THE HYGIENE OF THE VOICE. A very interesting leotare on the above subject was dollvored recently by Professer A Barkan at the Cooper Medical College, San Francisco. The lecturen said
We all possess the power of speech, and, I maintan, we all can sing. Within is in the least contly of all musical instruments, requiring neither dusting, cleaning nor tuanleg. Scarcely born, it enables us to Nature and car own mothers, kindest of tanchere, encourage and instruct us how to use it for articulated spool, Soon comes the song, and naturally and sweetly we warble.
Seresin.
As long as life and bealth last this pre- on maaical instrument is at our service; for good or evil we are its controlling Often it is a sympathetic, and powers emotional
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varying scale of intensity, beginuing from names they are called by. It exaltors death with the softest piano sad swelling out by digest hot lands, and Alls you so fail of pain and to the laudeat fortissimo and then back misery-ind and body that you soon don't again to pianissimo in one breath in great care much whether yon live or not yet and necessary quality and perhaps the most erential feature of artistic production. Perfect control of the soft palate and tongue it indispersable.
Well, let us hear mare from our friend, I bad so much pain," she says, that it took all the power ant of my body. At times my breath- in almost stopped. I would gasp for bevat and for hours I was in agony Afler ázy simpla What are termed throghy notes tre fod I was so bad I had to le on the couch, and often due to the back of the tongue being one night I theuph I was dying. at too high a level in the munch. This is Last April my husband pursueded me to try a fault that should be carefully arcided. Motting Soigel's Syrup, flist had oured hits of When the individual parts are quite ander liver complaint. I got a bottle from Mr. Jack, in control, they must next be trained to aut High Street, and in a few days felt ondor, and in concert, and ready to receive the blast, after taking thres hotto more I was completely The great object, thon, with regard to the cared and have had no pain sings. I never felt air coming from the lungs is, that nobelter than I do now at da
"You's truly. should te wasted. Cace must be taken that the current be not too strong, as it tonds to raise the pitch, entaili g useless
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Owning as we do this marvelous instru- ment, it is not astonishing that for contur ies the mysteriona mechaniens of the voice has bean soddenly investigated. Fu all communities possessed of intellectual cul- ture the subject of natural phenomena haa engaged the attention of scientists, and the mechanism of voice in speech and song has puzzled more than one wise hood both in avoient and modern times.
pass
The great difficulty obstracting progresa was the aluance of direct observation of living larynx in action. Recourse was had to endless stratagems to overcome the in- numerable difficulties. Naturally, the ox-
The speaking volec deserves a very sari- amination by means of a mirror suggested us and systematic training as it has bear itself. Toward the end of the last century entirely too muchi neglected of inte. How experiments with it were made, bat auforever, the subject has been taken up and it sunately were fatile, and for many years it is to be hoped that this brauch of education seemed as if the possibility of examining a will before long be carried a scientifically. Too little attantina is paid to speech in living larynx wAS RI illusion. Suddenly, Rowever, darkness wWAS replaced light.
by
primary schools and colleges. It is no im To Manuel Garcia, a celebrated professor portant factor and more time should be de of singing in London, was removed the voted to it.
knowzi privilege of discovering and
and making the method and value of mirror investiga
DOES TERROR KILL? Ignorant tion.
of the experiments made deeply by scientists, he was naturally vary
Anguish of mind has driven soy to suicide, interested in the vocal organs of his
health of the mind in of fer mors consequence to exerted continually before him, and that anguish of bady noser. This proves that the last be resolved upon seeking out the whys ont happiness than the health of the boily, al. and the therefores of the melodious sounds though both are deserving of tuo mom attac emitted by the human voice. His method tion than either receives In protracted cases of discuss it is the contional montal strain and seems simple enough now. Taking a Andall mirror, attached to a long handle worry that enervatos sad finally undermines the suitably bent, he placed it beneath the pal whole systore and destroys the vital park How ata, then illuminating with a ray of sun-many mon apparently healthy to-day ato lying light another mirror held in his hand, he in a cold grass a week Lonee. They are neg was enabled to obtain a fall view of his igent of their health and think they can shake overy altnok off the effect of arch foolishness laryn's in motion. It was in 1865 that Garcia laid before the Royal Society of London his observations on the vocal organize seen by him in action.
thus
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becomes apparent to every as sooner or later, and wiss is he who never neglects the symptome of disease has takes precautions, as did a gentle mma who writes: I write to let you know that am a patron of year yonderful Clements Tonic Since then the services rendered by the Mellor's oure in the newspapar, her case was I bave been a great sufferer, and road of in. laryngosenpe havell proven of inestimable nothing to mine, but, thank God! through her ralue is enabling the physician to perform letter I am aned, and after the doctors bad important operatione. Laryngoscopic exposed sentence of death on we very amination is comparatively easy and in-grateful to Mu Mellor for her lotter. I have tensely interesting. Few implements are grout plansare in adding aty testimony to that of needed, and with e gas or electric lamp on the many othere cared of serious diseases by the one side of the patient the light is related ess of Clements Tonio; I have suffered terriley by a concave mirror fastoned by an elastic from liver and kidney disease. Two years ago band to the forehead of the surgeon, who, my strength began rapidly to docline, I had dili aftor roquesting the patient to open his bordache, completely lost my appetite, and was mouth, proceeds to take goutly hold of the almost bind-Tailio of sight is a symptom of Bright's disease.Ed. La ligar claw crampe patient tongus and that unruly member in the calves of my legs, and severe rhezmatic is next drawn forward out of the way pains, fallowed by diarrhea, strength continued The laryngoscope is then applied to the to fail, accompanied by extreme pallor of the region of the illuminated palats and the face, poffed auder the eyes and persistent cwell- interior of the larynx, the play of its musings of logs, knees and ankles, and my whole oles, cartilages and lineamenta can be seen body was swolen to a wonderful size; shar and walcbed with great distinotness. shooling paine pinzend (to heart' and frequently Unless the patient in eory sensitive and chills and fever would attack me. The swelling that evil can in a great measure be relieved was so bad that I was siraid to even drink 2 by previously spraying the irritable painte glass of water. I cansalted a doctor, and he with a weak solation of casino-a beauti- my water, also ful night can be witnessed in the action of of liver disease, un! also Brigal's disease of the the most wonderful little musical inesco- with mustard bathe. I said, "Doctor, it you kidneys; ho prescribed medicine and linorents ment, the human larynx. When the pa- will curs me, I will Pay You WitẠY vou zake.” tient breathes quintly the vocal bands stand He replied, "I CAN HOLD OUT NO HOPE FOR moderately apart, ajar as it wore, like the you." I said, "That is very hard." "I never doors of a gate hanging partly on one side, ike to take a uu's money, said he, "withent bidding welcome to the antering current of telling him the truth, and I will come to you at little more practice, and our eyes any hour of the night you may sund far me.” cah penetrate as far down as the region of He thought I could seen die. I gave his trend the bifurcation of the bronchial tubes when meat & fir trial, but the swelling of my body in the patient takes a deep inspiration. Then, eroased so much that I had to remain in bed; when the act of phonation takes place, the rains increased and extruded all down the promptly the white glistening vocal band side, and my eyesight was now alcaost completely meet, leaving only a narrow opening, the gone. I consulted another emiucal molital mua chink of the glottis, between them.
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who, after sounding me and teling my arine, said I had Bright's discuss, I asked if he could As the vaico rises up the scule higher erre ne, he said in wont do his best, and if and highor, these strong, blaatio muserlar would continue his medicine 1 should itaprove bands contezet, becoming more and more I did so nud it had but little more elloct than tenae, the ndges vibrating as the expiratory water. Two friends of mine called my attention sir blast is cant forth from the lungs to to Mrs. Maler's letter in the paper who had produce one of the most beautiful living bean onred of the satac disease by Clements phenomena, the sound of the human voice. Tunic I preesred a supply, and taking it strict- I confess that many a time, when exam-ly in accordance with the directions, the swelling ining a singer's throat for some real or in- began to go down, I kept up the neo of Clements sginary silment, or when teaching sobier Tenic, and son, thank God, I am cured, my ewelings have a subsided, my eyesight is as studenta the use of the laryngoscope,
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it gre pretty steadily up to the (and it would be unexpected} I' wager uuyilie:INLAND SEA OF JAPAN and call at yest From that period up to the four-sust 1 should never forget the time or plaes teenth and ifteenth year thoro little
where I first hard it. Or if I should go home alteration and the pitch of the volt re-to-night and find (which God forbid) my hous mains the same. After that it changes burned up, and everything in it, l'an equally gradually, but is more noticeable in boys serta that the main circumstances connerled than girls. The uncertainly of the boy's with the event would stick in my memory mutil voice during the time of mutation is a all the past's pictures fade cu: mi the light of the curious phenomenon and not easily an lile that is to be. 'Twould be the saree with counted for. The explanation is probably you, I fancy? Yes, that the cartilages grow faster than the And here cothen a woman who will not coon muscles, and thus the musclos lose control target the month of December, 1850. It is not over the cartilagen until everything is because Christmas comes in that month, for tis finally readjusted. It is said that the cele what she lost, not what was given her, that brated Labische found bis voice changed times. And what he lust was but health,
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when he may be more interested in ilut subject in Rurupean officials in service of Chios Toice to the utmost at a isstival of a church. than ir politics or the price of provisions. Even large-alted women have a smaller | She says her illness began with name. She and Japan, and to Government officials and Tarynx than men, its angles are less salient, could keep nothing on her stomach, and throw their families. its mascles
The sounde omitted up what she enle a dirty green fluid." Now! weaker.
Passengers who have paid full fare, se through its instrumentality are shriller. this dry grou did is not a thing to be dis With advancing age its cartilages cosify, gasted at but to be studied and understood. It embarking at San Francisco for China or suppleness decreases and the voice gen, is tile, and tile is one of the rust importua Japan (or vice vers) within one year, will erally lower both power and beauty.
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OBJECT OF VOICE TRAINING.
The object to be aimed at in voice-train- ing is, in Dr Mackenzie's words, two-fold blood, and when our machinery is all right we Fuss, the development of the powers of don't know there is so thing in our bodies the vocal organs to the fullest extent, and But when the liver is torpid and lazy, then the abcond, the education of the voice as an in- bile stays in the blood and poisons us all ever. It dake the head ache, the skin yellow and dry, strument of artistic expression.'
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It is certainly accessary for proper train, and ally is expeled from the mouth, as this ing of the voice that its three main factors, woman says, Natura cat't to it the right van so she throw it overboard the best way abe can, the motive power, the vibrating clement and the resonant machinery should be deck is a lud and sickening way indeed
Our lady friend goes on to mention that her Teleped. Of cours the air current supplied tongue was covered with thick stiune, ber appetite by the langs is the motive power. Proper was poer, she had a fool taste in the cut, and management of the breath in a fundamental what she ate gave her great pain in the chest condition of good singing. If the respira- and back. All these symptoms were signs of tipo in defective, the voice however beauti-one troable, and liable to do an immenso amount fal, co zerer be used with artistiu efect of mischief, just as a wild animal loose in the The breath, of course, must be taken noise streets may do a variety of mischief before he is lessly, for certainly it in very distressing captured and shat up again,
I felt sold chile all over ma, ebe says, when hearing gaspe often disturbing the flood of rocal melody, similar to the creak-"and would sit over the fire for houre, for I felt ing of the organ's bellow. The sir should chilled and starved, 1 lost a deal of sleep at A be drawn in through the nose, the natural night, and often had to get up and walk about channel, the mouth to be used only when he " absolutely necessary.
In training the larynx it is also necessary it with horror and dismay. That is, if he ever insure the production of pore tone by an gat erer it for voleo ever do. They get worse accurate adjustment of the vocal chords, and worse antil the doctors shake their hands, Each note must be held without the slightest and old friends wipe their spoes and think about alteration of pitol or intensity, with perfect certain funerals that as going to come off before steadiness. When this has been attained long. For this disease is the essence and sub. the soustent practise of holding a pote in a staños of almost all the rest, no matter what
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AGRIMAULT'S
Indian Cigarettes.
Asthmatic people who soffer from Oppression in breathing, stiling son- Balions, Hoarseness, and Loss of Volce, Nervous Coughs, Laryngitis, Colds, with Wheezing, Bronchitis, Insomnia, Catarrhal Affections and Diffeulty in Expectoration, are promptly relieved by these Cigarettes. GRIMAULT & CO., Paris. Sold by all Chemists,
GRIMAULT'S
|Matico Capsules
AND INJECTION. Renowned Physicians prescribe Grim aullo Nativo as the most active and at the same time the most foffensive remedy in the treatment of Acute and Chronic Discharges. These Capsules, un- like Copaiba, have not the inconvenience jof producing Naussa.
AND
MATICO INJECTION is used in recent MATICO CAPSULES Chronic Cases. GRIMAULT & CO., Paris. Sold by all Chemists.
1024
For Sale up a. Watsun 2 Uu, & matmaks
GAIN
ONE POUND
A Day.
Á GAIN OF A TOUND AWAY IN THE CASE OF A MAN WHO HAS BECOME "ALI KUN DOWN," ANDJAS BEGUN TO TÄKI THAT REMARKABLE FLEST: PRODUCEC,
SCOTT'S EMULSION
OF PURE COD LIVER OIL WITH Hypophosphites of Lime & Seda
IS NOTHING UNOSIAL, Thus, TRAT HAS BEEN PERFORMED OVER AND OVER ABAR PALATABLE AS WIL Ex. MØLLED BY PRYSICIANS. THEFE TIMES AVOID Az Efricacióï$ AS PLAIN OIL SURVITUTIONĖS AND IMITATIONS. Sold by all Chemists
SCOTT & BOWNE, LIMITED, 47 FASHINGTON ST., LAS DOX, E.G.
Sole Agents for (hans and Honghenar : MESSES, A. Á ̈ WATSON & Co., Ias.
closed, if the nature of the contents he first ezhibited or stated to the Postmaster General, us he may consider necessary, and approved by him. Printed Circulars may be inserted in each Pattern Packats.
1893.
ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP LINE.
1898.
THE FAST ROUTE BETWEEN CHINA, JAPAN AND EUROPE, PFA. CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES:
(Coiling at SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA & VICTORIA, B,C., TWIN SCREW STEAMERS 10,000 House Power
PROFOSED BAILINGS FROM HONGKOKO,
-KMPRESS OF JAPAN,6,000 Tons... WEDNESDAY 24th May, EMPRESS OF CHINA0,000 do. WEDNESDAY...... 14th June
THE STEAMERS of this Line pass through the famous INLAND JEA of JAPAN, TH
and call at VICTORIA, B.C., to land and embark passengers.
The Mountain Scenery on the Canadian Pacific Railway surpasses that of any other Trade Continental Reate.
Passengers hooked to all the principal points in Canada and United States, and alen through to Great Britain and the Continent of Europe at current rates, with passengers'
choice of Atlantia Line.
RETURN TICKETS--Time limit for prepaid return lioket is reckoned from data of rewembarking at Vancouver.d
Special Rates (first-class only) are granted to Mimiotaries, members of the Naval, Military, Diplomatic and Civil Services, and to European officials in service of Chien or Jspun.
The Canadian Pacific Railway is the only Trans-continental Line ezieusing from the Pacific to the Atlantic Seaboard, and rusning its own. Sleeping Coaches through without change. The Dining Osta and Mountain Hetsis on the Route an owned by the Company and their appointments and cuisine are unexosiled..
The Steamers on the Pacife and all Day, Sleeping and Dising Cars are comfortably hoated by Steam during the Winter Season,
For further information as to Passage and Freight, apply to
Hongkong, February 20, 1893,
E. HOLLOWAY, General Agent.
Stocks
BANK
SHARE LIST-QUOTATIONS—MAY 20 1893,
Nosi of Fair Whares.
Pard
Lipang Apiolation,
Up
80,000 €
99,875 £
125 all 106% prin ellers
101.10 81, sales
*1,250 €
10£ 8.10 43% dia, mellory
Hugong and Shanghai Bar Cor
Now Issue
Bank of Chiar, Japau and Straits,
National Bank of China, Limited... MARINE ANNUKANCES.
1 £20, 12000
Janton Insurance Office Co., EX........... 10,6.778. 25 $ 60 8112, sales Chin Trade Insuranos Co, Ld84,00 9 83.338 20,864, nollers ↑ Surch Ubina Insurance Co., Iabo13,0) £20. FM Els, 110, buyers
lusurance Co., L.
30,0us 10 20 $13, allora non insurance Society C., D. 10,08 20-32 #92), buyers fangtase Insurnace $1500., 18,00. 9.
st
Daina Fice Insurance Co., L20,0 hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Lt... 8,0 diraits Fire Insurance Co., Lali..... 120, 0.8. 8
DOCKS.
10892, buyura 10 8 3 1887, OR 25 3 18260, nom. IU 208167, nom.
kong & Whames Dock C., L, 125 all 73% prom, sales
KTRIMBOÄTS.
Chins an 3 Manila 3.:8; Oo., Li 15,000 Dongias Bamship Co.; Lauis 20,00 da. C. and M. Samoa, Lu 80,00
0,0£
The Post Office declines all responsibility for Unregistered Letters containing Bank Notes or Jewellery and, where Re-foto-China 3. 2. Company & cus gistration has been coglooted, WILL MAKE Steam Launch Company, Limited. 2, NO ENQUIRIES into alleged losses of such China Mutual 8. N. Co. letters.
It is forbidden to insect in ordinary or Registered Correspondence(a) Current Coin (b) Articles liable to Customs Duty,
Du
REFINERIES.
(úow age). [20,000 £
mil $10, allara
50
alt 36, sellors: al390, sollers
10 all dia, steady
820, sellers
10£10 £9, sellarn
G47 allere
105 : 1 || 22, collera
100 al 18145, ex new, ucliers:
China Sugar Oua, Lun 15, 0 Luasa Segar Company, lausa 20 7,00 61ự
(WHARVES,
& Kow. Wharf & Godown Wanchni Warehouse and Storage: Company, Laited ..........................
Parcel Post to the United Kingdom. Parcels not exceeding 11 tbs. in weight as rexeived in Hongkong and at British Post Offices in China, for transmission to the Duited Kingdom by P. & O. Packet vid Gibralter. No parcel is Bont with the Hongkong Land Envestnet and i Overland Mail via Brindisi. Parcels there- Agency Company, Limited.
LAND AND BUILDING.
895, sellers
811, sellers
2008
60
2,63)$
1008 371 641, Dom.
50,000
fore arrive in London about eight days later Kowloon Land and Building Come 6.00$ than the Mall. Parcels may be sealed, but pany, parkings, piper any pareal, even though seated, is liable to Humphreys Estate & Finanes C... 1,000 be opened for examination.
West Point Bubling Co., Limited 12,000 8.
Parcels must be posted in Hongkong) before 3pm on the day before the depar- ture of the Mail. Those arriving from the Cost, de, after this hour are kept for the following P. & O. Mail.
THANWAYS
HK. High-Leva Tramways Co.,
MINING.
1050854, sales
5 1837, sellore.
18173, nomi
1,200 3 10
$ 40 323, wellore all $70, nom.
85.30, hayer 60,00 45366, salon and buyura
140 c. 13 cte allere $160 cle, cellern
Jelebu Mining & Trading Co., L. 4,500 Panjom Mining Jo., Lid .............. Selaza Tin Mining Company, 1150008
Limited **
p. §. 23, 1903 Société Français des arb 8,0x For
uages de Tons Marika |
The Postage is 25 cents per ib., and 20 cents each succeeding Ib or fruction of a b which includes Registration foc, and must be prepaid in stampa. No further charge is made in the United Kingdom except for The Balmoral Gold Aling Va., Ld 15,000$ Customs dues. No paresi must be more New Imuris Minsa, Limited
175000
taan 8 feet 6 inches in length, or 6 feet in Raub Aust. Gold Mining Co. L. 200,000€ greatest length and girth combined. A ré Francu den Mouilleres
ceipt
for each Pureel. is
Biven The sender toust fill up a form of Customs Declaration, which can be obtained free at ach Post Office. No parool can be accept ed till this is completely and accurately filled The only articles ordinarily cent from China which are liable to duty and Toa, Tobacco.
de Tourane China-Borneo Company, Ll.
PLANTING, ETŐ.
H. B. Brown & Q., Limited......... HOTELA, ETO. Austin Arms Hotel and Building
Company Limited Hongkong Hotel Company, Lt....
3,000 in. is
DISPENSARIES.
50 F4.500 810, sales
T
all 25 cents, Bayers 17/0110 cents, buyere
19/496, antos and spliers
37 £20, Bollers
55 81, nom
8.000 Fes, DOU F
750 $1 5,009
all $9, sellers
4,90 8 50$ $4, cellor
30, Dom..
,000
Dangerous or perishable goods, articles likely to injure the Mails, Liquids (unless. securely packed) or parcels easily ortahed, 43. Watson & Co., Limited..... 50,000-$ such as hand-boxes, are prohibited. No Par. Dakin, Craicksbank & Co., La... 50,000. cel can be received if its value exceeds $250.
LIGHTING,
A Parcel may contain a letter to the same HK, and China Gas Co., Limite1...zor address as that of the Parcel itself, or R-longkong Electric Co., Limited..... 30,00 other Parcel to the same address, other enclosures are allowed.
No
With regard to inward Paroals, addresses are requested to observe that the Parcel Mail is not opened until the ordincy dis. tribution of letters, &, is finished. The postage on Parcels at home is 10d. per tb., the Regulations are generally similar to the above, and the Parcels are sent out vid Gibraltar.
Zudenmily for the Loss of a Registered Articls. The Post Office is not legally responsible for the safe delivery of Registered correspon- dence, but it is prepared to make good the contents of auch correspondence lost while pasting through the Post, to the extent of $10, in certain cases, provided:-
1. That the sender duly observed all the conditions of Registration required.
2. That the latter was securely enclosed
in a reasonably strong envelope.
10 a $19, zalos
al32, sellers
$108, cam div.)
108 884 m.
BRION AND GENENE, P Green Island Cement Co., L. 20,00 $
longkong Brick & Cement Co., Laj 4,000 315812.5032 nom
MISKEULANBOUS.
1,208. 6,00 9 Eu 9,00
Campbell, Moor & Co., Limited. Gen. Fenwick & Co., Láncited Hongkong Bakery Compang, keluar, Hongkong Dairy Farm Oct Hongkong Ios Company, Limits. 6,00 $
hong Rege Mauulastory Co.; L. 3, *Foutuier's shares
LOANS
Amount Value
$2, Dallera
10 al, 2001- 20 25814, salom to a $60, nom.
$.nom.
·10 a 161
al 269, Bollers
ED at 790, sellors
Interest,
Oklussa favoris: 1885 Tl. 767 20 la 23 7 % po 13 Xes, buyers
DEBENTURES,
Hongkong Hotel Mort
gage Dehantur. 1889
$400,000.0 9500
to Breig,
$500
Printed at the Ching Muid Užas, No. 5. Wazgibam Struct, Hongkong.
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