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ground, they growled and then sped away like lightning Into the gloom. The watchers fell to the ground half dead with fright, but soon recovered their senses and decided to watch for the Malays' return. The midnight hour came, and In the dim distance four lights seemed to be advancing, and woon the scourges of the forest were in sight, Salffing the air in a weary but contented manner, their huge bodies shook as they sent forth loud roars. They rolled on their backs and In the twinkling of an eye they were again Malays with sereno suilles overspreading their countenances, The two Chinese partners held a long consultation, sold their store to the first man who made an offer, and betook them -selves to another place.-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1891.

ice region, and used to play long, games by himself, the one hand against the other, and when so doing invented the bulger to give his On the other hand, it is a matter of fact that no fewer than reven Mandarins in the Pel Wang district, of totally different blood fram one another, alike claim descent from him; and as each of them has by merit gained a patent of nobility for his sites in all time deceased and gone, the Inventor has the benefit of at least seven trees over and above what is truly his owa perquiste.

the natives bere towards foreigners more quiet and respectful than usual "A foreigner with three young foreign ladles walked the whole length of the great street from north to south.left hand a chance. about 2 English miles, the other day, and he heard no disrespectful alterances on the part of the people. A few months ago they would not have been so reticent, not that the people here would openly insult you, but even a boy did not open his mouth the other day, and the same gentleman passed along in an open boat (on pur. pose to feel the paire of the people is that district)

Mr. M'Pherson is a biaway, big, and bony the whole length of a very busy suburb, and where he has often met with insult and rude talk man dappled with freckles, and with great before, yet not a word was heard from anyone powers of looking hot. He is longer than is that could be called disrespectful on this occasion.usual for a great golfer, but a good deal of this We are thankful for this state of things, though is, of course, taken up by his legs. He has The Kolso leader, Chen Kin-lang, with three we know not how long it may last. Tea-shop played since the time he was four years and other prisoners, started for Nanking in the gue- and passengerboat talk sometimes becomes fortnight old, and has never been beaten in any game to which he was led to attach the least "boat Tingyinchow. A message was sent by troublesome and even menacing at times, on

Importance.. wire to inform the Viceroy of the terrible Kalao's account of the outrageous rubblah they pat ast departure, so that suitable preparations might about foreigners. But on the whole the good we made to receive him at the landing. If any sense of the many prevall. Even when in the sixth moon it was so threatening at Hangchow bigh functionary had been making a visit to the southern metropolis no greater bastle would have and other places, and some wretches actually been observable among the provincial authorities broke open some coffins not many hundred yards in that capital. The city commandant paraded from a missionary's house, in the night, and and got his troops ready, while the magistrate tried the next day to implicate the foreigners, yet brought to the jetty several strong cages. The the common-sense of the people, who all knew the missioners, could not be imposed on, and steamer at last hove in sight, but night was ap proaching, and night is fraught with danger of through God's mercy nothing came of it, rescue. Early next morning, drame were sounded Sometimes oos is led to think we are too and, as far as the eye could reach, long lines of peaceful," as a good friend recently wrote me soldiers were seen with loaded fire arms drawn L. Hangehow, and yet what beiter Indication up in battle array. The moment Chen stepped could be given of the fatture of the wild and ville ahore a guard of two hundred soldiers reports than a Forsien Hospital, where the surrounded bim and marched him to the Vicevillest of deeds are said to be perpetrated, crowded regal yamen. H.E. Liu swalted him in high with confiding patients?

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Little definite is known in this country about his great rival except that he is a distant relative of the immortal Confucius, and also claims descent from the Inventor of the Bulger. He is on occasion, report says, perhaps the most brilliant player living, but sadly erratic-so much so. Indeed, that the number of his buttons and tails is seldom the same for many weeks at a time and both his own father and bis fourth wife's uncle, Ping Wi, were judicially sliced to death by order of the Viceroy of Nankin on account of his miserable breakdown for the championship of the East at Vladivostock in 1948. His clubs seem not unlike our own; but bis application of the Bulger principle to his steel puiter is understood to have been effective fork which he has designed for extracting balls from bunkers and cast-ruts is sald to answer the purpose wonderfully well,

shepherds, and all the other inhabitants (fearing they were American novelists in disguise) had bidden them cat it short; and, finally, there came a telegram and three letters from Mr. M'Pherson's Aust Jessie to say she had missed the express,, but was coming along by the Parliamentary, and would like lamb catlets and Irish moss for lunch.

Now, while Mr. M'Pherson had been hearing all this news, Che Fung had completed the erection of a tee with his own careful hand and planted all round the teeing ground a number of small yellow flags with four tails, which, avér lace the Taiping rebellion, has, with all golfers, signified dormy and probable victory.

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"Fat the toll's them wee flaggies for—bey, M'Funk?" remarked the rather frightened Chief, The Yakoon of Swat now explained at con. siderable length the historical bearing of these coblems of victory, and Professor Blackle, ne doubt, further soothed him by saying that had Herodotus known of the practice he would in all probability have mentioned it.

And

-Mr. M'Pherson now braced himself up, the flapping of the flags having caused a further obliqully in the vision of Che, Fung, the next two holes were lost to the Chinaman. Amidst intense excitement the last green was reached, and Mr. M'Pherson lay within a foot of the bole by a fine shot from the latest Pick-me-up lofter, while the Celestial had to play the odd from fifty. yards distance. Betting was now five to one on the Gael, and the Patriarch of Saratoga was already clinking h's keys in the packets of his trousers

court. with the Providcial Treasurer, several had to be put off as every that lots have in the extreme, and a species of two pronged accepted 5 to 4 on" Che Fung. "Waltee see,"

Thotals, the Nanking Prefect, the two magis trates and a number of generals, Guards, soldiers, tunners. detectives and exécu. tioners crowded every availabis foot of the Immense yard and building. Probably no such turn-out bad taken place since the intended visit of the Czarevitch. Chéo gave an entirely different version of his confession ar pared with what he gave before the Shanghai court, but acknowledged that he had committed three murders. The Provincial Treasurer then said: "According to the law on murder it is life for life. You have committed three murders, and if you forfelt yours now it cannot be con- aldered unjust even in your own mind." The two magistrates were then ordered to summon the executioners, who dragged Chen Kin-long to the western gate or entrance of the Viceroy's yamin and sent him to the other world by one blow of the knife. The other three prisoners were kept on board and carried to Wahn for trial,

CHINKIANG.

space was

"Him stymie man, Che Fang," reiterated the aged supporter of Oriental golf who at the start

Then followed an extraordinary shot, for the Chinamin, pitching op gracefully with his bamboo cand-shafted iron, laid his bail on the very lip of the hole, inside that of M'Pherson, and yet not within the six inches wtich from time immemorial have allowed a lift.

than men.

NEWS AND GOSSIP.

occupied ! Surely this le a most favourable gauge of the feeling of the country people at

Emeritus Professor Blackie, The Venerable, Cast I don't belleve myself that the hostile feeling of the iterati and gentry is changed in who was, we were glad to see, ai brisk as be the least for the better, but a wholesome yet was a century ago, acted (at the request of the

Tears and lamentions, mingled with prayers, selfish fear keeps them at arm length. The Chinese Ambassader, who bad planted a pet on public peace and their own security are insepar- the event, and with the consent of Mr. M'Pher-thanksgivings, and not a few Chinese curses, were carried across the breezy slopes of Cape comably connected, even though a foreign element son) as umpire; and took the field promptly at

should come between and disturb them, and for 1.15 pm, accompanied by a dhuinewassel Wrath Golf Course, and MPherson, having the time being be the victim of them both, The carrying, besides his pipes, a campstool for bis helped himself to a alp, addressed himself to his mandarins cannot legislate on these things, but Cble! and some bottles. Two villed green ball they can use their authority and influence by keepers, clad in red coats and wearing the official exciting a wholesome fear of the disturbance of cocked hat and white spats, were as usual sent the public peace, and ralee such reasonable ahead to still the surging throng and prevent any expectations of security as shall operate bene-person sneezing on the stroke. The flying ficially both for gentry and people May the machines of the reporters hurtled through the mandarins themselves be filled with a due sense air; telephones were ready for their uncanny of what is right and just and true-Shanghai work at a short distance to the north-west of every hole; and all was hushed expectation Mercury,

when the umpire made some remark to Gaelic that seemed quite familiar to the Chinese gentle men, and he addressed himself to his ball. It atruck us that the shaft of his driver was of bamboo-which, as an old writer says, "serves alike to embellish the garden of the prince and to cover the cottage of the peasant, and, we may add, to correct the inhabitants-and our reporter was informed that the head was held throughout the East, as all know, as of peculiar sanctity, and able to ward off evil spirits and the devils who dwell in brooks and bunkers. The ball was of the Pekin pattern, arst used three

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Russia has been buying Suez Canal bonds ro as to give France a lift on occasion.

The Bank of Parls said to have offered Russlabe a loan of $60,000,000 at 4 per cent.

Michael Davitt may contest every' sent in Ireland where Mr. Parnell is a candidate.

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The Printer's Devil, as one of our humblest but most necessary supernumeraries is styled, is a youth of taost lively fancy and Our port, notwithstanding the bad reputation infinite jest, as any, person who has had the made from the wood of the sacred Botree establishment in Indla is about 220,000 meñ.,

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October 19th, 1891:

The London Timer is condemning in forcible language the recent British naval mascouvres.

Kaiser Wilhelm gives it as his opinion that many suicides in Berlin are caused by bad beer. The Prussian Goverment has ordered that

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There were however an execution and a fire sentitively organised beings would shrink.. It centuries before our era, and made of red gutta royal forest timber be sold cheap to the poor for

accidental,

The rice which promised so well early in the scason is now being harvested, and will not yield half a crop, being badly injured by the damp cloudy weather of the inst two months. The locusts also did much damage in some places.

NANKING.

percba. Mr. Che,, Fung opened with what seemed to an outsider a tremendous drive, but did not himself seem satisfied, for he intimated his intention of waking his wife sit up upon his return (whatever that may mean in China), and ons porten meado diffic wall and prolonged moaning from a closed litter on bis left hand.

Mr. M'Pherson, whose frequent boast it was that "abe cot a gold, trive she titas care a taman for ta hole," opened with a stunner, but it was a long, long way behind John Chinaman'a and the latter with his next landed close to the hole, while Mr. M'Fherson was pottering away Fung! The telephone was at once in operation. down among the bents. First blood to Che Wall Street was the first to reply" Damn the Scotchman! Give him another nip." Pekin, on the oiber band, intimated two new buttons to Che Fury, himself and the ennobling of a distant uncle's ancestors who had settled before our era in Manchuria.

A French journal publishes statistics showing

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To-day's Advertisements.

HONGKONG RIFLE ASSOCIATION.,

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Paris requires every vehicle traversing its streets at night, if only a wheelbarrow, to carry A SPOON COMPETITION will take place oilghted lamp.

on SATURDAY, the zat Instant, begin- Bisley positions Competitors arriving after that drunkenness is increasing to an alarmingning at 245 p.m. Ranges 200, 500 and 600: extent la that country.

3.30 pm. are liable to be disqualified from shooting at the 200 yards range: after 4p.m. from the 500 yards also: and after 4.30 pm. Members are reminded that the Altogether. outer port match will soon be shot off.

The ruins of Bluebeard's castle are said to still remain in a lonely mountain road near In- terlaken, Switzerland.

“A ladies' regalla at Stockholm the other day comprised nine boats, all rowed by young ladies in pretty dresses.

Manchester cotton manufacturers have ad

vanced their quotations on account of the great- 17 enhanced cost of cotton.

Rains have been so incessant in Switzer- land that tourists have abandoned the country, for other parts of Europe.

It seems to bear, is proving liself a model of

misfortune to associate closely with him only knows too well. Yet he is serviceable withal, quietness in these troublous times, and had we nothing more to do than the Athenians of old, and is accustomed to treatment from which more life would indeed not be worth living.

was this adaptability to any environment which last week; but as both took place before some of us were up, all was ever before we knew it led to one of P. D.'s being introduced the other The fire was a small one, but one house on the day at a seance In this city, for the purpose of Tlen-chu-kai was destroyed. The fire was expert The conducted the experiment having

expert who The execution was of two men, one of whom brought the subject successively through the two was a Taoist priest. The original charge agalast preiminary stages of dreamland, introduced him Into the third and final and most interesting them was robbery but daring the trial, it is said

stage, and having laquired what character the they confessed to being Kolao Hut the audience would like to see and hear represented, this true or not, the officials executed them at

various suggestions were made. Ultimately, It such very early last Friday morning, and their

was agreed that the wideswake sleeper should heads are exposed in a public place as'a warning he asked to imagine himself his own successor to other Kolao Hul men.

in this office sixty years hence, and cast the hoscope of the future by reading the account published in the Evening Dirbatch of August 6th, 1950, of the Great International Golf Match, which was being held that day. Being provided with a proof, the F.D. adjusted himself like a palpit crator, and at a touch on his prophetic ere from the expert, and with all his faculties concentrated and intensified, thus proceeded (his

The second and third boles ended alike disas. words being recorded by a shorthand writer) trously for Christendom, and the Fatriarch of From the Evening Dispatch, August 6th, 1950. Saratoga looked more than usually ready for the By Aerial Reporter and Micro-Telephoni. tomb, ill the Yakoon of Swat in bis enthusiasm The concluding event of this great struggle is-kind, indeed, but rash exceedingly-laulated taking place this afternoon on the ever popular on bis man taking a thimbleful of bottled bhang, links at Cape Wrath, before the largest gathering of which he had a great store under his back of golfers that the world has yet seen. Not only seat, and without which, in fact, he seldom, in the assemblage noticeable on account of the ever, travelled, Che Fung's next drive was cer mere numbers whleb, take it at its best, is of tainly an astonishing one in the matter of length, mest importance to the thirty-nine gigantic but unfortunately swerved off the course and hosterler in the neighbourhood), but the Interest caught a telephone-man on a place he bad never

"Both emperors are the picture of health," which ex neceeritata attaches itself to any game previously devoted to such purposes; but worth a button has been in this case latensified beforo fainting, and though death seemed says a despatch from Vienna, referring to executed yet, as the Viceroy cannot move with by the wild excitement that makes two hemis. imminent, the gallant official sped his remarks of Germany and Frank Joseph of referring to Peking.

It is reported that a goodly number of Kelaspheres throb. Representatives from all the to both far East and West. The answer from great States-except the Congo Republic, whose the former came remarkably soon"Tell Che two crack players had on the way eloped with Fung to look out. Now this is brief in the A Portuguese widow and her cousin from extreme--admirably terse and concise-but the Bermuds-had fought nobly and fallen as was great Oriental golfer did not seem noticeably expected, till this mild, sunny, sleepy afternoon enlivened, and even the bamboo seemed to have saw the superb final between the Champion of

lost some of its elasticity. Christendom. Mr. M'Pherson of Ballachulish,

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

Nanking, October sist Placards were put on the M. E, Mission hospital here a few day ago, announcing that a little girl had been lost, and offering a reward. Last night a high official called on one of the Missionaries at the West Gate, and strengthened the military guard, saying that there were evil rumours about wrote a while back to say that Lla Kwan I, the Viceroy, had been summoned to Peking, but he has settled the raatter by sending a good

bribe to the Six Boards.

Those Manchu criminals have not been

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Society men are locked up here awalling trial.

I think there can be no doubt that Chẳng. Sung who was executed the other day was a leader in the Ko-las Society. He was an officer under Yih Yang Sing of Chinking who has been deprived of his command.

and Che Fang of "The Tulips of Northern

Mr. Robert Woo, Interpreter of Foreign Affairs, has left here, as his former manager has been promoted to the Hwaikuan Tactalship.-seasons, Shanghai Mişcury.

*SHAOHSING.

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The Grand Duke Vladimir is the only mem-recher, at fortalen prisely. Visiting ber of the Russian imperial family who disap-Brethren are cordially invited. proves of the Franco-Russian alliance.

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tumes which they have of fate adopted.

Dr. Concepcion Alexandre has the honor of being the first woman appointed to any official post in Spais. She has recently been made a member of the staff of the Hospital de is Princesa in Madrid.

The last thatched cottage of the olden time in

China, G.C., the medal-holder of six unbroken Betting-in spite of its attempted prohibition by all golfing States from Sunny Japan to La

The Highlander now warmed to his work, and brador,

the land given to Cain started briskly walked off with the next two holes; and Pro- and considerably in favour of the Gael. The lessor Blackde's dhuinewassel, it was abundantly Patriarch of Saratoga (the head of the great evident, would upon the least encouragement (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.}

American sacred caste, which had come into have blown a very big blow ledeed. It is hard SHAOHSINO, October 17th.

prominence Immediately after the Chicago Ez-to tell from the face of an Oriental when he feels There is nothing of any interest stirring in this position towards the latter end of last century) that he'is in irretrievable case; but it was now! great conservative city, Rain with thunder and opened the ball by offering the Yakoon of Swat at all events, that he took the opportunity of London has been destroyed. It fronted on the lightning on Monday rath, and rain has been fire to four on Mr. McPherson, which was at kicking Mr. M'Pherson's caddy in the stomach green, at Shepherd's Bush, and there is good the order of the day all the week. The crops

once taken. But it was not long ere our reporter when he was about to see his chief's ball. Thit, ground for belleving that Miles Syndercomb, are said to be good to the open, but near the noticed that some dozen or two Mandarins, with as might have been expected, led to the liveliest the primae morer le s plot against the life of hills the people complain of poor prospects yet several tails and buttons, were threading the of rows; and it was with great difficulty that the Oliver Cromwell, once lived in the house.

Thus Rubinstein: "Their works, those In the open country the winds and rains seem to crowd and backing their maR OTON,

umpire was prevailed upon to accept the Yakoon bave almost done for the otherwise promising. Bim stymie mas, Che Fang," sald one dear of Swat's explanation that Che Fung had belleved of Wagner, List and Berlios-stand as obstacles looking rice. The farmers are exceedingly old gentleman, who had removed all tell-tale the sufferer (who was by this time sitting upon in the way of the progress of music.** Let take Wagner, if you will. In all his com anxious for fine weather. This is s sich large balra no catchee strmic weasel sleeple-not air to be really a strange caddy whom he had positions Wagner has given the first place to

a neighbouring knoll with a Farewell to Lochaber and fruitful plain, and it is and to look an

muchce. Five to four on Che Fung 1* so much fine rice lying prostrate and ready to

It was a gay and stirring scene-the bright bought just before leaving Pekin, and that Che the decorative element; music, properly so rot; yet if sunshine comes soon, and staya a

Costumes of the airy Orientals fitting here and Fung had only pursued the usual Chinese method called, has only the second place." few days the farmers will soon get in their

there among the once serried ranks of the Ding of training the youthful to look alive. But if the harvest. They are, of course, like all Chinese, wall Presbytery (who were there to a man) in umpire were satisfied, Mr. M'Pherson was quite very superstitious. They say everything has a

the reverse; and, to put it briefly, went most telling contrast. We wer, by the way,

quite off birthday, and on the 13th of oth moon was the pleased to observe that the suggestion we have his game, quarrelled with the Pattarch of birthday of the Rice-stack, Dao-bong" they reiterated on these pages over since this great Saratoga and swore at the Dingwall Presbytery call rice-stack. If it rains on this day, they say maten began has been at last given effect to--who were deeply pained and went home in a it will continue to rain for weeks everyday, wis that Wheeled carriages should be strictly body at the third hole on the way in-till at Something like our St. Swithin's Day, etc. prohibited for it must, we take it, be allowed length Che Fang stood dormy. They wanted to know if I could tell

that the daintly and often gorgeously appolated them if it would really be so. On the rath litters add an even sweeter charm to the scene. duced by a lady in one of the Corean lifters who FOR SWATOW, AMOY, AND FOOCHOW. of gth moon

T the birthday of the The one that, perhaps, most impressed the mere cried out, "Phairson, ubia (this is Corean for HE Company's Steamship nailed-boots," or sala-shoes. mins golfing gaser was that from Cores but it would on this day, the rain-shoe makers ply

be unfair to omit all notice of those from masters to give them a feast in anticipa. Brooklyn, Eastern Burmals, and Northern Japan tion of the good prospects before them in the sale not to speak of Palalay.

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darling Che Fung makes lace at backle." However, Mrs. M'Pherson interposed, and made some remarks that our reporter did not catch, and the brown lady, resumed her seat of many rain-boots, and it is said these shop. The golfers of old time would, no doubt, have MPherson, on the contrary-who had been in keepers are quite pleased to do so on the looked, with admiration, if not awe, spon the early life several years in Corea, unaitached, so Strength of such prospect.do o p Astatic and Americas, bands and banners that far as was known in Ballachulish-was very A to political news, it is most difficult to get wo of to-day naturally associate with laterez-angry, and mentioned to Che Fung that he bold of any that one can be sure is true. The tatal assemblages but there is little doubt that would are him afterwards. With the view of Prefect of this city. Is a Manchu, and I believe they vastly enhance the animation of the whole soothing matters the Yakoon of Swat now gave anti-foreign, when convenient to be so at least, affairs One banner from the great North-West the company some very pleasing details of a visit the people say he is free-and-easy sort of (China) specially impressed is: It was fire. he had paid when almost a boy to the upper individual, and would rather they settled their talled and made of green alik, Bet here and reaches of the Pel-ko in the company of two of

bis wives and four mothers-in-law, and bow, 1. Chancery Lane, Six Rooms with FIRST and SECOND FLOOR, HOUSE disputes themselves and not trouble him, and there with golfen moons, and, in the centre, a he has no reputation for being a great squeezer likeness in silver thread deftly wrought of the all traces of the latter had been removed on the of the people. Rumours of riots, &c., in other Inventor of the Bulger. Chinese myth, it may way down ; and the Fatriarch of Saratoga, with Bath Rooms, newly painted and repaired.

Apply to places, we hear of, but I think there are few he mentioned, kas woven many strange legends the same object, gave a lengthy narrative of how Kolno-hwei in this city, il any... The attitude of regarding him. According to one, be war abe sud a foursome of old Harvard man had 152/jake seam to be purely losal kiend, T- leere not have ai) mickly and somewhat exiurnine magician, who tried to introdues the game on the railing slopes inhabited a dorost valley at the border of the of the, lower Carpathians, and how the

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