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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1897.

HONGKONG MARKET PRICES, Corrected to Saturday, September 11, 1807.

At 1020 Cash per Dollar Mezioan.

FR200,

Highan, Lowesi, Chinese Namos.

Liko,

katty

̇花线

Plaice.

Pomirst, White

200

Clash, Cash.

Pomfret, Black

140

Butcher Meat.

肉食

260

Bay.

花粉砂

Bacon, English,

Ame. Bugar cured

ib.

860

ון

Fooohow,

Japan, oured

Beef sirloin & prime cut. catty 140

Corned,

Roast,

Soup,

" Steak,

. catty

140

150

100

120

Bullock' Brains,

Tongue fresh, each

per Bot GU

Zb4

cornod

310

Head,

500

Heart,

150

+ 1

Hung, Sait eatty

140

នៅឯទី

Бо

Kidneys,

* | | 8 || 1 | 2 |

來路烟猪肉花刷椒猪肉魚州猪肉日本概鵝肉

Bock Fish, Bosch,

198

Baimon, (Canton), Shark,

200

藕友魚

Bait Fish,

100

甗牛肉

Nkate,

燒牛肉肉

Shringa,

140

Snapper,

220

立

Bolen,

牛肉耙

200

Tonch,

缝沙魚魚

牛

Turbot,

120

左口魚

Turtles, antall, fresh water,

400

Whiting,

catty

570

長腳

White Bail,

Fruits.

Apples, (California),

catty 160

金山平果

Tail,

100

11 (Trentain),

1:0

天津平来

]]

Liver,

catty

***

(Japan),

日本平

Tripe (undressed) catty 60

牛肚:

Banzena, fragraut,

Calves Hoad and Feat, sat

500

牛仔藥脚

(brides),

山香蘊

Haps, American,

. Ib.

330

花旗大巖

Chestnuts, Chinese,«

200

絲骤

Carambois,

Chinese, English, New,

260

金華火版

楊桃

Oosuanuts,

Bach 50

440

來路火雞

Japan oured,

Shanghai.

Mutton Chop,

$20

日本火腿

250

上海火腿

Ground Nuts, Grapes,

catty

300

鮮樂學

Lemons, China,

160

Pool,

*#*

Leg, Bhoulder,.

160

Lichees, Urted,

300

****

120

Frosty

荔枝

Piga' Chitlings,

calty 70 50

Limes,

บ

檸檬

Fast,

110

Mango, (Saigon),

ench

**t*

**11 Fry,

Hood,

160

(Manzin),.

AXE

oach

500 450

Mangosteen,

. dozen

山竹子

¡Heart,

50 40

Orangen, Sweet,

.cally

Kidneys,

. Fais

Green,

Láver,

ib.

160

裁肝

fled,

Pork, Chop,

..culty 180

Oliver,

Oored,

鹹雞肉

3||

Leg,

190

160

360

, each

, ostty

(Tientsin),

•

Persimmons,

Pie-apples,

Pears,

Plum, Red,

Pamelo,

(Siam),

Raisins, Muscatel,

Pudding,.

Water Chesnuts, com.

Mandarin,

each

catty 120

༄༄༄ || ྂg | |

Vegetables, &c.

Artichokes, Shanghai,

Beans, (French), .

新會甜橙

一地雞 **

大洋香菜紅华

桂林馬蹄

130

菜蔬

豆角

乾燒瓶

. each

catty 30 有増

Fator Lard,

Sheeps' Hoad and Feet, set

Heart,

Kidneys,

€

Livet,

Sucking Pigs,

Bast, Beef,

» Mutter,

Veal,

exch 50 40

ib. 160 140

. each $1.75 $1,25

Ponitry.

1b. 110

100

ratty 130

臘

***

雞仔

生牛油

羊油牛仔阅

生日

Walouis,

לל

Uhicken,

Capons,

Dacke,

Dovel,

Eggs, Hen

dox

Duck,

Fowls,

Ghene,

Hares,

ཕྱི་༢ ་མཚོ་ ༅ ་ - རྩི ོ་མ ཡྩོ

220

260

160

Long+.

. catty.

* 11

120

Best Root,

110

Brinjale, frem,

. cutty 180

Red,

▸

170

Brassica,

Bamboo Shoot

Muak Dear,.

Partridges,

蘊

Cabbage, Chinese com. -

Oabbage,

esch 100

Pigeon,

170

白稱

Cauliflower,.

Pheasant,

上海山翔

Carrota,

ustly 160

Rice Birds,

don.

***

Galery, Chinese,

140

Quail.

Rok

Englab,

Balipe,

140

Chilies Dried,

}

130

Turkeys, Cook,

Teal, Wild Backs,.

• cafty

800

藥

Red,

Hen,

650

•

Unrry Stuff, Engilah,

. exch

水箱

Cusomborn; •

pair

上海水醬

Bitter Squash,

Fish

海鲜

Garlic

Ginger, FORng:

Barbel,

, satty

Broam,

+ "

Bombay Ducks,

100 pieser

2 8 11 8 1 8

§ & £83889 188 8 3 2 2 8 § 1A 1 8 8 8 38 288.

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ACCIDENTAL FAME.

writers and memoir-writen is generally

How Byron'a remark at the time of the public of the same kind. accklental stion of the early part of Childe Hold is the fame which has followed the pub that he awoke one morning wad found lication of Gray's letters, of Cowper's himself famous illustratan very wall the

lettars,

of the letters of Dorothy sapricious way in which fame, especially Osborne, and of the lettem of Swift to

terary fume, is often boatowed. Many

Stella They wero written an authors toiled years, sueseedling to laboriously for thought of the public eye, and the tublic and then fame which lauds them seems almoat suddenly has seen success cute for him mont

Who

can help wondering swiftly, almost overwhelmingly. In many

too, at cases he has written no better this no long forgotten in their bor at time than before. To his own view,

Ickworth? It strikes the imagination

kis fan, however welcome, is a surprise not very closely connected either with his expectations of his deserts. He is apt to

his shoulder and t shrug

d think that what was Casregardled was, after all, the beat. And fame is

is frequently not only capricious but, as far as one can ustimate is, accidental. Of course, all fame is such to a certain demes, bui

mes the accident is even bul acmetimes the more surprising than usual. Neither in literature or elsewhere can we over quite train buraolyes, as we should, to expect that isual event-the

unexpected. Tho

of the tichardson gires us one examples of this accidental Esmo.

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POTATO BLIGHT IN IEMAND,

London, August 16.-Blight has appear ed in the potato crops in various parts of Ireland, and the disease is committing great ravages in the Counties of Limerick and Clare.

SWIMMING MATUIJN.

London, August 18.--In swimming match yesterday, the distance being on hundred yarda, J. Hellings the Sydney swimmer, defeated Martin, of Glasgow, by fifteen yards. The time was to 1/5socs.

and dedications, and he had gained into Dust 1.-In & swimming match at

yesterday, over a distance of 100

the bargain, some repute as a letterwriter. yards, J. Hellings, of Sydney, defeated It would not have been easy to su the Miller, Petrie, and Edwards, three of the father of the English novel in this worthy fastest Scottish swimmer, Hellings, man, but euch he was to become, however, only boat Edwards by a touch, Two publishers requested him to write the time boing 04 sees. for them a volame

of Familiar tore in such style as night help country readers who were unable

Inst.

indite

for themselves. In reply, Kichanson ask ed, Will it be any harm if we should instruct

thura bow

they should think and in comenon caser as well as indite?' The publishers thought it an excellent idea and Richardson set to work. +1

the course

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that Corbett, the American ox-champion Toulon, August 19.—It is announced

pugilist, no retired from, the ring.

THE CORDEN CLUB

The gold medal of the Cuban Club (which was established for the specific object of encouraging the growth and difusion of the principles of free-tmde) has been awarded to Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Premier of Canada.

THE AMERICAN WHEAT CROP.

It is estimated that the wheat crep in America for the present yos will yield 75,000,000 bushels more than the crop of 1897.

of two or three Eaters,' he tells us, to instruct handsome girls who were obliged to go to service how to avoid the snares that might be laid against them," he thought of atory he had heard trany years before and embodied it in the lettors. He thus, as he phrases it,

accidentally slid into the

writing of novels, and into enernicus fate and Herr Licht, of Magdeburg, in his cir popuhrity. Paula was discussed in cular just issued, states that the production

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CHOLERA IN LONDOS.

doubt the honest printer wae s eur-

prised as anyone at this sudden daze of It is reported that a girl has died in glory. He intended to produce a polite Bethnal Green, London, from. Asiatic letter-writer, and he found that he had cholera. t is, however, considered prob

given to the world s literary master-piece.alie that this is a sporadic instance of the The fame of Sir Walter Scott as a nove-outbreak of the disease, as there is no

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list was almost equally accidental. It known source of infection to which the. seems sales suppose that had it not been case can be traced. fer the relative lure of his fator poems, and the rising fase of Byron fame which Seite ofte frankly recognised as being the eclipse own-ho would never havo become a novelist at all. The first rough draft of *Waverley?

had aiz for years forgotten in lus desk.

Without some such useidental impulse as the rising of ad Texter poetic star it would have remained there for ever. ever. Just an Richardson accidentally slid from letter-writing into the writing of novels (although is made the iwe in some sort

writing in the One by always fura), no Sectt te and almost nnintentionally into road which fed to fame by the side of which his reputation as a

poct as nothing. Byron's

experience of this endden

fame has already been alluded to. It wne, perhaps, the most dazzling in literary history and the poet found him. Bolf, a Macaulay

SLYS at twenty-four on

the 11th July with the object of roach ing the Norti, Folo, is now to hand. A port has been received that the captain of the scaling vessel Alken, when between Arctic Sea, shat a pigeon which was found North Caps, and the Seven Islands, in the to he bearing the following message:

(Signed) Andree. The data on the 32dog. Possent at

at good speed worthwards. was illegible. Just 18.-in connection with the re-1012 August

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turned unexpiry

the

port that the captain of a sealing vessel in sho

Arctic Sea had shot a-pigion which was found to be the hearer of a message was from Herr Andree, who is endewcuring to

reach the North Pole by balloon, Mr W. the well-known authority

Tegetme matters, declan that the

| Scott, Wunkcie forary fan with report is entirely untrustworthy,

Southey, and

A crow

of other distinguished writers at his fest.

He was to experience, toe, the sudden dis

Yepute which is sometimes as aceitertalas

MURDER OF A BULGARIAN HET.

Reports from Bulgaria state that, the

poet. Koenslantinorr has been murdered at Philippopolis, the capital of Rocmelia; and

its opposite. Four years after the appear- g grave scandal has been created owing to

made by the prefect

anco of Childe Harold,

the remarkable efforts mad public opinion became so strongly excited against him that of police to

to ignore the crime. he was compelled leave England-to

A LABOUR DISPUTE SETTLED. leary her in frath and contempt, never to

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The dispute between Lord Penrhyn and the men employed in his slate quarries in It would scarcely be fsie, perhaps, to

Wales, which led

astrike call the farms of Dickens apion the

lockout in January last, he and consequent length been pearance of 'Pickwick accidental. And settled, and although the terms the set- yet the enormous popularity of the work tloment have not been made public, it is sid the extraordinary interest with which believed that the principal plains put for the green covers were asked for have much ward by the men have haan ooncsied. The that is inexplicable about them. Fame here men have, however, since the disputs com. guided the course of the writer, for Dickens, menced, lost £200,000 in wages, encouraged by the reception of the carly

BONE OUTEAGES IN 8TÄMBOUL. rubers, modified his original plan and The recent bomb outrages in Constan. turned what had been meant of a series of tinople have created a panic. Numerous loosely connected scenes into

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into a regular arrests have been

full

Eliot roade her farao

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Kecil 29.99 Colonel Lassatter, in the couse of

still latent, we should apavity

greted probably have hoen poorer by

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180

Home Radish, S'ket,

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Lettuce, (English),

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Carp,

Mushrooms, Fresh, Onion, Bombay, 'a

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Ostüish,

Oadfish, Balt,

Groon, Shanghai, Japan,

Crabs,

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Okroel

Cutie Fish,

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Paraley, English,

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Dab,

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Dace,

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Dog Fish,

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Eels, Congor,

Fresh water,

Balz, Yellow,

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American,

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日本世仔

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Hallbu

catty

三

蘊積

fanie is to to reen in the titans and colonial troops still claer, and Sharp P., 20.89 84 28 work of the his Mr D. Maurier. Known that it was his intention on the earliest

during

Swatow....2V.8z)

of Panch it was

long career as the Society artist occasion to despatch a military contingent 22.09463 chit was only late in life that to Australia as a means of retuming this Canton 29, 24-92 he begun to write. Then, however, fame

visit of the colonial

cane to him in a burst which astonished, Queen's Jubilee celebrations during the and by comparison seemed rather to vex

It Thackeray had only had this said, wondering

FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES. France purposes to enter into a recipro-

him

at the contrast between

city treaty with the United States,

his own casy triumphs sad the slowly attained fame of

have

THE LATE PARIS DISASTER.

Hongkong 4.82 83 Vict. Paak

Masao.63 85 Haiphong. Bolinao..49.70-84-

Gap Rook 29 80

Wing.

irection.

weather.

September 13th.—as 10 ..

bis raster. What a

The prosecution of M, de Mackau, pre- Manila... 29.84 66 71 strange accident it sennis that from tha:sident of the committee of the charity fête 0.. Jame grim Yorkshire village and its gloomy in Paris, at which a terrible disaster occur parsonage

in red in May last, when the building was sprung three toovelists, the Bronte destroyed by fire, has been commenced. year sistors, all of whom found respects. The charge preferred against the president Wrostock. 29.84 62 | 68 | NZ ble, and one tubaunted, iamé There is one of culpablo neglect, Two employees

опр

should

Bear Tokio S

had been a preliminary lourishes to of the cinematographe, in which the fire Koobi

announce the colebrity of Jane Eyre originated, are also being tried on asimilar Nagasaki..

The publisher's render who was kept awako charge. all night (so udition has it) must have

rubbed his eyes oven there was to

slumber in thon.

And the public must

Hongkong Tides.

三

Kagoshima

Gadaff....06 73 78 Sharp PL,

Amoy 9.94 8š st

The Tide Table given below has been Swntow

years

C.3.James

have wondered, too, in the midst of its compiled by the Nautical Almanac ice in Canton...29.91 82 interest, at the oddues of the fortune London from the results of the analysis of which had made a pale, plain, insignificant unsefvations taken by means of an automa-ngkor 49.8163 looking Yorshire

girl the most popular tio tide recording machine in the Water Gap Hock c

Vict. Peaki novelist of the time.

Бал Police Basin

Tsim Sha Taui during the Macao.....8.58 Often thu glery comes long after the writer is beyond Tthe sound of it. A very

1887-8-9.- The zero of the table is Low Water Or Bo

Haplong. 29.12 interesting instance is that of

Pepys, the dinary Spring Tides, which has been found Manu.9.89 78*** diarist, one of the most astonishing men, to be 3 feet below mean gas level. sortainly, whom literaturo bas revealed to To obtain the depth of water on the tide UK. It's not everyone who cares to write gauge at the Victoria Naval Yard add fi ft. down day by day the most minute record! of his doings, thoughts, habits, wishes, Aberdeen, add 1 f. 0 in. to the height in, and on the gauge at Lamont Desk, oven his most lucieros frailties and frivali-given in the table. ties, Nor, In doing so are there many who would legeniously wrap up the so bord la dipher. Yet this fr

Mr Pepys did, leaving us even now in doubt hot Only ва to whether he ad. fome, but as to whether he looked for

fly, Ha pubdoms victus and bl

His work and his play, his dictations,

14th to 30th September. Hien WATGB

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quarrels, dinings, dressings; shyings, with wed. 18 m 13 89

a fine impartiality, and then, dying, seemed

not to care whether posterity should get

for should never know that. 15:

Any profit or amusement from

Fame has come abundantly so Jolly Pere Is i la saurodly the fame of an

Bodhantengo dd19 hoolikamol end of the great Lake

org

MOUNTNHH

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F. G. Froo, Aoting Director.

1. Banamuzas, ruducudto Bi Zogbecs Fabres. Low Tails, and inthelial of the sun inilabas, toutke,

and hundrediks.

110

3. Rozzanostat, la dhe shade, in degrees Fabrett

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