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entitled "Chinese Sketches," published over thirty years ago, an account of a man suffering from toothache having the offending molar "The removed in a most remarkable manner. doctor took a small phial from his stock of

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, JUNE 21st, 1909.

CHINA'S CURRENCY.

ACTION BY THE SHANGHAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

NO. 10, DOWNING STREET.

FRENCH GOWNS AH WN AT THE PREMIPES HOUSE.

*!

RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

Apparently we haven't reached the last word on

The following correspondence on the Currency the Opiam Question yet. Thousands of words were scuttered in the Legislative Council on Thursday, and when gathered in the Presa thermelisines and into the paler of his hand he question has been published by the Ehanghai | who since the virtual rutirement of Mr. John of. the British Government, was last month

Shanghai, 21st May, 1909, ran to column of solid type, which made the shook a few scruples of a pink coloured powder. General Chamber of Commerce:

E. Canning, Esq. Secretary, Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, 6 Peking butterfly roader shudder and turn to another He next licked his finger and dipped it into the

Road. page. The burden of all the critical speeches Powder, and inserting this into the man's mouth, rabbed it on the acting tooth on Thursday was what significance is to be

by then concluded attached to the word "sebstantis)," and do other gum, He repeateded this three or four

peoplo give the same meaning that we do? The ordinary man would say that substantial in-

dicates something large or solid, and if he

refer to the dictionary he will find quite a number of definitions given, none of which, however, should prove embarrassing. For in- Blanch, Webster's first series of definitions aro

times

and

turning the patient's head upside down, when to the no small astonishment of many of the by. standers the tooth dropped out and felt on the ground." The operation seemed to be painless, and there was not the slightest offusion of blood from the month. This untarally sug-

invested with so much terror as in other lands.

CURRENCY.

Dear Sir,With reference to my letters of March 9th, upon which the Chamber of Com merce has kindly takon action, I now beg to submit a note of our percentages of loss by exchange of smad silver and copper respectively sustained since February, the last month in the table included in my letter above mentioned. It will be observed that the depreciation of one pieces has steadily increased, and that

cent

THERE IS SKILE AND

OF CONSTRUCTION

MASTER MIND OF THE OIL TRUST.

THE ASTONISHING CAREER OF MR. BOUNES,

For the first time in the history of the THOROUGHNESS Referring to the death of Mr. H. H. Rogers, British Empiro No. 14, Downing-street, the seat D. Rockefeller has been the fighting head of transformed into a dressmaker's showrooms, so the Standard Oil interests, a London paper that M. Paul Poiret, of Paris, might display

his wares. says:-

Even in the United States, the country of

M. Poiret is no mere man costumer, saya Loudon paper. He is as ardent a freetlinkeria rapid successes and tremendous accumulations

the matter of dress as he is a Free Trader; ho of wealth, the career of Mr. Rogers was an

describes himself as the Aubrey Beardsley of is an anarchist of dress. He himself modestly. dressmaking and he whole outlook on woman's dress is as revelationary as the cuticok of Uhass in fine silks and patina, pre-Raphaskite painters whose work he follow

rose to be the virtual head of the most astonishing one. Ho began life as a newsboy, powerful corporation in the country and one of the richest mou in the world. He was boen born about seventy-five years ago in Fairhaven, Massachusetts.

His family were very poor, and it is related that once, when the boy Rogers had fallen inte the bay and had been regoued by two other bogs, "You boys divide this for saving him," he said, "be sin't worth a penny more.”

substantial belonging to substance, actually gests that a visit to tho dentist in China is not recently the loss on smail silver also has become the elder Rogers gave thom three-halfpence. genuine Pairot. The tassel is his signature"

existing, real. The next lot will sit us better. These include-not souming or imaginary not illusive; real, solid, true, veritable. There are three other lists given, but I think the two will be enough to go on with.

#

We all hope, of course, that the Imperia!

The Hon. Mr. Hewett is concerned with the gradual whittling down of the powers of the Sanitary Board, but unexpectedly he was not. supported by his unofficial colleagues, and “the volce crying in the wilderness" suomed to have who probably regard the Fanitary Board, as a questioning babe which should be answered not but by way of shutting its mouth,

greater.

Month

1909 March April

Copper.

24.03

Silver. Per cent..

10.9 10.86

Per cent.

Totul. Per cent. 22.61

24:95 Yours faithfully,

23.39

D. MCCOLL, General Manager.

Government's grant-in-aid will not be imaginary little influence on the steru official phalation, Peking, dated 26th May, 1909-

Across the Acushnet River from Fairhaven; is the town of New Bedford. It was there that young Rogers earned his first rooney, by selling

newspapers. His chance curas with the dis-

No protectionist doctrines appeal to him except the tassels of gold and silver and delicato colours without which no Poiret costume is a even as the battery was the master's mark the sign at Whistler.

Naturally, for such a man no better ground could be found than No. 10, Downing-street.

IN ALL

PIANOS

WE IMPORT · ·

STAMPING THEM IN EVERY WAY

her friends to come to Downing-street. The SUPERIOR VALUE

Mrs. Asquith sent out invitations to 20 of invitations were to tea and Paris-modes.

MANNEQUINES FROM PABIS.

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anoquine from Paris displayed freek after BUILT THROUGHOUT FOR

No speeches were made, but three beautiful- frock witha grace and charm that was eloquent in silence. Among the ladies who gazed on these importations unrestricted by a Tariff-were:- Lady Bell,

or illusive, but something real, solid, true and veritable; something substantial. The point is whether it will come up to our expecta. much by way of giving information depreciation of the current currency in Shanghai, great owners finally engaged him as manager Lady Craven,

And probably we shall not be disappointed if we make up our minds not

tions or not.

to be disappointed. The philosophy may not be It may be that the great acceptable to sOILE. Roman Marcus Aurelius- talked in somo such moner, but I give you the philosophy as my ewn and ask you to make it yours. It will work all right.

RODERICH RANDOM.

THE SANITARY BOARD.

the Kowloon Conservancy Contractor. And various other matters.

covery of oil in Pennsylvania. There was a msh to the oilfields of the same kind that decars The Shanghai Electric Construction Co., Ld. when a new goldfield is found, and on bright Rogers joined it. Gradually by his energy Translation of Letter from the Spanish Lega-ress," he made the acquaintance of the oil

borous of these early daye

of the indistry. Dear Mr. Anderson --In reply to your letter Mr. Rogers suggested many new ideas for dated 8th April inst, on the subject of the the saving and marketing of oil, and one of the I am glad to be in the position to bring to your In this capacity. It has been said, he was the notice the enclosed copy of the letter, which at first to suggest the formation, he was the fint the hearty desire of the Diplomatic Corps, I to suggest the formation of a great combination wrote to Prince Ching on the 21st inst.

that the owners of the wells should pool their product and sell it through one concern. Thie HOTE

lacks confirmation, but the evidence leads te the belief that the idea of the trust was Mr. Rogers, while Mr. John D. Rockefeller obtained scendancy by the introduction of pipe-lines. At any rate, the Standard Oil Company was formed, and Mr. Rogers was launched on the career which made him one of the westhiest and most indrential men in the United States. His own power and wealth grow with the power and wealth of the great Trust.

I take this opportunity, dear Mr. Anderson, to reassure you of my devoted respect.

(Signed) M. CARCER. Peking, 21st May, 1909,

Your Imperial Highness.

trade in

his

F

Luly Essex.

Lady Dickson-Poynder. LaTokford.

THIS CLIMATE.

For nearly two hours three mannequins, Raimondo. Hortense, and suphine-the most type of Parisian, beauty of dream-like face and figure-postured and paraded in ROBINSON PIANO costumes, the cheapest of which was thirty gureas. They were merely the easels on which M. Poiret's works of art wore displayed.

To many of the women the two hours were Their like an Arabian Nights entertainment. eyes were dazzled by the strange beauty of the costumos, for these costumes were neither and all lands oumuingly adapted for Lonton Directoire nor Empire; they were of all periods wear. M. Poiret finds the models for his dresses "BUSINESS IS WAR." Basiness is war," was one of his mottoes. in the pictures of the vid masters, he takes It very well sums up his own methods. He the colouring of Fra Angelico and Botticelli was assentially a fighter, a general of finance; his inspiration comes from the robes of angels bo bad as little regard for the vanquished as the Cathedral at Seville, Florence. Egypt. Brittany, and Japan are scoured for ideas, and many great leaders have displayed in war.

Standard Oil is now a term used to describe the result is the Poiret gown of straight lines, not only the Oil Trast, but the ring of finan-made in some rare groen or crimson or soft ciers connected with the Trust, who have purple that the old painters dreamed of. They engaged in other gigantic enterprises. Mr. all come in free. There is no tax.

He tra Rogers took a leading part in these enterprises. The Amalgamated Copper Company, of which he was president, was largely his creation, and he was a director in an enormous number of other companies,

A meeting of the Board takes place to morrow. The orders of the day include the consideration, of (1) Letter from Government

The canlar officers of the various Treaty forwarding a copy of an ordinance amending Powers and the foreign Chambers of Commerce I eculd not help reflecting on the very the Public Health and Buildings Ordinauce and other business organizations in China have different audiences which were seen in the 1903-1908, (2) Reply from Government relative of late repeatedly called the earnest attention of the Diplomatic Body to the highly unsatisfactory Theatre last week-end. The operatic perforto the advice of the Law Officers ry exemption state of the currency in Chine, resulting, in a mance attracted those with claims to rofne from the provisions of section 175 of Ordinance large measure, from the depreciation of the ment, the boxing contests drew a less preten No. 1 of 1903. (3) Report of the Committee copper cash currency and the constantly increas. tious body, and the Sunday wight meeting relative to malaria in the village of Shau King ferue of banknotes. Both of these causes

have already proved serious obstacles: appealed to quito a different elaes. It would be Wan and its environs. (4) Complaint against all parts of the country, and it is feared by the ad, if the stories told of him aro to be believed, in the stained-glass windows of St. Mark's or offensive perhaps to indicate the differences

foreign business interests that unless some measures are promptly taken to regulate these which distinguished the three gatherings, but

etils, they may precipitate in a financial crisis, one feature which the first two would share in

the consequences of which will be far-reaching and not improbably disastrous. common was intorest in the whereabouts of the

In a communication which the Dean of the bar. The other was supposed to have ita

Diplomatic Body had the honour to address to thoughts centred on less mandane things. You

Your Imperial Highness on November 28, 1908, can imagine then what, a shock some of the good folks received en entering the building to

he called your serious attention to the danger be confronted with the notice "This way to the

of allowing the uncontrolled issue by Chinese Banks in Shanghai and in the Province of Che- bar," Bomebody must have been careless. Or

king of dollar bank-notes without the security of properly regulated metallic reserves. Your was he a joker?

Highness replied under date of December 17, 1908, that the subject was receiving the atten- tion of the Ministry of Fmance and that you would advise the Diplomatic Body at an early ment of the Government.

The Betrenchment Committee seems to be

retrenching with a vengeance, il report be true.

THE CREATOR OF THE GERMAN FLEET.

Mr. Thomas W. Lezzied Finance," Boston financier who wrote "Frenzied speaks of the Standard Oil "crowd" and their financial methods as the "System, and no part of his book is more vivid and interesting the his description of Mr. Rogers in a passion. Mr. Lawson had called on Mr. Rogers to inform

M. Poiret is a prines of costumerie, relled from Paris with his retinue of manne- quins, and is installed in a suite of rooms up- where the very heart of fashionable Mayfair holstered in rose satin in the Hotel Curzon,

pulses.

WORK OF ART.

CO., LTD.

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LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

SPEECHES BY THE JAPANESE AMBASSADOR AND LORD CREWE, Sir Albert Spicer took the chair at the annual

Among last month at the Criterion Restaurant dinner of the London t lamber of Commerce, those present were the Japanese. Ambassador, Lord Crewe, Lord Strathcoza, Sir Richard Solomon, Sir J. Roper Parkington, Mr. E. H. Holdon, M.P., Sir James Fairfax, Mr. Owen M.P., Mr. F. Bladforth Watts, Lord Captain Bir George R. Vyvyan, Mr.

the" U. R. Askwith, K.C., Agents Genersi for many

of the Colonies, Mr. Nathaniel Spens. Mr. H. W. Birks, Mr. S. E. Drury, and Mr. Kearic B. array (secretary),

The Chairman proposed, the health of "Our Guest, the Secretary of state for the Colonies."

A few weeks ago I commented on what I gun battle-ships had taken the English Prima date of the conclusion reached by that Depart him that he was unable to deliver $900.003' mezzotint docs to the original painting. The Domine oponsibility in the non nobir

thought was the mistaken policy of reducing the numbers of the police force. Now I a informed that the medical staff is also to be retrenched. It is stated that the two bacteri ological appointments held by Drs. Hunter and Heanley will be abolished, and also that the medical officer for the New Territory when his agreement expires in October will have to soak fresh fields and pasture new. Surely this is zeal without discretion. It is too much to believe that the Government can seriously con. template a large area of something like 280 equare miles being left without a medical officer, That post, I know, has been no sinecure.

I have always understood there was a certain association between moustaches and love, but it was nows to me to learn that the growth on the upper Hp, or the absence of it, rould lend itself to such classification as that adopted by a Berlin authority. He says "If a good-looking young man, suddenly grows a wild and bushy beard, be sure he loves a woman who cares most for domestic joys. That is why one sees more

the

At no time in the long official career of the Secretary of State for the Imperial German Navy, Admiral von Tirpits, did the prodigions memory for which he is so famed display itselt with a more consummate mastery of the details of every fleet in the world than when he con fronted, a few weeks ago, the sxcited budget committee of the Reichstag in Berlin. The newspapers of all England were full of von Tirpitz, whose prowess as a builder of all-big Minister completely by surprise and occasioned

It is a serious disappointment to the Diplo most exciting series of debates heard in the

indication has been given it by the Imperial House of Commons since the accession of Mr. Asmatic Body that down to the present time ne quith to power. The dificulty in which Asquith

Government of the decision it has reached in found himself, thanks to Admiral yon Tirpitz,

the matter. was that he did not know, as he thought he did, the rate at which German battle-ship construc tion is taking place. We know, to quote the words of Reginald McKenna, who is the spokes- man of British naval policy in the Commons, "we know that the Germans have a law which when the ships have all been completed under it, will give them a navy more powerful than any in existence. But we do not know the rate at

of this

are to be which the provisions carried into execution. Neither, it seems, did the Reichstag nor its budget committee. The revelation in the British House of Com. mons that Germany was building Dreadnoughts in a sort of clandestine way amazed Germany not less than it amased England. There was a loud invocation of Admiral von Tirpitz.

Scarcely a naval expert in the world, whether he be on the staff of the London Times or but an occasions! contributor to the Roms Tribuna, would dissent from the view that Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, most ilustrious of living Ministers of Marine, has stamped upon this epoch of world politics its characteristic "note" of naval power. "He is," to quote the London Mail, "the real creator of the German feet."

the members of the Reichstag com-

In the meanwhile the depreciation of the copper currener, due solely to excessive issue, is steadily increasing every month and adversely affecting the interests of many millions of people throughout the Empire. At Shanghai, for example, when these coins (10 cash pieces were first issued they circulated at par, although intrinsically worth only abou: 50 per cent of their face value. Excessive supplies, however brought about their depreciation and of late the profit on rinting them has disappeared. Debased coins of a lower standard are now being issued which also circulate at a constantly increasing discount. The continuance of these unfortunate conditions must inevitably ang ment the diffenities and dangers of the general

Here, in a root of mirrors and rose-panelled walls, sits M. Poiret, sutrennded by great tranks of dresses. Two of these tronks, heary ones studded with brass nails, were taken to 10, Downing-street. There were sixty, frocks in them, and their total value was more than

£2,000,

I got no further. Ile jumped backward. The next second I was in the storm-centre, The room was small. Buddenly it became fall of arms and legs and hands waving and gestion lating, and feta banging and brandished:

M. Poiret might be called Poiret the guaching teeth and a convulsed face in which eyes actually burned and rained fire; and the Magnificent. The frook-coat he wears is not the language such a torrent of vilification and more frock-coat of commerce. It is the frock denunciation I had never heard, mingled with cost se Leonardo da Vinci would have seen it caths so intense, so picturesque, so varied, thats graceful creases in the trousers are like the the assortment would have driven an old-time 1 on that a Florentine master might have drawn. His white silk waistcoat was low cut, East Indiaman skipper green with jealousy."

showing a purple tie of soft diaphanous material, where a pearl set the seal on his taste.

BOCOS-

Lord Crewe, in reply, said that they celebrated His book of fashions is a work of art. It is Empire Day not in a spirit of vain glory but of printed in colours on hand-made paper and only legitimate pride in the. Empire's vast extent, 250 of them are produced. Each fashion picture resources, and ever-continuing material pro- is like the illustration to a rare book. They gress. They celebrated the ideas of service, rendere into verse in, per stand in the relation to his dresses as the duty, and

haps, the most famous poem of ar. Kipling. (£180,000) worth of bonds which a certain Dela-books is sold at £1 128. 54.

He told Mr.

It was an erroneous idea that Empire Day wa ware Suancier had promised.

not regarded with sufficient warmth in official quarters, whose formul celebrations Rogers this, and then

did not wish to speak of controversial subjects, sarily took place the King's Birthday. He

that in the discussion of such subjects by any such as fiscal questions. He would only say organization such as the forthcoming congress

favour of a somewhat non-committal

attitude. at Bydney in September (to which the chairman had referred) there was a great deal to be said in With regard to Imperial defence, it would be mix up the subject of commercial relations, no good service, to the Empire to attempt to

Mr. Rogers made many bitter enemies-Mr.

whatever their views might be, with those of Imperial defence. Each should be considered Roosevelt was one of them-but he had also a

"I have come to London," he said, spreading and decided on its own merits. They were strong capacity for friendship, and one of his closest friend was Mr. Ciemens. It was Mr. out his thin, graceful fugers--fingers that about to collect here those who were best able to little Rogers who helped "Mark Twain" to overcome since they were baby fingers seem to have done peak on thews questions of defence on behalf his business difficulties and to attain his present nothing else but handle soft silkes of beautiful of the self-governing Dominions. In some prosperous position, and for many years the colours because London in the target of respects the time may have seemed a financier and the humorist were with each other elegant things-the country of Beau Brummel. Premature. There were some who would have Deeply sensible of the danger of delay in at least once a week.

"I have come to abolish the long and wide preferred to postpone the consideration of those remedying the evils arising from these two vented new games of cards, and tried them on skirt that is not adapted to the grace of extremely important matters to the next Im- causes, the Diplomatic Body has directed me to Mr. Rogers. Describing these games he once women. My dresses are narrow, fitting to the perial Conference, but there could be no doubt

In print- urge upon Your Imperial Highness, in its name, remarked "and Heary always lost."

dress.

Their figures are characteristically thin object, speaking generally, was to combine a in which

great Imperial system of defence both by sea and graceful. the importance of taking prompt and effective ing this anecdote American papers unkindly gars and that is how English-women should that most useful results would follow it. Their steps to deal with them. In the opinion of the added that there were the only games.

I have come to abolish the uniformity of and by land, with the utmost flexibility for sach. dresa. The extent of Mr Rogers fortune is an

would see each woman in the style separate part of the Empire us to detail. After Diplomatic Body, as well as in that of all our Mr. Roger ever did lose. consular representatives in Chius, and of all

that saits bor, not all wearing the one fashion referring to other subjects, Lord Crewe con- foreign Chambers of Commerce, the first known. Probably he himself did not know her

to the weather, and must be adapted to time and bim to sit at the same table as the Japanese Am- suspension of the further issue of bank-notes of the three or four richest men in the Standard and of copper currency.

Oil "erowl"—and a couple of years ago Mr. cirunmstance. This, for instance, for afternoon bassador, an old friend of this country, who had Rogers was reported as declaring that the in

wear. Raimonde," he called, "dress yourself in been with them before, and who had now, he

trusted, come to make a long stay. (Cheers.) ceme of the head of the Trust, Mr. Rockefeller. L'Inda" would that year amount to £12,000,000,

financial situation.

Often Mr. Clemens in-

fall beards in Germany than anywhere else. It in the uniform of his high rank, asasure to be taken should be the immediate much he was worth. But he was reputed to be one of the moment. The dress must be convenient cluded by saying that it was a great pleasure to

another man appears unexpectedly wearing a

the six-foot, long bearded sailor looked very much less than sixty, although his age now ex- ceeds the three-scoro limit. Not once did ke

small upturned moustache of melancholy aspect, he surely loves a woman who adores classic-art. But if a man, formerly famed for his beauty refer to a mentorandam or an official register as because of his beard, should appear clean shaven, ho has been captured by an American lady. If he replied to query after query in the courteous,

dignified he wears a toothbrush moustache, which doesn't become him at all, he either sulmires nu English- woman or a woman who dotes on everything English."

and two voiced style habitual to hini.. It is said of you Tirpitz by the Berlin Vorwarts, and most authorities agree, that he can repent hy rate the name of every battle-ship in the world. giving its tonnago, its date of construction, its displacement and the details of its armament. He is intimately acquainted, with the resources of every shipbuiding yard on the face of the earth-Current Literature.

THE GREATEST ASSET OF JAPAN.

go

A year

I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Imperial Highness the assurance of my

(Signed) M. DE Carced, highest consideration.

To His Imperial Highness

Prince of Ch'ing,

President of the Board.

of Foreign Affairs.

FIGHTING FIRE WITH FOAM,

Fire chiefs and insurance vompanies are

CAPTURE IN WAR TIME.

THE IMMUNITY OF MERCHANTMEN.

In the House of Commons a few weeks ago Mr. Jowett moved:-"That, in the opinion of

POISET THE MAGNIFICENT.

familiar with the dangers and difficulty inherent this House, it should be a principle of naveling-fer osinta u picture-all that I want is toast, said:-The alliance between the two

were

alike. Here are some of the Poiret names :— Sorrento. Lorraine. Thalma. Turque,

Gondole, Athene.

Josephine. Parthenon.

Pagode. Stoessel. Trigano, Teheran

the maintenance of equal opportunity in in- in a position for the preservation of peace and

pacito in its character. It contemplates no ternational dealings. The alliance is entirely offence against any one unless he attempts to disturb the peace of the regions aceted by the tresty. Those objects have been completely fulfilled in the past and I feel sure that they will 2 realized in the future. Furthermore, the alliance between the two island nations hus

Mr, Starley Machin (chairman of the council) Raimonde clothed herself in a robe of dark proposed the toust of "Our Allies," saying at green silk lined with dail brown and trimmed the outset, "I would like for a moment to refer with arbesques of tarnished gold. The Poiret to that remarkable issue of The Times-to-day, tossola of gold hung from the waist. Horteuse, which everyone should see and real. It is, I wear Venise," oried Poiret the Magnificent, believe, a unique effort in journalism by which we are endeavouring to arouse the feeling of and Hurtense came out in a Venetian dress of bright green silk. M. Poiret spoke reverently the responsibility which attaches to Empire."

(Hear, hear.) of the dress 38:-

The Japanese Ambassador, after expres. The Chinese have not much to learn now from

As you see, there are only lines and colour-sing gratitude at the warm reception of the

little trimming. I make my dresses the Western world. They have telephones,

as an artist

countries has been a great blessing to both of telegraphe, railways and taxes. They have, to

to combating conflagrations where petroleum, warfare that enemy merchant vessels, other use the Americanism, canned meat, and now

gasoline, benzine, or other liquid hydrocarbons than carriers of contraband, should be immune form, colour, and material.

from capture." He thought it was to the in- Then M. Poirot displayed the robes that had thom. It has been the means of placing both they are going in atrongly for canned music:

lighter than water, are involved. As is well terest of England more than any other coun-fasciasted No. 10 Downing the toe they the high contracting Powers to the agreement. Gramophones, I read, are increasing in popu- But the basic answer to the question, "How known, the attempt to extinguish with streams

war The present and scarlet, tender greys and browns, and rich larity. The Chinese do not purchase the higher does Japan mauage to pay her bills?" can hardly of water in such cases results usually in a try that its commorce should be immune were in a beap, gold blending with rose, purple

be found in the statistical table of her financial spreading of the inflammable liquid, an increase from captura during priced instruments, but demand cheap machines. Annual. The greatest asset of our empire is of the area of combustion, and a greater intensi-position was that all ships of the enemy bright greens. Each had its name, and no two

of conflagration. The use of steam or of a sad all goods of the enemy therein con. They are not as particular as the foreigners, sentimental, That our Western friends may see ty

current of inert gas is available only for inci-tained were liable to capture and destruc tion. The United States, Germany, Russia, and do not mind the scratching so long as the this fact clearly permit me to put it in the fol- machine is lond enough. The scratch in play. /lowing nuner. Let the Government of the nient conflagrations in well-closed rooms. It and Italy had at various times during the last United States to Mr. Smith in Chicago and pre-supposee, slso the permanent location, cu fifty years signified that they were ready to ing is also, to some extent, lost in the Chinese Mr. Brown in Wall-street and say to them, on the spot of stationary apparatus for the purpose.rendler all such commerce immune from capture

income, and We A distinct step forward in the means of battl music. The load agency at Shanghai has eight are receiving $100,000 a

try where ideas of the dress was born. the opinion of these great States. Yet no or ten Chinese salesmen continually in the want you to give to the support of the Governing with such conditions has been made in Unfortunately, Great Britain had been hostile to Each of these, it will be won, betrays the coun- beon directly responsible for enabling the felt and every detail of the trade is being ment in one form or another $30,000 a year of Germany, where the use of a tenacious foam; i State had more to gain by freedom of commerce

My sim," said M. Poiret, "is to revive the your income." Let the German Government dissipated with difficulty, has been found of

ancient modes the dresses that you see now Mr. G. Roberts seconded the motionerary, of carofully watched. For instance, it was found or the British go to their people and say the great value in cutting off the supply of air necesinin of oberta seconde le mot that the block horn, which was suitable for the same thing. What would happen? A first-sary to minintain combustion, and thus extie

Mr. Holt, as a shipowner, gare the resolution only in the picture galleries of the world. I would abolish the separation of skirt and bodice flame. The method and the requisite guishing

the perfect dress one long rote that home, trade did not appeal to the Chinese ore. class revolution on the spot.

well-Enten a good deal of sympathy. Its principle, he saith, The people of Japan aro performing the apparatus have been perfected by The company has now placed bright red and financial miracle of giving up about 30 per cent. of Prussian manufacturing company at Salzkotten. if carried into sect, would put an end to the the figure without destroying its beauty."

In America they tax Parie-made gowns sixty yellow borns on their machines, and they are thoir net income every day, withond saying a word near Minden, Prussia, and have been submitted practice of capture for the sake of prize-money.

sinother than carriers of contesband."—which, so £1,200 duty for bis £2,000 worth of soul-. very popular, The record-making is most about it. In other words, the greatest asset of to exhaustive tests by fire chiefs and others in- but there was a phrase in the resolution-por cant. M. Poiret would have had to pay

the Japanese empire of to-day is the patriotism terested in the question of protection against far as British commerce was concerned, made stirrers. They come into England Free. expensive and is very carefully undertaken. of her people. Within twenty-five years, per the dangers from combustible liquid

The the resolution of Ettle worth. Ships constantly The most famous Chinese bands and palace hapa, at the rate of conquest Western com- paratas employed consists of a simple matal

weal out of Liverpool to the Far East carrying singers are being engaged to make records. mercialien and the doctrine of individual rights rhinder provided with a long spout and divided material belonging to the Government, and LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. are making among our poople, we shall be as into two chambers. One chamber is charged any prize court would find it difficult to lay They are bang brought from a parts of the civilized as any other so-called Christian nation, with an queous solution of potash alun-and-st down that property talonging to an enemy empire to the three record making, contres As yot, however, the State, to the imagination sodium sulphate, the other with a similar sola

of the people of Japan. is greater than all the tion of sodium bicarbonate sodium sulphate, and Peking, Shanghai and Hongkong. Here the

gods. The glorification of the State is licorice-root extract. apparatus for making the master records is set up and the recording done under the direction of the expert. The Chinese do not care for foreign records, except for laughing songs and selections with the bugle and drum,

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The G-&-Me sir. Kubi left. Manila, ou the Government could he other than contraband 19th inst, and is due here to-day at 6 p.m.

The H.A. Linie str. Segovia, left Manila of war. It seemed to follow that no should keep a sufficient force at sea to be bound to keep

on the 19th instant .., and may be expected the Mecca of all our dreins. We take vory The success attendant upon tests has led to

contraband from being interfered with, The P&O 1x Assaye left Singapors for seriously all muiters conected with the time conviction-among- authorities on protection prevent those ships which were possibly carry-hure on or about the 21st instant pm, State; so seriously, indeed, that we have no against fire that the foom extinguisher is capable Therefore he doubted whether the resolution, as this port on the 19th iust. at 9 a.m., with the sense of humour about them. That is the reason of rendering valuable service it all places where framed, would be of any rail value to us. It English Mails, and is das here on the 23rd inst. why we caricature all of our 8,000,000 gods in combustible liquids are stored, such as groceries,

a privilege or right which way of more consider- The NY.K. the pleontest of moods in the world, but for a

garages and motor yachts. The use of liquid majesty the Emperor. This also is the reason fae for rapid locomotion by land, water, and airable value to as than it was to any other nation, Line) left Kobe for this port via Shanghai on of painless dentistry practised by the Chinese, why we bure no graft in our Government is extending so swiftly that the new protective unless they were going to get in exchange the the 19th inst, and is expected hers on the 28th The I.G.M. str. Yorck which left hore on finance, and that saves a lot of money for will meet a distinot need in every land. It abolition of other rights which were as injurious inst

to us as we believed this right to be injurious and asked for further information on the our country-Adachi Kinosuke in feriew of would be an indispensable adjunct to the in-

to other people.

Wednesday the 16th instant at 6 pm., arrived troduction of explosion motors în ocean

at Shanghai on the 19th instant at noon, subject. Only the other day I read in a book Reviews,

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high contracting Powers to enter into highly desirable ententes namely, your entente with France and Russis, and our entente with the me Powers. I am sure you will gladly agree with me when

say that other lowers shall be most gladly welcomed if they desire to join the happy group, (Cheers) Uar allinace lus had most important and far-reaching consequences, not only to the parties immediately concerned, but also to the world at large. The (overument with and the peoples of Japan are well sutisfied the past working of the alliance, and they outer- tain the hope that the bonds which now units

may always be maintained and increased in strength and solidarity, and the good feeling on our side be reciprocated on your side." thank you most heartily. (Cheers.)

Other toasts followed.

moment permit any one to caricature his stores, etc., and especially in automobile cald, he thought, be rather unsafe to give up at about 5 pr. Hirana Maru (Enropean various portions of the Empire, including Aus.

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The Times (London) issued a special Empire Edition on May 24, containing 72 pages: In adilition to the usual features of the journal, there are a host of special articles dealing with tralia, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand.

are dilated-upon at length-The-issue is an The advantages of these portions of the Empire admirable one, and is generally admitted to be the best single iseno published recently by any English newspaper.