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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1893.

THE P. & 0. S. N. Côh steamer Malocis left Singapore for this postĵat 4 p.m. yesterday, WHETHER it is the ab, no you don't temperature or not, it is a remarkable fact that at the Magistracy there were only 16 cases yes- terday and only to to-day,

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in and about Canton last night has not pre-way for all the world as if he were on board a ¦ Viosely been witnessed by the oldest European real ship. Bumboat Nell was the triumph of the inhabitant. We had heavy hail squalls, with « | whole piece, and as the lady is a permanent biting north-east wind, and the thermometer fell resident here we are sure to see more of her to 28 deg. At daylight this morning the whole The rest of the company, especially the party of country round was covered with ice. The bluejackets in the sword-exercise and the marines Chinese say they have not had such severe with bayonets, far excelled anything in their line weather for over fifty years, that is before the the Colony has seen before. The semble A REGULAR meeting of Victoria Lodge, No. English came to Canton..

reflects the highest credit on the secretary and Unfortunately there le not any reliable record | siege manager, who must have worked long and 1036, will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, on Monday, the 23rd instant, at 8.30 for now at the Peak Observatory, nár át Gip Rock ; arduously to produce such an unrivalled success, 9 pm. precisely. Visiting brethren are cordially and the Kowloon Observatory is too sheltered All will regret their early departure-but none invited.

to give a fair criterion. There should be some will forget to roll up on Thursday night," ACCORDING to the N. C. Daily News the ratifi.wonderful statistics obtainable just now cations of the new Telegraph Convention between SPECIAL TELEGRAM, FROM THE OFFICE BOAT. China and Russia have been exchanged betweas the two Powers. The Marcury, however, denles the accuracy of this statensent,

In the Supreme Court this morning the Chief Justice closed the public exmination and made an adjudication order in reference to the pre- prietor of the Vik Mau hong, whose unfortunate losses through Lo Hok Fang, Jate H. & S. Bank compradore, were recently published. A B10 fire is reported to have occurred. In Chinking, at the back of the Custom Houss compound, on the morning of the 11th inst which destroyed ten houses, notwithstanding the efforts of the Castoros staff, under Mr. Susemihi, and the Jesuit Mission with thele fire englace. No loss of life has been reported.

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Castle Peak, 17th Jan.

5 p.m.

To væn Barrón op Tuon ** Homszono Tazmonize,” Blooming idiot you were to send me up here on your special blooming mission. Ain't no know at all, Journalistic enterprise be blowed, Catch me coming here again. It is all fee bere, and as cold as charity. Shan't wait to faterylow Jack Frost, nor anybody else. Gradients steep

for N.E. winda.

THE "SONS OF NEPTUNE, On Thursday evening next the. "Son of Neptune (officers and men of the Royal Navy) will give their last performance of the novel and unusually pleasing naval sketch "the Crules of #.M.S. Albacort There can be no doubt about this being positively the last appearance, as most of the gentlemen who have contributed as largely-and, it may be added; so unexpected

MACAO.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Macio, January 15th.. This pince is so dead, dull and quiet that I can find nothing worthy of record in the whole of the past two weeks.

NANKING.

(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.)

NANKING, 6th January 1893

out the greater part of this great plain. Many | sausage meat" by the enraged soldiery. As this of them if re-opened and deepened wauld be of criminal should have suffered death by strangu- immenso value to the agricultural interests of tho | latlón the relatives of the man hava presented country in holding and carrying away excess petition against the district magistrate who sen of high water, and in affordlog more extensive tenced hint, saying that it was not lawful that a

sigating facilities

criminal sentenced to strangulation should meet „About ten years ago, on the pretext that the |, his death by the sword, and demanding that the Hatou could not discharge is dood water, and magistrate be degraded and compensation given to relieve another section of frequently-flooded to the criminal's suffering family' 1 territory south-west of this, a cross-channel was dug in a northwesterly direction to the Lower West river. It is confidently asserted, that

'bonus" was the procuring cause of thla channel being dog, the falsity of which assertion it might be difficult to prove. The people protested against the digging of this channel, because the south bank of this stream would prevent their 'excess of water, whether from rain or river-break from following the natural depression of the land and flowing north, and consequently they must be flooded to some extent annually. Especially did they protest against the dama, of which four were bulle across the old channel. To all which the official in charge replied that the dams would be removed, and that two channels would cosure freedom from doods to both sections of country. Bat the dams were not taken away; and so far at appears, little if any relief came to the one The gunboats Die and Bengo left at 8 a.section, while the other section has been almost on the 4th for a cruise, larget practice, etc.. They rained by annual inundation. are still away, and no doubt enjoying themselves wholly ignores the fact that with the embank Immensely, with a strong north-easier and a

The official bitterly cold winter.

ment on the west side of the Lower West river, on the east side of the Hulou, and on the north side of a swamp overflow stream further south, he had now by the embankment on the south side of the new channel, completely enclosed this section, which contains 48 villages having's population now of about twenty-five or thirty thousand-then much larger-in a square pen, out of which the excess of rain or flood water had no possible escape.

The grand picnic of His Lordship the Chief Justice took place on the 4th inst. (Wednesday). The party left early for Ki-ho, Kam-sing and Ng chi-moon, returning early on the 7th (Saturday) with big bags of wild pigeon, partridge, quail, and other game.

The afternoon boats Wingyum and Parts- verance have bean several timca detained in the harbour on account of the boisterous weather and high confused seas outside. The glass glasses at present we do, and as for the inside-hot toddy goes best . It is capecially disagreeable to go abroad just now on drives through all clothing, account of the constant rain, which the wind

I went to-day to see the officials pray for snow, and a short account of the ceremony may be lateresting to your readers. I arrived it the Dragon King Temple at about to o'clock, a.m., when all the large efficials, except the Viceroy had already assembled. One of the Masters of Ceremonies did not seem anxious to have me about, but I pressed forward and succeeded la getting into conversation with some military Viceroy arrived and was carried in a handsome officers. I waited till about 12 o'clock when the fur-lined chair into the temple court-the other officials had left their chairs outside. When his Excellency arrived the other officials came out of formed la rank to meet him, after which he went a side building to the sight of the court, and back into the room with them. Viceroy Lul looks well, but seems older, with his grey. maustache, than the other mandarins.

OUR Shanghai contemporary the Mercury states that a well known Shanghai navigator sounded the so-called Junk Channel the other day, and found about the same depth of water in it as to the enjyment of the Festive Seises was signalled at the Woosung Bar. The same la Hongkong, will have to leave in the Tayar authority states that there are about a feet in a very few days, so that it becomes the duty more water in the new channel than in the old Hongkong residents, new and old, to give them THE North German Lloyd steamer Elder was hospitable reputation of the Colony. Whether a second time put up to auction at Lloyd's y poblic demonstration can be worked in on Captains Room on the 13th ulta, and knocked Thursday we know not, but if possible, it down for the sum of £8,000. This steamer was certainly will be done. Perhaps the principals bulit at a cost of £100,000, sed was engaged la' may be called before the curtain, iftheir modesty steadily, and bide fair to completely oust the aid channel of the Hutou, but that he had no rank, the Viceroy only occupying the place in

beaten track.

the Atlantic mail service. She stranded on the Isle of Wight in February last, and now lles in a damaged stats at Southampton.

CHOCOLATE CREMES, VANILLA PRA THE proverbial laziness of the Chineas soldier when there is no one near to prompt him bas, the Shanghat Mercury observes, further been exemplified by an accident lately to some artillerymen attached to the "Front Battalion of Lf Heng-chang's bodyguards. The "Front Battalion wo suppose means those who cannot get out of the way behind the others. It seems that while at avilllery practice the other day with some Krupp guos, care was not taken to thoroughly sponge and clean the breach of one gun, so that a premature explosion of a shell took place just as it was thrust into the breach. The artilleryman whoa loaded that gan, as well as the man who stood next to him, bave taken permanent leave of absence from their regiment.

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On Saturday last when the Heungskan had returned and landed her passengers, and was about to swing round ready for the next trip, the north-east gale was no violent that Capt Clark prevent a collision with the Whiti Cloud. was obliged to use the very greatest care to Usually the chief officer superintends the needed every man to belp, and every effort to manoeuvre, but the weather was so bad that it | be exerted to avoid accident. As it was, several small mishaps- occurred; the captain had a narrow escape of being thrown off the bridge the male hurt his arm badly and a wharf coolte was injured seriously about the face.

No representations or pleading being of any avall, the matter was carried to Peking. An Imperial deputy was sent to investigate the case. to exist, and he would so represent at the capital He said that this conditloo. of things ought not that the dams ought to be removed iron the

done by high provincial authority. But he added power to go forward and undo what had been that if the people would come to,coo or more strong and tear out the dame, in the face of such demonstration of the popular will, they would in all probability not be restored. But it st impossible to raise such a mob, and could. It have been done, the relief would have been which prevented the water from following the light so long as the embankment remained declination of the land and flowing north. Further, it is said that he returned to Peking vid forgotten an rauta. Tientsin, and all his promises were apparently

So that for more than ten years, this section crops almost entirely destroyed. This was the has been annually flooded, and the autuma exception formerly, now it is the rule, Ordinarily the greater part of this land can be planted with fall wheat by using a knife-blade drill which wet mud causes it to sprout quickly. But if a drops the grain lato a narrow scam, and the shower of rain fills the seams with water, the third planting has to be made. seed is spollt, and a second and sometimes a

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Majesty was announced, when all the officials In a short time the arrival of His Dragon went sight outside the gate of the Temple and postrated themselves before the Dragon's chair, and then returned. The Dragon was borne in an open yellow chair into the Court, and the Master of Ceremonies, who had been gruff to me, canled the bottle containing bis high and patent Majesty and placed it on the altar of the temple. The botile containing his godship Imperial colour. When the battle was placed, (bottled god) was wrapped in yellow-the the oficials arranged themselves according to

places in the Court. Each had a mat, many of the temple before the sitar, his Inferiors taking them of fur, which a servant spread for them. Candles were lit, incense burned, a band of files and drummers commenced to play, and of old Buddhist priest beat a drum while all there great mandarins pestrated themselves three sailed god. times to the ground before the four-footed" and

temple with one of the military officers to see. When the Viceroy had reifred, I went toto the the god, but they had not empiled blu cut of sie battle then. The bottle was raiber over a foot bigh and about six inches in diameter. military kind asked me to come again and the My

evolutionists would no doubt be gratified to learn dragon would be then poured out. Some that they bad been anticipated in their theory, educated, and intelligent Chinamen worshipping if they had seen these dignified, well-dressed,

somewhat disappointed that they had not their distant ancestor. but would be perhaps followed their origin further back and bowed down to their original monad. Imagine men bowing down to amada.

January volk.

The first and second prizes of the Holy House, of Mercy lottery this month went to Hongkong. 10,000 to 20,000 from April next, with first prise It is now proposed to enlarge the issue from $10,000. The business seems to be growing permits to come forward and accept Manila lottery at no distant date. the thanks of the whole community,

The latest issue of the Extremo Ortente, Of the performance, it is hard to say which published on your side, was in great demand portion best deserves to be placed on record perhaps, where comparison is no difficult, the cofing scandal, accuana the Mint the recent simplest course is to take the order of tank, co accusing the Minister and the Capp's first. Captain Hardy is the ideal skip-Colonial Government and hinting that the whole per, kind and considerate, strict witbal, a first-gang bad either been "squared" and silenced or cleverly hoodwinked and betooled by the class scaman, and the very man that every true sailor likes. Mr. Hyde Parker, with a perfect ever, when it is all told, we can but say that noble Viscount and his Celestial Ailles. How understanding of the requirements of the the world has new apparently passed the era of part, acts to the life, with not a single exaggeration, of any features the first two and reached the Age of Robbery, the or three performances enabled him to become splendid achievements as that of Panama, the epoch of great swindler, in which, among sach quite at home on the stage, and make the most

feeble efforts of Portugaal and her colonies are of his opportunities His address to the crow

too small to be noticed, "I saldas I stood on the shore" is a capital song, with a capital chorus for the men, and though his voice is not very far above Sims Reeves, yet he sang well enough to make she audience wish more songs had been set for this part, Lieut. Spite is, of course, as exceedingly unpleasant gentleman; and it is safe to say that Mr. Tracy managed to faithfully that it was hardly safe for him to go home without police escort. There are in this role several strong situations, which need a capable artist to bring out to the fall-oatably when he meets his old enemy first, when he tries to crush him, and when, defeated, he by a strenuous effort conquers his hate, smiles, and congratulates him. Lieut. Bright (Mr. Abraham) bas nothing to do but stand by and look pleasant, which he does. Here, again, it is a pity there WA not more opportunity, which cortalaly would have been adequately manipulated. to the "three little middles, they are set down THE N C. Daily News of the 13th init on the programme as Mestro.: Allay; Ungas, at least an inch thick the street-channels west NOTES FROM CHINESE PAPERS. fear therefore we shall be without news till the remarks: One of the best known men la May, and Cerdale, so that one can hardly Bay Shanghai In commercial life and in Club circles how many beans make fire in the fuolor branch CRYSTALLIZED FRUITS, MUSCATELS, passed away yesterday in the General Hospital, of the Navy; but anyhow, the numerous and to the great regret of bit large number of friends. persistent encores forced on the three (or four ?) ALMONDS AND FIGS.

We allude to Mr. Charles Cole, who, in the employatidious Hongkong Audience was more than

gentlemen sufficiently prove that successively of Messrs. Thorns Bros, &, Co., Maltland & Co., and Pardon & Co., was one of pleased with their great song "Do we look it the leading figures in the tea market in Shanghai, What do you think?* Ned Spanker (Mr. G and in Hankow during the season, and who South) is a bolsun'e mate of the old school, a had the deserved reputation of being one of hearty old salt, with lots of splendid comic songs, the best as well as one of the boldest buyers of no end of innate humour, a natural falent or vegetable gardens were in some cases two feet tunately ho junks were lost this time, but s

passable voice. Ho tex in China. He was generally an extremely lively acting, and well-informed mat, took a great deal of interest certainly did the lion's share

to keep He was born in India at about the time of the afflicted with a nervous fear that people may in sport, and was a very popular compasion, the pot boiling. Ben Brine is an "old sak," outbreak of the mutiny, and was an unconscious forget that fact, be always abuses everything be was at, and has died prematurely, of small- the whole century it down on him. Mr. W pex, at the age of 37.

Murray represented Benjamin admirably, and came quite up to the scratch in the duct Ned. We must reproduce some of their entire versen, strictly original —

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Many of these villagers who possess little or no land "go out every winter to live as they can, maloly by begging. They live a gipsy sort of life, often trying to combine bartering and begging, Scarcely a year passes when there is not a "show" of "Imperial favour," but the amount appropriated. But somehow many of pittance doled out is only a mere fraction of the them manage to continue a miserable existence year after year, and always "show up" just before the wheat harvest.

morning at 8 o'clock snow was falling fast, It was bittery cold here last night, and this is some rain and a cruel, piercing wind. Thermometer was down to freerieg polat, 35 deg. dropped to 32, and the whole town was covered By 11 o'clock the snowfall was heavy, the glass

quite fuil, fire or az inches deep. It was indeed a magnificent sight, to see all the surrounding mountains and hills, trees, houses, everything covered with a soft white vell of Canton. Nine for the crime of piracy and rab- Ten men were executed on the 29th ult. at darling beauty-the like of which has never bery and the tenth for having committed rape, been seen by the present generation. children were immensely delighted, maldag snowballs and snow figures, just as if they had country round about it is reported that the been accustomed to it every year. In the

deep in snow, and the billsides five or six inches. The heights of Lappa called to mind Faslyama, their gilttering white crests. The icicles hanging the peerless mountain of Japan, or the Alps, with from the leaves and from the housetops are as The first accidental death caused by a rall streets are all frosan about the edges. The old and of January, when a child of thirteen or four residents of Macao bave no recollection of ever teen, one of thousands of spectators, whilst having seen snow here before, but some of them watching, the cars running between the river say that when they were quite young they heard side and the large iron works lately set up by their aged patriarchs speak of some such occur- the Viceroy at Taipeh-aban tried to show of3

kis courage by standing in front of the cars they came dashing along towards the foundry, He found out at last that he could not stop a tallway train by his own unaided efforts,

The approach of the Foreign new year, this

fast which contloted up to daybreak. Bor. year was heralded by a violent, storms of wind and rain on the night of the 31st of December

number of shanties and steds are reported to have come down with the storm,

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A sprinkling of snow has fallen, showing to the Chinese mind the efficacy of the lizard. The Chinese often know not the difference of a post hoc and. Mercury.

a propter hoc.—Shanghat

NEWCHWANG.

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

December 10th, 1892, We learn that the Pelho is getting frozen, and Chinklang malls begin operations. The last courier brought dales and papers from Shanghal to 6th December, and from London to zatk October, besides some letters of earlier dates, which had been lying in the Custom Post at Tienisle for ten to twelve days, instead of being

In a few places, natives have beam crossing over forwarded by the courier, who left Tientsin on 3rd December. Although our river is still open the lee for eight or ten daya. The temperature three degrees below zero34 deg, frost. A party has been low, and Fabrt, registered on 17th of sports brought back five ducks and a few pheasants. Several functions are on the fopis, On Wednesday the first concert comes off, and Christmas and New Year dinner paries. Of business one can only say there is very Hitle doing, and we hardly look for any change till after China New Year, a long time hence as this is only and day of 11th month.

A. S. WATSON. & CO.. LD.participant in ita horrors, came to China when connected with the nineteenth century, and to big as candles, and the pools of water in the way engine in Hapeh provisce occurred on the then, the New Year's ball, besides the usual

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DEATH..

At Shanghal, on the 12th January, 1893, CHARLES COLE, aged 37 years.

IS THERE is no mystery whatever, as suggested by a writer in our morning contemporary, with reference to the sad death at Saigon the other day of Victor Valacic, the aeronaut. Valezlo lost his life in consequence of his own foolhardiness. It is a practies with all experienced aeronauts to secure themselves to the parachute with life lines, so as to prevent all risk of not being able to hold on by the rope or trapets but Valazie had such confidence in his powerful physique and well trained muscles that ha usually dispensed with these safeguards. In Saigon when the parachute was detached from the balloon it fell (as usual) some five hundred feet before opening out, and it was no doubt the jerk caused by・its. sudden expanules that forced the unfortunate balloonist to lose his hold. Had Valarie taken the ordinary preeste tious he would have reached terra firma salo enough, and in our opinion the authorities in all countries where there - balloon ascents and parachute descents take place shasid insist on the danger to the aeronaut belag reduced to a minimum by the use of lile lines being made compulsory.

The Honghong Celegraph.

HONGKONG, TURSday, January 17,' 1893.

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NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS -

"EXPELLED FROM PARIS.

LONDON, January 15th. Correspondents of Hungarian, German and Italian newspapers have been expelled from Parts for having bioted that the Ambassadors Mobrenheim and Menabrea were implicated in the Panama Scandal, M. Ribet apologised to the Ambassadors on account of French news papers having reproduced the story..

PRESIDENT CARNOT.

The Paris press is virulently attacking President Carnot, The "Figaro" adrises him to retire in the interest of the Republic.

LOCAL AND GENERAL. Tam Shanghai subscriptions to the Bekkare

Relief Fund totalled 95.546.45, less $10 for priating and sending out lists of subscribers.

Snow fell in Shanghai on the rath inst. - for the first time in two years, and wintry weather of a unusually severe character is reported from all the northern provinces..

THE WEATHER.

During the last twenty-four hours no abate. ment to be unprecedented severity of the cold has taken place if there is any change it is quite the other way. Ice is still more plentiful on the trees and houses up the hill the top courts are frozen over, the sain of last night turning into Ico as it fell the telegraph and telephone wires are heavily bespangled with glittering Icicles, in some places so thick at break the wires. At the Peak the effects of the frost are beautiful in the extreme, every leaf and branch covered with jewels of pure ice, the black tree wems frosted all over is fairy-like designs, whole trees encased in sparkling Crystal, i

A ganboat paying off here asked for tweayrence-perhaps before the Flood I

gallons of paint

From the Dockyard, but she didn't get a drop. And why? Becauís the Admiralty sent out à

complaint

And ordered all expendliure to stop, Now, to say the change of Ministry had any

thing to do

With that liberal-very Liberal--telegram · May be wrong in the extreme, but I think you'll

And it trua

Several deaths are reported among the poorest class of Chinese, from cold,

At xx am, the thermometer, as before noted, was 33 to 33, outside, and 45 to 48 inilde. By and then disappeared, and we are now having a ap.m. the sus struggled out for five minutes, wild, cloudy evening, with temperature just the

game,

The Chinese are seizing the opportunity to That at the bottom there's the Grand Old Malete, for medicinal purposes➡it is said to cura collect the snow in tabs, washing basins, bockets, Someone ought to tell 'em of what sty, bolls and sores !

Weather moderating. Thermometer up to 36

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When there're sa precious skinny with the gad I'd like to be the swab to undertake the job, For I am a conservative bold,

Upon the China Station we have a lot of boat And they'in good ones though perhaps you thick

they're not

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History, says the Kwangßas, sänds many shrewdness and cleverness beyond their years examples of brillant youths who have shown but we have never heard of anything like what ip, where as infant, we might call him,, of nine ir now going on at Sin-ch'eng, Kwang-chow- yents of age preaches dally to immense cos courses of people at the corner of streets, thereby blocking traffic, the subjects dealt with being

and 37.ontalde. Barometer high.

taken from ethical books; treating upon fila We are wondering how you have it in Hong-plety and such subjects. The voice of this youngster was especially clear and resounding kong. Up at the Peak you are sure to bave ice so that people standing many yards away, could and snow, Eut does it come down into the town?

endly hear him.

Our Celestial friends, whose year does not end

The stately impérisuss, as good a ship as foss, notil the middle of February, are busy conjectur A letter from Wuchang states, that 'Chang The Pigmy and the Arcker too we'ra got,-23) Ing as to the thousands of strange things yet to Chih-tung, Viceroy of Hu Kwang, had been The Caroline, the Rattler, the little Frabraid happen before the year is out, for so many terri.uffering from cancer in the leg ever since the Forgetting not the Plover and Pallable events have already been recorded during 25th of December last, and the pain is said to All veady now as ever to strike for Old Edglach the eleven months and from the very first they have been so Intense and unbearable that at one Our Queen and country, never mind the bras predicted a strange, bad year! Big strikes, time gravo fears were, entertained as to the

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rioting, tornadoes, heavy losses at sos, great } general health of this energetic satrap, and that The Naval Exhibition was a very great succes robberies and swindles, failures in business, the Viceroy might succumb to the disease. but So I hear, at least, the general public say, "Vanishing Acts," political strife and tumult, “relieving angel" la the shape of a commen For all the honest tars tried to do their very bet and now, to crown all, snow and ice for the first sergeant of one of the regiments in Wuchang To make it popular in every WAY

Ume in a hundred years! What more. may aired on the scene, and so, skilful has ho The Sons of Neptune now to Hongkang hao happen, God only koowal

shown himself that the Viceroy is convalescing been brought

rapidly and "Richard will be himself again ! in a few days. And where now is this Viceroy's | much vaunted faith in Europeans, we might ask?

been thought

To show the life on board a man-of-war z That they are "imitation sailors" by many ba Bat every man's a genuine Britlatı tar↑ ** Bome one oughtto tell 'em of it what say chus? A report was circulated, in town 10-day that Real llors on the stage you now behol. Fok-la-lam reservoir was completely fresen over There's not a singlu swab on the Sons of Neptu

three-quarters of an inch thick but it is difficult Bat what he's a mariner bold,

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raspondent of the N. C. Daily News writes from Under the above heading the Tientsin cor. Fant'an under date December at

by the mint at Canton (one of Chang Chih-tang's Sach bas been, the popularity of the dollars twenty cent and ten and five cent pleces cofard

from

By-the-by the "Sporta" bave had a tiger adventure. While they were lying dormant at their mountain shooting-box, a very large animal got into the compound and cleared a high stone wall with pig (weighing 100 cantes). The native watchman fired at

the snow the conclusion was drawn that the dreadfully man dropped the poor porker,

mauled, Intreder could not have been less than a tiger. The windows in the but, as in Chinese ho uses generally, are made of paper the only separation from a liget. What an excling feeling | Chinese because the Emperor has issued at edict for themselves do not think a

catiger will attack them, bidding such a thing.

Om dif that the Rallway Station is really to be sited shortly in the neighbourhood of the Brillak Settlement. At Jinjow the works are giving on well, and we hope soon to be able to go to Pering i

g-in a couple of duyu.—N; C. Dally"Nawi. THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

New Yorkiɓas 4000 Indians.

Bees have an antipathy for dark colors. China claims to have made the first sugár, ké Only one man in 203 is over six feet in height, Coal sold for $9 a, ion in Hartford U.S.A. In 1826.

The averaga man has 2,304,000 pores in his skin,

„Clock":"are" regarded as -curiosities by the Hindu pakka

There have been fourteen Popes aince the year 1700.

man scalp the moon,

The bun ylalda 8,000,000 times the light of

From 90,000 to $20,000 fialis grow in a ho

I am writing from a flooded district about roothany beneficial projects for his country) among Nalls dipped fato soup will drive eally into

nulles somh-west of Tientsin. It lies on the west the bestsess people of Forchow and the country side of the Lower West river, so called, near its rand, and such has been the difficulty of month. There is a marked difference in the meeting the popular demand owing to the lilies elevation of the land on either side of this means of the Mint at Canton, that the high stream. On the casem alde it is higher Min-Cheb and the Tartas General, have decided wathosfries at Foockow, including the Viceroy of apple and peas-trees-for-a-distance of-10-08 the estimates of the cost of the sins, In order the Wo siver of "Grand Canel" the land be that a similar one might be erected in Fauchow cothes gradually depressed, and another sectional This is a step in the sight direction and of frequently flooded territory is met the clumsy sycce of the present day,

bagh we hope that these dollars will soon supersede which" the wen;ward, overflow from the canal flows northward in seasons of excessive sain.

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much of itswampy, till the Hatou river is reached West of the Lower West river the land is low, These two streams run early parallel at this point towards Tientsin. West of the Hatou the and is even lower than on the east side, gradually

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The population of Arctica Increases by 7,000 periona a day, de commit suicide.

An ornithologist, says that birds frequently Asilk-worm's thread is one thousandth part The number of Jews in Russin to-day is about 5,350,000,0

Australie's dog and the Egypilan shep. herd dog never; bark," five and New York one."

Rame has velve obelisks, Paris one; London

frost in the Colony before (not oren in Panjoms) Yuck Tolliboy (Mr C, & Marko) li as a and as, consequently, there are no skates, seaman-very able indeed, and very able to A JAPANESE steamer, the Wadales Mars, several credulous enthusiasts have been trying was the acting, with a fair wolce for slaging, and foundered ike other day when catering the to Improviso substitutes, and there may yet be fan admirable realism ́about his painting of to and occupied with orchards of spilzot, peach sofegucat the Canton.authorities to give them of an inch thick harbour of Niigata,"wlik the loss of eleven lives. chance to win a Bellyjoss medal for saving officers, Bill Bowser (Me G. Torpio) ale

sung very well, and acted faithfully and effệr. 12. miles, But continuing ennward towards The Douglas steamer Formosa anived this | tively. Tím O'Connor was inesistibly food, morning and reports that during her stay in and can really must put Mr. R. Wheatly do Swatow the thermometer regla ered 31 degas born Italian from Cork. Bill Backstay (M There was plenty of Ice both on deck and aloft. || J. Stephenson) had a small part, which he fille most creditably, as also did bír. W. C. Kiz Wind north west arrived this morning from Shanghal, met with a good song in the second act, Mr. Alles h

The F. & O. steamer Mirroßors, which that of #Tows - Bowlins, with a rattir. genuine snowstorm less than twelve hours out some rough work as the fastral-Arms, Tram Hongkong DNA

he thoroughly entered into the spirit of the thing The Koushing came in this afternoon from and deserved all the applause without the kick

as may be The Ship's Corporal, Mr. W. Gould, was ave merging Isto the swampy or #iske region amongst those who guarded and surrounded Zeland Street, this evening, at 8 go far p a'clock seen in our abipping columns, more knocked about, keeping his temperande through which lies the water.way to Pantog Fo. him. But after killing two and wounding many precisely. Visiting companions are cordially

fully, Mr. Foster, Servant of Marines, hold and partially filed river beds and oveadow more of the soldiers present he and to succumb kie daty ja do, and did it in a quiet queremmin · channels are met with quite frequently through. I si last to numbers, being larily chopped to asper

NINE steamers are reported to have been demired by the Woosung bar on the afternoon of the 13th fast, and the United States flagship

·was stuck at Hallway Point.

A REGULAR Convocation of Cathay Chapter, No. 1165, held Freemasons' Hall,

Manjia with a perfectly

A Canton correspondent wrties under scalar 'day's dalej Soph weather as was experienced,

reports an exciting epliode, where one of three The Kluklang correspondent of the Shinpes criminals who were to be beheaded suddenly broke his bonds, and, snatching away the sword of one of the executioners, made general havoc

height it will ever reach.

A child of three years old is half the This year is the centenary of the use of gas for illuminating purposes

Afood sewing machine is supposed to do the work of twelve women, A

was in Indiana am plan for revolution de tog naval warfare by building India-rubber