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HONGKONG BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

BOOKBINDING

DAILY PRESS" OFFICE,

The only office in China having European langht workmen. Equal to Home Work.

BUILDERS

KANG ON,

Contractor; 30, D'Aguilar Street. Local and Coast Port Buildings, Timber, Brlok

and Granite.

Mechanics engaged, Estimates giron

CHEMISTS DRUGGISTS, &c.

THE VICTORIA DISPENSARY,

Chemists and Druggists, High-class Aern. tod Waters, Dealers in Photographic

Requisites, Queen's Road,

FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN

A CHEE & CO., Established 1859,

ST

INSURANCES

THE HONGKONG DAILY FRESS FRIDAY OCTOBER 25rx. 1901

SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY.

YUN INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON | THE HOME OF LARGE MAMMALS – SCIENTIFIC

FOUNDED 1710,

The Undersigned having been appointe AGENTS for the above Company, ure ja pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE a Current Rates.

SIEMSSEN & CO.,

Agents.

Hongkong, 16th May, 1892. THE WESTERN ASSURANCE COM. PANY OF TORONTO, CANADĄ, INCORPORATED 1851.

410 000.

CAPITAL.....

HE Undersigned, having be... roint THE

AGENTS for the above Company, o prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against PIR at Current Rates.

WH. MEYERINK & CO.,

Agents.

1:85

Hongkong, 18th May, 1900. SALAMANDER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

Every Household Raquisite Depot for T

MAISON LEVY HERMANOS.

Diammil Morchauts and Watelumakers, 40, Watson's Building, Queen's Road. Also at Shanghai, Manila, Paris and Iloilo

PHOTOGRAPHERS

GUN-SIGHTING-SUBMARINE NAVIGATION--

The mysterious boomingi know ng "*:barisal gana" were studied in Italy several years ago by Dr. Canesni, who concluded that the sounds must originate within the earth. The view A STONE PIANO-AN OUTSIDE MOTOR FOR has been confirmed by more recent observations, BOATS—INSECTE THAT FEEL X-RAYS-THEiu which such noises could not have been due ELECTRIC FIRE-DAMP MSTEL-FELDSPAR

to artificial or atmospheric causes, while in CHEM:CALS-EALTH-ROOMINUS.

some instances they were attended by per- ceptible earth-tremors:

Vaccination is held responsible for unsound teeth by Mr. Albert Carter, as he finds dental caries unknown wherever people have not learned to vaccinate.

In South Africa, it appears, the larger mammals are not threatened with early extinc tion. Mr. C. P. Chesnaye reports that the elephant still exists in large herds, and its habit of eponding most of the year in inacceseble Kwamps gives it considerable security, while it is likely that many specimens will be protested in a game reserve to the cast of Lake Mweru. Rhinocerates are fairly numerous; hippopo- támi abound. The rhinderpest of 1994 swopt away vast numbers of such animals as the buffalo, eland, and lichi, antelope, but recoverying 'has loen so rapid that is most districts game

of all kinds is very abundant.

HULLO THERE!

HELLO TESS!

Don't turn over this page without rending this short tale about a working chap. A simp summat" like you, or me; just a plain work- chap with a kind of history tacked on to him for life.

CHRISTMAS

PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEWS of HONGKONG, CANTON, MAÇÃO and PEKING Mounted as CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR CARDS, with CHINESE GREETINGS Stamped in real Gold in Chinese Chaos with English Translations.

MosTORS!

A Merry Christmas and a Happy Now Year

Plenty chances, Jurgen vain ;,

Dellar como atla sarto mai

Wishing you Happiness and Longevity

Success. Crow us your Undertakings

My chin chin in Mongkung Makeo yan inappy and strong Everything as you wish

FOR SALE AT

Messis: KELLY & WALSH, LD. MESSUS. W. BREWER & CO.

AND OTHER

禧新賀恭 財發喜恭

·長么壽藏

遂順事

健力壯身

意如事事

Messes. KRUSE & CO.

MESSES. ACHEE & CO.

STORES.

His name is Mr. Frank Leah, of Nagington Cottages, Childs Ereall, Market Drayton, and this happened when he was 27. That's about RUPTURE RELIEVED AND

A complate revolution in gun-sighting has

the time, I reckon, that a chup ought to be been predicted as nu' offect the introduction playing football for bis conaty. Ile related the of Siz Howard Grubb's no telescope-sight.hets on December 12th, 19307 The principle is entirely novel, aux being taken "I had always been the most "temperate of by looking through a small lons, wlodau images," he said. "bit when I was 27, for some reason, anything like an onlinary anal bowan to pusishme. Gradually the pains, like o of a beight cross is thrown by un optical con- trivance a long distanca in front of the barrek,

weight on any chest, and betwe a the shoulders and it is only necessary to superpose this cross and in the stomach, got so had that I had to on whatever is to be hit. The usual back-sight throw up work.". or foresight not required.

HE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the ubove Company, str Eastman's Kodak Films and Accessories;repared to ACCEPT FISKS against FIRE

178, Queen's Bond Central,

at Current Rates.

HOTZ, JACOB & CO. JEWELLES

Hongkong, 2nd April, 1900,

[33 TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSUR

ANCE COMPANY OF HAMBER

The Undersigned, having boen appointes AGENTS for the above Company, are pu pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE s. Current Rates.

The three subauarine boats built by Drebbel. SIEMSSEN & CO.,

a Dutch physician, in 1620, are not to be looked Agents.

[24 upon us the first experiment of the kind, it Hongkong, 16th November. 1872.

pointed out, sor Alexander the Great used NORTE INSURANCE COMPANY.

TORTH_BRITISH AND MERCAN-diving belts nourly. 2,000 years before, during

A FONG.

The largest and most complete Studio in Hongkong. Established 1859 Views, Enlargements, Ivory Miniatures, Oil Paintings, &.; Los House Street.

MEE CHEUNG,

is

What's a chap went to be throwing up work for, whon Mother Saigel's Syrup will in time pat him right. from earache to acute rheu naties in the knee F

Mr. Leah had to fall back on his club Te

OFTEN CURED.

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BY THE USE

OF OUR

PATENT TRUSS INVENTION.

The Loneel, October 3rd, 1995, says: “It is comfortably, ulapts itzuli readily to the movement of the body, and is very effective."

British Medical Journal, May, 1995, mys: "It is a very ingenions and saveonsful truss,” Me-lica! Tus and Hospital Gas Me, 1895, says: "Hodges & Co. hayo for years past devotert their atte dien and skill to the improvement of trusses, for the treatment of various kinda of Ferais, following the principles loul down by Professor Wood, of King's Colloga Hospital."

Parlielas-

waa seren wooks" on the club," and the pain was HODGES & CO., 80, COLLEGE STREET, CHELSEA, LONDON, S,W,

that bad ho could got no sleep. Ho lay twisting and tursing all night long.

Tee House Sheet, Top Moor. Permanent/ TOTAL FUNDS AT 31st BECEMBER, 1900. the siege of Tyre. Since 1620, wo are told, had so, as is only natural, I became thin, weak,

Enlargements, Groups. Views, etc; Devel

sjert Works, Amateurs' Requisites. I.

M. MUMEYA, JAPANESE ARTIST.

Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and also colouring Photos and relief Photos. Views of China and Manila. Work dong for Amateurs; No. 8a, Quem's

Road Central.

PRINTING

DAILY PRESS" OFFICE. Proofs read by Englishmen.

STOREKEEPERS

f: BLACKHEAD & CO.,

Navy Contractors, Shinchandlers, Sail. makers, Provision and Coal Merchants, Praya Central, next Hongkong Hotel.

BISMARCK & CO.,

Chandlere,

Navy Contractors, Ship

Provision and Coal Marchants, Sail- makers, &c. Fresh Water supplied to

Vossola in the Harbour

GNONG SANG 2 CO.,

Släpohandlers, Sailinakere, Hardware, Engineer Tools. Brass and Trou Mer

chants, 144, Des Voux Road,

MORE & SEIMUND,

13 und 45, Des Veens Road, Shipokandlers, Sailmakers, Biggers, Commission Agents

and GeneralStorkoopors; Sole Agent

for Shipowners Composition ("Grey- hound Brand") and Biandoli Spence & Co's Composition TAILORS

R. HAUGHTON & CO.,

Naval Military and Court, 16, Queen's Road,

Opposite Kuhn's Curio Store. Ne

TOBACCONISTS

D. S. DADY BURJOR, LOB FILIPINOS," Importor of the Best Maalla Cigars; 25

Pottinger Streetendim

WATCHMAKERS

DROZ & CO.,

10, Queen'a Boad Central Repairs of Watches and Clocks by compatent European experts, at moderate rates,

MITSUBISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI.

CODE WORD: “DOCK" NAGASAKI. A.1, A.B.C., Scotta and Engineering Codes

Used

DOCK No. 1 (at TATEGAML)

Extreme Langtz

Length on Blocks

523 feet. 513 #

Widili of Entrando on Top ........

80

Width of Entrance on Bottom......

Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

DOCK No. 2 (at MUKAIJIMAJ

Extreme Length, mygtuku Length on Block!

371 foot. 350

Width of Entrance on Tep Width of Entrance on Better Water on Blocks at Spring Tide 22

PATENT SLIP (at KOSUGE). Can take vessels up to 1,000 teas gross,

THE WORKS are well equipped with the

LATEST IMPROVEMENTS and can execute any kind of work án SHIPBUILD- ING and MARINE ENGINEERING as well as in REPAIRING of SHIPS:

The COMPANY has a POWERFUL SALE VAGE PLANT READY at SHORT

NOTICE. g) - (156

IEN TING

SURGEON DENTIST, No. 10, D'AGUILAR STREET.

TERMS VERY MODERATE,

Conanitation Free!

£14,792,681.

AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £3,000,000 0 & SUBSCRIBED-CAPITAL 2750, KL. 0 0 PAI-UP CAPITAL..

687.500 -0.0 2,283,710 14 4

II. FIRE FUNDS

The Undorsigned, haring bon appoints: AGENTS for the abure Company, are pre pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Ratos.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong. Ard July, 1901.

F104

AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN.

·SURANCE CO.

OF ATX-LA-CHAI'ELL.

AGENTS for the alma Compa IE Undersigned, having been appointe prepared to ACCEPT FISKS against FIRS at Current Rates,

REUTER, BRÜCKELMANN & CO.

Agents. Hongkong, 21st April, 1897 PHENIX PIRE

14

OFFICE

propter

The Undersigned are now GRANT POLICIES of INSURANCE against FIRE at Current Rates.

DOUGLAS LA PRAIK & CO.,

Agents for the Phenis Pir Culce Hongkong, 17th Amort, 1987.

L'URBAINE?

FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, L. (Established 18384

for

139

THE Undersigned, having been appointed Company, are prepared to ACCEPT BISKS at earrent rates.

F. LEMAIRE & CO. Hongkong, 7th February, 1901, [439

ANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG The Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company are PREPARED TO ACCLP First Class Foreign and Chinese Risks at Current Batea.

SIEMSSEN VAR Hongkong. 29th May, 1895. -

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PIANOFORTE TUNING AND

REPAIRING.

E. A. BROWNE is prepared to

$3.50.

not less than 173 different submarine boats have been designed, exclusivo of the mumerous vassals now being built by France and the United States.

The Moors are inveterate calfee-drinkers, and Susitke states that their sight begins to fail at the age of 40 or 45, and any are blind at 50. The number of blind in the streets of Foz is impressive, and excessive use of coffee is always given as the cause.

He says. "I now lived principally on gruel, and sickly. The doctor said I was consumptive. Finding no benefit from the medicine, 1 got my discharge, and at the end of the seventh. week started work again. But, bless you, I could scarcely crawl.

Scigel's Cocative Syrup, and I did. Before It was my father who at last said. Try I had taken many doses of beigel's I felt botter ad vasier, and by the time I had got through the third bottle could do without it altogether,

The indigestion pains were gone, lay ap petite came back to me, and I could sleep well. In fact, I was as right as rain."

tonic.

It's a queer thing, chaps, that this syrup One of the most zomaarkable hobbies is that

will enrs the women just is it cures the "men. of M. Honari Bandre, now living in a small For henmatism, indigestion, obstinate con.. town of India. This man, who seems to be a stipation, bad headaches, diarrhoss, gout, and skilled musician, one day noticed that a snake poisons in the blood, it's a grand cure and pendol Birt-stone gave forth a musical sound' when struck, and he becam, inspired with the idea of collecting enough each stones for two complete chromatic scales. Since then, for more than thirty years, he has soared dili- gently near his homo and in distant parts of the earth, testing thousands and thousands of speciH. F. CARMICHAEL

laens.

He has found that sonorous stones, are not common, those emitting a destral noto bing inch moro rare, and it was many years before He succeed in obtaining the first "do" for his first netare, the last "do" of the seoul ostave being still lacking. With his "gnolo. gied piano in its present form, however, ho is able to play a great variety of airs. He ng an iro frame, from which the stones aro suspauded horizontally at the end of double strings, and the best results are obtained hy striking with a hand fint upon the sensitivo pot that experiment has shown each stone to possess. Some of the stones are of curious forms, "wi" of the lower octave being an are of the stone age and “sol” a patriñed fish.

A new clotric propeller for small boats is a combination of motor, propeller wheel, and rudder, the novel feature being the use of the motor under water. The propeller weighs about 35 pounds, and the storage batteries are made so compact that they cau be placed ander- the resta of an ordinary row-bost, two boxes of cells giving a speed of four miles an hour for five to eight hours on one charge. An advan- tage claimed from placing the motor outside the boat is avoidance of strain and vibration,

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Mundertake the aboru at reasonable rates.

The larvae of fliss, bees, beetles, and other in- All Repairs done personally.

TUNING

sects have been placed in the woodon half of a box Address

having one section of lead and another of wood. Care of DRAGON CYCLE STORE, | and on exposure to Roentgen rays they have

D'Aguilar Street.

boon greatly excited, invariably retreating to Hongkong, 4th September, 1901.

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the leaden part of the box. With blind larvae the results were the same, showing that the exciting rays were perceived through the nerves of the skin.

TSANG FOO & CO.

SAM WING HING

榮

COAL MERCHANTS.

No. 48, DES VEUX KOAD. CENTRAL. Telephono No. 329.

Hongkong, 23rd September, 1901.

R. J. REMEDIOS.

DEALER

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OREIGN AND COLONIAL STAMP

No. 37, CAINE ROI, HONGKONG, Will be glad to send STAMPS on approval to any address on receipt of satisfactory refer

едсая.

Is also prepared to purchase used POSTAGE STAMIS in Large or Small Quantities for Cash. AGENTS WANTED 15 to 25 per cent. Discount Allowed, 1398

COLD STORAGE.

HONGKONG TER COMPANY, LIMITE

If a chap's digestion has gone wrong, any. thing may ail him, because indigestion causes poisons in the blood, and the worst, as well as the least hurtful complaints are due to that

reason.

CONSULTING ENGINEER, SURVEYOR AND CONTRACTOR,

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QUEEN'S BUILDINGS.

TELEGRAMS: " CARMICHAEL," HONGKONG,

A B C Code "2th Edition." A 1. Code.

-Lieber's Standard Code,

TELEPHONE, 232, Hongkong, 21st June, 1901,

THE

CHINA AND JAPAN

UNTOUCHED BY HAND.

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MELLIN'S

For

INFANTS

FOOD

and

INVALIDS.

When prepared is similar to Breast Milk

MELLIN'S FOOD WORKS, PECKHAM, LONDON, ENGLAND.

PUT LOG CABIN

Smoke

YOUR PIPE

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[1554] Manufactured only by LAMBERT & BUTLER, LTD, LONDON, ENGLAND. [2653-2

TELEPHONE AND ELECTRIC

COMPANY, LIMITED.

HONGKONG EXCHANGE.

OFEN DAY AND NIGHT.

SUBSCRIPTIONS:—

EXCHANGE LINES,

880 Per Annum.

PRIVATE LINES,

$100 Por Ananm

'ÑO CHARGE FOR INSTALLATION.

NEA special charge is made for linsa na

more than average length.

ELECTRIC SUPPLIES OF EVERY

DESCRIPTION IN STOCK,

BATTERIES, ..

In the ordinary safety lamp the aureole about the fame indicates the presence of fire-damp when the proportion rises to about 2 per cent. The alcohol dame of Pieler gives warning at 0.25 per cent, und Chiesasan's Rame coloured by cuprous chloride is sensitive to 0.1 per cent. The electric test of Eivding-depending upon the difference in brightness of two glowing wires, ope surrounded by air and the other by the atmosphere containing the danger- ORA gas-shows about 0:3 per cent. The new electric meter of G. Leon ucts through F the difference in resistance of two platinum wires beated to 1,000 dag. by the same current, one being enclosed by a glass tube containing pure air and the other surrounded by wire

the presence of fire-damp bat gives a very. accurate estimate of its quantity. A deflection of four scale divisions of the Wheatstone bridge galvanometer corresponds to a proportion of 0.2 per cent of fire-damp, the deflection, reach- ing a maximum when the fire-damp rises to 10 per cent.

M Tis now prepared to Ceive perishshie pre gauze, and this meter is not only sensitive to

visions for Cold Storage at BEAST POINT at Moderate Eates,

WM. PARLANE

Manager. Hongkong, 17th February, 1899.

UAN WAH & CO.,

DEALER IN

MONUMENTS.

ITALIAN MARBLE AND GRANITE

Hongkong, Bed September, 1891. [2405 DESIGNS & PRICES APPLICATION

NOTICE

· DINNER will be given to the Members A of the Straits and Bhanghai: Cricket

Tons during the week ending 10th November, at the City Balle

Subscription H

Lists for Bubscription will be exhibited at the Hongkong Club and the Cricket Club, or

OREGON LUMBER.

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A simple process for manufacturing potassium salta las been tried on a commercial scala by

Including:-

CHEMICALS,

ELECTRIC BELLS,

INSULATORS, LIGHTNING CONDUCTORS,

SWITCHES,

TELEPHONES,

WIRE, C., &c.

PRICE LISTS.

ON

APPLICATION.

ELECTRIC BELL INSTALLATIONS

ERECTED AND KEPT IN

ORDER.

Estimates given for all kinds of Electrical

work.

TRY

NAVY CUT

ATC

A GENTLEMAN'S

SMOKE

Supplied in Three Grades,

Mild Medium &Strong.

PACKED IN AIR TIGHT VACUUM TINS

MANUFACTURED BY

THE AMERICAN TOBACCO CO.U.S.A.

SWEET

MILD & EXTRA, FIN

5. Finney Bots

WATEK

STEAM BOAT COMPANY, LIMIFED.

at No. 1, Queen's Road East, Hongkong a chemist of Manchester. The raw matorial Hongkong, 17th October, 1899.

is faldar, which is finaly ground, mixed willi

Trained Mechanicians sent to Out-Forts to THE HONGKONG slaked lime and sodium chloride, and healed to fit ap Installations if required: 900 deg. C. By this method, from 80 to 90 per cent of the potassium in the feldspar is obtained as potassium chloride. After the potassium and acdium salts are dissolved out, the insolable matter left is adapted for use for glass by edd- ing a little and and alkali. The first factory is to be established in Sweden, where great quantities of feldspar are obtained.

HE Undersigned, being closely connected with the loading, ulet PORT LAND and PUGET SOUND, aro always pro- Names may bought in to the undersigned,pared to book orders for any specifications st

BEGUMPTRI

LOWEST RATES

Care of Mesra Caldbook, Mecgregor & Co. Hongkong, 23rd September, 1991.

SAA AAAAAAA SIEMSSEN & CO. 2410 Hongkong, 14th February, 1901

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For full partculars, &o, &o., Apply to

W. STUART HARRISON,

Manager. Note Address:-No. 2, Icz HOUSE ROAD. Hongkong, 18th January, 1898. [2559

☛ \HE shove Company is prepared to supply Tsale In Tongong with FURE and FILTERED WATER both for dock and boilers.

Call Flag W.

名

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RUINART PERE & FILS, REIMS

Established 1719. CHAMPAGNE GROWERS AND SHIPPERS.

Ship only the Finest Quality Extra Dry (Green Bead)

LAUTS, WEGENÉR & CO.,

Bole Agents.

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J. W. KEW, Manager. 20, Des Voeux Roed. Hongkong, 18th December, 1900.

Hongkong, 17th May, 1895.