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THE last of the Hawaiian correspondence touch. ing the use of force to compel the reinstatement of the ex-Ceca has brea sent to the United States Cangiets. In the spialan of the New York Mail and Express thete never was a more disgraceful episode is the history of the United States than this curespondence reveals.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1894.

sake of the former. Mr. Edgar Smart acquitted) was then pliched near the Beaver River, onthas leaving it about $4,000,000, or a total himself admirably ma the Idiotic, ape-like College bill.

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Prince Makselit, but it is 10 be boped Meetings were held on the grounds at once, he went down on his kares and sought and $36 were collected by Maribal Smith. forgiveness from bla Maker for having to assume the evening a meeting was keld in the opera- that disguise, A fool on the

bonse, and after the audience left, the army, lavariably a bore, but a French font-ye goda! 270 strong, marched there and slept in the We hope to see Mr. Smart In a character worthy theatre,

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TurAL by Jury has received another jur, of his abilities as an actor before the coating the formation of a new commune called the By 9 o'clock tas recruite hid jafned, necessita- break up thefr camp here Mr. Edmond Norris was the villain and got through the business Cyclona, named after the astrologer. with a fair amount of success.

Before leaving Camo Marlön a religions To-morrow night the company will produce service, with music, was held on the field. All “Francillas" wader the patronage of Major-day long the camp was visited here by the General Tigby Barker, and as their performances townspeople, several thousand people coming. in this play are mast highly spoken of by the from neighbodog towns. Food enough to last Press of India and the Straits, no doubt it is the army two days was contributed by the worthy of the strongest support.herals, however, ellisons, and the officers were entertained by one suggestion wo would make in the Company's hotel-keepers. The leaders were immensely interests and that is the fatreduction of a limited pleased with the reception and the big batch of orchestra, During these warm evenings people recruits. will not be persuaded to sit in a theatre during

PARIS, April and. the Intervals with nothing better to do than to twiddle their thumbs. The suspicious log of the curtain gong might also be silenced and the || mora serviceable, bell subsiltuled, “ The present Instrument or Implement or whatever else it is cannot be heard in the bar, where people most docongregate Tween acts; and the consequences are they come trooping in after the rag' has bren rung up. ·

novel kind. In Marvellous Melbourne. In connection with Whel-action brought against the Evening Standard New pinar Co., the fores | man of the jury called at the Standard office to purchase a cony of the back number containing the alleged libel. A charge of sixpence waR munde for the paper. The applicant objected to paying sixpence, Interviewed the scilog-manager, and being told that be couldn't get the paper at a lower price, stalked out of the office, saying: "I am one of the jury on the case, and will bear It in mind.” Nalurally, the Standard applied for, and obtained, the discharge of the tribunal presided over by this frate përson. The Judge acquitted him of any wrong motive in inter- viewing the defendants' representative on trumpery matter of sixpence, but ordered a new jury all the same. Here, curtly remarks the Bulletin, was a very clear foutance of a man's menial unfitness to be a jaror. He lacked the sense of propriety which should bave kept bịm out of the Standard office, not to mention the manager's room, under such delicate circum- stances. He had seemingly such an absurd nation of his dignity and importance as foreman of the jury that any trivial incident might have made his angry passions :ite against one side or other, in the case which he was exnected to con- alder with calm imperially. If a judge or magistrate made a similar ass of himself he would be declared incompetent to hold his Ime portant posi jm. Yet no, consilerations of this Kind have thus far heen allowed to touch the old, respectable jury system.

FORGET ME NOT" AT THE

THEATRE ROYAL.

Envy and the green-eyed monster have beld ns fairly in their clutches all this day, and, the world is wobbling like a run-down top. Granny has got her before us. For months past we

have been busy, even in our dreams, weaving porilc welcomes for Mrs. Potter and her irain, and to think that the Old Lady of Wyndham Street would come in and cat the ground right from under our feet just at the moment eur, wreath was ready to be presented i Ton bad! But well wall-revenge is sweet, and in the meantime will berrow a bad from Granny's raland justto make her mad. Here It is Hangkanz S clety bas reason to be prateful for the vellet to our tedium which the vlit of such distinguished artistes sa Mrs. Brawn Patter, Mr. Kyrie Bellew, and their talented Campany has brought." The lalics only ATC Art; the sweet simplicity, the matronly arrangement of cap and skirt and the punes-and-pri im-like veln of self-satisfaction and self-congratulation that run through it are all Granny's She only hu the privilege, the prengative tasav such aleneld-maldish things, for -Granny is in Society! We have long hankered, bu hankered in vain for the gilded realms which the moves, the chicles she guides, soothes and adorna in well, but unhappily li is not yet burg to assume to ourselv's the responsible privilege of terpreting the feelings of pain or pleasure, of jy or sorrow which alternately animate the bosoms of the difs of local box ton. We stand aghast to contemplate even for a moment the brillancy of social sight

and rank that most be won ore we dare do that. Herce are we green and l-fitting with the world te-lay, However, in the Dame of Society we also re-cebo her welcome to the Potter-Bellew crowd Not that there is any actual necessity for co dolog, for Society was better and more numerously represented in the Theatre last night than it has been for years The stalls were fuli of le; indeed its representatives were to us what the cannon were to the heroic

Six Hundred on the field of Balaclava-with the reinalcing aides of the square thrown in. So much for Scelety. Hoorooth i

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CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not pecineazlly andorna the opinions expresand by

Correspondents in this column]

THE V. R. C. "SMOKERS."

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "Honacona Telegraph, SR, Kindly allow me to contradict a state- ment that appeared in your Issap of l>xt_right

A report current here to-day that Germany intends to Isac -Joan of 107,000,000 marks, the money to be devoted to the extra expenses of the army and navy,

BUENOS ATRES, April 3rd. The Portuguese war-ships Alfonso, A. querque, und Mindello, at this part, aboard of which are Admiral da Gama and the other insurgent refugees from Rio, are in a dreadful

reduction of $2,500,000 from the estimates.

MADRID, April 3rd, The Gaverament has resolved to establish public woke to the provinces of Cadiz, Granda and Andalusis for the relief of the thousands of workmen Dow unemployed.

LONDON. April 3rd. Margot Tennant and Herhest Asquith, the The Times says that the murlage of Miss

Home Secretary, has bass fixed to take place on the toll May..

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DAIRY PRODUCE!

THE HONGKONG DAIRY

(ESTABLISHED 1871) GARDEN ROAD, AND CAUSEWAY DAY.

FRESH MILK,

FRESH BUTTER,

CREAM,

CREAM CHEESE AND

sanitary condi:lan, causing much sickness and day after diy tolled along the rough hige Along town and village ditches the heaving

great onexalues of mind among the men who have been so lone confined on board;

Admiral da Gama has telegraphed to the Portuguese Government his thanks for the pro- tection it bas given him and his companions, and requesting it to give its permission for them

TRIPOLI, April and.

to land here.

In reference to the last V. R. C. Smoking an army numbering 30,000, invaded the king

Pabah, a former slave of Zabchr Farba: with Concert and the departure of Mr. G South, R. N.dom of Burnu, Central Soul, and was opposed As organiser of that cancer, I personally by the Sultan of Burna at the head of a large three times asked Mr. Soath to stug, and army. Both sides sustained heavy losses and each time met with a refusal. This being the the Sultan of Bornu and Pabah were killed, case, I fall to sec bow an appropriate send-off" fighting desperately at the head of their troops. could have been given to Mr. South in connection with that concert. "The public send off" he did deserve should have been forthcoming from the Hongkong Smoking Concert Club, to the soccers of whose concerts Mr. South bas often gentleman, I may mention, has only taken part been a willing and popular contributor. That in wa V. R. C. "Smokers," whereas he has assisted at all the smoking concerts given in the Theatre Royal during the last two reasons. Had your correspondent taken the trouble to ascertain the facts of this matter, from the proper sources, he would never have made such

etroneous statements.

UNIONTOWN (Pa.). April 2nd. The storm has broken out and the scenes of 1891 are belog repeated throughout the coke region to-night. The strike, with its attendant destruction of property, is now in full swing. vention was obeyed by more than one half the This mornlig the call of the Scottdale Con- workers in the coke fields, and it took at once 5,000 men from their work. The situation is now one of great peril.

The ranks of the strikers were so re-enforced to-night that the lowest estimates give them 10,000 men. From the outset the strike has bren tabulent, with a tendency to open defiance of the law. There was rioting in several quarters last night. It has grown steadily worse, and to-day there were more serious outbreaks at the end of the field.

Thanking you in anticipation for publishing this correction.

I am,'cic..

CHAS. T. ROBINSON. Hongkong 3rd May, 1894.

The men of the Oliver works left 1500 tons of [This is substantially what we said ourselves coke burning up is the ovens. The company that our co-remondent was mistaken-Ed. then, to save the property, attempted to put Hr. Telegraph]

some non-union men at work drawing the coke, and the strikers set on them with stones and clubs, driving them from the grounds. In the mé'ée several men were badly hurt.

NEWS BY THE AMERICAN MAIL,

The following telegrams from our San Francisco exchanges were "crowded cut" of last night's issue :~

RIO JANEIRO, March 31st. Advices received here from the South are to the effect that the rebels in Parana have retreated to Paranagun, at which place the insurgent war. ship Republica is lying."

Government troops, has occupied the town of General Ferriers, leading the forces of the Castro, General Ferrera has restored the Governor of the State, Senor Machado,

Troops are leaving here daily for Sao Paulo, About three hundred are dispatched daily. The Government forces to Rio Grande do Sul are marching north to attack the rebels. It is becoming desperate for the insurgents. believed the a-ndition of affairs in the South is

BURNOS AYRES, March 31st. beard the Portuguese men-al-war in this port Made desperate by their long confinement on and by Portugal's decision not to allow them to be landed in Argenlloe, the Intergent refugees from Rio harbor attempted to-day to jump from the ship and swim shore, but were forcibly restrained by Portuguese marines.

Advices received bere from Rio say the foreign Powers are striving to smooth over the difficulty bich bas arisen Between Portugal and Brazil in consequence of the departure of Admiral da Gama and his Insurgent followers on board Portuguese men.of.wat. The insurgents have evacurled Curitiba, is the State of São Paulo.

LONDON, April 1st. The past week was another one of stringency in the money market. Brokers in some instances we.a obliged to borrow outside at about the bank rale, but the worst plach is now thought to be over, and there is a continued influx of gold from abroad.

Sliver was firm owing to the short supplies with which to meet the Chinese demand. After the holidays business at the Stock Exchange was resumed with more spirit,

The greatest outbreak was at the famous Hill Farm mines. About 400 foreigners, of the Combria work, armed themselves with guns and revolvers and clubs and started out to driva | the men from the places where they were at work. They fest visited the Humphrey works and finding the men at work there drove them away at the muzzles of platols.

Toey then visited the Anchor works After began firing the abanties at Hill Farm, but all the men had been driven away the rioters desisted at the franile entreaties of the women and children.

Superintendent Long of the Hill Farm had some of the Hungarians arrested for stempling to burn the property,

LIMA (Peru), April and. The Cabinet has placed its resignation in the hands of Senor del Solar, the First Vice- President, whe, according to the Constitution, upon Senor de Solar declining the office, the would succeed ex-fficio to the presidency. But, Second Vice-President, Senor Borgeno, atsumed the Presidency pro tam., and appointed the following Ministers:

Senor Garcia Unrulla, Premier sad Minister of Foreign Affira General Attaya, Minister of

War: Senor Dalano, Misteler of Justice Senor Ferreyls, Minister of the Interior Senor de is Poonts, Micister of Commerce.

Caceres, one of the presidential candidates. All The Government is virtually in the hands of the banks are closed and business suspended, but the city is quiet,

MADRID, April and.

acute. At San Lucana mob af people out of The distress in the province of Andalusia is work pillaged the bakeries, Riots have occurred at El Rica, in the province of Sayille. The municipal authorities of the place appeased the mob by issuing 3,000 bread tickets. A mob of 2,000 people at Tarifs went to the Town Hall and demanded work in a most threatening manner. The authorities in the districts where distress is most severely felt are doing their atmost to reliere the sufferers.

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Yes, Mas, Patter and her talented troupe have come, and opened last pight to a crowded house in a piece knows as "Forget Me Not," which has made great stir on the stage during late years, though where its

A statement from Admiral da Gama's surgical staff on board the war ship was published in claims to popularity come in we candidly this city this morning, detailing the pitiful admit we falled to find; that, of course, same condition of these men, debilitated by six ing that Mrs. Potter's version of it is anything months of war and now exposed to the elements like the original. The dialogue is certainly clever on the ship's decks, lacking sufficient food and la parts, but not evenly maintained in excel-ball-crazed with doubts and fears. lence; the abrupt breaking from the tragic to the comic, from pathos to the stagest of ategy melo- drama, often borders on the dicalous. It requires the exercise of no mean genius to kalt these opposing elements together without rude shock and although it would be unjust to say Mrs. Potter Illed in bez most trying situations last night, it would not be true to iffirm she altogether succeeded. The story as we find it described la not too redolent of beauty of sublimity; it is la fact the sort of play a young girl with an inellaa. on to desert the "straight and narrow path" should be taken to sce-every night for s month. If necessary, so that she might have a

ST. LOUTH, April 2nd. surfeit of the Virtue vertu Villalay doctrine

The Republier special saysthat Gold English, a brutal uxoricide, was taken from the gaol at and became fully satisfied that Virtue comes

Bakersville early yesterday morning by a mob, out on top every time. The scene is laid in

and banged. He was dragged from bis cell and Rome and never shifts an inch from beginning so end. The old Tiber is supposed to be rolling

The market for ameican railway securities tree just outside the town. The crime for laken by a mob of 100 masked men and hanged sluggishly along somewhere in the vicinity, but was lively throughout, except for the temporary which he was lynched was one of the most

neither seen nos heard, although frequent setback following the veto of the selgniorage bratal ever committed in the State, mention lamade of it; frequent reference bill which led to the closing of speculative is also made to ■ Slater Rose, but as sho

LISBON, April 3rd. accounts. The promised boom in American is supposed to be ill, she doesn't appear breweries was not nipped in the bud by a collapse Admiral da Gama, who is now at Buenes Ayres The Portuguese Government has informed either. The plot has 100 many kinks in In the shares of the St. Louis brewery companlar. | a fugitive with a number of bit followers on board it to be unravelled here, but briefly it is wound Grand Trunk and other Canadian securities the Portuguese warships Mindells and Albu round a couple of English this, one of whom were better, on the prospect of a modified tariff. guerque, that it cannot permit the Brasilian is a widow--the aforesaid Rose, who has been

MILWAUKEE, April 1st, married to a French Marqals. An adventuress

iefugees to land anywhere excepting in Portu- The first bloed of the campaign was shed to guese territory, and then only on condition appears on the scene and on the strength of a night. Half a desen men were stabbed at secret of which she

that they will not return to Bussil in order to in- possessed forces herself on political meeting on the South Side, and about tervena in the civil struggle. The Portuguese the sisters and insists "upon going into Roman an equal number of arrests were made. sqciety (Just like Grasny) under the protecting

Government scoding another warship to Buenos Apres in order to assist in the removal of wing of the girls. The elder sister is in the

the Brazilian Insurgents to Portuguese territory, throes of dilemma whan an English baronet

The insurgents on board the Portuguese war arrives, who in turn has his tearat, which in the end is of course used for the relief of

skips now at Buenos Ayres are said to be in a In order to create discord among these people most deplorable condition, many of them suffer- distressed virtue. There is also a good old and to divide their strength, certain political log from wounds and diseases. Two cases of Roman villain, a Count (without barrel organ), leaders have encouraged a labour movement yellow lewer have been discovered on board the and a chaperon who makes most of the fan."

known as the Co-operative party, and given it | Mindello.. Mrs. Potter, of course, was cast for the part substantial encouragement. They have partly of Stephanti de Mokrivari, the adventureas, succeeded, and of late there has been more or A report has reached here to the effect that and gave an excellent all-round representation less friction between the members of the Co. the Government fleet has left Rio Janeiro and of the hardened, bat clever, cynical woman operative party and their rivals of the Colum proceeded in a southerly direction. It is also she was supposed to be impersonating, blan League, This feeling culminated to-night reported that the State Congress at Pernambuco Faults there were, but they were outbalanced to a bloody riot, which was precipliated by mem-has been dissolved on account of its refusal to and more than atoned for by many brillant bers of the Co-operative party.

support President Peixoto. pannages, clever by-play mod graceful distural gesture. Ms. Crofton, who by the by is net new to the Hongkong stage, made an excellent All Verney, the aristocratic English girl, and by contrast with Stephanie, scored not a few decided bits. Ms. Crofton is careful, grace ful and conscientious actress; the same may be sald of Mits Ballie Booth as Mrs. Foley, the "rigidly correct" chaperon, who, by the by, ie a woman first and chaperon only when on daty. The Sir Horace Walby of Mr. Bellew, although a clever place of acting, was nevertheless a dis- appointment and one in which he hardly allowed bis undoubted talents an opportunity. Poring and postarlag are elements of art in an actors profession, but they should be subservient to Intelligent action and elocation. Last sight Mr. Bellow sacrificed both the latter for the

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If zo-night's affray is a forerunner of what may be expected on election day, the police will be kept busy on Tuesday, and bloody collisions may be looked for.

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PROPRIETOR..

GARDIN ROAD,

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To-day'sTM Advertisemen's.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) leading men to dread a famine greater even than After a long continuance of drought, which was the temible famine of seventeen years ago, people woke up on the morning of the fighteenth of the

NEW LAID EGGS. ALWAYS ON HAND FOR CASH, OR TO ORDER New Year to and their fields covered with the MILK FROM ONE COW FOR BABIES, BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT. welcome sight of snow. like taking an immense burden off men's Tas general relief was

NONE BUT THE FRESHEST AND BEST SUPPLIED. shoulders. Despale had yielded to hope. What

ADDRESS :- if another fallure of crops hid been added to

J. KENNEDY, the present distress To the western bills and Kansa the great Singan plats is indebted, after Providence, la grant measure, for this year's supply of train. In the wake of the ilving stream of emigrants going westward, long Hoes of ants, mulos, horses, and donkeys have returning with replenished sacks of corn, mandarin, with perhaps a solitary exception, have done nothing to rellors (he distress of the people On the contrary, with Shylock avarice they have exacted the last copper of grains tax by a Hibers! allowance to the tax-collectors of four to five thousand blows at ten days' intervals, However, with their knowledge of the people they beat jadges of their own conduct. A little diver have to deal with, they must be considered the ai ́n was caused in the northern hills in the Kiabfen district by the appence ofa large force of armed brigands, who thougat to live at othen expense. When they began to take life, the authoritiesgot wind of it and despatched a bodrof cavalry, which I hear has scattered them. The existing famine bán given an immense stimulus to the callrasian of "oplum; two reasons have tended to this end; the want of seed grain, and the desire to recoup, by a profitable oplum crap, seem rather to defeat the object in view. two years of bed grain produce, but the m

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NOTICE. HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Hongkong, 26th April, 1894.

mountains and here very Bile ones are in the plain, covered over with earth. It is a convenient way also of dleonning of burgare and ontrests, earth denten where some renalless wretch bas found a temporary resting place. The next day few torn raos and a lone black queue attached to rouch scalp all that remains of the departed Celestial. Wolves thus bave their uses and pigtails too. Wolves have on more than one occasion-favoured and behaved very decorously. while mistaken GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE by obscurly-come up to the door of the toured THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of the HONGKONG for dogs; but reampered off at the men'lan will be held on FRIDAY, the 11th instant, at of the work laun. It is this magic wrd, 3 P.M., at the Rooms of the CHAMBER, Cry taken up on all sides, that clears the plain HALL, for the purpose of receiving the Report in day time of the tatrader. Like the rest of of the Committee, and passing the Secretary's thieves they have a great dread of being found Accounts for the year ending 31st December, ou, Chinese say that in carrying off olge the 1893. walf seizes the animal by the ear and makes bim trot on-pigs are flung across the back

F. HENDERSON, Secretary, Hongkong, 3rd May, 1894.

children cling to the wolf out of pain. If they can be rescued before the second bite they often survive, partianlarly, I shouldsay, if the operation of tracheotomy were known to the native the quality of opium that has been grown. a crowd reveal early contact with lupina teeth, The planters are beginning to look aghast at physicians. Often teribly deformed features in They foresee an immense fall in price, a scarcity A short time ago a wolf walked Into the pamén of labourers, and consequently high wager, and carried off the mandaria's puppy. A call to added to famine prices of food. The desire to arms and a discharge of masketry did not prevent play off eplum against gralo must respit in him from making good bis encane. The writer serious trouble, for the withdrawal of so much once followed a couple of wolves, who regulated land from gala culture naturally enhances food their speed by the sperd of bis horse and stopped prices The government does not, as förmedly, when he stopped. Dismounting he stood three Issue prohibitions against oplam, but satisfa❘ wards offfice to face with one, nointing a revolvar ligelf with increased taxation. There was a time but all the twisting and torning In the world when travellers through Shani could not have could not get it to part fire. He followed the suspected the presence of the obnoxious plant, wolf up a small hill, but as two were waiting for because inthesedays it was kept scrupulously out him on the brow, he thought it beat, with use. of sight of the highway; but its days of supprestens wèspor, to wish them as revoir-N. C. slon have pused, and it flaunts lis red and white Daily News. Bowers under the noses of the bighest officials more and more under the bane of Rome, and adds without let or bludrance. It stands, however, much to the vexation of Caibelle missionaria who have to keep their flocks undefiled by its touch.

river Olt with Hypophombites to Wasting THE great value of Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod

Chemist can supply it-See Agent for Hong would say that it is very pleasant to take." Any kong and the Empire of China-Chan A Fook, at Watkins & Co., Hongkong, Advt.

-eases in shawn by the accompanying state- meat from D. C. Freeman, Sydney Aust.:- "Having been a great saffier from pulmonary traveller

On the morning of the fifth of the tenth month, attacks and gradually wasting away for the past road to and from Haatcboong, inhabitants of that the above medicine his given me great far away as Flokeshlan on the two years, it affords me great pleasure to testify Foungstaald, Kishien, Feabung, Vookoon relief, and cheerfully recommend it to all after- Mishlen und Torch were startled by a loud, clearing in a simlisy way to myself, In addition I tant thunder. What could it be? The explosis explosion bollowed by a rumbling sound as of dis of a powder magazine-dynamke? No! In this primitive provlace nothing produced by the hand of man could came such a terrife sound. It could only be a meteorolite. After loog enquiry I at last got on the track of our heavenly villant. Some Christian and pagan grass-cutters on the spurs of the Tsingling mountains, in the district of Mishlen, while engaged in their occupatio were surprised appearance in the ky of a large white on the morning in question by the sudden

shaped body, which, speeding south-west st mass, with rounded bead and Conical

an enormous rala, seemed to fill among the Taing-ling bilis about forty distant, followed by a loud detonation. It would seem that the

To-day's Advertisements.

AUCTION JALE

OF

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE (REMOVED FROM 43. WYNDHAM STREET AND AND EFFECTS.

37. QUEIN'S ROAD 201 CONVENIENCE OF SALE

to Sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

SALE ROOMS, 17, PRAYA CENTRAL,

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ON

SATURDAY next, May 5th, 1894, commencing at 2.30 P.M., THE WHOLE OF THE

HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE AND SUNDRY EFFECTS,

Comprising: DRAWING-ROOM, DINING-ROOM and

inhabitants of the spot where the meteorolite THE Undersigned has been instructed ended its wild career corroborate this evidence, but ignorance would lead them to give i to this phenomenon, and to leave their superstitions rather than a natural signification messenger from the sky, unwelcome and unsought to cool-down after. bis fiery journey through the air. The ready aplication of the last time it was heard' was two hundred yeaTS pugana is that it was the heaven's drum, and the ago, and that it is a harbinger of evil. Ther set down the distance at which it was heard ar several hundred. The defeription of a bita conical-shaped body exactly tallies with the des cription of a similar phenomenon beheld on previous occasion at midday by a Europeis missionary. Bat on that occasion no exploiles was heard. Daring conversation on the subject, among extraordinary phenomens, the nailver spoke of the appearance of a minbow after dark, following heavy rifn, which I love to the wite to believe or to reject.

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MRS. POTTER

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MR. BELLEW

Supported by their own London Company.

THREE NIGHTS ONLY

TO-MORROW (Under the Patronage of H.K. General Dropy (FRIDAY), May 4th,

BARKER, C.B.) "FRANCILLON." Francine de Riverailes............. Mrs. POTTER. Lucien de Riverolles............MT. BELLEW. SATURDAY, May 5th, ZOLA'S "THERESE* MONDAY, May 7th, "IN SOCIETY." The Plays Produced under the Direction of Min. POTTER and Mr. BILLEW.

PRICES AS USUAL.

minutes after the Performance.

Commencing at 9 o'clock. Special Trams will leave each evening Box Office at Mers. KELLY & WALSH, Ld. T. V.'TWINNING, Manager, Hongkong, 3rd May, xBg4-

Intimations,

THE

SINGER MANUFACTURING COMPANY OBTAINED $4 HIGHEST PRIZES

at the

CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR.

Jout landed an invoice of 'Assorted SEWING and LEATHER-NEEDLES, SHUTTLES and Finest MACHINE OIL,

H. E. BOTTLEWALLA & Co.,

Sola Agents, 2, D'Agullar Street, Hongkong, 25th January, 1804.

[$4

BED-ROOM FURNITURE.. SIDEBOARDS, OVERMANTELS, HANDSOME GLASS DOOR and other WARDROBES, DRESSING TABLES. MARBLE-TOP & FANCY TABLES EXTENSION DINING TABLES, CRESTS of DRAWERS, BOOK-CASES, SUPERIOR BRASS MOUNTED DOUBLE BEDSTEAD with WIRE WOVEN SPRING and one other MATTRESS, FEATHER PILLOWS, THOMAS' GRILL ROOMS, SINGLE and DOUBLE BEDSTEADS with BOLSTER and MOSQUITO CURTAINS, | (Corner of Queen's Road and Duddell Street.) WASHSTANDS, TOILET SETS, CARPETS, dersigned has ways thought that MATTRESSES. Several MARBLE-TOP LINOLEUM, MATTING, GLASS WARE, needed to it in between HOTEL LIFE and the CUTLERY, LAMPS, BAT.ROOM, KIT PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE-providing it CHEN and Various

First-class in every detail. A place where on ** HOUSEHOLD REQUISITES. may hava bis GRILLED CHOP or STEAK

ALSO,

Restly new.

"ONE TREADLE SEWING MACHINE, if notice be given. He is also prepared to at any hour of the Day, up to 11 F..; or later SUPPLY MEALS to PRIVATE PARTIES per. MENU OF ORDER-the Parties sending Dishes, &,, for same-and Cash. Scale on application.

ONE HAND SEWING MACHINE nearly bewo

ONE BABY'S CARRIAGE, well ätted. ONE SAFETY BICYCLE, Rubber Tyres, Lamp and Bell,

&c., On View from Friday. SAGE TERMS -As customary,

CH

A. E, SKEELS & Co.. Aucloneers, &c.

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Monthly Board for One Person...$15.00 Tiffin

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for Clins, and was followed by a good deal of The winter this year was exceedingly mild did good service in his distric-a dat sud pron sickness Wolves abounded. One European county-Vonkeung, where child seatching by these carnivora was very common. At the cry "wolf I ha.would famp fate the sadđắp and| endeay using to reach the wolt by a strategy. armed with a breech-loading shotgun giro chase, As there were generally a couple, his firit shot was levelled at the female, recognised by her greater timidity Thalaiter bowled over, the male gally showed disinclication to leave the spot, and would hover around bis prostrals partner,. On one occasion two discharger of light shot-one received in the face and eye-did not deter the return of the male, whe met his fat over the dead body of his companion, another occasion, being directed by the natives On

to a plantation of tail reeds, he came upon aine wolves and killed four of them. Altogether thus numbered by the aid of buckshot. In the over twenty infants have had thele days matter of welges, Chiango; show a great deal of superstition är selfishness. Thus, there are known dens of wolves which would be the belter for a little brick and mortar appiled to the entrance, but which remato the undisputed por session of the enemy of mankind, either from religious dread or from the feathe inhabitants have of turning the rage of the wolves against themselves, as the cunning, bessis avoid molest- WASHINGTON, April 3rd.

tap the immediate telghbourhood, of their dens, The dynamiit cruiser Vesuvius is likely to go carrying on these raids at a dínance. They even the labor movement, went to the school hall out of commission as a result of the action of point out to you here and there, where where the meeting was to be held armed with the Monse Committee on Naval Affairs to-day new litter was born and hind without any knives and hatchet, with the avowed latention | A provision was inserted to the naval appropria attempt hay ng boso made to destroy or dislodge of creating trouble and breaking up the gather on bill authorising the Secretary of the Navy, them. Though the mandaries offer a reward a Spring Meelog, 1891, won the Jockey and log. It is said they insulted the people going in his discretion, to alter the Vesuvius into for the head of a wolf, there is rarely a Concordia Cups, and in the Exchange Piste; into the hall and that a general dgit followed, in torpedo boat. The committee farther agreed en response, and that sccidentally, when, for Autumn Meting, 1893, won the Criterion which the brothers Crynski and their apponents three new torpedo boats. They are to take the instance, wolf lured by the bait laid for Baker, the Shanghal S, Leger (from a field of 13) were badly cut.

begun. place of the second dynamité cruiser, not yesin fetches more, and a gurerament Toward and run 3rd in the Champlons. At Shanghai. " fox has been shot by a hintsman. A for

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