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cribe how dead bodies and refuse of every description have been dumpad wholesale Finto the stream, must have marvelled at the wonderful power of the Cantonkie to renisi discate and combat typhoid and cholera, S. WATSON & CO., expecially as the river was their sole water supply. The only reason submitted to account for the comparative immunity of the midents of Caston hom epidemicals to be found in the universal babit of the blasse to quench their thirst with water which has been boiled in the first place, and re-boiled when used for culiary purposes. It was high time, however, that such a primitive method of obtaining a regular WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS."upply of fresh water-which was only termed

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AUGUST 20 1908.

THE Tokio authorities deny that twenly addi- tinmal gendarmes hare bene dispatched to Ginisa for the transportation of arms and ing for the maintenance of the status quo in ammunition; they also disclaim any understand- Chiestas. Hence, they allege, there is n foundation for the report of a recent Chinese protest,

THE blood of the shtanceros is very highly esteemed by Barmtio and Chinese us A medicine for all kinds of ailments. Whenever a party of hunters am successful lo abooting a› used to the native beaters carefully draw off rhinoceros-they are less numerous than they

the blood and bring it to Kangoon "stered in hollow bamboos. The precious liquid is worth its weight in silver.

mill bidög his time, but it must be sume con

whatever goal they are after. The mam thing for nothing? 10 it were, then the word SoMateo million feet of Canadian lumber har solation for him that one of the schemes which

orialistu lo mixtrange jumble of fact and asser-"present" in this connection aught to be been entered for the coou'raction of inllways be 10 materially supported, even if he did not tion maintain that because the principle of abolished and declared obsolete under pain in Chida. It is hoped that thla may prove to acinally father it, has arrived at its first stage of Chios for the Chineza" is paramount and of having to conjugate the irregular eths, Farbe the beginning of a steadily growing demand completion. It only remains now for the haute China is building her own railways and digging too far among the letters the average poľnou

for Canadian timbar, through the Pacific zen- ∙ports holders of Canton to show theic appreciation her own mines therefore she should look after receives nowadays can be reckoned in the of the waterworks system by giving it their her own language, it may be best to quote mature of billets-doox. Rather the revene, for patronage. We are not aware whether the this sections of the memorial, which is the ordinary letter usually comes open with a service as it standa at present in cipible, cortainly lestractive if it is nothing else: two ceni siamp, and it is mate like a thuşdur. of meeting the wants of the entire city, New words are introduced into Western lar-clap that a present, especially about the bad of especially in view of the fact that only two guages is great combos all the time. There is the mooth. In fact the word "Present may be years have elapsed since the work, was come reason to think that within the past two genera- regarded as a verb, a word of command, the menced and the system formally inaugersted, tiona mote new words have been added to the order being completed when a long for but even if it be incomplete in so far as its pipe English language, than all the 44,000 characteis gotes bill suddenly fires itself into action ramifications are concerned there is abundant in King Har's dictionary. In the West new and declares it identity. Of course there evidence to prove, that the supply will be dictionaries of great, size, thoroughly made, ars, some who, having experience of brught to meet the demand without unoizes- {quently revised and of scholarly accuracy, the ways of certain Hongkong individuals, sary delay. The example of a purely Chinese in constantly appearing. There are many

wish to make it plain that they refuse to be put city like Canton, with its immense populatin, hist class dictionaries of the English language, off with such a lackadaisical excuse as ihot should be no incentive to those other cales and they are always belog enlarged and improv. asually offered that the master have go," and whole officials spend their days in dreaming | ed. in Chion, on the other hand, since sternly require it to be coderstood that he dreams that have neither beginning nor end.

the great Dictionary of Kang Hsi, now about most be and will be understood to have been

been done. But Chica has now come to self- two bundred years, nothing of the kind has present when the note was presented. But that shows a wociallack of confidence inhuman aature. The excuse' tendered by the new -consciousness, desiring to control her own soil

crailways and mines, and to abolish the atoma-

precisely the same qualis the world over, ly of extra-territoriality, as Japin did before ber. whether adurned with

queue or rigged Yet whits there is a great deal said and written

ug, brass button when strictly enjoined about China for the Chinese, ws, think, iting anything that seemed to savour of Au

to inform all comers, particularly those carry strange and indeed inexplicable that almost all that is dose for the Chinese language is done by fure goes. We are told that of the Chinese dictionaries which have been published's nce the time of Dr. Morrison, the missionary, some have been made by British, some by French, by Germans, by Americans, by Russiant, and by Japanese, but with the excepion of the admirable work just issued by the Commercial reas in Shanghai, hardly one is due to Chinese tabura, and even this is

ONIQUE MEMORIAL BY CHINKS

SCHOLARS.

It would scarcely have occurred to us that and her owa productions-to`menaga her own office-boy-and the genus Leems to paiRoyal Westant. Regiment j Luutenant C."

fresh by courtesy-should give place to a more enlightened system la consonance with the advanced ideas of the people of the Southern Provinces And now the aim of those who recognised the advantage of having a filtered and reliable water supply brought to their very doors has been altaided, and it'is' not difficult to foresee that within a few years the inhabitants of Canton will regard with amarement the fact that for so a many centuries they were content to grubalong in the prehin toric fashion of their fathers in replenishing China had arrived at such, a stage in her their water jus. One of the noteworthy fea: educational development when it was desirable A Blend of the Finest Puro Maltures of the new service, which has been or necessary that eps should be taken to opened to the public. with a little fusspressive the language from the irresponsible Whiskies distifled in Scotland or fanfaronide, is the remarkable rapidity addition of foreign terms. According to the with which the Haterworks were contract theme of a memorial which has been trans ed, the filter-beds laid, and the service

lated for the A. C. D. Aee, however, it stems that certain Chinese literali-at least we pre- sums them to be literal, although there is nothing to show either the character or stand ing of the authors-are, dairous that the Gov- err ment should appoint a department or institu- tion which would be empowered to receive or reject those words which had crept into the Chinese language at the result of contact with

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placed at the disposal of householders It seems but a few months ago sisce Viceroy Shum, with that indomitable chargy and ready perception of the city's needs which work ever marked characteristics of his regime, obtained the sanction of the Imperist Government for the construction of the waterworks; and, gave permission to Chinese capitalists in Canton to

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sion had been given, optations went forward of what must be considered an incredible rate of progress, but it must never be for, gotten that behind it all was the restless" and dominating Shum There 15 no doubt that the former Acting Viceroy of the two Kwang had his faults, and in the eyes of most foreigners they were isults of a highly reprehensible character, lut they were never faults of omission. His entire policy was directed to the advancement and development of Canton South Chi a generally, and when he put his shoulder to the wheel the whole machine spun round with exhaustless A. S. WATSON & CO.. force by the strength of his personality. His policy was indoubtedly a selfish one as viewed frain the standpoint of the lurer, her who saw opportunities of making a fortune by securing a portion of the fat picki stila be found among the reproductive works of the Provinces. But it was, nevertheless, is policy which tended to the aggrandinement of the Liang Kwang, and also policy which in great measure contributed to the development of that spirit of self-reliance and patriotic self-confidence which

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THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. Hongkong, 18th August, 1908

- NOTIKS

All pommunications teal for publication in The HONGKONG TELEGRAPH" should be

addroned to The Editor, 2. Ice House Road, and would be accompanied by the Writer's Name And

Addrem.

less, anuuitable or tautological. From, a glance under foreigners, either in China or in Hong- at the memorial, the idea of the authors is;tokong. That is a sore point with the mémorial-. put it broadly, to establish in Chion a coterie ists, but the remedy is surely in their own similar to the French Academy as an example hands, and if foreigners like to perform the of what they consider necessary for the pleask why should the Chinese be exasperated? servation of the language. They say: The Of course what they set in this fact is that the gr.wing circulation of Chinese newspapers literatt of China are either too lazy or the busy of all grades greatly adds to the confusing, keeping an eye un possible pr. ferment to worry which has become a very serious mater. We their beads about standard die ibugzies, and it is desta to point out that the process of change really a mild form of jealousy which is, and developmen bere mentioned are not by any at the root of this objection to the works means confined to China, bu are found in pipduced by foreigners. The position of every land. But other countries make, pro-Japan, the memorialists point out, is peculiar vision for them, as, for example, in France, the French Academy passes open all new terms just ar government minta new color of a fixed standard; and by keeping up with the astoral development of the language words, come to have a definite authority That the memorialists are very serious la their cikims there is not the slightest reason to doubt, but to compare a language which has not had to pass through refining irfiences with a lan guage which is so expressive and delicately shaded that it has been found-acil within purposes is, to say the least, audacious. The memorial begins by recognising the fact that the Chinese language belongs to a class

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for his health was a variation of the words ap- account, that the lúipan had gone to Cantos

plication. In this case the office-bay was still

and unsullied by the odour of ink, and he re- truthful being fresh from his, mother's apron

plied to the visitor in Queen's College English that, "Yes, taipan have get inside; but he tell me you savee he go. Cautan side," which was

giving the show-away with a vengeance, ut which the Shanghai weiter seks enlighten with reference to the word "Present "as to

ment, it casoot be argued that it is very much assign to write seven letters instead of sight for "Hongkong, because although there one latter mario the latter obidy who pretends to be busy ever dream of writing orgkong so that it could be under stood. Ir deed many prople „bbreviate it to "K. while there are others who have been

known to employ an "OK." by mistake, which also be taken as an example of their absorption in business and the force of habit. At the me time it is cudous that this word which we are attempting to learn all about shenld be generally used throughout the Far East. It may be bat budding com- merc'a' giants are taught in the scharls of sent than the name of thi town, for of the Orient that it is more correct 10 write

use the whid din noly be used when the chit is intended for somebody residing in the larger ports in the Far East, from Singapore same city. But it is certain that in, all the

Bud Bangkok to, probably, Yokobami, the addressing, clerks stand up for "Present crossing fingers to avert the evil eye, and as if it were something in the asters of

of the curiosity. But now let us turn to our old fitends Funk and Wagnails and discover the true meaning of this word which bar caused

I has been officially intimated that the follow- ing officers have passed for promosice to the next superior rank Captain G. D. Lister and Lieutenant, M. W. Graham, Queen's Own Kitchip, Lieutenant F, H. Gould, and Lieuten. ant A Ferguson, Middlesex Regiment; and Captals & Hay and Lieutenant . D. thaw, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanden.

survivor of eight officers and men, one a blue COLONEL John Worthy Chaplin, C.B., who was 68 years of age on 23rd ult is the only jacket, who gained the Victoria Cross in China in the wars of the early 60's. In addition 10 bis

severely wounded, early promellos came with V.C., for the valour displayed by him at the captura of the Taku Forts, where he was

the 10th Frince of Wales's Royal Canadians.

and Canton, it is stated that the prich of rice As a result of the recent typhoon al Hongkong

the Bangkok market. There is every indica bas gone up in alung'or à of a tical par tangin tion that rice will become very dear, in the near future. The floods in Chios followed by the destruction of the typhoon cosulbute much to this; but a Siam is concerned, we hear of prospects for a plentiful harvest of rice this year. There is alin 4 good

supply on hand' still from the last harvast-Siam Free Press. THE Admiralty sabounce that ibay bave made tenants. Anding, to the Monmouth; R. the following appolatmeats -Engianor-"Lien. Nelso, to the slims, bajus in dato July 18.. Chief Antiocor-Esteri.-F. Mills, 10 the Clio Hoskins, to the Cadmus H. Beer, to the King Alfred, additional, for the furt, all to date July 6 Artificer-Engineers-A Boss, to the formouth; F.. Ellis, to the Astræn ; E. Dawes, to the Flora: E. Richards, to the King Alfred addiligas for the fanus, all to

the cent, additional, and to the Codes, on dale July 16. Liegsonst.-B. L. Wymer, to

recommissioning first lieuthio), to date wiss asth us. Gunner (T) W. Mariow to the Tamar, additional for the Taks (1).

Ordinary budou communications,anould be addremel are the distinguishing features of iba Govern recent years-the most valuable for diplomatic urgeat matter? We ask, therefore, for the nobody, after a time, seems to take any notice Consulate of Vladivostock ; M, Aymé-Martin, «

to The Manager. The Aitor will not underisa to be rospunsible for any rejected MM., not to return any Contribuition. BUBSCRIPTION HATES (IN ADVANCE). DAILY—Fių per annum.

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ment and the merchants and gentry of Canton to-day. Viceroy Shum had simply adapted the old Scoich maxin to South China- "Keep our in sea fish for our aid sea-haws," and acted uppe it. At the time of The rate per quarter and per merun, proportion his departure from Canton to take rp: the position of President of the Department of Posts and Communications at Peking-before his eclipse, which we are well assured, is but

· WEEKLY...$18 per anriai,

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The daily was in delivered free when the addenseli”

moosmile in mosengar. On copies sent by post 18 additional $1.80 per quader in charged for portage. The postage the weekly laste in any part of the||

world in 80 cents per quaker »

She received ages ago the Chinese literature,

Japanese are, our teachers, using our Chinese language and civ.fisation as a gift. Now the

characters, making them into new phrases, giving them strange meanings, inundsting China with their books, while no Chinese scholars protént... It is beyond our power to stay this tide of novelies, many of which are of great value; but ought we not to exert our selves to direct and control the process which cannot prevent? Is it not the function of the Boud of Education to take the fead in this appointment of a Commission of Inquiry, to be composed of say three or five able men with orders to report at a fixed time

above; (1) to be followed no the receipt of their report by an imperial Edict appointing acquaintance; bring into the presence of a Present" may mean "To istroduce to one's a permment Commission on the changes se quired in the Chinese Languge by the needs farting sing about it, but it does not explaia perios, especially a superior," which has a com- of the New China. (3) This commission should

Present" on an envelope. In fact, we arɑ' steamibips, teilways, electical appliances, and operation of competent scholars of Werera other inechanical forces i han b'en foundations and of Japan is deciilog upon the re-

ducton is an affectation" so we may leave it at impossible to avoid the adoption of new words quisite terms, and in several upon whatever

that. Farther on wo fad an usual that the for which the Chinese language had no pre cognare matters may come befaida bem. Wetion appear; "Preacht is often added to a * Standard” does not fail us, for this explana vinus termi. Then again, in medicine, there would point out that no time is to be lost, for were no words in Chinese to express the language is ont various instrumente, opentiaar, and medical are subject to physical control. It would like muteijl objects which

Commission

THE French Journs Officiel annources that the French Vice-Consulat at Nagasaki has been suppressed, and that a Vice-Consulate bas

meat, Acting Copsulat Alexandria, to the Vict been established at Vladivostock. Among the appointments published are those of M. Keite-

from the Vice-Consulate at Kobe to the Cas sulate of Uber: Mr. Charpentier, Vice-Consul of the second class, to Kobe ; M. Hauchetorne,

first class at Swatow, to Chungking and M. succeed M. Lefèvre at Hoihow, who resigns at his own request; M. Doira, Vice-Consul of the

Consulate-General at Shanghai, to the Vice Feer, interpreter of the first class at the French

Consulate of Swatow,

which is elsewhere extinct, consisting in (1) On the existing conditions as outlined | somuch anxiety to the gentleman in Shanghai. Vice-Consul of second chins at Chungking, to

part if pictorial symbols which have been gradually extented until they are now very numerous and complex. "These symbols are fixed in number and in, form and new ones cannot readily be introduced."

Bingle qui. Tally, tên conta; Wackly, twenty temporary-he bad half a degen schiemes And it goes up toy that with the coming of be invested with authority to invite the coinformed that "the use of this word for intro- A FIREMAN Do one:f the casting steamers, -

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in the oven, It was Shum who realised the possibility of restoring In Canton, through the part of What poa, its past STEWART. On the 18th inst, Mrs Glories as the trade emporium of South Chion. I was Shum who projected the build ing of a railway from Cunion to Whamper, and the dredging of the estuary, in order to give

SHOM STEWART, at Whiteholme, Hoylake, Cheshire, of a sop.

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The Hongkong Telegraph practical effect to his idea, which, of course, as terms and accessories which were required have been

HONGKONG, THURSDAY, AUGST 10, 1908.

well had this

name in addressing a letter to indicate that

the letter comes by a messinger and not by the person. addressed is in the vicinity and that

the mail." So now that light has been shed

Shanghai we may sest in price, content in the 'on the darkcess which apparently prevailed in

knowledge that even if people will continue to tack on "Present to their envelopes they have the full authority of Fatk and Wagnalls" publication for doing so,

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who has a weakness for all kindraf physical exercises, landed in the Police Court, to. day. The fireman, who is the possessor of an unpronounceable same, went to a furniture store in Wellington Skeet yester

having lek im to procure the necessary he was, being attended 10 the walesman day afternoon to make a purchase, While

wo have repeated over and over again, had as by, those who had passed through Wasen been appointed ten years ago." At all

article, the "we ikoess,” in a mora violent form its ultimate object the diversion and absorption courses of study. All thit, which is admitted, events, the niemorialists are reasonable'in

chairs, the fireman gave an exhibition of than usual, overcame bim, and, picking up two' of the trade at present sojayed by Hdaskong, would seem to four mind to be an argument their claim. They are willing that scholars

dumh-bell play. It was Shum, also, who began the budding of in favour of allowing the Chinese language of other countries should consult with their

and glass ware should have got into the It was very unfortunate that shelf, containing many pieces of crockery CANTON WATERWORKS. Canton, originated the scheme of a bridge to to acquire a fexibility, and elasticity which represeplasives and adving as to which words

| way of one of the chairs, with sad - re Connect Croton with Honam, fostered the were previously unneceuary. So long as should be accepted and which excluded. But With the inauguration of the system of movement to light the city by electricity and China was content to abide by old forms and if they hope to guide the Chinese 1.agunge

sults. Damage done estimated at $nço, A policeman was' called in and as the fireman waterworks intended for the service of the encouraged the establishment of a gasworks, customs and withstood contact with the outer into a given sat we fear thit their will larger population of Canton residing outside and, "it was the indefatigable Shum who world the required little or no addition to herba futile! The language of every progressive

LOCAN AND GENERAL.

still refused to pay he was taked to the station." He was charged with disorderly behaviour the walled city, the capital of Youth China installed a complete system of fire alarms written language, but with the introdection of country, is bound to become ass milative, and A CABE of plague, the fist this work, was

and dama ¿ing propeny, and had to pay a fion bus made a forward step in its municipal pre and police calls whereby in times of Occidental methods the native language must new words will be imported in it by the reported as having decur.ed at Kowloon City of S, which included compeption to the greak whone importance can scarcely be over emergency the ravages of fire and, the either expand or disappear. Rather than that people who "form its wealth in spite of the

to-day,

shopkeeper, rated. Although the ivice will necessarily depredations of armed: rubbers might be the itasgraphic form, of writing should be combined efforts of all the literary and I the Police Court, this forenoon, two public THE police captured two allege') street absich be of a limited character at the outset, the fact checkmated and frustrated: He even at abolished-far that is what it comes 10-the philological savants in the world," Still, if the of $3 for refusing to accept hire yesterday. They | giving the name of Sam Cheung, of 5. Pok chair coalies were each malcted in the rum ern in the city yesterday. One wis a coolia Commision, desired can do little good it will use of certain words to express specified certainly keep out of harm's way those reform clerk, residing in Shelly Street.

were gives is charge by Mr. C. Corvelt, a foolum Road, and the other a lad of fifteen- meanings That they have a bugo, task.being geniuses who are so given to stirring op

Chup Hi-residing at First Street. They wer fore. them is obvious. An Academy may the mud of reaction in Chins.

But the Almighty has taken a hand in the both accused of sostching gold earpicks from sunction the use of certain words for

disciplicing of Venezuela. Gripped by the the beads of Chinese women. In the Police stylists, but in this age of mechanical sid

plague, abandoned by the world, forgotten by Cour, this morning one of them was convicted. automatic contrivances it is certain that the

God himself, the unfortunate land is trying theThe coolle, it would appear from the evidence, effect of an isolation from which it may be ran up behind a ricksba, in which was seated a expected to recover in due time in penitence.woman named Lau Chau. Ling, belonging to New York Mall.

the Tie Heung house, at Shek-tong-taci, and, Till afternoon, in the Supreme Court, the the earpick. He was seen by two coolles and getting his "band through the bold, obtained acties brought by the Imperial Bank of China chased down to the waterfront, sed caught, agalest the compradore of the Canadian Pacific The lad, pretending that he was racha Railway Company, to recoves the sum of friend, rap pass a married woman named Wome $346,045,65 and interest, the amount of murety Ngan, who resides in (Į zeen's Roid.. of Leung King Wo, a brother of the defendant, ing her he jumped, removed the now deceased, was resumed, the reading of continued down the z part of the evidencs which was taken on com- followed... The case sgriost shp misilon, having finished yelleiday. One wit--asanded, while the lad Wan's noia was examined, and the case further hard labour, and in addition twe

of the birch,

memorialisis seek to give authority for the

"PRESENT,"

that the people of Camion may now abandos tempted to get sauction to build a railway to their immemorial custom of obtaining their Amoy with the view of circumventing the water supply from the Pearl River is a marked Kowloon Canton railway, but in that he over "illustration of the indusoce exerted by Western reached himself and had to retire with "hon

Ideas on the shrewd and progressive Cantonese, ours easy." What Shum would have done for None can tell to what extent the use of water Canton had he been content to remaió Vice, drawn fromghe river has contributed to the ray of the Kwang Provinces may be judged prevalence of disease is Canton and the re

from his achievements within the two or three "authorities will be disregarded; When a Why do some-ptops when addressing. D currence of epidemics, for the simple reason years he held the acting appointment. "Rut mau kas to jumpa stream to adve his neck he, envelope' invariably prite Present when that the records under this head are both Shum's ambition was act of the parochial does not usually think of the most gracefal they actually mean "Hongkong" Theques Kanty and valumicas, But it is certain that the order; he must be on the steps of the Throne methed of doing so. He jumps and so long astion is siked by a correspondent in a shaghai practice was a perpetual source of danger to itself, so that the limelight might be continually be lands safely be is satisfied. So with lac- con(emporary, and it really seems worthy of the inhabitants and a standing menace to playing upon him, or powinie. For a time his guages; the isader or even the man of science consideration. What could have bres, the Hongkong. Everybody who has visited Can star was in the ascendent and be revelled in who hau business 10 träuct or principles to origin such a vague and quaint term as ten and observed the 'muddy and viscous in the favour of the Empass-Dowager, but his describe is "content so long as he maçages to Preseal”, when there are so many other words appearance of the rivit, which for centuriasemies wire too strong for him, the Court make the other comprehend hip mesutng. And that might have brés ésed instead ?.... Was it has, been the grand sewer for the city and objected to electric' shocks, "and when he more and maribe languagesofto-day are bring | the original idem tail, if you received a

environs, and hu heard the main; refused so bolake kimself" 10" the "wilds of moulded by its man of the

Itter at all you should chant the "Land", thyes of those why"hits"

disgrace, Ea la noi forgotten their education is the rain for diminis, because you had received tome, adjourned.