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WEDEMDAT,- SEPTEMBER 82,

Or the fifth page will be found the prize. Ust of the British squadron's rogatta at Hakodate,

1897.

Wx understand that the unspeakable out- fet opposite the P. & O. Company's "Ofles has been filled in and closed ap" à la

THE CHINA MAIL.

NOTES FROM SHANTUNG, (From Our Own Gorrupoldent.) It is a common Chineas slags that as Bowdler. What that means to the health tross differ from each other, so also do A NATIVE poliosinan was sentenced to its of Hongkong we are not yet in a post-men. This fact the district magistrates months' impulsonment at Singapore nation' to judge, as ass independent report perpobially learn to their cost and some wosk for giving Zales information to his upon the drain has yet been published. times to their undoing. In the southern

· Inspector.

Severk gentlemen with well-developed portion of this great provins, which in The cry of 'wo-in-cheak' (tos-birds) was olfactories, who have butinis to do be supposed to bare roars square ailes than two the Hongkong Hotel and the City England, the inhabitants are turbulent and beard to-day for the first time this mason.

birds--only of the hawker's lusty call.

{'grandfather.' 'If so, that' complicates matters very much. Chinese ideas of nieum and tutum are to our thought laxity itself under the most favorable conditions. But these conditions are the most unfavor able. The unity of the family is as that of a compound individual.

THE EXPEDITION AGAINST

MAT SALLER

THE INTELLIGENT MEN OF HONGKONG.

The Eche contrives to pay this high, (if dasarved), compliment to the far-famed in- alligatice of the Legislative Council at Bongkong:-

THE HOSTILE AMERICAN TARIFE.

Ä NO. APPLICATION. TO, MEGAPMRIETS.ncom'

FROM ORINA BY G., F. B. The General Agend In Hongkang of the

Canadian Paolio Railway Company B.

We cannot speak of the genuineness of the Hall, are anxiously awaiting another treat hard to govern, even in the immediate the act, but the interpretatiou put upon it. British North Borneo is communicating exceedingly large, the Governorship is apply to shipments from China and Japan.

Tan Philharmonie Society at Singapore, one of the most actire bodies of its kind in the Far East, has started private musical evenings. The public are not admitted; only guests of members.

at the spot usually known as Bassoon's regions where the sages of antiquity.ourish. corner. Some wage alloge that this savouryed, and where their tombe am with us to pie will be opened in the dead of night, so this day. that the number of residents present to enjoy the entertainment will be as simited as can be. Wo cannot vouch for this, statement, so we must calmly avait events;

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

(SUPPLIED TO THE URINA Maut']

LONDON, September 20. THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA.

The prefecture of Ta'aa-el-fu, in the Shantung, has always south-west corner been a most of robbers. They cannot be exterminated, for the reason that, the farms themselves uaits highway robbery with their ordinary occupations. A pea Tax remains of the late Bir George Rein

sant who sess an unprotected traveller hold Lammert were laid to rest in the

passing on the bighway will dop his hoo, A Happy Valley Cemetery this morning.

seize his club and proceed to take money vary large number of residents-British,

or life according to circumstantia. Momo German and members of other nationall

Mr Woodford, the United States Minis-risks often appear in the Paking Gazette ties-ttonded the funeral. H.F. the

ter to Spain, has had a long interview complaining of the intraca disposi Governor was reprosented by his A.D.0, with the Foreign Minister, at which it is tion of these people and the congeners (Capt Phillips) His Honour the Chie! understood, he informed him, courteously across the Kiangsu border. Justos (Sir John Carrington) was also pre-but firmly, that if the war in Cuba was no

finished by the end of October, the United I is reported, essa the Singapors Free States would consider themselves justified Pre, from Calcatta, that the Oceaa in taking measures for securing the inde Steamship Company's steamer Polyphemus,pendence of Cuba..!

vent

Capt. Goodwin, which left Singapors for London on August 10th, is lost, but as yot the report lacks confirmation. The report, we may add, is not likely to be correct. No information to the aboyo effect has been received by the Agents in Hongkong, and the vessel passed the Canal on the 17th last., outward bound.

Tax following official notification appeara in the Gazelts of India, Aug. 13 :- MajOF Brevot Lent. Col. E. G. Barrow, 7th the Duke of Connaught's Own Regt. af Bengal Infy, Asst Adf Genl, Rawal Pindi District, and offg first Depy Secy, in confirmed in the latter appointment, with gfoot from the 11th Aug. 1897, vica Col. M. J. King Harman, who has vacated.' Lieut.- Colonel Barrow was formerly in command of the Hongkong Regiment, which, it might be mentioned again for the benefit of a young Montrealer, is not a Sikh bota Pathan Regiment,

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WEATHER NOTICE,

The following notice is issued from the Observatory:-

On the 22nd at 11.25 a. The barométer in little changed, except risen on the Western side of the China Sea. Pressure iar very uniform on the Chins coast and gradients alight. Forecast moderata E. and N.E. winds; fine,

"THE SUBMERGED TENTH."

AN OFFER OF PRÍSADE ORARITY * DECLINED

I

WITH THANKS,!............

In the China Mart of the 15th inst, there

t

The latter part of July and the month of Anquet are periods during which such law. leashions is at a maximum, for it is then

by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

Section No. 22 reads as follows :--

A low days ago 'wo published a specin! telegram from our Singapore correspondent announcing that, H.M.B. Iphigenio had boun despatched to Labuan in connection

Fb William Robinson, who was the Mall Stoamship Line has just recoved with the proposed expedition against the other day given the Grand Crom of Michael telegraphic advice that the United States and George, will shortly leave Hongkong, Government has decided that the additional, A negro in one of the Southern States of notorious North Borneo brigand· Mat Bal- his truThe post is worth roughly about or discriminating duty of 10% which it was

as Governor being on the polut of the Union, was changed with having atolon Ioh. The following particular come to expiry.

£4,000 a year, and although the population feared would be imposed under Section his master's chickens. He did not deny hand from the Singapore Free Press :---- of Hongkong is decidedly mixed, and the No. 22 of the new Customs Tarif, will not It is understood that the Governor of volume of general business in the Colong That a'int mealing," he pleaded, that's with the High Commissioner of Borneo (Sir comparatively sy place, owing chiefly to only proputty supportin' próputty *! - Charles Mitchell) in order to devise mes- the high degree of intelligence for which If the crap thief, as often happens, should sures for the better dealing with Mat Salleh the Legislative Council has for many yaara bo a woman, there are fresh difiontics under his command, who have been recently

and the large band of predatory outlaws boon famed." she will, of course, scream. She will like-raiding Gays and other villages in North wise scratch. Also revils. Other wonen Bom

Borneo. This freebooter in, is may be will russ out, and in a little while the whole was of Brunei, and is an interloppe in the community is in an uprost. No Chinese is territories with which he has made himmall ever so much in the wrong that be candot where he is, and though we do not know the such a uviance. It is pretty well known give some planible excuse for his conduct. nature of the proposals made from Sanda. If he is angry, as, of course, lie or she willkan, yet these may probably take the form of he, he can no more help reviling than a with perhaps some little artillery, in onder asking for the assistance of military police, patient upon an insulating stool can help to capture Mat Balick, destroy his strong. twitching when electricity is poured into hold, and break up his following. Some him.

help in this way was given in 1888, in the case of Pangeran Shahbandar's revolt on the Padas river, when a 7-pdr gua and

Probably a company, or two companies, of detachment was leat from the Perak Sikhs to the British North Barato Government,

Malay Statos Guides, with a couple 7-pdrs, and a rocket tube would be the form in which

el assistance might be asked,

In these tangled cases, the ones, who can

revils the most lustily come out ahoad, screams the loudost, pull the hardest, and

Those who have a confirmed and an extab lished reputation for vicious behavior wall

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE PIERS IN THE TYPHOON. To the Editor of the 'Ciura Mail.' Hongkong, Sapt. 2. STB,In your description of the effects of the recent typhoon, a timely warning

borne in

JACK HEUGH IN A HOLE. We are sorry to note that the aprightly Jack Hough, of Rafter fame, has been a bit on his beam ends lately. The Daily following note Telegraph of the 18th August contains the

That a discriminating duty of ten per cent ad valorem, in addition to the dution inte posed by law, shall be levied, colleted, and paid on all gooda, wares, or merchanding, which shall be imported in vessels not of the United Statan, er winith boing the pyu duction or manufacture of any foreign country hot contigurus po the United States, shall come into the United States From such i NAVAL OFFICER'S LIABILITIES. contiguous country but this discriminating Re Commander J. G. Hough, R.x.-The duty shall not apply to goods, wares, or. accounts showing unsecured liabilities vessels not of the United States, entilad debtor came up for public examination on merchandise, which shall be imported in £1,945, and no available assets. In answer at time of such importation by tresty or to Mr Howell, Assistaut Receiver, the convention to be entered in the ports of the debtor said that he joined the Navy in 1870. United States on paymont of the satog For some years past his income from full duties as shall then be payabla on gunds, and half-pay and

had

about £210 per wares, and morshandise imported vessels last he had been in of the United States, nor to such foreign

penditure having oxcented his income for abrum, and since reeipt of a retired pension of £245 a year. products are manufactures as hall be im His fasolvency was chiefly due to his exported from such contiguous countries in

the usual course of strictly retail trade.” several years past, and to expenses ocea sioned by illness since April, 1895. His tion, in

Jast

in respect of which ho received a

The opportunity would not be a bad one to to England in

abilities of the

CRICKET AT AMOY.

THE LOAN OF SIXTEEN MILLIONS.

CONTRACT SIGNED.

TRADE.

that detection is next to impossible. The be the ones to be let off with not much with the concurrence of the Bean active service was in the Benin expedi. INDIAN SILVER AND THE CHINA tall sorghum plant, which grom to an slti- dificulty. Those who have that trads yet smal, speaking for the rative Staten. distinguished service order. He returned: tude of from ten to fifteen fest, complotely to learn will have more trouble. But alike ments of the

the Federated obacures the horizon, and pretically ob- po the stealer and the person stolen from show that we have in the peninegla force benn in ill-health 000, and bad sinco He had never been fiterstes all landmarks. So far as knowing the antuma harvest is a period of great quite called shortly to discharge the whole of his present where one goes, one might as well be anxiety and of most laborious exertion.

portainly a part of the z

Coramissioner to use liabilities. In the absence of any opposi plunged into a South African jungle. Even

his porter for the maintenance of order tion by creditors, the examination was natives of a region sometimes get lost with-

throughout his entire jurisdiction, and, if concluded. in a few of their own villagon a cloudy

required, to invite the forces of one portion of the jurisdiction to come to the aid of any day. The autumn crops of flantung con-

other, sist of the innumerable kinds of millet, Kutu, Shu tari, &o., &ei, sorghum, or wo Liang, which, though called 'tall millet,' -has no affinity with real mille; beans; Lo-was given to the community of what may dian corn, or maize; peanuta; melons and expected at now Foddar's Wharf during

a strong nor-caster,

From past experience of Government pact flant they would see their way to so Dr De Fronderville, not out officials, should say it is too much to ex modify approved plans as to make the Mr J. F. Wingate, b Smith... finished works more suitable to the require Mr A. W. Bailey, and b Budd. ments of the public Nevertheless, one is Me F. B. Marshall, b Buld justified in expressing the opinion that Peddar's Whard as at present designed will Mr Thomas, e Budd, b Dormor......

Mr W. Kesy, not out be an abortion.

Mr W. Wilson being somewhere between 80 and 90 feet. Mr Phillips

In the first place, it will be too shot Mr E. Ardros The new double-ended ferry launch is over Mr H. C. Marshall 90 foot long, and the chances are that the be at least 100 feet long. proposed additions to the ferry servios will Mr N. D. Ollia

was a report of the attempted micide of squashes;' swest-potatoos and other vego. two Chinese women, who pleaded poverty tables (the others mostly in small patches)

On the fol-hemp; same; and especially cotton. se mitigation of their offence. Jowing day we received from the officers of There are many other items, but those are H.M.S. Undaunted a latter containing a the bhief. note for $10 to be handed to the two

women

In the second place, on a stone pier with the least jahhle of a ens, the steps will be Again the tidal currents round the ends of always web and unsafe for passengers,

launches.

Bombay, August 27. The very low price of silver, and the consequent divergence between the Chinese dollar and the Indian rupee, is greatly hampering the para trade, and the Largo firms trading Eastwards have suffered heavy loss. It has been the custom with MADY business houses Fors to carry on the China trade without bills, merely fuuping indents with money borrowed at the change banke, and it is then don which whi host feel the loss. During the last six wooks China elege has fallen from The negotiations that have been carried 170 to 140, which means a disk from 15 on for some time first by Mr Gumpel, and to 18 per cent, in the case of recent chips latterly by Mr Frozell, representing the monts not financed by bill. The Japanese Hooley-Jamieson Syndicate, to secure thu

having forsworn A silver. basis of loan of sixteen saillions sterling desired by their exchange is about five per cent. currency the Chinese Government, have been suc

higher than that of Hong Kong. ↑ Whôn it cessfully torminated. Recently Mr Frozell,

WAN ANTHONčad in the 64 Lead by Mr Chu Pau Fay, represent that the ratio of theere Parliament,

standent would gold: H.E. Sheng Tajon, and Mr Platt, his be the lowest price silver bad then touched, Iswyer,

visited Peking in connootion with it was thought that was too low a the loan, and the result of the visit was

basia. But the Government of the Mikado. deemed ovet satisfactory though nothing took this ratio on the assumption that thera had actually been signed. The question of would be a

sa still further decline in the gold Important accurity was the all

t point. There

here price of silver, and this view has already. were two other syndicates in the running, been justified by the course of events. ona an American, represented by Mir Louis The divergence now taking place betwee Spitzel. Mr Frozell has, however, been the Chinese dollar and the Japannee successful and the contract has been signed,

(From a Correspondent.} played at Amey between a local team and H.MS. Pigmy. Amoy battal ürst, and wum. Scores -

On the 16th inst. a cricket match was

AMOV.

>did not int

Byes 3, Leg Byen 2, No-balls 1 *Inhings declared closed.

H.M.S.PLOMY,' Capt. Doriner, run out.

Mr Stovens, run out...ican of view will also soon be self-evident in the Gibbons, e Marshall, & De Prenderville The disadvantages from a sanitary point Lt. Grover, h Bailey...................

Budd, b De Prendervile.. most inexperienced. to 120 feet long, with two sets of steps on Dimond, ran out

What is required is an iron pier from 100Lt. Lowndes, b Balley............. either side. The present foundations could Smith, De Pronderville, be used with advantage for the inner por-Street, h De Frenderville.. tion of the wharf, with an iron and wood Moon, not out superstructure prooted thereon. The aldi- tional length of wharf advocated could be built with iron screw piles similar to what when their portion of the reclamation is the Douglas 8. S. Co. intend puting down finished some time hance).

Of all these diverse sorts of produce, hose attempted suicide was re- there are hardly more than two which do ported in the China Mait of this date (15th not use the owners anxiety, lest they be eptambor) ander the heading of the stolen from the field. The heads of sorghum "Submerged Teath." We considered it our and of millet are easily clipped off. Nothing

·Boxs change in the mode of dealing with duty to pass on the money to the Folice is easier than rapidly to despoil a patch of registered latters, received by the Past Magistrate, who retained the money in his corn, or to dig potatoes. The latter, in- Office here for delivery, appears to be possession until to-day, returning it to us deed, are not safe from the villago dogs, with the latter printed below. When the which have learned by agca of experience urgently domenied. We have already called attention to previous cases, which caso came before Mr Wodehouse to-day, be that raw vegetable food is much better than the wharf will make it difficult to handla Parker, run outwvně Kotak

bound the women over to be of good be-no food at all. What requins the most showed a lack of elasticity in the system haviour, and handed them over to the unceasing vigilance, however, are the melon adopted in Hongkong. Consideralle grumbling has arisen from the delay in Committee of the Po Leung Kuk, who will patches, and the orchards. Of water welons, so that they are provided for. This, of expecially, the Chinese are inordinately delivery of registered correspondance ro

course, disposes of the necessity for help ceived by last English mail. The ordinary from privato stress. The letter referred flalivary wax beguin at 4.14 p.m. last Saturto above is as follows Hay, and the registered correspondence was

Magistracy, 22nd Septi, 1897, not delivered until Monday morning,—the

Dear Sir,-I dip directed to inform you mail steamer having, of course, resumed that the Magistrate, acting on the report her voyago on to Shanghai early on Sunday and recommendation of the police, has aunt We understand the Postmaster Guneral explains that as the last day delivery for the two women who attempted to commit such correspondence is at 4 p.m., thara auicide to the 'Po Leung Kuk' Society... was no time to have thess extra-paid let. The authorities of this Bocisty will take tars ready for delivery on the Saturday. care of the women, and will do all that is should be wide awake. If the orchard is of charge of the works, the plea of urgency Smith, b De Prendersilin

soy size, there may be collusion between tion to modify the present design of whart. Parker., b F. B. Marahall

be offered as any excuse for opposi Mr Stevons, b F. E. Marshall.. necessary for their welfare.

The Magistrate is much obliged for, and the thieves, who appear at both ends at-Youre faithfully,

Both sets cannot be pursued. greatly appreciates, the Eberal donation once. offered by the officers of H.M.S. Undaunt The cows and the blue-jays are the worst W. Roureer & Co., Piano and Musical Lieut. Lowndes, b De Prenderville.... Street, Thomas, b De Prenderville...

shops and Factory, Duddell St.; Show Moon, c H. C. Marshall, b Bailey...... Rooms, Queen's Rood Control.

Clarke, not out

That is to say, the officials in the Postal Department could not be allowed to more

out of their settled groove for the sake of

fond. Every field is fitted with lodge in a garden of cucumbers, and there is somn.one watching day and night. The Base is true of the fruit ros, familiarly called Hang-tu Birds, instets and man are the immitigable foes of the man who has apples, pears, peaches, plums, cherries, apricots and grapos.

The darker and the rainis the night, the more sustitial that the watchman

These alterations, if taken in hand now; would, without doubt, postpone the oper aprons, ward to trade; but as time in

ing

Cannot

no consideration with those in

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the loon being issued at 4 per cont., at or yen may be regarded as adipos

about 94, on

on the security of the remainder to the export trade in yarn to the Celes of the Customs revenue and the salt by exchange when she goes to Yoko tial Empire, since Chim will now loss gabelle, H.E. Sheng Tajen concluding the haraa for her goods, though not to the same We were given to understand, though Bombay-that is, provided the present extent as she does when she comes to we cannot vouch for its accuracy, that the strong position of rupea exchange con- toney was to be used for building a rail- tinues. One effect of the low price of silver way from Canton connecting with the has been to somewhat lessen the Chinese Hankow-Peking line, and as soon as the demand for yarn, and prices isstand of contract was signed an English engineer geing up, as might be expected at this with ten peristenta would leave immediate- ly for China. However, fuller particulars exported to Chins during the three months

season, are declining. The t

The twist and yarn will no doubt be procurable in due course. ending on June 30 amounted to

to 45 and

mations 19-|-Shanghai Daily Pres.

pounds, as against 51 millions in i

the

the corre sponding period of the previous year: A A Torro telegram dated the 7th Septem- good many of the mills have forward ber says.-To-day's Shogyo Bhimpo publicemtracts, and the loss by the drapin silver. shes a Hongkong telegram of the 6th inst., will in those cases fall upon the merchanta num stating that owing to the fall of silver in China, rather than upon the Bombay numerous orders for sugar are being re spinners. Work at the rails is fairly briek. ceived by the manufacturers, and sugar and shares remain firm. Theze can bo dealers have agreed to raise the prica by doubt that the productions of the Indian 30 sen per pioul.

and Japanese mille as well as those of Chiua herself are largely replacing the band-spun 20 Tas Pakling had a curious experience cotton gooda which in earlier days were ex-

the Yellow 2 on her last voyage, At 4 p.m. one after-clusively weed

People 57 noon, when in the Gulf of Suez, a man was Bombay's experience sines the dosing of

the water. descried, swimming in

Tho the Mints, four years ago, tenis to prors ressel

headed for him, lowered a boat, that while divergences in axchange may rus Oand picked him up. The unfortunate man tard somewhat the progress of the trade 9 was a laser fireman from the City of with Chine in Indian yarns, they are not,

likely to do it permanent injury, Basetic the previous night. What an ex- perience his must have been, twenty hours waters abounding in sharks, much of the e time under the burning rays of the sun,

Fow men could have stood it. 115

inst, when the Pimp reverend the result A return match, was played on the 18th of the first match and won by a substantial margin. Souros :----

B. X.B. PIGMY."

Capt. Dormor, Lou, b F. B.

Marshall

IRON PIER.

Gibbons, b F. B.. Marshall Budd, & F. B. Marshall

the public. The result was that the mosted. Considering, however, that tho at-bird robbers, but they can be scared off, Instrument specialists and experte. Work Dimond, e Wingate, b F. B. Marshall 1 o'clock had fallen overboard at

important and most urgent section of

tempt to commit suicide was a serious especially with a gun. The human pilfer the raail was kept inside the Post offence in the eye of the law, and that the ers are not to be so easily dosis with. The Oca bullding for forty hours. We

women were using a lad of ten years old farmer's hope is that seeing that some one is

being over-played, and would recommend

is

rather think this gamo of 'safety,' in con- to be drowned with them, the Magistrate on guard they will go elsewhere, and steal Rection with registered correspondance, is does not think it an ocasion for the appli- from those not on guard. Has everybody the Governor to look into the matter. No cation of private charity, nor has he deem obliged to stand griert mer aurything,

Whers the population is, densest, the ex- one, wa fancy, will dogy that some constad it expedient to give them anything! deration should be shown to the Post Office himself from the Pour Bor

tent to which this must be arried passes employem, but the first consideration is, or

He therefore bogs that you will return bellet. In such regions about dusk an ex. the loni dostars onclosed to the offers of edus sets forth from a village like that in ought to be, for the pu' lio convenience.

H.M.S. Undaunted, with an expression of the early morning to go to the fields to Last night, Professor Bosakarski gave his his best thanks, and will inform them of work By every path the men, women, first exhibition of the black art in the the reasons which have caused him to and even children stream krth. City Hall. Notwithstanding the tropical decline their very kind offer of assistance: Atmospheric conditions, there was a large |--I am, dear sir, your obedient servant, attendance, and the performance was very auccessful in every respect. The inability - of the Professor to explain himself in ducat

one in which the Professor iade e dankay

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openly

W. M. B. ARTHUR, Mag. Clark,

Light wooden boda, covered with a layar of the stiff sorghum stalk, are kept out in the fields for constant use. A low sorghum stalks are twisted together at the top, and

Dyes &c.

Total.........

AMOT

report of another gold find in the Darval From British North Bornes there is a Bay District, a concession having already Mr.J. F. Wingato, Parker been granted to the fortunate finder.

Mr Leyburn, b Parkeritis

Tus Japanese tea merchants of Yokohama Mr Balley, e Dormer, b Farker. have adopted a resolution notifying foreign Dr Da Prenderville, not out firms that on and after the 1st October Mr H. C. Marshall, b Smith they will use the terms 'gen and senin Mr W. Keay, e Lowndas, b Parker doing business instead of dollar.' & str

Mr F. B. Marshall, b Dormer presect.

Mr N. W. Ollia, b Donner... Mr P. Thomas, b Smith............................. Mr H. White, absent

Bron &.......

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Frost letters just received from Professor john Milne, we gather (says the Japan Max) that soon after roaching Capada—— where he was to speak before the “British Ma G. W. Ward, who was well known

Association—1 honest John' caught the badly and had ta 12 Hongkong a few years ago, writes charas Clondyke gold-ferar very

teristically thus to a Bangkok friend under lay valeat hands upon himself to keep his

feet from wandering off to the now Dorado. 170

in

date Cairo, July 17th-Got back from the Ethiopian King 36 hours Found

ago, 27 letters and newspapaza awaiting me, According to returns made by the Japa

Pand 300

and have.

have been sitting in pyjamas ever ness Finance Department, the value of ex since, snowed up with literature, after a

total inciz thereof for 18 weeks. It was sports at Yokoharan and Kobo during last 3 hard

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Mr believed to have suffered to the extent, of

foundering of coal-lighters and the con-

on the return-250 miles of da month totalled 12,997,343 yen, and the inert, as as a bone and as hot as Hades, porte 20,442,438 yer, the latter thus ex

laid up in Aden, and still half dead. tated that the value of imports has never Result,

the fornier by 7,445, 165 yön. I got some shooting though, and oryx (big previously reached 20 million yin, tu one jas a mule), come smaller deer, by, and month. The imports and expor any number of hars and

partridges.

le

and exports for the

F'd been allowed to go when I liked I last night months, as compared with the sould have potted something every five corresponding period of last year wrote minates, for towards the end I became spectively as follows :-

good with the rifle up to 200 or 350

Brown,

Abys

postof imp

1807

1898

WE ars Borry to notice, in an official tele- gram received at the Colonial Office from Bir Alfred Milner, that among the casual- ties reported on Lith August, amongst British South Africa, Police, is included the name of No. 283, Trooper William Walton Michell, lost in bush near Serni

A JAPANESE paper records a feat la tele- River, 2nd August Mr William Walten graphy that is worthy of preservation. A | a piece of old mutting tacked on the suring Michell is the only brother ( Mr Walter Kobe gentleman despatched a telegram yards. But I was under escort-tão. Kinglish defracted only very slightly from Cheras, report from Therten sengat side, and inder such a wretched shelter site O. Micholl, of the Straits Civil Service, from Kobe Post-office at 10.30 m. de didn't leave the road. It was different as

Yen Mr Kinder is about to go to Peking to

98,705,1296),209,028) sinian soldiers accompanied me to see Exporta... the performance, for the tricks were good, interview a certain Chinesa prince with a

a toothless old woman all day and all night He was for a short time in the Straits, day to his residence at Suma. It was

137,028,821 113,835,171; and were done very neatly and expertly view of floating a loan of from three to four with alternaticus.

holding an appointment in Pahang.livered within a few minutes of 24 hours, soon as we touched British territory, but Excesof importa. 38,316,602 48,188,896 by the magician. Some of the tricks as million taels to be used in building a rail-

Very few farmers have their land sil in Singapore Frez Fress.

Averaging the terrifie spoed of a mila in six then we were out of the game country As will be seen, the excess of imports.

pretty well.

showá o roduction of five million you this....> voured of Professor Baldwin, but their away from Shanhaikwan northwards.—Mer

ene plot. A farm of not more than eighty We hoor (says the P. and T. Timest that hours over the entire distance!

year, while the total volume of trade in millarity did not lesson their interest. Two

Chinese sores may consist. from five to Customs atad, namely, that Mr C. Klions Ix will cost the Tokyo Electric Light Com-tempted on the 24th July to swim from tendency is for imports to increase and

several changes have been made in the

Perza MoNally, who unsuccessfully at much larger. at prosent, however, the. Gorman gentlemen tied Professor Bosa-THE Tientsin dorrespondent of the Afercury fifteen pieces lying on different sides of the has been promoted Set class assistant; Bir pany 4000 yen to make good the damage to over to Calais, has now returned to Ame- ports to diminish, & result probably due konki to a chair and placed him be write-It is genitally understood villago. And how do you contrive to W. O. 6. Howard, th, glade assistant, its lights, wires, and posts by the recent rica be interviewed. A New York the approaching operation of the gald hind a screeZ, and scarcely was the through Peking, that China, Germany,

and confirmed by into watch all these all night you inquire! transferred to Washow, one of the newly storm. The Tanko Railway Company to dispatch of August 6 says

standard, and it would seem that before serven closed than he could be heard Russia and France are harmoniously to-

it was not my intention to wire the the year closes the proportion. Will be "Oh we have to go from one to the ather,! Howard's on the West River.

pice here, we believe, will bo

as larbréár: vn Kobe. ringing bells and firing a pistol and gether, while Great Britain and Japan 'run

in double harness. There seems to be you sro tolk In the case of cotton, the taken by a Mr Hanson trians of nearly 10,000 yen by the wrecking and straits when I entered the water at Dover (about the same

on July 24th," said McNally today, Chronicle, One of the most remarkable tricks was the understanding has been arrived af- tadillyly irresistible. The watchman sees same ed to strigusi on promablon, and Mr Ports along the cost-Hiego Neto, performing other well-known autios. ample proof that some such harmonious temptation to picks that of orders in aboolate Customs ervisers. In the outdoor staff soquent loss of their cargoes at different although I left Boston on May 22nd last

Mr A. T. Schepene is reported as

1 as transferr

for that express purpose. Charles W. We are being continually asked what is

perform the vanishing sot kick, how THE China. Merchants, steamer Econimming slowly along with a basket on hia arra, our information is corrost, the gentlemen & Co.'s circular of the 17th inst. is very We went in from the Atmintim Se

one at the end of the ad meander Seeberg promoted assistant examiner. If Tax following extract from Mors Ilbert, my trainer, and I entered the water being done about the Palyang dollar and

that morning merely for

swim. regret that we cannot ascertain that ante at thing has been done at all. What returen prometed have our mongratulations, and important as beasing upon the telegrams 11.20a.m., and os this report had come to be done la simple enough. The dallase ever, with which Hongkong is painfully Captain Johns, which'arrivod at Shanghai | ploking cotton as he goes. The watchman we have no doubt that the changes in received recently - The meat important home abroad that have been 9,000 called in, and a fresh lesne a proper

I was

who to try

to makopow famillar. The dificulty of fieing Bosskey- on the 15th September, from archwang yells, Who are you?' and the figure each case are noouptable.

news regarding the currency question the

the Straits there must which has been received for some time, is people on the pier, which

for a ski down to a siren point was exemplified men from a capsized junk on the 11th and moves along a little faster, but does not In another trick He entered a compara taken them on board the light reeschter stop picking. If he disappears into the A FOREIER woman, whoss blaq eyes and the Bank of England has decided to reap houer had been in the water afx of inconvenience, experienced i

Reuter's telegram giving the report that mile..

I still Salt Bo light hair denoted Western origin, 20 per cent of its Reserve in silver this used to tivaly stall box, , which had hean, carefully which the Leeysers returned to the junk and

ge the

ormous and what by the ранзале My trainer meder

· Dramined by a deputation from the 1.2980ad four more.men who were imprisoned Festah of'some one else, that is success. † viserred on Saturday last, the anniversary | The maximum which it is entitled to hold no attempt to dissuada mama

inside the cabin. To do this the

But should the watchman become angry, of the Mid-Autumn Festival, to enter the dienon, was tied into it by a muscular and the carpenter boined the junk and cut so he certainly will, and should he pursue, Red temple (Hong-miss) on the Maloo be untirely sold. the mood to first was running out, and I made rapid being accepted by two of the boat bhanda accompanied by two children. She bought has been If the report is progress. After I had been in the water The two banks. which refuse to socapo &ð

felt that

that it **POLLEN-TIEREN, "Will known about town, and in 2010 in het bottom, It appears that the 'as he is likely to do, and should he over- at the door of the temple a quantity of Joss true, it may mean that the Wholish Go- ten hours I

was slack Soon their face value soins which jank had papaizat during the gals on tho

to be,

distinctly within a few minutes afterwards was seen walking 10th. The font man akou on board bake, as is possible, then the trouble be paper, candias and incense sticks to hura vemment fortress & Cable oing to the the side began to turn, and then the hope they profore to

enormous differesise between the market of reaching Calate was end

ended. I kept 骂 their rights in doing so, and are dolog through the sullence. On opening the the pilot whooner-China Gaisita

gins. Should the thief not get away in the i belure the altare of the Buddha divinides velas of rupees and their malting value } { the aturgia for Ave hours länster, but the authorities a far greater kindness thán

devotion in the temple, and performed her bos, his young daughter was found there.

pogile, he ought to be taken before the most reverentially and in a

the fasue www all it chand AA wa bayo saed visor of the tricks ka nman of Lefon haste that the othee heedmen and dealt with. “If "from... showed that she was market which the stringency of the Indiau money markot wind and there was soon a heavy sons | Bay Padrasta

Www quite at home with cannot but hamper trade.

* Press heavily upon expore | Pagang bob, was sucking- topsida be knows who have dealiai ta

with ever-inuwesing arifinese, banks in question are naturally LoveY State for the: Another villags, he probably will be tied Buddies ribes and ceremonies. The temple who will have to soospt lower printer 17 was unalesà to struggle "longer. "Zó í rúftung bocnobepe the Peferung Bally

ikon very crowded the being

the woman had appoint up in the viliage temple, posibly beaten, to wait for her tura, which she did with a brder to compete with sellase aren swim the Deyor Straits I believe to be fine current paypal, males the relatele

and subsequently released upon payment patience that surprised the hundreds of countries, while the hoarded aliver in the possible, Captain Wobb has the gradit of dang banks are in red video

who surrounded her and her two pountry has lost nearly half is valua of a fine. But the real diflculty is that |- Curl uphelaniated as to who / legal-aqrranty) by taking its shave end / Aving done "40; but I have my deabes on lawed for, while than tila kaya dan

children,

thatscore. Intended Webb'e swim, Bob T with all the heats Broa many of the thieves from the this wear fellow-worshipper could really other countries in reheating elver, the have falled. am going back to Boston, wenigased in orbing chicant

iha foreigner in. † Goramittib may have come to the 900 and shall probably not attempt to dubbed mutilz Lily, mỖ ĐỊ THÊU Her devotions over same village as the Comets of the be. Land the produoka-af- which tang” are up-rigted fan binding add in was dasarya: - clusión: this that will givà dhe billy 30 | Straits of Dover, agalit nak be

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