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THE CHINA REVIEW. PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY.

HUNDRED YEARS AGO. The well-known mixture of drollery and When found myself not killed outright; classical Bestel pathos and silalership, I began to rise up. I was rushing my Freek-knees, I saw one of the wen going known me * The Life of Munsie Wauch,' the forward to hit up the fatal piece; and my Dalkeith tailor, contains the following amus

cure for the salety of others overcame the

the wants of many students of Chinese Big sketch of Volunteering a debtury ago sabe of my own peril, Let alano-lotALIS Acview, which was iztonded to meet caused by the discontinuance of Notes and I will never forget the fret day that alone! cried I to him, and take care of got my regimentals on, and when looked Toursall, for it has to gang off hee times aris on China and Fapun, has renched its myself in the bit glass, just to think I was

The laugining was new terrible: hur bang twenty first Volume. The Review disouns

mid a sodger who never in iny life omuld thols

Eant little of a soldier, I thought, in my in-thon topics which are uppermost in the -the smell of powder, and had not fired any

thing but a peony cannon on a Fourth of Duoenae, that we should hear as many reminds of students of the

Japan is desirous of June, when I was a badline oallant. I porte as I had crammed cartridges down her about which overy intelligent poreon con-

This was sore joke against me for nected with China or thought my throat would have been out muzzle. with the black corded stuck; for, whenever I length of time; but I hold itqatiently, acquiring trustworthy information.

considering cannily within myself, that eludes any intorcating Notes and original looked down, without thinking like, my knowledge is only to be bought by expert. Papors on the Arts, Soieresa, Ethnology, ohaf-blade played elark against it, with

Natural History, Antiquities, such a dust that I mostly checked my ehes, and that, if we oua oredit the old Folklore, Geography, History, Literature,

learn the art of war in a single morning. tongue off. And, as to the conping of the 8, evca Juhnny Cops himself did not ythology, bair, that beat cock-fighting. It was wally fetraome; but I could ecarcely keep from Jaughing when I glee'd round over my shoulder, and ww gland lenger gone hanging for halt un ell down the braid of my back, and a pickle horas-hair gurling out like rotten's tall at the fur end of it And ther the wreted tainels on the shoulders--and the lead butiena pod the yellow facingsh. hat it was grand! I Bometimes fancied eycelf a general, and the word of command. Then the giving

brooches-but that was a sore

Pp a weary arms did they give

best-heating canstade into then,

The papreleging the bricoles, 3 was saying, wis the most fashions jub, let alone courtship, that ever moral man put his Land to. Indeed, there was no end to the rubbing, and rubbing, and bending, and fyling, and cleaning; for to the like of mars

HNAKE PO180N AND BUMAN POISON.

The bite of the rattlsunke is alroost always fatal to man. Yet this emaks is never affected by the injuction of its own poison into its own blood, Beither when enraged it bites itself not when its ven mi injected by artificial ments to test tho question Speaking on the latter paint Dr. S. Weir Minhall, nu ether on snake poison, sau

I have our and over bied this experiment, but is us can hovlecen death ramalt. Why should The many nozione compotade stau vucries in bis liver and petric glands (he stomach) are fatal if they enter the There is soarnoly ni food it may Inage susant.

This be

De Mitchell farker auyu

organ is man's body which is got a posible source of paison to him. Smelt doses are con sully passing into and out of his hool. Tun question is whether be can get rid of it as fast as it scentiates.

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The Notes and Queries as a stili continued and form no injorant means of obtaining

and Jifinging wing students know- geon absence prius,

Alluting a death by rheumatis, soul, and who was not well accustomed to the thing.kidney disease, an exist Lendim physician

The florange dental count also afters the whitening was ventionally morning of

Kays Thas man is prisonek by the products; further wai groter facilities for the inter- and destroying my red out, or my blush of his own body. leggings,

1 had mostly forgot to speak al the bras or cleaning at the pan, and the piker for clearing the motion-hole. But ime enough till we come to firing.

Big Saw, who was a nergenat of the Fenaibles, and vaugh to have put v Frenchman to flight any day of the year.

snil a whites came to train us

hard bettle he had with more than me. I have already said, that naturn never intended me for the soldiering trade; and why should I hesitate about nonfessing, that Som never got in out of the awkward squad? But I had two or three seighbare to keep me in counter- A weary work we made with the right, left-left, right--right-wheel, 1-tt wheel to the right about,-- -- tention, by egorions, and all the rest of it,

down, no matter where I was

1.

Desgotal contrismus in Chuuys, Latin,

Na lot on site a passage from a man's exque-changa wa at disc 19sion of various rence na related by himself. The time extends over a period From March, 1888, to May, 1885, more than a year. Ele as: Mg hond weed to whirl armed, and I had frequeat bouts of in st Boss and gildives; and at times I used to fall This would occur 12 ur three times a day. For thee wecke I was confided to ray bud. I grek gadoully weaker and weaker and lost a lund of sleep. I luft worne tired in the morning than when I want to be After a while 1 became nervous, and my legs trembled and shook cuder to snob n degrase that I feared to walk out. I and grot pain in my kidueye, sad the cocration which vol - from thou was thick and yellow as the yolk ni on g Mouth after mouth passed and I failed migre, and could hardly ernet sehen.

1 had a doctor attending me, but his roodinines did not buzeltme. Be suid my liver and kidneys

But then there is nothing in the course were in a bal way, and that ho never saw Hone

of usture that is useless; and what was totius pused in ancha state, After treating the hinder me from aoling så orderly, or being six months, be told me that mediche ubi de no one of the camp-colour-mes on head day? more for me and advised me to go to a beapital. We all cracked vary oronse about fight. went to the Peterborough Hospital, I got worsa while there. The hospital nuctora refuseil Having spent two to tell me what ailed nie.

ing, when we heard of garments rolled in

blood only from abrood; but one dark Lighttons there, I got anxious and returned to my we got a Beg in sober surat.

besno, utterly disLearted d.

There were signal-po-ta on the hills, up and down all the country, to make alarm in case of necessity; und i never went to

bed

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1 enntinued to send

to the hospital for medicines, which I took for three months longer. I was bow su munerated that my friends who come to me said I would

Dever get wall.

Lattia condition I coutinaed aatil Mar, 1889, whos are day au um alla rendor called at my bouse sud, seeing how it was, said his wife and beer anrod of a serious illness by Mother Seigel's

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without giving fira! a glee end wurd to Falaide-bras, and then another westward to the Calton-hill, to see that all the mountry was quiet. I had just pupped in-t usight be about nine o'clock-alter being pey hard drilled, and sure between the shoulders, with keeping my head back and playing the dumb-bells; when, to and behold inatend of getting my beadful rest in any own bed strength daily. Persevering with it, was wo with my wife and wean, jow went the beli.able to return to my work as healthy and strong and row-de-dow goed the drums, and all in

Since then I have been at the best of minute was confusion and uproar 1 with. You are at liberty to publish the above facts, and I will ghadly reply to any inquir os. seized with a severe shaking of the knees, and & flefling at the beart: nt. I arrive, Yours truly Signod. HEAT WELPARK, Ramsey, with by night.rap no, up to the garrett. Mary, Hunts, February 1884, 1KİZ."

Nobriefent cunil justice to this remark- window, and there no pininly saw thu!

Çuble cano. What the public wows in know and the Fretoh kad Juuded—the all that readway is this: Mr. Welfare's whole syguna place were in a leze. This was no reality

wes poisoned by the products of a torpid nad in- ie be a soldier never got such

Tight since the day I was elegkit. Then sucht stier digestion. There had entered his blool,

Baise and hullabaloo in the streetemen, women, and wells, all hurrying through ilber, and crying with loue valea, amid the dark, as if the day of judgment had one, to and as all unprepared; and still the bells ringing, and the drama baling to art.

their

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The nervous system with De Mitchell describes, dieordermit and half paralysed; houer the faint- ness and felling is. Raitkausko pois kills by paralysing the nerves which actuate the longer; it kikey suffecation. Baman poison, scising from indigestion auf dyepepsia, thways operates in the same direction, rasing astles in its worst forms.

Sotli

Poor Nanse was 10 &

& bad condition, and IIt then attacks the boat and kidays, e was well wores; she, at the fear of losing state of things Mr. Welfare mentions,

more goes, or, in the end. surely fatal exista bread-winner; and me,

1, with the

in any poisonca repble and yet people title of parting from ber, the wife of tay

with the disease! and doctors aesan not to under. , and going out to see:es of blood,

slund it. bayonets, and gunpowder, nor of which i had the least stomach for.

Ourile sun, Benjie, mostly grut himmelf blind, pulling back by the cartridge-box; but there w co contending with fute, so he was obliged al last to let go.

Notwithstanding all that, wa behaved our- selves like true blus Scoturzen called torch to fight the baltics of our country; and if the Fremok bad coma, as they did out coms, they would have found that to their out, as sare as my name is Mansie. However, it turned out as well, in the meantime, that it was false alarm, and that the thief Buonapart had not landed at Dunbar, as it was jealoused: so after standing under arms for half the night, with nineteen rounds of ball-cartridge is our hoxes, and the bag. gage carte all loaden, and ready to follow ne to the old of battle, we were sent home to our beds: sad, notwithstanding the awful state of alarm to whighs I had been put, never in the course of my life did I enjoy six hours sounder sleep; for we were hippet! the morning parade, on account of our

Mother Seigela Curative Syrup tante by sima- lating the kidneys, skin, and hovels, and tong the gastric gland.

Who, then, is on's must deadly enomy Carelew and ignorant mon bimself. Use the remedy when the earliest symptoms appear.

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Next day, but we were taken for the

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10. 8.

B.U: $

J

10.

2013

3. Boxholders may I send Patterns to the same places in he same way. En nou insurance Ufice Ov., Ld........... 10,0 - 6 - velopes containing Patterns may be wholly be tower insurance O.,Ld...,U closed, if the nature of the contents be first! Nurth-Chara instance Co. Ld....., exhibited or stated to the Postmaster Struts asurance Co., IL

Jag komarance Sudety U»., L. u. General, as he may consider necessary, and

Enugts lustrace Association. approved by him. Printed Circulars may be inserted in such Pattern Packete.

The Post Offico declines all responsibility

FIRE INSURANCES,

افيا ومال

Cun Fire into Co., Ltd.... dongkong Fire kusurance Co., Lak... 5,13

for Unregistered Letters containing Bank Straits Bite Jasrance J., Li...... 40,0

or Jewellery and, where Re gistration has been neglected, wILL SKAKE

Notes

honghapus Dock Ob..

BIULMEGAFA.

NO ENQUIRIES into alleged losses of such Cams and Manly S B. Do., Ld.... 5,

letters.

Es forbidden to insert to ordinary or

Douglas Stamenip Ou., Lained

20,00 3 16. O. and M. Skiboal Co., L80,00 Registerul Correspondence (a) Current Coin Indo-Uhins S. N. Compang, Le mit 60,0 (b) Articles liable to Customs Duty,

Steam Launch Company, Limited.. Chins Muteal S. N. 00...20,00

Porcel Post to the United Kingdom. Parcela not excooding 11 Ths. in weight are recaived in Hongkong and at British Post Offices in China, for transmission to the United Kingdom by P. & O. Packet vist Gibraltar. No parcel is eont with the Overland Mail via Brindisi. Parcels there- lors arrive in London about eight days later than the Mail Parcels may be sealed, but any parcel, even though sealed, is liable to be opened for examination.

Do.

REFINERIES,

hins Sugar Company, Lime..... 15,0 7,0 Sug Company, Lamich

WHAXYES,

68143, buyers

Ts. 170, steady 2013, sollers

20130, Bellurs

$73, quiet

178, sales

18 2 $13, basera

791

998

125

all 84% prem., sellers

54

$48. sales

& al $25, males

al.

39 % dia, buyers

2,1

10

ม

£8, £7, £2, £1, nollers

(new issue). 20,00 £

192

10

8160, teller

a 249, nellore

30, 31, $

5036, sales and buyers

9,600 8

Foreign Vitics and Towns ---

Sulonica Pateica, Tangior.

19

fil $50, sales

turo of the Mail. Those arriving from the Coust, &c., after this bour are kept for the following P., & O. Mail

3

SLO, nom.

Maghreys

Estate & Finance Co. 1,000 $

TH al

810), nom

WEST INDIES.

Antigas.

TRANWAYE.

Bahxmus.

81: 470, firm

Barbadoes. Berunde

A

185.75, sollers

Guiana,

48

31864, zales and zeilers:

ATRICA.

motions bravely. Prime-load-handle our BOMBAY, on THURSDAY, the 5th ation, rendering tridge ram down austs-and abould ridge retura bar- July, at Nuon, taking Passengers and Cargo

and contributions of much interest Cape Colony. able; may fairly he looked or from the members Gambia. Customs corps, and the missionary buty, Line

present-fire. Such was the confusion, and for the above Ports. (This Steamanr con- the flany, and the din of the report, that I nects at Bombay with the S.S. ORIENTAL, of the foreign consular services, the Chinese Gold Coast Colony. was no flustered and confused, thinking that half of us would have been shot dead, that which Vessel takes on her Cargo for

--will ye believe it I never yet had mind LONDON, SUEZ CANAL, leaving

I

to pull the tricker. Howsomaver, I minded that port on the 27th JULY, 1891), aye with the rest to ram down a fresh cart- ridge at the word of command; and some-

Silk and Valuables, all Cargo fur Fraves, thing told me I would repent not doing like and Tea for Loudon (under arrangement) the rust, (for I had halt a kind of action will be transhipped at Colombo into a that my pige never went off ;) at, when the firing was over, the sergeant of the company toater prosceding direct to Marseilles and ordered all that had loaded pises to boms London; other Cargo for Londan, &c., will to the front. I swithered a little, not being

be conveyed vid Bombay. very sure like what to do; but some five or

six stept out and our corporal, en looking Parcele will be received at this Ofice at may piece, ordered me with the rest to the antil 4 p.m. on the day before sailing. The front, It was just by all the world like an execution; we als, in the face of the regi. contents and value of all packages are

ninong

high legren of Chinese whom

St Helen. scholarship is now assiduously omitivated, t and who are severally represented in the list Boychelles, sumber of the Rate by papers highly some Leone, creditable to their respective authors... Broxbasa.

oras translations from Chinese uvela and Lama. plays are marked by both nouuracy and fresh- noss of atyle; and an account of the career of

ohrreney: --

Dominics,

Grenada, Jamaica. Monteorral.

Nevis.

St. Killa.

SI. Ludu.

St. Vincent.

Tobago.

Trividad.

Turke' Inlands.

11

...

& w. Waart & Godown G Wanchai Warehous and Storage

Company, Luited

LAND AND BUILDING.

Parcels must be posted in Hongkong Hongkong band Investien 50,

Agency Company, Limited............... before Sp.m, cu the day before the deparon Land and Building Coa

The Postage is 25 cents per tb, and 20 West Porn Budding Co., Ltd. 12, conts each succeeding B or fraction of a b

MINING.

which includes Registration fee, and must HK. Eigh-Levy pways Čo., L be prepaid in stamps. No further charge is ade in the United Kingdom except for made Customs dues. No parcel must te more than 3 fact

&inches in length, or 6 feet in greatest length and girth combined. are Beipt is given for each Parcel.

1,20

1008 37, 340, sollers

58424, sellers

わず

Sas. Bu F.50 8824, ellers

Jelebu Mining & Trading Co., Lat. 45,058 unjon Mining .. ...60, Júli Socis-Frascate des Unarbo

aged du Tonki, Nw Balmoral Gold M'ing Co., Ed: 16,000 $

The barider must fill up a form of Custome Declamation, which can be obtained free at Baub Aust, Gold Mining Co., Lt.. oach Post Ofios. No parcel can be accept. Societé Francise des Houilleres ed till this is completely and accurately

filled. The only articles ordinarily sent from China which are liable to duty ars Tea, Tobacco.

perishable Dangerosa or

1 al $1.80 and $2, buyen; $2,

1 18/1094.50, sellors

nam.

8,00F. 500 all

ย

goods, articles

GEORGE PLANTING, ETO, China-Borneo Company, Ld. Ou, Luand H. Browa

HOTELS, 20.

DISPENSABLES.

7.80 $ 14 5,00 €

ellers

G, $

501 al 84, sales and buyers

60 A 811, sollera

10 at 810, sales:

31.40, scilers

LIGHTING.

HEICH AND CEMENT.

10 at 8125, buyers 108 $4,TE, sellers

2.Orders on the Coautrios drawn Hough likely to injure the Maile, Liquids (aafers Hongkong Howl Company, It the London Post Office are paid less the follow.securely packed) or parcels ously crushed, the Chinese poet-statesman of the eleventh ing discount for which the remitter should allow. auch se band boxes, are prohibited. No Para 3. Watson de U.. Limited..... 150,00 sentary, Sa Tung-p'o, by Mr, E. C. Bowns, All such Ordere mast be expressed in British cel can be recaived if its value exceeds $250 Dakin, Cruickshans & Co., I... 10,000. to not only historically valuable, but is also

A Parcel may contain a letter to the same

AK and China da Uo., Limits. etinguished by its literary graso, Blende: For sutas not Kaweeding 22

No Hongkong Electric Co., Limited...,$ "Exoveling #2 but rot Ex'ding £ 5. Gddress as that of the Parcel, itself, or an- nottoes of new books relating to China and of

£73. other Parcel to the same address. the East, which will be a useful feature

20, 08 xi 1.0d other cadlosures are allowed. it carried out with punctuality the Reviewe

With regard to Suward Parcels, addreasces Green laland Cement Co., Ld, and detail, we are glad to notice that Notus mud Quarion are destined to

Mail is not opened until the ordinary dis Campbell, Moore & Co., Limited.. are requested to observe that the Parcel Hongkong Brick & Cement Co.. La 4,88125344, sullera find a place in its pages also, It is to be

tribution of letters, &c, is finished. The Feario 5 Co., Lamuted 6,0 Shippers are particularly requested to

that this

contribations opening for

postage on Parcels at home is 10d. per 1, uoto the terms and conditions of the Combo chces subjecte may oroke a similar

on Chinees degres of Hterary seat to that which was pany's Bills of Lading.

displayed during the lifetime of its prede CAT in the fold, and that the China Bassio may receive the sapport necessary to insure

ment, in a little line, going through our required. annaceres at the word of command; mod I could hardly stand upon my feet, with a queur feeling of fear and trembling, till at length the terrible moment came. I Icoked straight forward-for: I durst not jee my head aboat, and. turned to the hills and green trees, as if I was nayer to see nature

Our pieces were cocked; and at the word -Fire-ff they went. It was an aot of desperation to draw the tricker, and I had hardly well but my Blinkers, when I got such a thump in the shoulder, as knocked ma backwards head-over-heels on the grass. Before I came to ray monsen, f. could have sworn I was in another world; but, when opened my eyes, there were the men at ease,

For further Particulars, apply to

H. H. JOSEPH,

Superintendent. .&O. 8. N. Co.'s Office,

Hongkong, June 21, 1894

"BAILOR'S HOME.

1060

ANY Cast-off CLOTHING BOOKS, of PAPERS will be thankfully received the Sailor's Home, West Point.

Addresa : Oure of SUPERINTENDENT,

to continuance..

BALL PROGRAMMES

FOR SALE,

IN NEW SHADES AND PATTERNS.

'CHINA MAIL" OFFICE,

5. WYNDHAM STREET-

The commission charged is as follows sc cording to the cartones the Order is drawn in). Up to £3, or $30, or 20 Ra.......... $0.30

£5, or $25, oz 50 Ka.,

0,40

31

£7, or 15, or 70 E,

040

",

£10, or $50, or 100 Es,

0.80

11

-

1,00 160 #5, ****

4.—No Onder nitsi oxcost £10 or $50 (unless

the same mail.

MISCELLANEOUŃ,

1,2

the Regulations are generally similar to the dungkon Bakery Company, L. above, and the Parcels aro sent out longkung Dairy Farm 00.3,00 Gibraltar.

Hongkong les Company, Limits 5,00 H'kong Rope Manufactory Co., L. 9, $.

* Founder's shares

"

ΣΟΛΚΗ

drawn on India, when Es. 150 is the liais), or Indemnity for the Loss of a Registered Article. will more than two ench Urders be issued to the samo person, in favour of the same pages, by The Post Office is not legally responsible.

for the safe delivery of Ragistered correspon 5.-Bams not exceeding $50 way be remitted dense, but it is prepared to make good: the between the Forts of China by means of Postage contents of such correspondence. lost while Chinari aperti: 168. Stamps, subject to a charge of one per sent fur passing through the Post, to the extent of

Hongkong Hotal Moet- Į bing them; or Money Orders can be granted $10, in certain esses, provider:

That the sender duly observed at the age Debenim. 1889

at Hon kong or Ehanghai on Ports where there.

are Agencies of the Hongkong Post Office.

General Post Office, Hongkong, let January, 1898,

DEBENTURES,

Amount: Falue

Bi

26, sellers

10:24, nom.

60

2021, Bellers $10, sellers

10 a

60 al

$7, sallers

al$78, sales

8104, sellerá

Interest,

Quotation.

Tha. "767, Tis. 35 7% panciu 15 % prem, bayers

conditions of Registration required.

2. That the letter was securely enclosed

in a reasonably strong envelope.

€ 400,000,0 8500)

Printed at the China Mail Office, No, 5, Wyndham Street, H

premu...

8500