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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1890.

WE regret to hear of the death of Mr. Donald Spence, for many years in Her Majesty's Lon- sular service in China, and latterly specially retained by Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co..

Ir's all very well to throw dust in people's eyes" sometimes. But when for dust the Chinese substitute pepper they generally get pretty well "fixed" when brought before our magistrates, handful of pepper in as a cool'c, who chucked the eyes of an inoffensive hawker yesterday afternoon for the purpose of robbing him of a couple of dollars, found when "up" before Mr. Wodehouse this morning. The scoundrel tried to excuse his action by stating that he bought the pepper for cooking purposes, and was viclently assaulted by the complainant as he was going home. This was rather too "thin for his Worship, who jailed him for six calendar months with hard labour.

A SYDNEY dramatic critic, who evidently knows his business, remarks: 1. L. Toole, by the way, seems to be dreadfully dotty on his near fore leg, the result of rich man's gout, presumably. So decided is his limp that a back view of him is reminiscent of another' and a greater Johnnie Clarke. Not "Toodles" Clarke, the American, but the Clarke who married poor pretty Miss Furtado, and was the real original of Quilp. The dead Johnny was never a fashionable, tragical, comical actor, however, He was just a scal genius and nothing more," Tier words than these were never written. Poor Johnny Clarke was not a fashionable actor, but he was far and away the best comedian this generation of play-goers has yet seen, and jo his old days at the Strand, he was surrounded by a galaxy of stars whose names are household

and appreciated

The Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play the following programme at the Barrack Square, this evening, commencing at 7.30 o'clock:-

MarchNannie wilt thou gang wima"...... Wakeless.

Lutz. Ianears...... *** Faunt sip to daļa segumunun

Bucaveri Vale..."The Yeomen of the Guard"

D'Albert. Paiks.......Drink Puppy Drink “...............

.Conte. Quadrille....... Lights of London' Gabp Charlottes annon

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IN a recent volume of“ Anecdotes of the Clergy" it is related that a corpulent clergyman.once rebuked Allan Cunningham for Sunday-- fishing. Quoth the poet-Your external appear- ance, reverend sir, tells me that if your dinner was at the hottom of the river, like mine, you would angle for it though it were a fast-day, and your Saviour stood by to rebuke you," In the Court this moming, before Mr. Justice Wise, sitting in Summary Jurisdiction, Capt. Sankey was sued for $19, wages due, by his "boy." Plaintiff stated that he got gro a month, and had not been paid for nearly two months. Capt. Sankey, on the other hand, said that the "boy" only got $8 a month, and left without notice. It transpired that the plaintiff had been arrested, a week ago, by s constable, on a charge of stealing gold pin belonging to his master. The plaintiff was in Court at the time, and was induced to go out into the street by a ruse of the constable's. His lordship gave judgment for $9, and commented strongly on the conduct of the constable.

SANITARY BOARD.

to take care of other people's money. I therefore beg to tender my application, which kindly insert in the top column in the front page of the Telegraph," and collect the charge for sam through, your agent here.

I am, Sir,

Your obedient servant,

HOOKUM SAIVEY. Shanghai, 19th June, 1890.

LETTERS FROM JAPAN,

(FROM A LADY CORRESPONDENT.) IIT.

Freemasonry flourishes here, so I hear, two lodges working under the English Con- vitution, besides a focal: Chapter of Royal Arch Freemasons; whatever that may mean. I trust they don't fraternize with any arch-bishops, or nich traitors, or any other dreadful arches, unless. Bay, triumphal niches.

There are about 1,500 foreigners and 3000 Chinese here; of the former more than half are

Britons. Of natives there are about 130,000..

A long pier and two huge breakwaters will be constructed here in the near future by the Japanese Government, and will greatly facilitate the landing and shipment of cargo.

In my next I will give you further details of what I observed while "doing” Japan al "full-speed, as the dreadful rough captains of coasting steamers continually roar out from their stentorian lungs, just as us poor nervous creatures have come on board one of their ships and are enjoying the balmy breezes as the vessel glider away from her anchorage,

RANDOM JOTTINGS ON LORD * MAMMON"

"Gold, gold, gold, cəlil,

Bright and yellow, hard and cokt, Molten, graves, hummered and rolle Heavy to get, and light to hold Price of many a trime untold,”

no luck at all what are you to do?" paks pessimist investor in Lands. Sit tight, then, of course.

'Ifilmes are Imul as hard ena be,

And you have come to your last rupee, Take a bit of good advice and sit tight, There is no help for it. If you can't do it, then the next best thing will be

"To go and hang yourself for beleg yourself."

(A most consoling thing, by the by, when it is done and finished, and we give the advice gratis to those who need a hint in time.}

Of all the misery that the finger of scornful Mammon ever dealt mankind, the anguish and beartache endured by those who are endowed with all the mental gifts and emotions requlaite for the enjoyment of "high life," without the means to gratify them, is the greatest, The financial collapse of an illiterate millionare, the busting up of a city cleik, or the failure of a gigantic swindler on the Change with all its train of misery, is positively nothing.compared to the refined, yet silently endured mental torture suffered by such people. Lady Thinpurse, with her quartette of marrigeable daughters belongs to titis class, Mammon is her 'bete noire." She is eternally scheming to find out new little ways and means of domestic economy, and is perpe- tually lecturing her little darlings on the art of 'securing an eligible without the aid of Mam- Unfortunately however, very little can be done now-a-days without the help of Mam mon, the sterling deity. Even the eligibles are not above admiting a girl for the sake of her big cheque. As has been truly said on modern love

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words wherever English dramatic art is known don, Dr. Ayres. (Colorial Surgeon) Hon. N. J. but a marshy swamp; now it has developed into bands towards the rays of the sun, and sleeping means of economy too, Mde. M. would never

The 'weekly meeting of the Board. was held this afternoon-Present:--Major General Gor- Mitchell-Innes (Acting Registrar General), Hon. Ho Kai, Messra. Osbert Chadwick, Wong Shing, N. J. Ede, J. D. Humphreys, J; J. Francis, Dr. Cantlic, and Mr. H. McCallum (secretary).

MISCELLANEOUS.

A paper by Dr. Cantlleon "Influenza, "that bad been already circulated, was laid on the table. An intimation from the Colonial Surgeon, that Gustave Henti, residing at 5 Staunton St., had died from typhoid fever, the same disease which caused the death of Police Sergeant Macdonald, a resident at No. 7 in the same street, last year, He suggested that the drainage of the locality should be examined. After some discussion it was decided that the sanitary arrangements of the houses should be examined.

THE impertinence of chair coolies appears to be A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. rapidly approaching an extreme point. We daily observe chair. coolies bothering and insulting foot-passengers in Queen's Road and ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

along the Praya.. They generally select strangers MANUFACTURERS OF AERATED or shipping people as suitable butts for their

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insults, annoyances and over-charges. But who would have thought they would go so far as to disobey reasonable and lawful commands issued at the instance of His Excellency the Administrator and his private Secretary? Alas, it is sa! One coolie in the employ of the Acting Governor, and four of the saine class of incorri gibles who carry His Excellency's private

A QUESTION OF PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE. secretary about were "docked" before Mr. Wodehouse at the Magistracy this morning and The Colonial Surgeon, according to notice, moved "That Mr. Ladd be not appointed a charged with refusal of duty. In evidence it was shewn that these beautics, who were going Public Vaccinator as recommended by the up to Mr. May's house at the Peak this morning,Board at the meeting held on the 19th May, refused to take thereto a solitary bottle of milk; 1890." He said that he had no desire to cast consequently the P.S. had to drink the whole of any reflection on Mr. Ladds, but it seemed his coffee without a drop of "me-elk" His to him that, the Board, in recommending the Worship caused the Administrator's "red-cost " to stump up four Mexicans, while the four appointment, had infringed the rights of Dr.

Atkinson, faithful bearers of Mr. May J.P. were requested The Acting Registrar-General said that he to contribute a dollar each to H. M. public funda. understood Mr. Ladds had no objection to providing vaccine lymph for regular practi- SAYS a writer in the Boston Journal:-Any loners, bat d.cidedly had to doing so for disease which leaves a chronic lesion or an incurable inflammation of any part of the body native doctors who might be appointed public vaccinators. By doing the latter it appeared as is un injury. But a disease from which one though they were competent, and he was not. ealitely recovers may add strenghth to the system. The

well-known fact that most zymatic or contagious diseases protect a person from any future attack of that special disease is a-proof in point. A common cold, if entirely recovered from, affords a kind of gymnastic Exercise for the lungs. The very effort that. the muscles and air cells make to throw off the disease atrengthens those muscles and expands the air cells. This, of course, is only the case where the cold is entirely cured and the system has regained its normal vigor before a new disease is contracted. "It is the feeble folks who live to be a hundred years old," said an old physician of long practice and observation. This, at least, is offer the case and doubt- less the toughening process through the many battles with and victorica over disease has much to do with this fact. They have become inoculated and fortified against so many diseases that they seem proof alinest against the grimi monster himself. Many persons affirm that their general health has always been better since senie severe sickness. Especially is, this so of levers. In the recent epidemic of la grippe it is consoling to hope that we may enjoy better health after complete recovery from it than

COAST PORT ORDERS. whenever practicable, are despatched by first steamer leaving after receipt of order.

FOR COAST PORTS, Waters are packed and placed on board ship at Hongkong prices, and the full amount allowed for Packages and Empties when received in good order.

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PURE AERATED WATERS

SODA WATER

LEMONADE ·

POTASH WATER

SELTZER WATER

SARSAPARILLA WATER'

LITHIA WATER

TONIC WATER

GINGER ALE

GINGERADE.

No Credit given for bottles that look dirty, or greasy, or that appear to have been used for any other purpose than that of Containing Acrated Water, as such bottles are never used again by us.

A. S. WATSON & Co., LIMITED, Hongkong, China, and Manila.

The Hongkong Telegraph

HONGKONG, FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1890.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

A REGULAR meeting of Zelland Lodge, No. 5a5, will be held in Freemasons' Hall, Zetland Street, on Tuesday, the 1st proximo, at 8.30 for 9 p.m. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially invited. A TATTOOED girl 20 years of age, is being shown in Paris. The form of the fair "Irene." is -decorated from top to toe, likewise from east to west, with a choice assortment of horticultural and astronomical emblems varied by Buddhist and Mahomedan precepts and Masonic mottoes. THE success of the members of the Stanley Opera Company in performing such an eme tional drama as "East Lynne" quite sent them up in the estimation of the large audience who attended at the City Hall theatre last night. Criticism must be deferred, but we may assure then of the very favorable verdict they secured, A full house has been booked for the variety show they are giving to-night.

In his weather report to-day Dr. Doberck aays: At 10.50 yesterday morning the following telegram was sent to the Harbour Office, Typhoon in China Sea West of Luron moving Westward," At 4.50 p.m. directions to hoist the South Cone and at 12.20 'a.m. on the 27th directions to hoist the Red Ball. The typhoon has moved quickly Westward in the China Sea, where fresh S.E. winds may be expected. The weather is warm, cloudy and dry in Southern China,"

AT a meeting of the Hongkong Jockey Club, held at the Hongkong Hotel this afternoon for the purpose of deciding about the number of Subscription Griffins required for the next season, nothing was decided except with ⚫regard to the cost of the

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CAPTAINS of steamer will do well to note, an importart reminder issued by Commander Rumsey, the Harbour Master, a few days ago. For a number of years, if not, indeed, ever since the Merchant Shipping Act was passed, one of its provisions that relating to over-loading-has been, unenforced here. Ordinance 8 of 1879 in sub-section 2, states that the owner, agent,

master every British ship shall, before clearing his ship outwards from any port of this Colony, mark the load-line required by sub- section 26 of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876." Sub-section 3 adds that "the owner," agent, or master shall also, before so clearing, deliver to the Harbour Master a statement in writing of the distance in feet and inches between the centre of the disc and the upper edge of each of the lines indicating the position of the ship's decks' which are above the centre. If default is made in delivering this statement in the case of any ship the Harbour. Master may refuse to clear the ship," This rule has hitherto, as we said above, been ignored, but it is now revived, The Awongsang left for the North a few weeks ago so obviously over. loaded as to cause comment, and Com. Rumsey has been aroused to the fact that he has not been enforcing the laws which he is put there to enforce. He has therefore is ued a notifica- tion to master mariners, quoting the above sections. Whether any action will be taken against the Kwongsang of not on her return

remains to be seen,

THE cochineal insect furnishes a great many of the very fine colors, says the American Druggist, Among them are the gorgeous carmine, the crimson, scarlet carmine, and purple lakes The cuttlefish gives the sepla. It is the inky fluid which the fish discharges in order to render the water opaque when attacked. Indian yellow comes from the camel. Ivory chips produce the ivory black and bone black. The exquisite Prussian blue is made by fusing horses' hoofs and other refuse animal matter with impure potassium carbonate. This color was discovered accidentally. Various lakes are Blue derived from roots, barks and gums. black comes from the charcoal of the vine-stalk Lamp-black is soot from certain resinous sub stances. Turkey red is made from the madder plant, which grows in Hindostan, The yellow " mokės." It of a tree of Siam produces gamboge; the was arranged that the Secretary should write natives catch the sap in cocoanut shells. Raw to the Shanghal Horse Bazaar asking the proprie sienna is the naturalearth from the neighborhood tors if they could see their way to reducing the cost of Sienna, Italy, Raw umber is also

burned. of griffins this season. Mr. Cohen suggested earth found near that as it was quite impossible to procure anything India ink is made from burned camphor, but the most despicable hacks under the present Chinese are the only manufacturers of this system, it would be as well to send to Tientsin, ink, and they will not reveal the secret of Buy a mob, and send them through to Hongkong. its manufacture. Mastic is made from the gum Nothing was agreed to upon this point, however, of the mastic tree, which grows in the Grecian and the meeting, which was attended by twelve archipelago. Bistro is the soot of wood askes, members only, dispersed at 5 o'clock. Another Very little real ultramatine is found in the meeting will be held at an early date, for the market. It is obtained from the precious lapis purpose of arriving at a definite arrangement lazuli, and commands a fabulous price. Chinese with regard to the number and cost of Sub-white is zine, scarlet is iodide of mercury, and soription Griffies required for the ensuing native vermilion ls from the quicksilver ore

called cinnabar, selion,

Umbria and

Mr. Francis, who seconded, was in favor of a lecture being read to Mr. Ladds he was director of Vaccine Institute, and he must supply the lymph as directed by the Board. If a considerable numberofpublic vaccinators were to be appointed he might be included, of course.

Dr. Contlie supported Mr. Ladds' claims-lf be was capable of extracting the lymph he could surely inoculate. If he was incompetent to do the latter he ought not to have been appointed director of the Vaccine Institute,

The Colonial Surgeon urged that if the appointment were confirmed slur would be cast on Dr. Atkinson, who had done all the picliminary work.

The Chairman was unfavorable to Dr. Ayres motion-Mr. Ladds had only been appointed a pablic vaccinator, not head vaccinator. Besides, to rescind the appointment would stultify the Board.

The mover and seconder, Mr. Humphreys, and Dr. Ho Kal supported the motion, which was lost.

A QUEER IDEA. Dr/Cantlie moved "That attention be given to the condition of the Taitam water-works He said in support of his service reservale." motion that the reservoir was the receptacle for branches, vegetable and animal matter, frogs, frog-spawn, and algae generally. He wanted it covered over, to prevent this. It would spoil the view, but improve the water.

Mr. O, Chadwick, at Dr. Cantlle's levitation, gave his opinion. He said that it was generally accepted now-a-days that water ought to be kept from the daylight, and as it was quite feasible to roof the reservoir over he was ready to suggest a method of doing so. He had intended to recommend it before.

Mr. Francis suggested that the scheme should be formally moved, and

Dr. Cantlle accordingly moved that the scheme be recommended to the Government,

This was agreed to.

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this column], GAMBLING.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,"

SIR,I have read the correspondence of $. N. C. X. F. in the Daily Press of the aged inst., and although I do not belong to the Folice Force I venture to reproduce the following, taken from Tit Bits of 28th December 1889:

"It is not illegal to play penny z nap in a club, nor whist, nor any other game at cards where the amount at stake is not seriously large, having regard to the ability ofthe playem to afford it. You may do anything in your club which it is lawful for you to do in your own house, but it is not lawful for you to turn your own house into a gambling den, and if the police had reasonable cause to suspect that you bad done so, they would have a right to enter your house and to arrest you or anybody else they might find there Resisting you in the unlawinl gambling. Your position at your club is precisely the same as it is in your own house, and you are free to act as you like, fin playing at cards, or at any other game, you do not gamble for what, under the circumstances, could be called excessively high stakes, so as to make the club an Injury to its members and visitors."

life-like vividness.

As carvers in wood and ivory the Japanese excel, but when they work in stone the result is a dismal failure in most cases. I had seen some thing of ivory carvings, cloisonnage, porcelain, and Satsuma-ware in Kobe, but the best are to be seen here, specimens of embroidery in this part equal, if they do not excel, those of Kioto. A lacquered mirror which we saw here was an enchanting work of art which reflected the design in a magnifying glass with grand effect. Pour passer le temps we drove out in the even- ings, which was not an unqualified pleasure, for when passing through Japanese villages it is necessary to keep a very sharp look out lest you run over some squalling brat and are asked to compensate the parents liberally say a trifle of a hundred dollars for a crushed tos, double that sum for a smashed ankle, and so on by hundreds up to a couple of thousand for a life Pretty expensive driving at times 1 eb? Sunday we set apart for a ramble on the hills, carrying our tiffin with us and resting in one of the many tea-houses to partake of refreshments, where lovely maidens wait upon you in the most courteous manner. Go where you will in Japan, you meet with a tea house; like the blind they are well-nigh omnipresent. In the tea houses they allot you a charming little room, generally looking out over a valley or the deep blue sea. It is clean, neat, spick and span, as the saying is What more could be desired?

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It was the intention of my companion and myself to go to Yokohama, whence I pen this to you, from Kobe by rail, in preference to braving the dangers of the deep in a "coasicr This, however, was practicable for, as luck would have it, a terrible storm foll wed by devastating floods, swept over Kobe and neigh bourhood a few days ago and destroyed up. wards of forty miles of the strategicrailway which' was lately opened between this port and Kobe. On this account we had to make the journey in a steamer, and awaited our chance to get a berth on board the P. & O. liner Antond—a very comfortable ship which seemed to keep reniark ably steady, although the wind blew very hard. at times. We ladies, of course, greatly believe in a ship like the Ancona, while you gentlemen, nasty rough fellows that you are, appear to enjoy The greed for gain existed in man ever since the unalterable dreadfulness of a ship pitching be began to discriminate between meum and and tossing, rolling and creaking, and frightening tuum. Perhaps, in the post-diluvian ers, our the lives out the frail weaker sex. But enough uncultivated ancestors, contented themselves

When a lover is to love with the figwe of this, let us get on to details of this flourishing with making love to their Rebeccas near the

The figure must be la the pocket -watering wells, roasting a rhinoceros by simply port.

About thirty years ago, Yokohama was naught holding up the little creature in their good long Then there is Mde. M. with her little ways and

near the goatshede in the fields. But people are

permit her daughters to wear short skirts, a pretty lurge town-a miniature city.

Like Kobe and Nagasaki it is a treaty, or open civilised now, and times are changed. Accord She had long trailling dresses made for port, where foreign.rs live in settlements or con-ing to an oriental Bishi-it was either Bhudda them on tick and gave them carte blanche cessions. Europeans in this place have not or Manu-the life-span of our solar system is to buy the prettiest of nice little shoes which confined themselves within the precincts of the divided into different ages, and man's existence they would just allow to peep out of the modest settlement; they have built private houses on a on earth into different cycles. Our is the age of skirts when playing the guardian angel on a Bluff, which is by far the best part of Yokohama Mammon, the god of the Almighty Dollar; and lounging chair. But they were very expensive to live in. The houses are generally speaking, to give this omnipotent deity his due share of little shoes, these; and therefore Mãe distinctly Picturesque and the gardens very prettily laid credit, we must confess that of all the thirty-explained to her darling bevy that she could not out; their prettiness enhanced, no doubt, by three crores of God said to form the hoard of afford to buy them too often; and in order to keep camelling which bloom directors' of this universe of outs, none ever them from wearing out they should never use gorgeous autuma luxuriantly. Irrespective of this the various received such unparalleled, cringing, and all the slightest pressure on the bigh French heels, species of fir and cypress which abound in Dai enduring homage. No! not even the God of but walk on tiptoe, stand on tiptoe and jump on Nippon have such lovely foliage, that a mere Love. From the daintiest little buttercup of a tiptor. The long skirts would'hide it all, you lawn planted with them would in a few years she who ever peacocked it in her attire of milk- know." be transformed into an exquisite, soul inspiring white muslin, looking a perfect picture of angelic Oh! Mammon, are you not ashamed! How work of Nature. Atlas What work of human innocence, down to the toadiest unit of Chine e many a little trick do you not force kind old art is comparable to the least morsel of Nature? humanity who would rob his own father of his mammas to teach their daughters for want of Nature supremel Nature almighty!

soul for the sake of two copper cash, ali bend your enchanting aid? There is also the Miss Curio shops form quite a feature in this town their knees before this jingling deity. Such is Harpina Octavius-a perfect spécimen of her and some of the specimens are remarkable works the power of Mammon. There may be one, here kind in the art of angling for a hubby without of art, Ivory carvings and cloisonnages which and there, who may cordially detest Mammon the aid of Mammon. She can play Mozart's undergo several processes ere they reach the simply because he is Mamonon, but such a being, Sonata in B Minor, ravishingly sweet, when stage of perfection, are indeed exquisite. I was like the few good ones on earth, is decidedly she doesn't mind giving you some music. Let us remark here, in an aside, that Miss O, has specially charmed with one piece of ivory carving not to be met with in the ranks of lazy, patrician In particular; it represented a bridge with men Tories, or gigantic Exchange operators. The been practicing the fine sorata about fifty dozen and women walking across it, the most conspi-majority of mankind pray to him, and worship times, and it is the favorite piece, and we regret cuous of which was a Japanese nobleman's wife him, and every one desires to be the wealthiest to say, the only piece, she can really perform tripping along, while a blind beggar receives being on earth, regardless of all others. "Good," Young Freddie is simply enchanted with her alms of her, which she drops haughtily into his says the inner me to Harry when he has rendering of it, and what with fluttering eyelids, outstretched band; a coolic, too, is seen stagger-skinned a fellow creature. And so too the etcétera, before the evening is much older he proposes and is accepted. But Freddie is only ing under his heavy burden-all portrayed with vultures delight when fighting each other on s

carcass, Only, the birds and beasts of prey do human after all, and in course of time begins to it meaning no harm, while men do it for selfish swear against the eternal sonata and all other ends, tearing each otter as they do in war and aunatas. "Will you play me something from etc-for the mere sake of gain. Suppose, for Mendelssohn or Beethoven dear?" The "dear?” the sake of argument, everybody who wanted

is awfully tired, but can't find a decent excuse to to become rich had his desire immediately ful- refuse, and therefore begins to warble an andante filled. Can any one conceive a worse state of from Mendelssohn with accompaniments thusly: social chaos than that which would follow. It-Bar 1st Adagio. Bar and Allegro Molto, Bar is said of King Solomon that he was the greatest 3rd prestissimo and Bar 4th plain intonation favorite of his age with the Arbitrary Ancient ending in a shrill-well, a shrill howl. Aw- One, and that in a moment of "Masonic' fully rude to say this, we admit, but then we beatitude, he actually sent up a fervent prayer really mean no harm whatever. It is all again that all bis subjects, from the prime-minister the fault of mammon, we know. (Great Italian. down to the lowliest farmer, be all at once Masters cannot be had without money. Good

car, etc. is all bumbug.) enriched. That Mammon is not exactly what a

Sapristi Mammon. Although there may be modern socialist will like him to be, can be easily conceived; nevertheless, the story adds, something to say in your favor after all, yet there the prayer was granted. But the result was of is not the slightest doubt, that like Byron's chaste a nature that sent wise old Solomon nearly crazy moon, you are at the bottom of more solid mis- with indignation. There was no one to squeeze chief than a whole regiment of the unmention- and shampoo the royal cranium, no one to con

onable old ones' can ever produce. You have duct the matutinal orchestra, as the good enemies everywhere. From the young girl who wants Macassar oil for her bair, to the Emperor monarch rose up one fine morning; they were all-respectable. "Gracious Almighty" cried of China, all hate you. Fortunately for you, you the King "let all the people resume their old are lavisible. If you only do such a foolish thing position, I was mad." "Ergo," concludes the as to reveal your wealthy face in the road, even author of the story "there is no interfering with though there may be no ong by to greet you the ways of the Almighty banker and it is except perhaps some old matrons with portion- true. You may coerce him if you have the less daughters, and over confident investors in knack, but there is no battling about it. Some Charbonnages, you will not have a single hair

left on your head. people seem to have a notion that they can nonplus old Mammon by leading a life of steady stinginess. Evidently such men lack worldly experience, Mammon is the personification of ideal capriciousness; but, unlike a capricious lover be grudges you nothing whatever when once he throws up the veil. But he is not at all- vain or fond of servile worship-although his votaries are. He despises a cringing neophyte. A sage book-worm once remarked that there is nothing so unlucky as the persistent hankering after wealth; and the truth of this old adage is every day realised on the turf, the green cloth, and the change. As long as you do not care a bit whether you are one way or the other you are generally all right. The luck leaves you when you begin to plank your dollars in earnest." It is always the brave and the nonchalant who are the luckiest. Ask John Chinaman for Instance to try a new concern for collaring the almighty dollar and ten to one he will suspect there is soms naughty trick about the affair and will allow the chance to slip by unheeding. Ask an Englishman to do the same and he will most probably talk over the matter on a whiskey cock-tall with his chum at the club, while the German will undoubtedly shut himself up in bis room and philosophiae over the affair with his hand on his Teutonic brow a la Teufeldroech. The Jew, in 99 cases cat of a hundred, will immediately set about to take his chance and put a right leg forward, meaning business and asking no questions, and that is the sort of people Mammon likes best; and that he does favor them the worlds bistory more than proves, "Smiles on Thrift "or" Mrs. Grandy on domestic Few of the worlds great financiers ever read

prietors of fortunes monarchs would covet. They economy," and yet they were the happy pro were bold enterprising men who believed in and worshipped Mammon and Mammon returned the compliment by endowing them with good luck. And it is a very good thing, is good luck. It is almost everything, we wish it to our friends, our sisters and daughters and to almost every jolly soul w know-including ourselves. And right we are. It is far better to be born lucky than rich. For it is a difficult thing to retain riches without good fortune--vide History of Hongkong 1889/90. It is a secret worth possessing, this art of retaining any sort of success when once you have felt it. One should always be en rapport with the good Lord of "Kismet" to remain in

I have seen the Russian soldier at home the swing. Different people have different methods of prophiating Kismet,' and with some in time of peace, or during truces in the it is a religious science. For instance, a certain enemy's country, rocking the peasant's child individual first makes the acquaintance of this in the village where he was stationed; I God Just as he enters on a carcer of knocking have seen him bivouacking in the desert, down old lumber with the hammer. He im-with-ble tongue parched and burning, receive proves his chances and the acquaintance ripens his ration of a quarter of a litre of salt waters rich and influential. But does he forget the hunger and in thirst, in peace and in war-and into positively genuine friendship. He becomes I have seen him in heat and in cold, in magical hammer or chuck it aside ?. No fear. I have always found him the same desire to It brought him fuck, and he will stick to it with oblige, the same abnegation of sell for the sake out good luck nobody can be anybody, and special characteristics of the Russian soldier all the pertinacity of an Afghan warrior. With of the safety and the good of others. Thera when you have that you must not lose it unless his self-denial, his simple and natural you are a booby. At least so said follower of self-sacifice-give, blm peculiar powers as Zoroaster once to his friends. "Dui if you have | warrior,

A few days ago we took a trip to Kama Kura; which is an hour's journey by train from Yoko hama. It is supposed to be one of the healthiest spots in this charming country. The great attraction in Kama Kura is a bronze image of Buddha, known as the "Kama Kura Diabutsu;" it is a hollow colossal image seated in a lotus flower, thus forming internally a room, with a flight of steps leading to a balcony at the top of his head. Here we wrote our names, English. liice, on the walls, as others had done before us. Wo had ourselves photographed while seated on the thumbs of this Buddha, two of our party on each thumb and one standing between ; and our Celestial domestic, placed himself a little below. Looking at ourselves in the photo, we were reminded of the nursery rhyme "I had a little wife no bigger than my thumb, Me" Some- thing of that sort the Kama Kura Diabutsu might well have said of us, had it been able. An idea of the immensity of this idol may be gained by a knowledge of its dimensions, which are set down as follows the length of its face 81 feet, The enclosed photo of our party was taken from diameter at waist 36 feet, and height so feet. a scene in the charming interior of a Japanese house. Observe the sliding doors, the matted floor, the papered wella and ceiling. We are seated à la Faponaise, on cushions in tailor fashion, and I can assure you it was awkward and painful for us to endure the position for ten brief minutes. The fan is laid down on the floor near my cuubion seat, for it is quite de rigeur to have a fan in this country-you are simply not dressed without a fan, and as I am pouring out tea, I can't hold it in my hand. Notice, too, the peculiar cups and saucers; the caps have no handles, and the sauceris a mere piece of oblong carred metal, with a declivity in the centre into which the bottom of the cup fits. The object you see like a box placed before us, is a Albachi it contains the charcoal fire round which the Japanese crowd to warm themselves in winter or, as you see in the photograph, the kettle is kept almmering over the hot coals whilst we are having our afternoon tea

We took a run up to Tokio by rail once during our stay here; it was an hours journey from Yokohama in very uncomfortable cars. It is a large city and my ideas of it are rather minty, for the time spent in "doing" this, the capital of Japan, chiefy conalsted in being whirled through perfect labyrinth of streets at reckless speed In the inevitable two-wheeled ricksha. Thus In our bird's eye view of the place we merely caught glimpses of the General Post and Tele- graph offices, enormous barracks, the Agricultural and Commercial Department, Foreign and Home Office, the Emperor's magnificent new palace, and the fine exhibition buildings,

Hoping the above will be accepted as a reply to the question of S.N.C.X.F., and thanking you for the insertion beforehand, I am, Sir,

Yours truly

P. ARIEUQES. Hongkong, 24th June, 1890. AN OFFER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE "HOWɑrono TazazzaEY.”. SIR,-As a constant, reader of your excellent newspaper, (which in Shanghal, is considered the only real live newspaper on this side of Truth's" office, London) I find that for some months past, nearly every issue of yours con- teins information about another party" who Of "zags" there are three in this place; all bas either skipped, or tried to skip the Colony, dailies as you newspaper enthusiasts call with insignificant amounts, ranging from $1,000 them--the Herald (of mercy, the Gunsite to $300,000, money which ones belonged to I won't put any joke about this fellow), and the their employers. They manage these things Mall (1 Soall). How they all live, I can't cone better in New York. This leads me to suppose celve. It's mystery, like many other things, that Hongkong is short of “conddential" mnen i to poor simple-minded women like myself,

J. N.

THE RUSSIAN SOLDIER.

A DESCRIPTION BY AN OFFICER OF THE CZAR'S ARMY. Sincere and unaffected love for his monarch, profound religious piety intimately united with the idea of the Czar and of the fatherland, attachment to the fatherland, unlimited con fidence, in his chiefs, very strong esprit de corps, and a faculty of enduring gaily and naturally, the greatest privations such are the most marked characteristics of the Russian soldier, says a Russian General, writing in Harper's. To these traits must be added remarkable bravery and a rare contempt of death, combined with native kind-heartedness and a gentle and Indulgent disposition. The Russian soldier is distinguished by a good humor that never abandons him even in the most difficult moments, by his brotherly understanding with his comrades and by his gay and contented way of facing all the decrees of fate. Obedience Is so deeply rooted in the mind of the Russian soldier that during my thirty years' experience pf the army I do not remember to have witnessed be single case of Insubordigation, either in times of peace or in times of war.

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The Russian soldier dies at his post. I have. seen him in winter on sentry duty on the height of Shipka die standing surrounded with snow, and transformed literally into a statue of Ice; t the sandy desert, and yielding up his last breath have seen hirs die on the march, striding over

wounds on the battle-field or in the hospital, at with his last step; I have teen him die of his a distance of 3,000 miles from his native village and in these supreme moments I have always. Although a child of the plala, where CYD found the Russian soldier sublime. rarely descries the most modest hill, we see him boldly scale the topmost summits of the, Cau- casus and climb the rocks and glaciers of the Thian-Shan, fighting all the time. He feels at home everywhere, whether in the steppes of the fatherland in the tundras of Siberia or the mountains and deserts of Central Asia. He has an exceptional faculty of putting himself at his ease wherever he may be, even in places where others would die of hunger and thirst.