterranean. The total tonnage of the fleet of 1851 was 13,364 tons of 2,980
The distance then run horse-power. 105,216 sea, leagues, corresponding to an average of 6,576 leagues per steamer. During the year 1900, with the present ficet, the average per steamer was 16,362 leagues. The average speed in 1851 was eight knots; it is" now from 14 to 15 knots on the principal lines. The increase of 36,69€ leagues in the distance run in 1900 compared with 1829 was due to. supplementary voyages during the exhibition and to voyages to China with troops and war
49,522 leagues. material. These last represented a distance of
JAPANESE FINANCES,
The general condition of affairs in S.W. Chili is that everything is uncertain and unsettled. Things have not become normal since the dislocations attendant upon the marches of the French and German troops. Then the crops, though good so far, are threatened with drought. Unless there be an
A correspondent writes to the Financial abundance of rain very soon the autumn
The French have News on the above subject. The country. harvest will not mature. withdrawn from Huailu and Chentingfu. he intimates possesses a raging Japanese, war Their furthest off postin station at Hsienlosion. The railway is expected to be open as far as Chentingfu by the middle of September. Mean- present terminus for trains is Tingchoul. The are pushing on to the Prefectural City. The time the builders have bridged the Sha Riverand
whole line from Peking has only been tempor- arily repaired. The sidings, platforms, stations, etc., bave all to be built. But the French seem tem right on to Hankow, though rumour has determined to energetically complete the sys.
it that funds are not-forthcoming.
GENERAL BAILLOUD
The inferences to be drawn from the rather
party held in check by a cool-headed Ad- ministration. He concludes by stating-
Far East are, firstly, that no guarantee exists perplexing conditions now prevailing in the that the peace of the world may not be broken again. at short notice should Russia persist in her policy of aggression in North China and Muscovite policy; but that, secondly, however. Korea; for Japan is fully alive to the trend of
severely the economic strain may be felt at Tokyo, there is a steady resolve on the part of the Government not be betrayed into the adoption of a system of financial jugglery which would, in the end, recoil upon its members, and prejudice to a serious extent the future of the Empire. To beware the entrance to aquarrel, the opposer may, in his tum, beware, is appar but, being in, to bear themselves in a way that ently the maxim of the Mikado's Ministers, and no one will be disposed to and saulinisters, and for cutting down unproductive expenditure, in a time of real anxiety, the better to be able to take their own part in a struggle for commer cial and industrial supremacy, and in the actual hostilities which may be forced upon them by the ardour with which that struggle must needs be prosecuted. They know what they want, and they seen to be gifted with clear perceptions "of the wisest course to pursue towards its at- attainment.
is going to make a short trip to the Wu-t'ai shan in Shansi. He will start about the middle of July and make the journey in a private capacity but with the full cognisance of the A Buddhist from the Lunghsingtze in Cheng; Chinese officials, who will receive him en route, tingfu will pioneer the party. It is to he hoped the distinguished General will have a safe trip and feel much invigorated by the ozone of the famous mountain.-N. C. Daily News Cor.
FRENCH INDO-CHINA NEWS.
(Straits Timer:)
A SWORD OF HONOUR FOR LORD ROBERTS.
Yongkong y eiegraP | potentialities of the Transvaal and Orange made a replica of the portrait, which Lady mauled the corpse with its horns, and trampled grip is of gold and ivory, the latter finely carved.
HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1981.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
LORD ROSEBERY AND THE LIBERALS.
River Colonies, expresses the opinion that very Elizabeth Foster gave to his father. The in considerable contributions to the expense sinuation is that Mr. Pierpont Morgan is the
of the war may justly be expected to accrite owner of the replica. We shall see what we The latter.saw the butto escaping, through general it may be said that the decoration has
from the Transvaal, but the Orange River. Colony may be regarded as "a negligible quantity." He advocates a 10 per cent tax on the profits of Rand mining companies, and practically "free trade for the Transvaal
THE last home papers to hand contain the fol lowing curious item of news:-While riding a bicycle along Forest-road, a girl of about seventeen was observed to dismount and stand in a dazed condition. A gentleman spoke to politics. He believes that the Liberal ather, but she was unable to tell anything about itude of neutrality in regard to the war in herself. She had forgotten her name, her resi South Africa, to which the whole empire dence, in fact, everything concerning herself.
LONDON, July 17th. Replying to, a request of the City Liberal Club for a pronouncement, Lord Rosebery writes that the will never voluntarily re-enter
rallied, spells Liberal impotence.
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA.
July 18th.
The Casualty List shows seven, men of the Connaught Rangers killed, three Lieutenants Hongkong. 19th July, 1901.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
INWARD Parcels by s.s. Coromandel are now ready for delivery.
MR. A. LEE AHLO, a member of the Chinese Reform Party, who has been at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, has taken his B. A degree, and is about to return to Honolulu.
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LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.
SUPREME COURT.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
(Before His Lordship-A, G. Wike.) July 19th.
On the sitting of the Court this morning, His Lordship the Hon. A. G. Wise notified to the attending jurymen that the case in hand.
ENCOUNTER WITH A BUFFALO. The danger of allowing buffaloes, to roam, large in the streets has just been strikingly illustrated at-Saigon. Mdile Assy, a telephone girl, was about to leave the house in which she resided in order to attend office, when she heard a dog furiously barking in the compound. On going out to ascertain the cause, she came
The sword of honour to be presented to face to face with a savage buffalo which was enraged by the barking of the dog. The buffalo Lord Roberts by the Borough of Fortsmouth ripped her up at one blow with its horas, and is a splendid and striking weapop, jewelled, she died at once on the spot. The buffalo then enamelled, and made of 18-carat gold. The upon it. Mdlle Assy had uttered only one
with the figures of Justice and Fame. There are cry, which brought her mother to the scene
many such einblems about the sword, and, in a fence. The mother had only strength aimed at getting in every symbolic reference that could possibly apply in Lord Roberts, and enough to drag her daughter's body a few
most prominently those connected with the paces, when she fainted. The police, on reaching the spot, set out in pursuit of the campaign, in South Africa. The guard is of solid 18-carat gold with lions couchant at buffalo. It took two rifle bullets and five re- volver balls to kill the brute, The buffalo had either point, and ornamented with the both horns very sharp, and had a string passing monogram of Lord Robertsio diamonds, through the anstrils. This terrible event called rubies, and sappiates; and the reverse with attention to the lack of rules to prevent the his lordship's arms in gold and enamel. The roaming about of buffaloes at will in the streets guard, and also the gold scabbard, is enriched of the city, though attacks by-them-on-passers with a series of decorative jewels-diamonds, by are not ancommon. The ownership of the rubies, sapphires, and emeralds The buffalo was traced to a native, who has been scabbard, which is of beaten 18-carat gold, is arrested on the charge of causing death. The beautifuly embossed in bold relief, engraved bulialo was buried. At night it was dug up by and enamelled with the following symbolic thieves who skinned the corpse and carried off ornaments: The Star of the Order of the Gar
The police could make nothing of her case, bad been unavoidably postponed dwing to the the horns. To lessen the danger from theseer; the Star of the Order of St. Patrick; the. and she was taken to the hospital. She is of illness of Mr. Francis, and they were required brutes, it has been suggested that the Govern- Victoria Cross; view of Pretoria in enamel,
fair complexion, was wearing a black costume and white sailor hat, and riding a "Tower Bridge" bicycle.
A CORRESPONDENT of an Indian paper who was at Jamnaderipettal, a village jo miles from Vizagapatam, on the 8th June, thus describes the locust invasion:- Whichever way we
to be in attendance at io am, next Wedot day. The court tha adjourned.
AT THE MAGISTRACY.”-
ment should pass a law making, it compulsory renales representing Lord Roberts's regiment, to saw off buffaloes' horns. Others advise the Royal Artillery; figure of Right over- leaving the horns alone, provided that they be coming Wrong and Injustice, and, floral emblems: rose, shamrock, and thistle; rendered harmless by fastening a wooden bar
view of surrender of General Cronje across them.
in enamel. On reverse side of scab-. QUARANTINE,`·
bard: The arms of Portsmouth; the Order of The German steamer Pronto got into trouble the Star of india; the Star of the Order of the Froin the proceedings that took place at the Police Court this tnorning the members of the the ether day at Saigon. She had sailed from
Bath; view of Portsmouth Town Hall; Star of "force" evidently drew a blank yesterday. Hongkong and had called at Swatow. To the Order of Indian Empire and Order of Most of the native population yesterday were
avoid the lone quarantine laid at Saigon on Black Engle; vieiv of Lord Roberts discovered evidently causing an obstruction and the rearrivals from plague-stricken, Hongkong, it was teaching a litle child to read at Kroonstad, mainder hawking vegetables, without a licence given out that she came from Swatow only. emblematic of humanity, in embossed gold interesting to themselves no doubt but not of discovery of the misrepresentation, the view of Portsmouth Harbour in enamel. All the above emblems are surrounded and en- general interest. One thing came, quite re: Pronto was ordered off to Cape St. James to freshing, and that was the way Crown Sergeant undergo quarantine for twelve days, the full twined with floral emblems, scrolls, &c. The Langley conducted his case against the Lukon
term. The, Austrian man-of-war Donnt hat blade is of the finest English steel, hand forged No. 204. The charge was dealing a pipe, or had also to go through quarantine at Nha-be, & and elaborately riched with scroll work, and rather substituting an inferior pipe for one of coast port. There she laid in supplies rather inscribed with all the engagements in which greater value that had been confiscated in an than come to Saigon to take in stocks and thus Lord Roberts has taken part, his crest, meet with further delay, Trade at Saigon is monogram, &c. The inscription, which is richly opium case.
very often ridiculous and which considerably by the Inhabitants of Portsmouth to the Right hampered by quarantine measures, which are etched on the steel, is as follows: "Presented mar business transactions. Since quarantine Honourable Frederick Sleigh, Earl Roberts of has been enforced, shipping business at Saigon Kandahar, Pretoria, and Waterford, Viscount has fallen off one-half.
St. Pierre, KG, K.P., P.C., G.C.B., GCS.I G.C.LE., VC/Knight of the Black Eagle, and Field-Marshal and Commander-in-Chief of His Majesty's Forces, in recognition of his bril- liant services in South Africa, agor Pu Opinion
looked, for miles away, there could be seen nothing but swarms-millions and billions-of locusts, while above us to the height of more than, a furlong, these same creatures were winging their noisy way to the great distress of a few pigeons and crows, which had to fiutter exceedingly in order to find two or three inches of room for escaping from these. flying insects Fortunately, they dared not hurt men, and we could easily make our passage through case and Mr. Hazeland taking all things into There were many points of difficulty in the their very midst. On Monday following, consideration discharged, the defendant and went to the foot of the Ghauts, and all the way suggested another charge should be faid. In found traces of them." I was surprised to less able hands the Jukong would have got off see huge branches of even tammariod trees scot free but p. $. No. 2 had all the facts at his finger ends. The fresh charge was misconduct hang helplessly by the side of their trunks, as a constable and was stigmatised as most broken by the tremendous weight of the locusts reprehensible by His Worship, and he was which had made a night's stay on these trees fined $15 or one month's hard labour.
REBELLION.
In Lower, Laos rebellion has broken out against the French authorities, arising from the laying on of fresh taxation The rebels mainly ubject to the poll-tax.")