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THE

INSURANCES

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27тя, 1908-

SCIEN PIFIC MISCELLANY.

ROBINSON PIANO NORTHERN ASSURANCE CO. VANISHED EUROPEANS-—-— A HANDY FURNACE—

COMPANY, LIMITED

NOTE.

ENTIRELY

NEW STOCK

ARRIVING.

FIRE and LIFE..

ESTABLISHED. 1896.

THE Undersigned are prepared to accept First Clas, Foreign and Chicos: RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

Also to necept proposals for LIFE ASSUR ANCE. Prospectuses on application.

-TURNER & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong, 23rd September, 1903, [2673

TORTH BRITISH AND MERCAN-

NHILL INSURANCE COMPANY.

hardness it is adapteil for varied work in leather, wax cloth. fell, wood, metal, and stone,

A study of bird migration from the Kontish HALL PREVENTION INFRANCE-POWELLIZED ·

Knock Lightship, at the mouth of the Thames, WOOD--HEIGHT OF SEA BRESZES-AN 21 miles from land, has been undertaken by W.

PROVED ABBASIVE—HAY-FEVER TOXIN- SWIMMING LEAVES—A NEW SKIN INFECTION.

Eagle Clarko, of Edinburgh.

Applying rya-pollen to the nostrils. Professor Pigmies seems to have existed in Europe Danbar, of Hamburg, Germany, has produced until quite mandi.n times, although the race is symptoms of hay fever in persons liable to the now known only in the central part of Africa, unindy, obtaining no effect in persons who were A Germen ethnologist, G. Thiteniva, finds that immune. Farther experiment indicated that the spmsskoletons, oxhumed near--Brostou, in-hay fovor poison is a soluble toxin contained in Silasis, show an average height of only 4 feet the starch of the pallen of the grasses. 9 inches, and Swiss remains described by Hypodermic injections of the pollon produced Kollman wore but 4 feet 6 fuches in average) hay fever symptoms in Afteen minutes, which height. Even smaller were the remains recorded increased for four hours, with violent swelling

iome specimens measuring not more than 4 festiumas the injection caused simply a slight These pigmins were well-formed and fully swelling. Finally rabbits were injected, and developed, and it appears that those of Silesia after several wooks yielded a sorum that could must have lived as recently as 1000 A.D.

SPECIALLY AND MOST CAREFULLY TOTAL FUNDS AT 8187 DECEMBER, 1902. by Gatusun from Lower Alsace, near Colmar, about the panotare jou the forearm. In an

CHOSEN BY OUR

MR.

REAT

ROBINSON,

NOW IN EUROPE.

REDUCTIONS

in our present stock of Pianos and Musical

Goods.

Our NEW MUSIC STOCK has arrivéd.

THE APOLLO

MASTER PIANO

PLAYER

THE BEST OF ALL.

THREE STYLES: PRICE FROM $150 UP.

TATTI ENDORSES THE APOLLO. Adelina Patti (Baronesa Cedarstrom) has given another great testimonial to the Apollo Piano-player. She was so delighted with the instrument that was purchased by her last year that this moound testimonial in even stronger. than the first cue that she gave,

Mimo. Patti maye that the Apollo never as given her the slightest tranble sud that the new -concert grand is one of the most wonderful and

perfect piano-players that she has ever seen."

Hongkong, 15tu otober, 1903, CARBOLINEUM-AVENARIUS

USED FOR OVER 25 YEARS.

IN CASES OF ABOUT

450 Lab. KIT

TRADE

ARBOL

MARK

LINEUM

VENARIUS

(2484

IN TINS OF 15 LDS.

NET.

Throughly reliable preservative for Wood and Stone against White Ants, Deoxy, Fungus Kat, and Dem prose.

LUTGENS, RINSTMANN & CO.,

Sole Apants for Okius, Hongkong 1st July, 1902

8900

MADAME FLINT & CO.

LA MODE DE PARIS,

MILLINERY and DRESSMAKING.

CONNAUGHT HOTEL, Rooms 4 and 5.

[2545

.A. LING & CO.,

FURNITURE STORE. PLATED, GLASB AND CROCKERY WARE, &o., &c.; and FOOCHOW LACQUERED. WARE.

68, QUEES ROAD CENTRAL. Hongkong, 21st September, 1903. [26

0 £16,879,771.

I. AUTHOLIBED CAPITAL... £3,000,000 0

SUBCRIBED CAPITAL.... 2,750,000 00 PAID-OP CAPITAL ........ 697,50000 IL. FIRE FUNDS ... 2,887,215 14 10

The Undersigned AGENTS for the above Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FILLE 1 Current Rates.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong, 19th June, 1903.

(1888 SALAMANDER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.

HE Vadoreigned, having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, ace prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against F1ZE at Current Rates.

HOTZ #JACOB & CO.

12 Hougk mg, 2nd April, 1900 AACHEN AND MUNICH FIRE IN- SURANCE CO.

OF AIX-LA-CHAPELL

THE Undersigned, having been appointen T AGENTS for the above Comps, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

REUTER, BRÖCKELMANN & CO.,

Agents. Hongkong, 21st April, 1897

113

THE WESTERN "ASSURANCE COM PANY OF TORONTO, CANADA. INCORPORATED 1831

.£625,719

Cash Security ...

Total Lossca Paid ...£6,760,240 THE Undersigned having been appointed AGENTS for the shove ComPREY, 179 prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

WM. MEYERINK & CO. Hongkong, 18th May, 1903.

1449 UN INSURANCE OFFICE, LONDON

FOUNDED 1710.

The Undersigned having been appointed AGENTS for the above Company, are pra pared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates."

SIEMSSEN & UQ..

Agentes.

[21

Hongkong, 16th May, 1892. DPHENIX FIRE

OFFICE.

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

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & COM

Agents for the Phomir Fire Oce Hongkong, 17th August, 1887,

126

NORIU GERMANY OF HAMBURG

ANCE COMPANY

The Undersigned AGENTS of the above Company are PREPARED TO ACCEPT First Class Foreign and Chinese Risks of Current Rutes

SIEMSSON & CO.

72

Hongkong.h May 1895 THE BOMBAY FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED."

THE undersigned, having been appointed T

AGENTS for the aboro Company, are prepared to accept RISKS at Current Rates, HOTZ, JACOB & CO. THE SPATE FIRE INSURANCE Hongkong, 30th July, 1903

12169

COMPANY, LIMITED, OF LIVERPOOL.

HE Uadersigned AGENTS of the above THE

Company are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against FIRE at Current Rates.

W. G. HUMPHREYS & CO. Hongkong, 3rd August, 1903.

EUTSCHE WEINGESELLSCHAFT DVICE & CO. NOBLE

LAA

(2185

STOCK ON HAND OF AHRBLEICHART, a rod Ahr Wine at $18.50 GRA ACHEE, Mosello

at $16.30 LAUBENHEIMER, Hock

at $15.00 All per Case of 24 Quarts,

Price reductions for larger orders.

GROSSMANN & CO.

[2897 Hongkong, 16th October, 1919.

|

Not least in importance among recent ap- paratus is the oxygen-scotylens blowpipe. As a source of high temperatures, it is much less expensive and more convenient than the electric furnace, and it yields greater heat than the ory-hydrogen blowpipe-from which it differs only for the use of acetyleno instead of hydrogen, with no difficulty in obtaining the combustible gas. It can give a temperature of more than 4000 deg. C. fusing any of the ordinary metals, while the highest limit of the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe is about 3000 deg.

The time-honoured faith of French viue. growers ia cannon-firing as a means of resolving bail into rain has been brought into discredit by recent experience. They still cling to their remedy, however, although it has been shown that the vorter rings of gas or smoke from the guns used cannot reach Ligher than 50 foot, while the hail clouds are about 1200 foot

neutralise the toxin.

Frone! bofanists have been amusing them -

GENTLEMEN'S BOOTS.

OUR STOCK OF HIGH-GRADE

441

BOOTS AND SHOES

IS NOW ABSOLUTELY REPLETE.

WE HOLD 30 DIFFERENT SHAPES AND STYLES.

STOCKED IN SIZES AND A SIZES,

THE BEST IS ALWAYS THE CHEAPEST.

WM. POWELL, LD.,

TURKISH

GENTLEMEN'S DEPARTMENT,

28, QUEEN'S ROAD.

TROPHIES

CIGARETTES

solves by causing leaves to swim about in water in a vary mysterious and animal-liko way. The Peruvian or falss poar tres (Schimes molle) is a tres much grown"in Franco, and a piena broken from one of its leaves and thrown aper the water soon began to glide over the surfaco The propelling foron is the essential oil issuing from the break. The phenomenon is shown oven more strikingly by Pittosporum Tobira,. pretty Chiness shrub, and M, Lequst mentions his delight at seeing those leaf fragmente glide abont like water-bags or spiders, taraing to and fro, piroustting, and making continal circuits. To ounce success, the water-surfaco MADE FROM THE CHOICEST TÜRKISH TOBACCO, ARE THE BEST. ASK must be free from oil.

a

"!

A new Huglish epidemic is characterised YOUR DEALER FOR THIS BBAND. by intolerable itching and the presence beneath the skin of godalar bardenfuga a little larger

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that mustard seeds. The severs itching is NOBEL-GLASGOW EXPLOSIVES,

increased by boat, cold or scratching. One Birmingham doctor thinks the infection is due to a parasite of milk and vegetables; another

high. Dr. Tidal is making new experiments with a gan throwing rings to a height of 150) foot.

Recruits for the British Army show that, the working people are becoming smaller,ggests that it is the "orax.eraw" of Wesl lighter, and more narrow-chested.

:

Filling the pores with sugar has somewhat surprising effects upon wood. The process, as raid by W. Powell of Liverpool, consists in immersing the wood in heater sugar solation for some hours. the time varying with the wood, and then driving off all moisture in an oven. No previous seasoning is at cessary. The spongy fibre is converted into a compact ligneous substance, and it acquires greatly increased durability and strength, with resistance to changes of temperature and moistaro, and even to llre. A special advantage is that the softer and cheaper and even defective-woods can be made to serve many purposes in place of expen sive hardwoods. The sugar does not dissolve out, and it does not promote formentation and the growth of destructive organisms, but it pro- duces some remarkable chemical or physical transformations in a manner not yet understood.

The breeze that daily sweeps landward from the ocean has only a moderate height; ABritish

meteorologist notes that very few measurementi

have been made, but that a captive balloon used' at Coney Island some years ago passed from the cool inward current to the warm outward one at a boight of 500 to 600 feet, and that at- Toulon, in 1893, the sea breeze was found up to about 1,800 feet, the off-shore curront being distinct at 1,900 to 2,000 feat. Last year, on the wast corst of Scotland, Dines found that kiter would not rise above 1,500 feet on sunny after. noons, when the on-shore bæreszo was blowing,

Pumice stone, which is the common abrasira for soft materials, varies much in grain and hardness. An artificial pumice stone is now made from ground sandstone and clay by Sohamacher. at Bietigheim, in the valley of the Euz, and is being used in place of the volcanic product. In ten reliable grades of grain and

WILL CURE STOMACH ACHE IN FIVE MINUTES!

Africa,

The zebrala, the orcss between the zebra and the horse, has been under test in Germany, and is claimed to be less liable to disse than the mule, livelier, and batter adaplet to transport work.

BEFORE GOING TO BED

nse..

CALVERT'S CARBOLIC

Tooth Powder

This unique antiseptic dentifrice is well-known by its pink colour, pleasant" taste, fragrant odour, and thorough ciclenty.

F, Q. CALVERT & Co., Manchester, Eng.

2762-3

CHEONG SHING

GENERAL EXPORTERS.

DEALERS IN

JEWELLERY, DIAMONDS, PEARLS, PRECIOUS STONES, SILKA, IVORY

WARES, EMBROÏDERIØS AND PONGEE SILK. Wholesale and Retail. Prices very moderate, No. 39, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (Opposite Messrs, C..J. Gaurr & Co.), Hongkong, 16th May, 1909;

T2308

VIEWS OF HONGKONG ON TLLUSTRATED POST CARDS ILLUST, Write-Away Cards, &c.

For Sale at GRACA & CO's Stall at

HONGKONG HOTEL CORRIDQE. Also

Used and Unused Foreign and Colonial

POSTAGE STAMPS

in Sate, Packets or Single. King Edward VII Altaus. Catalogues, Hinges, &o, &c., &e.

Inspection invited. Hongkong, Exth June, 1903.

CARTRIDGES.

A

12873

IMPORTED EVERY MONTH, THERE- FORE ALWAYS FRESH.

and

KYNOCK'S

SPORTING

This is just what Painkiller will da; try it Haso a bottle in the house for instant asc, as itDLEY'S, SCHULTZE'S, AMBERITE will save you hours of sofering: Watch out that the dealer does not sell you an imitation, CARTRIDGES 8, 10, 12, 16, and 20 FORR as the great reputation of Painkiller (Perry and NEWCASTLE CHILLED SHOT in Davis"), has induced anuny people to try to make all Sizes, Nos. 10 to 8880. AIR GUNS sad something to sell, said to be just a Rood ES AMMUNITION in Variety,

WM. SCHMIDT & CO. genuine."

[203-6

Hongkong, 23th November, 1902,

the

BEYER, PEACOCK & CO.,

London Adira

Fidoria Street,

{ Westminster, E.W.

Tel. Address: "FOLGORE, LONDON

Telephone Nos.746 and 47 Weliminater.

LIMITED.

Gorton Foundry, Manchester.

ESTABLISHED IN 1854.

Works Telegraphic studies

Telephone No. 435 Aft,chester.

LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES

ADAPTED TO EVERY GAUGE AND VARIETY OF SERVICE. Also ELECTRICAL LOCOMOTIVES and MACHINE TOILS.

CHANE LOCOMOTIVES | FOR LIFTING, AND SHOWTING.

BACK RAIL LOCOMOTIVES, YARD ENCIKES, 20.

WREEL AND OTHER LATKES,

KILLING MACKINES, DRILLS,

PLANERS," SLOTTERS, 20.

(COMPOUND ENGINE.

WORKMANSHIP AND MATERIAL UP

Certai

EWERY CRINBRIC MACHINED A SPECIALITY.

ALL TOOLS ELECTRICALLY DRIVEN IF REQUIRED.

ALL PARTS OF THE ENGINES AND MACHINE. · TOOLS · ARE MADE ACCURATELY TO

·STANDARD : CAUCES.

UP TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE. STEEL FOUNDRY for casting Wheel Centres and other, parts of Locomotives. Also general CASTINGS & FORGINGS.

[1]

DYNAMITE,

GELATINE-DYNAMITE.

PLASTING GELATINE AND GELIGNITE,

DETONATONS, SAFETY FUSE,

AND ALL BLASTING ACCESSORIES,

MAGAZINES AND DEPOTS AT

HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, WEIHAIWEL.

AGENTS-

JARDINE. MATHESON & CO.

MIDZUSHIMA & CO.

COAL MERCHANTS.

No. 4, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL (Facing Duddel) Street).

HEAD OFFICE: No. 5, SAKAIMACHL KOBE BRANCH OFFICES-HIGABHI-HOMMACHI, MOJI, MINAMI-AJIKAWA,

OSAKA AND KAIGAN, WAKAMATSU.

AGENCY: MR. S. NAKAYAMA, MOTOMACHI YOKOHAMA. TELEGRAPHIC ADDAS: MIDZUSHIMA, Kobe, Moji, Osaka, Wakamatsu, and Hongkong 1.CODE USED: A 1 & A. E. C. 4TH ED.

Importers of Japanese Chala. Contractors of Coal to the Compagnie des Messagerius Maritimes de Franco, Foreign and Japanese steamers. Arsenal and Japanese Railway Companies, &c. Sole Proprietors of Kumamoto and Tonour Coal Miues. Sols Agents for Kawamiye, Komatsuyaura, Minamio, Ikejiri and Kamagalata Colliories.

K. UYEMURA, Managsi

Hongkong, 4th March, 1903.

JAPAN

COALS.

MITSUI BUSSAN KAISHA (MITSUI & COO

HEAD OFFICE-1, BURDOA-CHO, TOKYO. LONDON BRANCH: 34, LIME STREET, E.C.

(2409

--'

HONGKONG BRANCH:-REINCE'S BUILDINGS, Ier Hovar STREET.

OTHER BRANCHES:

New York, San Francisco, Hamburg, Bombay, Singapore, Bourabaya, Manila. Amey, Shanghai Chefeo, Tientsin, Nowobwaug, Port Arthac, Secal, Chemulpo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya, Osaka, Kobe, Kare, Shimonoseki, Moji, Wakamatsu Kuratsa Nagasaki, Kuchinot, Sasebo, Maidzuru Miike, Hakodate, Taipoh, &o...

Telegraphic Address: "MITSUI" (A.B.C. and A 1 Codes)

CONTRACTORS OF COAL to the Imperial Japanese Navy aud Arsenals and the State Railways; Principal Railway Companies and Industrial Works; Home and Foreign Mail and Freight Steamers, SOLE PROPRIETORS of the Famous Miike, Tagawa, Yamano and Ida Coal Mines; and SOLE AGENTS for Hokoku, Hondo, Kanada, Fujinotana, Mameda, Manucura, Onours Oteuji,

Sasaharu Teabakuro, Yoshinɛtani, Yoshio, Tanokibera, and other Coals.

IEN TING.

SURGEON DENTIST

No. 10, D'AGUILAR STREET. TELMS VERY MODERATE.

Consultation Free.

-Hongkong, 31st March, 1903,

CARTRIDGES.

2030-

NOBEL'S SPORTING BALLISTITE. Absolutely Smokeless and Water-resting THE BEST NITRO-POWDER IN THE WORLD. PRICE OF 12-BOZE CARTRIDGES ----

Loaded with With Powdur Powder only, and 1 oz. of Shot.

Primrose Cases...$6.25 Pegamoid. Cases... £.85 Ejector Brass Casea, 7,50 Apply to

$8.00

3.60

9.25

WM. SCHMIDT & CO.

Gunmakers,

Hongkong.

Hongkong, 3rd July 1002

129 1

N. INUZUKA, Manayer, Hongkong.

PURE FRESH WATER

THE HONGKONG STEAM WATER THE

BOAT CO., LD., is prepared to supply ANY QUANTITY of PURE FRESH WATER to the Shipping, both for Deck and Boilers.

Call Flag W.

J. W. KEW, Manager,

1st Floor, 37, Connaught Road

[17 Hongkong, 13th June, 1903, CARMICHAEL & CLARKE, CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND SHIPBUILDERS, SURVEYORS AND CONTRACTORS. REPAIRS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.

TELEGRAMS; "CARKICHAEL" HongKoka,

A B C Code, 4th Edition A. 1 Code.

• Lieber's Standard Code.

TELEPHONE, 232. Hongkong, 20th June, 1903. -