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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1806.

New Piano Repairing Machinery arrived for W, Robinson and Compasy.

A cumpanaon of the maximum temperaturas la different parts of the world shows that the Great Desert of Afrios is by far the hottest. This vast plain, which extends, 2000 miles from east to west, and 1,000 miles from north to month, is said to baro

■ -temperature of 150 deg. Fabr. in the hottest day of summer.

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Tur mercantile marine of France continues to dwindle in spite of the large bounties it enjoys. It fell, trum 9,704.191 tons in 1831 to 8,382,411 tons in 1893, a loss of 13.6 per cent., but if from this be deducted the tou nage of the subsidised lines, whose ships are obliged to come and

regard to and go without carge, the diminution to 15.5 per cent. Is 1894 the decadence has still continued. Compared with 1891 tho-loss is 17 per cent. The dearsuse la principally mediterranean, with respect to European countries and the

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. [SUPPLIED TO THE 'China Mail.'] A CORRECTION. Yesterday's message to The Hours of Lords should read as follows, as per correction received to-day.

LONDON, 7th February, 1895, Me Balfour said in the House of Com- mone that Lord Rosebery declined to introduce a resolution dealing with the Blouse of Lords at the present moment, because he knew that a dissolution must immediately follow such a stop.

Lounon, 7th February, 1895, THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

THE

CHINA MAIL.

MOANDREW'S HYMN:

BY BUDTAND XIPLINO,

out our moorin'-alain;

"London, January 20th.--Eslase Labanoff has been appointed Russian Ambasador at Berlin In place of Count Bhonvaloff.

When sippin' down through coral-tranh rau | An' by that light-now, mark my word— ] »] NEW RUSSIAN AKRASSADOR TO BERLIN.

we'll build the Perfect Ship. Au' by Thy Grace I had the Light to aes I'll never last to judge her loss or take her

my daty pisi.

i curve-not I

But I ha' lived an' I ha' worked. All

thanks to Thee, Most Eligh! An' I ha' does what I ha dono-judge

expedition; some hundreds of them have been engaged; they all wear the mol blue added cotton clothing, oap with ent and neck pinass, and thick felt shoes; and they have been supplied with badges of

and the night we got in, mat up | Light on the engine-rosm--no more-clear

as our carbone burn, I've lost it sincs a thousand times, but red cotton, about six inches long, bearing from twelve to four with the Chief Engi conspicuous characters denoting their ocneer who could not get to sleep either."

said that the angisus made him feel may almost be said cupation, so that it they wear uniforms. Pack-saddles of the quite poetical at times, and told me things Coreat model have boon made to fit the about his past life. He seems a pious old

in the voyageu

navar past return,

men's shoulders, and each has his burdan | bird ; but I wish I had known him earlier / Obsairro. Por agnum we'll have here two pilot 50 soon? His flare

apportioned.

nud

Thus it happens that the transport ser- vice saumes such motley appearance. In Europe or America there would pro bably be horses or mules enough to fall all

in requirements; but Japan there are only ponies, vory deficient both in quality by the way. is the explily-which

of the great defect in the Jape

at it has nothing like an ade- nose army, that it has quate cavales force. The baggage trains on the road between Kiachat and Talien consisted of olumey, lumbering bullock. caris, ponies, raules, donkeys, haud carts, most picturesque conglomera-

Chines and

---Extract from privats letter.

Lord, Thou hast made this world below the

An'

shadow of a dream,

taught by time I tak' it so-exceptin' Always Steam

From suplar langa to spindle-guide I see

Thy Hand, Oh God-

tin'-zod.

Prodestination in the slide o' you connec. John Osirin might ha' forged the sams-

shortmous, certain, alow-

Institutio.'

thousand souls aboard-

Think not I dare to justify myadi before

the Lordy But-averago" ofteen bunder seals safe.

-borno from port to pori→→

I

am

Borrice to kind. Yo wodna' blame the thought?

Maybe they steam from grace to wrath-to

ain by folly led,-

It

inas' mine to judge their path-their lives ars on my head,

Mine at the last. When all is done it all

comes back to mo, The fault that leaves six thousand ton a

log upon the aua.

Thou if ill or wall- Always Thy Grace proventin' me. - -

Losh! Yon's the Bland by ball. The Well, God be thanked, as I was sayin', I'in

mornin' watch is Bot

no Pelagian yet. Now I'll tak' on.

'Morrn, Ferguson. Man, have ye

ever thought hit your good leddy casts in coat I

"I'll burn 'em down lo port,

-Scribner's Alagazine,

LATE TELEGRAMS (Rangoon Gazette.)

EARTHQUAKE IN PERSIA, London, Janary, 21.—The town of

Enchan in Persia has been destroyed by an earthquake. Nambers of persons have been killed, ons husdred woman being buried is one building alone.

STAKE IN DROOKLYN, Non York, January 22-The tramcar employes of Brooklyn have gone on striks and have assumed threatening attitude- towards any attempt being made to obtain Jrash labour. Numerous riots have already courred and the disturbances have reached such dimensions that the sufborities bath teen compelled to call out seven thousand. troops to restore order. Several consists Lave taken place between the troops and rioters in which many have been injured.

J

(Times of Ceylon.)

-Is-ore year-more-than one-fourth of the tonto the Address?) in favour of a Customs camela-theness coolies, and a few y', wrought it in the furnace-fisme-my We'll lak' oge stretch-three weeks an Perth (where John Knox preached some of | zÓED WILLIAM, BERESFORD CHANGED WRE

nage pugsged in navigating to those pluces has passed away from the French flag.

of river

that

I

My

are bard to please :*

wi' God an' these

cannot get my sleep tonight, old bonus stand the middle watch up here-alone engines, after ninety days o' race an' rack an' strain Through all the seas of all Thy world, alam.

Bangin' home Slam-bang tao much: they knock a wee.

the again. The oreashead-gibante looss

Me C. E. Howard Vincent (Member for Sheffield) has withdrawn his amendment Cain throughout the Empiro, upoo, Mr tien imaginable. There are even jinsick. shas, imported from Japan, plying between Sydney Charles Boxton promising to in- Talian and Kinchau; but the road le ter-I'll trodusa a Bill to enable Australia to enterribly rough for them.

Af Kinobau itself, the aspect of hundrum into fiscal relations with the other Colonies.

contoutment and peace is so complete The debate on the Address continges. ou can hardly believe there is any war between China and Japan. Sentries atand at the gates of the city, and soldiers throng in the quaint old fetreets, bat every day life jogs on in a style of quiet and amicable monotomy that speaks volumes in favour of the Japanese... The Chinese inhabitants have practically all returned to their homes and their daily occupations to which an patne has been given by the infox of the visitors, the invading gardy. Whee

rived there, on Jan. 20, the market was being held, is the usual place, and an immerse business was being done. In all the streets, shops were upon. Chinese and Japanese amiably mingled is the crowds, in the market pince, the tobacco shops, the Leas friendly are the various theatre

SEVERE COLD IN GREAT BRITAIN. Intense cold prevails in England; in many parts of the sountry the thermoms ter registers below zero (below freezing

Territo snow-storms have occurred in

Tue colonial policy Portugal has brought home to her statesmen the impotence of her navy, and it has just been decided to co struct a new navy, of twouty-three knot protective cruisers, wood and copper sheath- ed, like the Japanese cruiser oching; of twenty-eight kast torpedo-boat destroyers; twenty-thres kaot torpedo beats; of gunboats and vidette boats. The Govern- ment propose to pay about £120,003 an nually for a period of twenty years, and in- stead of giving the work out to contract in-point). tend to invites shipbuilder of Great Britain, France, Germany, and the United Stater to state bow many vessels of the typa indicated he will apply for the money on certain oon- He must make a yard at Istuu, and be will the machinery the exist. ing Government factory and their ofan of affloors and mechanies, will be able to import plant, material, and fuel tres of duty, will have sale right of shipbuilding and repairing and her odlonies, and at the end in Portugal of twenty years will have the privilege of handing over the yard to the Blale. The scheme is simplicity itself. It is promoted, too, by the Government.

ditions,

THE DAIRY FARM CO., LIMITED,

to Scotland.

The following is the report for presonta-

tion to shareholders at the eighth ordinary

THE INDIAN DUTY ON MAN-

CHESTER GOODS,

A crowded meeting has been held at Blackburn to protest against the Indian import duty on cotton goods.

THE CHINA-JAPAN WAE.

(Special to the Chinese Mail.")

QHINA TO SUE FOR PEACE.

SHANUMAI, February 7, 3.16 p.m. China intends to re-open peace negotia

thom fair ozcasa.

But thiry thousand milo o sea has gied Fine, dear an' dark-a full-draaght breeze,

wi Ushant out of sight, walk to-night! Ferguson zolierm Hay. Old girl, fe's at Plymouth.. Bir

Boventy Une-Two-Three since he began—- Three turns for Mistress Ferguson

1

I canna blame the man!

02

There's none at any pert for me, by driving ace Elaio Campbell went to Thes, Lord, Since Elaio

thirty years ago.

·ødd by any road ye steer

Bex' Cape Town cast to Wollington-76

need An enginder. Fail there-yo've time to weld your shaft

Or

-ay, at it, yo've

make Kergueloa under sail-three jiggers burned wi' smoke! An' homo again, the Rio run: it's no

child's play to go Staamin' to ball for fourteen days o' snow The horgs like kelpigs overside that girn Whaur, grindin' like the Mills o' God,

goes by the big South drift.

an' fica an' blow-

an' torn an' shift

I've met them at their work, (Hail, snow an' ice that praise the Lord: An' wished we had auither route or they

anither kick.) You's strain, hard strain, o' head an' hand,

for though Thy Power brings All skill to naught, Ye'll understand a man

must think

Then, at the last, we'll come to port an'

hoist their baggago clear—

LISAULT

Lahore, January 10.- paragraph is go-

the

of

Bombay, Jan 20-8t John's Cathedral,

His-famous sermoast has been damaged by fire to the extent of £1000. **E ACCIDENT TO THE P. AND 6. CHUSAN.'ing the round of the verDroulare papots of The F. and O. steamer Ghusan reports the Punjab that the Nativo Extra Assist that a heavy sea in the Bay of Bisay broke ant Commissioner, Lals Damodar Dass, or on Bandar, wrecking the second sa-B.A., has find a complaint of sasauit to the depth of five feet. Loon cabine and flooding the round as loon against Lord Will the Bores or the Dis

lassar was now Calcutta, in saverely injured. The second-class passen-asaule is said to have committed on the arushed to death by the debris and seven others trict Magistrate of Ludhians.

The alleged Bins and saloon. Part of the bridge and month. The District Magistrate of Lud gers had to be taken into the first-class ca-railway station platforms of Amitane last some of the stanchions of the Chuson were hians has written to the Calcutta High

AWAY

Court enquiring if the complaint can be` Fall particulars of laat week's storm and proceeded with by him. The complainant

is a young native of Delhi who got his op losses had scarcely been received when pointment by competitive examination another heavy gals broke out over the about four years ago. British coast. It began on Friday night, just a week after the other, and the loss of life and destruction of property has also in this cass been very heavy,

Weshed

ANOTHES DALE IN ENGLAND

A SHILLING XUCKE.

Estimates for the ensuing financial gene Bombay, January 17.-The usual Budget

The loss of life in the gaith of the and to economy, it is anticipated that the

gals te now being framed strict

racel in Hongkong, or many other places (The gear the Sarah Sands was burned. The passengers, wi' gloves an' owner—an i reported. At Huli alone nearly ninety lives tupoo may fal to a shilling wilkin the uICKÉ

where no word of "war has been heard for decades.

A

striking proof of the cordial goodwill. that exists in Kinchao, as well as a teati. mony to the tact and ability displayed by Japanese officials here, was afforded on the departure of Mr Arakawa, Japanese Gover nor at Kinchau, to go with the troops-pre- sumably for similar duty in Shantung. On notifying his Chinese colleagues of the City Council, he was presented by them with an

following effect com

Ob roads we used to tread, Fra' Maryhill to Pollokshaws-ical Govan

to Parkhead!)

1

Not but they're coaril on the Board, Y'all

hear Sir Kenneth say Good

MDETA

MoAndrew! Back again An' how's your bilge to-day?1 ̈ ̈ Miscallin' technicalities but handia' me my

chair

To drink Madeira wi' three Earls-the auld

Flest Engineer,

thus is what I'll hear :—~ Well, thank ye for a pleasant voyage.

› tonder's comin' nOW." The

While I go testin' follower-belts au watch

the skipper bow. They're words for everyone but mo-shake

handa half

the crew, Except the deur Scots ongiveer, the maɔ-

they never knew.

An'

yet I like my wark for all we're dam' few pickin's here--

were lost, and ep tat present the total for few weeks, as the Secretary of Stata stilk

the whole country is several hundreds.

During

Riviera.

THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER,

| ama a large quantity of Billa to sell bafore

-

yearly meeting to be held on Monday next, tions with Japan. The two Chineso Am-artistic scroll bearing an inscription to the That started as a builer-whelp-when steam Ne pension, au' the most we cara's four Camp to Sir William Lockhart vios Lien-out, but not in range. He was fired at

at noon-

The directore berewith prezent to the shareholders a statement of the Company's accounts for the year ended 30th Novem- ber, 1894.

bassadors have baan ordered to remain at Nagasaki to await further instructions.

At Agat

THE PROTECTION OF NEUTRALS AT CHEFOO.

MEMORIAL PRESENTED TO EX-GUVERNOR

ARAKAWA BY THE CHINESE · LOCAL ADMINISTRATOHY, KINCHLÓ, We, Kai-eni-sei and Kiu-tai-sho, chief Son-ho-ten, Cho-shu-son, commissioners; Count Oyams, Commander-in-Chief of and Sai-ten ahan, general commissioners: addressed the following letter, dated Shan- and To-ken-bio, the Japanese Second Army Corps, bas and Wa-hai-lin, Sizcai-shu, Zui-shin-lio, commissioners, tang Point, 24th Jennery, to the Couple

I

and he were low,

mind the time we used to pack a bursten

main wi' tow.

Ten pound was all the pressure then-b!

Ell-s mau wal drive;

bunder pound a year. Better myself abroad? Maybe. Flaooner

starve than sail

W7 such as call a snifler-rod ross-Freach

for nightingale.

Commession on my stores? Somo do; but

I can not afford

the week the weather has been April lok.

AN EXCITING ADVENTURE, vexy severe. In the North of Bogtland several trains, have been snowed up and

Baubli, January 17-Yesterday after- Rangers have suffered, much privation.noon information was given to Colonel To-day fire inches of snow fall in the Lindsay, the sporting and pupular Deputy

Chairman of the Mahratta Bailway, Allahabad, January 19th.-Lieutenant to panthers were giving trouble to the the lot. F. H. 9. Roberts, King's Royal Flags & short distance from the station. Colonel immediately organised a best. Rifle Corps, has been appointed Aide-de-In the first beat a male panther galloped Heldens, Gordon Highlanders, eneseeding The female was looked for unsuccessfully. tepsat Lockbart deceased; Captain and it is believed wounded by the dolons! Lieutenant Roberts as orderly officer.

After this it was suggested that the first THE CHOLERA AF LUCKNOW,

beast should be searched for. The

part the Medical Committes on the cholera ont- ing its presence, when the animal sprang

Allahabad,

19th.-The January

were walking along together, not suapest- report of break in the East Lancashire Regiment at out of the miliah not eight yards from Lucknow, last hot weather, has reached Colonel Lindsay (who was then unarmed)

bidding farowall.

consideration. It is pretty clearly establish-fought and pasted the beast off with his it accessary to occupy Chefon, it is our Binca The herd of cattle has boon largely in intention to give as much protection to Excellency has been

Your arrival at Kinchau your

But when I grudge the strength Ye gave ed that the main cause of the mischief iny elbow, shouted at it and turned to protect

ia the use of feui illors. as kind to the

his face. I'll grudge their food to those.

The panther, which slightly slawed the Colonel in the back, was besten creamed during the past year and is now in the neutral inhabitants is the military people as a father to his children. You

Inventions? Ye must stay in port to mak', GOVERNMENT AND THE LORDS. excellent bealth and condition.

necessities will allow. As soon as the have dona everything in your power

back, and efforts London, January 18-Lord Rosebery,

made to dislodgs Directors, The Hon. C. P. Chator and place is in war possession and before any protect there, spatitig no pains to carry out

My Dreferential Valve-Gear taught me speaking at Cardiff, declared that the ear him, but although it made several charges Dr Cantlie have ceased to be directors ofananese

how that business lay,

paign against the House of Lords was inevi-sided that the guns should divide. As the

would not leave the the Company, and Mr Douglas Jonce and apanese troops enter the couocssion we whatever measure might be deemed bann..

will send a force of gendarmes to the bicial bar De Noble have been invited to join the Concession and establish order. 1 also dial to our people, and leaving unromedi Four time the pan from earth to tuson. blame no chapa o' clearer head for aught table slope the Reform Bill of 1884. Go-

How for O Lord from Thee 1

Colonel was taking his that was likely to injure them,

they

Ternment did not propose to touch the House Their election requires confirma declare hereby that spart from any question

other side thestinal charged tion by the urang. Mr Granville Sharp of international rights I will do my best toy impressed with gratitude to your That wast beside him night an' day. Ye found that I could not iuvant an' look, to of Lords, but merely to readjust the relationshila charging was shot

3። by wind my first typhoon ? Excellency, the people congratulated them

with the Upper Chamber. With respeak to Hagh Lindsay sins fired. The beast was a avoid na mneb as possible imposing our selves out being under auch belligeront rights (quartering, requisitions, Auditor.The annexed accounts bare etc.,) on the neutral inhabitants and their administration, and wished to remain courbed the skipper on his way to jock] 8o, wrestled wi' Apollyon-No 1-fretted the House of Commons, Lord Hosebery stated

property.

$0.000.00 for depreciation, le $2,001.43 The profft for the year, after writing of which, in view of the experience of the last

carry forward.

district

An' here, one workin' guages give one

hundar twenty-five! We're creepin' on wi each new rig-less

weight an' larger power:

kaota an hour!

To lie like stewards wi' paity-pans, I'm

older than the Board." Scots are close,

year, the Board considors it pradent to at Chefoo:In caso our army should and 'Excellene Prosont this memorial to your There'll be the loco-boiler next an' thirty! A bonus on the coal I bare? Og ay, the Army Headquarters and is now in course of and attempted to mal him. Tho Colene

Board.

and Mr Machado retire by rotation and offer themselves for re-election.

been andited by Me Henderson for Mr Robert Lyall, absent on leave, who offers himself for election for the currant year," GRANVILLE Barr, Chairman. Hongkong, 2nd February, 1895,

CORRESPONDENCE,

PADDY O'LEARY AT THE PANTOMIME.

**

THE CONQUERED COUNTRY.

Transport Yokohama Maru, at sos, Jun. 22, 1835.

While at Talienwan I had an opportunity of seeing what the land and the peoplo look like after three months of Japaurse government; and candidly I must say the impression was very good. I arrived early on the 19th, in the transport. Tokie Mars, which, by the way, had been carefully sort

for over.

un

R

about

to

15th

1. Now that your Excellency is host. dently deprived of a loving and hepovolens parent.

We sincerely wish that the Impe. rial Governmout (of Japan) might long allow you to remain at this post; we trast it may be the good fortune of our poople to have the pleasure of welcoming your Excellency back as our Governor once

more.

Thirty an' more. What I hs seen since

ocean-steam began Leaves mu no dout for the machine: but The man that counts, wi' all his runs, ond

►

what about the man?

million miles o' ea

wi' the saloon.

I

a patent pay.

make

theas as well.

sell.

like a baira Three feet were on the stokehold vor-But burned the workin' plans last ran wi

all I An dast mago) a furnice-door. I have the Ye kau hoped to an Idol dies, as what

me

to an

marks to show.

Marka 17 ha marica of more than burns-

deep in my sont on black, Aa' times like tain when all goes smooth

my wichudness

back.

The sins o' four and forty years, all up ao

down the seas,

Clack an' repeat like valves baff packed,

Forgie's our trespases. Nights when I'd come on deck to mark, wi'

oovy in my gaze,

For our own part, we, the signatories of this memorial, consider ourselves to have been especially favoured and honoured in being daily assembled by the side of your The couples kittlin' in the dark behind the the light of your funnel slays: Breclloney, basking in personal friendship. We respectfully wish Years when I roamed the ports wi' pride to

I my enp of wroug

that meant to me-

E'en tald it for a sacrifico nocaptable to

Thats.

Below there! Oiler! What's your wark

Fe the bearin' hard?

find

Te

needn't float the giant weil-this

isn't the Cunard,

Fe thought! Ye are not paid to think. Go,

sweat that off agains! Tek! Tok I It's desficult to sweer nor

The Name in vain! Men, ay as women, cali me stern; wi' Ye'll note I've little time to burns on social

rapartee.

these

Oversea

ap

position on the

ais, God dead

that the first measure of the coming Session large one. Throughout the whole proced would be the disestablishment of the Chareting the Colouel behaved most pluckily

When the bosat Was killed the beaters all joined la. Blond cheer for the Colonel The excitement in the station was immens when it was reported that the Colonel had been meuled. The doctor examined the

TES COTTON DYTIEL CAN London, Jamary 16-A meeting of the cotton spisuers of Heywood was held and resolutions were passed declaring the reins position of the cotton duties in India would further embarass the home industry and

that the atriot must be done to get the blunder rectified.

EUROPEAN AND LASCAR CEEWS,

wounds, which are alight, and ordered rest for a day or so.

THE ANGLO-FRENOH AGREEMENT,

London, January 22 —The agree- ment on Africa affairs recently reported

To the Editor of the China Mai,'

Hongkong, Fab. 7. Mr Editor Darlint,-An' it's Afther nakin' plawat might I be thinkin' of the 'an' I'll tell ya that same, but my talo must by its owners, the Nippon Yusen Kaishs, your Excellency a safe and pleasant voyage. Judge not O Lord, my steps aside at Gay The bains soo what their olders miss; the object of dusting Asiatic in favour of factory settlement of this dispute, which re

Pantomiina Performance yo are? Shure

'Should our poor language imperfectly

be like Pat McGrath's pig's afther the dog on its regular trading run to Vladivostock express our feelings, wo trust your Excel Street in Hongkong!

wan donu wid it—brief so' to a point, so' itntil that port was closed for the winter,lency will be so good as to take an indulBlot out the wastret hours of mine in sin

Folly was charmin, an eng like a sky-and has only been lent for transport argent view of our intentions.'

IA,

lark; Perky was divine, only wings a vice for a short time. As the vessel on- wantin'; Man Friday way a bunky bhoy

an' Brooke was full o' Grace. Will Attered Taliouwan, the advance guard of

Crusoe's

THE LANDING IN SHANTUNG.

Yangebing, Jan. 26th, 1895,

As early as the 18th January, a small

scouting party of officers, in Chinese dress

when I abode

Jano Harrigan's an' Number Ning, The

Roddick an' Grant Road

An' wour then all my crownin' sia-rank

blasphemy an' wild. judeo a child 1

was not four sud twenty then-Yo wadus

I

they are ofwell as ins—I tak3 3⁄4em

hunt me to an' fro,

Till for

down below.

That minds me of our Viscount loon-Sir

Kenneth's kin-the chap WP Russia leather tennis-shoon as spar-

decked yachtin'-cap. showed him round last week, o'er all-an'

at the last

he Maja

I'd seen the Tropics best that ran-new Mistar Modudrowe, don't you think

fruit, now smells, nor six-

By

ataama kills romance at asa?

my Dose.

to see what ailed the throws, Manholin', on my back-the cranks three Romance

inches from

Those Grat-class passengers they like it very

Well Printed at bound in little books. But

why don't poata tellf sick of all their quirks an turn-the loves an' doves they dream

an like Rabbie Buros to man Lord, send a

king the Song of Steam! To match wit Setia a noblest speach yon What

I'm

London, January 18.-The opinion to have been concluded between Grest prevails in shipping circles bere that the Britain and France is now published. movement to induce the Indian Government It defines the boundaries of the two Powers to legislate in the matter of accommodation in Sierra Leone, and concedes reciprocal fa- on board vessels carrying Larcar crews in oilities for trading in the land on the fron- inspired by the new Labour Unienists with tier. The Fraash press rejoices at the satic moves all chances of future conidiots in the Енгорсод секь

district, and bails it as a good sugary for the negotiations that are proceeding with re- gard to the other questions at isene between England and France in Africa. (5) MAKENGITE ADDITION TO BE MADE TO THR

· KAVT.---ME ASQUITH ON THE COTTONLINE

DUTIES, London, January 22-Mr Asquith,

extensive additions to the navy WOM

THE SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANY, London, January 18.--Mr Cecil Rhodes, addressing a meeting of the Chartered South African Company, said the new territory that had been acquired by them north of the Zambesi would be virtually self-supporting. The country wes healthy, fertile and suitable bodies of British Colonista. Mr for large

the prophesied the eventual federation addressing meetings at Hull, said, Hans of the Cape and urged upon his hearers the being provided for during the coming

conferred on British trade.

year.

Zonden, Jaonary.-lo spits of the on- which is the best on the 200

The Government fully appreciate the necessity of providing for the mainte 'TIK DIGLAKE DISASTER.

nanas of British

for segurity and reasing exertion made by relays of eager pesce, Referring to the imposition of the workers, all hope is abandoned of rescuing cotton duties in India, Mr Asquith declared essential for the the 76 miners who are known to have been that the step taken entombed by the disaster in the Diglake improvement of the fuapses of that country, colliery.

and, as England bold India in trust for the Indiana, it was impossible to exempt any particular English industries from thes operation of the Tariff Apt.

kins bo was bumptious; the Queen, bedad,bout twenty warships and twenty troop- was cruraptious; the rest ware darlints all,

azhips stoamad ont southward, the whole Au Mistress Crusoe, shure, she was Brady the bhoy that's a credit to the rod. body of newspaper correspondents and May Heaven be his bed, and good luck to foreign attachés having been carefully kept and familiar with the language, visited this How could I tell-blind-lov wï' gun-the Damned ijjit! I'd been down that inork immense advantage that colonial expansion bis ugly mug (that's Misthrees

Doil was lurkin' there! mus, not Bather Brady's). Sbure and it back until later; they were to go on the place in a boat (having left their ship out of was ugly enough for a female rhinocerous, 230d, with the Field Marshal and staff, sight round a headland) and picked up a By day like playhouse scenes the shore slid and so there was plenty of time to go over little information from the natives as to the Dight than sof, farquevious stars leered

past our sleepy eyes i by the same token; but when she had our ould fig an' wan for Good Ould and see Kinchan city again.

defraces of the place. Then they out the from those velvet skien, Oirland I could see the tears washin' off Talien Bay looked quite like a prosper

Tis Mistress Britannia, saz he, ous treaty port, with nearly a hundred telegraph linea from the N.E. Promontory Ia port (we used no oirgo-altais) I'd daun- her

* paint.

down

wn the streets- der that's the pride of the ocean, an' if any rostla at anchor in the sateru section light to Wei-hai-wei, and went back to 20-

An ijjit grinnin' iu a dream-for shells an' dares to apalpoon here to doubt me, orr-a

(Juok Bay), and a large and busy commu

parrakeets, musta, let him thread on the tail of the nity on there, Sampaus had been brought port progress. The Chinese commanders

the tail ar Misther Brady's ould aver from Japan in considerable numbers, had heard of warships off the Promontory, Au walkin' stiske carved bamboo, an' coat, an

holl Hand them out to Riley, as well as balf a dozen tugs and steam and send about 500 troops from Wai-hai-wei An' what did you think?

launches, as the Chiness fishing boats to this place, with four Kropp feld pieces- That reminds

ma that my friend-Sandy, available on the spot are unuitable. Aiberdesa awal, remarized content Chiness paddle-buat of about 160 tons, This was pot much to stop an army of some lario

the laddie that daosed the captured in trying to escape from Port thousande? Highland Fling: Man! but you was gran, but the band thocht they was at a funeral, Japaneso at Talien.

the same teken. The arcet Colleens that did the business vid the skin, a the fans, an the tambourines, shura en

Irac the

ΟΙ

HA

One

blowfish stuffed an died Fillin my bank and rubbishy the Chief

*put overside. Till, of Sumbara Head Yo mind, I heard

aland-breeze oa'

Milk-wacus

waru w broath of spice an' bloom:

eabliton

aplifted liko the Just--the

it'a dhrunk I'm goin' to be ia mimicy step, as well as all the large cars, The Chinese, after Sting a few shots, lelt Tour mithor's God's a graspin' deil, the IM Pink-head bidos,

own festooned with massive icicles.

shadow never bo less; an' Canada, an'

BAITING BAET AFRICA.

W38

HONGKONG REGISTER.

Londen, January 21.--At a meeting of the British East African Company, bitter complaints were made of the unfair man ner in which the Company had been treated tail-rods mark the time.

by Government It was resolved to invite The crank throws are the double-bass; the Government to appoint two delegates to Arthur, is now doing good service for tho Before dawn on the 20th, a Japanese aqua- | MoAndrews, coine awa

feed-pump sobs so heaves.

meet the representatives of the Company for Ceing ashore, the boats had to pick their dren of five warships, leading the way for Firm, clear ant low-go taste, ne hate-ibe An' now the main eccentrics start their the purpose of further discussing the claime

Barometer quarrel on the shearer. whisper wont,

of the latter, way through broken ice, as iseh or two the transporta and botr csart, arrived in

Satin evidentiși facts beyon' all Her time, her own appointed time, the

Londony

Jauary 22.-The Times, in an Temperature in thickness; and the iron pier, landing-Yungching Bay, sad in a short time loaded Jast

article on the meeting of the British East Humidity argument wore a party of marines noder cover of guns.

that note-the rod's return African Company held yesterday, describes Direction of Heavy them, the darlinto. An' may you Olothing is of course the invariable rule their four cannon and fled to Yungebion.

shadow of 'yoursel

whings: glimmerin' through the gaides. the conduct of the British Government Wind Ameriky, an' Rooshis, an' Hongkong, an'

furs of all kinds, sheepskins, wadded costs. An hour later the whole division arrived,Got out o' books by meanisters clean daft They're all awal True beat, full power, towards the Company as a sorry piece of Force

the dangin' chorus goss all the other nations.Yours to command,

and leather garmente with the hair inside. and was completely disembarked beforo dusk,

haggling and urges the reconsideration of Weather ring the afternoon a battalion was

Clear to the tunnel where they sit, my the claims of the Company and a prompt and Rafn «................... During PADDY O'LEARY. Even with all this, it is not easy to keep

purrin' dynamoes,

equitable reftiument being arrived at. warm in a temperature of 17 deg. Fahren- formet into column and marched into Yung P. 5.-'Tis somewhat in need I am aya heit, with a keen exposed North wind; and ching, see there was a show of resistanys,

wjles from the landing pla

place.

' & jonkoue, pridcfa' fatish, lad, that's only Interdependence absoluto, forseen, TTALY AND ABYSSINIA-FRENCH 28FLUENCE. tow at them purty pictures wid T. J.' in

atrong to hurt,

dainsal, decreed,

Home Fandary 21st,According to ac- corner, and that's the name av an Dirishar, noses, or hands loft exposed are liable Here agalu

to be lost very quickly.

but tuo oasualties whatever, as far as can be Ye'll not go back to Him again an' kise To work, Ye I note; stany tilt an' evory counts received of the recent lighting in gintleman, no' first cousa to Sant Pathrick

The Chinese

His rel-but rad, tha sagertained.

withdrew towards

sto at that, an' it's yersif that's a gintlo harbour where the steamers by was frozon

On the fellowing days (20th and 21st)

leaving Welshai-wei, Targe quaatitice of

But come wi' Us" (Now, who were Thoy!) Fra skylight-lift to furnace-bars, basked, Abtasiula various papere fell into the hande of the Italians on the capture of Mangaacia's man, too. They've now war now at

a thickness of

*un' know the Leovin' God.

bolted, ss of two or three inches, stores, rms and ammunition; but

braced an' stayed,

camp which prove that King Mecalck and

• the

*That does not kipper suula for sport or An' singin' like the Mornin' Stars for or other chiefs fomented the rebellion. It is with bills, broak a life i jest,

that they are made;

also stated that King Menelek has been

is сате

thrust-blook says --

Frenchmen.

the

orer to

It's cash down an' tono av yer larks; anus kopt going to break the ice from dam- The country here

had

on this occasion.

on Heaven an Hell. -**** They mak' him in the Broonislaw,

Glasgie cold an' dirt,

Leed

the Hangkang's Bar, an' sez ho, Pat, which is said to be very unusual. Tugs had no canuba to give awyddulating B16 awells thu eponim' cocoabuls an' ripes! While, out o' touch o' vanlly, the areal influenced against the Italians by sereml It's yersilf that's good at the uptake. The pans, which even then only got about with stoep bat not very lolts. The coolie can light up his chutisen an' await if geest difficulty. The thermometer regis- ground between the hills and the set fastares AD' there it atopped : enk off: no mors;

onltivated over, in levelled tered 3 deg. Fabrbsheit, or 20 deg. of frost. fully P. O'L.

Along the sbore, where formerly there as in Japan. There were several inches of

It's busy yo aro.

стогаде. The

popa

maiden's mai breast.

that quiet, certain ice

oe take at choice.

me through an' through

HDW po

throw

inst

is all our scrow.

never guessed before, unnam inst the Holy Ghost? An

Not unte as the praies, or man-not unie

us the praise ua

Now, a' together haar them lift their 1 erop.

theirs and mine!

Law, Order, Duty as Restraint, Obadi

euse, Discipline!

BEVOLUTION IN KAWAIL: London, Janaury 20-An iusartențion broke out in Hination the 8th instant with the ohjeet of restoring Queen Liliuokalapf to the throne. After two daya' desultory. fighting the revolution was suppressed. The loses on either aids were slight An whitse I wonder if soul was gied Eighty person have been arrested for par.

ticipation in the

Mill, forge an trypit taught them that

when roarin' they ar

thients wil the blower

B

...a tough steak); I say, waiter, bring me a The Chinoso find it highly no notion of the invaders. They take af That storm blow by but left beblod beri Ob for a man to weli it then, in ons trin- | Britlah szil and are mostly of

and a

hatchet Waitor: Yes, sir; soything

Jalion,

was nothing but the Chinese naval station, now on the 18th and 19th, and a good deal of Fur ma, six months of twenty-four, to leave there is now quite a large settlement, a it is still visible. The weather at present is LADY Teacher: What fur.is this man? town with a varying g population of probably bright and sunny, but intensely cold, with a "Twes on me like a thunderclap-it racked Intelligent Pogil What for? Why, to 10,000 roca

military element northerly wind that in growing strong furt keep the hands warm, of course."

preponderates, of course; but there are now.

Temptation aster The inhabitants of the tiny hamlets ber able on numbers of Japanese coolies, boat also large CUSTOMER (who has wrestled in vain with people, civilians, officials, a few merchants tween Yungshing and the harbour are going The Sta

Chinese opa.about their usual bualumas, taking little or Dy increasin advantageous to migrata from the inland fancy to Japanese cigarettes, and often sek

anchor shiftin' swell, eles, Bir ?1

Thou knowest a

tall villages to the Japanese elations, whers for there.

I my hourt an' wind. Thou On the 320d, a small party of marinci knoweat Lord I full there is a constant demand for labour, THEY any an eminent legal luminary is as well as a brisk trade in food and clothing went overland and took possesion of the was Thy band beneath my head i about

my feet Thy dare about to take steps to prevent people at at high rates of Bo ths little cluster lighthouse on the NR. Promentury. The Christmas time talking about Boxing day. f naval offices, topado stores, etc., are threa keepers, Messrs Wolff, Nott, and an Fra' Dell clear to Torres Strait, the trial of

despair, now being surrounded by huts and houses other, bave been exceedingly well treated by

Ja-the Japanese,

But when we touched the Barrier Reel full of Chinese, borood which it the

Temporary trooden sheds were put

Thy answer to my prayor. panese military establishment tents, sheda,

pay.

ор ob

Yet

Ab'

Stany Father: He who sows the whad rongs the whiriwlad.' Prodigal Son:

and perraabent stores, In Bornestion with chore as soon as the landing was effected, We Well, he raises the wind nayway.'

the foris. There is now a regular dally and in these and the small villages the mister of outside bands, Chinees who soldiers word quartered until they duuld be come to apply for work at headquarters, all mored lato Yungehing. The metal on and are paraded for inspection. They are Wei-bal-wei is to gumimanga without delas such willlug workers that is has been found probably by the time this letter reaches its say to organise a corps of Chinese coolice destination the fortress will have been cap for transport service with the Shantung tared and the news spread by telegraph,

Moraan (giving Scripture lesson to child): Thera was only one man ie the world then his was Adam. Sophy (interrupt. , matoma dese, if there ou coly Ingi

As the pooked hie dinger for him |

dared not run that eos by night bat

lay an' held our fre

I was drowsin on the hate-sick

nick wi' duabt an' tire -

Better the sight of eyes that see than in

daria! o' desire)*

Ye mind that word? Clear as our gouge

again, an' ance again,·

hammer strain,

nationality

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3. G. BIG First Andant Hongkong Observatory, Feb. 6, 1885,

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