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Intimations.

G. FALCONER & Co.,

WATCH-MAKERS ·AND JEWELLEKS NEW SELECTIONS OF

DIAMOND JEWELLERY AND ENGLISH SILVER WARE, HIGH-CLASS GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES. LARGE ASSORTMENT OF SPECTACLES. PINCE NEZ AND EYE PRESERVES.

G. FALCONER & Go. ARE AGENTS FOR ROSSE FAMOUS TELESCOPES AND RINOCULARS, LORD KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS, ADMIRALTY CHARTS AND BOOKS.

www.www.

EASTMAN'S KODAKS AND FILMS.

G. QUEEN'S ROAD.

M. MUMEYA,"

JAPANESE ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER ENLARGEMENTS ON BROMIDE PAPER

AND FINISHED IN CRAYON,

ALL KINDS OF WORK DONE FOR AMATEURS. Ba QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

JAPAN

COALS:

Intimations

TELEPHONE NO. 329.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Auctions.

For Sale.

FOR SALE.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1901.

GERMAN VIEW OF BRITISH structive as Cesar's/Commentaries

EDUCATIONAL METHODS. Heine wrote verses 88 noteworthy aa those of Borach; and Darwin, Spencer, Adistinguished man, adopting and Buckle, not to go outside your own TSANG FOO & CO. THE Endorsed COTAM, Esq., to CROWN PORT. Well-known to been giving the Gorman view of various Lucretius. I cannot understand why

GRAHAM'S Choice FIVE Max Schmidt' as a pseudonym, as writers, are very fair substitutes

典榮

SAM WING HING,

COAL MERCHANTS,

PUBLIC AUCTION.

froni "J.P.

Sell by Public Auction,

TUESDAY,

TOHN

connoissenes in the East.

G. C. ANDERSON,

20, Des Voeux Road, Hergkong, September 14, 1801.

1000

1958

the 24th Oct., 1901, xt 2.30 p.m.. within his Residence. No. 1. Knutsford Terrace, Koylono,

Comprising

THE

FOR SALE.

STEAM LAUNCH, TUNG FAT

No. 48. Des Vosur Road. Central Hongkong, September 21, 1901.

NAKAZAWA,

DEALERS IN

CLOISONNE, SATSUMA, LACQUERED

ANH

BRONZE WARES. TEA SERVICES. TORCELAIN GOODS FICTURE FRAMES

ASD ALL KINDS OF

JAPANESE FINE ART CURIOS, AT MODERATE PRICES,

11, BEACONSFIELD ÅRCADE, Opisite CITY HALL.

Hongkong, August 6, 1901.

1127

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE,

for

phases of British life in the London your scheme of secondary education, Jia. Dealing recently with the while still aiming at the training of the educational system of England he intellectual muscles, should not siso aim at the imparting of practically useful knowledge.

writes:

As for the average Briton of the bigbergcial orders, he is practically

HALL FURNITURE, BLACKWOR TABLE, Built under foreign suporintondence, the "nedvekted, so far as his fitness for the ally a nation of amateurs; of dilettanti, -

DRAWING-ROM STOOLS,

FURNITURE, CURIOR, ENGRAVINGS (Famous Racing Pictures,

Bostoru Xeaz, First l'ust the Post'); TRANSPORNG PLAYO, by Robinson & Co., nearly New:

OVERMANTZIA, SIDEBOARDS, DISSER WAOGONK, GLASS WARE CO1LERY, ELEC- TRO-PLATED FORKS; CROCKERY, CROWS DERBY DINNER SERVICE, TEA AST COFFEE SETS, BEDSTEAD, Bebraso. WARDROBES, Dressing Tables, Carrets, Rugs, Curval GLASS, Carteses, and Batüroost Gran.

Also KITCHEN REQUISITES, STORES,

9293 COME AND LOOK. &, and a Fine Lot of PALMS, POTS and

THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA

New York,

(Or MITSUI & CO.)

HEAD OFFICE:-40, SAKAMOTO AHO, TOKYO. LONDON OFFICE :-34, LIME STREET, EC. HONGKONG OFFICE:-6. It host STREST.

BRANCH OFFICES:

Franciscs, Hamburg, Bombay, Singapore, Sourabaya, Manila, Amoy, Shanghai, Hankow, Chefoo, Tientsin, Sewehwang, Port Arthur, Seoul, Chemaipo, Yakohia Tekoduka, Nagoya, Usulin, Kobe, Kure, Shimonoseki, Maji, Waka. mainu, Karatas, Nagasaki, Kuchinuts, Suelo, Mike. Flukocite. Taipeh," we. Telegraphic Address for all the Office, 'MITSUL'

A.B.C. and A 1 Codes used.

CONTRALFORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy, Arsenmis and Railway'; Principa Kallway Compantes ant Tidustrial Works Home and Foreign Mail and Freight tesniers.

SOLE PIOPRIETORS of the Famous Miike, Tagaru. Yamane, and Ida Cod Mines. SOLE AGENTSM Ser Fukume, Hokoko, Jehintura. Kanada, Kishima. Mannusura, Onutita, Ousauji, Tef -niyama, Tsubakoro, Yoshinotari. Yoalde, Yunokibara, and other Col

- MIRION.

Boogkom, August 7. 1901.

N. INUZUKA, Manager.

1119

Milkmaid Milk &

CONDENSED

BRAND

Guaranteed

Full Cream.

Largest Sale in the World.

"HARLENE”

THE VERY FINEST DRESSING.

Spenalty PU SARMAND DELICATELY Percumen. RESTORES THE HAIR.

PROMOTES THE GROWTH. ABRESTS THE VALL. STRENGTHENS THE ROOTS. KEMONES DANDRUFF, ALLAYS ALL IRGITATION.

•EDWARDS HARLENE CO, 95

TRADE

MARK.

FOR THE

HAIR

Full description and directions for vase in 20 langanges supplied with évory bottle.

I, 34. Gd., anel (3 times 25, Gel. size) da. Úkk, r Bottle, from Druggiis, etc., all over the world. & 96, HIGH UÕLBORN, LONDON, ENG*

LEA & PERRINS'

Messrs. LEA & PERRINS beg to announce that, to further, safeguard the public against imitations of their world-renowned Original Worcestershire Sauce, they are now printing their Signature, in white, diagonally across the upper part of the red label on each bottle. Anyone copying the aine will be at one proceeded against.

WORCESTERSHIRE

SAUCE.

The Original and Genuine.

anoline'

Of at Chemista.

During Med

Natural Toilet Preparations.

Tollet Lanoline' clable tube,

Kahin rough skins saivath, und protesta delicate complexions from wind and sun.

Lanoline' Toitet Soap

Hover Tutelata; cleaner and keeps the skin supple... ...... Wholesale Depot-for, HOLBORN FIADUCE, LONDON..

YHEAP SALE FOR 15 DAYS. Just

received :-

NEW GOODS

VASES.

PANELS,

SILK ALBUMS, -

SILK FIRE SCREENS, JAPANESE RUGS.

JAPANESE KOBE TOYS, TEA SETS 142 pieces, and a large

Variety of other Toys, Etc.

FUJIYAMA & Co.

Hongkong, October 5, 1901.

2050

THE MUTUAL STORES, 8 and 10, D'Aquñor Street.

HAVE JUST OPENED

PLANTS.

For Further Particulars, apply to the Auctioneers.

TEMA Customary. Catalogues will to iced.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioners.

2161

Hongkong, October 22, 1901.

E.

B.

PUBLIC AUCTION,

Sell by FIBLIC AUCTION, HE Undersigned havo received instrue-

[H]

TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, the 89th and 30th October, 1901, at 10 a., at H.M, NAVAL YARI, SUNDRY NAVAL AND VICTUALLING OBSOLETE AND CONDEMNED STORES, Comprising

OLD IRON, PAPER STUFF, RAGS CANVAS, CLOTHING, IMPLEM ENTS

N EXCELLENT ASSORTMENT OF

Raphael Tuck & Son's. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR, &c.

CARDS.

Very low prees 10% discount for cash. INSPECTION INVITED. Huugkong, October 20, 1901.

2153

C. E, WARREN, BUILDING CONTRACTOR, No. Sa. WYNDHAN STREET.

CANITARY Applumees Supplied and

Fixed.

DRAINS, TRAPS, WASTE PIPES, Etc., Cleansed and Repaired.

Sanitary Board Notices receive prompt:

attention.

AGENTS FOR MOSAIC TILES Prices on Application. Hougkong, August 2, 1901.

The VICTUALLING STOREs wũi be sokl on WEDNESDAY, 30th Lust. TERMS OF SALE:-As Customary.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Government Auctioneers. Hongkong, Oetriber 22, 1901,

THE

2168

CHINA AND JAPAN

TELEPHONE

ANK

nglily overhauled by Monars BAEY MURPHY, Engineers, etc., and certife is will brought up very mueras hel fed to be in First-Class Order and

Depth 6 ft. 8 inches in centre.

For father particulars spply to

As I have said before, you are essenti serious work of the world is concerned. There was n time when you could afford to be so. Your insular position, your Co dition. The Taunch is fitted in was two or three hundred years ago European style, suitable for towing As a boy of ten or eloven he goes to and richness of your forcigu possessions, overwhelming sea power, the extent purposes and for harbour use. Length 63 ft. Bom 11 ft. 6 inches, public school, where he remains for six, your physical vigour, your extraordinary seven, or eight years. There he spends good fortune, rendered it exceedingly most of his not too numerous hours of difficult for your neighbours to rival you study in learning classics, mathemantien

with much hope of success. But your of a non-practical kind, a very little bistory, and some useless scraps of one weapon wherewith to suite you hip and neighbours have how discovered the at post two modern languages, thigh unless you mend your ways and For Most of this long period of training, in

beat them on their ground as well as on fiet, has as its professed object, not so much the arming and instruction of the will be defeated along the whole line if yours. That weapon is education, You

LAUTS, WEGENER & Co. Hongkong, October 14, 1991.

FOR SALE.

【OUSES and LAND at the PEAK.

H detailed Particulars.

Apply to

2106

DENNYS & BOWLEY,

Solicitors, Supreme Count, Hangking, September 28, 1901.

To Let.

TO LET KOWLOON.

2007

FURNISHED ROOM and BATHROOM

and Board

suit either one or two Gents. —-

Address:--

No. 21, Post Office, Kowloom. Hongkong, October, 26, 1991.

TO LET.

Apply to

TO LET.

2188

GODOWN, NO, DA, DUDDELL, STREET,

Apply to THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Co., Ltd, Hongkong. July 4, 1901.

1399

"T

youngster for the netual work of `the coming fray, as the general hardening,

so to speak, of his intellectual muscles.

All that is really taught in the majority of English public schools is the art of how to learn. It is scarcely pretended that classics and theoretical athematics are in themselves of much

assistance in the work of ordinary life;

you do not speedily provide yourself with as good specimens of that weapon, a Germany and America now have ready at hand.

BETTER THAN PING PONG.

A correspondent, signing himself * Puz but it is supposed that a British boyzled,' writes to the Indian Daily News'na during his seven years of public school follows-Perhaps you will be good enough ing, goes through a course of mental to insert the following which I have copied gymnastics, by the aid of which he can from one of the home daily papers. It may interest your roaders to know that I subsequently, should be care to do 50 bave tried the experiment and can vouch for the reault Leing the same as stated.

19 EUROPEAN HOUSES. Not. 14, acquire useful and practical knowledge

18, 22, 26, 28, 30, 34, 36, 38, 42, 44 with relatively small exertion. and 46, Leighton Hill Road.

Perhaps some of your readers may be able Granting the utility of these mental to explain the why and the wherefore of THE HONGKONG ANU KOWLOOK gymnastics, I fail to see the wisdom of what to the ordinary mind seeme somewhat LAND & LOAN CO. LTD., giving a boy little or nothing else during mexplicable. I may suontion that I used a

No. 8, Queen's Road, West.

so long and important a period of his rupes with a couple of turns of ordinary dow Hongkong, October 4, 1901. 2015

life. The too frequent result is that the ing cotton and let it hang edgeways in al youngster of seventeen or eighteen, on ordinary peg tumbler and at a distance of quitting school, ca neither write nor about nine inches from the point of suspen- spell his mother tongue, cannot followsion, the rupee about two-thirds inside the an ordinary conversation in any language the end of a piece of thread by means; glass Sling a shilling or sixpence, at.. save his own, knows little of general of a loop. Thon reating your elbow on a and less of political geography, stable, hold the other end of the thread be ignorant of any history other than twice the forefinger and thumb, observing English, Roman, aud Greek, and under to let it pass across the ball of the thumb, stands absolutely nothing about foreign and thus suspood the shilling into an em itemture, the development of the nits ply goblet. Observe, your hand must be and sciences and the majority of perfectly steady, and if you find it difficult to keep it in an immovable posture, it is technical questions,

umless to attempt the experiment, Premis ing, however, that the shilling is properly suspended, you will observe that when it has recovered its equilibrium it will for a more- cut be stationary. It will then of its own a special accord without the least agency from the person holding il, assume the action of a pendulum, rihating from side to side of the glass and, after a for stunda will strike the hour nearest to the time of day.

A

1609

ELECTRIC

COMPANY'

LIMITED.

JUST OPENED, AND NOW FOR SALE.

A MAGNIFICENT and WELL-ASSORTED A SHOPMENT of BON BONS and CRACKERS of Latest Designs and Des criptions.

10 per cent Discount for Cusch. Inspection carnestly solicited.

H. BUTTONJKE.

Na 5, D'Aguilar Street, H.K., and Nos. 39 and 40, Elgin Road, Kowloon; Hongkong, October 26, 1991.

2187

KWONG FUNG YUEN,

TIMBER MERCHANTS.

No. 252, Des Voeux Road West,

Hongkong.

HAVE

AVE always os MANY large STOCK

of the following TIMBER:-

AMERICAN PINE AND FIR,

BANGKOK TEAKWOOD HARDWOOD, Fre., Ere., (in Loga & Planke). An inspection is respectfully solicited, Hongkong, September 4, 1901, 1846

BE MADE BY

PAYNSTALLMENTS.

WHEELER & WILSON'S

SINGER'S MACHINES.

APPLY TO

ASD

DOOLITTLE & POLLOCK

3, WELLINGTON SETERT:

SEND FOR CATALOGUES & LISTS,

3129

... SECOND EDITION.

THISTORY or

THE

CHURCHES OF INDIA, BURMA, SIAM. THE MALAY PENINSULA, CAMBODIA, ANNAM, Tucket, COKEA AND JAPÁN,

Entrusted to the Socrers of the

*MLSSION ETRANGERES.

NEW REGULATIONS.

SUBSCRIBERS are no-

tifel that when A CALL

IS MADE and the

TELEPHONE IS NOT

ANSWERED by the

PERSON ACTUALLY RE-

QUIRED, instead of Listen-

ing until this Person can

be found it is better to

give their Name and

Number to anyone au- swering, and then TO

RING OFF.

WHEN THE PERSON RE-

QUIRED KEACHES THE

INSTRUMENT, A FRESH'

CALL CAN THEN BE

MADE FROM THAT END.

TU LEI.

HOUSE in RIPON TERRACE.

THE RETREAT,' MOUNT KELLETT. Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Co., La. Hoogkong. August 24, 1901.

INOS

TO LET.

1760

your

Upon leaving school boy either enters a profession or other calling, or proceeds to one of the universities. It seldom happens that he can enter any

..

TOS. 1 to 8, WILD DELL, WAN profession, or even bogin

CHAI ROAD, Apply to

SANG KEE,

298, Des Voeux Road Central. Hongkong, August 31, 1901. 1960

PEAE. Apply to

TO LET.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST-

MENT & AGENCY CO, LTD. Hongkong, July 16, 1901

suvan: and so on of any other hour.

It is nesowary te vbserve that the thread should lay over the pulse of the thumb, and this may is some measure

course of study for it, without first availing himself of the assistance of that most demoralising and pernicious of British institutions, the erammer. He For instance, if the time be twenty-five is far too uneducated, although, in all minutes past six, it will strike six; if probability, at least £1,000 has been thirty five minutes past six, it will strike spont upon his training, and nitlough JO. 1. STEWART TERRACE, The hemay be regarded at home as a boy who has done extraordinarily well, The

craminer does not pretend to con tinue the youngster's education. He account for the vibrations of the shiling; 1478 only pretends to show his pupil how to hour is to be traced remains unexplained, but to what cause its striking the precise circumvent the examiners. Should the for it is no less astonishing than true, that pupil succeed in doing this, both he when it has struck the proper number, the and the rammer are more than satisfied, vibration ceases, the coin acquires a kind The crammer advertises the fact, and of ratstory motion and at last becomes so obtains more pupils, the boy, having stationary as before." attained bis immediate object, forgets even the little that the crammer has taught him. He has acquired volling solid, and he goes forth to his work still uneducated in any proper sense-

TO LET,

"AROM I×t January next, a. HOUSE in

Queen's Gardens.

Apply to

G. C. ANDERSON. Hongkong, October 16, 1901, €124

TO LET.

US3 and 6, ORBISBY TERRACE,

KOWLOON. Immediate Entry, Apply to

PUN LUNG, 85, Queen's Rond Central. Hongkong, October 7, 1901..

1400

THE

FOOTBALL SEASON|

NOVEL

FOOTBALL

SKETCHES

For fall particulars, &c., &c.,

Apply to

W. STUART EARRISON,

Manager. Bokong, Septraher 16, 1801.

140

ADVERTISEMENTS.

H. A. EBYTEN,

0. W. ALGOCK,

Attention of Advertisers is drawn

C. E. BENSON,"

Translated by Edward HARPER PARKER the Latest Hours for receiving

and

Reprinted from *THE CHIA REVIEW. Advertisements and Corrections to Adver

PRICE ONE DOLLAR...

DE SALE AT KELLY & WALSH, Yiel

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1-THE TRI-METRICAL CLASSIC.

千字文

2. THE THOUSAND WORDS' POEM:

Translated from the Chinese

by E. J. EITIL, PHD,"

To be bad-Price 30 Cense the set-from the CHIWA MATA Office, 6 Wyndham Street

tisements.:-

Alterations and additions to Advertiso ments on Pages 2, 3, 6 and 7 should bo sent to this Office hot later than 11m. New Advertisements should be sent in before

pan

BAIN & REID. CHINA MAIL Office, Dee: 1900.

3

WASHING BOOKS.

(In Englih arid Chinese,) T7ASHERMAN'S BOOKS for the nee

* of Ladies and Gentleman, can now.

be had at this Office --Price, 31 cach,

CHINA MAYZ FMRon."

CAFT. PHILIP TREVOR, GUY BOOTHBY

HARRY TREVOR, HORACE G. HUTCHINSON

The Fifth of the Series will appose

If, instead of entering a profession

cause of indigestion and diarrees in their ihealth of mothers is frequently the

babies when nursed at their bronnt, Ioor, watery, unsubstantial and insufficient milk cannot properly nourish a baby.

Stohrn's Wine at the earliest possible date, the boy onsles the mother to get from ber food Proceeds to a university, he secures, The greatest amount of haarhment. Hold

by all Chemists; Wholesale from A. S Stant you, magnificent facilities for Watson & Co., Ltd., Hongkong- making up for lost time. But it does

not follow that he will utilise thers Hex Rusall, the orlebented song writer He is not bound to do so. He may bend vomlist, has many comical incidenta aluost as idle as he chooses. He is not happen when travelling through, England, piade to work. Unless he be well-aigh of bis a

that because of the realistic character of many

f.deficient in intelligence, he can secure That Tree 1 an old gentleman tried:

Opce when singing Woodman, Spare

u pass degree without adding anything appreciable to the knowledge that was

his when, three years earlier, he said

Mr Rassel, was the tree spared?' It was, Bir

Thank Heaven for that exclaimed the old gentleman, with a sigh of relief.

When the Newfoundland Dog” bad teen

good-bye to hur sixth form friends at sang, a plece which described the dog waving

school. And just as all cats are black at night, so are all Cambridge or Oxford B.A.s of equal value so far as the outside world can distinguish The university career, I allows is a good social education. It agreeable character

educated Englishm the majority of docs little else for the

not, fave in

fe..

child's

& North-countryman exclaim- Was the child

Then, with the auxious look of one walung crest favour, the man pleaded *Could ye get me a pep 12

completes the

the so-called GUARANTEED CURE. But at least in After protracted and painstaking

**anya fah, a thoroughly esfe and startaiji. iniversity life has been discovered lot Nerve

“evary forme-Lost

stances, render or the fitte struggle in the reactical

You ought to rel

It does Vital Power, Seminal rare in of Sight, Impotence, Eri

for the Wasting Decay, Palnain the

and Ermations on the Face and

can exercise your boy in most-who On SATURDAY NEXT, 2nd Nov some mente.

stricting jus st

entitled-

*FOOTBALL AS A PROFES-foliers

SION

CAPTAIN PHILIP. TREVOR

excellent

useless subje

of

Metary, Confusion of Ideas,

the Hest, Frightfil Kan

rently Low Spirits, Tumidi

storthos, Diseases kend of the Genica