1910-08-27 — Page 5

A Medical Officer

Debility, Nervous Exhaustion-

Certainly the absolute confidence of eminent doctors is evidence enough of the exceptional benefits imparted by Phosferine. Even doctors cannot do more to prove their confidence than by using Phosferine to remedy their own disorderi. Could any proof be more definite, more convincing than the testimony of John Dodd, D.5.M., Medical Officer in the late South African War, who says: "After being shot through both lungs I was dangerously reduced, and I attribute it solely to Phosferine that I regained my usual health. I have proved the value of Phosferine in brain, nerve, and muscular exhaustion." This brilliant medical officer found Flosterine particularly serviceable for insufficiency of nerve force, and declares nothing was so suitable in combating fevers, chills, &c.

Not possible now

Jalin Dorld, D.S.M. (late of the Medical Staff, 5th Imperial Yeomanry, ist Brigade, South Africa), Ladysmith House, Witton-le-Wear, writes: -“I have had considerable experience in the use of your invaluablo remedy Phosferine, and it has proved particularly serviceable where there exists insufficiency of nerve force. This condition, often due to primary weakness, lays the system open to influenza, colds, neuralgia, rheumatism, indigestion, fevers, and in remedying this predisposition I have found nothing so suitable as your preparation. Phosferine invariably goes to the root of the mischiel direct. The certainty of its action is moreover an estimable feature. "In debility and kindred ailments, caused by a reduced system, it has unprecedented power, and in my own case can bear evidence to its exceptional value, and am indeed greatly indebted to its wonder. ful restorative properties. During the late war in South Africa, I was shot through both lungs and pericardium and that reduced me most dangerously; after taking Phosferine for about two months it brought me back to my usual health. I attribute this solely to the use of Phosferine. I have advised Phosferine in several cases, and proved ita value in brain, nerve, and muscular exhaustion"—March 11, 1910.

PHOSFERINE

Hervous Debility

Influenza

Indigestion

Aleoplossnoss

THE GREATEST OF ALL TONICS

A PROVEN REMEDY FOR

Neuralgia

Maternity Weakness

Prematuré Deeny

Montal Exhaustion

Laskitude

Neuritis

Faintocas

Bralo-Fag

Backache Rheumatism Headache Hysteria

and all disorders consequent upon a reduced state of the nervous systems.

The Remedy of Kings

To tho Royal Family

Phosferine has been supplied by Royal Comariands:

H.J.K. the Empress of Russia

H.M. the King of Spain

HM. the King of Greece

The Imperial Family of Ching H.8. lhe Queen of Abumania

H.M. the Dowager Empress of Russia R.H. The Grand Duchess of Hossa

And the Principal Royalty`and Aristocracy throughout the World.. Proprietors Ashton & Parsons. Ltd. La Belle Sauvage, Ludgate Mill, London, Enginud. Price in Great Brain, battles, H 2 and 4/6 Sold by alf Cherests. Stores, &c.

The 9 ze contains nearly four times the 1/1

PREMIUM BONDS

WE are the largest Dealers in the world in thew attractive separities!

WHAT ARE THESE BONDS?

They are high-alass and absolutely safe sonrities, payable to bearer, insted by the various Governments and Municipalities of Europe; they are radeemabla at periodical drawings, either with Cash Praiams varging from £10 to £40,000, or, at the very least, at their full nominal valus, EASY PAYMENTS.

We sell these Bonds singly or in combinations of the most advantageous ones, payable by convenient Monthly Instalments ranging from 358. to £20. Write for Handbook, sent post free.

MELVILLE, GLYN & Co., Bankers, 3, Rue de la Bourse, PARIS (France). (886)

The only Medicine of the king awarded a Certificate at the Calesite Exhibition 1883-84, open to all Countrie

REGISTERED

DR LALOR'S

TRADE MARK

PHOSPHODYNE

HAS THE LARGEST SALE OF ANY PHOSPHORIO MEDICINE IN THE WORLD.

For forty years has maintuīzed: „iss world-wide reputation as the Best and enly gafo zeliable Phosphorlo 'Ours for Brad WRickson, PARALFIE, SLBRYCERY Mass, Dyspepsia, Nerve, Kidney and Liver Complet, Haning Dream, Prenatura Decay of Vilat Power, General Debity, alt "Blood Disorders and all Functional and "Bischted Conditions of the Systems, exited

by 'he deficiency of the Vital Forces.

The Mffect of thle Standard Phosphoric Remedy Nervous Děbility and its kindred Evils is tootediate and permanent, all the Miserable Feelings and Distressing Symptoms appearing with *mpidity

that is "wally marvellons.

Ditrations for Self-Treatment of the above

Facases with each Bottle.

HEALTH, STRENGTH & ENERGY

Tha

Its energising effects uro ibewn from the first day of its administration by a Remarkable Increase of Nerve and Intellectual Powefi with feeling of Courage, Strength, and Comfort. Digestion is Invigorated. Appetite increases wonderfully. Sleep becomes calm and refreshing. The Face becomes fuller, the Lips red, the Eyes brighter, and Skin clear and healthy,

Beware of Wiis imitations 1-Kone: genulo without the British Government Slang with "Dr. Lalor's Phosphodyne, London, England," engraved thereon, by order of her Majesty's Honourable Commissionera.

Thousands of animpeachable Lestimoniala Brom all parts of the World, and from the bigbert Medical Authorities. No other Phosphoric Preparation has received qual distinguished recognition.

+ Buld in Bottler st do. '6m. amu 11m nách, by all Chemists throughout the Warts.

MALJFACTURED ONLY AT DR. LALOR'S PHOSPHODYNE LABORATORY,

HAMPSTEAD LONDON, ENGLANTEA

AGENTS IN HONGKONG A. §. WATSON & Co.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27TH, 1910.

ཐ

REVIEWS.

The Balving of a Derelict. By MAURICE

DRAKE, London: T. Werner Lauris.

Ponce de Leon, The Rise of the Argentine Hepublic. BY AN ESTANCIÈRo, Buenos Airos: Mitchell's Book Storo, London': T. Werner Laurie.

First published in 1871, this book ħna long- This is a £100 prize noval, and it was selected been out of print. It has been recognised us the for publication from over 600 manusəriple. Its best and most nearate description yet written author is already credited with two novels, and of the British Invasion, and the rise of consequently there is nothing amateurish in the the Argentine Republic. Its repabliant lon present effort. On the contrary, there is in it something of the realism of the French school at sa interesting moment, for the Grest South American Republic,, growing something more than a suggestion of the bruta

in fertility and importance under a settlêð passions that culture, self-restraint and social convention usually keep hidden from the pment and with the aid of European and American capital, in celebrating this year the public eye. Laurence Averil, the hero, is the sentenary of its birth. Here we have history son of a highly respected and successful lawyer, written with a picturesqueness and variety of who is knocked off his podestal by rask speculs detail that reminds us of Macaulay at his bos€. tion, rosoris to fraud, and, finally, commite Some of it may not be agreeable to the insular suicide. Lanronco has idled since he left the Briton poffed out with a belief in the in- university. His father's failure and death com- vulnerability of British army; but though the pel bím to seek s career. He becomes deck record of the British army in South Amerion hand in a Bootch trawler, wad rapidly degenerates is amongst the most ingloriens in the history as a ruult of contact with courser ostures, We of that army, it can at least to remembered can imagino that the author depicts scenes from with pride that ita representatives fought with real life, and, if this baso, may Providence defend all the bravery and gallantry that had invaci- our sons from such a life, Having saved como ably distinguished it and encombed only to hundreds of pounds, Laurence returns to London superior numbers, Marcelino Ponce de Leon, to indulge in na orgy of refined indulgense, who was one of the leaders in the omanci Chance throws him into contact with a pars giripation of South America from Spanish He pulls himself together, abandons his dowa dominion, was the son, by a Creolo mother, ward career, and---well, the rest can be imagined. of Don Roderige Fonce de Leon, a Bpanish The writer has a graphic, virile style. The

grandes, who ruled over the vico-royalty story is well-kait, with sufficient plot to invest of Buenos Aires. Round his life, the author its incidents with interest, and it is not over has woven the web of his story, and though burdened with useless characters.

some of it may bo likoned to "Tales of a Grandfather" or to the in- cipient "history" that is beginning to acon. malate round the Filipino patriot Dr. Rizal, the reador feels that he is an solüal ope-witness of the growth of a nation which may be destined, in the present century, to upset the balance of power and to wrest from Europe the pre-emin

Bcott's

Thirty-Five Years in the Divares Court. By

HENRY EDWIN FENN (the Fonior Reporter), Illustrated. London: T. Werner Lourie. In Hongkong, not so many years ago, one of the Justices of the Peace, whose accessibility led to his being frequently called upon to witness the attestation of documente, used - so it is said-ence it has bald for so many centuries. That, to to swear the parties concerned with a copy of an

most of us, is an unthinkabla possibility; but wa who have seen the rise to first-close rank of ancient Hongkong Directory. The oath was probably considered just as binding and effion.

an Oriental Power, whose adoption of Western cious as if it had been sworn on a more sacred

civilisation was witnessed by persone now slive, volume. In his entertaining volume, Mr. Fenn will not be ultegother sceptical of the rapid introduces much that lies outside the Divores accession to martial and diplomatic power of a Court, and one of his stories relates to an ex. democratic organisation inoculated daily with perience not unlike that to which we have the views of enterprising spirits from other referred. “As an instance of the perfunctoriness nations and breeding à virile race of the soil,

+

The Pointers of Florence. By Julia CAST-

in the administration of the cath," writes, evcu like Marcelino Ponce de Loon. The certair...police court it was dis-publishers have put the general public andor a covered, quite by accident, that all the debt of gratitude in republishing this most witnesses had been worn on a Guido to fascinating volume. It ought to have a ready the Law of Landlord and Tenant," a well- sale in this quarter of the globe. known legal text book. It may sincerely be hoped that this is one of the cuses covered by the old scelesiastical ca or, The unworthine of the vessel hiuderoth not the offency of the observance.*** Noodless to say, the man who has spent thirty-five years in the Di- vorce Court should be able to relato many a spicy tale, but though be refers to many cases that created a stir in their time, Mr. Foun refrains fremreviving anything that would occasion hurt to parties still liring. It is a cleanly written nstrative, entertaining, without any great thrills, and made all the more interesting be cause of the extraneous matter that is introdus ed. We have found the most attractive chapters those dealing with successive judges and the prominent counsel who have practised in the Court. We are tempted to quote some of Mr. -Feun's" best: stories, but our reader would like them batter in their original setting, and

thom rofer

book itself

of

WRIGHT (Mrs. ADT). London: John Murray. This, another of Murray's Shilling Library raises a good series to a standard of excellence. A work like this appeals to the artistic in even the most prostic, and as the establishment of museume with their collections of pictures and sculpture has revealed the popular appreciation for the higher art and has helped to develop akotic and rofnod testou in industrial communities, it is no training of language to predict a cordini welcome for this little volume. It relates the stories of the painters of Florence from the 13th to the 16th century, explains the orolution of their art, and traces its effect од other schoola painting. Indeed, as the authores rightly a list of famous names and says, it is.

the world can offer. Although the ravageR striking personalities such as other art history of time and the neglect of man hare doomed to destruction many of the precious works which gare Florence her pro-eminones in arts and letters, enough is still left to show the glory of the Italian city in her golden days. Enough remains to give A clear and definite itles of the style of each individcal artist in the long roll of illustrious maters who suceeudet each other. from the days of Giotto to those of Michel Angelo. Since Mr. Ruskin first

of early Florentine paint ing, a vast amount of careful study has been

scholars of bestowed upon the subject by nationalities, Mrs. Ady's work, written in popular language, is not the least fascinating book on the subject, and its value is much our grandfatliers and great graud-alanced by the many fine illustrations which fathers. Fallacions superstitions are not yet ar presented.

80 го

to the

The Origin of Popular Superstitions. By T. BHAEFER KNOWLSOK. London: T. Werner Laurie.

Situated as we are on the borders of a mighty Empire whose people, great, prastical, and

highly intelligent, are governed in almost every wender and bed the eyes of Europe to the

zotion of everyday life by "fang chai," we are perhaps better able than the people of Eng lard of the present, age to appreciate the power of popular beliefs and superstitions

over

entirely eliminated even in England, bow.

ever, and it is interesting, therefore, to take

More

For

a glance at the origin of some of them, instance, the antbar denda with such important subjects as the spilling of salt, thikteon at tablə, sharke following ships, playing-card supersti- tions, the duty of not saving i drowning man, obristening ships, marriage unperstitions and customs, lucky and unlucky days and many of a like nature. The book is divided into four sections : Superstitione Sea- and Customs relating to Days and sons, Marriage Superstitions and Castoms, Divination and Ozens, and Miscellaneous. Of conrio, Christian communities like those of Hongkong and the Trouty Ports van take but en academic interest in matters of superstition: Deep-routod as is our faith in religious teasts; we can afford to look witha pitying ere upon the poor, benighted, adjacent heathen who allows superstition to sway his everyday actions. Nevertheless, our superiority dose not entirely destroy our interest in the superstitions of our ancestors, and we here not. found Mr. (or Mrs.) Knowlson's pages too erudite or his (or her) mat- ter too arcbaks. Local cricketers will be in- berested in the influence of black cats over cricket matches, and the Secretary of the Hongkong C.C. will doubtless son to it that a Hack eat is on hand when Honghong plays its next interport game. Mr. Knowlson quotes the following from "the" Badminton Mage- zize" of March, 1903: The Frines (Ranjit singhi} has a great superstition in black cats, and the appearance of ons at a shooting gather- ing servos to convince him in advance of a fina morning, plus a fine bag, and singularly enough it always turns ont so. Twice in succession, he claims, has the timely appearance of a black ont been instrumental in winning a county match for Bussex, in addition to other occafans. Voila!

اله

WHY IT PAYS YOU

HEALTHY

TO GET YOUR BOOKS AT THE

LARGEST BOOKSHOP

IN THE WORLD.

THE TIMES BOOK CLUB is not only the largest

bookshop, but also the most important Circulating Library in the world. Conducting operations on an enormous scale, many chances of favourable. buying pre- sent themselves, and our customers reap the benefit. Again, as each important book is published, hundreds of copies are often bought to meet the requirements of the library, As soon as the first demand has been met, clean and undamaged copies return to the shelves and accumiu- late as "overstock." Those must be sold quickly to make room for new stock. And the bargains we offer cause our Catalogues to be eagerly looked for by booklovers all over the world:

You can participate in the bargains by merely sending us your name and address. Copies of our Catalogues will then be sent regularly gratis and post free.

•

Write for our Aunotated Catalogus of Second-hand and New Books

at greatly reduced prices.

The Times Book Club

370-384, OxfoBD ST., LONDON, ENGLAND.

SAINT-RAPHAEL

Tonic, RestORATIVE, DIGESTIVE WINE Very palatable,

Known throughout the world and prescribed in all cases of Anaemia, Dability and Convalescence, to young women "children and the aged, Invaluable in hot climates.

DOSE: Ons wine-glass after the two principal mrenda,

Each bottle of genuino VIN SAINT-RAPHAËL besra, in addition. to the registered trade-mark:

(1) TRE WARRANTY STAMP of the UNION DES FABRICANTE,

(1) A METAL SKAL advertising CLETRAS.

is & MELISSA and MINT cordial

CLETEAS which surpasses all others by its

purety and faultless preparation. To be taken on a lump of sugar. COMPAGNIE da VIN SAINT-RAPHAIL, Valence (Dröms - France). AGENTS CALDBECK, MACGREGOR & Co., HONGKONG,

BOVRIL

BOURIK

Don't forget to order BOVRIL Better to be sure you've got it in the house than sorry you haven't

BOYRIL

(792-1

HAIR FOR ALL

BY USING

NEWBRO'S HERPICIDE

It is now possible for everyone to have healthy and rich-looking hair, by using Newbro's Herpicide, the ORIGINAL remedy that "kills the dandruff germ."

The presence of the dandruff geria in the sealy causes first, dull, brittle and lustreless hair, with, later, dandruff, itching scalp and falling hair.

All of these disagreeable symptoms will disappear, and the hair grow as nature intended, if the dandruff germ is destroyed and kept ont of the sealp. Don't wait for chronic baldness, for it is incurable. Herpicide stops itching of the scalp almost instantly,

"I cannot speak too highly of Nowbro's Herpiside, it keeps my hair and scalp in excellent condition.

(Signed) Ma, NETTIE KARBACH.

Omaha, Nebr.

AT TRUG STORES-Send 10 Cents in Stamps to The HERPICIDE

Co., Dept, N., Detroit, Mich., fors Sample, A. S. WATSON & CO.. SPECIAL AGENTS.

MASINENTIF

203

100% VIIN 1 INCH