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object of the descent (sic) of this high spirit on to our planet. If the human race had earnestly centred upon that instead of losing itself in vila dreams at vicarious sacrifices and Imaginary falls how very different the level of human culture and happiness would be to-day." We read on, expecting bins to score point now obvious enough, but he is content with the mere assertion that atonement is a rain dream. With h's belief, had he been a thinker,

a superficially would have fouled out that the deathlessness of the death on Calvary made it pointless and invalid as "sacrifice", since in his view nothing was sacrificed. He says (page 32) "we were meant to use our reasons and brains." Then why doesn't he?'

***FERVERSE OPPOSITION."

Then why deesn't ha? Be is quite sure that all eppool

tion to his bunkum

LOCKS BED

TURSBAY, JANUARY- 6-

The Star Ferry Company will run extra ferries, to-morrow morning, at 1.30, 2, and 2.50.

Amongst those who left for Home on Sunday on the P. & C. ss Kashgar" was Mr. C. Mil. Messer.

none withering. (Superficif thought logist named Fabre Investigated the will not those beautiful gardens subject be discovered that there was become congested?) . :

no real leadership, but that each On pagadas à mentioned caterpillar simply keeps in touch "A JOKE. Christian inscription in with the one in front of it and by the Catecombs which getting the frost rank in touch with "Niceforts anims, dulcis in the rear rank he got them to march s refrigerio Mr. Doyle translates round and round in a circle hopelessly, that as Nicephorus, a sweet soul in an aimlessly. It is not quite whe us to say quite plainly, nice for that, charming as his writings are. the refreshment place." It secins to to describe Fabre as a scien ile entomologist." We are all agreed to sweeten our souls in the re

rigerator." Some of us will need it, he was too anthropomorphic in tisto Hongkong yesterday on the P. & Mr. E. H. Sharp, K.C. returned anyway. Mr. Doyle is a medical man, angle of approach to be quite scien- C. "Somali which brought mails and we are not, but we prescribe for tifc. But no matter for that. The from London.

im all the same. He is feverish. preacher has not even described his We recommend him to put his caterpillars with anything like re- George Graystone are performing at intellect to cold storage.

experiment with the processional Miss Shirley Cooke and Mr. sonable accuracy. According to one of the marched in single file there were between 5 and 6 p.m.

The creatures Wiseman's Cafe to-morrow and Friday WINNIE. Reuter telegrams to-day, no

** dense thousands.": 20 Winston Churchill objects. "front rank." and

To-day's return of communicable to class Government. We have rank." The reason they proceeded disease is blank. Last week we had and this must be one more instance. led by the patient Fabre on to the and one of cerebrospinal fever. heard before of Satan reproving sin, in a circle was because they were 2 cases of diphtheria, 2 of enteric, Any Churchilian government would rim of a flower pot.. Fibre was

ST. SOPHIA.

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The Royal Hongkong Yacht

been made for conveying, members Club holds a regatta on Saturday, February 28 and arrangements have to the Club for rowing practice.

RICE RIOT.

A. Chinese, a coal coolic, whe appeared before Mr. J. R. Wood, this morning with a bandaged head, was charged with being concerned, with other coal coolies, in a rice riot at Nos. 26 and 30 Cross Street, Wanchai, yesterday.

Inspector Kent said at 12.30 p.m.”- raided two rice shops in Cross yesterday, a crowd of coal cookies Street and stole 190 cattles of rice from each shop. The defer- dant, who was one of the crowd on the head with a piece of wood by which attacked No. 30, was struck

one of the shop fokis and wounded- He was afterwards arrested outside the shop..:

The accountant of the shop sakd that at about 12:30 yesterday, the defendant entered the shop and pro- ceeded to steal rice. His example was soon followed by many others

defendant and his companions. A fight ensued in the course of which the defendant was wounded

alleging that his head was burt by on the head. He later came to the shop and demanded compensation one of the shop's fokis. Witness had him arrested.

The defendant said he was stand- ing outside the rice shop when a

entered it

and stole

is "perverse." That is natural. The ather fellow is always" perverse" in a class government, existing by investigating the point of their The pupils of the Diocesan GirlsFand before long they had stolen as say argument. It makes no differ and for class and a bad class at that. intellect, and decided, if we School took a trip

to Repulse many as 100. cattles of rice. Other ence to us either way, and when we Winston does not object to class remember rightly. that they had Bay this morning in one of the coolies then came on the scene are satisfed that this bunkum bas government per se hur to government none. With the purpose of the pree-Dragon Motor Car Company's motor and snatched the rice from the even a little foundation of evidence say class not his own or, to be cher's illustration we are quite in buses, beneath it we will cease to oppose. exact. any class not of his own accord. The moral he gut was ex. We hear astonishing assertions. We adoption. For he "ratted" from his cellent, and much needed here. Buc ask for evidence, for proof. That is own class to abare the power of the by showing his own faults as the duty of every man who, on Mtry in continue the process when be value of such of his opinions as we present class gang, and he may yet reader and quote, we discount the Doyles' own showing, is meant to use his reason and brains." The sees the labourine class assuming do not like. It enables us fairly to addendum and brains" is sympto control-a contingence that many of suggest that a starting announce matic, and the attention of careful us foresee.

ment of last year with regard to long

The wedding of Lt. Clifton G. students is called to it. Until these,

A local preacher has distance telepathy may have been Lovegrove, RCA, Stonecutters, to people are ready to prove their case

imputed to

based on words weighed no more Miss M. A. Freeman, en route from crowd

· (16) to sceptics, instead of only to the cre

motive, we disavow carefully. Such statements should England on the "Empress of Asia" rice. Ltd culous, which is too easy, they must We gather so from the public Press,

be cautiously made, and their utterers is announced to take place shortly. in the riot. expect opposition. The benest scien and we reply in the Press Some should always be called upon, to tist applies the tests and methods of time ago we deprecated certain open substantiate them.

The China Mail is requested to scepticism to his own hypothesis, in ly expressed desires to reclaim the

In this morning's state that the performance of Carmen order to prove it. The "spiritualist" mosque at Constantinople as a Chris- TOO MANY Morning Post we note to be given by the Russian Opera is less honest. He demands (page tian cathedral, which it undoubtedly MIKES. a statement that the Company on the 8th inst., has noth- 54) the bona-fide and reasonable once was. We did so on political

Foreign office list ofg to do with the advertised per.ter of fact, when he was enquiring enquirer," by which he means the grounds. Now we read that there New Year Honours includes Comformance of the same opera on the into the case yesterday, it was admit-, hall-converted and already prejudiced. is a peculiar type of Christian who is mander Michael Edgar Bonham 14th inst.

ted that someone in the shop struck In fact, "perverse opposition" so anxious to be thought broad Carter and Mr. Michael Robert

the defendant to prevent him doing amcurts to the commonsense pro minded... and such a person is Hodgson. We desire to add that the

further mischief. cedure which Doyle himself inconsis, ready to proclaim the affront to list seems to have omitted the hon. | Madar, two IndianTM merchants who until to-morrow in order to enable the teatly professes on pige 62, where Mohammedanism that would beoured name of Mr. Knight Garter be says "one is bound to exclude given by the restoration of St. Sophia) Hool Soit. spirit explanations until all natural to Christian worship." The preacher

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The "wildly false fellow citizens as a sign of weakness. be regarded by our Mohammedan messages" do not we happen to know Indian Moham REVELATIONS. discourage Mr. medans, Ceylon Mohammedans, and

Doyle. They prove Malay Mohammedans, and we say 11d. for him the central fact that spirits that is not so. They realize our change little in essentials when leav-national strength. They would be ing the body, and that la consequence

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Mr. Ali Hussian and Mr. A. R.

have been visiting the Colony were entertained to dinner by the members of the Indian Recreation Club prior to their departure for Australia and Shanghai respectively.

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He did not take part

One of the fokis rushed out of the shop armed with a wooden strue him on the head before he could defend himself. He could ita fy the joki,

Inspector Kent said that as a mat-

His Worship remanded, the case Inspector to collect more evidence.

THE LIMIT.

Surgeon Lieutenant J. F. Pace.. the world is infested by many low more likely to regard it as a sign of R. N. arrived per S.S. "Somali" and and mischievous types. Presumably osity. In view of the fact that we of IL M. S. "Sandpiper."

tolerance, consideration, and gener-takes up his appointment as Surgeon the silly messages are similarly ex-do not at present if the cathedrals plained. A fool on earth remains a we possess, or say that we can do! foclish spirit and communicates without St. Sophia, and we aver that

The Hongkong Tramway Com foolishness. It is all very sad, even it would be most Christian conduct-pany's traffic receipts for the half when (page 65) these untoward to leave it a mosque, Mohammedan week were $12,791, or $63 less than incidents are rather a confirmation sentiment would be needlessly hurt in the same period of last year. Gibb, Livingstone & Co and had hind and whipped off the man's hap of spiritualism than an argument against it." Beware of superficial by the other line bf action. The

•

The meeting of the Kowloon Today's dollar is worth 4s. Residents' Association will be held THE LATEST HAT-SKATCHING.

in the Chamber of Commerce" room, which has been kindly lent for the

This morning a Ching Mail reader occasion. on January 20. Puriber

was passing along the praya whem details will appear in the advertising be witnessed the last word in daring columns of the China Mail later...

regarding the now popular mode of stealing. to wit, hat-snatching. A News has been received by cable well-dressed Japanese with a Japanese of the death of Mr. H. R. Kinnear in lady was waiting at the top of Tai- London on the 29th. December. Heynen Street, apparently for a trancar, was for many years a partner In A Chinese youth came up from be spent most of his time in the East and was off down Taiyuen Street i proved, for all who will examine the

in Shanghai, where he was well a flash. There were no police aboist statements and proofs with an open thinking. if you please: but save followers of the Prophet (to whom Lowe, "Bingham and Matthews, has

empire includes m many loyal Mr. E..A.M. Williams, of Messrs.known and highly respected. mind." "Let us essay a little think-

and the Japanese did not give chase ber 27, at Western Road, Shang-ing, albeit superficial. The great Mr. Doyle. He admits in one case consideration for their feelings. It and Seamen's Guilds to represent of fires in Canton with the approach

you from the profound logic

as the barefooted thief had twenty be pe ce) that we ought to show. been nominated by the Engineers' hai to Mr. and Mrs. L. Van der Designer of all things" is God. Mr.

There is evidently an epidemic yards start. Stegen, a daughter.

Doyle'a thought expressed more wrong upon essentials." How explain is plainly politically expedient. and it them at the forthcoming arbitration of the Chinese New Year. Two fires!

"a complete failure and absolutely CROSS.-On December 29. a

Southsen, to Surgeon Lieut. "Commander G. C. Cross, R.N., and Mrs. Cress inee Grey), 0

WODITEN. On December 29, 10 Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Wootten, Shanghai, a daughter.

MARRIAGE.

VAN DER STEGEN-On Decem

son.

December

to

that? "We can only answer that Paul on stumbling blocks.

is our duty as Christians. See St. in connection with wages.

occurred on Jan. 4-one near the conditions were obviously not propi

Canton-Kowloon Railway Station, tious." (p. 66).

The cups to be presented to the which destroyed more than twenty winners and runners up in the box houses and the other in Saiwan ing competitions to be held on Friday and Saturday next, are now on view where also several houses were de

stroyed. It is stated that during the at Messrs Kelly & Walsh.

past week three big fires and about half a dozen small ones were reported in the city, and cons.derable losses were incurred.

THE GREAT ARGUMENT."

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DOCKYARD

PRESENTATION.

On Friday evening the Dockyant Recreation Club was the scene of Presentations to departing members. and to the winners of the recent billiard handicap.

simply is that God forced the war on mankind with the intention to force men to believe in

We happen also to what is called spiritualism. It seems a

DIVORCE disagree with some roundabout method for Omnipotence

"The physical

LAW.... remarks in the same to adopt. Mr. Doyle's thinking fails

basis of all psychle

published sermon that tell us why the design of

belief is that the touch on divorce law. We regard Omnipotence has failed so to force

soul is a complete his views on the historical and men, even with the extra assistance duplicate of the body, resembling it ethnological aspect, af divorce as Chief Boatswain E. Langford, of books of revelations by Mr. Doyle in the smallest particular, although hopelessly erroneous. The "founda R. N. arrived per S.S. "Somali" from himself. It is a pity that we should constructed in some far more tenuous tions of the state" do not rest England to take up his appointment

Mr. W. A Knight, chief of the FLYNN-COYLE, — On

In English, that state securely think so superficially, but our thought material."

on discordant families. as Mail Officer H. M. 5. "Tamar" of God is not like Mr. Doyle's. Mr.ment from page 75 means that the

Electrical Department, in presenting The Russian Opera Company gold watch to Mr. F. W. Wright, Family life" is only good vice Chief Boatswain W. Trevethan arriving sooner than expected, it is who is proceeding to Portsmouth, 26. at Shanghai, John Michael Doyle's concept of God is anthropo- Spiritualists define the soul as when Flynn. of Baltimore, U.S.A.. morphic. Ours regarde God

it good. It is to RN, as material replica of the body, made of the extraordinary

found possible to open their season spoke af. Mr. Wright's sterling quali assertion that to Kathleen Marguerite, only superhuman. We imagine that the thinner stuff, but in all points resem "facility of divorce.

on Thursday the 8th inst. instead of ries both as regards his efficient work daughter of the late Mr. and Divine mind must be greater than the bling it. Here the present writer characteristic of barbarous and un- Naval Yard, and Mr F. W. Wright, Carmen" therefore on the 8th and behalf of sport generally and foot-

is a

Mr. R. W: Bearne, Foreman the 9th. The Company will present in the Dockyard, and his work on Mrs. J. J. Coyle, of Hongkong. human, and somehow different. If a may be excused for some prejudice, civilized proples"

human mind (say Mr. Doyle's) had since it means (if true) that his soul strongest exception, even with the for home per 5.5. "Kashgar" having This arrangement does not in any handed a handsome rose bowl to Mr. that we take Clerk Naval Yard, were passengers tickets may te had at Moutric & Co. ball in particular. Mr. F. Young .. DEATH.

conceived the scheme of propagandiz has a double goitre, bad teeth, addendum "or of nations whose been relieved by Messrs. Sampson way affect the previous arrangement R. W. Bearne who is also leaving for ing spiritualism by means of a rheumatoid joints, and deformed moral fibre has been sapped by and Sullivan, respectively. BUY-On December 28, at Shang-world war, we should have had feet. How expect him to contemplate luxury and self-indulgence." Leav.

for Carmen" on the 14th inst, and Portsmouth. In making the presents- hai, Cyprien Buy, aged 43 years. no hesitation in denouncing it as a an eternity of such blemishes withing our highly moral American Engineer Commander W. W. "Carmen" being played twice during laudatory and witty terms of the is an entirely extra programme, tion Mr. Young spoke in extremely bum scheme, wasteful, wicked, and complacence? How, if it resembles friends to defend themselves from Reed, R. N. who has been doing duty the season. ineffectual. We dare not criticise a his carcase in the smallest parti- this aspersion, we refer the preacher in H. M. Naval Yard, and lately in

Precipient. divine scheme. In such case. wecular, can his sublimated body be to Roman law. The Romans of the lieved by Engr., Capt., Ferguson, C.

Later Mr. Knight presented the murmur "inscrutable wisdom" and regarded as "nobler?" (page 76). Ime of Theodosius and Valentinian B. E., RN embarked in S. S.

As showing the prices which are billiard pres which were won by: pass on. But we must be sure it We know that a goitre in the neck were not barbarous and uncivilized. Kashgar" for England on Sunday. being paid for house property in 1st, Mr. A. W. Matthews: 2nd, Mr. was the divine scheme. At present does stimulate the material brain: We remind him further that in

Calcutta the following results of sales R. W. Beare; 3rd, Mr. W. Poprz we have only Mr. Doyle's word for how can the ghost of a goitre help quoting the words of Christ Lieut., Col, Mayhew, R. M. L.. I.. held the other day by the Adminis 4th, Mr. R. W. Spanton. Mr. Pope it. How does the know? His mind the goitrous ghost?

Gn апу опе subject it is who has acted in the capacity of trator General are interesting. A was unavoidably absent but Mr. G..

The China Mail, #TRUTH, JUSTICE, PUBLIC SERVICE."

BONGKONG, TUESDAY, JAN. 6, 1830.

-BUNKUM

ADVERSARIA.

There is

is human, like ours; it is inferior to ours, so far as real thinking goes.

CUI BONO 7

THE

very

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An attempt was made on the life

Thomas accepted the prize in his

stead, at the same time treating the

ARMED ROBBERY.

Another armed robbery, has-been-

of Ku Yat-kwong, an ex-leader of the reported to have taken place in the

In the next world desirable to quote them fully. In General Staff Officer (Naval) and two-storied house in Alipore with "they are

addition to the one flesh" speech, lately relieved by Lient., Col, monthly rental of Rs. 325 fetched Ra Besides, how man go' NEXT WORLD. busy on all forms which the preacher quoted. He also Gratha, R. M. L. L was a passen 150,000, a second two-storied house, members to a humorous speech. ing to be morally better-

of congenial work" said "saving for the cause etcger per S.S. "Kashgar" for England fetching a rent of Rs. 350 per men

An exhibition game of billiards sem, went for Rs. 3,41,000, while a between Mr. R. W. Bearne and Mr. ed by belief in the extra- It is like this world, but "keyed to a (Matt. v. 31) aclause which certainly on Sunday.

third, also a two-storied house, rent A. G. Pile, was won rather easily by ordinary revelations of higher octave."

extends divorce facilities further than Every earthly passing Mr. Doyle? He says (page 20)the thing has its equivalent."

Rs. 375 per mensem, fetched Rs. the former...... from hand to hand churches were empty busts, which China. Mail being an earthly thing marriage as a condition which only conveyance to England of Naval bungalow, rent Rs. 120 per month, The the churchuren were willing to go, Admiralty transport "Dongola" 2,55,000. After this it seems quite a It is not true to say that He viewed now Etting up at Naval Yard for the descent to find that a one-storied in Hongkong just contained no spiritual food for the that's a comfort. The happy life to death could annul," in few of Matt. v. Ratings, Military Officers and Detalls was disposed of for only Rs. 35,500, INFECTIOUS. Now a new book by human

Conan Doyle, the main ceased to influence

race, and had in the come "consists in the development eminent author of a quantity of actions save in the direction of professional sword-swallower will be true civilization to release our terrible expected to be ready towards the end its of those gifts which we possess." The 31 It is merely a step in the progress of from Hongkong and Singapore is Flight detective stories. It is called soulless, forms."" That has some able to swallow bigger swords. marriage laws from the handicaps of this week.

The Vital Message" and there are regrettable truth in it, but where is "The child grows up to the nor- that bigotry has saddled upon them. en here so constructed mentally the "spiritual food" in the crazy mal, so that the mother who lost

We may alferr,

Mr. W. R. Neighbour Cashier Shubhing troops, on the night of the heart of the city at 8 o'clock last In bole Tom, a take duce a message, revelations of Mr. Doyle's "mediums" a babe of two years did, and dies QUIS CUSTODET. and we are far and Civil Secretary, H. M. Dockyard 2nd inst. when he was returning night when six men, three armed in book lorm, and with Conan Doyle's and spooks? How is a man to be herself twenty years later, finds a name on it, far more seriously than come more soulful, more moral, as a grown-up daughter of twenty-two in these columas me have never and also Mr. G. L. Flatt, Naval Store would-be assassin fired at him from daggern, entered No. 58 Wellington from claiming that accompanied by Mrs Neighbour, home. Ku was in a ricaha, and his with revolvers and the others with they will its antidote in our anony result of learning, through a mous Adversaria. That is their

mediawating her coming," (page 131). stepped astray from fact and from Officer: Mrs, Platt, and two children, behind. He was slightly wounded on Street, 1st floor, and after threatening lock-out. It does not relieve us fum," that somebody he knows was Does the mother then observe furpare reason. But the published sermon left for home per S.S. "Kashgar the back by a bullet from a revolver to kill the inmates if they raised an not mistaken at midnight on Tues ther normal growth, in which her we are traversing indicates a certain Messrs. Neighbour and Platt have The bullet hit the ricsha first, or he alarm, ransacked the house and de- the duty of declaring the beak an day last" (page 126)? This is plain 22-year-old spiritual child becomes a rashness and carelessness of which been relieved by Messrs. Ashton and might have been killed Ku turned camped with property and money to infected book, or of warning the sense. It is not superficial thinking. withered spinster of 70? unsophisticated against the infee The superficial thinking is Mr. why not? Why is 22" the normal"

If not, we think we are rarely guilty. By a Lowe, respectively..

round and saw the would-be assassin, the total valus of $550. No one in tiousness of bunkum.

who was in grey uniform, rapping the house was mishandled by the charming coincidence, a contributor Doyle's, when he approvingy quotes and not 72? It is queer to find a (Mohammedan) has just sent us in a When Ho Laiman, the new headway. A revolver was picked up le unwelcome visitors. On the sixteenth page we this argument" by the "wisest man who has been a doctor tract on which is written in red ink master of the Government Law the road near the spot where the at are told that the great woman" he has known (page 130): so mishandling simple words.Careless reading or nonsensing School went to take up his duties tempt was made, and the police are THINK WA was "forced upon Things may well be surprising over What stopy the growth, and is unholy." We agree

mankind" by "the great there, for if we had been told the facts why?

For on Sunday, he was elected and making investigations. Oh, here's the answer, instance, we read in the print attacked by the students. They are Designer of all things." After of this life before we entered it, we Agt, which is produced chiefly by d sermon under review that demanding the reinstatement of the Ezelerence to the superficial should never have believed it.”

the mechanical presence of lime in "in America. there is a spectes fosmer headmaster who was dia thinker" who may think other"

We encounter one our arteries, disappears, and the of caterpillar, known as the army mised by the Civil Governor. The

STRAIGHT ÁTFIT.: ' Trise Mr. Doyle. tells us on the

de beating HEAR, HEAR. observadon on page | individual reverts to the full normal caterpillar- because. It marches in Students have intimated their inten-THERE is no use of our next page the intention of the great

25 et with growth and appearance of completed dense thousands apparently under tion to elect any Improper person" around the bush. We might Designer of all things. "The shock which

find ourselves maof womanhood." (ibid)" Nor some leadership which all obey.who is appointed to the headmaster wall oat with it first sa Inst. We want the war was meant to rouse us to in hearty agreement. Far too much is any deformity or bodily weakness There isn't. The peacher evidently ship. He was slightly wounded and the next time you wes cough or olded in yesterday's China Mail, was

you to try Camberlain's Cough Remedy pental and more eamestness, to weight, he says, has been placed on there for all is normal and at its mixed up in his mind, the soldier his clothing was torn... The Civil There is no reason no fat as pra cap se attacked in Reclamation Street, Yan rive us the courage to tear away Christ's death, and too little on His best! We are to have beautiful ant of South America and the pro- Governor is greatly perturbed and why you should not do so. This armati, by a stranger who stabbed him venerable shams, and to force the life and teaching. This has been a gardens, lovely flowers, green woods, cessional caterpillary of Heari Fabre, proposes to deal severely with the paradom by its remarkable euros has on the chest and in the left side, has Haman race to realize and use the frequent complaint of our own. It pleasant lakes, domestic pets" which has its habitat in France, students, as He is the second head. | gated a weld wide reputation and succumbed to his injuries at the Kung. ast new revelation which has been is this wonderful Re, its example Presumably the flowers will grow for bezwent on to say master abused in this way by the best terms of praise. It is for sale by Wab Hospital. The alleged murderer

gele overy here speak of it in the so clearly stated and so abundantly and inspiration, which was the real from bad to flower, and then stop, "When scientific

7:1 Chondas pod Storeksopera.

has not yet been arrested,

JUST

entomo- students,

The Police are. making enquiries with a view to obtaining cities which may lead to the arrest of the des- paradoca

STABBED MAN DIES,

The Chinese coolie who, as report