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CHINA, JAPAN, STRAITS, &o,' 20''

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, BATURDAY, MAROH (478, 1886.

The Chias Mamar, mosmar Dant, from fangor and Liverpool, passed the Canal on the 12th lust, and may be conltered due at Pesang in or about the 29th let.

Ax sach is so dear the Vioeroy has meantly sent a Welzuen to Ponchow and Abangaal to bay copper and lead to make more small coins. The new osch, the making of which is intended to be commenced on the 15th instant, is moller thai tos ald one o

Two hundred muss soldiers have been sent by. order of the Vinercy to be stationed on Shamon con of Admiral Cheng Shel chang A good sumber of soldiers have been sent back from Wather and Fan to Canton,

"to ancestral customs, belief, and folklore, "even when we are intellectually convinced of their folly; added to this John China "man positively Inves garish display and

Mr. Van Buren, Agent of the PB Co., "rude noise: a semi-barbarke pageant with informa as that he is in receipt of a cable the blare and bray of the trumpet and from San Francisco advising him that the City on February 6th, arrived in Honelalu on let "the thump of the noisy tom tom are dearer of Rio de Janeiro, which left San Francisco under the commrised of Colonel Cheng Yun-taoi, Chine Public water-olosats are established all ease. In its inode of spread, and in the limited called-for, telegram to President Krüger. The "to his heart than soldier-lined strecte and March short of fuel, and that she sated again

military bands. The Jabiles celebration on the 5th for Yokohams-/19 MT6 "of the colony gave him a real chance of "showing his loyalty in a manner after his "own heart, and he certainly then rose to "the occasion. We think our contempor "aries over solicitous about the recent The DIRECTORY corers the whole of the ceremony: deep down the Hongkong Vladivostock, in which Europeans xosida.

1896,

With which is incorporated THE CHINA DIRECTORY.

This in the

THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL JESUR, and will be found, es usual, to show an advanƯO on preeeding years both in faluses and socuracy of information.

Prooiomstions have been issued et Canton with reference to the manufactare and export of fraudulent English and Dutch usins, Wed believe this bas become quite a important industry, the low pries of silver as compared with the rate at which the toleon coins of that metal cirenlato giring the counterfeitars & good

CANTON.

porte and cities of the Far East, from Penang Chinaman has a shrewd appreciation of profit without their having to resort to the we the epidemic for the Customs Medical Report; sections which more immediately concern them. four hours a glandular enlargement occurs in the be told that the letters hud brenght about

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED.

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Boils may appear dating convalescence Post:

aon apon this instance

CATEATION.

| saytants Uring on the promises; the rats #leo, BRITISH VERSUS GERMAN GOODS. History shows talet previous epidemies here on to the date of writing, remain healthy and

We take the following notes from the Britiek been proecded or attended by certain conditions Uvely.

The discose is not markedly contagious; it Trade Journal and creamstances pointing to a tuan 900-

Affects chiefly those occupying the same TOONG

Our readers in the British Colonies and Indio option, the va

Futhy and inernitary Surroundings and coming in close contact wits the affected.

rege against averything Tantonie, arising out The pauitary arrangements of Carton are Casual viitors, especially if there is free may be interested in a singular issue of the similar to those existing in other large cities of ventilation, are not liable to contract the dis- of the Emperor Willis Il-timed and an- over the city, from which both fosse mid urine arcs to which the poison extends beyond the London papers have been filled with indigsant letters arging the British people to buy nothing. aro daily removed and utilised as manure for body of the victim, the affection boars a remarkt- the gurzunding country. A drainage system ablo likeness to typhus, although the ective of Gertas manufacture. These letters have can scarvaly be said to exist, unless we regard and symptoms show little or no afalty to that not been confined to the metropolis. In early all the provincial towns similar counsel hra as 6ach the ditches that ran under the large se DR RENNIE ON THE PLAGUE AT waving stones, of the streets, and receive rain The malady runs to regular course and has been carnestly given. In Birmingham, Man water and refuse matter washed into them from no characteristic eruption or day of, crisis, chester, Shafield, Leeds, Liverpeel, Newsetlo, the houses and shope. The city being fat, there With or without, premesitory symptoms, teok Glasgow, and Edinburgh letters of a cotra- Dr. Alexander Rennie, who was the. Custome

municipal control is exercised over the cloans to 106 dng, or even 107 deg. F, docempanied by uneal development of patriotic feeling led Mecheat Officer at Canton at the time of the fall to empty those drains, and no smalsise or rigor, fever rats in suddenly, rising sponding description have appeared. This very householders, who, of course, attend only to the subsequently stupor. In from sight to tweaty-large hardware centre. He quite expected to plague, has writion an interesting report upon ing of them, this duty davolves an individual headache, thirst, great restlesstees, ridiness and one of our reagentatives to make inquires in from which we maka the following extracts:

In China Litt nothing had been heard Consequently the drains are more often than not neck raill, or groin in s few hears the swelling no appreciable difference upon the ordinary. "the advantages of British rule, Every town

taining formonting animal and regetable refuse, tender. Come supervenes, and death occurs in 43 mistaken. Merchants and shopkeepers in "and village throughout the length and There was another armed robbery late on of the plague since its prevalence at Pakkai in up, and are practically onsspoole cou may reach the sise of an egg, is hard and soutely bayer. He found, however, that be was "breadth of India illustrates the same follies Thursday night: Six men, four of whom were 1882, so that ite sppbarance at Canten in Marah,In the smaller streets waste material finds its bans from the onset or speNBR Cance Ungering forced bim that in scores of instances British- armed with sevolvers, entered a mat shed a 1994, was somewhat unspeated. Europonas way into open wide ditches; which are usually in on for several days are regarded a hopeful, al-made goods were preferred to the Gorrian, which our contemporaries deplore, and Ray Bay Point, ordered the inmates ten by the trages of penturies, were rendered be same neglected conditios. Several canale though relapses are liable to occur. The date of eren alttiga the foreign artioles were that too after a century and more (in many a number to observé ellenos pinder punalty of painfully familiar with the disease; but to enter the city and as the tide has rise and appearance of the bubu is most uncertain, and considerably cheaper. In one instance, where a being shot, and then ransacked the promises them all interest cessed on its disappearance fall of about five foot twice in the twenty-four may occur as any stage of the faver; we have larga business is done in skales, merchants have places) of British rule. This is all yory On the previous day 2800 was stored in the from Earps in 1841, and in 1814 from Egypt hours a certain amount of rubbish is carried seen its inte as the fifth day, and as early as the ordered less freely and the weather continuing fürtler, not pretty, but it does not touch the point at shed, but it fortunately happened the deeper sits home for over twenty contrics Sovern off in this way. When, Lowever, the river is onset of the fever. In a few cases vomiting of milder, will not to tempted

this money had been paid away, and the desperate yours passed, and epidemiologists were begini. abnormally low, as during the early part of the blood has been observed; in others petechiae merely from the circumstance that it is not all. Indian villages are not in the habit of thieves conld find only $50, which of conren they ring to believe the viran was extinst and the year, there reials are like stagnant posle, appear, but no characteristic eruption. In skating weather, but ou secant of the keen

The victims were so alarmed plague a thing of the past when attention was thick with decomposing matter.

midor cases glandular largements are absent, feeling against German-made articles, of which importing foreign officials to play the carried away.

The water supply is squally defective. the prominent symptoms thing fever and skates are at present the chief examples. It is leading part in their ceremonies and that they did not give information to the police directed to an outbreak in Assge, Western

antil hours after the occurreare. This was Arabia, 1883; followed by outbreaks in Bangasi, People living wore the river use tao river water, diarrhea with great stress and giddinese. for the Germans to put their own. Interprota WINES AND SPIRITS. studiously ignoring, with marked insult, the pity, because if the police had known earlier North Afris, 1855; Persian Kurdistan, 1963; which, containing it does the refum of the rulers of the country. As to the sami- the gang might have been captured on their the banks of the Euphrates, south and west of immense boating population, is of course vory Hillah, 1967 and 1873; eztonding,ze for north impare, The majority depend on surface walls, barbarie pageant with the blare sind

Baglad, 1876, and over the country lying which exist all over the city. These surely between the Tigris and the Syrian desert. It contain surface and trial water which has now appeared in south-salan Persia and grain- bray of the trumpet and the thump of the

hith of centuries. Bad at the best of times, oID noisy tom tom dearer to the Chinamen's heart than soldier-lined streets and military bauds,

can readily imagine the chemically impure stato of the Caspian Sea; and in 1878 broke out in it was nothing so childish that dictated tho

the province of Astrakan. Lower Volga, thus of the water in Loss wall, almost empty after course adopted at the opening of the Chinese

reappearing on European soir after an absence such a prolonged period of drought.

Te portons ibnel with Western ideas of of thirty seven years. It would tans appear Chamber of Commerce. The company that

that, though often seemingly quiescent, the sanitation this state of affairs must sound very plague tu nover really been oxtinct; and now, unwholesome, and no doubt would prove most assembled on that occasion was small and very eatery. The order went forth that

brought face to feos with its presence in deadly but for the attention which Chinesa in Southern China and Hongkong, menining a general bestow on the proper cooking of their official robes were to be worn and those

it does commercial intercourse with the West, food and drink. As cities in China go, Canton

though we had stundast opportunity of we must rabeo that the outbreak is fraught in comparatively alcun and benthy, and, so farming the slimate ai the site, foreign front members of the Chamber who were not

as concerns immunity from epidemio disenses entitled to wear a mandarin's button of

with danger.

in general, may even compare favourably with ment was at a decided discount, and but few

casos camo ander our memor some sort, being ten proud to appear without

castern cities boasting of moro elaborate sanitary one, stayed away. Some of the Hongkong

Arrangements. Chinese hold official rank by puretinse and are therefore entitled to wear mandarin's buttons. The occasion of the opening of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce was seize upon to afford these gentry an opportunity of airing their affected superiority not only over the fan Arca but also over the rank and file of their fellow countrymen. The more the mattor is examined the more objec. tionable to the proceedings appear and it is much to be regretted that all who had

made to share in the punishment meted out to Colonel CHAN

ALL these age salected by our London House, bought direct at first hand. imported in wood and bottled by ourselves, thus saving all intorandiste profits, and abling us to supply the beat growths at MODERATE PRICES.

PRICE LISTS, with Full Details, to be

had on Application.

PORT after removal should by rested

month before uso. When required for

öriuking at once it should be ordered to be decanted at the Disparaty before being

sant out.

SHERRY.-Excellent Dinner and After Dinner Wines of very sapoxier Vintagos. All'ure frus Xöres Wines. .

CLARET-Our Clarets, including the lowest priced, oro guaranteed to be the genuine product of the juice of the grape and are not artificially made from raisins and currente, ne is generally the case with Cheap Wines

a

return to town.

Two curious cases are reported from Singa pore. A Chinaman named Ang Qui went into

shop in Geylang, and whilst standing thereally extended northwards to the southern shore leted through a porous soll eodden with the to do his businoes & Malay came up from behind, stuck him a light blow on the shoulder, and maray. Two Malays saw the mas ning and stopped him, and he is now detatbed fur serious offence. The man who was struck lost all power over his arm, and on being sent to hopital the doctors were unable to say what was the matter with him or how long he would be detained. Another equally curious affair happened a few days before-to A compatriot came up to her and blew a puff of smoke in her face which stupefied hor, where. upon he removed her geld earrings and relieved her of a deller, the thief getting foar away from bia helpless victim.

· Chinawomist,

Prolonged Drought.—The rain fall in Can- ton during the winter months le very small, but during the past winter and spring was orcap. tionally so. Thus

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mortom lividity is very pronounced, giving rise to the term "black plague."

The chief sufferers are women and children, most probably because, leading a more-door of contagion. We have frequently remarked life, they ate more freely exposed to the sorce the number of female children suffering from the disenso. A medical friend has sugested that an in wet weather Chinese stay in doors, and so absorba larger dose of the specifle viras, the incrasss after rainfall may be due to this cirozinstance,

TREATMENT

There is a growing feeling in England galust foreign productions. An immense amount of money is spent by British consunters on foreign-made goods without the sightest which neither taxes nor wages have been paid knowledge that they are buying something for in this country. Our manufacturers might tukn advantage of the present ebullition of feeling to bring prominantly before the people of this country the fact, that, taking rcellence of material and reliability of workmanshij into account, there is no saving in paying a little Jusa for a Germ, French, Belgian, or Amori- can-made artiole than they wonki have to give. for one made le these Isles. It would be all. the better, of course, if they could put them low as their. Continental and Transatlantic upon the market, line for line, at prices 33 competitors. But there is still the old-fashioned British liking for asing good material and putting the best workmanship into it.

SPORT AND ANECDOTE

BY AN OLD FOGET.

STIRRING TIMES.

For the next month or two we shall be passing through stirring times. Tum which way we will there is plenty of interesting spert going on followers of our splendid winter game hove

BRANDY-All our Brandy is guaranteed to Anyhing to do with the ceremony cannot be until the last moment. Arrivals of paddy from as to the origia of the disense, som stating that rendering as it did both wells and drainn mor In the tow cases ander oar care the line of England's fifice against the Scots; the Liver..

and

te pare Cognac, the difference in price baing merely A question of age vintage WHISKY All our Whisky is of oxcellent quality and of greater age than most brands in the market. The SCOTCH WHISKY marked "E" universally popular, and is pronomiced by the best local couedesurs to be superiore any other brand in the Hongkong market.

We only guarantee our Wines and Spirits to be genuine when bought direct from ne in the Colony or from our authorised Agents at

the Coast Ports.

A. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Hongkong M Tanners. 1000

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Cofarpondentemust forward their name and address ecith communications eddrived to the Editor, not for publication, but as evidence of good faith.

All Tetters for pudlication should by written ou que sule of the paper only,

already appeared in other papers will be inserted,

Orders for catea cupies of DasLT PRESS' hold be 1971 before 11 am on day of publication. After that hear the supply is limited. Only Supplied for Cast

The presence of the plague in the Chineso Empire does not seem to have been brought

AB foreigner, mident in the city was fir to notice until the onthreat in 1871, at Pu-erh. in Yunnan, during the great Mahomedaz

sea on 1st March. Temperatore 1045 deg a 06. Complained of pain in right groin. On eza rebellion. With ihr eubsequent progress in

mination and a small ireboy Find and very tender.. Messrs. W. G. Hale & Co. in their circular that province we have been made familiar by

premises had died. the previous day, and although dated Saigon, 7th March, asy-Saigon grein the votes of Mr. E. Rocher and travellers

On inquiry found that a rescant resident in the ilie exact nature of the disease could not be ascer 8 chance this erasou as against that of such as Babor and Bourne, and also by the Burmah, where the erup is even above their French missionaries, who have on one or two

tuined, still, to the fact that the top? duration of illaess was under 40 hours, accompanied by "forer average, whereas in this colony the shortage occisions been attacked by the discase. From

mad gidkliness, it was suspicions of plague.

Temperature ranged from 103 deg. to 10 deg. is becoming daily more and more pronounced, the observations of these mon we learn that regards homeward business. For Chins, how annually from March to July, the summer heat

for our day, at the end of which period to removel and, in consequence, high prices rule: this, as tis plagna is endemic in Tannan, prevailing

alient to more healthy quries. The temperature ever, shipments continue to go forward, and as being evidently advares to its progress. Its

radually declined, and ander painting by iodine long as Chinese can pay ruling figures it is severe epidemis violence in 1871-73 was doubt-

Accor

soft 10 admit of incision on the 4th day, after which ties to gossip about in Association circles, was to hope for decline. If any occurs, it is accentuated by the misery and privation Intelligent Chiness regarded this absauce of finiment and poulticing, the wibo was sufficiently the Longus Championship and the Bugish Cup will be later in the year for the resont, aftesilent on the Horror of civil war. planters are able to hold on, and will do so ing to Mr. Rochor, opinion in Ynning is divided the most important factor in the convalescem wa rapid; although a tous opening whilst the Rugby Union davotees can entertain

pagation and dissemination of the disease, perzisted for some time afterwala."

themselves by summing up the chances of

the interior are some 23/23,000 picule as against reached the province from Burgs, while 40,000 at this data in 1995. There is no de-nthers maintain that it had oxisted previously fithy than usual.

Epicoli uncong the Lower Animals treatment was, briefly, free purgatiors by calomel pool Grand National will engage the attention mand, or enquiry even, except for Hongkong, in Tali-fa, in the extreme west of the province. And even fin basiness is of doubtful proft. In the absence of authentic history as to how In addition to the mortality among rats, we at the outset antipyrin to reduce high fever, of Turftes, who may also spare a littk of their learn from Mr. Rocher that in Yunuan cattle, quinine and stroulants when necessary. Having euthanizem for the Waterloo Cep; on paper. No. 1 white milled $3.36, No. 2 white milled long the plague has existed in, Yunan; we Ar the meeting of the Sanitary Board on $2.75, 10 per cent. cargo $2.44, 20 per venut

or less a form of blood poisining, some benefit the various erees-country championships, and may be justified in inferring that the out pigs, and dogs die in great numbere previene to regard to this fact that the affection is more cheers are busily preparing themselves for Thursday Dr. CLARE, the Medical Officer Cargo $2.20 por ert, not to.b. invoice weight, break there is traceable to sources. Further tho outbreak of the plague. Rats, however, might posibly be derived From the administravery now with the lengthening days, the of Health, in the course of a statement as to in gundes, without insurance, Tonnage The west. The disease prevails in Northern Indiffer more than other animals, and are thus tion of germicidal remedies, such as carbolis racing pollute will be spinning away on the Hongkong grain market having receded dar -ander the name of máhámeri er pali--and, said to give warning (pheta), for they ein bin-jodide of mercury, ele: Car experiene tracks of wood or cement as their fancy leads however, in the matter of treatment has been them. With every branch of outdoor sport the work being done in connection with the ing the earlier part of the period under review; as we have seen, has provailed in oren and the nible about and lie in the strate

The same cireumatano was noted in Canton tan with to warrint us in expressing an in a flourishing condition there does nat plague, stated that in the cleansing of houses tonnage suffered in consequence, and nothing neighbourhood of the Caspian Sex; thence it

both provions to and during the epidemit. From opinion of this subject; the rapilly fatal nature appear to be much employment for the the furniture was not thrown out of the over 11 cents conld be noted for some time, may have found its way to Un en te te districts of the city where the disease had lasted many cases wo saw led is, to infer that officers of the Sporting Langue, an organisa

but that market haring rovived again, rates at Thibot or Northern Burmah. Of course thre windois as a rule. Wherent- the Sanitary costs are livelier st 13 asats for handy are writers who regard. Chins is being the for some time rats entirely disappeared, but remedia in most instances would proro of littletion of which the public have heard very little Board laughed. The allusion was np boats, with some little desire to operate. original bome of the disease, whence it issued kopt on dying in other parts to which it subse

the necessity for such ao ociation as this has They would come out of BTall and that success, must be chiefly looked of Ists Iz the minds of a good many peopio There is nothing dring in her directions. forth centuries ago ta devastata the workt quently extended.

been made abundantly clear. The misguided efforts of a few protchety individuals in attempt in this column with reference to the danger arrivals from China, where the plague is but stately it is no more reliable than that about in a dazed condition and die.

iug lo stamp out wagering ecarcely called for. which has del certis speculators at all times oficials took steps to have all dead rats collected,

such a miglity engine of deferico as a National of allowing the Sanitary Board to become reported to have broken out again. There is s

Sporting Losges, and when we look around and an entirely official hody. The throwing of mere doctor's visit, but we may have an imposite ascribe to Chios the honour of being the offering about ten osaa pair head. Up to 8th tion of ten days at any moment, if the sickness soars alike of those disease and inventions. May it was stated that the oficer in charge of "the west gate hind in this way collected 22,000,

And all our pastimes sound and healthy as ever, furniture out of the viutlaws of houses sub- increases

whose arly history is involved in abscurity:

it certainly seems as if the new League will We can find no reliable evidenies to show which were daly interred outride the city. So far as we can learn, no other animal word

collapse of shear iummition unless some daring jected to official visite was ni incident that

that the plagao has been known in Canton accurred during the epidemic of 1894, and

pavions to the present outbreak, stranagh, of

Later on there may having occurred once it may occur again,

more, from vagueness of oranslature, the but to avoid any misapprehension we hasten

history of any epidemic be surrounded with a cartain amount of doubt. to state that we had no intention of suggesting

Making, however, all due allowance for this, we are, after diligent inquiry, obliged to accept. that it was actually boing raped at the present came in connection with the cleansing

the statorsent received alike from ancial, medical and ny sources that withongh from operations now in progress. The point we

time to time various opidemies have pravnilad wished to make was that the administration

in Canton, especially in the spring of the year, the particular disease in question he not of the sanitary laws of the colony might be

hitherto been observed. conducted in such a way as to inflict great hardship on the population nad (bat it was desirable the Board should be composed of ving. unofficials as a protection. In a great

parently to some remarks which appeared | Quarantine.—There is no detention as yet for What their authority may ha wo cannot say their holes in braid daylight, run and tumble for in the domain of ageyantive medicine.

Ne anonymously signed doptiunication that have emergency the infliction of hardship may be inevitable and in that case must not be flinehed from, but where such large power are conferred as in the case of the Sanitary Board, the control of their administration should be vested in representatives of the public. In the meantime it is satisfactory to know that our remarks have had the happy effect of enabling Dr. CLARK to beguile the Manitary Board into the un- wonted indelgence of a laugh.

Tharaphic Address Fazat PO Box. 20.

Telephone No. 12.

BIRTH On the 12th March, ar Canton, the wife of J. SUMMERS, Tung Wên Kwas, of a pan. [715

The Daily Press.

HONGKONG, MARCH 14th, 1896.

The Institution of Engineer and Shipbuilders has issued invitations for a danes at the City Hal on the 27th March.

The M. M. steamer Yarra, with the French sil of the 14th February; left Singapore on Thursday, the 12th fuss., at 2 pr. and may be exported here on or about Thursday, the 19th

joat.

Tan Government is to be congratulated on the steps taken inreference to Colonel CHAN's officicus intrusion in the affire of this colony. on the occasion of the opening of the Chi-

The patient from the steamer Wingsang, who nese Chamber of Commercs. The matter was taken to the quarantine hospital at Singa- was represented through the Consal at Canton pore suffering with bubonic plagas, died on the to the Viceroy, with the result that the Kowth March. No other case has been reported

loon Colonel has been offeinlly censured

amongst the quarantined passengers.

Yesterday afternoon fifty diseased cattle

Chins must always

At the commenceraent of the calbreak ho ustivo doctors with whom we chane in contact ! expressed themselves as quite ignorant of the nature of the disease. They held no partionlar theory as to its eausstion or treatment.

In Pakhoi the disease has bern known for quite thirty years, had little attention was drawn to it until the publication of Dr. Lowry's report. or the severe epidemis presailing in 1989.

Certain

about 10 per centru SAVE 4-Glandular enlargement was present in 30 per cent, of those examined, but in a Euch less marked degree than in the

huzmu subject

AN GMPTY MENACE.

SANJAMANÝSK COMTETITION. Ever since the Japanse folded up their fans, lakt. nside their, sikken wrappors, and

soul of the Chant or Hawke porsnasion

commences a nov'erneade.

belonging to the Dairy Company were dumped

affected. With a view to ascertain the oaine omerging from the lovely and "pazzling soroon of death, we from time to fine examined the that had to long hidden them from the view of into the sm about four miks of West Point.

bodies of these redoute and noted the fellowing modern Europe, wagad a brief, fieron couguer hen opportunity of pointing out a field of labour ing campaigns brilliant al conclusire as for our Leagoo frionde; for the present their Thirty-three of the beasts had died from the disease and the remainder were shot

postsortem appearances

1-Stomach distended and filled with particles that which closed at Sudors, writers in Eng pacific attitude need not be further disturbed. on the bosch below Pokfulani farm. Thay

of food, sand, and indigestible sub lish, and Gjerman, and Franch have becoming back to the bustling, busy days wo have were conveyed in a cargo boat, their carcases

stances; mucous membrana red and in- discounding with great gravity on what they before as it does one good to read of ar atiendanes sgroo in farming the industrial renace" in of 27,000 peopleata football match, this being the cut open, and as they wore weighted with steres

Hamed towards the pyloris end, they wank iks lend. The din plug process way

2-Liver much enlarged and congested, and tored in this sudden appearance of a formid estimated number at the cup the watch betwent carried out under the personal direction of the

containing (a) bogated tapeworms (pro-able competitor with the grent trading Dorby County and Aston Villa. At other foot- ball centres, too, there were tremendous crowds, Acting Captain. Superintendent of Folies, and the

bably Tenia saginata these were pre-astions. I shall not try even to indicate the over sixty coolies were employed for work. Of course every precaution was token

sent in every 45, some as my as many arguments; I zurely wish to remark, the sad there would appear to be some slight justi- to prevent the spread of the disease, and

Dine oyets being noted; (b) ovs of dis-note of naïve alarm that runs through all their ficution for the remark w occasionally hear tamata, usually found in patches near predictions. It is prey the note of the from the stay-at-homes that half the people the clothing that the coolies wore whilst

the anterior bordas in some the whole village shopkeeper at the appearance of a rival; have gone football mad." Here let me plead the cattle was destroyed by

liver substance was intitrated with ova precisely, too, the note at the child who com guilty to the salt impeachaint as ons suffering fire. It seems that a complaint has been

3. Congestion at base of longe present in some plains that another ebild bas set up another from the epidemic, for always suxious to see bat- made about the treatment of a number of coolies

*pin-show" in the next courtyard. And this

tles between giants the game at the Derby Base- who were specially engaged on Thursday by the

break of anxiety is just de sarp, and quer ball Ground hat a fascination almost irresistible. Dairy Company to remove the dead cattle to

in free-tride Eugland as in prefective France, Sach matches as these testify in namistakeable. the beach. quantity of rice was supplied to

or in Germany, which is halfway between the fashion the tremendons hold the game has taken them, but this proved sufficient and they com-

extremes. Everywhere there is the fooling that upon the public, and it would take an army of. plained Este in the afternoon Detectives

Is the disease in men and primala identical hero ar forty millions of alert, ingenious, opponents to leprivoit of a jot of its popu Excluding as unscientific the theory that, Quincey and Hott heard that the coolier werd

laborious, and, above all, wonderfully fragel and lacity. The scanos enactel on snoh occasions. short of food and they immediately sent for a under certam fostering conditions, the virus has Should, bacteriological examination given largs supply of vegetables and other viands. originated de nove, the question arises, How did suster in the affirmative then we must absterious human beings, who, having shown linger in the mumery for years and years after- the disease reach the taboard of China? The recognise that these redents are motive agents that they can manage the net complex and wards, and I make bold to say that no one of which were given to the hungry mon. It

Foland and bag with skill, and energy, for regret. True local feeling one way or the afterwards transpired that thow was no proper starting point was darbtless Yunnan, as thence in transmitting the disease from place to place dificult prochses of modern civilisation those the 27,000 who were present have any cause sloping accommodation for the coolies. They it most probably found its way to Pakhol by for long distances overland were told to sleep in s hyra which, it is said, oo of the al trade routes. The great bigh We regret that, owing to the strong anti. and foraight, will now enter the vast field of commother was only natural, and to be expected. "diseased cattle had used and which was in an un- way of commerce between Yunnan and Kwang-pathy of the Cantonese be any foreign inter mores and industry, and may easily alieck, if Aston Villa's supporters donbtless felt sorely dis wholetome condition. Some of the coolies retang is the West River, on which are situated forencs either in the ratingut or postmortem they do not vanquish, the armies of the West appointed, but after the momentary chagrin has worn off, there will always aumain the pleasINE- sented this treatment and during the night one or two entrepots of trade with Pakaoi aamination of these gases, we have been maabis now operating tfiere

It does not seem to coour to these quivering able reflection of "demisting" at a game ko about thirty of them coaped from the farm by and Lim-chou, through which opium and to obtain sny wykl bearing on the

momentous. Mine is not the task to enter into taking various pathe and thus eluding the other products of Yunnan are transmitted to pathological conditions present in the buman philosophorn that what has happened soddionly | sentries. I in tube Loged that what was theso uties. Inquiry in official circles subject. Much fight will most probably be and on a great sale in Japen las ben golug the details of the play, but it may be permissible perhaps a misunderstanding will not lead to the Howear, that no outbreak of plague has been thrown on the pathology of the disease by the ore or less regularly over since the to put on record the opinion that ae match of spread of the dinozza,

known at Nan-uing fu, Wu-chon-fa, or other band of scientists who are engaged in in. Phrenicius crept along the shores of the such importanen sould have been managed with cities on the West Haver, which we should vestigating the question in Hongkong Mediterranean and that the present stage of do grester task or more fairness than Mr. J. Lowis expect to find if the disease had spread by thin

COURSE AND SYMPTOMS velopment of the intercommunication of human of Blackburn, controlled this. There has been

interests is no more the final one than the sides a considerable weeding out of the unlucky' and · channel. We feel, therefore, instifled in ex

A faw stray calls occurred in the beginning of Britain word really the Ukams Thule. If the incapable teams and we are promised o cluding this conte and limiting oarsolves to the of Maroh, but it was not until the end of the

the capssity, mustantly increasing since the finish us reiting as any we hate had in more probable supposition that it reached month that attention was awakened, on account

race began, of mes ant poples to produce the past. Stirring times, my mastere, for foot Fakhof Overland through Kwangsi or the of is fatal prevalence in a poor neighbourhood things that could be sold had not beer, accom ball players For fellowers of the legitimate borilor of Tonicin. Chinese, authoritian state

near the south gate of the city, and also in Nan- panied by a corresponding increase in the sport there will soon be plenty of entertainment, that it reached Fakhel from Tonkin, but as it sheng-li, a quarter occupied by Mshowmedons, copacity to use and in the food, of buying, the the Spring Handicaps following closely upen is known spioradically in the borders of Kwangat, among when the mortality was very high. At human family would base remained, browsing in time encutod event, the Liverpool Grand this latter soures, is more probabla.

this time the type of the disease was exceedingly carnivorous, on the level of other animals National Stooplechase. Last year the public From official sources we learn that in 1891

sevare—of those attacked quita 80 per cent. * * Arsi dince for so many centuries the nut was somewhat disturbed by what is known the disease broke out in Kao-chao, the profee dying. Towards the middle of April the casos organisin lae nos cal lived but stown, what as the Cloister incident, the memories of which taro adjoining Lien-chon, in which Pakhof is

WG BAW WDED of a milder type; but the disease

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

SUPPLIED TO THE DAILY PRESS."]

LONDON, 11th March. THE UNITED STATES AND CUBA,„ Congress is Usposed to drop the Cuban a fair RUSSIAN REINFORCEMENTS FOR

T THE FAR EAST.

The Times correspondent at Odenen states

AUSTRIA AND GERMANY.

On the other hand, I suppose that this general that we can anticipate lively doings at Aintree. its boundaries to other parts of the city and of it being and proves are to be suspended again to the fore, and so is the 96 winner, so also to Bonam, the maximam mortality being shudder of timidity at the sudden appearance of The crom-cositry runners are putting on the reached about the middle of May. At the zoral conditions is bat the rafez notion of the | Mobbing touches ready for the big svint of the Fang Fias So, an institution inside the arer desire for gain, the iminortal greed of year, and it remains to be on what progress north gato, we had opportunity from time to human beings which has been the minst effective has been made in filling up the gaps, caused by time of examining patients, she, were thus motive-Tower, in the development of the rods, the retirement of many of the old champique. enabled to form a more soenrate estimate of is not on that account the loss amusing itke, George, Snock, Dugning, Biakman. Heath. the progress of the disease than by the indeed, rather more so, for it does not contradictGoad Thorntan, and alerton have all laid aside" slender and unreliable information obtainable that optimism which is simtist an essential con pretensions to championship form, although tho from outside rourses. Bain fell copiously

and cautioned and an opportunity has been clock, the steam launch Dayspring, carrying

To-morrow morning, Helweva 9 and 10.30 that the desjatab of troops to the Far Eant situated; it bud ovidently, abcording to the subsequently became more severe and extended Decasion is there now to suppose that the laws can Bozcaly be termed fragrant. Cathal is afforded to the Government of publicly, em the Batket Hag, will call alongado any case sotively continues, although, the force there Chinese, spread northwards from the latter city phasising, for the benefit of the native com- beleting the answering peniant, to convoy me already exceeds 30,000 man, munity, the fact of British sovereignty over ashore to Ilam, servies at St. Peter's (Seamen's)

Church orning about 12.30. thie felaud. Perhaps Colonel Cirán himself was not conscions of any great wrongdoing. in the part he played, bat ho ought to have bena, and if he sinned in igaorance he must bear the coresquences. The moral respon- establishing an wffice at Wuchow may be taken to throw the Muesums.open to the public on that traveller remarks that, “instead of visiting during the month of May and beginning of tition uf- ros! enjoyment of the frailties of our latter may ones mers be found near the front if

as very good proof that the opening of the port Sundays. will not be long delayed.

sibility of the offence, however, must be attributed more particularly to Mr. Ho AMFI, who was the moving spirit in the whole affair and must have been zoimated with a definite purpose in the course he pursued, Colonel CHAN was pas sibly a mere tool of Mr. He Angus, or on the other hand, he may have entered heartily into the scheme of administering an insult to the British administration; but

In ox Canton Notes to day will be found statement that Woohow las bean depared a treaty port. Although that statement is a to premature the fast of the China Merchants

4

M. Goluchowski has had two long private interviews with the Emperor William.

OPENING OF THE MUSEUMS ON

. BUNDAY

The Hour of Commons has passed a resolution

CANTON NOTES.

ROM THE OHUES NUDI GAN.PO."}

Inring the present spring the disease prevailed in other places between Ka-chao and Canton; the outbreak at Tang-ching was especially vers, and no doubt ather towns and villages antored equally from the savages of the plague in its maroh northwards. An erratia course isohamoteristic of its progress, an observation bick to fully beras unt by a glance at Mr. Rochor a map of its spread in Taman, where

every village to its coarse, it would pass 8023

June, so that many alcoate wore under vaker i

fellow belage Scribner Angmans,

For some little time pastus cross-country

it would be more acounts to say that the farmers

63. F# WAY KODport the runners in the proper

held sympathy from the farmors in taking up the arutate they havo. The botter class clube

had fallen foul of the paperchasers. But strongly

he obosen to get thoroughly ft. Bull, there are other good me and trus to keep the game completely by, returning, however, to thos the temperature roumsined comparatively low.

slire and the claims of Watkins, Cottorill neglected spota months afterwards, when the But both these factors seamed to favors the pro...“

Devia, Bullen Harrington, Moran, and Ran What Dr. Atkinson stated of the meeting

spidemic world appear to have passed for pagation of the disease, sab the beginning of THE RETRIEVED” REPO(TED.

dall will be eagerly discussed for the next few. away." On the outbreak of the disenso in June it was rife in the western barbs as well

wooks. Busy times, these for our paper. of the Sanitary Board on Thursday in refersace to the Hisense amongst the cattle at the Dairy

Very many friends of those bolt gentleman

ahasom. Long before we get through with the Fura was that he and Dr. Lowson considered it

The manager of the Chins Merchants Steam Canton many persons, especially the wall to de, as in the surrounding towns and Villages

roved into the country, thus forming fresh It is, huposible to gaye say correct estimata adventurers, who sailed doaglifily out into the various winter competitions we shall have the to be a form of septicemix (not extems) accom Navigation Company in Shanghai arrived at foci for its dissemination; and in the same way of the mortality, an ne official records of burials raging main, in search of new bugs, flies, wasps projected tour of Australian wickstars brought panied by high fever. We understand that Canton the other day. He le going with the the outbreak in Hongkong u doubt arose from are kept. Comparing the estimates obtained mushrome, of bed genus crane on the shouer constantly before us, and the merits of the rom taking into consideration later information Canton manager of the said Company to

weighed up on paper. For the ardent lover of to symptoma, ete, of the animals affected it in Wachow. Itin said that his intention is to persons having migrated from Canton to from various sourced, we helieve the mortality Befrierir, will be plessed to leam that they Hongkong while actasily suffering from the from the beginning of the epidemic to the have reached the Lepohoo Islande all safe and

outdoor sport, there will be no cessation, zo considered evident by the doctors that the stablish an office in Wuchow, which has been disease or during the short incubation period. middle of June the date of writing) to bare sound. It way to remembered that Dr. Hiller ringing down of the curtain, no stopping for

Apart from the risk of future cutbreaks in been about 40,000 large number, but, in & and Furnius sud Mr Wilder formerly reflections, but one brisk whirl of entertain diseoso must be rinderpest or cattle plague, declared a treaty pork

The Tartar General and the-Asistant Tartori in Mr. Ho Amer's own coas there is no A

rice fartance of Chinese sbsent-mindel.General have inrued a joint notification to the South China, its presence there is fraught witcity with a population of ebous 1,500,000, byl sailed away from Yokohama on that craft moote wakin and week ont. For one it will possibility of doubt. That gentleman has pes.cured last evening (pays the Singapore effectthat a dlərpatch unjust been received from danger to more northern porte. All attempts, na means, excessive when compared with the and were driven back by stress, of weather be footh, for others racing, for others coursing.

to keep out the plague bremarination of steemers ravages of this fell disso in other cities. In from the remofar recesses of Tateynum Bay, spent the greater part of his life in the Free Freas of the 6th March) on the Rochore the Tangli Yaren to theeffect that the Minist and quarantine regulations, such as have been the gront plegue of London (1865) it was Since then there has been a change of slippers and as the world wage,

CITOR. A tongkang sailing up the river had of Great Britain and Holland have reported colony, he, was for some time in the Govern- got a little too ranch way on her, and was about that, falas saint, which are most probably made adopted at some of the court ports, must in the estimated that 60,000 dealin socurred in and Captain LB. Walls late of the Padife INDIGNANT FARMERS.

Allgoodly number of vollstede A Lester received by Biz, W.-W. Campbell them-havo fallen foul of the farmers. Perhaps he is about, We nolks in recent issue of the men en board one of the boats, weeing that Fatehan, Amoy Swatow, and their neighborcised over the ingress of the disease by junks and population of 500,000; 200 Hall Co., took down the party this trip club of the Bonth-or, at any rate, a section of ment service; and he knows very well what to run down another tongkang, when one of in the districts of King-show, Hing ling, and prove futilo, sesing that no control is exer. other craft. Besides, there is nothing to hindor A collision was imminent, thoughtlessly put out hoods are often imported into foreign countries be spread overland, just as it rescued Cantor people fell victims to the pastilzoo, the clifef from the latter describes the trip down s the Peking and Tientsin Tenis weak at his foot as a buffer. Possibly the velocity was either by passengers or by merchants who send a Pacchette to Canton by soo it enterers were the our overorowded ned badly unhealthaly nanteil. During the 13th, 14th tempt to justify or paillate the proceedings not very great, but the Chinarian quickly learnt them thither is merchandise, and that it stops rather remarkable that Hongkong, which is housed. The people he escaped the securge lath, and 16th it the opt on top

by a compound fracture of the foot that are not taken to stop this frondulant practice on the occasion in question. Our con- momentum equals velocity multipled by zase, trade in general will be endangered. The neurer to, and in direct communication within the most marked degree were those but wout on sideways like'n crab crawling up warsnit of their pastime, it is impossible to will. temporary considers it curious that two an element he apparently had left out of Viseroy has consequently ordered all the let Fakher, shoald have been visited by an outbreak Iving in upper stowing aird the banka popals wharf this. Two men led to hold up the nearly two months later then Caxton. In en. With the exception of these put in beata captain to enable him to take a fair observation officers to do their utmost to hunt out all the Hongkong improved house socammodation and after falling sick, scarcely a ceases mated { during the BE. gale that eat in on the 17th have long enjoyed the privilegs, it appears, of eminent Chinese gentlemen, Ir. Ho Kaloniation, the

fake soia reakore, This notice is especially isrzed

on the river. Many well-to-do peepin, chearyaul, as he write, man wants to be rigged up and Mr. Wer Yuk, sent in disclaimers of

In commenting open the Siamese Convention to announce to all the Manches and hygienic arrangements my in the future pre- **discourtesy and responsibility for the core- between Francy and Great Bribis, the Natafetta who belong to the eight standards, that people rent the plague attaining the same serious dimming this immantaged from their houses on a vet with a spring side when he goes to tonning over the lands compied by the "many in question. We fail to see the the argemaut, is unfavourable to Frenes, feit coins be will be severely dealt with the Chize pitios, where overorowding, in-

from this exceumstance, therefore, and also from adde, the schooner is a first class pes boat, but is ways been repsetfully sought and just as genar. ous le discovered to be guilty of making counter ons as in the gevers outbreak of 1884 bus what and made their homes on the water. Judging in such a craft se the Retriever Sill be furists. This privilege, however, haz al- of the 8th February expresses the opinion that

known as French Jenve, until the farmorS curiosity ourselves and think the gentle The joranal 'seys There will be present at reward of $200 will be given for the capture of Mitary arrangements, and filth prorida tha Qe foot that rate living in the ground and bound to hurt herself if she runs into another ozaly accorded. Ragantly, however, some of the conditions as necamry for its propagation? His mins were the first animals to fall victims, we crafs going at her rate of spoed in an opposite younger weiations have been biking what is Infer that the speelde poizen emanated from the direction. Captain Walls in the first foreigner have arisen in their wrath and expressed their mon named only did what was right and the gates of Indo-Chinsa peruaapit danger offender proper, having régurd to Lão positions they giam may fall under the influence of ambitions Has thigh is swollen up. He still romsing paratively quiescunt. for a few years, but will soil What the speciflg. paison may be is not who ever navigated a vassal into the Looshoot determination to put a stop to it. Nor can this

for our colony, because, like very weak State, Admiral Cheng Sulu-chung is seriqualy ill try repskin itself the diastes may remain com

arely be again called into activity under the determined, but no doubt the insanitary son. He says that he has been living all right for a be wondered at - Bordered er they are in more, occupy. And Mr. Ho AMEI was able to neighbours From the British point of view, Tiger Pass,

Le broke out on the 4th birtant in a theatre sine fostering conditions as pescoled the predions referred to, exaggerated by prolonged schooner skipper, but he could suggest naprores que, the average British them in form quite as correct a judgments Dr. Ho the Convention of the 15th of January stro

We parlad of drosight, praviled a specially suitable ments on the hill of (are which is printed daily

nilm for its growth and dissemination like the cabin menu on a Pacific Imer, Japan Plenty to put up with wittunt having his responsibilities increased by a parcel af on- The immunity onjoyed by residents on the Herald

thusiastic youths who have no regued for KAI or Mr. WE AYUK, hut, knowing ions theconquests and encroachments of Great Da Sai-ckiu. The natives worked, pretoptly and went outbreak

Britain in much on the Barmase cost me in the flames were got under control by pulling

For the past quarter of a century there has been

crops, fences, or anything also ben ont what was right, he preferred to do what Upper Birmah and the Mislases Feninens. We down the structure, which was a mat shed.

ane continuous flow of letters bearing to timony to foreign Settlement of Elisinin is remarkable

FOR THE BLOOD W the Lire Charko's Work for spin. It is no alight matter to have à way wrong. The Tintain paper says lose the Isthmus of Era, the pieredzig of which Sixteen persons were reportel lojured, but no he truly wonderful eures affected by Clarke's worlds Boeing that it is separated only by a creek sorsa

·Foured Blood Mixture, the finest Bined Portfier that twenty yards, wida from house where, casasa'af. | Chiara Food Mixturu is watranded to cleanse the company of some air score paporalinasers. Glam- "We' are not surprised that the Cantonese would have given us to calls in French ligas were lost

waters, and would have diverted by that route, The kin station in the South Gate district solen and mid skill hard bright to light the plagun onbered. Not only did foreigners blood fem all appariiice from water car bering through hedges or trampling down crops, "illustrate the Sot that, after all, blood and which, it two days shorter than that by the for laying the tax on salt fab was broken down Bufferers frora Senofula, Burgy, Eczema, Bad Legs, fiving on the Bettlement enjoy excellent health wing for rolls, Bourgy, E, Hout Land it will be in the interests of the exercise

Straite of Malacos, the world's trade with Asia. by the salt ass pollers on the th fortant The Skin and Illed izenes, Pipples and Sores of any but no case of plague occurred among, their kinds, in effects are marvellous Thousands of the Asociados or the better clean ahaba ant Moreover, the new frontier is naturally very farmers of the tax have petitioned the Buper kind, are solicited to give it war to test its value

everywhero at 24-20. Bowsin of worthlans undations trespassing on any farmor's land. In a good insluit. It will always be fuctuating, and intendant of Illin to affect the arrest of the Soll sverywhere, at a bus per bottle. Beware of Proved by Kitamto and Yegin shortly after the wonderful tures have been effected by Sold their faces steraly against any of their members

offenders.

worthle imitations and multituton only be pen to any violation.

ingrained custom are more than match

for the gratitude which ought to follow good government, Weali haves weak slue

State of writing

Skin and Blood Discare, Pimples, and Scrm of al