THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1894-
mush. On account of their cheapness peanuts are recommended as a popular article of food, especially le poorhouses and the like. Moreover, they are recommended as an article of food for the Carpolent, for diabetics and for the of whom foods rich in animal albumen are to be avoiřed.
done in Kores to criminals before decapitation, the British Consul Modesty and self-effacement | along the canal. This is the kind of mater!emblects'of kidney disease, in the last mentioned
promptly seized by the Japanese police and for some days and has received an enthusiastic their arms tied "A la Kordenne." This consists welcome from bis camerons friends of all of tying the arms at the wrists and above the nailonsils. His personal anrestive is simply elbows in a peculiar twisted manner which is a da capa may ment of his depotions before The method is Indescribable, but I may add that are its chilef characteristics. His long immer 1 It is very rarely that the arm is not broken and and the harrowing scenes he witnessed most idea than any description. The three Chinese bis systems, but it is in no way alebo for often in several places. This will give a better have given a profound physiological shock to the have not yet been released or is it supposed lay eye. It seems be had neither febuoy nor they will be until death releases them. belt, and that the tide was on the ebb (not flood Twelva kavernd
been Japanere bare landed at Fasan which they are strongly power alone saved his life. He twien caught make a cramp; and woffered wery severely from the sun fortifying, evidently Istendlag to
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remonstrating, and as soon as all the men returned to the boat, it was thought best not to preceed on the journey, but to return to Tientsin, as there are a considerable number of campi
with which we are to be protected from all the dangers incident to the present war. Per
people dread the soldiery, and will do almost the body. These pores are openings for the contra, we have nothing to fear from the common people-nor from the Japs.
There | are 3,000 pores to every inch of skin an THE MONDAY, ard September, at the as at first reported) and that his swimming/gainst them. We learn that the hair-like sweat glands, which turn and coil until, TRAMWAY TERMINUS.
passengers on the Chungking, au soon | to the body of an ordinary-sized person their an they knew that the soldiers were on board, length represents a distance of twenty-eight opened the batchica of the upper deck and got miles. It, through a lack of bodily cleanliness, of this immense system of drainage
result is apparent to reasoner. Perspiration sa'ure' me'hod of throwing off effete matter, and I cannot be done without the help of bathing. to keep a good complexdas.
A doctor
medical paper says: "An Immente number of people sleep on the left side, and this is the most common caure of the unpleasant taste in the mob in the morn Ing. which is
I generally attributed to
and he
for in the northern part of Korea. In Ensan Island. The fisherman on it had nothing but bold away from the soldiers, and then as oppor- became closed on through these pores is
vanns have bren killed, one being fan ater. On being taken to the larger Island he to« rumour we have beard is that the
several
Kostans through the holy by sword in the brade of a cffices. If officers amuse themselves Japanese In this s can be expected of the rank
way what can be and five of the
There must be over 7 the army
found other survivors to as pitiable a state.as himsell
I from exhaustion and hunger. He found some difficulty to persuading them to let him go off in the fisherman's boat for bel
help
30,000 Japanese soldlers in Korea et present and Hanneken has one or two graphic touch on firmation, though coming from good Chising. Without a clean body it is not possible
as to
Mr. the behaviour and remarks of the Chinese soldiers the as they sank: touches very flattering to their absolutely impossible for translation on ather stoical courage
In the presence of death, but absolut might possibly do something with them.
to
tunity offered opened the hatches to let in air.
The Chinese fiset has captured three Japanese men- of war, but our informant says it needs con-
sources. But it quite certain that a fight may occur at any moment-apparently depending entirely on the success of the Japa la finding the Chlaese. It in It is reported that the Japanese spy has been tortured twice without elichting any confession
he would make confession relative to any information he had given, which canfeunion he hd made, but had not been released. All this may or may not be ture,
in give!
a large number of Chinese troops. The Chloess, however, can endure hardships better than the Ispanese, a large number of the latter having died from illness; and the Chinese also seem to In the cnuntry much better, judging from their i scores than that of scholarship. Mr. Kipling And that later, he was promised bis freedom If not going to bed, to sleep on the left side is routes in marching. At least on one occasion and report says more, the Koreans deceived the Japanese
of reads and In the way
whole party the of Japanese were captured. The Japanese have mentioned before they are unling them more sban formerly abhough they still have a number of bands of 100, 200, and 300 men acaltered over the country
entrance
ato
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been found
The weather will continues very oppressive, but with indications of a change. We have had no hea
heavy for several days, and the river is falling.
Two of the "Alphabet" gunboats are in the Taku docks for repairs, but it is found that they are rendered useless by some of the important pieces pertaining to the heavy brass guns baving been stolen. Some of the pieces "have been found in pawnshops in the village.
to dyspepsia. If a meal has been taken within two or three
In give the stomach a task which in difficolt the extreme to perform. The aludent of anatomy knows ibat all food leaves the stomach on the right side, and hence sleeping on the left side soon after eating involves a sort of pampleg opera operation which Is anything but cand
conducive to anand repose. The action of the heart the to also interfered with considerably, and the longs are unduly compretsed. It is probable that lying on the back is the most natural position, bat few men can rest exally so, sad hence it is best to cultivate the babit of sleeping on the sight
side."
The accurate knowledge of the Japanese as Calnese plans, armaments, etc, bas greatly troubled the official mind here. On Wednesday
(formerly of
Paris so their forces too much scattered, but as I last General Tidon Cited the Ordnance
hele be le now restored to Department Office, and found a disguised Ispanese in the household of Chang's secretary Chang is the Viceroy's nephew and at the bead of the Ordnance, A few days ago 3o marines were sent up
mad now under arrent bus Seoul to replace the blue-jackin guarding the three years; bis seisure has of course been followed
been
* postiion forow und
on for getting information for British Consulate General. Otor had two days' notice that they were coming, yet not libstanding by crop of ramvars, viz, that papers have this fact
they
compromising many Chinese; were stopped at the Seoul for half-an-hour until Lieut. De Horsey a complete sudia of the sums paid out, etc. Came out from the British Consulate and ordered A poar little Japanese Itinerant photographer them to march an, which they did, pushing the came in from the cou try the same day, and was Japanese on one side. This
Tooks's if it was k
promptly haled up before the Tantal. The latter pacmedliated insult, for two days is certainly at once sent him adequately protected to the
In the British Navy the annual cost of main- sefficient for
U.S. Corul for deportation. The of the for giving orders to the guard. I doubt very
very much if the gard would stop people crew of the Tenkai Maru(which arrived at Taketaining a man is 311 airas ordered to do so.
from Vesso with
The average cost of maintaining a man in the body with railway timber, after war had
American Navy $1,500.
The corresp ndence of the Pope la cariled an that Japanese are allowed to losult foreigners broken out) was treated with similar magnani-
la Latin, with impunity (Mr. Gardner not yet havingly by his Excellency, who also disbursed the
Forty dollars for their personal necessities. The ship
7 years ago the cheapest English divorce received an apology for the seed a foreigner's herwell remains in Chinese hands for the present
cost $4,500.
The elephant taken cight breaths a minute; the mouse 110.
Nor h Dakota has only 596 Africans among her proofgion,
I also
seem strange
i
The Tongthen pits are tow eating off a little
1,000 tons a day; they got falnutpat is
their usual
house in Pyeng An, who unquestionably lolsted the healy, were promptly dealt with, not only by a fine, but by having a petty it up to 1,500 and were prepared to do 1,700, official whipped to the presence of the violster this is exclusive of Linshe mine. Some invalu of the realy Oon cannot avoid drawing conable experience as usual very unpleasant in the clusions that scine bing must be wrong with the diplomic body
kunk. The
now.
somewhere,
The Japanese Admiral's fagship the Matsu thima Kan. Mace the hatile with the Taiyuan has not been heard ef ether by the people here or in Nagasaki, and one can scarcely avold coming to the conclusion that she has been The Yoshiro Kon flies an admiral's flag If the former Bagship has not been sunk she must have been pretty badly disabled. The Taipuen male a andart fight after having had her how gan disabled, and if the Chinese fleet only come out and teled a battle with the Japan. ese it could do great deal of damage as
For some reason or other of which do not know nor are we able to find out, the Japinere in
in Kowa are very low-spirited which
them
acquisition, has been gained as to the extreme importance of the ca-1 question in time of
of war; but of this it is Inexpedient to speak just now,
1
The steamer Tungchow incident last week, has been the cause of mach activity in the Brkish Consulate here. The imagined pater cy of the protective is fluence of banting has been rudely shaken ; we now are that to the ignorance and is no pro- al of minor officials a flag or
appiled consequently. tection whatever we have cons
A petition for for some more tangible defence. one or two gauboste has been sent in the British Consal for transmission to the Minister and Admiral. French vessel Lion is Taku and is a der Very great satisfaction in frit that the orders to meke every effect to reach the bund.
· Rosian Admiral is also i Thel
a unhappily probable, no Russian gunbost t can get op
THE COST AND WASTE OF WAR.
Marrago called 58 000 men into action, of whom 13 000 were killed or crippled.
BITS OF INFORMATION,
• Chinese p·loting dates fem A.D. 592. The largest crafter is the Russian Rurik, Thele 4 10,000,000 nerves to the buman
"
At Ansterlitz 170 000 men were engaged, and the dead and wounded numbered 21,000.
The Spanish Army costs $42,000,000 pesetas a year. Twenty-five peseias equal $5, Austrix spends every year 15,000 0
ooo florins on the army. Twelve florins
equal $. There were 401 oco men on the field o' Sadowa of whom 33,000 were killed or disabled.
The army al Bativis costs the people of that impoverished country $: 500.000 a year.
During the retreat from Moscow the Frenchworld is the Caspian Sea. lost or threw away over 600,000 muskets. Italy r spends every year 14,000,000 Hre
on her army and navy. Twenty-five fire equal $5.
The annual army expenditure of Greece is
oco drachml. A drachma is about soc. 18,000,000
is estimated that the world's cannon has cost the world's taxpayers & ittle over $40,000,000.
The spring and autumn mancavren of the European armiei cost annually over $10,000,000. Denmark spends every year 16,000,000 kroner
The Crimean War cost England someṭblog like $500.001,000.
The word pen-kalfe is one of the words found only once in the Bible.
The largest is closed b dy of water in the
on her
cenia.
isa miked pentrast to their acilons a fortnight i to send to 'men, if, as 1.ported to be willing 25riny and navy. ́ ́A krone is a litle over
ago when one dared scarcely speak Jap. Tha Superintendent of Trade in Chemulpo has had orders to consult the Japanese Consul here before andertaking anything. The present Superin. tendent was formerly Consul at Tientsin and Consequently pro-Chinese, but he is to be replaced by a former Secretary to the Japanese Legation at Tokyo,
Pak Yeng Ho (in Japanese Boka), who was formerly Kim-ok-Klon's associate to rebellion, Arrived yesterday by the Higo Maru with a body-pu rd of
of 100 Tokyo police. What new scheme the Japanese have in mind no one knows, but posts are alfe that he will be prime minister or some other high official. Some sy be may be proclaimed king as the Japanese do not find either the King or the Tal Ouen Koun (certainly ant the latter) as pliant as they would wish. However, the Japanese could not baya
hore in judiclaus done
Nearly very beman race have been mound- buliders at some stage of their history..
Tiere is a Hebrew tradition that Eve survived dam, and was, therefore, the first widow.
During the 4
100 lakes to Tyrol hve subsided and disappeared.
Seven'y per cent, of the work of the world is dore before the are of forty-flee.
Ant
The smallest and least valuable coin in the Greek leptow, worth one-tenth of a cent..
The coloured population in Missouri steadily diminished from 13-20 per cent. la 1850 to 5.61
is 1890.
"After the siege of Sebastopol three-fourths of | per cent, the cannon used by the besiegers were condemned 45 useless.
The army and navy of the Argentine Cos federation are kept up at an acoual cost of $13,000,000.
To add to the general seriousness of the slick. tion, we are agalo flooded in many claces; and the siver is 3 inches above its height (the maximum) of last year. The Tientsio reach li || $13,0
tited up to a shallowness of 8 feet, and there are no signs of scoor,
August 1ib. An incoming siesmer reportsin Japan ganbout off Taku. The Peiho now requires torpedo plot as well as a Taka expert, If it is to be negotiated by a neutral. A barrier is nfhtly placed across the channel
August 14th..
We have been anxiously waiting for news of in exprcled raval engagement between the Friday evening, the 10th it was reported there Japanese and Chinese for several days.
was fighting at Wel-hai-wel, but later that report over as he is thoroughing than getting him was revised to this: that the Chinese fleet was
a more
execrated here,
1 is just this morning that the British Consul received a parcel of letters from the Tracking which was captured by the Japanese before wat was declared. The seals on the mall bag were broken and the letters opened, some being re-sealed and a parcel of letters only pinned logether.-N. C. Daily News.
TIENTSIN.
Chinese official circle is the curious one that two
The principal nations of the world have 3,291 war-ships, mounting 9,333 guns, mostly of very heavy calibre.
The destruction of stores and clothing by both armies during the American civil war is estimated at $100,000,000.
The average cost of building mo English ironclad is £48 per ton; French 55; Italian, £17; German, £60.
The Republic of Brazil spent jest year on the amy 33,000,000 mllizeis ; on the navy, 15,000,000. A milrels is about 550.
Germany spends every year on the Imperial my 413,000,000 marks; on the navy 4$2,000,000. A mark is about 25
cents.
portat
At Gettysburg 140,000 men fought on the Union and Confederate sides, of whom 8,000 were placed hors de combat.
The cost
cost of an Armstrong steel gun is estimated et $500 lbs each ton of weight; of a Krupp gun, $900; of a Whitworth gun, $925.
At the battle on the Thrasymene, where Pannibal defeated the Romans, there were 6s,oro men engaged, of whom 17,000 were
Japatient. The JapanAKE were evidently killed.
· The birth rate of the United States diminished from 1880 to 1890 from 10.95 per 1,000 population to 26.68.
The bles
||
bigges' armour-clads in the world are the Italian Haða und Lødando, sister ships, each of 15,900 lana displacement.
The werage age of the twenty-one Presidents of the Volted States who have died was a fem mostha Frei azVÉDÍY JERIK.
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Hongkong, 30th August, 1894.
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The coaders to Hongkong are appalling for the maʼrimonial chances of the sterner sex, there belog Duly 336 women to 1,000 men,
Delplaine gives figures to prove that the planet Eirth has supported 66617.842.237,075,266 buman inhabitants since the beginning of time,
The island where Hobinson Crusoe was monarch of all be surveyed is now inhabited by about sixty people, who sttend the herds of cattle that graze there.
In 1890 74 33 per cent of the United States nailonal voring strength was native-born, The persons of African descent form only 11.93 per cent. the population.
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not at Wel-hai-wel, and that only a few sho's were exchanged between the Japanese fleet and the Tananere fleet had gone to Port Arthur and were fort. On Saturday the news was that the bombarding it, but no damage was done to The season eiber party so far as beard from given for the absence of the Chinese fleet from
was that Wel-bul-wei,
the Viceroy had pcramptonlly eidered gut la search of the
With the exception of Belgium, whose debt reconnoltring, and in search of the Chinese flect. Later WE were tehl
tea has been incored for laternal improvements, that tcm Japanese men-of-war
conveying 13 transports every European national debt is in great part were in the Chinese waters, doubtless with the
war debt. intent of dest oying the Chinese fleet, if possible. The reports after the battle of Waterloo and landing troops on Chinese soil. Torpedoes showed that the Brilib antlery fired 9.467 men and women in France is more neatly equal DHING HOUSES MA rounds-about one for every French soldier 33% 1.007 WRTLES TO 1,000 men. have been hid in the gut, and the entrance to by beavy logs of the river is obstructed at
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In anticipation of the possible attempt of the | troops at Sh: a.hal-kuan, large Japanere to land numbers of Chinese soldiers have been going by rail to that place for several days past. In view of contingencies, it has seemed advisable
("N. C. DAILY NEWS" CORRESPONDENT.)
TIENTSIN, August 12th. Among other suggestions recently made la public intelligence offices should be established, one in Tier role the other in Shanghai, under the contrul of responsible officers. Their function
Dews as the Censor deemed expedient, and autovely's
contradict the
and numerous Bes Items which at present- obtain a of fact very ready currency. As a matter considerable inconvenience is experienced from the readiness
with
which all adverse news circulates. Despondency is not the spirit in 's great nation should meet a great crisis, and it would most undoubtedly be a good thing if the officials could find a ready medicine for that all foreigners living or summering along contradicting false news and sipping much if the come in and they are beginning to put in an the line of the railroad should be advised to panic in the bad. Sill I doubt
very suggestion wil come to anything."
appearance. This is not because of any lear of The best news of the past week is that of the Japanese in case they should land in force, General Yeh's escape from Yashun. 11 was but from the disorganised native soldiery, who universally belleved that the popular and jovial | are equal to any deed of violence. They are old soldier and all his forces had been exter, dreaded by the Chinese people even when under minated. We are not yet informed as to how he the best discipline that prevails-slack enough got eat, but it is understood that he has lost 'at best, The appearance of the Japanese forces nearly ull his troops (3,000 to 4,003) by famine will tighten some away, and victory on the and sickness. It is generally believed up here of Japanese will starter the whole lot of
part that the Chipes Northern Army In advinding them, when they will become simply thleven Įto the pentusula by forced marches. By-the- | and cut-throats.
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which
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It to now established that the marching recent incident will illustrate the valge of Ablilty
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the Jap
With regard to the fleets; the Japs are now | taupe, in to this place en route to another station in force in the Gulf and are actively demonstrat- ing. On Friday (oth inst) they appeared off of the same mission near Techon la Shantung, Wel-hai-wel 1
§ 1 we were the prompt recipients of a on the Grand Canal. The boat stopped a short mesange that they were bombarding 1, but as a distance abore • the clir for one of the indien matter of fact they fired a few shots far out of come down to the settlement for supplies, etc, range. Twenty-two vessels were
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Not a great way off ware some soldiers. Haaring
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The cost of the United States navy during the
Civil War years of the $43,000,000 1 $85.000000; Democrat.
1865,
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The inhaling of onions induces sleep. Headache almost always yields to the simul laneous application of box water to the feet and
the back of the head.
Dandruff may be removed by using a thimble ful of borax in a teacup of water, first brushing: the head and then rubbing the scalp with the solution.
A resident of Washington has made the discovery that the grip is a mucous affection and that a good way to cure it is to eat plenty of borseradish.
Luperin, which is a French preparation lagdly extolled as a cure for the liquor habit, bas been found to be a mixture of powdered gemilan, colombo and quaasin.
The newest hospital buildings are coment, stose, brick and fron--not a particle of wood vlalbic anywhere. The bedsteads are brass and iron. This is the hygienic iden of furalshfog.
It dr very verlag and annoying to have one'e lips break our with cold sores, but it is better to have them out
drop of warm matton suet applied to the
Borea
reast night, just before retiring, will soon casse them to disappear.
A scientific paper recently gave this prescrip tion, which everybody should remember:At the Best Indication of diphtheris in the throat of a child make the room close, then take
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boat, sealag the lady vetura with that live latter coriate troops, but the same bixes and packages, they came around reflective among us refuse to
to accept this view, and is rather a threatening manner began If we write them down as coal and supply enquiring about the things, and wanting to vessels, we shall do more Justice to Japanese examine the boat, Flasily a pstry official came sanity. To convey transports with say 8,000 around and said to the boatmen in a quiet way. men on board, in the presence of an undefeated you are all right, but you had best get out of this fiest of the enemy impiles temerliy bordering on As soon as possible. He evidently felt that he naval madness. Last night this fleet crossed | had a control of bis soldiers. They then started the Gulf, and this morning appeared to
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to fill the room with the fames. The patient on at 4.30 Some
things to their families regaled with the new that the Northers near vilinge. Near by lo a small camp. The inhaling the fumes will cough and spit out the An Enclosuru kas baan monstructed in Front stronghold was now being stormed; but as the soldiers soon heard of the boat with for membransons matter and the diphißeria will of the Grad Stand for the pea of Lad Hoangchenshan and other fortifications watch sigura aboard, was not long till they pass Dif.
Holders and Members of the Bervious peptect that station are far more heavily armed begun to some about. They insisted on seeing In a German medical journal Dr. P. Furbinger | Uniforms accompanying theit wires. then any Japanese vessel aflost, we again the foreigners to language not the most pleasant. treats of the peanut as an article of food rich la Programoso may be had at the CLTS and in esfused credance. The Courbet in 1884 The bonumen pushed the basi out a little in the albumen, of which it contains 37 per cent. the Counse. demanded ten battleships and 10,000 troops to stream. The fellows wided out, and finally | together with⋅ 19 per cent. of fát ind non-
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