1889-12-18 — Page 2

Radstar

THE HONGKONG CITY MALE

The annual meeting of shareholders in and bscribers to City Hall we had in the D1 brary of the Hill on the lith mat. There wore

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THE CHINA ASSOCIATION.

gunboat, bertan Dalek Misionary wor blown Government's allous, though dressed on emicals, under the direct control, and with the unqualified rapport of the arms in the Loney of the Government wherever Be want

IGKONG DAILY

And let you share the inan

Of lowering what the will of file doctors,›

ENDS YOU 100 Onger, bo

To promote y angularity. For Simpatest that olanal visitors To this the elt of commercial fun Papss to ingaleo my plemants, which to lort To all uusapnil sted stritants of the moon.

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brothe&ud know of lite. to chronioled by me

It may seem, at first sight, intelligible enough and state supported rengelista should bure the most glaring encesas outwardly and numerically, but that such snovese should be utterly hollow and unstable, bound to collapse on the first s rious pressure brought upon the native donvaria from thok own countrymen, Bat when we cUL" || sider that most of there misionaries though) paid to do their work, and mixed up with an nnholy system combining worldly power with spiritual aime, were thoroughly godly men, spiritually minded, and sarmally sowing the seeds of divins teath, it is it cont

And there

Will bo falalled at the appointed time; // A Though yours may intervane and bens divide And many staliger planeta rire and fall. And in my pockets I have ocsis of red With which I'ue the foot of those who skall Bejoined together. And when ones they're bound,

De natioms adverso sa the unknown spheres Of Life and Deala, no human power qua nhatige ** Their day, which beare the wal of late. "Yonder, my okild, hard by the Northern Caba **Blandze eraal shop where an old womku sella. ***Pesah gathered herbs to poorer class of folk, **And abs bus now an infant which will be;" **In-yoam to some, your fond and faithful wife,

So go to her, and beat the wong well "For she is poor and has upon am breast *What most to you le presions, and the habu Will promper where she is. So do not try To battar her position, for 'tia wall That she naming in thin quiet lowly state ***Until such tline an boven may unfold "Toyos bar chart in all their maddan Bloom "That you may test their priosima chastity.

and the importance of the shook thing on rêts of this Latter Day Paspalat. The pas sage up the river, the making fat alagade a stretol of wharver, the tumbling late breughams and the rattling along streets te plish plash mound of rain above and und benesta early imprent-Hoa T. Kawick (Chairman), Ilon, It goes without saying that the wily Chinakan -proved as with the bomeliness of Shanghai A PacEwok Messrs. WH Forbes, E. And the defaceless savage, Hving in the districta From the Club, which is the foons of the Battle. Solomon, H. Ny Mods (Committed), and H.Lunder Datch rule saw it bort, andar, this off ment, the members of the team were drafted of Donnye (Becretary) annetanose, to come by the hundreds and thon. to their savers hosts how the Hon. Bee, The CHATEAN mid-Gentlemen, the report and applying for baptism and alligently com naged to ani patting round mon in squnns which has been before the publie for some days mitting the creed, and ostechism to memory, BO holes is a mystery, for it is cortain that many of may, I think, be taken a road, and it will I that "every one of them sould not only rahoarse our rotantities could not have atted into a ree hope be considered as on the whole sathifastory without heating courately the chloro Honds Langular compass and many of her angularitie There is nothing to which I need specially in-or Principles of true Religiou, but also wire gould not have socommodated themselves to site your attention as regards the items of an able to answer winely and solidly to most Oneofonder how eirsalar environment. If you asked a fellow penditure in the soconuts, Heh may be redons about Religiod that no outil propound or how be was off, the invariable answer was U My garded or fall Indication of what we will be put forth to them Vol 1, p.35) But it is host is a clipping good sort. I only hope you able for annually. As regards revenus, unfor- rather shocklar, Ju the light of after svente, are as well placed." There was universltunately it falls short of oxpenditure, although those good Christians furned round against feeling of pity for the teard that had come so far the roogipts show come immovement of hate their touchers and made common cause with to meet the macond daingo invoked by a Consor you. We are far, however, tron being in a Koxings in heating them to death and aten tor as a retribution on Shanghai for all its penon: position to do without publio entsoriptions, turing them, to read of these native conver dillo Alltherain only sorred, however to that or to pay interest upon the bareholders that many of them are so able, Insol fervoncis The recross of the comquity, which stood wall mey,We have a sum of 85,132,55 at ore of spirit, to poure out their prayers before God, the strain to which it was subjected. The Club it on Beth of June, but we are obliged to Morning and Erening, and before and after taken should they be of families oppowod was the great banting prost Taring the day keep nenu in hand to meet any extraordinarying of Meat and in other Necessition, and that From morning till avenlog the bar, or billiard expenditure for typhoons and other casualities, wild such comeliness and fitness of spool and room, the liliery or reading room held one or The Library and Masum conlinas to be appra with much moderation and decencie of gesture, more of the weather stricken tom. It is certain catod by Chinese and Europeans, and the Coms that may provoke tears to mohan hear and be that at times the raid on the billiard rooms inuittee hare in 20 forthes yours, placed the Bt. hold thing" (Vol 1, p 36) convenienced, the members, to whom we now Andrew a Hall and the Hurls Room at the diss apologia: the bar, however, wan narer kampered, posal of roliglons and obaritably soafeties, that missionary work oondusted, by state paid n the visits there, if Frequent or brief in There being, no questions, the CRATEMAN fret the popularity of the bar-in whichever moved that the report and statement of accounts, way you take the phrase is so great at Shang be passed

Mr. W. H. FORBES Recoaded.. bai that any unseemly conduct in its presence would have been resented. The library wÁN BU The motion was carried and the meeting mafalling source of interest. The term showed adjourned.

penchant for the light literature of a fongus not its own or for realistic translations of the masterpiece of a bygone era of oriental cultura and civilization. The harenlean labents of Sir -Richard never found more diligent students or enthusiastic admirers: his-minute descriptions of the shipwrecks of Sizabad or of the scour of the professional bsantins of the gorgennis East never before afforded so minah food ferreflection. Cutside the Clab the attractions were also numerous. The training of ponies out on the Sionwei Road Induced men to take. wholesome walking exercise which ended in their encoming themselves behind a cotton plant to watch the gallopa of Zephyr and 'Eureka: when they wote discovered and came out looking not quito sportsmulike, the indignant mafoor told them every pony waa a` griffin-und anonymons. The bowling alley at Hongkong is as poor badde that at Shanghaise are the opium diraus of the Colony hide those of the Model Bettlement, About the first evening we were all hidden te the Nacking Road and made to bowl there was no withstanding the aolivitations of Anbert or the temptations of free drinks, and, lot it be addad. thờ scientific exhibition of bowling in which the residents indulged. Hongkong was out of it bore at least, so much so that after our ohmapion's had shown their form, a match was promptly suggested between two fours from

ach cricketing team. It deliberation counts for anythingatthingama, it should have donailerably koiped one member of the team who used to choose a small ball, which he bowled slowly down the alley and followed with kineyerises to watch tbe disappointingly small amount at havoc which it worked. Whilst this was being enacted on nae alley, stenturin eries of stand by for Chiumer" came from the adjoining alloy but Chinner usually managed to "do them in the "eye." Further down the Nasking Road were the Racquet Court and the Country Club, both of which had been kindly opened to the visitors,

The following letter has been received by the Honghong Chataber of Commeren, and has been handed to us by the Secretary for publication-ble, that when the storia came and the whole

China Asociation,

192, Leadenhail Street, EC.,

Slat October 1889.

: DRAR SIK-Yon are no doubt aware that an Association has been formed in London for the purpose of promoting Interconwo between gen. tlemen camusated with China, Hongkong, and Japan, and of representing and giving effect to the opiums of the Reitlah Mersatile commu- mity in those countries.

artificial édifice of this Babe Church of Formosa" arumbled into dust, there were not even a few individuals among the entire converts showing that they had imbibed the spirit of the Matur whose name they hat professed and verifying the obl dage that the blood of the martys i the seed of the church. As a matter of history, all Christian life and truth without any ception seeme to have been suddenly extin guished by the atorm raised by Korings in From the copy of the Rules and Regulations 1663 A. D. as effectually sourdle light bich I have the pleasure to onelosa, you will suddenly put out by the wind. This is still to perceive that a strong Committee embracing run a paste, insufficiently accounted for by the presentatives of those several communities han foots stated been formed, and Tant desired to assure you of

As to the personal charseter and devotedness

the willingness of the Association to co-operate of the Dutch Missionarias, their letters, their with your Chamber in farthering the objecte set offcially reported conduct, their heroic b forth, whenever it seems likely that its influence baviour when in the captivity of Koringa or siled to wooden crosses by their enemies and 136fully erected La

As that influence maat necessarily be more or former converta, amply tostify that most of them les commensurate with the extent of member-were mon of the very highest spiritual mindedness. whip, I would ask you to bring the existence and That one of them bargained with the Governor- objects of the Association to the knowledge of General for an inorssss of salary before he would your Chamber with a view to indues gontlemen return to his post, after an absence on furlough, and finally retired from his Missionary labours, to become members.

Membership is necessarily confined to British worth several thousands of pounds sterling subjects for the reason that if it became necar-which the natives, on his parting from theru. key to address the Foreign Office, the latter pressed upon his acceptance, does not contradict would naturally decline to recognise other than the amply proved fact, that the majority of the an exclusively British Assctation But as the Misylonaries were thoroughly single minded and interests of all nationalities in the Far East are hard working evangelists. The fact that many nearly similar, this will soarely diminish its re of the Missionario married native women mast presentative character.-I am, Dear Sir, Yours have tended rather to glea stability and solidity to their frenos. on the tires. Moreover faithfully;

(Bigned) W. KESWICK, they had the assistance of su extended organin- Chairman. ative of schools, they had printed books, DF-' ministry, so that the influenca of the highly Christian personal ohamoter of the Mission- aries must have produced, in individuals st least, permanent and living fruit. Yet, when the trial ceme, nothing of the sort came to the surface and the whole results of Missionary la bours in Formoss were once for all absolutely annihilated and forgotten.

REVIEW.

When U-Ho beard his fature thus foretold He turned away and walked towards the bodas -Which he was slaying. And, was much perplexed By these straby's revelations which, to him; Beeed to predict disgraceful poverty: Owlse why should he be compelled to choose A fitting wife from usula « lowly grade P -by was sorely treebied, and he went Next day to see this womas and the child. And when he saw the hotnew back and said "Carand be the data which that old dotard, pinus For me through this old harriden who werde” Her rancid barba ko ang atarveling,

And rears this qualid ahlid, amidst the dia Of oaths, an isomers that damn this place, To be my vestal bride eventually..

* O may I be sonvulsed in agonios

Of death and torture rather than beegine

vietim to this freak of destiny.

At last to desperation and disgust

He fell determined to frustrate the sohame, And from this trouble de at once relaxead, By bining some namazin to go there And bring about the gaseless child's domine- And as ho passed along a narrow street A poor emaciated lep-r came

And bagged for sucoqur that he might exist, Althaigh in torture, not by hunger gaswed For life will fight la unsound armour long And bold its own through Forulenös niid aga Unless besinged and driven out at last, By cull starvstion, throngli the gate of death. And U-Ko faftored as be slowly said

** Are you a man who darns to gain a prize "By making a bold stroke that carries death

To cue who will grow tip to be a cursa "And bring dishonour to the family "Of her lobed husband who will bä *Buared into marriage by some witsberg

"I am!" replied the laper and I w * Do anything to save my poverty. **For faith, is bad whaù nibbled by disease "To have no food nor whers to lay and die.".

As to the remainder of the contents of the volumes before us. Mr. Campbell folds a picture of Englich Presbyterion Mission work in Formous which is seemingly truthful and genuine, but, excepting isolated esses of indivi- dual treatment, wo wide-spread or serious persocution has as yet overtaken these modern native scngregations es as to test the sincerity of the converts or the solidity of the work done by the Missionaries. The latter, though zot directly supported by foreign Goveru- several districts of Formom, existed in the middlements, like the Dutch Missionries of yore, of the seventeenth century; but was with one fell take their stand on Treaty rights forced upo Broop se completely wiped out of existence that the Chires at the point of the bayonet, and goBut be not rust, pectorm your oriant well, for two contarles afterwards not a trace remain among the aborigines with all the prestige of e, not a memory lingered among the natives foreige civilization and the memories of socions themselves, until the editor of the present work and bloody chastisement inflicted upon them by hunted up and published the records buried in a foreign soldiary. The work of Mr. Campbell few libraries in Holland The ides naturally and his esteemed fellow labourers will be testoit goated itaalt that modern Protestant Mission some day when the sative people, successfully work in Formosa and in China generally, with rise up as a whole against the foreign intruder,

all its soming sucness, might say day be liable as they did in the days of Koxings, and it will to the same fate of suddenly being souffed cut then, azt then only, be soon whether the work of by some great national commotion, ailers the English Presbyterian Mission in Formoen away bed en foundations more lasting than the is really founded on a rook or on the shifting work of the Dutch Missionaries of 1756. A.D. suads of temporary prestige and influence. Ent the problem could only be stated beforo; the means of solving it were not givea M Campbell, in the work under roriew now boldly comes forward and places what materials he has collected before the publis, exhibiting, as he docs here in the two volumes before as, side by side. a pietura of Dutch Presbyterian propaguoda ja Formoss from A.D. 1824 to 1662 and of modera English Presbyterian mission work in the same lopaliting, as conducted by himself, and colleagues.

DI-KO AND LUB-HWA.

BY CHAS. J. H. HALCOMBE, Author of Shadows of Life, Nama Vara, ele, etc., s.

This poem is Icunded upon na old Chinens legend the time of the Tang dreesty. Author,

who thoroughly appreciated the consideration The Chairman, Chamber of Commerce, Hongganised training schools, and founded a native shown them. Some of the team learned to play for kangas. recquets on their visit without either disfiguring themselves or maiming the markers, though we feard Boma-one say that he wouldn't have beun amongst the appotators for suything. The An Account of Missionary Sucome in the island unique institution in Shangbai is the Country

of Formosa, published in Londen in 1650 and Club where the ladies of the place who are for-

now reprinted with copious appendices. By tanate in being the batter halves of otheöre

Rev. W. CAMPBELL, F.R.G.S., English Prea are initiated into the mysteries and luxuries of

byterian Mission: Taiwanfoo. In two volumes Club life and devote their laure to playing a

London, Trübner & Co. 1889. hazardous game on green, baizə il a faultless one on the sward. The Regatta next to the Cricket SOME I months ago, lu reviewing a reprint Mateli mas ocoapying the attention of every one of the Dutch Formosan edition of the Gospel of sad itis but due to the Regatta Committee to Matthew in the Sinkang dialect, edited by Mr record the courtesy which fit them to postpone Campbell, we had occasion to refer to the historical the races for s day in hopes that the weather pale presented to us by the fact that a flour would clear and allow the washed-ant elerons to ishing Protestant okurob organisation, emo opmpete just outside the Defeneo Creek. A bracing thousands of converts, and supported by capital Innoheon was provided for the rival teams's network of chopola and schoola, spread over at which it was agreed to row an exhibition race in the safest and broadest toute procurable, After many protests about lack of condition and familieity with sliding saata, foure wore Jannahed. The groggy way it which Eengkong. left the wharf compared unfavourably with the confident awing of the Shangisi feur, who were made hat favourites. But the visitors beoked their own crew and in many mos recovered the ground they bad lost over the result of the In- ternational Wien, however, Jimmy" Helt get bir en round the bed and out of reach of the jars, he called "easy all" and put his quartetta up to a wrinkle or two. Shanghai go the botter of a rough and recus start, and kept their advantage till not far from home, when Bramwell's steady pull boger to tell, and in response to the crab-ostoting provalent in the Shanghai boat Hongkong spurted, forged ahead, and brought up handsome winners. Having beard of the curves and sboats in the Creek, a pair of os, when the Regatte was over and the wator dosertod, chartered the lively" Polly" to spy cut the land. The only soondings taken ware with the bottom of the boat and the chart of these is not yet ready when we were not

We do not think the materials, compiled in encountering the right bank. we were dangor busly near the left one, and if by say ohanes wo the handsomely furnished and neatly edited did steer between Scylla and Charybdis we generalames under review, are suficient to enable rally bad to rest oa our Dars, not to stop our is either to come to a deduita sad conclusivo war to the chant of luring sirens, but to protect apprehension of the precise cauge of the signal the organ of small from the nepbitio ofiaria of want of stability which characterized the Daich passing craft he navigation of the Creek is missions of the seventeenth eatury or to war- dangerous without a "cor," a no clinch, and a rant the conviction,which Mr. Campbell wond respirator. Free nao was made of the traps, gigs seem to be animated with, vin, that modam and broughams placed at our disposal. The English missionaries in Farmosa Are, unlite majority modestly and genteolly handed the their Dubh confrères of two kundred years ago, reins to the native Jobu: those who chose to run building their home, on a rock, safe froin the their own show met with varying suevess to andder and after clapes of the Dutch structure rome we would explain that's Chius pony is cot, which, being built on and, came down with a a tractable creature and that the rule of the mat crash when Koxinga knoched against its walls, in Shanghai is the same as that generally in and great was the fall of it The details rogue. Of private and public evening enter concerning the organization, motbeds of work, tainments there was no sad chief amongst character of personnel, and results of the former was the foetivo dango with which two, Missions are furnished afford vory kading citizen and a member of the We interesting reading, hat are very scanty in atcipal Council celebrated his house warming the case of the Datok mission, Moreover, in the all that, beauty, all that wealth could give case of the English mission. they are open to was there to enhand the enjoyment which the same objection to which most modern culminated in a vivid repressatation of the missionary secuunta give rite more or less, vis, kuterone farco, Tho Bull in the China that the missionaries report on their own work Shop." A more facile pen has already done and that thus the picture of results they exbibit ampla justion to the magnificent dinner at which aither is, or may be supposed to be, tinted cou the Shanghai Cricket Club foted their goosts. leur de rom. All we can do with such impartast The deparations.excepting perhaps the symbols of and a parte evidence of Missionary success in effeminate iswa tapais, were felicitously appro- failure is, to state the prima facie prenden priate: the speeches of the jurial President which the stalemente here furnishot ako upen weut straight to the paint: the ovation which us and to renture on an opinion, asanming the greeted the rising of Coxen nearly left us vorrectness of the evidence we have so far Toodles and certainly wout to the hearts of then it goal, and leaving it to the gentle reader meu from Athens the post prandial convert to take our opinion for what it may be worth. As to the Dutch 'Missioa ia Formosa, which wah" guite Englial you know" and so for: ES

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Shanghai contributed quite classical, Hongkong was at work there from 3624 to 1869 A.D., tao coming in with a spirited hunting song and a editor gires un convoted accuunt of the way billons love ditty. A popular and promiscuous it was started and condasted, but from anndry sing song enened, which was attended by those detalis we have noticed here and there, In the

PART 1.

A summer's evezing, and the gates of Sung Were closed to trafila, and the tukliny bella Of burdened males had slowly died away. And caravans with produce of the Kari Were drawn aside, and many drivere unt

In groups together and with social ease" Discursed all topics of more foreign parts, Related Fogeda ir, with dominoes, Sought to retrieve their losses on the road. While listening to the songs and lore of those Who told weird stories when the toils of day

Had osad and all the joys of rest bogan.

An ancient man whose onheitto art Had gained high reputation and respect, Croptom his ill-kept but, along the street. And in bis wonted place sat down to mark The rising of the moon, which to him seemed Like unto Bomé great inuunish of the ekg- A prophet hy the world anroognized, Who came to tell of things beyond that age; Bereshing much to this decrepit sixyS

Who, than inspired, would sit for home and botan

By fancy led, and conjure strange event

Which he wrote down. Until at length the moon Would steal away and leave him there alone. Now U-ko was's young and somaly youth, Pasand rithel of once and sens, Who at his uncle's bow as the guest in Hung, and on thatevedug went abread

To bear all news brought in by travellers From other akties many liền way.

And while ke paused neer when a temple stood He me this old man sitting on the stops

And by the moonlight cending thoughtfully

Bo Li-ko-like most youths of every oline, ~Was curious to learn from this old man

The why and wherefore of his being there, And what he found to read and write about, And why he sought a Lomeller stadio And for the purge of dirizing this

He went to him, interrogating thos→

** ray sgèd father, seeing you muraged **In lit'ry pozanite by this mixty Eight,

** May I with all due def'rence to your yanes

*** And to diarrebion in obedizioso plost

***. My ignorance of the binellin derived

who wanted a rest before leaving or had not documents reprinted and traxelated from theAnd sometimes making ontzian in a book. previously boon up to soncert pitch. Of equal Dutch originals, it seems pretty clear that this brilliancy was the hospitality practiced by the Dutch Mission was not only Erestian, in being. Victorias, a stalwart body of fireman to whom under direct Governmentcontrol, but through this the lens mark wsa ang future and on connection with theevil power inextricably mixe whom an axes et ignis interdictio had never up with the commercial operations of the Dutch beon proneumeed originally, if we are correctly Colonial Government The Dutch Missionariesiz informed, & band of homes brokers, they have Formoss, though individually, in some cases at advanced with the times and now boost of a hose least, they seem to have been se spiritually mind- and fire engine, Chettism as chairman kept ad and as mealous as their modera English menin taut reid over su exuitable assembly. A good frères, were appointed by the Governor General deel of the speech making was above tho avarage: at Batavia, dienstehed by him in heavily armed Hongkong and Shanghai had got to know ash Teasels to Formoss, placed there at the disposal otbar, with this result that a very free and easy of the Governors of the respestivo districts, paid feeling prevailed, the only defection in our ranks Bred salaries by the airil farctionaries, and bad on this occasion being due to the ouster altro to send their reports of the results of thate mis tion of a Cinderella dance. Apart from the rke sionary labours, through therespective Governors, toric of the Chairman, the main features were a to the Governor General in Batavia. We find the wall-turued editorial, a humorous anti-tætotal latter judging and consuring or praising the hirangus, an ejaculatory protest agalest kriting personal adaet and the olerical or educational pomatoes and a rollicking ward room ballad wethods of the Milelomerias. We also obearts: which was not so bad for Heng-ugh-ogh-ugh-Missionarion arguing in their reports to Guer -ugh" Oftbetliree dozen other address delivered more about the location of chapels and wahovls, na may be handed down in a future voiame of well as about the time and price of hunting "Gleanings," but where the majority were re Hoopoes to be issued at the responsibility of the solvable into an exchange of rows of everlasting Missionaries, or the price of skins to be purchas good fellowship, it would be invidious to sankeed from the hunters The Missionary chursker selection. Plotles with brandy and soda, and their native olders appear to have been re- commonly constituted the game morning's break galarly organized as the Presbyterian principle, fast after the self-surrender of the oscilar hours, having cicily appointed Bynods and ten- To the director of the Hiangtan Arsenal and slatories, with judicial sad ezosutive powers, his colleague saveral of the team owe thair bun! and a one case we find such a Condatory in thanks for untiring certesy in conducting them vestigating the onse of a Dutch schoolmaster, orer the workshops and explaining the process charged with serions srime, and deliberately of manufacture, To the members of the com. handing him over to the civil power to be wualty who submitted to be lesend at poker decapitated. It is clear therefore that this.

Or pleasure you conceive from this nice coaING **Of evening study and of writing by ***No other lamp than choorless rays of light **Shed on this earth by yun ill-fated moan **Which, like this world, has burned out long ago **Aul-being now devoid of lambent power "Exposes all its nakedness and shauni **By tarning from its coll invonstant Light. *!* Tawards that flushed and beat-consuming ord *** Which leizes those wayward stara to its domini” And borrows lustre from their fallen stata;”

· The old man, from his thoughtpk allitudo, Didcot at first boutir himself to speak. Although to this inkzoder he gave`sar.. At length he slowly paladů bis shaïrolled form And looked to Ul«ko while he nowwared thua-

and kindred games the Hongkong team provent Deleli Mission of Formoss not merely followed, Signs you, my child, presume to question-me their commiserations. To the community at Uke modern Protestans Mincions, in the wake of large are tendered the warmost thanks for their trade, noe had it marely like the Missionaries patience, hospitality, and good fellowably.

of the present day, the onesales?" support of a

***On setions whipb by most are unremarked, **And are to strangers of no interest,

Inow will place reliance in your wylat

Thengo !" said Ui-Ko, printing to the place, And if to night joc de romove from th "That woman's child which now reste on her kase. "I will reward you with ten thousand cash.

"And her return to claim your wolcomo prize"

And in the milence of the night they met And U-Ko board the oluld had breathed her last, Then with misgiringa Ui. Ko wont away,

A man diakonoured and a slave lo crime But never did he go again to see The ancient city of his infamy.

A quist old home beneath the friendly shade Of one awaging foliage that the breath; Of dalost browses moval to nadepco awest, Looked eat upon a close deep stream that kissed The yellow steps which mounted to a doar Where wobblestones, worn down by many feet Lud though, across a well-tromatis yard, Towards a csober whore grim affigies Strange senile Egaren of iku pagan gode- Nat in prevailing gloom, while burning splikta Shed a gravo light, emitting balmy fumes Of sandalwood and garso, which wrought up In ornate famine that, awaking, noemed To sanotify the silenes that place. Upon the right a curtained entrancın lər?”, Into a maller roosa, whare. frescoed walls, Hong with quaint sichings and with tapestry, attracted handsame leough the window, where Fantastic getlines painted on the shoot Chet motley shadows on the filaid koor -And upwarda te tij, estling, where was, trioed

Huge dragons and obrinelaons raping down Upon a marble table, where there mak An old man clothed in plain sad komoly siyle, Whone long whits based bespoke of like advanced To quiet reirement from the boils of life.

His allow foe with uhecke long farrowed ont, And you flanitoaed by the light of age; Seemed all to keeping with his dull atten Whick blended well with that sedativo nýok.. Upon the left carved and patellod door dave entrance to a most apartment, where Theco fattion windows; shaded by green trees, Inhaled sweet perfumes of the fruitful land. From gentls besexos aa thay vaared and fell. To lighter are that o'er the waters played, Oreogh the more sist there among the troos Canvassed in whispers, or in volone soft, Sang through the hoore of darknessE ANA, KAPONE Bornphie dage untitled by this world.

And in this room a fair and youthfai girl, Whose blushing honnum cast a halo round. Herstateliness and besaty which was snob That any man would humour and respect, Roolined amidst the sunshine of har honsa, The prefoot, but adopted father, gara To ber uit comfort he sould well command And, in return, the proved most worthy of Bin just affection, and bla every wish She studied with a womanly, resolve To make the days of age pass sheetaly And sloan beneath the sandow of her love.

Uneday the old man called her and havenida ** Ish-hwa, I have boun thinking of you much,

And of your future, which scoterna za Lore

-** Than I have nared to mention nalil powi

** For, na you know, I've watched you faktárally

And fondly through the year of Istrany.

." And know full wall you do recíprocato

"The love that prompta mu sarly to provide ***For Your welters, ilues heaven has bestowed

"On me the bleuslug of prosperity, "Andyan, my child, the modesty and geenan, "Which no renes klud Nature's rarest art "And thus completes a master-piece of We "That I may now, with all paternal priče, * Prove faithful and unsälded at the aut "By loading you to a straightforward mon "Who bost will guide you then, the fabero: Jones "When I shall be laid by among the rest MC? my amometers on the Western hills."

And with regret, yai ploscure, I bars planned ***Tour marriage with my good friavè'a only son'.

Ch whom I plate wunk confidance and Inith, Binne I have marked his notions carefaily And judged his worthiness imperially.

#DBOHMBAR 18rm. 1890.

Su noi Dne WMA in hun baru left unwalgħed

· And with Katogelly I now conclude Tim-Ko le loyal and bonest man, Who has seen life bat noon his foily now.

most anxious to secure And as he le mond

Your hand wrt heart by only nuptis

*! I have most favourably consistored this And have consulted the wicons mens **And they who have intraed, the moun far *Instruel mu that the brother of the ear th *** And atoma of heaven indicate the chaik

An & propitions ticts for you to wed. **** Ho na 'tis now the time of bearded grain :'

* In mateen days the Summer Bolation onmin, Then you shall see your lover and go forth, With my fond blessing, to adorn hik boizó.

And 11-KG married Luh-hwa, and he sa That she was raro is beauty and in mind “And was inclued with loving sonalaney 3-

Bab shange to say his fair ono always mon UDOn her braw an artifelat dow bryynel IPhloh locks? anoomnion, and her husband neked Repastadly her reason for the choles --Or tala adorentent worn, unfash' nably':

>Hat she was moskevskite and did koop

Tho waarui of hor pluma religions. At length, however, she anrolled the fruth i › And creeping slyly to her husband's niður,

She lair or gréefal bead agafant his And somed to noatle these confidingly And foutly as she looked to him and said stačín ** Forgive me, UL.Ko, for I have complex **From you, my hustoud, that which might eraso

My beauty kid your love, for now behoid *** It hides wear and shade my early life. But confidendo in most essential pow That we are made, hy heaven, man and wife, "I am the Mughter of a mandarinay

Who had high office in the Total

cort

In Wung, full fourteen years ago and mpõe- And I was but an infant in those days. And sa my mother died when uns harn "A faitlife)-nurzo sometimes attended me

Whon father wan engaged offcially. The nurse was poor and she, kind women, kept A little shop close to the Northern Gota. **Where she would often take me." And one night

When I was sitting on bat kaco mataide, A robhar struck me and the soar TEXASİNE "Impriated pot beneath this doma simt mig My father died when I wan two years old And his good brother then adopted mis "And brought me over to a fiappy home "In Song Ch'n, where I ever since remained, “And so I'ma onJled the Prefect's ungkter now

When Us-Ko hoard bis wife netrate these faute He for a moment stood in wondemnelit.... Then with a cry of joy ha dege her ear And, with emotion, spoke impresivelyj '." My loved ous, by the Gods, this oral sen!

Conveys a masango from the realms of fate

Demanding just repentance for the hurt Testead you, for 'twas I who wished yon desd. For some strange wizard had prodiobed this, That we should marry, Ant your childish faos, Impaired by the ill-favoured phase of lite "In which it saaned apparent you were bora,

Was no oritarion of your beauty now; "Ner of your virtue, for Indeed that plane ** Was monk tawhuesome and the pooplo tow "And I, fi apprehension of my fata;

Do the just decross that are fulfilled. **For aloud, limpeding, darkened as they reached * The fancied horrors of futurity.

th

And I determined to remove from The Bottled mass of swiftly gathering shamo And than I hired a villain to remo

*** Yos from my path of poured happinsas;

But now, thank heaven, it was not performed. ......** 86, Lub-hum, let us close the book of Pat, For this has proval » floral saad of fate "That guarde our love through hie-eternally." Awoy, November, 1880

kjas, the terminus of the navigation in Annamita | ouilly routes of Srechnen by Hawkow" and anks, the average duration of the voyage at Kwangi by Pose. The route now onred to to Buy season is from fifteen twenty-five-lys krado offers to our merchantsand manufacturers Bewong Lackay nad Man-hao the naviga Important advantages and as ininense field of tlas is obstructed by rapids caused by boulders. notion. It le regrettable that ap to the pre- Above these Annemite Junks can freely navigate seat co attempt has been made by Toqnin the upper part of the river at least a far as morohants to outer fate trade reintions on this Long po Alove this point the navigation be market, The summer and the rainy season do comes moze diffenit and regaires good pilots and no, it is trne, favour the oommengement of us hope that after the experienced erowe As beror, it is anal to ass, but les leave this part of the trafo to the Chiosteal froshots of the river (mid-October: river bostrien goods souring from Flanc are November) our merchants will lose no tia. translipped at Laaksy on a particular kind of and that bolore long Frmeh goods will take bost called Younan boats. These boats, which their proper place in these markets. I must not, are simply large canoes with a met rest in the Lowever, caneral from our countrymen that they middle, are built of hardwood; they are listed for years past, which can goods united will have to meet foreign competition, wall tab- and pointed at both ends, with flat bottom ant curry from 150 to 200 piculs of merchandise; and draw from 16 to 20 inches. Needless to may, there is no provision for the comfort of pas- songara, who have to find room where they can,

to native consumption, the prices of which, not- withstanding the enormons-clorges they tavo to bear, are relatively low. The Chines aro ereatures of fonties, sostomed to see or le bny ench and aucti: articles bearing each and such. LAOKAY TO MAX-10ches it is difficult to induce them to change The length of the passage from Laokay, to even by offoring them a saporir article at the Mon-hag varion from font to seven days or some price. It is only with time, sob patience, ing to the wind and the state of the river The and suitable agonis that our merchants, with- rate of hire for a Chinese Jonk is from 20 to 30 the energy and initiative which characterise taale for the voyago. This tatil, Falaavely them, will overcome three difficulties, which I high, is explained by the searity of Te I look upon a translenti.

Now that the river is opened there san bo,no faót, for several years past the truffe having bean. almostat, the boat owners have bean more or less) doubt, although pessimists have questioned it, Tuined and have disappeared. The opening of that goodis arriving by this route will be ably not the river being now an nocomplished fact, the na- only to supply this province, but sise parts of. tive merchants, certain of failing an opening for Szechuan and Kweichow. We are no longer in their goods and of freight for their vessels, are the time of hypothesis; accomplished facts ara Mot hesitating to invest their capital junks are best proof. Since the opening of the Gus- being built, and before long the rate of freight tom-house goods arriving by the Tonguin route are sent nnder transit pasyon not only to Tuli and will be much reduced. Je

all the towns of the interior, but also to Sechuon If the scent is long and chelelt the descent and Kaichow, where they lay down cheaper than 18 correspondingly.rapid. At this season of the

thus following the route through Szachven by year ton or eleven hours issulfoient for the voyage Hankow or from Canton by Po-te Native pods from Man-hao to Laobay, while in winter, when the water is at ita loreal, a day and a half or two days are reokovel on

NAY FROM MAN-HAO TO YUAN CHING exceptional, and the native merchants are anxious Kan-bo is the terminus of the navigation to do business. Ib is nur for private asteprise, for large boats and the entrepet for merchandise for the national trade, to avail of these large- destined for the interior. From this pel nt openings. We are persuaded that our merchants the river is still navigable to the pub will not be slow todo gn, and above all that they prefooters of Yat-ching, but only for sill not allow themselves to be forestalled by boats carrying seven or eight picais The foreigners pida are summons, and at one paint the river in so obstructed with rocks that the boats have to be pushed over dry land

FROM MAN-HAO TO MID GTIT

rail largely of these facilities and before long ww may tape to have a large volume of trade.

The ronte is open and safe, our situations is

·JAPAN AND CHINA COMPARED.

PRKING, 18th November:

The Rev: Dr. Mitchell, one of the Secretarion · of the American Prosbytorian Church Mission,

A paved road, called the Imperial road, in a good state of repair, leads in two days to Mong Tan The journey, dificult for horses, is still more difficult for coon,The road rises steal now on a visit to Foking. He has already y to 7,200 test désosoling again to a plain at visited Japan and Korea A meeting of the so altitude of 4700 feet, where to town of Missionary Association took place on the 14th Mengtan is situated. At Yan Leon, 30 li from November at the rosidons of Dr. Martin, at Man hao, at stables where basets of burder whieli Dr. Mitchell gavo an address on and Korea. The lectures apoke of may be engaged, and China Inna which if Japan not confortabin, at least afford shelben 20 the state of education in Japan with three further on is the village of Shiatsen, offering the millions of scholars in the schools; of thicky ae adeantages. It is usual to make the jour thousand Christians of the adoption by Ja- ney from Yao-toen to Mongtze in one day, but pair of Western civilisation, which adoption, sometimes's stoppage is made at Amin tchal, 20 he believed, in spite of some oddies would be per li from the town; this depends on the time ofmanent. He contrasted the state of the cominon déjartars from the first named village, the speed roads throughout Japan with those of China, neil of the animals, and the willingness of the mule bold up Japan nas object lesson to Chian tears. For sedan obaire or coolice marrying from which the lafter country. was bound tờ bardens the journey to Mangtza cooupies thews receive advantage. He then went into a long day's The average wages of a chair coolie or a philosophical and interesting disquisition on the coolie carrying a burden is 25 toelvente por day; charge of Saklonens as a characteristic of the the coolle Boding his own food. Atall the inna on people, which he contradicted, explaining how the route the charge in ten to fifteen cents per maa Japan, although abe bad for so long sought to pernight The szimware paid for by the minia. obtain all sorts of knowledge from the West tere Thoinnkeeper supplies only fool and I was obliged for the sake of her palioust-in- ferior rice. The traveler therefore must carry dependence fe adopt an exclusive policy during his provisions with him if he does not wish to two centuries and a half. The retirer, who wa have a repast more than modest Towk and listened to with marked attention, added that on eggs may be brought almost anywhere, but the arriving in Keren the superior physique of that people generally take advantage of the situation people struck kin, at once; and on coming to to sak bigh price. It is therefore an adrant. China this feeling was intensifiod. We held that age to provide everything monessary before leur a good physique was at the bottom of intellvotual ing Man-hio.

sbiblity. Dr. Blodget believe in the stability MEANS OF TEANSPORT.

of Japan's onward progress and in the useful lesson, she was teaching Chios. Col Denhy. Horsen, males, and evelies are the only mens spoke in - farcur China, instancing her of transport on. Chinesa roads, Ench animal rancement in bor criminal reports, and carrini on an average one pievl, divided into two | praising the ability of the despatches which they parcels of equal weight. Parosis webghing more the Ministore) raived from the Tsungli than 75 The Bre refused by the maleteers and fames, which would campers with the clunuments must be carried by pooliea. The hire of a horse igning from any of the Western Foraign per day, including food, varies from 28 to $5 Offers. The speaker read the despatch of the cents, scorrding to the supply of animals and the Yamen in reply to the document forwarded by ncture of the goods. Beants of birden may the Foreign Representatives, calling upon the be hired at Man-lo or Mangten. It is Chinese Government to suppressthe printing and generally on market days held once in a distribution of such a book as the "Death Blow days that aminals may be engaged most easily, to Carrupt Doctrines" in this province and at from 20 to 300 being then available,

MOKEY

Souchow, The Yaman bay given ordure to the provincial authorities to investigate the ease and to suppress the publication of the books in question. The Yamen despatch details what steps were taken on a previous pocasion when the Death Blow" first appeared in Shantung. A

AMATEUR CONCERT AT THE LUSITANO CLUB

Another of these successful comparts with

The toel of silver is the money current in the which the samo of the Tansitano Club, Hong Deuter. The quality and the rate of silver kong, has enorme conuuoted was given ou

rary at different places Cash also siroplate Saturday evening, the 14th inst. Tho at tendance was not nearly so good as on former the rate being 1,500 to the tal. The Mangsa vote of thanks was panged to Cal. Denby and tha docasions, but this may be easily accounted for weighs 37 grammes, and is worth 3 per Diplomatic Corps. Dr. Dudgoen, the mut by the numerous other performances which took went more than that of the capital, 10 par cont speaker oailed spen, referred to the present con place on Satorisy evening The programine mors than that of Shanghai and about 45 perdition of Japan in regard to Treaty Révision, opard with the "Soldiers chorus" from "Esastrent less than that of Canton. It is difficit and the appointment of foreign judges, which he of which a spirited rendering was given. Mratove the mathematically asset weight thought was extraterritoriality in another form Marin Chandles the song with good effect a saise, story merchant having two methods of wetg giving with the one hand and taking away with "This was followed by sing according to whether he is paying or the other aus betraying a want of confidenes, dnes wits a quintet finale, in which aire, Simons, caring the differetoe between the He thought Japan Thould at least have a p Miss Lammert, and Messrs. Withers, Grace, idrying to the extent of a few centimes in portunity of trying the administration of ber thetael The French trade dollars and ende, or at any rate one judge to assist in courte Laing took part the dust being performed Mexican dollars are accepted at the rate of appeal would be quite suficient. Ha spoke of by Mrs. Simons, and Mr. Withers. Was Mrs. Simons' first appearance in pub to 65 tool per hundred, which gives lie in Henghong, and a should prove them a value of 7 per cunt, low than on the

groat acquisition to the ranks of our amateurs stand they are received in payment only of Pabond and of the work of Col, Olost in Ja- Thern Chiness, which had been noticed by all tra hers. Mrs. Simons has a cultivated sweet-toned small same, $50 at the most. Merohanta, there pan. He referred to the physique of this Nur #oprane voice, considerably above the average cre, will Bad ikan Bantage to provide the vellers, as cotxpared with the flabby ́öriantala more powerfulin the lower thm in the upper re- f sclves with silver inget FRAN KE'S of South Asia, and then combated at some

tion from L'Ardim.

This

Hor

the incressed vigour ovidenced by the Buddhist

gister, but at all times thoroughly musical.

THE TRAUF CENTRE length the charge of ecelusion of the Chinesa performance on Saturday was greeted with the

The Chint of the Tunuan platean having and Japanese, pointing out that western natious most hearty applause, and was in every way gross aversion to the Red River valley and the by their wars, opinta trade, the tactics of the Eoman Catholic missionaries, etc., had frighten- worlby of the tributa paid. Miss Lammert" is fermot region, where they cannot go without con.

also naw, if not to Hongkong audiences, totracting Ibourable disease, inarchsats who wishes peuples into an exclusivo policy that the frequenters vf these occur le.

On Setar

BELATIONS WITH THE CHINESE. --

day evening Misa Lammert had but little to do business in those parts must come to ancient and more modern times not only had to do, but this she did it in an extremely Mergizu, which is the centre of trade and of all the surrounding nations the-froast intor production. The ronto is perfectly at Ires course, but even more distant nations that the satisfactory manner, rendering great all in the from diffealty, the population quiet and Eospit poling of the nations was freedom of trado: In concarted pisses fr. Withers gare a fairly able, and the Chinese marchanterations to res that Japanese progress had been or was in any coolanton be spoke strongly against the idea good rendering of the tenor part, although goods arrive and to open up frader

sense an object lesson from which the Chinesa little tendency to throatinens wee now and

had received and would receive the beseft of main apparat, while Moner Grees and Laing did yeotzen's service in the gaintet Mins

I cannot too strongly recommend one outry. western civilisation. The Chinese hold (hn Japan- Carolina De Souza's panaforte solo was a bid men who do not speak Mandarin, which is the in profana epatempt and the official classes liset performance, hat the effect was a little már language of the contesto procure interpreters were not willing to learn anything from then red by one of the strings of the justrumans jarompradore capable of assisting them in at indued the contrary effect was produced on ring. Mies d'Almada e Cartro and Mrs. Guedes their raunotions with the natives. Here, as the Chinese official wind when the Japanese pro-. are old favourites who see always sure of a good in the open porta, the Chinese intermediary is gross was held up to them for their pattern and He vonalnded by quoting the recaption. Their names are suficient gas indispensable. He des better that we do what celebrated langasgs of the Graad Booretary mutes that their dust was one of the finest saita his ouantrymen, in very patient, discuss Wan Hsiang, that when China dase move the peformances, of the evening, Mr. Grace fal with a pain which we do not always will proceed will momentum which will n fomed with an eroatiently well sang adlo, knows how to make concessions at the Protomish the world. Dr. Martin sursat in the which showed he has lost none of his vocal moment, and, as the local merchant is always

|mocouragement/

powers, while the first part of the game timid in trading with Europeans, of whom he main with the remarks of the last speaker, but was brought to a close by the singing of the has little knowledge wad with whom he hesitates thought the element of fear of the Japanese had Grand Finals, Tvili in Maschera

to deal, the comprecors meet the require been left out of the mount. Ile referred to Miss Gardes opened the second part of the pryments of the situation

the term un jus employed by the Chiuses to de signate the apacione, meaning dwarfs. In ein gratume with selection from "Favorita, the other performers assisting in tho oborns. Mise POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH TONQUIN.ation, boring artesian wells, and in extracting d'Alusdae Castro again delighted her heavers by Mengubas portal communication with Tokay copper from the Ymaan mines he mentioned the singing of the balled "Who's at my window by couriers, who keep up a five-day service, the cases where the Japanese had been employed by while Mr. Laminert deserves praise for careful postal work being under the charge of the Con- the Chinese. The Chairman, Mr. Owen, spoke of Lis experiencesof the people of Japan among whor and artistic rendering of Sale Dimora" from salate,

be had red and laboured for some time Ho F" Good us bise de Souza's performan DES

Independently of the telegraph laid bežereou spoko of their fickleness of action, but ei the on the piano usually aro, we do not remem or her Luokay and Mongia, which is to be comame time their Buty of purpose that every eversurpassing the orcontion of solo in the second part of the programm She bertainly deserved menced next month and will be fuished before now and then they wanted a kick my "but al-

the oil of the year, the town jis in commuities:

the enthusiastic applause she received at its

on Dr. Mitchell suggested for discussion the close The quintet which followed from Bontion with Earpe and, Amarion by the China A ama baek to the same point, and so went relations of Koren and China, regarding which nambutsend the quartet and okorua feam the telegrand fines to Shanghai and Canton

A will be seen, the journey from Hanoi to he had apparently heard much in Koros from mae oper which brought the concert to s close, were wall rendered and given in excellent Tunnan prevents no difonlty onyend a lack of Denny, who believed that the pesos and tune and time. Mestion must alse be made of efort. Under ordinary ofroumstances it may prosperity of Korss depended on the settlement M11. G. Lammert's singing of the serenade be made in from twenty to twenty-nine days of this question. One remark of Dr. Mitchell's

Borni Pure," which was a must artistio per divided thus forusuce from every point of view. Mr. Cat lango made a vary able director throughout and derves every praits for his clever coaching of the performers. We might, however, specta little less rigour at times when accompanying singers at the piano. The concert was giver in aid of the orphans of the West Point Itefor atory, under the auspices of the commition of the Lusitano Club.

showed his sympathy for missionaries. He would not grudge them comfortable houses, The Manbayhealth of the musicarise was question

Hemi to 14 20

Manso to Mongtai

Total

pelmo importance De Mitchell pranched on Bunday evening at the unal service and his now, proogeded to the Great Wall N. C. Daily

The return voyage does not occupy more than Ness correspundent. ten to fifteen days Quatengten to Masha Cost Making to Lackey Lackey to Hacker

THE RED RIVER BUTE TO Total

YUNNAN

daya 9

d

10

TONQUIN

& 1 According to the Courrier d'Insphong the

I should add that for the ratarn royage janks following fire steamers will run between Hong The following notes of a journey to Yan, are a little cheaper, case of 150 to 200 pisala kong ned Haiphong during the rion season, eling at ankeo 10 to 12 taols, and smaller namely, the Doria, Frer, Bouchow, Presto, and with remarks on the trade, means of transport, costo 6 tele Ferosoles and sumas the Treskon all consigned to the Wang-lai firm. etc., were recently published in the Journal prices as petly the same. I will say nothing The Courier d'Haiphong bays the Morage." Officiel of French Indo-China

....

mato, the Aquzrite juoks, as residente Tan-ries Maritimes steamer Arethuse, which is being quia are in a better position to obtain informs placed on the Hongkong-Haiphong line, is going MEANS OF TRANSFOET AND THE NAVIGATION ton with regard to fees than I am begge to make trial of Annam and foaquin col. She space was expected to leave Haiphong on the 17th inst. STOF THE RED LIVER.

and was to born nothing but Tourano roal-or The arrival at Lackay-of a steamer of the Mesageries Flariales given reason to hope that will not dwell on the advantages of the her ran up. Subsequently trials will be inado faregular service will soon be established. In the Red River route they are suffoiently well with Hongay and Kebas coal. The Aamir de zoongtime, until a new type of vessel more mit known not to need any praive. I cannot how Tonkin giris a long secount of trials made with. able to the service, shall have been constructed, ever, too strongly impress upon merchants in Keban coal on river camera, which prove, it is the nativa jonka supply a certain mesosul trans. tareeted that in this province, although there in car that the pita obtained with that coul part from the majitel of Tanquin to the frontier. Do die et commeuldation with the great centres taken from only x metres below the refsos The river, is marigable for the whole distance of Hankor, Shangbai, er Hongkong, and the are equal to those obtained from Australian and even when the water is lowest, for junke drawing Tonquin route has been only recently opened, Japan pol this be so the coal mining in from two to two-and-a-half fest, and carrying the murkata are nevertheless applied with dustry of Tonquin enght to have s belliast fa- Eren 150 16 200 pleuls. From anal to Lao-European goods, which arrive by the long and tare before it."