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Gunner Berridge, and fifty-four mes were wounded. The expedition had taken two villages, but while returning to their boats were attacked on all aldes, losing a field piece and

six thousand rounds of ammunition. Afterwards NURSING MOTHERS AND INFANTS a party from H.M.S. Alecto attempted to land at the seaboard town of Gorjor, bat were defren back under a boavy fire.

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LOCAL AND GENERAL THE Japan Bank has declared a fifteen per cent. dividend.

is specially recommended sa an article of diet for NURSING MOTHERS ■ it wil strengthen and support them and at the same time at rich the Natural Milk and increase the Supply,

INFANTS FED on this Food put on Sash THERE were eight English and two American sealing vessels in Yokohama harbour the other day.

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THE F. & O. 5, N. Co.'s steamer Gwalior lett Singapore for this port at 6 a.m. to-day,

LAST year 9.968 male and 2.598 female con tract-labourers emigrated from Japan to Hawaii and America.

Tax French gunboat Inconstant returned to Shanghai from Chinklang on the 21st fort.

A SECOND railway loan of one millon you. bearing 5 per cent, Interest, is to be ralied by the Japanese Government

A 240,000,000 candle-power electric-light, the greatest in the world, will be placed in Fire Inland lighthouse, off the port of New York.

THE Mercury learns from Tientsin that the Empress of Chios gave birth to a son last montb, thus assuring the succession of the present dynasty,

THERE are about 5,000 miles of telephone wires used round bandles of match-doges | Mr. A. Ja now in Japan.

Leach. QC., Instructed by Mr. E. C. El (M Colombo on the 25th inst., for this port. THE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s steamer Ades left Mr. J. J. Francis, QC, Instructed by Mr. C. V. H. Deacon's office) was for the plaintiff, and

Ewens, was for the defendant.

THE Pritish steamer Iris, 1588 tons, arrived rallway material consigned to Vladivostock, here -day from Middlesbro with a cargo of

MR. A FONG, the well-known photographer of Ice House Lane. bar, judging from the coples sent us, succeeded in taking some excellent photographic views of scenes at the recent races." Copies may be selected at his studio.

THE first of the course of Ambulance Corps

half-breeds in the East?

lectures which, Dr. James Cantils has kindly Van Koorer-How do the natives treat the consented to pive at the Rooms of the Odd Volumes Society will be delivered on Monday, the gib proximo, at 5.30 pm. Vid advertise ment is another column,

Old Scak-Dear hoy, the Eurasias are always dammed by the Chinese t

THE Agents (Messrs. Dodwell, Carli & Co.) inform us that the Northern Pacific Steamship Co.'s steamer Mogul has anired at Yokobama, and will leave for Hongkong to-morrow, via

ports,

definitely decided by the steamer companies We learn from Shanghai that it has been concerned that the first sleamers for Tientsin will leave that port on the morning of Sunday, the 4th proxime.

part of this issue, the popular "Ivrics" will As will be seen by an advertisement in another

Hall, on Saturday with a representation of open a brief season la the Theatre Royal, City Nicholls' and Lestocq's farcical comedy Yane," for which seats can now be booked at Messrs. Kelly & Walsh'u.

A recent traveller in Kafirland tells this SOUTH AFRICA responds to modern innovations.

passed as a man driving a small flock of goats Incident :-"As we were up-saddling, there and several head of cattle This was the hus band of a lady-physician who is running the practice of the local witch doctors, and he was

The following recial jury was sworn :-), S. D. Gitles, M. S. S. Sastoon, and T. Arnold.. van Buren, W. H Polts. G. T. Velich, N. I. Eđạ, Mr. Teach, in opening the case, stated that the helliant," and were sold in Hongkong to plaintiff's matches were of the kind cilled Chinese for the North almost exclusively. The boxes were picked in dosent, and the wrappers bore a picture of a paddle steamer, with repre- sentations of medals gained by the goods. The defendant's matches were very similarly packed, with wrapper bearing pictures of steamers, The defendant dented that his mark was an Imliation of the plaintiffs', or was calculated or likely to deceive nurch arms. The plaintiff on discovering the alleged Infringement last year obtained an interim injunction ex parte, pro sent porth pending the trial of the case; but it venting the defendants' matches from being

close of the Tientalo acsion, in order to save was dissolved by consent, shortly before the loss, but without welving any rights.

(Case proceeding.)

THE MASONIC BALL. . .

ananimous opinion worthy to be chronicled as The Hongkong Masonic Ball of 1904 is by

Far East ; and, it will be long time before the most magolficent in the whole bistory of the

THE Shanghai Police Force intend agitating for an increase of pay owing to the ruling rate of xchange. A petition was to have been sent Into the Municipal Council on Saturday last. SIXTY dollars was the suma contributed to the revenue this moraleg Chang On owing to twenty passengers having been found on board his vessel last night in excess of the number for which she is licensed,

"WHAT punsense all this is about men getting on their knees when they propose," said Mrs. Parlow to her dear friend. "My husband didn't do any auch absurd thing when he asked me to many blm." "He did when he propose Admiral Kornilof, which was then, at the yesterday morning, in a fit of sombamballem, of Masonry; while apart from the significance to me," said the dear friend, without thinking.

PROMINENT Kanaka official says:-"One to settle in the Sandwich Islands. They had. the owner of the lauschhundred years ago we allowed the missionaries | taking home his wife's fee for attending a patient"| Krester success than that of last night will come

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VICE-ADMIRAL TIRTOTT, Commander-in-Chief of the Russian naval forces in Asiatic waters, arrived at Shanghal on the aand inst., arriving there in the Mandjour from his flagship, the

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Tux band of the 1st Shropshire Light Infantry will play the following programme at the Officers' Mesi, Murray Barracks, this evening, com- mencing at 8 o'clock:-

March Overture... Balaction... Selection... Karorka........

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|_ Wagner. "Flotte Bursche"Zuppe. "Carmen" Biret.

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Waldtenfel "Lacia di Lammerm

Doristil ..."Le Cerise"

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THE district of Paddington, in London, which contains 100,000 fahabitants, burns 30,000 tons of warbage year in fornaces which fartsh power to light all the streets of Paddington and reduces the cost of electric lights to all the house holders in the district. On experiment it was found that three tons of garbage were equal to about one ton of coal in making steam, so that the garbage of the district is equivalent to 10,000 tons of coal anneally for the electric-ilght service.

News confirms the report that the Viceroy Lia The Nanking correspondent of the N. C. Datly Kan-yf has memorialised the Throne against the sprolatraent of Mr. Lu Peh-yang xe Total of Shanghai. This is a most unusual step for, adds our contemporary, had Lu had been appointed In the ordinary way by the Board, his appoint. he was personally appointed by the Emperor ment might have been protested against ; but na himself, no one, it is thought, would. date to protest against the selection.

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, fectare of Chaochow, Kwangtung, may

THE seriousness of the insurrection in the pre-ahip being well found and fitted for voyage THUS the New York Martiime Register:-A

and rigging being seaworthy, officers and crew means, we should think, that in addition to kult

always the case? Do people interested in shipping are also in the same good condition. But is this fully appreciate the meaning of the term "being seaworthy? We believe not, for if they did there would be fewer maritime disasters. And in the same connection it seems strange that claimed in suits where disasters have undoubtedly fall instance of this provision is not more often arisen from a neglect of its conditions,

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guaged by the announcement that the Kings authorities received telegraphic despatches from the Canton Viceroy on the sih inst, asking that the Kings! Governor Tê Hsing should send two of his disciplined, regiments to zaslat Admiral Chêng Chung in crushing the Insurrection. The sest one regiment with orders to stay at the N. C. Daily News states that Governor Te only borders to prevent the malcontents recressing intó Kianget.

I will doubtless interest our lady readers to learn that the twelve dresses which the town of Lyons recently presented to the Empress of Russia are, a dress of palest green velvet, in Houry II style, trimmed with black leathers, dress of pale dead-blue satta embroidered with trails of bellotrope flowers and green laxves, a moire trimmed in such a way with half-crushed dress of hellotrope velvet, another of pala-blue roses that they look as if they were lightly strewn over it, gown of cream-colored cut valvet, another of ivory silk, and a satin dress of "sunset" shades that is enough to make any woman who looks at it sick with envy; also, one of reddish-plak velvety allk stitched with gold stars, and, finally, a dress of silk that looks exactly like silver,

within the range of practical possiblities. Every the navy, the foreign visitors, the resident section of the community assisted-the army, citizens en marrs, of every nationality and every rank; and apparently no effort or expense was spared in combining to create a record in the

TO HIS local contemporaries, ren slight accident that recently befell him, does the Siam Observer man somewhat pathetically allude: "The bi-week'les are in luck. The proprietor, editor, news-collector, manager etc.annals of the Orient. through a bed-room window about one o'clock etc., of the only dally In Siam climbed

and felf the rest of the way-Iwenty feet. Miraculessly he didn't break his neck, but he up to daty," is limping about very painfully and not quite

ACCORDING to a Tokyo native journal, a series of very grave charges are to be brought against number of officials and others in connection with the Japanese exhibit at the Chicago World's Fair. The most damaging charge is made against the engineering company responsible for the erection of the Hooden, for which 110,000 yen was paid, whereas it is asserted it could not have cost more than 10,000 ye. Legal proceed ings are to be taken, says the Nagaiak! Rising forth coming exhibition at Kyoto, as it will only Sun, and it is proposed to protest against the result in filing the pockets of corrupt officials.

ADVICES received from Bangkok refer to the murder of European at Champoun on the West Coast of Slam, Some short time ago there were several Europeans in that district, one of whom lately arrived in Bangkok. The

had bis throat cut while out fishing with natives, in a German named Schild, and is said to have European who is alleged to have met his death

The Siam Fru Prajz atates that the German Consular authorities are diligently prosecuting an investigation into the affair, which appears to be shrouded in some mystery, though the facts already ascertained paint to a murder having been committed.

MIHR MAHOMID, 29, and Mahomed Sheer, 31, privates of the Hongkong Regiment, appeared before Mr. H. E. Wodehrase at the Police Court plaint of Colonel Barrow, H. K. R., with this moming on remand, charged, on the com.

procuring Abdoolab Khan to murder Noor feloniously siding, abetting, counselling and Mahomet, a hovildar of the same regi. ment, on the 18th vltimo, as reported in these columns at the time. Mr. A. B. Johnson, Crown Solicitor, prosecuted and examined a private in the regiment at some length, after which the case, which has now been about a month before the Court, was remanded until the yib, proxima.

yesterday was a colossal display of the glories To the eye of the Initiated, the City Hall

of the emblems, the spectacle was gorgeous in the extreme. From end to end the building bristled with trophies and decorations of mysterious meaning, while over the entrance a Masonic beacon to the whole colony. The great five-point star of gas lights stood out as a approach to the City Hall was to have been beautified in various ways, hat the utterly im- practicable "fountain "in front prevented sny- thing great being done, beyond figs, Japanese lanterns, swaloge, shrubs, etc. Inside, from the threshold to the grir, the hall was laid with a Masanic floor cloth, with central star and border to due forms at each side the colonnade had been" decorated with shields, flags, and other emblems while at the font of the stair, two massive gilt. of the craft, festooned with greenery and flowerss pillars were erected, supporting the globes, wiika. device in gas jets suspended between, consisting stairs were carpeted in crimson, with blue and of the square and compass and letter G. The

ball-way landing was quite a work of art com white border, and very fine ferns, palms, etc. The bined with science; a W. M. pedestal, with all

swords and silversquare and compassesont-w pedestals, Bible on cushion, with grassed fitting-step, cushion, rough and finished ashis

placed in the centie, to as to face the entrance. while above was a huge ballroom mirror in which everybody on the ground floor could see the upper floor, and vice-versa; thus, from the threshold one could see the great key-stone (upstairs) as suspended between the two gold columns with the star atthe entrance, Abeve this was another five-point star in gas jets, smaller than the first; and the windows on the landing wers neatly cartsined and decorated. festooned with Aags and wreathed in flowers. The large maltor was flanked by "tracing-boards,

Justice, Temperance, and Prudence occupied Four fine life-its figures representing Virtue, positions above the stair, with countless minor ornaments which blended beautifully to make a grand picture, over which the dome was hung with blue cloth silver-starred, in semblance floor, the ante-room to St. George's Hall was of the canopy, of heaven, On the appes converted into a pavilion of flage; from the centre of the roof the draping way arranged in SAVS the Edinburgh Review 1-t and the manner of a "bell-tent, and with softly. populous as China is, the experience of the shaded electric lights the room was transformed aggressive purposes. She has not the hold on present century shows that she is weak for lato a lovely boudoir, fitted with excellart taste.. territory adjacent to her borders which she could Master of England, the Prince of Wales. In Here also was an ell painting of the Grand claim 100 years ago. European nations are St. George's Hall itself the decorations were north. She has been forced to cede a portion of from the suture of the room. The ceiling was pressing on her, both on the south and on the neat and effective, being a good deal simpler, her territory to England, and she has been draped with, bize cloth showing allver stars, men, both for civil administration and for military wall brackets. The comices over the doors and compelled to svall herself of the help of English while Royal Arch flags and woatbu adorned the

sion of the Chinese race does not necessarily and figs, while the familiar words indicating command. All these things show that an expan windows were all hung with Masonic shielde involve an extension of Chinese dominion, the principles of the Craft were inscribed in On the contrary, they tend to prove that it is the white letters on scarlet ground beneath the order introduced by European administration cornices. At the south (Queen's ond) end of which leads to the multiplication of these in the hall was an imposing trophy of Masonle dustrious people and there is, therefore, at least Regalia, representing every Lodge and Chapter us much ground for saying that, though Bornee, in the district, surrounded by the banners Sumatra and New Guinea, and the great of Grand Lodge. In St. Andrew's Hall wAS islands of the Eastern Archipelago, may be similar trophy, surmounted by the banners of the ultimately peopled by yellow races, they will be Royal Arch Chapters. The bind-stand, as usual, governed by the white races, as for bellaving was under the sich dividing the two hall-rooms be developed to these great and fertile islands. that new Chinese Empire is in process of and a beautiful little bower had been prepared formation; a Chinese India may, in other words, for Brother Murphy and his merry men. The than is generally imagined. Modern scientific

electric light was used almost everywhere, and evidence points conclusively to a certain amount

worked well throughout. The Chamber of sleep. The vast majority of our dreams never was recently asked by a young lady, what electil room. The verandaba all round were fitted with of mental movement dasing the whole period of ROF, Gallleo Ferraris, the genial Italian scien. Commerce office was turned into an equally tist, whose name is well known to all electricians, proxy, bastaess-like concern-the refreshment dormant processes remain in memory, or at least that question, he entered to answer it, and Royal made a fine supper-ball, and was mere come to our knowledge. Only a few of the city was; but, unlike most others when asked suggestively tempting lite alcoves. The Theatre in the volitional power of recollection as according to Cosmoz, rote in French is her lavishly and brilliantly decorated than it has Louis Robinson, in the North American Review, in speaking of "what dreams are made autograph-bock the following, of which we ever been before; trophies of swords, shields, of says that during sleep the brain seems to be venture to give a translation, even though the benders, aprors of many kinds, and other pars pecupied in recounting, classifying and storing French Maxwell has demonstrated that great originality and striking effect. In the languaga hardly does justice to the original in pherasifs were exhibited in artistic designs of ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS MUST BE PAID TY | reason sufficient to vindicate one through all the | as it were in pigeonholes the observations of the lemloons.vibrations can be nothing elsa' centre of the stage was a bogebank of waking day. In scientiae terms the process is than periodic variations of electro-magnetic flowers showing Triple Tor" jared on a white the reaction of the nerve-colla - which havo bass WITING from Nanking on the 19th lost, the This unconscious cerebration is undoubtedly of pagated like light, has given an experiment fairy lamps" peeping out all over, and rural played upon by the phenomena of the senses, that electromagnetic oscillations are pro shape facing the hall, surrounded by palms, forces; Hertz, in proving by experiments ground. Around this wass table of horse-sho correspondent of the Shanghai Mercury states great ullifty, and is probably essential to every basis to the theory of Maxwell. This "To-day as the dragon procession was prasing being possessed of reasoning power.

ferns, Bowers and decorations of all kinds, with the military camp to the Drum Tower, some healthy mind probably should dreams, though gave birth to the idea that the luminiferous scene at the back; the whole procesiem being

Every accident occurred amid the firing of the crackers we should no doubt be as well off if none of the ether and the seat of electric and magnetic framed in the crim on glow of a lice of tiny and general excitement and the thatched encamp sleep work of the brain impressed itself on our forces are one and the same thing. This being lights. In a word, the scene was indescribably meni was soon alight_from.comzer to corner, active memories. Some five hundred soldiers were soon wildly

established, I can now, my dear young lady, boan link ": plunging amid the burning mass and tearing

reply to the question that you put to me

As the commencement, there was a grand down what they could in order to av THUS the Shanghat Mercury We bellave midable agent which now and then shatters and Governor and Lady

What is electricity? It is not only the for- muster of the Masonic body to receive the their temporary home. and belongings, but it that in accordance with a wish frequently tears the atmosphere, terrifying you with the Templar formed an "Arch of Steel" with Their Robinson. The Koights was of no use. The fire raged furiously pressed by the Viceroy Li Hung-chang, a crash of its thunder, but it is also the life-giving swords at the entrance, and members of the other and was at one time quite dangereur. The practical experiment of teaching number of agent which sends from heaven to earth,, with lodges Uned the steps and sorrider process fine hospital belonging to the Christian well educated young Chinamen navigation and the light and the heat, the magic of colours and sion was formed, with tumpetars, to ascend misalorary society is fa close proximity to the generally instructing them in the duties of the breath of life. It is that which makes your the stairs, after which the Arch of Encampment and every effort was there made to mercantile marine officers, is about to be heart beat to the palpitations of the outside Steel" was re-formed in the ball room for the prepare for a fight with the flamer. The little made upon considerable scale. The ex-world, it is that which has the power to trans, procession to pass through in proper eider. The thatched and wretchedly built houses of the periment is being carried out under the dice mit to your soul the enchantment of a look and ball was opened by Mt. Chater and Lady Chiness were licked by the flames, and but for Hon of the China Merchants S. N. Co. and the grace of a smile," the sudden springing up of a favourable wind, the Foochow-built transport Talan has been

Robinson, the Governor and Mrs. Danby. The FIGHTING IN WEST AFRICA.

many might have been left homeless. It was solected as a training vessel, Captain Knights

dance music was played by the Shropshire band. really pitiable to see the terror-stricken mothers belog detached from the Kiang-yu to command STRIOUS BRITISH REVERSE,

throughout, and the Indian band of "Odr Very snatching up bedding and little babies and seek- the new training ship. We bave not heard yet

Own" played a wanderfully good selection in. LONDON, February 25th, ing whelter by the wails of the Foreign residences bow many Calestia! "midshipmen" she is to

the theatre during supper, at the back of the The British naval expedition, two hundred Not a vestige of the encampment remains. It carry. She is being fitted up for her new duties.

stage. The dance programme was !—-* strong, which had been despatched against a Hospital is crowded with our military guests of slew fa of course an admirable one, as it will

is a weled sight moonlight. The Christian at the Arsenal. The Ides from a Chinese point (Hafors Sir Fisiding Clarke, Chief Justice.) slave trading chief near Bathurst, on the West and we have opened the spacious building to the tend towards replacing a considerable number of

GOONG AMARONIC BALL. MAN ATTACHy, Hall, Afdcan cost, has met with a severe daicat in military officials and soldiers silks. It is the foreign employes by natives. But how the

Be As With February, 1894, which Lieutenan's Hervey, Arnold and Babe, best advartisement the hospital may get for tosurance companies and the foreign officers Lieutenant Meister, and ten men ware killed. Centuries. It was an anxious time for the will regard it is galte another matter. If Captain Gambia, Finet Surgeon White, Zdenten- this exhibition på good will and klodness may another sall in the coffin of the Caucasian in missionary community at the Drum Tower, "but masts with the success anticipated, it will be anto Moyle and Savill, Midshipman Chambers, i holy to win them sonhdongy.

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TELEGRAMS.

To all those whom it may concern :—

Breed not quarrain-Rabbi Jehudah. Guard agafast quarrelsomeness-Confucina Avold quarrels. Settle disputes.John Knox. A gunsrel is quickly settled when deserted by

Das party. There is no battle unless there be two-Seneca.

the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness Make people happy and there will not be balf there isArt. L. M. Child.

He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with, bas zo right to compisin lf the sparks fly in his face.--Franklin.

Whatever mitigates the woes of increases happiness of others is a fast criticism of iniquity. One should not quamel with a dog without a courts of morality.--Goldwith. N

FROM a telegram received in Shanghai from Peking, a northern contemporary leams that the President of the Grand Court of Revision, hardihood to memorialise against the Viceroy Hill Chib-siang, the same official who had the Chang Chih-tung last summer for haughtiness been made to suffer for his audacity in more of conduct towards his subordinates, etc, bas ways than one. As already noted, he was dat invited to eat the sacrificial ments with the Emperor and his Court last November, which was a sign of unpopularity with the Throne. In the second place his name received no mention in the list of Imperial Birthday honours on Chinese New Year day, and, finally, he was appointed on the 21st inst. Literary Chancellor Cheklang province, a great fall from his high estate of the past few years. This is a signal proof of the Influence and power of the Chang Jamily at Peking,

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SUPREME COURT.

IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION, all

February 27th.

FUE MATCHES.:

G. Farth, of Vianney through The Hongkong tion to restrain D. Hutchison & Co. of Hongkong, agents, Siemssen & Co., applied, for so lojunc from Infringement of trade hanck on the Wzappers - Coch

The Hoa. C. F. Chater, RW.D. G. Master,

Star of Bouthern Chim, 2013.