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TELEGRAMS.
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ANA SHANGHai, 16th November, The shooting of the Bhanghai team in con
THE WAR.
RUMOURED DEATH OF GENERAL JOUBERT.
THE BOMBARDMENT OF LADY. SMITH.
"DALLY PERS" SPECIAL SERVICE)
LOSS OF AN ATLANTIC STEAMER.
The Hamburg-American liner Patria caught!
thre in the North Sea. All the passengers were sved. The crew remained aboard in the hope of being able to beach the ressol.
THE DISTURBANCES AT HAINAN TWO FRENCH OFFICERS KILLED. THE HAINAN PREFECT SEIZED.
It is reported frous Hainan that two Fretch officers have been killed and the Protest
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LONDON, 14th November.
THE WAR.
tion. Like some physistant has only ous remedy
med nya. Elay imter, sto tat behind thy poets in the self with which they express Je just written a stirring patatia song with their sentiments on the war. Mr. Adrian Rose
to'sland 18, The first stars van A gol swing about it, called "We're not going We're had enough of writing, and talk that
of
never ends,
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are frienda
We've heard enough of insulf from traitors and
from Dutsh
The
tail of Britain's-Hiru ħsa had a telet too
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He
He's not going to stand it, And he's not going to stand it,
has act of tooth as yet, if troubles shonid
demand it"
And
roar
over all of Afrion you'll hear the Lion
He's not going to stand it any mors!"
SHIPPING REPORTS;
The British albanor Haimas, from Srator. 186h Nov, had first part moderate N.. wind and oians, inttoe part fresh NW wind, blour with heavy estarly well. Steamers in Swatow
Kashing Singan and Katlong.
Oct 24 Datoh str. Koningin Wilhelmins, Bakker, Sopt. 18, from Amsterdam for Batavia, Vet, Ch Corisan bark Frie, Nedop. Ook 20, from Samarang for Tjalatjan
20, from London for. Buta vis
Oct. 25, Dutch wt. Balsk, Maljor, Qot. 25, from Batavia for Rotterdam.
Vet. 20, British str. Duke of Buckingham,
Qot, 29, Norwegian bark Builde, Pedernos, Fengohant, Sept. 2, from London for Batavia, Sept. 28, from Dolagoa Bay for Anjor.
Ost, 20, French bark Georges Valentins, Zoaze, Sept. 17, from Hongay for Havre,
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No 608
All point about the 10th pentas panded for a thousandfeld, and shewletty has are they dens with the demonstrated fast not stopped here the balances of which the that the bootune pratia a párasile of rats? that this the scientify century: Theology
wning fn the ordinary knees she at the ond: men distant worlds kro composed, dre, now well Judging from the recent history of the FLASHeese in Hongkong, Bombay Book and of it pretty pouch so they were at the begia | within our kan.
With Eundreds of thousands of Cem fact at Mauritius and other places-plagus ghen on an ning: they have undergone Ko great develop meant but the applications of acionce even hardlepossi no dan now watch the gradual form if there wore no such thing as excitary science. tirely changed, and for the bailer, the conditions flour of workin, sudated both cadea debent. The road for this, it came to me, lies in the Kands a new lies of cosmical evolution. End fast that the sanitarian, Hke other mortsh, is vileges secured by her shall be participated
The gift of adenes to the opening rears of hemos iso, an Ids of ethanolntion, and low to depart from traditions and customs the century was the steam engine then noming, bioli deals with the gradual formistion of the slow to adopt now ideas, slow to adapt himselt late common nee: Wait'aprionl expired in 1900, hamidal substances of whieh our own earth as to Boral droumstances. He has head nobive and in by the United States, Japan will also ask
When one rende how it was that Watt Boblered well as the distant worlds are built up wlling nong, but no action in the right die Rueria for an agreement to the same offct.. A. S. WATSON & CO., According to a Intar telegram, dated 9th nestles with the Interport Bife Match has one of the most tremendous revolutions recorded the world knows of bomaxy prications
November, to the United State, anaste resulted, in 597 being scored in history, one cannot help Cooling that hit go of the old, Astrozosy, came at how love
Shanghai scored 898. Let your, Hongkong mition as mathematical instrument maker to improved in teoant yams that a ship of 16 and stamping out plagne he has sliply followed do with it, he lived with bis friend Block in an in any part of the trackles cossu. The 67. other diseases, bat not applicable to plagas, and "dora at St. Petersburg and Berlin atate 994 and Bingapore 06. Of the nine contests the Univeralty" (at Glugon) had everything to knite speed est determalas her position Lyamile old and storeotyped lines applicable to certain
which bave taken place Hongkong has won that they have presented requests to RusicBingefore two, and shanghai one. The atmosphere of research The read engine, so piloations of the new astronomy are yet to sock bar disregarded, practically: ignored; the well- The seding busty sketch of the propres gue before and more readily than man. "sie nad Gormany with regard to the openHongkong tsam skont ex Saturdayo. D.P.) alosely are all ementific applications bound te. but they will come
attested that that the ubiquitous rat contracts gather, nederlies alt ne modern progema, tor tho reason that hand labour, thanks to it, has of science and the attendant progress is in From the fact that the rabis attacked by plague "door policy, and that both these countries
boon replaced by greater powers. Tabal-Cola dustry during the century will conclusively show before the diessss appears in epidemic form bave expressed themselves favourably in-
and the "blacksmiths who descended the Nile that Recon has been proved to be more than in a human community, the inference is in. clined towards the policy of equal rights."
Valley before the pyramids were built, could right in his estimate of the material benefits: diested that rats are a principal agency mould, iron, but they conld never have made which must follow from study of pura si in praparing any giren place for the spi Putting the two mensages together the
machinery, as we now understand it, and tales ence and it is not too musli to day that to any demin outburst of disc in men and ib United States policy appeare fairly clear,
cages and telephone wires, and even the inatra there is no branch of pure volanos which has not also ggest that if she rats in any given ments aised nowadays in wireless telegraphy, its application, and no application of solence mice were destroyed, although plague might
which has not briped to enlarge the tunadares be introduced, the disease would not spread riamoly, that the various Powers aball bind
are made by machinery.
of the branch of pace acieuse on which it is au epidemic among the people, atall events that The Chinese teater Chiguen, from Bhang themselves by mutual agreements not to
One of the first applications during this cen
11s chances of so spreading would be enormously bal 14th Nov., bad strong N.E. monsoon and require any exolueive privileges in China.
tury of the new source of power was to locomo-based,
I cannot refrain from quoting what Huxley reduced. As regards communicability plagae high sea, blowing fresh N.. gale on night of The policy may prove successful in so far
LONDON, November 16th:
tion. This was done by Watt himself, and
certainly not nearly so infections as smallpox, as regards commercial privileges, but we are
The Natal Times, a reliable paper, saye that Symington on the Forth and Clyde Canal, in wrote in this particular connection soins your cannot be cald to be a very infections diasy 15th, far as Lamook Islands; from there to
1202.
VESSELS FÁSSED ANJER. on plague seas, provided they exercise, in res inclined to doubt its effectiveness in prevent
Our present snormons battleships and mail"If clence has rendered the aclosal develop scarlet, lover, of eren typhus. The attendants port modorate winds and fine wonther..::
Oct, 24, British str. Batherland, Colter, Sept. steemtors, and our destroyers going at 35 miles ment of modern industry possible, beyond a ing the acquisition of territorial concessions, it is rumoured that General Joubert, the Boer
Commander-in-Chief, is killed.
It in. reported that the Boors have increased an hour, are doubly the result of Watt's work, doubt industry has done as less for modern physonably end by no means home care, do not either by lease or otherwise. Both Ger-
drives them when built. It may even be that dern biology. And aonplains of industry have theater, sanat be the only or even tho pria- many and Russia havo already given under their artillery before Ladysmith, but that little is the steam engine which builds thor and ass and chemistry, and for a great deal of mooistract the disones. Mau to man infectioti, The reports adds, Mr. Parsons, at the end of the espiary will et Inas, begun to be aware that the condition of cips, mesus by whick this discate is conveyed takinge that in the territory controlled by damage has been done.
prove to us that Watt's method of applying notes in that warfars under the forts were it's plague would not have spread as steam to marine locomotion can be improved of peace, which is known as industrial com has done in the recent and current entfamics in petition, lies in the dissipline of the troops and Chine, Ladie, and elsewboro, Did its pevalence upon for soms, U588... them in Shantong and Manchuria respec-Naval gone silent." tivaly persons of all nationalities may parti-
Land sometion by means of steam followed the use of arms of precision, just as much as it depead on icen to man infection, considering cipate in the trade on equal terios with
in 1829. The Rocket and the Blockton and does in the warform which is callaf war, their the itary measures that have been pat in p, sanitary motsures which have proved German or Russian subiecte, but it would
Darlington Railway inaugurating the long demand for that disipline, which is technical oppri DESCRIPTION.
be a very different thing to promise that
series of engine and railways which now make education, is renoting upon solence in a unazes eo eft dro in typhus-a much are commani rapid and safe transit possible almost over the which will assuredly, stimulate ita future growth cable disease than plague-it would bare died whole surface of the excilised world, both, spend to an losionlable extent. It has become obrious out long ago. There is certainly some way that the interests of science and of industry are other than mau to an infection, by which plages IMPORTED FROM THE LEADING they would ander no circumstances ex tand the boundaries of their respective
identical that scienas punnet make a step for epidamlas are kept ging. In my opinion that tion of the tubular boiler.
ward without, sooner or later, opening up new way is the rat. This animal is not included in spheres or seek now porta in other portions
and economy being secured by James' inven LONDON AND PARISIAN
Certainly in the steam engine and in ita ap plication to locomotion by gas and land we have channels for industry and, on the other hand, and is notated by ordinary disinfaction opera of the country. There reunius, too, the important question of how the Chinese
two most obvious bangos, in etir oivilization; that every adrance of industry facilitates these tions, it cannot be isolated or segregated like the they have been brought about by the application experimental investigations, upon which the human being, it runs about from house to house Govertiment is to be restrained from the
Taare ago a distinguished man of science and plate indifferent; to Urdars in Council, to commission of outrage and induced to fulfil
of the study of the phenomens of heat, first in growth of science depends
adrefraical, infecting the disease. Its com- softening metals, next in vapouring liquids.
Electricity comes next with its wonderful that applications were the froth and scumanitary authorities, to Aste of Parliament, aut her treaty obligations if all fear of reprisals
record of electric telegraph, electric light, elec- of science. Were he live he would not any for wrongdoing is removed from before her
tris traction, telephone and wireless telegrarby, now for the reason that experienca has shown and all sinos 18361 Of the applications of that the most useful applications are often mig eyes. Possibly the United States policy
alectricity, after what has happened, he would gealed by those wliesslife in hisfy spent in be a bold man who would venture to pradiot studying scientific principles indeed one of may have in view some delitite scheme for bringing about the reform of the Peking
where they will stop, or that no equally striking the morels of our recent progress is that the against men to man infection, hardly at Pablis Works Department, on MONDAY,
1 hollow were rats or developments are yet in store for as. It they study of the purest soiezo is the best weyngslust the most important rat to rat nad cut
of increasing thoro so-called applications to man iofnation Government by other means than holding
somn it will to because the future will produce which baye proved to be so useful to manterstated in any place, plages could not be reprisals in terveren over the country, but
its Faradays or its Kelvins.
The world in genital has boon toes struck kind, sooner or later. There are many instances | come established in that place. We know what it is diffcall to see how that result can be
with theresalts of the study of magnetism par as of researcher ideally useless at the time they the pale are policy has loan to protest the hosts ebtainad except by the extension of foreign
then with that of alectricity. Still its victories were made which have nltiseately resulted in the of this country from certain epizootics of a spheres of influenee, with, of course, equal
include the study of the magnetic forces at most important applications Faraday's "tri-highly infections natura The came policy work over all the water surface of the globe, ing" with wires and magnata and Newton's would doubtless be as effective against plagas. commercial rights for all comers within
and the power of using a compass in an iron examination of sunlight through a prism are could it he carried out. We cannot, ne pras, tical inessura of course, polaze human beings KIMBERLEY. those spheros. In any case it would appear
It is from such considerations as those that in anticipation of plague, but we can hill the that the adhesion of Frince to the scheme,
News from Kimberley dated 8th inst, Arship, without which aavigation and he a very cases in point
different thing from what it is. Nor must-we whatever it may be, has not yet been secured, that the enemy is shelling the town, but their forget the demonstration of some still mysterie importance of study in all branches of tatt sms rasscluble in the light of the A. 8. WATSON & Co., LIMITED. for that Power, instead of acting on the fire is iuoffective, as most of the shells do as bead between the earth and the centre of scenen without regard to immediate application facts mentioned to eaks why is this not regularly our systems with which the periodicity of sunny be gathered. It la often forgotten that and systematically and slaically done in every the angludied is the wine from which, one by town and village threatened with plagne. If you lines adapted by Great Britain with re-explode.
spots, magnetic and auroral storms and goTRO meteorological conditions of our earth are bound one, with study all applications have been won diminish by a little only the chances of rarsival ference to Shawchun, is acoking to extend
up. Here certainly we are face to face with the purest science then is the one last, an gat, of o parasite, you will possibly, very probably, draw upon. It is therefore, as history shows extinguish it altogothor. No matter how potent her boundaries at Kwangohauwan, and, ne-
oño of the sciences of the future.
The saving of the lives of our sailors by us, the one which will prove most fruitful in and indestructible they may be when chine established in the human body, before sifooting. gotiations having broken down on that
storm warnings and the study of the laws the fature
What is to by learnt from all this P
en entrance parasites are feeble and helpfoss point, is taking steps to reinforce the garri
of storms one of the applications of the
An industrial battle between foremost nations and a little matter turns the scale against them; 28 son already in ocoupation. The stuation
asienes of steerciogy which the century always going on, and in the struggle for exie- diminish their chances of survival or propaga hna brought us, resalt undreamt of by ae between France and China is at the mo
weighed the air." Nor do tuos in wach markat, the sittent antion will tion by this little and you may atop their ment not free from elements of anxiety,
him who first the benefits of science to our seafaring and sus sirvive. Each nation depends for its life upon opidemic diffusion. Therefore, as the rat sup going populatione end here. Ocean currents as ite industry. Industry depends upon science phos the best and most probably the initial op- well as air currents have been investigated and The progress of science depends upon the sumportunity for bacillus peatis, removal of this charted by hydrographors, who have added feber of men of science at work in 'esph country opportunity world most likely arrest the thrast these benefits by mape showing depths, so that Thie sumber most depends upon the education ened epidemio Bosion of plag 19, Were I Low the contours of the bottoms of meas and afforded in each country. The basis of all saion-asked how I would protect & Slate from phagus, oceans are nearly as well known as those of the tifo work in the power of thinking, olwerving, I would certainly answer, Exterminate the rais as a first and most important measurò; but, iar nd experimenting correctly the best use of land corfsses.
that the measure be taken in anticipation of the The anatomy of the earth," as geology bay mind, and eyes and hands. This then it the making this recommendation, I would stipulate beau termed, is also praslinally a product of the natural basis of the earliest education.E
The nexb moral is this. If a nation wishes to savent disease, not when the disasse had already present contury, though it may be amid that for The Times Correspondent at St. Petersburg beginning we hate to look to Arabian writers go under in the swuggle the very best plan is shown its presence and the rods are dying by says that the fullest preparations are completed of the 10th century. The later work has not to waste the time of the genug at the pelmary thousands. It is too late then; the mischief has for a Russian adronos on Herat al any idealy enabled us to lesume familie with the achoul by educating on eams other system then been done. An epidemic in full swing fa bard ment, the alleged reason being apprehension of surface conditions of the earth in past ages, but that indicated, let us say teaching a trade, to stop, I do not know that London may not be disturbances in the evout of the Amer's death. to construct tables showing the various forms Next rest, the time of the older students again smitten with the plague. Some, relying of saimal and regstable life which one after supposing so once is taught to them at all on the proved officiency of our measures for by so-called "toaniel Instruction room the prevention of sholars and on one slabeints the other hat peopled our planet.
More than this, an himself has been proved to berning applications withouhany prolinal work sanitation, believe that there is so danger. Bot have been present on the sceno contemporaneously at or research connected with, any ous branch I would point out that coolers is not a TTON, to be held the Offices of the with many now extinct animals, at a time long of pure sisbee Next turn men thus prepared fonts with plague, sat that what applies to the Public Works Departament, on MONDAY,
By Command, Anteculeut be that forcured by Archbishop Usher into works and factories where they will be former does not nonessarily apply to the latter. the 20th day of NOVEMBER, 1899, et S.15 P.M., This work has bean ostonded by the modern able to only clavishly follow their predecemps Thers is this important difference between the ars published for general information. seines of Archeology which has demonstrated by wing rule of thumb precesses. Ench scanres: two, specially important from a sanitary point the existence of zeiled communities and by ko at this will affectively prevent any development of view alolara is a water-borus disease, plague means rade virilizations thousands of years ago, of the industry-concerned, no new processes-borne disease. We have taken precau and its new ssident that in the noblest study will be forthcoming, ne how methods based on tons that our water supply may not be infected
If a nation wishes to sacssed in the straggle precautions that ovat supply does not of ranking" the geologist and archeologist now disentery, and no new products with the cholera tibrio, have we lakon similar
slo mast ses to it that the sar loss of the school infested with bactions cefist Suppose that mast work together to dive still further into man's early history.
years ahall be spout in providing noh a fully single rat infested with plagos should sepa building a knowladire of purs solence on the potta What would be the consequence. The co-ordinated education as I ara indicated and into Ue sewers Lanceo from ano of the falation by means of research. Men fhus The rat weald die. Ten chance to one its body the after years and many or them, etilised lausny ships constantly arriving from plague educated, when they sad their way into Industry Losing with plague baclit would be gule are put forced to be content with the old method eaten, as is the habit of rats by other rate, or them They do improve them and discover to these other enta am with thom pingue new quesNext they discover new applications bacillis Those in turn would become of work if they can go their way to improve the flows infecting it would transfer themselves
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ACCORDING to recent telegrams, the United Stater ara actively moving in the matter of China and the open door, and the Daily Chromiste is uradited with the declaration
Mr. J. Mielenvy Brown, the head of the Cus toms and other government departments at Boonl, is at present ou a visit to Phongbai...
The U.S.S. Manoracy with the flon. B. H. Conger, Americao Minister, arrived at Shang- hai from the Yangtzo ports on the Ilth inst
The Japan-American Commercial Journol says that the Coutral Tos Guild of Japan is now favoured by the Government with a yearly subsidy of 70,000 yes, by which means, the Journal remarks, they are enabis to nadertake the farther expansion of their busines.
The American lady doctor who has come from Canton to Hongkong in the hope of being able to marry ker late cook, a Chiusmas, is meeting with as much opposition here as t Cantor. The Chiraman har trice applied to the Registrar General to hare the marriage celebrated, at a request made by the dy herself has been equally foʻlo,"
LADYSMITI!:
All was well at Ladysmith up to the eth.
THE REINFORCEMENTS. 14,038 reinforcements hare now nerived in Bouth Africa.
not
THE FIFTH DIVISION. Sir Charles Warren will command the fifth division in South Afrion
THE MAJESTIC CHARTERED. The Admiralty have chartered the fast Atlas the liner Majestic to convey troops to the Cape THE GERYAN EMPEROR'S VISIT TO ENGLAND.
The Gerung Ambassador has informed the Mayer of Portsmonth that the Emperor Wil tiam will not be able to resivo au address, as his visit is a private one.
The Emperor has also dealined to lunch at the Mansion House.
RUSSIA IN ASIA.
CORRESPONDENCE,
W⚫ do not hold ourselves responsible for the inions expressed by our correspondents.} ANOTHER PRO-CHINESE VIEW OF. THE NON-SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY.
even to man in osiform. Welser all this, ent
CHOWN LAND by PUBLIC AUC the knowledge acted ea in that energetic and officiant misurer which a lively belief wolf Following Particular of Baly of imply sud ensure Certainly not. Attention in pingus epidemics in principally directed TION, to be held at the Ofless of the
are published for general information. the 20th day of Novembre, 1890, at 1.00 ..
By Commsad,
STEWART LOOKHART,
Colonial Becretary, ·
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that soon as the full details of Am Arca's policy are made know they will Amaze the world; that policy, it le said, ia aimed at preventing the dismember meet of China. Details of the policy that is to arcars the world will be awaited with interest. In the meantime the suggestion presents itself that the retroces tion of Shemobur to China, a movement universally candaraned in Hongkong, may ba dus to the co-operation of Great Britain Mr. Kaksi Diani, the President of the Yake. I visited Cantou and sew the myriads of faunches the first care of those in authority while some altogether, and eventually in this way open upfected with plagas. The fet would then be
no other explanation is forthcoming of such
hama Chamber of Commerce, coutribates an article on The telegraphic service between the United Sistas ant Lbs Far East" to the Japan Ameriem. Commercici Journal, He advocates a Pacific cable and coneludes his article as ful
But there bas also been another very protical application of geological study. Coraphy hat now based upon them goclogice) ma long ago gave us map of land surfaces, geolegy alt in the of priceless value
tulevated to prodaole of the mine.. perhaps is the influence of the modern scientific wave more demonstrated thon in the fact that in the net set countries ach maps are of the oldest are still without them; this is little to be wondered at for read in the light of science, they give us retain knowledge of the riches lying beusath, and the modern steam. engine does the test. Hende ihe encrerous development of the Mining Industry in all lands in recent years...
For another enormous industrial advance
Now test wince is the great factor of the bistery of the world, what in dons during peace and at during wat will doside the fate of ustions.
"Men and Woman who Have Made the Century, by Jarlin MeCarthy DR. MANSON ON RATS AND PLAGUE
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STR. With reference to Oberer" letter ful possession of arms At about seven o'clock on Wednesday morning defendant and thres in your issue of the 14th, whilat fully adailting others were observed carrying what appeared the increase of brigandage of late years in these to be horas in which matches were packed along provinces I am inclined to think that he is him Brave West, but on a member of the Water self suffering from a "common form of heman Police examining them they were found to connature" by somewhat exaggerating matters. dain o Maurer rifles. Three of the cookies get If an outaldor wors to read some of the an away, only one being arrested. About 459 guero applied to the prosent state of things he boxes of ammunition ass which thay hd might be Ind to suppose that anarchy and chaor taken on board a stoner were also secured, reigned suprame, and that all trade was at a standetill, He would be rather astonished if he and nativo, craft orammed with passengers
Those are no fancy platures. We had those an underground euitemin af plague.is London. two methods in oparation of years ago, The Who o say that the disease would remelt un- with the United States in the policy now
aid cargo from all parts of the country, and be
wow markets with nse commodities in the fire, and we would have helara very long would probably arrive at the conclusion that
first in England, the second in Germoty, and dorground At this present jenotura, wero L oredited to the latter. Great Britain, for
things are not perhaps quite so bad as they are
the result of their working has been that Eng the responsible soltary head of any town in many years after she had recognised the
often times painted.
laud has lost her chemical industries as hinted Europe, in anticipation of a possibility, comporod Most of us, I suppose, recollect the story quoted necessity for an extension of the Kowloon tows As the cable, besides requiring by Spencer, of the Trish Catholic who asserted
before. Hut not in relation to theen industries to which in horror and in destructiveness * frontier, abstained from asking for the con encrmons capital, affords a great davantage to that to his certain knowledge twe millions of
established by the logic of Iasis. A Fresh would do my utuust to have every rat and, if cension, on the ground that if she preferred the comments of North America and of the Farman, womas, sul children had died in the great brought about by diet research we are to alone has that value of the second method been general European wat would be a trifs I men & few years ago conceded to Germany possible, every moto in my district promptly. Bast, the Ouverinents concerned should be fascine of 1946, and how when the catter was look to Chemistry. Ebe rise, and I am sorry any demand of the kind other Fowow would quite willey to assist the enterprise, wileli usioned to a distinguished Dublin protestant to say the fall, of this industry, has been one
ramesy of Jugland at eos," and the final more plate the approach of plague with egatni.. make it an excuse for entering on a policy werkt, motoover, affect the political aitautions law por, his grey eyes lighted up and be replied, of the most remarkable things of the century. supremacy in coiance comparable to the up exteriuatol. Ther done, I would contem of annexation. Her abstention did not suf-We shall endeavour to induce the Japanese Did he say two millions, now did he? Why Ou this I shall have to say a word presently.
Tezpment to gearetes such aid as they ban thers were hot a thousand died--there were zet. I caust not linger longer on the more waders I wish to impress upon my readers is that if mily, It seam to me lust the present nation to surpees her in the arts of peace that ing the window against a thief whilst the fice to prevent the game of grali begianing render to the cable company if it should be ve hundred the corrast meibse was soul sciences. Let ma tarn next to those bich Wagand suffers Dermeny suy other measures of plagas prevention are like ball-
200,000! This was a ones of political blar, from hare beau long cultivated.
It formerly thought that the lady of is in the application of accjence in the needs of trunt door fa left wils open; moreover they and it was only when other Powers had founded on arm and standy basis."
which I am afraid some of us in Chius suffer. commenced to prefor territorial demands a
The Lisbon correspondent of the Standard spatially when it ipvoitus profit and loss. I organic nature could have no posible applica mankind the fall of the Empire minst cums are exceedingly expensive, or seedingly resume, VIOLINS.
centCompared to the least of them the that the home Government was induced to telegraphs that it is stated that the Portuguess was only recently myself speaking to a man tion; that the study of animals and plants led sooner or later.
cedingly unpopular, and excoolingly ineff
In this region of thought we and soiler
destevetion of rats would be a cheap mesure take steps for procuring for Hongkong the ironend, Fasco da Game, and the gunboat Extre, who has traded locally for many years ago to desification-obiefly if not exclusively.
catober need be serio wip pat ulcut Efficiently extension of territory which was deemed will be sent to Lorenzo Marques, and that a this piracy question, and he waxed very wroth
carried out it world certainly anemonaly dim- military expedition is being Blod out for the because he had been recently robbed of a few revelation: a striking, if not me striking,
In the carrying of it ent no one arcept the ret
inish the risk of an introduced plague, becom necessary buth on defensive and industrial same destination. The Correo da Noite says packages of gouis Upon interrogation I than those already referred to. Le genius of
ing a pestilence If ever a sacitary measurƏ WAS grounds Shamchun was unfortunately not "On more than one solemn pecasion Portugal elicited the fact that he had been trading in Darwin has evolved from this study "bacsigin
indian ad by cormos te it is the destruotion included in the territory so obtained, but was woknowledged in e pasties! manner the Chink for over twenty years, and that this of species," that is the real cause of the in great value of her old allies with Bunglerd, On the fient time that he had lost anything. troduction of new fexts, and has brought sa in.
of rats in antisipation. of threatened plagac It requires considerable courage to speak of su WER occupied afterwards as pert sataraction and tus strength it has given bir That Pating bis profit at $50,000, his loss was pre-process of the work of orclution in moulding.
insignicant creature as a rat in connexion for the Chinets breath of faith in connec- Portugal may face the fature--possessing, as bally, about $10, yet he seemed to think that the animal and vegetable kingdom through thi portent from the practical point of view, in our
with the disses and dangers of so dignified e tion with the taking over of the extention she does, gast Colonial dominions over was, but nothing short of the conquest of China and the vast geological periodi and what in mora im-
having no financial monds for esuring their annibilation of the whole Chisce race
own times. While I am writing there is an in
The inaugurat address as the London Bohecl creature as an Those whe think and speak It has now been restored to China, and as defence at so many points-en alliance with compeneste him or set things right.
England constitute sure guarantee against As to the measures taken, to suppress the toractional conference sitting on bridization of these that hoc transmarice dependsaxes piracy on the water, dar mon top to be plants and maizeste is direct relation to Darwin's of Tropical Atadibine was delivered by Dr. as I have doué expose themselves to the ratllery. an extraordinary and apparently ill-advised would fall an easy prey to the firal Power which perfectly wise and parfectly just. Wlist more work, Thit shows the way in which the west Bunson, who made specist reference to plague of the irresponsible amurt writor and such like. step we may assume it to be connected with cared to fatu them. The paper fatherrero, right and proper than that they who are chiefly pha tract generalisation of science may affapt in He said that the frst lesson, and a most im I have had some expericres of this. I will re considerations of high policy which have writes that the high st patriotic reasons at the interested should bear the bardes? Surely the dustry. It was sated at the Conference that portant one it is, that the student of tropical member the faa poked at me by the facetions present moment counsel as allianos with Eng faore of the measures already adopted should the whole orange Indartry of Florid must be medicine should learn is that the distribution soribs, now many yours ago, when I advocated clisernes is not in any way dependent on the sible agent in one notion of tropical disease, not sel been made publie hare and, which should be still mera durable, and be amicient to convince all says those who doandoned sales a hybrid can be scoured which of the germ of the more important tropical the claims of the mosquits 81 being a respón,
If the United States are really pursuing
not wish to be convinced of the futility of the stained-astronomy are certainly the induence of temparature on the human body and again, more resectly when I advocated the an active policy aiming at the preservation
ordinary proudon British gunboats, or s British gunboat, has been patrolling for menthe most ancient of the epiouces, and yet, strangs which is proved by the fact that once stablished the claims of the same insent es responsible more important set of tropical diseases, And and how many pirates have been captured? Not to tell, the advances here have equalled any in the human body the germ will fourlah there agency for the propagations of subther and
in the coldest as wel as in the warmest of China's integrity it will praeuably be
In another coluran weesprodutos from the ay so for nå I am aware. And if there were ether to which I have referred.
I su old man zow, but still 2 distintly clients. Thue, for example, a malaria parasito now, by advocating the class of the ridiculus, by making agreements will each of the other interested Powers on the lines of Times Dr. Mauser's remarks on plague in the half-a-dozen gautants, instead of ons, the result thetonens between France and Graf courts of his inaugural address at the London would probably be the same it, like the grossuemter how large in my youth was thin nau-acquired in tropical-Airjes me pomala alive wit, I fear. I to be risk once more of porpos Schock of Tropiesl Medicine According to Dr.verbial policeman, they would always be on the bar of Excos marked with the smallpox encour fee months, perhaps for years, after ita human ing ruslf to similar gibes, i bave my consola Brikun with reference to Yunnan and Mason, is order to prevent plague all we have wacug at when wauted or urire te inte rol.in an hour's walk. So sights, and the host has come to live in England. The same tion. As regarda the musquito, the laugh is Szechyen. That agreement is in the follow-to do is to oxirminate the rate. That looks upon the scene of setier. How are they to deaths and ravage caused by this fell disears, may be said of the Ancies, of the ankylos now of any sulu, s regards cas rat, I saticip sensible. The doctor omitted to tell us how defect pirates whe board resale in the guise of have practically been abaliebed by vaistinu soon, and of any other parasites, proteinasame. We have bigh authority for belie. introduced by Jenner in the first belf of the sing that temperature regulates the distel. Ing that fools are oliels that winteling, and Ing terms The two Governments agreeater, how the extinmination is to be effected honest people A B
Lhat all commercial and other privileges The Australians inva exported much thought As to observor a remark about the "anermona suptury. Paster and Ler har med forbution of disease by directly or indirectly seting ill we but stick to thom they will bring us and zoney on the attempt to extirmianto al salaries of certain scials, he mast net forget themselves immortal naman since then, and at on the germ during its panage from bana right in the oud. For the promution of cholera and advantages conceded in the two bils, but without sacces. The exteminating that whore oficiale draw their hundred traders the end of the century we find ourselves on the host, to human heat, and not by any direst the facts indicate the poly of a pure water
gorms from which they spring ore knows, and fact, brought out by these remarks that of drainage and sultivation; and for the Chinese provinces of Yunnan and Szer of rate would, we fe be found an even more extreet their thousands, nya, and their tens of track of Uie oude of unst diseases Thu iuftener it may have on that host The supply for the prevention of molarin, the policy BKTPEEN. preventive medicine to now well understood the lower animals, especially those that are vention of plag, the policy of the ratisatcher." "chuen either to Great Britain or France, impecable endertaking. The west that could thousands from a country Yours, sto
be locked for would-be to diminish their
moteno Hydrophobia, dipiberis, cousumption, intimately incinted with man, play an in. This for these three diseases is my sanitary invirtue of their respective Conventions hambers in human habitations and to prevent
and other dire human maledios show signs of portant part in the transmission of aura orsed Ent I would emphatically point out to ospitalation, while Lieteris enables the surgeoned in only or becoming properly approbe effective these mostra munt la suployed in with China of March 1, 1894, and June their contact with noun and his surroundings.
an to suceed in operations which were former ester In this walter I would point out anticipation. When our springs are poliated #20, 1895, and all privileges and advan- For that no espedient con equal the keeping of a well fed eat. If the Government offered
ly never attempted that, for once in a way, science is vastly 15 ad. with cholore vibrics, when the house is full of zages of any nature which may in the inducements to the Chinese to keep cats and
Much of this tremendous alleviation of Fun Too of practice or sanitarians and the malacis charged erosquitos, when the rats.aze pain, and the attendant increate in the span of pablis de not fally recognise all that the com tumbling about the fours drunk with plague, it future be conceded to these two Chinees to food them well perhaps Dr. Margon's tsant that pingue, go on in Hongkong as if there'
Life bare depended upon the improvement in the mucity of interest on regards dissaan germs of is too late for gatisral prophylaxis. Then wo provinces, either to Gresik Belain or are no ruoli thing or sanitary soones would
wisroeurope brought about by the study of tau and beast means in the spread of disease, must fall back ch the less desirable mostre France, shall, as far as rests with them, be extended and rendered common to
ot progcess to which I shall refer comes to large tainly do not act as if they appreciated. 34. To the far malaria, the mosquito ash and Thing payment for rate caught, la tenpa bus vaya
artent from the rags star for an illustration to a subject which, it bottle for plagas, Halkiass foiset ea I "both Povare and to their nationals and fed and has failed to produce any appreciabie
The earliest pictories of astronomy were the moment, is of pressing impurtance the or would repeat, to proroni opidemic plagas in sokieved without any instrument. The horizou tousion of plague. This disso, no longer as a communitiən, you must kill the locat dependents, and they engage to use their effect in diminishing the number of the rodents, A cat on every floor of every konso would prova
farmed the only point of available reference, 1 bal been for soma 200 years of academic sate before they are attacked. infuenos and good offices with the Chinese wore successful. But that ensure were
the one matetasonte Without the leisure treat morale in une of those recrudo conos Government for this purpose. The word resorted to we would in banishing rata olker ng of the telegrams that have been received banish sleep favours the view that it is in the negotia tion of agreements of this deasription that the United States are now engaged, A telegram of the 7th November, roads as follows - The Daily Chronicla's Washing
too correspondent is informed on the
the more increase in strength, eine it is corain that the interests of Parlagal and England are raciproca!.
not be so well deserved de it appears to
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