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Constantly recurring headaches, spolla of nese when resting, weak ayes, the letters noing together any of these symptoms indi- sculogenor in the form of the ere enquire Glasses only to corrset and care..
question of ustural importance. Taking the cotton-market as an oxample, Mr. JERNIGAN DAY's that, apart from the pries
YAL FOXGKONG BAILY CRIBS, FRIDAY, MAY 157, 1968
Between noon of the 18th out ady at the
reported sal 20 deatlis. 17th instant there word 24 mesos of Digas
Tho eristat en af Shanghal opened a Iclason of the 8.0.0, and the ox-XX [I the Lak inst, with a metal between the First
A Cromatorium fa to be built. Th Houolain and a site has piraady been secured. The pro matare of the couosen are very hopeful that it will be well taken up, though the Portuguese rasidate and the Chinese are not likely to make of this method of disposing of the deal.
The newly unfablished Manila papar E Nacco United States authorition has made a profound Din ways that is arrest of Paterno by the impression in Manila, particularly among Filipino civil leader a great example of loyalty
We understand that a case of plague has of labour, another consideration taudingoscarred on board the U.S.8. Duty Juan de “to causu competition to be more anergetic is Austria, which has been ordered to anchor "that the machinery in the cotton mills of way from the other shipping.
China is of the most improved pattern, and "that quality as well as the quantity of the "sotton goods will enter into the competition "It is certain that there can be produced in "China a much superior grade of cotton to "that now produced, and with improved machinery Chinese cotton mills will be able "to supply the demand for a Buer quality of cotton goode as they are now supplying the LAZARUS supplios his SPECTA-deannd for the more inferior quality." who saw in the stubbura tonneity of the 9 only after testing the sight.
ADVICE FREE. 821 This question of the threatened capture of the Asiatic market by Asintie intrafactures bas, of course, been receiving a great amount
The Japanese authorities have twice reward. of attention recently; and the significanted charitable note on the part of the Yokohama advance of Japan in the cotton-trade last Teaparance Association by gifts of sale caps year he emphasize the necessity of fncing tokens. If sank a procentation hay ban made the question at once. We only quote Mr. to the editor of the loost organ of the movement, JERNIGAN's remarks as showing that the We wonder what a hornat's nest to Japanse would have brought about their cars. Really Taited States Government is kept well the Japs are a very original pooplo, says the posted in the mattor by her representatives, Shanghai Mercury.
Though the pamphlet bears witness to Buch American energy in China, there is not wanting a good deal of evidence that opportunitics of pushing traile are freely
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THE WAR.
LONDON, 18th May, 8.50 p.m.
NEWS FROM MAFERING-FOOD
TILL JUNE 10T Official despatches announce that Mife king on the 7th instant reported “Cheorfa. Food to Jana 10" Trustworthy anofficial reports are to hand, that the Bure attacked the town, but, war repulsed with henry lose.
RAVINYS.
rem med inside you a profesion at st the bags, cambious and unlovely my by which it is bawa out of tão rook a'id
Europa," and to be honest, undanbóny pasti parlay dolante. It is therefore on Sourola, By WinaTON SEANCER CHUC intort know th that oxtraordinary pro
Longinus, Green & On, Loadonduction the Briti private salior—with that HAULED TO THE SURYACK; THAT Me, Winston Spar Cherchill is done in himalt, his
load buddenly you become comma that yo elsver young man one could tell from the link in seed, which sen sank rexation and have left the Far East and its sacilar brug perplexity to his farsonsistently igure and the people of the simond-aye, and are in under notice now, even if one woes not avere these refacla Of the namerave albiged short bustling, geldcresting, gobl-laving Johannes- And fa a trios you are carried far away from. of the fact otherwise. When this story was bomtugs of our rilla, one and one only forced burg. rugning to the pages of emilian's Magazine tsf prominently on one's nation and that was
the inferiority of a single cartridgs bading there, and are ou the offen velly, and in tho many readers sy have been Endling to voto
ayatem to that of the slip-artridge laul homes of one of the stora barghers who are giv- it in its earlier chapters a little dull. Read asing Byston of the so-called Spanish" Matisering ta mick trouble: for there is a thatchexi a whole, Serola is to us pleassat enrprise, with which the majority of our foes were roof, with the quaint gable and all the other Plsea, a are so many modéru novels, in an argued. It may be as well to mention here that signs of the typical Boar farmhouse. And then imaginary state existing saguely somewhere ordinary Gorman Mauer (paitora 1889) again, and one mere in a trise, you are out of. is a 811 baro, whereas the German Mansor civilisation again, for with strange and crypte on the Mediterranea, the story is lifted from used by the Boers is the Improvel weapon letters, unintelligible and monstrous hierogly the mass of iar tales by a distinction of adopted by the Spanish army, whose bore phins, with pagadon and minarets, you see a Walk a little onward, and again 'yon seo ton cartridges lu the magazine whish on thele being orpanded has to be refilled something that carrice you owey from the writing which Mr. Churchll shows in all his is only 275, our being 103. Our rifle Chineas Liostra er a Javan temple work. It has been comploload that there is carries too much of the wa-correspondents style in by cartridges pressed in one at a time-a mysticism of Asia to the franks sad childlike Barrola; and cartainly the descriptions of dilonté prossen for a mis lying flat, especially brutality of Africa; and that shows you the angon. But the modern war corespondent is fre, From this it is not hard to realise that bat also of implement and dwelling, For there Que men in sation with the magazine emptied you so the so-called Paince of the King of Sghting in the book are suong the best as-when ander slight cover and oxposed to a heavy world, not merely in its infanor of thought; often a far-befter artist than the ordinary ware karulionpped overely in hating to go Dahomey. The padure is really nut mich novellat, ad the complaint lens n it to throughthe motions of loading batween each beyond the civilized pigstyo, Mad valle, a NATAL SUCCESSES CONTINUE.
a fair one. The castrol olarastor, the leader ehet, whereas their enemy had to do this only smanit mud steeple, a rough straw roof, and in General Baller reports that he has occu of the revolution, is a well-drawn one and after eeory fire shots. That may of our mes frost and on the gate a fax idols of wood, cut
ing their whereabouts whilst, engaged in this AMOUNT OF BRILL AND RESEMBLANCE that the enemy wore unabled to keep ups for pied Glace. The Trauszantors have now though moralista will not condous the action of lost their lives through unintentionally diadica out with the same
mpre sastained and rapid Are is certain, for oar evanustel the Biggarsberg, while the Froetha laly whom he nitimately makes his wife; constant cooling is only too probable. Also ably handled. We can certainly recommend Savrala (which is usut to us by Messrs. Kelly experts declare that a man thus loading five ourtridges at a time can tire some three or four Staters on the Denisenborgare much reduced the story of how they came togelker is admir-
timos a rapidly as one with single loading and Walth) 88 & book worth reading, in number,
weapon. In other words on at emergency a ROBE au load and fire dont thirty shots in the same time that ons of our men takes to loose, off ton-Gar Score" in The Saturday
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LONDON, 16th May."
The mandarina of the Shanghai neighbour hood Lave receival despatches from the Boath reporting the existense of a widespread rabel- lion in the provinces of Kwangtung, Hwangst, Kreisbon and Huasa. So far it is THE WAR-BOERS CONCENTRATING | New Antigone; but, if he wore to refrain from
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ON THE VAAL, Reator's correspondoat at Kroonstad. 14th tust, says that it is reported the whole of the leaving the Bigginsberg and the Southern and Boor forces are concentrating on the Taal Birer, Western frantiers. It is computed that the Free State's fighting force on the Vaat does not exceed 2,000.
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And if all this be not enough to giro 'yeu në general idea of the civilleation of mankind the spirit of the showon has come once again to your ralist for there are I really don't know how many-panoramas, in which you can trave! In quink imagination and with your cye, and nas, and, even every region of tho hoaren almost with your limbs, over every land und One great tower is entitled the Tour of the World; and here, I believe-for admission s not yet been vouchnated to moon on be held every country in the world; and, by way of augmenting the illusion, you will sea tlus natires, of each country, spooking, or dan sing their wild dances, or singing their belong is unrolled before your eyes. weird songs, as the country to whiola. they
go through some at least of the sexestious of a there is a Maritimo Tour of the World, thece
en voyage. And then yon ester into ous of those hage Russian railror-wagons of which I you imagine yourself on the wes, and. I assume,
have alreely spoken, and you are whirled along through all the different "Asiatic lands--Khive
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Theu
Arden Massilor. By Dr. WILLIAM BADDY
I. Fisher Unwin, Londan... Ten intending reidor may be alarmed at the substantial bulk of the new work by the author co of the very successful Two Standards and TheA JACOBITS BELIO IN SHANGHAT. Goodness only knows how it got here, say commencing the book for this reasve, he would The Shanghai Daily Press, bat thore was dug up a low days ago from the bottom of a mouldy make a grout mistake, Dr. Barry has writton a Fory charming story, which is dramatis, with old mass of half-forgotton papers, books, and most fascinating Italian stringphere. Dr room of the Erilist Consulate of Shanghai, a Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender. out being sensitional, and at the some time bedscollausons articles, hiddou away in the strong Barry has a marked sense of beauty and he hasne and bigbly interesting rolls of Prince for which d'Anusazio las done so much there which, an ancient looking piece of parchment enclated within stated to have been the identical with it the gift of desoription, and in the land. It was a harulsome white metaltra caddy
receptiele in which the unfortunate Prince The health of the British troops and horses is is no lack of material for such a writer us he tɛ. Arden Magniter is the son of a rich man, but is
carried his for, whenever he was lucky euongh at variance with bis father because of his solato bare say, thronghent the dark year 1716 and Bomarsund, and the myriad provinces and excellent, and food and water are plentiful
tistic opinions; and be goes to Italy, where his when he was being huated through the High-climates of Siberia-se you pass over the great. fortanas become involved with those of an old lands and Western Islas after the fatal Bak of Trans-Siberian Railway frous the frontier of Calleden. The parchment further relates that Ruian Europe to the consts which are washed noble family. The ouling is tragic, but wo
Macdonald, the barole shares of the Prince's .. novels must have the same sugared ending. It vicissitudes and adventures. It stands shout fortunately have survival the days when all the addy was originally the property of Flors by the sanny waters of the Facito. Nor 1s
which the part bero of some "dicesse estate,' is acordance with old fashioned traditions, but pattern, and is inscribed with Flora Masdonald' Consalate administered, and, most likely got would have been sesy to distort the fast chaptar sight inches high, is of a handsome Hated
stands the higher. And that is equirilout to
shaved aside and forgotten. It is now in the say that it ranks very kigh indeed.
pursession of Mr. T. Masdonald, Ueber and to show it to the curious in anch matters, and who, we understand, if the relis is not claimed, Bull and Bons, London, The Tiger's Claw By G. B. Bynern. George ark of the Summary Court, whe will be glad intends to send it home to sama Scottish an tiquarian society.
Lospos, 1th May...
General Batter scrupied Daudes on the 15th REITISH OCCUPATION OF DUNDEE
thunsand and ive bundred of the enemy base Lost, ofter operations fasting four days. Two
nined without the display of a greit tent from 33.6-18,000 gallons to 130,653, 00 gallons left for Glencoe Collieries. Dundles is wrcoked. Dr. Barry has not done so, ndì his story thereby monogram on the cover. It no doubt formad brilliant blue slashed with silver grey, and all
The heavy rainfall of Sunday last mada vast the supineness of American triviera. He difference in the resurvits, which were gattity went on to say-British fires are fully somewhat aw down. The water level baler. byuwash at Tylaim was at nine o'clock on 8aa- "alive to the fact that to introduce goods into by wording 79 feet 8 in, whilst at the same "Chinn asterifies must undoubtedly be made, time na Monday morning it was 64 feet 4 in, "and it is owing to their recognition of this showing urine of 25 feet. Wongnetcheoug was 34 funt & in, mi Sunday and 18 feet 1 in. Do - that they have maintained their supremacy Momlay, whilst Pokfulam was fast 1 in. on "in the esmeerce of this country." This Sandy and if fees 9 in. on Monday. The would be cacouraging to us, were it not sure we Tytan, Sunday, 15.83000; Mon- day, 75,710,000 Wongaefchroug, 2,118,000 on 12.00 that so many competent critics refuse to Senday and 20613,000 na Monday. Pokfulam, believe that this supremacy can be main-20,7,6,000 on Sunday and 41,390,000 on Bron: day. It will thus be seen that the storage roŁU more energy and adaptability. However, as The caufall at the Observatory from 10 s.
the matter of want of "push" onun Sunday to 10 a.m. on Monday was 474 inches the part of Amorien, the United States Consul-General at Bhanghai, Mr. Jos Goounow, on the 18th November last wrote very strongly to a correspondent in New York: I need not impress it upon "you that, Americans must now push more strongly than ever for the trade of * China..
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object of a letter from the Chairman of the & writer in The Shanghai Mekary, is the Municipal Council, published in the last min- atas. I sin pleased to see that the matter Las boon taken up by the L'onneil is to way it has. A patty oldal had been arrested and the Corneil had agreed to release him should bail bo fortheuning to the extent of Tls. 1,000, and the Tastal objected to it, oto. Such serious cases ought to be dealt with a firm band
MAFERING.
The Boers furiously bembaried Mafoking on the 12th inst, destroying and afterwards so. gapying the autivo quarter,
The British atlased and surrounded them on Sutarday night. The Doors lost 7 killed and 13 wounded.
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ROER DELEGATES REACH AMERICA The Boor delegates have arrived in New York.
TRE PARIS EXBIBITION OF 1900,
BY T. O'CONNOR.
Park, 14th April. I insist on the point that the Exportion is Prus, for it is the key to the genius, the cou- etruction, and the impressiveness of the whole
M. Burgin is one of thego writers on whom is **the casket of popular favour." His position in bestowed what some reviewers delight in calling to circulating library and the best of the pablia is well assured. The Tiger's Claw will not disappoint his renders There is consider. ablo ingenuity displayed in the plot and there' is no nakolanne realism to trouble the most earled way in Asia, and have not taken and the Chinese Goverment ought to be ri JAPAN'S THIRD NAVAL EXPAN-delicately constituted. In fact, the poor (and, mighty plan,
to understand that a repetition of such a riola
for the most part, respectable who figure in Mr. Bargia's pages are as unlike the poor of the trouble to make themselves acquainted tion of least regntations will not be tolerated. 'with the banking methods, the shipping The exenses made by the Total are extremely lame, but it is to be hoped that the staps taken
In view of the immense haguentation of the Mr. Morrison, or any other life-like writer, as methods, the various laws in force, the cli-will put a stop to lakin rauners ever trying to
inte azroution by the great Powers, it is reports ahsractora and rarer artistocrate are "mase, the superstitions, and the details of make squeeses in the Foreign Settlemurlanval forces, either contemplated or already pat it is possible for thots to be; while the widdie
Tali,
ed that the Naral authorities are about to entor
f80
dren at home, and on returning at une-o'olock
SION SCHEME.
Bet the chances are that the materials will in
Out of all the many resplendent does that you see around you, you are at once altracted by aus moro bogutiful than ail the others, with its the signs of the zodiac represented on its born tital meface. This is a great building in the shape of a grast globe, and here you can the morements of sna and moon and stare, ind ment all the rast und inteiro harmonios of the firran
All this, as I any, is instruction, bat insire- tion in that form of popular exposition and even simont frivolous amusement by which the French make themselves the interpreters and. showmen of all things to the rest of the world, It is the same with what will be perhaps the most popular feature of the exposition-whal is called
and the naleora dwarfliks, stiff, uncompromising building, solid, well built, bat without bas approвob to an oruament, with the lion and Inside it is to be a thing of beauty, I am told; istically by a qurall bad altaost said paay
but, for the moment, there it stands, lost amid all the vastusesas, and yat standing in relief
URCOMPROMISING SIMPLICITY AND
BARENESS,
THE STREST OF ALL TAN NATIONS. Here you have science and art and machinery all the characteristic prodeotions of all the The exposition is splees' out out of the very uatione; bat again the showman genius is heart of the citys auuler of the city's main dominant. For looking along this wontons. etroots, several of the quays that ran along its strust you will think first of its pieturosqueuCRE Lorreres, and, above all, the river itself: all these Hero, Indeed, you have strange symbolism things have been ecized to farm to exposition carried to strange lengths. The German bay The part which the river plays in the plan building which suggests at once a great and river, foar of its main bridge, and all that in its intivite valety. ita appeals to the 254. must copesinlly bo nated, for it is one of the ancient hall of burghers and a modern bear he needs and customs of the people, "This is peculiar People who will y
At the agistracy postorday afternoon before the third assal offension programme, as it delightfully conventional Ju his methods
on the walls of the building that representa "nothing if they canout get exuelly what Mr. Gompertz, a district watchman named Li is formed in one distinctions to the first autocarstenally, as well as some of his meagrissimphs of the whole poetic scheme. The palace. The Belgian as something that is a
second progian es already carried at Pro Mr. Bargin reminds as of Diokons-Dickous exposition lies on both sides of the Seine. Stand- mixture of the hotel de vills and the cathedr labelled as Pan and an old woman aaq Yeang Sing I
were ekerged with kidnapping a boy and girl baby the exilutes will be submitted to the fighting against a dunga of environment. Ising on one of the bridges you look down or up-
The intorast necruing on the
exposition is a vast city in itself-on hot banks, to symbols the huge and multitudinions Take. "they want, put up and "their customs and superat tiuns dictatord four and sight years respectively, the naval fund a
waters, with one mighty and beautifol palace living Fronch writers, tells us these frogs "The supply must fit the demand. And children of a widow wading at No. 5. un navul fund amounts to three villion yen por such a position compatible with successful novel the tiver, and you sco this vast city for the Finland re sculptured frogs, that are supposed Wa Lane. It appears that on the 18th April. The eum is to be augmented by two writing? Mr. Burgio's baoks sell vell, if that something that has, as if wezs, risen out of the M. Anistole Franco, the most delightful of eceeding another, with vast and resplendent recall to the Firlanders the melanchely but CL, All this perhaps is familiar
lion you will be yearly devoted to the schema: and just salient Le cover on third the vast Jesign Erro!. By CURTIS YORK, Jarrold domes, with steepies and minareta sat pointed sarahcing waste that oroaks at nights outside
Sons, Loston,
Italy has constrecotad one of the hagest build- gablos rising everywhere, as though the expost-Finnlab farmhonzos. enough, even trite. But can it be repeated the women went out to work, leaving the chillies you from the Treasury and thus firo milis eng surwer to the question.
of a battleship, provided the price of steel and to often? Almost exnotly the same words she found that the children bad goes. She
zaspooled the old woman, who had frequently ther manteria's remains at the present rate. In much of Cartig Yorke's work there is a portion were a city of churches, like Roms; of
dsques, ke Coustintinodo with a sense of inge of the whole exposition: half grandiose taken the children out and bought them cakes.. have been addressed to British merchants. It will not take many yours to show whether and spoke to her about the tatter. The old crate in price year after year, and by the time fait power which removes her from the ordinary life in myriads crushed into a small space, on paings, half imposing, massive, you gigantic In the womsa told her not to grieve, but to offer fifteen million yen is rállected it will be found Book of woman-norsliste. We romeuberseveral suts in an anthill; and thep, running between cathedral, and England is presented charactor. the words have boon hooled or not.
reward and the children Fontil the long. The meantime it is no consolation that the same the district watchman came on the scous. Tinadegoats for defying the cest. Snob is the
Admiral Indage Recordingly recommend the for the reading. We fear that Jocelyn Brul is great river-mid all this transionso t palicos his olans yot one such as thus. As a general ralo it may that are but leth and plaster and paste-board
domes, and gingerbread tompler fault is found in American houses trading told bo- to take heart is the children mold be opinion held by raval experts, and wan like of her books whick-hard giren ample rewardoll, part of it, and yet not of it, you so that
feaed, and also mvised ber to offer a recarai,
BOGTE, SILENT, IMPANSIVE, ENDURING.
And now lot matry. a hurried and rapid with Chino. But it is certainly instructivo Phs children, however, have not got buas for constraction of torpedo dretrovers.
thirty destragos can be built for the price of priest in the pulpit may safely he passed peez. ane battleship. The recent navat manoeuvres to note the fact. This pamphlet is well and the defenduals were romanded for further of bast costs about half a million you, so that be stated that a novel which commencos, with a worth stu ly, if only from this point of view.quicios.
plearly demonstrated their efficionog; in fact, To this rule then are a fan exceptions, but they shotch, to give some idea of what the exposition
All this again, is instraction mingled with According to a Washington despatch the it has beau clearly proved that oven a battleship or infood few, and this is not one. At the is like as a whole, M Jalet Roche, the Minis United States Navy Department has practic would have small hours of coupe it attacked carne time sa sto not propared to say thatter of Commerce, when it trax conosived, speke
many other things in the vast fabric, which is ally decided to put out of commission in the by a miner of destroyers. The torpado store Jocelyn Erol will not appeal to a large number of its destined to be the synthesis of the
with towels which havo had a vogue, and its century The words are too vague to give the spirit of the show und fair; but thero SLO purely show and fair. Take, for instance, okl harbour of Manila the monitore Monterey ship, which was to, bo built according to the of randers, for it has many incidents in common philosophy and civilisation of the nineteenth In commoner proas, I would describe the ex- and Monadnock, releasing the crows for surrice second programan, was abandoned for aimi
prsition as at once an exhibition in the true Paris.There you have a representation Pro on other vessels, where they are balls needed. reasons, and more destroyers will be built in ending is admirably in accordance with anticel the English reader a real faul of the Fabrit.
It is anticipate that the third pro palion, The alternative proposition to send one of the stead.
ARMS AND SHOOTING IN SOUTH and original cons of the purate, and as a series derfally done of what old Paris was like, with of airs in the old style. It is true that you is narrow strzels, its dim lamps, its small but monitors north to Nagasaki perhaps, which granne will authorise the construction of tor
APRICA.
will fadlin it all the revole of machinery and joycus inne, and its grim prison and deras will serve as the base of operations while the petto boat testroy're only.--Nagasaki Pres. monitor does duty as a training ship for goo
cienes and art; all the latest devices of aleotri law. Here the visitor will be asked simply pers. In either case the pargosa is to avoid the hardships to which the offers and
city al steam, the bountiful tapestries and ampte biself, for the inns will be open, peta, aud all forms of furnituen. If you and beer wilf low, and there will be resul monitore during the hot sensor in the bilip
want to eco how divilisation has advanced in with some of the Gallic ealt of snelost
exposition. crown are subjected by heoping the abesid
"There is theatre after theatro, pines. It was at first suggested that be monitors be brought home, but the latest plan
the earing of life, the German pavilion wil days. This Old Paris, indeed, will be the private philanthropy is to put them out of commission in Malle har
bibit to you its many methods of State and inest frankly showman part of the whole
boer. The two vessels could be recommission-jected, to China
If you want. again, to see the advance of a theatre of dolls a theatre of marionettes, civilisation in the killing of men, there ka vast houss oiled the House of Laughter, and the A coolia who was busily engaged in ocakingad at short noties there, and if any emergency
shows how he constructs the Long Toms" be seen dedicated to fare and song and dance. building in which M Sehnciler, of Craniot, Theatre of Comic Writers, all places as it will rice in the wook-house attached to a t-ted in should arise they would be equal to a whole Kennedy rol, cenr the Union Church, had a Boet in defensive power lying in the two narrow.
that have boun doing such doully work in South and then, by way of marking the eternal us surprise on Wednesday. The cook-house is cot channels at the entrance of the harbour. far from the edge of a relish, Thorocant
Africa and close by, in a building that is a wall as the transient contrasts of life, ligh over
beavy rains had apparently loosened the earth The N. C. Daily News says:-Twarty-old
perfect reproduction of one of our great iron all this laughter and song and danes, avingu clade up to the coaning tower at the top, 70s the corpse of a crimind from the winder of in the visinty, for the earth slipped and markof Hanane pirates, a dezon of their women and
ay bakellaan, alok, polished, mardorons the great tower-some poor devil that hat Indeed, there will be dancing and song THE Bureau of Statistics of the United the cock-honse was throws into the null, the overal children, out of an alleged company of
all the most beautiful and powerful gaus robbed a pure or rarensusly ste a stolen that corte from the workshops of Vickers and oben.
almcat everywhore, of all sorts and all kinds. States Treasury Department has pah-coalie and his rise and fire going with it. He early men, women and children belonging to three large junks, were captured by Chinees gunboat men at Wocsung on Thursday May
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GIVE GEINLY COMIC lished a pamphlet of some two hundred was bruised and burned, but not seriously,
The Chinese Theatre will, doubtless, representations of life as soon through the The French in Indo-China are afraid that the 10th at noon. It appeared that the pirates had and fifty rages entitled Commercial Chins In 1899, reprinted from The Sun risit te Paris of many Aures in connection been robbing, in board dayligat, Rome villages with the Exhibition will have evil results. The inland. doses or so miles from Wong, mary of Commerce and Finance for attention which will be given to them there is ovesping with impacity datil they go to a village Murch, 1999. Within the space of these thought likely to turn their heads. Le Courrier about two miles from Weesung, which they pages is collected o mass of valuable in Haiphong says that they were but and is usual robbad. The villagers there, however, lent when they left the East, but they will cous gave chase, keeping up a running fight all the foramtion, much of it indeed old and to back worse, if we may by theeffect of the sojourn way, nntil the pirata boats got to the month of great extent familiar to students of Chiat Earls Court last year of many South African the Waosung crook, trusting to swips by that
The departare of the torpedo-destroyers 29 Whiting and Fanie yesterday was postponed. Various rumores are currant as to the reason for the non-departure of the vasauls on the expected day.
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HONGKONO May 18th, 1900.
nema trade, but here for the first time brought together in convenient form for reference, The contents are grouped. tu- gether under the headings of a General *Review of Commercial China, Special State
We draw par readers' attention to the an- ReBucement that the Féto and Reception for Captain Percy Scott and the Officers of H.M.S. the Cricket Ground Terrible will be held to marrow, Saturday, the 19th instant. frond Mas Muriel Alley has kindly ennsauled to postpens bar salertsioment at the Theatro, which was fixed for that night, to Saturday, the 26th instant.
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ativas, than is some Fundation for this fear, way to the Yangtas. Their way howover was 1t dess not benefit the native of auy non-stopped by the gauboats moored at the month European country to be planged into the midst of the crook and the pirates, seeing that all was toet jajat Tate the water to escapo individual. ly. More than ball were, howorst; captured as of "dirilised" temptations."
The Weslegu Assurance Company of Toronto well as the three junks, whose bolds contained has carapaced operations in our midst is in Jarga quantities of loot taken from the faland villages. The captured non, women and chil its (including Consular Reports, Official energetic manner. As will be sees in an a
extracts from the works of recogenest sppearing alsowhere, the Chins ron ao eventually turned over by the goaboat Agonay babaen placed. with Messrs, Wesra to the district magistrate of Pacahin
for trial. Meyerink and Company, who, co Account of their old connection see most suitable firm for the uphill tank of opening up a fresh offes
20 authorities, etc.), and Tables. Ai first nod inst sections we do not propose let here. The general review le mainly short history of Earopean and American dufige with Chim, the establishment of colonies, treaty ports, etc., and account of the serious institutions which affect trade Chica The tables are purely statistical and cannot be dealt with eatisfactorily in conjunction with other matters.
The cocond section undoubtedly forms the most interesting part of the pamphlet. A emit, there is much that is old in ormation collected; but there is also
According to the Gloko, at Baille had to give in the colony. We use the term from loo judgement in case in Bentland islily where advisedly. The Western Asaurang Company of one guid body charged another with venting Toronto is by no means a young office; for, as his pet squirrel merely because it had strayed. tablished as far back as 1851, it our point to into difendant's premises. Sas far as I cut practiesily balfa century's honourable recordand 100, salt the Bailie,baith parties ara (ap esported auto whisreverit has business transae. blame; for the prosecutor had no right to keep fions. It is a plecteure to welcome to Hongkonga pet squirrel without clippin' its wings.". The one of the placet Candian offcus and by far the prop utor fiscal whispered the Bailie that a We always buvo room for gait 1 wes guadrapad.Quadroped er noe strongest of them.
quadrupei, ar une quadroped, thundred this good strong offices.
Baili, its wings should has been clippit."
LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS The steamer Empress of India arrived at at 5 am on Wednesday, the 18th
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moelt that is stated in a fresh way or from Han Fook, lonker, tool eut summoutes for Vanicavor ANNE
free point of view-ninly in the reports the various United States Consuls at the different porta, Mr. J. R. JERNIGAN, the former Consul Genom at Shanghai writes of Astutia competition in the great manufacturing dusities and deprecate nny fear of competition from the manufuo turers of India, Japan, and China in the American home markets. The Amerlent labourer would naturally refuss the clothes
The N. Y. K, steamer Mitke Mer (Bombay
elinstant, and explotad to arrive hace on
RAILWAYS IN UHINA:
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The annual report of the China Association
V gires the following nseful table of railways actually balt, in courge of construction, or pro (4) Railways completed and working 1. The Inperial Chinese Northern Railway from Paktug to Tiestein and Shanbaik wan (with extension to Sinninting and Newelwang woarly ompleted). Peking to Panting-ta (built by the Chinese Government, but incorporated as part of the In Han line).
3. Shanghai to Woosing (built by the Chinese Government, but to be incorporated es part of the Shanghai-Sooohor syslum). (2) Lúilways in progress or projected, for which Concessions have been granted
to
1. Japan for railwaya
(a) from Beal to Cheralpe, and (br from Sebul to Fusan, in Córen,
railways in Manchuria.
£. Rassis, for the so-called Chitose Eastern
3. Tho Russo-Chinese Bank for a line from Cheng-ting in station on the La-Han lius in Pechili to Talyuen, the capital of Shausi 4 Franco-gian Syndicate for a lins (known as the La Hon) from Poking to
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It is somewhat enrions that despite the frios that have been written during recent years consuro. of car Berrice rifin, the Lee-Motford and its amaituition and also of a soldiers shooting powers, the logical outcome-intering httle uffected the coarte of the mmpaig. In hosting to that of car saray-should have so fast, that which before the war was held to ane of the greatest dificulties wa bat to face has proved of small adonat in comparison with several others, a
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As regards the shooting porrors of our men, although it would be absurd to protood that they are as good as they ought to be, a that they cannot and will not be imporal the consensus of opinion of most pompsteal indge is that they bare bom vary for throughout the campaign. That they have in proved every month owing to the amount of field practice Affordad, especially to the troops YOU CAN BEE ALL THESE in Natal, is admitted by all. This probably things, but somehow or other that does not accounts for much of the bad shooting of the strike you as the chief feature-certainly not in Beers, which corrasperdeata say was at times the chief attraction of the exposition. remarkable during the advanos on Ladysmith. It is a great, huge, uozapled show nonalist syes of China The Jaran Theatre is to Nothing cats wore shooting than being well more Fronchiman proves himself the great show.have Javan girls and youths going through the shour to show, from night to sight, frị tàuult het at sad this appears racontly to bare boen man of the world, For the eye, the ear the spares and attitudes of the native dice. From the privilege of our ecemies. The general ez sousen are continually being attracted and in- pariences of the war, based on the fighting in cited by scone after stone, by spectacle after to fumalt, therefore, the visitor can paw, ul Natal, about Colzberg and on the mat to apostacle. Some of the expedients ero sincerely imagine that he se in one vest faiz, devoted Kimberley all point to the correntiss of the an attempt to reproduce a eye thesis of the simply to appeals to his laughter or his ex or noty or science or art er vuraren bas ang forecast af last summer, that the sheeting of philosophy and civilisation of the insteenth his oye, and forget that the progress of macht. And for him, besides, there is fairy palace tau Boere would as a whole-be found to have a century, greatly fallon off since 1881. The reasons fake, for instants, what you see when you place in the entrepțiou si tuis Gadding. assigned for this were wofold namely, the enter by the Troondero. There you find the 5. As Aurion Syndicate (which has ugreed, artinction of game in any districts and the French colonial buildings, and those of some of after pulace, the one object of which is to daz
rince, tu sure its interests with the Bri tisk sad Chinesa Corporation) for a hus spproximation of Day of the Eoves to tuo the foreign nations; ned yoz get a wonderfully le, bewilder, sachent him. The Chateau of larger towns where there were attmotions ether arrest and delightful kazes of all the vastness the Waters, for instance, isa vast and isost all the beauty, and the costindiefions of the giguatio pelnes; bay a series of stairs of glas from Enakow to Cunton.
then the phase 6. Germany for a Bailway Triangle from
Very notable sastaness of the bad shooting many nations the earth Immediately on your with overy form of cunning oleotribal dorice, Kistoh to Tainun, Kiacobow to Tif.the Ecors wore affoided at fratson's re- left after you outer, for lastende, a lofty, grace and an artificial waterfall, so that the Menin Shanlang.. 7. Ax Angle Seeman Syndicate for a line verse our Stormborg and sure recently in tha ful, and spacious building with story upon stery, Light coinss, and all the lights are lit, the visi. storming of Van Kress by Lyttelton's brigade, tower upon foxer, toplo upon steeple, long tor may imagine himself beholding some Ni- front l'intain to the Tuglase upite That on many stler pocasions, the fire was rows of alles bells and cresta, and stained-glass gara of rushing and roaring waters. And in Chinking 8. The British and Chinese Corporation for exceptionally deadly may be novounted termindo This is a reproduction in miniatura Château of the Waters, lofty and spacious as it by the fast that commandes from certain bist miniatures so to apoak, on a large soak is, is only the septre of a great pictars frith district ware known to be Liore export io of the famous Kremlin of Moscow that build rest winge at aither side, with the mig Eiffel * ́~ ́~(a) (-orri Shunghai lo. Beshow and director been pre hi which all the focal leadercies aut the Tswar in the centre, with the vast Trocadero Prisoners often erpatiated 1 the severity toligious spirit of the Muscovite tre embodied, Palace in the distance, and whom from every (b) from Shangbai to Haugehow with of the British rifle fire, ecor ou occurou go a in paces on: you - pass a tremon-pelut in all this series of ange buildings woes
possible extension to Nurpo-
each us at the Modder who our own trepps dons railway wagon, atent double the size, evou, the light of an elastric Inmu, one can under (e) from Pukou (opposite Nanking) le were checked fur hours by the accuracy of day of our Fello this is one of the carriages no stand that some people will think they seos
Hsinyang, a station on the In-Hau Beer ballets and ingiosd in consequence that that rast vulny which... railway, in Honan.
their fire was inofestive. Nothing pits soldiers | | (d) from Canton to Kowloon...
Hankow
9. The Poking Syndicate for linos..
(a) from Tackon on the Wei River to
Weihai and Tsechow
NOW ALMOST JOING THR SHORI
• GLIMTIE OF THE NEAYER ABOVE
But, torn, let me not part from the louder.
more out of heart than to be told that xloy of England to the ebores of Chlen. A moment learing him the impression that there is nothing. temple with lofty, but what is amusement and show in this or poly have dous little areention amongst the uncays after you come across ranks after a henry ergoditure of anmun-lengthy, and brand staircases, with wingedtion. There is no branch of Loma der which tion and serbra loss on their own part. But beasts--all bird, hall lign-on the corners, will not be represented in some is,re; the mast (b) (rons Taeciow siz tenfu to the wretchedly played but Boox ataingem of with strings, sleepy, stouted idols; this is some solid as well as the mest frivolous. There is n Sang-ying at the Han River two killed and fire wounded rapidly ceased Buddhias temple of one of the conuities of theories of parilions to show the appliances and
to levo ERF effect on our 218o, aud more East and there, for the moment, Fon san the progress and the glories of contains
The little village of Sapoo, near Kowloon City, has be thrown inte a este of prent excurement by a quarrel which has taken ples between thres of the principal olansowa. Li Assault agattet Ta Shing, sailmaker, and May Tai Ling, snemployed, and the oisy cumu bolo Mr. Hallifax at the Magisine veslering) left Kabs, is bjke for this port on the 10 France for frem Arnoon, sito e unghie at the village sending her court and ely following the bearing Mr. Hayo n for the ac duruaz
od Mr. May for the defendants. The omplainant's story was that he owned a place of cultivated land near lis honse El Shing was his grandson and Li Tai Thug was Lis deplom
they both resided our Five Ou the 30th GOING INSANE, April his son to him that the notendants bail planted some trace on ins land. He spoke to
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TO 8, 8C atsamer Jusor left Slugs troca di Bu axtant, and is die in Hong- ong on the 20th instant
AL. Rimar, of Steueridge, NY.
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mined on the bank of the Wost the funeral beques of a goodly arbor of and animals and monsters that to us are ns of electricity: another the resources of rang
Conover seen before will tell all tunt is known of (a) Fakh to a point not yet doterampilly after they had been concerned in conjuro an is dusky millions that adore gods ther ceries of pamat will rerout the lust words River rentably Noaning) the foo Borsualty of their loss strange as though they and we belonged to dif-ust odificer of glass-conservatories on a scale (6) Lusgpw to the frontier of Belmont which was takon after the Graspat ferent kinds of beinga
ught contuliked the fall unde de of 10 And the illusion of being in the Far East is the growth of toes and plant and flower; and Touc Ring) to Napoing or Tésé, (c) fem the frontier of Tong King killed and wounded, and there were from increased by the sight hoes and there of one huge Beau-engine will tell the tale of railway. In a month's time all this great city of palaces preng bly Laokai) to Yunnan-fu the Boshof and Jacotadel commands aene poor, solitary figure out of those teaming and fastors, (d) wangelion Bay, Boross the neck The published games nf bire Boer Losses on this millions
of the peninsula, to Om-nuous as usual could be reckoned up on the There you as keen eyed and nimbia Japs and temples, of whirr og and thunderous mach This list in imposing, says the Report, but many ogres of one bed. Sino a considerably greater no taking post to the work, or languing with inery, of deafening wags and devices, et duszling number than that given in the list caferred to the gaiety of his any ation with worn of illumination, nut shore all, of multitudes of above were interred by our njen, we are forged those professional jesters-the Parisinartisan; visitors from all nations will be in full swing the defender, who admitted it and bil le kwak for a long time troubled with släpplorenent of the geojects still domain dormant.
to the conclusion that the fellblonded burgher or away the standing in absorbed isolation but not one moment before. And then, lude, lind botter not remove them.. On his going to with intensa parsigle patus ip the lead, whigla
hough. I was going, 3 EXFORT CARGO.
alone is considered or by to Bgure in the Lee and study of lis vast empire, you see a Uhins you will be able to nas samething such as plo. wards them the defendants aired him,ade me fou
Bat remember, stove all the in, ovidu Gdo nothing for IBE I pressing him to the ground anduridag him The physici
Pershamar Priest Shooks united on the Far-game books, mera term or French moroan, aporten ere, from, the rest of world has never yet seng. dinaro dtírus effected by, Cuinese des with a bamboo. 15e mailed out save life au bound of some
You take a few strusftikker an, not sudden the huge edifices, in the midst of all the frau- and plved lo give
Gile May Estaifis 333 bales raw silk, ernaries or mel British colorists being presnanmanity, and brooding on his own Lhooghts: some people came up and separated them, Ho Litla's Oriental
Fasbesike 12 pasun ails: 67 cases curion sldy put down various and not worthy of-
ly you can sordes lesh, briz, brilliant stent splendour runs the pisar always, wit kely to be mat denied pulling up the tens The story for final. In Ave mis
If I Can Bow and Chino 60 S For 86 farikar muation.
Freons -15 buleh raw silk For Lyons:45 All the world now knows that our soldiers offensively modern widip on many memories allant, impassiva, fresh, edirnul, Further, drill the defendants was that is treas were planted was notice
*TOTO. balon raw fills For London 100 kaisa wasto 1. pare sent into aetion armed with what are its brillisat pplar walls of gold, and the to the cocompeoiment to thell of a laugh, osob, a
experts dekoribe as the worn millarg ride in In which it weighs caufa fish pasan The Daily Mask
of bis Aziatia rival Punt as he would refuse
od currency which
For a plot of land belonging one of tvar, URJOY. AL FON
wichts and pro- time the complainant pulled them up, and the bottle Agus do Hongkong
supply these struck the frat blow, Tha gas was adjourned. BLA
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