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UHINESE IMPERIAL COURT AFFAIRS.

From letters received from our correspondent in the Forbidden City, we glean the following Interesting affairs -

A BIGN OF THE TIMES." On the 30th of last month, Prince Chin, the *** Lale ambassador to the German Government, whither he went to tender an apology relative to the death of the late Baron von Kettler, during the Boxer rebellion, was married to the only daughter of Viceroy Jung-la. The Prince has already a wife, but for reasons unknown, she has been put aside, and her place has been taken by this new favourite. To those who have studied this latest move on the part of Jung.lu, and the Empress Dowager, it is feared that it is their intention to depose the present Emperor, and place this Prince on the Throne. The reason for their renewed hatred to the present Emperor is assigned to his sudden agitation for reform. Important disclosures are anxiously awaited, and the officials here are divided in opinion regarding this latest Cour sensation,

As an instance of the friendliness of the Empress Dowager to Viceroy Jung-lu, it is reported that the Royal Exchequer has orders to set aside the sum of four taels daily to Cover the travelling expense of Jung-lu from his own house to the Imperial palace.

THE REFORM MOVEMENT,

It may be of interest to many to know that officials connected with the reform movement and the subsequent coup d'elal of 1898, åre still being persecuted. The latest victim is one, Sung Pak Loo, a senator, who has lately been arrested by the Governor of Shen Shi province. This senator fled to Shanghai in 1898 to escape the wrath of his Imperial Mistress for simply approving reform, and thinking that he was quite safe, he returned to bis former place in Shen Shi, but was im mediately arrested. It is, however, stated that - on the matter being reported to the Empress Dowager and His Majesty, they conjointly pardoned him, but Jung-lü appeared on the scene, and with his usual speeches, gained the Empress Dowager over to his side. It is reported that it is the intention of the Viceroy Jung-lu to crush out any signs of reform, and to this end he has given orders to his myrmi- dons to spare no pain and trouble to root out all those who were concerned in the 1898 reform movements. The senator is now sent to durance vile for life,

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THE IMPERIAL POSTAL SERVICE.

The establishment of a postal service in any country is a great-benefit and convenience both to the Government of that country and to its people, the Tank Wen Hu Pae. says. But unless a postal service is properly and satis- factorily gun and administered, its establish. ment will produce more harm than good. In the Empire of China all mail matters were entirely carried and transmitted by private postal services until quite recently, when a public postal service after the foreign model was established by the Government, under the. name of the Imperial Chinese Post Office. The postage. charged by the Imperial

Chinese Post Office is much lower than that charged by the private postal services. Yet the establishment of the Imperial Chinese Post Office dors, not seem to have affected the business of the private postal services in the SK forASAHI JAPANESE BEER-

AG. Girault.

SINGER

SEWING

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1902.

- least. The number of e

PRIVATE POSTAL BERVICES

is as large now as it was before the Imperial Chinese Post Office was brought into exist ence. Why is this? Because the people are not satisfied with the Imperial Chinese Post Office on account of the frequent delays with which the mail matter sent through the Im perial Post Office is transmitted and delivered. Heace, the people post in the Imperial Post Office those of their letters only which seem to them unimportant, and reserve for the private postal services all those letters which they want to see transmitted and delivered without the slightest delay. A resident of this por complains to us that, notwithstanding the fact that his native district is only at the distance of one day and

ONE NIGHT'S VOYAGE FROM SHANGHAI, the letters sent through the Imperial Chinese Post Office by his friends and relatives from that district frequently take more than ten days to reach bim. Sometimes the delay is caused at the office at which the letters are posted. At other times the letters are detained after they have arrived at the office of their destination A letter posted at the Post Office in his native district, in the middle of the 6th moon was not delivered to him until the latter part of the 7th moon. Another letter posted at the Post Office in his native district was brought here by a steamer which arrived at this port on the 19th day of

the current moon, but it was kept by the Post Office here and not delivered to him till the 24th idem. This shows that the administration of the Imperial Chinese Post Office is at fault and we venture to express the hope that the proper authorities will do something to improve

'the service.

LITERARY NOTES.

REVIEWS.

Mrs. Campbell Praed's My Australian Girl- head is a forthcoming work which should inter- est all our readers. It is to the earlier days of the later youth of the Colonies that Mrs. Praed's memory retums. The Book is promised by Mr. T. Fisher Unwin and is profusely illustrated. Speaking of her earliest recollections, Mrs. Praed says "that was nearly so years ago, when Moreton Bay was still a genal settlement, and the Colony of Queensland not in existence; when Brisbane was only a river village called Brisbane Water, and its Houses of Parliament undreamed of."

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Every serious student of municipal life, practical or theoretical, has long since learned the value of Albert Shaw's two books, Municipal Government in Great Britain and its companion volume which deals with the uses of the Continent. Mr. Shaw is a writer who speaks of what he has seen and known, and a better counsellor for those who would make a town of their village, or a city of their town does not exist. It is good news that a reprint is about to be issued by Mr. T. Fisher Unwin. The price is 7/6 net.

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IF YOU BUY A

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QUEEN'S INDIAN ROBE-Lady Curzon has received a letter from the Queen in which her Majesty says: "The Indian coronation rebes you so kindly designed are perfect, and make the most brilliant effect. I am so proud at wearing an Indian dress on this great occasion. I hope you will make this known in India" This letter refers to the Indian robe worn by Queen Alexandra at the coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey.

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In a few days tims· H.M, first-class", cruiser Terrible will arrive at Portsmouth from the China station, says a home paper, and the people of Portsmouth are arranging to give them a right royal reception for the work accomplished by Capt. Percy Scott, C.B., and his gallant crew in South Africa and in China is fresh in the memory of all Englishmen. A public dinner will be given to the Terribles by Major W. T. Dupree, Mayor of Portsmouth, probably on 22 Sept, and there will be the present from the craiser seventeen officers and fifty men who were landed for operations either in South Africa or in China. 'Among the guests invited to meet the "Terribles is Sir John French, who was a naval cadet on board the “Britannia" at the same time as Capt. Percy Scott. Gen. French remained in the navy for one year only.

CAPT. SCOTT AND THE NAVAL GUNS. It was Capt. Percy Scott, of course, who de signed the gun mountings which enabled the heavy naval guns to be used on land during the war in South Africa. Had it not been for the naval guns at Ladysmith the fate of the beleaguered town might have been a different one to what it was. On 30 Oct-the day that the Boers mounted their first 40-pounder gun and opened fire at a range of 6,000 yards-the naval guns arrived at Ladysmith from Durban. They consisted of two 4.7in. guns, three long 12-pounders, one short 12-pounder, and four Maxims. The naval guns were mounted at the works of the Natal Government Railway from the designs of Capt. Percy Scott who afterwards adapted the bin. gun for use on shore. The part played by Capt. Scott and the Naval Brigade in South Africa and in China. will live for ever in the annals of British warfare.

ARRESTED UNDER WATER.

SMART CAPTURE OF GAMBLERS ON A TONGKANG.

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A particularly novel mode of arresting gamblers has just been instituted by Lance sergt-Murphy, of the Singapore water police. Inforination was received at the police station that two noted gamblers had issued a challenge, defying anyone in Singapore to capture them. This occurred on Aug. 29th, and Murphy went to visit twa tongkangs moored off Boat Quay, on which it was expected the two gambling bravados were. When the police made their appearance, the two men, with some others who had been gambling, slid off the tongkang and dived to the bottom of the river. Murphy observed the two jump overboard,

his he whipped off

after down

SO

went

clothes Bod them. He came up again, however, without any result, and dived a second time. On this occasion he was successful, as

ON REACHING THE RIVER BOTTOM, he saw the two men lying flat on the mud, the only position in which they can stay down

under water. It is said that these two men could keep under water for several minutes. The Lance-sergt seized there both, and brought them to the surface, and tried to put them on

board the ankang. In the course of this

operation, one of the men managed to elude his captor, and escaped. The other was taken by Murphy to some steps near by, "landed, and taken to the police station. The other morning. he was fined a small sum for gambling.

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G. Girault.

IT 18 DIFFERENT NOW. Oaçe upon a time students of medicine held the notion that there were as many different "diseases as the body has organs and parts; every one of these ailments requiring' a different treatment. So stupid a mistake could lead only to miserable failures. For the fact is, the body is a single machine; and what concerns one part of it concerns, more or less closely, all the rest. Thus we see how it happens that one remedy, or mode of treat- ment, may relieve and cure a variety of complaints, or what may, appear like a variety, but are really various forms or out- comings of the same cause. Take, for example, Anemia, Scrofula, Poverty of Blood, General Debility, Influenza, Throat and Lung Diseases, etc.—a formidable array indeed they look to be; yet

It is

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THE WORD OF HONOUR..

The men who do as they say the things that prove to be what they were said to be,-how cheering it is to come upon them. We all

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FRIDAY, 24th Oct, at:

Noon.

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and BRISBANE ......

(VICTORIA, B.C., and SEATTLE,

Noon. :

U.S.A., VIA SHANGHAI, MOJI, KOBE › MONDAY, 3rd Nov., at

and ΥΟΚΟΗΑΜΑ

4 P.M.

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tion is Intentional. But all men are not liars, even if David did say so in his haste. If they were society would be impossibile. Everybody knows that business is based on credit, on faith, Millions are bought daily on nothing more solid than the pledged promises of men, -not written, merely verbal. The Stock Ex- changes are often called nests of gamblers, yet nowhere is a promise held in greater honour. Therefore when we say that the tried and effective modern remedy called "Wampole's Preparation "never deceives any who resort to to be believed. For this assurance is given on it in hope of benefit and cure, we may expect what it has done in the past in countless cases, on its record. It is only recom- mended to accomplish what it was made to accomplish. Its action in Chlorosis, Anemia, La Grippe, General Debrity, Throat and Lungvid Troubles, Blood Impurities, etc. is convincing. It is palatable as honey and contains the nutri- tive and curative properties of Pure Cod Liver Oil, extracted by us from fresh cod livers, combined with the Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites and the Extracts of Malt and Wild Cherry. Dr. Austin D. Irvine, of Canada, says: "I have used it in cases where cod liver oil was indicated but could not be taken by the patient, and the results following were very gratifying." It is effective from sensitive and nervous stomachs. It cannot deceive or dis- appoint you, and comes to the rescue of those who have received to benefit from any other treatment. It stands for the medical triumphs of the age. Sold by all chemists here.

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