HONGKONG
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
BOOKBINDING
DAILY PRESS" OFFICE,
The only efice in China having Europasn taught workmen. Equal to Home Work FURNITURE WAREHOUSEMEN
A CHER & CO.. Established 1859.
Every Household Requisita Depot for Fastman's Kodak Films and Accessories;
17a, Queen's Rasd Central
JEWELLERS
MAISON LEVY HERMANOS,
Diamond Merchants and Watchmakers, 4) Watson's Bailding, Queen's Road. Also at Shanghai, anila, Paris and Iloilo
PHOTOGRAPHER
M. MUMEYA, JAPANESE ARTIST.
Bromide and Crayon Enlargements and also colouring Photos and relief Photos.
Views of China and Manila,
INSURANCES
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER JED 1902.
THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON AND GLOBE INSURANCE COMPANY. ASSETS EXCRED TEN MILLIONS STERLING.
HE Undersigned having been appointed AGENTS are prepared to ACCEPT FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS against FIRE, at Current Rates.
WM. MEYERINK & CO. Hongkong, 3rd June, 1302.
2976 QUA INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON
FOUNDED 1710.
The Undersigned having been appointed
AGENTS for the above Company, are pre- pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE 21 Current Rates..
SIEMSSEN & LO..
A gants.
Hongkong, 16th May, 1892.
TORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN
NORILE INSURANCE COMPANY.
SCIENTIFIC MISCELLANY. UNCLE SAM'S NEW PERFUME - THE
OXY- ACETYLEN & BLOWPIPE ATMOSPHERIC ELEC- TRICITY, IN VINE-GROWING-IMPROVE THE DOGS LIQUID AIN BLASTING - NOVEL CARAL ENGİNDERING — DGAIN WEIGHT--| THE MON'S PỤ☺h AND VOLCANGES,
Gaiabetta's, scarcely 2.6 pounds was on a of the igh test
Evidence that the moon's attraction has an infusac upon volenute eruptions and earth- quakes has been found by Rev. T. F. Espin. A traged period of between eight and nine years i in the records of thess phenomena, and this Attar of ylang-ylang, which rivals the stars with the period of revolution of the
moon's perigee. Further investigation indi of roses us an exquisite porfume and sells at $40 cates that the greatest volcanic activity takes to $50 or more a pound, is the product of an place when the perigee occurs at its maximum Asiatic treo that reaches its higbest develop northern destination. meat in the Philippine Islands. The tree. grows to a height of 60 feet, when three years Adding fine sulphur to the dissolved material, old begins bearing long greenish-yellow flowers, then heating, preferably with pressure, is found and at the age of night may produce yearly by Isidor Kitsee to more than double the resla- 100 pounds of theas flowers, blooming every tones of cellulose as an insulator for clvotrié month. The attar is abtained by simple dis-wires. Flexibility varias with the percontage tillation of the choicest petals with water, no of sulphur, and resistance to acids amil moisture chemicala boing used.. Besidos ita valus an a
TOTAL FUNDS AT 31ar DECEMBER, 1901, perfume for hair and toilet-waters, the prodavl
£15.722.893.
AUTHORISED CAPITAL... £3,000,000 SUBSCRIRED CAPITAL... 2,750,000 00 687,500 90 PAID-UP CAPITAL.......... II. FYEE FUNDS........
2,695,548 5 2
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PRINTING
DAILY PRESS" OFFICE. Proofs read by Englishmen.
STOREKEEPERS
PBLACKHEAD & CO.,
Navy Contractors, Shipohandlers, Sail- makers, Provision and Cost Merchants, Prays Central, next Hongkong Hotel,
BISMARCK & CO.,
The Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are pra pared to ACCEPT RISKS againet FIRE as Carrent Rates.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
Agents,
[1706 Hongkong, 1st July, 1902. SALAMANDER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
HE Undersigned, having been appo te AGENTS for the above Company, are Nory Contractors Ship Chandlers,
Provision and Coal Merchants, Sailrepared to ACCEPT TUSKS against FIRE
at Current Ratee. makers, de Frosh Water supplied to
HOTZ, JACOB & CO. Vessels in the Harbour
Hongkong, 2nd April, 1900,
HENTX FIRE
TONG SANG & CO.,
Shipchendlers, Sailmakers, Provisionare, PHEN)
Cost Merchants, Hardware, Engineer Tools, Brass and Iron Merchants,
144, Dee-Your Road:
MORE & SEIMUND, A
43 and 45, Dos Vonx Road. Blipohandlers, Sailmakers, Riggers, Commission Agents and GeneralBtorekeepers: Sole Agents for Bhipowners Composition (Groy
hound Brand") and Blundells Spence & Co.'s Composition. WATCHMAKERS
DROZ & CO..
10, Queen's Road Central. Repairs of Wateber and Clocka by eompetent European experts at moderate ratea. CAPT. E. SHEPHERD; NAUTICAL ADVISER, LICENSED PILOT, and SURVEYOR.
Office-BANAT, WAT BANG KHWANG, BANGKOK, SIAM.
THE
12470
CHINA AND JAPAN
TELEPHONE AND ELECTRIC
COMPANY. LIMITED.
HONGKONG EXCHANGE.
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. SUBSCRIPTIONS-
EXCHANGE LINES.
$80 Per Annum.
PRIVATE LINE
5100 Per Annum, NO CHARGE FOR INSTALLATION
NB-A special charge is made for lines as amore than average length.
ELECTRIC SUPPLES OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION IN STOCK.
BETES,
Including
CHEMICALS:
ELECTRIC HELLS,
INSULATORS, LIGARNING CONDUCTORS,
BWITURES,
TELEPHONES,
PRICE LISTS
APPLICATION.
ELECTRIC BELL INSTALLATION
ERECTED AND KEPT IN
ORDER
Estimates given for all kinds of Electrical work Trained Mashanicians sent to Out Ports to Ht up Installations if required.
For full partculars, &c., &c., Apply togearing, wh
BJ GODWING MA Why Leting Manager Note AddressNo, 2, Ica HovaE ROAD. Hongkong, 18th January, 1898,
A NEW MAGAZINE: (To be Pablished Quarterly). THE EAST OF ASIA."
JUST ISSUED.
ONTAINING Articles of Special Interoet
Podaly Thastraeth, dasariptive of the People, Customs, &o, of the Far East
Price
$1.50
At Mostra KELLY & WALSH, LD.,
Hongkong, Hongkong 6th March, 1902
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OFFICE
The Undersigned aro now prepared to GRANT POLICIES of INSURANCE against FIRE at Current Rates.
DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & CO.
Hongkong, 17th August, 1887.
is prized among the natives saa medicins, being credited with ouring toothache and numerong other poins,
i
is inorenned.
"AS HAPPY AS A KING.”
This old saving, like a good many others, is founded upon ignorance, and therefore com- The improved blowpipe of M. Foncho uses plately misleading. As a matter of fact, kinga have rather less of happiness than falls to the
tiots of 1.8 volumes of the former to 1 volume will and compare them with the lives of any only pure oxygen and acetylene, in the proper share of most private men. Take at random from history the lives of any fifty kings you of the latter, and it gives much higher temporifty private men, als taken at random, and atore than was obtainable with a mixture of I'll wager you my last sixpence you'll find the ether and acetylsus that could be barred at balance of happiness inclines heavily to the private men. To be heralded by dram and lower pressure. The pressure used in equivalent trumpet wherever you go, to be spoken of either to that of about 13 feel of water, and back in terms of the extremost adulation or of vulgar. firing is prevented by the speed of 30 to 450 sbase, and to sorve as a target for the revolver faut a second at which the gases issue from the prolice of every crank who nurses s grievance, is not quite the lie a wise man would choose if jet. In the hot greenish one at the cant of his will had anything to do with the altar. *I wish I were a king," said Jones to his friend the flame, iron and steel are easily welded, aud silica, time, alumins and magnesía readily fased. Brown; "not what is now-a-daye called a king, but a real king ns of old one with authority For a luminous Blame the oxygen is reduced.
Lo have a few people killed now and again when he felt like it. You are neither a king or a but an ass without replied Brown. ability to eat thistles," Brown was right. Of a ambitions which sway mortal man, that which cost imperial Caesar bis life-ambition to become a king-hus least of wisdom in it, and is only to be accounted for by the monstrous supposing that kings are, per ec, happier
In electric grape culture, M. J. Faghs, of Elba, placus in a field of bores tive special accumulato for maats, each harlag a collecting atmospheric electricity. The noen. mulators are connected by wires with each other
ground, and a short wire runs from the net to each plant. Not only are the grapes im. proved in yield and quality, but they are froe from phylloxera,
MAB,
of
Agents for the Phoenix Firs Office, and with a wire petwork a foot and a half under-fall then other men. These thoughts occur
"L'URBAINE'
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LD. (Established 1838.)
It current rates.
THE
HE Undersigned, having been appointed GENERAL AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS
P. LEMAIRE & CO:
* [473 Hongkong, 7th February, 1901. GENERAL MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY, LIMITED.. OF DRESDEN:
BE Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT FOREIGN and CHINESE RISKS.
HOTZ, JACOB & CO. · Hongkong, 1st September, 1902. [2327 TANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG. TRANSATLANTIC FIRE INSUR
The Undersigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the shove Company, are pre- pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Hates.
A new French life-preserver is a bolt filled with calcium carbide. It is quickly inflated by poetylene on being wetted.
Some multi-millionaire may pa! a little surplus capital to worse use than by providing an igalitation for evolving, by selection and training, an intellectual ruce of dogs. Lord Avebury has shown the possibility of teaching dogs to read to a certain extent. He has taught Van, his black poodle, to express its wayls by choosing cards printed " Food," "Cat," "Tea." "Bone," and "Water" from cards bearing other cards shall not be selected by position or by any words, and has taken pains to ensure that the peculiar scent. The first step in education consisted in toaching the difference between a card printed "Food" and one left blank, und after about ten days the correct card was in variably chosen. It was more difficult to maks the animal distinguish between words. Several
to usia considering the case of Mr. William Highett, of 7, Elder Streat, Adelaide, 8.A.,
THEATRE
ROYAL,
CITY HALL.
DANIEL FRAWLEY & COMPANY
WILL PRODUCE
SECRET SERVICE”
ON SATURDAY, 4TH OCTOBER,
AND
“ LORD AND LADY ALGY":
ON MONDAY, 6în OCTOBE/.
Hongkong, 2nd October, 1992:
Į 2549
VINOLIA SOAP Is Unsurpassed for the Complexion.
VINOLIA SOAP Keeps the Skin as soft as Velvet.
VINOLIA SOAP Lasts well, and does not dry or Irritate
the most Sensitive Skin.
VINOLIA SOAP Is a Luxury for the Toilet,
VINOLIA CREAM (For Prickly Heat, Suabum, Itching, &c.) In 4 size.
VINOLIA POWDER (For Redness, Roughness, Toilet, &c.) In 4 aizes.
JAPAN
SOLD EVERYWHERE.
COALS.
MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA
(MITSUI & CO..
HEAD OFFICE:43, SAKAMOTO-CHO, Torro. LONDON BRANCH - 34. LIME STREET, M.C.
1347
HONGKONG BRANCH;—PRINCE'S BUILDINGs, Iox Hoon STEEN
OTHER BRANCHES:
York, San Francisco, Hamburg. Bombay, Singapore, Sourabaya, Manila, Amoy, Shanghai, Cheloo, Tientsin, Newchwang, Port Arthur, Seoul, Chemalpo, Yokohama, Yekosuka, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobo, Kure, Shimonoseki, Moji, Wakamatar, Karatan, Nagamski Kuobinoten, Sasebo, Maidauru Miike, Hakodato, Taipeh, &o.
Telegraphic: Address: “MITSUI" - (A.B.C. and A 1 Codemy).
CONTRACTORS OF COAD to the Imperial Juparse Navy and Arsenals and the State Railways; Principal Railway Companies and Industrial Works; Home and Foreign Mall and. Freight Steamers. SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Fameas Miike, Tagawa, Yamano and Ida Coal Lines: and. 6OLE AGENTS for Hokoku, Honde, Ichimura, Kanada, Kishima, Mamede, Manaours, Onsure,
Otsuji, Basahara Teubaknro, Yoshinotani, Yoshio, Yunokibars, and other Couls
N. INUZUKA, Manager, Hongkong.
UNTOUCHED BY HAND.
MELLIN'S
we were about to say, was as happy as a king until about threw years ago. But that Now 'w.uldn't be right. With his youthfulness, his health, strength and splendid physique, Mr.. should have been, and doubtless was, Highett happier than any king who could be samed. Mr. Highett writes thus on the 10th of March, 1902-I am a native of South Australia, twenty-five years of age, and until three years go never knew what it was to be seriously ill. at that period I was engaged in bash work, right in the heart of the rough North-East District. The work was extremely laborious, the food cearm, and the climata red hot. There conditions completely broke down my health 51 I grew weak and thin, continually felt out of sorts, and would get up in the morning feeling more tired than when I went to bed. There was a tight feeling, a distressing sense of
pelled me to rise from my bed, and walk the oppression about the chest, and I was much troubled by flatulence, which frequently com for for hours. I tried, all sorts of pille and miliciaes for my complaint, but none of them did me say good. Finally I grow so weak that I had to give up. my employment, having lost twenty-eight pounds in weight. I then went to Adelaide, and placed myself in the care of a first-class doctor, who said that my trouble was a bad form of indigestion; bat though he relief. It was at this crisis that a little book We left at the honse which, fortunately examining, I found to be an almanac issued by Most blasting experiments with liquid air Byrup. In this little work I read of the case the proprietors of Mother Seigel's Curative have proven failures, but the results secs to of a person whose symptoms were very similar have been better in recent bridge-building to mine, and who claimed to have been [27work at Munich. Paper ertridges were filled thoroughly cared by Mother Beigel's Curative with a spongy absorbeat and provided with Syrup. This fact determined me to try it, and I obtained a bottle without delay. A rory few -detonator. When ready for the blast, the doses wore sufficient to causa great improve liquid air was brought to the spot in a vacuum. ment in my condition, which encouraged me to a few jacketed vessel, and the cartridges were plunged persevere with it, the result being that
I could est into it until the absorption was thought to be weeks I felt like a new man.
heartily and enjoy my food, the flatulence suficient. The cartridges were then quickly disappeared, my sleep was sound and refreshing, placed, and fired by electricity or other means and strength and cheerfulness returned to me. The effects seemed to equal, those of dynomite. That was twelve months ago, and I have and cartridges failing to explode became harm.joyed the best of health ever since. I always keep a bottle of it by me, and take a dose from less in 15 minutes from evaporation of the air.
time to time, bolfering that prevention is better than cure."
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SIEMSSEN & CO..
Agents. Hongkong, 16th November, 1872. [25
FORTH GERMAN FIRE INSUR. words were recognised at last, however, and it treated me for a coumdurable time I gained no NANCE COMPANY OF HAMBURG
L
The Undersigned AGENTS of the shove Company ne PREPARED TO ACCEPT First Class Foreign nul Chinese Rister at Current Rates.
STEMSSEN & CO. Hongkong, 25th May-1896 AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN- SURANCE-CO.
·OF AIX-LA-CHAPELL
THE Undersigned, having been appointed THE
AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.
REUTER, BRÖCKELMANN & CO.,
Agents. Hongkong, Slet April, 1895-
#118
THE WESTERN ASSURANCE COM FANY OF TORONTO, CANADA. INCORPORATED 1951.
Cash Security
Total Loss Prid
...£625,719
£6,759,240
THE Undersigned having been appointed TE the shore Company, ter prepared to ACCEPT RISKS #gunst FIRE at Current Bates.
WM, MEYERINK & 00. Hongkong, 22nd July, 1902.
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THE FRENCH IN TONKIN AND SOUTH CHINA,
BY
ALFRED CUNNINGHAM.
$3.
Price,
1 MAP 60 ILLUSTRATIONS.
2257
ON BALB AT LOCAL BOOKSELLEES. Hongkong, 22nd August, 1902
HOUNG CHEONG & CO., TAILORS. DEAPERS AND OUTFITTERS.
ESTABLISHED IN HONGKONG FOR OVER 80 YEARS.
Clothing made to fit to perfection. Silk Goode of all kinds. Chicose Grass Cloth and Embroidery,
Van was asked to go to walk be joyfully brought the "Out" card.
air
Great mountains on Veuns are a supposed discovery of Horr Arendt, of Poeno. These elevations appear to project through the clouds from time to time, and the observations thus far made tend to prove a rapid zotation in about twenty-four hours
"
The magnetic polo in north-western America is supposed to hare shifted considerably since its discovery by Ross in 1531. Taking with. him seven companions în & Beall 'suhooner, Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, expects to make observations on the present site of this pole from 1893 to 1895.
On one of the most important English canals,
at Foxton, a difference in level of 75 feet was formerly overcome by a series of ton locks. Through these locks a single small barge, carrying not more than 33 tons, could pass in 75 minutes. The upper and lower causle are now connected by an inclined pl na of 1 in 4 and two docks are moved sideways up and dowa on this inoline, one descending as the other ascends. Each dock is an iron trough 80 feet long, 15 feet wide, and 5 feet deep, with water- light gates at the ends. This novel olorator can pass 200 canal boats in twelve hours, is managed by three men, and cost about $260,000,
'The weights of 1,173 human brains have been collected by M. Marchand, of Marbourg. A birth, the average weight is found to be 98 (239
ounces in boys and 9.5 ounces in girls at the age of one year, 2 pounds 15 ounese and pound 11.5 onnees respectively; end by the end of three years the weight has trobled. Increase
Address-Nos. 60 and 62. QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (South side)
Hougknug, 6th September. 1902.
CARTRIDGEST CARTRIDGES ! UST LANDED NEW STOCK or JUST
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16
BUDWEISER
BEER.
EXTRA PALE LAGER IN: CLEAR BOTTLES, OF UNIVERSAL POPULARITY. ANHEUSER BUSCH BREWING ASSOCIATION, ST. LOUIS.
Tax BREWERY LARGEST
IN TAK WORLD,
QUALITY LEADS IN OUTPUT AND
This Bear is brewed of best Saazer Hops and est Burley Malt only, and warranted not to contala Chemicals in any form.
The Boer is sterilised after being bottled; and full mature age insures its fine condition in any olimate. Beautifully bright, asdustively spark ling, and perfectly park.
F. BLACKHEAD & CO.,
Sole Agents. Hongkong, 25th July, 1902,
CARTRIDGES.
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a
Loaded with With Porder- Powder only. and 1 oz. of Shot,
0.85
8.60
is then low Fall growth is attained at 10 to Primrose Cases $6.25 20 years in mea and 16 to 18 in women, Pogumold Chises y the mean adult weight being 3 pounds 1 ounce Ejector Brass Cases. 7.50 in males and 2 pounds 11 ounces in females. Loss by senile atro sby begins in man at about 48 years and in woman at shout 70, Turgeneff, the Russian author, bad one of the heaviest f15brains on record, weighing 4.7 pounds and
WM. SCHMIDI & CO.,
Gunsmiths...
71 Hongkong, Sed January, 1901
28.00
9.25
5 per cent, discount on orders of 1,000 and over
Apply to
WM. SCHMIDT & CO.,
Gaumakers,
Hongkon
Hongkong, ara July, 1902.
For
INFANTS
FOOD
and
INVALIDS.
When prepared is similar to Breast Milk.
MELLIN'S FOOD WORKS, PECKHAM, LONDON, ENGLAND.
MITSU BISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI.
CODE WORD: "DOCK." NAGASAKI. A.1, A.B.C., Scotta and Engineering Code Used.
DOCK No. 1 (at TATEGAMI.)
Extreme Length...
523 foot
Length on Blocks
$13
#
Width of Entrance on Top
89
Width of Entrance on Bottom... Water on Blooks at Spring Tide
26}
DOCK No. 2 (at MUKAIJIMA.)
Extreme Length...
371 feat.
Length on Blocks
350
Width of Entranos on Top
60
53
22
Width of Entrance on Bottom...
Water on Blocks at Spring Tide
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