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LESS THIDAY FEBRUAR

wilf

#)may beîra tule: 39.timatum, all the better.

kore open to the ordinary observer, but diveolly

the canzoranas.of #belt förritory the doubt that the onde address a forcible hailo formt ut au

one get non gat die runners themselves at 31 Delensis, French, Minister of Foreign have usually for somans 702 150 yards, Affairs, has received tter stigned by 125 for whom the reo la a gift. More often the French residents in Londo pictesting strongly not botting is et the hoftem of spoiled handicam togainst the indulta difered to the Que by a and when we come to seek for llis canse waspillteccion of the French Press, and also agalust And the athletes. Luomusolros to blame,

the action of certain English journal in col tipos. I almost despair of seeing the parife. | leoting and publishing everything that is un, tion of the path brought about All the petty favourable to France. meanness and anbterfuges that one cu po “sibly imagine aro practised is wastene atblaties, and men to the North, Midlands, and South at trying their utmost from year to yous to cleft out the wrong ans. - The tank, to my mind, is as heavy to-day as it ever was, although Fan hopeful that in the coming searga we shall so the good effects of recent legislation. One at the most ludicrous errors coming under my notice was in connection with the Blackiey, mit the winner of which was given a thumping.big start in another mile dat a short time after wards and conres won in a common canter. The explanation of the handicapper was that is was unaware of the winter at the famous Yorkshire Athletic gathering. The man who nows not Blackley and Ite athletic events should have no handling fu anch Rmportant affairs as handicapping

A wonderful triumph of gargory has just been higred by Dr. Hermana Von Schroller in the Medical Department of the University of Vienna (says the correspondent of the Daily Chronicle). A bor, aged twelve, bad coellowed piece of land of the size of half a sovereign which, pasting throngh the trachas, descended into a bronchus of the sand order Dr Schrotter exticoted the plecs of load without tracheotomy, and even withoutasing anethetics the operation was nevertheless quito patalássi This, it appears, is the first time that a brosshus of the second order has bene perstrated and a for- sign body extracted from it without a dangerous surgical operation. The extraction was effected throughout under the guidance of Dr. Schrot tere er first by means of the Rontges Rays the pises of lend was discovered located at

ADMIRAL DEWEY'S MALLIED LIFE (Berlin) Bronchoscope was in the ordinary way

TS LITTLE WORRIES, “When amin's married his trouble begins" is sà aphorism the truth of whio Artmiral Dessus no toubt conccdes by now. He was accorded a mogudest, reception on his arife at New York, but when after his wedding be proposed to make his wife a present of the re sidence which his admirers, had providel him with nothing of a reaction set up | and sinos theu he has boun anbiseled ty various "little worring, one of which is called at tention to in a recent treue hi the Chicago Becard, IN WAY

Our Amorican contemporary observes -----

We are having more trolls about the Dawegs. If the public would lat Mrs. Deway

the beight of the fourth ribi theu Killian's

introduced into the chea and electrically lighted up, and the piece of land was at last. extracted by n pinuatte expressly constructed for the purpose. Professor: Kilian has succeed. ed only one, in introducing his bronchospana into a bequchus of the first order, and then only by performing tracheŭtomy.

UNPRECEDENTED SUCCESS

DR. SCHLOSSER: SUBOFON CHIROPODIST.

-3, DUDDELL STREET, HONGKONG... Haa dzed his Departure from here for DAVE SATURDAYAARAN the 24th February positively last Delay, OPINION OF THE PRESS

- {From the Bonykok, Times,"") R. SCHLOSSER the well-known Sur

(From the Madras Marl) From one who has been recently operated on by DR. SCHLOSSER, we bent that the removal of Corus is done painlessly and quickly As he removes the Corn by the roo, the Cure effected is also permanent.

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

FROM CALC

PENANG AND

SINGAPORE!

Steam REVLIGHTNING

paying arrived from the shove ports, Consignee of Cargo are hereby informed that tin: Goods will be delivered from alongside.

Cargo impeding the discharge will be landed at once, SE

Cargo remaining on board after 8th instant will be landed at Consignees, risk and orpenes into the Godewas of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf in Godown Company, Limited, trappan git

rar, of the

Consignees of Cargo from BINGAFORM and PENANG are requested, to take. IM MEDIATE, delivery of their Goods from lengside'; such Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Consumees al and exponge.

No Fire Insurance will be seated: Bills of Lading will be counterigned by

DAVID BASSOON, SONS & CO.,

Agenta. Hongkong, 6th February, 1103 NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

STEAMSHIP - ABERGFLDIE."

FROM PORTLAND OR YOKOHAMA,

KOBE, AND MOJI

MHF above Stamer baying arrival, Con- Te gates of Cargo are hereby requested to sond in thote Bills of Lading for countersigna ture, and to take bomeliata delivery of their Goods from alongsile.

Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vessal will be landel and stored at Cousigeos" risk and

LODWELL & CO, LIMITED,

Hongkong, 3rd February, 1900. NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

STEAMSHIP CITY OF LONDON."

FROM TACOMA, VICTORIA, YOKO. HAMA, KOBE, AND MOJL.

abors Stamter having arrived, Con- ignees of Cargo are hereby requested to sand in their Bill of Lading for countersigna.. tera, and to take immediatu delivery of their Goods from alongside, da je

Curgo impeding the dis harga of the Vessel will be landed and stored at Cossignons, risk und expense.

DODWELL & CO, LTD.

Agenta

1:10

Hongkongth February, 1900.

manage her own affairs, or if she would let the Chiropodist, is in bistorical charac public manage them for her, it might be more satisfactory & one side or the other than the ter; be has at least attended professionally on pressut arrangement, under which Mes. Dowey mauty historical chacnotes adinding, aum- has Aspid command and is having, hor way or of crowned heads. He po sosses thou while the public is doing the kicking hands of antographs, and letters from ped-

Just at present the New Yearsarrangement ple that we read about in print. General m are uul satisfactory. To go back a little, when A Garfield, late President of the US, Mrs. Deway married a popular idol everybody being one of them, the Viceroy of India went to call upon her, expecting to have an op being another. Mang Officers of the Indian portunity of visitin with, or at least staring at Army, have testifed in writing to his skill the aforesaid idol, as well as shaking hands with among others Lieutenant General Mans- his wife bat they were disappointed She was field. Clarke and the Chief Civil Surgeon in "pot at hobs.” to her old friends. Then the lion. India, all declaring that he operations aro **knoters all expected that the admiral would ad- painless and performed in a few ruinutes

company her when she returnal hoi calle Some thing else happened. With the aid of a tattoner and a lot of postage stamps Mrs. Dewey returned her visite by card. Fiery woman who had alled upon her recuired a sice little piece of bristol boaril, bearing Mrs. Doney a naide

grared with the most fashionable style of{" type in a little whita envelope, from the letter Cartier. Some people were gratified to get even that amount of notice, but others were roaring mad and called the wife of the admiral disagree able names Sunday and Among the early announcements of New Year's day ceremonies, one that excited a grant deal of pleasure was that Admiral Dewey and his wife, like President and Mrs Mckinley woald open their house to the publio of all sexes, adiicosa did condition, and receive their congratulations; and everybody who huil the (From the Egyptian Guzette, dicandria) curiousity to see Admiral and Mre Dewey at DE SCHLUSSER, who left sont a good horns denied to go; but now, for some reason reputation both in Alexandria and Cairo, when or another, the arrangements have been chay he risited these Cities last year, has just re ged, and Mrs. Powey announces that she will turned to Egypt after a unccessful visit to not be at home with the admiral on New Constantinopole. Donbilase many of our Year's day, but will receive bur gentleman readers suffer from Corus, and these vill he Trients at the residence of her mothor, attended grateful to learn M. SCHLOSSSH'S mode of by her sister, the wife of Capt. Ludlow, and treating the same is permanent and painless, her sister-in-law, the wife of John B. McLean, without bleeding, in a single operation extract. who ran for governor of Ohio last full. Noing the root of the Corn, allowing the patient ladies are expected. This was almost enough to pat on his Boots and walk away immediately to cause a riot, and people are boginning to afterwarda without the least pan or incon- write indignaut letters to the newspapere, just venience. We have seen testimoniale received as they did when the adinital gave re, Dewey from DR. SCHLOSSER'S most distinguished his house. Z

(From the "Rangoon Gazette,"!)}" DR. SCHLOSSER is a specialist in il kinds of ailments affecting the Feet, and has wou quite a name for himself for the efficacious manner in which he has congcorad all sorts of Corns, hard or roft, down from this fee of Hoyalty to those of much humbler TRO People who have spout rench and suffered more should now avail themselves of the opportunity of having these most irritating and painfal excrescences removed one for all, and without the least pain or inconvenience

big booty patients, Inofading corno woll known

themselves are not entirely of Alexandria and Cairo, whom se bus succeedel happy Mrs. Dewey has been determined to in completely Curing of their Corus lead the Uno at the white loose recenfion, oa

DUDDELL STREET, Hongkong. New Year's day, bat Mrs. Bites will here that

Room No.11, First Floar. honor, as natal. There will be no change in the Will leave Hongkong positively asual programme. The order of reception will "SATURDAY 24TH FEBRUARY,” be the same as it has buen ever since anybody

last Delay cau remember, The members of the diplomastic

Comanlting from 9 am till 3 EM..

corps, arteadel by the offelala of the department N.B-No professional connection with anyone.

of state, will come first: then the jodiciney su The congress: then the army, lel by Gen, and Mr Miles; uext the navy, led by Admiral and Mrs. Dewey, and then the other oficials of the government. The Daveys thought they ought to walk ahead of the Milosss be- canso they are udmirals and raak with the general of the army, two grades ahead of the fileses, who are caly major-generals, but the rule àns always been that the depart ments of the government, shall be received. in the order of their rank and establishment, and the war department leads the navy department-i- by many years. Admiral Doway hus contested this point with a good deal of earnestness, nud has eren carried it to the president, who de videl against him-but everybody sure his wife

ORIENTAL

PRESS

AGENCY

QUEEN'S ROAD, HONGLONG,

NEWSPAPER

CORRESPONDENTS,

+370

sent him, and that he would never have gone STENOGRAPHER, TYPISTS

for himself.

THE LAST YEAR OF THE CENTURY.

WHAT THE CHINESE AMBASSADOR GAYS, Sir Chibchen Lolonglah, the Chinese Am bassador to England, writes to the Morning Post a letter on the century question, which is

AND

ADVERTISING EXPERTS.

exercising the minds of many people just now: SHORTHAND REPORTS FURNISHED.

Ianbit (he says) that the twentieth cen tury begins ou lat January, 1901, and not on 1st January, 1900. Suppose 1 were desirons of ascertaining bow many years ago the Emperor, Fo-Hi, the first author of our famous Book of Changes, ascended the throne of China; I would

agents for the Sale of the

naturally ascertain in what year B.C. bis acces PENNSYLVANIA PULP & PAPER Co's

sion took place und add that to the prevent year. Now Fo Hienos to the throne 2953 B.C.; which, added to 1839, equals 1,952, which is the number of years ago that Fo-Hi began to reign. and agrees with the Chinese chronology. Hnd there been a year in the reckoning Fo-Hi would have begun his reign 4,853 years ago, but O vever did represent a year or any other space of time. It is nothing but a point, and has no party or magnitude:

MACHINE FINISH

azid

SUPERFINE PAPERS.

GSCOTT CRANSTON,

Hongkong, 1th January, 1900

VESSELS ON THE BERTH

1918

"We may ssaan erint andlogy to this i we look at tus map of the work There the equator is marked 0, while the degrees of lutitade north and south of it ura Bumbered 1 to 90 consecutively. But is not a de gree or even a minute, or even a seront of are, it is nothing but a line, ie, leugth without breadth separating northern latitude from southoru latitude Similarly in the Romar and Centigrade therasomera O is not degree of heat or cold; it is only the the making the froszing point and the division: between frost and they on the plus und subtrac tion expressions of temperature In China we FE British India S. N. Co's Steamship hage two ways of entenlating years, which may S.

be called the Imperial way and the historical

FOR RANGOON.

Taking cargo at through rates to MoGEMEIN ARRACAN POETY, COROMANDEL and MADARAK PURT8)

"CAMORTA,"

A

way respectively; the former is for the purpose Captain T. A. Collins will be despatched as of showing respect Emperor and by it store on or about the 8th instant

we reckou every notablerentus laving occurred.

fu enoh and such a year of such and such aù Emperor's reign. During the pres ut dynssly, which began to relga 255-years ago, there have bean nins Emperors, Consequently the ques-

For Freight or Passage, apply to

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO Hongkong 8th February, 190CA

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AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAM ONAVIGATION COMPANY

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM KOBE THE Steamaliip

TRIESTE," having arrived; Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed st their riek into the Godowna of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, whence delivery may be obliüined."

No Claims will be admitted, after the Goods have left the (rodowns, and all Chims matist Jes sent in to the Off of the Undersigned before NOON, on the 18th February, or they will not be recognized. A

No Fire Insurance lins bean affcoted, and any Goods remaining in the Godowns after the 13th February, will be subject to rent;"

Bills of Lading will be ovantarsigned by

-SANDER WIELER & CO

Agents. Hongkong, Sth February, 1900.

IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES

THE Steamship

BAYERNU

SOF THE WORDDEUTSCHER LLOYDE The sborenamed steamer having arrived, Cousignees of cargu are boreby informed that their Goode, with the exception of Opium, Tressure, and Vainables are being landed and Alored at their risk into the Godowas of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Limited, Kowloon hense delivery may be obtained

Optional sacro will be forwarded unian notice to the contrary be given before P.M., TODAY

S

No Claims will be admitted after the Gonda have left the Godowns, and all Goods remains ing undelivered after the 11th 55bruary wille be subject to rent. /

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goors are to bo left in the Godowns, where they will te

examined on WEDNESDAY, the 14th Feb. and MONDAY, the 19th February at 9.30

All claims must reach us before the 21st February, or they will not be recognised.

No Fire Insurance Las been eteated... Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the undersigned.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD

MDECHERS & Co

Agents,

Hongkong, 7th February, 1900

BEN LINE OF STEAMERS.

STEAMSHIP BENVENUE.” FROM LONDON AND SINGAPORE. JONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby in-

at their risk into the Godowns of the Hong kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Com pany Laited, whance and/or from the.. Wharrés delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will be admitted after ibn Gooda have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 15th inst, will be subject

All Chims against the Steamer must be pre sented to the Undersigned on or before the 21sfinst or they will not be recognised.

All brokon, usted, and damaged Goods are ta be left in the Godowag where they will be ex-. amined on the 14th inst at ear.

No Fire Insurance has been effected Bils of Lading will be countersigned by

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & CO.

Agents.. Hongkong 7th February, 1000

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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM BOMBAY COLOMBO AND STRAITS

453 THE P&OS: N. On's Steainship

"CLYDE,"

tion, When does the first year of the miga THE OHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVI

begin crops up so. frequently that it has. ceased to present any puzzle to us in China. I nesd hardly remark that cach raga begins with the year end never with the year 0.

•GATION COMPANY LIMITED.

FOR LONDON

The second way consists in the employment THE Company's Steamship

of cycles of sixty years, which ars denoted

by us, not by figures as with you, but

TEENKAT”

by sixty different combinations or UBS.Davies, Commander, will be despatched as

Theon cycles may be said to furnish rough parallel to your centuries. But as there is no such thing as ero (0) in the com bination or name, the confusion that grises with

love on WEDNESDAY the 14th Mar

For Fraight, ko apply to

JARDINE, MATHESON 200. Hongkong, 3rd February, 1900.

PAgentă

va

1200

your employment thereof could but possibly aries wi bus. To put the case even more sim ply, the twentieth century Daturdily boging where the nineteenth century leaves off This brings us up the further question, When did STEAMSHIP LINER

the nineteenth century begin? ant pally by working backwards we arrive at the query, Did

UNITED STATUS AND CHINA JAPAN

(HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE HAMBURG),

Consiguses of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their goods, are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Golowa Company's Godowas at Kowloon, where cack ownsignment will be sorted out mark by mark goods are landed. and delivery can be obtained as soon as the

This vessel brings on Cargo

From Lalon, Veg. Oceat and

Carthage

From Australia, ex, Austratio

Frets Perelan Gulf ex BI. 8 N&D &

Optional gonds will be landed here anless. instructions are given to the contrary before. 1 PM, TO-DAY

RENTAL

Goods not cleared by the Ath instant, at

the first century AD. com meupe imediately on FOR NEW YORK VIA SUEZ CANAL, RM will he subject to rent.

the conclusion of the first century B.00.

THE

there obgianely never was a year, and it so full-powered Blanship

the rat, alueteenth and twentieth centuries all began or begin on the yours 1, 1801, and 1901 A.D. respectively

fo

Nearly 6,000 refugess at Maritaborgs and Durban are in reveipt of relief The cost of

lief will shortly amount to £2,500 a-rest:

ASTURIA":

No Fire Insurance will be effected by mo in any cuss whatever. PSY SAU deranged packages must be left the

Godorus, and a certificate of the damage ob days after the vessel's arrival here, after which tained from the Bedown Company, within ten

no claims will be recognised,

Captain Hildebrandt, will be despatched for the above port on or about 16th March,PRAS

For Fright, apply to

CARLOWITZ & CO

"Aroste Hongkong, 6th February, 100

HA RITCHIE

Superintendent. Hongkong, 3rd February, 10011