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Go.bay's. Auberlisentents.

NURSES MEMORIAL FUND.

The Underlored begs to notify that the SUBSCRIPTION LIST Will CLOSE on THURSDAY, the rgih instant, and that a MEETING = the SUBSCRIBERS will be held in the CHAMBER COMMERCE ROOM, Cliy Hall, on SATURDAY, the 17th instant, at 12.30.

T. JACKSON,

Hon, Treasurer. Hongkang, 13th September, 1898. THE CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGA- GATION COMPANY, LIMITED,

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" HAREHOLDERS are hereby lnformed that GENERAL MEETING Geld in London recently an INTERIM DIVIDEND of 3 PER CENT. was declared on the COM. PANY'S PREFERENCE SHARES for the six months ending toth June, tble being at the rate of 6 PER CENT, per Annum.

The DIVIDEND WARRANTS will be ready on the set October.

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1833.

Entimation.

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED.

of society, attempt to terrorize the whole of Europe for the accomplishment of their nefarious ends. Prince or President, it is all the same to them, they are both repre- sentatives of the constituted authority of the land and are therefore the objects of the knife or bomb of the Anarchist: Can nothing be done to exterminate these reptiles in human form? We crush the the head of a cobra and consider that we have done a good action by ridding the earth of a creature that is dangerous to man, we do not walt for the cobra to strike first; but with the Anarchist It is different, he is as dangerous as the cobra and infinitely more cunning, concealing his designs from the public gaze, and yet, be- cause he is a human being, he is allowed to AERATED WATERS of our manu

go unharmed, preaching his murderous facture are sold throughout the doctrine right and left and poisoning the Far East and are invariably pre-minds of the discontented, and until he com- ferred on account of their excellence. mits a crime we are unable to rid our.

selves of his presence.

MANUFACTURERS OF AERATED WaterS.

ABSOLUTE PURITY is guaranteed.

will be CLOSED from the 18th fortant to zat The best materials only are used. proximo (both days inclusive.)

HOLLIDAY, WISE & Co., Agents.

Hongkm, 13th September, 1898. ·

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FOR NEW YORK, VIA SUEZ CANAL.

THE Steamship

THE PRICES are only half those charged in England.

WATERS MANUFACTURED BY us are acknowledged by the leading English will be despatched as abere TOMORROW,makers to be equal to those of their

own production.

"LIVI

the 14th foxtai, at 2 PM

For Freight, &c., apply to

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Agents.

Mangonu, th Septembar 298.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LIMITED,

piy

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAIWANFOO.

THE Company's Chartered Steamship

"KONGHENG,"

Captain Folio, will be despatched for the above Parts, on THURSDAY, the 15th instant.

at 10 A 3.

For Freight of Passage, apply to

1:

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., General Managers, Hongkong, 1th Sep'enher, 1898.

INDO CHINA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR CHEFOO AND TIENTSIN VIA

SWATOW

THE

Company's Steamship

"KWONGSANG,"

STR EDWARD FRANKLAND, K.C.B., D.C.L., P.R.S., P.C.S., &c. the greatest living authority on Water, reports as follows on the water as prepared and used by us in our manufacture:

It seems to us to be a farce to hang a man who has committed such a crime as that recently perpetrated by Luccari in Geneva. He must have been perfectly well aware of the consequences of his act and his execution can therefore hardly be regarded as a punishment. His associates are fully alive to the fact that his life has been forfelted by his dastardly act, and, for all we know to the contrary, the commission of the murder was decided by lot and all of Luccham's associates must

therefore be classed as equally guilty. What is required then is not so much the punishment of the actual murderer as the- punishment of his associates, who will, unless arrested and placed safely out of harm's way, probably continue their re- volting work and startle the world with another and possibly more revolting mur- "It possesses an extremely high deder. Why should not the punishment be

gree of organic purity and is of most excellent quality for drinking,"

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made to suit the crime and so act as a

powerful deterrent to the Anarchists who are the accomplices of the murderer?

PEUTER'S MESSAGES.

MURDER OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA.

LONDON, September 10th,

An Itelen a chist, named Lucchesi, mur-

1998 During the Suminer Months, all ERATED WATERS should be kept in a cool place, preferably in an Ice CHEST or REFRIGERATOR, until required for use, The Bottles shouldered the Empiées of Audlids with a stilletto in be stored with the necks downward the streets of Geneva on Saturday, so that the corks are covered by the water. This will prevent an escape of gas taking place and rendering the waters more or less flat.

Captain Stalk, will. Et despatched as above on THURSDAY, the tih luant, at 2 PM.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,

C

Managers

Hangkang, ruth 3 promiler, 1898.

FOR KORE,

THE Steamship

THE

"TAIWAN MARU,"

Tic:

will be despatched for the above port on FRIDAY, the 16th instant, ai 5 P.M.

For Freight, apply to

DODWELL, CARLILL & Co., Agents.

Hongkong, 13th Se.tember, 1808.

EASTERN AND AUSTRALIAN STEAM-

SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.

FOR KOBE. (DIRECT).

HE Steamship

THE

"MENMUIR,"

September 8th.

The Empress of Austrie was stabbed in the tosam by a al rder mangular file whilst pro ceeding to the steamboat pler from the Hotel.

The Empress wiest fi si unaware that she was wounded and imagined it was simply in silempt to seal.ber watch. She died in about three hours. Intense excilement reigns to Vienna A. S. WATSON & CO., LD.va ia la belleezd the crime is the outcome of

an anarchist conspiracy."

TEX HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

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ESTABLISHED A.D. 1841.

Hongkong, 5th September, 1948.

The

Captala McArthur, will be despatched as above

os MONDAY, the 19th larant.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., '

Agents:

Hongkong, 3th September, 1898,

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Telegraph

THE UNITED STATES AND SPAIN. The Senate has adopted the peace protocol.

WITHDRAWAL OF BRITISH TROOPS

FROM KHARTOUM.

Ar the Magistracy to-day the owners of thres Hcensed bouts wara fixed $3've fourteen days for moving in front of the Connaught Road landing alepe. For a similar offence two cargo bostmen was fined $5 or fourtosa days.

Tux Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce informs us that his Chamber has been informed by the Government that quarantine restrictions on vessels sailing from Hongkong to Labuan or British North Borsen have been withdrew,

WINGLE: "Why call it a toothbrush? You should say 'toesbbrash' unless you happen to have but, ona looth," Wangle: "Nonsense; ene does not say 'shoesbrass Wingle "No: because he brashes bat one shoe at a time." Wangle: "But how about a 'hatebruch * ?”

TOBACCO planters in Jara view with alarm the heavy exports of that article from there. The dread a glatting of the market in Europe. Should Caba and Philippine, tobacco exercise a wide- spread disturbing lefsence, misfortune awaits the Java planters with every prospect of a crash.

THR Batavia Nieuwsblad tells of a Chinese

AUSTRALIAN NEWS LETTER.

THE HONGKONG-SHANGHAI CRICKET-MATCH,

(From Our Own Correspondant.)

SYDNEY, Aug. 19 h.

The following is the team chosen lo rej regent

·Talogs have been tolerably lively-have of ❘ the Colony agafest Stangba!:-A S. A»t»«, H. inlo in the matter of "spora!loo," There has | Aithar, G. D. Campbell, P, G. Davica, W. A. L. been the mitempted murder of a constable at

Lethbil gr, Capt. Langhorne,'f. A. Lowson, H, Cabramatta, near the clty, and the capture of the S. Moberly, Capt. Dyson, Rev. G. R. Villings. criminal after an exciting chase. Then there A. G. Ward. The team leave on Wedorido, was a bush chase after a murderer and the 21st September, at daylight, by the Doric. arrest of end of the busbrangers who cluck up the Bungendore mall coach.

In regard to the latter affair it is geerally understood that the second culprit was only a cleverly stringed dummy made up to appear as pointing a gun. This is an old 1010 and calls 1 mlad the story of the Italian bandit who Berslagerte in ebeck, stopped coaches and played with a score of auch lay figures held a squad of

the deuce generally,

THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE INDIAN MILL INDUSTRY.

The Bombay mill indasur villl conilsues to experience considerable difficulties. During the mills suffered in common with other branches plague, with its accompanying troubles, the of the commercial community, but the diffi Just as if Australia had not enough dead coliles experienced then were scarcely cip beats and ramps Victoria is now visited by axble of remedy, sed had to be borne with band of 33 Greek greales, men, women, and equanimity. Those at present existing, how children. The Greek Consul denten that they are ever, though they cannot be remedied, are pos all Greeks, hol they had pass-ports from Portsible of amelioration il mill xgents will only set | Said. The Victorian police report them to be themselves to the task, and work more in the in

led, many of them have hitherto done. The text of a recrudescence of the plague has kept sip.country dealers from operating forward, bat this would be of comparatively antall importance

clean and inoffensive folk and li is probable that the Government will see what they sc warth by giving them employment in the country disincis.

There is a class here kaawn as dealers whose melodious cries annouding (hat they will boy dairyman there who found that his cows battles, sid for, copper, &c. are always heard addenly ceased to give milk. The cow being in quiet directs. An aid indy who has been In good health, he suspected theft. On watch taking her fait round one suburb for 11 years, beleg zot, the thieves proved to be young pigs desling la odds and ends, found a rival in the which came to suck the cows as they lay on these dame's dicatat lie and she i and that of delicat-looking man. This aroused ground.

the ol he had bought some elidrums from one of "ber cas'amers." She laid for the man in a quiet

Hanz is a Russin story. A young widow palae and there gave him such a tonewhipping a costly monument to her late hushed, and inscribed upon ll. "Mr giler la so great that 1

cannot bear it." A year or so later, haw.vi she married again, and feeling a title awkward, ress about the Inscription, she solved the difficalty by adding one word to 11, "alone,"

ACCORDING" to a report emanating from SL Petersbate, arrangements have been made for the early recall of M. Pavleft from the scene of kis diplomatic labours an Ruslan Mloister at Peking. We may paint out, however, that M. Pavleft is only Chargé d'Affiches. The former Russian Minister, to Chloa.Count Cassial, bas been promoted to the Washington «Embassy and M. de fiers, a relies of the late Chan. cellor, stere-ds Count Cassind. M. Pavlo bar been promoted to be Minister to Brazil,

MR Hs, of the firm of Bagnell Hills, Yokohama, Japan; whose firos x a branch at Manlis, has been interviewed as to the electrical possiblities of the Philippina Islands, He says bat-ibe commercial possiblities and native resources of the islands are almost unbounded. His firm has installed a central electric ghing station in Malls which supplies currest for $3,000 treandescent and 160 are lamps. are about 720 miles of telegraph in the island, and 70 miles of steam railways. Manila bas also a telephone system. The conductors RIC all overhead lines carried on poles with porce- lafa insulator

There

Mx. CARMER the Minister for the Colonies, The British troops are leaving Khastoem and lately spoke in the "ethesia-da States-General

that ebbours thought a borse was being Blogged. The man made hla esc pra: last and feeling pretty bad we to Court, re.alt being that the virago was fined £ijiof o, la defini. two months,

sercat of the shareholders thao, it is to be regret

Chins, our principal emanning marker, baying. The China mike, however; hai- dragged for a long time, with only spas. modic latervals of steading and at pre- sent it is duller than ever. The cappearance coupled with political troubles, is to a cerista Liplasur in several consuming districts in Chios,

extent responsible for this, but the most import sul factor has been the competition of the Japa mills The Japan mill fadastry sprang up th neprising rapidity, and in adrance of its finen clal strength. It has made arendus efforts to compele wile Iodial supplying not only lis, awa markets rat thuse of China with the coarse y ATAS which India bas for years supplied. The estab I am sorry to say that there is and has beenishmen of gold canenty in Japan bas, how. for about eight weeks a widespread epidemic ef - ver, caused a Considerable monetary stingency measles in the chy, and suburbs, thousands of there, and as the Japan milis ere la mont e148 cases being reported and there have been many far from belog tá à strong financial postiten, deaths. There is great difficulty in segregating they have experiencel considerable diffically la cases as the hospit: Is are a.1 inadequate to meet taking up the cotton for which they so freely and the demand for ipace. There is also a good recklessly contricled both here and in America. deal of influenza reported and doctors are kept Axit was, had the freight trouble not arisen, vely busy indeed.

auberities in Japan'decture that the heavy shi - ments from India would haveproduced a financial crisis. The delay in shipment consequent on the ansatfictory manner which freight was

e Hongkong Wete returning northward a quickly as traprport axatnst spending in ney largely ou Colonial Cromwell wou'd do a lot of good out here.

HONGKONG, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1898,

NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Once more have the Anarchists been guilty of the perpetration of a crime at which the whole of the civilized world re- DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & volts in horror, and this time they have

Antimattous.

COMPANY,

VICTORIA Dispensary,

HONGKONG.

AERATED WATERS.

SIMPLE AERATED WATER,

ODA-WATER.

SODA Y

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'ARṢAPARILLA

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permits.

TFPHOON WARNING.

Seller Don Jord de Navarro, Spanish Contul, courteously places the following telegram at our Rapal:-

"Manila, 12 September, 443 pm. Depres alon to be N.E. of Manila in the Prole

The Observatory report to-day says:-Oo The 13th at 11.ĝo k.m.: The brometer has fallen slightly on the China cost. Precis high over Mansberis, sear normal in S. China and low, apparently, between the E. cost of China and Japan. Gradients slight in the Seath, moderate in the North, FORECAST 1-- N.W. or varying wieds, light; mostly fair, but probably some showers.

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The military au horifes are co-operating with the local Homlag Pig on Society in order, tu test the efficiency of pigeons as dispatch-bearers. Soveral fast birds are to be taken fifty miles east-provided, with the factibles afforded by the ward of Port Jackson, by steamer, To each of Banks who bought the bills, esabled them to. the birds will be aunched messages describing tide over their diffenties. All the same, there the sighting and advance of a supposed bouille re large qualities of cotton still lying unclear- fleet. The winged messengers will then heed is Jagan, and it is consequently absolutely iberated, and the time they occupy in the intern Incumbent on Japin mills to sell and deliver jauraty carefully noied. They are expected to the yarn at once on production to enable them do the fly miles in a shade over an hour, pro- fvided the atmospheric conditions are at all

to take up their cotton for fature requiremente. This pressure to sell on the part of the Jacan favourable.

mills is the principal cause of the extreme flat- Thai great talk shop, the Legislativo Assembly, rets pervading the Chinese yarn markets. Is once more in foli swing and he hop, members. As a remedy for the prevalilng depres lan la are all again Loancing up and down with "Mr. Bombay It is proposed by several of las Bombay Speaker" on their lips. Party feeling is strong mill agcals to Instituts a short-ime mort ni ever and can membit said the Premier ment in the local mills. The fatally of the squirmed ikea anafixed blow-dr." The remedy proposed cannot be too strongly con Premier retorted by calling the other side skunky, demoed. According to the Japan Spinners and so the meety game went an. The debate Asacciation, the Japan mills during the past was on the address-in-reply and that unfortunate year have consumed over 800,000 bales of Federal Conv otian Bill was dragged out of its cotton that is to say, rather mere then the Rrav: by every speaker pro and can. The bill local mills have consumed, ewing to their short was thrown cot by the people on the grands working due to plague; and almost as much as that it gave us antqust representattoo, that our Bombay mills would consume it working fall. raxition would be I creased to the advantage of If we add the contamplion of the China mile Vicaris. The icings of our House are very then we find that Japin and Celna mills'come costly, and the Uma that is wasted hour after bous bland are consuming more cotton and producing in wretched psomal attacks and controversies is

mora yarn than the Bombay milli; and as about scandalous. There is hardly ought done except eighty per cent, of the Bombay milly proveiton battle between these in and cut of power. A gres easward, it lol'ows that Japan and Clas are not merely formidable competitors, but One of those "scorching" bicycle filenda was

absorb mora cf the demand. To institute short- brought op a couple of days go for riding at a time as a remedy for the dullness to the China dangerous speed to Centenal Park. He was market would give the Japan and China milia to June last knocked. a lady down and she fell advantage of any

o'ng 20 miles an hour and the same rider their opportually, and they wold not only take rise is the market, but is still in hospital. This is what the Magiz- would also enter Isto competlilon wib lecal trales, pad they sie werde of wademi-milla for the raw cation here. Resides this, the You try to break the record, but you'll break lecal mills would be increasing the cost of these gulag to allow you and fellows like you to make supplying market the suggestion might somebody's neck. Did you think they were Qwi produc'l n. Wee India the only the park a training ground when women and be geed, a d the arguments Its favour valid, children are using i? Nies conduct to go about bat under present cordlifens the ponccal is at full sped on such a track I Did you kill ab ard. The remedy for the present stain of the anybody? After nearly killing a lady before, trade must cose to a great extent from within. you bave te cheek to go into a crowded park Trerent prices of yard, though extremely low; and ride at a rate of over twenty miles an hour. show no abaniute loss on the prices far coltam, as the rates for the raw article during the last few days bow a very material decline.. Et it every economy in their working during present incumbent on mill agents, therefore, to exercise

timer, and to bay their requirements in the cheapest markets. The present system of buy. ing in rpen toneclous objections, and mill ⚫gents will never be able to obtain the best value for their maney unl! they buy in the open market more than they do. The existing hole-and-const manner in which many of them work is most des trimental to the economical working of tkefr mills," The foult les targely with the shareholders, who dividend, and only raise of] cilons when this le allow matters to slide so long sathey got a decent net forthe ming - They are then promptly con fronted with evidence of bed trade and a dail yarn market; and est satisfied. The rosy times of the local indoaisy may have gore, but there

defe-co For instance, be bis refused to make preparations for laylog torpedoes at the en tances o the principal ports in Netherlands india. The Minitier defended his policy by pointing out that this meaŭr of delence, to`b: of any use in time of war, will have to be sap. plemented by expensive fortifications. Such fortificaitons will require large radions To fornish the garrisons, the standing army will have to be considerably increased. The Minister has no intention of doing anything of the kind.

Tax Chinese are considered to be perhaps the mest stelld rice in the world; their mabagany like visages soldem, if ever, betray emotion, pleasurable or otherwise. But the exception was teral at the Central Police Court, Sydney, when Ab or Law Gee, 40, was charged with baving intofficient : wfai mears of support. He

not struck at a reigning monarch directly, but have stooped to the dastardly ex- pedient of murdering his consort. Unable, or fearing to attack the Emperor of Austria in person, the Anarchists, through their tool LUCCHENT, have cruelly done to death one of the most popular and best beloved ladles of Europe, not for any crime of which she has been guilty, nor for any personal dislike of her, but simply to strike terror into the hearts of their rulers by thus wielding their unseen power for the destruction of all law and order, the sweeping away of all class distinctions, the abolition of all that is best and noblest In the land, and the establishment. of a

could not otherwise than result from the ascendancy, of the brutal and criminal H.M.S, Immortaliti strived from Marlia this formed out that some jaker bad lefarmed the Anarchist Party.

RASPBERRYADE, &c. reign of terror and bloodshed such as

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co.'s WATERS are made under the constant supervision of a duly qualled English Chemist and will bear compa rizon with the best English Manufactures,

Special tamis to FUTELA, CLUBS, Messrs and other Large Coasters. -wy complaints should be addressed to the Mariager.

Hoogben. Ist March, 1897

AN APPEAL.

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THE SUPERIORESS of the ITALIAN CONVENT, CAIN ROAD, bega: most respectfully to APPEAL to the Residents al Hongkong and the Cuani Forts, for their kind patronage and support, and desires to state thai, who will be pleased to receive orders for all kinds of NEEDLE WORK.

Gentlemen's Shirts made to order, and Cuff and Collars renewed on old onca,

Ladies

to

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

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walked to the frant of the deck biloking like n little boy jo`k simlar position, and when told that his case was remanded, Low Gee emilled such risinlivé bowls as to cause his instant H.M.5. Biznkcím went out for a cralar yester semiva) from the court, his depistare bring day

alternoon.

FOR stealing a pillow and a fan a coolle to-day, was sent to gaol for fourteen days

punctuated by cries of "Slience, Silence,' for the altendant public were foclined to be riiible. I

unfortuuste celestfal that he would be hanged.

No doubt you thought it was a grand thing to could fir you £10, Ent as this is the first C-se do, but it's well you didn't kill anyhody. ander the new byelaws I'll let you off with a fine

of 40s and costs, though I warn you and the other sarchers not to come bare agala."

Some men are victims of circumstance of a verity Dac such Is Michael Murphy Hitely convicted of obtaining Caso, by means of the confidence trick," I may indeed be that Murphy has a deu le or that fis a case of jekyle And Hyde over agelo. Dexple the Jury's verdict, Murphy protests bis innocence, and When Kennedy, upon whore evidence alone really there is some reason to doubt his gullt,

practically he was convicted, was duped, the man whom he stated was Murphy only wose a mustache, whereas the latter wore a board when arrested, kad evidence was given that he was fall-bearded in Ma ch when the offence took place. Humphrey's Counsel unid ka had paper to show that on the das Kennedy stated he first saw Murphy in Melbourne.fter the robbery, leaning op against a post, the prisoner was confined in Peatridge Gol, Aro her circumstance that counsel mentioned was that Murphy was astea ed in Melbourne on charge of attempted robbery and committed for irial; but it was shown to The Victorian authorities that beyond the shadow of a doubt he was on the date of the the famous Hora Cblo, and had him täiten a robbery la Hobart, and a nolle proiequl was flight of swillows on her leg. The large read out against Murphy he sated that, with eutered. When five prevlaus convictions were DURING the work ending reth September ibere. swallow is high on the cilf, and the smallest

the ex eption of one, they were not correct, and were no estes of ermmunicable disesse reported | swallow.ls on the ankle. To those whom she

ible, it has transpleed, is 10. "Under ibess, in the colony.

spécially admires this, lady given a photograph peculiar circumstances "ble Honor resma:ded of this much decorated-leg. It is indeed quhej blm for sentence for the purpose of getting the a modest leg-and also modest-looking par mystery slowed up. › rows, Choi saw a photograph to the unfque collection possessed by medical man at Southsea.

A rinx of $15 or six weekr was imposed on a Wingzek Strral shopkeeper to-day for pickleg goods on the sidewalk.

The Empress ELIZABETH AMALIE EUGENIE was the daughter of the Duke MAXIMILIAN- JOSEPH of Barvaria and was born on 24th December, 1937. She was married to A COOLIE was fined $1ọ re one month is fres- FRANZ JOSEF L., Emperor of Austria and passing on Government House grounds. King of Hungary, on 24th April, 1854. the children of the marriage being the FOR feloniously entering a bouse and stealing Archuchess fried to prince Lion June clothes a calle to-day was set up for four 1856, and married to Prince LxOPOLD of months. Bavaria on 20th April, 1873, and the Archduchess Maats VALERIA, born on 22nd April, 1858, and married FRANZ SALVATOR, Archduke of Austria- Tuscany on 31st July, 1890. The only son of the Emperor and Empress, Prince RUDOLF, committed suicide on 28th Bud Children's Under-clothing, Children's Dresses, and all kinds of Embroidery, January, 1889, the Emperor's brother, the Materials can be supplled, if required.

Archduke CHARLES LOUIS becoming heir, The Superioress will also be most grateful for but relinquishing his claim to the throne For unlawfully leaving the employ of his master, Any PATER, or old ENVELOPES to be made into In favour of his son, the Archduke FRANCIS Mr. F. Bedford, of the Western Hotel, a coolla Books for the Children of the Pour Schools, who | FERDINAND. The Empress ELIZABETH was are taught by the Slatere,

well known in England and was univer. 10-day fined $7 pr twenty-eight days. Honekone, sand Amill, 1841,

sally respected and admired. She was a FOR SALE.

daring rider and noted as the best horse. THRIE months were awarded a coolle to-day for woman amongst the sovereigns of Europe, bringing another colle into the colony by fraudu. She has frequently visited England, and let means for the purposes of emigration. freland for hunting and will be sincerely ENGLAND's oldest Duke, the Duke of North. mourned in both Kingdoms.

umberland, Is'in his eighty-eighth year. Though he calls himself Porcy, the Dake is really a Salon, the last male Percy having died in 167.

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THERE an eccentric officer's wife in East South, says Chat, who hit a leg which can. not find lis match among Scuthren legs. It is a most beautiful sight leg, symmetrical, sound, and where as Persian marble. This eccentric lady was in Japan not to long ago, and she fell in love with the art of tattooing; so she sought out

CHINESE monied men at Sourabaya aro, says The Eacomollef, now in a bad way. One of them, who passed at one time for a millionaire, vested in sugar. Such were his fosses that he dad to sell off all bis, property, including furni. ture, and canlages. He now lives in a humble fashion. Sagar also ruined another Chinaman who, not long ago, possessed hundreds of thou: sands of guilders. He is now in poor circunt stances. He took every advantage of bis wealth antii speculations brought him down. The other day he-walaly sought to raise goo guliders

From the fact that the murder of the Empress ELIZABETH took place in Geneva, in Switzerland, It is evident that it was the result of a preconceived plot for her assas- sination, and this fact shows how necessary Boox AGENT: "Junderaland that sevenly-saven en a promissory note. Els signature now is not It s that efficient steps should be taken for rat:koskes were killed in this vicinity by one worth seen that. A Chinese trader has just the guarding of the crowned heads of man, in a single alternoon, recently. Who was falled there with liabilides amounting to 68,000 Europe against the dastardly attacks of Be?" Farmer Bank: "The champion tar of salidors, after he had tried to get off with a go

per cent, composition, these human flends, who, being outcasts [the county 1"

REPORTED: LOSS OF A TRANS- ATLANTIC LINER.

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noood reason why it should not coatings prosperous and profitable if agents would exercise ⚫ittle more çiro and judgment in their endeavours to work their mills as economically as possible, and try to buy to the cheapest maket regardless of the seller or broker-and

to the mills worked on the paralelous systera of in destest. These remarks apply equally quarter anus commission, bai our sympathies io certatuly not with the shareholders in such mills, for the idea of giving agcats a commission -and upch a furga one-on the oatiem, kas so MIRDY ICASODE 1O condemu it that it fa surprising. that shareholders consent to invest in companies conducted on inch lines. -Zimes of India,

DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA.

LETTER FROM LORD CHARLIÐ BERESFORD,

The following lotter, dated August 8th, has been received in York from Lord Charles Berote

A Regler memage from New York, datedford, M.P. :- August 6, says 'i—"A__telegram received bère My Diar Alderman Rymer,—VII. you,' as from St. Jarx's states that, in consequence of the Chairman of the Conservative and Ucloulst reported loss of Transatlantic liner, the Franch Party in York, kindly be the bearer of my tex balog apable to fulfil the ongigements I baya The telegraph cruiser Manche has salled for the Strafts of Belle grets and apologies, to my conattinents, lor Isle to make Investigations operator at Till Core, in the north of Newfound mado daring the forthcoming Parlamentary loot, wired on Thursday that a large Trans Recess. I have been requested by · the Chals. anic Liner had been lost in the Straits of man of the Associated Chambers of Commerce. Belle Isle with all bands. The report was taken to proceed to China and make a report on the with that country, and especially as to what here as refeialog to the wreck la the strain of falare prospects of British trade and commerce Plymouth Asteamer which arrived at Tili extent t:n-Elfaa.e Government appeario be in the steamer lysden, based from Quebec to Coys on Friday, however, reported that a fisher position to guarantee the sale employment of man at Roddy Bay had seen a steamer coms in

Brish capital now in the in exlor of the country collidoa with an iceberg and sink. It appeared, as well as to the immediate lature. the fisherman added, as if the vessel tried to launch has boats, but abe ssake too rapidly for this 10 done. It is pointed out in ibipping circles here that passenger vessels do not use the Streets of Bella Isla

"With the content, and approval el my suge

ericas at the Admiralty I have accepted the lariation to proceed to Cbtus on kola impertent mission, and if I can make arrangements I hope to leave England on August 2gib,"