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QUININE AND IRON TONIC.

The Iron in this preparation is in a form and

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1891.,

The Hongkong Lelegraph.

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 18gr.

POTTED ANCESTRY,

Sanitas Omnia we must dispute as applica- ble to the Official element composing the Sanitary Board of this Colony, if we except the worthy Colonial Surgeon Dr. Aars.

he is understood to have especially studied) that he should not be aware that a body can be exhumed almost at any period of decomposition when proper pres cautions are adoptedwithout danger or risk to health, even without producing a bad odour and certainly so, in the case we allude to and in a remote and unpopulated locality. Having waded through the recent vagaries of our Sanitary Board, probably the most astonishing part mischievous and busybodying (no pun intended) establishment turns out to have nothing whatever to do with the Protestant cemetery at all, or Its Interments or disinterments. These always have been, and still are under the control of the Surveyor General's department and to the taste and ability of the late Surveyor

A PRIVATE in the Highlanders named Turton, 19941 dogs have been killed in Singapore since was taken suddenly til yesterday morning and the hydrophobia scare set in there. honors in the coarse of the evening. The cause the "cultured East has been doing splendid died at 12.45 p.th. He was buried with military MADAME Patey who could not pay expenses in of death has not yet been made known.

business in the Australian colonies. The returns A MARRIED woman récently applied to a London from her New Zealand concert tour amounted magistrate for a warrant against her husband to £5,000. for giving me the influenza, yer Worship; be things continue in this direction a man will not knew be had it, and he gave it to me, Why if be even allowed to kick his better half soon, Hung Tyr, anxious to do a favor for a friend tried to pawns watch yesterday. Uncle, however, was'nt taking any in Just then, but the "peelers " Central, where it was acertained that Mr. Holtz chief officer Cosmopolit was the lawful amount writen on the ticket. owner. One month with hard labour, was the

of Astatie cholera at Swatow has been averted WHAT threatened to be a very serious epidemic by the late typhoon weather. No less than four city from the Formosa Channel were followed by very heavy ralus, which thoroughly washed out its filthy streets and purlieus. The few cases

No less than to squatters were charged at the Magistracy this morning with trespassing on

amount for licences. Government land. Mr. Wise allowed them until Saturday to "ger," or to ante-up the necessary

In one of the inland towns of N.S.W. the local sheriff's myrmidons have presented the

individually for 3.280 garantors of the Anglican Chu debt with their master's compliments and a request to cach

The blessing of the chastening rod

Should profit erring clay;

If salais won't pay their debts to God--

"The devil is to pay "

lated by the blood. In this form, combined with The dictum has gone forth from the of the whole proceeding is, that this were; so they took him watch and all to the earth, and thence to "limbo," wfik a panting | THE Times: of Ceylon makes the following

chemical condition easily broken up and assimi- Quinine, it makes a powerful, stimulating and strengthening Tonic, which speedily removes the cause of so many distressing symptoms, arising from nervous and muscular debility.

It is a certain care for neuralgia, dizziness, chills and malarial (evers. Per bottle, 50 Cents CONCENTRATED COMPOUND DECOC

TION OF RED JAMAICA SARSAPARILLA.

This preparation contains all the virtues which

secretary of the Board and who is a professor of Hongkong sanitation that the bodies of the two little American Babes in the wood" cannot be permitted to be exhumed for the simple reason of lack of precedent and that sentiment must not be allowed to influence such a stoical Institu- tion as the Sanitary Board of Hongkong

who

of these storms which passed inland near that

of the Recreation Ground, and preceding it by at about 6 o'clock last evening the cry of stop thief" was borne on the breeks in the vicinity about filly yards was a fiying Mongolian who with bis quane streaming astern was bent on the chase and the fugitive was eventually run to doing a record, Several Europeans Joined in

crowd in close attendance. Tax Anglo-Dutch Convention relating to Bornec, which was signed a short time ago, leaves, according to the Hague correspondent of the westernmost point to the 17th degree, whence Standard the frontier unaltered from its present and is carried on across the Island of Sebattik, It follows parallel 4.30, until it reaches the sea, the northern portion of which is to be British, the other half remaining Dutch. TYPOGRAPHICAL errors are notoriossly odd or

movements in the East. Our statement the reference to the probable future regimental other day that Colonel Glides had received an official communciation that the Gordon here 101 the autumn of 1892. was not quite Highlanders stationed in Ceylon were to remain

correct, as the information was received, not by Colonel Gilden, but by another Officer of the

Horse Guards. The other statement, however, general trooping fixtures for Ceylon, the Straits, is quite correct though not official, and the

Garrison in a private letter from a friend at the

belong to Sarasparilla itself, and wbich have Now, we are first led to consider, who General, Mr. J. M. PRICE we owe to-day of cholera reported in the past week have been ridiculous, but one made in the composing-room and Hongkong as re-arranged are as follows

estimation in the medical world, as a sustaining, purifying tonic. It has a singular influence over "the blood, which it enriches and purifies. Thereby remoring pimples blotches and other skin troubles from whatever cause arising. Per bottle, $1.50 and $2.75

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TODIZED FLUID EXTRACT OF RED JAMAICA SARSAPARILLA. This preparation is decidedly preferable to any other form in which Sarsaparilla can be admials tereil. It contains the whole active and medi-

presumes to lay down such an ab surd exposition of the law of common sense and reason. Mr. Huen McCULLUM came out to this colony as an Apothecary to the Government Hospital and his quall. fications for that position we may assume were quite sufficient to warrant that

place in Happy Valley. ..... that peaceful and picturesque final resting

TELEGRAMS.

THE GUN ACCIDENT ON THE "CORDELIA."

LONDON, August 4th, The Government are convinced that the burst.

cinal properties of the root in the higheal state appointment. We are not aware that the | Ing of the gun on board H.M.S. Cordelia was

of concentration, and the addition of the Iodide will be found to greatly enhance the curative properties of the Sarsaparilla as a Blood Purifier It is recommended in all cases requiring treat- ment for secondary Symptoms, and in Scrofulous or other diseases of the skin. Per bottle, $1.50 and $2.75. Nos. 22 & 24, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL

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(ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.) HONGKONG.

due to defective steel and orders have been issued for the removal of all suspicious guns from the ships of the Royal Navy.

REPUBLICAN RISING IN SPAIN. A rising of a Republican nature has taken place in Spain; a considerable number of the plotters bave been arrested,

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UNCLE SAM ON THE WARPATH.. August rith. The United States Squadron has been ordered to China presumably in connection with expected troubles,

gentleman in question graduated at any University, or took any particular degree in any institution to entitle him to become the sanitary philosopher of this colony. We shall be pleased, to find our ignor- ance on this point exposed, but we do know, that Mr. MCCULLUM went home at the public expense, when the ́sanitation fad came on the tapis, and returned to the colony a full blown sanitary authority. Since his return we, have noticed a A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. decided Itching on the part of the official

sanitary clique to cast the seeds of discon-Tala telegraphic despatch though important is tent broadcast and to

somewhat vague. The chief squadron of the set everyone by the ears on the excuse that the health

U.S. Is the famous "White Squadron com posed of cruisers and battle-ships whose speed of the colony is endangered. We do not exceeds 18 knots an hour. They are scattered at present among the various stations and forget that when the question of flushing

navy-yards of America, bat are all ready for sewers or the dry earth system was raised war at a moment's notice. The action is to boiling point in this colony, that this

probably due to Admiral Belknap's promise, sanitary sage ranged himself on the side of

printed exclusively in the Hongkong Tale the former, and actually disputed the fact

graph two months ago, to have an American feet in these waters which would be able to that the earth was a disinfectant; therefore

prevent or punish any possible Anti-Christian outbreak. If the news is authentic, it is a we are the more guarded in accepting as high compliment to the poes, scientist, hero, gospel truth Mr. Huox MCCULLUX's dictum

admiral who at present rules over the three ante-diluvian craft, the Palos, Alliance and on any and every question of sanitary

^. Monocacy.—Ed, H.K. T.) science. In a previous article we disputed the statement. of Mr. STEWART-LOCKHART, the Registrar-General, and which was pro- Bobably prompted by Mr. HUGH MCCULLUM --that sentiment should not be allowed to $1.00 enter into the question of burial, we now 1.1o go further and say that this question in a

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LOCAL AND GENERAL.

to the natives.

THE Spanish steamer to which we referred in a recent farue as having been placed in quarantine at Singapore, turns out to be the Isla de LuxoN from Manil, for Barcelona and Liverpool. She has no sickness of any ktad on board but in view of the stringent quarantine regulations of other ports on her homeward passage, it was considered necessary to remain outside the Devawongst the lies at the regular quarantine harbour limits and have as little communication

anchorage and, says the Fras Press, two deaths with the shore as possible. But as regards the

from cholera are reported to have occurred on the passage down from Holbow among her Chinese passengers. A total of 694 of these are. on board and ashore at St. John's Island, where the disease has not yet been stamped from amongst them.

A GOOD story is always in order and the latest Is from New York. A colored clergyman called One of the salesman came forward and said, spon a large wholesale wine and liquor house. "What can I do for you, Sir?" The Ethiop divine responded, "I've the pastor of de fust African Church ob Zion an' I'so called for to procure some Euchre wine 1" "Some what?" Some Euchre wine, wat you use for de Lord's Supper," "What kind do you wish ?" asked the salesman. "What Is dere more dan one kind, my worthy fren #Oh, yes; there are quite a number of kinds. "I'm sure I don't know which partikeler kind I want." "Well, what do your congregation like " queried the salesman. "I reckon dat so far as de gemlemen are concerned, they aint no preference; but if it is de ladies that am in question, I guess they'd all prefer gin,"

Let Germany boast of her Emperor bold And England of her Prince of Wales; Amoy can be never left out in the cold, With two rulers, like Bd'Io, and F-L-S. But willing at all times her blessings to share, (She herself has repeatedly said so.) So we had a visit from B-d 1-a. She sweetly consented one ruler to spare

He stirred up the atmosphere here in our town. With the sharpest of critical gales. that And in his turn arriveth now F-L-5.

Then returned to Amay, to his sceptre and crow

TO OUR DISTINGUISHED VISITORS FROM AMOY,

THE P. & O. S. N. Con steamer Thilst left Singapore on the 10th lust, at 4 pm, for this port.

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to be recorded. In setting up the advertisement of a well-known whisky, whose trade-mark is "3 swallows,"

the intelligent compositor printed it. Possibly he is a total abstinence fanatic in '35 wallows,” disguise.

DIVORCE cases are on the boom in Australla just now and fully one-third of the cases under the age of 20-often a good way LOW pending under the new Victorian Divorce

under It There is a woeful sameness about Act are applications from wives who married

these cases. The bride invariably was a young lady in a shop or a factory, with a big bunch of hair dragged down over her forehead to make a bang or a fringe or something, and another big mass of thatch piled up on the sum mit of her cranium. The bridegroom was a leery youth with high heels and a dog. They niet in the street and he whistled at her. Then they met again and be winked. Then they gat cottage garnished with time-payment furniture, married and had a sticky, Infant, and a wooden and matrimony was a fallure.

instead of relieving the 58th at Singapore, are for some reason or other to be sent home this year, and will be relieved by the 38th South Staffordshire from Gibraltar. In consequence on to Ceylon and Mauritius respectively, will of this the 58th and the 75th, instead of moving stand fast till the end of 1892. Their destination then has not yet been settled, and, Ceylon, it is pretty certain that the Gordon though the 28th may possibly come to

change in the movements of our old friends the grst, the 58th Steelbacks do not come to Ceylon Highlanders will not go to Mauritius. We shall be sorry in Ceylon if, owing to this sudden

at all, but there is a possibility that the arrange- ments as given above may after all be changed again, though at present they are fixed as described. A reversion to the first arrangements as officially garetted would, we fancy, be popular In Ceylon,

LITERARY GOSSIP.

Gladstone has received a standing offer of £1,000 for literary or political articles from the price recorded in the history of magasines. North American Review. This is the highest

make New York bis permanent home. This is Rudyard Kipling threatens to emigrate and probably to get even with the critics in that city who persistently style bim Kudyard Ripling.

quantities of verse, but confines his muse to William Monis is, still turning out large socialistic and labor union topics. Although he gives his stangas away to the workingmen's caa command from £5 to £20 a poem, be newspapers of London and other leading cities.

Earnest Delancey Piersen, whose novels "The Black Ball," A Slave of Circumstance," "AVagabond's Honor" made such a bit is in Spala gathering material for two new stories.

AMONG the many improvements which are necessary to convert Hongkong from a mere commercial port into a great metropolis is a magnificent sea-road around the island, similar to the famous drive at Marseliles. latter, it would require embankments, bridges Like the and tunnels, but with the wonderful natural advantages of our city, it would excell the other in every respect and would be without exception the handsomest thoroughfare in the world. Besides affording an unequalled opportunity for walking, riding and driving, it would open up parts of the island now loaccessible and value less and so gives fine impetus to real estate that would benefit all classes alike. Its first result would be the erection of homes, large and sma!! on the ocean alde, where It is far cooler, more healthful and comfortable than either on the barbor side or even on the Peak. One or more seaside hotels would result where still and surf bathing could be had and a small city would be bound to be established within a few seasons after the road was once opened. The cost though large could be met by a loan for a long perlod and would be offset a dozen times over by the enhancement of landed values, not to men- tlon the increased popularity and healthfulness of Hengkong. A prominent engineer declares that Bishop Williams of China, whoss works on the road could be built within a twelve month; Celestial subjects have brought him fame and struction and that there would be none of the Connecticut, where he draws a handsome tranble so common at home of adjusting riparian royalty from the sale of his books. rights and other earemonts,

John Ernest McCann, well-known as poet and feuilletonist has catered the dramatic field and has already sold short dramas to Henry Irving, Augustin Daly and Robert Mantell.

Mrs. James Brown Potter, the "society actress" le contributing sketches af travel to the New York Herald and other leading newspapers.

Archibald C. Ganter, the clever Anglo- American novelist and playwright has already cleared $700,000 from "Mr. Barnes of New York" and "Mr. Patter of Texas." Filleen years ago he was a £2.10 Landon clerk.

great measure occupies two thirds of the the "Shire" liner Pembrokeshire, from London, Then welcome him royally, "Spirit of the Press," that there would be no great difficulty of con-considerable cash Is living in retirement la

consideration of life, that is, if birth, marriage and death are acknowledged as 1.50 forming the summum bonum events of existence. From the time that discernment is granted us; to the moment Intelligence is swaged in oblivion we cannot be uncen- 0.75sious whether we are bound and certainly cannot dis-associate ourselves from senti- ment in connection with the event of our final end. If the sapient official 1.00 authorities

of the Sanitary Board would only look beyond their passl adornments they would see how they

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MESORS. Dodwell, Carlill & Co. inform us Soc., left Singapore yesterday for this port MONSIEUR Paul Macey who has been talking a district of Siam bordering po Burash, left here cursory glance at Luang-Prabang, an out-lying yesterday for Europe.

H.M.S. Tweed has been lifted and beached pre- paratory to stopping the fracture in her bottom, in ordinary, in the Hongkong and Whampoa and safely placing her under hospital treatment Dock.

The last bon mot from the brainy centre of Hongkong is credited to the genial "boss" carlo- dealer of Queen's Road :-"To what church does fellow belong, who buys a front seat at evey ballet?""Why a Calvinist, of course.”

With "liquid refreshment" and song: And take care that his shadow may never grow While he tarrles with os in Hongkong.

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"ANNE ONYMUS."

GREAT geographical changes occur so rarely as If you want to bow to a lady nowadays the place. One, which promises to be of the highest to be of profound interest when they do take orthodox thing is to remove the hat with extreme importance is now going on in San Diego County down till the back of the hand strikes the hip, two giant ranges of the Sierra Nevada and the velocity from the cranium, then carry it quickly in the southern part of California between the and the hat itself is wobbling among the owner's Rocky Mountains. It consists of the beginning breaks off suddenly at the waist, and the top half began eight weeks ago when a stream of feet, While taking off the tile the operator of the making of an immense inland sea.. It of him bobs abruptly forward in a respectful water was found rising from the ground manner. This internal cataclysm is accom near the Salton Salt Works. It increased panied by a smile of recognition. The sudden rapidly in volume and was joined by other Jerk forward brings the patiens into concussion springs which in four weeks formed a lake

Minna Irving's last volume of verses has run through five editions and is still selling rapidly. The poetess in young, pretty and very popular. News," of Augustus P. Danlop. It is a weekly The queerest paper in the world is the "Singe printed on one side of the sheet and is sent to newspaper on the face of the globe. It is a the dramatic editor of nearly every English model of news, terse, witty and interesting.

LATE TELEGRAMS.

LONDON, July 24th.

Mr. Brand, the Gladstonian-Liberal, elected

I stultify themselves dally. A fatal malady bigbest terms of the "genius" of Mrs. Brown expedition, and if the things is done properly from 1 to 10 feet and averaging about 3 feet. returned by a majority of 200, votes over Mr. SARA BERNHARDT, in Melbourne, spoka in the with his hat which is just returning from it. of sixty square miles, with a depth varying for the Wisbech division of Cambridgeshire was is engendered carrying off its victims

of way, and Sara said Mrs. Potter could excel In as he dared not attempt! Perhaps so, though we don't believe it.

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The Bokhara rock bugy which broke adilft recovered through the energetic action of the during the recent typhoon, and which was Acting Harbour Master, Commander Hastings, RN is again in position to the great conveni- ence and relief of the shipping laterests of the port,

1.50 the morning and pride of life by their callous Indifference, culpable negligence or incapacity, in allowing the wholesale and continuous disturbance of the soll of $4.50 this colony in its most central and populous 5.00 districts, during the very portion of the 1100 year when its malurious effects have been shown by experience to be most lajurious, Allowing that the drainage question was an important one, surely this does not ap-stair stables, situated at Wanchal, and erected THE "Wik-dell buildings, including the palatial justify the jeapardizing of the public only about 18 months ago are found to be so 1.as health by continuously impregnating the table that it has been determined to pull atmosphere with the malarial and poisonous ofwhich are now being prepared by the architects, them down and to erect new premises, designs exhalations which it has been conclusively Messrs. Palmer and Turner. shown is the case when the soll is diaturbed 1.00 during the hot season. Another district, less populous and less confined might have been so treated during the mid-summer season and the public would have gladly walted. We therefore fail to see in this

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Tax Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play the following programme at the Barrack Square, this evening, commencing at 7.30 o'clock (—–

March..........." Jupiter.".

LADORS...

AasLittle Sailers Folio....Driak puppy Driak....D: Albert. Quadril.....: Roundabout *menena Willamaa,

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AND now the missionaries seek Reposa beside the sea

a surprised manner, as if he didn't expect to see it proachfully at the inside of it as if he thought he there. Next he upends the hat and glares re-

might find some kittens in it, and there being no kittens he plants it firmly on his head again, returns to the perpendicular, and goes away, By this time the lovely woman has got round the corner into the next street.

Duncan the Conservative candidate, the voting being as follows:-Brand 3goo, Duncan 3,700, The visit of Mr. Varson's cricket team to India has been abandoned.

July asth

In the House of Lords yesterday Lord North- brook complained that the compulsory retire- ment of Colonel Jackson of the gth. Bengal Cavalry was due to personal spite. The Secretary of State for India, replying, said that three British officers of the highest capacity had carefully considered the case in question, and

has had found that the action taken was justified.

Mr. W. H, Smith, first Lord of the Treasury,

The revolt of the Assyn In Yemen has assumed a most serious aspect, and the Turkish troops are powerless to quell the insurrection. July 26th,

met with serious accident in Switzerland; Mr. H. M. Stanley, the African explorer, kas whilst walking on the Muerren he stumbled and fell some distance, breaking his thigh-bone.

ground at Indian Welle, sixty-two miles south of second and larger ses of 190 acuare miles. The Salton and acting in the same manner formed a

two bodies of water are growing each day and threaten to unite, which will make a lake cover- ing 2,000 square miles. Indian runners were employed to go round the rising waters, and as they failed to find any sarface Inlet, a boat was provisioned for a week, and started. to explore THE Free Press learns from a reliable source and try to discover the connection with the that there are troubles in Sintang, Dutch West Colorado River, whence the water was believed Borneo, between the Dyaks and the Malays. to come, whether above ground or by a subter thousand Dyaks are in arms against the Malay had occurred northwest of Indian Wells and that been in ill-health for some time past; so Kapocas River to the south of Pontianak. Three miners reported that a violent local earthquake Sintang is an Inland district, 30 hours up the rapean communication. Subsequently some

Rajab, the difficulty being the payment of the auff or tax. Fighting has already taken place, which the water was flowing from the ocean. Parilamentary duties. Although it is stated a crevasse had formed through the Sierran along | much so that he has been unable to attend to

trouble beginning on the 31st ult. several having been killed on both sides, the The so-called Colorado Desert, lying to the cast that Mr. Smith's illness is not by any means The of the new lake, resembles the bed of a dead sea, serious, there is a growing belief amongst the River from lack of water being almost impass-marine deposits abound, and show that at some country is almost starving from lack of rice, It has an area of 3,000 miles, and lies from 5 to members of the House of Commons that he will rice being quoted at $8 a pikul, the Kapocas 350 feet below the ocean level. Shells and other never return to the leadership of the House, able. The drought has affected the whole of long past period, it was part of the gulf of at Jedish and Aleppo to

Telegrams received state that cholera is raglog West Borneo, and it is conjectured that the California and extended Northward almost as Dyaks are so distressed by it that they are far as the latitude of San Francisco, Volcanic pnable to pay their taxes. Prompt measures and seismic convulsions raised the land beneath have been taken by the authorities to quell the the water for above the surface and converted the disturbance. Alsiasi autosesWinterbottom.

The Dambis left Fontianak on Northern half of the Gulf into a closed inland sex. Friday for Slatang with stores of provisions and The intense heat slowly evaporated the water 75 soldiers. Two faunches with a fleet of lighters and finally left a vast bed of rock salt. This in laden with stores, and the Singkawang, took a the course of time became covered with dust and further number of soldiers up-river. Trado had

and blown from the mountains and 'mud and almost ceased with the lowness of water in the earth brought down by infrequent spring freskets with CAIRO, July 26th, river, and these farther troubles will bring The salt deposits have been utilized by com-

The number of deaths at Mecca from cholera matters to a still lower ebb.

merce and have been worked with considerable: has reached four hundred daily. Pengggde 2 NUR FREE ST, FRTERIDURD, July 26th, profit by several corporations. The district in famous for its heat and absence of all animal The Czar, accompanied by his family, paid a by the old Spanish freebooters and appropriately yesterday, and met with a grand reception. and vegetable life. Some parts were explored visit to the French squadren at Cronstadt named, "the Plain of Death" "the Valley of Alter Inspecting some of the vessels, His Despair" and "The Dead Fields" Engineers Majesty entertained the officers to lunch on have often planned to make this area fertlie by beard his yacht, and toasted the health of Nils which would add two million access to a will, later on, proesed on a visit to England. Imigation, after the manner of the Valley of the President Carnot. It is stated that the squadron Stato, but their efforts so far have been. In vain, except in the extreme northern part, The accident to Mr. Stanley proves of less

LONDON, July 27th, where there are number of fertile farms. The which at places runs a few feet below ankle having been fractured, not his thigh-bone, distict len near the Southern Pacific railroad, serious nature than was at first reported, bla the ocean level. It the sen increases much The death leannounced of Sir Charles Forster Carlous to relate, the Ute Indians have a more, the tracks will have to be removed. M.P. for Walsall, tradition that the desert was once a sea which

PARIS, July 27th. The rallway collision at Salut Mande yester Newbury, the eminent geologist surveyed the of a most appalling nature. Forty-nine persons abounded with fauna and flora. Professor J. V. day evening between two excursion trains was district 35 years ago and recommended its were killed out right, whilst over a hundred were convenion into a lake by means of the Colorado injured, some, it is feared, fatally. Three of the occas. He stated that the change would benefit unfortunato passengers were burned to death River or by a direct communication with the smashed-up carriages igalted and many of the the surrounding territory and greatly increase The Stationmaster was so affected by the the annual rainfall. Thus far no lives have calamity that he lost his reason. Most swiel, been lost, although more than $500,000 damage ones occurred as soon as the boys of the | has been done to property.

disaster because known to parents and friendo of

Or patronize the Hongkong Peak With swells of high degree. Amid their undefended focks Old Satan Ande delight And with the pious orthodox Plays sheol every night

A CHINAMAN named Tong Kun up before Mr. Wire to-day charged with having stolen draft for $604 odd, from a man named Ching Kong and with having had the same cashed. prisoner's capture before he had time to escape Inspectors Quincey and Green effected the sad on searching him $575 were found in die possession. He was remanded unill Tuesday

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6.75 over, if our sanitary professors will take "the kick out of their gallop," and instead 1.00 of atickling on absurd, stupid and altogether imaginary precedents, and use their sense of intelligence, supple mented by their sense of smell, and visit some of the steamers arriving here every day from the North and the South, they will witness sufficient evidence that sentiment 5.10 exists amongst the Chinese in regard to coffined or potted ancestry which knocks 100 their theories into the bottomless pit.

Exhumation is permitted for example in News has reached Singapore of the death of two England under permission of the Home well-known prospectors in Ferak. The last trip 040 Secretary and after certain formalities have W. Mactarish to Teluk Anson, whence they of the Ooryla took up Mr. J. M. Nelson and Mr. 50been observed without difficulty, and is of were to start prospecting in some valley not far away. As far as the Fras Press has been abla dally occurrence. Why it has beenrefused to learn the two men had got about 25 miles into Loo here under the present administration the jungle, when Mr. Nelson was attacked by is one of those enigmes we leave for Lord what is stated to have been cholers and DUNDEZARY'S COessor to elucidate. It actaviah was taken ill and also died. Their succumbed to the attack. Four hours later Mr. says little also, for Mr. Huan McCallum's ""boy" made his way back to Teluk Anson, and Dri alarmi's Akpoma perspicacity in the advanced discoveries (it said) coffins were sent out and the bodies

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QUONG Tart, Sydney's representative Chinese, among many others, the late Sir John Robertson gave a christening-party, and to it were bidden, and his young friend, Tom Slattery, a well known lawyer and a M, LA. When the clergyman began the service, the greyhaired old Jack bones, and, bending his head, remained in that reverentially went right down on his marrow. uncomfortable attituds until he felt thoroughly Locking up, he observed that Thomas, in an endeavour to make the best of both was on one knee and was resting his elbow on worlds, was "only half kneeling down", ha his bent leg while the clergyman got through up his big walking stati, which was lying near, his interminable task. Jack hereupon picked and brought it down smartly on Mr. Tom Slattery's skull. rubbed his head, and said nothing, but when the The latter winced severely, service was finished he complained and saids Sir John, you hurt me very much indeed." snorted old Jack you came bare to a religious Well, I meant to, you intfernal rascal, ceremony, and if you haven't the blankity-Blanke good grace to sanguinary well go down on your adjective marrow bones you deserve to have your eurmins hand property štore in,”