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Intimations.

THE CHINA MAIL.

2243

Intimations.

G. FALCONER & Co.,

WATCH-MAKERS AND JEWELLERS

NEW SELECTIONS

OF

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

MUSIC LESSONS,

FR. L. A. GRAÇA receives Pupils for

MVIOLIN, MANDOLINE and

GUITTARRA,

For Teram, Eto..

Apply to ELOIS VILLA,"

No. 19, CAINE ROAD.

“Hangkennz, November 7, 1901.

G. FALCONER & Co. ARE AGENTS FOR ROSSE FAMOUS TELESCOPES AND SINGING, PIANO, MANDO-

BINOCULARS, LORD KELVIN'S NAUTICAL INSTRUMENTS,

ADMIRALTY CHARTS AND BOOKS,

HASTMAN'S KODAKS AND FILMS.

M. MUMEYA,

JAPANESE ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER ENLARGEMENTS ON BROMIDE PAPER

AND FINISHED IN CRAYON,

ALL KINDS OF WORK DONE FOR AMATEURS. 8 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

LINE, BANJO, &c.

SIGNOR CATTANEO

has RESUMED TUITION.

TERMS,

27

JAPAN

64, QUEEN'S ROAD.

COALS.

1

... $10 per Month. (Two J.Exsose TER WEEK).

Core of LANK, Crawroup & Co. Hongkong, April 22, 1941. -

80+

Aalt

H. RUTTONJEE. for

TARENCH SWEETS and CRYSTALLIS- THIS iron a well- known French maker, which are sold at Moderato Prices :-

ALMOND FLUTES, ROSE BURNT ALMONDS. MARZILAN ALMONDS, RASPBERRY GUM DROPS, CRYSTAL-

THE MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA LISED MIXED FRUIT in Fancy Boxes.

(OT MITSUI & CO.)

HEAD OFFICE :-43, SAKAMOTO-CHO, TOKYO, LONDON OFFICE:-34, LIME STREET, EC.

HONGKONG OFFICE:-6, Ier house Stater.

BRANCH OFFICES:

Now York, San Francisca, Hamburg, Bombay, Singapore, Sourabaya, Manils, Amoy, Shenghini, Bankow. Chefim, Tientsin. Nowel wang, Port Arthur, Seoul, Chomulpo, Yakalana. Yokosuka, Nagoya, Osaka, Kube, Kure, Shimonoseki, Moji, Waka- matsu, Karsten, Nagasaki, Kuchinotau, Sasol, Mike, Hakudate, Taipeh," s Telegraphic Address for all the Office: MITSUT.'

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

VONO ACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy, Asonale and Ralway Cummies and Industrial Works; Honto and Foreign Mai and Principal Hallway Frulght here SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Faitons Mike, Tagawa, Yumano, and Ida Coni Mines. SOLD AGENTS for Fukumo, Hukru, Ichimita, Kanada, Kishian, Mannoura, Choura Otsuji, Tohmiyama, Tsubakura, Yoshinotaui, Yushio, Yunohibara, and ather Co.

N. INUZUKA, Manager.

Minos.

Hongkong, August 1, 1901.

RAINIER

BEER.

1113

SOLE AGENTS :--A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. *

The HONGKONG DispersarT.

KELLY & WALSH, LTD.

NEW AND RECENT BOOKS.

T FORTEZA IN NORTH CHINA :

Up to the Fall of Tientsin C by G. Gipps; kistratul

The Man Christ Jesus: A

...$2.00 of

Christ, by W.-J. Dawnon; us. 7.90 Elementary Questions and Answers For Board of Trade Examinations of

by T. Southern 3.00

Marine Daily Links

'The Company

***

with the Household of God, ... 3.00 Foreign Missions, by the Right Rev.

E. T. Churton, 1.D.,

3 25

En Chine, 1069-1901, by Gaston

Donnet

1900, by G. J. Thatcher and F. Sohwill, with M-ps, &c.

A General History of Europe, 350-

1.90

Maydon Mustrated

French's tiavalry Campaign, by J. 0.

6.00

Sir Richard Candy, by Lucas Malot 1.50

A SPLENDID SELECTION OF CHRISTMAS NOVELTIES

and

USEFUL PRESENTS. LEATHER AND FANCY GOODS

SPECIALLY SELECTED,

PICTURES, STUDIES AND ENGRAVINGS.

II. BUTTONJEE,

No. 5, D'Aguilar Street, H.K., Nos. 39 and 10, Elgin Road, Kowloor. Hongkong, December 3, 1901. 2470

COME AND LOOK.

HEAP SALE FOR 15 DAYS. Just

received:---

NEW GOODS

VASES,

PANELS,

SILK ALBUMS,

SILK FIRE SOLEENS,

JAPANESE KUGS,

JAPANESE KOBE TOYS, TEA SETS (42 piscos) and a large

Variety of other Boys, Etc.

FUJIYAMA & Co.

Hongkong, October 5, 1901

Hotels.

2000

KOWLOON HOTEL.

THIS HOTEL is situated in a quies locality, away from the din "and istoriance of the City, and surrounded by

Garden is ideal Residence. The building stands on an eminonce, giving a magnificent view of the Harbour and the City of Victoria. It is within OLEY BATASS of the Kowloon Wharves, where the principal Mail Steamer disem Lark Passengers, and from which there is a regular ferry service to Hongkong.

Bowling Alleys and Billiards.

The Cuising is Excellent,

PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE BY

INSTALLMENTS.

Intimations.

Intimations.

THE

ANGLO AMERICAN

STORES.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1901.

A Story of Tientsin. In Mr. George Lynch's War of the Civilisations, just published by Messra Longwans & Co., he tells the following emusing story i

THE DISAPPOINTED LOOTERS house, and also apparently quiet within that next door. Armed with a pick and shovel, a quantity of mope, and bringing two high hacked chairs to help them to cross the wall, they allied forth. Logan was put to watch the Chinese house, while the other two worked. The ground was soft and liency with rain, but was easy to work; not two fent below the surface they struck something

notallo.

Perhaps the best loot story of all was that of the three enterprising Bri- tishers--Prickiemount, fou and Logan

who wem living sugethor in a street in Clearing away the earth, they were Tientsin. Jones was the first to notice on two metal boxes, and on lifting them something unusual one evening when it to the surco saw that there were two No. 1 WELLINGTON ST.was just about time to tan in and others below, Logan enne to lend a hipstered to apprise his companions. hund lifting them out, as they were

the surface, and Legan was turning Just come and look," he cried, heavy. They had just landed them an

friendly invitation to have a night back to the house, when he saw an cap, these old Chinese priests next indistinct figure a couple of yards frour HIGH-CLASS PROVISIONS. door are up to some game or older." hito just gliding in that direction. He bounded forwards, and caught the loose clnak at a Chinaman, Transferring his

WHEELER & WILSON'S Under European Management. utterly disregarding Pricklewoant's

SINGER'S

APPLY TO

AND

MACHINES.

DOOLITTLE & POLLOCK,

No. 3, WELLINGTON ARTEET,

SEND FOR CATALOGUES & LISTS. 2434

To Let.

D"

TO LET.

WELLING HOUSES, GODOWNS,

Urrices, etc. Owners of Property wishing to Let their Promises shopli communicate with the Undersigned;

S. A. SETH. LARD AND ESTATE AGENT AND BROKER,

Top Flour, 37. Queen's Road Central. Hongkauz. December 18, 1991.

Tthe

TO LET.

A STEWART TERRACE

2689

PRAK (FURNISHED), No. 7

Apply to TELEPHONE Cơ,

Tee House Rond.

2301 Hongkong, December 18, 1901.

TO LET.

T Kowtoos, TWO UNFURNISHED A ROOBIS, with Kitchen and Bath- Toums: over Telophons Company's Pre- mises in CAMERON KAL

Apply to TELEPHONE CO.,

2 Ice House Rond Hongkong, December 18, 1901.

TO LET.

201

"STONY HURST," MAGAZINE GAP.

Apply to THE TONGKONG LAND INVEST- MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD. Ronchong. November 27. 1001.

TO LET.

2425

NAKAZAWA,

2219

DEALERS IN CLOISONNE, SATSUMA, LACQUERED

AND

BRONZE WARES.

Prisklemoant and Logan wore beside him in a moment. The room they were in was on the secondstory of a European hold to the pig-tail, which he twisted built house, and locked out on the backround his hand, he pressed a revolver to The piece of waste ground behind, half the side of the man's head; after a

TEA SERVICES, PORCELAIN GOODS garden, and half yard, was separated withing twist the fellow remained per

from that on the adjoining huchy a wallfectly still, evidently divining, that it ten feet high. The righthand window would be better for him not to make a of their mess-ram enabled them to see

PICTURE FRAMES AND ALL KINDS OF

JAPANESE FINE ART CURIOS,

AT MODERATE PRICES.

11, BEACONSFIELD ARCADE, Opposito Carr HALL Hongkong, August 6, 1941:

Auctions.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

1697

WE Undersigned, have received instrue Tons from the REGUTSAR, Supremo

Court, to Sell by Public Auction,

FRIDAY

sound.

over the wall to some extent. HalfwayLogan held him with his face turned down the garden they saw by the din light of the new moon a Chinaman had at work digging a hole. He was partly hidden by the wall, but at each stroke of the pick the moonlight gleamed on it as he raised it above his head Then, while they watched him, two Chinamien appeared from the house carrying some thing between them. From their short and staggering steps it was evidently very heavy. They brought it to where

the other was digging, and after peuting -a moment returned again to the kouso, In a short time they appeared again the 20th Decomber, 1901, at 2.30 pm, at their Sales Rooms, 20, Des Voeux Road,milarly dea, and repent the pro A LARGE NUMBER OF ceeding four times; then the two offers

LAW BUOKS

with shovels joined the roun at his work of excavation.

TERRAs usual

HUGHES & HOUGH.

Government Auctioncers.

Hongkong, December 15, 1901.

2561

XMAS IXMAS-XMAS!!!

PUBLIC AUCTION of

Pricklemount extinguished, the lamp on the wess table, sad opened the win- dow cautiously. The Chinamon were working away in silence. It must have been nearly half-an-hour before they seemed satisfied with the depth of the hole when they lowered the beavy

any from the others, whom he told to hurry as fast as they could They liad: great trouble getting the boxes over, Frieklomount falling from the top of the wall and nearly breaking his neck, owing to the wet rope alipping through his hands as he was hauling up the first box. Then Jones toppled over one of the sealing chairs, and came a cropper with the last box on top of him. How

ever, they managed to get the four over nt last.

Then Logan brought the Chinaman to the door of the house, and motioned to him that he had better not show out again when he went to join the others, Although it was not clear what would be the contents, it was quite obvious, it must be soothing very valuable to bë put up in soldered boxes so they thought as they brought them into the ball. They shut the door, and then evorishi with expectation, they brought one upstairs. The lamp was turned up. The box was covered with clayed black

TO. 2, URMSEY TERRACE, from SUITABLE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, N 14 February, 1802.

[HK Undersigned huve received instrao-packages, and then on top of them, as were the hands, knees and most Tivus to Sell by PITDING AUCTION.

Apply to

FUN HUNG, 188, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong, December 11, 1901. 2528

TLET.

DELLEVUE, PEAR ROAD, from 1st

J. W. OSBORNE, J. H. DONNE, B

Proprietor.

Manager Hongkong, September 3 10.

THE WAVERLEY HOTEL,

50

ICE HOUSE STREET, HONGKONG, A First-Class Private Family Hotel,

`ANDSOMBLY FURNISHED

Hedingis Spasious Roors.

and

Very MODERATE TERMS to FAMI- LIES by the DAY or MONTH.

Hongking, December 18, 1900. - 2639

Pelham House,

FAMILY HOTEL.

CHILDREN'S PICTURE BOOKS, in Great Variety.

865

WYNDHAM STREET. M. MOORE,

Proprietoress.

and

FANCY CALENDARS.

CARDS FOR

CHRISTMAS CARDS

With Christ at Sea, by F. T. Bullen 1.60 CHRISTMAS

Kim, by Rudyard Kipling... 1.60

...K.V.C. SOUVENIR.

The Cup, 1901: Descriptive Ac.. Count with d'autographs, by G. H Evane...

... 1.60 $

NEW VICTORIA HOTEL.

ROTISSERIE,

deals i La Carte.

NHOPS, STEAKS, etc., etc., at any time between 7.50 am and 11

PRIVATE GREETINGS. CHOPS,

Store will be Upen on SATURDAY AFTERNOON, December 1st.

"HARLENE”

THE VERY FINEST DRESSING.

SPECIALLY PREPARED AND DELICATELY PERFUMED.

RESTORES THE HAIR,

PROMICTES, THE GROWTH ARRESTS THE FALL. STRENGTHENS THE ROOTS. BEMOVES DANDRUFF.

ALLAYS ALL HIRITATION.

FOR THE

HAIR!

Tail description and directions for usa în 20 : languages supplied with every bottle

18., 29. Gd., and (5 tintes 24. 64. size) 45. 61. por Bottle, from Druggiate, etc., all over the world.

EDWARDS HARLENE CO. 95 & 96, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON, ENG."

UNTOUCHED BY HANE.

MELLIN'S

FOOD

For INFANTS and INVALIDS.

When prepared is similar to Breast Milk

RELLINSFOOD WORKS, PECKHAM, LONDON ENGL

p.m..

Monthly Tiffin at Moderate Rates. Madar & Farmer.

Proprietors. Hougkoor. May 1, 1899,

1787

HOTEL CRAIGIEBURN.

LUNKET'S GAF THE PEAK,

PLUNKET'S

near the TRAM TERMINUS, TELEPHONE U6,

For Terms,

Apply to the MANAGER, 741

THE

BAY VIEW HOTEL.

USDEL ESTRELY NIW MANAGEMENT.

TuS HOTEL & pleasantly situated" on

the Bav-KI-WAN ROAD Very con Foulent for Private Dinner Partier, arhich the Mausgewont make a speciality,

·Bergilent Cuisine,

WINES, SPIRITS, and Mant Ligrens, of the very Just Brands ugly kept in Stock. The Hotel a pus spacious Marquee,

adjoins suitable for Concerts, Dances, &c., Tumis cu Application,

J. LACOOK.

Jynagery Hongkong, September 26, 1901..

THE BACK DOOR'

TBACK DOOR which pposed THE Series of Ardales entitled 18E

in the Chire Mall, sro boon reprinted, and may be obtained in Pamphlet forma

PRIO

$1

Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT AND AGENCY, CO., LD. Hongkong, December 4, 1901.

TO LET

2482

NTO. 1, STEWART TERRACE, The

IN PEAK

Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.

MENT & AGENCY Co., Jæð. Hongkong, July 16, 1901

1478

TO LET.

TUROPEAN HOUSES Nos. 4, By L. 7 and 8, *WILD DELL,': WAXCHAI ROAD.

Apply to

SANG KEM 74, Wing Lok Street. Hongkong, December 18, 1901.

TO LET.

1200

SATURDAY,

the 21st December, 1901, commencing at

2.30 P.

shovelled in the earth, which would be heard falling as on the lid of a metal coftin.

of the clothes of the three. They were all wet to the skin-but what did that;

The trio de back from the window matter! On scraping off the mud, the | tin looked like an ordinary kerosene tio, as the Chiusmen were giving the finish-

A LARGE VARIETY or FANCY GOODS

ing touches to their work and returned and still had the smell of oil about it. Comprising --

Logan hed a hammer and chisel ready to the house. PARIAN BRONZES, FINOT CLOGH-IN.........

'Jones closed the shutters of the to prise it open, when he saw the or- MARBLE BRONZE, S.; ELECTRO-PLATF WARE, STATUETTES, MIRRORS, LEATHER GOOPS, FANCY WORK BOXES, SMOKING room, and then relighted the hump, dinary opening was in its place. Ho SETS, LIQUEUR SETS, JARDINIERES, VAUES Logan was commencing to executo s CENTER-TIECES, DRESDEN POrceram and

pas sind, hut was instantly stopped; the was a still stronger smell of kerosene, Various other Goods

trie locked at each other in suppressed. He put in his singer, and withdrew it excitement. Jones, equal to the actu

And SINGER'S TREADLE SEWING

MACHINES. SINGER'S HAND SEWING MACHINES.

Truss :--Cash on delivery.”

sion, poured out three stiff pege, between which he divided a bottle at Apollinaris To's the temple bronzes," said Pricklemount as he put down his empty tumbler.

It's syear," 2576ed suit.

On View from Friday, the 20th Decem- ber,

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer. Hongkong, December 17, 1901,

PUBLIC AUCTION.

ODOWN, No. 5a, DUDDELL STREET.

THE Undersigned have recived in Apply to

stractions from The Official Adminis THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST.trator to sall by Public Auction;

MENT & AGENOT Co., Læn. Hongkong, July 4, 1901.

TO LET.

1390

25

"said Jones, as he follow

No," said Logan, wiping his mous

tache "it's gold bars, me bhoys! No thing else would be so heavy for so small

a space.

Senting themselves in the thres arm chairs, they discussed the probabilities.

opened that first immediately thero

covered with oil. Well, I'm damned? and be seemed to express the opinion of the other tävò:

After an interval of blank silence, Jonas suggested that it was probably a craftr Chinese dodge to conceal the gold effectually by filling up the tin with oil Bo they emptied the contents into washing basin, but found there was oil, oil, nothing but oil.

Hoping against hope, they brought up the other this, and went through the same process with a like result..

Wet, muddy, dirty to a degree, with The possibilities were unlimited Had clothes torn, Pricklemount with his head for account of the Estate of Cheung Tai Jp not Kettle yesterday bought the jewelled, and Jones will based knuckles, the

(docrasel),

イノウ

MONDAY,

order of the Black Eagle, given by the floor of the room and the staira onked with footprints of black clayey mud, and Kaiser to the Bumperor of China, forn

the whole place reeking with the smell

HCONDLEY ROAD

[OUSES CLIFTON GARDENS, the 3rd instant at 11am.. at Chuseray mere song from a Chinamin? Had not

Bay-

A ROUSE in RIPON TERRACE. *THE RETREAT,' BIOUST KELLETT. GODOWNS at Hove BUILDINO¿»,

The Stein Launol

HOI PING

of Lerosene, the situation was beyond

Phipps of the Engineers found a lot of gold bora in the hang of a burst house words. Jones, just as twenty-four hours previously, silently poured out three stiff Built of Teakwood. Length 63 feet 6 inches, Breadth 12 feet 5 inches. Depth Except for a couple of sables and a 2 foot 3 inches. She has the following cloisonné vase of unnacurtained value, pegs, and split a "Fully between them. passenger uccommodation-

they had not been in luck ap to the They drank in silence and in anger too INVEST-Withia the waters

present, but now they were clearly in deep for words, of the Colony 2441 Within the Local

for a real stroke of good fortune. trado limits Outside the Localdo..... Net Tousage...

HOUSES AT CAUSEWAY BAY, FACING FZE FOLD GROUND, Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND

·MENT & AGENCY Co., Imo. Hongkong, November 29, 1901.

TOLET.

ROOMED Bungalow Rheds," Bon. liam Road. Beginning from 1st January, 1902.

Apply to

LIAO TZE SAN, ...China Merchants Steam N. Com

38, Dis Vœux Bond,

32449

Hongking, November 30, 1901.

TO LET

TROM the. It of January, 1902, nii

- OFFICE. Apply to

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.

Superintendent's Officer 3. Qocen's Building, Top Flor. Hongkong, December 14, 1901. 2646

TO LET AT KOWLOON.

VURNISHED BEDROOM and BATH

ROOM, with or without Board. **

Apply to M Caro of DixA MAIL OOG.N Hengkong, December 16, 1901.

TO LET

100Nly s SALL BUNGALOW IN KÓW.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST. MENT od AGENCY CO., LO, Hongkong, Drcmber 10, 1993,

78 Passengers.

46

14

21.35

BUCHES & HOUGH,

Government Auctioneers.

Terms -A esunl.

Hongkong, 131 Dec., 1001.

PUBLIC AUCTION.

2549

HF Undersigned hua 'received instrue Tone to sell is Public Auction,

MONDAY,

""""The following day, before, tiffin,

Far into the night they discussed the polite message was sent round from their best plan of action, and the details, of how they were to proceed. Several pipes helped reflection; and with thic third nightcap there came unimity of opinion that Logan's theory was right, and that it could be nothing bat gold

bars.

They separated to their rooms, and dreamed golden dreams. - The, next forning showed the rubbiliy yard next Hoon looking much thu samo ne ever

the 231 Dewmber, 1001, commending at One of the priests was even then sanfer

2.30 pm, this SALE Rooms,

Duddell Street,

A FINE COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAINS AND CLOISONNÉS, --

Comprising

MARUZU VASES INCENSE BURNERS, and Ours and Saccers. Sero BLUP and W2 HAND-PAINTED Vasas, Ece SaiLL TRASETS, VARIOUS DESIGNED VASES, DISHES WALL PLATER, eté,

ing through it, smoking bis customary post prandial pipe. They had rented this house since their temple has been burned.

"The trio assembled at dinner at eight o'clock. Everything looked auspicious; the afternoon find been cold and shavery, * and now the evening had settled down with lexden ouds ficam which poured a thick, drizzling rain. It was unpossible to see twa yurdi ahead out of thors

The Chinese boys were told not to yait up, and soon after ten o'clock Brori. 29 thing was apparently quiet within the

Some very fine. Specimens of CLOONE Vers SILVER CROCSPADS SILVER INLAID, and ChoboNSE BUCKLES

TERIES CASU un delivery. Un view on Date of Salve

GEC P. LAMMERT

Hongkong, December 10 1901

For Nervous

Exhaustion

CHAPOTEAUT'S

Phosphoglycerate

OF LIME

"The madein raitoration

・of ifta pardous systeik,

For in workers, profession kan), men, iharkerá utudents, tenrutin rehty, Benal Josés, dansin DJ VETVOUS brew and incomm

Kan readily usaglided ang prockojeg digestone

PHOSPHOGLYCERATE RUP (CHAPOTEAUTI PHOSPHOOLYCERATE WINE

(CHAPOTEAU PHOSPHOGLYCERATE CAPSULES

CHAPOTEAUT)

res Wrienne, PARTS FRANCE

For Sale by AS, WATSON & Co., Chemist,