other band. I know a esas of a man gaible; nader Goparament for the ordering if many stores, and to enoh as hint at doing for yourself" he always returns the unites susitar, The Queen pays ma." It is a pity are pro -no more like him, for the corrupt syska upɔn which I have sulavoured to throw mono light is not far short of robbery, and caps, unless their moral perception be wary dull, Ed to the pse of mind of those who are parkleta "it Marcantile Ouardian. ·
OLLA PODRIDA.
At an inquest hold at Bilston on the body of an aged paralyzed wotaan, who was meat toį death while left alone in kue kousn, it we stated that when the neighbours dies vered legavolop- el in flames and in front of the fr, thy made no effort to move her or erlingnish th fire AS thay thought they had no right to w until paliosmeu arrived. The coroner Reponly cen- asmned such nonsensical views, and fanced another case of finorance, where thefe of a man, whe hanged himself, might have ten anred if he had been out down when first obsgod. À verdict of Rocidental death was returned.
- When the president of the Erie Baslay Com-1 pany opened his mail one marising the der day be found a letter which ran as follows Tweto years ago, being completely out of my, and Bading it researy to reach a certa ziut to wvours work, I stole a ride on the sowasher, or pilot, of one of your company's railrenzines. I have just entered the ministry, so touch blessed with litila money, now encloses portal ordée for 3 dole, 45 cents to pay for the sblei ridė. I do not know what the regalar.tori me then. bat have figured it at 5 cants a milo vhkh ebsald dover the fire cost and compound intant since thea. I earn Rtly desire the forgivery of both God' and man,"
Bome tation of the quormous emotion of bror in the civilized cotofrios of is werid] may be gained from the fact that Jew your no less than thra thousand tallion gallon of boer Gowany, of were imbibed in Europe ainne. course, headad the list of consumate with 1,001.000.000 gallons; Great Britain being a good good with 955,000,000. Tibd esmu Austria with 300,000,000 gallona; w Frauca Bad Belgium were braskotted fouth with
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DE TO LET,
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EMERUANTILE BANK OF INDIA LIMPIADA
AUTHORISSO Capital.. |BUMCRIBED.
...€1,500,000 1,128,400
INSURANCES
TORTHBRITISH ANDMERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
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1892, EXCRED £1,141,294. la.............
B L-AUTHORED CAPITAL: 83,000,000
B. d. MAGURACRINED CAPITAL... 3,750,000–200
PAID-OF CAFITA
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BANEKRA.. LONDON JOINT STOCK BANK, LIMITED.
INTEREST allowed in Onement Accounts at the rats of 2% per annum on the Daily balanos.
ON FIXED DEPOZITA For 12 months g
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Оп Лотки? BovernIGNO, Bask's Buying Rato.....8.21 Gozn Leäv, 100 fine, per tas!
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TO LET. GODOWN in WANGHAI, No. 4, PRATA EAST, next to the Asile de la Ste. E
ABNHOLD, KARBERG & CO Tougheng, 12th August, 1895.
TO BE. LET.
11783
%an.
(WITH IMEDIATE POSSESSION.) TO. 2.. MOUNTAIN VEDW; 5 Room 1% NGas and Water laid ou Apply to HUMPHREYS ESTATE & FINANCE
·COMPANY, LD.. Hongkong, 2nd September, 1985.
12.30
QUOTATIONS.
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JOINT STAK SHARES. COMPART
PAID UP
Flongkong & Shim. China, Japan, &ð.....) D., Fanniders....... Nat. Bank of Ch.........]
B. Shares............ Foun. Sharas Brown & Co., Campbell, Mooreklo. China Born China Sugar
·Do. New-issu❤ Ohanase Loan '86 E. Dakin, ticks'k ko Dairy Fare Co..... Fenwick & Co., Go. Gron Island Cesul
22.000,091 apince, Denmark "take"the list. Brick & Cente with a miserable. 165,000 gallons of extra. C. Bakery... Europian countries the United States, donutselangkong & C. Gas: comes fret, with ab soonal consntption of ongkong Blectric... 800.001.000, Australia taking second plans at T. II. L. Tramwaga. 22,500,000. The above figaros, of tree, Fotongkong Te present round numbers.
Sakda well-known reorunter of
H. & K. Wharf & G. Hongkong Enge.... stories.&. Dook...
Hotel-
Auetín Arms Hongkong Habel... Sbatten.
Descarca-
Canton. Chins Fira... Chilus Wanderer Liongkong Fire
the other day to an editor, by way of wind-up to aurorul god ones:- Ioan't call my more to mind just at present. My wife cuve a lat of snake stories, but 1 forge 'em. Bithe way, thongh, I've got a regular Bving curicly down on my plaos Dowday my chest bog 13 citting en this back step doin, bis same, and hsouldn't get 'em right. He felt something animat his face, and there was a little aneke aal ng on his aboulder and looking at the alace. In our wiantes be had done all those saaj We'to tamed him, so he keeps all our accourse, and bo is be quickset bead at £garoe you or say. He'll run up a eslamn eight feet temp in three seconds. I wouldn't take a prins cow for him.” "What kind of a snake is he "pired, the editar, curiously. "The aeighbours all him au adder." "Oh, you!" and the editor fit:lo di Luzon Srgn..... concerted."Fve heard of the specie
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Dalmoral Gold ... Charbonnages Jaleba
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21 3130, apllers
$50, $10
210 54
$55 $1, buyers $100 15, Hers 425171, sollers
Tls. 250-17 p.ot. pm, boyars
$5.31₤
$10343; sellas $23515, buyars $50 | 95.85, sellers $12.50 40.celloje
210
$5 $60, tom.
$125, Layer $3. eller
TU LET.
[2050
TO. 4. QUEEN'S GARDENS.
OFFICES and CHAMBERS I PED- DER'S SIRVET, No. 2. ;
1381
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„INTEREST On deposits is allow at 3 PER CENT. por danum,
P
FOR SALE
FÖR SALE.
EUGENE CLICQUOT CHAMPAGNE
per onse I dos gta 22. por sacs 9
ita...$3.
E. RICCO & CIF.. Bola Agents, Hongkong, 12th April, 1893.
12673 FOR SALE.
EAMPAGNE "MONOPOLE" F
-ÜBIDSIECK &. Üo.—
MONOPOLE Ken Sear (medium dry).
Do. Bec" RED Fore?
SHEWAN & Co... Agents.
11486
Do.
ONY
DO.
Hongkong. 13th Jit y', LIBS.
HENIX FIRE OFFICE The Undoraigned so now prepared to GEANT POLICIES OF INSURANCEagainst FIBR at Currant Rates.
DOUGLAS LAPRATE & Co...
Aroats for the Phoenix Fire O.Boa. Hongkong, 17th August, 1887.
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BRITISH FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY OF
Depositors may transfer at their yption balSOUTH ences of $100. se moes to the HongkoNG AND SHANGHAT BAKE to be' piceed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 5 Pen Case, por unaum,
For the HONGEONG AND SHANGKAT
Banatze CoBPORATION,
T. JACKSON,
Chiel Manager. 12
Hongkong, 15th May. 1898.
TED NATIONAL BANK OF URINA
LIMITED.
ACTHORIZED CAPITAL. SumadetooD
N
£1,000,000. £500,000.
HEAD OFFICE-HONGKONG
Apply to
COURT OF DIRECTORS. G. 0. ANDERSON,
| Crow Tuso BRAKO, Esq. Praya Central. D. Grouss, Ead.
A. STOLTERVONt, But, Kway Hui Chuax, Eng. Hongkong, 30th Septembar, 1893.
[$258
CHAN KIT SHAN, ES
Chief Manager. TO LET.
THE CASTLE, CASTLE ROAD.
Apply to
LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Hongkong, 16th September. 1883.
12006
TO LET.
"YOMMODIOUS GODOWN on PRAXA
FAST. Apply to
$100 $70, vellors
$3
$70, buyers
$60
'98, sailers
36
*69, seller
SIEMSSEN'à CO,
nem.
$125 12 p. d. prim.
$51
Hongkang, 5th April, 1898.
841
TO LET.
$60 $13, seller
320 | 14
550 $120
$20 879 $25 161, buy 550 $198
23 T 120. Unyara
$24-17. sellere
520: $11
$2588. buyers
{6 iG, etiers
$50 $55, Mallare $30 172 collera
$320, sellera 3100 | 532), sailers
#10 ct salos
176 $135
*5.26
Panjonzin
$33 $5.75,sole: & buyer. Do. (Proferoses) $ 2. velfer Han129.103.84.50
tanmabin
Cara. Caina & Mapin. Douglas $.9. C30.... H., Canton, & M... Indo-China S. H,... Steam Launch Webut Wareh se C Watson & CH4.
| Mining--
The giant planet Jupiter will be very o00- spicuous object in the heavens all troughout the going winter. He is just no arly in a line between the Pleiades and Aldeb, and as he is much the brightest heavenly bag in our evening ay be can be very easily disguished From the firad stare by which he is randed. FA is all Juaressing in brightness and will vontinue to inorense til Novembor ikh, when he is in appnation, and thou for a the while it is moderately easy to see him in daylight with the orked eye. After he passes ofpation and his brightness begins to fade he bare ≈ rival in the western sky, whose brilhansy wilk Boon surpass his brightness even at the best, for towards the close of the year Your will be approaching her greatest brightners an eyes- ing star, bet onward to the m t of April Old Male Jupiter will stift be an orasment of thevening aky, and only in the mouth of May ill he holder Sales.. lost for a time in the rays of the Burgor sim
Soms very intersaking experimentbare been recently tide by M. Mullet reaprag the SO- tion of a sorow in producing vertical propulsion in a balloon, the recaits of which (saj Le Génie
$50 | £83, Belos
$137, were
$20 $251
1210 | 61 pc. ch die, bayerni,
$37 $42, sellors
illers CHATER A-VERNON,
GEO W. F. FLAFFITE.
BRANCHES: LORDON, YOKOHAMA, SHANOHAL, AND AMOY.
BANK. THE COMMERCIAL BANK OV SCOTLAND. PARR'S BANKING CO. AND THE, ALLIANCH BANY (LITE)!
Interest for 14 Moathe Fixed ......5 %
5
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Current Accounta Hongkong, th May. 1993.
or
NEW ZEALAND,
HE Undersigned are prepared to sorent FIRE and MALINE TNSURANCES favourable terins.
Current Bates and a guaranteed Banus equal to that paid by the Local Offeos,
·8. J. DAVID & Co.,
A grants. Hongkong, 26th November, 1804..
CARE
[2478
CHINA FILE INSURANCE.
COMPANY, LIMITED,
ESTABLISHED 1870,
HEAD OFFICE,--Hongkang. CAPITAL TWO MILLION DOLLARS PAID UP CAFIZAL HESERVE FUND week 19. CLAIMS PAID
1838
HE Undersigned having been appointed TH
AGENTS for the ahora Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIBE 139s Current Ratas
SIEMSSEN & CO., Agenta.
ROOMS on the UPPER FLOOR of the Hong- HONGKON CORPORAVIDAL BANK-
kong Tea Company's Premises at Ice House Lane
Apply to the
Hongkong. 2nd October, 1693.
D"
Manager.
2105
TO LET. UNNOTTAR, at tho Peak, FIVE
ROOMS. Tennis Court,
Apply to
LINSTEAD & DATIS.. Hongkong, 4th October, 1894.
TO LET.
DWELLING HOUSES—
Hongkong, 16th May, 1992. FLEE INSURANCE COMPANY OF 1977
do.
GOLD FOIL(dry).
(extra dry).
CARLOWITZ & Co.,
Bole Agents for HUISIECT & Co., Barmy, For Hongkong, Chins, and Japan. Houukone, Tat Tile, 1883.
FOR SALH,
HAS. ELD SIBOK
CHAMPAGNE, 189, WAL $80 per osse of 1 dos quuta,,
par onse of 2 dozen piata, PAUL DUBOIS & Çös CLARET, CHATEAU LAROSES $17.50 ........por enso el 1 dozen quarte, PALMER MÁRGAUX,
$ 2.50 por case of 1 dozen quarte, $16...por one of 2 dozen pinta LORMONT.
-
1483
$8.50 pur case of 1 dozen quarts. $7.60 per case of 2 dozen pluts.
SIEMSSEN. & Co. Hongkong, 1st July, 1993.
FOR SALE.
VESSELS EXPECTED.
THE AMERICAN, MAIL
The 0 &0. steamer Oceania, with the mail of the 10th October, left Yakobams on the morning of the End inst, and may be expected on th9-7th inst.
The P.M.stomer City of Rio de Janeiro, with the mall of the 19th ult, leaveu Yokohams on the morning of the 7th, and may be expected on the 12th inst,
The O. & O. at umar Goalin, with the Amerî- can mall, left Ban Francisco on the 2nd just.
THE CARAMIAN MATU,
The C. P. steamer Empress of Indie, with the Canadian mail of the 17th ult.. eft Shanghai at 9 p.m. on the sih, and many be expected here abc. 9 am on the 7th insh
MERCHANT STEAMERS. The Glen Line steamer Glengarry loft Bia- gapore at 4pm. on the 30th Oot, and may be expected on the 7th Novembar
The Hoang Bing Steambist Co.'s teamar Propontis left Samarang on the afternoon of the 2nd, and may be expected on the 21th inst.
Tho Austrian Lloyd's steamer Vindabona left, Bingapore on the 5th, and nay he spected on the 14th inst
The Northern. Pasillo steamer Tacoma left Vistoria, B.C., on the 3rd insi.
The China Mutnal steamer Oopack passed the Canal on the 16th ult.
POST-OFFICE NOTICES.
PEAK DELIVERY cinges et Post Office at 11.30 am, sad 3 pm or in Lester Boxes in the Cars by 12 and 9.30 o'clock Teams. Letter Bors at Penk will be cleared at 13.30 und 4 p.m.
The Postal Guids for 1891, revised to cate will be found in the Chronists and Directory r. IX. This is the only authorised complete 125 Sandiary of Postal information published in
Hongkong
The authorised List of Maila issued in connection with this paper is the one purested trico each day in-aur Batea, which is corrected to a mach later kour than that given below.
BARI W GJ, VILARÍS, For Tientsin. Par Fu Ping, to-day, the 7th junk, at 3.30 .31.
For Amoy and Ehanghai-Per Palomed, to day, the 7th inst., at 11.30
For Straits, Colombo, and Bombay-Per Maria Falerie, to-day, the 701 lust., at 1.30 px. For Haiphong-Per Haiphong, to-day, the 7th inst., at 3.30 P..
For Swatow, Singapore, and Pangkok.-Per Losak, to-morrow, the 9th it, at 9.30 A.M.
For Haiphong.Per Hanoi, to-morrow. tas gth inst, at 11.30 A.M.
For Singapore.Per Nicbs, tomorrow, the 8th is, at 3 90 r.
For Yokohams and Hiogo-Per couna, tor morrow, the 8th inat, at 330 p..
For Shanghai.Per Feigeny, to-morrow, tha
ONE Merryweather Grinders Patern, Patent Portable Double Cylinders 3 400,000 Steam Fire Engine (the Conqueror, No. 2
825,000 The Steam Cylinders are 7 ins, and the Water B54,000 Cylinders are 5 ina in diameter, ard 20 jus. BONUSES PAID ustensiNPPRELIVER
$31,000 Stroke: it is complete and in good working RISKS accepted at CURRENT RATES orrdor, and lampposed to pump 1,800 gallons PREMIA
por micute.Three Shand. Maspa & Co. Lon don. BRIGADE Manual Fins BnSINES for 20 JAS. BOOUGHTRIE;
Sapratary. Moi, complete and in good working order, Hongkong, 2416 February, 1893,
apposed to pamp 100 gallons per minute SUGAR MILLS various Nizes. Twi 42" Centri SUN INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON, fugal Sugar Caring MACHINES with 1 Double Driving Engles. One & H.P. N. Portable BOILER and ENGINE with enlarged FOUNDED 1710.
or Coal re back for barning Wood Horizontal and Vertical DRIVING ENGINES, and BOILERS various eines up to 50 HP. N. Latnok's NOINX and BOILERS, Brake, Inose Red, and Sore Cuiting ATHES, various sises, Planter, Shaping, Blotting Radial Drilling, Drilling, Pauching, sad Shearing, and 8th ingt, at 330
віс MACHINES, Various 17 Flat Bending
For Amoy and Malla-Por Zufire, to mor Steam HAMUDES, Berow Cutting MACHINES. row, the 8th inat, at 430 P.X.
For Amoy, Shanghai, Kobe, Yokohama, Vio- ANVILA, EXERY TOOL GRINDER, STRAMs, and Toooma.Por Victoria, on Thursday. Punching BEARS, TAPE and DIRS, FORGES, IN HAMBURG.
WINDLAKS and CarsIANS. Steam Steering the 9th inst.. at 10.30 a.. THE Undersigned having been appuintal GEAR. STRAX WINCHES, Steam PUMPS, Toute for the stars Company, are Steam Donkey Pumps, Deck and other kinds of pared to ACCEPT RISKS, against FIRE Force Puss. Overboad TRAVELLERS, Crab WINCHES, Weston Patent BLOCKS and CHAINS, at Current Rater.
HYDRAULIO JACKS, Hand Power DEIVING, REUTER, BRÖCKELMANN & Co.,
Agents,
WRCS. Shaftings, Brackets, Folleys, and Wheels, Fresh Water CONDENSEDE. 1213 Fly Hongkong, Tut July, 1899,
Hand Power ECE SHELLING MACHIN KA. MILLS, and TRANSATLANTIC FIREINSURANCE Hand Power Stool FLOUR
COMPANY OF HAMBUR
the complete plant of Powerint Laundry MACHINERY that formerly belonged to the The Undersigned, having besn appointed Flongkong Steam Laundry Co. A FIVE BAR.
MAILS BY THE BRITISH PACKET. LONDON BaneLER-London & COUNTY BART-Aguats for the above Company, are prepared to RELLEĎ NORDENFDIT MACHINE The British Contract Packet Malwa will b
ING COMPANY, "Limited,
ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current GUN, 450 Calibre, with Stand, Shield, Hoppers, despatched on THURSDAY, the 9th Nov.. Pates,
and Fittings all complets and in perfect order. with Mails for the United Kingdom, Europe. HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED.
SIEMSSEN & Co.,
The Fromo and Breech are handsomely Nicksi- and countries beyond, via Brinda; to tho Agents
Straits Settlements, Netherlands India, Burmah, 114 Hongkong, 16th November, 1872.
For partimlare apply to the Manager of the Ceylon, Aden, Egypt, Malta and Gibraltar. Wanobai Machinery Godowns, No. 3. Cross THE MAN ON INSTRANCE
PaiD-UP CAFTIAL CONTEMPLA D $10,000,000 ESSENTE FUND.$ 8,900.00 RamaYE LIABILITY OF PROPTERS...$10,000,000
COVER OF DÍRHOTORS :-- H. HOPPIUS, Esq.-Uhairmana. C. J. HOLLIDAY, Dopnty Chairman.
J. Kramer. En
| R. M. Gray, Raq.
G. Jautron, Eny
H. H. Joseph, Eng.
12193) Boz. J. J. Keswick.
"THE WILDERNE88." CAINE ROAD, Nos. 2 and 8, CHANCERY LANE. No. 8. WYNDHAM STREET, FLOOKS in BLUZ BuildinGS. FLOORS ELGIN STREET, PERL
STREET, AN STAUNTOR STEFE.. FLOORS In No. 6. SHELLEY STREET. -No 11 and 12, COOMBE ROYAL,'!
MAGAZINY GAP-Furnished. No. 11, KNUTSFORD TERRACE,
KOWLOON.
:;
OFFICES
1.
FIRST and SECOND FLOORS No.4. QUEEN'S ROAD ÜENTRALA over the Bank of China, Japan, and Straits, Limited.
A. MoConachle, Beq.
J. S. Moeda, 584 P. B. DOA, Esq.
CHIEF MANADELI
Hongkong-T. JACKSON, E
MANGDEM
Shanghai-J. P. WADE GARDʻNES, Esq.
On Current Account at this ente of 2 por Cent, per Annummon the dalis balance.
XED DEPOSITS.
For 9 mouth, we eat, per Annum, For 6 months, por text. per Amaurs. For 12 months; S per Cant, har Annmar.
T. JACKSON,
Chief Manager.
Hongkong, 19th October, 1623,
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GROUND and SECOND FLOORS of | →→
No. 7. PRATA CENTRAL, New O.B.C.' Premises.
akamedrokers
OPTIM.
Now Malwa
BRLO t
Per Pinal. Allowance.
8500 1 to 24 rallies.
1 to
$565 per chast nominal. $577, $565
7.
GODOWNS
BLUE BUILDINGS.
Apply to
Patna (Now!........... Benares (New)...... Benares (Old)
THE WEATH EM.
Civil) have boon presented to the dondémie. CHINA, COAST MB) - RO SOLURICAL REGISTER,
The screw was designed and sat work by
428 NOVEMBER, AT § EN..
M. Langlois de Banmir. bas diameter of 7 foot, and turnaround. ■ recital shaft fxed by two clamps to one of the Mes of the
ΣΤΑΤΙΟΣ
car. M. Mallat sneeded, by Impering to the koraw z velocity of 100 recolutions a minute,
to mise the balloon, whick bas a upscity of walivo tank 28,000 cubic feet, through a vartial space in
Tokia. the sawa time of 333 feat. Frequentsyntiliops Nagnetki of the mme experiment invariably gia the same Shangha resnits. As the aerow revolved. Itorusarily Foochow ossed the balloon to ruinte also: by the move-Away......
Aeping ment was pot fored to produce aby neonveni- | Swatow epon, since the velocity, did not exod 001 of Canton complete revolution in a seco be, antbar Hongione: comoluded bin pommanícation by a wies of ob Victoria Peak servations apon this particular and of propul Gap Bock.
Muen slon, pointing outsthat it was razedugly well Horbu. adapted for purposes of scientific expriments,
Kriphy Botinas... The subject of aerial navigation has been dis Manila .......
No. Capod. Justin Cened at a recent congrees in Chago merous pipers ware read, ipelagone by Wil Professor Langley of the Smithion Instin Tokio tion, Washington, who is reported have con-Negara pleted the working model f'a flying machins og sungitai hich he has been engaged for a sur or more Focabar In ble paper. which was outitled The Inter-Amoy..... Eal Work of Maring Air." Projet Langley apie gave the ressita of experimenta ba le monde for Coton Home years on the soaring of bird-or oxampla, Bougkong..... baxzards-from which kepenolnderthet Aying! Victoria Poak. msobines can be made to imitate mode of Gsp Book... Aight and mil in the air whas de latter is co
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in papers by M. J. Bestenuisce, of matantine, steep Jar 15. wins in the chins des Hus modern
there. On the 5th at 10.30 am.. Lärametity stands. Grad Algeria; by Chernier de Lowris, dlfombakigente rather stop for 3.5 winds. Bos modosso. Weather Frupe; Mr. Wellington, of New York; and ane.
Mr Crosland Taylor, of Helsby, Egland. Dr.
- Tanral on, of Sibley Cottage, Ithan New York.
recommended steel as the best steal for aerial Yeasels.
HONGKONG REGISTER.
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A paper and before the Chemies Bention of Barometer. Temperature from the British Assosiation by Mr. van Loan, Humidity B8a, Berkeley Fellow of Owens Collego, is a Direction of wind. striking illustration of the manner which the Foren scientists are adding to, if not exlching, our Weather language. The subject treated us Ethyl sin Batanetetracarboxylic Acids, dits Deriv tire." and the following paragrap fairly zo presente the earquipedalian style albo paper - Whom god-malonia ather is ad with ethylene bromide, the oblež pro in ethyl trimethylene dicarboxylate (1.1). Hore follows Hewn according to Heaptor, WORLD,
the formula.). But at the ante dias a amali quantity of an oil of high biling-palat
Herhart open air temperature as the
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