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should be dispensed with ? And in fram- ing this query as delicately as we have done, we are but faintly echoing the sentiments of the public-or rather the only section of it worthy of regard and consideration. Many members of the Portuguese community are respectable and
A SCIENTIFIC authority has lately given out that woman's beauty arrives at its maximum only after she has passed her thirtieth year,
THE men-of-war in harbour to-day were gally decorated in honour of Kirg Humbert's birthdays board the Curtatons and other resolni. * which was celebrated with the coal, blasting on
St John Thompson, the Canadian Fromler, who lately started for Pariz la connection with his duties as a Behring Ses casesbitrator is not yet fifty years old, and it is but sixteen years Legislature, whose proceedings he had previously age that he was elected to the Nova Scotia followed at a reportes.
Little Jack Two-sticks, the company's drummer ·
you see we bad nicknames among the borg
many ups and downs in that portion of me. Hife, and the bayt of some constrées we passed through might make one believe himself in an- other world than this. But no matter for that; Was drumming away at my left, and helping to place it is entirely, what between the pigs grunt- Jack was a lad, and a little fellow about the size we have got to Hongkong and a mighty glutale deaden the shriek of these leaden toys. ng in rale Irish fashion at West Point, and of my youngest girl aarten countryman of me own kicking up At the Magistracy today, before Mr. H. E. Hons In the Council room, calling yes all bad Wodehouse, the police prosecuted & Chinaman sames; and describing Hongkong as worse than Street in the small hours of this morning, halfantries such as a want of money, the discontent of And hour after midnight, while enjoying the game of the people with the Government, and the quare want to see these energetic policemen start on
the pride of me heart. the German Club, from which only 'too often Perhaps you'll be after asking me if it's Mr. in the morning.
Well, then sure and may be it is, and may be it isn't, for the O'Briens, like the Murphys, are as thick as black-berry bushes in ould Ireland, and jest us indigenous to the soll.
had left at home; eres the same color, and Look at that boy in the Corporal shouted.
hair that was always trying to carl
we sort of smiled in each other faces "Look at that little chap drumming away 17 "He takes it as cool as if it were play ! " softened, then suddenly hardened, and down he fell.
WATER.-The Water used is absolutely honorable citizens, but the point whether | THE Agents (Mess. Dodwell, Carill & Co) for making a noise at his house in Wellington Purgatory, begoirs that same and a few other
they or born Britishers have the first claim inform us that the Northern Pacific Steamship STEAM PLANT-OI the latest and most to billets at the disposal of the Government | thỉu port, via Japan'ports, on the moralag of the chai-mul. Defendant was fined $i. Now we smalls, make Hongkong quita home-like and And the powder-grimed face of the Corporal
Co.'s steamer Moru left Tacans, Wash for of Hongkong is one that bears little argu- | 20th lost. ment. And if after the examples of Portu-
powerful type.
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SUPERVISION.-The whole process guese honesty and trustworthiness thus ST. PETER'S SEAMEN'S CHURCH.-The Mission emanate hideous dius up to two and three o'clock O'Brien I mane that is kicking up ructions What! Hunt, are you hie ?" But he made no
of manufacture is under the continuous supervision of « qualified English Chemist.
The PRODUCT.-Will bear comparison 'with the Waleis made by the most noted makers in England.
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vessels holating code pennant C, between 9 and steam launch Day Spring will call alongside 10.30 am. on Sunday, to convey men «shore to the 11 o'clock service, returning about 12.30p.m.
It has had in the cases of Barradas and Alves, the Government still retains, and advances In Its service, men recruited from the zame questionable source-Tax North Pacific Rallroad Company has then it will be clothed in more odium created a new office, that of "travelllas black. than at present surrounds it.
smith." The duty of the "travelling blacksmith " is to go from shop to shon over the whole system and are that the werk is kept up to a certain standard.
Happlly under British law all men are equal, but it is contrary to the spirit of even the elastic sentiments of British free- dom and fair-play that the Interests of foreigners should be furthered at the expense of our own nationals. And in na department, where absolute honesty, A. S. WATSON & CO., LD. secrecy and ability are required should there be any other than Englishmen engaged. The public has had a surfeit of the cheap (7) article and now demands a better.
CHEMISTS BY APPOINTMENT.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841..
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DOWAGER DUCHESS OF SUTHERLAND.
LONDON, Apill 21st.. The arrest of the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland has been deferred, abe being Ill and confine to bed.
THE HOME RULE HILL. The purest ingredients only are used, and the Mr. Gladstone, in reply to a question, decilsed utmost care and cleanliness are exercised in the to say whether be considered the retention or manufacture throughout.
exclusion of Irish Members of vital Importance, to the bill. Mr. Sexton expressed his approval of the principle of the bill, but as the land ques- tion, appointment of judges, and the control of the police are reserved, he urged the retention of the full strength of the Irish Members in the House of Commans for six years. He opposed the financial proposals as less favourable than those contained in the bill of 1886 and appealed to Mr. whenever practicable, are despatched by first Gladstone to reconsider the positions. steamer leaving after receipt of order.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL.
IT is stated that every member of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet is a Presbyterian.
Tax ste mihip Sishan, which arrived here this morning, went into Kowlen Dock at 1: T for her annual repairs.
Editor of Small-How can I increase my circulation ?
Editor of Fast-By giving your paper away !
The following is a List of Waters always kept FINANCIAL statisticians estimate that the amount ready In Stock -
of money held by the various London banks is not far short of £230 000,003.
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SODA WATER
LEMONADE
POTASH WATER
.SELTZER WATER.
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TONIC WATER
LEMON SQUASH GINGER ALE
RASPBERRYADE GINGERADE.
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The Honghong Telegraph.
THE Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s royal mail steamer Empress of China leit Yokohams for Vancouver yesterday morning.
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Ir is stated the greatest number of people ever killed by an earthquake since the dawn of history was 190,000. The date of the terrible dinster was 1703 and the scene of the most Japan, and its vicinity. violent disturbance was at Yeddo, the capital of
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In 1500 the French made five kinds of wheat'
$18.
In 1313 the price of an ox was $tz ; if corn-fed Bread was first made in England with yeast in 1634-
eggs a
In 1913 a lamb was worth gu; two-dozen
Salmon was formerly believed to promote drunkenness.
Pork was the most highly esteemed fesh it a Roman table
It's true enough for you Mr. Shakspeare- "All the world's a stage and all the people
actors,"
And this portion of the theatre of life, this atom of the world's drams, is one of its most stagey parts, and actitig in very general here.
and rare" for its audacity is now off the boards The low comedy at one public servant, "rich and there is but the fag-end of his song left-
"Why did ya kick me downstairs," and the answer is easy any-way, yo
Then upon the same stage, and with the same In Iceland, codfish beaten to a powder is used scene, Hongkong's principal actor, following the is bread.
melodramatic performance, took thim steps all The peacock and swan weis famous old Ger-soldiers must learn before they become generals, man dainties.
when he advised the employment of foreigners in the Public Service, to the exclusion of British. Now when he made that speech he must have had an impression that cone in the colony could
THE Candino Pacific Rallway Co.'s royal mail Marshal, R.N.R, from Vancouver, aniyed at steamer Empress of India, Captain D. P. Shanghai xt 3.30 am, to-day, and left again at THE instances of geulus in old age are more 4.m. for this port, where she may be expected numerous than may be generally believed. They boo i to a goose. to arrive about 7 a.m. on Tuesday next; 'painter Titlan was in his hundredth year when he died, and a number of his greatest works An upright Judge needn't be ashamed of his the great gallery of Venice may be seen one of were completed in the latter years of his Hie. In sentences even in the presence of the strictest his last paintings, which was finished when he trified with, and made shuttlecock of to grammarian. Very true but wo have had at least one judge in Hongkong whose upright Tentences, where personal prejudices involved, were on a par with their grammatical inaccuracies. Those who run may read.
were
THE Magisterial inquiry into the are, at No. By Jerveis Street on the 13th jest. was opened by M. H. E. Wodehouse on the 18th, e-pinned to-day, and adjourned until the 24th inst. The Reuter, Brockelmann & Co., agents for the Fire proceedings were taken at the stanceof Messrs. Insurance Co. of Hamburg, Issuers of a policy for $4000 on the premises, Hitherto Bething suspicious has been revealed in the evidence.
FRENCH War Office experts are divided in spleton concerning the value or danger of the staff officers have wiltten quite freely about the Eiffel Towar in case of atjege of Paris. German matter, principally holding that the tower would afford a fine farget. Some French officers agree with this view others say the forts around the city would keep the tower out of range, while it would afford an excellent post for observation, From it the operations of an enemy could be observed for a radius of forty-four miles,
Ox the arrival of the steamer Hupak at
was ninety-nine years old. Sir Isaac New. ton retained his intellectual powers to within Michael Angelo was still actively at work when a short time of his death, at eighty-five his last illness occured at eighty-nine. Alexander von Humboldt, probably the greatest of modern scientists, was eighty-nine when he died. His greatest work," Cosmos," was the labour of the Last fourteen or fifteen years of his life, although the germ of it was published fifty years before in Mr. Gladstone, Lord Tennyson and other pro: bla "Ansichten der Nator" (Views of Nature), minent modern examples could be quoted.
To a correspondent who wanted to know how many of Nazoleon the First's Field Marthals did in their beds, the editor of the New York Collector replied :—
Empire died in their beds, I cannot say; but I Exactly how many of the Marshals of the can laform you that out of the twenty-three ten died violent deaths:
Linnes, Duc de Montebello, was killed at the battle of Evaling, May 22, 1809.
Bessières, Duc d'Istrie, was killed before Lutte, May 1, 1813.
1813.
Daroc, Dar de Friool, was killed at Reichen bach, May 22, October 5e d'Abrantes, leaped from a window Poolstowski was drowned creasing the Fister,
1813.
while insane on July 25, 1813.
Junct, Bac.
ustavilnated at Bamberg, by masked men, Berthier, Prince of Neufchatel and of Wagram, on June 1, 1815.
Singapore, from Swatow, on the 14th fast, the master reported that twenty-one of bis Chinese passengers were suffering from injuries of more or less serious nature. Upon Inveiliga-was tion It was found that on the previous day at досп the passengers attempted to steal some water from a sailor, and he in self defence threw a quantlly of carbolle acid over them. The Stratis Times states that the injured men were admitted to the hospital, while the sailor left in the ship the same day for Batavia,
THE Nashville American, a Democratto paper, eulogises the Inte President in the following terms Berjamin Harrison, President of the United States for four years, is from Saturday a private citizen. He came from the ranks and attained the zenith. He was a good clien He adorned the private walks, became a good soldier, successfully entered the arena of polities and achlered the lefdest pinnacle. He war President of the Republic and was all the honors to which one of his faith was entitled, THE Hongkong Corinthian Sailing Club Coming of the meat illustrious ancestry known hold a general meeting in the gymnasium of the Victoria Recreation Club on Thursday next
to our generation, he more than sustained his (27th).
progenitors. He was an honest man, an able mah and preeminently the representative of his party,
PRESIDENT Cleveland is of opinion that the sentiment in his party in faver of free silver wil werken between this time and sext December
THE members of the City Club will give one of helt popular and entertaining smoking concerts In the Club rooms, Icehouse Lane, to-night, commencing at 9 pm.
A REGULAR meeting of Victoria Lodge, No. 1026, will be held in Freemasons Hall, Zetland Street, this evening, at B.30 for 9 o'clock precisely, Visiting brethren are cordially invited."
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where it was first used. The earliest mention of THX jedan chair is named after Sedan, the town it in England occare la 158x. Early in the following century the Duke of Rockingham caused much indignation by its use la London. People were exasperated at that nobleman em- playing bis fellow-men to take the place of horses to carry him, Prince Charles brought from Spain, in 1623, three curiously wrought
elegraph. Tur total popaleiton of Europe is estimated at
360,200,000 of there, taking the proportions of A few the sexes in the principal countries as a guide, about 167,400,000 are males, and 192,600,000 are
HONGKONG, SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1893.
females,
THE BRITISH ». THE GENUINE (7) | leader last night,
ARTICLE.
Squibob.-There were 27 mis-spellings in your "Brownie, Very sorry. The proofreader was sick and some one had borrowed my dic tionary.
THE number of laoguares spoken by mankind has been translated into 200 only, but these sos at the present is estimated at gem. The Bible are spoken by about two-thirds of the whole population of, the globe,
Ware informed by the agents (Messrs. Shewan & Co) that the "Union" Line steamer Holyrood, from Antwerp, Hamburg and the Strafts, left gapore for this port yesterday afternoon, and is due on or about the 18th Int
In the ruling spheres of Britain's business world the question of the employment of allens of all types, creeds and colors has long been a theme for the expression of regret and bitter expostulation with those, at least, who have the best Interests of the nation at heart.
Schemes have been formulated and efforts have been made in many quarters to stem the flooding of London and other of Britain's commer clal centres by German and kindred THAT section of the Praya Reclamation opposite foreign clerks, who are but one degree the Cricket Ground and the eastern end of the Praya Central is now all but completed. There removed from pauperdom. But the result has been a vaut amount of interesting work done unfortunately has not been satisfactory, on this portion, a full description of which will Thousands of competent and highly appear in these columns shortly.
"You have been so old a friend I want to tell you something. I am" and she blushed" am going to be married,"
Buckingham, law weeks after the's leiro- duction Massinger produced bis play The Bondman, and in it he thus adverts to the Ladies :---
For their pamp and carer baltig borne În ciumphs on men's shan Mare.
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The reference is doubtless to Buckingham's sedan, which wassborze like a palanquin.
Murat, Prince and Grand Doc de Berg, and ex-King of Naples, was hot at Frizzo (Calabria), October 13; 1815.
was shot at Paris by order of Louis XVIII, the Ney, Duc d'Elchinger, P. face de la Moskowa, 7th of December, 1815.
Brisa was massacred by a mob at Lyons in
1815.
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Bedad the very core of me heart warms inte each Government department in this colony is honest indignation to see how the business of
shy from one spalpeen to another. Arrab, begorrah | man alive, that is very powerful Ye have in this very same idiosyncrasy of the Saxon to patronize foreigners colony a German for the Observatory, enjoying the very comfortable position of Clerk of the Weather; another Government bargain is an Inspector of Schools, and no doubt he does. other German who enjoys the sinecure billet of power of good taching yo nil to apike dacent crachutes might say they are as sign-boards English with a beautifol accent. Some heartless pointing to Government Jobs, but sure it's the same with the Saxon all the world over. In me a gostoon it's well I remember going to see the owa country, God bless it when I was a bit of play to Dublin. It was a rale swell theatre patronised by the Sassenachs of that illigant great, and the squeezing so tight that my stomach feet were not admitted. The crash was that city, and where ladies and gentlemen in bare
has never grown anything since then, and its nigh upon six feet; ut no matter for that, the capacity for potatoes is small, although I stand immage was to see the Donna (as she was called) dance like a dray horse on a fronty road, crame of them all, Bedad the colleen handled when to me own mlad Biddy Flanagan was the her feet so well that it was like a vision from Fairyland, figuring with exquisite grace before an earthly audience. Humoot
answer, and I heard in the front the rebel yell. And our Caional shouted. "Charge bayonets, men!" I rushed through the thicket to take my part,
Leaving the corporal lying quiet with a Minie
ball lodged in his gallant heart. We fought, and we won with the little handfal
left of our brave eld Company "G" Our Colona! dropped, half rase, and shouted, "Follow them, boys! Not a man stays with me,"
Bat after the cannon had stopped their rattle, And we searched for our comrades, I heard the
and after the bullets had ceased their play,
drumming of Hitle Jack Two-sticks far kway.
Queer that Jack wasn't up with the company, AS the sharp tattoo of the drum we heard But it suddenly changed to a muffled long rall and five of us started without a word And followed the sound through the wilderness shadows. There, with his back to a fallen tree,
Aud six of bis comrades dead around him, he "Why, Jack, old chap are you hurt!" wa was beating the long roll for Company "G.” questioned; his jacket was tom and the front was red.
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"How did it go? who beat?" he whispered. thought of my girl as I watched him faintly
beating the long roll there to the dead.
"Write to mother about this hands fell
The
"We saved the day at the last-wo, won!"
lifeless, and little Jack Two-sticks' drum- raing was done t
night came down with Its blessed quiet, and And the little chap in the darkness sleeping,
I said a prayer for my little girl,
But of all the sights that the wilderness shadow
with hair too stiffened with blood to cail.
The saddest of all was that little fellow beating
were trying to hide as the smoke clouds fled the long roll there for the dead t
MARION MANVILIS ;
SIAM NOTES.
BANGKOK, April 11th.
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The preliminary hearing in the case Regina Ps. Abamat arising out of the attack upon Mr. Lille was continued on Friday at the British to Tuesday the 111b, to allow of the appearance Cousolate. The bearing was again postponed of an important witnesss in, the case who has unaccoupably disappeared
wegh several of the Siamese Princes maintain Dearate the ominous signs of the last few
But sure, to them crachares she was only Biddy, and now it's a fact I am relating to you but France is indulging in a game of "blaff when that colleen married a Frenchman and and that the crisis in Siamese affairs is only a went by the name of Madamoiselle what-yo-call-journalistle scare. The same Prince who is it she came out on the London board and originator of this excuse contends that the Salg on scored typhoons of applause, and a fortune! papers are largely to blame for the fuse made of
"The devil thank them," sald be, "for Its
the Franco-Staniese difference, and holds that " ant me that gits it at all, as all, but my French Frenchmen at home do not want to hear any.
thing about the question.
before I let down the curtain on this portion of Well, Just another lustration you plast, me discourse. Now quare as the following may fernal machine of Fleschi, by the side of Louis-
Mortier, Dac de Tréviss, was killed by the ineem, I pledge you may word it's the truth I ta Philippe, on July 28, 1835.
tellin ye of upon the honour of an Irish glatieman
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THE "JOB LOTS" EXHIBITION.
In the same iligant city of Deblic there is one of them quare crachures that makes bis living by making laces, but as ho is an Irishman with an Irish name it was a mighty poor ont he had until he took the foreign name of Monsieur Laughyoucit, and then there was a regular rush upon his establishment and a sergeant of police had to be placed on duty at the door to keep the footway clear.
The Lord Lieutenant herring of the French. man said to his missis--
the Frenchman,
"Begorrahi we'll have our pictures took by
The Ancient and Honourable Order of Job Lais of Hongkong ta going ahead in most surprising and praiseworthy style. It pro- poses to hold a conversustena on Thursday next, which will probably--or at least so we may hope for the first of an annual series. The happy idea has also occurred to the moving spirits thai, as the Hongkong exhibits for the Imperial Institute are now being got together, it would
see ourselves as others see us, or at least see most certainly be worth while, if only somebody would take the trouble of arranging, to let us
Imperial Institute will show them to the world. our representative collection of exhibits as the
slight improvements, and has been inpinred: is The original idea is distinctly good, bat needed for, would by self be nothing very sensational, Hongkong's consigament to the Institute other attractions from private sources have been
exceedingly fine array. Besides this, a programme of musical and other items conducs to the enjoyment of this gathering, though we have as yet heard nothing to refreshments, which absolutely the inaugural meeting of the "Odd Volumes" essential, and which were so badly missed at
auto very seriously Infare (for a time only, we kope) the prospecti of the new association. In Tax follwing clever bit of criticism is from the there is no reason at all why the "Odd Volumes
the present CRIE the lesson has been learnt, New York Sun:-We baye’In "Adzuma, or the Japanese Wife," a four-act play by Sir Edwin conversions should it be a success of such Edwin's own violi trawit and nimble in this not tea united Colony. Indeed, why Aroid. It is dowing, mystic and wordy, in Sir
magoltede ** to warrant is perpetuation fat and thlity along. It flashes like a new should not the exhibition be annual? Why among the greatest of annual reunious Lataka, se anybody might the then, be should not this Colony keep abreast of civil t when, the shof being pushed back, we may enough to make a great show standing alone, having hold of the muse or the kira, we communities and have a yearly exposition of its ars not sure which. It is gratifying always, industrial, products behold Sir Edwin at Intellectual play. Chly but as an accessory to a flourishing annual Perhaps we have not mo kawarana infu to-be is a koro, likewise the light shooting through the wad. He is great function it certainly could and should be done. he sounds live aliver but he brings down the are a great many Japanese words and phrases yashi. We up the sakasuks to him. There, in his play; we suspect a good many readers would give a peck of ye to know what the italics are all about, But sa, sa What are you?
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"I have not the laate dejection," said she, "We'll be ready by one o'clock," said he, ** "No," said she, "the bacon and cabbage is
anything I can't abide its thim Irish cabbage all the way from Covent Garden, for if there sarved at that hour and the cabbage has come
it tastes sa vulgar,"
So after a little palaver and a good deal of the bacon and cabbage, they want to Westmoreland
lons. We learn that the Paknam fosts are to have been pretty busy with warlike prepara Since the arrival of Zufis, the Siamesa appear
trongly manned and that a large force has been moved down to Paknam In readiness for even. tualities. The chief enemy at the present celebrated for their ferocity and vigour at the moment is the swarm of mosquitoes which are entrance to the river and the men are said to be having anything but a pleasant time whilst awaiting a more formidably enemy
at Pakmam. In deference to the wishes of the The French gunboat La Comète is at anchor Krom Hinang the gunboat will not proceed to Bangkok. So sager has the Palace-Minister as a means of communication between Banglak been on this point that he has offered the Fylls and Paknam. Le Comite la here to take away Commander Couy now on the Lutin. Our Saigon contemporary was misinformed when stating that the Comile was not ordered to Bangkok. We may next expect the Vipère and what will happen when Commander Coup returns to Saigon remains to be seen.
We are Informed that the Bangkok plota have been ordered to hold themselves in
base delen ever expired by each gun lobe
readiness to bring in the pilot cutter wherever. required. In case the cutter cannot be brought in the orders are that she shall be abandoneda Street, and formiast Laughyanett's door there
The meaning of such is, of course, clear, Slam city trying to get in, and when the Lord Lieutenant and his Missis got to the door the clear that the French would have Hitle dificulty was a power of people-all the quality of the on hand whenever French gun-boats or larger war vessels. Tho gh is in equally Sergeant stopped them Where are you in obtaining pliots from Singapore should they shoving to ?" said ho.
resolve to force an entrance to the port of Bangkok. That such coarse should be deemed "Why" said the Lord Lieutenant, we are necessary by the Siamese only shows how serous come to be took."
“It's mighty soon you'll be that same "wald the Latine Siam Fru Prats.
tara matters have. taken since the arrival of ing the highway.h the sergeant, "if you brake the
The pace by obstruct
sald the sergeant, "I have my orders from a "Why," said he, "don't you know who yɖu area-talking to ? I am the Lord Lieutenant
"The sorrow, a bit of me cares who you are," betles' wor you, and I knowe my duty,"
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"A better than me," said the Lord Lieuton- ant, "and who may that be the ch "Why, Mounseer Laughyouett to be sure, you omadsun" sald the sergeant.
Now If the Lieutenant but know that Langbyouet! was only an Irishman he and his Missis would not have been there nor the sergeant ; nor the crowd. And he and Mistis would have been worried out of their lives had been exported to the London markets from if they had known that the cabbage, and bacon Ireland, Such is the power of a foreign name
PATRICK OFLAKERTY/
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A LITTLE JACE TWO-STICKS. "Twas a temible day, and we spent it fighting the
third division of Hils's command
THE IRISH GLOBE-TROTTER.
east that every step I row take brings me Having left Ould Ireland and travelled so far nearer home again, it is only dscent of me to educated Brillah clerks are to-day starving Allia was all sweet, nice and nervous and British officers was ta Jais,
write down my experiences for publication, that to the 8-xon="" It is said that the last fatal deel fought between Having spent more than twenty-four hours in being the custom with all globe-trotters. In England owing to the simple fact that the raid to her sweetheart:
1859, between.Cap- The services of foreigners can be secured
tala Nolan, riding-master of the 15th King's Hongkong it is power of larning I have to Hausers, and Captala Johnson, H.E.I.C.d., near on the social customs of them haythens the at a third of the cost which the very nature
Bangalore, Madras. Tendaal was fought with Chinese, which will drie back from the year one 'bia Britain's existence renders necessary
swords, and Captain Nolan killed his adversary.
to the present tine, "Wait," he cried, hoarselys "before you go This Captain Nolan was the same officer who be should demand. The theory that it is further, hear me I must say it, though I have carried the order to Lord Cardigan to take the always wise to buy in the cheapest market I love you; I adore you ; I have loyed you Nolan was shot dead in the charge of the Light zo right now, but I will have less right later. guns from the Russians on Balaclava day. has often been exploded, and we take it since we were children together. I do not ace Brigade. It was of him that that immortal that the day is not far distant when the how I can live and see you the wife of another. Adam Lindsey Gordon wrote followers of that polley in this particular But at least you will know that I havs lorod So he rode to death with that careless smalle direction will suffer & rude awakening, sigh over my distant grave of course, that is. So, stricken by Russian grape, the cheer
you all these years, and when you hear the wlad In the van of the Light Brigade, sop However, the point which concerns as
monsenzo
Rang out while he topplod back star
"Don't take on so, John Henry *
most at present is whether or not the wokly. I going to marry you fit the said," From his shattered lungs as metry and clear
time has arrived when the services
Then the strong man fainted, and, saahe bent oyer him a determined little line showed about
As it did when he roused the park.. Let never a tear his memory sisin, giva kia ashes
never a sigh, Gozza
of the alien now filling positions of her mouth and she muttered, "I had to de One of many whe perished, and not in vala, frust..under the Hongkong Government something to bring him to it.
| As a typu of our chivalry,
Foreigners (u Europeans, and other non- Arlatia races call themselves bars) will have a Blatory of Hongkong complate, and if you will large share of my attenties, thereby making my Just have, the complaisance to put in them commas, colons and semi-aloes in their right places," This discoume, will knock into amikereens all other accounts published. ·
But for the love of heaven t taka para of them" stops, for ji's sarcin more they are in literature what the pesce are in commerce, and if ya taka care of thim that I spake of the periods, like the pounds will take care of themselves.
In the wilderness then, fast as night was falling,
wo falshed the combat band to hand,
Our ranks were thinned, and the men had fasted hour after bour of the hard-fought day. With canteens empty and knapsacks lying on the stant ground in camp when we marched away, Corporal Hunt had stood beslis was all through That tail, blue gezin in its long swathy lying, on
the fight as our men went downy the earth where it had been thrown.
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Liverpool has the largest local debt of any
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St. Petersburg bas 10'000 ice barises. town in England. -
Lady Aberdeen is reusing Ireland to exhibit at the World's Fair,
sweeps wear plug hats.
To small towns in Germany, only chimney
The cost of an English Cabinet Minister's foll-dress uniforma is $600,
to find bis own bed-clothing.
In small holes in Rarria each guest is expected,
be illuminated by the electric-light.
Cairo, in the land of the Pharobe, in soon to
are to wage s Jolat war of extermination sgafort France, Switzerland, Belgium and Germany wolves.
The Government of Cape Colony is about to appoint a permanent commercial agent at Now York.
German troops in East Africa hava won in Important victory over hostile natives at Unian gravira,
whole of Germany passed the Reichstag several law establishing a standard time over the
weeks ago
richer in cash and presents as a result of the
The Vatican at Rome is about. $2,000,000
Papal Jubilee.
England and Germany with selling arms to slave- The Belgian Anti-slavery Society charges tradere in Africa.
Geneva telegram states that in- important has been made there the Ang discovery of you unpublished letters of Voltaire
cleft twigs dropped from the trees about us,1-foot velocipade screw-propeller boat from cut by the bailes which whistled there
A Callean is ming preputations to sail in a-
fi la not for me to wille of my voyage by sxy's | And with laboured breathing we clambyred for
things were square with me thin and I made Do:mental notes, altho' to be sure there were
Valparaiso Chicago, N
The foot-and-mouth disease has broken oni in wards, maltering sometimes & Outer of In the Berlin catile market, and all semovals of pinyar,
sized cattle have bejn prohibited ara
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