IT WAS THE HAT.
I sat behind at the play
(Thoy said it was Othello"),
But who appeared, or how 'twas done,
Well, sak some other follow.
I know on overture was played
(The same they played laat season), And, lator, people cried Encore';
I do not know the reason,
heard a
.
a sweet, entreating voice,
A stiffed shriek, a groan, a Silence that, I tako it, marked
The death of Desdemona.
And this was all; I simply write
Those lines se a reminder
To some one that I lost the play
Beauso I sat behind her.
-Walter Buell in New York Tribune,
TRIFLES.
BY EVA BEST. Just some little words of love Spoken tenderly and low- Just one wayward girl to tell *Which way the sweet winds blow-
Jait a clasp of dainty fingers, While the yellow woonshine lingors, While the happy seconda go!
Just the simple marriage vows, Which from Amreet lips flattering How Just a golden circlet placed Upon a hand of anew.
+
Just the breath of orange flowers Burdening the twilight boura
While the joyous moments go!
Just a heart beat hushed and still-
Tides have obbed that cannot flow: Just two waxen eyelids pressed Upon the orbs below;
Just two pale hands folded, lying,
While lone hearts, boroft, are sighing
While the dreary hours go
Just one kiss and all is done...
Life is full of gloom and woo;
Just a little mossy grave Where the daisies grow;
Just each moment's smiles and tears, Tis that fill the passing years, While the onelless ages ge!
WHERE MATERIALISTS FAIL. Our dear and admirabls Harley Cannet explain to me why ducks lay, Or, rather, how into their eggs Blundor potential wings and lege With which to move them and decide Whether in air or lymph to glide. Who gets a
sa hair's breadth on by showing That Something Else eet all agoing? Fucher and further back wo push From
Moses and his burning bush; Art thou there! Above, below, All naturo mutters and no *To the old answer: We're agreed Being from Being must proceed Lifo be Lito's source. I might as well
ball, Obey the meeting-house's
yes
And listen while Old Hundred' pours Forth through the summer-open doors,
I hear it yet, Fron
old stal young and clarionet. Swelled from bass-viol While the gray miniator, with fast Radiant, let loose his noble bass.. If heaven it reached not, yot its Waked all the echoes of the sout,
life found wings And in it
in it many sli To soar away from eardid things. Church
gone and singers, too, the song Singe to me voiceless all night long, Tall my soul beckons me alar,
Glowing ood trambling like a star.
Will any scientific touch
1
With my worn strings achieve as much 7' -James Bissell Lowell.
suppose the white people give themselves away, do you?"
THE CHINA MAIL
or Canton will be male known by showing the National, or House Flag and Symbol at Yard Arm.
that she had expressed an opinion about your books Mr Collina and his hostess Of course not. Now I have talked a laughed; but the serious part of it was still good deal with my colored brother. (fied to come. A woll-bred man," the angry lady 8. If a Flag alwing that an Officer of that he gives me just the sort of luformation sold, would have mentioned his name high rank is on board an incoming vessel, a I want. Ho is quick at seeing how the Mr. Colline thought this was a matter of similar flag will be shown above the Ball and lies and he furnishes what is called for opinion, and puraiated in claiming for him or the Flag alone will be hoisted at the ovory time. If you ask a Southern negro self the modest meris of good intentions Mast Head. if he is down-troddon, he will any Yus, Hu wished to save the lady embarrassment, and if you ask him if the Southerts people he said; but he does not say whelier lo treat him woll,
"You Lo hatta succeeded in ho will
in making his ace with her or Bay truth as much as he does work. My hot The curious thing was that when opinion sa that the negro has a pretty good asked by the hostess why she disliked Mr time and that the Southern people under Collins's boute the raply was, "Ah, how I know? Mr Collins has subse quently
peice.
9.
The approach of Men-of-Fac and Bail ing Vessels will be notified by their proper Symbols and National Colours, or House Flags, at the Quarter of the Yuid, or at the Yard Arro
atand him and like him a great deal better ahoutcreted that in this ruspect sho by means of the Numerals which aco atlaika- |
ita
The tall nead came in and behind him were four policemen with drawn clubs. They were evidently prepared to take ne
in.
sworde
"The tall official had a negro by his side insisted on oxamining my luggage. The
and he said to him.
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[No. 7778-Jozy 28, 1888,
POST OFFICE NOTION Unclaimed Gorrespondence,
· July 22, 1888.
Lets. Pap.
·Teta, Par
Anderson, Capt.
* Bitobell
Allan, M.
1
3 Ogalon, Mrs
Arbonin, T.
1
Pacook, T.
Bourne, F. S.
1
Bestivals A
1
Bonnet, F. "Bha, M. ^
Beasley, God,
Curtis, W. Caruzzi, F
Cros, F. X.
Pollank, J.
1 Pratt,
Palmer, Dr
Ip. al.Parker; DIO. 31 Parker, E. H♫
Gauner, J., 12
Chan Fun Ohi
Coward, Miss Daoth, J.
1
1 Prince, Miss.
Peoples, &. S. Parcival, F'. Paula Taylor
1 ... 2
Delckmann, P. F David, N.1
¡Dixon, Mes
1
BORDEAUX,
Descolo, I Karlo, Mies
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DUNKIRK AND ANTWERP..
IN THURSDAY, the 2nd of Augusk,
1898, Moon, the Cumparay', 3.3. Commandant DELACROIX,
ANADYA, withi
Fraser, E. H:1:" Formater W Fay, W. E. Farrow, J.
1
Findaan, F. G. 1. Orawi, G.1
BE ASSENGERS, SPECIE, anaing
N THURSDAY, the 2nd day of August,aboso pineos. 10
1888, at 10 am, the Company's Steamship PREUSSEN, Capt. 0 FonLE, with MAILS, PASSENGERS, SPECIE, and CARGO, will leave this port an above, calling at GENO
Nate. The Distances of vessels will be estimated from the Peak, and will be made vo Northernors do, whatever wo may
formed one
one of a numerous elaes of readers.ed to the lotters in the table of Flaga. BAY
H. G. TroxBETT, IN., All bool. The fact is that the negro in Mr Collins, like other writers of fiction.
Harbour Master, de. the Bourk has not a single right that is resine received his share of angry letters from that such and such a persona complaining pooted when it is contrary to the desires of p a white man. He has no chanco at law; be obaracter is a perfect representation of the han no chance of justice anywhere. His writer, A bourgeois of Paris, he says, knowe it be e feel it. He sees it is useless reading "The Woman in White" in a for him to struggle for his rights, and hu is French translation, went to say that he had flang the book to the other end of the trying to make the beat of it poor fellow.'
At this moment the car door opoued and room on discovering that Fusco was an ab- a policeman entered. It was stil!
still ten soletely perfect likonass of himself. Hu a of loaring Atlanta. naturally insisted on receiving satisfactionHE Undersigned, AGENTS for the above minutes before the time of
Company, are prepared to ACCEPT The policeman was evidently an official. for this insult, leaving the choice of He was a tall man with a severo look that or pistols to me, as the challenged person. RISKS against FliE at Current Rates.
NORTON & Co., meant business, and had an official strap on Information, on which he could rely, had bis ahulder. I don't know his name so aseared him that I meditated a jourazy to
· Agents." A hostile perhaps the
the Atlanta Conetilution will agk Paris oarly in the eunting weak.
reporter who he is, and while moeting might, under such circumstances, hu is about it he might read this account to be easily neranged. £tis letter ended with that migunt official and ask him whether I these terrible worda: "J'attendras Mon- seas Filkie avec deur témoins à le gure.” exaggerate any part of what followed.
Arriving at Paris I looked for my honour. opponent. But one formidabla able
por. son presented himself whom I canla bave wounded with pleasure-the
The novelist, like the magazina editor, soems to be sorely troubled by persons who send hopeless manuscripts to be rend And placed in a publisher's hands, Mr Wilkie Collins generalíacs on the pathos of the thing, which if nayons wishes to realise he should read Thackeray's charming Roundabont Paper Therma in the Cushion. Some novel readers, it scoms, too consider. author with a trouble their favouritan letter, make
of a point
calling. We also that whom Mr Collius ea caught napping' upon one occasion (having tioned railways as existing in 1817) o received scores of letters on every hand informing him of the fact, and advancing Those cheeks are for the 'bus. Why the most ingenious thouries to account for didn't you come on the bus! You can the fact that he bad fallen into an error. expect to ride in a carriage on 'bus checks. He enjoyed these letters very much antil That's what I tole "im," said the nogru. ono correspondent addressed him seriously. Now look here, cried the fat man this He was a young man who described him-
it. This sulf 39 6 mine of information. He sugarren a rock swindle and I can prove it. is sw nigger came to me and said he would take gosted living with me (on a sufficient salary), the checks for his fare. I said we were going on the bos. He said it was all the sure thing, and to make sure I asked him to take them to the ticket agent and see if it was all right. Bo did so and came out and said it was all right. Then when we got here he demanded a dollar and I wouldn't pay it and I won't now."
THE DOWN-TRODDEN NEGRO. A FEW REMARES ABOUT THE WAY XE 18 TREATED IN THE MOUTHERN STATES- What a splendid time a man would have
"Is your in kore?"
Yes, sab, said the negro. Dis hoah genmalman's de man.
The fat me brought. bis stockinged foot down from tise scat and looked at the offi- cials in surprise.
Did ride from the other dopot in
Fou this man's carriage?" asked the officer.
Rida I rode in some nigger's carriage.'ate There were four of you he says.'
'He says you refused to pay him."
I offered him these chocks which he promised first to take, and then refused when be got us here."
Then you'll have to come with me,' gentlemon.
Now that's a windle and you know it, You know I can't miss my train, forfait my ticket and pay botul fare just to fight about a dollar
well, then pay this man what you owe him. You know those checks are
wod only good on the bussra This man ena't collect for them from the oleo that sold
Chicago. them to you in
Then why did he discuss this matter Come, come, I can'
all night Either pay this man or come with me to the station,"
Suo here. I chipped in, negro drivers have tried that same dodge on ne hero.
Is a Trand. Thean gentlemen--"
Were you one of the party 7*
No.
Then don't interfero,'
I suppose you're Mayor of Atlanta Don't interfere, I tell you, or I'll arrest
you.'
7 like to see you try it
Are you going to pay or not? said the
in this world if he would only attend to hellicor to the fat man. own business and keep out of what doesn't concern him.
The truth of this has often appeared plain to me when it was too late.
One evening I entered the smoking car of the East Tennessee, Virginia, Georgia and something cleo railroad at Atlanta.
north
Hore, in spite of the protests of the gen- tloman from Chicago, one of his friends. handed the negro a dollar and that ended
the matter.
If this should meet the eyo of the gentle- man from Chicago I wish he would send me when it started a note and let me know what he thinks of
The train was going and so was I. Four men had possession of the chances a negro has in Atlants for get- the car and they, too, were going north, ting his rights--Detroit Free Press.
The
four evidently knew each
belong t
to the
reamed to
БАДІО
othor and
e party.
They
deal
had been down Sonth for three weeks, and
I could so that they knew a great
more about Southern questions than people viho
had lived there all their lives. The spokesman of the party was particularly Sovere on the Southern people for their
me of my
none
MR WILKIE COLLINS'S REMINIS
CENCES.
men.
as to be always at hand, and able to enlighten se on any subject at any hour of the day or night. If I would make an appointment he would call with pleasure and submit himself to examination."
CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL
REGISTER,
JULY 27.-AT 4 8.31.
arome erred.
Temperature.
stock, 20.68 Gă Tokio...... 29.84 Nagasaki.. 29.75
29.60
Shanghai.. Araoy...... Hongkong 29.60 Haiphong, 20.0
Humidity.
TIENBEERS
WILL.
1-wrection.
NE
Bolinao... 29.08 86 76 sw Manila..... 29.69-8285w
JULY 28 AT 10
Wl'ostock. 9.65 64 100 Tokio... 25.02 Nagasaki.. 29.64 Shanghai.. 20:57 89 Amoy... 29.03) 85 Hongkong 18 Saiphong.
Force.
Wrather,
previous 24 br.
Rain during
1.16
0.04
--
b 0.04
Bolinao. 29.71876882 Manila... 29.75) 77 1.95! sw 12 or
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The Juna number of Mr Harry Quilter's Universal Review contains a paper entitled Reminiscencer of a Story-Teller, in which
5. Fonte War, according to Beaufor the veteran novelist Mr Wilkie Collins takes the world into lie confidence and tells Seale.
-eight years' ex thirty-
wrota
6. MATH OF WEATHKI, à blas sky,
do-
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treatment of then I came in. It was some stories of la
Now, here was whera
my burinses,
ees, at all. I was reapon-perience of novel readers. It will be re-tobed clones, d dizains, rain, for, gloomy.
recently sible neither for the Scubern people normembered that Me Quilter
Collies's novels for the the negro.
I had only been three weeks in an
an sulogium of Mr the South myself, and the chances were 1 Contemporary Review service which he was just as ignorant on the questions under hastete to acknowledge by the article His stories are very inter- discussion as the big man who had bis shoes now before us. off was. Bo had settled himself comfort-esting everything that comes from bir ably for the night, and had his stockinged Culling'e pen must needs be that--but fest up on the sent in front of him. He still we think that many readers will l
There have been held forth in a loud voies on the wrengs of disapppointed in them. the colored man.
many predecessors in the same kind of Where did you got all your information writing, and the standard of public expect- Mr. Collins, however, has ation about the troubles of the negro ?' I asked,
Get it? why, by keeping my eyes fonders of novels, and it is perhaps some confined himself to his experience of the ears open, of course, I've been neatly a
FREDERICK STEWART, what ungracions to expect reminiscences of month down here."
souie years
Acting Colonial Sccretary, another kind. Mir Collins,
dinner large
Colonial Secretary's Office, since was guest at a
party. The master of
of the house presented him to Hongkong, 17th February, 1883.
So have I; but I haven't seen any down
tou didn't want to.'
I think very likely you are right. You, the lady whom he was to Fecort to dinner;
No. bu..
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No, sir. I wanted to see things as they talking. Unfortunately, in the confusion, Are. I've seen enough to satisfy me that neither had caught the other's name. Whu the negro has no show down here. He is they had arrived at the second act in the drama of dinner-the fish not--the lady be- bulldozed at elections and-
gan to talk of novels: To a man who has Oh, you have sei iu afection then.
wanted to, but there been hard at work all day writing a novel You were lucky. wers Bone going on in the part where (says Mr Collins) this intaresting subject
fails...
in the hands of
4. When Signalling to Men-of-War in I was.'
falls especially "No, I didn't see an clection, but I heard taurs-to produce the effervescent fresh- the Harbour or in the Otting, a White En-
The stimulates which
the mind. I sign will be hoisted at the Flagstaff, and at lots about 'em
That's a different thing. Who gave listened languidly. The lady's method of the Minst Head of the Man-of-War. you the information?"
Yes.
of course
i
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Hongkong, July 20, 1867.
SUMMER TIME TABLE.
THE KOWLOON FERRY.
STEAM-LAUNCH
MORNING STAR
Euns DAILY as a FERRY Boar between Poddar's Wharf and Teim-Ts-Taui at the following hours:-This Timo Table will take offoot from the 1ST JUNE, 1888.
LEAVES KOWLOON. LEAVES HONGKONG.
4.30 L.M.
0.00 .. 0:45
7.89
800 8.00,
F 3.49
0.45
*10.15
*10.45
12.15 PM
· 12.45
7.00
#T
7.45
7.45
8.15
5.10
9.00 »
10.50 $10,00 *10.30**
12.00
31
12.90 F.M.
1.00..
1.30
1.45
2.00
2.15
2.90
3.00
3.80
4.00
4.15
4.30
4.50
6.10
6.26
5.40
6.00
6:15
6.45
·7.00
7.35.
* There will be no Launch on Monday
and Friday, on account of coaling.
it The above Time Table will be strictly
criticism divided they works of my colleagues 5. When Steamer, or the anoke of a into books that she liked and books that Steamer, is sighted, the Compass Bearing Now, see here do you think I'm on the stad. On my side I made auch polite at the Yard Ana, and Distance off at the witness stand? You're evidently some
* cassed Democrat who don't want to And Answore as are consistent with proper at Mast Head, will be hoisted. If, when the
tention to one's feh; I really
and
thought
nude cut, she is not a Mail Steam- vessel is out the truth.
we three-I mean the lady, the fish, and or, the Vessel's Distinguishing Flag will be
substituted for the Compass Signal, and the presvut
golting on very well, when she suddenly turned on me, will be kept flying until the Ship anchors. like a person inspired by a new idea, and The Distance Signal will be kept up dirteen aid: "I hope you don't like Wilkie minutos after the Steamer is made out. Collins's novela 1 The
enviable
If the Steamer is a regular Mail iable faculty which can
say the right thing on the spar Steamer a fine will be fired, and a Ball over
possessed by few people the
3 English, Fronch; or American Ensign, I an not one of that quick-witted with the Distance off at that time, will be minority. The nearert visible refuge I shown at the last Head The Conspasa
Td shook myself if I wore."
There you bave the whole thing I come down here with my mind warped one way come down with your warped the and
you other. You aeo things the way you want to,
and I see them the way I waut lu. Neither of the moment is
of us is a competent judge.”-
adhered to, except under unavoidable cir cumstances. In case of stress of weather, dne notice will be given of any stepparek
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INDEX
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Do you mean to say I'd lie about what!ld soo prosented itself under the form of Signal and Symbol will be hauled 'G HINA REVIE 'W'
I had
did not carry on an argument among gentle { fed room, remarked the hostess, the Sigual will be hauled down. If the Mai
down. I've seen and heard?'
mesian will prevarication
kept up. Certainly. You have already lied about
only to remember The Ball and Ensign
The Distance Signal that election business, giving out hearsay for that I had written the novels, and the the vessel anchors.
half- will be kept flying for was obvious: "Thaven't read them.
f-an-hour, and reply your own experiences.
luar to show Hero there was a light diversion that in. The talk then Rowed into other channels, changed at each successive half
When
the terrupted the conversation, which was being and all seened well. Eat Black Care pur the Distance off at those times carried on in a high tone. Two of his friends sued Mr Collins, and finally fired upon hi vessel is between Grosu Island and the drawing-room When we left the North Point of Hongkong the Distance held the man is his seat, while the other in the mid he would throw me out of the car if I
whom you took down to dinner men-Steamer is not in the Harbour when it is men as a gentleman should. When this had toned you to me as a pleasant, intelligent too dark tu distinguish flags, red light will sme, be exhibited at the Fest Yard Arni, or 6 quieted down and I bed withdrawn the word sort of man. I didn't catch the name, *certainly," the converorsation was resumed. she said, when your husband introduced green light at the East Yard Arm until che
From whom did you get your stories of us; who is he I innocently told her why anchors
you were paid provoked, to my utter amaze- 7. River Steamers will not be signalled oppressica l' Lasked.
From Degrees of course, you don'tment, an outburst of indignation. It sears The opproach of ather Steamers from Macro
from
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