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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPHI-MONDAY, JUNE 27th, 1881.

r contract in differ- tho more inflammation comes; but the sole forms a doublé he challenged anyone to produce C to prevent the crust from wild horse with thrush, and if it collapsing or spreading too far, and could be found- he would eat the it acts like an arch in supporting horse, thrush and all. The horse the enormous weight of the animal; that belonged to the late king of and there is the frog, the texture of Abyssinia had never been shod, and which is not unlike vulcanised india- his feet were ferfect; the streets of rubber. Very numerous are the Rome and Naples are paved with laya, lamina; he had counted 1,200, and which is very hard and sometimes very inside is the coffin-bone, covered slippery, and most of the horses there with sensitive matter composed of are unshod on the hind feet, and some arteries, veins, and nerves, very have no shoes at all, yet they keep slight and delicate and the how is their footing as ours cannot. The secreted and supplied from above as lecturer had also noticed barefooted fast as it is worn away from below, girls and boys running over hard and the horse's weight is suspended material, and keeping their feet with on these lamina, the sensitive and perfect certainty, while he had found horny lamine being interlaced, and the feet of Kaffirs were about the when the hoof is cut across nobody same consistency as part of the would recognise it-it is something horse's foot, like india-rubber; most like a dahlia or sea-anonome. Mr. of us also know that bicycles are Wood contended the bearing of the tired with india-rubber, and they go' hoof ought to be on the centre, and over a great deal of uncommonly not on the edge, for the frog bears rough ground. Speaking of the the same position as the pad in the efforts to "improve" on nature, he foot of the dog and cat. The horn said the ambition of many people is is deposited in layers, which drop off to convert themselves from planti as they wear, and the sensitive part grades, walking on, the sole of the comes off in ragged flaps. If you foot. into digitigrades, walking on get hold of the hoof of a horse which their toes, and he sketched the result has never been touched by the black- ---a lady lifted high on her bools, and smith, you will be astounded to feel bending about to balance herself, the how soft it is, being really a tastile sketch causing much laughter. Pass- organ, and Mr. Wood read a lettering to the guiding of the horse, he from a person who, at Bere Regis, stated the animal wants to obey man, when a little boy, horrified his mo- and only wants to know what man ther by running in front of a team requires of him, and he will do it, of horses, and tripping up just before and for this purpose, he must see the leader, which put his foot on his all round him; a blind horse is head and stopped the team, and all safer than a purblind one, as he his life that person kept a most dis- is made by blinkers; he is one of the tinct rememberance of the soft and

most timid and yet one of the boldest gentle touch of the horse's foot press of animals, he will start at a feather, ing him to the ground, and prevent- because he does not know what it is! ing him getting any further back, he will rush into the battle, when he among hoofs or wheels, so that the knows what is required of him. Rarey boy lived to be the father of several

won his success over horses by making of the admirers of Mr. Wood. But, them understand they were not to be although the Creator has arranged afraid of him; and then using his. the structure of the foot so as to intellect to master the less but still save weight, man hangs a couple of great intellect of the horse. Several pounds of irou on it, and how many anecdotes were related, showing the extra "foot-pounds" must the horse willingness of the horse to obey have to raise every day?-power man, when he understood what was which is thrown away. Again man goes against nature by turning up the heels to enable the horse to hold on slippery ground; but the animal naturally tries to hold by his toes, and the turned-up heels throw the animal, off his balance.... A shoe has been invented, extending along the toc, and allowing the frog to work properly, and the weight to be thrown upon it, so that the elaborate system of springs in the horse's foot are able to do their work. Mr. Wood showed the usefulness of allowing the bear- ing of an engine's axles on the middle of springs. Suppose anyone said "Those springs may break," and substituted two solid bearings at the ends, he would not much like.. to ride on that engine; but that is what mon do by putting the common

INTELLIGENCĖ. » shoe, and making the bearing of the horse on the rim of his foot instead

Monday, June 27th," 1881. of on the frog. Elephants walk almost as silently as cats, and the.

One o'clock P.M. reason is because their fect are con- Banks are quiet at 103, both structed with springs and are not shod,buyers and sellers appearing dis- though bearing such tremendous weights. Mr. Wood, therefore, had come to the conclusion that the horse's hoof does not require protec tion, though that being a view of his own, he should not try to enforce it on any one. Yet horses traverse with unshod feet, and are not injured, ground to which our macadamised roads are quite soft; unshod horses traverse rocks that would cut the feet of our shod horses all to pieces, they will go over ice where ours would slip, and over swamps where ours would be stuck fast. He firmly believed that every one of the diseases of the horse's hoof comes more or less directly from the shoe. True, one veterinary surgeon says that thrush is caused by not cutting away the parts; but, then where do the wild horses keep their knives to pare their hoofs? A vast quantity of -blood is propotually pumped into tho horse's hoof to supply the horn, which is intended to 'bo worn away, and the heavier and tighter the shoc

wanted, and Mr. Wood said the horse was made more especially for the service of man; they came pretty nearly together into the world, the horse rather earlier, and he has an extraordinary affection for man; yet some treat their horses as machines, while many an engine-driver will treat his engine as if it were a living being. Man should treat his horse, not as a brute and a slave, but with kindness and wisdom, and he will convert him into a willing fellow- servant.

A vote of thank to the lecturer and the society was proposed by the- Mayor, and acknowledged, that to the society by Mr. Crickmay.

LATEST COMMERCIAL

inclined to do business to any amount at that price. We traced a few transactions this morning, but they were of such a paltry character, as scarcely to menit notice. As we predicted on Saturday, Hotel shares have experienced another rise, and they are now very firm at 97% with but few sellers at that quotation What with rumours of an opposition hotel on the Praya, and a first class bearing house which is said to be a cortainty in the course of a month or two, the substantial position of Hotel Shares is a subject for congrat alapon to the shareholders Docks are now very firm at 53, although some business has been donc at that figure. Other quotations are merely of a nominal character.

Shares.

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking

Corporation-Shares -100 per cent. promium. Union Insurance Society of Carto $1,625 por share ox dividend.

China Traders' Insurance Company's

Shares-$1,700 per share. A North China Insurance Company Tls.

1,125 per share. Yangtsze Insurance Association--Tls.

810 per share. Chineso Insurance Company, $312

per share,. Salos. On Tai Insurance Company, Limited

Tls. 148 per share.

Hongkong Fire Insurance Company's

Sharos- $1,000 per share, sellers. China Fire Insurance Company's Shares

-$300 per share, sellers. Hongkong & Whampoa Dock-Com-

pany's Shares-53 per cent prom. Hongkong, Canton & Macao Stoam

boat Company's Sharos-$31 per share promium. China Const Stein Navigation Com

pany-Tls. 162 per share. Hongkong Gas Company's Shares-

$82 per share. Hongkong Hotel Company's Shares

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$97 per share, Sales. China Sugar Refining Company, Li-

mited-187 per share. China Sugar Refining Company (De-

bentures)-8 per cent prémium, Hongkong Ice Company's Shares-

$120 per share, sellers. Hongkong & China Bakery Company,

Limited-$424 por share. Chinese Imperial Government Loan“

of 1874-(Nominal). Chinese Imperial Government Loan

of 1887-(Nominal).

Exchange.

On LONDON,

Bauk Bills, on demand, Bauk Bills, at 30 days' sight, Bank Bills, at 4 months' sight, Credits, at 4 months' sight, Documentary Bills, at 4

months' sight,

3139 3183

3/8 3/9

369

On PARIS,

Bank Bills, on demand, ......4.66 Credits, at 4 months' sight,....1.75 On BOMBAY,

ولی

Back 8 days' sight,.............

On CALCUTTA,

Bank, 3 days sight,

Ou SHANGHAI,

Bank, sight, Private, 30 days' sight,

Juno.25, H. I. C. M. Chento, Brig, 250, S. Stewart, Cauton 24th June. June 25, Harter, British steamer, 1196, F. Grandin, Cardiff 14th May, Coal-Russell & Co. · June 25, Freya, German corvette, 2000, V. Lopel-Guitz, from a cruise, 25th June. ... June 25, Anna, Gorman bark, 350, G. B. Davidson, Bangkal 8th Juno, Rico--Wieler & Co. June 25, Volga, French stoamer, 991, Guiraud, Yokobama 19th June, Mails and Generat-Messageries Maritimes Co.

June 25, Nestor, British steamer, 1548, R. Jugo, Foochow 23rd June, General,-Butterfield-and-Swire June 25, Sir John Laurence, British

ship, 1090, J, A. Best, Cardiff, 16th February, Coal. -Messagr ies Maritimes Co. Juuo 25, Wilna, American ship, 1483, Lombard, Cardiff 20th February,

Conl.-Order.

Juno 26, Salvadorit, Spanish steamer, 615, T. M. Laminaze, Manila 23rd June, General-Remedios & Co.

Juno 26, Atholl, British steamer, 928, Duncan, Amoy 22nd, and Swatow 25th June, General Bun Hin A& Co. June 26, Thornhill, British steamer,

965, Waller, Swalow 25th June. June 27, Emuy, Spanish steamer, 222, F. Blanco, Manila 24th June, General.Remedios & Co. June 26, Pu-Yew, Chinese steamer, 920, Croad, Canton, General, C. M. S. N. Co. Juno 27, Brisbane, British steamer,

889, R. Craig, Sydney and Aus tralian Ports, June 4th, General. -Gibb Livingston & Co.

DEPARTURES.

June 25. Diamante, British steamer,

for Manila.

Swatow, steamers Oaklands, Na- chwang, Tunis, and Tion- tsin

The British steator Harter Pu ports fine weather throughout, passial- Singapore on the 19th of Juno, light- winds up the Chinose sea.

The British steamer Atholl reports. lelt Amoy 22nd at 5 p.m., and bad light Southerly winds and clear, wea- ther; arrived at Swatow at 11.40 alm. on the 23rd, and left again at 4 p.m., on the 24th, and had fresh S.E, winds and clear weather to port.

British steamer Brisbane reports fina weather and light winds to Port Dar- win, which was left on June 17th at 11.30 pm, thence to Hongkong variable winds aud ansettled weather with rain, frosh N. E, winds from Pratos Shoal to port and heavy rain,

The British steamship Nestor re- ports light Southerly winds and fine weather.

The British ship Sir John Laurence reports lefts Cardiff 16th February and had fine weather to Java Head, on 30th May. Thence to port light

variable winds.

The Spanish steamer Salvadora reports left Manila 23rd June, and had fine weather throughout. In latitude 16.29 N. and longitude 124.41 E., passed a junk bottom up.

The British steamer Thornhill re- ports experienced light S. E. winds throughout.

PRIME

Intimations.

RIME GENEVER in Stono Jars ; MARTEL BRANDY 000 at $6.50 per Dozen; WOLFE'S SCHNAPPS and KUM- MET, Good NAVY Cocoa (retail at 20 Cents per. B). SALOON RIFLES and CARTRIDGES, Good REVOLVERS, RELOAD- ING CAPS, SHOT and CARTRIDGE CASES | in Sizes, &c., &c., &c.

...:-2251

2251.

721

June 26, Glenfinlas, British steamer,

for Singapore and London. June 26, Esmeralda, British steamer,

for Amoy.

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728

Hongkong Temperature.

(Taken at Messrs. Falconer & Co.'s

Register, Queen's-road).

...87.

HONGKONG, 25th & 77th Jane, 1881. BAROMETER-1 PM.

...29.958 Do. 4 P.M...... THERMOMETER→]. P.M.

Do. 4 P.M.... Do. 1 r.. (Wet bulb) 80. Do. 4.P..

Do, BAROSISTER-9 A.

..29.902 THERMOMETER -9 A.M. .82. Do.. 9 A.M. (Wet bulb) 79. Do. Maximum

.87. Do. Minimum (ovor night) 32.

MAILS,

The following mails will close: To-day the 27th instant:-For Bangkok, per Rajanattianuhar, at 1,30 instead of as previously

p.in., notified. For Shanghai, per Fu-Yeu, nt 3.30

For Hoihow, Pakhoi, p.m. and Haiphong per Pingon, at 5 p.m. To-morrow, the 28th-For Swa tow, Amoy, and Foochow, per Thales, at 11.30 am. For Amoy, per Emuy, at 4.30 p.m..

On Friday 1st July:-For Manila, per Esmeralda, at 3:30 pan.

United Kingdom and Europe vid On Thursday 7th July:-For the Brindisi; the Straits Settlements, Aden, Egypt, Malta, Gibraltar, and Batavia, Burmah, Coylon, India, the Mauritius, per Nepal, printed matter at 2 p.m., letters at 3 pm On Friday 8th July:-For Nagas- aki and Yokohama, per Malacca, at

5p.m.

The following mails may be ex- pected:

On or about Monday the 4th July:-The Calcutta mail of 18th

June.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

June 26, Julieta, Spanish steamer, for

Manila.

June 20, Ningpo, British steamer, for

Shanghai,

June 20, Cingalee, British bark, for

Foochow

Juno 26, Penedo, British steamer, for

Saigon. June 27, Kang-Chi, Chinese steamer,

for Hoihow. June 27, Minerva, German brig, for

Quinbow. June 27, Laura, German bark, for

Chefoo.

PASSENGERS.

ABRITED.

Per British steamor Thales, from Coast Ports, Mr Hülse, and 220 Chinese,

J. F. SCHEFFER,

54, Praya Central.

AIR DRESSING SALOON,

HONGKONG HOTEL.

W. P. MOORE,

Bers to inform the Gentlemen of Hongkong and Visitors that he has reduced the price of Hair-Cutting to 50 cents. Having now in his employ. three compotent Assistants who are always in attendance, he guarantees to execute this class of work, in all its branches, with a perfection which cannot be excelled in any part of the World.

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Hair Cutting. .........50 cents. Shampooing ......25 ....25 Shaving, Trimming Beards...25 Monthly Customers taken at reduced rates. RAZORS MOST CAREFULLY RE-SET.

Mr. Moore begs to recommend his. Por British steamer Atholl, from GOGO SHAMPOO WASH to the public as Amoy and Swatow,--535 Chinese..

unrivalled by any preparation ever pro> Per. French steamer Volga, from duced for promoting the growth of the Yokohama for Hongkong, Mosars

hair. The basis of this compound is Aquo and Achong. For Singaporo. made of soap root; the natives of the Sister St. Marcionno. For Marseilles.

Mr and Mrs W. Wakai, Mesere Selse for washing their hair; they are Philippine Islands never use anything Endo, Tatska, S. Symes, and Fonobe. Per British steamer Nestor, from Foochow -21 Chinese.

Per British steamer Thornhill, from Swatow.-26 Chinese.

Per Spanish steamer, Eniuy, from Manila.--60 Chinese.

Por British stormor Thornhill, from Swatow-26 Chinese.

never found bald, and it is quite com- mon to see the females with hair from 5 to 6 feet long. By constantly using this Shampoo WASH as directed, you will never be bald, The proprietor offers the Wash to the public entirely confident that by its restorative pro- it will without fail arrest decay- perties

from Manila, Mrs. V. Stenes, and of the scalp. It does not contain any Per Spanish steamer Salvadora, surf, dandruff, and cures all diseases.

ing hair,

It completely eradicates

Mesars. F. Gamboa aud; Ramon S, poisonous druge. By its cooling pro-

of people losing their hair. porties it allays. the itching and fever. of the scalp, which is the great cause

Menado.

Sydney and Australian ports.-Messrs Per British stoainer Brisbane, from Burns, Pruso, Salomons, T. Tokunda, and Aufani, and 228 Chinese.

Mr. MOORE has succeeded in being able to put this wash up in bottles without allowing it to ferment, and he will guarantee it to keep any length of time in any climate.

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SHIPPING REPORTS. The British steamer Thales reports. left Toochow on the 21st instant, and experienced variable light winds, and cloudy weather, clearing up towards oud of passage; then light Southerly VISITING CARDS. winds and fine weather. Loft Amoy on the 22nd, and bad light Southerly winds and fine weathor to Swatow. Loft Swatow on the 24th, and had light Southerly winds and fine weather to port. In Foochow, stoamors Hua

ARRIVALS. Juno-25, -Thales, British steamer, 520, T. G. Tocook, Coast Ports, 21st, 22nd and 24th Juno; General:garian, Canton, Bonglos, and Hao-san.

lu Amoy, stonmship Tokion.

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