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Fatimations.

DAKIN BROS. OF CHINA.

LIMITED,

CHEMISTS.

GENTLEMEN'S TOILET REQUISITES.

TE have an assortment of Brushes and

W cont, from the best makers of the

fnest quality and finish procurable. LEATHER TRAVELLING COMPANIONS. To contain all Toilet necessaries. Can be rolled into a small compact parcel for travelling.

With or without the fittings.

ARBENZ'S MANDARIN RAZORS,

(With Interchangeable Blades). Their blades, made of the 'very best English- steel, forged very thin throughout, and hardened and tempered to the highest degree of perfection. will retain a keen edge for an incredible period,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1880′′

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

THE P.&O.S. N. Co.'s extra steamer Shanghai: left London on the 28th inst. for this port.

THE steamship Terang, on her way from the North picked up six shipwrecked sailors from a junk.

SMOKELESS powder has proved a humbur, as it will not retain its normal explosive quality under" prolonged field-service. Such is the verdict of the English Department.

PROFESSOR Paul Wiegert, a distinguished German, figures that 7 cents' worth of food will keep a strong man in good form from day to day and that we would all be healthier without under- wear or overcoats.

A SPECIAL Convocation of. Victoria Chapter, No. 5a5, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Thursday, the 5th instant, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting companions are cor-` dially invited.

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and with fair usage last a lifetime. *Arbenz's Razors never require grinding, and need but very little stropping Indeed to keep them in perfect order. Arbenz's Interchangeable Blade Razors are the most compact and cheapest THE recent order of the British Admiralty direct, high-class Razors in the world, as a set with 3,ing that all the subsidized merchant steamers 6, or even 12 extra blades take no more room intended for use in time of war shall strip them- than one ordinary Razor, and after the first selves of rards has been complied with by all outlay, for handle, body, and case, in the event the subsidiaed vessels sailing out of New York of loss or accident any number of new blades of warranted quality can be obtained at a price WARNED by the terrible experience of Antwerp, nothing in excess of the commonest ordinary razor. | the municipal authorities of Liverpool, England, In leather and velvet cases with a extra blades have decided that new depots for the storage of ....or in cardboard care with single blade. . [13 petroleum shall be built at isolated points, so as

to reduce the risks to the city.

NOTICE.

THE somewhat scraggy report of the St. Andrew's Ball published in this morning's Daily Press A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. must have been written long before the. Bail commenced. It is the exact antithesis of the

flower and vegetable seeds.

WE

SEASON 189-1890.

7E have fost received our New Season's importations.direct from the best Growers in Englan, France, and Germany, and are now prepared to execute all orders received for same with prompt and cyrefòl attention.

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DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUES for ordering from (containing hints for garden- ing) will be sent past free on Application.

ORDERS FROM ONE PERSON Š5 TO $IÓ

ALISWOD 27 PERCENT DISCOUNT.

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actual truth. This is our polite way of saying that dear nid Granny has been taking a leaf out of the broke of our swell friend the "Maiden Libeller."

DURING the building and decoration of the pres- ent Parliament House in London, the Queen

expressed disapproval of her rohing-room to Mr. Barry, the architect (father of the late Primate of Australia.) At which Mr. Barry said: "I am very sorry, your Majesty, because I like it, and there's an end of the matter," And he walked off.

WOODYEAR'S Circus is losing none of its mag- melic power, and good houses may certainly be counted on for the rest of the stay. The two reasons are that-first, the Company gives a

"WHAT does the lower ben say to his sweet- heart?" asked the snake editór. ("I am no! acquainted with the language of insects," replied the horse editor. "What does he say ? " *He says, 'O honeycomb to me."

TOMORROW morning between 9 and 10.30. o'clock the steam-Launch carrying the Bethel flag will call alongside any vessel hoisting code pennant C, to convey men ashore to 11 mm. service at St. Peter's Seamen's Church, retorning about 12.30.

Nor quite half of the Manchester Ship Canal has been excavated, yet the whole of the original capital of £9813,000 has been expended At least £7,000,000 or within £300,000.

Brooroo more will be required to finish it. It I expected that the canal will be open in about two years.

THE Emperor of Germany recently sent a

THE ST. ANDREW'S BALL.

LATE TELEGRAMS.

VANCOUVER, Nóvember 6th. General on board, ran ashore off here to-day, The steamer Amphion, with the Governor- and was so seriously damaged that she had to dock Lord Stanley of Preston was uninjured.

St. Helier, November 7th.. General Boulanger and do supporters and leaders are conferring here as to the future plan of procedure.

LONDON, 7th Nov. A telegram received here reports the death, in child-birth, of the wife of Prince, Alexander of Battenberg.

orderlies, descended from the mail ateamer' aldes into the mall-tender and steamed across The St. Andrew's Ball this year, looked at as

the harbor towards Hongkong, landing at the Victoria Club boat-house jetty, where he got into a. an ordinary ball, was moderately successful; street-chair carried by four bearers and started for regarded as the Scotch Ball it was a very decided Government House to pay a visit to Governor der "from":For some days' past rumours had Vaux on behalf of Chang Chih-tung, who gave been current that a great many of the Scotch-

as an excuse for not calling in person, that he men in the colony were dissatisfied with the Meanwhile orders had been issued to fire's was "greatly fatigued and unable to go about? "cliquish" way in which the annual celebration salute from the battery and when Mr. Tsai of Scotland's Patron. Saint had been organised,.). Sih-yung left at 10.30 o'clock to return to the and consequently intended to hold aloof, and jetty, a salute of thirteen guns was fired the greatly diminished attendance and lack At 11,30 o'clock the Preussen, got under from the battery in the Viceroy's honour.

of vivacity last night shewed that the rumour weigh, and another salute of three guns was well-founded. The dance was doubtless from each Chinese gunboat in the harbor a most enjoyable one for the dozen or so of gave notice that Chang Chih-tung had at last indies who are supposed to lead local "Sassiety," his feet, and was steaming for the North to the shaken the dust of Kuangtung province from for a corresponding number of prominent of scene of his new labours. The gunboats, steam." would-be prominent male leaders of the Aauf launches, &c., then also got under-weigh'escort-

Mr. Bradlaugh has refused a public subscrip. for, and for those stalwart Lochinvars, the ing the mail steamer as far as Lye-moon Pass,tion to pay the expenses of his Indian tour. genial officers of the Argyll and Sutherland

when another fusilade was delivered as a last Highlanders; but the majority of residents hailing

farewell.

Mr. McEwan, M, P., however, has sent him £300,

MADRID, November 7th, from ayont the Tweed were either conspicuous

An explosion occurred yesterday in a dynamite by their absence, or they left early, lamenting

factory at Bilboa Four persons were killed the terrible decadence of this once popular

and one injured. annual assembly. It was not that the prepara

LONDON, November 8th. tions were less complete than in past years-the

duction of the India Council or the appointment Nothing bas yet been decided as to the res City Hall was, as usual, quite transformed.

of General Strachey's successor. Evergreens in profesion hid each nook, lining the hall and staircase, brightening the walls, and making the rather warm evening as

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And so friend Chang Chih-tung bas left our southern shores at last, and, although he has never failed to show his contempt for foreigners during his whole stay of five years at Canton, we wish him good tuck in his gigantic work on the projected grand trunk railway from Peking to Hankow, which, if successfully performed, will carry his name to posterity and future con turies as the greatest benefactor of his country since the time of Confucius.

The Republique Francafirendorsça the obser vations of the Journal des Debats regarding the

issued, show an increase of exports and imports British occupation of Egypt.

The Board of Trade Returns for October, just

of two millions sterling,

specimen rifle to the Emperor of Austria, the barrel of which does not grow hot. After too shots had been fired the barrel was merely warm. The "magazine" of this rifle is in the stock, and the

load" consists of twenty cariridges. It can be re-loaded in five seconds and can discharge sixty shots a minute. EXPERIMENTS were recently made in Sweden with the view of discovering the maximum degree of confinement that fish can bear without deteriorating in quality. Thirteen hundred kilo. grammes of live cod were placed in a cask, covered within and without with asphaltum tar, and of about fifty-two cubic meters in contenta Christmas-like as was possible. Light and The cask was firmly secured in a stream of rue } artistic decorations--due in a great measure to Preusson up' to Shanghai, baving on hori i river having been declared a free trade river in ning water. During the first few weeks the fish grew thinner. At the end of six weeks, however, it was found that those which remained had much improved by their captivity,

THAT Archimedean lever the Macao Inde-

dendents is plaintive because it imagines that Hongkong is scared at the prospect of direct communication being established between Macao and Mexico! It suggests that when the Canton- Kowloon railway is made, a branch might be run to the Holy City. They apparently want to take their crimped coolics down by rail; but we rather think that Li Han-chang will keep his weather-eye on the effete settlement, and see that the barracoons which once held so many Peruvian-bound slaves are not surreptitiously re-opened.

THE Cricket match between the United Services and the Hongkong C. C. was played on the Cricket Ground yesterday and to-day, resulting in favor of the Club by 28 runs on the first innings, The Services took first innings and scored batting, although missed once or twice, can-

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Two corvettes, the Anlan 'and the wooden corvette ram which brought Chang Chih-tung to this colony this morning, accompany the two hundred men forming his Excellency's ifty others of all ranks-from his cook up to the body-guard and some two hundred and petty asiyuan or deputy official whose duty it is todo anything which the Viceroy's higher officers are too lazy to perform.

COREAN NOTES..

(FROM A CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.)

Seoul, November 14th, 1889. A new belfry has been erected at the Southern.

work being told to "whistle" for his pay by the Police Station, and the contractor who did the

Police officials, intends to sue the Government for arears of payment for the same.

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BEDLIN, November 8th. Germany has protested against illegal cus toms and imposta illegally levied by the Niger Company's agents in Western Soudan, the

the treaty of Berlin,

TOBACCO ENTERPRISE IN SAMBAS.

For a few months past the name of Sambas, Borneo, has been prominently before the public, both in Singapore and in London, in connection with the various gold mining enterprises now. being vigorously prosecuted îu that region. It seems, from what we hear now, that not only is gold mining attracting the attention of investors to Sambas, bat another promising sphere for the employment of capital is offering itself in the shape of what is said to be an enormous tract of rich land particularly well- suited to the growth of the finest tobacco. Plant- ing operations have in fact already heen

samples of tobacco leaf produced from that carried on there for about a year past and an opportunity has been given to us to inspect

tall that has occurred on the West Coast of sail. In spite of the exceptionally heavy rain-

by competent judges to be of remarkably, fine quality, and to be particularly well adapted for covering purposes." Mr. C. L. Rabda, who was' Mattechappij, and is now supervising the cultiva formerly for six years employed by the Deli tion of tobacco in the Sambae district, writes as follows of the tobacco produced there, of which

fine sample has been shown us :

really enjoyable show, and, secondly, they have 303, of which total Blair, by a capital display of Acting Chief Justice, was watched with much temporarily by Mr. Tong Sin-ye (a réturned of Borneo this year the leaf has been pronounced

ORDERS FROM ONE PERSON OVER BID ALLOWED. Succeeded in abraining a pitch" on the site of

last time at Bowrington to-night, we understand.

AN EXTRA 5 PER CENT, DISCOUNT..

SINGLE PACKFT AT LIST PRICES. ·

WE GUARANTEE" That all steds sold by us shall prove to be as represented, to the extrut that should they not Lo so, we will replace them, or send other seeds to the same value. But we cannot guarantee the crop any further than the above offer, as there are so many causes which operate unfa- vourably in the germination of seeds in a tropical climate, over which we bave no control. Among.

vourable weather, which is one of the most Important. The soil may be in proper condition follows may be too wet, which will cause the when the seed is planted, but the weather which

gone home on sick leave, the Consal of Lung Mr. Li, Chinese Consul at Jenchuan, having san, Mr. Hung, has been deputed to act in his place, whilst Me, Hung's place will be taken student from the United States), who has been for the past three or four years English

ordering the Treasury to buy a large quantity A Royal decree has just been promulgated, of good Japanese copper, for the purpose of coining new money the coins lately turned out by the Mint having been made in a very slipa abod and rough manner,

the late Central Market. They perform for the Coxon and E. W. Maitland's 29, totalled 13 Reels and Strathspeys, which very few danced Secretary to H.E. Yuan, our Resident here.

A New use has been discovered for the poppy. It forms a network of roots that cannot be exter-

tributed 37. The Club, thanks to 49 from E. J.

In their second essay the Services made tot for six wickets, Hutchison (30) and Campbell (31, not out,) bending the poil. A report of the match, with full scores, etc. will appear in our next minated without great difficulty, and it is there-issue, the score-book having come to band too fore admirable for keeping embankments in

late for this evening's paper. Within the last two or three years place. eminent French engineers have undertaken the | sowing of railroad embankments with poppies, with a view to prevent their being destroyed by heavy rains,

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the labors and contributions of the officers of the Highlanders were most effectively placed throughout the rooms, plaids pinned with dirka, crossed claymores gigantic thistles, hung on all sides, all imported an air of historic grandeur and appropriateness to the scene. Somewhere about five hundred were present when, at 9.30, His Excellency Sir William des Vœux arrived, preceded by half-a-dozen stalwart pipers in the picturesque garb of old Gaul, and accompanied by the veteran President of the St. Andrew's Society, the Hon. P. Ryrie, who, as customary, and consideration of Governor des-Voeux was in full Highland costume. The courtesy

in attending under the circumstances (for an explanation of which see last night's "latest arrivals) was highly appreciated, and the opening quadrille, in which His Excellency danced with Mrs. Fielding Clarke, wife of His Honor the interest. And this brings us to the music. A more uninteresting programme apart from the

excepithe favored coterie who had been sedulously attending the semi-private practice-dances during the last six weeks-a less attractive programme, we any, was surely never before played at a public ball in Hongkong, The few square dances in which the proletariat ventured in

take part were completely burlesqued by the peculiar arrangement of figures, which left the "sides" standing stupidly when

the first two or three, as "Laments," and as time is not yet as dreary

the Regimental band's strong point, dancing was too often a painful task. The Scottish dances were admirably performed by the select party in St. George's Hall, most of the ladies and gentlemen establishing excellent clain.s to be considered thorough Terpsichoreans in this particular line. But that alone could not, and did not, make the Scotch Ball a general success. Supper created a desirable diversion, but bere ogain that "Wait until your betters bave finished" system was much complained of We scarcely see why this should have been,, for there were many vacancies at the tables, and

the cause of failure may be mentioned unfa SOUTHERN papers report that E, Price, manager bottines, and appears in two pairs of tights, but | half-way through. The waltzes, especially sight of a number at opium divans which have.

seed to rot; or it may be too hot and dry, which destroys the germ before it shows itself. The soil may also be unfavourable for the variety of

seed planted. And lastly, the seeds may be and are frequently destroyed by vermin of various kinds. Such occurrences are beyond the power of man to prevent, and for which we cannot be responsible.

Hongkong, 3rd September, 1889,

WATSON'S.

ATENT DESSICATING

PATENT

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DRYING BOTTLES. We beg to call special attention to our New PATENT DRVING BOTTLES which have been specially designed and manufactured

for us. By the use of these Bolles, CIGARS, SEEDS, and GOODS of all kinds, which are susceptible to the destroying influences of moisture can be kept in good and perfect condition.

Whenever or wherever the atmosphere is sur charged with moisture these Battles will be found invaluable.

A..S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED. THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY, Hongkong, 3rd September, 1889.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Advertisements, Eat, be addressed to the "Maag, dengton Itle requested that all communications relating to Subscriptions,

Tiltgraph" and not to the Editor,

Letters on Editorial matters to be sent to "The Editor" and Communications latenced for publication units be accompanied by the name and surces of the writers, not necessarily for

mot to fadividual members of the mag.

publication ; but an evidence of good faith,

for Santley's Australian season, was recently remanded at a Sydney police court for seven to the eminent "Elijah." Acting as agent for dave on a charge of stealing £156 belonging a sacred musical show doesn't seem to have any mere refining influence over the individual than running a dog-faced bay or that depraved

delusion a wax-effigy museum.

THE British barque Nyt Ghan, belonging to Messma. Lovitt & Co., was wrecked last Monday, on the Pratas Shoal. She simply ran ashore. Captain Butler and most of the crew arrived here to-day, but the mate and his boat are still missing. The vessel was laden with thuber, conalgned from Singapore, to Chinese here. The vessel was 1,250 tons register, and was classed 5/ 3/L. We are unable to learn whether she was insured or not.

THE Birmingham Gazette publishes a state- ment that Lord Knutsford, Secretary of State for the Colonies and Lord George Hamilton, First Lord of the Admiralty, bave entrusted to the Earl of Hopetoun, the new Governor of Victoria, who left London for Melbourne a few weeks since, proposals for extending the naval partnership that already exists between England and Australia. The scheme, it is stated, is in the first instance to be submitted for the approval of the Victorian Parliament, and afterwards to the Parliaments of the Australian colonies. Lord Brassey, speak Would very shortly become the chief factor in ing at Chester last night, stated that Australia the Pacific for the defence of India.

[SAT a late hour on the night of the sand ult,, « small black panther managed to effect its escape from a Malay prabu lying in Singapore harbour, and all efforts to find the animal proved fruitless. Quay, Campong Malacca, heard a peculiar Next morning, a Chinaman living at Hong Lim naire at his door, and, on opening the same, in jumped, the escaped panther it knocked the man down, and then proceeded to demo- lish bis six-year-old infant. By a little strategy, the child, after being severely mauled, was rescued, and the scared parent promptly mation was given to the police, and, foolishly, some native police, marmed, except with the baton, went to the house with the intention of capturing the beast. The door was opened, and the panther came out, few at a constable, tear ing open his face, and finally escaped.

Whikt the columm of the lingkong Telegraph will always be open for the fair discusalon by correspondents of all questions affecting public Interests, fi muit be distinctly understood that the Editor, does not in any way hold himself responsible for opinions this expressed.

'TO ADVERTISERS, Advertises are requested to forward all motions intended for

Interdon in that day'i isus not later than Three o'clock sa sa mos to sutard chu merly publication of the paper,

Advertisements and Subscriptions which are not ordered for s fand period will be continued usti countermikoded.

| The Hungheng Tvirgußh has the largest ofreslesion of any Taglish newspaper published in the Far East, and is therefore the best medium for Acivertlers. Terms can be foarnt on application.

SAYS a London contemporary-"A tit-bit of the bill in the London music-hall where Vis- countess Dunlo and her sister Flo are appearing is the big, beautiful, bouncing brunette, Addie Conyers, who wears diamonds in her little

not all at once. In one of her "turns' the dark Addie resumes the petticoats of her sex, and be understand is that somebody or somethings sings a pretty little song, of which all that cat go like this. Then, the huge nothing to her heart, strokes the back of her left hand, and, a sort of refrain, kisses her own pretty O.P. shoulder twice. All of which somewhat singular proceedings are received with raplure." SOCIETY in Brasil, according to the Detroit Free Press, is divided into three distinct classes the aristocrats, the middle and the lower clamer. The ladies of the upper class are undeniably beautiful. They have raven black hair, white teeth and perfect forms, and if it were not for the enormous amount of plaster-of-paris enamel with which they cover

their faces they might have lovely, creamy complexions. But their wondrous eyes are the chief and never-ending charm large, dark, lustrous and full of expression, throwing more meaning into a single glance than an hour's conversation could possibly convey: for though attractive and captivating in their simplicity and grace, they may not be able to write a single sentence correctly-for the education of women is not considered essential to their

happlaces. They learn embroidery and music indifferently, and spend their lives in rocking chairs and hammocks never reading a book of any description. The girls are very fond of their dolls, taking them everywhere they go, them until they are married, which is generally even to church, and never give up playing with between the ages of twelve and sixteen years, thus early assuming the important and respon sible duties of life. Young mothers, little more than twenty, with four or five small children, are no uncommon sight;

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4th November, 1889. tradesmen were destroyed by fire recently, the the tobacco. It is the opinion of us both, viz

About a hundred houses occupied by Corean "Per Ban Whatt Hin 1 send you samples of cene of the conflagration being at a street Mr. Dames and myself, that this is better than named "Nine L" Street. The losses sustained Dell tobacco. The ash is beautifully white; the ato estimated at about fifty thousand taeis."

colour is much liked, being light and uniform, The Coreans seem to be much exercised at the the elasticity and fineness of the leaf beautiful.”

We are Informed that a strong syndicate of city and at Jenchuan These are the first that ested in this enterprise, and have already acquired been lately opened to the public by Chinese in this gentlemen, well-known in Singapore, are inter- have ever been seen in Corea since the Creation; a large tract of the finest land. The disquerd but unfortunately, theoretically speaking, well-watered, and is freely accessible by river to Corcans can only view the seductive opium divans steamers drawing up to toft. Sambas, the capital being probibited by Royal decree, which is just from the present scene of operations, and is from afar opium-smoking amongst natives of the district, is only a few minutes distance

the thing to make them attend these dens under itself but forty hours distance from Singapore. cover of the night and in secret. Already, I am There is now monthly communication to Sambas told, the Coreans who smoke oplum number aby means of Messrs. Holt's steamers, Seoul-the bane of which influence follows Chi warded to Singapore have been examined large percentage amongst the inhabitants of ]. We may add that the samples of tobacco for

oese wherever they go. If the tenets of Buddha be by a number of practical planters, who are true, heavy retribution must surely visit us for the | ananimously of opinion that the leaf submitted for the sin of bringing optura and its attendant and forty samples have been sent home for sin of sending people to perdition-in other words, to them is of excellent quality. Between thirty evil influences into a country which never knew further inspection and report. what opium was until ten years ago; always this district is now attracting much attention in

| excepting, of course, the few who went to Peking In the train of periodical embassies, but of whom it has never been known ever took habitually to the noxious drug.

In an earlier part of this letter I chronicled the

| a very small amount of attention to the rank and file-who were as much the guests of the St. Andrew's Society and as much entitled to courteous treatment as the persons of high degree on the part of the Stewards would have news of a fire in Nine L Street: I have just heard obviated much unpleasantness. The wiser that a Chinese Syndicate has bought from the guests who by long experience have be-natives the land on which the houses that were come accustomed to the idiosyncracies of burnt, stood, for a lump sum of twelve hundred the common or garden order of the ginur

dollars.. Steward, took whatever they could get, and that was not very much nor of a particularly recherché description. In fact the supper was bad, the attendance worse, and the entire arrangements

the natives as to the meaning of a huge lighted ¿Considerable excitement has arisen amongst lantern which the Japanese put up on top of the Southern hill every night, I believe the Corean Government has made this a subject of communication with the Japanese Minister, the

a complete failure. Mr. Dorabjee failed to main-result of which will be noted in my next letter.

The Corean, women seem to fake most kindly to Chinese, a number of whom have taken so less than a hundred and fifty women Ra concubines (or wives, · At this rate one will see within the next fifteen or twenty years an altogether now. race peopling the Corean penin- sula. From actual observation. I can scarcely blame this partiality of the Corean women, us the Corean men are the laziest beings in creas Hon. They eat, smoke and loaf in their houses, while their wives are made to toll like the veriest slaves to support the family,

tain the reputation as a caterer he has borne for so many years. Brandy and soda may be all very well for the sterner sex, but this mixture, and nothing else, was available alter the ban- quet (1), and is scarcely the recognised tipple' for Ladies who have been indulging in the giddy mares of the walls. And yet there were com paratively low calls on this particular department by the fair sex; by one o'clock wraps and cloaks were being donned, an hour later not a hundred people were left, and at 1.30, when the galop was commencing and in the old days the fun at this time was only just getting wam- The price of rice in Seoul has gradually risen,

We hear that

consequence ofthe very favourable results alluded to above. "Singapore Free Press, November 1gth.

A FAMOUS ACTRESS AS A BEGGAR.

One of the late Sir Francis Doyle's sweetest and most touching poems was a ballad (which, subject a tale told to him by a fair descendant I believe, he never published) "having for its of Mrs. Jordan, the famous actress, whose equal Macready used to say that he had never seen on

woman singing with a feeble voice fo the street the stage. This tale related that one winter day Mrs. Jordan passed in her carriage a poor whose stony-look of hopeless inisery touched the successial actress tender heart. Stop- ping her carriage, Mr. Jordan told her foot man to invite the poor woman to call at ber address in street close at hand. The two women were soon alone together, and the poër street inger told her sympathising interlocutor that she was a widow and had just been turned

out by her landlord, together with her starving children, into the frost-bound street. Mrs. Jordan quickly borrowed the wretched woman's shawl and bonnet and the skirt of her work dress, and

herself returned"" In a few moments the

cleared, fastening the door behind him. Infor by cne of the sages of the day, The destruction about twelve couples stood up in the two great intely, until, it is now almost double the rate frg them on, told her to walt by the fire until

The Honghang Telegrupa's number at the Telephoos Castral with astonishing success, at the London Sessions

Kachange is No. 1.

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reminded that all Subscriptions are payidlá in advancéi

Halls, and two-score of blighted individuals vainly was a couple of months ago. Yet rice is being sought solace at the scanty buffet. No St. continually imported into this city from the Andrew's Ball has not been the popular function various inland towns. One begins to wonder at In Hongkong this year that it can claim to have this anomaly, for it is not scarceness of the been in the past, and we are afraid that it will commodity that has occcasioned this rise in further degenerate, unless those who are put in price. charge of the arrangements adopt a very different policy.

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silence of the street was broken by a heavenly voice Issuing clear and sweet from the throat of the most exquisite ballad singer ever heard on From beasth a tattered boenst, from within a grassy shawl, the English boards That webbing side as mutte Blled with life the souls of all

And the touch scofa spielt to their duttered pulses chung,

A CORRESPONDENT at Peking writen au follows A curious coincidence is mentioned in connec tion with the destruction of the Altar of Heaven which occurred at Feking last September. It appears that just before the fail of the last Chinese Ming dynasty the same catastrophe bejell the Altar of Heaven of that time, and the extinction of that dynasty was foretold of this Altar lately has accordingly furnished good grounds for the disaffected against the pre sent dynasty to prophesy concering the down. fall of the Manchus, and these prophecies have obtained general credence amongst the masses of the people throughout the empire, 8o alarmi ed were the members of the ruling dynasty at

A new Customs station has just been erected With a strange eschaating raptore, as that ragged woman sung these prognostications, that the Dowager Em- An entirely new and original version of "The press caused the decree (lataly published in

at the mouth of the Lang-san river, the duty of Arrested by a voice, the like of which they which will be to search all small fanks plying homeward Journey to thrust penales into the had I never heard, the workmon paused on their Comedy, of Errors" was produced a month ago our columns) anent the destruction of the

ARRIVAL OF VICËROF CHANG between Jenchuas and Seoul. It is estimated singer's hand. Presently the windows of the Altar of Heaven, in which the Emperor

that by this means something like sixty, thousand at St. Mary, Newington, A pilsoner had been accused himself of his shortcomings and calling

CHIR-TUNG IN HONGKONG:

dollars a year will be added to the revenue, which houses that she passed opened spontaneously charged with theft, but the grand jury chose to upon the officials, high and and low, to be more

means that a loss of about three hundred and a stream of silver fell at her feet. For ignore the bill against him, Sir William direumapect and kind to the people. Hence, alsoj Bubonibars to The Henghene Telegraph a potully Hardman, the Chairman of the Sessions, think the large grants of money, from the Privy Purse booming of cannons from a number of Chinese during the past half-a-dozen years,

Shortly after nine o'clock this, morning the thousand dollars has been incurred to the country in the money harvest, which included several three-quarters of an hour she continued to gather

ing that an oversight had taken place, returned to allay the distreases caused by foods during the

gold pieces contributed by carriage-folk. Then The province of Ping hatang has always been she hurried to the starving widow's Hidey the "bill" to the grand jury, and in due course last two months, in the provinces of Chickiang, gun-boats, dressed on file, in the harbor an- it came back to him marked with the initials Kiangas and Aniol. Certain Cassandras amongst counced the arrival kere from Whampoa of the noted for its gold producing qualities, and accord-, restored to her the borrowed bonnet, shawl and of the foreman of the grand jury. The the people predict the end of the present dynasty famous anti-foreign Chang Chih-tung, late Vinyly many have been the attempts of Europeans gown, and poured a fod of money into her lap, prisoner was pat in the dock, and at within the next two years prediction which

to try to gain an insight foto tbls alleged Eldorado, The ballad ends some chama wake once pleaded guilty. But before sentence way be realised, unless, Indeed, railways. In cerny of the Liang Kuang, and now about to pro--but all to no purpose, as the natives show the Not in vain from oci her bisoen had that musts twent foape, was pronounced the foreman of the grand Jury China are forthwith commenced; falling which ceed north to role the destiales of the Hu-kuang utmost hostility to the intrusion of Europeans Wor beyond her earthlom heres ster-prowned, angels smiled explained that his initialling of the "bill" meant we must be prepared to see much blood shed provinces, with a population of nearly fifty mil into their county, although Chinese, as a rule, are well-treated whenever they happen to go to

And a solaris utteranos floated from our Father's place of virt that the grand jury adhered to their datermian. | and dark days for this empire but which, in the || Hon souls game!

Lovers of their fafiewiczentziens non the baloys. I love

bast, tion of ignoring the bill. So the prisoner was | end, will dawn upon the era of a New Dynasty. [.

· P'ing-hsiang-pe TEETH VAN D His Excellency, came in one of the Fonchow." again ordered to stand up, and was addressed in

The King has ordered the people to pay atten bailt wooden corvette ramis, escorted by tion to foreign arte and sciences, and a Royal; the following words by Sir William Hardman "The grand jury believe you are innocenti

A certain eminent lawyer is celebrated at the ball a dozen river gunboats, a fleet of steam decree grants special permission to Coreani golog you have told us that you are gulity. I bar for the following mode of examining a launches of every conceivable date, hue and abroad to aludy, or, while staying in their own have my own opinion as to which is most witness-Now pray listen to the question I make, and, last but not least, by two smart-look country, to engage teachers to instruct them in likely to be right, but I have no alternative. am going to ask you. Be attentive. Remembering, snake-like torpedo boats.

these desirable accomplishments, and caree For those who are interested. In our interesting you will answer as you picase; and, remember,

The Chinese Resident, Yuan, bas given up Mahone's old soldiers say that he was the law of libel it may be mentioned that it would be I don't care a rush what you answer," &cc. Ons as the corvette which bore Chang Chih- the services, of the ususi Corean body nard strictest of disciplinarians and, as might be. libellous to declass that the prisoner mean, guilty of the Judges, somenkat fired of the mazoteng tung let got her anchor tin, the harbor, which had been allowed hias by the King, expected, most, careful and provident of the.com of the crime charged, against him ; but it would of his dyle, one day accosted blm in the street /: his Excellency, Accompanied by his family, when the country was first thrown open to inter“, fort of his men. After the battle of the Crater his not be libellous to declare that he had admitted Hat Tell you? Now pray listen to the ques and sulte, Immediately went on board the national commerce. There now remking only force was so weakened that a regiment war sent bis own guilt. The case also illustrates, among tion I am going to ask you. Be attentive.

the battalion of Chinese troops at the Residency) to reinforce ität-It was'n' regiment máinly come other things, the uselessness and occasional mis-Remember, you will server as you please; and, German mail steamer Prautin Fificen which, in my opinion, could also be done away, Bosed of conscripts who were raw Tue, Gint chief of that stupid old # survival” the Grand remember, I don't care a rush what you answer, minutes later, Ms. Teal Sib-yung, the Viceroy's wib in skov do very lith work and cause aight after it joined, some of the men were detailed Jury,

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Celegraph.

HONGKONG, SATURDAY, NovembÊN 30, 1889.

TELEGRAMS.

BRAZIL.

Losdon, November aand. Universal suffrage Is proclaimed in Brazil. French and United States War Ships have "gone to Rio.

FINANCE.

There are persistent rumours that America intends to increase the purchase of Sliver to four millions of dollars per month.

As 3000

Pand want 3 14 t

PROUD TO MEET HIM.

GENERAL, MAHONE'S ENCOUNTER WITH A RAW

DECRUIT FROM NOTA CAʼLINY.