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A TRIP TO SWATOW.

Having a great desire to see more of China than can be seen in Hong Kong, writes a cor respondent, when my friends Smith and Jones suggested my joining them in a trip to Swatow I accepted with pleasure, and after having suc. cessfully obtained ten days' leave, 'we started off in the s.s. Halleong, one of the Douglas Lapraik Company's vessels. After an eighteen- hours' run we arrived at Swatow, where we found a houseboat awaiting us. Boarding this we sailed down to "to mile fat." The first night we had no cook, so had to prepare our dinner as best we could. Smith rose to the eccasion magnificently and after much burning of fingers and consequent strong language served us up a poppery compound which he said was Irish, Stow. Jones faid the table and I peeled potatoes and opened various tins. Smith and Jones were rude enough to say that after 1 had peeled a potato there was nothing left; but I have never tasted such potatoes in my life. Our cook turned up next day and was greeted with joy by three hungry wayfarers, and proved a most welcome addition to our party. The place was warming with duck and geese, but we could not get near them. A typhoon had struck the place two months before and breaking the banks flooded the whole country. Thus the pet feed. ing grounds could not be got at, and as the weather was bright and sunny the ducks drifted with the tide sitting lazily on the water till a boat came near them when they got too yards off. With much hard work we got up 114 birds, Our bag included bean geese, pintail, mallard, merganser shovellers, common teal, snipe our-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1904.

and enters—even inside there are the signs of | winter. 1A priest is standing in the aisle, wrapt in fum. In the pews are some forty people; several are in tears. Is it for the cold they are crying, or because of a coffin under a pall that has been placed before the altar? A friendly Pole sidles up, and says that it contains a youth of delicate constitution, who has suc- combed to the winter. He was taken ill the very first day of it,” he adds significantly,

Consignees.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN.

IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

“HE Steamship--`

THE

"ROON,"

of the NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables, are being landed and stored at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, Kowloon, whence delivery may be obtained.

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless notice to the contrary be given before 1 F.M., TO-DAY.

No Claints will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after 24th instant, will be subject

to rent.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined on WEDNESDAY, the 24th instant, at 9.30 A.M.

Here and there in the streets a fire has been lit by order of the mayor, and the peasants as they pass with their carts come running up to it and bathe the fands with evident satisfac tion in the subtle fame. In the great cathe dral square no one is visible, but hundreds of started sparrows' rise from the snow and fly away. In the outskirts scarcely a sign of life, but, in honour of the Christmas season, red, white, and blue streamers hang from some of the windows of the houses, in pleasing contrast with the delicate fretwork of the snow-bes- prinkled trees. After dark no attempt is made to utilise the oil-lamps which stand at intervals along the side streets, and such artificial illu- mination as there is proceeds from the panes All Claims must reach us before the 29th of shop windows, dim with steam. The elec-instant, or they will not be recognized. No Fire Insurance will be effected. tric trams pass with a strange, whirring wound, casting a streak of light upon the snow, and Bills of Lading will be countersigned by the now and then a sledge glides by noiselessly. Undersigned. In the cathedral precinct there is a ghostly oppressive whiteness, white buttresses, white walls, snow-covered, roofs above which there risea a confused mass of cupolas. But it is not so much the solitude at the silence that astonishes in this town that occupies an area of twenty square miles, unbroken as the silence oftenest is, save for the neighing of a horse, or the bark of a dog, or the noise of a spade as

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.

MELCHERS & CO., Agents.

Hongkong, 18th February, 1904-

FROM HAMBURG, PENANG and SINGAPORE. HE H.A.L. Steamship

"SAMBIA,"

THE

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lew, and golden plover. We also saw some it scrapes away the snow. For in winter the Captain Luning, having arrived from the

widgeon, sheldrake, and a duck like the spot bill of India which they call the black duck here.

On our return to Swatow we thoroughly ex- plored the Chinese city and purchased some of the pewter work for which Swatow is famous.

Tear is not the only despot who holds sway on the great Central European plain.-P.M.G.

Mails.

The many and varied evil odours which can be NORTHERN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP

smelt in a small area in Swatow was a revela. tion even to us who are accustomed to the

COMPANY.

perfumes of the Hongkong bazar. Seeing the BOSTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Chinaman in his own village we began to appreciate him at his fall worth. During

the whole of our trip we received perfect BOSTON TOW-BOAT COMPANY.

civility and the villagers took the greatest in- terest in our sport going out of their way some times to help us. Being now to shooting in Swatow we had omitted to take the follow- ing which I consider Indispensable for a big bag- 8-bore gun firing about Ave drams, a punt or a collapsible boat and some decoys. Our expenses covering the whole trip came to about 130 dollars each, but this was chiefly due to the hire of the houseboat which was too

dollars. For one or two sportsmen it would be better to take two sampans which can be bired for from one dollar to one and a half dollar a | day. When once the banks are repaired the shooting will again be excellent and to anyone desirous of spending a jolly Christmas near Hongkong I can heartily recommend a trip to Swatow -- Ex.

A WINTER DAY IN RUSSIA.

Though undoubtedly the Russian winter is much superior from the artist's point of view to the nondescript season which in England is honoured by that name, yet it must be ad- mitted that there are one or two respects in which England has the advantage. For the sourest Puritan, if he would but confess it, experiences a certain sensation of enjoyment, as he lingers on a cold December morning on. derneath his sheets and quilt of eider-down, whereas in Russia, owing to the scant clothing on the beds and the warmth that is kept up in the room throughout the night, summer and winter are the same as far as staying in bed is concerned. The one rug that does duty for counterpane and blankets fo, no doubt, upan the door ere half the night. be done, and the uneasy sleeper will have his slumbers inter- rupted by an occasonal imperious desire to keep a marvellously short sheet over his ra- cumbent form, so that when the usual hour for rising sounds, he will probably get up withcot any feeling of reluctance, and look out at inter- vals into the street through the double windows of his room, as he performs his leisurely toilet. Oh the charms of it as the day goes on! The sky is blue perhaps, the sun shines radiantly, and over the snowy road the sledges glide with their freight of fur-clad males or rosy, laughing girls. On the box sits Nicholas, his ample form swelled to twice its ordinary size under the long blue caftan, fastened round the waist with a flaming belt; his beard is spread out like a fan upon his chest) on his head there is a high-crowned cap, with an outside lining of fur. As for the horse, it may be an Orlovsky trotter stepping out proudly and dragging the

PROPOSED Sailings from HONGKONG,

VIA

SHANGHAI, INLAND SEA OF JAPAN,

KOBE AND YOKOHAMA, FOR VICTORIA, B.C., AND TACOMA, IN CONNECTION WITH NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Steamers. Tons. Captains.

Tacoma*

1904

Victoria...... 3,502 J. Truebridge... Mar. 16 1,811 M. Ridley, ...... Feb. 26 Tremont 9,606 T. W. Garlick. Mar, 25 Olympia"......] 2,837 (A. Dixen ......

....April 27

Steamers marked (") have no second-class | passenger accommodation.

The attention of passengers is directed to the very cheap rates offered by this line to the Pacific Coast and to the Interior and Eastern Cities of the United States and to Europe.

Special rates allowed to members of Govern. ment Services.

Through Bills of Lading issued to Pacific Coast Points and to the Principal Citias in the United States and Canada.

For further information as to Fraight or Passage, apply to

DODWELL, & CO., LIMITED,

General Agents.

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Hongkong, 5th February, 1904.

ORIENTAL

STEAM

RAYN

THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL STEAM FATIGATION COMPANY.

STEAM FOR

STRAITS, CEYLON, AUSTRALIA, INDIA. ADEN, EGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS, PLYMOUTH AND LONDON.

(Through Bills of Lading issued for BATAVI, PERSIAN GULF, CONTINENTAL, AMERI- CAN and SOUTH AFRICAN PORTS.) THE Steamship

T

"CHUSAN,"

Captain W. B. Palmer, E.N., carrying His BOMBAY, on SATURDAY, the 27th instant, at Noon, taking Passengers and Cargo for the above Ports.

Majesty's Mails, will be despatched from this for

Silk and Valuables, all Carge for France and Tes for London (under arrangement) will be treathipped at Colombo into a steamer proceeding direct to Marseilles and London; other Cargo for London, &c., will be conveyed vid Bombay,

Pamels will be received at this Office until 4 par, the day before sailing. The Contents and tiny sleigh as if it were a thing of no accoput, | Valus of all Packages are required. or a diminutive, sbaggy, patient steed, less famed for strength than swiftness. Over its quarters lies a wide meshed net, dotted with

balls of coloured wool, so as to protect the inmates from the bits of frozen snow, that are sent up in showers. On the footway tall figures pass, walking centiously upon the ice, and muffled from foot to crown, but some of the poorer girls have only a woolian wrap about the head, while the aged beggar, dods his hat, however low the thermometer may be, rendered callous to all health considerations by the

ecessity that knows no law,

Shippers are particularly requested to nule the terms and Conditions of the Company' Bill of Lading.

For farther Particulars, apply to

E. A, HEWETT,

Superis Hergkang, 15th February, 1904.

Insurance.

above Ports, Consignees of Cargo are hereby requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersignature by the Undersigned and to take immediate delivery of their goods from alongside.

For Sale.

FOR SALE -

Intimations.

THE WORRIED WOMEN.

They say men must work and women must [ACANDE- | weep; but alas, in this too busy world women SCENT, often have to work and weep at the same time. Gasoline. Their holidays are too few and their work Lamps of ali

It makes them heavy and monotonous, descriptions from the best nervous and irritable. The depressed and makers. worried woman loses her appetite and grows thin and feeble. Once in a while she has spells Incandescent

of palpitation and has to lie up for a day or two. Manfles, Chimneys,

If some disease like influenza or malarial fever Globes, Shahappens to prevail she is almost certain to have des, &c., for an attack of it, and that often paves the way for Gasoline and chronic troubles of the throat, lungs and other Gas Lamps

WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION

at the most organs; and there is no saying what the end moderate may be. Let the tired and overladen woman prices. rest as much as possible; and, above all, place

at her command a bottle of Lamps fixed up for Buyers free of charge. a true and sure remedy for the ills and maladies of women. It is palatable as honey and con- Naphtha oftains all the nutritive and curative properties of the best kind kept in stock. TÀI KHONG 00

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Entimations.

ROBINSON

PIANO

CO LTD

Optional Cargo will be forwarded unless HONGKONG, SHANGHAI, SINGAPORE. notice to the contrary be given before TO- DAY.

Any Cargo impeding her discharge will be landed into the Godowns of the Hongkong and

and stored at Consignees risk and expense. Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Limited, CABIN

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 27th instant will be subject to rent.

All broken, chafed and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowne, where they will be

examined on the 27th instant at 3 P.M.

Na Fire Insurance has been effected.

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE, Hongkong Office. Hongkong, 20th February, 1904.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

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S.S. "MOGUL,“ FROM NEW YORK. CONSIGNEES of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf an Godown Company, at Kowloon, whence and/or from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain- ing undelivered after the 19th instant will be subject to rent.

All Claims against the Steamer must be pre- sented to the Undersigned on or before the 3rd March, or they will not be recognized.

All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be examined so the 16th instant at 3 P.M.

No Fire Insurance has been affected. Bill of Lading will be countersigned by

DODWELL & CO., LIMITED, Agents. Hongkong, 22nd February, 1904.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

HE P. & O. S. N. Co.'s Steamship

THE

"JAVA,"

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AND

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Entimation.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

1, ICE HOUSE ROAD,

HONGKONG.

CABLE ADDRESS, Telegraph, Hongkong

THE leading English Newspaper in China

Also widely circulated in Japan, Cochin China, Ceylon, ludia and the Far East

generally,

A daily newspaper with weekly edition published for despatch by the homeward mail The daily is recomhttended as more generally suitable, except for subscribers in Europe or

America.

A special feature is made of full and accur. ate reports of local occurrences, and of mat- ters of general interest.

ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT.

The Hongkong Telegraph in the best medium for advertising in China. It circulates largely among all classes of the community,

is the largest daily newspaper and has a wider circulation than any journal in the Far

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HONGKONG EXCHANGE,

OPEN DAY AND NIGHT.

SUBSCRIPTIONS.

EXCHANGE LINES, $100 Per Annum.

PRIVATE LINES, By Arrangement,

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N.B.-A special charge is made for lines of

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ELECTRIC SUPPLIES OF EVERY DES CRIPTION IN STOCK, INCLUDING:-

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PLAYERS $450

INSULATORS,

FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, PORT SAID, SUEZ AND STRAITS. Consignees of Cargo by the above-named vessel are hereby informed that their Goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each

and delivery can be obtained as soon as the Cogument will be sorted out Mark by Mark, Goods are landed.

Optional Goods will be landed here unless instructions are given to the contrary before 5 P.M., TO-DAY,

Goods not cleared by the 19th instant, at 4 P.M., will be subject to rent.

No Fire Insurance will be effected by me in any case whatever.

Damaged Packages must be left in the Godowns for examination by the Consignee's and the Company's representative at an ap pointed hour.

All claims must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival hete after which date

No clalms will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns.

E. A HEWETT,

Superintendent. Hanukeng, 22nd February, 1004

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PHOTOGRAPHER, TOF FLOT OF ICE HOUSE, IN Tia Homes Rond

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Nilable at March.

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GOOD FOR EUROPEAN OFFICES,

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OR

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Hongkong, 6th January, 1904.

THE AMERICAN SYSTEM OF

ENTISTRY.

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ELECTRIC BELLS,

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Estimates given for all kinds of Electrical work,

Trained Mechanicians sent to Out-Parts to fit

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Hongkong, and April, 1903.

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$1 each insertion in the Daily and Weekly,

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