1899-09-08 — Page 3

THE U. 8. IN THE PHILIPPINES.

ARMY EQUIPMENT, Taken throughout, the equipment of Uncle San's forces in the Philippines is good, although in certain important. cases there is decidedly room for improvement, In the first place the men had to carry too much the heavy blue serge or flannel shirts and coarse brown canvas trousers in themselves being fur more suited to a temperate than a tropical climate, As to the hats, queer as they appear to British eyes, there is not much wrong about them. Gases of true sunstroke have been extremely rare, although there have been large numbers of men stricken down by sheer exhaustion or heat prostration, The heavy belt, crainned with ammunition and carrying a revolver and bayonet, places far too much weight over the hips and when in addition to this n man has to carry his can teen (holding a pint and a half of water), baver sack (with an additional hundred cartridges), half shelter tent, ponchio or rubber blanket and other impedimenta, these things prove impedis menta in very truth. And when one has to carry, as I have seen done on several nccasions, as many as 250 of the heavy Springfield cart ridges, a blanket and two or three day's nations under a blazing sun for two or three days at a tiine, there is no doubt but that he was far too heavily handicapped in his pursuit of the lightly armed and clad Filipinos.

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of the prevailing troubles been a kind of Hobie ich which affects has the feet. Hundreds of men, otherwise quite fit and strong, have been put fairly out of action through this cause alone. As to the rations supplied there can be no question that is when they were available. Excellent beef, both canned and fresh, hiscuits, coffee, potatoes and onions, togellier with tined beans, peaches and tomatoes, were always to be had when transport facilities allowed, often, however, notting more than biscuits and coffee have been available as far as regular rations werd concerned and the private enterprise did the rest, But the slaughter of the pigs, so plentiful in all the deserted villages, was prohibited on hygenic grounds. The Philippine chicken fics like a partridge, so that often little other provender than that provided by the defective transport has been forthcoming. Some amusing as well as satisfying meals have been got at times, however, but certainly not always. One day a certain company of the Washington regiment had had an arduous march... Provisions were scarce but they were near a large duck rearing establishment. A huge pot was accordingly procured, some 29 ducks were slaughtered, skinned, chopped up, the whole seasoned and soon the odour of a savoury stew greeted the noses of the ardently hungry warriors. But, lo and behold, just as the officiating cooks announced that all was ready, the order came for a fresh advance, everyone ind to fall in and march, whilst a company of regulars who had come up to

them. yot all the mical

and the capturers of the ducks went supper less to bed. It is but fair to the Com- missary Department, however, to say that, it has achieved marvels, Transportation has had to be effected under enormous difficui des and until the arrival of the huge Californian mules with their regular equipment of harness and wagons there, was nothing to be relied upon but the eccentric looking (and sometimes going) caribas or water buffalo. The troops working in the neighbourhood of the railway of course were not so much troubled in this matter but even they occasionally went hungry to bed, the small force of engineers available, despite its heroic efforts, proving at times unpleasantly tardy in filling the gaps on the railroad made by the retreating foc.

relieve

THE VOLUNTEERS.

To the volunteers before everyone else must be given the credit for any success that, the excentricities if not procrastinations of the ad. ministration have pennitted. Of these, from the Nebraskas of the North to the Tennesses of the South, each and overy "outfit" Imas done its duty well and manfully-that is wherever allowed to do so. These volunteer organisa tions had the pleasant task assigned them, in company with a couple of regiments of regulars containing a large percentage of war recruits, or men who had enlisted to serve only until the close of the trouble with Spain, of taking the rough edge. off the Filipinos all through. Formed of men from every walk-in life they went to work manfully and steadily

was

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1899.

this they get all they wanted to eat drink and smoke mythe average: American” Volunteer, is “'a patty whole hearted, good natured sort of share his "red horse" (beef) or hard tack, with fellow, who proved always willing to the wandering correspondent. Nay, more: he has been known to turn out of his own tent and put in the night under the canopy of heaven to give shelter to the wandering Journalist. He swears, cliews tobacco continually, growls, plays crap" or poker (thereby generally get ting through much of his thirty odd dollars a month), he will, when on the firing line, sleal anything he may take a fancy to one minute and throw it away the next, but as a material out of which mach fight can be expected he is excellent. He has a craving for beer, knows more about the war than the whole of the ex- ecutive; can waste mare ammunition than he bamboos, but he can and has put up with the can carry, wounding nothing more serious than most horrible discomforts and privations, stood the galling and almost continuous Mauser fire for weeks and weeks without flinching or in any way showing the white feather. Should he be tempted to a little self glorification it is to be pardoned Bius.

fornia bas outdone any other. The San Fran-j In this regard one regiment, the First Cali- cisco papers had numerous correspondents and, of course, everything the California regi ment did came out in all the glory of half page of the gallant First Californias, assisted by headlines. One read that "Companies P. and half a dozen other regiments and supported by the Utah Battery, after a desperate struggle captured so-anti-so. If the trunk had heen town, however, it would usually have been. found that the gallant First, had really very little to do with the successes, except in the San Francisco papers. When these latter arrived in Manila the other volunteers who had done the "assisting" grew wild. The name of the gallant First became a sort of byeword, so much so that when some unlucky wight in describing his adventures chanced to draw the long bow his auditors would rise as one man Californias." This was once forcibly impressed and say "But he don't belong to the First

on the writer. Travelling down to Manila frain Malolos one evening three trains were frunt. In response to three separate queries of met with crammed with troops bound for the

Who are you, boys? separate chorusus of "The First Californias of course. What do you think." As a matter of fact the regiment did really excellent work and it was only the fulsome tattery and "booming up" it got in its own papers that made its name field.

byeword

amongst the other regiments in the

there che three

It was interesting to note the composition of the rank and file of various regiments. For instance, the Colorados and Montanas were mainly miners; the Nebraskans and Kansas nearly all farmers. Throughout the whole was a wonderful sprinkling of doctors, dentists, every sort whilst mechanics abounded every- lawyers, journalists and professional men of

sent contained two comedians, two sleight of where. One company of the 3fontana regi- band performers, three photographers, a lawyer and a master mariner, another, of the Pennsyl vahia regiment, the sons of three millionaire iron-tmasters.

Thousands of the men had thrown up good positions at home either out of patriotism or love of adventure, but a few months' misery in the trenches or rest in the hospital has taken much of both out ofthem. The climax was reached when General Otis declarer in answer to a l'residential query, that he had sufficient men for the work in land. Then a regular outcry went up. Men who had been good and-hardworking soldiers talked openly about throwing down their arms They felt they were being treated and demanded that they be either relieved or taken home. The "volunteer regulars or men who had joined the U.S. army for the war with Spain joined in the outery, Many of them alked wildly enough but even their most absurd utterances appear to have been fustified. They had joined the army on the condition that they be mustered out sixty days after the ratification of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain. Now they were being kept for another war al together, a war in the carrying on of which many of then had but scant sympathy and which others totally opposed. And when at last they did get their rights all sorts of induce ments were offered them to re-enlist. Some did so but the great majority have returned or are returning home. Probably, after the way they have been handled, very few of them will ever care to enlist again.

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THE MANILA OF TO-DAY. With well armed bands of Filipinos some sixty miles distant on the northward and less than twenty miles to the south, occasional gangs of native banditti committing all sorts of depredations in the immediate vicinity, under an absurd martial law which compels residents to remain within doors after 8.30 p.m., with trade practically paralysed, food and other necessities of life at almost famine rates, stands the city of Manila twelve months after passing by right of conquest into the hands of the United States. It would be difficult to imagine a worse, state of things

even had the

Filippinos gained their

HMS" POWERFUL

THE A CENTURION'S " RELIEF. HMS, Powerful came into the harbourWe learn that H.M.S. Centurion, the flagship" yesterday, having made a remarkably quick of the Commander in Chief is to be relieved on a pm. last Sunday and arrived at Hongkong the battleship Giory: The Glory is rallier, passage from Japan, She left Yokohama at the completion of her present commission by sometime yesterday afternoon. Her average smaller than the Victorious but bigger than the speed was from 16 to the knots, an hour. During the latter part of the passage, a little being 12.950, 14,900 and 10,500 respectively. excitement was caused by the French nail. The armament of the Glory is similar to that of Centurion the displacement of the three ships

steamer Ernest Simons trying to overtake the the Victoriens and heavier than the Centurion's cruiser. Our men could not possibly allow consisting of four 12-inch guns, twelve. 6-inch this, and for the whole distance to port, the quick-firers, and eighteen tz-pounder quick- Frenchman could be seen emitting dense clouds Brers, besides lighter guns. She has fire of black smoke a short distance in the rear, topedo-tubes, four of which are submerged. made for the Poteerful to go home vir the beam 24 ft.; maximum draught 25 f. 5 in, so We understand that arrangements previously Her principal dimensions are length 390 ft.; Cape have been altered, and she will now meet that her beam being a foot less than that of the the Terrible at Suez and if the Terrible has Victorious we presume that she will be able got through the Canal safely she will also will hand over the Chinese domestics to her undertake the passage. At Suez the Powerful is 6 inches in thickness on har sides, 12 inches to dock here without difficulty. Her armour

relief......

on citadel bulkheads, 125 inches on gun posi tion and 3.2 inches deck plating. She is a twin-screw vessel and steams 18-75 knots against the Victorious 17.5; she carries 1850 tons of coal and her complement is 700 mien.

WATER RETURN.

Level and storage of water in Reservoirs or the 1st September.

LEVEL. 1898.

1809, overflow f2 ft. 5 in, below fofi. it in.abore

(overflow (full

foft. in below Loverflow Soft. 1 in. below Coverflow

Tytam

Wong Nei Pokfulam..

Cheong.)

STORAGE GALLONS.

Tytam.....364,550,000 Pakfulam.. 66,000,000, Wong Nei Cheong (approx.

imation only).

391,680,000

· 69,180,000

30,000,000

Tutal...430,550,000

488,860,000 and Hill District during the month of August.

Consumption of Water in the ity of Victoria

1895 - 1899.

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Consumption 107,980,000 15,593,000 gallons Estimated Consumption) population S

Consumption)

202,000

TSINGKIANGPU

FORTIFIED..

TO BE

In consequence of the great strategic ins portance the city of Tsingkiangpu, on the Grand Canal, will have should trouble arise in the northern portion of the Yangtze Valley, or in the vicinity of Shangtung, it has been decid- ed in a full Grand Council, before the Empress Dowager, to heavily garrison and fortify that city and its immediate vicinity before the end of the current year, and the command will be given to General Su Yuan-ch'un, whom the French have named Marshall Su. This Genc- ral will have his own corps, numbering 25,000 men, from Kuangsi with him, and an army of 20,000 men to be stationed near Chinking will Daily News. act as a reserve to General Su's army, V. C.

A DOUBLE LIBEL SUIT.

196,500

per head

17.6

18.

gallons

TOKYO, August 29th. per day during the month of August.

Consumption at Water in Kowloon Peninsula

The Kensei Shimbun has been for some time past publishing a serial story entitled "The Monster's Cave at Mount San-yen," and in this 1848. 18+x),"

novel appear incidents which the proprietor of the Jiamin (the organ of the Liberal party) 7,191,000 6,687,000 gallons recognises as aimed at him as a gentleman and a journalist. He has how filed an action for libel, demanding damages to the extent of Yen 15,000, On the other hand, the proprietor of the Kensei Simbun thinks he was made the object of virulen attack in a certain article appearing in the Jimmin, and he accordingly has brought a libel suit against that journal. He puts his damages at Yen 50,000. Appar ently the action and the counter-action are the result of ill-feeling between both pariies arising out of political differences-Kobe Chronicle Cor.

26,000

17,200

Approxima tion only.... Estimated 1 population Consumption per head

8.0 gallons per day The Government analyst reports that the water is of excellent quality.

0.0

R. D. ORMISTY,

Water Authority

CORRESPONDENCE:

We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this colttom.)

A DISGRACE TO THE COLONY. ... To res Euro or Hosakas Telegramı," DEAR SIR,-With your kind permission! should like to make public an experience I had yesterday and by making it known urge the authorities to remedy matters.

As I was talking to some of the Anierican soldiers now in the Colony, a Chinana came up to them and solicited their custon for a Chi- nese brothel (mind you, this was about midday). I warned the man, not to let me see him again on the same errand, as I should certainly give him in charge.

Shortly after 1.net a European constable and asked him to keep an eye on these gentry, Judge of my surprise when I was informed that the police had on several occasions lately, taken these men before the magistrate but had failed to obtain a conviction, as the only charge under which they could be prosecuted was "disorderly behaviour" By the present state of the laws, a pimp cannot be convicted of "disorderly behaviour" as he is not break. ing any of our many laws.

I was not satisfied with what the constable told me and, as I was passing the Central Police Station, I called in to see the Inspector- in-Charge. He fully confirmed what the cons table had saki, and added that the police were powerless in the matter until the bill for the the Legislative Council became law. But that protection of women and girls, now before the nececessary measure seems to have got pretty well shelved unless the public demand that it should be passed through its final stages as soon as possible.

men are always giving trouble by kidnapping I should also like to point out that these and importing from China young females for immoral purposes. The sooner they are sup pressed the better it will be for the community at large.

I am, etc,

PUBLIC SERVANT. Hongkong, September 8th, 1899.

NOTICES TO MARINERS,

:

NEWCHWANG DISTRICT. ALTERATION IN NATURE OF THE "NEWCHWANG" LIGHT VESSEL.. Light-vessel Omega has been withdrawn and Notice is hereby given that the temporary replaced by a Light-vessel having the follow. ing characteristics:

The Light is Catoptric, showing a white flash at intervals of half a minute. It is elevat should be visible for a distance of 11 nautical ed 35 feet above the sea, and in clear weather

Their officers, chosen. frout amongst them- selves, in the majority of cases were more or tess hail fellow well met with the inen under their command. In many cases this worked- well enough, but certainly not always. To hear a private tell a commissioned officer that he (the private) was "tired and was'nt going to while there were others around would certainly surprise one who had walked the mailed camp." What was more surprising, still was that generally little or no notice was taken of this act of insubordination. Many amusing stories are current of this style of thing but one of the best hails from the Tennessee reghment. A member of this concern placed as sentry on an important post. The officer of the day approached.The sentry presented arms. What are your orders?"

Havnt got none." "Did the corporal of much and still desired independence. Even the guard tell you your orders ?"Yes," at present the American accused of crime bas Here the sentry repeated his post orders and to be tried by Filippino judges under a modi- wound up with You'd better look out for the fied form of the old Spanish law, judges whose. officer of the day, he's a What very knowledge of English is so questionable the officer said is not recorded: but, the as to make them need the survices of an inter- unfortunate corporal probably heard something preter who perchance has an equally vague of the mutter This and other stoffes anent knowledge of the Spanish tongue. With army the Tennessees have been going the rounds contracts given to those who furnish the most for some time, but one that have heard palin oil," army promotion given to those constantly repeated, even by men of the Ten who furnish what is known as the biggest nessee regiment itself, seems almost ton horrible political pull the town policed by military to be really true. On February 5th Inst the officers whose vemlity is such as to make regiment surprised and captured a dozen or so the very Chinese and natives, accustomed natives who were sent under escort to the as they have been-to-such matters under Arsenal at Manila.Now the Tennessee gentle Spanish regime; coinplain, the state of mat- men composing the escort did not care about ters in the first part of the Philippines the business whilst their comrades were fight is parlous indeed. For months past it has

The Light-vessel is painted red, with the ing away for dear life. They had instructions to been gradually becoming the resort of many of word "Newchwang in the white letters on shoot any of the prisoners who attempted to sun the worst characters in the Far East, dozens of each side, and she has three masts, the main away. Accordingly a brilliant scheine suggested members of the gambling fraternity have as-

mast being surmounted by a black ball. itself A battered pack of cards was produced sembled there, the United States army has dis

During thick or foggy weather a steam For and the party proceeded to rest by the road charged its criminal characters into the general or will be sounded at intervals of to ride, the guard, of course, at some little swim, its business places have been converted distance from their prisoners. All of the latter into polhouses and many of its private houses save one quickly took to decir heels. Then into resorts unmentionable. As an offset to the Tennesses up with their rifles and after the these evils what has been done? The streets the expenditure of a few dozen rounds of have been swept a little cleaner than of old, the ammunition succeeded in disposing of the lot. whitewash brush has been applied more or Then they sent in two men with the remaining less to the exterior, the residences of the native prisoner they themselves feturning to their demi-monde have been fited (and their Companies When the two men with their inmates thus caused to mingle with the other captive arrived at the arsenal, the officer in people) and what else? Practically nothing.

**FOOCHOW DISTRICT. charge wanted to know what had become of It is no exaggeration to say that at the present

ENTRANCE TO MIN RIVER the others, Oh, we ain't gointer be bothered time many of the older and more reputable with no prisoners,

PEAK SHOAL BUOY. the reply We only merchants of the place are in serious -brought this yar specimen With that financial straits, the closing of the ports and southward of the south point of Sharp Peak Notice is hereby given that the bank to the both gravely saluted reafed apparently unquellable turmoil of the interior-Island, the existence of which was notified in Drakonser ni being respectible for this Mexitime to Notte to Marmers No. 340, has now been

better-prosperithe dweller in Manila iuit-other-marked by a red conital Buoy

war could possibly hav

miles.

forestay, at height of 6 feet above the rail, A small white light will be exhibited from the for the purpose of showing in what' direction the vessel is riding.

seconds.

If the Light vessel be driven froni her pro- per position to one where she is of no use as a guide to shipping, the usual Light will not be shown, but a fixed red Light will be exhibited at each end of the vessel; the ball will be struck as soon as possible, and till struck it will be surmounted by a red flag.

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Sharp Peak Island beare No. 4" W., magnetic, Frein the Buoy the southern extremity of distant 3 cables.

Inward-bound vessels should pass this Buoy on their starboard hand,

a matter obtain a Government billet, vend beer or The Buay is moored on the southern edgé reprisoner starve Dozens of discharged soldiers are re- of the bank, in 11 feet of water af low water of thian they are when fighting proporr Themaining there many of them men of great spring tides. writer has personally seen many instances of ability the labour market is completely glutted the U.S. Volunteers erecting slides to keep and the end of the insurrection apparently no the wounded, natives out of the sun's rays, has nearer than it was months ago. Meanwhile seen them bandaging up their bleeding wounds the executive at the Palace exhibits what may with their own First Aid bandages, giving be either a smug self-complacency or else an them food, water to pending the arnval of alter indifference.It can hardly be the latter stretchets

lances. The unwounded but should It prove the former it will be intertomis,

work such as diggingesting to watch the upshot ug camp, Kettand

MALOLOS

By Order of the Inspector General of Cus

W FERD TYLER

Acting Coast Inspector.

THE FIRE IN YOKOHAMA,

TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF 2

REBUILDING

CANNIVERSARIES. 1867-Great typhoon in Hongkong, much 1855-Sebastopol tiken.

1876-Colonial Defences Committee appointed damage and many lives lost.

in England.

TO:MORROW.

Laos.

STEAMERS EXPECTED.

Lightsing Hobenzollern Preussen

From

Saigon.

Lo-morrale.

Singapore

fith'

Nagasaki

Shanghai

12th.

Singapore

ept: inth

Glenfarg

Singapore

Sept. Th

5hr. Jómin,Kiojun Maru

Kobe

Sept 12th

öhr. Smin.

Empress of Japan. Japan.

Sept. 13th

thr. omin.

Moyune... Singapore Hangkong Maru...Japan

|

Sept 13th-

Sept. 14th

Chinese 5 of 8th moon of 25th year of Candia ...

Saturday, 9th September, 1899.

Kwang-sil. Sun-Rites

Sets

High water--Morning

Afternoon

Low water-forning.

.....Johr. 53uin.

Skr. omain.

Afternoon dhr. sowin. ANNIVERSARIES.

1859-Sir Ilercules Robinson assumed the

Government of Hongkong,

China

San Francisco Sept 22nd

1860-Pictor Emmanuel proclaimed King of new published in these columns, and in so doing respect.

Italy. 1881-Military revolt at Cairo. 1896-The ss. Tuka Baru foundered off Jem-

posan 60 lives losi 1898-General Otis send ultimatum to Aguin- aldo to withdraw his troops from › Manila,

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS.

MAILS DUE. French (Laos) to-morrow. Indian (Lightning) 11th inst. - German (Preussen) rath inst Canadian (Eupress of Japan) 13th inst. American (Hongkong Maru) 13th inst. American (China) 22nd inst

$

The Glen Line steamer Glenfare left Singa. pore on the 7th inst. and is expected here on the 12th inst.

The Imperial German mil steamer Preussen left Shanghai Foochow on Friday ath, and may be expected here on or about Tuesday

orning the 12th inst

The steamer oyun from Glasgow, and. Liverpool, left Singapore for this port yester day, and may be considered due at Hongkong on or about the 13th ist.

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The Imperial German mail steamer foken sellers left Nagasaki today (Thursday) at Monday morning the 11th inst, 4 pm, and may be expected here on or about

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The N. P. S. S. Cos steamer Glenogle arrived at Tacoma from Japan and Hongkong on the 5th instant; also that the Silk ex this steamer Tacenza, arrived in New York on the 3rd inst.

The Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s R.M.S. Empress of Japan arrived at Nagasaki yester day the 7th fast. at 5 p.m. and left to-day at 6 a.m. for Shanghai where she is due to arrive to-morrow the oth inst. at 3 p.m..

HONGKONG AND WHAMPOS DOCK RETURNS.

Kowloon Dock.

Ista de Cuba............ at Isla de Luzon

TOKYO, August 29th. prohibited the rebuilding of houses along the The Governor of Kanagawa has lemporarily streets in Yokohama recently destroyed by fire, pending a decision of the City Assembly on the proposed street improvement scheme. The ground proposed to he bought up by the Carlisle City... Municipal authorities is now quoted at Yenr59 | Esmeralita per tondo.-K. Chron Cor, ·

THE CASE OF THE "ARGYLL."

The Argyll's position has changed some what since yesterday, says the Kobe Herald of 20th ulto,, the storm of last night having driven her about izofeet farther cast and a few feet higher up on the bench. Work, at present, is suspended, owing to what we must be per mitted, to refer to as the very discreditable, if not disgraceful, conduct of a Japanese contrac tor who undertook to erect a pier for the Nip pon Yasen Kaisha. This man, not content of damages to the pier he was building, in the with insitituting proceedings for the recovery course of which (as already reported) he obtained an injunction to prevent work being siting five hundred yen, has been practically done alongside the stranded ship, on his depo.

this extent. taking the law into his own hands. To

H.M.S. Bonaventure. Feihoo..... Legazpi... Kongnam......

D. Juan d'Austria ... P. 6. C. Kho Taiyuan Choratai Turinr

Cosmopolitan

We would direct the attention of shipping firms ie the style in which Staamera Expected" and "Pro, cored Sallinga“ fully urge the managers of shipping dras to give orders to their clarks to furnish this office, on the forms: already sepe plied grails with the latest available information every day,

PROJECTED SAILINGS,

Ship

Alesia.

Destination, Date.

Havre, &c. Sept. 14th America Maru...San Francisco, &c. Nov. 14th Argyll

New York, &c.......Qk, desp Bayern

Straits, &c. Nov. 8th ...San Diego, &c. Oct. 15th

......Samarang, &c...... Sept. 9th

London, Sc... Sept. 16th

Belgian King Bellerophon Bengal

Candia

..........Japan.

Canton

London,

Carlisle City...San Diego, &c.. Carmarthenshire San Diego, &c. Challenger New York

Shanghai

•Sept. 18th

Sept, arst

Sept. 15th

Nov. 15th

Ok. desp.

Sept. 9th

Chilli China'

San Francisco, &c. Oct. 3rd- San Francisco, &c. Nor, aist: City of Rid

San Francisco, &c. Oct 27th. Columbia Coptic .....

Portland, &c. Sept. 23rd Coromandel... Shanghai... Sept. 151 San Francisco, &c. Nov. 4th Doric

San Francisco, &c. Oct. 10th Vancouver, &c......Oct. 25th

11

JAYTO

Emp. China...... Emp. Tadia....

Nov. 22nd Emp. Japan.......

Sept 27th Esmeralda...Manila

Sept. 12th Futami Maru.. Thursday Is., &c... Sept. agih Gaelic

San Francisco, &c. Sept, 16th Glenogle Victoria, B.C. Oct. 17th Hailcong Hongkong Marrisan Francisco, &c Sept. a3rd- Swatow, &c.........Sept, rath Indrani......... New York, &c. Seht 17th Kanagawa Maru. Victoria, B.C.. Sept.aznd König Albert... Straits, &c. ... Dec. 13th Kweiyang

Fientsin (Direct)... Sept. 17th Lennox Victoria, B.C... Nov. 4th- Maria Valerie Shanghai Sept 14th Monmouthshire..Victoria, BC. Oct. 7th Nippon Maru San Francisco, &c. Oct. 19th Nürnberg. Havre, &c. Sept. 27th Ping Suey New York, &c...... Oct: 5th...... Pisa ............. New York, Preussen Prinz Heinrich... Straits, &c. .......Straits, &c.. Pyrrhis... Riojun Maru.. Rosetta Sachsen Savoja

London

...... Sept, 15th Sept. 13th'

Dec. 27th

Sept. 16th

Marseilles, &c. Sept. 21st Japan Sept. 16th

Singapore, &e......Oct. 11th Havre, &c.

Havre, &c.

Serbia ....

Havre, &c.

Suevia

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Suisang

Sungkiang

Tacoma

Oct 15th

Oct. 30th

Oct 19th

Singapore, &c...... Sept 11th Manila Sept. 9th

Victoria, B.C. Oct. 21st

Tamsui Maru...Swatow, &c........ Sept 10th

San Diego, &c.

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Thyria

Sept. 30th

Victoria

Sept 3rd

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Aberdeen

11

If

PASSED THE CANAL.. Outward-th August-Laos, Savoir, 18th August Abergeldic, Acara, Afghanistan. August-Kawachi Maru, St. Gottardo. 2nd 35th August-Glaucus, Stam, Jaya, Orestes, Pladimir, 26th August--Andalusia, St. fary, Algon, Bingo Maru, Omba Tonkin. Sachsen, Odessa, ist September-Bentar

Homeward-1st Sept.--Kamukura Maru,

He has placed obstructionsVangiszt in the way of work being carried on. at the ships side and has asserted a right to the beach where the Argyll lies,

Matt.

The Kote Chronicle says:-Mr & Co., Limited, the agents of the Argyll appli Smith, the Kobe manager of Messrs. Dodwell

ed on the 26th inst, to the Kube Water Police and City Office asking for assistance in the re- floating of the Argyll in accordance with the Shipwreck Rescue Law announced this year. Messrs. Kambara and Shiraya, the clerks of the City Office, visited the sleamer on the same day, and they were told that at present no extra assistance was required, but in case of necesity a supply of coolies would be asked for.

SHIPPING REPORTS.

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Captain Stewart, of the steamship Auping, Breaker Point, thence to, port light variable from Shanghai, reports:-Fine weather to winds and rainy.

Hailoong, from Coast Ports, reports:-From Captain A. J. Robson, of the steamship

N.E. wind and moderate sea, cloudy weather Tamsui to Amoy moderate northerly wind and sea, fine clear weather. Amoy to Swatow fresh

Mendoza, heavy rain from Mendoza to port. following sea, wind, fine, clear weather to with drizzling rain. Swatqw to port moderate

Vessel in Tamsui on the gilt inst.:-Haiching, In Amoy on the 6th-Jason, Glenfallach, Hueting, Vircaya, and barque Vale of Doon, In Swatow, on the 7th:-Kiangpak, Damar, Haitan, Canton, and Puoting.

NOTANDA.

CALENDAR.

SEPTEMBER.

Meteorological means based on fifteen years observations to 1398.

Barometer Thermometer.... Humidity Rainfall

.29.824 .80.4

8.33

TO-PAY.

WEATHER REPORT.

Barometers Temperature

Humidity Rainfall.

..

Onda On date at

10.1.

4 1,2,

2006.

to

20.90

.0.37.

TO-DAY,

Chinese-4th of Sili moon of 25th year of Friday, 8th September, 1899.

Kwang-si Sun Rises

slir. 40min. "Sets

vino Ohr, quain, High water-Morning ghr. zzmin. Afternoon zakr. 29min. Low water-Morning a phr. zimin. Afternoon..... 4hr, 27min)

Cris

Shipping.

-Arrivals.

Yawata Maru

Victoria, B.C....... Sept. feth Japan

NOT HEAVY TO HIM.

The man on the elephant's book is nothing to the elephant. The big cast doesn't mind him any more than one of those immense dray horses you see lu London mind the inse orginents on his harneUW, Yet on my back or yours the man would be a load. woubt hold him to the earth, and. If fastened to a larks wings, the little beamsca

Thus, we are reminded, my thoughtful friends, that there are no absolute facts. The burden depende on the back. Albeit Samson walkert off with the gates of Gaza, an ordinary garden gate would, Lam mute, prove all that

anetted want to 1 or hearinese cant, as the

be supplied in a variety of styles.

As for

tiona

- It follows:

example, Mr. Kidney Challanger men in a letter that at a certain period he was

現

heavy," he does not mean that he tipped the scales, at a stone or two mapo that usaal, is home would. haye felt that, in case he rode one; but the truth in tint at the time referral to he was actually under bi

proper weight by several pounds.

Wo, British steamer, 2,517, H. C. Harris, 7th Sept,-Yokohama vin Ports and Amoy 6th Sept., General and Coal.-- Holliday, Wise & Co. HalLooxo, British steamer, 783, A. J. Robson, 8th Sept.-Tamsui gth Sept., Amoy 6th, and Swatow 7th, General-Douglas, Lap-knowing what the raik & Co.

HoIAO, French steamer, 509, J. C. Gerard,

What he wants us to untemiand in that he was? heary to himself; It was not an increase of weight but an increase of weaknes, baring practically the ane resit. His explanation is that in the early part, of 1890 he began w. foot Ill and out of sorts. He went buat into aż or how to account for way, feeling badly without

jt.

"]

1 had," Mr. Challanger goes on to tell un, “ 8th Sept.,-Pakhoi and Hoihow 7th Sept.asy taste in the menth and no rolish for my meals, General A. R. Marty, ANPING, Chinese steamer, 1,158, Stewart, Sil

Sept, Shanghai 5th Sept., General, } C. I. 5. N, Co.

ON SANG, British steamer, 1,787, J. Young,

8th Sept., Hongay 5th Sept Coal Jardine, Matheson & Co. RETRIEVER, British schooner, 96, Parker, 8th Sept.-Honolulu 16th July, Ballast SVLLBERG, German steamer, 782, Meyer, 8th

Order.

Sept.-Canton 8:1, Sept., General,

Siemssen & o.

Clearances at the Harbour Office. Wakasa Maru, Japanese str., for Singapore, Anping, Chinese str., for Canton. Ching Vo, British str., for Singapore. Wonghoi, British str., for Swalow, Hong Leong, British air, for Amoy. Calchas, British str., for Shanghai. Chibit, British str., for Shanghai,

...Departures,

Sept. 8, Formosa, British str., for Singapore. Sept. 8, Trieste, Austrian str., for Singapore. Sept. 8, Equatortu, Belgian str., for Saigon."" Sept. 8, Hur, French str, for Hoihow.

Sept. 8, Wingsang, Britsh str., for Canton. Sept 8, Formosa, British str., for Swatow.. Sept. 8, Stenter, British str., for Singapore. Sept. 8, Calchas, British str., for Shanghai. Sept. 8, Fausang, British str., for Saigon. Sept. 8, Nanchang, British str., for Swatow. Sept. 8, Wakasa Maru, Jap. str., for Singapore. Sept. 8 Hong Leong, British str., for Swatów, | Sept. 8, Auping, Chinese str., for Canton

Fasacagers Arrived

Per Ching Wo, from Amoy-503 Chinese. Per Anping, from Shanghai-Capt. Kemp, RA, and 33 Chinese,

Per Hallong, from Coast Ports--Mr. Focke, and 41 Chinese.

Departed.

*

But entws all must, or starre; and eat ke dia, Not much, though. At best it was a forced business. Nothing tasted natural or good, and he took just enough to keep him going until the next meal time should come rotiral.

And even for that I had to suffer to my "After getting it down I had, almost imediately, sense of fulness or distension at the stomach, and pain at the chest as if a bit of food hind lodged thera

which couldn't be,"

The

No, nothing lodged anywhere. What there was of where it at once began to ferment and produce a gas it went straight down to Mr. Challenger's stomach, which caused the feeling of fulaess, while the irritated Berrea set np the pain. It was not four-much-food but food not digesterfood turned sour in the stouch with the whole body behind it failing of the needed stimulus

and nourishment of food, and what the inatter was. It wondering maiters thas made

state of

And

to mo his own words, “heat

drowy, anguid." „fter long drought, in

Tirar

sumuner, tenke

Mr. Challenger felt-heary drowy and languid. And for en identical reason the lack of necessity supplies. Walt though! Don't miss the point..

The rain, when it comes, fills the river by thou and little channel falling directly into it, "Not so as th food and body. Between then in a procesa) niechanical, chemical and vital operation-digestion, Mark you that, and not accordingly, Whether tha sky or on the ground water la water-the same thing. int ford and hody are not the Karae thing. The first must be transmuted into the second, by the miracle callel digestion.; for of all God's ways in enture none is more awful, more amazing, store glorious, And, when unpoled or overborue, none which punishes the interference more

centajuly *wift./

and

I got little or no sleep continues our friend and awoke in the morning tired ont, as after a hard dky wwork resentty Teata mindly walk, for very weakness, and from time to time had to girs t work

No medicine kalped 'me-and "2"

or altogether. No use

pleuty.

Alter

Tallistern, told sog wife about Mothez Belgeis.Syrup, tires wretched years of this, Mrs. Bird of and through her, advised me to try it. She aid my allment wat lædigestion and the syrup rouhl cars 1 And it did. One bottle greatly relisted me: Ield freely, and food agreed with me. I persevered the remedy, and got elrong as ever. All the and beariness left me, and I salt, Agurdant (Signed) SYDNEY CHALLANDER, Gladstone Villa Buergetly, although I have gained in wENTA Cwm, near Wannllwyit, Mon., August 101, 16987 Adet

Per Diamante, for Manila-Mr. E. Pugh, Miss Marcaida and servant, Messrs. N. Dest Landute, R. Romero, Miss Romero, Capt. Gissing, Mr. A. H. Lovett, Mr. and Mrs. Janes, Mr. and Mrs. Evenberg and child, Messrs. A Chubb, Johnstone, S. O'Brien, N. McDavis, and:87 Chinese.