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breeze, and inky waters streaked with phospho- rescent gleams like Hitle fiery devlin, «

the

frustrated by the decided measures adopted by the high officials. The memorialist attributes After searching every yard of the Cap-sul-mun the attacks on the Christian mission establlabe pain, and peering into the mysteries hidden ments in the Yangtze valley directly to the action behind the islets westward, the stealthy water of the Kolas members in the province of Hunan, spy turned towards Stone-cutter's Island. Near which in the source of the anti-Christian azita- the western entrance to the backwater the tion. As soon as the movement made itself felt, Chinese look-out forward touched the shoulder the military and naval commanders In of his captain, and pointed in under the steep province were ordered to station bodies of troops man looked too, and then the launch was turned tions to be on the alert to prevent any breach of shores of that British possession. The white and guard-boats at various points, with instruc towards the western end of Stone-cutters, full

the peace. Large rewards were also offered for speed ahead. She was trespassing beyond the capture of the leaders of the movement, An additional force of police was enrolled, night, a Chinese waters; but no matter, It was

detalled and a steamer'

patrol the Yang Platonian night,

Eleven offenders were seized in dif passengers were almost all asleep. Only Quasty, and his girl, occasionally showed their farent parts of the province, and a list of wakefulness by a movement, or allowed a the leaders also fell into the hands of the examined at: to be almost audible; and O'Brady's authorities. The prisoners were

The

Congress determined / Powers and functions of the Mess Council' were | wallpam glowed. He always moked a short Wuchang, and from their confessions a fait

pipe atill

a trip.

moments

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All statements made in the said assembly shall, unless specially exempted, be treated a confidential and not divulged out of the Mess,

Any person having occasion to lay any Tas title of the White House at Washington important matter before the Mess and not Soon after it was doing so within reasonable time shall be punished was strangely bestowed. built it was proposed to call it the Palace According to the circumstances of the case.

These were the general principles; there were but this was opposed as savouring of Royal interference, and tending towards government many other rules going into details, but the by an aristocracy.

absolutely unlimited, and every few days wo than a hould be called "There had great fan over a big trial, or a proposed clay with a sliver and amber mouthpiece, and accurate notion of the Intended rebellion may be Mansion." It became known as the White new rule, or a set debate on some subject. had a big collection of his own works of art in obtained. One of the principal leaders, named

line. as the crew of soldiers had partly destroyed it, it was printed it, and he had to take his share. for the launch silently began picking up weapons, founded a branch of the Society in Klang 'In white to hide the black traces of smoke and not one sympathised with his attempts to moan and strained ansions eyes towards the invisible June, 1891, he was at Shanghai in company with flare upon the freestone walls.

plaintively about lowering the dignity of his blackness ahead, Almost before anybody the son of General Li Chang-shou, who was Ma. J. E. Elphick, M. R. C.V. S., writes as position. It was surprising that he stayed in the could see what was in front, the launch bebeaded in 1881. This on was known as Lt Mess so long; but perhaps he really liked it all was alongside a junk under full sall. No Hung. His other Individual name was Yu follows in the Straits Times --Tafoenza in ■

the time. mild förm is now attacking horses and ponies

sign of life on board. In two or three minutes Ching. Li, who gave himself out to be one There was a new arrival in the Mess, whom we the junk was firmly asked to the launch, of the principal leaders of the Kelas In Slogapore, the symptoms being a light so always called Quasimodo, because he was given whose engines had stoppeds and then the intended to rally all the members under his throat (laryngitis) accompanied with a distress.

Customs men boarded their prize, wondering command, and avenge his father's death. He lag cough and in some cases discharge from the to taking the hump" at various things. By and

had already given orders to foreigners for the Treatment for such casex ls: mild by he got more used to the ways of the place somewhat that it was abandoned, and fearing had mostria Bilster to the throat; and the following powder end he never was really in close friendship with scared and made good their

and had to make the best of it; but even to the somewhat. Either the smugglers had been purchase of weapons and munitions of war. As in the horse's food (which may be damp) night

escape, or this was soon as they arrived, he was to name a day for the beginning of the rebellion. This no doubt and morning Nitrats of Potash & drams, say of the mess, except O'Grady. This was a Swipkur Suò, & drama, and in a few days the

rather quiet, old-looking youth, who could have

While the search of the capture was proceeding, refers to the Customs official Mason, who was arrested in September by the British authorities horse will be all right. It is dangerous in these got on with Thersites, for he was the most and just as the customs men were coming to the cases to administer any medicines by pouring it genuinely kind hearted man I have ever seen. conclusion that there was not a thing on board, and condemned to nine months' imprisonment down the threat of the animal, in which case it His drawback was that he was so oppressively live or dead, and that they had been fooled, for smuggling into China arms and ammuvities would very likely enter the windpips or trachea quiet, and it was quite a relief when some loud explosion, followed by the crashing of broken intended for the rebels. It would therefore ap and cause death from its irritant effects. phenomenon occured, to make him angry, for wood and the bissing of fire and water in conflict,pear that Masun had been engaged in this work then he was a friend. This, however, I only gave them a terrifying proof that deadly peril for at least three months before he was arrested. THE Fhiladelphia Public Ledger of January saw once, and that was not in this story, Hi

had overtaken them. The junk was almost In July, Kao Te-ho went on to say, the leaders 18th says Dr. Edward Bedloe, United States good nature gave him ble nickname O'Grady, split in two amidships, and the nearest side of learned from Li Hang that the arms for the body- to command la Consulat Amoy, China, is here to confer with for he was the man we usually owed ten dollars the launch was badly damaged and both were guard, which Li Hung was

to.

was instruct- the State Department in 'relation to the treat-

on fire and laking. Strange to say, every person, had arrived. Prisoner ment of Americans in China, and other matters One day about the Chinese new year there body was supernaturally quiet; the deathly ed to meet the other chiefs and concoct of national concern in the Orient. A few of Dr. Was a trial trip of a new steamer on the silence of the faunch's secret patrol-duty was

a plan of campaign. He therefore betook himself Canton river, which almost the whole hardly bioken by a voice. Ip.a Bedloe's friends gave him a dinner last night at of Hongkong attended. We all went, of the fumes of the horrible "atinkper" were

to Nanking, the capital of Anhui, where he arrived early in August. Here he cont Chamberlin's, those present being Senator Blackburn, Henry Watterson, Representative course, and bad just a fairly ordinary upriver mingled with the smoked the burning vessels, and suited with five other chiefs, and they agreed to assemble their forces on the 16th November and Allen, of Mississippi Frank A. Richardson, of trip pleasant enough, as they all are, and most harsh, strident Mongolian jeers from, the mar the Baltimore Sus O'Brien Moore, of the St. of our Mess people managed to pair off with rounding darkness showed that a diabolical plot divide them into two bodies. One of these was to be concentrated in the lower Yangļus valjcy, legraph. Loula Republic: John Corwin, of the Chicago some of the Colony's youth and beauty against the Customs officer had succeeded.

Tribune, Fred. D. Mussey, of the Cincinnati Quasimodo (called Quassy for short, by

the way)

uniting at Nganking, and the other to gather an Commercial Gassti : William E. Annin, of the selected pretty, emply-headed little girl,

the upper Vanvize. Both were to unfurl the standard of rebellion simultaneously. It was xiso Salt Lake Tribunz; Frank G. Carpenter, of the daughter of an old man in the P.W.D.; her

decided that the lower Yangize force was to be. New York Harald; E. G. Dunnell, of the New Christian name was Salonica, sherkened York Times; P. V. De Graw, of the Ualted ally to Sally. Never mind her other Press Association; James R. Young, of the name, for all her friends knew her as Sally, Philadelphia Star, and John W. Canon, of the Our scalar mess man, or "Elder," was in the chart-room with the captain and a Civil Service Philadelphia Ledger.

man playing cut-throat, while the C. S. man's THE P. & G. S. N. Co.'s steamer Gwalior left WORK on the Korat Railway is being pushed wife monopolined the attention of myself. and Singapore yesterday at 5 p.m, for this port,

ahead. There are already some 300 collas three our Mess. So we gilded gaily up The Beldish surveying-vesiel Egaris, Captain employed on the earthworks on the fint ten the river, amid the lovely, desolate prettiness A. M Field, retained here from a cruise to-day.miles, and 250 more between the 48th and Both of its hard little islands and the strange $1.CO

kilometres. The Timer si Bangkok considers menotory of uniovlting ridges of gray and M Fraser H. M. Consul at Forchow, arrived it probable that the first thirty miles will be brown precipices, melting away into gentler 1.10 here by the Hailen, Capt. Bathurst, this constructed by Chinese coolies, locally engaged undulations terraced into ricefields, and inter-

morning.

Mr. Bagnall, C.E., returned from Korat a few persed with broad, dreary, flat expanses of days ago. He reports that the country is vivid green, dotted with Chinese Hodges. extremely open, resembling Queensland consi. It was a pretty scene a cool, bright derably. There will be one heavy cutting day, but nobody looked at it-even the steers between the sath and 70th kilometres, involving man of the ship cared not for what was around the removal of rome 600,000 cubic metres of him, but only for the pesky little sampane In earth, but there will be no others so important, front of his bows. Nobody took any notice of the and no tunnels needed. Fifty miles of rail landscape at all. Everybody was doing some- have already been ordered by Mr. Marray thing that could just as well have been done at Campbell from England, and one locomotive home. Even O'Grady, who sat in the foremost for kauling ballssi-trucks. There will be out part of the boat on a Coll of zape, smoking and leoking abroad, did not see the fleeting views on the banks. It was his way,

Returning from Canton, it was dark and thick, so everybody complained, just for all the world as if they wanted scenery. After a while they settled down as before to the cards, the firtations, the scandal schools, and so on O'Grady still lay back in the bows, smoking, unseen by anybody; Quassy still carried on his very engrossing Conference with Miss Sally, all

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HONOKONG. SATURDAY, March 5, 1ñga.

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THE Halton, which arrived from coast ports to-day, passed H.M.S. Rambler at anchor off the Nine Pins this morning.

1.50 A REGULAN meeting of St. John's Lodge, No. 618 S.C., will be held in Freemasons' Hill, Zetland Street, on Saturday, the 12th instant, at 8 for 0.60 8.33 mm. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially

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THE Powax, having completed the repairs to 1.00 her rudder-pest, came out of deck this morning and steamed over to the Canton wharf. She leaves for Canton to-morrow afternoon, at the 1.10 usual hour,

The Independance Tonkinoise states that SI 1.10 Woths, the rebel" brother of King Norodom of Cambodia, died miserably la the jungle, where he was hiding from the French, on the

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On dit that the Hon. J. J. Keswick will shortly leave the colony on a visit home for a well- earned boliday. We believe that Mr. John Macgregor will relieve Mr. Keswick, as local chief of the princely house, and that Mr. J. J. Bell-Irving will be transferred to Shanghal.

A viax broke out In Foochow on Feb. 22nd at $1.20

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unconscious of the rest of the crowd and of Quassy, in whose close vicinity they bad drifted. Suddenly the ship was taken with bad spasm-velvet-coated earthquake, as one of our Mess said. Everybody was gently but Ermly jerked off his feet, the card-tables rocked, the glasses jumped down and sprinkled themselves in little bits all over, the bar boy sat backwards into a basket of lemons on the floor-and then the engines stopped, Everybody began rushing about, and * Also that any person or persons desirous; of ||was known somehow that the steamer purchasing the copyright of this story may send had climbed half fway up a mud flat in midstream, in sealed tenders to the office of the Colonial and was stuck there. Engines were reversed, Secretary not later than the 30th ult. The anchors were taken away aster, and the whistle Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. was blown hard, but stil she stack.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

OK

A CALF WITH A HEART OF PUTTY.

PROLOGUE.

The bird that twitters in the woods,

Cheerily, free of care,

Never encumbered with money or goods,

Wandering everywhere, Perchance may see a tempting prise,

Seire it without a thought, While the snares around he never espies

And the poor little bird is caught ! The fish that swims in the ripplag brook,

Knows it from end to end," Tumbling weir and quiet nook,

His best and only friend, May one day see his favourite fly

́All elša ba'will not setu He swallows the balt, and high and dry

In a moment he will be f

The man that owns the universe,

And rules the creatures in it, May meet disaster even works

Than the captured trout, or Unnet. He grasps at money, he seeks a tride, "Or whatever he thinks he waDEN,

He has no eyes for ought beside,

And he gets thers just the same.

··· PART L·mput

It was impossible to stay on the launch or try the junk. The stinkpots, concealed nobody knew where, were already almost suffocating; there

was no means

of

*

and the launch could not

were rapidly decking the fire both vessels divided into five algades, er banners, the leaders steam even the hundred yards or go to the shore, receiving from Li Hang the title of Gentrails- simo. The plan, however, was frustrated by tha Shore ! It was a beetling precipice of adaman-am

assembling of Government troops in the lower tine granite, against whose base the sea wAR | WA now dashing with the spiteful rage of st incipient assemble between the 17th and 20th August at

valley of the river and storm, hitherto unnoticed.

it was then decided to Lanchi, in the Tayeb district of Huyeh, under the pretext of holding a Y-lan-ku! feast. This is a Chinese Buddhistle All-souls' fossi, held on the 15th day of the 7th moon (in 1891, the 19th August) to propitiate the spirits of those brie aled

without leaving descendants, and to induce these spirits to do no harm to the Itving. Prisoner accordingly went to Lanch), and a con- sultation between go or do ofthe conspirators re malted in it being decided to assemble the forces at Shasi (the port of Chingthao), small garrison, & calling-station for steamers which had only a and was so far from the borders of Hunan and Szechuan: that, when the Government troops

There were seventeen trembling women, half dead with fright; twenty Chinese, figures of cold, imperturbable clay; and six Englishmen. There ok was one boat, a sort of cross-breed between a dingey and pig-tmagh; six life buoys, and. a few loose chunks of timber. The men could all he left, to sink or swiện ; but the women had to be looked after. What the smugglers on the other junks, now unpleasantly near, might do could not be considered. The launch most be abandoned in a burry.

ax

charge. He simply said, in

The Cartoms officer, of course, took entire mixed speech of Chinese and English, "Nobody must speak ; all liters, and we may be all right yet. You four (of the crew)-lower the bet you other see that every man is armed as well as may be, No lights. You ladies decide; six of you, must take life heits and trust in the water. The others come in the boat. You two (crew) come with me and row. I will steer, and shoot if need be No more can come in the boat. The rest must find something to float ashore, with, and drop your arms if you must. Quick " (Owing to pressure on our space we are obliged -no, no, that isn't it. In accordance with time-honoured custom, having got the yata into a nasty tangle, we must wait until Mon day to find a way out. Meanwhile, as to morrow is the Sawbath, we will try the power of prayer. The novelette will, if possible, be continued la our next-Ed; H.K. T

moved in its direction there would be plerity of room for the insurgents to retreat. The 16th. November was related as the date of the general pislog. It was further sygreed that the fenders should make all preparation, and in particular have beats in readiness, at the following twelve Yangtzo ports: Hankow, Huangchow, Fankow Huangchiklang, Sankachang, Ychchow, Wa such, Wuchang, Tatung, Wehu, Nanking and Chinklang Chiakiang, where in September he heard that

Prisoner accordingly returned to

foreigner (Mason), who had attempted to smuggle arms, had been arrested. Kao did in a fight to Hankow, but, not thinking himself safe there, returned to his native place, where he WAS arrested by the police.

From the testimony of the other priso of various pranches of the Kolas Hut. Soms sers, it appears that they were all leaders

had belonged to it for over 20 years, and were

soldiers. All named originally

the 16th November as the date on which the rebellion MORE ANTI-FOREIGN WILES 47 was to break out, beginning at Shari. The

CANTON

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

CANTON, March 4th, Messrs. John Andrew & Co. Imported some cot-" After about two hours of the usual, highly tan yarn yesterday, but were unable to land it till coloured language, interspersed with whistling, after a p.m., as the file runners, without giving and enlivened by the unkind remarks of the asy reason or attempting any excuse, threatened passengers, the chief officer at last reported a to seize any cargo boat that should attempt to approach. Twenty four runners were stalloned Customs launch alongside. Nobody had seen APP nor heard it, for of course revenue boat on board the river steamer, to watch for any doesn't announce its progress in any way and one who dared to brave them, but they were it was a welcome surprise. Everybody took the sold, a H.D.M. Vice-Consel went on board

after the business and himself to look announcement to mean salvation. Wrong again.

they

An hour or two of puffing and shouting showed cluded they would not seize him. That such that the steamer was fixed; the tide had gone Intervention should have been necessary is a down a little, and the bull had sunk in the mod crying scandal, and it is high time that the collection of all the dues should be handed over to accordingly.

Then the officer in charge of the launch offered the Foreign Customs. Nothing short of that will to do what he could as a passenger canter. He over give satisfaction to g

of the business mer,

Chinese or others.

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members of the Kolao Huf were to assemble. there first and hold themselves in readiness' to sulat at the ports further down the river. One of the leaders, Li Tien, a Hunaners, stated that he had distributed badges of membership to | more than

were execimen. All the sieven prisoners

Your report some days ago that Mesem Andrew & Co's compradors had been arrested was prema ze, as the gentlemen is still at large siniply because he keeps on the Shameet and cannot be "Krrested on foreignzoil. Betz notice was posted ép

for several days in front of the Llide office, offering. a reward of $50 for his arrest. I believe it was taken down because all the consuls protested to the Viceroy I believe the compradore to ques

on would be amreated as once if he dared to leave Shameen and venture beyond the protect tion of the foreigners

The Viceroy's memorial points out that La Hung or Li Yu cheng was not the late General in Chang-thou's own son, but one of als adopted. sons. Li Chang-shot had only one son, who passed his second examinailon not long ago. The memoriailst concludes his report by stailng the measures be adopted to

auppress the

Kolao

the last few months 18 effenders were arrested by the valley of the Han. In the course of local officiate in the N. W.. part of Hupeh. Hort of them were leaders. Large quantities of rifies, cannon and ammunition vero niso discovered. Large rewards are offered for the capture of members; but, those," says the memorial, *who were coerced or misled lato joining the Society, as well as those who took part in the late, disturbances, are, exhorted to repent the error of thele ways and begin a new life, so that the soldiers and police will not be allowed to

N. C. Daily News.

SIAM-NOTES:

BANGKOK, 24th Feb, 1892.

On the 17th instant, 650 tons of rails antived for the Pakaam Railway Company that y There is a rumor here to the effect that the There is every probability of the Slam Electric Manila Lottery authorities will establish an Light Company coming to an amicable settle

ment with its numerous creditors. The official agency at Canton shortly

aUquidator, is meeting with many difficulties,

which it is hoped will be shortly satisfactorily THE KOLAO HULdjusted, It is believed that as soon as the

for chime of the various creditors are gone through

Corporation

was an Englishman, long in the Service, and so rather ost of the run of modern civilisation ; but he was a man, a very creditable sample of the real thing. He would not undertake to go traight to Pedder's Wharf, for his duties made bim

Take

a circuitous and not pleasant course, and he could not allow any noise on board, not even talking, nor light, for fear of being detected by the ever-watchful salt smugglers This was just the night for junks to attempt a run; thick, black, and slightly squally. So he must do als rounds, and if the ladies and gentlemen cared to take such accommodation as his duty would allow him to offer, etc, etc-anyhow, at last all the womenfolk and five of the men, all the launch would

were

taken from the carry, steamer, 1. had to stay, and really it was pres ferable.

The launch silently crept back into the dark- When a man is in any position which does, and we on the steamer turned in conn

One of the most Interesting documents, and a reasonable rate of interest, agreed upon, after. Next day we were got off and after- not please him, the usually blames some pewards over our Mess table we had a confused which has appeared for long time in the Prince Nara will willingly give bond on the

Banking or some circumstance more or less indirectly account from Quassy and O'Grady of what hap usually diy-ka-dust connected with the position; he never thinks of pened to the launch. It seemed that the Customs marmorial des peing Castle righe Hongkong and Shanghal

of the Ho-kund for the amount of the Company's liabilities. himself-not in that way, thank

Je our Mens we had elaborate rules to provide an ad special reasons to lock out that sight, Chang Chih-tong, published in the Gassif of On Mr. French taking his seat in the Consular account of a long-standing score between the 31st January. The factorial is drawn up Court on Tuesday, last, the members of the Bar against this sort of thing. It is not often that himself and a veteran river smuggler, who out by Chang Chih-inng in conjunction with Tan congratulated him, through Mr. E., Michell, Mess has such a complete code of males, care side of "business" (for such it is) was a favourite Chi-belin, the Governor of Supeb, and throws the senior member, on the chairmation of bis fully complied and rigorously enforced but old crony of his but when afloat, when salt considerable light on the causes of the late disappointment as H.B.M. Conan at Bangkok. then, neither is it often that a Mess of less than a was to be run, the Chinaman and the white man turbances in the Yangtze valley as well as on 3rench acknowledged the address in a brief. dosen young mex-ordinary Eastern Colony were stere, subtle, and determland focs. Quite the measures taken to check them. Vecrigala

speecherchan and being the anniversary of the young men-has Judge among its number. intely the officer had singed the beard" The memorial begins by stating that the The 22nd We had one of the judges, and as we were of his, foe, capturing three of his junks and province of Hopes is of considerable importance birth of George Washington Colonel Boyd, the always poking fun at him (he didn's almost the man himself as well. So now on socount of his position being a connecting US, Minister Resident took advantage of mind it he didn't have to, for he couldn't prevent it was Ab Chong's to turn to get ahead. Besides, Hink between the northern and southern portions the occasion to give a complimentary dinner to it anyhow) wa parodied and pelood fun st his business is always three or four times as active of the Empire. The trade of Hopch, which is the officers of the US gunboat. Patral, now official dignity, and compelled his assistance to immediately before the New Year.

traversed throughout its whole length by the lying in the river. It was tinfortunate that an draw up our code of procedure. The style of it The launch stole on, close fashore, larking Yangtze, is very considerable. Hapeh is, like Important cremation ceremony was taking plaço society, the same night which prevented many of the was more like the ten commandments of Mosca in quiet black corners for half an hour or so, Hanan, a centre of operations of than an English law, for we would have no legs! staatthily worming its way in and out, with three known as the Kelas Hus. The movement of Siamese Ministers from being present. But as circumlocution. The offences were mostly the domestic, social, and personal type, and the talent fer eyes looking through three pairs the society Bust began to be known in the year it was several of the Siamese Pieces, and other the of pight glasses into the gloom that showed no 1890, its members seizing every process cacat, well as if the members of the Cors well, known, and distingelined Siamese were pecialties mostly went in drinks. The following up the engines revolved noiselessly, orders stir up trouble. Several of the lea

One of the military bands was in extracts from the code will explalu it sunde worn given by touches of the hand, and one arrested some months before dhe barbrak isMay | 201 catly je stolidna en het would have thought some lasteenth century last year. The members of branch existing is attendance and a very pleasant evening was !!!The dinner table, pessided over by the senior Vandardecken had brought a Phantom Steamboat the vicinity of Hsiang-yang-fu on the Has river, member present, skall have sil the functions of in- into, that ghost-land of black towering, cliffs, in Hupeh, agreed in March last yeszto male and E Het F Kampermane, the German Minister legislature and a civil and crimiasă court, with impenetrable banksy of mist whirling in the talart a revoli on x curtain'days; but this plen was †, in undersized to be on the eve of taking Me

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