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she handy

until to-day she

of the great Power

where international

most conspicuous examples however, are in the sphere of w mists call "unproductive consump expenditure his given lier glory a and WIII probably give her mom. also gave her a large sum of money. war indemnity.But the territory, s

which we hay Japan should coming Loan market at four

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says "Evening News had a chat with Mr. Haines,ll do that," said the eral of

the working superintendent, who admitted that, then the keeper came book is in the main, our correspondent's contentions

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DEKOSTENGINEERING NOTES, N

accomplished)

"Mr. opean Berlin, The first part of the

devoted to the description of the of the Commission. The second part of have been aware of the alligators Condi a detailed report of the business condition for some tithe," he said, "the fact is wo CHASED BY A FURIOUS OSTRICH on the Chie sonclusions of the hind lave nowhere to put him, I do the best I can used by the Second Corps at the Intercontinen gentlemanly-docking youth, with clean-shayon

A new method of measuing distance was yet, is an nown, qunnuty -contains the Com for him in that wretched box but, of course, hetal Railway Commission on their work in face mission and their opinion of the possible needs a big, dry gravel space to move about in Costa Rica. This is described in their report afs

all the ingre pleasing by reason openings for French commerce Re with a sloping tank and a little houso to sleep as follows: "For the survey we were obliged retilhed. Let me at once confess that I was uflis boyish freshness, having been ports by specialists on mining, sille oilla in cold weather. As to the food give the to extemporize an accoustic method, bandying astonished with what I saw. For ease of style, The open veldt lay before us (says Miss Ar: and other branches of Chinese industry are snakes, your correspondent is quite right. They words to and fro three to five times at each gracefulness of pose, and skill of exccution he Japan has needed money. Hitherto she haRowles, writing in the March issue of the especially valuable. According to the Chin-will all eat frogs, but some would prefer mice, station by the watch second hand, thereby would compare, not unfavourably with any of

still remains

a liability rather than an asset, and the cali was far from sufficient to supply the demands. of the new ambition which had come with it.

Like all nations therefore, that expand;

raised this at home, and of her national debt of 12,000,000 every penny has been found by stomestic loans, except £4,000,000 of war bonds sold to a British syndicate in 1898 Last year she tried to continue, the process, and issued bonds to the extent of $5,000,000 of these, however, "only" a million, and W quarter were subscribed by the Japanese public, and the Government itself "bad to take up

the

A YOUNG LADY'S THRILLING, ADVENTURE

House Reports (?) the import trade in the Wide World Magazine") bathed in the dow United States is given at $14,000,000 per an- and the lingering shares of early morning as numm, but it is estimated by the Commission at we mounted our horses for a ride across coun30,300,000. It is further estimated that forty try Before we had gone far, however, my

to fifty per cent. of the foreign trade of China is companion was summoned back by the news of the illness of a horse, and I continued my clusion, as drawn from all the facts gathered by with Great Britalo, and the Commission's con- ride alone. As I advanced mile by mile the the Commission, is that there exists in China scenery grew, wilder, and great rocks, just targe field for the enterprise of other nations tinged with the purple of the sunrise, rose

and beetles, and sparrows. durch & few sparrows for them. Occasionally reporter, who had examined them himself

"And those poor, pelicana?" asked the

They have had no water for nearly two I've spoken to the secretary about it, and he months except what you see in that trough. was to do something to get the water laid on, and have the bottom of their pond cemented.

But why not turn

then he

ane

the cash of the indemnity paid by Chida. The divided my Basuto pony turned of into a bridle.lustrations. It is published by Rey et Cie for rain," ESTA PAN hirds into that but the voice las the advantage of being itself. scen Roberts hiring down the house with

remainder, using for this purpose majestically on either side. When the road The report includes; goo. pages and has 180 It all runs away now. Ve are simply waiting gongs or the..like thump sounders might be an ripens he will prove a foe worthy of the best

moment foreseen for some time by students of Japanese affairs has now arrived, when Japan must borrow in the world's market, and the sums she must raise in this manner will aggre gate £74,000,000 during the next six years in view of these facts it is a matter of jereat in- terest to glance at the conditions and the pros, pects of Japanese finance Such an examina tion is rendered easy by one of these exhaustive and masterly communications upon Japan which the Tokio correspondent of the Times, an Englishman possessing an unapproached knowledge of the subject, contributes 100 rare ly to that journal

math which led through a wild

FOTEC, and, eventually lost itself among the rocks at the foot of a hill The sure-footed little creature started up the side of the mountain, and event wally landed me at the top. Here I dismount- ed and left him to grare. We hiil been out

some hours. Rumounting, we followed a half beaten track on the opposite side from which we had come, and in a short time we were at the font of the hill and on the level veldt once inore Going forward into the main road (such as it was), which would round the base of the mountain, I started off at a quick canter towards home,

Up to the close of the period preeceding the |-- For some time we went along at a good -war with China, Japan was, from the point of pace, when suddenly I was started by the view of the national financier, one of the islandsight, not far aliead, of a cock ostrich rushing of the blessed. Her population was 40,000,000, wildly backwards and forwards, with its black her trade was advancing by leaps and bounds, and-white wings flapping and quivering with she was equipping herself with everything that rage. pulled up with a jerk, for at first I she found good in Westcm civilisation, her thought the bird was loose on the veldt, but on entire government cost her population only, 45. closer inspection I found that a wire fence was a bead per annum, her revenue always between us. Just at this moment I saw on the

and she had a

other side of the camp a hen sitting on her surplus of £7,500,000,

Rua Gentil, 4, Lyons, France;

the poor.

big pand there, where the fountain is?!

They'd cat up all the goldfish, and disturb the ducks say, let them. You can

Well, I should

Conkin't see it. always replace a few goldfish, where you could not replace. "pelicans." But Mr. Holmes

GOVERNMENT AID TO THE

· EXPORT TRADE OF GERMANY.

the value of a good, permanent consular service. The German Government fully appreciates The increasing support lent by the Imperial. government to commercial enterprise finds

ALLEGATIONS BY THE ALLIGATOR. expression in the estimates and in the growing case, something like an exaggerated coffin, The alligator was asleep in a narrow wooden demands for the consular service. Additional which contained about 6ins. of water, and was secretaries are to be appointed to the legations covered ever with chicken wire It took about at Mexico, Pekin, and to the embassy at Washington. To the embassy at St. Petersburg but presently he opened a grey, hopeless cyc

five minutes tapping on his cage to wake him, experts in agriculture, and forestry are to be "True!" said he, after listening to our repre appointed in view of the importance of the sent Siberian railway. New consulates are to be think it was. Here, I've been shut up in this sentative's account of his sufferings,"I should. established at Balila, Santa Catarina, Curitiba beastly box for more than two months, damp. Hanku, Sao Paulo, and Prague. Sixty thousand below, and scorched on top by day, and shiver marks ($14,000) are douanded for the sending ing by night. Look at my toes, see how they. of commercial experts to the United

are rotting off. And my lovely snout-look at States, South America and Turkey.it That was done by two great, clumsy, stupid These items, insignificent as they seem

men, who poked it with a sharp bit of wood till from a financial point of view, prove con- it bled, and it's never healed since, and never

exceeded her ernenditur ar closed in a nest, and knowing only too well the danger. 1° clusively with what keen attention the German

manner of which it must

move about in. How would you like to live

mot unless they give me a clean, dry place to man commerce abroad. Without neglecting cooped up in this dirty suffocating box for agriculture at home, the German government weeks, with the skin rotting off you, and slime is making commercial interests more and more the basis of its foreign policy on the continenten eine coating your body?

The pour réptile certainly looked very bad, of Europe, perhaps, that policy, to a certain extent, is influenced by Germany's territorial had been wounded.

and his snout was absolutely fester

festering where it relations; but, apart from this consideration, German export forms, the centre of gravity of almost every political transaction, and every encouragment is being given to it by the Im perial German Government. John F. Winter, US. Consul at Annaberg, . 2

BLIND FOLLOWERS OF CUSTOM.

Why does a man wear two buttons on the back of his coat? This is not a companion riddle to "Joe" Miller's celebrated conundrum, "Why does a hen cross the street?" But it is a. pertinent interrogatory. Habic-that's the

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fellows, he continued, mournfully, you might If you really are one of those newspaper say that I desired to be remembered to all my what will shortly prove to be my coffin, because pld friends in Queensland. I feel sure I am in

I have heard it will cost £300 to build me a proper place, and I don't think the society can stand that yet. Another month of this will kill me, but, perhaps, as I only cost 45, they won't miss inc much. Still, your know, even alligators have got feelings. Good-bye." He feebly tried to smile, but, failing in the attempt, closed his eyes and relapsed into his former comatose condition,

THE PLEA OF THE PELICAN.

yes, Tested Flies but dreight dis-

ascertaining both direction and distance. Test the billiard tuinpinns now before the public. ing the method on open ground, it never There wits, for an litter lack of flashiness or differed more than 6 per cent from stadia as the gutter boys put it, measurements. The averages of the two mttled together a pretty break of 170

side ០៨ methods would probably be about the same end well understand the cheers which Indeed, no other, no better device at least, brought off was a bit of a revelation to me as Our experience gave us great confidence it him in his native, city. A masse could be thought of if we were to make ren well as to many more in the room sonable progress in such a country. Deams, and I esu well imag so that as his experience Improvement on the voice and carry further,steel or the best cac. Many a time have i lighter to carry an advantage very consider that Bateman repeatedly brought off Given abje. For long shots blank cartridges night good health and a reasonable amount of good owing to the Savere WIECIE K be used, but we had none of these to spare fortune, we shall her a good deal of him in the course of a year or two. There was quite a little incident during the game, and one that "was greatly relished by the company," Bateman, while in play brought off a close ghing way to Dawson on the score of having cannon, and then left the table and took a'scat,

man, however, declined to take advantage of pushed his ball through The Yorkshire

this, asking his opponent to proceed Bate man, however declined, and as he sat there with heightened colour in his cheeks, he drew the sympathies of the spectators, who gave him arousing cheer for his keen sense of fairness. This was renewed again and again as Dawson, taking up his cue, made a faint-hearted attempt to cannon-indeed it was palpable miss for Bateman's henefit. Never have I heard such carty applause as broke out, but the incident quite warmnted the cheers

An. oficial table, recently compiled in show" the Amount" and methods of application of tries, including commerce and traffic, horticul- power in the German empire in various indus-

as 3,4,1194 horse power, procured from the ture and stock breeding gives the grand total following different sources

Wind

Water *Steam......

Gas.........

Pelroleum

Benzine, gasoline etc. Hot air

18,304 620965 2,715,078

53,841

7,349

3,501. 1,295.

Compressed air ...

$11,002 Electricity was employed in 2,245 catablish one-third of the total amount, or 994,050 horse- ments. In the mining and iron industry, about power, was used; in the manufacture of food in the machine industry, 182,767; and in the stuffs, 680,275; in the textile industry, 574,986; chemical industry, 83,164.

The Dismal Swanip Canal has again been put tato servicable condition at a cost of about says the Engineering News, be opened to $1,000,000 and will, according to the report, navigation about March The work was Company, the present owners of the charter. done by the Lake Drummond Canal and Water It is 22 miles long with a depth sufficient for vessels drawing 10 feet connects Ches apeake Bay with Albemarle Sound, and affords access to about 2,500 miles of river and bayou navigation in the Carolinas. The original canal was completed in 1862, cost $1,800,000, slave labour being used in its con- It was built by the State of siruction. Virginia and the national government, each bearing half of the expense,

LABOUR SAVING DEVICES IN CHINA

In reply to an export assso York, Consul-General Goodnow

1898 writes as follows under date of

an, ambitious and proud people, conscious of A short distance in front the road run close to their own strength, and convinced of the the fence, and I knew it would be impossible justice of their own cause, could not be ex- to pass that way. There was nothing for it pected to accept it as final: To come down but to retrace my steps and follow the road from

generalities to concrete facts, Japan deter, back round the mountain till it joined the one mined, rightly of wrongly, that an enormously by which I had come I was not afraid, for it Increased arany and navy were essential to her was by no means an uncommon position in which national safety and honour in the immediate to find eneself in the centre of an ostrich farm- future. She fixed upon the year 1905-6-aning country and beside, I felt sure of getting epoch which, as the reader will doubtless in away. Accordingly, I turned the pony's headin| stantly remember, will coincide with the cou the opposite direction and walked quickly back, pletion of a huge" undertaking on the part of hoping to escape, notice. A few moments | , another country--as the moment when her passed, and I began to think we were safe, when preparations should: conclude. Before the suddenly a strange sound made me look round. arnival of the year in question Japan has de- To my horror. I saw that; in one of his, wild, cided to expend upon her anvy £3,000,000, charges, the enormous bird had caught sight and upon her army 10,000,000. When this of us and was making frantic dashes along the money is spent the peace strength of her land fence, which was unusually low, and was not forces will be 140,000, and the war strength of barbed wire. In a few seconds he would be 530,000 while at sea she will have sixty-seven over, and then it meant mce for dear life. ships, including four of the most powerful line. My pony, I knew, was one of the quickes in powerfatured the country, and as we find a good quart possi. cruisers of 9,200 tons ench, which may also for bly for a short time we should keep ahead, but answer. Unquestioning, unreasoning custom consolate-looking birds) "it's only too disgust. The tank type of ship, wp. are reminded by ten cents gold per day. He must work from practical purposes i and on that side of the in the end I knew the ostrich must easily catch world, be regarded as battleships. Besides As if by instinct my faithful friend scented unproductive expenditure, she proposes withlit danger, and after one whispered word in his the same period to expend on matters directly ear he was off like the wind. There was or Indirectly productivo- that is, railways, suddenly a crash behind us, followed by a telephones, iron foundries, harbour aids to measured beating, which almost made the banks, education, etc29,000,000

ground vibrate and set my heart thump Japan proposes a total expenditure of Ing. If you have never heard the tramp £61,000,000 before the end of the year 1006 of an Infuriated ostrich, no words will adequate Towards this £45,000,000 will be raised byly describe it; the nearest approach to it that I extraordinary revenue, more than half of it taken can think of is the sound of the regular thud, from the indemnity paid by China. But there thud of soldiers on the march. There was no will be other expenditures in that period which mistake, we were being pursued by a furious are not included in the above sums, especially cock ostrich a formidable for indeed. Now the development of Formosa, which, although it was only a question of time. The pony's feet it is making great commercial and financial seemed scarcely to touch the ground, and I progress, will not be self-supporting for a con- bent forward urging him on feverishly as siderable time. The Japanese Government had never done before, Nearer and nearer calculates that it will have an accrded surplus came the beating, the distance betweet us and

over 11,000,000 with which to repay, its our strange pursuer growing less and les every tants made upon the China indemnity and second. I was powerless to do anything but thus to form an accumulation available in casehold on to mym in the direction we were balt a hundred rainbow coloured serpents all partments, that it was difficult to say, where Goodnow of Shanghai, says that the fact that

That

of

of

mud, und fish, and beetles, and ever ao inany delightful things. Tell your editor that. This interview is now at na and

owned: Germany coming second, with 22 such vessels, aggregating 65,112 tons; Holland third with 18 vessels, of 37,754 tons; Russia

America fifth, with 10 vessels, and 16,987 tonigh

work are mord

BRITISH v, AMERICAN CONSULAR.

REPORTS

I cannot give you any encoura pers, dump ears, and the like to Chir regard to the shipment of wheelbarr wheelbarrows used here has one large in the middle and a seat on either side, passengers or loads are carried Once in great while, dirt is carried in baskets such a barrow, but ordinarily it is carried by n coole in two baskets, hung on the end of a bamboo rod balanced on his shoulders. These baskets are about the size and shape of a grain scoop.. Labour saving devices are not in demand in China. The cheapest thing herois a man. There is more labour than can find employment. A Your father wore two buttons in that same

coolie carrying dirt will receive from even to position: So did his father. So did your earingly true. Here we've been over six weeks

Gennan contempory, says the shipping sunrise to sunact not her ancestors. So do you. Adam didn't without a single drop of water to liquidate our

steadily or There wasn't much call for sartorial splendour mummy. When I was in the wildernessWorld, is now represented by 180 vestels, Intensely, but putting in a grestry, very

"Where?" asked the pressman.

having 401,024 gross registered tonnage. From in the Adam period, and Eve wasn't the author

In the wilderness,

the saine source we gather that the first tank and accomplishing a large amount course, stupid. - of the tailors to make a man theysen't you heard of the polican in the "ilderness 2 steamer, die Glaurkanky appeared in Geeste for the amount of wages paid. About the time men began wearing clothes and developing differences of opinion, in which Why, how ignorant you are to be sure, Onemunde harbour. Of the 180 vessels referred coolies willing to work for this pitance than the sword was the usual arbitrator, the two moment, while I catch that By He whipped to, no less than 70, of 210,586 tons, are English there is work for them to do buttons came to be in evidence. They held his bill round like lightning, and "snuvelled the sword belt in place. When the coffee a fly off the tip of the fourth tail feather,

What we want," he continued, “is the run and pistol fad superseded the rage for rapiers.her pond there, where there are trees, and fourth, with 36, vessels, of 30,673 1ons; and the custom of wearing the two buttons was continued: Even since then the buttons have been wom. No use to anyone. No advantantage except to the button manu facturers, Yet your tailor and mine had better not leave those buttons off, or we'll start an account at another tailor's

Look at the hairdresser's shop. This isn't TALES OF THE SNAKES

There were so many snakes and lizards lying bald-headed- men or infants.' 'There's a pole that looks like a stationary, pouse caf, of jumbled up together. In their little, close com inercial Relations, 1897-1698) Congul-General, of national emergency, The correspondent of away from any the Times, however, considers this estimate to going and those behind knew nothing of the climbing up and down in different directions, ore ended and another began. Close by, trade with the United States increased in spite be far too favorable. He believes that at the end terrible danger I was in. Would there be no according to your condition. In the good old however, and in separate cages, were a pair of of the decrease of shipping consequent upon some of these reproaches but the reports sent. of this specified period the surplus will at best help? Alone on the boundless veldt I looked days when the giants were on the earth, there wreathed around the little trees placed therein. conditions in China shows the soild basis of by British consola for We guidan

black snakes, and a pair of diamond snakes, the war with Spain and the disturbed": political be an insignificant one. But as the ordinary vaguely up into the blue sky might entice. The varicoloured pole was the These perches were shared by a number of mutual demand. The great staples of export the technical Information's

were also barber-surgeons seeking whom they. revenue will assuredly rise, the ordinary expen. There was a distant shout, and I was dimly aga of their profession. We don't have barber-tle green tree frogs, who, apparantly, had from the United States to China-kerosine and diture remain "approximately stationary, and conscious that a short heavy "kérrie whizzed surgeons now. The surgeon lives in a fashion. About as much fear of the snakes as the snakes cotton goads were in greater demand in 1897 Bure there would most prize during the opening jean of the fat expidly past me. I dared not stop, for the ostrich was able quarter, and if you planted one of those had of them. The diamond, snakes listened than in 1896. The imports from the United seem to underlie the basics

years of flip next century, now but a few yards behind, and I could al- poles in front of an office, the owner would politely while the pressman sympathised with

States into Shanghai in 1897 were valued at these reports is th he concludes after enreful examination that in most feel the vibration of its great wings as it have you locked up. The barber hangs on to their troubles, but the black snakes kept up a about 38,000,000. He continues: We do not def the 1906 there will be in excess of revenue over skimmed, half-flying, half-racing, over the earth. the old custom. The pole meats, Blood most disconcerting hissing Afterwards, one advertise.enough here. I do not mean by this

of design, all expenditures of 1,800,000 or in Japanese Presently another kerrie came whizzing past, letting done here," Came to think of it, the of them explained that they were really saying newspaper advertisement or advertisement by finance, the Jaigo yearly suni 18,000,000 yen and this time it must have interfered in some pole is not so inappropriate, after all, it is easy, in view of these facts, to share his

* Yes, yes, yes,” In": approval of each point circulars. These appeal only to the few thou surprise that a notion has gained currency in could tell it had stopped shorts and as the

way with the progress of the great bird, for When you write a business letter why do

domade

sand foreigners sojourning here, but do not Europe that Japanese finance is insound.chase was not resumed I ventured to look receive it at the top 7 Havent you written the diamond snake, Froga it's frogs, frogs all They will leam to appreciate our goods only by

write the name of the person who is to Well, you can see for yourself". said a teach the hundreds of millions of Chicos Japan has to thank her politicians for back. My heart seemed suddenly to stand address and name on the envelope What's the time, Talk about the plagues of Egypt, they seeking them. I do not know to-day where in the misunderstanding which thus pre still my head swam, and I had the greatest the advantage of the double system? When

were a circumstance to our frog plague-If it Shanghal 1 could buy an American ha, shoe vails about her. Japan has been re-difficulty to keep my seat in the saddle The the world was younger the scribes and goes on much-lópger, I think I shall croak.. or underwear, or collars; er furniture, or duced to financial straits simply because infuriated ostrich had turned and was charging Pharisees were not acquainted with envelope snakes?.: The chap who-wrote to your paper is I might make this list much longer. What cal needs of manufacturers and makers at home

Does the keeper Imagine that we are French telephone of improved quality,

or a magazine thewrangling members of her, Diet at a Kafür, who was coming up from the camp and consequently kaew, nothing of the my discerning creature-for a man. Or was it goods we sond here are usually put into: the he reports of American représ could: not agree oupn the method in which the in pursuit The man saw his danger, and sterics of the "envelope game" as it flourishes, woman? If so, that explains, Woman hands of people of other nationalities, Agito do their Goverments are ofteng

of

trifing, sum of 2,600,000-should be raised. While they argued, the Government starved, and was reduced to increasing the domestic -postage rate from je to 24 in order to carry

on-; the 95cial plan for raising the revenue. is both simpla, and It is to increase the tax upon safe, the thin sherry-like drink which

We were miles

And casting his eyes thoughtfully heaven. ward, he resumed his attitude of praying for

rain

ADVICE TO EXPORTERS TO CHINA.

In bis annual, report (to appear incom

excitedly drew kerrie after kerrie, which passed to day. The address was therefore written on my mind of going to his help an absurd idea, in such a way as to bring the superscription than they really can for Mice and beetler? wide of the mark. Vague ideas flacked through the letter itself, and the sheet was then folded Law A snake before man, you know, though, nowadays, I believe men see lots of us-moro of course, and now impossible for the pony had become thoroughly frightened, and was applied view when the ackling wax was Yes, I wish we could get them. Let them all in Canton and one in Chetoo or

only bolting as hard as he could go. There Ever notice your

and cume-children, and all. We ought to get was more shouting now, and I hoped

dog 3 walk round and couree Why does he do that?" Ration," suggested a black, it had some

before he lles down feder

Ia snaté Kaffir through that unvarying form? No. Well

constitutes the national alcoholic beverage of that, others litidy come to the rescue, Yes of ca.

Japan, which is now only-72d. a gallón ƒ and

but glabcing back again 1-

On January 11th, 1889,0 Halstead, of Birmingham, trans lowing-editorial from the Med neer | London, January 7th ma

Our manufacturers have long-com

the inadequate service rendered to the comm cial interests of the country by its consular representatives abroad, and latterly efforts have

been made by the foreign, office tQUT

facturers ht home, are often gre

Cofman

familiar with the language of their cliente, and the English manufacturers to fall;

in some of these criticisms, one metric system of weight and tea it may be readily admitted that

cover a considerable amount of Indiferente ona that the reiteration of those point the part of consule respecting the real techni

to raise the land fax, which, while it brought in late ostrich and; man har as too Know of any reason why he should go thing to do with food, We ought to get them would necessitate new rolls. The cotton just the kind ofs

from 40 to 50P

percent of the total venue in made a tremendous spring at the feudal times, 15 to-day briy.

nuc the bird, but he was ton blow, and an awful all the dogs, big and little, started that dearly like to see the sun once more Why, neck of that dog's forefathers and the forefathers of ration of mice and beetles, and we should Moreover, the present,

kick sent the poor wretch into the air, and drop practice precisely the same manner

-They had to beat out a hole in the it's so dark here sometimes we can't see where ith a thud, upon the earth. Before now or grass before they could as a come to lay our eggheads I mean he added. the people to whom the land

indeed, he over fortable Bed Then, tag yout dog sits with all suggested his mate of daily livelihood paying

correcting himself, rent ally dancing upon his nose on ble pawa You don't know why their share, while the great; inscape with a trifing im

sourcas the necessary,

be gastly, and equitably,

tion naturally, suggests

of finance when any money abroad

What

In the

Ctime to

THE ORANG-OUTANO'S VIEW,

(of time several; Kaffee and a following instinct. His dog parents, AWAY As our representative was passing out of the

yes to hit the ghastly Neither does your dog. But he's simplyWell, talla, too. Good-bye" had come up and with a long lasso back in the dim dog ages, had to keep their caught the maldiver part of the bird's neck moses clean for the deant, and they never let beskonand monkey house, the orang-outans

that the

have

by Americans. It would pay not exploit them. I hope to see an exposition trast to those of our own of American goods here in Shanghal managed would price we should like of the kind of report which

tion of our authorities to In the next place, we do not cater to the advance report by Mr Hals

Tientsin trade here. Our stoell mills have not supplied in which the wants of consul at Birminghagy because the pattern is English; and to make of manufacturers in the the rails for the failways in northern China, American tools.are summa

atc; they have been accustomed to make in help them to maintai men are just beginning to enquire if the width the Atlantio Will America are what are really wanted in China. Only one American life hourance company sections of our markets has reached out for this trade with any

ed by their ingenuity a vigour. If this rado is to be taken and kept

exports in each department be by America, Ite needs, customs and suppre tions must be studied on the ground by willing to settle disputes in regard to drooger

the third place our merchants must

and

gled it dragging it off the prostrate them touch the dust or snow.

mysteriously, t the same timo, y al never kilely, how I

Well, what is it, old chance in ahipments and disagreements to - There's the cat - Clean beast, the cat. Al sácheff home that Far days and nights

breaches of contracts is denc united me, and war troubled ways washing herself. That's because clean.You haven't got a peanut on you, Flight

you asked his autengship,

English Germans C-man had prichest runs in the cat family. The Brit cat had No but meantime, there's a nice bit of here will pay a higher price for an The averige for mine, whilst I had to be a mighty immaculate foline, physically, d attempt to save him would have gone hungry. And sq it goes mercenary Rder, was more throughout. The man, and the brute-beasts the lost of the value are on an equality id the matter of following

for the man. The blind custom-Sport & Gossip

d-till he roached

mbed to his terrible

peahuis was spon wher pray would have scented her, and kitty

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A pennyworth of was soon being sto

stowed away in the oulang'a pouch. Now, fire away,

The pressman nodded. Thought so You'ydi been doing the gardens for paper

Well, we're preity comfortable, but a bit mixed, You see there's snakes, there, and tigers there Now, how can any monkey-sleep soundly with snakes and tigers on either side, and only | Ettia partition or two between "tham ? I put.

to you!

The presstián said it must fortable

if he knows that a cheap and speedy met of settling any possible dispute can be bad. Methods of packing, means of transportation, experts each for his own line of business held exchange banking, ste, must be studied by

But all must show their goods to the Chinese, Jand must study the wants of the inde, and must ran to favour (by facilitating settióments of disputes

well a The ease with which the Viceroy of Canton was induced to protect, in his "province, American firm inthe ownership of certain marks and their rtainty, withzybich Chinese court

profe

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tion:

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