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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

borg 2nd March, 1888.

MARRIAGE:

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On the 28th instani, at the Catholic Cathedral, by the Very Rev. Father Barghignoli, J. M. Guranuar, of the Colonial Secretary's Office, to CAMILLA M. PADIADA & CASTRO, second, daughter of the late J. M. D'Almada e Castro.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONO MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1888,

TELEGRAMS.

(Fiòm the Courrier d'Haiphongà THE GOVERNOR. GENERAL OF

INDU-CHINA.

SAIGON, April 20th.

M. Constans has handed over charge of the Governor Generallip of French Indo-China to M. Richand during the former's absence.

GENERAL BOULANGER.

PARIS, April 20th. The extenie Left at the Chamber of Deputies bar excluded the partisans of General Boulanger THE CONSTITUTION.

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'April 21st. -The majority of the committee are favorabir to the revision of the Constitution.

THE CINRAL.

April 22nd.

Daily demonstrations are taking place at Paris for and against Houlanger; these manifes tations are not, however, of a senous character.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

No ease of small-pox is reported during the week ending the 21st inst

H.M.S. Audacious anil Lines will leave this ier Amby and japan tamborow."

བཟ------་ Owing to the late dativery of the English mail Ex P. and O. stormship Ancona,we hold ove home news til to-morrow,

fr is stated that there are 127 dividend-paying gohl and silver mines in the United States. We are, however, uel informed of the number that pay nothing in the shape of dividends,

We notice, in another column, that the wreck of the San Pablo, is to be sold by, auction in Hongkong on Saturday next the 5th inst. The wreck and cargo are to be sold separately. STRANGE as it may seen, more people enter Russia dụn come duit of it. Between 1872 and 1981 the number of emigrants was 8,000,000, and the number of immigrants 9,450,000. A MARINE COURT will assemble at the Harbour Difice to-morrow morning, to enquire into the circumstances of stranding, in the Sulphur Channel, of the steamer Ashington, on the 21st instant,

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member of the church is not afraid to come out

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, APRIL 30, 1888,

We note that telegraphic communication with Saigon, and beyond, vid Haiphong,, has been

restored.

THE returns of the number of visitors to the City Hall Museum for the week ending April 9th, are:-Europeans 164, Chinese 1,907;,total, 2,071. LADY Colin Campbell is stated to have sent six private and "racy" diaries to a London publisher, which, it is anticipated, will create a sensation

THE death rate in the British and foreiga community of Victoria during the week ending the 21st inst, was 16.2 per 1,000 per annum. WE are informed by the agent of the Austro-London society, Hungarian Lloyd's S. N. Co. that the steamer Berenice, from Trieste, left Singapore on Satur day afternoon for this port,

We antice in our advertisement columns that the steamer Zambesi' will leave this port on the 8th May bound to Vancouver B.C. in the service of the Canadian Pacific Company. HIS SUBLIME HIGHNESS the Sultan of Turkey has commanded that the ladies of the Harem shall henceforth appear décolletées. They will thus in future be naked at both ends. -

DURING last year thirty-five new British ships were of iron and 256 of steel. This indicates neity plainly that iron steamers will in the near future be as much out of fashion as the sailing clippers of twenty years ago are at the present time.

LONDON has 600 pinces of amusement, of which

meas than four ́hundred and fifty are music. halls. The theatres number about fifty: Direc employment is given by these establishments to about one hundred and fifty thousand people, besides indirect employment to a host of trades- men and their work-people; N. AKWAL, aged 33, a fowl dealer, was'to-day charged, before Mr. Wodehouse with robbers and murder in Chinese territory on the oth

March last. Inspector Swanston asked for a remand for a week in order to collect 'evidence, when his Wurship adjourned the case till the 7th May, at 10a.m.

The Telegraph steamer Recorder, Capt. Madge, arrived here yesterday from Cape St. James, with sulimarine cable on board. The Recorder is a handsome little craft, and no doubt a com- fortable "home afloat," if we may judge from her good-sized square ventilating side ports and other evidences about the decks of cool ventilating shifts and white awnings.

ACCORDINGto our San Francisco contemporaries, sailors are scarce at present at that port, and wages rule high, being $40 per month for coast. ing vessels, $45 per month for deep-water vessels, and $50 per month for coasting steamers. In consequence of the scarcity of men there are now a number of ships anchored in the stream awaiting crews. Here is a golden chance for

local beachcombers..

The Band of the Northamptonshire Regiment will play at the Officers' Mess, Murray Barracks, to-morrow, commencing at 8 p.m. The following will be the programme:-- March...... Pandora'

Overture Pingal's Cave Valse........Sumner Nights" Selection. Alza from Handel" Selection

Nell Gwynne Selection...

Marcana

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„Mlurs. Manelisch, ..Stone,

Planquette. co Walláco, Jour Moran, Bandmaster.

THE New York Maritime Register says that no one seems particularly well satisfied with the proposed. settlement of the fishery question, been neglected, and that they will be heavy losers The Canadians believe that their interests have

under the treaty, and cur own people think that they will have nothing but cimply honors. This is peculiar, but more light will probably be sleruwn upon this very much disputed question before the treaty is confirmed. THEY were in the best drawing room, occupying one chair with but a single thought. They had

discussed the Bulgarian difficulty, the Irish question, the strike of the cargo-boat coolies, the Taltain water works, the fall in Docks, the sation was about fagged out. After a long weather, and other important topics till conver pause: "Ducky 7" "Whaty?" "Do you think 1 am making any progress in courting?" Well, I should say you were holding your own." Tableau,

A COLLECTION of the songs sung by the sailors of all nations at their work has been made by

THE latest thing at big dinner parties in New York is for the hostess to have each gentleman as he leaves the dressing room receive a card bearing the name of the lady he is to take into dinner and á diagram of the dinner-table, with his place and that of the lady marked in red

ink..

THE steamship Frisks of London, at presen! discharging at the Kowloon jetties, is, if we mistake not, one of the old North German mail boats which used to run for many years across

"THE LATE STRIKE.

'reports are correct.

The popular devotion manifested towards the Empress of Germany at Posen is considered likely to accentuate the difference existing between Bismarck and the Emperor Frederick.

- ADELAIDE, April 12th. The Messageries steamer Sydney, which arrived from Mautinus last night, brough daws of a textible Juccicans which broke pre- Tamatave, Madagascar, on February aand. Al the native bouses near the coast at Tamatav and costly British Consulate was razed to the were unroofed or blown aut to sea. The new

ground. The roadstead was whipped into : perfect maelstrom.. Some vessels were blowi out to sea, and the rest on. to jagged reefs, French man-of-war amongst the latter. Her crew scrambled ashore. Several men were. tree fell on the French commander, breaking however, lost in the attempt. A big paw-pan several of his ribs. The burricane has caused heavy loss of life.

SYDNEY, April 12th.

The cargo coolic strike may to-day be spoken six this morning the crews of the mosquito net of in the past tense; it is finished. At half past at Sam-sui-po got up their anchors and rowed and sailed for British territory, their stubbornness tired out and their spint, if not broken, we max suppose, at least, pretty generally weakened. A18 A NOTIFICATION in the Government Gazette o'clock this morning every steamer in the harbour informs us that the Queen has been pleased to required, and the jetties and quays over at appeared to have as many cargo boats as she approve of the appointment of the Hon. C. P.

Kowloon are swarming with boats of all descrip Chater to be an un-official member of the Legis-tions the crews fighting and struggling with each other as to who thall have the first place. There lative Council of Hongkong.

a report at Kowloon, and also this side of the water, that the Government had made some officials from the Government had approached concessions, and also that yesterday (Sunday) the coolies informing them that all who did hot commence work on Monday morning would have their licenses taken away, but neither of these nothing further than what has already been mended the retention of the present malors ar The Goveroment has done The Commission on railways have recom reported in the newspapers; that is to say, the the tramways, and the application of the cable Governor admonished them by preclamation system on certain new routes, as Sydney is sing by the laws of the colony, and resume duty cable system on account of the narrowness of th, on Thursday or Friday last that they must abidelarly unadapted to the application of the entir under the working of auch hws. To-day, along main streets and the want af continuity. the Kowloon wharves, there are somewhere about seven or eight hundred men employed at loading, of paint to look everything that may be desired. two hundred men went across there from flong- discharging, and conling the six steamers which She is still a noble ship and only requires a coat occupy the jetties. On Saturday last, one or kong, with the intention of working, but owing to XIDER HAGGARD has written a "Suggested the interference of certain delegates from the Prologue to a dramatized version of 'She'disaffected men following them upand dissuading which will appear in Harper's Weekly. The them from starting work, nothing was done, and scene is laid in the ruined Temple of Truth, and very little, we believe, on Sunday. However, with the giving in of the cargo boatmen the the action takes place 2000 years before the date _of_the_story, The "Prologue" consists of an signal appears to have been made that all animated and vigorous dialogue between Ayesha thus labourers, boatmen, rickshas and sampans resistance to lawful-authority must finistrand" and Amenartis over the dead body of Killikrates,

have this morning fallen into their usual swing OARS are said to be coming into use in which the of daily labour. The strike has lasted about a blade is made from the best sheet steel, highly tempered, and is alleged to be much stronger than the ordinary wooden one, and cannot be broken without undue violence; the handle fits into a socket running nearly the whole length of the blade, and forming a backbone of great strength; and the par, being much thinner in the blade than the wooden one, enters and leaves the water cleaner. The bandles are made separately, of spruce or ash,

the Atlantic from the Fatherland to New York.

A NEW YORK shipping paper says that some thing entirely new in the way of a ferryboats will soon be built by the Hoboken Ferry Company, Cal. Stevens and Captain Woolsey have been working together an plans for a steel ferryboat 200 feet long, with 17 feet beam.. Instead of having side wheels it will be constructed with propellers at each end of the boat. The engine will be entirely below deck, and the space taken up by the wheel-box and engine will be saved, The new boat will cost about $100,000. We read that the French Transatlantic Company has ordered its sicamers to be fitted with apparatus for spreading oil upon the ses, having found after many successful cxp riments the yalue of oil as a means of breaking the force of heavy waves. It is quite probable that this course will be followed by other steamship lines. In fact, using vil as a means of smoothing he seas, will in time become so common that sh masters-will-be-blamed if they neglect to try this preventive measure whenever necessary, THE Germans recently attempted a minor mobilization" experiment near Mets. The railroad station master received at 1 o'clock an dinner for the same number at 6.30 order to prepare coffee for 1,800 men at 4, and a

o'clock 2,800 men came in, had their coffee and took the train for another station, and at. 6. Jo went to the next station, where they had crffee, the next 2,800 promptly appeared, dined and and both parties returned to their quarters the next morning. The attempt was highly

successful.

At

CAPTAIN FAT, a junk master, was haled up to Wyndham Street this morning for anchoring his vessel in certain prohibited parts of the barbour accused said he anchored his boat abreast of Whit. on the agth inst. The police who charged the field station where the cable crosses from Hong- kong to Kowloon and where there are notices 'stuck up"and discs exhibited to warn mariner ancient or otherwise-hot to anchor. Défend- ant explained he did not know anything about a cable or auch warnings; he had just come in from Macao. Mr. Wodehouse dinedibe ignorant skipper $1 for infringing the port regulations. It was not explained to bis Worship whether

and if so, whether such were large enough to read from the harbour, or whether the junkmes had been supplied with a notice about the cable before anchoring,

week.

NEWS BY THE AUSTRALIAN MAIL.

We take the subjoined telegrams from our Colonial exchanges received by the China Navigation Co.'s steamer Chingtu, Capt. J. D. C. Arthur, which arrived in port yesterday:---

Wonderful limestone caves have been dis covered at Wyambene, thirty miles from Braid

wood.

MELBOURK, April 12th. The Ministe for Agriculture has refused t allow phylloxera infested vineyards in the Ger long district to be replanted. The vigieron threaten to defy the Government.

A further unsuccessful attempt to float the steamer Titus has been made.

-INDIAN-NEWS----

The following extracts from our Indian exchanges received by the Steamship Taisang were crowded out of our Saturday's issue:-

CALCUTTA, April 5th.

Sir Auckland Colvin will leave Lucknow for Honour is expected to hold two more Legis Nynce Tal at the beginning of May. His lative Council meetings during his stay ut Lucknow.

A number of the survivors of the Lucknow garrison of the Mutiny days were prosented to the Viceroy when he visited the ruins to the Lucknow, residency.

DUCASIONAL PAPERS ON CHINESE PILLASAPUT".

(By CHALONER ALABASTER.)

THE LUN-YU.

CHAPTER XVII.

Section Yangho wishing to see Confucius, and Con-

when Yangho was aut, but met him on the way. fucius refusing to call on him, sent him a pig as a present. Confuciuoliined his visit of thanks Yangho then said to him-Cone, I have something to say to you; in that man a lover of his kind who keeps his treasure to himself and leayes his country in the lurch a No said the sage. Is he wise then who being qualified to opportunities which fer for doing so? No, take the direction of public affairs misses the

days and months aic shipping by, the does not said Confucius. Well then, said Yangho, the

wait for any one. Right, said Confiaius, I will take office.

"If fit for work you have no right to lead a life of case,"

Section 11. In nature men are near to one another, but in life they far diverge.

"All men start equal but while some press on, the others stay behind."

Section III. The only men who never change are the wise and the stupid.

"The one in that they know, the other that they do not care.

Section IV. When Confucius came to Wu and heard the sound of tarp and psalmody ringing through the town he could not repress a pleasant smile, but, On which Tzi-yen[taking him up) said-Heieto- said why use a butcher's knife to kill a fowl ?

prince love his people, and makes the common fore I have heard you say religion makes the people good subjects. Confucius at once said- Yen says aright, my disciples; I spoke in jest.

"There cannot be too much religion though there may be too thuch form.”

Chou of the State.

Section V.

it appears that the politic generosity of the SYDNEY, March 28th.upon the Afghans around Jellalabad. For instance, Ameer is beginning to make some impression in the Assembly this evening, information when the descendants of Sultan Mahmond nf was sought by Mr. Dibbs as to the intentions Ghazni, who live at present at Shuki, gave a When the rebel Kung-shan Fujan was holding and views of the Government regarding the protest of the Chinese Ambassador in London them Rs. 6,000 in cash and four villages, the entertainment in his honour, the, Ameer gave

Pi, and Confucius was disposed to accept his against the anti-Chinese legislation in the

invitation to join hún, Tzé-lu was displeased colonies.

income of which they may realize for themselves

at his doing so, and said-You cannot juin Amidst hearty cheers, the Premier declared and Military Gazette notes, that, though the man? Confucius replied, If he asks me to come, Upon this an Afghan correspondent of the Chin; what forces you to be the Kingstian's that while he was not in a position to give the Ameer Abdur Rahman Khan is a man of very it is with an object, and if I be cidensted with House an outline of what he proposed to do, the bad temper, yet we have not yet seen one of the the Government I may make another Eastern Government would, whether with the co-family of Painda Khan who would have been so operation of the other colonies not, aim at generous. The Ameer's monthly expenditure, "You should accept an appointment in Hades the exclusion of the Chinese from. New South

he says, far exceeds that of the late Ameer Shere if you thought you could do any good there.".» Wales. They recognised that the matter was Ali's anal expenditure; and Abdur Rahman one of great difficulty and affecting large interests, Khan has, according to him, distributed about

Section VI but hoped to be able shortly to submit to a lakh of rupees in presents since he came to by 71-he said-To be live things to all-men- Tzechung asking Confucius what was meant Parliament a scheme to accomplish the object Jelallabad." desired,

grave, gracious, hohest, diligent and kind. By Sir Julian Goldsmid was to ask the Undergravity you will make men respect you; by on the 19th March whether the Indian Govern. honesty you will make them trust you; by Secretary for India in the House of Commons gracious manners you will win their heart; by

give to the Nizam and other great Indian Princes you will make them serve you." ment have decided upon the replies they will diligence you will gain credit, and by kindliness who have offered to contribute men and money towards the defence of the frontier, and whether they had adopted a plan which will utilise these #beral offers.

BRISBANE, March 28th, Sir Samuck Griffith has prepared a long memorandum in reply to the Chinese Ambas. sador's protest, which will be forwarded by the Governor to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

LONDON, March 31st.

The Bank of England returng-show-that-the private deposits amount to nearly twenty-six millions sterling,

Her Majesty the Queen has been recommended to drink Australian wines, and she is now trying

them,

ROME, April 19.

The Italian Government, in replying to the overtures for peace made by the Negus of Abyssinia, has lid down the following cordi- inns: First, that special privileges be granted. with the interior. Secondly, that Italian troops to hatian subjects for the establishment of trade shall continue to occupy the military positions which they at present hold. Further, that during the hot montlis they shall be at liberty to occupy which serve as a sanatorium for Italian troops. "other points at a distance from the seaboard,

LONDON, April 6th..

of people are emigrating to America. As an Owing to the destitution which prevails in Ireland at, the present time, immense numbers instance of the extent of the emigration it may be stated that 1,000 Irish emigrants embarked to-day,

April 7th.

A severe thunderstorm broke over: the camp A Lingu telegram, dated March 31, states last night. The Head Quarters' mess tent and a servant's but were struck by lightning. Several was knocked over, while the rifle of another was servants were badly scorched, and one sentry. struck out of his hand. Snow fell heavily all night at of his mat

services with a view to a practical and peaceful General Runbeer Jung Bahndoor, of Nepaul in reply to his letter to the Viceroy, offering his settlement of the difficult with Thibet and Sikkim, has been courteously informed by the Secretary, Foreign Department, that the Govern position which prompted the effer, and though ment of India are sensible of the friendly dis they are unable to avail themselves of his help, they thank him for the good-will he has shown towards them.

י,

"The sage's definition of the Christian Life."

Section VII When Confucius-was-inclined to-necept -the- invitation of the rebel Piksi to join him, Tze-lu objected, saying-I have always heard that the Chin-tze will not go where those he meets do not act rightly. When you think of Piksi's outrageous behaviour in regard of Chung-mow, how can you go to him? Confucius replied- Yes, it is no written, but is it not also said What

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is really hard may be rubbed without injury, what is really pure may be steeped in ink without basm? Am I a bitter gourd to be hung up and not eaten? defiled..

"The master may touch pitch and yet not be

Section VIIL

One day Confucius naked Yu if he knew what were the six virtues and the six things that

rendered them of no avail. Yu saying "." he saide-Love of kind if there be no accompanying love of wisdom degenerates into sheer stupidity. Love of knowledge without wisdom leads but to invites robbery. Straightforwardness untem- self-sufficiency. Trustfulness without wisdom pered by wisdom leads but 10 constant quarrels, Daring without wisdom, but lo insubordination, and firmness without it but to folly,

Virtue if not intelligent is rice."

Section IX.

the daughter of the Russian Consul at Newcastle UNDRESS Piety-Rev. Dr. Chasuble (to onlyn-Tyne. They are veritable sea-songs, and in member present)-I am thankful that one many cases the words and music had never before the "stuck up" notice was in Chinese characters, quarter he sold and the remainder taken on to to be one of "the ablest and most eminent they help you when you are in trouble, they teach

been taken down until the work was done by this young lady. She made the round of the English seaports for the purpose, and got the sailors to sing to her. The collection is to be published by Kegan Paul under the captivating litle of "The Music of the Waters."

in rain ng well as in sunshine. Mrs. Pray Well, if it hadn't stormed I couldn't have come. for my new bonnet isn't ready.

Paganini's will the only man who was permitted to touch his violin was his pupil. MR. GRENFELDT; aged 27, a Russian seaman, Siroti. The other fify in Genon, to which city whose front name is John, was run in today on the violin was bequeathed, Sivori tuned it up in the charge of being a vagrant,' without money, Ühe presence of nome-royal-delegater, "and after"-without-scrip=whatever that may be-and no playing several tones put it back

decent place to lay his head. The police informed the magistrate that the young man This morning Mr. Seicombe-Smith fined five | was a deserter from a Russian frigate, and for boarding-house runners ten dollars each for

some time since his desertion had been sleep- ing in the woods." Mr. Grenfeldt, it was boarding the steamer Oofack without orders on

explained, had been very anxious to find employ the 29th inst, while the vessel was underway.ment, but somehow nobody seemed to want Fourteen days in gaol' was the alterative sailors whenever John put in an appearance, parnishment, but the mexicans were forthcoming He was relegated to the hours of detention, by

·and duly 'planked down.

London.

NEWCASTLE, April 7th.

My disciples, why don't you study the Psalms? They raise you to higher things, they are a constant food for thought, they fit you for society, you your duty to your father and your prince, they give you a wide knowledge of nature.

"The book of Odes, as it is generally called, is the book of Paalms of the Chinese Bible."

Section X.

reply to an address presented to him by the Lord Dufferin made an eloquent speech in Oudh Talukdars at Lucknow on Saturday. The address eulogised the Administration It has transpired that the Colonial Union generally, and in particular thanked His Company's steamship Selembria, from New Excellency for the concern he had shows Zealand en route to London with a freight of to preserve the landed aristocracy of Oudh in frozen meat, put into Monte Video, owing to a their rights and prisileges. Lord Dufferin, fire breaking out in her bunkers. An examina in the course of his reply, paid an eloquent tion made of the frozen meat shows that fully a tribute ΤΟ The literary and administra of the shipment has been damaged.tive abilities of Sir Alfred Lyall, declaring him statesmen the generation has seen," and em. phasising the debt of gratitude owed him for his effons in promoting the foundation of the the N. W. P. Legislative Council. The new Allahabad University, and the establishment of Lieutenant-Governor, Sir Auckland Colvin, he

Confucius said to Pe-yen--Why don't you said, "had already given abundant proofs of his study the Chao-nan and the Chou-nan? The man deep and earnest desire to guide the people who does not do so le like, s man standing with in a wise, sympathetic, and benevolent spirit."his face up against a wall Among the other topics touched upon were the success which, despite individual failuies, has in general attended the essays at local govern- for the diffusion of technical education. On the the Rubric, they say! It is the Rubric, they It is the Ritual, they say! It is the Ritual, ment throughout India, and the pressing' need

they say, as if cape and aprons were all. It is latter point, however, His Excellency was careful

A well-attended meeting of Waratah residents THUS a writer in the St. Louis Globe Democrat:-held in that town last evening. The Mayor favorable to the decentralisation movement wat In advanced life the lungs are especially prone presided, the usual resolutions approving of to inflammailon. The pneumopja of old age

the movement were carried unanimously and a is excessively fatal. Even an gidinary cold branch of the North and North-Western Decen-

tralisation League formed. _on_the_lungs? „is_liable_to_become....a_very_

serious matter,

“GUNDAGAL, April 7th.. The ribs and breastbone lose most of their elasticity, and breathing is not

There is quite a plague of mice at Gundagal this season.

The river flats are covered with sa deep or so free as it is in earlier years, them, they are invading the hills and causing Hence, one of the reasons for the fatality of

great annoyance to householders. bronchitis and catanhal pneumonia in the aged Ons remarable fact connected with the poe monis of old age is that it may run its course to a fatal termination and give but little notice of its presence by significant phenomena. Hence this disease is very frequently overlooked. Mr. Sercombe-Smith till a billet turns up.

senile debility." large number of cases

senjie marasmus," deaths from old age," are, A WELL merited rebuke,First Actress-The in reality, due to pneumonia. It is proper to impudence of these men is simply insulting call such cases deaths from old age, for if this sent me this morning? Second Actro-Oh, probably have been recognized and properly landing. what was it? Do tell me quick. First Actress the really important one in determining the treated the element of old age having been A great big oral heart with a love letter in the fatal result. * top and a diamond, pin in the centre. Second

MELBOURNE, April 7th, There is now little doubt but that the yacht Cully Sark foundered off Point Cook, and that all on board, five in number, perished. A sunken craftsimilarto the Cutty Sark has been discovered, and steps are being taken to raise it.

AUCKLAND, April 9th. The Government has issued instructions to the effect that passengers arriving at Auckland and Wellington from Sydney must be examined

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"The two arst books of the Psalms,"

Section XI.

"Symbols are but symbols only."`

to note that the powers of the Imperial Governay, as if bells and drums were all! Administrations and communities must rely ment were necessarily very imited, and that local

mainly on themselves...

his

Section XII

The weak man, who pretends to be firm and unbending is a poor creature; he is like a thief climbing over a wall or breaking into a house,

always in terror lest he be detected.

Section XII.

'Africa to evangelize the heathen tribes, 70,000/ What do you suppose that front row baldhead factor had been absent, the disease would by the health officers at those ports before All governors of provinces and districts appointed knowing why or when they are so

MELBOURNE, April 9th.

Your village purists are the curse of virtue. "Insisting that things are right without

.. Section XIV. wayside what you know of the way of Life.

It is to throw away the truth, to preach by the Confucius approved the Catholic system that expounded to them."

THE appalling statement is made in England that where one missionary had been sent to

barrels of rum had been sent for the purposes of batter. Well, the source of England's greatness (he-the Bible) has always gone hand in hand

caough, have invariably preferred the latter to do? First Actress--I summoned a messenger the former.

bits, I scattered the pieces over the flowers and THE Archbishop of Canterbury says that one of sent it back to the fellow, I didn't want to gul Gazelle of the 28th, accompanied by the following was sentenced to death for the murder of John khain, even years ago, has been liberated, and such as they?. Before they have got the object

with the rum battle, and the natives, singularly Actress-How rich he must be 1 What did you THE annual report of the Director of the Observ. hearty concurrence of his Government withthe Fars. To the latter province bas been appointed men must be prepared before the truth should,

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the greatest ovils by which the working classes break his heart, though, so I retained the pin.

denth

of

Section

BOMBAY, April 8th. - The Teheran correspondent of the Bombay Gazette gives full particulars of the degradation of Zil-i-Sultan; but is unable to assign the native. The Prince has been deprived of all governments with the exception of Ispahan.

by him have been changed, and his accounts are The Premier has received a letter from Mr. him are Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Arabistan, being overhauled. The provinces taken from Fyah, Premier of Tasmania, expressing the

Luristan, Bakhtiari, Burujird, Irak,. Yezd; and story, for the year 1887, which was laid before views expressed is Mr. Gillica's circular letter on

Owais Miria. Iskandar Khan, eldest son of the the Legislative Council on the 37th instant, is the Chinese immigration quoiy, published in a supplement to the Government

April toth

late Husscla Kuli Khan Ilkbain of Bakhtiari

in At the Armidale aasizes to-day, Jaz. Grace whom the degraded Prince and kept

chains ever since the sudden and mysterious

Mean creatures How can phê serve' with tables Rate of Sidereal Standard Clock in 1887 Stapleton at the Hillgrove mines two months ago, will be appointed Governor of Bukhtiari Zil gain it, and when they get it their only thought are afflicted is the custom of early marriages. If AT a recent meeting of the Limekiln Club, Lard Errors of time ball in 1887; Mean values and

Early this morning the express train from Sultan's younger brother, Neib-i Sultaneb is how to keep it and lest they do so there is of their ambition their only thought is how to "Cantuar" lived a few months in Hongkong or Macao he would have his views strengthened far had several times of late been asked how the which it rained for each month in the year trucks were smashed up, but none of the pas

Asbestos Green arose to make an inquiry. He bourly excess above the moan of meteorologifal Sydney to Melbourne ran into a goods train Minister of War-and Commander-in-Chief has nothing they will stick at..

elements; Number of hours, during portion of which-was-being shunted at Walolanga, Four beyond what can possibly be imagined from

club stood on the Tariff question with reference 1887 Total distance traversed by, as well as sengers were injured. experiences gained in England. It would be well to wool, and had been unable to return a decided total duration and average velocity of winds The Government promised the House to-day if a law were passed stringently prohibiting mere reply. He now decided to post bimself and from eight different points of the compass; Total children from becoming wives and mothers. would put the inquiry in open 'meeting, #We number of days on which different meteorological stand on dat question de same as eber," replied phenomena were noted, and total number of Ervekat Amonio Moltó has been appointed the President. We believe dar should be thunderstorms during each month of the year Acting Governor-General of the Philippinewool in dis kentry. Wool ama weny useful 1887; Total number of times that clouds of Islands-pending the arrival of General Weyler article. Our best socks ar made of wool, We different forms were observed in each month of from Spain. Caneral Mottó was, according to the believe dat all sheep should beincouraged to grow the same year. Rainfall: Monthly extremes of Manila Diario, another hero of Santiago de dat it should be worked up into socks wid blue at the Observatory during 1887 Monthly as much wool as dey kin widout inconvenice, an' the principal meteorological elements registered Cuba, where he distinguished himself bath in legs on white toer and heels. Noxt time you extremes of the principal meteorological elements the cabinet and on the battle field. It is hoped are approached on de subliek gin it to 'm strong, registered at Victoria Poak & Five-day, meand of

Lord Asbestos sat down like a 'the principal meteorological elements man who had suddenly lost his hold, and bis in Hongkong in 1887; Five-day means of he brow remained corrugated during the rest of the same observed at Victória Peak j. and a report

on the Typhoons of 1887.

he will effect a conciliation between the clerical and the liberal parties in Manila, which are said to be mutually hostile.

evening.

to introduce a Bill establishing, experimental farms and an agricultural college.

MELBOURNE, April sotk........ It is proposed to connect Williamstown with Port Melbourne by a tunnel costing £80,000.

A valuable discovery of silver, ore is reported to have been made by Musgrave and party four one miles south-west of Tumberumba. The lode miles from Coppa Bella head station and twenty in twenty-five feet wide, carrying three fees galena, besides, other patches of ore similar to Broken Hill.

LONDON, April 11th. Boulanger's election for Dordogne in dua to the efforts of the Bonapaftists,

remains Minister of War and Commander-in- also been deprived of several governments, but

"The only object of office is the opportunity Chief, with the exception that the Military of doing good!

Section XVI Finance and Pay Departments are in future to You will not find the fallings of the ancierits be in charge of another person,

in these times. Their impatience of restraint NARAINGUNGE, April 6th mi -was-shewn,in-freedom, but ours in profligacy. There was a great storm at Dacca at seven Their self-assertion made them dangerous to e'clock yester 'ay evening Many buildings were atinck, ours simply makes us quarrelsome and destroyed, and the loss of lile in variously ill-tempered. Their ignorance made them frank, estimated at from 50 to 100. The Nawab's ours makes us simple liars apparently small tornado. Numerous fires savages, but still civilization is not to be utterly palace was partly destroyed. The storm was No doubt there are redeeming traits in broke out in consequence, and the force of the wind was unprecedented.

Section XVII Clover speech and taking manners rarely go with real virtue.

Goodness generally is, although it should no be, unpleasant,

Sa muborak CALCUTTA, April 9th

Owing to the prevalence of cholera in Kash- mere, and acting on medical advice, the Viceroy bas abandoned his visit there,

contemned."