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PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS,

́INSURANCE AGAINST UNSUCCESS. FUL SMUGGLING.

It is commonly said that at Lloyd'a ore can

insors against anything. Has a smuggler, one wonders, ever tried to insure there against the failure of his enterprise? An interesting pre- sedent for such insurance is brought to light in omo desumenta just pablised by the His torical Society of Geneva. It was in Napoleon's time when Geneva was the capital of the French

blookout in Leman, and the Continental was in fores, The Generaas found themselves thereby deprived of the profitable Engligh market for their watches and jewellery, In order to recover it they took to smuggling

SHIPPING NEWS,

LATEST SYKAMER MOVEKUNTS.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRE 88. SATURDAY, NOYIMBHE 14TMm 1908.

The N.I.K. #r. Nikko Maru (Arstraliau Line), loft Thursday Island for this port via Manila on the 12th inet,, and is oppooted here

on the 23rd inst.

The C.F.R. str. Empress of China arrived Kobe at midnight on Thursday the 12th inst and left again at 6.30a.m. Friday for Nagasaki where she is due to arrive at 4 am on Monday the 16th inst.

THE EMPRESS ATLANTIC LINERS.

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The Empress teamers of the Canadian Pacifia Estiway, remarks & London paper, have made some exosilent runs of late, but it has been reserved for the Empress of Ireland to make record passage, in October. She left Liverpool on Oct. 2, and arrived at Qushia st

FAMOUS CORPS DISBANDED.

BOTAL GARBISON ARTILLMEN,

BIR P. MANSON ON DISEASE-

GERMS

man, "one John Hawking, master gonner, wat on Medicine and Surgery » Medicina and

the disbandment of the Royal Regiment of His Majesty has been pleased to approve of

Garrison Artülory, by warrant made public' on the 5th alt, In 1682 the Artillary force of the officers" and in that year" poor and ancient Army was represented by s ordnance

for ever petitioning the Crown to restors hundred years later, when, in 1872 th bim his position and erolamouts as anah. Secretary for War moved the Army Estimate provision was made for a force of nearly 40,0% artillerymen!

PREMIER ON THE BRITISH NAVY,

T

UNASSALLABLE' SUPREMACY MUST RE MAINTAINED.

and they amuggled on só large a sols that at Are P. Got., B, or allowing for the Marlborough, the fanations of the Royal malaria by the mosquito, and they all recognised in absolutely nc foundation for that apprehension.

brokers maile a business of guarsatooing the safe delivery of their goods at premiums which ranged between 12 aud 23 per cent. The reet is interesting to know because it shows as in set figures how the off-tiveness of the Con.. titul blockado was estimated by nonte con temporary mon of business,

four pm, on difference of time, a passage from port to part of 6 days 4 hours."

THE WHITE STAR LING

anthority on tropical diseases inaugurated the At Looda Mr. Asquith made kis final speech

Sir Patrick Manson, K.UM.G. sho eminent

winter session of the Olsring-cross Rospital) Medical School by the delivery of the ravanth before the meeting of Parliament. In the in Science and their Bearing biennial Hatley lecture of "Recent Advance of a wide review of the political situation he made the following reference to the navy :- Dr. Armand

The actual expenditure for the marront floan. Ronth presided over a large attendance of the oial year of the chief spending departments, the medical profession and audiente and in for. army and navy combined, shows a reduction of raid that Sir Patrick Manson lectured ut their There is, I know, a fear oxpressed in some mally introducing the lecturer, the chairman 15,682,000 compared with when we took oflco. sobool en tropical diseases. His reputation was quarters, in regard particularly to the navy, that world wide. His name was honoured by those we are trenching, in our asal for economy, ju Interested in tropical medicine. He was the the margin of assured superiority, which is for pioneer in the dirauvery of the transmission of a nation also the margin of safety. There bis great services to leasen mortality in our own

Our usval position is at this moment hotropics. (Cheers),

anassailable supremacy, and sach. of it must remain. Command of the 800, to other Powers, is to uns matter of life and however important a desirable it may ba death. We must safeguard it not against imaginary dangers, but against contingencies that can reasonably enter into the calculations to be our duty to maintain our standard of statesmen, and for that purpose we believe it relative naval strength. Those were my words of

in Parliament last ffarch, and I curfoss I should bave thought they were definits and explict enough. For the

purpose of carrying out the of the Govorament, nor is it deeirable, for

Since the artillery arm of the servise hegg to be an organized and powerful fosc, (and Garrisca or Siege Artillery bare grow in importance, BATA B. writer

Westminster Cazətte." Its apogee wag of course, reached in the Peninsular War, Ton, in the sieges of the Spanish fortresses, the name of Wellington's artillery came to strike terror into the heart of his foue.

But long before the Napoleonic wars raged, the Siege or Garrison Artillery bededa possible the reduction of several of the gatest fortresses over attacked by Britain. 1758 Amburst's Artillery zarde practicable the breaches at Louisbourg, with the rest that followed the ospture of Hvannah in 1762, and upwards of 6, 30 artillerymen ware employed it

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And we rend: The primo:ral thing in London Journal, seum at least a little premolare / North America fell inte our lands. There! tradition and' sont, carofal ebservation of facte, paliny so defined it is not necessary in the opinion

THE CONTINUED STORY.' Casual readers of the New York, Ilopen dent might be led to imagine that the record for the novel with the most charantors, a well as for the book with the largest circulation is beld by the United States, cotics headed, Our Continued Story" catolick the eye, Independent ją B continued story that has no end, the plot of which is not known to any human being. There are a billion and half characters in this story, any one of whom may come to the front and play a prominent part at any time. There will be mors Cabinet Ministers in this story of ours than in Mrs. Humphry Ward's stories, more fighting than in Seinkiewicz, more materies than in Conan Dogie's, mere inexplicable paychology than in Henry James's, more starting changes of fortune than in Anthony Hop The next

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sentence confesses that the promised story inïto consist of weekly narration of current events. entitled “The Survey of the World, ''!

WHO ARE THE HEROES'. "We live in an berolo age, says Mr. Carne gie, and no bus will question his application of the stirring old word to the bare tell, and women of civilian life. But even the intelligent sehoolboy who may have contrasted the demi gods of Kingsley's book with our bero" af the reckless story of school doings, scarcely realises how wide and varied the scope of the

word "hers hat bien. The Greeks themsel.

hero'

It is alleged in Germany that the present ten- Joney

is in the directina uf a battle betwen the merchant fl-ets of the nations, which demands resources such a no private entes prise cau com- cand.

' In other words; it is suggested that the day is a land when it will be a conleaf, not between steamship companies of various nationalities, but between theft respective Governments, each of which will endeavour to outdo the other in the matter of steamship subsidier, But such arguments, remarks “a by the light of the action of the White Star Line, whore shipbuilding programme, involving au estimated outlay of 22,600,000, is not dependent on Government help to the extent of a single penny. Moreover, in two or three nar's time when these two big steamships are the conditions of Atlantic traffe may entirely justify and rendering their xistence. That must obviously be what the White Star expcote; while its record, as just disclosed, does not suggest that its pat chipbuilding programme bave been either ill-timed or

or extravagant.

WAR BISKS AT LLOYD's,

business

our relaciou of Belloiglé,

SINTHE MÄSH FOR GUNNERSJAD,

read of two

Discipline in the setillery was terribly maintained in the eighteenth century and we men receiving Inshes each for drunkunnesse, others laskes each on their berg Facks," and are man convicted of prevarication at a chart-mar tlal was actually sentenced to 599 lasba

Eat for some reason the man not called out.

nally was

Of cours, the intermingle struggles with France and Spain meant an inorgate in our artillery establishment Forth rapin accession there occurred th several sleges of Giraltar, of Copenhagen, and of half a dozen great fortresses San Sebastian, Almeida, in all lose our splendid Siege Artillery sde asier the work of the atormers, though in ons in lance 6,000 corpses lay in the tranches, er stormere could get in. Then it was that the od dust

In there

of

aur people got the upper hand, and wellington, with all his personailty, evuld not putoio order until he had reared these gallow tross in the in the market place.

HE CRIMES AND MUTA

Bir Patrick Manson said that tropical medi cine was a theme appropriate for a Huxley lecture; it was in a measures branch of volop ment of one of those sciences so intimately associated with Huxley's name, natural bistory, Moreover, the sucose with which the study of tropical niedleine had been attended was largely as to the employment of those metheds of powerfully employed by that groat master of investigation вла teaching so-consistently and natural science-viz, cisaring the mind of bypotheses based on fact, testing such hypotheses by experiment, and by their consistency with other facts, and finally, if toribed, the fearless application of the proved hypotheses in prac tiar. The opposition encenstered ten or twelve Je rengo by those who sought to make the study and teaching of tropical medicine a dietinet department of medisine had practically sensed, for it was recognised that that enbdivision of medicine was a natural one, practically neons Bary, and founded on a well-established principle, That principle was this, vis, that the possible range of a geographically limited disease, deparded, nct on the influence of climate of locality on the human body, or on gorms already etablished in the buman body, but as they influenced the disease germ itself in sad during its passage from one human host to another human host--that was to my, on the disease gom while it was outsi le the bamen body. If, ne regarded any given disease germ, the elimatio and local conditions in any given country were unfavourable to the germ while it was outside the human body, the gers might be import

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lay down years it advance a shipbuilding programme. If I may venture for a moment to 1ste myself.ng.in"We not only do not want to take the lead; we want to do everything in our power to prevent a new spurt in competitive shipbuilding But we quite recognise that in matter of this kind every Power must be the judge of what its own interests appear to it to require

It is not for me to dietate, neither, let me sdd, sit for us to supplicato. Every Power in the world knows that our measure of what we require in aval strength is the measure of tocurity, and of nothing else, Beyond that we need it, and we ought not to go. Up to that we should be fales to our duty if we did not always keep (Chess.)

THE PROPOSED AMERICAN-

CHINESE ALLIANCE,

COUNT OKUMA INTERVIEWED,

#

THE NEW YORK HERALD

OPINION.

ON JAPANESE

PRONOUNCED HIS CASE INCURABLE

Whole Body Raw with Eczema- Life was Intolerable-Was Even Incased in Plaster-Discharged from Hospitals as Hopeless.

SUFFERED 14 YEARS

CURED BY CUTICURA

"From the age of three months until Efteen years old, my son Owen's la

was made intoler- ablo by, eczema Iz Its worst form. He was all right antil a rad rash, broka out on his fore head, but we were not alarmed at first. Very soon, however, the rash Begar to spread over his head and shoulders, and It catsed him great discomfort. I took him to a doctor and tried half a dozen other treatments, all with, the me rysult: no improvement at all. The dissase gradually spread until nearly. every part of hli body was quite raw. We had to strap him down in bed, for be used to tear himself dreadfully in Na sleep. The agony he went through lo quite beyond words, "No one thought we would rear him. The regimental doobor, a very clover man, pronounced the oans. hopeless; at least, he said the only hope was that he might, if he lived long enough, outgrow it to some extent. We had him in hospitals four simes and he was pronounced one of the worst casee, if not the worst, over admitted. From each Ho was dis.. charged as Incurable; in fact he got worso under the successive treatments, As one hospital they incased him fo plaster, and this seemed to aggravate the soreness terribly. He looked so bally that no one ked to go near hima and his life was a burden to him. We kept trying remedy after remedy, but we had got alicos past hoping for s ours. Six months ago we purchased set of Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent Fills, and persovered with them. The result was truly marvelour and to-day he is perfectly cured, his skin not baring a blemish on it anywhere. Mrs. Lily Hoage, 1, Vaughan Road, Coldharbour Lane, Camblewell Green, Eng., Jan. 12, 1907.

Send to nearest depot for free Cuti- curaBook on Treatment of Skin Diseases. Cuteurs Remedies are sold throughout the waria. Depo: London, 27. Charterhause8q.; Paris 6, Ha As a Pate; Mauriala, te Towns & Co... Bycher go, Afrien, Lesova, Lid. Capetown, eto Uh. A Foster Drug

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In spite of recent reports that Lloyd's under. writers had been very much alarmed by the politieni situation entead by the crisis in the Near East, the Times says that experienced any previous "cart" in which to a war member had been doue. In the second week of October the risk of an outbreak of hostilities between Austria-Haugur and Servis, and Bulgaria and Turkey respectively could have been covered at 20guines, while a small amount of insurance spainat a European war within six mouths was effooter at a quite nominal rate. What may ves, from whom it has come to us, were not have caused misunderstanding was the fact that clear about it."The leaders of the snsients notice was given by anderwriters that ordinary alone were heross,**** says Aristotle;

the policies which include the risk of war, in

The "thirty years" pence was needed by the other common people only "men. But Homer words are without the free of capture and horrors of our two big campaigns the Crimea and had applied

not, Duly to warriors, seizure clause, 0333 to give this protection for the possession of India If I often been but to

to minstrels, boxalde, and other non-

alter 15 daya Bat this in the contes usually

told how: the British combatants.

devimated meant originally little more than “gentleman

to merchants and shipowners to take out special of disease wille waiting for the Loge rain to | atmospheric temperatures. Malarial disease was Okams at his Weds home. After disengsing work "The Future Japanese" exercised a doos now, and has even been identified with the policies if they consider the-war risk likely in come up. In striking contract to the lee and Gorman "Herr," Strangest of all is the use

hare" in late Greek to menu the late" they way to jeopardia's their interest the heat of India whona battering-train was hastily far, snow of the Crimean steppes was the burning deconesd..

there has been very little inquiry for thems, A steamer out to Brails on the Danube std formed for the relief of Luckvor and Delhi, home again has been sovered against war risks The loss in artillery ofleers was stupendous, at 5. por cont, and another isolated case in a Major Wylly pointed out to a "Westminster" At the Royal United Service Tastitution cargo of grain from the Black Sea to Europe which has been insured in a similar way for the representation that the idea of "garrison" artillery was originally for use as a defensive small premium of 2%

force. Long ago they were primarily intended to garrison the fortresses of our country and its dependencies. Bat England has generally been more attacking than defending, and our #siogo or garrison" gunners have been far more than in defending it.

It seems, indeed, to bave adopted in any "scare, and it is alwys open the trenches of Sebanon Bir hold on

THE SUNDAY SERMON. Dean Lefroy, who has expreeard the opinion that ten minutes is long, anough, for a serman, would have met with scentaympathy from some divines of past centurier. Thomas Hooker con sidered three hours a average allowance for a sermon; thongh, on one occasion, when he was he let his congregation of more lightly,

SHIPPING COMPANIES'S DIVIDENDS, Information with regard to the recent work ing of two or three important Continental steamship companies is now unofficially avail-

ed time after time, but the disence it wae responsible for won not spread or became established as endemic On the other hend, if the local and dimatio conditiona wore favourable to the girm while outside the human body, osas the gem it was responsible for would surely spread. Certain germs re quired for their nonoseful massage from best to

The Tokyo errespondent of the New York best a.bigh atmospheris temperature, or animalHarold" recently, babled that newspaper the intermediaries which Bourished only in high substance of an interview he had with Count caused by a protozoal orgaciens which, in men, at length conditions in China, Count Okuma sonditions the germi was powerless to leave its closer and more native relations on the part of lived in the red blood corpuscles. Under normal was quoted as saying of the saggestion for human heat or to enter another haman host, the United States towards Ching :--- To effect the arcossary translation it required an intermediary particular kind of morquite, blok flourished in warm olimate, or the warm seaton of temperate climates. There wore other tropical diseases, for the spread of which no living intermediary was necessary.

Mr. Stanley Boyd moved a vote of thanks to the lecturer,

Dr. F. W. Mott, F.R.S., in seconding, stated the subject of tropical dissser, and his name, with that of Lord Digter's, would be handed down to posterity, as one of the greatest benafactors to the haman ran, (Cheers.)

Sir Patrick Manson, is toply romarked that it was fortunate in English politics they distinguished between medical and paraly political mattere. In the Colonial. Oftec, although there might be a change in the Miletry and a change of policy, the spirit s regarde tropical masticine was the same now a in Mr. Chamberlain's time. (Cheers.):

Japanese of some twenty years ago, and che powerful influence upon the mind of the

who is the sincera friend of peace, for he defended, in the "Kokumiņ,” the Portsmouth Treaty so vigorously that an infuriated populses atta opted to wreck the publishing office of his paper. It is approved by sch recognized authority aton foreign polities and Chinese affaire Mr. Mochizaki, formerly member of the Japanese Dist, sud by many other leaders of thought in the Island Empire of the Far East. And it is equally strongly

ing at the end of Afteen minutes, he rested able. The French Transatlantio Company, for frequently employed in bombarding the breach that they regarded Sir Patrisk as the father of that this traditions, poney will ever be aban endorsed by other men'who may be regarded a

awhile and then continued bis homily for two hours longer, Cranmer's sermons were each a wall book when set up in type; and Baxter Keor, Banyan, and Colvin rarely reached "Lastly, my brethren my brethren' under two bours. George Herbert once said, "The parson excreds not an hour in preaching, because all ages have thought that a com- petency"; hat a certain rector of Bilbury, Gloucestershire, wes of snother opinion, for be never sat under two hours. The Squire, whe learn, usually withdrew after the test was announced, smoked his pipe dataide, and returned for the blessing

TOBACCO-GROWING IN SCOTLAND.

Only a few months have passed since the Ant lagalising the cultivation of tobacco in Scotland came into force, The Glasgow News points out that to Mr. C.Purrea Cay, of Kalem uth, Rox- burghshire, belongs the distiaolion of

first agriculturist to test the possibilities of the of the new industry, and the experiment promises to be a very successful one. Novel as this outer prise muy appese to the present generation, the cultivation of tobacco is no new industry in the Border distriol. On the contrary, one local historian avers that, during the American War of Independence, many thousand sores of arablo Jane were rendered gay by the distinctive blossom.

A PRISONER OF ALBUERA, I was sitting at the iron bars of my window reading the Old Testament, when a Spaniard, who had never been to the prison before, entered my room, and addressed me as follows Sir, I saw you through the bars of this window three days siner, and from that time I bave booz lad by at impulse, wholly anacoountable to myself, to endeavour to effect

your escape: The thought

areased profit during the Arst half of the is stated to have earned a largely present year. Probably this favourable result in less due to an improvement. in Atlantic passenger traffi, than to military transport to Morocos. In the case of the Austrian-Lloyd, it is stated that the dividend of 4 per out, paid

fast year is likely to be miinusiuad, thanks to greater economy in working, sod to the fact That the company is in a position to draw from the Government the full amount of the subsidies payable to it. The Anstra American, whose trade is with the American Continent, as the name implies, has osturally suffered, through the falling off in emigrant trails and through indifferent cargo busineer

THE TRADE OF INDO-CHINA

Mr. Carlisle, the British Consul for French Indo-China in his annual report gives the following table of percentages of the total port into Indo-China, derived from different

Sources:-

1908, 100% From-

Per onf. Per cont. Franceand French colonies 48-95 48-93 Hongkong...

2446

27.38 Other ports and opuntries

of the Enat

21-55

19-74 370 Europe other than Franca

3.67 Other countries

134 .9.23 It will, of course, be remembered that the imports from Hongkong, as from Singapore, cousist partly of European goods but it is impossible to ascertain the countries from which such goods originsted.

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THE JAPANESE PRESS ON THE

KAISER'S INTERVIEW.

Tin Jiji Shimpo is greatly surprised to learn that Germany's naval expansion is aimed at eventualities in the Far East. Is thers, it niks any fear of configration po soon in the Far Baat P. Will the appesbonded origie bo, 80 tremendous as to require the co-operation with Germany of Japan's ally, England P The Jiji resents the inference that Germany must pro pare te sot against Japan's progress and China's Awakening. For what purpose does a passoÐ jk loving Emperor venture to sow the seeds mistrust between the East and the West ?

The Mainichi ̈Dempo is at a loss to under stand way the elevor and enlightened German Emperor has made such an irresponsible state. ment before the whole world. Perhaps, says our contemporary, the Kaiser diplomatically intended to clear away the double and fears of Great Britain and other European Stater, all of which countriggers now beginning to wonder st the rapid expansion of Germany armaments in recent years, Un the contrary, Great Britain and other constries will act only becom82700 bat also be terrified to bear the Kateor saying that the expansion of the German navy is aimed st dealing with the Far Eastern problemas in the future, since the Angle Japanese Alliance and the Entente between Japan, Franco nd Bassia have all been concluded with the sole object of promoting the peace and civilization of the Far East, Presuming that the Kaiser's statement is correctly reported, the Tokyo journal earcastically remarks that Gera naay has neither analing stations nor docks all the

THE SECRET OF A PUZZLING AMERICAN ROMANCE.

New York dispatch says. The so-called "mmert sel" is aghast at the sanenroement that an American millionaire refuses to recept a Royal Duke as a son-in-law unless the latter agrees to settle in America and go to work like sny ordinary citizen.

Senator Elkins is the milliounire in question and the extraordinary mystery which surrounds the romance of the Duke of the Abrasa, cousin of the King of Italy, and Mas Katherine Elkins is stated to by das to his attitude

Mra A. C. Oliphant, a daughter of Senator Elkins and a half-sister of Misa Katherine Eltios, bez made a statement to a journalist which throws considerable light on this curious courtship,

America's Dational and international and

the enlarged, that it be. Instead

*The policy of the United States through out its antire, history precludes the likelihood of that Government aver entering into political alliances with other nati ne. America's geo- graphical position renders ilisons of that uurseter. unnegevaary.

The wisdom of her statesman in keeping free from international sat uglements has been most valuable to the Unitol S.ates and it is hardly to be conceived dened. Wher, therefore, the

suggestion ia made that the United States form an alliance

representative of Japan's best thought.

men regard the question of American- with China or any other astion, we know there Chinese relations from the elevated sandpoint 5. nothing political involved in the proposal, of the statesman, not from the depression where But while carefully avoiding becoming involved the ward politician always takes his stand. It in the politics of other nations, America has is very certain they would never be party to any always stood for justice to wonker nations. The sacrifios of Japanese interests. But they realise spirit gave birth to the Monroe doctrine in the abse that American interests in Asia are already interest of struggling American republics. It too rast and too essential for the United States has always been motively manifested in America's io neglect them. They admit that rapproche- relations with Japan, it was especially declared ment between America and Chino is advisable, in America's first Trasty with Japan and is indeed is inevitable, and as statesmen they seek strongly set forth in America's Treaty with China, to atiline conditions that sennot be altered by

may depending that the roope of

rapprochement be summed up in the two words

into an Ameri Justice. As I understand the preponal advanced can-Japanese-Chien by the New York Herald" for a rapprochement between the United States and China, It is that this Americau national and international policy be actively manifested towards China during “Nothing could show more clearly both the the oritical period of her development. That clear sighted, well-conceived policy of the sort of interest on the pact of America towarda Japanese and the vital arcessity and fat-renab- China would be partly welcomed by Japan, ing consequences of the American-Chius rap- which is sincerely desirous of China's advance proshagani advocated by the Herald," The and development into a self eliant nation. Por-ides has taken firm roofuet only in this country sonally I heartily approveof America's most active and in Chins, but also in Japan. Nothing now interest along those linea. It would be vastly on prevent the tra frota attaining full growth valuable to Chion and would also greatly benght and bearing rich frail.” Americo, and the rest of the world. No think- ing Japanese car objear to such gloss relation- friend, and our neighbour whose fatorests are so ship between the great republic, always Japan's

largely our interests, I cannot emphasise too Fear, Justice, and Friandably, and that Japan policy towards China is strongly that Japan's will be found always ready to cooperate with other Powers in promoting Chine's walfare."

In a leading editorial which has attracted widespread attention throughout Americs, the New York Herald," commenting upon this interview with Count Okuma and upon similar

pabüiciete, says!--

of attempting stubbornly and useless'y to row against the irresistible carrant the best thought of Japan would row with it,

THE TRADE OF SWATOW:

trade of Swatow for the year 1907 says.

Mr. Conen! Bangor in his report on the

of it disturbs my rost, so that i am often obliged Frennh people palation of several thoassud way from Germany to the East, and in view wight consent is that the Dake comes to Ameri- expressions from other prominest Japazes the abnormal fnctuations of exounge, business

and to eat."

guising yourself; I will return in

MR. EDISON'S IDEA.

"ROUND THE GLOBIN A WEEK ar HELICOPTER."

reports come further views of Mr. Edison on the From Salt Lake City a Press correspondent subjent of aerial navigation,

Mr. Edison pins his faith to the helicopia!".

a future.

In view of the fact that Indo China is a French solony, governed by French officials, and containing a

with comparatively few other of this fact the Kaiser's statement in, too to rise from my bed from the efforts of hunger, Buropeans, it is natural that there should be alourd to be believed.-Japan Gazete.

He then took from his pocket a large demand for French goods. But that the Baw and a fires to out my window bars, which he preponderance should be so overwhelming is, of begged me to conceal. He also gave me from course, due to the heavy import duties levied on his shoulders a Spanish oloak, took from out of foreign goods. The full extent of this pre- his hat another one, and produced from his ponderance of French imports does not at året pookot a waisoort sud a paper of paint, saying sight, sppear from the percentages just givan

"Sir, this mode will be dangerous, but, if you Franse has less than 50 per cent, of the dare be desperate bere are a the twilight Pumpo is in a position to compete for the other

import

This does not mean, however, that He did come back at dusk, and found me ready, 50 per cent. Much of the import consists of dressed, and disguised with the paint, which, the natural products of the sighbouring I had rubbed over my face and hands. I was Western nations to faily determined to brave the danger of attempt from Yunnan and India; fruits and seeds from this prisoiple at present remains, more or lear,

So far as one to supply. Suoh are opium to

pass the

in disguise guard* Spaulard

The China and the Straits; animaleproducts (meat, theory in the reinds of intors, for nothing yards in front of me, so that if we were live sheep, &c. from China and Siam; raw devios,

aid that he would walk at some hides, raw silk, odible birds' bests, dried fish, is yet heard of any odular demonstration of the detooted and fired at, one of the two might have cotton, betel sat, fresh vegetables and many

change

ofe

The correspondent quotes Mr. Edison a otherarticles. In addition, there is a long list saying within five years pirships will be in passed from my call through a of articles of purely native use manufactured carrying passengers across the can in 18 confined toom fall of varmin- and filth, can hardly hope to compete, enoh as Cliusse

where six British efficiam vero in China, in the production of which foreigners. hours, by, which time norial light will have been commercialised. The North Pole sau and with old rotten beds and coarse dirty bests medicines, pottery, silk garments, paper, shoes, will be reached in a 40 hours trip. " Five a-ntries kept gaurd here,:

Le at

at fire-oraokera, ste, &o.

Again, to arrive at an

Mr. Edison thus explains his theory sach window, another in the centre of the idea of the proportion pi

corridor. There was also a strong foer's layers it would be necessary to eliminate froca

principle of the seroplan, making what I have guard at the outer gate. All of these pas's the total the value of the gunay bags from

stylei helicoptal" seroplane, the com mercialising of serial flight is a mere matter had to pass, being several times obliged to pat British Lodia (537,001. in 1907), gold leaf of perfecting the idea. my hand gently against the sentry, to wake (390,0001.), kerosane oil from the United States him give way to let me pass. On my arrival in and Netherlands Ladis (600,0001) and tin from the opon street a delightful object met my view

toned in colour with brick dust from the walls,countries, which it is impossible for the secoplant. can judgə (ays the Time" y vas could spend in a lifetime.

ing

twenty

We

all

thening

the asufle,

..

The trade of this port during the your andor The opposition to the match comes from

review was anything but satisfactory, and father," said Mrs. Oliphant. "He says he will

merchants, moro especially those desling in not allow Katherine to mary the Duke of the

produce from and to the northern ports of Abruzzi if he can prevent it.

they bed never. China, complained that The only condition under which father

experienced auch bed yea before. Owing to

ea and goes to work like any American.

was exeedingly diflents and dull in almost Father, not only appose the marriage ba-

“No one could desire more emphatio testi every direction throughout the whole year. Cause of religious differences (Kathering is xmony to the soundness of the Ilereld Merchants made little or nothing on their trans- Protostant), but because he does not believe in campaign in favour of oozer relation between actions, whilst expenses-for wages, rest, taxes American gir's marrying tiled foreigntre. He the United States and Chian than is set forth and cost of living generally were contionally wants Katherine to marry me American with in the remarkable and matarly dispatch on the increase. At the same time dearness of rice pablished in the "Herald" from its special cor and other food-stuffs, coupled with diminished "Mother alen faala keenly the fact that if respondent in Tokyo, Mr. Ohl. Ons of the remittances from the labourers employed in the arguments, inded the sole serious argument, Straite Settlements, Netherlands India, Bang- in high Italian society although our family is meat idea has been the assertion that the con Katherine weds the Duke she will be an outcast put forward by the opponents if the rapproche kok, &o, materially radzeed the spending power of I the poopla of the district. To the places as good as guy in the world.

elusion of a formal agreement between the over 10,000 emigrants resort, every year from United tates and Chino would be regarded as this port, and they remit annually many a caine belli by Japan. Bat the "Herald" has millions of dollars for the support of their maintained that Japan had no such thonght families here. Numbers of those emigrants. and would not take ofeých at an arrange. being thrown out of employment, owing to the ment designed to prompto peace 10, the times experienced there also, it is estimated that Far East and to contribute to the development the remittanees received Frum that scarpe fell of China. Proef, convincing from every point off by about 50 per cent during the gene As result of these unsatisfactory conditions there of view, that the Herald's firmation was and is well founded and that Japan has no idon of were more failures than usual among Chinese resenting in principle such apprcbement, in

merchants at the close of the year; three large supplied in Mr. Oni's able dispatches quoting hooga suspended payment with liabilities of Count Okuma and other leaders of Japanese lower some. Bankers also bad an unga istuctory over 12 lakhs of dollars, besides several others Though These interviews should allay the

l'invereit Quavoring [ty of

timidi

was low owing to the dainers of old fogoys in America year, and Washington,

sanadmirable sola ion of questions raised by Satou still maintains its position as sixth The rapprochement sugestion is salog teed of the whole trade of the part be considered, China's reawakening and forthcoming evonomi. arcoded by Shaughai, Hankow, Canton, the 40 treaty ports of China, bing only end development by the foremost representative moulders of thought in Japan. It is endorsed Tienilaia and this year by Kowloon, whilst sa by such a leader of Japanese peocllected Swatow stands actually fifth on the list. regards the total amount of customs revenue Count Okuma, recognised chief of gressive party, who is justly

The gross value of the trade, i.e., total importa the greatest, most intelectas, and broadef! of foreign goods from foreign countries and winded statesmen in Japan to day, indeed one Chinasa poris, total imports of native produce Two years ago ha accompanied an expedition of be foremost thinkers of the world. It is and exports of local origin to foreign countries to Africs, visiting Ugands, and ascending commended by such as experienced observer of and Chinese ports amounted to 47,047,426 "quatorial Afcies between Lakes Albert Edward Editor and Proprietor of the "Kokamin the trade being 45,342,091 Haikana taola Raweizori, the chief mountain of a vargo in politis 1 evenin as Mr. Lichiro Tekatemi Haikuan teels (7,645,2071), the net value of

and Albert Nyatas.

Shimban,

a journalist whose spoch-making (7,364,0754).

It is not a question of money, for the Duke ie rich, while Katherine ha more money than Perbually like the Dake of the Abruzzi, and I bape Katherine will marry him, for I knew it, is see of love at first sight on both sides, but I on afraid, if the wed- ding taken place, it will be without father's consect

I do not believe the stories about the engegement being broken. I think a pouplète understanding exists between Katherine and the Duke."

The Liker! the Abrassican hardly be called old, he his established records as an explorer and mountaineer. He is alo a esptain in the

licu navy..

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-perengopeans.fitact the cutward dour of the cor to the enterprie of Europeu de SEURASTUZITVARRAGHER indfang tebook only that the Te

manulás-

arban (640,0001). I If deduction were made of

in the fine red rays of a departing us. My all those and similar items it would be seen that protector stopped, to let me come up with him, France's share in the goods capable of being and then, in the Italian language, began to supplied by Europe is indeed overwhelming, abuse the people of the prison for having and this is beras out when we consider the ebarged so unreasonably high for the wine we various items of the import trade separately. Lad been drinking there. This was said with Thus in 1907 of the value of machinery imported the intention of falling suspicion in the soldiers over 80 per cent, was Freuch, of cotton tissues who were luiting at the gate-From "A 85 per cent, of iron and steel 90 per cent. and Prisoner of Albuors," in Blackwood.

of liquors 92 per cent,

高鐵

be successful machine must e automatic its operation. The human part of it must be reduced to a mere mechanism,- In the case of the antomobile and the steam engine.....

The aeroplane is the primitive adoption of the "bird wing theory, and as we do not possess the ability to secure the automatic notion of the bird, it is impossils in practice is perfected it will encircle the globe in a week. Mr. Edison prophesies that when the helicopter

But not this week, ör next.

4teightern ha started on a tour round the world in a Ilelisa warship. He was the first person to second Mount Elias, in Alaska, in 1897. Two years later I made his famous Aretic voyage in the Stella Polare, when he got twenty miles nearer the Iob then Nansen had