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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY,

Miss Gay (the evening before her wedding)--| Suppose the clergyman should want to kiss me after the ceremony, dear, what shall I do? Miss Vinnie Garr (her dear friend)-He won't want the AN, ear-ring snatcher was to-day sentenced by Mr. Wise to six months' imprisonment with hard labour, and in addition ra strokes of the rattan -uson entering the "refrest," and 1z'upon leaving

A GUNNER named Sweener, in the R. A., who' only came in from Ly-ee-moon two days ago soffering from fever, died in the Military hospital #13 .m. this morning, and was burled this after noon with the usual military bocOTE.

THREE foreign engineers and instructors have strived in the North, with the necessary plant, | etc., for Viceroy Chang Chih-tang's cotton mills it is expected that the new industry will shortly be in full working order.

RENE (hu a whisper)-Seethat handsome young man'seman the aisle, Laura? I can bring him to my feet any day I want to. Lauri-Indeed, dear! He doesn't look the least bit in the world like a chiropodisti

THE Americans, says the New York Maritime Register, are a maritime people, and this will be as fully demonstrated within the next twenty. five years as it was thirty-five years ago, when this country practically led the world in shipping.

SCENES IN. LOCAL HIGH LIFE. Mrs. Hightown Do you not consider Mrs. Broadbrim rather excessive in her decolleté ?

Mrs. Blunt I am not sure about it; but I do know she shows too much of her person in the drawing-room, the immodest thing! Two unlicensed junk-masters weveup before The Harbour Master to-day at the instance of Inspector Berlin, charged with having furnished false particulars at the Harbour Office os the Bh and 9th inst. The 1st defendant was fined $25, and the and $35.

Chollie-Pon my word! Lost $io at whist to young Snerrer last night; but gave him an I. 0. U. for it.

Mollie-How generous you are, Charles! Chollie.-Ya-25, Have given hundreds you

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At the Instance of Inspector Butile, a Chinamun realding at Shan-ki-wan! was charged with keeping dangerous goods on his premises with nut the necessary fleecce. The commodity in question was 7 lbsal dynamite. The defendant was fined $75.

LIARS BOTH.

Sask. I've bad head this morning. Tennoe.--I've a worse one, Sak-Mine was lobster last night. --Tanque-Mine was crab.

Bath (in a speem of mutual admiration).-

Shake! What will you have ?

the following programme at the Officers' Mess this evening, commencing at 8 p.m.

• WElam Tel” Overturen Ami*********** Pantasia... Talk wines af-Takip Arla..........." The Wildschlery "............Instag Selection..........” Patience".................. Sulliva

oil, „Glauser:

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for the Season has arrived and we are now pre-Tite Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play pred to book orders for prompt or forward execution: Complete Catalogues with concise directions for sowing can be obtained on appli- eatfran, or will be posted to any addrets. In these Catalogues the Seeda ste Marginally Numbered in English and Chinese, and when ordering it is quite sufficient to only state the numbers of the kinds, required.

WHY SHE LOST HER APPETITE.

Mrs. Lolias.--(At a friends' inble).—This is nice curry; hat your cook ought to try the Indian plant and die that hot powder they make from red ants.

Small boy. Pedante? That's nothing. Or cook puts cockroaches In ours. Don't he, Ma In 1791 London was apomaching a popelation Order from one person, of from $5 to $10 of 1.000.00 souls. According to the census just

laken it now embraces 6,656 con penale in allowed 15 °/。 discount

limits,

The rate of increase is 'smaller now than was some decades ago, but it is stili rufficiently large to winant the prediction that In 1951 the number of Londoners will be something over fourteen millions,

Orders from one person, over $10 allowed an

extra 5°/ discount.

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Our Shanghai morning contemporary of the 12th. Inst, Order have been sent the penint Brilish naval officer st to Henkow to charter a merchant steamer and and up in her to Ichang an armed force of hloe Jackets under a lieutenant, and they would leave last night or this morning. Meanwhile, the Inconstant being at Hankow, the Aspic has

returned to Kiakiang,"

The Band of the A. & S. Highlanders will play the following programme in the Public Gardens, on Thursday, from 8.30 to 10 p.m.:- + 4.00.

Overnare......WONAm Tell".........Resial.

A Summer night in Munich "...... Fellier.

Luts Selection... Raw Bl Guvetta..." The Arst Kiss

„Schubert. Fantasia. The Vallage Festival

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Robbywhat does your father do for a living ?" "He's a ph lanthropist sir.” “ A what?” “A philanthropist. He collects money for the | Chinese missionaries and lives upon it, sir.”

A commitee collecting contributions for foreign missions called on the above lately and; in, they found the renowned philanthropist dorp In poker.

ANOTHER DÓNY “södger” has answered the last #call,” Private Rankin, of the grat, who was only taken 111 on Sunday night died in the Military Hospital yesterday morning and was buried In Happy Valley with military honors this 15 afternoon. The medical authoriten were at first In doubt as to Rankin's actual compisint, but fər safety inke had him isolated from the rest of the patients in the hospital.

At Shanghal on the 11th September, 1897, L. H. H. COLDING, a amire af Denmark, aged 38

FORTS.

The Honghong Lelegraph.

HONGKONG TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1891,

TELEGRAMS.

JEWISH EMIGRATION,

LONDON. September rath. Baron Hirsch has floated his Company to encourage the emigration of oppressed poot Jewold Amerier.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

IT is stated that, owing to the state of affairs at Narking, the missionaries are leaving that city, Each steamer taking away two, MRSLAMD. hearthat my poor husband's last- Mr. Chally-Offer a reward, Ma'am, Mes Lamb. I was going to say, lost his temper, Mr. Chally (ondisturbed) Givesim the reward then

H.M.S. Swiff, which was ordered to proceed to Ichang in conseq-fit of the riots, had to return to Hankow afer vunding en Banday Island, The river was shallow to allow the cruiser to

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A VERY serious stabbing affray took place yesterday afternoon, between 1 and a p.m., when

Portuguese boy aged 12 stabbed a child of five with a bamboo cutter, in the back. The weapon was about eight inches long and a most serious wound was inflicted. Au the child grew weak from the loss of blood a friend of its mother took it to Dr. Cantlle, who attended to the wound and had the child removed to his hospital on the Peak. We hear there is but little hope of the recovery of the Infared child. We'regret to learn from an esteemed corres- pondent in Amoy that Mrs. McGregor, the wile of the Rev. Dr. McGregor of the Church of England Mission, died of cholers at that port on the 11th inst, and was buried the same day. The decented lady died within six hours of being seized with the dread disease. Cholera is reported as being of epidemic form just now in Amor, and the Chinese are rapidly dying by the hundred. Coffins are coming In large numbers from the interior, as the local supply is not early up to the demand. The local Consular body were to have convened a meeting to consider the situation on the 12th, and to decide what course they had better adopt. Further particolars will be awaited here with interest. THE Cheloo correspondent of the Shanghai Mercury writes under date the 7th September:

You will be grieved to hear that there is a very uneasy feeling in Chinan-fo, the capital of Shantung. When Chang Yao, the Governor, was on the point of dying, foreign aid was called in, but the two doctors who saw him knew that he was past human ald and gave him wa medicine whatawar. Next day after the death, the city was placarded, and horrible statements made to the effect that the foreign doctors had given polian to the dead raler, The uneasy feeling has been growing, and now the students, gathering in thousands lato the Fa clly for the Triennial examination, will be adding fuel to the flame."

THE "RIVERSDALE" BEACHED AT WANCHAL

The steamer Riversdale, Captain J. Mooney, whilst on a voyage from Nagasaki, to this port with a cargo of coal, struck on what is described

as an unknown rock in the vicinity of the south

end of the Nine Pins at about 10.15 am, this morning. Doubtless the vessel struck on the well-known "Mongol" rock. She immediately commenced to fill and although the doors of the watertight compartments were shut, the water gained with such speed that preparations The were made for beachlag the steamet. Captain, however, succeeded with great difficulty in bringing his ship into port, and she was unfely heached just opposite the Blue Buildings, at Wanchal. The cargo la being rapidly discharged and two of the Dock Company's steam pumps are in attendance. The extent of the Riversdale's damage is so far unknown.

CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this column,į

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THE MISSIONARY QUESTION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE "Kanakano Talkchain." SIR-It has grieved. 'me' much to see your valuable space appropriated by such fellows as "C. D." and certain others who have replied to him. His letter was most cruel in Its sweeping desunciations, and Vore unjust, I am not a missionary, although I try to do at times what direct mission work I can, for I believe in the power of the gospel to benefit mankind socially, and in every other way. It has been my happy privilege to know many European merchants, officials and others, who are truly honourable and in every respect «Christian gentlemen"; these regret the errors and Caulis of others of their respective classes and probably do much by quiet example, and by a timely word to remedy matters.

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In our port there are bat fow Europeans keeps a native woman, and he is one entstile of are known to drink to excess, and only one who

all Sociely.

Amongst the missionaries I suppose there always will be black sheep; but they are certainly few and far between, and where they have crept none regret the fact more than the great majority who are honest, hard-working men and

women.

Suppore, in a fock of a hundred sheep all were white (I dont say completely clean or they would not be bumas) except ene; this one attracts the attention of one's eye at once, and often more than the rest. It will be found ton, I think; that a missionary who is not honest and true to his profession, will by some means or other, if in his power, remain in the comparative ease and secarily of a Treaty Port, whilst the more realous penetrate inland. (I do not mean to say but that there are mary missionaries of sterling characters in the Treaty Ports). It is these black-sheep who bring down ridicule and slander on the whole body.

Now, the question is, Sir are not the Home Committees and Boards largely to bluma, In the first place, for not being more careful even then they are in the selection of candidates for | the misilon field; and in the second, to make it cauler for the worthless members to be sent bome? Why should a whole body of hard-working people be condemned for the sake of the few scamps who have creptio as wolves in 'sheep's clothing?

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produce nothing but weeds of scandal, the Coard of Missins will florish and then there will be awarded "Honautis whom Hootte is due.”

“A RESIDENT!".

Newchwang, 4th Sentember, 1991-

NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL,

The O. & O. Co's steam hip Ocervic, Capt. W. M. Smith, with the American mils of Aug, 22nd, arrived in harbour this alte noon, We extract the following telegram from our San Francisco exchanges: -

LONDON, August 13th. The report that William Fullerton, graduste of Harvard, had replaced. Blow?r is head of the Paris bureau of the London Timer is prononced by the manager of that fun abrolu ely with out foundation. Fullerton has been made one

of the assistants to Binwitz, who still retains the portion in which he has acquired furnalistic

renown.

ST. PETERSBURG, Aurust 11

In the Cumberland district have been suspended for some time past, and the inability of the workmen to procure employment has caused them acate distress. Fally 6,000 men have been thrown out of work by the stoupage oftheworks and a large number of them have earned nothing for a year.

Dybrowsky, the explores, has telegraphed from The Amitaville, West Africa, that the failure of Crampt's mission is certain., Crampel is in command of an expedition went out by the French Government, to Lake Tehad. In June members of his expedition were killed, roasted last arport was received that Crampal and the

and eaten by the natives of Matonga. This report, however, was subsequently denied from

De Brazzaville.

Str Edwin Arnold is golog to America on an extended lecturing tour,

Enginaring, the leading journal of the kind in England, lays this werk that it has good authority for saying that Sir John Burns and his co-director of the CunardCompany have made a contract with the Fairfield Company for a steamer which will win back to their Une the ribbon of The Novosti, in an article published

the Atlantic, so lately captured by the Majestic, en European politics, tak:s occasion to review

The new vessel will be 600 feet in length, so that the course followed by the Salishore G wernment.

she will be still longer than the White Star It says if it in the policy of Great Britain to cón- sinus her prevent attitude towards France and vessels. Her tonnage will be over 13,000 jous. Russia the peace of Europe will be guaranteed adapting twin screws for propulsion. The speed The Cunard Company has gone with the times In for a long time to come.

‚of the new vessel is' to be twenty-two knows and TOULON, August 13th. The forest fires have been extinguished. The prospect of the voyage being reduced to five and twenty-one knots, at sea, so that there is every damage has not been estimate, hat will be great.-one-half days within a few years. The building

PARIS, August 13th,

This Grand Duke Alexis has lek, This city for

Vichy. Asthe carriage of the Grand Dakpassed along the streets the crowds cheered, him enthusiastically, and as he smilingly bowed in response to the hearty greeting tendered him the Crowd broke into cries of "Vive la Russle et la France" and "Vive la Czar." When the Grand Duke reached the ralliy station there, wis a repetition of the scenes of enthusiasm witnessed on the streets.

Grand Duke Alexis arrived ní Vichy this after- noon. The Rumisa "onsul, in a speech, vald ; "The action of holating the Russian fig 10 mike the Grand Duke's residence an integral part of Rassin is unnecessary, because Fra ce in Russia and Russia la France." The Duke was angry at the fuss made over him. He asket Ribol to stop the demonstrations at Vichy, Ribot was unible to do so, bat had a telegram posied asking the people to strictly respect the Grand Doke's incognito. Therefore, after the formal reception on this anival, no banquets or entes- talaments were tendered him.

BERLIN, August 13th. Dr. Leuthold bas officially declared ibat be corsiders it incompatible with the oath of responsibility vested in him to conceal the true physical condition of Emperor William. He says further that he could not refrain from publishing bulletins to this effect nor could be alt ranking reports which showed that the

faculties,

of the vessel is to be proceeded with at once. and she is to have several preliminary runs before the Chleago exhibition traffic begins.

People who "cross the Atlantic will be interested to learn that Liverpool Intends spending (6,000 more fa attempting to do away have already spent £10,000, buying two powerful with that nuisance, the Liverpool bar. They dredgers and carrying away 420,000 tons of

sand.

A correspondent of the Times at Constantinople says: "The Porte requests me to declare that Dalziel's telegram published in the Times August 7th, reporting the signing of a protocol recng nizing Prince Ferdinand, in utterly without

foundallon.

PARIS, August 15thk King Alexander, the boy sovereigs of Servia, and his father, ex-King Milan, arrived here to-day. A crowd of 3,000 persons gathered at the railway station to greet him. An aff sent by President Carot welcomed film to Paris.

BERNE, August 15th... The International Geographical Congress is closed. London was decided upon as the place for holding the next meeting.

WINNIPTO (Manitoba), August 15th., A divorce suit, which, from the prominence of the principals, is apt to be one of the most noted ever tried by the Canadian Senale, has been begun by J. A. M. Aikens, Queen's counsel, of Emperor is in fall possession of is normal-this-city, for a divorce from his wife, on the ground of adultery, desertion and bigamy. The plaintiff is bead of a leading law firm at Winnipeg and a prominent and wealthy citizen. He is the was appointed medical attendent to the Emperaron of Hon. J. C. Aikens, ex-member of the upon his consenting to withheld from the pubic of Manitoba. Seven years ago he was married to Dominion Cabinet and ex-Lieutenant-Governor all Information corcerning the Emperor's real,

the only daughter of Hon. A. W. McLean, mental condition and health

Minister of Finance for Canada, and recently L'eutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, and one of the wealthiest men in the maritime provinces.

Dr. Leuthold further states that after his declaration had been made, Professor Esmerch

Independent papers here have published a statement concerning Prince Henry's visit to England, which says the visit has for its objet the constitution of a regency, in anti-prtion of any accident happening to the Emperor. It is authoritatively sisted that this regency is to consist of a council for the government of the empire, Prince Henry, the King of Saxony the Grand Doke of Baden and Chancellor yan Caprivl. The council for the kingdom of Prussin is to consist of the present Empress, Prince Henry, Duke Ernest Gunth r of Schleswi Holstein, Chanceller von Caprivi and Cotat Wedell Tiesdorf

In order that the necessary steps shall be taken to Insure the appointment of this regency, the journey of Prince Henry.t England is mulė with a view of holding family council in which the Queen and Empress shall find be consulted, and then, the matter will be placed before the other members of the family.

LONTON, August 14b. The continued wet and old weather, hai

seriously set back the development of the sugar beets. Even with exceptionally fine weather in September it is doubtful whether the increased average in Europe will yield an increased pro.

VIENNA, August 15th. Morpurgo & Co., at Trieste, who filed a few days ago, owe the Rothschilds $875.00. The latter sent Herr Blum tolequire into the position of the firm's affairs and have declined to advance further Ioans unless the firm's buslocas is liquidated, and Blum appointed liquidator.

› SIR JAMES STEPHEN ON THE

LAW OF GAMBLING,

In an interesting and varied number of the Nineteenth Century, the article of most imme- Iste moment is that by Sir James Stephen upon *Gambling and the Law,' in which he proposes that betting and gambling should be made Blegal

IS GAMBLING WRONG? The question, Is gimbing wrong, and why ? is (Sir James says) continually asked by people who tacitly assume that every action or omissinn whatever is found in one of two schedules respectively headed right and wrong, and

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Is a mere abuse that such â person should exlat at all and a fergment of legislation which enable him to carry on his business, and for which ro excuse te proposed except that it dore so enable him, is in itself absurd. It is imposdhle to prove moré aléarty - that It exists. In defiance of the general body of the law. Lord Justice Bowen ans mes in Read v. Anderson that a betting agent la entitled to be regarded as is a legitraste spent in any other branch of trade it is, in fact, ne more than a petitio principil. If the state had been supposed to leave a loophole open for bets made through agents, the loophole would certainly ́havebeen "closed. When the large door wil closed for the cuts, a small one would not bars been left open for the kittens if it had been noticed. The fact is that the sort of betting which "Is most comman and most mirchievons fr usually done through agents. Amatiera s'and, beting agent has the advantage of enabling

any one to bet to any one who Bess in A moderately large, town." In these days ovary shop-boy can obtain the odds and consult every petty little tout about them, and the betting. agent can bet for him at a very small price.

THE BACCARAT CĂNE. There is one point of view in the recent bas carat care which has possibly appealed forcibly claim to reason upon the part of those who make to the people at large, though with no great

the appeal. Te is pecasional'y said that the law, as form of andere lealty to the rich Incomparison with it stands, exhibiti mactical partiality in the odious the poor. How can it he just, it is said, that the Prince of Wales and other people of the highest rank should go to Mr. Wilson's house and play baccarat with Immunity whilst the newspapers are contingally filled with accounts of raida úpon | gambling homes which do not do a tenth pat of the barm chat fi done hy Mr. Wilson's house? difference in the world between keeping a houts The answer, of comme, is plain. There is all the in which every one may gamble and private gambling which no one can share in without, specist invitation. It would be monstrous luvasion of privacy if the police were able to get a warrant to enter a private house on the ground that there was reason to believe that cards would be played there and to arrest every one who wa suspected of playing. True as thin answer is, it is very unwise to rest the defence of private babits upon a ground which involves in admission that they would be criminal if practised in public. [Sir James Stephen bad to retire from the Bench a few months ago by the forcs of public opinion-it was said that he had lost grip and wis a most dangerous wiement in the administration of public justice. In face of the above article we think there cannot be the least doubt, that public opinion was "right. Greater got was never written by lawyer or layman.-Fr. Hongkong Tiligraph.]

· THE ICHANG RIOT.

(FROM AN EYE WITNESS AND SUFFERER.)

· For reveral months à riot at Ichang bas been feared by those having access to reliable sources of Information, yet at o 40 p.m. Wednesday, and clear sky, taking the most wary by surprise, and September, I came like a thunderbolt from the programme was carried out with a though- ness and dispatch which are sitgether unprece dented. There was no indication of danger ustil the signal of attack was given, and in zɔ minutes all was ver. Nothing was left to chance; every- thing was carefully planned and in no sense can the Icharg riot be attributed to popular excite ment or to the mah act of any European. The pretext for collecting a crowd was cunningly deviant. On Tursday, 1st September, a child was brought to the Roman Catholic Convent, and the ordinary papers were duly signed making it ever to the Sisters. The child was represented to be a girl (nly girls were received at the Convent), and when it was discovered to be i bor, the circumstance caused some uneasiness. On Wednesday morning parties appeared at the Convent declaring their child had been stolen, and saying it was within. In due course the child was, produced and delivered to the claimants, Meanwhile a croad had collected, but nothing Berlotis was suspected, although, as was proper under the circumstances, information was sent to the Magistrate. But the ringleaders had lo gone clamouring to the same, collecting the dreg of the city as they went along. Insteart of thuiting the yamin doors and keeping rll parties concerned under restraint until the case was investigated, the Magistrate, with his that the question in all cases, is in which of these the given act is specified.. Of course no suck runners and body guard proceeded to the schedule ever was attempted to be made, but the Convent, taking the crowd from the cy conception of it karints the people's mind. A along with him. The military commandant striking form of the kind of morality which it of the rank of Chentai, was also on the scene with a large number of soldiers, and implies is to be found in the complaint that a

some show was made of protecting the Convent man night keep, hath in letter and in plait All at once a yeah was made for the house every one of the Ten Commandments and yet, be devoted to gambling and pass his time in the in the adj ining compound belonging to the wanten fadulgence of cruelty to animals, It might American Episcopal Mission. The gate was be said to the same spirit that only one form of smashed les two trumpets were blown, and a falsehood is forbidden by a code which forbids man beating bit breast shouted out: "Come on inlse witness against your neighbour, hat permits brothers, slay the foreigners; I am willing to die false witness in bis favour, and that the great for you.The riot had commenced; yet up to duty of obeying lawful authority is, at mest the last moment so paltry did the whole ting obscurely intimated by an injonction to honour appear and so lile sign was there of anything one's father and mother, enk

siring going to happen, that the coolies whom the Roy, Mr. Sowerby had carrying earth in the A QUESTION OF DIGAZË. The principle appears to me to be perfectly compound never left off their work or went to simple, and not very difficult to apply. It see what was doing next door. that gambling, like any other thing, is a question al degree. A bet for one man is unabjectionable if it is a matter of shillings, for another man it may be of no harm if it is a matter of pounds; but questions of degree of this sort must by the very mature of things be decided by the people whom us for his life and none too soon, for the mob they actually affect a men must decide for him was of the most desperate chameter and bent on self how much he can afford to lose, and if he is murder from the very first. By jumping a fence Hypolyto Gonzales, Fermin Perex andise he will not exceed his limit; but though this and running for lifa Mr. Sowaiby was just ablo. Bonifacio Valder, convicted of kidnapping, wan

may be a guide to the amount of his bet, it can to reach the Consiste in an exhausted condition, executed here yesterday.

hardly determine is legal quality, is money with a praised ankle, and exposed batless to TORONTO (OM), August 14th.

the midday sun. From the Consulate, Mr. Hanian and O'Connor have deficitely promised test by gambling to be a real debt recoverable Sowerby was able to get on board the Pathwa to row at Now Westminster, B. C., September by law, or is it to be merely a debt of honour with no further adventure.

After various hesitations it has been decided skat Moscow, August 14th,

duction. The present lésts are on a level with those of 1888, when the final yield was 20 per cent, below the yield of 1995.

Captain Waite or the British strame Barraw more, from Baltimore, reports that an August toth he spoke the American dory Mermaid in laliude 47 north, longitude 35 west. Capain Andrews, of the dary stated this he was well and

his boat to good condition. The dory Sea Ser- pant, with which the Mermaid started on a race Across the Atlaalle, arrived at Covera, k, August 5th.

A meeting of the creditors of Grippes & Sons, corn factors and wharângers of this chy, who failed July 18th, was held, at which a sintement was made showing the firm's gross liabilities to be over £1,000,000.

ST. PETERSBURO, August 14th, A ukass has been issued directing railroad

officials throughout the country to give pre-

cedence over all other tralas, passengers or freight, to trains conveying gralo supplier to the distressed provinces,

Rost, August 14th, Professor Ferronelto of the Turin University has discovered a liquid which instantly kills the phylloxers without injuring the vino.

HAVANA, August 141h.

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The police here have received secret orders which will have the effect of capelling every Jew from the district within two months.

LONDON, August 14th. · Baron Hirsch a negotiating with the Turkish Government to rent land along the railway in Asla for a Jewish colony.

In a certain place the missionaries and others are ne fectly aware that one of their number is not what he should be. They may, as friends, speak to him, but the probability in that he will | Some people, says the N. C. Dally News of the resent B. He airs the injury thus received 11th inst., having spread a rumour et Hankow to his tender suscipiibilities to certain sympa. that the Sisters at the Convent had destroyed thisers, who encourage bim by dattery and in same children for the sake of their eyes, etc., an vilifying the friends who reproved him. Thus official from Wachang was invited to visit the he goes on, writes home glaring accounts, and 23rd. Convent. He was accompanied by the British does but little practical work. Some one Consul and apparently a British naval officer.writes to the Home Committee, and is told that These on board one of the steamers which unless he can produce evidence that the ladivi arrived in Shanghal on the roth, say they saw dual is thoroughly unft for his sacred office, he a host's crew and a Gailing gun landed from himself had better be careful, etc., etc. Is it 11.M.S. Archer and paraded through the stroels, not a delicate matter for men who are equals ta their calling to condemn ons of their own WHAT his come over our bright sad witty little number? And I may say that few can be contemporary the Bar of Curios! We and this found to do it, while at the same time they Baron Hirsch bar signed a document gennine American production are in strict accord, lament the state into which matters may be fast empowering Dr. Lowenthal and other gentlemen to purchase lands in the Argentine Republic to but the last three Japanese malls have brought falling.

There are men who are black sheep and give the value of 10,000,000 pesos. a nought but dir ppolotment--for no Bow its

PARIS, August 14th, Is the fault in your bureau, Brother rise to no end of scandal, but whom it is Thome, or are there thieves in the postal depart-Impossible for their fellows to get cleared The debate in the Chamber to-day was a ment? If the latter is the case, please post two on a man must be convicted by clear stormy one. The members of that body openly charged the Cabinet Ministers with corruption copies regularly; and the chances are that we evidence of some breach of the moral law may get one at least of your treasure troves. before any Home Committee will interfere, | and Incapacity, which caused one of the noisiest

While this is fair in one way and

scenes in the Chamber that 'any' one caO And don't you forget it t

prevents man belug recalled and therefore disgraced remember. CHAM LINO, a steward, was charged before Me.without strong ground, it at the same time leaves Wise to-day, with having fmpersonated a police. too much liberty to individuals to go on in their was last night and with having seged a Pot se own sweet ways uncontrolled. The majority of box and $4 in cash from a gambling house, The missionaries would never abase the confidence defendant claimed that he had gambled on the placed in thems but there are a few who do and premises and that he had been robbed out of for this the Home Boards or Commifice are 36, and in consequence of this he had returned greatly to blame. in the guise of a guardian of the peace and had warmed those concered in the adalt up a bit. A fine of $10 or one month's imprisonment was ir fi cred, and immediately upon the completion of the case, the prosecutor and two witnesses were charged by Inspector Brenner with gam-, bling, and were ined B; nach, which amount was promptly paid

come.

In came the rioters with arush; one of the foremost wen santching a spade from a coolle and aiming a murderous blow at Mr. Sowerby who managed to disarm ble assailant and evada another. The coolles shouted at him to

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it is to be a debt of honour only set fire to the American Mission house was the work of an instant, and as soon as the signal SHOULD IT BE MADE IZLHJALTAL

destruction was given yamên runners and Sir James arrives at this conclusions-Pazla mandarins give a single order to protect life or Having discussed the present state of the law, soldiers fell back, nor did either military or civil

ment will not have done what it pradically can property. It is particularly to be noted that to discourago gambling and bets, until it has against Mr. Sowerby, whose house was the first condemned it in general tenes, which it would to be burned, there was not even the semblance be perfectly easy to do, by reciting that, of a grudge. I'less time than it taices to wilte whereas gambling is a practice opposed to the torch was applied to the Convent, the the public interests, it is hereby declared to sisters, arren in number and of various nation

legal, and all, bets, whether madé | allties (French, German and British) escaping ka agents or between principals, and all beat they could down a lane to the river, excoited contracts ancillary to

shall be vold, gambling

and by Father Braun, a very powerful and if made by an agent the principal may formerly on officer in the German army, revoke his authority to pay the bet si kay time give them their due, &ficials and soldiers whatever. Nobody proposes to give legal effect escorted the sisters. The mandarins seemed to to wagers but fill that is proposed the misking receive some tough ago; the Chéotala hat knocked off, an indignity which the of bets llegat instead of being being

‚merely will "make" no The Ministers were vigorously defended and difference of which, any do practices sutives speak of with bated breath and evidently consider of mere gravity than everything else their oponents a vigorously denounced, but aware, man won ten thousand postade that has occurred. As soon as the steep bank on the Derby his chance" of being" paid of the river was reached, the almers were the formal vote of censure for focapacity and

would be just as good or as bad as it is at thrown headlong over it by the very soldiers corruption was carried, amid stemas of cheers.

Deejen, president of the Chamber of Deputies, present, whether his net, was legal of not! As who had aldid in their protection so far, to beta mada" by agtain, Is It Imaginable that an incident, fortunately noticed on board tha tald tonight: The situation is a difficult one. I do not now know how we shall meet it. No people should be filing that the principali Fokus which anchored opposite, and It is most regretable that your paper, or your one can tell you that, but I fear thero is trouble

should be disappointed of their winningsfagent China Lewis Instantly launched boat pleased to avail themselves of the law of the walch proceeded to the rescue, and found respected Shanghal contemporaries, should be shand that will be difficult to overcome. Many

land, but that a loser should be obliged to pay the sisters and Father Braun exposed to the full "signed "C.D." or "A Chinese."

are maxious about the fature and are making an in order to keep up the credit of the agent trough fury of a shower of missiles, inn sampan without lined by culona contributions as those consultations are being held to-night, and men

"If it la possible, by- say”, meant to induce | effort to restore quiet and avert an outbreaki

whom the bet was made Podvor jeg randizors into which they had scrambled. The ship's LONDON, August 15th,

THE DANGEROUS BETTING ASKMr. boat took the sampan in tow and the whole Missionary Societies to have stricter rules, and,

Owing to the depression is the iron trade the "The txistence of sick a person, as a betting party were soon in safety on board the Pdoku what is more, davies means" for the remoral of the tune whlet varember the ground and ¦ operations of toany of the yduripur Sien Works | agent apponis to be an insuit to the law," 17 | "which had strich up to run down any bostonda