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0268-OCTOBER 15, 1891.)

Adáky which, bezited considerable at go to the Straits Bettlements, ay tanton marget Bombay commercial men the Madras Tunes, prousten to expand La Coen fually dontlid in the Smail Otuses, Cari del pani to a full bensk The palut wako Important one, and its considered the decision will have some eflect on epson- *lation in Government piper. The plaintiff

more and more year by year, is may be gathered from the fact that to year ago the total number' proseeding to the Bettle ments was only shout' 5,000, while during the past year it was ete times that onmber.

was Canji Mockyan, a dealer in Government Ten years ago also an conscional steamer or Paper an sued Vithaldas Aubaidais, two apibed for the traffe, but during 1891 black to the arm of Mesara Ardoshir, Horno teen then thirty-nine mega staumeta pai, and Dinebaw elicitors, ter the reso I were coupled in the transport of the very of differenver la respect of sertain con-immigrants. tracts for the cals and purchers of Govern- ment promisory actes. The case was first beard on the 13th ultimo, befom, Khas Be- bedoor Carus:], third judge, who decided in. Che defendant's favour, holding that the

traceactions were mere wagering and garah. Log

and that there was no other Intention

on the part of the defendant than to pay and redetve differences in the value of the paper. The plaintiff appealed to the fall beach against his decision, and when the base came up for hearing, the chief judge, Mr CW. Chitty, upheld the decision of the wor art, ou the grounds that it was not the intention of the plaintiff to take For deliver Government paper, and that is was the fatension of both parties merely to pay and receive differances, and that the Scantrants were wagering, and not enforce- able at law. The chief judge deprecated the wuggestions that it was a test esso, and the the judgment of the Court would affect alunior contrasts in the lightant macher, asaich casi would depend on the *evinlauso, cafted. The defendant's ouute were not awarded, as it was a debt of honour and ought to have beau poid.........

How Wây tác tffísical «cals first invented? That quarry which has troubled the Theorists of all lands, and hap had its answer bitherto only in mystifying speculas tion and unintelligible theories, the Chinese will reply to by a legend most ingenious and most spropos, which, they hold, offers a sompiste explanation of the mystery. In the raiga of Houng-ty, ther- ay, there was once a prince called Lyng Ign, who was the most beautifal man, and at the samslime the most profound

FAGEANT WATERS' MURMUR That no one here can think or talk or write at present about much else than the huges us to the safety of the Bokhara, That the suzisty falt by many sa to the whoresbute and safety of the missing P.

.. mail ateamer must be almost an- bearable, and it in many a long year sinus so much solicitude has been evinced by all classes of the community for the safo arrival of a versel

That in some cases no news may not

be bad news, sa the theory of those who know the Coast and the currents beat, by no means anfaroncable. That many senfasing man who ought to know an of opinion that the missing pucket, though disabled, has not come to grief, and we can but wait for a day or two longer with hope and patience. That until anche tidings to received, one has little heart to discuss the means taken to got information or to sood assistance to the missing steamer. That residents generally thought the occa

■ion wan nafticiently important for the prompt despatch of one of H. M. ships as early as Thursday morning at daylight,

THE CHINA MAIL.

AN OHINESE.

(By Mr Thomas Watters, H.B.M.'s Acting Consul General, Canton, in the Perak Government Gaultc.).

That when the local newspapers hore nar- THE USE OF WILLS AMONG THE

rated the account by the survivors' of the exlor Curmelite, "and stated these ' were at the Hongkong Sailor's Home, our comparative, nearness to the Arctic regions came home to many of us. That the perbunts of tho Carmelite men do not tend to improve the Bassión case, either in law or commen humanity.

That the old saw of scratching a Russian and revealing a Tartar appears to hold good even in these days. That the rights of the cass will doubtless bo lunked into as the powerful Dominion of Canada is interested.

That I hear the signalling experiments from Gap Rock have not been a great snccuse, although just now ons might

Quotations.

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Exchange, Hororing, October 15.

a London—

Bank, Wire,

On demand,

They are divided into two classe styled; fact that the individual, male or female, "white bones' and black boton. The can take a large ameans of azurine, former are the semi-abdued tribes who Nothing, in my optalon, looks better, or la live in a certain fial relation to the more conducive to the improvement of a Chiness, and have one or more of their race yet anborn, than to see on the number appointed to offcis position silver Thames fair young. English girl (Tin-es) in the pay of the Chinese Gevern- | feathering a priz of carama Grano Darling The Chiness. Stalato Book does not ment. The 'black bones' are the indepen-perchance in some future hour of danger. take any notice of wills. There is no law dent, sad, by report, the tue parisien When middle age is over, if condition and as to the formalities of making s will or class of Man-tz. They are more feared, robust health has to be attained, tours. the extent to which s men may deal with therefore more respected by the mandarins, most be done by dietetic than by any other his property by a will.

and are endowed with power and position means, and as a dietitian my experience is, Nevertheless, the owners of property | in their own tribes.

that in no case is a properly adjusted among the Chinese sonstantly resort to Oos evening a couple of folack bones' | dietary as beneficiul sa in the case of the this mod of distributing their property, came to see the old gentleman and thus old ant, I may say, of the aged. My The Cou!'s also take notion of all testa-gare uw a sight of their bearing towards a daily occupation teaches me that the mentary dispositions in cases of disputed responsible official. They were attired in ordinary food occarmed; as a rale, by old

the long folt oloak which is a striking fes- people is not the best for them, tare of their dress; their heads were bound

It seems to be the general opinion that in blue cotton cloth which was wound elderly people should be constantly taking sud raaud the switch of hair that is allow food, and that their food should be mostly grow just above their forehead, bill farinaceous, like the pap of their infantile it looked like a short thick horn set wall daye. My experienes is that this is a formant upon the head. The feet wore mistake, and that old people really require bare, the forms athletic and the color the food of energy that is, animasi food--- shade or two lighter perhaps than the is a greater proportion than they are lad called red Indians. Kuceling before the to believe. I wonder where this ides of mandaria they made a hasty obeisance and pup and farinaceous maskose being suitable commenced their report. When they bad for the aged originated? Where are there gona the kindly old gentlemen' sit on, a bardier Tass than the fisher-folk of our giving me an account of his experience and sea.coset toros, and the heating men of opinions of the Man-te. From this the sun-side resorts?-aud they live almost gather the number of these hill tribes is entirely on fish, and enjoy excellent health not waning they are holding their own until they become old, weather-beaten, against the Chinese and are practically in and wizored. I dally in my professional dependent of the commercially, but for accupation as a dietitian got instances On Calcutta- supplies of salt, wine and some coiton of this A Low days ago most cloth. Their felt garments come from the entizable sad well.kaawa dignitary, On demand... Woat, and CO far as Lui-po in concorned whe has long sites paused the On Shanghai--

On demand, wie duet. But as to this the both They consume large qualities of the derywhom by dietetio means I had relieved of 30 daya' sight, private, paper,

tha Man-tz export more than they import.. three score and ten of the Falmist, and

aucussion or division of property.

A will may be either oral or written, For the former, a man has only to state in the presence of witnesses how his property is to lalt with after his death ed to written will may have witnesses, but their presence is not necessary. As a matter of fact, the testator genotally writes out his wil privately, and then enirnets it to his That Exchange has still an upward toad-wife, or hides it away in some safe pises

As a rule, the contents of a will are not known to more than one or two antil after the testator's death.

wish otherwise.

oney.

BROWNIE.

CORRESPONDENCE

In theory, a man in China may dispose of his property as he pleases, but this theory is based on the assumption that he will u doanything contrary to the dietates of reason and natural affection. Thus, a man may will away is property from his vona, but the Court may set the will aside, unless auficient reason is shown. The most common reason given is nufillai son

univiane, nader pan of a severe That an E. M, B. Porpoice was, dospeichen What is your name, what in your pro- very great influence in family matters. T are cremated, and in the case of the head I would be impossible for a person well in

ponally, by the orderloring Emperor, was Commonaded to arrange and regulate inste masis on the same principle whereupon Hoaug ty badartangod law and polition throughout the Umnese Empire. Fall of thought, Lyngen wandered to the lated of

in search slidut 30 hours thereafter, the community seem disposed rather to to strain comment until the development of events,

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CHINA COAST METEOROLOGIDAL:

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WHAT MAY OCCUR IN HONGKONG HARBOUR SOME DAY. To the Editor of the 'Ona MaxLv

Hongkang, October 15. St-I think an incident like the fol lowing is not beyond the limits of pro- bability, judging by the pleatiful lack of the Bundy uyo ready spirit-understatement of the father, or even of stood to be the proad boast of the British parents, is not proof It, however, a spirit called 'nojiu' (fire wine); the policy two or three stone of fat, told me that he Navy-which had been experienced in con-

brother of the mother testifies to the of the Chinese on this point being in had not felt so active or strong for many pofi'ial conduct of a son or sons, the taita-striking accord with that of Western na section with the Bokhara affair.

years, and that it was a pleasure for him tions in their treatment of depandens peo now to do work that had proviously been a Naval Officer, (Commander of H. S. tor's sation in disinheriting them is Useless, who has just been informed that sanctioned.

ples such as Indians h America, Negroes burden. The tendency, as is well known, a man who had been upset in a 'tob' A man may also name in his will the in Africa, and the natives of the Pacific Is in elderly people is to lay ou fat to exce alongside is likely to be drowned-shemale relative who is to represent him at lands-give them all they can pay for.

by, as I have said before, improper diet can't win—and has made an informal the ancestral worship other great application for assistance that is to say family affairs. This is a very important

Idolatry is not anoh practised, opium and this, of course, being a dead weight, bus sheated for holp)--Drowning Person, I power, as the representative generally gets amoking not known, bat a crude ferm of hempers thels movemente as weli as being ancestral worship in prevalent. The dead a barriarto enjoyment and a danger to life. understand that you wish for assistance. a double share of the inheritance, and has fession, and whore do you reside!

man bag ne sons, he must appoint as bis of a household dying, when the body is the seventies to take the amount of exer- burned a piece of the charted wood from sise that would rid the system of surplag Drowning Person utters a gurgling cry.

rapresentative a son of brother, and if Nasst Oficer-Woll, if you decliue to there are no nephews, then some more sarfece is made on this, upon which a rude is taken than is Deosssary to saatsin the funeral pile is reserved; a smooth fat if a larger supply of farinaceous food give the information sak for, that in remote descendant of the ancestor. If sketch of the deceased is made. This the host of the body, but there is no die. Tokio. your affair. I am afraid I cannot enter there is no one of the family, he may sleat inadequate likeness is put into some pro-culty by proper system of dist in quickly

Nagasaki.. isin year proposal.

Drowning Ferson, thinking Naval Ubicar if this person is properly adopted into the Apart from this there seems to be little increasing the muscular and nerveal Amoy... 30,00 80 stranger, ono with à different surname.minent placu and worshipped by the family. getting rid of it, and at the same time Shanghai. 30.09) 74 Silatrag, where the bamboos grow. Her That the 'discration' of the Naval Auto-has not quite understood the situation, family, he shares the property will the ecporal idolatry.

strength and constitutional stamina oven makes one more frontio effort to cryothere, and hu must dispose of it according | Bu

When asked as

of the vary agad of either gox. Broadly Anping... to the father's or testator's expressed

to the prospect of

this can Help?

sponzing, missionary work among the Man-te, the surtailing such articles as bread, farina Vict, Peak

done Naval Officer-I quite ses your difficulty, commands.

by considerably Swatow. 30.00 Hongkong 29.96 and, although I should be acting against Chinese wills, so far as I know, do not mandarin gave a decided ingative. It ia

and foods, paddings, pastry, sweets, ad- no us,' said ho, they wild, they were the rules of Red Tape, I am inclined to know anything of executors, or

Canton bora wild and will remain wild,' and wines, and substituting in their stead, to a

in

Macao..... 29.97 waive the customary formalities, on certain ministrators. If there are several sons, discrest enough to send out a ship of/onditions, and to open negotiations with anch with certain fauds, or shares, or lands order to emphasize as well as to elucidato i large extent, strong beef tea, soups, fish, Hothow.., 29.98 79

you in this very irregular way. You must esigned to hint, a copy of the will is made understand, Drowning Parson, that it is not for oach if desired. Eat the originst which the business of the British Navy to rescue That, so far as is known, the Porpoise wat

in rutained by the legal representative, people who got upset in tabe. There is acficient. He, with the assistance of want out by the Senior Naval Officer in no authority for such a thing. Still, in the senior relatives and the elders of the this instance, after axaple time was given exercise of my discretion, I might render district, carries out the provisions of the Fon the assistance which I understand you will. In the interpretation of a will and for reflection, for scaling and for getting dasiro, provided that I have a valid and in the carrying out of its arrangeraente, up steami; and the best and most forrent trustworthy guarantee that any expense when there is any doubt or difficulty it wishes of the community woat with Cap which may be entailed in the work of sav. the poiform cusion, I understand, to at once were thoy soleased why? becauAS tain Bare and his ship's company for the Jug you-such as wear and tear of raper, &c., consult with the elders of the place. The they are wild-it is natural to thein-39 15 (cooning history lesson on his way to school) will be met by you. E you will give zae final appeal, however, is to the Hoist or it with the Man-iz From his standpoint such an undertaking a writing, accom athor icosi anthority. The Mandarin, as a this is pretostly true. Confucianism finds asid by a similar undertaking from some rule, gives force is the desires of the remedy, hut in the face of the history person of well-known standing, as surety, testator, and orders the will to be obeyed, of the Karens and ether hill tribes in I shall endeavour to comply with your unless there is something in its provisions of Christian work autong the Man-iz when Burush we are earguing as to the results request Failing your ability to do this, contrary to law or good morals. I shall wire for apoial instructious

taken one of them, he cut it between two of the knots, and, pushing out the pish, blew into the hollow. The bamboo uttered a most beautiful noise to Lyng-lan's intense surprise. Simultaneously, the river: Hoang-he, which ran boiling by, roared with its wares, and the tone was in unison with the nets on the bamboo.

•Behold, oried Lyng-lun, the funda- zontal sound of mature! Two magical birds then came and perchod themselves upon some trees pear and sang one after the other the seven notes of the scale, starting from the tone which had been custed by the Hong-ho and warbled by the bamboo. Here is a scale, say the Chinens, si ondo "intelligible, imitable and easily revealed. Lyag-fun had merely to cut out seven zones, hamiliens aud tane them to the pitches he had heard and the soule was mata. This he did and thus was the art of ansio justgurated and founded by Hoang-ty's Court musicians on a firm basing A ZA

In

rities, over since the affair of the Somdelch Phra Nang, seams to be a very anda. finable quantity, although I fondy ever now the Admiral who refused to act then would have been backed up had he been

wat.

anocess of his mizioni.

That it is selden so many on woll-known in Hongkong are on board a mail steamor from Shanghai, and this fact makes the interout in the missing ship assume al- most a public character. That it is useless to make mention of the splendid reception met with and the hearty send-off experienced by the Hongkong Cricketers from their Shang. hai brethren while all baarts sro yearning for nows of their safety.

to

That the crew sent by Hongkong to Yoko. haria had a very lively time on their upward journey, the usual run Shanghai in the Empress bout having boen prolonged by very harry weather' from two days and a half to dg days.

A PUBLIC document entitled Gold and Silver, just issued by the United States Goologioni Barrey, presents again the statie. tion of production of three two métale for the year 1890, and also for previous years, Two facts are capacially noticeable, in this report the remarkably uptform production of gold, and the rapid increase. pro- duction of silver: The gold production for tau years past has varied but little froia $32,000,000 per shruin, while that of silver has increased in the same time from $46,000,000 to $70,300,000 per sunum. 1860, the year of the completion of the first railway to the Pasido, the production of silver in the United Blates was only $13,000,000. In the following year the Kausae Pacific Railway was completed to Colorado, and the year's prodpation of silver That it is said the picture presented by the rose to $16,000,000 From that time to the present, railway building in the menetsin region and silver production have gone hand in hand until the present enormous untrus has been reached. That the two fasta are connected together as cause and effect is very plain. Railway building has enor mously sheapened the east of extracting all .QTEK.. New invention und discoveries in metallurgy have worked in the same way. Now, if anybody is locking for s cause of the great decliné ja silver audos 1870, he can. And it in the evornicus ingroser in the amount coming upon the world's market. If we take a wider range of observation, we find the same causes and the same results at work in Australia and in other countries In 1870 the worlde aasual, prodpetion of silver was only 6€4,000,000. In 1890 if That the old residents who knew the lato certained. In the former

Fear silver Was

membered.

Meanwhile a empan has come slong and rescued Drowning Paraon, who departa in- voking the blessing of heaven on the British Navy-Yours,

RULE BRITANNIA !

MR J. M. BARRIE ON THE NEW

FOREIGN SECRETARY.

Mr J. M. Barrie, in his new book An Ediebargh Eleven: Pencil Portraits, from Collega Life, gives the following sketch of Lord Rosebery

off

THE WILD MEN OF SZCHUEN,

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his position he used an illustration (and gas, boy green vegetables, Haiphong, 29.91 BL to a Olivese mind as illustration is the end traite dit still very case, should be Bolingo. 29.76 85 of all argument) iping sigh: to band. In treated dietstically on its merits, and then.... 84 his aviary were a couple of silver pheasants, many adres L'advise personally and by and pointing to them the widz said, cazrespondence prove to me more and Soo these wild foul; wall I've had the secessity of tbls.--Dz Yorke

Davies in the Gentleman's Mag-zine, number of В

close con- of your i them for finement, but that has not changed them into domestic chickens; they would is off

ever it is to be done.

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HEALTH AND CONDITION.

particular ocupation--whether sedentary or active-of the person and the peculiarities

kit or her constitution; but it in, of

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Postook Tokio...... Nagasaki..

HISTORY Corrected. Johnny Toogood Shanghai..

VICTORIA HOTEL.

VISITORS' LUT.

Fanchow..

October 15, -£% 30 d‚Ho

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Director of the Observatory, Hongkong Observatory, Oct. 15, 1892

1. Hanamurae, reduced to 22 degrees Fahren- helt, and to the level of the sea in inches, outbur and hundredths,

2. Texferators, in the shade, in degresa

Fakrobet.

3. HUNDAY, in parokstage of saturation, the humidity of air esturated with moisture being

100.

4. Dinnɑgion or Wore, to two połaśa,

-6. Foron or Wina, necording to Benalart Boale.

6. BEATH OF Wrazzan, 6-blue sky, a de- tashed elonða, ddrissling rain, ƒ fog, a glowny, à kafi, 2lightning, a 'overosal, y passing showsze, qually, rain, snow, thunder, o vigihžity. dew (wet).

Bark, in Imahes, tenths and kundredīts,

HONGKONG REGISTER

Eighteen hundred and twelve, Battle of Amoy New Orleans Pakenham (British) defeated Auping. by Jaskann (America). Pansing Strout Boy Swatow

Ah, there! Cots off with ye battles Hongkong 30.09 Orisecz was twenty-one zounds between Castos

'y'r eighteen twelves. The big mill at Vict. Peak Bully and Jim Ourbett; 'n' Pets Jackson Macao...30.09 83 When

we left the hospitable roof had nuthin' to do with it. Think Sully'd Bothow... -

Haiphong.20.98.72 of our courteous host, we bore away many fight a boon f

Bolinao.... 28.91 86 tokens of his and others" goodwill; they DEAFNESS ABSOLUTELY COSED- Gentleman Manila... 29.09 In Western Szelton there in treated us royally, God's blessing be with who cared himself of Deafnes and Noise is 0.S.James tennive region known among the Chinese anthem for it, and also with the Christian the Head of 14 years' sianding by a new metand, Liang-shan (D, practically an in-werkers who shall fra: carry the good will be plowed to and full particolare from. Barometer rising, Gradienta moderate dependent territory in the hoart of this tidinga tu the wild mou of Sechuan. Addreas HERE CLIFTON, 8, Shephard's place, for N.E. winds. Weather clear, warm and

R. W. B. Uperaft, Suifu, in the Chinese Kennington Park, London, S.E., Eng.

rather dry. (Issued at 19,45a), province. Speaking of the inhabitante of

W. DOBIRCK, this mountain tract the Chinese call them Recorder.

ROWLANDS' MAD6Ssas Or preserves and Man-tz, which appears to be goaasic

strengthens the hair, prevents it failing off or turning grey, and is the best brillantine form, including all those tribes which we are accustomed to differentiate as Lolos,

for everbody's use, being not too gronay or The first time. I ever saw Lord Rosebery Ski-fan, ute.; the name is also applied to How in robaat health to be obtained and fair haired ladies and children; bottles 3. too drying; also cold in a golden colour for was in Edinburgh when was a student, the Tibetans, and for aught known may be and I flung a old of earth at him. He made to include us also, whess writing and maintained at any given period of life DI6., 74., 10s. 6d. RowLANDA' EURONIA IS was a peer; those were my polities.

words are said by the Chinees to be course it would be easy for me as a dicition pure and fragrant toilet powder, in three to draw out for any individual at any age, tins-white, rose, and oron is. and Ea I missed him, and I have since hoard astmagoly like the Man-ta.

G I do in The ferocity, burberisan, prowess and rules as to diet and exercise which should for Rowlands' articles, of 20, Hatton Gur

bundreds of cases, proper, casy na hores. Ask any dealer in perfumery good meny journalists say that he is a

other qalities of these natives, are the difficult man to hit.

Load Rosebury in forty-one years of age, subject of such extravagant description pass this end, and in doing so I should, dan, London. Empress on her way up through the N..and has missed many opportunities of that one naturally wishes to see something only need to take into consideration the gale, buried in foam and showing her becoming the bosom friend of Lord of a people who, for all that is uncannig Forward heal and her propellers altern- Randolph Churchill. They were at Eton and uncouth, are ranked in the popular ately in the air, was something to be re. Lagether, and at Oxford, and have met mind with the strango red-haired rase frose engrse, dificult in my artiole of this kind,

giace. AN boy the Liberal played the Western nations.

Mr J. B. Howis limited as it is in space, to apply auch know Me F. Ayerra at borras, and the Tory at running

Mr E. B. Joroy Ping-abang (2), a county seat, the ledge so as to make it serviceable in all Mr P. Balt Lord Randolph That I fancy the move inside this Eae slip with other boys' cape.

the more distingaished at the scene of Blokiston's encounter with the cases, because really so much depends span Capt F. O. Blanco Mr W. J. Lyo was perhaps one which will long be re-

Deiversity. One day a proctor ran him. Chinese authorities, some two hundred the occupation of the individual, his moda Dr. and Mrs Canaria MOhna, W. Mathers membered by the members of the Hong-down in the street, smoking, in his cap beyond Sai-fu, is the ordinary limit of of life and environment. A few rules may Mr and Mrs G. G. Mr G. Milisch Cadboy sad child Mrs Morrison kong food cra, and it is earnestly to and gown. The undergraduate remarked travel, becaare the road beyond is said to be laid down, however, which will apply in

on the changeability of the weather, but be dangerous and certainly is labelled so west esses. Many people seem to think Mr Danning be withed tint, the quieter passage from the proctor, geeping at such bravado, in the oficis mind, but by making a cir- that exercise will do everything, and that it Me Donning Shanghai to the Japan ports world demanded his name and college. Lord cult through a part of northern Yunan does not multor what food they eat, or Kew Mr A. Eminento

Randolph feiled to turn up the next day at une is able to allay the official fears and much it may consist of, or how often they, Rae, and Mr Gould restoru tim jaded frames of our of Edmund Hall an de lectured, bat sirike the Tangisa again at a point two take it. They never experience the effect

strolled to the proctor's house shout in dogs below the important city of Lui-po of that grandest of all medioine-hanger; Capt. G. Gedley finer medicine, in many cases, that all Mr W. Hancock.

· Dosi a fellow, name of Moore, nor time. trived not to faint. Es de," he replied of liang-shar.

and chief military station on the frontiers am often emased watching boating men on severely, but ho are at dinner.'

Boats of large carrying capacity reach off the results of over-eating and drinking, take him in my carilaid the unabashed Shih-to-yia, one hundred and fifty i during the other months of the year, moru caller. The Morton boka tell that for aboro Ping-shan, at which point navigation especially when this takes the form of obe- this the noble lord was £ned tan pounds.

causes, and the great river which has eity. This they try to do by violent exer- Whatever is to be Lord Rosebery's served as a national bighway for two thou- cise in the way of rowing. They seem to fators he has reached that stags in a sad ailes, becomes one long series of think that, if they tire themselves in this Mr and Mrs F. R. Mr B. Iraal statesman's career when his opponents rapida and eddies; the song of the trackers way, good condition is assured; and the ob- Mr Hart Buck Thang, no ens can doubt that the quiet cease to question his capacity. His and rowers is silent, and it is hard to find server will see them, after a hard day's and uniwuming Tong King Sing did speechee showed him, long ego, a man of ferringe crom the mad atream.

work, sitting down to a heavy meal of meat, Consul Bodies Office proved him heavy metal. Were the sion of hard, grinding poverty, and appears post wines, bread and them, to ray no- brilliant parts. His tenure of the Foreign

Forthern Yunnan gives one an impres- potatoes, broad, puddings, pastry, beer and Me Ballen Gladstonians to rstoru to power, the other to be epium sodded. The people seems to thing of more staborate menus. Now, what Rav., F. Cobbold That no one knew better the advantages of Cabines posts wight go anywhere, but she be unusually dirty and careless, lacking is the result. They do good in one Mr Cochrane

Way seu a healthy curiosity. the appliances of the West, and no one Foreign Secretary is arranged for.

The Unarowuad King of Scotland ́ia z

and and it in another, it is true they it and Mr O.. 0.

Dohea a city of the third rank and for exhaust themselves, and possibly improve a Lui-po is was more alive to the opposition on-tible that has been made for Lord Rosebery, the most part occupied by officials and little in condition, or, from overdoing it, their J. R. Coughizie tinuously aired to them by the Court whose countrymen have had faith in him their retainers. There are many evidences reverse, but they do not lose fat, or gain Count and Countess

from the beginning. Mr Gladstone is the of the hostile feeling entertained by the stamina, and for this reason: only other man who can make Scotchron That the representatives of the English take to politics as if it were the Highland - towards the Chinese invaders of adapt their diet to other work.

their lands to be seen in the neighbourhood Steamer Companies up North did wall to Fling Once, when Lord Rosebery of the city. Ruins of formot market vil-

Bring an Edinburgh audience to the deli- bonour such a man by balfmasting their riga point, an old man in the ball shouted, paw standing amid the desplat overburdened with fat and other effets daga.

out: 1 dinns haar a word he says, but neglected fields, and a certain spirit of fear in the form of gout, theumatism, kilious graves, dismantled farmsteade standing in products, which make themselves known

and and antlered residents.

underworking, were to fake. amount of exercise, and then

pareinen.

Mrs Farmer

was $171,000,000; as nearly se can be saj Tong King Sing in the olden days, when live here?" he asked. The footmen o. 1, the place of official residuue those captained in the pharmasopis. Mr G. Hargens

34 per sent. of the production of the pre- sions metals. It is now between 89 and 80 per cent, nor is there any big as yet of a change in this ratio of production.

Evident

he influence began to be felt in the path of progests, will ba keartily sorry to hear that this pivomer bas passed away, That as a trusted servant and sametimes

ly the depline in the price of silver Wilieren an adviser of the great Li Hung continus until it passes out of the ustegory of the precious instale altogether, if it is not Lizeddy sat--Nator

In is not to be wondered at, writes the Pioneer, that the personal and private wussi of the anfferers from the depreciation of silver should be the frat bi attrait public qution. The Englishman is India has fallen upon syil times. With the most was oient of pessimtals he looks upon all the labour that he has laboured to do, and dis cores that it is venity and vexation of

spirit, and that there is no prot under the wan. That muohjapainfully obvions... Tas root of the matter in less so. Political 90- nomy le subject upon which the ideas of moet men and of all women are of the ragucat. The theory of exchanges leads to

much to help on the adoption of foreign improvements In China.

Party,

Ahl

the first

Midle hian campaign, Mr

Lent Rosebery were the father and son of

the river in aulnmer endeavouring to work

If a man who is puk of condition

And

A prominent festure of the landscape is

Mr Chas. H. Ramsay

Mr G. F. Schepens Mr W. Schwaler Mr & Mrs Tarmband

and child Mr and Mrs M. J.

Tarachand

Me U. Thwaites

MOUNT AUSTIN HOFEL LIST OF VISITORS.

Mr Beattie Mrs Blackburne

Mr H. M. Hepworth Mr F. Holloway

Bowdon & children Me W. Macbean

Mes W. Macbean, nurse and children

Col. Chauney

Mr. Charles C. Malsch

Mr and Mrs McLeod

Barometer Temperature Humidity... Direction of

Wind Force Weather Bain

Kayap. 10

29.90 30.09

777

77

66

...

Highest open air temperature on the 14th Lowest open air temperature on the LethaTO.

Hongkong, October 15, 1892.

Temperature,gon (Taken at Misers Talconer di Obit "Premises, Queen's Road) BAROMETEX--- 91....... 30.10

Do.

1 PM 30.04 Do.

1.

4 P.M... MAR!

Do (Wat bulb) 9th

Do 1 r.

Da 2.4 P.M..

Mr H. F. Meyerink

Hon. G. Mitchell Innes

TusXMOMETRE...? LM.

Mr and Mrs W, J.

Phillips

Do Do

Mr E. Flatts

1.

Mz W. H. Gaskell

Mr A. Roas

they

do not

de Gelosa:

Mrs Glover

Mr. A. Solomons Mr Taylor Captain T5llett

Bo. De

sud

the game

EXPORT CARGOES, Peż 8. 8. Radnorshire, sailed 25th Sept.

34,581 Iba, Boented Caper, 20 casus Bristles,

ON

clear soup,

fish,

Fox Havre, 400 half-oberts Tea (partionlara

Do. Maximum id 18 Do. Minimum over night Roseroga, October 15, 1892.**

POST OFFICE NUTICES. Letters Parcels, &c., for Koylsda

department of research which is not sus- That Sir John Waislam has come down. ive grand, "It's grand tone and and distrust to be noticed in the travellers nose, and olker allments of overfeeding For London, 634 boxes Tes, 'containing Point and atesoners in Harbourmayąbe the simplest possible terms, and our peither That the worthy gentleman is on his way the Seyttish people. Lord Rosebery rade the tall whitewashed three-storied houas, to an hotel and barg'a fit ko home 1,000 camen Preserves, 18 cases - Blackwood, posted in the General Post Office up to

osplible of popular treatment. But the dus

mantic side of the problem in zerusible të

be guared nor misunderstood by anyone

hich the English public are perhaps loss

and he is on his way Howe.

Chios will speadily pass into the hands

of his subdowso

That although Hongkong residents natumi- ly know little or anthing of the reputa- tion for social qualities pomased by the ex-Minister, Hongkong folks nevertheless with Sir John a pleasant passage to the Old Country.

That it reminds one of the smallness of the

.03

man

* Et-

battle

fo If and do'clock

placed in the Police Station Compound up

Letal ratas will be charged.

To avoid robbery, senders of Istiete from Kowloon are requested to cambel theiz stamps by waliing the word stamped morons them.

Govern containing Baszk Noten, Jewellery do should be registered,

There will be no Sunday delivery:

into fame on the top of that wave, and he like a sastle tower zining pror the little nice plece of plain boiled or grilled

ware, 2 cases Sundries, 208 bales Cans: 1-80am. and 3:30 pm at lortu deber de

Letters from Kowloon Point mag-be to Bucharest, and British interests is kept bis place in the hearts of the thatched cottages nestling around it. This is good eat of rosti' joint, some green vegenknown), 55. pliga Danes and 6 czas posted in the Letter Box which has been

people, and in oleographs on their walls, the common fortress into which the people inbles sad plenty of salad, a fair supply of Sundries for Hamborg, 60 bales Osnes, Lever since.

for shelter during the incursions of the fresh fruit, and half, a bottle of 200K OF 1900 cases Cassia, 1,000 balon Broken The prosent unhappy division of the Man-tz. The door is strongly protected by of sparkling Rosbach table water (and I Cassia, 62 bales Baltan Shaving, 165 halos

the Moselle, or

or if a teetotaler a Lában party has made enemies of friends for no leading

barred gate, the walls, are loopholed, and lit-round the top of the walle just boost this think that everyone will admit that this in Besitzers, 20 casse Bristles, 20 bales Rattana te Lord Rosebery. Thers azozaised roof, are piss of large pebbles,

a luzariane dinner), his would take of and 13 pigs. Sandeles. fornes working against him, to doubt, serre se ammuation to the beleaguered shouts pound of fat a day, and sertainly in comparatively high plassa, bat the garrison..

improve in health and condition, becauso Unionists have kept their respect for him.

For German ship J. D. Birchof, sailed in this case nearly all the food aksen would 1st October-For Hamburg, 1.968 baga His views may be wrong, but he is about

The Mania are addicted to sets of be utilised for the formation of masonlar Spent Char., 16,000 cases Camia, 4,000 the caly Liberal leader, with the noble brigandage, carrying off and holding for and nervous energy, and not for the for balas Broken Canais, 180 cases Ginger and exception of Lord Harlington, of whom rausam, or condemning to slavery all such mation of unnecessary adipose tissue, 200 pigs Merchandise; for London, 748 PAAK DELITAS -Letters, de, will trouilous times have not rasped the unlicky Ohineas on may fall into their clut which in excess, even in middle age, le page. Merchandise and 8,065 rolls Matting; be delivered by the 12 and 330 d'elnek

ches. For this rosen they are hated and bar to anjoyment of life, and to old age is for London/Hamburg, 1,462 pkgs. Mar Trams only. Correspondance and Parcels

positive danger. Lord Bosebery could not now stop, up friendly mandarin, with whom we have kind can be varied at every meal, But if i

Of course a diet of this chandise and 600 bales Broken Casais for the Peak may be posted in the General without stepping into the Premiership, A

Zost Oftion un te 11:37 am or 3 p.m., or His hamor, which is his most obvious had some pleasant dadings, kindly invives sondition is to be attained until the aretom Par Ferran, sailing, 16th October: for in the Letter Boxes in the Cam til Ume of faculty has been a prop to him many a me to make his Tamén my head quarters is freed from all waste and surplos fat, Landes, 30 bales Raw Silk, 160 bales Departure With regard to letters from Greenland were looked upon as outside time, but if I were bin adviser, I should during our stay in the city and thus a certain constituents must be carefully Piarsed Cocoon, 300 balne Waste Sik, the Fask additional Letter Boxed are been of all ordinary travelling idons.

tail him that it had served its purpose, shauca was given of seeing more of the eliminated. It may be urged here that a caser Bilk Piece Goods, 50 balas Mats, 42 affixed to Polios Bozen at Haghatipo Clay, *Let us ke grave, to a merry companion, for hers somes an ordinary tons The centempt of the tiers out his food, but this is by no means boxes Tes, 10,507 lbs. Cougou For Basu which will be clanced at 12:30

said Dr Johnson once Mantz than would have been the case in man cannot always live by rule and appor Bristles, 8 pkge, Sundries, and 463 by Peak Church, and at Mount Kellet, saisutne var received here Copper Island fool. It is not easy for a bright man to Chincas for the barbarians, is somewhat nosessary. Condition and squlibrium Ayrue, 440 på Tom. For France, 100 Local Rates will be charged was placed by many on the Alaska side be heary, and Lexa Bosbory'a humor in modified by a reluctant admiration they may he kept with periost case when sormal baise Waste Silik, 304 bales Ear Bilk, 15 delivery. Bendera ire recitated to

so spoutansong that, if a joke is made in bave for the plack and audacity of the weight in once utīsinad. Until the closes Silz Pisce roode and 657. borts Tas their Stamp by writing the wort Mampos their company, he has always fluished Man-te, who are not afraid to die and of middle age the attainment of good from Faschow. For Italy, 10 balas Raw agross them. Dorem containing Hank laughing before Lord Hartington begina. fight like dogs

condition in very much simplified by the Silk, and 34 bales Waste Blik,

Notes, do should be registered.

world in these days when sealers men

who has, to faon 1 T in this view, quantly, which has chiefly aspired the uri- versal howl which is at present going ay from Anglo-Indian households throughout the Empire. On the other hand, the visține of the faller rosso need to be rescinded that there is nothing to be gained and much to be lost by a top exclusive dwelling up the personal aspect of the question. This 2 in pot merely a okup of service grievances,

As we have more than ones taken painé ka. show, the business is bad enough from this point of rise | bat it in the point of view.

likely to understand. What we have to are sent down her from the extreme drive into the mind of

the many-headed er

Northera atitudes. biter of our destinies in Engleak is that the quation is not only of private grievances il particular hardships; of ruined house- holds and official pentry, but of a das genland Government, a paralysed Admin's- tration, and of impending national valami ty.” Government, like most of its servants, is out at albows, and the throad-hare and imply pure and suit to be a bad thing for character and reputation in either oase. This in roadly the mural of als David Bar. bour's letter to Bir William Houldsworth,

That in the days of old, Kanschatk

ths and

That when the first new of the Rumian

of the Bebring fes, until the maps were

referred to.

tempor

K

feared by the Chinese.