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Today's Asbestigements.

$10000.

00050.

Consider the distinction between these two sums. $10,000 and $50.

Ten thousand dollars is two hundred times larger than fifty dollars.

Tot if jon save $50.cach month

you can buy an EN- DOWMENT POLICY.

That policy will pay $10,000 to your family TO- MORROW-if you die.

It will pay to you $10,000, with substantial. profits in addition, in 1915, -if you live.

THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. HONGKONG BRANCH OFFICE,

Hongkong, 20th September, 1898.

GOVERNMENT, NOTIFICATION.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER

Intimation.

A. S. WATSON & CO.,

LIMITED,

Intelligence brought to bear upon the subject.

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SIMULTANEOUSLY with the victory at Omdur- m20, we get news of the death of Mr. A. F. But prevention is better thas cure, Macdonald, u veteran war correspondent, who especially where theft is concerned, accompanied the expedition retost in the hope and we consider that steps should be taken of rescuing Gener i Gudon from Khartoum, to protect the public from the losses and annoyances occasioned by the purloining A CHINESE youlb, 19 years old, was charged at of correspondence. We consider that the the Magistracy to-day with disorderly conduct in letter boxes should be placed under the the Cricket Ground yesterday evenleg. A dne sole charge of some responsible person | et £3, with the alternative of these months' hard, that they should be invariably kept locked imposed. Of late there dave been many of and the keys in his possession. They thess abopinable cases and the Commitee of should be situated in a railed-off division

the Cricks: Ground would do well to close the of the office and all correspondence should he counted and checked as taken from the grounds during the right," boxes and should be agala counted when the stamps had been obliterated.. By this means the officer responsible for the letter pre-boxes would be enabled to keep a sharp eye upon all correspondence passing through his hands and there would be practically no opportunity for the stamps being removed and the letters destroyed before they were sorted, as is evidently the case at present,

MANUFACTURERS OF ABRATED WATERS.

AERATED WATERS of our manu- facture are sold throughout the Far East and are invariably ferred on account of theiréxcellence. Ansonore Punrty is guaranteed. The best materials only are used.

THE PRICES are only half those charged in England.

WATERS MANUFACTURED BY Cs aro

a knowledged by the leading English

TELEGRAMS.

(HONGKONG TELZORAPH" SPICIAL)

imakers to be equal to those of their THE REBELLION IN SOUTH CHINA. own production.

SIR EDWARD FRANKLAND, K.C.B..'

19.4%., F.R.N., P., S., &c. the greatest living authority on Water, reports a (1126, follows on the water as prepared aml

used by us in our manufacture:-----

It possesses an extremely high de- "gree of organic purity and is "of most excellent quality for

drinking."

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OTICE" her hy given that GUN PRACTICE will be handed out by the

flosed to ka nicme of the range.

By Command,

F. SERCOMPEISMITH,

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crew of H.M.S Inmortalit from the shore lo the Eastward of Nonton Docks 4:7041 Kaw. During the Summer Months, Joon Bay Lower Cannel Reck from Sal! ERATED WATERS should be DAY nex, the 22nd lus ant, for seven days,

Allahtor, pinks and other vessels are can-kept in a cool place, preferably in an Tony Chaser Dr RETIGERATan, until required for us. The Battles should I stored with the necks downward so that the corks are colored by the water. This wili prevout an escape of gas taking place and rendering the waters more or less flat.

Acil Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office;

Hangkang, 10th Sentember '1898.

DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,

LIMITED.

[1117

FOR SWATOW, AMOY AND TAMSUI

"HE Company's Steamship

THE

**HAIMUN,"

Captain Hodges, will be despatched for the above Ports, on THURSDAY, the 22nd Instant al to A K.

For Freight or Passage, apply to

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,

General Managers. Hongkang 20th Solember, 1898." [1114

NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM MIDDLESBOROUGH, ANTWERP, SOUTHAMPTON AND SINGAPORE,

THE Company's Steamship

"KANAGAWA MARU," having xirived from the above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godown at Kowloon, where each consignment will be sorted out mark by mark and delivery can be ahtained. as soon as the goods are landed,

Optional goods will be landed here unless fastractions are given to the contrary before NOON TO-DAY.

Goods not cleared by the 17th instant will be

subject to rant.

No Fire Insurance has been effected. All ship-damaged packages must be left to the Godowny and rettificate of the damage obtained from the Godown Company wills the days alter the vessel's arrival here, after which no claims will be ternguled,

NIPPON YUSEŃ KAISHA.

Hongkong, 2015 September, 1898. 13-4.1125

Antimetions;

A. S. WATSON CO.,' LD.

HONGKONG DISPENSARY.

KESTABLISHED A S. Mar Pienpkovi, gan September. The

The report

CANTON, September 20th.

that the Chief of the Kwangsi rebels has been captured and beheaded Is false. The rebellion is spreading and on account of their fallure to suppress the rising Kwei, the Gévernor of Kwangsi province, and a high Tartar [official named Wang have been degraded.

REUTER'S MESSAGES.

THE OCCUPATIO OF FASHODA.

The Correspɔ: denti olihe Morning Post and Dally Telegraph now at Calro, telegraph that the Sirdar in instructed to occupy Fashoda, it necessIEF, by force, and to leave an Egyptian

LONDON, September 18th.

garrison there.

THE HURRICANE IN THE WEST INDIES.

rendered homeless in Harbides and 41,000 in Official despatches state thai {0,000 live been

St. Vincent.

The Lord Mayor of London will open a relie (ardi

P. & 0, "CHINA FLOATED... The P.&O. S. S. China has been floated and is practically wateriight,

THE CAFE ELECTIONS. The Cape Flections are finished, the resalt [7beleg Bond Majorly of one. The Gorera.

The Bongbong Celegraph

HONGKOND, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER, 20, 1898.

ment does not intend to resgo.

TURKEY AND THE POWERS

TELEORAMS to 1:dlan papers show that the Czart: proposal for a reducilon of armamenty In Europe was sentidely un'xpected: The London Press generally extats inspiring His Majesty, bai dæells upon the practical difficulties n' witsinlng the desired end.

the mollves

before the Czar's Note was issued, and probably

The Times believes that Germany was consulted

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France. It is believed the Powers, will accept the Cat's invitation for international conference 10 consider The MEANS for reducing armaments; but much parley. ing to define the bits of discovalon is probable, The French Pres la s'most ananimous in de claring that the restoration of Alsace and Lor- ixlos must precede and disarmament by France. The German amlofficial papers greet the pro. posal with grardet language, and other German Jourants discuss the question in a similar war. The Austrian papers me exactly on a par with the British both as to pratze on the one hand and doubts on the other,

CORRESPONDENT tells, the Rangoon Times

that or Sunday, the 12th of june, she was in

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PRESENTATION TO MA, 7. A. HOWE.

In the Bollard room at the Central Police Station 10-day very pleassot inte fant. tles took place whra Caif Inspector MacKie, on behalf of the European officers and men of the Police Force, presented Mr. T. A Howe, RI.C. with some handsame places of plate on the eve of his departure for bome. Capt. May. C.M.G. presided and there was a big master of mon all round the room. The glit consisted of a handsome silver punch bowl with dragon handles aud bambon ornamentation, a very pretty claret jag in glass and silver, a sliver cigarette case and a mlolature rickshs, and coolie, all in aliver.

am akdog them to bits. The cerw look to the sigging, firal forward, then mizzen, and at last the main riggl g At

5 30 the alter house broke ap, the top making a very good at. The crew secoted 36, and as far as we could see, kot ↑ main yard and was drowned. We warned on it, except the ship's cook who fal of the the crew repeatedly not to let the raft leave the ship, as the ilde was setting out from the land, but nothing would wall with them. In the meantime the Captats had kecured his wile and himself to the weather fron all above the mizzen rigging. Here I and the cabin bey also secured marssives, We saw the men an the wait for a while and thea lost sight of them, We were now submerged in the water to the waist, every ses breaking with a terrible forca OVAT IS,

"As it was ßvod ilde, we thought we should be drowned. At about 10 am. I think it musi but the breakers were not so heavy, afthough have been high water. We were more submerged,

the waves sl swept over as confnually.

#Attbly time wesighted a steamer fram stuth. ward, and made all signs possible, to attract attention, bat of no avail, as she kept on her COULIC.

In making the presentation Chief Inspector Mackie ad he was asked by the European members of the Police force to present Mr. Howe with the silver bowl and claret Jag *1 2 token of their esteem for him and In remembrance of the time he had spent with the Hongkong police. Mr. Howe came out her nearly a year ago and tank up the duties of Deputy Superintendent and the present of to-day showed the force's appreciation

About no, wlad golag down, and water of him and of how he had carried out his dulles

falling, middle pat! of versc gatting Hight arAL In less than two months Mr. Hawe had made

and after pari qalte dry, and we antaibed our himself acquainted with the whole of the farce.

selves and gai ap on the middle part of the The drill season would soon be apon them and side, and were thankful so far for our preserva mand and his Just treatment of Inspectors and they would greatly miss his 65e ward of com-

tion. The cargo was now weshing out of the mev. (pplause.) The Chief Inspector paid a cleared. We could sex signals of white flags hold, and delfiing sexward. Weather had now gracciul tribute to Mr. Howe's "Drill Hook 11 for the Hongkong Police and rald It was greatly bolwarks, and put up with an empty sugar ashore moving, and got a plank out of the

appreciated by the men. All rauka found

baskes that we picked up, as a ball on top of t him courteous and klod and an officer and.

There were no signs of boats anywhere. In gentleman with whom they parted most the afternoon we picked up some bamboos, aud regretfully, The force wished him a pleasant with planks from, the bulwarks we constructed voyage home, long te and speedy promotion.aft ready to launch at low Ude. Ab nt 4 or 5 (Checc.)

In the afternoon' we saw some people comlag out neret and nearer to the ship, having sm- pans with them.

Mr Howe la reply said this was one of the proudest moments of his We. He returned thanks in celing terms for the testimonial. He had only been bese a short time but in that time he had learnt to esteem and respect the European Jerusalem, listening to the Torkish militery "{ members of the furce and he hoped they would | bend, which plays from four to five la the after-continue to go on as they had done since be noon. You may zuess my extoliament," first met them. The force bere would bear

says she, “when I heard them maddenly barit forth with Handel's costarle 'Rejalce, O.Daugh- ter of Ston, Behold, thy King Cometh to Thee!' I could sca cely trait my own ears." Upan tequiring how the gold Mahammadans had bern Indeerd to perform this Christian song, she received a very simple explanatico. The hand had been or 'erel 10

practise several Garmen marches, to be played at the welcome of the Kalser into Jerusalem. The bandmaster took counsel with German maaleat friend, wbo mischievously recommended Handel's "Tochter Ston," as well as the "Wacht am Ebeln and other secular compositions. The Turkish soldiers had not the slightest notion of the mearing of the words, which were Giter for hand of Crusaders the one composed of Saracers.

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THE POST OFFICE SCANDAL.

At the Magistracy today, before Cpl. Ha legs, R.N. (Rethed). Thang Tio, messenger of the General Post Office, was charged with The Porte Jaa besh Creoler to the Powparcel, while in the castory of the Postmaster attempting to remove postage stamps from a object to the terms of Admiral Noth eltima General, at Victoria In this Colony a 20'à fost." tum; and proposes a mixed commission of en- Shelk Mossa, declared, said am clerk in quizy..

the General Post Office.. Aboat 11a.m. to-day I was in the Pat Office. I am defendant, who

THE DREYFUS CASE.

tas atached to the Ministry of Justice, to consider a revision of the Dreyfus can

FUNERAL OF THE LATE EMPRESS

OF AUSTRIA.

The remains of the 1ste Empress of Austrla wer interred to the Capuchin Church, Vienna, on Saturday. The procesiloe, contalang many

THE POST OFFICE.

The French Micletess of War and Pabile Once again has the loose manner in Works have resigned, the Cab'oct having an which the business of the Hongkong Postthorised the convocation of a comeluies of Office is conducted been brought before the notice of the public and the urgent need for wide and sweeping reforms in the department made manifest. It ought not to be possible for the Chinese staff, or at least the more subordinate portion of it, to obtain access to correspondence bearing unobliterated stamps, yet that such is the case is amply proved by the recent pre-Roy lles, was impostur. ceedings in the Police Court." A glance in as the Post Office window will show that the correspondence as it is dropped into. the letter boxes does not, as in Post Offices at home, fall into a locked receptacle, but is allowed to lie there in an open basket totally unprotected and offering a tempting Sait to any passing coolie who may be desirous of supplementing his income by stamp stealing. The basket may be more convenient for the removal of the corre- spondence as it comes in but it is certainly' not a safe method of dealing with it, and

DAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & we consider that the sooner the Post Office

COMPANY,

VICTORIA DISPENSARY, `

BONGKONG..

AERATED WATERS.

SIMPLE ARMATED WATEK,

SODA WATER,

EMONADE.

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is supplied with locked letter boxes the sooner will the authorities be able to prevent stamp stealing.

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WEATHER REPORT.

The Observato.3 report 10-day sya:-On The barometer has the 20th at 1140 am:

cu a litle on the China coast. Preuare cot. lanes normal to 5. Chips, low probable over lapar, and also slightly in defect in the Chlas Sea between Palawan and Annam, Bradlenie

gat for NE winds on the Cblus can. FORB CAST :-light to moderate NE winds ;latz.

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

H.M.S. Blenheim went out for a cralu to-day. A BOATHAN was fined $is to-day for boarding the Esmeralda 'while she was under way, DR. J. A. Lowson charged a coolle employed at the Government Civil Hospital with refosfog daty, He was foed $a la default ten days. TAZ local team for the interport cricket match leaves for Shanghai by the Dorfe it dryilght to- morrow. We wish the Hongkong cricketers will meet with access.

is postman No. 36, with this parcel (produced) in his band. He was trying to call off the tamps (the stamps were partly pulled off; they 1 WAS were one go cents sed one 20 cents). defendant's duly to obliterate the stamps. I colured the defenda: t and rook him to Mr. Thomson. He told me to charge him. I handed. blm over to the Palice.

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Defendant- did not try to remove the steps.

Capi. Haslings sentenced him to six months' Imprisonment with hard labour,

did she

A BUFFALO SMOKER.

FESTIVITIES BY THE KO.R.

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favourable comparison with any others. After a complimentary reference to Capt. May; Mr. Howe sald. he wished all the force good lack, success and prosperity is the beanurable career they had chosen; fi was, he said, ona of the most honourable cicers a man could take

up. Mr. Howe lotimated that directly be gat

home he would have the bowl filed to the brim and the Hoogkong Police would be first in his thoughts (Cheers).

Capt. Supt. May sald that all the force had benafilled by Mr. Howe's journ here and be had also fo me a lak between this dialant colony and the old country. He paid Mr. Howe A warm compliment and heartily applauded,

Mr. How was hearilly cheered by the med who also give three singing cheers for the R.I.C. Afterwards Mr. Howe walked around the men ibaking each by the hand and bidding them a cordial "good bye."

THE WRECK OF THE " COMET."

The Americ-n baique Cemat, E73 tons; with * crew of 16 hands all told, Including Captain Bredburst, Mate Halm and also the captain's wife and fear Chinese impercargoes, salled on Angst yib, with about 600 tons of sugar, &c. frem Amoy bound for Newchwang. At

bagising of the voyage light

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At 5.30 we were taken mahora to the bank and had then to walk about wa infler, and were then taken to charge by the Japanese authod- tter, who gave us a wash, dry clothes, and provided us with a good supper.

A farther narrative of the wreck is unavoidably held over and will appear to-morrow.

THE WORLD'S FOUNGEST

·PARLIAMENT.

INAUGURATION OF THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ASSYNELY.

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(From dur Resident Correspondent) O Thorsday, 15th September, 1898, 2:0 world was enriched by the addklon of å reste- sentative assembly, marking the ardval of the newest new nation at the starting-point of a constitutions career. It was an important, serloos occasion, but hardly anybody would have thought so. Manila itself took title or no notice of the event, that is to say the people who are most prominent in Maria, the American authorities and American 'simy of eccupation seemed to know Ble and cere less about the momentous fuucitos in Malolos, while the Spaniards and foreigners seemed to regard It with simple contempt. The Fillploos no the other band had a vague general notion that there was some sort of #fiesta' In honour of some vaguely glorious sentiment called "libered;" but not more than the merest ha dial of enlightened natives seem really to grasp the situation and set up to it.

variable winds were experienced then å fine It was to be the Inauguration of national steady blacz: sprong op from SS.W. Weather assembly, the unvelilog of metaphorical clear and fine she proceeded og her corso thonument emblematical of thrce centuries of weather was getting hazy and overcast, breezelurid list of outrages and vengeances, and at last under all wall, pasitng several vessels. The awful oppression, years of fierce struggis, a long, steady from S.W.; Rar. s'eady at 29.41. The victory, peace, and the dawn of the day of con. breeze fresher-ed and wind shifted to W.S.W.. stitutional gaverament. Yet there seemed to be with falling Bir. Took in all, tight le. none of the preparations one would have expecl- p.m. took in topgallant salls and farled ed, with the Ides of doing honour to auch an mainsa!! At 8.p.m. handed upper topalla and Important creat: sad the majority of the Amer foresall, Bar. 29 10. A heavy NE. swell cans and other foreigners, whose presence should set in. Put relieving tackler on wheel and have been considered pre-eminently destrable, set up life luca scross the decks, with | were not levied wor even notified of the time, two men st the wheel. 10 p.m. Bar 29/70 and so they antred on the scene after the pro-

fierce from Blowing very

W.S.W. with a edings terminated. mountainous ses and N,E, swell and thick rain, Thousands of people panned into the little old Made last main-topgaliant sail, and alter li town of Malolos, prople from all parts of the upper topil. At to wind veered to W.S.W. Philipplaes, and found the streets and humită, and West, Bar, going steadily down, and ben prolmiely decorated with the lawdzy finery of an at 28.70 with heavy rain falling, at midnight | proinary Philippfot fi sta, ploz Katipunan fligı, Bat. 18 40 and still falling. Wind increasing by the thousand, perhaps millions. Many of the In velocity, Braced yards up to starboard, flag were strange patchwork arrangericata of

ald blue and red net (port tack).

eficoals, striped or flowered (Monday August 2016) 17.30 foretopmaster spotted or figured anyhow, so long as they staysall and lower foretopsall blown clean out were fa a general way red, white and blue. On of the bolt ropes. Ship broached to on port the white triangle of the Filipino tricolour many ack (shift of wind). Wlad suddenly going of the parlats had tried that best to depict the back S,W,SS.W. and wonth. The heavy NZ golden son and sliver stars with varying success,

well made the ship labour and farge quantities all ofcturesque and some grotesque, of water washed cautinually over the deck,

At a the glass was down to 28 06 the rain and foam blowing over the ship cutting the crew's faces like glass.

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Delving from Malolos zallway station to the National Assembly Hall in a Parascala Convent is a perlions voyage, in a little country carromata held together. with bits of string, and yanked over obstacle-race tracks knee-deep in rice-bran for lack of better roxi-metal; and the pooles about as big and an bilsk an back-rabbits, and the drivers mire Irresponsible littie Imps of Satan wità no more pollon of the rules of the road or the way to dilve or the commonert dictales of prudence, thau a beu under a blcycle-- wheel. It was an exciting drive, and it is a bit of s marvel that we survived 1'.

The ceremony of loaugurating the Assembly- begin some time between nine and ten o'clock In the moming, but nobody ever knows the tlag to the Philippines; all clocks nea different, and i one knows really what year it is, that is enough for all ordinary requirements. So it la best not to worry about the precise bour ai which Parlia

ment opened, it was fo a very plain room, the old convent dining-ball, hang with sacred pictures of very rudimentary art. The plice was used by the Spaniards as the seat of Incal government until the rebels took posscasion.

Last evening the members of the King's Own Regiment, mostly Sergeants and alber non- coms gave & mort pleziunt "Smoker" at the Sportsman's Arms, Quren's Road West, The large and prelifly decorated apartment suited the rccasion first rate, kad Kro. Borrell made an efficient and eminently sailsfactory accompanlar, Bros, Smith, Oxberry, Berrett and Tharpe con- stituted the commilles and they worked mort assiduously to ensure the pleasure of their guests. Dram Sergeant Fitzpatrick presided and the affale went off splendidly. There were over ico present including civilian and naval filends and At 3 nm. the glass went dann to 27.50. On the all went as happy as could be wished until wheel the crew had previously par rellering the two hands of the clock came toge tackles, and the veszel was laying to standing ther and indicated midnight. The programme close to it. The chief officer (Mr. Holm) heard had been loyally honosted the "sing song" was capitally selected and after"! The Queen" crash alongside and lacked and found the spoker boom broken in two, and the mixen If there are stamp stealers on the staff

was well. "under way" Bro. Borrell played a ↑ topmast gone. He made bls. way forward on of the Post Office It will not surprise us to

pretly avertere and then Bro Henderson gave all fours, holding on to the tran stanchions round * fine rendering of the matllat ballad "A soldier | the poop. When he arrived at the of

and find that letter stealing has also become

and a man.' It was a treat to hear how the ralling be there saw the fore and mala topmaste rampant, and we should like to know what

bora in khaki took up the chorus. Col. Sergt. with all spars and yards had gone over the side. steps are taken by the authorities for

O'Bilen gave & first le rendering of "Saule The crew were now paralized with fear, and would tracing correspondence reported as mis-

Doyle," pretty Irish song, and the chores do nothing. At 4.30 the glass had started to sing? In England a very perfect system

was apparently very popular. Tis but a litle rise to 28.co. What a sight daylight showed of espionage has been adopted in the

faded flower" was sung by Bro. One with great us," the mate says, "the walte form from the Postal Department, and although it is ap-

laste and artisticexpression. Col Sergt. LeÏfoil, | typhoon flying over us. We got the drew out pfled to the whole of the United Kingdom,

the lion comique" of the Klog's own, and commenced cutting away the whe stays and yet, Its very simplicity would recommend Ar the Supreme Court 10-day, lo Summary trolled out facny ille ditty called "Whai les laniards to get the spars away from the side, know about rallways" and the Forward a mass of wreckage from the jibboom Its adoption in the Colony, we believe, in Jurisdiction, belote his Honour Mr. A. G. Wise,

hearty chorus and the thunders of ap. was dragging to windward. At noon the wind order to discover dishonesty upon the Palsae Judge Loong Fok sued Hi Au Shi plause be received zmpir proove bis popu. having gone down considerably, we got main. part of the postmen. In England all com.

and Wong Yuk Salu to recover toco damages arity. "The Anchor's weighed" was very and fore yards, which were not broken, secured Now, the rebel troops are all over the place, plaints as to missing correspondence are forwarded to the General Post Office and resulting out of a collision between plafatiff's nicely sung by Bro. Anderson. Beo, Cunliffe to lower rigging as braces and filts were all and inside the Assembly Hall I met a Filipine helped matters along with a first rate comfo❘ carried away, Suanded the porps, and coloucl who, as a major fa' the Spanish army, are dealt with by a separate department, cargo-boat and defendants' steam-uch Kam lem, in the Benches in the Park, and Mr. found the sugar moist and melting. Set main had once found himself under the paleful the method of tracing the thieves being as

Kof, which took place in Victoria Harbour on Harry Aldridge made up as an old woman la pumps golag with all hands and rigged wind-, necessity of obstructing my freedom of move. follows:-So soon as a complaint is 17th August. Mr. J. Rastings appened for the splendid siyle, gave a really excellent character mill pump as well, reducing water considerably ments when I was prowling about the fighting RASPBERRYADE, &C.received the course of the missing letter is plalati and Mr. E. J. Grist for the second defence amateur these excruciatingly tap towards night, at 8 am, let the watch turn lines taking notes. He came forward now and That fine amateur tenor Bro. Oxberry sang "Át in to get some much needed rest bat kept wind. | reminded me of the Incident, and expressed bli looked up and pins, bearing number in- danty first defendant was' fot served with the

the Fountain" in fine style and the bestly ap. mill and accantopally the mala pump going all | regest at having had to trouble me on the dicating the complaint, are stuck into a will. Defendant admited ability to the extent plause he received was well melted. In the inter night. The wind had now veered to 3.E. former arcasion; be explained that as long as large map at every point where the letter of $320. His Honour pare judgment her plaintiff val Mr. Harper, the host, put up a cholce The glass was now steadily sising At daylight the Spaniards continued sghting, ke as a falitful was handled by some particular office, with costs, the damages to be refered to the and dainty little suppor which was highly appre- on Tuesday morning, Ang, 30th, took men from | Spanish subject was bound to do what he was that is to say an office that had to sort the Registrar, reserving the date from which the clated. The toast of "Success to Buffalolam" the pumps, set them to work getting things told, though secretly he hated it all be sime, was proposed by Felmo Lammio and most stady to square the foreyard. As soon it was and as soon as he found that the Spaniards woło bag containing the missing letter, and so costs are to be calculsted.

cordially received. Then Ba. Gallagher sang ready and we got the yard squared got the ceasing to defend themselves ha considered ke Its whole course is traced from its starting

"The Curtains of night"| very effectively, Dio, forenall, which the falling topmast

had cat in was no longer hound to go on fighting for them. the map at the varicus sorting offices between Mr. Hliam S. Maxim and Mr. Hudson comics of his amidst uprostous laughter. Primo nil, as well as a new missen staysail. At he was glad to see me again and declare him- through which it passed. The subsequent Maxim. The latter, has invented a system of On proposed "The visitors" "which" WES 7 decided to fetch the Chlox cosat sad felf in his true colour. I also did a little candid complaints are dealt with as received throwing high explosives from ordnande at such responded to by a civilian friend and a naval posible reach Amoy. Weather raloy and thick, confession, for at the time he first saw me In the same manner, and as a rule range that, if successful, no flet could live officer, the toast being drank with all the vessel making an average of a knots an It was unsafe to confors may connection wh 39 found that a certain sorting or galost them. He has offered his lorention to English" song that caught on immensely. and windmill going all the time. The heat and bugbeas of Filiplue misrule the Hongkong hondars Mr. Hugh Gilmore next gave a "pidgin hour. In the eight we kept ons main pump Esallah Jotrnalism, least of all the particular distributing, office contains several pins, the American Government. Some of the Eng Bro. Lelliott sang his sweet little balled about smell from the hold was now fearful and nearly Telegraph, and I had allowed myself to be although the complaints may have comes newspapers have alluded to the laventor as

"Dolly Daydreams" with good effect and Bio, auffocated us after a fow calquier stay to the discribed as a globetrotter or « comme cial from all over the kingdom. When

dis Oxberry followed with a tasteful sendering of cabin. "Mr. Maxim" only, which has, brought

A1 4 am, on Wednesday morning, traveller, or anything except a pressman. Sol the courses of missing correspondence are claimer from Mr. Hiram S. Mas, kuď a

Alice, where at thou." The Healths of the August 31st, the vessel struck bottom. We told the colonel I was a bit of a fraud myself too, found to cross in this manner at one parte sistement of oplaka that the reports as foolish, and a very enjoyable evening was spent. Nearly the roar of the breakers on both sides of ut. The

chairman and pianist were cordially honoured were unable to seeland anywhere but could hear forbye, and we exchanged condolences,

The ceremony of. Inauguraiing the Assembly cular point, a detective is despatched to the office indicated and he seldom fails in absurd, and sidiculous. Touched on the raw, every sloger bad the compliment of hearing the vessel was striking heavier and heavier all Ile was simit noihing. It was positively dis At the pffct of the Hongkong Telegraph you discovering the delinquent. We fancy that Mr. Hudson Maxles wants to know what about choras after bis liens "Jolly good zong and Jolly time, and the rudder now was carried away appointing in a rigid, simplicity, I m weil sang." &c, but wild horses will not tear sounded and found a foot of water. At 5 m. sufficiently free from republican bigotry to can see, and procure for SEX DOLLARS, a Copy system for checking the delivery of corre- | that serial machine which “Kiram) invented from the name of the galizat soldier who was the vestel heeled over to starboard, the seas † holleva that there is a vaing in forms and cere spondence in the Colony could be arranged and which flew about as far as a locomotive adstring himself in the airros all the time. Age breaking continually over, sweeping everything manles and ex eront appearances, and especially with ease, were limited amount" of I would undye ibe samo olicutantanons

off the deck, as well as boets and forward house,' for an Odental rege which (let the terms be not

INGER ALK

ARSAPARILLA.

BAKIN, CRUICKSHANK & Co.'s WATRES are

made under the constant supervision of a duly quailed Engilsh Chemist and will bear comps

rison with the best English. Manufactures.

Special terma 10 HOTELS, CLUBS, MES3*8 and † point to its destinallon by, pins stuck into Quit a comic duel le going on at tiḍri range Daley got rid of one of those button bureling two, down and allerwards bent a new fore. So he and Els men folaed the rebels, He said

other Large Consumers,

•ny complaints should be addreind to the Manager.

Hongkor, 1st March, 1897.

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