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A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.

WE HAVE NOW IN STUCK THE FOLLOWING CIGAR S:

MARIA CRISTINAS,

Londres. Leoneses.,

PERLA DEL ORIENTE, Londres.

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Damas. Señoritas,

NUEVO HABANO in goo and 100 Boxes.

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and.

NUEVO CORTADOS in 500 and 100 Boxca.

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2nd.

Flor de la fanhela, Princesas, Entractos, Orientales and Isabelas,

Imperialce, Cazadores, Imperiales, Exceptionales, Prensados, Principes, Cortaditos, Señoritas, Marquesitos, Flor de Prensados, Paquitos, Regalia Britanica, Regalia Inglesa, Chiquitos, Brevitos,,

and

BOUQUETS DE WATSON. SWEET CAPORAL and OLD JUDGE CIGARETTES.

A. S. WATSON & Co., Ltd, THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Hongkong, 29th October, 1888.

**BIRTHS.

F. CAVE-THOMAS, of a daughter.

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At Foochow, on the 27th instant, the wife of 103 At Kiakiang, on the 23rd October, the wife of E. GORDON LOWDER, I.M. Customs, of a son,

DEATHS.

On the 23rd Sept., at North Shields, from pneumonia, GEORGE BELL, engineer, aged 51.

On the 27th Sept., after a long filness, the beloved wife of JOSEPH WHITTALL, Esq., R.N., at 3; Tyrwhiu-road, Brackley S.E., London. -

The Houghong Telegraph

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1888.

MONASTICON.

The Roy. E. Torres, who in at the head of the Spanish Dominican Procuration in this Colony, has courteously favoured us with a copy of "Estado General de los Réligiosos y Religiosas de la Provincia del Santisimo Rosario del Sagrado Orden, de Predicadores de Filipinas en el año de 1887.” This is a statistical report of the number of monks and nuns belonging to the Order of St. Dominic, at present residing in the Philippines, Tonquin, China, Formosa and Spain. A tabulated man of the baptisms and other sacraments administered by these mission. arles is annexed, the pamphlet concluding with the following figures-In the Archbishopric of Manila, which is divided into 4 provinces and 15 parishes, there are 103 monks and 31 nuns of the Order; in the Bishopric of Nueva-Segovin, with 6 provinces and 54 parishes, 95 monka; in the missions of Formosa, China and Tonquin, divided into 6 provinces, 65 monks and 3 nuns; in Hongkong, 2, as Procurators of the Mission; in Spain 250; and in Rome 2; the total being 517 Spanish monks and 16 nuns.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1888.

Philippines issued an invitation to all classes of people, to the clergy above all, to attend the acquica in commemoration of the anniversary of the death of King Alfonso XI. The Arch bishop was expected to officiate at the funeral

ceremony, but he absented

THE race-course will be formally opened for the Racing Season of 1885-1989 to-morrow morning. Tea and coffee will be provided as usual, THE annual meeting of the members of the

he will have equal success between the flags" next February. Mr. Vernon's pony (No. 31) will probably prove to be a darkish bay in colour, and certainly it would be hard to pick out any striking defect in his make or shape, le hay

from bad to worse, the Philippine Islands affording, as we have said, a forcible illustration of the nefarious influence exercised by these so-called religious corporations. While bastardy is rampant in those islands, and civilisation himself and among the natives is at its lowest ebb, while longkong Jockey Club will be held at the Thus a Singapore contemporary -H. M. S.xcellent propelling power ;.

repaired to a suburban convent, where he took no notice of the obsequies going on at the capital. This, was attributed to the animus entertained by the clergy against the ill-fated King for his liberal religious ideas, There are orders extant enforcing the teaching of the Spanish language to the natives of the Philippine Islands. The regular clergy in charge of the provincial parishes discountenance these orders, and simply forbid the learning of Spanish. A petition was recently sent by the authorities to remove the cemeteries to a certain distance from towns and hamlets; the regular clergy raised an opposition to these sanitary measures, and carried the day, Volumes would he filled were we to bring out in detail all the

oppressive measures, all the dark deeds, we refrain from referring to those flagrant cases of immorality which are known throughout the length and breadth of the Archipelago-achieved by the regular clergy of the Philippines. One of their representatives in this free' Colony, the

industry is dormant and the Press gagged and trampled upon, the huge and hideous spectre of Monasticism, wielding a hydra-like power and hurling its Papai anathemas and the torments of hell, infallibility, and the end of the world, hovers supreme in the darkened horizon, and threatens to blast the prospects, the future, and the destinies of that fair Archipelago.

TELEGRAMS.

(Reuter,)

THE BRITISH MINISTER AT

WASHINGTON.

LONDON, October 29th. The American Misister in London has been instructed to recommend to the British Govern ment a change of Minister at Washington.

(From Straits Times.) THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY.

ROME, October 20th. - The Emperor William has started for Berlin,

ongkong Hotel, to-morrow afternoon at 4

'clock.

THEtotalrevenue of the Macao Post Office during September last amounted to the handsome sum of $185.85, which we take to be a very significant roof of the boasted prosperity of the Holy City.

great length combined with good shoulders and

tin condition Orion has lost a Whitehead torpedo, which is is as poor as a crow so poor, in fact, as lo supposed to be in the harbour somewhere, and suggest some radical internal defect, and he forewhich a reward of $30 is advertised in our further, decidedly lame in his near hind leg. This lameness, I may add, is probably caused columns. Curiosity is a vice, but still, just as a by the pony knocking his hock against the box little topic for conversation, one would like to on his voyage down from Shanghai, and it will know if that torpedo is loaded and liable to go easily be removed. off" suddenly.

SIR Cecil C. Smith, Governor of the Straits Settlements, came in for a great stroke of luck the other day. An admirer presented his Excellency with a piebald rhinoceros. MR. A. Marques, the latest victim to the brutality

SAYS the Chinese Times-A quantity of light and despotism of the officers of the Macaoad tough timber has come from Vladivostock, National Battalion, was released from his illegal The demand for imported wood, chiefly of the imprisonment in Monte Fort in the Holy City hard and heavy kinds, is now considerable, and this morning, this being the anniversary of the Peking is the principal market. It is expected birthday of the King of Portugal, Dom Luiz I.

that, when the young Emperor fully assumes SAYS our Tientsin contemporary The tides in power, the capital, much of which is now in a. the Feibo are now very irregular, and the strong neglected and ruinous condition, will be gradually northerly winds that frequently visit us drive off repaired and put into good order. frequent; but if passengers can reach Taku.they in several quarters of the town by the scavenging he water. Detentions at the Bar will now be STREET sweeping at noon-day is still carried on

fraternity, the clouds of dust raised by this intolerable nuisance being sufficient to choke pedestrians out of existence. While Queen's Road is being watered during the day to keep the dust down, the sweepers have a lively time

can come to the settlement by train from Tongku. The trains now run twice daily. THE whole of the convicts who tried to escape

The "light blue and white" banner of Mr. Slingsby Bethell promises fair to be horne rominently this ensuing racing season. "Our Hongkong" Private Secretary" is a true sports- man, and as he can ride a bit, both at exercise be more popular in the Valley or German than and when wearing the colours, no vistory would his. This aftemoan two poales were allotted to Mr. Bethell, Nos. 22 and 25. The first is a dark grey with a game head, lengthy barrel, good quarters, and racing-like appearance

judices, this wiry looking pony ought to make all over. Candidly speaking I detest the colour, having experienced so many disappointinents with dark greys, but apart altogether from

pres his mark. No. 25 is a black, with some white streaks on his middle-piece, and the first things his owner will notice are a stiffness behind that bat will require a lot of building up. I can best might be lameness, and a lack of flesh and muscle describe this pony by saying that he is a capital

Rev. Father Torres, the other day gave us having left the best possible impression in Italy had had his jaw shattered by a bullet was the with their brooms in the upper levels. The con framework, only needing filling out.

practical illustration of the spirit of intolerance and oppression which reigns supreme among the monastic Orders in the Philippines, The worthy clergyman, probably imagining himself in Manila, and with sufficient pawers to inflict on the local press any censure his prejudiced imagination might dictate, took upon himself to express his disapproval of an article that appeared in the columns of this paper, dealing with a most important social subject, by returning us the paper with the said article crossed out in black ink. This is exactly how they manage these affairs in Manila, We are only too thankful to the Superior of the Dominican friars in Hongkong, for having given us a glimpse into the modus agendi adopted by his Order towards the Manila Press.

Leaving now particular cases alone and taking a broader view of monasticism in general, we have a few ideas to expound on this important subject for which we crave the indulgence of our readers, in whose number we will include Father Torres himself. Monasticism owes its fundamental character to its peculiar origin. The same mental delusion which leads the fakir to keep his arms crossed over his head for years until they become rotten, in orderto gratify his religious idea of penance, or the Buddhist to have his eyes perpetually rivetted on a certain part of his body while his mind is lost in the yncuity of spiritual contemplation-this same religious aberration has led away the anchorite and the hermit from the haunts of civilised man to the caves of the desert or the fastnesses of the mountains. Reli gious enthusiasm is accountable for these and for many other follies in the history of man. The first phenomenon to be noticed in a man's mind when he becomes a. prey to religious craze, is a total disregard of the primary duties towards his fellow-creatures and the world. A religious maníac shunsthe world in which, and for which he was created. He professes to interpret

the end of his creation better than the Creator

These data represent the proselytising work himself, and is bent on reversing the order of which is at present being carried on in the nature. He looks upon sociality, mirth, daily Philippine Islands and in China by the votaries of labour, and the propagation of the species as the Order of Preachers, a religious congregation so many ugly sins, or as the allurements of the founded by. St. 'Dominic as far back as 1215, devil to bring his soul to eternal damnatiop, and Residents of Manila, and foreigners who have he consequently flies from the world and from lived for some time in the Philippines, are in himself in order to devote his mind and body to a position to furnish us with all the information the contemplation of such supernatural ideas as which these statistics do not supply, namely, his prejudiced intellect is capable of harbouring that concerning the social, religious and political These men are completely lost to society influence exercised by this, and the other monas.and to mankind. tical orders which are established in the neigh- bouring Archipelago, an Influence which is said to surpass the powers and privileges of the Spanish authorities themselves. It does not require much discrimination to ascertain what that influence ii. Its chief and central aim is the maintenance Philippines; and it works for the conversion

Eremitism arose from

tendencies of this nature, and it soon became a system of 'self-imposed imprisonment on the cellular principle all over Egypt, Thebald, Syria and Palestine. It has been ascertained in modern times by repeated experiments and observations that perpetual seclusion brings on

both as regards his cordiality of disposition and political frankness.

AMERICA AND CANADA.

WASHINGTON, October 22nd.

Speaking at a Banquet at Ottawa, Sir-John Macdonald said he believed that when the election was over, America would desire to revive the fisheries treaty, otherwise Canada must enforce the treaty of 1818.

from Kennedy Town recently were brought up before Mr. Wodehouse to-day. The man who only one bearing any marks of injury. Inspector Stanton conducted the case, and the evidence was similar to that heard at the inquest on Pereira and the two prisoners who were killed.

MANY of our readers who have travelled much in the steamers of the P. and O. Company, will, says the L. & C. Express, regret to hear of the death of one of the most popular and gentlemanly engineers in the service. Mr. A. Milne was in the bunkers of the Arcadia, in Sydney, without his presence being known, and on some coal included in the German Zollverein.

Hamburg and Bremen have been formally being shot he was hit on the head, and killed

HAMBURG AND BREMEN,

HAMBURG, October rand.

RUSSIA IN, ASIA,

MIRVE, October'zand. The Czar has received at Merv (1) a Turkoman deputation.

THE CANADIAN-PACIFIC."

LONDON, October 23rd. The Canadian-Pacific Raliway Company has posted a strongly manned and victualled train across the place where the Red River Railway is about to cross the C. P. R. The Manitoba Government supports the Red River Company and the Militia has been called out.

THE INCOME TAX IN FRANCE.

PARIS, October 24th. The French Cabinet has decided to introduce an income tax, but the Chamber is averse to it, and a crisis is probable.

RESULT OF THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

109 subs; 40 of whom declared.

almost immediately. Mr. Milne had only been married two years.

ABOUT one o'clock this morning Sergeant Euanson and P. C. Parker caught three nice bloodthirsty heathen, at Yaumati. They were coming, with a fourth man, from Sam-shui-po, and were all armed with revolvers, besides having about seventy cartridges with them. Their burglarious intentions, however, were frustrated by the constables, who arrested three out of the four.-Remanded.

A MEETING of the shareholders of the Taku Tug and Lighter Company was held at Tientsin on the 19th inst, at which 1,60 votes were repre- sented. The following resolution was put to the meeting and carried, with one dissentient voice: "That the Directors be and are hereby em powered to raise a loan not exceeding the sum of Taels Fifty Thousand, to be applied to the purpose of paying for additions to the Fleet and Property"

Mr. H. F. Boyd's Cactus, 4 yrs., 6rt. 5lb....... 2 of Chihli to Canton after the Imperial decree has. Mr. A. Cooper's Bismarck, 3 yrs., 7st. 8ib...... 3opeared in the Peking Gosette-and not till

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

then,

rast is exceedingly amusing to the observer, bal it isn't to those who live in, say, upper Wyndham Strect.

A BOATMAN and an old woman were charged before: fr. Wodehouse to-day with bringing a girl, aged sixteen, from Hoihow for an unlawful purpose. The Consul at Pakhoi telegraphed yesterday that they were coming by the Triumph, and asked that they be arrested, which they accordingly were by Sergeant Harkins. The girl, who is rather prepossessing and cried a good deal, would not give any evidence, but a deed of transfer, or bill of sale, executed by her mother and signed with thumb marks, was found on the feral prisoner, and on the strength of that she and her confederate were remanded, bail being fixed at $1,500.

THE starter of the Singapore Sporting Club must be a first claas noodle, or the sporting reporter of the Straits Times is a champion- well, story teller. In the race for the Maiden Plate on the 3rd inst. there were only three starters, and yet the genial reporter tells us that

with ten good lengths of a start, the favorite, "at the fall of the flag Donovan jumped away

Daffodil, being almost left at the post. The Hongkong Jockey Club starter is not perfection by any means, but he never lets anything get away ten lengths in front. The Singapore starter is a gentlemah named Paterson, and it is rather amusing to note that the same journalist who relates, the ten lengths start episode, reasarks that "Mr. Paterson, as always, acted efficiently as starter. There is certainly some

reporter-probably with both. thing amiss either with the starter or the

NEWMARKET, October 23rd. The CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES of ag sova. each,

10 ft. with goo added the winner of a handicap IT is currently rumoured in Canton that Li value 450 sovs, after September 6, at 10 am, tolb. of any other handicap 5lb. extra; the Hung-chang will succeed Chang Chih-tung as winner of the Cesarewitch 14ĺb, extra; the Viceroy of the Liang Kwang after the Chinese

THE German mail steamers are keeping up their second to receive 100 sovs. out of the stakes, New Year. The object of this appointment, itation for speed, and are certainly taking and the third to save stake; entrance & sovs., is stated, is to arrange a number of rather seridus Maritimes boats. The P. & ́O. Co.'s Afahua the shine out of the P. & O. and Messageries the only forfeit if declared. New Cambridge-difficulties which have existed in the Southern left here for home at noon on September 16th shire Course (last mile and a distance of A.F.): provinces for some considerable time past. We and was followed by the Messageries Maritimes Mr. W. J. Legh's Veracity, 4 yrs., 74t. 4lb.' ... 'I shall believe in the appointment of the Viceroy steamer Melbourne at noon the following day, and by the North German Lloyd's Braunschweig at to pin on the 27th. The German steamer arrived at Colombo on October 8th at 3 p.m., the dfelbourne at 6 p.m. the same day, and the to a telegram received to-day the mails by the Malwa the next morning at 6 o'clock. According

London on the 29th inst. and by the Melbourne Braunschweig and Malwa were delivered in

on the goth. It will thus be seen that while the English mall steamer fairly held her own with the French packet, the German, representative scored a very decided victory. It is further note- worthy that, while the Malwa and Braunschweig are old boats of their respective Companies, the Melbourne is a comparatively recent addition to

H.M.S. Leander returned to port this moming from a cruise. CHIARINI'S Circus left 'Singapore for Bangkok on the 21st inst. After performing for a short terson in the Siamese port the Circus will come direct to Hongkong.

Sour remarks by "An Old Sportsman" on the third instalment of Subscription griffins, drawn for at Kennedy's Horse Repository this afternoon, will be found in another columa.

MR. Wodehouse has some peculiar ideas as to in Wing Lok Street was found to have sixty the responsibility of marine store dealers. One

stolen from the Ghares whilst in dock, in his dollars' worth of zinc plates, part of a number

shop. In answer to Detective Sergeant Mann's inquiries the defendant's accountant: could not explain satisfactorily how they got there, but because the defendant himself said nothing-he was not asked, In fact and therefore did not account for them at all, the magistrate discharged

him.

Mr. R. A. Gubbay, otherwise Mr. Rags, drew No. 29, a lengthy white, with dark grey mane and cgs, this peny much better if he were not so heavily that ought to be able to gallop. I should like handicapped with a coffin head of unusual size; however, ponies don't race on their heads and this particular one looks as if he could carry & stone or two of extra weight without much rouble. That good old sportsman, Mr. John Peel, has hitherto had wretched fuck with his Subscription griffins, but I rather think that his joas" will be in the ascendant next February at all events the dark blue and silver braided banner of the princely house is, bar accidents in training, bound to have a good look in. The East Point "sub" (No. 26) is a length, and standing as truc as a die on a set of beautifully moulded dark grey, with capital legs that look as if they were made of cast steel. if this pony has already covered six furlongs Stakes this season will require to be as good as under-1 min. 40 secs, the winner of the Valley. Shell or Duncan Gray,

local owners is the Hon. B. Layton, who had A very valuable acquisition to the ranks of good deal of bad luck last year with the

represented in the "Sub" races by No. 24. the "white jacket and red sleeves will be. wretchedly managed Hobgoblin. Next February

rather mean looking white with grey legs and only apparent defect is his poor condition. Mr. tall, and No. 32, a very nicely shaped grey whose Murray, who experienced some of the vicissitudes of fickle fortunelast February with the bapely but unsound Sassaby, has a fairly promising brace are chesnuts, but as different in appearance as of flyers in Nos. 27 and 31. Both these ponics the poles are far asunder. No. 27 is a powerfully. built animal, with a grand fore-arm and appar ently up to any weight, but he is suffering either from stiffness or lameness in his bind-quarter. No. 31 is on the small side and lacks that liberty of frame almost invariably associated with high class racers, but, malgré tout, I built pony does not develop bolla speed and shall be greatly disappointed if this compactly stamina...

The most shapely pony of the 32 drawn for up to the present time is No. 28, a spotted beauty that was set aside for Capt. Collins of the 91st small side, is a perfect picture, and gives one the Regiment. This racer, albeit a trifle on the impression, that he has already gone through a course of training. That he can gallop fast is a certainly; but whether he can carry weight and

his staying powers! A very massive marble grey Juggins of the Daily Press can tell us all about stay is quite another matter. Perhaps the

the biggest pony I have seen for a long time, was drawn for Mr. Paul Jordan. This is about. and he is so nicely shaped that if he can gallop at all he must take a lot of beating. Mr. R. M. Gray has a nice pony in No. 30, a very shapely white with grey legs, that possesses all the outward attributes of a galloper.

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of a theocratic Government in full vigour in the mental aberration, and this has been one of the THE Singapore Free Press in informed that a The Nord of Brussels says:-Several Ruslan the feet of the Messageries Maritimes.ang on Sunday next. Those already sent, it

chief arguments brought forward against the Netherlands man-of-war has been despatched to

journals referred some months ago to the pre- sence in Russia of Chinese agents suspected of

of the Pagans and the regeneration of the cellular system of imprisonment. No better the Straits of Banka and neighbouring waters to studying the ground for the purpose of directing Christians who are placed under its ministry, lustration of this fact can be found than among endeavour to recover the corpse of his late thither the current of emigration from their from my gallant friend "the Major" stating that

Reversing the Macchiavellian principle, these the hermits of old. Perpetual seclusion acted on ̈religious Orders work under the conviction-that-their minds as it does nowadays on those of the means ought to justify the end. To be prisoners who are victims to what is called the engaged in the work of Christianlaing pagana separate cell system. The pivot on which most of and reforming Christians is undoubtedly a the ravings of the hermits turned was the distorted meritorious and landable occupation, but to apprehension of the approaching end of the make missionary works subservient to a political world. Their visions of supernatural fairies, end, to aim at supplanting the civil authorities their battles with winged monsters of the deep, of a country, controlling their action as well as their wrestlings with the demon of ̧sensua- *their consciences, can hardly be styled an lity, were all creations of fevered imaginations, Apostolic enterprise. This is, however, what or the results of disordered brains. Eremi- Apostolority of the residents in the Philippines tiem soon merged into coenobitism, and then it became what it is to this day, the most powerful arm of the Roman Church. Monastical

accuse the Dominican and other religious Orders of doing, or of attempting to do. Nor are facts

Royal Highness the Landgrave of Hesse. Com ment would be superfluous.

P.C. 33. MCDOUGALL got hart at the fire in Queen's Road West yesterday. The floor of the shop had been broken through, to get at the fire in the cellar, and, going in afterwards, McDougall fell partly through and wrenched his leg. Some tobacco was among the burning material, and the fames so affected him that on getting into the street he stood up for a few moments and then fell heavily forward, buning his dicat atendance was removed home and medical attendance procured

country. It is evident that, after the closing of the American and Australian openings, the rush of Chinese immigrants to Siberia, for instance, might create a real peril, overwhelm the scattered Siberian population, and denationalise the Asiatic frontiers of the Empire. However hospitable Russia may be, she could not permit such con- sequences.

noon.

in number, are expected to arrive by the Fook. The balance of the Subscription griffins, eight

may interest the Shanghai readers of this paper to know, have given universal satisfaction. The they are of better class than last season's mob, general opinion seems to be that, as a whole, and as they appear to be very evenly matched, that is quite good enough.

THE SUBSCRIPTION GRIFFINS.

I received a communication this morning a third instalment of the Hongkong Subscription Griffins had arrived from Shanghai and would. I hear from the North that the Shanghai St." be drawn for at Kennedy's Horse Repository at Leger is regarded as a gift for Mr. D. E. Sassoon's After gracefully responding to the El Dorado, a racing-like grey that is reported illegal) ceremony, I started at a 204 gait to array the other hand, Mr. John Peel, who is ons Invitation to be present at this lateresting (but to have done wonders in repeated trials: Oa myself in a garb fitting for such an occasion of the shrewdes: Judges of racing in, the Far At 11.45 I duly presented myself at the Reposi East, tells me that Leap Year, winner of the tory, note-book in hand, and lost no time Hongkong Derby, will as nearly win as possible, taking stock of the fourteen fiery and notwithstanding his to lb. penalty. And as this untamed steeds that were drawn out in a line for old fashioned crop-eared customer can stay for

the Course appeared on the scene, anda ten bld for victory. However, it would not surprise were scarcely finished before the genial Clerk of other day, he will in my opinion make a bold public appraisement. My labours in this direction a week, and in his very best form-be did a milo and three quarters in 3 min. 56 seca, the Stewards, of the Jockey Club (the Hon. B. Layton me in the least. If St Gothard, winner of the and Mr. R. M.-Gray) turning up immediately Griffins at the Shanghai Spring Meeting, were proceeded with.

wanting to corroborate the charge. There is orders are said to have done wonders in saving We read that horse-shoes are now extensively consisted of about 1,500 taels, hidden in baskets afterwards, the business of the day was prompto win the St, Leger easily for Dr. Rueggy

1 to be found in Manila an Archbishop invested the literature of the Romans and the Greeks with the powers of a First Lord of the Admi- from the destroying grip of the Vandals, rally. Is a gunboat to be built? This ecclesias and to have greatly helped to civil tical dignitary, a Domincan friar, steps in and European society in the middle ages. History signs the order for construction and superintends gives them full credit for these and other achiever the plans and specifications. Is a rallway or a ments; but it fails not to register many a dark tramway to run, or any engineering feat to be deed of oppression, revenge and crueltyper accomplished? The Church representative is petrated by the monks under cover of religious called upon to bless the undertaking and give seal. The treacherous murder of Hypatia, the it a kind of working sanction. The Press of the Alexandrian philosopheress, by the sectaries of Philippine Archipelago is under the direct control Cyril, the horrors of St. Bartholomew, the Reli and censure of the regular clergy. Nothing can glous Wars, and, above all, the unsurpassable be written, nothing published there that clashes crucities of the Inquisition, stand forth as moun- with the principles or prejudices of the monastic taina of iniquity as well as landmarks of the

manufactured of india-rubber, instead of metal, as heretofore. For the new shoe several advan- tages are claimed, one of these being that it enables a horse to go easily, over all kinds of roads and rough or slippery ground without slipping. The contrivance brought forward for this purpose is such as to obviate in one fostance the necessity of using an iron shoe which can be moved momentarily when the horse is not travelling, and can also be used when the horne

is shod with an iron shoe,

COMMENTING on the refusal of the Chinese Government to ratify the new treaty for the

States, the Standard remarks that in view of the intense hostility to the Chinese prevalent in the Pacific States--a feeling gradually extending to other States of the Union wherein Chinese Immigraton is begloning to be felt it cannot be supposed that the American Government will

"ABOUT twenty-two hundred taels of opium, worth Police Court this morning. It had been seized at least $1,000, was piled on the table of the by excise officers on two occasions, one being last week and the other this. The first lot of isinglass. The other, evidently from the The man who was charged with possession same stock, by the brand, was found in a sampas. protested that it was not his, and as another man had run away when the first seizure was made the prisoner get the benefit of the doubt, and detained by the police pending the magistrate's was discharged. The opium was ordered to be decision as to what should be done with it.

THE MONSOON'S REPLY.

(After the Daily Press's Turkey and the author of “McGinnis's Bull-pup!")

Igen'lly raffle the atmosphere

So early in the morning..

To 4.5 5.

aupervisors. Newspaper articles displaying progress of the Monastical. Orders through exclusion of Chinese emigrants from the United The rhyming spooney who asks me where more or leas liberal ideas are unceremoniously history. But for the effective checks adminis suppressed. Banks dealing with religious matters tered by the Reformation, and the more effective from an independent point of view are con- restriction put on their ambitious designs by the fiscated, and destroyed; their anthors are placed free and enlightened classes of modern society, under the ban of prescription, and their owner the Religious Orders would ere this have dooded and renders are no sooner discovered than they the world with universal strife, confusion and are arrested and thrown into prison. We have ruin.

is a little out in his choice of scene With his "upland lawns" and his vistas green

And I'll give film a word of warning. know the girl with the heart he adores

When I bustle around the casement, breathisent quile that she stoode sepeasti Except bark of Peru and "Juniper" neat inte

And her room is on the basement.

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ÁN OLD SPORTSMAN,

these new racers before coming to the results of the the season to morrow morning, when I hope to I at first intended giving a brief description of The Race-course will be formally opened for ballot, hut on second thoughts have considered it so a good turn out of members' of the Jockey

recording their fature destinations. Eighteen and coffee inille will be grinding right up to full the better plan to allude to anything particular as Clab and sportsmen generally. I am requested to their conformation and special points in by the Clerk of the Course to state that the tea

the list to-day was No. 19, very good looking, ponies having previously been allotted, the first on pressure, white, with dark-grey markings on his hind legs, that will carry at Wong-nel-cheong the primrose and sky blue jacket of Mr. Fraser-Smith, and If looks may be accepted as a criterion of racing merit, it is quite on the cards that thin lengthy, gender iden and shapely customer may emulate the doughty The following telegrams from San Francisca deeds of Heather Bell Tam O'Shanter, exchanges were "crowded out" of our yester Bothwell, Kilwinning, Duncan Gray, and Tosh.

Hongkong, 31st October, 1888.

AMERICAN TELEGRAMS.

Mr, S.-J. Danby, who had exceptionally day's issue (— for ad

good luck in drawing Navigator and Hellotrope LONDON, September 15th.____ in 1987 and 1838, was very fortunate in The wedding of Princess Sophia of Prussia to drawing. No.: 20--a very lucky number lathe the Crown Prince of Greece will take place 21. opinion of those who believe in this Oriental the end of next Jung la Berlin, The Princčas la tommy-rot. This pony is a light strawberry 99% 10 enter the Greek Church, but any children roan in colour, rather plain in his general orthodox faith of the Greeks. The fact that of the marriage will be, brought up in the good points that will atonce commend themselves pagados mahade to competent fedger of rating Blocks

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Their influence is now only felt in allow the matter to rest with the rejection of the / From the “balm-begirt bed"? I can hear her spores contour, but sturdily bulit and showing some Klog Georga of Greece, contemplates abdicatf

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And I couldn't be hired to "cradle" her, much, Or to carry her letters, and kisses; and such

all heard of the latest of these cases of those countries where they have fourished treaty by China. The Californians have relvad. oppression and Injustice, when a reader of for ages. One half of Europe has already that "the Chinese must go, " and they will never the pamphlet entitled "Noli me tangere was proscribed them as dangerous elements to the cease to sgitate for that end. How this object is summarily dealt with and sentenced to a term of peace and freedom of nations; the other half to be attained will become once more the problem imprisonment. The ecclesiastical classes do not still groans under their iron rule, Spain is ofthe day. Unfortunately for other Powere, and scruple to set at defiance many of the decrees unfortunately placed in the latter predicament, especially for England, it is not the United States From her rhyming mash, Mr. "D"; Issued by be properly constituted authorities. A and its colonies as mere hot-beds of clericalism only that will be affected by the rejection of this

The Governor-General of the, and inonasticism are slowly but surely going! Chinese Exclusion Treaty,

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