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A DEDICATION I (From The Green Room.")

Another year has.passed away.

And Fato has. found your friends uölted To tell you atorics of tho Play

Before the Christmas fire is lighted.. We're travelled far, in many lands,

Midst rain and roses, heat and heather, Bat hold me out your kindly hands, And let us settle down,together!

Take us away to some ang nook,

Tuck'd underneath your arm, my lady. Let firelight fall upon our book,

Or autumn rays in gardens shady. When reading here of youth and ago,

The bears that wins, the love that misses, Lot fall one leat upon the page,

THE CHINA MAIL.

The

Local Paros Post.

[No. 5452-DECEMBER 81, 1880

PATTERNS. ---Some difficulty is expert we had prepared for a long time to re during the night that generally it was said, "Now, boys, I shall stand a real selves quiet." And the brute lang

1. Small Patcol may be sent by Post in obtaining general understanding ceive him with due honour. The ship nearly impossible to distinguish the supper to-night; no pasteboard and himself on his bed, anttering to himself was modrede to the ground ice, three dark colour of the rope at a greater dis parsley, but a real sheep's head, and a in his drunken semi-oblivion Cure between any of the Post Offices in Chios what is a Pattern. It is bona fide ar strong cables which, according to every tance than from 32 to 40 paces. If little drop of 1eal Scotch. A tumult of him, indeed! Not if I know it. That's or Japan, as well as to Macao, Pak of goods which the sender has for sale buman calculation, could not by the you diverged in the slightest degree applause,

not the way to get the money; hisoi, Singapore, Penang, and Malacca of goods which he abu to order most violent storms and even, not by from the regular pathway you did it with The manager was as good as his word, cough is worth a lot aloue. Curc.bim, They must not exceed the following dimen. te consist of the smallest possible quan sione, 2 feet ing; foot bread, 1 foot deep, oompatible with shewing what the gi the strongest pressure of the ice, change a great risk of not recovering it again, for at night there was a real bend well indeed! Not likely!"

nor weich more than 6lbs. The postage, and must have no intrinsic valuezei is 20 cents per lb., which includes Registro provide means of ramitsing her position. The topmasts and topsails as a compass was of no use whatever in equipped with turnips and carrots, and The back-hearted scoundre!! had been taken down and the yards the thick blinding darkness. I tried a the drop of real Septch."

The girl bowed ter head lower. and ion sxcept tu. Japan, to which country sands of money to or from this Colony parcela are forvarded at Book Rates, Regis slung to give the least opportunity to few times in the night to leave go the "neighbour's baith," "an important lower..

I could not bear it. I entered the ry being opikeal. The parcels may be between the Ports of Ubins, the P the wind, and Polander bad already rope and take a nearer way, which I had character in the scene, came in and took commenced to prepare the 'tween deck gone tens of times before during the her seat is usual beside the miller's room. The brute was on the bed already wholly closed if they bear this special wasters and Agents are allowed (but Andersgmont, PARCEL, CONFINING NO LAT Tquired) to purchase Hongkong Pos as a working room for the crow during day, but I hind to suffer for my temerity chait She was a pretty, sad-eyed, in-his-besotted sleep, The child stole TST, but any parced way he opened by Stamps from foreign residents.

Between Hongkong and Yokohama, the winter; from the quarter-deck right in walking for quarters of hours in all intelligent child of some nine years old, up to me, and in half-frightened direction of the Postmaster General.

aver, in either direction, Money Ori 2. The following cannot be transmitted: must be used.. over to the bows they spread an awning possible and impossible directions before In the course of the meal, when Jock whisper said, "Ob, sir, ought people which kept out the snow splendidly I could find the proper road.

[fowison was freely passing the whiskey, to keep secrets, if they know them? I Parcela inandently packed or proteclús,

10 hini and said, think they ought, if they are other or Hable to be crushed (za bandboxes, exceed $50 in value, must be perfe

The Stamps tendered for sale must and which, covered a certain large space One-thinks that the cold is the greatest she leaned over which during the short days was a very plague of the Arctic regions, but I don't Please, will you give me a little ?" people's. This with the dignity of a &c.) Glass, Liquids, Haplosive sabetar cen, clean, in good condition, And in striped

Matches, Indigo, Dyestuffs, Ios, Ment, dark walk. Concerning the warming, believe that many Arerie travellera are He looked surprised.. She was, ao queen. fighting and other couforts inside the of the same opinion. Against the cold earnest in litr request, that I whispered I could not gainsay her, said, as Fish, Game, Fruit, Vegetables, or whatever least two, as no separate Stamps will

sonally or accompanied. by note.

The Postmaster or Agent may p And made your hearia beat somewhat ship in the forecastle, work-rooms, gut-alone, you can preserve yourself by to her, To-morrow, perhaps, if you gravely as I could to the little weinda, is dangerous to the Mails, er likely to be purobased. They must be presented room, and cabins, Palan let tradgrepared wariath and suitable dress. We had want it very much, you shall have a The secret shall be kept, but you custom ofensive or injuring in transit.

ask me if you want anything."

8. Parcels will as general rule be for purchasing if his public funds in everything in with such foresight as many time 40 degrees of cald and ger; thimbleful."" conduced to our comfort so well that the higliest cold we had was 40 degrees

warded by Private Ship, not by Contrael not sufficient, and he willrofuse to paroh She bent over, suddenly kissed Dy Mail Fackels. The Post Office reserves the in any case which appears doubtful nothing more could be desired. Our Celsius, but that wasnt insupportable,

hand, anti I went down the stair.

right of melting thaopportunity for trans- suspicious. He is allowed to change extra winter clothing was already dis-Gederally as high degree of cold at

The next-night-sle was shy in coming misston, and if dying delivery in case Commission of one per cent on all Star tributed, such as thick gloves, canvas 40 degrees, and fer is combined with

for the whiskey, and I took care that the number of parcels is such a to retard purchased.

viber coats, reindeer rugs, and canvas boots calm, and when there is calin, it is not so

she had good measure.

correspondence. No responsibility and many of us had already really tried very biting to be out a long time in the

is accepted with regard to any parvel, but Registration will secure the one or other of these different articles of open air; the warm clothing and noces-

the system

dress. We were therefore, as before sary exercise neutralize the effect of the

senders, against ang but a very remote pro bability of Ida

pover it with secret kisses.

We only want your sympathics

In tales of lovo, despair, disaster, We'd bring the tear wists to your opes,

faster.

Make us companions as you romm,

And then our mysteries travel; Leave us in paresfui esso at home,

Or take us with you when you travel,

We love to beg, when Christmas comics,

The time of funcy and of fable 1 So ask us you?-to your homes, And make us welcome at your tabls. The stage's glow like life departs,

Though of the world it is the centre ; Giro us welcome from your hearts, *

For that's the Green Room, we would

enter.

London, October, 1880.

0.9.

HOW THIT SPENT THE WINTER, The following extract from the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet of Nev. 19, 1870, concerning the Swedish Arctic Expedi tion under Professor Nordenskiold, has

mentioned, well prepared to meet the

winter half way.

This of course was naturally of great advantage to our ship, which under such circumstances was as well sheltered in the best dock.

THE NEIGHBOUR'S BAIRN.”

BY HENRY IRVING.

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-morrow night" cutne, and, to my anuoment, slie produced from the pocket of her little plaid frock a bright piece of brass, and held it out to me. I said, "What's this?".

"A thimble, sir."

"But what am I to do with it?" "You sad that you would give me thimbleful of whiskey if I wanted and I do want it."

a

it,

The last night of one long run of six nights, she looked more happy, than I had ever seeu her. When she caine for the whiskey she had put the thimble and whispered to me with her poor, pale lips trembling, "You need only pretend to-night"

"Why?" I whispered. "Beruse-be doesn't want it now. He's dead! "The Green Room.

(Revised December 16, 1880.) '

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The paulio are cautioned not to con- and those fruities with a Purcel Post to Europe, &c, which does not exist,

It is neccry that the following rules be strictly aborted."

1. No Letter or Packet, whether to be registered or u registered, can be received for Postage if itcontains gold or silver money, jewels, pración articles, or anything that as a genozal rule, is liable to Customs

duties.

و متهم در

1. That the sender duly observed all the conditions of Registration require.

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2. That the jetter was securely enclosed in a reasonably strong envelope

3. That application was made to the

The sender of any Registered Article may accompany it with a holurn Receipt

Paylight of weight for books The and Com- morcial Papers to Foreign Post Offices-is er veneral of Hongkong im 4 lbs. Patterns for such offices are limited mediately the loss was discovered, the to 8 ounces, and suust not exered these envelope being invariably forwarded with dimensions: 8 inches by 4 inches by 2 Buch appliortion auleen it also is lost. inches.

N. K. means No Registration

Countries of the Postal Union,

POST OFFICE NOTICI

Unclaimed Correspondence, December 30, 1880.

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Lawton, F.E. Ai Đ Lockhart, G02

Laws, 1. B.

Marshall, M. J.

Alvit Samiol 1 Ips, M. A. Aming, Mn A. WL. Avemeorich, G. 1 Baldwin, Mrs Barnheim and Body, M Balea, Pon léan 1 Horning, G. D.

Co.. Meraxa Flober, M.

Bowman, Mrs

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1

Cairatti, John Chassignol,

Moner, Lord 1.1

Consell, F,

1

Crabble, fehn M. 1 Canninghom,

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1

Parky, H. J. B. 1 Davis, J. M. Dowsley, Hard. 3. Dias, Sr. D. Joso 1

Baboin, Mlle.

Olga Dapille, A. Buncan, R. B. 1. Echarge, Peck

Hashsed Ar Mesars

Fracka, G. FrChurch Mis

don jaf Brok land) Reva, Minister). Gerstriburg, đi Ẫ Gheon, Robt. N.I Goddard, Geo. 2 Graca, Roza, Mãe 1 ̈ Have Sing

fandley, A. A. 1. Handriolson, Juliana C. Harbatilo, T. B.1

Hatch, J. J.

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4 That the Postmaster General is satin-Henderson, J. J. 22 fied that the occurred whilst the corres Hodgs, James pendence was in the custody of the British Hoe Seo Teck i Postal administration in China, that if he

Horno, James

The Union may be taken to comprise cot caused by any fault on the part of the sonder, by desiruction by fire, or shipwreck

| Money Order Begulations.

Money Orders are exchanged with the Trited Kingdom, New South Wales,

rope, most foreign possessions in Astor by the dite eaty of negligence of any pan, Africa, Egypty Martius, all person not in the employment of the

America, Mexico, Salvador, Brazil

Hongkong Po Office Ford, Venezuela, 1 Argentino Republic, Jamaica, Trinidad, Quiana, Hondura, 5 No compensation can be paid for mere Bermuda, Labuan, with sil Dauiah, damage to fragile articles,guch as portraits, French, Netherlands, Portuguese and Watcher, handsfmely bound books, &c., which reach their destination, although in pauish Colonies. "Countries NOT in the Union Tho obief a broken or deteriorated condition. countries not in the Union are the Aus tralasian Group, Übili, and B. Africa.

Postage to Union Countries, General Rates, "by auy, route

10 conte per oz. Letters, Post Cards,

3 couts each. 10 ceuta.. Registration, Newspapers,

as and Books, Patterns

2 cents per 2 oz. Quinco, Papore, There is no charge on redirected corra-

Postage to Non Union Countries. Hawaiian Kingdom :--- Letters, Registration, Уетерарога, Books & Patterns,

2 cents each..`

spondence within the Postal. Union.

Harat, Ed.

(Beaman)) Insalvini, 1 Iversen, L.1

Maslach-

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Lan, John 81 pel 1 Hendonca, Suso 1 Mew Sing

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Mitchell, John Morgan, Mrs May 1 Moun, Natan! Moy Hin Shinng 1 Naman, Joseph Nomille and Crofton

Parson, Leo.

Perco Cria- 2.

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Laforo Phillips, 9. Flas Sa Tor

Liliana Plage, Mrs J. Pollard Saning Polister, E. Rangel, A. 17 Rasimann, T. Bielarde, B1 Hou Joanna, Y. Rozelo, Poly

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Men Shapeer, K Bieberman, T.-1′′red *Spanning OsborneTM

Bich, Chs. Store, P. E. F Swanston, J. Sykes, Joo. Taming, C. E. Taylor, Cha Taylor, WT Teo Lan Kok 1 Those, M. M.

Verner, Charles 1

Wheaton, Joha

pel. Whiteley, Fred.

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Walinore, H...

B. W.. Williams, Mrs. 1 Wing Fung

Goa Hing reg

Wollen, &. A. 1:

Jamieson, co. 1 Wojdge, Mrs W..

Khooda-bucks Konnaz, bir,

regd, Wy Sing & Co. 1!

Mosito Modeste

For Men-of-War, &c

P. Grice,

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Che. Hammond,

TJ. King,

·A: H. Lever,

Modene

II. J. Madden,

Sheldrake

A. McKinlay,

Mosquito

W. Olive, E. fce

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Vigilant

Wmn, Rogers,

Mosquito

Quenaland, South Australia and Port 3. 3. Skinner,

Varwin, the Straits Settlements, Western Ward-room Offices, Kert Australia, and except at Shanghai) with 4. Weakfort, the Japanese Empire. Hongkong also, issues orders on Ebanghai, and rice tagacha

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For Merchant Ships

Jan Pay.

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cold, only the face, which must be un- covered in order to see and breathe, runs It was originally our intention to greet the risk of being frost-bitten, after-a This was said eo naturally, that the an observatory for magnetical and netpo- certain time, but you soon learn how-to nudience laughed and applauded I rological observations on the ice, in the resist that danger. But what you can looked over to the railler, and found him neighbourhood of the ship, but, as we not under any circumstances learn to with the but end of his knife, and fork were under the impression that the ice resist is cold, snow and storm combined on the table, and his eyes wide open, THE NORDENSKIOLD EXPEDI- would close in and crush the ship and together; these three things form what gazing at us in astonishment. How

TION.

nieo change her position, during the you call a snow storm; in a lower de- ever, we were both experienced enoughongkong. Rates of Postage, winter time, we found it necessary to gree you call it a snow whirlwind or'a to pass of this unrehearsed effect as a establish our observatory on shore. whirlwind of snow. We bail an oppor- part of the piece. I filled the thimble, The violent storms of the 1st Novem-tunity of thaking a long-and uninter- and the child took it back carefully to

snow her little "creepy" stool beside the In the following Statements and Tablos her days gave us new proots of our fears rupted acquaintance, with the

2. This Regulation prohibits the sending of the future movement of the ice, whirlwind during the whole winter. rer. I watched her, and presently the Rater are given in rente, and are, for of Patterns of dutiabis articles, unless the because when after these stormy days The snow-storms commenced with us saw her turn her back to the audience Letters per half uncer for Booke and quantity sent be so small an to make the been translated for these colamps;~~

Newspapers over for ounces in weight ample of no value. we recommenced our communications. early in the beginning of October, and and pour it into a little halfpenny tin atterns, per two ounces. with the shore, we had a splendid oppor- we expected that they would cease in the suff-box. She covered the box with are charged as double, treble, &, as the 3. The limits of weight allowed are as The Sunday of the 20th September,tunity of studying the consequences of spring, but they continued far into May. bit of paper, and screwed on the lid, way be, bat such papers or prokuth on follows: 1876, will become a day of very great the storms, increasing round our barrier One uska with reason how it is possible thus making the box pretty watertight,papore may be sent at Bock Mato.

Books and Papers to British Office,

5 lbs; to the Continent, o., 4, tha important to us. That day marks the of ground ire, which was stranded about that the Tschukisches, Esquimaux and and put it into her pocket.

Newspapers must not be folded together, as

Fatterns to British Offices, & lbs. it with end of our navigation during the year 700 paces fimm the Vega's, wintering other people can live such a poor. When the curtain fell, our managero, nor must anything whatever be insertil

out intrific value; to the Continent, 1878, and that fact is principally due to place. The newly-formed ice was in miserable life in such an inhospitable enme forward and patted the child's except bona de Supplements. Printed uatter way, however, be enclosed, if the the sudden change in the weather which greater or smaller cubes crushed up to climate. At the beginning we took all head. Why, my Httle girl," said whole be paid at Book Rate, Prices Cur took place at that time. The tempers about 20 feet high, and the surroundings the necessary precautions during guro, "

you are quite a genius. Your gagent may be paid either as Newspapers orfndannity for the Los of a Registered Ectier, ture of the atmosphere, had on the had something of die uppourance of a night by walks, because we were pre- is the best thing in the piece. We must books. previous days been changeable, not very demolished fortress: curious to say thispared to meet at any moment a Polar have it in every night. But, my child,

Commercial Papers signify Buot pipers

The Post Olles in het legally responsible much, about 0% We had, therefore, was the only time that we fell any hour or so hungry wolves.

you mustn't drink the whiskey! No, as, though Written by Hand, do not bear for the safe delivery of Registered corres no reason to suppose that we should be perceptible changes in the ground ice

the character of an actual or personal correspondence, but it is prepared to make good We had seen traces of bears on the not that would never do.”

spondence, atseb a invoices, deeds, copied the contents of such dorrespondence lost suddenly frozen in yet.

Oh, sir, indeed I won't; I give you trie, &c. The charge on thein is the white peasing through the Fast, to the during the winter, because, excepting en already, early in October, and the The day of the 29th September caused sume trifling cracking in the newly-Tschanketsches told us that the wolves my word I won't!" she said, quites for books, but, whatever the weight of extent of $10, certain cates, provided us to abandon our hopes of continning formed ico by the sudden change on the sometimes came down the cost and out carnestly, and ran to her dressing room. packet containing any partially written our voyage during this autumn, the ten temperature, our surroundings during on the ice. We were therefore always Cramond Brig "Ind an unprecedent paper, it will not be charged less than 5 peratura fall now definitely below zero.

all the time before us, so to any remained armed with the Remington rifle or re-ed run of six nights, and the little lady cents, In consequence of the low tempera-in a state of passive inactivity. volver and some spare cartridges in our always got her thimbleful of whiskey, ture some new ice commenced to form

pocket. We had never any serious and her round of applause. And each about 2 inches thick between the old

inecting with them. We didn't see time I notice that she corked up the drifting ice loss, which were lying

during our ten months long wintering former safely in the snuff-box. I was packed together and impassable as far

single Bear.

curions as to what she could possibly as we could see, and that of course made

At the end of November our-magne Only one time it happened that during wont with the spirit, and who she was, the navigation more difficult. Falander tical observatory was finished; it was one of our night walks we met u wolf, and where she came from. I neked her, made the Vega fast to some ground ice built of ice cubes which were siwn from but the danger was not greater than one but she seemed so unwilling to tell, and which lay in & fathoms of water and the new-formed sea ice from its cluser of our dogs being bitten in the ears. turned so rod, that I did not press her; about 5,000 feet from the newest land, proximity to the shore. It took a long That was in the beginning of February but I found out that it was the old story Some of us believed that we should soon time butlling because it was interrupted that that huppened, and we did not be

an inother, and a drunken father. get out, but really there were very few.

from time to time by snow storms, and Higve the whole wolf's story, because we- Still, it was strauge; what could she The thickness of the new ice increased in fact hy very bad weather. The in- imagined that the so-called wolf was

want with the whiskey--a child like steadily and surely, because no heavy terior, when it was nearly finished, was nothing more than a hungry Tschuck her? It could not be for the drunken winda broke it up again. On the very simple but sufficient for the pur-tsche's dog which was, lonfing about father. I was completely at fault. of October, it was already three inchesposos. the which it was built. In such seeking food. But having explored the took a fancy to the little thing, and thick, and a few days afterwards we of three corners, a magnetical instrument place the next day there was no nis wished to athon her secret, for a secret could walk on shore without any great was placed, in the middle of the floor tshe. It is therefore possible, although I felt sure there was. After the per- risk of falling through the different (which consisted of hard frozen-sand) it appears very incredible, that you can ormance, I saw my little body come places where the new and weaker ice small table which supported three in- pass the whole winter in the Arctic out. Pour little child! there was no had formed. On the 4th October, we dicators screwed fast liko scales, six regions without seeing a single-bear.

mother or brother to see her to her had our last botanical and zoological candles in the primitive wooden candle-

bome. She hurried up the street, and excursion on shore, benue after that sticks, some books and newspapers, and

arning into the pacrest quarter of the time the ground was frozen hard and two memorandum books, and trom the

town, entered the common stair of o -covered with a slight fall of snow. We ceiling was suspended, a contionally

I followed, At the present tiore, when the pro-tumbledown old house. had still during the rst days oppor-burning lamp; at two siles of the room gress of realism is marking on epoch in feeling my way as best I could, She unities of having the pleasure of seeing an india-rubber air-bed with a hay pistage management, a little special at- went up and up, till in the very top flat some few migratory birds late to their low on which you could lie down, a few tention may not juopportunely be given she entered a little room. A handful of passage (ducka lying in open holes in blankets and a sack made of the skin to the humanitarian brauch of stage re-fire glimmering in the grate revealed a the ice out at sea and some snipe in the of the reindeer into which you could get alism that of food, Tim old days of sickly boy, same two years her jaior, holes in the fresh water goons), but when the cold was too intense, finally on pasteboard pie and wooden chickens are who crawled towards her from where he they want Away very soon to more the flour under the table some coffee and gone from good thentres-let us hope, was lying before the fire... hospitable shores, and from that time sugar, and in the fourth and last corner for ever. The roul veal and ham'er Cissy, Fm glad you're line," he we did not sea during the whole winter of the room, a small stove for the pur- in the interesting reproduction of "Dat said, "I thought you'd never coin. any other birds except ptarmigans, about pose of making coffee in case of need, the Fully, was quite a success, and

She put her arms round him, laid the ten rooks and as many sea-gulls which that was the whole arrangement of the bruught the dinner-hour instincts allpoor little heud daher thin shoulder and lived on the shore nearest to the neigh-interior. There was a small passage of present to the aid of histrionic effect.

look bo over to the fire again, trying to bourhood of the tents of the Tsabuktaches, from four to five feet wide on one side I was much struck, not long since, by comfort him as he went. The views all round did not express any in which was a door which gave access the thoughtful consideration manifesterl.

Is the put very bad, to-night, thing else than that often mentioned, to the room; the length of the passage by a charming young lady in a success- but were simple and well-understood was four paces from there, to the side of ful opera bouffe, who took care that the

Yes." Asadder "yes" I never monotonous Arctic scenery.

-the table was two paces; in one word, In the middle of October, we could the place where we had to walk was not had cut so gracefully, was ultimately vast amount of rehl bread, which she

Willie.I wish I could bear the pain see during a few days, a regular sky longer than six paces.

distributed to that portion of the French for you." covered with rain clouds, (vettenhimmel

On the 27th November commenced army in the rear, who seemed to have "It's cruel of father to send me out lit. rain sky) in the N., which of our magnetical and meteorologica: ob- heed hitherto inadequately supplied with in the wet; he knows how bad I am." course gave us hope of a possible quick servations in the ice-house, which were rations, and to whom the nightly audi-Hush! Willie, hush! he might hear release, but the following days' con- coatinged without interruption hour by tien to their present onlument many you. tinually increasing cold, down even hour till the 1st April. From the 10th Jave been of some little service.

"I don't care!" I don't care! I wish to 208 below zero, and, the thick-nuary till the 15th April, the meteorola, ness of the new ice very soon took away gical observations continued to be taken the Lyceum, as a first piece, the old.

When, a year ago, we produced at he would kill the at once."

The reckless action of the child's our hopes. The month of October with every five minutes for 4 hours on the Seatch drama of Cramond Brig," the despair was drenil the comparatively slight cold and storms, 1st and 15th of the month. The usual various members of the company playing Hush! bush-ho is our father and not really worth mentioning, formed a time observations were divided into the piece had fall choice of where we mustn't say such things!" This passable and not too sudden change to watches of six hours each, in which the withal to wash, down their need and through ber fast-filling tears. Then what we were expecting, the long winter following gentlemen took part-Hov-harrigles"-(of which, by the way, over she said, "Let me try and make” the which became both extremely cold and quard, Kjellmau, Bare, Nordquist, a hundred were consumed during the pain better." stormy but nevertheless nothing un-Stukberg, Nordenskiold, Palander, Bru- run),and the miller's supper became a

The boy took off his shirt. bearable. Snow-storms and cold did sewitz, Alonquist, Nordstrom, and nightly jollity, except, perhaps, to the The girl lauded over and put her not prevent us from taking our walks Landgren, and in case of some of these Scotch nobility and the king's hunts-arms round bin and kissed the shoulders... on any week day for addresses in between the ship and shore, which were gentlemen not being able to assist Capt. men, who, with watery mouths nadale then put her band into her pocket in the beginning taken every day by Nilsson or the Engineer Petterson, eager eyes, crowded the wings, for and took out the snuff-box. all of us, at certain fixed hours for exerWhen we on the 1st April finished our bidden diy, the irony of dramatic fate to Oh, Willie I wish we had more, so ding: We could also at the beginning observations in the ice-house, the not enter upon the scene until, the supper that it might cure the pain,” “ pass our time in or enjoy skawag and amount of observations was 42,940; that had been cleared away.

Having lighted a dip candle, she playing pippi apel (a Swedishi gaune), was the result of four months magnetical This pieca.remiated me of an incident, rubbed the child's rheumatic shoulder but when the snow once bogan falling, and meteorological observations.

which came under mystice, a good with the few drops of spirit, and the us to give up this pleasure which every house was carried out with very great a large provincial theatre, in which I sitting belure the fire, took the boy's Our daily walk to and from the ice- many years ago. In the uff season of covered up the little this body, and, one was very fond of

difficulty. During nearly the whole winter was a stock actor, I took an engagement head on her knee, and begin to ging the newest place of business to and Cious when, thers a more than one Christina Gazzette Figmout The month of November made itse ompact-miss of Quo ice crystals at all town, then known is one of him to sleep. appearance with violent northerly winds, covered the ice, which on most of the the most thriving seaports of the North.

I took another look into the room, lars, Dividend Warrants, Invitations, Cards, name) but the name of the Payes need not Gegenwar

o, all of the same weight, to addresses in be given if the order he crossed (so chequer General Unzeiger. which made the new fallon snow ascend days made it impossible to distinguish The anlary, was little; the parts were through the half-open door; my fout Hongkong, Bangkok, or the Ports, of Ohins ara crated). It can then be paid only Good Words. like a whirl wind which chased releait the ship from the ice-bouse and still long, and there was not much op greaked, the frightened eyes mot mine.and Japan, sy deliver them to the Fort throgha Bank, and may afterwards be- Grade, lessly the snow crystals over the smooth more impossible of course to distinguish pareunity for gaining renown. How I put my finger on my lips and crept Ubestamped, the postage being then specially arveled to any Bank. Harding's Dublin Songele ice; sometimes with the speed of 30 the ice-house from the ship, which was ever, it was better than remaining idle, away,

charged to the sender's account. Each No order can be paid till the Payee Industrial Agora English miles per hour. The tempera-the same bright color as the snow very as, at the worst, the amount of debt to

But, as I began to descend the stair, batoh most consist of at least ten. has signed it in the proper plass. An Jeans République ture of the atmosphere was at the same often there were snow storms which be accumulated was minimised. The met a drunken man, ascending-slipp 4. Boxholders may also send Patterns order on be transferred to another offica| Geader, ** time not particularly low, not lower than made the walk more difficult in a greater manager was not a bad fellow, and having and stumbling as he came. fio In consequence of this we degree. To find one's way under such ing been a good actor in his time, was slipped and stumbled by me, and entered could not for many days communicate circumstances without a guide would only too glad to be sunounded by a the zoom. I followed to the landing with the shorey where we had already have been a more impossibility. Before class of Rotors whose services he could unnoticed, und stood in the dark shadow General, as he may consider necessary, and Order Offices les instructions Mounger in Omur de Jeank cominenced & work which was far from the regular communication with the ice- only obtain by the opportunity afforded of the half-open door. being finished; we should have been house commenced it was necessary to by the bright summer-in those pelay

A hare butal voice growled : be i obliged, even with a compass in our mark the way we had to go by some cubes days the darkest and wintriest season to

"What are you doing there, get The Sur months at additional commission will Molteur Finander. hands, to run the risk of losing our way, of ice, 117 in number which were placed the airy comedian or the thoroughly up!"

there is no sánk things on be charged 1 if not within twelve months, Niederlandisah Hannels and Behinabria because our nearest point was covered the same distance from each other be legitimate tragedian, Our opening bili I can's father; Willie's head is on to Europe, &c. Much trouble, and disorder in opso paid no farther claim can be Pelit Provencal with a constant white misty veil through twee the ship and this store and tied consisted of Crumond Brig, Lord my knees.

polotment are caused by polstent attemple which it was impossible to see even a together on each side by a strong rope. Darnley," "Wallace, the Hero of Scot

Get up!"

to send small valuable tailles through the

9.-No order n be paid until the advloe distance of a 100 feet-therefore we had This rope, the colour of which was land," and "Gilderoy, the Bonnie Boy,"

She gently laid the boy's head on the ostane, Curios Artloles of Dress reative to it has been received. a good opportunity of learning new contrast to the white snow, was a guide in all of which I played, besides con- cor, pillowing it in lier little shawl, Fancy Work, Bud

the Bendera baving ourselves (seen from outside) to a very from the house. With all these pre Anthem, which was right loyally and

Father, Willie is very sick 1 youton spectors in Petage than would refund can be made our such parcels of the value of Stampa obliterated before the nature of the contenta mal alcovered ever

it did so incessantly and soon obliged

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Books & Patterns,

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Marbury.

Nordan, Ongkworths

1 Oregon

Propenfar, 5.87 San Joaquin Scholde

the other Ports by means of Portage Alexa Stamps, zabject to a charge of one per America, 8.8.

Aania, M. Weston 1. cent. for oathing thein.

Antonio, 8.8. 3.-Many Money Ordera-aro supplied to:

Argo residents at the smaller Porta in this way: | Bellopa An application for an order is Blled up, Belted Will and is enclosed with a stamped, directed, Bivouac, B. S. and unsealed envelope to the Postmaster at Conny Scott the nearout inquing offios. The application Canton, 8.8. must be acroupsnied with the full amount Caprioks (intilading commission) in chèque, postage Chipsan stamps, or other equivalent of cash, and a Clar Ranald, a., & little margin gould be left for variations Cutly, Sark

Catshark of exchange. The Lostmaster issues the Davina Australis, New Zealand, Tasmania, and order, sende it on in the envelope, and Eskdale Biji, id Torres Straits, Letters, 10; Ro returns the change,

any, by first oppor. Frening Star

it it gistration, 10; Newspapers, 2; Books and tunity, with socipt for the letter, Fantenaye Patterns, 25. Via Galle, Lotters, 25: Re- were to be registered, as at always should Forward Ho Patterns, 20; Newspapers, 3; Books and bo. Care should be taken to send there Forward Ho applications, in fim, na the Money Order Golden State Natal, the Cape, St. Heleny and Ascen- Olives close some hours before the depar Croat Admiral 1 Suio of Male

Grecian Venera son, vis. Aden, Laitora, 25; Registration, turad of the malle, de Brest General 10; Newspapers, 2; Books and Patterns, 5,

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-Islands, 10 cena.

by tkeaana wail Orders will be drawn: kas + Registration via San Francisco, 10 cents,

Cannot be sent via Esu Fransisco.

gistration,

"Intal Delivery.

1. All correspondence posted before Victoria will be delivered the same day, and generally within two hours, unless the delivery should be retarded by the Contract Mails,

2. Invitations, , can generally bo delivered within Victoria at the privile houses of the addresses rather than at

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Belfast Weekly News.

Boletim Official do Governo do Estado da India

Calife Magazine.

Church of Bootland Home and Foreign Minion

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Dagbladet VAT

Das Buchißr-All6.

Dumfries and Galloway Cocrier.

Flensburg atau M Engineer,

and

Free Charsh of Bootland Monthly Record

to the same places in the same way. En on payment of an additional communion Insola Gazette, closed if the nature of the contents be fimt stopplag payment, or the like; application Manchester Carles velopes coutñining Patterns may be wholly In case of low of an order, necesally for Llard's Wookly Newspaper. exhibited or stated to the Postmaster should be made to the nearest Money Vedosi Fimon and Gaschle

by him. Printed Circulars may

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mode of living-that is, of accustoming to us on our nightly wanderings to and fributing my share in the National and stood up, insy being refundents are con made outons printed forin which is supplied stonbladetz monotonous life and with very little cautions it was still very difficult to find loudly sung by the entire +trength of ought to try to get him cured bave paid the freight by steamer. No+ Local Orden on Shanghai ato dawn at 2 per

Shut up I bear another word,

change, and in a very limited space the way during the night when the the company. After the rehersal of

The winter had arrived in earnest, but snow storms were very fierce. Lremarked Cramond Brig" your folly mandrer. I'll make you and him too keep your

cent premium in all cason 4 dollar rase for drawing at the United is in forw at Shmykały,