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RUDYARD KIPLING'S LATEST.

EVENING DRESS AT THE OPERA.

No less a personage than Lord Dysart s started a crusadlo ngainst the compulsory wearing of evening dreseat the opera. Than have been several crusades at home of late for the release of the gone ale from

A crusule las certain fixed rates in dress

Intimations.

G. FALCONER & Co.,

PHARAOH AND THE SERⱭ EANT;

Consider that the meritorious ser vices of the Sergeant Inatrectors attached to the Egyptian Army hare boen itude-

To the ex quately acknowlodged. cellence of their work is mainly due the great Improvement-that has taken place in the soldiers of H: H. the Khedive.has failed, and an emirons London hatter DIAMOND JEWELLERY AND ENGLISH SILVER WARE,

tract from letter.

been going on, for instance, against the wearing of the silk but ; but somehow it

gave it out that he had never marle

That will stand upon his foot and playing-dress crusade for the opus, and he

the game,

declares that he has the great major

WATCH-MAKERS AND JEWELLERS,

NEW SELECTIONS OF

HIGH-CLASS GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES.

LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SPECTACLES; PINCE-NEZ AND EYE PRESERVES,

That will Maxin his oppressor-as a Chris-uf persons in the moaical and artistic world, G. FALCONER & Co., ARE AGENTH FOR ROSS'S FAMOUS TELESCOPES AND

tian ought to do.

And she sent old Pharaoh Sergeant

Whatimame.

I was not a Duke, nor Earl, nor yet

Viscount-

It was not a big brass General that

come;

man in khaki kit who could handle roen a bit.

With his bodding labelled Sergeant

Whatisnaure.

You still hun a proper tunis before it

ends.

And she introduced old Pharaoh to the

Sergeant once for all,

And left 'em in the desert ranking friends."

It was not a Crystal Palace nor Ca

thedal

It was not a public-house of common

on his side. In India there is not much room for opposition to what is practically at are in the way of evening dress for performances after dinner; for a tan aldom so situated that it is inconvenient

for him to get into his black and white' for the performance if he has decided going. In Londom, however, whero a man want to wind up with the opera after from honis. it is making a day of it away from hom often

kramp and difliente

to get

dressin duc timo. Outhers 194, our performances,

شماره

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1897.

HONGKONG MARKET PRICES. Corrected to Saturday, August 18, 1807, At 1020 Cash per Dollar Mersczu.

l'ike,

catty

Plaice,

} 1

TAIR

Pomfret, White

480

Dighest. Lowest,

Chinese Names.

Pomfret, Black

110

Geal.

Cash

נו

Butcher Meat.

肉食

Praya,

250

Ray,

琵琶沙

Bacon, English,

ib.

來路姻猪肉

Rook Fish,

C: 石狗县

Alue, Bugar uted

ᎦᏲ

Foochon,

Japan, cured

花旗炟猪肉配州翔豬肉日本酒肉

Roach,

雞雞

Salmon, (Csuton),

Shark

260

馬友魚

Said England unto Pharaoh, I must make any silk hats as in the past year.

comus lord Dysart with his anti-even- 2 man of you,

Now

鬆

Beet aizloin & prime cut. catty 140

AMM

balt Fish,

100

鹹雞

Corned,

Koast,

..untty

140

鹹牛肉

Skate.

Shrimps,

140

130

燒牛肉

Souppur,

220

立您

Soup,

100

肉

Soles.

160

樾沙魚

Steak,

Butlook'a Brains,

120

牛肉耙

Tench,

配您

But

per sol

نان

Turbot,

110

Tongue fresh, vach

250

牛油

左口魚

Turtles, small, fresh water,

300

cornod

320

Hond

800

牛酥

Whiting,

. catty

是您

White Buit,

锇讀仔

נן

Hearty..

150

Houp, Salt

catty

140

Fruita

菓子

Fazeka

. each

اراتها

Apples, (California),

. catty 170

金山平菜

Kidneys,

(Tientsin),

100

天津平藥

Tail,

100

(Jspao),

•

日本平業

Liver

catty 70

Trips (undressed) catty 60

50 牛肚

Calves Hoad and Feet, sot

600

牛仔頭脚

[lams, American,

ib.

320

花旗牒

Bananas, fragrant,

(brides),

Chestnuts, Chinese,,

- 30

省流香麓山香蕉

160

Clunene,

260

金華火雞

Carambola,

Во

楊桃

Cocoanute.

. each

Euglinh, Now,

440

療路火雞

او

Japan cured,

350-

日本火版

Shanghai, .

£50

上海火腿

Ground Nuts, Grapes,

catty 90

群提子

Lemons, China,

100

Mutton Chop,

160

Logi

160

羊眦

Poni,

Licheco, Lried,

300

烧脂

Shoulder,.

120

}

Fresh,

荔枝

Pigs' Chitlings,

Batty

Limes,

Foet,

Fry

Load,

cach

fleurt,

Kidney B

- pair

Livor,

1b.

160

110

Mango, (Saigon),

cach

100

(Manila),

buy 460

50. -

Mangosteen,

. dożon

卖南芒某麻花 X 山手

Grange, bwee,

catty

Green,

新會甜橙膂機

豬肝

Red,

Fork, Chep,

الثاني

Olives,

Corned,

Lug,

Fat or Lard,

Pine-apples,

Poare,

(Tioutain),

Plum, Red,

Puniclo

cuch

麻油雞

batty

INYON

But a piece of red-hot sand, with

palin on either hand,

Said England unte Pharaoh, Tho' at pre.begin at the unfortable late hoor of Imlf- - past mine, whereas in England the opera sant-singing smal

sometimes begins as early as 7; and in that

so the trouble for GISO

person who lives way in the suburbs and bas to turn it in evening dress in bright day- If Lord Dynt Fight at 6 p.m. is ovident.

bu will not improbably is largely uppertal win the day, for the trouble is a very rail There is a deal of matter, perhaps, in the fight. The open is the Eighest print, as it were, in the line of public entertainment; and if evening dress is knocked off there it ang be the beginning of all sorts of democratie licences that the laver of present fashiers will no doubt Nevertheless, we cannot suppose deplore. that the present fashions will be ever with us. The big-wig and gay silken hose of the last century passed away; and the early Victorian garb with its frilla and Ener breeches has

We have away to D4500

a consider- had the present swallow tails able time, and Lord Dysart's crusade may be the beginning of us end.

And a little hut for Sergeant What

ishane.

Įhaid England unto Pharach, 'You've had

miracles before,

Whon Aaron struck your rivors into

blood

But if you watch the Sergeant he can show

you something more,

He's a charm for making riflemen from

mud.

It was neither Hindustani, French, nor

Coptic

It was odds and ends and leavings of the

Saine,

Translated by a stick (which is really half

the trick),

isname.

THE WAYS OF CRICKET.

Years ago the crowd at the Oval was not

as highly educated in matters cricketical as it is now, and was often known to applaud !

And Pharaoh bearked to Sergeant. What-loudly when a bump-all wont sharply into a feldman's hands and hereby hangs a tale. A friend of seine, playing against a Scotch school, hit a ball hail on in the ground; and it bounded straight to point,

ny friend vermarked blundly t whereupon my

y to the wicket-keeper, Hout at the Hoval! Yes, and it's hout "here, to; and so it

(There were years that no one talked of

there were times of horrid donht— There was faith and hope and whacking

and despair-

White the Sergeant gave the cautions and

he combed clef Pharaoh must,

And England didn't look to know ver

caro.

was, mut be Tuul to go. And yet

fit the

friend had an experi

experture at a Scotch school, where one of the hys Wales acting as umpire. Seeing was lacking up for much, my friend, the buster for the once, pretended She would serve her God or Gordonwl, bet asked the wicket down a

That is England's awful way of doing

business-

just the same~ -

For she thinks her Fanpire stil is the

Strand and lolboru Hill,

And she didn's think & Sergeant

Wharinamo).

Said England to the Hergeant, You can

let my tople potí (Eaglants aged ein cheap and nasty from

the start)

And they entered om at Firkel on a most

astonished for

But the Sergeant he had hardened

Pharaoh's heart

That was broke, along of

Plagues of Egypt,

Three thousand years before

Norgantane

the

And he mended it again in a httle

mors than ten,

So Pharaoh fought like Sergeant

Whatisname

མ

BUT It was wirked-bad campaigning (cheap and

nasty from the first), 角

There was heat and dust and colie

永

190

150

Shoopa' Houd and Feet, sul

050

Heart,

bach

Dụ

વધ

Kidueya,

Liver,

150 140

each 80

(Siam),

• Batis 150

Peach, (Sweet),

Sucking Pigs,

each 81.75 $1.25 P

Kaisins, Muscatel,

Sust, Beef,.

Ib,

110

生牛油

Pudding,.

Mutton,

100

生攀油

Water Chcannts, com,

Veal,

catty 130

牛仔豬

Mandarin,

桂林麻雞

Foultry,

生日

Walums,

180

Chicken.

catty

220

263

Capone,

仔熱

Vegetables, do.........

蕖蔬

140

Artichokes, Shanghai, catty

Bears, (French),

Ducks,

Daver,

Macb

Long,.

Egge, Hun

cozk

120

Beot Root,..

. each

Duok.

1.10

Brinjals, Groen,

caity

Fowin,

catty

190

Bed,

Grese,

160

Brosaura,

Haros,

Dach

Bamboo Shoots,

Mark Deur,

Partridges,

Cabbage, Chinens sum..

Cabbage,

. usch

Pigeons,

160

Cealidower,.

1 }

Pheasant

Rice Birds,.

Quall. Balpe, Turkaya, Cook,

brace

dos,

Carrots,

catty

Celery, Chinese,

L [3

English,

180

Okilion Ixiad,

catty

6:00

Red,

Hen,

350

Tesi,

• each

Carry Stuff, English,

Quaumbers,.

Wild Ducks,

. pair

Bitter Squash,

FDL.

海鮮

Garlic,

Ginger, young,

Horse Radish, Stats,

Barbel,

.satty

400

Indian Corn,

Piece

Breau,

Lettuce, (English),

reth

Bombay Ducks,

Oton Fresh Water Fish, Dacty

100 pieces

Mushrooms, Fresh,

catty

Овер,

Üres,

Catfish,

Shanghai,

Coltish, Salt,

801

Japan,

Crabs,

161

OKTOBE,.

Cuttle Fish,

Dab,

炒蛋魚

Paraley, English,.

hundle

Daco,

RAC

Potatoes, Sweet,.

catly

Shanghai,

Dog Fish,

長沙

Japan,.

Kale, Congor,

American,

bruch watot,

200

Focelow

Bela, Yellon,

180

File Fish,

200

Frogi

Brash Fish,

Garoupa,

Gudgeon,

Gurnard,

Barrings,

Macao,

Pumpkin,

Puralind,

Fagar,

Radiohj

Bine, bir quality, per picül,

Cotton

Shalat

Spinsgo, Chinese)

Spineet,

Sacks Gourd,

Tomatoes,

Toront

Taralga, Pand, (Long),

Vegetabis Marrow).

Water Oronzoni

catly

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dazén 80

$4.50

$4.10

mcket

bos

Onions, Boracay,

贊白

ARASARNEVNDVESMERBROEK 24B-UBN

上海塭仔

花心担仔

泰門愛仔

發行藥

酸腐

work and sun,

There were ripera, fics and sandstorms,

there was cholera and thirst,

give it

it's

818

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the river, Like the Israelites from bondage so

the undelivered all in

SALLE Twitters is to be married,' said had been a

a little too duff to her brother, who is a ornaty triunt. he came. Tween the clouds o' dust and fire to previous. He was net an infallible un-bachelor. Ah! replied be, who is her but a decision ho once gave requires victim 1 Then, sosing a baleful look in the land of his desire,

Fire confirmation. He called Wide And he Moocs it was Sergeant Who batsman struck the ball, and was gaught who is her accomplice ?"

The his sister's eye, he added, I should say, tianame

We are eating dirt in handfuls for to save

our daily heal.

Which we have to buy from those that

Late us most,

And must not raise the money where

the Bergeant raised the end, And it's vrong and had and dengeince

to beast.

But he did it on the cheap and on the

quier

And

at third man. Braington hia: nct-out

gave

on the ground that ball called wido' tous de, and that the batsman (who had 1 by his action that the ball was cot wide) could not be out of it, except by being run pat. A note on the point might be a useful addition to the laws of cricket,-- WJ. Ford, in the Badminton Beguine.

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