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The sediaces with which bacteria may ho conveyed to wells in subsurface water has been shown in some experiments made un the Ebine neur Strasburg Ly Prof. E. Pfuhl. Two kinds of bacteria, neither weerring in the Rhine, were placed in a shallow pit acarly full of water, and in my love one specios had passed through 21 foot of gravel to a second pit, the other Spenis appearing in the second pit within two
GORD SALISBURY'S POLICY VINDICATED.
Is this country the prasing fit of irritability with the tirerent for a supposed noglest of British interests in the Far East very soon ox. hamton itself. As soon as it was realised that
was no alternative policy to that pursue by Lord Salisbury, unless the und ilen of fight. ing Russia for Un possession of Port Arthar can be called an alternative, the ricdom and prudation of the couras adopted olamada com jefe i tardy recognition.
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hands rengd the paper and pens, car for an our own lim h an extraordinarily rodziced, and usesy, cries Boys-be yourselves and we see littlo rilouge in the Franco-German, how admirable are the resulta. He gathers an Wax that comparatively raw securite are so the modeste, scone them with critical eye and wach worse solliers than the older men in huncil, and behold tham then an ugly the regiments. The Ampelons are now testing network of Geasures and interpolations Alas!AVID CORSAL & SON'S the theory forms aguio, and if they find, as it buy may not, by the nature of legs, be would seem they may Bud, that with good himself: There must be Jay and order even in offers and an uble Staff three months' lastrus spolling sa it is duly established by custom and tion turns ont men competent to fight great provedent. Otherwise all world he Bahol. The bitch agairat regulars, this problem will ap-cans and the dunen ontificate, aro, the only prunch musk nentor to solution. Every naticurewards of portatont heterodoxy in the school. could defend itself if three mouths' drill would LOOM. Thang a school master himself tuc raske soldiers, for erory nation if it pleases can author, Mr. Barker, is not so tough non casA: afford artillery, apply departments, and a loned that he does not socally syrapathise
the quite aware that what we are saying will bo nn- humour, the innocent candour, the simple palatable to officers whose experience is worthy confessions of hia papila Most of them, must. of all rospect; but wo a not-proposing the be out in the world by this timo-writing three- plan for this count, which has its own deckers, parbape, decorded all the honour of necessities, especial; necessity for long print and publicity, Bat (we fear) with style: periods of tropical service, and vo count (and matter) ruined by respostability, know- help suspecting that they pridorrate the ledge, and the highse eritiniam. capacity, which educated on have for no
airing the rudiments of soldiering. English. mon are ceasing to be the unlicked and whom it took twelve months to tenor, how to eat, Would Lord Robarts or Lord Wolsely really object to take live London Scottish Valnteers under solutifalls induel offers into a seriors action? We rather think they would very much. like to be followed by such man es compose the it from Michigan which sought before Santiage on Friday Inst; and if they would, great many of the difficulties of the nations may recaise an unexpected solution. It would be ssible, in fact, to malutain great aripios for would lift one of its greatest burden from the defence without developing anitarijn, which
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Writing in Corakili Magazine on Howe's D great victory over the French off Ushant, the Rov. W. H. Tshett saysThe battle abounded in picturesque and even singing in sidents. Takerban, for example, who com manded the Invincible, was a dering but come- what reckless Irishman. He drified through the smoke one French ship, and opened fire an her with great energy. After a time the fire of the Frenchman died way, while that of the Inviticible grow yot more taxious: Pakenham, that the Frouoltuan made no reply, und be homoeror, was dissatisfied with the circumstance
Feuchan replied energetically. "Nowhere- hailed her to know if she surrendered. The
upon the gallant Irishman inquired in tones of diegust, "1'hen,---you, why don't you firn!" A REMEDY FOR THE OPIUM HABIT, Gambler, another of Howe's captains, was the axact opposite of the hämibrained Pakenham ; a In an unblasified plant, probably indigenous fine sailor, a brave fighter, and of sober and to the everglades of Floridu, exials one of the Puritanie temper. His ship, the Defence of 74 sost perfect antidotes extent for the various guns, fought gallantly, and had two of hor forms of the morphine habis. It is knows by maste shot away; when, through the surcke, the the name of hun, ad is of a dirty, whitish-tall mesta of a Proach three desker were visible grean colour, alot ten or three inches long. boaring down upon her. A lieutenant harried. has at its summit a ball-ilke, white formation, to the quarter decks, and cried to Gambier, Where the fover should bu, this in Esrd, slighty eyes, sir, but here's a whole mountain ly babaluted, and is to all appearances like a coming down upon us!
all cauliflower. It grows in clumps in moist.
What shall we do.2" shady places, particularly on the hammocks at tus roots of the cabhago palms. It is of low order of planta, above the mossos; it is, I believe, & cryptogam. It is possibly in digenous to the everglades, for Thnuted for Florida, From Dr. McGregor I learned that it in vain in many large Lammocks in it is a perfect antidole for all snake bites, atings of inse's, o abs an satidots for pareatio poisons. It is the most difïnsible.
OPINIONS OF THE HON.. simulaat known, reting immediately, I have subjected the plant to varioz tests, and found it Canterbury 7th July, the principal subject In the Upper House of the Convocation of an infallible cure for the opium babit. It takes for discussion was a report on the prosant don the place of spiam or morphine opporting dition of the Marriage Lawa The Tenort-a the patient fully, it is sinfive but not nurtis long, careful study of the whole question of It produces slight alation, but do somnolent divorce as it affects the Christian Chngehvas fes-To use the illustration of age physician brought in by the Bishop of London, who moved who cared himself of the opium habit with it, its adoption with a fow explanatory remarke habit of twenty-three years standing, one whe was using forty grains of morphine sulphate Infest the report declared for the absolute. daily: "It makes a man foal just as enay and indianbility of Christian marrings. Not only comfortable as he feels after a satisfying mest ciety, allpointed to the indissolubility of matriage the laws, but the existing state of bean sp As soon as I learned its properties, I sent eres its chief safeguard. Recognising, however, of the Luse plast to several losters I knew who ased morphine; they one and all prostunod 'a perfect success. I have never known of i failure when the patient wanted to be cured
the lisade of a careful physician, this reniedy will be found efticioas in the worst cases of drug addiction."-W. W. WINTEROF, MD, in the Tazas Courier-Record of Medicine, HCMOONS OF THE SCHOOLROOM
To which the unmoved Gambier sasveral by. asking how his office dared at such a moment us that to come to him with an oath in his mouth. Go down to your guns, sir," he added, and oncourage your mum to stick to their gase like British tare?"
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THE INDISSOLUBILITY OF THE MARRIAGE TIE
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Lord meant to forbid amriage to the prent party in a divorce for adultery, the beinstrasted to refuse the sacrements or other conference recommands that the clergy should not privileges of the Church to those who, under ́civil innction, are thus married."; The Bishop OF LINCO said, that while he was thankful for tha report, bis could not regard marriage as ab solubody indissoluble, and when he considered the waight of the authority of one of our greatest Biblical scholars on the question of marriage, ho dared not gut it paido. His predecessor felt that he could not make the marriage band in- boy of Trachem; ad Archbishop Trench are all agreed in saying that in the case of adultery the innocent party should I allowed to re marry, anal ho dared il gu against the judg meat of such zen. He repeated he could not regard marriage us being absolutely indissoluble,
VOLUNTEERS IN BATTLE One grand use of this war, certainly for Americx and Great Britain, and possibly for the whole civilisod world, is the instruction it will give that as to the advantages and disadvantages of relying on voldators. Can hndfried or partly disciplined men do the work of trained soldiers, or supplement them sofficiently e le smotregnlar armies safer If they cou, the benefit will be inesieniabla. If the aflmitive is tarts, a nation may have suffichat soldiers for defence, and oven for at. tack iz an emergent ease, without wasting its toil upon the maintenance of armies, without passing all its youth under an influence the effect of which is af all events donbiful, and without developing that spirit so hastile to civil society which it describit as militariam. The national wastu of force, eorul and intellcatal as well as physical, might be reduced at least one-third, und Geveraments be compelled at the same tive to keep themselves permanently at mouy with their people. You cannot oppress an
We have no hesitation in saying, remarks the armed nation unless the army is rust. The ideal Daily Nera, that thes in more human nature is most attractiva; had we are now seeing in in the little sixpenny volare; The Comic this Spurist-American war how it works out in Bidarf School Tale" by Hy. J. Barber, thus practice. The American bave always proceed will be found in a whole cartond of modern ed app the theory that it sau bo retohet, and norola And yet what is it Movely dissoluble. The Bishop of Gloucester, the Bi they are now giving the world an object-losso collection of original essays of the children of on a great senle in the value of their plan. It the masson, as they are writ in board. Bakools, is assumed, ospecially by soldiers, to have broker with a sprinkling of comic annors to serious down altogether; bat it is possible that the questions. Some of the essays hava appeared frets have not been very closely examined, that before in snother book by the same other fresh evideges may modify the general opinion, The cool, auswers, we think, are now. and that the failures which there have beerWhat is the feminine of Hero? Well may be traced to something else than reliuse you tell me Harry Walker Shere r on volunkers. If the raw met of an American What is the moulue of madam? Please, army fight as well as drilled solitiers, bat achieve
"Well, Willie, what do you any less result, the deduction would avem to ho, nut is the capita of China Pleso, siz, that the use of imperfectly drilled mes is danger nobisty koors-'cos the Chipase won't let out, but that the volunteer system requires in strangers from other countries go in and see!" some way to be better organised and more faily Will would not be able to any that supplemented by "cleatife properation before now.) If I bored a hole right through the it will secure victory. Looking stearily, at earth till I came out at the other side, where: recent events across the Atlautie witboat the should be" quoth a learned managor, expect smallest prejudicador in Eugland, with hering to hear New Zealand," "Off yer end, air! scattered Empire, soldiering initat away to a Yer in dot disscacerting for the profession ovea for privates-we wey to see maunger! What is le temos of jeal that this is the erso that the first failure install the inspectores, dns to anything rather than the men, that, Moralion Dutchmen Duchess, certain conditions being granted, tilforence Caught," grimed the inspector or rather he between a large supply of "regular" soldion only griuad. Yes, wo gris at these souples, and a large supply of volunteers would not, as bat moruly because we are creatores of habit, regards oficianty, in very great After all, victims of the dogcutio persistance of gram you can only get cut of discipline perfent obe.mariane and philologista. After all, is not dicneo, and readiness to incur suffering or death she-zó guite as good as hercing or better, be rather than diseley, and laces two conditions cause it is so much, moze osteral and simple wera fatfilled by the American volunteers in the But let us return to the chili of vature, the attack on Santiago. No regular soldiers could barbarians, the Arabe of our streets. Alas! bave obeyed their offiesta more perfectly than the regiment of volunteers from lichigan or the dismounted Rough-riders," or have "gone un" with topro detoriniul courage under murderous fire. Bye-witnesses, by no tans indisposed to criticise, alt escribe their conduct fagment from un essay on as "forcio," "r, us we English would probably Bay, most creditable and gallaat They ever
sir, Adam."
tree is le born, uel yet everywhere does he find Bimself in grammariant) chains. What e jangling tangh? What a network! What a maae Education is the grave of originality. What a sigh we say so. Bead this. It is s
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naver" got out of hand," and they shot at least as well as regulars, probably much better. Evon when. so to spent, beaten by the weight of their opponents' fire, they caly throw them divos down, and then in a minute "wont on" ngelu ber tho namo they call the noise. 1. Tittl What still the best-drilled me in a regular werd, but I can't think of it, and it is wrong ta army hare done more, aront parlaps have co Cata also moy, while you have all beard. looked more formidab. in their enormies eyes? When you stroke this tome quadraped by draw
A CHANGE OF AMBITION.
Horatias at the bridge, and ho Who fought at old Thermopylo
Great Sameon and his potent bezo' By which the Philistines were slóve i Small David with his wondrous nim That did for him of giant frame
T. Crear in his Gallio scrape That made bi lord of other chaps s Svinet William, called the Conqueror, Who made the Briton sick of wor "Hg 15 @the_Lifth, who nobly fought"
And three the lon sincourt
Old Bonaparte, and Wallington And Frederick, and Walichag Decator, Noisbu, Fighting Joe, And Farragut, and Urand, and, ob, A thousand other teroas Tave wished I wore in days gone by Cha đi thong laurola Tram xay don Ker I don't want many more. The truth will out; it can't be hid; The doughty dead that Davey did, ta bat far distant Banish set,
Is really good enough for me
The grammar's bad, but, oh my son,
I wish I'd did what Dewey donel
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July-Kherson, Octavia, 26th July Glazec, Ashton, Maroa, Nijai, Napgorod, 29th July-Manelaua, Crefeld, Mourino, Trieste. 2nd August Bienchicl, Alesin, 5th August-For- moes, Blonimouthshire, Arénnor, Kevingre, Lace. 9th August-Girin, Indralema. 12th August-Natal, Flintshire, Undaunted.. 16th August-Folny Sanderson, Witten bury HOMEWARD, 12th Auguel-Bayer: 161)
August-Caledonien Armenia.
POST-OFFICE NOTICES.
FRAK DELIVERY closes at Post Offles at 11:30 am, and 3 pm, or in Letter Boxes in the Cara by 12 and 3.30 o'clock Trams. Latter Borusut Peak will be cleared at 19.30 and 4pm.
The Portal Guide for 1898, revised to data will be found in the Chronicle and Directory P. XXI, This is the only authorised completul Summary of Postal information published in Hongkong.
„A MATI, WILL, CLOSA... For Swalow, Amoy and Talwanfoo-Per Kenybeng, to-day; the 19th instant, at 9.90 A.M.
For Swatow and Shanghai-Por Wesong, to day, the 19th instant, at 1.30 ..
For Tientsin-Per welyang, to-day, the 1 instant, st 230. P..
For Xokobama-Per Taiwan, to-day, the 19th instant, w 8.30 ...
For Wachow-Für Kongpak, to-day, 19th instant at 4,30 PM.
For Bangkok-Par Natuna, to-day, the 19th -instant, at 4:30 PM.
For Manils-Fer Sunkiang, to-day, the 10th instant, at 5:00 PM.
For Nagasaki, Kobo and Tokokomo-Per Boseite, to-morrow, the 20th inst., at 5,00 PM.
For Nagasaki and Vladivostock-Par Sethuen, on Monday, the 22nd instant at 11.30 A.M
For Manis-Por Tatang, on Monday, the 22nd instant, of 11.30 A..
For Singapore, Penang and Calcutta-Por Kutsang, on Tuesday, the 23rd instant, at 11.00 AN Agoat.
S. CHOн.
Hongkong, 25ta Maroh, 1898.
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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA ER-AUSTRALIA; AND CHINA
1 to 8, Cross Lans, Wanchai, LARGE STOCK OF MACHINERY, by the best English makers, always on band ench as Steam Steering Gear, Steam Whobes Steam Capstang-St Pumps, Kiten. Biköy Fumps, Hydraulic Presses Sugar Mills Marine Boilers and Bugines, Stationary Bottes ird Driving Engines, Steal. Bailer Plates, Fig Tren, sid, etc.
→→John Kendrick Dangs in Hurpeye Weekly Hongkong, 4th May, 1809,
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€800,000
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL Charter, 1853.
HRAD OFFICE, LONDON,
CAPITAL PAID-UP. RESERVE LIABILITY OF SUARE
HOLDEN RezzYE FUND...
For Moji, Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Tacoma, W.-Per Coluanta, on Tuesday, the 23rd instant. at 11.30 AM.
For Port Darwin, Thurging Island, Cook. town. Townsville, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Laurccaton.-Per Chingtu, on Wednes- day, the 24th insepty at 9.00 P.M.
Bank
JOINT STOCK SHARES. COMPANY,
Hongkong & Bhai... China & Japan, prf.
Do ordinary Do. - deferred; Fail, Bank of Chios B.tharg
Fouu, Skarys
Beil's Aaboston E. A Catapbell, Moore & Co. China Pror. L. & M... China Augar
Colton Mills-
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Hongkong.
International
[$360
PAIDER,,· QUOTATIONS,
#125-1204 pr. c. prem
£5 nominal
2 nominal 41 £6.5*;*
£8 $17 21417, cellera £onial $10 FS Sto cales 2100 $152, salleri
Ts. 109 T. 09
240 1524, selters
The 100 Th, 100
Lacn King Mow ... The 100. II, 94
Bayches............. 33. 60 T. 805 Dairy Farm Yahloong
Fenwick & Co, G00.0 Green Island Cement...
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Bongkong Electria
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Com China Firopsicoan China Triders Hangkong Fire
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130 $180
[$147.40
$20 (198, sollers 625 568, Layers 450 $810, seilere £25 T16. 180 820 89, era $50 $215, buyers. $80 $130, sollers
850 87, sellers
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Charbonnages(Fos. 509. F110,meliéru:
Git. Eat, & 'donian
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teamship Coys
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$50 $58 sellers $15 26. soilers £10 $56, arilere
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United Asbestos i
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J. V. Y. VERNON, Baker.
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per chort.
THE WEATHER.
CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL. REGISTER, 17th AUGUST, AT 1 FUL
STATION.
Vizdivostok. 29.55. Tokyo... Kochi
MAILS BY THE BRITISH PACKET.
The British Contract Pucket Purramatta wil ***** £300,000 be despatched on SATURDAY, the 20th inst.... i Nagasaki
with Malls for the United Kingdom, Europe Kagoshima.... and counties berend, via Brindisi, to the Gutsla Straits Settlements, Netherlands India, Burmah, Sharp Peak Ceylon, Aden, Egypt, Malta, and Ġibraltar,
800 AM-Posting of Prives Current and Cie- BWELOW
culars cerses. 10.00 Registry censes.
£430,000 INTEREST allowed on Current Account of theante of 2% per annan on the Daily balanons On Fixed Deposits for 12 months... & par cont.
A
10.30 AM-Posting of newspapers, books, and | Victoria Park.
paitarus cerees.
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T. H WHITEHEAD,
Hongkong: 24th May, 188.
Mangor, Hongkong
LL00 AM. Muil Closes
LATE LETTERS may be posted (from 11.10 A.) with 10 conta late fee up to 1180 a.
Gay Rock-204
Haiphong --
Capo 5. Janer
18th AUGUST, Vladivostok, 20.76 Tokyo Koabi Nagmaki....
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We are now prepared to excepte orders for the building or repairing of all kinds of machinery with quick dospatch and good work manship. Enquiries solicited for any of the above or the complete plant of may hind of machinary,
W. LYSAUGHT.
139, Wanobai Road.
12889 B
OMBAY BURMAH TRADING COL after which boar they may be sont on board
with the same late fee. PORATION, LIMITED. BANGKOK AND RANGOON:
MAILS BY THE FRENCH PACKET.
The French Contract Packet Ernest Simona Kaguehimia will be despatchel on SATURDAY, the 27th Quizlaff ..... instant, with Maila to the United Kingdon, Sharp Peak Europe, and places. beyond, via Mareilles Amoy st formab, Ceylon, Madras, the Australasian Colonies, Canton
to Saigon, Straits Settlements, Betaria, Bur- Swatów ...... Adan, Natal and the Cape, Egypt, Malts, and Hongkong... Gibraltar.
Victoria Poak The mail will close quarter of an hour earlier | Gap Rock [699 than saNİ.
Mad
(ESTABLISHED 23 YEARS).
ROBINSON & CO...
MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF
they wastot uniformis, buiug Borue down with ing yor baud along its back, it cooks up its tail HIGH CLASS PIANOS.
the host, bat they did not waste cartridges. Hea lexojos can't get no further. Never camp they bore delays, short rations, and stroke the hairs Rorost, as it makes all cats soras exposure fast as well as regulara, and; se for as like mad. Its tail is about two feet long, and its appears, were just as traetable, though probably legs about one each. Never stroke a cat under. plaizer spoken. What failed, so far there the belly, as it is very unhealthy, Don't fores was failure, was the capacity of the office, wheels, for, fratly, it is wrong so to do, and second, wore ready to die, und did dio, ja hups cats have class which is longer than people but who did not always know what orders think Cats have nine liveses, but which is al
THE ONLY FIRE DEFOTING THEMSELVES ENTIRELY 20T NEW STOCK JUST ARRIVED. LOW PRICES WILL BE ACCEPTED. CASH OR EASY MONTHLY PAYMENTS.
[1601
to give, and sonotimes moxidiced ile men dora rozsired in this cornery for of Christ UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL
by posting them in the wrong places the ity. Mea cata aro allas called Tom, and girl Bupply of artillery, which was wretohelly in Pune or Tise; but, que us you way, think suliciout; and the organisation of the da it, at little cats are called kittens, which is partments, who brought up food in late and wrong ze which oughtar be changed. This water pot at all. Suppose for a moment that fame quadruped can see in the dark, to cata the American Government ha bocu aceristemad stand no obante; mnoh Iosa mát. Girls fears to keep up a suelent body of thoroughly rate, evon mice. Last Tuesday I drawed, bur instructed and supplied artillery, and a Traze- cat on some white tea paper, at I sold it to a port Service, and Commisariat, and to have bay who has a father for 20 pink and some coff Bluteind officers like those who come out of drops" West!oint, safficionį, for one hundred thousand instead of twenty-five thousand men, would s
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are committed in thy namelio KAMAN
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of life; and if they can when but slightly school Broon, apo
drilled rival old oldjersin active
work, so cau Englishmon, Germans, of Res
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"Politeness is author a difficult think, vis
sions. It certainly seems as if they would, pecially when you are making a start. Many thongh the ovidence is yet imperfect, owing to people haven't got it. I don't know why, m the shortness of the campaign, and if they can less it is the start
the fact is well worth the attention of every is not polite to fight little hogs orcapt states in Europe.
they throw op at you. Then you BAR PUB Thore is no ground, in our judgment, for be-after them, and when you've caught them; just Lieving that until the human race ends wat will do a little bit at them, that's all. Bokanab and, or for supposing that the foaling which that all hele boys are dimpletons, or they really cadaye will evey be extinguished by walkin't do st arbitration, or that small armies will over again.
“It is not the thing to make fan of a little
do the work of large. The nations must thorschap because he is poorer than you. Let him 5041 fore, if they are to be safe, be organised for alone if you don't want to play with him, for he war, and the object, in the interes of their par is as good as you, ozcupt the clothes,N manent Lappiuse, is to reduce the burden and
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ESTIMATES GIVEN FOR EVERY DESCRIPTION OF WORK.
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tendent
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PRICES AND SAMPLES ON APPLICATION.
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the misery and the wasts involved in that go Don't keep ca saling after you are tightning, foot to the lowest prioticable point. Nothing and you will be tur happier. BO would reduce it so took an bertainly that. exordingly short training, training which our plate, especially soything you don't like. 14 ****It la noi polito, to leavà, vitusls on your grandfathers would have considered worthless you don't like turnips, it de better to set well is outficient to finish sa gemy with good raak into your turnips Erst, while you are hungry,
(ESTABLISHS, 1804) *$250 to $600
U. NERVEGNA & Co.,
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PIANOS
MONTHLY PAYMENTS
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.
TRAX SQUARES, PLANES, BOARD and SCANTIKUR, PLANED, TONGUED, and GROOTED BOARDS, FOR FLOORING, CEILING, WALLING,
&o. TRAX SHINGLES POR ROOFING, PINEADOR RAILWAY STEPERS GAUGER ESMALAKI
Rates Bayplied and Orders Booked by
JARDINE, MATHESON & CO. Hongkong, 3rd May, 1895
FOR SALE
HR CARMICHAEL CONSULTING ENGINEER AND
·SURVEYOR.
18. PRAYA CENTRAL
NEW AND SECOND HAND LAUNCHES FOR SALE. ESIGNS sad Specifications for all classes Do stramps Lanchas a speciality
Now work sad repairs supervised.
Telegrams CARMICHAEL,” Hongkong. Teleptrous, No. 111..
1. II. F. CARMICHAEL. Hongkong, 30th April, 1898,
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20.70
20.85
20.80
29.77
Cape A, JamBI
3.00 AM-Posting of Prices Current and Cir Haiphong...
oulars casLA
10.10 10.45
Registry cranes.
--Mail closes,
MAILS BY THE CANADIAN PACKET.
The Caundian Mail Packet Empress of India will be despatched on WEDNESDAY, the Sat instant, with Mails for Shanghai, Nagasaki, Kobe, Yokohama, Victoria and Vancouver, B.C. which will be closed ne foliera
10,00 a.. Registry censes. 11.00 AM, Pool Offpo olosos, but corrompcadenos may be posted on board the Packed with Late Feo of cente axira Postage until the time of departure. [1909
VINART PERE & FILS. REIMS ¦ TOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEBTS.
Established 1719.
CHAMPAGNE GROWERS AND
SHIPPERS.
Ship only the Finest Quality Sixtes Dry (Green Beal).
LAUTS, WEGENER & CO.
Hole Agenta. Hongkong, 17th May, 1895,
FOR SALE.
F1104
NOT
Neither the CAPTAINS, the AGENTS, nor the OWNERS will be RESPONSIBLE for any DEBT contracted by the Offoors or Exe Cream of the following Vamels during their stay in Hongkong Harbour
Ôn thỏ lîth at 1293 p.m. Una fized. At 3 pm. The trahcon to the deathward of Hongkong sponza to ke eving, Northwest. To gain will probably be avere from Tist,
On the 18th at 10. Black Ball Lodatot. At 10.10 wan, Hang Bali tonerod, ás 1835 km, The typho+R. moving quinkig, appows to have entered the seast valt moz
between et John'sland, and the Launch peakmula. The rotor hoe is rapidly and is in normal Hongkong. Forcass in
16 in Bila, palude, decrossing; ogurly, and shower di Arst, improving later,
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day 4 pannt 20 mai
29.60
Baromete Temperature Frablity Direction of wind...) Forte Weather.
...
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Elghest open, ade temporazane is the 77th Lawton as temperature on the 17th
F. G. FIGG, Agging Director. Hongkong Chervatory, 18th August, 1ựa, MZERK. FALCONS & Co.'s Regreres, 18th Ang.. Barcuter...2877 Them. 9.A.M. (Wasbaik) 27. akrometer 2 FM...98.50 Ther. 1 r.a.(Wetball) 77 Arelia, British etc., Kook-Gibb, Livingston | Barometer 4 PM. 20.77. Tham, 4pac. {Wathaib);
& Co..
Thermoin. 9 at 82 Theim) Maximum s RENCABro, British, staamer, Kruble-Gibb, Therinori.) ra... 62: Therm. Minimum (overs
Livingston & Co.
Thermami 4 M..... 63 “nightsaima zamani |
HONGKONG FIDE-TABLE,
19th to 15th August.'
Biex WATER.
BENLEDİ, British steamer, Faryabar Gibb,
Livingston & Co.
CELTIC BARD, Brifial ship, Thon, Jones-- ̈e":"Order.
CHAS HEIDSINCKILY F WHITNY, Brit. ship, Fondleton-
CHAMPAGNE, 1833 WHITE ENAM
$36.95 per ense of I dozen grarts.: 838.50 per esso of 2 dosen pista q ED. KEE68MANN &008 RED AND WHITE BORDEAUX WINES.
C G EIB BERT & Co.'s. BOTTLED ALE & STOUT
SIEMSSEN & 00 Hongkong, 4th September, 1887.
Carlowitz & Co.
Iminoso PonĖ, Spanish štr., RageOrder.
KELT, Brit. skalp, Ingkes Standard Oil Co. Kistna, British ship, Smith-Captain. MART L. CUSHING, Amer ship, Pendleton-
Order." MUSKOEL, Brit, ém, bk, Crowen-Ordst. Panonicos, Amer, bk. MoCarider--Dodwall,
Carlil & Co.
PRINOS ARTHUR, Norw, bk., O. Olsan-Order RÉNIS RICKMna, Cor, ship, Alat Heinta- She Order. ang
EANTA CHUP, Amer, brig, O'Keefe Ontar
Skit. 25
LOW WATER,
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