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I DR. SVEN HEDIN'S ADVENTURES

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We gave him bread, tour, matches, and some rupes.

A lonely raven followed us for month I hate them; they only wait that somebody shall be left behind. At Bartse, where the cold already went down to-35deg. C.. I made the first discovery during this journey, only eight days corn loft! To return to get dimension are nothing what more had been to spinil the whole plan. I was

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A big valley from the east invited the tea- vellers, and they marched to a point where the valley was so blocked that hardly a monkey would have eeuable to continue further. The country was absolutely sterile; in the night the animals were kept tied, they ate two sacks and most of their repes. So the next day we hurried down days, all were tired, and the situation looked the same way. We had lost three precious rather hopeless. Mohammed. Isa's pony from Strigatse was the first to die. The raven at onon picked out his eyes. Now our sheep began to lie of cold, height, and fatigue. On the evaning of December 23, in the ravine Kail-nsker, the mon, eight of whom were Mohominglans, began to sing a rhythmic and melodious hymn to Allah, praying him to let us crass the Dapsung without snowstorm. And still nobody knew the real plas. So they wore rather astonished when I, the next day, gave order up on the heights of Dapsug to turn straight east. The whole day we ploughed up truel: threagh deep snow. The night came down over the enormous snowfields, biting cold, the temperature went down to the freezing point of mercury (-38.6deg C). I had two camilles and a nice fire in may fent, as it was Christmas Ee. The next morning one pony lay dead and hard on his place amongst the rest.

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of freedom now. Since I was caught again by the Tibetans, I was no longer a prisonor in my own tent. I did not need any more to paint myself hinek as a Morian. I could wash-well, I won't tell what the washwater looked like after the first bath!" (Laughter.)

If he had not been discovered, Dr. Hedin would have cantinned eastwards, but he was obliged to alter his plaus. This did not prevent some most important and intaresting Tranehimalayan crossings being undertaken by the adventurous explorer, covering a lengthened period

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The quarrying of lithographic stone is the In conclusion, the lecturer had some raluable remarks to offer abont Transhimalaya, which, industry of the little German town of Solenhofen, about 45 miles south of Nuremberg. ho said, as a whole geographical unity is u region and signification, that has been more texturquia yellowish-gray or bluish-gray ccteur, now conquest on our earth, a new geographicalThe material is a compact limestone of peculiar neglected that even the moon. Himalaya hashard Unish stones being the more valuable, and always been regarded as the strongest possible fortress for India against eventual dangers from the north-let us not forget that this fortress wall, this natural defence of solid granite, is northern cuemy try and jump over those walls double, and it should be rather amusing to see a with the Indus-Brahmaputra grave between thera.

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half an inch to 6 or 7 inches thick, extending centuries lenger. The deposit is in tiges of supply promises to last at least one or two

from the surface to a stopth of 100 feather more. Gauthier, a French chemist, is a combination of The leather substitute of Jules-Prosper and much broken and worthless rock is contained.rabber with regetable, noual or mineral fibers, Not more than oan twelfth of the stone removed and is claimed to give a material of high quality and low price. With 80 per cent, of fibers and 20 per cent, of pureer mixed rubber good results are obtained, the proportions being varied to give different plinacy and teneity. The fiber-trnd-yards, but only to rise zidd hy kan may be spread out in bands and glued together The chase is always depicted in episodes. Tho with melted rubber, or they may be impregnated crowd races past a certain point, then there is a with rubber and comprased in molds or consolis witch of sharp light on the seren, and the date under rolls. If desired, the product ca

pisture is takes up olsewhere. be rulenuized.

the greatest difficulties be transported over Tibet, Even light Geld artillery could only with

surdity. In the great latitudinal valleys there

a stmtegical milway should be rangab is no hindrance of ground for a railway, but I there, and theu-those ralloys do not lead to cannot see how the material could be brought India. I have tried with camels, highlands peketablo, much of this having small value ponies, Tibetan mules, yaks, and sheep, on recount of the sunil sizes of the clear pisces. a rule one crossing takes ninety or Tha industry employs 1207men, and the product insty-three per cent, of the carga. Often goes to all civilized countries, the leading buyers sufficient for ene's animals, but how should it being Germany, France, Italy and the United be afficient for an army! As a rule oven a States, in the order nained. little. bat strong earoven is spoilt and ruined where grass is abundant, and then it is no ne before reaches those parts of Central Tibet

The enrions toy motor of Lacien Fournier, to try with ponies and males from the lowlands, lately awarded the grand prize at a French And now our difficulties began. Every Eastern Turkestan are the first to die, whereas nothing. Over a shallow vessel is mounted My experience has always been that ponies from exhibition, seems at first to furnish energy from tint the Mohammedans were singing prayers to the Sanskar ponies are the best. I think it is horizontally an arie, with a hasty loose-fitting Ailal: I understood they were afraid, and regard difficult to find another country that bas gatrul passing at right angles through it, and the ordinary profune songs of Talah had long ago such a favourable geographical situation as

the situation as specially serious. The from strategicai and defensive points of view-uds of axte and rod are connected by cords of authority points out that for such purpose as froze away on their lips. Over comparatively Indis, and all the fears expressed by Vambery hemp. When liquid is pourel into the vessel open land we kept cast. No grass at all. Not drop of water, the animals had to pat spo: The core was finished, and rice and Hour of the men's provisions given to the animals-wo only took care that a supply for filty days should be kept eside

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Is the beginning of January we lost ourselves in a labyrinth of mountains, passes, and deep valleys, al belonging to the Upper Kara-kah-darya, going down to Enstars Tarkostan. It was like a funeral procomion, every day took a male or pony, some-times two. In the night to Jan, 15 the cold was-39 8deg C, the lowest I have ever read. During the periods of intense Continental winter cold we had fortunately no wind to talk of. Ovia Ammon and Orongo antelopes wero amarerons, now, and once one hunter killed two. and the two last sheep were spared some time more. Ou Jun. 18 we had lost one-fourth of the

the next day we found the first signs of Tibetan hunters, and the 20th a hard storm killed two aninml, one of which was the last. male I had bought from the Rajah of Poonah. Now began a storm that went on for weeks without interruption and killed all our weaker animals. On Jan. 26 wy crossed Arport-tso on- the ice, which was covered with snow, green and clear as glass. Two days later we for three animals, and the last sheep was killed.

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LIKE A POLAR EXPEDITION,

rating rolic, the hour-glass in various forms is a Instead of being obsolete and simply an inter.

twential century vy

A machinis

a come chase of somebody by everybody else. preferably farcical or sentimental in nature, or

paruit, and gradually the other characters are The chary always ging, with on minu in picked up along the way. Ell sometine two score people are madly tumbling over one another, upsetting cyclists, baby carriages, Crit stands, climbing over walls, falling into ditches,

braking their rocks very

FACE EPISODE OF MAD ABANDON is the result of areful.consideration and ar If the actors Jon't leak their ragment. tucks it is began they are not raming sa fast when the picture is taken as they seo- to be when it in whirred through the projecting -Jantera. timing haidening and tempering brats in twist befall those characters are

Many of the marvellous adventures that polite word, much exaggerated." or General McGregor are, to use rather the two lower corde are soaked and shrink drill manufacture, where seconds or minutes tricks of the camera, I walked into a studio

of course, but

an nefor prone must in gaged accurately, nothing servas fiks day, and saw

on his the hour glass with the right amount of soud the carpet was painted to represcut a wall, stoumeli, wriggling noose the foor. But Accuracy to fractions of a second can be had much more easily than by watching the hands of a watch,

THE TIBETANĒ,"".

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forcing the red up. This raises the center of Speaking of the Tibetans, the Doctor said:gravity, and the upper end of the rod falls, "I love them, I feel the deepest sympathy with turning the axle and immersing the other pair them; they were always kind and polite and of cords. Evaporation relates the top cords, hospitable to me, and went as far as they

so that this rod is again pushed up. possibly could without being disloyal to their own country, and after half a day's rotation can be thus kept up, and with several quintance we were as if we had known each rods and sets of corde, it can be made fairly other from childhood. The Loyliks used to call, me Padilahia, or Your Majesty, and, of

regalar and continuous. course, that title was more than enough for my ambition, but the Tibetans of Dongbo called me always Rinpotche, or Your Holiness.

The paper read by Dr. Hedin before the society, if printed in full would geenpy eight or nine newspaper columus. Yet, Hail the explorer, he would have to deliver 140 lectures like this to give all the information he had brought home.

A large number of intensely interesting Photographs and sketches were afterward shown on the screen.

VISCOUNT MORLEY'S SPEECH.

Late cancer research Juas shown that the dimense exists among all races of men, as well as

to it is greatest in the last third of the life sun. in domestic and wild animals, and that liability

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THE CINEMATOGRAPH CRAZE.

and over the ncter's head, suqended from the ceiling, was the camera. Whion that filmm was in through, the projecting lantern, the audience saw a fugitive conie to a high stone" wall, reale it will marvellous nase, Brù from the suzant look down; in triumph at his baffled" parchers. The Ingeanity of thea moting picture artists in earless. Recently I saw a hores and cart and driver roll head ovar heels down a cliff into the ses, while the avenging hasband stood gloating on the summit,

studio. Yet I kune that sometimes thes The entire episode was, I was assured, youstricted from a fake photograph in the

HOW THE FILMS ARE MADE.

Paris, Jan. 15. About a year ago I remarked in these co- lumns upon the great development of the. it was crowding out other and Jus Bovel form cinematograph in Paris, and the way in which of entertainment Since that time the exten-cinematograph man, with a dosien to be faith-

ful to nature, does not stop at

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The art of the dyer is one of great in-ion of the moving-picture show has been more portance in Persis, and the secrets of special repid than ever, and at the present moment, in DOWNRIGHT HARBARISM AND CRUELTY. colours are carefully guarded in certain families and away the most popular spectacle patronised moving picture agency goa lod a pair horse until Paris and provinces, the cinematograph is far Not long ago two men in the employment of a and have been handed down from father to by the masses. In far-off mountain towns, init rashed headlong over a precipics in Brittany. son for many generations. A warning to would tiny seaports, the same scenes are unrolled dragging cart with it. that the dramatic be buyers of high-grade oriental rugs has been Tork, and in the French capital and its vicinitycinenitograph display. They were both heavily nightly that you may see in Laulon or New incident might furnish films for a realistio give liy U. S. Consul W. F. Doty, of Tabriz. Aseveral large cinematograph factories are kept find. Some time ago I attended a rehearsal proper guaranty that only regatable dres and constantly at work turning out now genes and for a picture representing a bristian being.

satives have been used should be secured, for. Pantomines, for the benefit of novelty-seaking | sacrificed

known vendors are almost certain to sell rugs the phonograph with the moving pictures has farcurites, and real Hons preall about the hatrons Tie recently invented combination of his ribane. with his beautiful but cruel arena. Nerv sat in colored with chemical dyes, all of which-thongh | opened up.. there are different qualities--are liable to change and now, just as you can hear Caruso on the behind which picos, of flesh recently dipped in arena behind a strong wire grille. The Christian was represented by the silhousie of 5 tona, on the first exposure to bright sunlight. Since talking machines, you can both see and hear the blood, were hung on hooks. The stage setting their first introduction about 1860, the use of most distinguished artists of the Paris Opera ia coal tar preparations has been increasing, the the moving picture houses, and faute da cost being only one third or sue-half as much as mieux Harry Lander will walk on to the lack the shoe ted Christian as sigerly as the was highly picturesque, but though the lions ultimately diseopored the meat, they did not that of the vegetable dyes. The cultivation of

screen and sing in his fini: table style. "I love a cinematograph photographer would have liked. the madder plant, which yields more than sixty Romer et Juliette,"

lassie." You can see and hear a performance of Now the great ones of France inve snecutabed of the finest shades of red and yellow, has greatly Diable," "H. M. S. Pinafore," or "The Mikado.”

Carmen." or to the golden lure. Rostand has written a play declined in Persia, and the demand for the root The fameuse development of the sinematograph with the scene laid ou Olympes; and so have for moving pictures: an automobil pantomime, that Dr. Iodia might think that the Secret is now small. Between thirty and forty shades has been made possible by the cheapening of the Cups, and Lavedan. Barnhardt and Réjano ary for India, who held the keys of the of yellow are given by the shell of the puma-

process of Elm manufacture, and the big factories hate acted before the camera and talked into gates of Imlin, was, unlike himself, a hard-granate. Perhaps ofty varieties of blue are given every week. Every few yards along the boule hea aseel in Paris in a performance of the tura out thousands of feet of picture dramas the phonograph, and moving pictures have even hearted, a cold-blooded, and a timorons mas. (Laughter.) The lecturer, would know the by indigo and for the best blacks and other vards you come upon a hall which has been built,Gölterdim narang. to enter the of the that they thought it inexpedient he should hundreds of herbs and varieties of bark, vegeta-some of the immense buildings which were riremmstances to which he was referring, namely, colouring material it is said that there are on ployed expressly as a moving picture threatre, or hus Valhalla, (Globe),

been converted into a cinematograph show, and approach Tibet from the Indian eide. He (Lord bles and even some animal matter. Iron flings Morley) would not be railty of the intolerably are usett for a cheap and, fugitive black. bad taste of attempting for a moment to that

BAY his decision was not over-cautions. He thought a great deal of what Dr. Hein had said that night rather showed that the decision way a

The treating of skin diseases by powerful right one so far as it went. He would not argue rope, and elaborate equipments, costing up to light rays is rapidly becoming popular in Ea it, because, after all, were the decision as wrong $5,000, are being provided. A motor car atto as they liked, Dr. Hedin that night had hat his captive, and, thonghi captive, impenitent, at his over a large district in Belgium., A. London revenge (langhter-because he drew him with x-ray apparatus is to make regular toure ear, and he was very glad to find himself able to expert has distributed ifty x-ray machines in

The subject of Tibet not many years ago

started as circuses and hippodromes, and proved white elephants," ere now mazing vast pictor ial exhibitions of the animated order, and are paying for the first time in their existence.

If you enter

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Visconut MORELY proposel a vote of thanks to the lecturer. He was sure the welcome they had given Dr. Sven Hedin that night would be re-ochood all over the country wherever Dr. Hedin thought it worth his while to pay a visit. days heaps of snow camo (Cheers). Dr. Hedin had given a remarkable The followink Lovelessly slowly through geopraphical achievement. He had shown him. down; we two feet of snow, sometimes three. Nothing self to be not only a born géographer, but's ma could be seen, the first ponies and mules in the with a sense of justice in him al of unfailing Caravan disappeared as phantoms in the snow good temper. He had raised no ill-will u any. drifts, the western end of Shemen-teo I one. While listening to enture it had occurred thought we should be snowed in for the rest of to Lond Morley how different were the career and the winter. It snowed day and night, walls of duty of great explorer from those of a politician. snow gathered rennd the tenta, it was more hea) (Laughter.) Dr. ffedin but to them that h Polar expedition. The storm continued as before had tried to drive a flock of sheep, but found We followed the northern shore of Shemen-the--lad no gift that way.

Had he been in On Feb. 5 sixteen animale of forty were left. the profession of politics he would bare found Once more everything that could be spared waS. those gifts were sorely needed. barnt. We had no meat loft, and almost all

(Laughter.) He mentioned that because it occurred to Lim rice was given to the last animals; it was necessary for making the loads lighter. The next hy one mule died.

"On Feb. & we passed a trap with an Orongo antelope is, and all ware happy to get ment. naar, and later in the day we found two tents Of course this was a sign that hanters were and could buy a couple of sheep, milk, and butter. Daring sixty-seren days, we had not soen a man Now all my Baropean clothes were brat, and I appeared in disguise quite like other Ladakis. On Feb. 15 we crossed the Karakorum range again, which killed three of Our animale, amongst them my riding pony,

you will probably be surprised by its likeness to who had carried me faithfully through so many

the stage of a theatre, though on a smuller aveatures for one and half year, and saved both him and me cn his horas. It was more

rooms, and actors standing about in paint and me when once a wild yak was very near to take

sale. There is a loft full of drop-scenes, there are ropes, pulleys, seta of scenery, dressing herd than I can tell to lose him.

costume. One of the numerons "authors mines. And so we left Deusy's and Rawling's in storm, and entered new country. Again, warm political controversy. It may be that the tion to light-healing. Besides the x-rays and At his direction the scene is set. It represents routes behind us, passed Lemerang-two, always (continued Lori Morley) was a topic of very physicians are Buling it desirable to give atten: holds the manuscript of the play in his hurt. har prepared a scenario. The stage-manager since a couple of animals had died, several things topic may again revive. It may be that some the electric light baths, there is the infra-red" the interior of a French cottage, for "La were barnt or drowned in Lemchung-tso, even of the fames raised will be revived by Dr. some thermometers, clothes, bouts, belts, Se. Hedin's exploration, and he may have something light, which, producing intense heat, is used to Poupée de Joanetto" is to be photographed Feb. 24 we had still three ponies and seven to tell us one of these days upon these abjects: draw the blood to some particular part of the today, in pantomino. There are a score of mules, one-fourth of the caravan, left. Two We shall know at any rate that we are being body..

actors, some of them players out of work, more days later great gold-fields again. The 29th we told by a man of scrupulous integrity and of

of them regularly employed to pose for these farthing less than £1,500. She added that af reached Lumburringmo-tso, where the Senker enormous industry in investigating the pheno-

pictares, just as they might be engaged to act gated from £800 to £1,100.

several similar functions the gifts had nomads said that never any Ladaki merchants mens before him. We are heartily glad to have glass Rack of gelatine supporting a colony of go through the first sceno, until they can run The "perpot a lamp of Prof. Molisch is in a theatre. Over and over they are drilled to passed through Chang-tang least of all in winter, beard. his lecture to-night. We are still more and that we had a European hidden amongst us, glad to have seen ea brave a man and one who phosphorescent bacteria. The light is less it off smoothly, with some show of naturalness, We stayed two days with them, got friends, and has performed such geographical achievements, than that of a candle, but is sufficient for they have no use for dialogue in a cinemato The soone represents સ wedding. Although bought twelve sheep for loads. For several days (Cheers.) the stern was so hard that it was impossible to Sir H. TROTTER, as an old explorer in Central photography, and germinating pous and lentils graphia play, the natural instinct for speech is Asin, seconded, and remarked that the way in turn to it as a source of energy. Being without loo strong to be repressed, and the actors salute March 7 we camped on the bank of a which the simest insuperable difficulties were heat mys, it represents the much-sought cold-With the canvas scenery, the paper towers, the one another with "Bonjour" us they enter. river going south-west and all over frozen. face and surmounted by Dr. Hedin was worthy light. One male lied, and the two dogs stayett of their highest admiration and an example to

litter of the studio," on all siden, the scene with her to get a nice meal-they were them all. (Cheers.)

looke anything but realistic. Bat there is a never heard of afterwards. The storm made

string tacked on the carpet, which it impossible for them to follow our footsteps. As one of them was my special favourite all since Srinagar I felt quite lonely in my tent ahe was gone. During the five journeys I have made in Avia, the first in 1885-86, I have had hundreds of servants, and I have forgotten

A new order of ootillon-givers, taking rank with the owners of private yachts and of rail- way saloon-cars, has arisen in New York society.

The custom of giving costly favours has reached this winter a stage of extravaganon

"On the other side, we passed some gold congratulate Dr. Hedin on his great expedition. English hospitals and institutions, and leading whose ingeninits devised the episodes depicted dreamed of in former years. It is due to the

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THE PLAYSH NEVER OVERSTEP.

rowing competition among millionaire hos terson with daughters or relatives who are mak→ ing their debut.

A lady of my acquaintance who has a trained dance which she attended a few nights is the votilen favours represented an outlay of not a eve for values declared that at a fashionable

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Another lady hearing this remark, hesitatigly affirmed that double the highest sünt Feast three cotillon-givers of her named would come nearer the sonat expended acquaintance in introducing novelties into the dauce. To give poetic surprises," she said. Canaries in nines dages to go round 400

like butterflies on the wing or enough guinea. guests: rans dipping deep in one's pocket." One private ballroom last week was decorated" Nickel having come into extensive use in the

to resemble a field of waving puppies. Clusters kitchen, it is important to know what actiun

of these flowers, costing five shillings apiece, food substances have on it, and how its com

If you poop through the finder of the were given to 200 dies, while all of their camera, you will see why that string marke partners were presented with flowers for their pounds may affect a person esting food con. the edge of the lens. Within its compass, seen costs of a value of half a crown, taiming them. Late Russian experiments are through the camera, the picture become as life fashionsle guests at these plutocratic functions Perhaps it is not surprising that the many reassuring on both points. Substances boiled like as any stage setting over can. When the single one of the dogs; they stand before my eniarly over hina

On the 8th at 11.50 am.--The barometer in nickel vessels took up a small amount of the actors have been drilled for one or two hours occasionally display elementat passions in a die- has risen over Japan and fallen elsewhere par metal-from 0.0002 with some foods to as turned on the film is set whirring through the tow young men and beautifully dressed maidens

till they know exactly what to do, the lights are greeble manner. Indeed, the frantic efforte as dear and alive as if I had left them terday.

A depression is moring Eastwards over N. much as 2 per cent. when the acid present is camera, and the picture is taken,

atacotillen given by the wife of a fanous" railway FROM BLACK TO WHITE.

China, and a second area of low pressure is eroasive; but a solution containing 4 per cent "Marsh 16 we camped on the shore of Tong

lying over Tongking.

Next day, perhaps, the actors and the heavy lang" the other day to secure more fair shar fse, and now we passed tents everywhere, and

The highest pressure is now shown over Wonly 0.144 per cent. of nickel after boiling 3 is rehearsed till it, too, is duly photo

of citric acid and 5 per cent, of common salt had camera machine are ourted down to some isolated of diamond tiopins and gold bracelets resultenk farm, an hours's ride from Paris, and the second

almost in a public scandal. could buy sheep and a couple of yake. I kod to

Japan.

The tendency to make the faveurs more eually paint my face and hands black every morning, in the Formosa Channel and along the northern hours in the same vessel. The physiological Perhaps the third episode of the story take but I could never get so dirty as the Ladakis shores of the China Sea.

Moderate E, and S.E. winds may be expected hours in a nickel vessel and then standing 11 graphed on the next one hundred feet of film. seems to grow more pronounced every week..

Moroever. So we turned south, and went through a real

utilitarian gifts rather than poetio ake offests are increasingly in effects of nickel ralts were slight, while there place on a city street, To avoid attracting crossed Kangsham-tsanpo, Chuklam-la, Sung. at 10 am, to-day, 0.02 inches. labyrinth of mountains stretching east to west, Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours ending was no tendency to accumulate in the body after suburb, and there, often with the aid of nativos

crowds the actors are taken to some sleepy be seen in opera-hoods composed of chiffon, silk, Every night at the opera scores of ladies may chen.chu, Shanchen-la, and Ladung-la. Our caravan consisted now of two ponies, three males, to-day is as follows:--

repeated doses. Nickel in quantities up to a pressed into service as supers, go through the and dainty ribbons which have received at

they The forecast for the 24 boars ending at noon quarter of a gram daily, in the form of lastate antics which later causo mirth in a thousand recent cotillons together with opera-glass bags two yaks, and twenty-five sheep, all under loads.

of brovado or satin with jewelled clasps. Er Wlate camping in a valley on April 27, eight

E. and S.E. or butyrate, was given to two dogs for 202 moving picture theatres,

The average film ig'

quisite Yus of lace, with ivory sticks, or drizzling rain taking 9.7 grams (about a third of an ounce) and us it is taken in several sections, each and magificent fancy boxes filled with jewelled winds, mod to; days, with no result; and a dog that died after SEVEN HUNDRED FEET LONG.

paintal gazze Japanese fans, Oriental jewellery. and fog. Same as No. 1, Samé as No. 1. in 40 days had no nickel in its body, its death section requiring careful rehearsal, and fre- articles for the dressing-table and boudoir aro

frequently distributed. having been due to some other cause. Doses gently trips into the country, the labour and

Hostesses in addition to favour spend com- expense of making a vinematograph play is a large 1 to 2 grams daily were considerable. Anyone who has been to a moving mouly £500 to £600 in providing a lavish Eams as No. 1. necessary to give any symptoms of poisoning. picture show knows that the films which are in musical programme, and a similar sum for the

pantomime depiot most often either little dramas, banques sorved in the intervals of dancing.

men from Saka-dsong appeared on the scene, und Hongkong & Neighbourhood said the authorities musported that Hedin sahib

was amongst the caravan party. Deeming it Formos Channel prudent, Dr. Hedin made biuself known, and South coast of China between? after a few minutes they were all friends, joking as if their mooting had been the most natural South coast of Chins between Hongkong and Lamooks. thing in the world. I had a delicious feeling

Hongkong and Hainan..

The

vogue.

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