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· Tales of Unrest; by Joseph Conrad ; London, T..Fisher Uawiss
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 27, 1698.
CANTON NOTES,
{From our own Corrispondant.).
" CATON, 10i Hay.
This group of half a dozen short stories
A good dest of annoyance has been caused put together to uniformity with the handy and by the shipment to this place of the compres of altiactive series of Unwins' Colonial Library, men, women and children who bare succombed All posts of "devicos Thege stories are intensely vivid ; the wilter Is to plague in Hongkong.
aresgiorted to to get the badles out of Hongkong, evidently an artist of remsikable power. Noth the latest being the stowing of the bodies to Ing could be more beautiful than the word large packing cases which are labelled "China- pictures in every page-pictures of landscaper, ware. On arrival here the Customs officers examine all goods that are delabio and as pletures offices, pictures of moods and manners, exs
Chinaware is not included in the Free List this pictures al hearts-fathomad to their most secret catsbloned " Chinaware" has of courns been deaths by clever master. As a palator can stopped framsitu, and as when the blich ase be brush so effectively as to make the occurs no contiguess come forward to claim the "good" the trouble and expense conuccted canvas appear to move, so this wilter can use
with the disposal at the bodies devalves upon the pen to canningly that the reader soos before the Chinese anibosites. How many bodies him not a white sheet of paper covered with have been smuggled into Canton and Honam black lettering but a vision of woodland and ❘ there is no telling, but Judging from tha gossip of sonlight, strange stends and interesting peoples, the les-houses and bazaars the number is con- excliing toeldents, noble deeds and desperate siderable, and as inely as three days ago two esses of this objectionable "Chinawarah warn savagery. The ilile "Tales of Usrest" is brought up from Hongkong, I have mone grimly landequate. It should be "Ta'er of tioned this matter because I think it proper Blood," or "Tales of Madadas,” or talos of any. lo put the steamship companies on their thing wild and feice and picturesque and thell-Erd, and, at the same time, let the Principal Medical Officer know that the Sanitary log. The first and best of them is called
Board's retores do not yet give the total "Karain," and deals with life in Celebes, in number of deaths occuring from the Black Mindanao, the life of the unconquered Malays Plague. The Chinese detest the foreign systems Di burying victims of plague in quick-lime, and w of southern Philipplaes and the Dutch isleads.
they also object to having their relatives and friends barled where they have no means of doing "Joss plugin * for the repose, comfort and tature happiness of the soul of the departed. They therefore 'heep the corpses" concealed throughout the day and smuggle them off to
sands of "recoɑcontzadai " reported to be stir- vlog in Hovane,
The Spanish Ministry bar declared that un- lest credits ara gimeted, they will be unable to send food for the troepe la Cuba and Porto Rico. The Chamber of Deputies subsequently 40- cepted the war bills.
THE WAR.
According to the Singapore Fria. Prezi tila understood that thren ships of the American squadron at Manlis are, now that the mavıl livation renders such a force unnecessary, On their way to the Allan'le. It is bellowed that thay left Saigon on the 17th fast, and may pass Singapore without calling in. They are to call! at Colombe, proceeding to Aden thereafter These three would probably be the Balšímari, Raleigh and Boston. [Our Singapore friends appear to be as fully aplled with rumours se we are to Hosekang.-R. H.K.T.)
QUITE A KING IN HIS WAY.
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Once a young Islshmua sailed to the South Seas as skipper of a litle trading vessel. Hb fortune consisted of the clothes on bis back and in his kit, bis sinet armas, and his good, sound sense. Now this Telshman, no langer young, is millionaire, and the virtual owner of two fight Ittle South Sea filands
Dantel D. O'Keefe to his name, and the islands of Yap and St. David's, la the Caroline group, are practically his private property.
When he landed at Yap, nearly forty years go, he found only sixteen Inbabitants left eat of a large tribe. The thrilly trader determined to ret parsession of the island and be Im. mediately established a Wiile trading station
"The bay was like a bottomless plt of tatinee light. The circular abeet of water reflected lamineus sky, and the shares enclosing it made an opagne ring of earth flouting to an emp Iness of transparent blue. The bills, parple sad arid stood out heavily on the shep their summlis seemed to fade inta a colored tremble às of Chlos in sampans, chastered launcher, jasks | Afier & lang investiration he discovered that
ascending vapour, their steep sides were sneaked with the green of aarrow raviser, at their font lay rice fields, plantalo-pitches, yellow sunds A torrent wound about like a dropped thread. Clamps of italt-treas marked the villages; alim palres pat their nodding heads together above The Tow Louses; dried palm-leaf roofs show afar like for is of gold, behind the dark colonnades of tree trunks; figures passed vivid and vanishing: the smoke of fires stood upright above the m 1500 off wering busher; bamboo fences glittered, rapping away la broken lines between the fields. A suddeu cry on the shore sounded plaintive in the distance and ceased abruptly If stifled to the downpour of sooshine; a puff of breeze made a flab of darkness on the smooth water, tooched our faces and became forgotten. Nothing mored. The san blisid down fate abadowless bellow of colours and stillness."
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and cargo-boate. There is evidently a "screw loose" in the 5. B'a arrangements, and it is to be hoped that an investigation of its methods will be held forthwith.
The plague is still camming off scores daily in the city of Canton and the suburb of Henan, yet the trade of the port seems tile ffected therr by and the passenger basts bring in from the entring towns of the Dalia Jost as many passengers as usual, They are usually crowded. The prerent facumbent of the lacrative post of Hoppa of Canton, one Wen Bao, has received orders to quite. He is now bringing to a close ble third term of office, and as his billat brings is between three and four million dollars per annum it is evident that he can well afford to take a rest or proceed to Peking and lubricats the machinery of Government with a view to getting bigber office in the near future. The new Horpo is named Cheong Sen. He is a Manche, and is expected here about two weeks bence.
All the paddles flashed and struck together with mighty splash bat rere, berated loud y in the monumental amphlikeatre of bills A broad stream of dialing foam trailed rebind the fotills. The car een apparted very black on the whle bira of water; turbaned henda swayed back and forth, a malitiade of srms in crimson and yellow rose and fell with one moremerti the spearmen optight in th: bows of canor's bad varlegated aronga and gleaming shoulders like bronze statues ;.ike maitered stmptes of the paddlers' sorg ended periodically in a plaintive shout. They diminished in the distance; the song ceased; be swamed on the beach in the long shadows of the western bilis. The sunlight fin geted on the purple cresis, and we could see him landing the way to blu stackede, a buily bett-stdir. for a fail-and any one who bea stad'ed headed Bgure walking fat in advance of a straggling coridge, and swinging regularly an ebony staff taller than simiell. The darkurse deepened fast ; fesches glesmed fifully, passing behind bushes; a long all or.two trailed in the allence of the evening; and at last the night stretched (te amaoth well over the shore, ihu lights and the voices,"
These charming Hule blis of imagery appear everywhere throughout the book. Few writers can make such fascinating pictures, and not only, la landscape printing dees Joseph Conrad excel He can makes lifesks in Image of the invisible and Intangible workings of a man's mind,
"She had been false to him, to that man, to bere:f; she was ready to be false-for him. Always false. She looked Air, breathed his Hived Ites would teli liet-always...to ibe end of Hle And he would never know what abo mcast, Nover! Never! No one could, Iss. possible to know,
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"He dropped his knife and fork brusquely, as though by the vine of xdden flamination he had been made aware of poison in his plate and became roslitve in his mind that he could never swallow another musel of food me long a be lived. The dlater went on in a room that had been steadily growing, from some cause, hatter than a furnice. He bad to drink. He drunk time after time, and, ut last recollecting himself, was bightened at the quantity, till kë perceived that what he had been drinking was water-oul of twa d fierent wine glasaras and the discovered unconsciousness of his ac fons affected him palafolly. He was disturbed to Gnd himself in such an unhealthy state of fnd. Excess of feeling-excars of tealing; jardit was part of his creed that
Any excess
of feeling was unhealhy-morally unprofitable ; taint on practical manbord Her fault. Es
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Beliala had a prior claim to it by right of and screeded in having his possession discovery. He prompile cams to Britain
being that be would take care of the mattres. of the island confirmed, the caly stipulation O'Keefe kept that part of the contract to the letter. He proceeded at once to build a fort, and then colonised the place, bringing natives from islands close by. He moanted arme small can. non in the fort and armed the natives with sifire in the use of which he instructed them fully. Then he dellled the soldiers thoroughly, so that he song had a body of men capable of holding Yao against all invaders.
·SWATOW."
“Arrivals.
This from
May ng Looseh
:
Agents. Hongkang... B. & S.
25 Loksang Hongkong...J. M. & Co. 26 Hatton ....................Ho gkong....Į, M. & Co.
Entimations.
BANK HOLIDAY.
Intimations.
16 Thales.....Amoy....). M. & Co. CLOSED for the led BANKS will be NOTICE is he
for
Apinis.
Departures. -May 25 Lokrang ....Clos & Truf........J. M. & Ca
25 Phranang «Singapore... B. & S.
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24 Singan.....Shaoghal... B. & S.
26 Haftan.........................Aœay.................J. M. & Co. 26 Thales Hongkong.....). M. & Co. -26 Kiangnan .....C. & H'ko........Tung Keo IN PORT-Loosch.
FÄSSED THE CANAL.
OUTWARD-Undaunted, Apell 12; Brecon- shire, Cyprus, Agamanuen, 19 : Oak Branch, 111 Vindobona," Labuan, 161 Priam, 29; Dalla, Fortuna, Woolwick, May 3: Hat, tor, Mount, Trinkat, Sikk, 6; Radnorsktro. Caras, Santa, 01 Caledonien, Adina. Glenocky, 13: Darmstadt, Ivana, Shangħol, Aggh, Ailu- ris, 173 Beniartz, Fanladi. Ixton, Octanten, Pakkug, Tantalus, Kendal, Kwang Ping:10-13) Garand C. Today, Glangyla, Diomed. 34-
HOMAWARD-Oopack, May 6; Rio Branch 91 Gerda, Dardanus, Sunda 131 Benalder, 17; Prins Heinrich, 14.
TWO BUCKETS AND A PIPE.
TAKE two common water-backota; connect them at
the bottom with a small pipe. Now undertake to all one of them with water; you perceive as ones that the water tends to fill the other pall also.
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#What's the use of saying that?" Jou ask me. "Every fool known that water in connected recarroirs will sasume the same level. Quite so. Yet the wheat men on wrth didn't know it ense If the ansient Romans had known it they wouldn't have gone to the trouble and expense of ballding the great agosducts. Oh, dear! oh, det! After a thing fr
To explain it the first time Ah that takes brains. pointed out what a lot of people are able to see it.
Bat to see it the Arst time? Ab! that takes eyes. The blood ciresisted through pipes in the human body thousands of years before anybody even suspect od ft. Tan't that quser? Now, there is a maiter But let's have an example or two drst, and the theory afterwards.
A father writes thus about his daughter, Daring the summer of 1890 my daughter, Robeoes, got into a wank, languid way. Her appetite was poor, and after mating she had so much pain at the chest and Then be acqshed the other island, St. David's.sides that she didn't know where to put herself. Previously a native woman ruled over the hand-She also complained of pain in the pit of the stomach, fel of inhabitants sa queen. She was a comely in the throat, sad at the back of her nook Cold, young person, and the trader married her, with calmay sweats used to break out all over her. Her due and proper obrervance of South Sea marriage breathing became short and laboured, and at times she could not even ila in bed on acous of it. She consulted two physicians, who prescribed for her
ceremony.
without arall.
Transaction of Business, on MONDAY, the 30th losient, idem (WHIT MONDAY)
For the CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA,
5
. TH. WHITEHEAD
Manager, Hongkong. For the HONOKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION,
V. A. CÆSAR HAWKINS,
Acting Chief Mariager.
BANK OF CHINA,
For the NATIONAL
LIMITED,
́G, W. F. PLAYFAIR,
Chief ManageT.
For the MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA,
LIMITED,
JOHN THURBURN,
Manager, Hongkong.
For the BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,
Hongkong Agency,
F. AUGUSTIN,
Manager.
For the BANK OF CHINA & JAPAN, LIMITED,
HONGKONG,
E. L HUNTER,
Manager.
For the YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED,
S. CHOй,
Hongkong, 23rd May, 1898.
Agent,
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INSURANCE HOLIDAY.
A. 5. WATSON & CO, LIMITED.
[OTICE is hereby given that the THIR.
ANNUAL ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the COMPANY (SİMLER its registration) will be held in the Board Room at the Honorowd DisfengaRY TO- MORROW, the 38th instant, at Twelve o'clock NOOM for the purpose of receiving the report of the General Manigers togolker with a | Statement of account to the 31st December,
1897,
The Register of Shares will be CLOSED from MONDAY, the azad lostent, until TUESDAY, the 31st instant, both days inclusive, during which period do transfer of Shares 'can be registered.
By Order,
A. H. MANCELL,
Secretary. Hongkong, 37th May, 1808,
VICTORIA KECREATION CLUB.
1638
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING THE
will be held in the CLUB GYMNASIUM on TUESDAY, the stat instant, ut 5 15 P.M.
BUSINESS:-) Adopilon of Reports and Passing of Accounts; (3) Alternation of Claš Rule 5. Na 15 and 19.
W. MACHELL
Acting Hon. Secratary
Hoogkong, 21st May, 1891. CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN & MORTGAGE
COMPANY, LIMITED,
INSURANCE NOTICE I hereby that the FIRST
HE Undermentioned
OFFICES will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business, on MONDAY,at the 40th instant (WHIT MONDAY.) JARDINE, MATHESON & CO.,
W.
General Agents,
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LD. General Managers,
HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO., LD.
J. SAUNDERS,
Acting Secretary,
UNION INSURANCE CANTON, LD,
W. H. PERCIVAL,
Ageat,
SOCIETY ΟΙ
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NORTE-CHINA INYORANCE CO., LD,
FL. P. WADMAN,
Autio Secretary,
CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE CO., LD, SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
Agents,
J.
YANOTSZE INSURANCE ÁSSOCIATION.LD. B. COUGHTRIE,
Secretary,
CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., LD,
W.
H. T. DAVIS,
Manager,
THE STRAITS INSURANCE CO., LD. Hangkong, 23rd May, 1898,
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THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO, LIMITED. TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that under
(Signe Bartholomew results. Yours truly, I Resolation patted 'and confirmed on thể th
By trading with parting wessels he has grown tich; and, althon t be asumes the garb of a
This was her general condition until January, Considerable antisfaction is expressed in natire, he lives like a place. The best the
1893, when she began taking Mother Belgel's Care regard to the letter addressed by the Hongkong market affords is on his table, and he is a cons
tive Byrup. This preparation certainly had a re- Chamber of Commerce to the British Minister nofessur of winrs and cigars. respec:log the wholly illegal manner in which King O'Keefe is now just sixty years of age,markable effect. One bottls alone greatly rellered By the Chinese sarborities are neutralling the
bul is as vigorous as ever. The little army of her. She rollabad her food, and got stronger. effect of the New Transit Pass Rules, which St. David's Irlind ban swelled in zubers to simply continuing to use this medicine in thro provide for the sale of goods in route to desti- reveral hund.eds. The king is proud of his months she was completely cured. Bince then sha has been well as over the wIL. My married daughter, nationa stated in Tramali Patres. It is a dell-standing army. which costs him Hule to main who has suffered from indigestion for a long time, thing and it is his boast that it contains the seeing what this remsily had done for Bebecca, took bate attempt by the Cblose to (an Me. Brenen eat it is ble letter of the 19th Apr) "turn our
finest body ni drilled and disciplined men in the it also, with the same flink and m dify the, to them, evil official the broad Prelño-American Fuckinga,
Grocer, &o., Brompton Northallerton, October
1993, new syrers." The Viceroy' heechman Wo g
25th All Ches Sen, Chief of the Lakin Bureau is evi‘ently
Hie," writes a woman, “I have mumed | reare ar loss from sickness and орында 4
“I always fels work, tired, and languid, and had no desire for be monstrous bindra-ces to trade in. the Two
company. I had a bad taste in the month, and Kwangs earnoi do otherwise than look forward
frequently felt sick and prostrate. I had no relish for food, and, after sating, had pain at the chest and aida, Buch was my moses of life for years. Two yours ago my slater told me of Boiget'e Byrups irled it, and oven, a few doses pellavad ma I on tinned taking it, and soon my appetite improved, and my food digested. Bines that time I have felt golte a new being so lighthearted and strong, didn't know of Saleel's What a pity for me and Syrup years befees. But better late than nerer. Yours trulys (Bignad) Mrs. Analo
with pleasure in the time when then ef Vicerry
and his swazinus aid will be given to unders' and in the clearest miamror that the levy at Tsoll, er estinati- n fending tax, on gonda cavezed by Trang)-Pass is a branch of treaty rights;\hat is not incumbent on native purchasers to pay Trold an soon they obrain possession of foreign- ere goods. The treaties provide that the pay- ment of all day for transit pass shall exempt Ronds ferm all further inland tsxetion whats ever. The present levy of Tsoli is a dadge to collect Les on the woods. It is an illegal levy and should be swildly and firmly suppressed.
NEWS BY TRE AUSTRALIAN -
MAIL.
The Nippon Yasen Kaisha's steamer Takis. Maru, Capt. E. W. Haswell, from Sydney and ports, arrived in harbour yesterday. For the subjoined telegrams we are indebted to our Colonist exchanges :-)
BRISBANE, May gid.
-The fo'd of gold fa Queensland for the month of April was 73,144 ousers, an increase Eyga cantes ar compared with Apili last year,
May 4th.
The war between America and Sprio is
baslog some effect upon the prices of certain flees of goods in Briabaru markets.
PERTH, May 4th. The gold exports from Ferth for the month of Apill to al 74,000 ounces.
AUCKLAND, May 4th..
The native talog in New Zealand assume threatening aspect, but there has been no ad- vancement of froopa against the natives, The
ifrely her Janit. Her sinfal self-forgetfulness Government fasist upon an unconditional sur«
was contagious. It made him think thoughts he had never bad belere, thenghts, disintegrat leg, tormentlag, sapping to the very cord of Ille-ike mortal disease, thoughts that bred the fear of air, of sunshine, of men-like the whispered news of pes llance.
The melds served without naiso zad to avoid landing at his wife and Incking within Limarily be followed with his eyes first gen and then the. other without being able to dir impish between them. They moved silently about without one being able to see by what means, for their skista | touched the carpet all round, they slided here and there, seceded, approached, rigid in black and white, with précḥnë gestures, and no lie in
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render, and if this is not made, they will at once proceed to arrest the ringleaders of the diatur
bance,
LONDON, May 5th. Several English yachts have been slacked at Malags, in Spain.
The Berlin zewspapers declare that if Greas Ballein gets the Pallippines, Germany will take Sanda
President Dole, of the Hawallán Republic has off-red to give the friends to America to allow of the United States warships coaling there during the war.
„AUCKLAND, May"jolla
The Macries who wars arrested have been
NOTANDA.
CALENDAR.
MAY.
Meteorological means dated on ten years' observations to 1895.
Thermometer...................................................75 2 Humidity...................................84-0 Rainfall...............................÷cassinsÏfo@
TY-DAY,
Friday, 27th May, 1898. (Venerable Bede.)
nty
dolph Street, Lalocster, May 10th, 1899 20 Bar
Chinese-81A of 4th moon of 24th year of mom indigestion and alot krajache.noed
Kazong-sl
From childhood," says another, I have suffered I never felt as if I wanted food, and after eating I
es of the confirmed the usual pains and distresses
| dya attacks
Lake of sicksons and headache peptin The this dreadful, Bo-tailed medicine and were, at the best, only temporarily useful. In Janu 1891, friend, living at Ezokney, told
romedios
me of Beigel's Strup. I and it and it oured me.
Miss L. While, 92.
Jewish-dik Sivan, 5658. Mohammedan-8th Muharram, 1818.
San-X 8hr Dimia. Sila namwanaum. Chr. 87min. High water-Morning Shr. 19min. Afternoon Ohr. 5min. Low water-Morning samu 5kr. Smin
Afternoon Skr. Limia. AMNIVERSARIES, 1831-The keys of the British factory at Canton handed to the Chinere constabulary by the East India Co. 1841-Canton samanmed for $5,000,000.
# for any disease except Indigestion and dyspeptia, 1848-Death of Princess Sophia, daughter of what is the inference? That nearly every known
George III.
I never felt so well is my Life as I do now. (Signed) 93, Barnsbury Road, Tallngton, Lon: 20th, 1998,"
soe. Evidence like the above (though much more impressive) prors that Mother Beigel's Syrup either aures or relieves almost every known com Yet it never wis (nor is it now) recommend plaint.
and 15th days of June, 1897, the undersigned General Managers did on the 30th day of April, 1898, make a call of $1.50 per share on account of the price of the now shares, fasted in pursa- ance of such resolution, and a call 'of Sayo on
out of the premium for each such bare and that such calls are PAYABLE at the Oricas of the General Managers, No. 9. Praya Central, Victoria, Hongkong, on or before the 31st May, 1895.
Upos Payment of such calls and production of the cenificates for the shares, in respect of which the same are paid, a note of the payment will be indorsed on the certlastes.,.
Dated the and day of May, 188.
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. General Managers,
5911
A LONG FELT WANT AT LAST SUPPLIED.
J. EDWARDS having
GENERAL MEETING of SHARE- the COMPANY'S OFFICES, No. 9 Praya HOLDERS jo the above Company will be held
Central, Victoria, Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 4th Jane, at 11 30 AM
Dated Hongong, 34 h May, 1893.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.
General Managers,
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KUHN & KOMOR,
JAPANESE fine art CURIOS, 11 & 33. QUEEN's Road, HONGKONG” 35. WATER STREET, YOKOHAMA End
36, DIVISION STREET, KOBL Flouzhong, Ifth March, 1895,
WORTH A GUINEA A BOX
BEECHAM'S
PILLS
FOR ALL
BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS SUCH AS
SICK HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, WEAK STOMACH,
IMPAIRED DIGESTION,
DISORDERED LIVER,"
AND FEMALE AILMENTS ANTAL SALE SIX MILLION Baxxis.
50 Cents per Box
Prepared only by the Proprietor 5- THOMAS BRECHAM, St. Helma, England,” SOLE AGENTS for HONÖKONỡ and, tha EMPISUR of CHINA 2000.
WATKINS & CO. APOTHECARIES' Ham, 66. Queen's Road Central, HONGKONG
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Consignees.
"BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS.
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
The Steamship "BENMOHR."
FROM ANTWERP, LONDON AND SINGAPORE
“ONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed
Mich. Row Day bars, and basing erected PIER and COMMODIOUS MAT-Chat all Goods are being landed at their SHED WATERFALL BAY, run the fat risk into the Hongkong and Kowloon Whart class steam launch "SHUN LEE" from BANK and Godown Company's Godowns whence WHARF every day during the BATHING and/or from the wharres delivery may be SEASON, commencing on Jure is! next.
The launch will leave Back Wharf at 4.30 and 5.30 PM. returning to Hongkong at y ..
Siegle Trip ticket
Montbly ticka!.....pre-atio$ 5 Season tickel (fire months) mumu 20 Parable in advance or on the launch. Bath
1810-Aitempled arearefnation of the Queen Duved by indigestion and dyspepsia-ig, l`ing sults and towels supp ̈ed,
Robert Pate.
185-Capture of Kerich
asympton of it,
everybody
bellares that nowadays," you say. | Not everybody, but very many. The rari will bye- and-bye. Although the fact is old as Adam. the Hiscovery of it is new. Xet the principle will pro 1784-Lrge of the s.. Posang next Fisherman's sently be, as obvious to all sa it now is to #
Group.
tow,&det.
1860-Palermo captured by Ganbaldi, 1879-Ganeral Grant arrived la Tientsia,
1897-Imperial Bank of China: opened at Shanghai. Russo-Chinese Bask open- ed at Peking.
TO-MORROW,
Saturday, 28th May, 1898, Chinese-91k of 4th moon of 11th year of
Kwong-st Jowish-NIA Stumm, 8658. Mohammedin-61A Muharram, 1818.
Sun-Riz
na Skr. 28min.
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Sitt um Skr: 87min. High water-Morning Shr. Elmin, Afternoon minn 1ht, Kwetu. Low water-forning. Okr. Omin. Okr. 10min. Afternoon v ARNIVERSARIES. - 1871--Parin delivered; the Commvas, over- |
-thrown. 1872-Loss of tha stesmir Douglas.
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Hotels.
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HONGKONG.
THIS ESTABLISHMENT, shunted in the "CON. elegant Building known 28 NAUGHT HOUSE," ößes First-class AccOME»
odaties to Residents and Travellers. Passenger Lievales, from Entrance Hall to
•uch Floor, in charge of experienced Attendant. Favourable Arrangements made for Walles and for Monikly ne Vatmoded Partoris,
FILLIARDS.
P. BOHM, Proprietor & Manager. Hongkong, 3rd April, 180€
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Special terms for FAMILIES and SCHOOLS by arrangement,
All communications to be sent to
J. EDWARDS,
Marina Club,
CA
17, Prays Central,
1553
Hongkong, 1st May, 1893,
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Na Cahna will be admitted after the Gooda have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining. undelivered after the grst instant, will be subject to rent,
All Çltima sgafrist the Steamer must be pre«!" sented to the Undersigned on or before the già June, or they will not be recognized,
· All broken, chased, and damaged Goods are to. be left in the Godowna, where they will be examined on the 3111 instant, at 3 P.M.
No Fire Ingrance has been effected. Bills of Lading will be countersigned by
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their faces, like a pale of marionettes in mauty | charged with taklog part in the disturbance at 1879-The Kate Watıra murduera kangad in 1992-HE KOWLOON HOTEL Is now refitted A special rollable Watch made for this Climat
Walmas, and were remanded, and
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The Auckland natives had erected breast | 1896-The Queen's stains unveiled by Governor wasks to four places, commanding the road to
Sir William Robinson, K.C.M.G. Walms, and bad plans. for the attack 1897--Outbreak of plate at Amoy announced. on the loopis MO AUME
The settlers in the Walms district think that
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and their air of wooden unconcern struck Log him as unnatural suspicious, irremediably hostile. That such people's feelings or Jade ment could affect one in any way, had never occursed to him before. He understood they had no prospects, no principles-no refinement and no power. But now ho had became as more of the Mésories should have been arrested. dobased that he could not even attempt to disguise from himself his yearning to know the The American Goverment: has chartered secret thoughts of his servants. Several ilmsesibiziy ships to conway 25,000 troops the "Philip be looked up cererily at the faces of those gitis plac Islands and in Cubaan Impossible to know. They changed his plater
The American Congress, hás sanctioned the
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and ripened as thoroughly HIGH- CLASS HOTEL, with everything_of the very best, Splendid Suburban Siuntion, Unrivalled fa the Colony, Culsins & Specialty: none to compare. Liquors of carefully selected quality. Billard-tables and Bowllag-alleys excellent.
J. W, OSBORNE, Proprieter.
April 208, 1898.
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and utterly ignored his existence. What imanlisimant of 100,000 Volunteers from the South- penetrable dabiicity Women-nothing-buten Bater, as they are more likely to be immune women sound him. Impossible to know from attacks ef yallow fever in Cuba, jika
While the colouring of the storian is altogether The United Bistor navy department has given The Imperial German Mall über Sachar, excellent, the themes are altogether hostible, orders for the construction of sixteen torpedo carrying the Germen maila with dates from In locallop they are very warted. The first and boat destroyers, to be completed within eighteen Berlin of the and test, left: Singapore for this
moniteose port at pum, yesterday, the 26 by and may be BREAKTARE the larbara alories of Malay llis, one is a star Upon learning the portion of the Cape Verde expected here on or about Tuesday, the 3161, JUTIK ( of French peasantry, one deals with Egestorfil: squadrow the American War Ofica decid to insta
mike a landlog furces in Cuba on Tuesday, Alica, and one with London Society," "All are welid and fantazilc-more than that, they are and the expedit to be sent on to the Phill grim and ferocious. The alories are typical of piner, will be poldy to start in a few days, Life Itself, lovely in external appearance with an ander current of diabollesl cruelty which asseris Itself at intervals, in all the world there is no cene so beaniifal but misery and crime can find
place there, there is no seul so'noble but It", can become best under force of overwhelming passions, good and bad. "Those slociós kre | All the coal at Henstula has been purchased ationgly wiltten with all the strength of life ; fi Hemli itu baniiy, all its ferocity. - This is mOS B Hunday suhoo) Wecky.
The epitre American forces have received orders to go to the front and the cavalry, has, been ordered to assemble at Temps in Florida. The transport ship Garris has sall-dier Cubs with 7,000 vifler and 200,000 rounds of ammundi tion for arming the insurgents,
by the Americans,
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“HE above Steamer having arrived, Con». signum, of Cargo are hereby requested. to send in their Bills of Lading for counters, algnatus and to take immediate delivery of their Goods fromis alangalda.
Cargo impeding the discharge of the Vagued will be landed and stored at Consignace' risk and, expenas,
J. S. VAN BUREN,
Agent Hongkong, 24th May, 1868:
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES,
THE P. & 0.5. N. Co's Steamship
"CEYLON " FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, PORT SAID,
· BUEZ AND STRAITS Consigneer of Cargo by the above-named, ressel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed of thee rich in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where sch tonsígniment will be sorted out mark by mail: and delivery can ha obtained, as soon, ka“ the
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From Italy, SS. SH ***From Madras, 'an Biße Laffpera.
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