1874-08-05 — Page 4

Extracts.

POEM OF ROBERT BURNS.

[HITHERTO NU.]

The trout in yonder wimpling bura

That glide a silver dart,

And kafa best the shady short

... Dedes the angler's art v

My life was ones that careless stream),

Tunt wanton iront was Tj

But lose wi unrelenting beam

Hua scorched my Bountains dry.

That little foret's peacetil-loi In yonder cliff that gréws, Which sen the lianet's fight. I'vet,

No ruder vinit knowa,

Was mine-till love had o'r ma pamet,

“Aud blighted n`my doom

And now beneath the withering bas!

My youth sad jay coUSINES

The wakonet "roek werkling swings,

And stirabs the early sky,

Włanowing bilho His Hewry wings.

To morning's rosy eyes

A life peckt I sorrow's power: "Unto the dow`TIMENT ** -_O_witching-love-in-luckless hour,

Made me the thrall of care.

-Eaery Suberday.

EORMIO FUNGUS FARMEES.

(Scientific American.):

Insurances

THE DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 1674-

SECOND COLONIAL SEA AND FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF BATAVIAR

A short time ago there was discovered in THE Texas a race of diminutiva grangers who had solved the transportation problem by the simple and sounible різд

all tho of raising grain required for their communities, each Underaigned, having been appointed

Agents for itself and at its own doors, and letting full SPECIAL ATTENTION OF other communités do the same or go hungry SHIPPERS to the low rates of premium They were ants, slever little fellows, whose charged for all steamer risks, beaiden which a agricultural operations were carried on with Brokemgo of THIRTY-THREE and UNE- utmost system and success, and who wore THIRD PER CENT, (33) will be allowed the utmost thought to be the only creates not bumax on risks to ports in China, Japm, the Philip who had arrived at so high a stage of civiliza-pines, and the Straits. On risk to all alber so high a stage of civiliza porta the Brokerage will be FIFTEEN PER tion Other resting ante collect the NT, (15 %) only. chance productions of the fields or trust to the husbandry of man for their supplies of grain; but these are independent farmers, who surround their colonies with

with grain land,

SIEMSSEN & Co.,

Agmts.

t 1028 Hongkongy 1st July, 1874.

--'SURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

Insurances.

- Insurances.

MANCHESTER FIRD ASSURANCE COM-LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE

INSURANCE COMPANY, PANY OF MANCHESTER AND LONDON/

Undersigned have been appointed Agents for thaabove Company at Hong kdag, denton, Fooohow, Shanghai, and Fan kow, and are prepared to grant Insurances & Current Rates.

HOLLIDAY, WISH & Jo.

tf 1948 Hongkong: 16th October, 1868.

CHINESE INSURANCE COMPANY.

I which they keep clear of useless growthOFFICE OF THE CHINA TRADERS' IN-ecordados with the Company's Articles of ‚Å‚a-

nipping in the bud every plant except

by the

rice grass, whcsa soods they intend to gather for their winter store, thus giving evidence

no small dogree of calonlation and foro as well as industrial economy

of

thought, as the

But it appears that they are not alone this sort of and that their

sort of thing,

operationa are slight and simple compared with those of

"NOTICE.

and after this date the above Company THREE ONE-THIRD PER CENT. (83) ca Lonal Bieks only.

AUGUSTINE HEARD &Co.,

General Agenta.

will allow a Brokerage. OF THIRTY.

HONGKONG MARKETS.

PRODUCE.

Corres, changbal

Kingpo, Tontain, Shantung

de Reported by Chinesa an škṛ dihadagutė, 1876.

LA COTTON.GOODS. Corron Yay No, 10 a 94s.per pleui-$199.00', $136.00 118,00 118.00 190.00 12.00 SAIN YOVE

FROM this date and font: (20) upon the aner Sarze:29, 21. perpiace 31.81 a 1.09 Rioz, doagal,

until farther notice, a current loon rate of premta will be allowed open insurances effested with this Company; DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co,

of 1198 Hongkong, 97th June, 1829.

NOTICE.

pie pisal lé 50 16.00

16.00-16.00 38.30 a 18,00 16.80 10:00 12.01480 150 185

8.00 410

2,808.40

·2,452 2.80

$204. 9.28

1.88 1.00

1.75 4 1.80

2.05 a 9.10

1.70-1.79

9.10 2.16

9.20 1.36:

cerita.... ́9 à 10 the WHITE CHIMNING1,00 50 rod,

1

"

$15 a 3.93

Agents

WRIENĒROT Do par pisos £40 WHITE BROCAD 18, Sunday American Daşını;39 yards pišu ta

250€ 2.18

·5.50 # 4.85

£45

280 = 0.50

2.05 4 3.40

Singapore... Saigon

5.40. 1.00 *28% « *4.00 60A

88be

Ji.

is $.75 4.0.9 230459

Eugliah steam, pe

*

Andrian Anabrasika,

1840

0NDOW CLAS

prox. 3.80 3.00

SAITS PROBION,

·Banjar,

*

ROYAL INSITEANCE COMPANY

TEE

tf 1617 TRE

Brawn

WOOLLEN GOODS.

• *.

Rangoon, SAFICATES, DANS

SATTANK, Strafemper pel2:550 a 6.00

Parras White,...

"}

40

4.90 a: 6,00

1800 1850

12.03 19.60

*

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MAYDAL WOOD Malabaryente's -

-4.50 -4.90

Bouth Sranan

16.00 si 27.80

-170 9.00

3.25-200)

1. Bapak Woon, Maxlis same

(LIMITED).

NOTICE.

Undersigned are prepared to grant DrED SPOTEED SEETING T

DIED. BROCADE 1 Policies against Fire in the above Com-Dad Dikask Do 7 pièce 6,88 a

· 1.80 ₫ ' 1.85 DOLIOTES granted at abrrunt rates on Mapany at oprrent rates, subject to a discount of Catsz,

rine Rieke to all parts of the World. In 30 per cant.

HARDENHUMCRP, Blue............... per don. 0,04 €1.8.68 0.60 0.55 ROB. §. WALKER & Co.,

078 0.50 Agents, Royal Insurança Dowpany. Veraz, Black, 98. per yard 0.21 0.99 ecciation, Two-thirds of the Prota aro distri. bated annually to Contributors, whether Subre.

Reugkong lat October, 1973,

***Gentian, 399 imurinn? Di 9.16.0.18

· 0,2% a. 0.28 VELVET, Black holdera or not, in proportion to the net amount

LONDON ASSURANOE of Premia contributed by enab, the remaining third being carried to Riserve Fund,

INOORFORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER

·OLYPHANT & ̈Co.,

General Agents.

HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIRST'. '951 Handlowyo, 17th April, 1973.

A:D. 1720. YANG-TSZE INSURANCE ASSOCIA

TION OF SHANGHAI,

THE andersigned having been appointed 1 Agante for the above Corporation, are. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS 800,000 TAKLS prepared to grant Insurances as follows:

LADIES, DD MARINE DEPARTMENT, EB granted on Marine Risks to all Pilicies at ear-en't rates, payable either hero, parts of the World; at current rates. Fin London, or at the principal Porte of India, Tron, Nall End Nos. 16 per ploul 0.80 4:10 PEAR, Whitep Finis Asosiation will well further notice, China, and Australia

FIRE DEPARTMENT. provide out of the sarkings, first for an interest

+

* STATION SERINembadenemesinan, por yard 0.76 a 0.78 |

Love Elzy, MA BearLot.

per pieca 8.90) ₫ 4.90)

9 R 6.80

HH Scarlet,..

Assorted,.

OLMENTS, SÍŇ

"

THE Undersigned, Agents at Hongkong for the abore Compurg's Fire Depart Aro prepared to GRAND POLICIES AGINT FIRE to the extent of £10,000 on Buildings, or on Goods stored therein, at onsrent rates, sub-divides of 15% for shareholders on Gopital, Poliones iented for long or short periode at LD, at to an insediato discount of Tnenty par and thereaftor distributs among Policy holders current rates. oent.

the recitome of Central Amorin, better f 870 Hongkong, 4th June, 1874 - known as leaf-cutting ants: The leaf-cutters COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE

COMPANY have long been notorious na the most destruc tive of all the insect pests of tropical Ame- rica, the tender-leaved fruit plants introduced from other localities suffering especially from A PLEASANT ABODE.......

derat plauta- Nelson, writing in 1811, explains the great their ravaged. Indeed, multitude of tisproportica that there appeared in the Letions of orange, wangs, and lemon trees have lington parish registers between the burials been stripped and destroyed by them, so that and baptising from the fact of the great in many parts this otherwise prolable in e number of invalids who resorted to s district dustry has had to be given up entirely THE BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED

then, often called "The

London Hospital Their Denta

My ats generally consist of a cluster 790 Hongkong, 20th May, 1874 of a lady, of

of low mounda, pierced by tunnole, from half Himter used to relate a song state an inch to six or eight inchos fa diameter.

FANGTSZE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION whe, in an advanced

, and

'OF SHANGHAŤ. bealth,

advice of her

physi- and situated, in a little clearing made by einn, to take lodgings in Islington. killing the shrubbery through the persistent agreed for a enite of rooms, and, coming dowe

biting off

off of buds and leaves, evidently to s3- the

much banisters a

care sunshine and a free circulation of air stairs, observed that

"These." she said," must be Leading out from these mounds,

keroral inches

OF

weat

were

NOTICE:

t of rep she could think of coming to marked pathe, it may be half a mile long and after this date the above Association

or

Madam," replied the land.

and

as the unatreats of a

Jive that will answer no purpose, as lady,

wide.

will allow a Brokerage of THIRTY- thronged like, the with workers THREE and ONE THIRD PER CENT. dertaker's

's men, in

in bringing down the coffine, bringing

in featy burdens or hurrying out. 454) on Loost Riske saly are continually breaking the banisters. ward for a load. As for us the eye can dis

their The old lady was so shocked at this funereal tinguish ting forms, intelligence, that she immediately declived observor, troops and troope of loaves a

+f 822 Hongkong, 4th Jane, -1874... ocupping. She apartments. From

up toward the central point, and fis- Old and New London," by

down the tunnelled passages. The IMPERIAL FIRE INSURANCE

empty-handed boals

are partly

Awam Cansell's Walter Thombary.

A NOVELTY IN PETS.

The passion, for pets is universal. Some.

A recent

of loaves are seeT

ong the bulky burdens of the

by

A discount of 20" allowed,

HAP

Grant, Englebjostru Swalish

TEN, Malaco... Ter-PLATES.......

manually, in cash, ALL, the profite of the Underwriting Business pro rata to umount of premium contributed,

THUBBELL & CO

Agents,

F

[099 Hongkong, 9th Joly, 1672.

LIFE DEPARTMENT. Toitelariasrod for samt zotegirding Rima on reasonable termin

HOLLIDAY, WIRE & Co. 1983, Hànetomy, 28th July, 1872

(SKVAPALJU NEKI

"Quran, Englis

American

B

METALS.

SHIPPING IN THE CANTON WATERS.

Fourels.

Captain.

Thig & Big.

Тома

Consigness.

HONGKONG.

TRAMERS

T. 9. Gardner

RUSSELL & Ca..

Agents. Albay.

Bombay

Abortla

Aain

A. P. Molsen: FON Daria

COM. Obic

Etouf

'Tamo

Feiwan

Hailook

PANY.

times it is carried to unjustifiable extromeinpomat, and can tinguished only Company, arg prepared to graut Policies Great Republic

THA Undersigned, Agents for the above against Fire to the extent of $60,000 on any

one

FIEST-CLASS RISK.

closely,"

The ceaseless, toiling as in the case of that eccentric Duchess of hosts iuxpress one with their power, and one Bichmood, who entertained during her life aske: What forest can stand before such an entire regiment of cats, and bequeathed invaders Pellow is it that vegetation is not Current Rates. at her death for their maintenance on the eater off the face of the earth? Surely no- most princely scale of feline luxury con- where but in the tropics, where the recupera Riderable fortune, with regularly-appointed tive powers of Nature are immense and ever.

could sucht devastations be withstood," frustees and reversion to the survivors.

Iwe uphold for general imitation the active, derfilag the operations of these

shouldnt Indian Bajul, wkowego are in the open

A are a to those that go on under ground Hitherto the nae made of

of the leaves gathered in such immense quantities has been a mystery Some bare thought they must be used direct.

A RETTON OF PARTY PER Cùræ. (20) will be made on the premium charged on all Laurances, anah Reruns being payable on the issue of the Policy,"

GEBB, LIVINGSTON & Co.,

Agent Imperial Fire Insurance Company. 993 Hongkong, 1st Harab, 1874, NOKTE BRITISH AND MERCANTILE INSURANCE COMPANY.

INCORPORATED BY BOTAL GHALTER AND SPECIAL ACTS OF PARLIAMENT,

Kinalian t Kiu-Kinng 1 Little Orphan Norna

Pawtukot Powan Poyang $

Artadi

Vicary

Howard

Span. str. Dan. Ber Brit ate Brit. str Span.atr "Brit, utr Brit. atr Amr. at Brit atr

260 D. Lapraik &00 380 Ab Inime 704 E LOS NOU 903

D. Sassoon, Soni & Ca 2822. W. Lowndes 116, K. & W- Bk Co

A. Heard & Co, Agent? P. M. S. S. (o

4000,

D. Lapraik & Qu

A. Heard & Co., Agent A. Heard & Co., Agont

H. K. & W'pon Dook Us

Destination,

Festals

Droating Loatee

Faith „Fidelio

Singapore, &c. Flensborg Manila

Tug-Plying

Tokohama,do.

Swator, &0'.

Irene

Mia Killmenéegg. Palos Rilleusa

Sing THE Water Laly

.

Love:Canfornia, per shok of 50.

9.00America per barrel of 200 mm 6.75 6.80 8.40 8.60 R, Tantra, per pcl.

forpi 18.60 17.00

15.20 18.00 Nua, Canton whits, l'a

Dk. Brow intonat

Wont Casal, Dk. drown,

"Manile, Dry White, samme

Di Beow

19.00. 10.60

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4.60 4.65

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7.00 à 7.30 | MʊasnooḤi,

per tub. 4.75 a 4.80 8, 'Groan,...

490 6.10

Cut lou196,30 x 26.60 | Mumans. Buy diamo per box 1.80 8.00

185,00190.00† Vianocnaur, Tiant 163.00 100.00 |"Buns Wax, Japan,...

·Haukow, .7.00 4 7.00

Captains.

Flag

Rig,

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189 196

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450 8,80

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$6.00 / 76.00

Consigneer.

Destination,

WHAMPOA.

317 Semazen & Co.

SAILING VESSELS,

Bondo

D. Lloyd

Dab, by Brit bk

268 Da Sobelboes & Go–

481 AMacG. Benton

Tientsin London

:D.:Q. Bubaan

Ticotein

Kaedt

Dan, blpa Schielbasa & Do

Ger. soh 258 Carlowits & Co

Hamburg

Brit. be

229: Order

Hientaln

Ger. b

209 Bourjan & Co

Tientein

Brit. Tab

505 Russell & Co.

New York

H. Beeching

Bril.`.b

380 A, MacG, Heaton

London

Brit, b

New York

Bebrous Finlayson

C. Binge Bithap

J. Heddle

Benning

Abbott

277

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Reading

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Brit. str 1050 Brit, str. 1061 Brit, atr 40

Koch

Brit, atr

606

Kwok Aaheng

E. Smith

4. H. Benning

>Amr air Brit. at

280

Ang. Heard & Co

1890.

A. Herd & Co.-Agents

Maso Laid up.

Oben jui

Carroll

Ching-Bing

Porater Oboy

Sir J. Jeajaebhoy

Vancouver Visayas

Demetars

Young-

Fee-loong

Wright

Bhaw

Yokeliama, ko Leo-yuva

Teesdale

D. de Tremoya

Ngan-tun

Stewart

White Cloud YO Ynon-iza-fee

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Peng chao hoi

Paliber

Sal-Teing

James Stewart H.LO.M.

WH Harvey Briti

Manila.

San-Chee Ta-angan

Clark::

· ́Les Buil

Tien-Po·

Corner

example of B ves for his cheetahs, or ·

· bunting-leopards, went to the extent of faeding them on his plumpest slaves Within proper bounds, however, a liking for pete generally suggests the posscasion of something more

than the

as food rotuore, that they were employed average share of the milk of human kindness in roofing the ants underground chambers; The truth is that the field of choice in these but no one suspected thoir real use until the domestic favourites has hitherto been pain secret was disclosed to the observer already

Established 1809, fully limited. One is apt to get tired of the quoted, Mr. Thomas. Belt, in the course of everlasting pat, the insofforable parrot, on certatu nieing operations which he wall Su

QAPITAL-32,000,000. Nicarague. maddening monotony of canary Birds, perintending in

∙Konie Gray from the shuddering the

the On

were made at Undersigned. Agents at Hongkong for A. E. Vidl below

a way as to lay their Palivies against FIRE, to the extent of £10,000. Belle Sausage in frequenity with which Fide is stolen, or operations clearly open to observation The oa say Balding, or on Merchandise in the same, Bengoli the cat lanches upon

the canary

Ar. But

found to lead to nu at the following rates, mijest to a discount of passages these victims of misplaced confi unhappily th

merous connected chambers about the size of 20

Detached and semi-du- dence are too easily renewed, and the martyr man's head usually three fourths filled with sorst Dweling Hong

tand loosely-connected of the common place has no other resource a floculent mase of lights bnt to steel himself to the torture, or extle bits of leaves, with end to a brown colour and removed from Town, and himself entirely from the gay world, and be corae a hermit in the racetio retirement

erw

which tribute of

of hypocrifica admirat.ccessio & rests of the above-Company, are proposed to grant Avonmore

to be sure, a drop of comfort in the compar

ba

these ante, in mich

como tastes escenar

were

overgrown with a minute white fungus. reft stored with the b

were numbers of d farve." bie club. In that blast retreat, where the aut nurses with

pupas and arregant poodle arty not pinter, mod the vorte y rumor to observations, which to de ength; Mr. Belt became convivsed of Parrot

the

the read food of furgas growth fredaste that this

of those th

to its cultivation! In other valger, bus picturesque, quarters of the tow the antal all of their outside operations

were tribaiary words, the leaves are, collected, as huma

merl and grano, for indi collected

тивне од

*may envy

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around the FATTAT fertilizers. The butts do not cons

the

story

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Nat ezoceding to days, Not exceeding one. honth...

Brit. atr 821 A. Heard & Co., Agente Briti str 101 Kwak Acarong -Brit-str820-Jardina, Matheson & Da

Brit. atr 2800 Basell & Ca

214 H. Kiar Span. str. Brit, or 380 A. Heard &u, Agents Brit, air 180 | Kwok Acheour:

316 | D. Lapraik 2:00

Running baticeen Hongkong and Canton

5 Running hebroom Marco and Hongkong.

Robertson-Brit, sh. M.Angelback Corfield

·SAKLINA-VERSALJ,

727 Rozario & Cn Ger. bk 320 Siemen & do Brit. ah 1260 Bell & Co. Get ab850 Eimbake Brit-h415-Chincue

Arnhold, Karberg & Co Iloilo

Geo. Rowe

Meyer

Lacné

Jote Ribeiro

Ger. ub 120 Captain

Brit. b $84 Ang. Haard & Co

Asur. at 11155 | Orter

286 ObineB ·· | ··

Chicest

820-Messageriet Maritimes

386 -- Burneo Co. Limited

Win. Prstan & Co

682 Aug. Heard & Co

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220

J. E. d'Almeida

Briksh 658 Britz sob Port. bk Brit tr

Denoon & Co

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Phott & Oo

Gustur Adolph Called Concordia Golden: Spar Jessie MoDonald.

Santa Sanoba Spark

Okliman

·J, L. da Silva 8. B. Farrall Ninowright. M. Nuais, Jun Wilson

$11.

AA. de Mello & Co

a. Heard & Co, Agental

I Fanning behoren Canton and Macao.

SWATOW;

In port on 28th July, 1874.-

Brit. bk .. 884 ). EL Varnoone & Co

209 Direks & Kruger.

-Bouton

Londan

J. W. Fizoh

torten

Bustarina

British Empire

Talon

J. M. Chevarria

Brit Span.sob

498

152 Remedios & Co

Carolina Charmer

Ger. bk

360

Wo. Pasta & Co

"Amr sh

133

P. & O. 8, N. Co,

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Marden

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Bian, by

414 Chines

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Ger. bk

277 | Carlowitz & Co

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Lotanzan

Ger. bit

416 Wo. Postua & Co

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263 || K. Vinsent & Co

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359 Bourjan & Co

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Brit, sob

Sayers

Brit, a

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Sim Francisco

Gerbk,

RANOES the annual

ratene Marie

the fall annual rate.

GILMAN & Do

Agenta.

Enterprice: Everhard Evening Star· Pångh Balangh. Ferdinand Meetwing

Frank H. Thayor Gustay & Marie Handy Hawkeshary Highlander Joachim Christian Jobanne Mario Juan P. PokriPOD Kim-yang tya Lazhiop Rich Leanina Масло Maid of Jadch

where the youthful affections sre

are permitted to twine themselves indifferently furtive

the nochxual and

Aboval month, and not reck use as OK.

exceeding 3 months...... bounding gont and the capricious and pen-fine themselves to leaves, hunt take nay vege

Above 3 months; and He: ricors

the table substance suitable for growing that exceeding 8 munthe sive pig.

pleasure to the WILL

Indis charming pot immortalized in Poe's

Fungus on. Nor do they take leaves

Above 6 months and he wonders why the sportive and sui-criminataly, grass, for example, being always able monkeyshould have lost the place which rejccta in Juvenal'e days he beld in the bearta ofrejected; and when any aut, more stupid or leas, experienced thap ordinary, makes the we leaves, the Roman foir: He finds himself warming mistake of carrying Ya. unsuitable toward the old doctor in Septimius.

they are promptly brought out and thrown who: a familiar of a spider, and he is

made

is away.

Great care is also taken in regard willing to admit that for the sake of variety to the condition of the leaves carried into the brief change to the vivacious tarantula, or chambers. In case & sudden shower camos the grave and meditative rattle-snake, on, the wet pieces are deposited

ted outside, to would be a relief from the present canine be picked up and taken for when nearly dry, and feline despotism.

ahould the weather clear up P promptly, when For this unhap

rejoice to anchorite, • WO say that there is balm in Gilead, er, at lost posled by too much vain, they are left to rot dry and hot weather, when the leaves would in Florida. There a new put has been dis on the ground. On the other hand, in very covered, which is likely before long to make wither on the way to the west, the ants wait its way northward, and which for other rea until sundown before going out, or do their

than ite sune even more potent than intrinetic

the fascination, is certain to put en end to the gasaoning wholly in migrates, the frash' pared to accept risks against Fire at current Nautilus cat-and-dog régime in every household where

if 1908 Hopkong, 8th May, 1874.- LONDON AND ORIENTAL STEAM TRANSIT INSURANCE OFFIOR 137, LMADENHALL STREET, LONDON ESTABLISHED 1849. THE Jndersigned is authorised to accept risks on behalf of this Offline, by First Class Steamers and Sailing Ships.

4. MalVER. Agent. tf Hongkong. let July, 1867. TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY OF HAMBURG."

Muleima

Melbrok

Medors Menanikoff

J. Labaye Stok meger Kerssman L. Brubu

Sabutt Le Bouef

Mitchell Ulrich Ormeabies A. W. Webb

R. Kluge Price

Petrie Banulator

120Order D

Amr, ab 1352 Aug. Heard & Co

$30 Voi Phatai & Cổ Fan. b: $58 Rozario & Oo Brit, bk-526-Order

Siam,log 29 | Obinese

Aur, ab 1827 P.&O. S. N. Jo

·Ger, bk 405 Bonirjat & Do

Peru, a 1078 Carlowitz & Co

Brit. k

geasta for the above Company, are pre-Morting Star THE undersigned having been appointed Mindanao

Blockley. Hildebrand Omngé Grove BLEMSSEN & Co., subject to a bonus of 20 per cent.

Bloje Agente Providencia 9 Hoppkong, 16th November, 1872. PHUNIX FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Ros

When a community. fungus growths are carefully transportad to rules, it enters. The oxtout Lo which the new the new burrows in the jaws of the middle- favourite has already established itself in the sized workers, the larger members of the affcctione of the South, may be inferred from community acting only as directors of the the sort of advertisement to be now seen in march or defenders of the rest in oase the the corridora of Southern hotels:

attacked. The nurses already

Papa

Ranchorse

Ska Jean

619 Rosario & Co.:

223† Vogel; Hagedorn & Co San Francisco

Ed: Sabellique & Ou Cuptain

E. M. Topny Fairlie Forward Ho James Service

Janes Stewart. Jain of Gawler:" Norman Court Win.Mation

MoMiche Abernethy Wade Heath Murdoch Dixon

•She was Payne

-Bi

Brit, sch

FL. Vincent & Co

Direks & Kroger

360. Bradley & Co

Diroka & Kruger

Diroke & Kruger

- 274 |· Bradley & Co

Tail & Co,

FODOROW.

In port on 24th July, 1874,

944 Gilman & Co-

178 Adamson, Bell & Co. 042 Gibb, Livingston & Co Adamson, Bail & Co.

Brit sh Brit. b41 But, bg 22 Brit. tig 22 Brica 894 Brit. bk 966

Orphant & Da

Adamson, Bell & Co Westall Galton & Co. Adamson, Bell & Co

Taku

Taka Uncertain

Buvertsin

Melbourne: New Zealand London":"-

Melbourne

Hongkong

Brisbane

London

Sydney

AMOY

In port on 20th July, 1874.

Port Elizabeth Callao

August Reimers Emmis Bob Tek Seng Trelerin Family

Baimera Groc Labeaun Button

Gareob

Siam, sob

Brit ach

-302 101

202 EL A. Petersen & Co. Ger. bk 394 H. A. Petersen & Co

Brown & Co

Tisutain

Sydney

Ger. bk

484 Bourjan & Op

Briksh

670 W. Pastan & Co

Brit, ba

375 Olaosat & Co

Am

C. Suaith

Brit, sh 428 | Order

H

Edlefern

fuam. De*** 570 | Chinese g

Brit. 243

Brit. br Geri-bl

25

388

Sjenssen & Co

J. Yaariieta -Porn. Bb Jurgenson Contillio Artiabinga

Wm. Thit

660: | Remedios & Co

Callao

Siam, bk

$87 Chinese20

Span. Er

Brandao & Ou

MazllR

Peru. sh

1406.

Vogel, Hagedorn & Co

New York

Stan bk11

Obincse

Sam ob

818

Chines

F.F. Witt

Siem, b

589: Tuck-mies & Os *

Ger. bg

210 Bourjan & Co

Brit a

Span. bk 261 Giessen. Oo

RHOKIVING VE81215 & HULES,

Wobster Porchase Strona

(Pw. Mag..

Hulk

Hulk

983 Harbour Master 1000 P&O.Cə

318 Water Police

Alma Aric

Lord

Holeen

Browstor Charley

Johnson

Sabulas

Brit. Ek 859 Onder

Diamant

Ackman

Gorb

Hopsong

Ulrica

Siam, k

679. Obine

James Eberhard

Maddon:

Brit.h

Where At.

JR. Worcester Kaisɔw

British

Lauderdale

Nortbara Castle

Anderson Trug Onry

Briteh

Brit. bk

Red Riding Hood

Bobertson

Brit, b Bri

698

els: Lost a colums is

THE Undersigned having been appointed S. Ku Cham Kearn Erickson. pet alligator frus one of the rooms on the mentioned are the wallest of all, and their Auntie the shore Company, at this Shooting Star first flour. Finder please return to the office." duties lie wholly underground, in cutting up Port, are prepared to grant Policies against Sumese Crown And this, too, it is to be observed, is to be the leaves and attending to the young ants. Fire to the extent of $40,000, on Buildings, or ope seen in houses where, ia uccordance with that.

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co. time.bonoured rule of hotel discipline, dags. ey never carry leaves, but may sometimes on Goods stored therein.

be seen ranning out along the pathe with the *717 Hongkong, 8th November, 1800, for children othare, apparently for the fun of the thing

Paitsing Tareas

are not allowed in the rod or parlours. for instead of bolping the rest, they perch LONDON, AND PROVINCIAL MARINE SER

to play.

permitted to

the

Pho distinction certainly y flattering to the

Alligator, and toarks the respect and arda

with which already be appears to be

FD on the pieces that are being

INSURANCE COMPANY.

Obase HB Undermignol having been appointed Fort William Agents in Hongkong for sheaboveflom John Adam

in, and

Ieo, like patted children, get A rige

home with creatures who ed. It may not at first, indeed, to reacuring As might be to the timid boarder to encounter stray have developed so complicated a system of pay, are prepared to grant Marine riažu ut alligators coaming

ing through the corridors, or

or industrial economy, these ante are extremely even peacefully reposing under the bedstead. clever. A single ilustration will suffice to For a little while, too, the mumerous my show their practical good sense. To drive storique disappearances of male children and off a colony which bad established themselves negro waitera-for

of that bigbly in his persons

carbolic acid and water. The undomesticated state, at least, is said to bave effect was all that could have been desired.

Antent rate

AUGUSTINE HEARD &Go. 1471 Ingkong, 1st Mareb, 1874 NORTH GERMAN FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AT HAMBURG.

flavoured race the epicarean alligator in bis sie garden, Mr. Belt gave their nest LAGEREAGANA MANEN

will wear

to

rocommand

Wear Nawbacks,

with time.

קד

EL

Flamer Froito

̈“Ohlsen

Binhard Barcelo

$13 Vogel, Hagedorn & Co

HMS SHIPS IN THE CHINA SQUADRON.

Name..

doub, so, gun vs.

THE Undersigned having been appointed | Avon

AGENT for the above Company, are pre- | Gadung a decided penchant—may cause embarrass. The marauding partles were at once with pared to GRANT INSURANCES to the extent. Churgbane ment to parents and Innkeepers. But these drawn from the garden to meet the danger of $65,000 on first-class risks at current rabes Carlew

MAS MELCHERS & O». - Dwarf objections

at home; the whole formicarium was dig. thero

tl 674 Hongkong, lat May, 1874. Apart from these

new candidate to organised, and big fellows datae, stalking up is much

to to repel the supposed invader, only th des QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY, fashionable notice. His personal beauty, the oond aga

again in the utmost perplexity By the peculiar grace and elegance of his move next morning a new nest had been establish-ROM and after this date, and until further Growler ments, bis saif air, the warm attachment heed, some yards distant, and the survivors notice, Discount of Twenty per cent. Hart

(20%) upon current local rates of Freinia, will Horns has been known to exhibit for the human were busy carrying their supplies Melber. It basturned on Insurances against fire, elected. Iron Duke, species, his remarkable intelligenco, and, happened that between

the two stations thero

Kestrel —LLA-EDWARD NORTON & Coleunes novelty mark was a steep slope. Instead of deconding with th

this with the burdens, the

the arts cast them

if 1174 25th Jane, 1879 Agenta. Machzu

THE CHINA FIRE INSURANGEM

COMPANY LIMITED.

him as formed for the

the boudoir

above all, his unque. His own att

and the ornament of

of the

the top whene they rolled to the

caresans in the beginning may seem rude and bottom, where another relay of labourers unconth; but, by and by the children will picked them up and carried them to the -new ery for him, and he will become an indispen- busrow. It was

Rable adjunct of every woll-organized mursery watch the arta eing, enye Mr. Belt, to

He will have a blue ribbon bied about bis

food,

ཟ་

120 Steam Corvette 400 Steam Corvette 17400 düab co, gan vl. 3100 doah so, gan v4 20 donk, mergin sha4320 HospitalN double ads gün v4 200 doub, so gun 7, 4180 double se, gun as 4130 double se gun

120.

Captain

Cont. Powlett

Singapore

Singapore Capt. Wai, H: Whyte, En route to England Captain T. E. Brith | Singapore Coude. E. J. Ohurch. Tientele. Comdr. BW-Bar Formban Courdr. J. B. Barnett Hongkong Hongkong (chonghài

•Amor

doub. sc. iron ab.: 14| 800. Capt. W. Arthur - Napiacki,

donije se, gun whin 4 | 100 || Comdr, Theobald

Babefacture

BHANGHAI

In port on 25th July, 1874,

The names of the numerous steamers, bags, Canall craft, and receiving hulka employed on the Yong-ise are not included in Drie

A N973 Master Deitak

887 Lena, Urawford &.00

Amr bk 850 Rossell & Co 274

296 Thorne, ici à Com

849 4 dadison, Bell & Co

B44Frazar & Co

215

Frazer & Co

850 Gibb, Livingston & Op

Frazer & Quar

London

New York

London

20 Jardins, Matheson & Ca - London

„YOKOHAMA

In port on 18th July, 1874, 2

Condr. D. E. Brokle Com. W. Stowarz Comdr T. H. Cope. Comdr. Camer

Adela

Simpson Hayden

Brit b

Alor. k

Brit. b

Sio spore:

Deegium

Barlow

LiaFtt

Harrington

M&Kenzių

Brbk

John Bencie

Nicholson

Brit sh

Fajobus

Maury

Gasboll

Gerb

Alitary Hospital Brown—

Hongkong.

Samuel Bend

While

Aigrett

donit, sa gun yl,

4190 Comdr. Grant 14350mp M. J. Thomson Hongkong. 200 Lieut. Cour. Paul

Narauski

Vilhelmina Koch

Book

Hankow

:: 12

(60.

Com J. E. Parish

3100

Hongkong Comr. Singleton Naamlet, Lieut. Copy Bolitho Nayakl

Ambato MA

Aurora Candelaria

Modeste

Stram Corvette Mosquito

gun-boat Opossum

gun-boat Prinogos Charlotte Raceiving skly. Ringdove

READ OFFICE-HONGKONG, A Swinger GENCIES at all the Treaty Port of Sylvia Ohins and Japan sad at Singapore Tbilis

nach and be called. Fido or Finolis, or by rub to attribute such a sonsible, and at Saigon and Penang.

the

repid succession the dog, the cut, the parrot,

out with bundles of dropping

them over the slope, the back immediately for mure. Is it He will earn t other endearing usmes. gratitude of the rommurity by devouring in the same time exceptional, division of labon Biska accepted And Folicies of Insurance

m

to anything radically different from human granted at the rates of From current at the

above-mentioned Ports.

No ebarge for Polior fees. SUPORTE AS, R, COUGHTRIE

Bacretary Hongkong, Tet Noromber. 1871. FJ+985

"NOTICE.

and,

We

trast, in soso, unguarded. moment, intelligente the canary bird, He will great his master ne

he comes Lume from, business, wagging, his

CURIOUS WILLIf one may judge from n

tail joyously, and expressing as plainly as curious Maschuette will dated 1824, the can tell that he has just dined on the young people of that time and that Common

looks can tell

ater portion of the family, and that he wealth were not renowned for the tender date

greater

Dnjoyed

he

they took of thesrvenerable fathers and pottera,

Thistle

- doub, so, gan v), doub, 86, un TE

-200 doubleso, qua v):) — | 150, | Captain Bt. John Kobár Steam Corretts 400 Capt.H.E. Woollcombe Yolobama 120 Com FStirling Nugaeskin doub, soi gun va, 4

6

TOREIGN MEN OF WAR IN HARBOUR.

Captain.

Nation

·Dung-wée

App, gun-bul 250 Spanish cor 1300

O'Sullivan Zemento de Mario

them uncommonly well. In short, The old gentleman making the will in the und THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY. Puting will make himself thoroughly at home, cient town of Lexington begunstbed to his wife

and the centre of affectionato interest in avory not only shosam of 15 doils, a year, and enough.

HB following ratee will be charged in future

circle where he is adopt

he is adopted: Th "Wood to keep one fire burning, but also three for SHORT PERIOD Insurances, vis-

therefore look forward.

to the advent rooms in them farm-hanse, with liberty to pass No oreceding 10 days, of the annual rate.

We

of the pet alligator with unalloyed satisfaction mat twitter walled a right to Now excoding autu do do

hope to see the pet mut door to either of the walls, and a right to Above 1 mouth and not

two sente In a pew in Lexington Meeting-home,

byena,

we may

exosediny 3 months.

do. đó.

do. exceeding 6 months.

EDWARD NORTON & Co. Agente the Queen Insurance Company. 22 Hongkong, and January, 1870.

the pet rhinoceros, the pet grizzly, the so loze na obe shall live." The cheerless writer Ababa & meatheand not leg pet camelopart, diversifying our parlours, who wid there was no room in the world Inr and landing an agrocable incentive to cun- old people might have found • good illustra- Versatich The anchorite of the clubs may tion of his auriotion in the lean partd:: be eontent-New York Times.

bularity of tale will-New York Tribune,

mutin

SHIPPING IN THE CHINA WATERS

Cantalni

& Rig

Consignees,

celination

WHAMPO

·HTELMERA..

-69, Kwok Aabang

Darer Castle: Felix Mondelenotin Flying Four Freis Fortanejo Gránit Master Jauet Fergunoa Ludovio Charlos Maitland Mountain Lawrel -Motlib284 Nueva Lepanto Oto Tolo Pilgrim

Trinidad

"Villa de Rivadavia

364 Captain

596 M., Heimann:& Co 447

Hudson, Micolis & Co

567 Hodson, Malcolm & Ob

848 CaptainA

230 Chineno

669 Smith, Bakor & Co

920. Captain Am

MANILA

In port on 20th July, 1974- Span. at 9130. Gaivelondo & Go Bran, bg 178 A. Camps Bpan. 6 407 F. Royer SANA Gorb307 Baitb, Bell Do BNL 1008 Fussell & Stúrðis Ges. bk 928 Smith, Bell & Do Bril-bi 765 Holiday, Wise & Co Dra. 874 Peele, Hubbell & Ca Abra 1096) Russell & Sturgis

Brit b 658 Order British 581 Ker & Co

Brit,

Fren, oh 860 Rasell & Storgia 242 Russell & Sturgis Brit bk590 Ber & Co Amt.

Ker do Dour Spay, bk 19 Aguirre & Co Aur, be 510 Swith, Bell & Co Amr bk 936 Rossell & Bturgie Span, bg 261 R Realle

870 Peele, Hubbell & Co BAL 26 1448 Poole, Hubbell & Un

WEB Wbilbain Chrast, kisarkong,

Westminster

Prized & Pablished for the bioprietor).