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THE BEATING OF THE SCREW. « THE beating of the sorow! What the With this, most malignant besting of an ill-

mischief shall I do

intentioned screw?

With the lifting and the thumping, And the shifting and the bumping, And the most unpleasant jumping of an

evil-minded screw- With the beating, with the beating, with

the beating of the screw? Though the sea is very calm, and don't do

-me-any-harm,

I am terribly embarrassed by the heating of

"The Bozew

And although the steward wishes Me to taste his little dishes, I can only feed the fishes, through the beat

ing of the screw;

numbèn tàing the drug in those quantities rectness of my statement by the authorities daily, and so evidence is given of the cor-

Dr James Watson says My opinion quoted against mont of opium is that, except as a medicine, it is never necessary, and for other purposes is seldom if ever of any service. Just so, and that is my opinion also, but the same may be said of alcohol and tobacco.

Dr Watson contienes: "While alcohol

is only injurious when taken irregularly and in too large quantities, and, to the majority of people, who either work with head or bands, is, in some shape or other, if not a necessity, a great domfort, and, as a dietetic agent, of considerable value." India says, and Dr Parke's experiments go Well, opinions differ as the Friend of to show that alcohol is anything but a bene fit to workers with head and hands, and is eye-medicinally may be of great benefit as a certainly not necessary, but used dietetic agent and otherwire.

And its heaving and its sobbing, . And its sighing and its throbbing, Are perpetually robbing my weary little

lids of the sleep which is their due

There is Samos on my left, and, unless of

sense bereft, I would gladly gaze on Samos, if it were

not for the screw;

Bat although, like any game 'ose, I try to look on Samos, I am muddled, 1 am fuddled, by the best.

ing of the soreW.

There is Rhodes upon my right, and, as we

heave in sight, I remember every knight and his deeds of

derring do;'

Then I hastily decida To seek the vessel's side, And indulge in some reflections on that

diabolic screw.

Here is Cyprus close at hand, and Sir Gar

net on the land, With a military hand, is very fullin view;

I should like to do him honour, If the vessel had not on her.

This most unpleasant tremor of a misbe

having screw.

Being an individual of active habits and with the opium smoker or eater. 1like reatless temperament, I have no sympathy

moderately, in alcoholic liquors, but have tobacco smoking, and indulge, though very no prejudice in their favour, belleving that which, moderately indulged in, do me no they are not necessary, but simply luxuries,

which I rarely indulge in except as Dr yat do not set myself up as an example to Watson observes as a dietetio agent";

THE CHINA MAIL.

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Ingposta, instead of being conducted in a or troops, to be employed in whatsoever operate towards the fullhment of the good room of the Hospital; an arrangement at best for this purpose, Should British cordially reciprocate. separate buliding, are held in the walling manner the British Government may judge wishes expressed by Your Highness, which his Court, and detrimental to the well- the purpose of repelling foreign aggression, and Governor-General of India in Council, once inconvenient to the Coroner and troops at any time enter Afghanistan for By order of His Excellency the Viceroy being of the patients and good order of the they will return to their stations in British Hospital

A. O. LYALL, Seoy. to the Govt. of India, they entered has been accomplished. territory as soon as the object for which | Foreign Depart.

i.

!:

There is no laundry in the establishment, and the bedding and slothing are sent to the Gsol to be washed.

scene.

Register for 1878 records 1,885 cases: 98 With regard to the Hospital work, the of these comprising superficial wounds, a cases of dog bite, 2 of bites by men, and one of opium poisoning, were treated the surgery and then dismissed: 19 of the othere were brought in moribund from injury or disease, and died shortly after waedi

There were thus 1,288 patients admitted in the Hospital. Of this number 565 were during the year who underwent treatment Police, and the remaining 708 were made prisoners, members of the Chinese Customs up of seamen, private residents, destitutes,

seamen from foreign ships of war.

проп.

[No. 4996.-JULY 12, 1879.

THE "FOURTH ESTATE”- Lord Rosebery presided on May 10 at

nadina, the Greek Chargé d'Affaires, Fund, held at Willia's Rooms M. Gen- the annual dinner of the Newspaper Pro

responded on behalf of the Foreign Minis ters. In proposing the toast of the even- ing, the Earl of Rosebery was greeted with considerable enthusiasm, His speech to the company for a liberal support to the institution was responded to by a contri- was followed with interest, and his appeal

bation of upwards of 1,2001. In the course of his addross Lord Rosebery said

O, the crawling and the creaking! O, the harm. I prefer tobacco to alcoholic liquors, and Revenue Services, and officers and with such arrangements as may be mutually breeding, and where a cabman helps his the Jews. He ventured, therefore, in a

grating and the equeaking i

O, the beating; O, the beating; 0, the beating of the Borow ↑

Now these anapestio rhymes are well suited

to the times,

For in England you are also rather bothered

by the screw;

Since each economic daffer, Who makes the nation suffer, Carries out his little crotchets by the pres

sure of the screw;

By the nipping and the gripping, and the

clipping and the snipping, And the squeezing and the teasing of the

"economie screw.

Eren now as I'm reposing in my horrid

berth, and "dozing, Whilst my weary eyes are closing, as they

long have tried to do,

A mighty dread comes o'er me, For My Lords appear before me,

be followed.

IV-With a view to the maintenance of

MODERN JAPAN. the direct and intimate relations now The fire alarm bell for the western dis-established between the British Govern- we wandered through the streets reluctant triot has been placed in the Hospital comment and His Highness the Amor of Al to hid them goud-bye Two med with a Nagasaki was our last peep at Japan, and paund, and though this may be convenient ghanistan, and for the botter protection of huge dram-like tambourine beat a long for the fire brigade, it cannot be otherwise the frontiers of His Highness's dominions, tattoo, and when they stopped, a third man than a source of discomfort and danger to it is agreed that a British Representative called out in a loud voice the same of the the slok in Hospital,

"He was astonished to find that there To a long list of imperfections may be escort, in a place of residence appropriate to come. à blind man passed along blowing Kingdom. That was a stupendons' fact, shall reside at Cabal, with a suitable play at the theatre, and invited the people were 1,024 newspapers in the United Hospital, where the patients might have that the British Government shall have the clearing the way. Some wrestlers stopped advanced civilization was of opinion that he added the want of a garden about the to his rank and dignity. It is also agreed a shrill plaintive note upon a reed and thus especially an every well-educated an in our the advantage of fresh air and change of right to depute British Agents with suit-mon overflowing with fat and muscle in took in every decent newspaper. The noble- Mr A. A. Botelho, who had been siling for by the British Government in the interests for even the throne was once wrestled for; enormous was not borne out by statistios On the 15th November, the Apothecary, soever this may be considered necessary, most popular amusement of the country, idea that the inflasmos of the press is able escorts to the Afghan frontiers, when curious combination, and representing the lord then proceeded to contend that the some time, was obliged to retire from the of both States on the occurrence of any land, indeed, in the matter of games, foot with regard to the comparative numbers of alcohol, except when used medisinally under for twenty-three years, and was a thorough Ameer of Afghanistan may on his part de legion running that an emperor adored well were, he said, in England, according to My opinion is that opaim, tobacco and service. He had served the Government important external fact. His Highness the ball is as aristocratic and as popular, the Liberal and Conservative papers. There competent direction, are in no one nerable and trustworthy of art, Mr pute an Agent to reside at the Court of His at it 1900 years ago, while football days his statistician, 386 Liberal and 228 Con- sities, but in the way generally used by Botelho's retirement, the Steward, Mr Excellency the Viceroy and Governor were always sanounced in the Government servative newspapers. In Wales there habit are distinctly luxuries, fortunately Senna, has performed the duties of Apo- General of India, and at such other places Gazette. We had not seen any lubbing of wers 29 Liberal and only 9 Conservative Indulged in to excess by only a small thecary, pending the arrival of a qualified in British India sa may be similarly agreed this much-bathing people in the open street, newspapers. minority. Generally used for pleasure and medical practitioner from England to take comfort by the individual fndulging in up the appointment,

In Scotland he falt safe; nor that promiscuous washing of their there were 89 Liberal and only 21 Conser- gence is limited, to the discomfort more or

istan, and its Dependencies, guarantees the Both have no doubt occurred, but they are doubtful region of politics, he would remark them, very often, even when the indul-

V.-His Highness the Ameer of Afghan. person which appears in travellers' tales. vative newspapers. Passing from the loss of bis family and friends. Such Sbing

personal safety and honourable treatment exceptional, and may have been as little a that there were 29 papers which were my opinions, I should not think of recom.

of British Agents within his jurisdiction; mark of the nation as the baths at Leuker-devoted to ladies' fashions. There were 32 mending the use of any of these drugs as a

and the British Government on its part bad characterise the Swiss. Though we humorous papers, and that was a most habit to any one, used in that way they may

undertakes that its Agents shall never in had seen ainos, they had not performed melancholy thing. No suck severe Marcasm do harm and can do no good.

any way interfere with the internal admini- their favourite dance, which consists in had ever been passed on the plimate and stration of His Highness's dominions.

Imitating the noise of a chalu passing over the amusements-of-this-epunty as the istan, and its Dependencies, on behalf of the wheel of a crane, and the time kept by the most remarkable feature of all wan VL-His Highness the Ameer of Afghan pulley, the regular motions, the foot re fact that we had to seek consolation in the

impediment to British subjecte peacefully light-hearted courtesy of other Japanese section of the community. He found the himself and his successors, to offer no clapping the hand. We had missed the connected with a small but influential presenting the motions of a man who turns pages of thirty-two humorous papers." But

trading within his dominions, so long as towns, where no man seems ever rude to Jews had two newspapers of their own, and British Government, and in accordande salute one another with an air of perfect papers were devoted to the conversion of they do so with the permission of the his neighbour, where common porters will only two, but that no less than five newe- agreed upon from time to time between the weaker follow up a stiff bit of hill, and a spirit of audacity which was only to be two Governments.

repaid by a charming thank you. VII.-In order that the passage of trade shop-keepers were as busy with their amall with their want of influence over the between the territories of the British waren; the children toddled about as politics of this country; and be said But axonsed after dinner, to taunt the Pros Government and of His Highness the happily, slaters carrying brothers as big as that while the Jews required only two Ameer of Afghanistan may be open and themselves, and every one of them with a papers for their defence against the attack uninterrupted, His Highness the Ameer of shaven head on which the hair grew in of five papers for their conversion, he Afghanistan agrees to use his best endea four black tufts, the forehead, the crown, had renewed grounds for saying that the and to facilitate the transit of goods along with them as they flow dragon flies which it professed to exercise. He believed vours to ensure the protection of traders and above each ear; their fathers laughed press of this country had not the influence the well-known austomary road of Afghan like kites, tying a light thread round there was only one person in the world who istan. These roads shall be improved and the body of the unfortunate insect so sa to was said not to read newspapers, and that Governments may decide to be most ex- painted and powdered like their own dolls wondered how the people who were written pedient for the general convenience of peasants came in from the country thatched about in the newspapers felt respecting maintained in such manner as the two let it up or down; the women walked about one was Mr Carlyle. He had often

trafo, and under such financial arrange from head to foot in a mantle of straw them, Bome distinguished public men for the maintenance and security of the name) lay out in the street to dry, and the thote of private individuals. They must mente as may be mutually determined upon against some passing shower; broad um must come to the perusal of the cally e between them. The arrangements made brellas (each stamped with the owner's papers with very different sensations from daties to be levied upon merchandize sun steamed through their olled paper of expect to see their policy expounded for carried over these roads, and for the every shade of brown and paper wares them, their secrets exposed, and very likely His Highness, will be stated in a separate twine and paper (and not canvas) paintings, newspaper without seeing the objects of general protection and development of were vended of every kind, parasols and their villainy brought to light. He ing. trade with, and through, the dominions of overcoata and carriage sprons, fans and posed that Lord Beaconsfield never opened. one year, due regard being given to the uses one she throws it away, and anxious never opened one without seeing the Commercial Treaty, to be concluded within and pocket handkerchiefs, of which as a lady his polloy set forth, and that Mr Gladstone state of the countr

people chewed paper prayers well in their blackness of his conduct brought home. VIIL-With a view to facilitate com.months and spat them at their god. Then The greatest invention of modern journalism munications between the allied Govern. we lingered about Dealma, the little sorap

Was Our Own Oorrespondent. Indeed, it mente, and to aid and develop intercourse of artificial island or ** made land," covered must have struck all of them that there and commercial relations between the two to the water's edge with Dutch warehouses was an element of omniscience in our own countries, it is hereby agreed that a line of and native churches, the tiny foothold which correspondent. If you read Dr. Busch'a telegraph, from Kurram to Cabal, shall be the Dutch maintained with such magnificent correspondence in reference to Prince constructed by, and at the cost of, the patience, and surely the strangest of all Bismarck, you could not doubt why Prince British Government; and the Ameer of trading factories or sea-prisons. It was Blamarok was astounded at the fact that all Afghanistan hereby undertakes to provide impossible not to think of what Japan had that passed between himself and the line. for the proper protection of this telegraph been till thirty years ago. Then it was Emperor of the French at Sedan was known

absolutely shut off from the world, now it to in represented at every European capital; had never mentioned it, and probably the our own correspondent," although he IX.-In consideration of the renewal of then it was a capital crime for a Japanese Emperor of the French never did either. a friendly alliance between the two States, to leave his country, now he studies in a Nothing was unknown to the correspondents foregoing Articles, the British Government to a foreigner to be seen on the public road, there was no tributs warm enough to restores to His Highness the Ameer of now he takes his seat beside the Japanese in honour them for the energetic manner in Afghanistan, and its Dependencies, the a railway train; then their only ships were which they faced dangers and performed towns of Kandahar and Jellalabad, with all junks, pierced by a hole in the stern long journeys in order to describe to us at the territory now in possession of the that was to warn them against pushing out home what was most remarkable in con British armies, excepting the districts of to sea-junks that occupied months in a

nection with events in other parts of the Kurram, Pizin, and Sibi. His Highnoss journey between two of their ports, now

THE HEALTH OF THE COLONY. DA WHARRY'S REPORT. The Superintendent of the Government Oivi? Hospital to the Volonial Surgeon.

And they all are writing minutes to the have been burnt and may now be allowed

beating of the seTUW |

And I seem to hear them singing such a

doleful song, and ringing Lattis changes upon phrases which once

very well I know;

As they chant in solemn chorus, 'Gentle

men, the facts before us Will not warrant, will not warrant, relaza-

tion of the screw; For with zeal we are burning, and intend

opinion spurning, To keep burning, to keep turning, to keep

turning down the screw,'

F. I. 8.

On board the Austria Lloyd Steamship Achilles, March 1879,

GOVERNMENT CIVIL HOSPITAL, Hongkong, 10th May, 1879. Sis,I have the honour to forward the Hospital Statistics for the year 1878, with remarks thereOR.

I was absent on leave for seven months from 11th May to December 12th, and I complete report of the working of the am therefore not in a position to make

Hospital for the year,

Any referends to the buildings in which the work was done is unnecessary, they to rest in peace.

The burning, on the morning of the 26th December, was fortunately not attended with any mishap to the patients, as, with two exceptions, they were able to convey themselves to places of safety, and there was sufficient warning to enable every one to be removed in time. Those of them who were unable to take care of themselves, or were homeless, were accommodated in the Gaol infirmary for 24 hours; the others, sailors, police, do,, made their way to the bearding houses and elsewhere and return ed to Hospital when the new temporary establishment was opened on the following day.

The staff worked very well under the trying circumstances; most of them lost

Police force was very large, being 147 more The number of admissions from the than last year. The increase took place during my absence, so I can only call at tention to the fact. A reference to Table III. shows that the increase came principal ly from the Central Station, No. 7 and | Aberdeen,

The causes of adminalon among the Police, were ohledy diarrhoes, febrile at tacks, bronchial catarrh and surgical in juries.

The total number of days spent in Hos pital in 1878 by members of the Force was

162; in 1877 it was 3,881-

The admissions from foreign ships of war American. Room is naually found for were three in number; two French and these cases in the Naval Hospital, but when that la fall they are sent to the Civil Hospital... among the Patients generally, with the Table V. shows the varieties of disease mortality from each.

There is a considerable increase on the preceding year, in the number of cases re- gistered as febricula, while diarrhoea also appears to have been more prevalent.

Venereal decase sent a larger number of cases to Hopaital, and contusions were more common.

THE COLONIAL BURGEON ON THE some of their effects in attending to the that a small mortality is not a criterion of {which has been attested and sccured by the dozen foreign colleges; then it was death of the press of this country, He believed

OPIUM QUESTION,

The following is taken from Dr Ayres'

annual report to the Government ¦---

The Friend of China has criticised me. very severely for what I have said on this subject in previous reports, and, I think, in

calls of duty, and some of them sacrificed everything belonging to themselves. Their behaviour on this occasion was such as to On the 27th December, the Look Hospital at West Point was opened as a temporary Civil Hospital, and a few remarks concern-

deserve some encourgement.

Fractures showed a slight increase. Bir cases of insanity were recorded: these were admitted into the Civil Hospital and after observation four of them were consigned to the Lunatic Asylum. deaths having taken place in Blospital, and The mortality was not large, only 50

of these 19 wore moribund when admitted. It has, however, been before remarked the severity of the cases which have been under treatment in the Rospital; for many of the Chinese who ha e become the subjects of severe injury, are removed by their friends, and swell the lists of mortality in their native places, instead of remaining in Hospital with a chance of recovery. a Tury one-sided and intemperate manner.ing this building may not be out of place.

The number of dead bodies brought to the Amesr of Afghanistan, and its Depen- they own steamers that trade along the world. There was not a campaign that was It is admirably altualed, standing on an the post-mortem Room by the Police was dencies; agrees on his part that the dis- coast as steamers trade along the Clyde fought in which you might not find a cor-

according to the limits defined in the up the Red Sea we met a Japanese gunboat triots of Kurram and Pishin and Sibi, they have a line to China, and as we sailed to encounter the perils and privations of schedule sunexed, shall remain under the steaming down, and there was not a forelg protection and administrative control of ner on board; then the sea was their bul- the British Government: that is to say, wark, now it is their pathway; the taxes the aforesaid districts shall be treated as assigned districts, and shall not be con money; then Buddhist temples made the were then collected in kind, and now in sidered as permanently severed from the bravest show, now hundreds of them have limits of the Afghan kingdom. The re- been suppressed, their revenues diverted to paid to His Highness the Ameer. vonnes of these districts, after deducting the State, and their balls sold for old bronze; the charges of civil administration, shall be then there was a perfect feadal tyranny, now there is a limited monarchy, a respon- the Emperor was absolutely invisible, now cible Cabinet and the Code Napoleon; then the people are not even compelled to kneel

eminence about 107 feet above mean low 118, two more than in 1877. water. Thus raised above the Queen's The receipts from paying patients during koad it stands well out towards the Har- the year mounted to $4,494.95. In addi- bour, and lying on the North-west side of tion to this the Board of Trade paid into the Peak, it has the advantage of wind the Treasury for the treatment of merchant from nearly every quarter.

seamen the sum of $2,687.00, and Hospital stoppages for the Police amounted to $871.99.

THE AFGHAN TREATY,

It is asked. "what peculiar advantages Dr Ayzen has to enable him to correct the errors of his predecessors in the field!" Now, although I have no desire to set my opinions up againat such notable authorities as have been quoted, still I have some right to give an opinion. In Hongkong, which in purely a trading port, are to be found The building itself, however, though natives of all parts of the Chinese Empire, good as a makeshift, is not large enough and I speak from personal inspection of for a Civil Hospital, and it han faults of their homes and habite. I think Hongkong construction and arrangement, which ma- has the only prison in China under Euro terially detract from its value as a Hospital. The following is the full text of the new paan-supervision that contains anything.

The approach from the Queen's Road like a daily average of five hundred Chinensis in a very bad condition; the road is treaty prisoners of every class, from compradores dilapidated, and the space beside it is used to beggars from all parts of the Empire for shooting rubbish, and also as a public have now nearly six years' experience in latrine for coolies: it is very foul in some this Colony, and I doubt if many have had places. greater advantages than myself for forming, an opinion on the subject of oplam amok ing and over seven years in Bengal and Assam should give me some experience in oplum eating,

The accommodation for patients le as follows:—

Ordinary cases, Medical and Sargical, 84; Special cases, Venereal, 15; Female, 10; Private cases, lat clams, é; Sud class, 1.

The Ist class wards are badly arranged, the four rooms being only aspirated by a wooden partition open at the top and bottom, and there is a stove only in one of them, so the other three are very cold in winter and dannot always be used.

for they are all inside the building, and The water closets are not well arranged. have free communication with the wards

Much has been said about the Western nations not taking to the habit of opium smoking. As if any Western people had the patience necessary for the enjoyment of the habit. Has any Western nation taken up the Indian Books and Narghile for the purpose of smoking tobacco? I think not. Neither has the use of opium for eating or Indian hemp for smoking and eating, been Indulged in by Western nations to any ex- tent for similar reasons. As little would an Aalatio think of indulging to the athletic and violent exercises, common among all Ordinary case, Medical and Surgical, Western natious for pleasure. It in rare 50 Special cases, Venereal, 20 Female, 8; for the most lavalerate Western tobacco Private cases, 1st class, Male, 6: Female, smoker to ait down and smoke a pipe and ad cisse, Male, 64. Female, 2,51

For the ordinary requirements of the Hospital there should be not less than the following number of beds. Can

war in order to send intelligence home to * respondent, or many correspondents, ready

his or their countrymen."

preparation, under the auspices of his

A LIFE of the late Dr. Livingstone is in** family, bearing specially on his personal and domestic character and his work g-- missionary. The preparation of this w has been entrusted to Professor Blaikie, of

the Professor of Divinity in the New Edinburgh, not Mr J, S. Blackie, the Professor of Greek in the University, but College. Prof. Blaikie has filled in pro cession the office of editor of the North received citizenship; then the cdiots British Review, the Sunday Magazine, and

the Catholic Presbyterian

He is the against Christianity were posted up at the misionaries, and Christian men are in the sion, and of various books of practical street corners, now there are over a hundred author of Better Days for Working People," which had an immense cironia employment of the State -- Mieming kind, including some on geography and Stevenson, in Good Ferdi for June,

Treaty between the British Government its own hand the control of the Khyber The British Government will retain in and His Highness Muhammad Yakoob and Michni Passes, which lie between the Khan, Ameer of Afghanistan, and its Pashawar and Jellalabad districts, and of as he passes; then there was the bitterness Dependencies, concluded at Gundamuk all relations with the independent tribes of of caste, now even the outcast Etas bave the Ameer Muhammad Yakoob Khan passes. on the 26th May 1870, by His Highness the territory directly connected with these on his own part, and on the part of the British Government by Major P. L N. Highness the Ameer, in the recovery and X-For the further support of His Cavagneri, 0.8:L., Political Officer on Special Duty, in virtue of full powers maintenance of his legitimate authority vested in him by the Right Honourable and in consideration of the efficient, fatal. Edward Robert Lytton, Bulwer-Lytment in their entirety of the engagements tion, Baron Lytton of Knebworth; and stipulated by the foregoing Articles, the - a Baronet, ‹Grand - Mester of the Most British Government agrees to pay to Hie Exalted Order of the Star of India, Highness the meer, and to his successors, Knight Grand Cross of the Most n annual subsidy of six lakhs of repess. Honourable Order of the Bath, Grand

Done at Gundamuk this 28th day of May Masters of the Order of the Indian 1878, corresponding with the 4th day of the Empire Viceroy and Governor-General month of Jamadi-ne sant, 1288, A. H

The treaty is signed.: 1.-8. Cavagnari, major, Political Officer

on Special Duty. 2-Ameer Muhammad Yakoob Khan, B-Lytton,

of Indias vow

The following Articles of a Treaty for the restoration of pense and amiceble-relations, have been agreed upon between the British Government and His Highness Mohamad Yakoob Khan, Ameer of Afghanistan, und

do that only, he must read, talk, walk, or and there should be as well some addita Dependencies in so

tonal provision for emergencies, and commodation for infectious feverse

From the day of the exchange of the ratifestions of the present Treaty there between the British Government on the shall be perpetual peace and friendship one part, and Hit Highness the Ameer of Afghanistan, and its Dependencies, and his accessors on the other.

India, Foreign Dept.

(sd.)A, O. Lyall, Seoy, to the Govt, af

Few people perhaps are aware that there

missions

THE correspondent of an American paper is a rookery right in the heart of London : | Writes 1-' My husband knocks me down yet you have only to turn out of Holborn with a chair or something every few hours, Into the quiet gardens of Gray's Inn in and last week looked me up in a cellar order to find one. The old elms there bave while he went shooting. When he return. harboured a colong of rocks from time imed, after five days' absence, he released me memorial) »Amid all the changes that have with the remark,' Great Scott, ain't you bafallez the Inns of Court and their Rosso dead yet? Yesterday I detected him put- rica, this venerable company have held their ting argonis in my tea. What shall I do own and judging from their activity dur. about it?" The answer is, "Well, you and the seals of the latter two are sp-motulle ons. Not long ago the neighbour only make him worse. Plats your hair like ing the present nesting season, they would must win your husband by kindness. Sild. teem to be determined that the rase shall ing behind the door or under the bed will pended. to something elas at the same time, so the

cellency the Viceroy and Governor General paroquets which had made their home in quilted club-holder to hang on the ing gardens and fields of Lincoln's Inn & trunk handia, so that he can drag you This Treaty was ratified by His Ex-could boast of a pair of bright-coloured around the fear more esally, and work him abert pipe, cigar, or bigarette, or chewing,

of India, at Simis, on Friday, this 30th day here; but these, unfortunately, have dis- bedpost. The great thing is, the prod , the favourite Western modes of using. fobacco And therefore my friends would cary's quarters are all in one room, separat The dispensary, drug store and Apothe

of May 1879, lank tipon me as a fool if I advised them, Aed merely by an eight-foot partition

consciousness of haring performed your sppeared for some seasone past. the Friend of China suggests, to give up neither of them is sufficiently large and the

Tas disguise of great abstract worda hides duty. Do this and all will be well in ion-

or fifteen years". Aldobol and tobacco in favour of oplum arrangement is palpably a bad one. There

from us what our alleged civilising influence Emaking

Ir is quite curtain, In Bouth Africa really comes to. People Talancolly say that opium smoking, as, tical work, penitempat

The following telegrams have also been talle as if cocupation by England meant the journal," that Lord Beaconsfeld has diara Boys"A" "sadety is no accommodation whatever for analy.

His Highness the Amser of At. pablished t- generally indulged in by the masses, is too There is not sufficient room for the stores ghanistan, and its Dependaneles, engages, Telegram from Muhammad Yakcob Khan, thousands of men like Me Samuel Morley, or 1881, and not until then for anparallele dispersion over these benighted lands of - mined to appeal to the country in 1980, limited to produce injurious Houts on the of all kinds, and the Storekeeper's quarters on the exchange of the ratifications of this Bubatlistion. It is very small minority are very defective. Kjo

Ameer of Afghanistan, to Viceroy of or Lord Shaftesbury, or the late Mr George ed exertions are being made in the highest Treaty to publishing folle and complate India, Simla-Dated 26th May 1870. Moore. How little this is the mass, Mr. quarters to amend the Register, which only that are able to indulge in the habit to in- The offen and consulting room both of amnesty, absolving, all his innbjects from farious zonas the drug being far too the Colonial surgeon and of the Bapering or responsibility for intercourse with the cannluded, it only remaine for me to ex of diction. In the English Colonies in withstanding the reduction of rents two Now that the Treaty of Peace has been Froude has fold with characteristic energy comen into operation on Jan. 1 next. Not etly to admit of the masses indulging totendent of the Hospital are not large enough British Forces during the war, and to press to Your Excellency, as the Row South Afrios, at any rate," he says, "there Cabinet Ministers, who happen to be such stent, independent of other reasons. and not private enough for medical ex-gastanies and protech all persons of what-presentative of Her Imperial Majesty, my are a set of people who answer to the mean landowners in the same county, have written

I also distinctly state that the habit of amiantous

Lever-degree birami any punishment or incare hope that the friendly relations now whites of the southern States of Americs to the gallant admiral, who is chairman of bplan smoking is not of necessity an in Thara la no operating room

coolestation on that accountinuk, along established between the two States may A large portion of our people are more or the Registration Fund, that considering treaming one, any more than the habits of

The accommodation for nurses and est, LIL-His Highnéis (the Amser of Af. -day by day tuercase, can ta tobacco smoking and spirit drinking. The vants de not sufficient and it is badly glosition, DE Facial, agree to degrum from Vinoy of India, Simla, to 12 searah of work, liquor-dealers anxious double subscription for this year. One

lasm Yagabauda. Land, asinilors, sulness – the Importanne of the crisis, ther kave san6. habit of opium eating fe, but that of opium enged untoring is deadedly not. To the majority. There is no proper provision for post, in secordhute with the advice and wishes of

conduck his reinations with Foreign' States His Highness the Ameer of Afghani: for new openings for trade, spurions gold- of them is no less a personage than the of cases, or rather I should say except in a mortem examinations and inquests. The the British Goverment His Highness I have received with sincere pleasure the adventurers of every species these are our is only second to the Premier's and he

stan-Dated 27th May 1870.

hunters, broken down speculators, reckless | noble marquis whose political importante very small minority of case, it is susal to inspection of dead bodies and diasettle the Ameer will enter into ho engagements news of the conclusion of peace between contributions to sivilising and Christian has given the year 2001. Instead of hig and that the opiam smoker hea indulged in have to be made in a room which is too With Foreign State and will not take up our two Governments, and Your Highness's inanences. These are dir B. Frere's "place anal subscription of 1007. In Lianbashiro the same quantity of the drug dally for small and badly arranged, and a these is against any Foreign State except friendly telegram I feel conident that loving and divified men of European da however, the Conservatives have lost the years, neither increasing it of lessening it, no separate dead house it not infrequently with the Conterrane of the Brides Gay, the Treaty now signed will conduce to the men att to soaked a career for knaves powerful parts and induenes of Lord Der' Why, in the suporta quoted by the Friend happens that while an examination is going crament. On that conditions, the Britisk match "dvantage of the two states, and and desperadow like thals that we are to by who has seni mosies to his brother, Col ofching the quantities word dally be for any there are other bodies rite beat Gornamental amount the Ameersgeinst to the consollunden of Year Highams padure the sardarposing bumen of Mouth Stanley not to papach any kind of any divisons are given, and the proportionate, Matapred stages of decomposition, soy foreign aggregion with money, arms, authority) dada bini Mways earnestly egg | African wait ?

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