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THE SHARP STREET AFFAIR,.
MURDER CHARGE REDUCED TO MAUSLAUGHTER,
st font. Before the Chief Justico, Sir Francie Piggott, "at the Criminal Sessions this morning. John William Hayes, a guaner's mate on board the U.S.S. New York, was indicted on a charge of alleged manslaughter of one Matsura Yamabe, a Japanese female lafaut, at Sharp Street, Bowlegton, on the 15th September last. Hon. Mr. W. Reas Davior, K., Attorney. General, lnstructed by Mr. H. L. Dionys, 1.6, from the Crown Solicitor's office, prosecuted. and Mr. Eldon Patternstructed by Mr. Leo. d'Alamada; appeared for the defendant,
The jury was as follows: Messa. J. LWI!. son (foreman), E. M. Bishop, N. M. lux, I. 1. Figueiredo, O. L. Arcalil, O. 1. Elis and A, F. Earle.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY
NEWS FROM THU-NORTH.
THE QUEUE,
(Speciillý Trávsinted for the "Hongkong
Telegraph")
THE SPITTING, NUISANCE---
EDUCATING THE CHINESE,
azad ist. The movement for educating the Chinese popalace as regards the danger of expectorating The Prince Regent is in favour of the imme-la poblic places is being revived in Hongkong. diare abolition of the queue, bat Her Majesty the Empress Dowager Yu Lun has expressed a desire that this should not take place until the period of mourning fɔ His late Majesty Kwong Su has expired. This would entail a delay until next year, but Princes Tao and, Hsun ars opposed to any delay, whatever. It is thought that if the postponement well made as a mark of respect to thy memory of the late Emperor, it would be a good arrangement worthy of the people.
...PRINCE CHINO'S AMBITION, Prince Ching has expressed a wish to be come the President if the new Cabigat. I will be remembered that Princs Chiog declined the post recently and recommended Duks Trai Tze, the President of the Mitistry of Finance, for the office. The recommendatior his now been approved by the Prince Regent.~
LOANS OBJECTED TO.
PROVINCIAL ASSEMBLIES AND PARLIAMENT,
The Prince Regent is very much rnnoyed at the combined suspension of the sessions of the Provincial Assemblies as a protest against the failure to grant an immediate calling of a Parliament, and has instructed Prince Pa Los to deal with the matter as far as possible according to existing regulations. If these are loadequate, Friace Fu Lon is instructed to devise regulations that will scare full control
a the event of further incidents of the kind.
STODENTS CHERR THE EMPEROR"
In celebration of the groas of a National Parliament, the students of the schools in
Peklug decided to assemble at the Tai Ching Gale at noon on the 16 h just. in order to give three cheers for the Emperor. Elaborate arrangements are being made for the successful carrying out of the furcilos and the students have not been lostructed that they are not to interfere in political affairs.
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by intelligent methods, we are glad to observe, Dot calculated to estrange the good feelings of the lower class of the antives, On the trunk of trees along the public roads in the upper levels,Vida and Doris near the chair stands, are nailed little red boards on which are writion in Chinese charac 181s the hygienic injunctions agalast ludi crim'nate spliting on the public roadways. Even the chale bearers, for whose special bose- fit the noticeshave been posted up, lake un intel-, ilgast appreciation of the sanitary instructions. While cogaging a chair this morning a mom- ber-of-the-suff of the Hongkong Telegraph happened to be attracted by the red boned for the first time to-day. On questioaling the chair coolies what was the purport of the writing pa the board, he was agreeably surprised on being Informed that it was no antl-spitting notice. We wish to commead the action of the authorities for the wisdom of affixing in so cons- picuous d manner the notices that are received with so much good grace and which cannot fail of their desired good effect
LONDON 10 HONGKONG IN LESS.
THAN A FORTNIGHT.
East and West are rapidly drawing soarer, and already it is possible (lf there is no loss of lime on the way or in making connection with steamers) to travel from London to Hongkong in 18 days.
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CURRANT BUN PREVENTS A HUMAN- SACRIFICE.
Vader there headings the London Daily Chronicle publishes the following:-
THE GAGE STREET CASE.
acat lost... Before Mr. E R. Hallifax, First Police Mazlitrale, tbls afternoon the case was con- tinued lu which Miss Morel Lynn is charged by Miss Doris Marlowe with alleged forcony of three diamonds, valued at $3,roo, the property of the complalonat. Mr. Brutton, from the firm of Messrs. Bratton and Hair, appasted for the complaisant sad Mr. W. L. Shenton, of Mostri, Deacon, Looker and Descon, was for the defence.
Mr. Frank Browne, Government Analyst, was called and spoke to oxamining certain rings which were received by him at 3as p.. ontbe Just October. A little sulphats el rinc war found on one of the ringe..
PBKING-AND OIBER PLACES.
A writer in the Peking Daily News, deallag with "Social Peking," says —
The most well-known piccept of our great sage, Coninclue, is within the four coas all are braihren. This is a very familiar phrase, no familiar that it is often on our lips, and it is not infrequent that one is inclined to to pas à ou it. We are not absolutely certala as to the four seas which Confucius had in mind, but we take it that, by reason of bla familiarity with all the warlike tribes who werg' about the northera and wastera frontier and..; who were called barbarians by his contem porarles and those after them. he meant the world. In more popular English one would therefore change these words into "under the Chang Hing stated he was the housh colicou." This is a doctrine which is not peculiar.. of No. 2 Gage Street. He remembered the to China and bor sages, but it has also is in- morning of the 26th October, when his mistress dependent origin from the mouth of the Great tent for him to bolt the shutters of her room, Teacher of the West. It is natural that thera which he did. After that he west halow. A chould hava beso some difference in the ex 1.45p.m. be received instructions from the wash pression of this great thought by reason of amah to go and knock at his mistress' door. inogunke diversity. It is not surprising, there. When he went up tales, defondant came out of loro, to find Christ saying that men are all sons the room and sald Mlisusoo sleep, you co can of God. This is only another way of saying soo," After that she went back to her own room. the same thing, for whatever the language ör Witness cloroithe door of h's mistress' room ci-zulos there may be the great princip's and want downstairs. He remembered, taking that should lie in the actions, of human beings a letter to the Police. He laformed the Police is the same all the world over. Men are social on the same evening about seeing defendan creatures and truly they are sons of Heaves; coming out of the room.
who should regard one another as brothers,
Mr, Shanton-Do you always bolt the win cows when your mistrass goes to bad?-Yes,phores, it is more than easy for every one in
Even in the summer time?—Yes. How long have you worked there?-From the zo h of the Chinese 9th moon.
Was your mistress there then?-Yes, Do all the other misses boll their windows when they go to bed?—Yes.
Mr. Imo Kiralty gave a treat to some of his Orientat subjects at the White City yesterday, and a number of them were driven in three great brakes to the Zoo," and afterwards round London, They included the japanese wresting lers, the Hairy Alnus, and the Formosan savages
"Engineerlog says that developments are being made, which, when comple od, will allow the journey to be made in 14 days, or even less,
The tall, wrestling men of Japan, some Progress is being made with the Cauton- Kowloon Railway, and also with the Canton of whom, looked remarkably like animated Hagkow Railway, which are stages in the liae bronze Buddbas, ware their ordinary- native connecting Hongkong-Kowloon is on the costume of loose Japanese gowns reaching malolas, opposite Hongkong-with Pekin, their feet, on which some of them had wooden A direct branch from the Trans-Siberian Rail."paitens," or clogs, instead of shoes. But the way to Pekin would complete the connection Hairy Ainus had compromised between the and make the journey between London and fashions of Western civilisation and the Orientel Hongkong possible in the time mentioned simplicity of a primitive race."
The effect was remarkable. It is not, for In the latest report of the acting British-Con- sul at Canton we are informed that coastrac-instance, usual for an embroidered bad-quilt to tist of the Canton-Kowloon Railway, which is be worn with a howler bat. And down Regent, balng built according to the standard of first Street or the Strand it gives Londoners rather class European liner, Eas been proceeding a shock to meet a little old dwarf with white steadily for some time, with the result that the bair falling to his waist, in an American billy first 31, miles is how ready for traffic. cock and a patchwork tablework, with a "Sairey
Gamp' in his hard.
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when completed to the junc. tlon with the British section, Samchuo, will, in its Bye miles, conta E, including ter minals, 15 stations and eleven halts. There have been considerable engineering difficulties to be overcome in the construction of this line, and a very large amount of bridgework, In the second district, fram mila 31 to mile so, there is a total girder opening of 3,300 ft. The The followlog curious and interesting com.
main bridge over the East River at Shake-lung position has been seat on by a correspondent.is proceeding satisfactorily, the foundations.be We should like t know who was the ingeniousing nearly completed, and the delivery and mind that collected these lines by thirty-one different pels, and arranged them so that they' maka boib rhyme and rease.
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The Attorney-General la opaning the case for the Crown stated that the prisoner stood" charged with manslaughter of a Japanese fo male fofapt at about 8 o'clock on the sight of the 15th September last. On that evening, fire broke out at No. 29, Bowrington Road, which mos at right angles to Shirp Street. The house at No. 2, Sharn Street was the place where the offence took place,' At this point, the Altorney-
It is reported by a Peking correspondent General atated that a plan would be laid before
that the proposal to raise loans for railway con- the jury and then proceeded to detail at some length the exact locality occupied by the var-straction has received the approval of the ious houses which would be mentioned in Grand Council, the Ministry of Posts and Com avidance. There were only three houses which monications and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but Doke Tral Tze, the Fresident of the 'the jury would have to bear in mind and on which the whole case tained. Bowrington Ministry of Finance, largely influenced, it is. Road and Sharp Street turned one into the balieved, by H. P. Sheng Hsuan Hazl, has other. One of the hoses had a roof which entered an emphatic protest against the pro was nearly flat, on which anybody could go the Prince Regent, the Duke detailed at posals. In the courts of an audience with across to the house in Sharp Street. The fist
same length the injury that he believed would witness would be Sergeant Grant, who would
be inflicted upon Chlan by the adoption of the say that he went into Bowrington Road and anw a burning kerosine lamp lying outside the policy proposed. house. Considerable noise was proceeding Inside the house and the constable saw smoke isning from the house. P. C, Ogg and P. C. Watt went up the stairs of No, 29 with a view to putting out the fire. Sergeant Grapt shortly afterwards beard a noise and turning round the corner of Sharp Street be saw the defendant, bauging by his hands on to the suppert of the verandab. As soon as he saw the Sergeant coming, the defendat pulled himself up and disappeared inside the bouse, The Sergeani then saw defendant throwing thlogs into the street. The theory of the prosecution was that the defendant went across the flat roof of the house opposite, on which anybody could walk, He asked the and thus got into house No. jury to remember that defendabs was a sailor and that he was accokioined to climbing about. The defendant must have changed -his-mind, for shortly afterwards he got Inside No. by means of the verandab, which was common to all the houses. The defendant disappeared inside the boete and al most immediately the Sergeant saw a Japanese man tolling down the stairs and on to the stract. He saw a lamp at the foot of the stair- case and a Japanese child lying beside it with Its feet against the foot of the stairs. The defendant was again seep throwing things en to the street, including pieces of wood, chalra nod pieces of brick, He was seen to re-cater No, and was caught as he was coming dowa the stairs of No, 7, The staircase was a Darrow, wooden one, very steep and precipitous, and it was very difficult for two people to pass side by side. It turned at right angles into the street, The place was occopled by a Japanese dealer la provisions, his wife, a calld and an amah. The couple were bathing the child in the bath-. room and after they had finished doing so, the father entered his room and went out "Into the verandah, carrying his child wrapped up is a bath towel in bi aims. As he entered the Toom, he saw the defendnut come through the blg, open wiodaw. Immediately he saw the Japanese, he picked up a lighted, glass lamp from a table in the room, laid his hands on the man's shoulder, and pointing towards the stairs said "Go!" He then started to push him for- ward gently and followed him to the stairs. On coming to the corner of the stalts, defendant pushed the man and threw the lamp at him. The lamp did not hit the man but struck the wall, bot both the father ned child were affected somewhat by the burns they sustained from the burningolf. When the mangal to the bottom of the stair-case, the child was not in his arms. Sergeant Granitpicked up' be child at the fact of the staircase and ha,ded it to the father. The calld was asked. It must have been naked, because the father said it was, wrapped up in a bath towel, he child was taken to Dr. Majima's which was close by, and afterwards to the Government Civil Hospital, where, it died shortly after admission. The defendant was throwing thlugs into the street apparently with grenteliberation, at the same time shooting Dat" How's that for a shot?" The doctor would way that the child was brought to hospital in a dazad condition and died at 9 p.m. There were five wounds on the loft side of the hoad, which, the doctor said, right have been caused by broken glass. Death was due to frac tore of the skull and laceration of the brain. Although the result of death was dus lo fracture of the skull, it was necessary that great force should be used to cause the fractare, even in he case of a small childlike the deceased. He did not know what defence his friend was going to set up but a great deal bad been made at the Police Court of the question of the defendant's probable state of mind at the time of the com- mission of the offence. The opinion of the Police was that defendant was not drunk at tha
time and appeared to be quite calm after his arrest. The Autordey-General proceeded to explain the law on the subject, saying that the law rendered a man llable for crime whether be was drunk or not. There was no evidence to show that defen lant was drook at the time but even assomlog that be was drunk, drunkenness in itself was no excuse for the commission al the ofícace and did not exempt him from punishment for the per- petration of the cime. As regarded "the question of defendant's state of mind, the jary would have every opportunity of satisfyingutsali
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THE U.S. NAVY.
erection of steel work for the large spans have commenced. The British Lection of the rail way, which is within the British Concession at Kewloon, is rapidly approaching complefon, and it is expected to form the through connec- tion to Hongkong in Juss or July, 19.
On the Canton-Hankow Railway progress is being made, and trains and traffic are now [UD-
There were several of these Rip Van Win kles of the East, and they were accompanied by women with tattooed moustacher, by mid- die-aged Alous in European dress (which made them curiously like Italian poets, impressionist painters too poor to have their hair cat), and by little black-headed dolls with moving ayes and pattering fest, and squeaky'
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But the most remarkable members of the. party were the Formosan savages. They, walked bare-footed, and on their brown limbs they wore half a pair of trousers-the front half gaily coloured, and glitterieg with heads, but leaving the back pait of their legs open to the air. The upper part of their bodies was clothed in jackets of the, zouava style, and in the shortest of kills, and wherever there was room they had sewed on be ids, medal, and
every movement.
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No, only sometimes. The case wis fastber adjourned till to-mor-
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ROBBING A GRIPPLE.
HEAVY SENTENCE AT THE MAGISTRACY,
A coolic appeared before Mr. E. R. Hallifax at the Magistracy this morning on a charge of larceny of a blanket and some clothing from a cripple. It appears that the complainant ea geged the defendant on the 17th lost, to carry the articles to the s.s. Kroong Gai, as he was going back to the country. Un arriving at the what the defendant ran away with his load and the complaluant was unable to give chase. The articles were subsequently recoveted in a pawn shop n Waschst, where they were pawced for $.50
Vftnesses were called and his Worship sentenced defendant to four months' hard
labour and six hours' stocks.
PALUB OF Pular reSBARCH,
MR. DALFOUR ON BRITISH EXPLORATION,
As it is a common doctrins to both hemla-
understand it and perhaps to put it into practice, In Peking the international and social inter couralsnow-a-days,more than at any othertime,: in a most satisfactory state. From inquiries ma e amongst those who have been abroad, we are gratified to learn that every one of them, without a single exception, bai expres ot bis high satisfaction of the ascial conditions that now prevail in this capi sl. A few years ago we would have found this subject very difficult ono to write upon. But to-day things have changed and apart from the very rare cases of rough treatment of rickshaw coolies on the part of drunken persons, no bet- for friendly ralations between 'the "Chinose public and the foreign community could be found in the whole history of Peklog. Every. where one goes one sees smiling faces from the west in the midst of the busy Chinese. It is not possible to say the same when one turns bis attention to the frosty-ports like Bbangbal, where every foreign face one sees in the stinete is stamped with the Caiuaman get out-of-my. way trade mark,
The harghal National Review" comments as follows on the abova:-We scarcely think that, the writer does Shanghai and the gher Treaty' Ports justice. Whilst it is true that social re lations between Chinese and foreigners ara
closer in Peking than in the ports for reasons. that we cannot hire discuss, ft is far from just to say that every foreign face one sees in the streets is stamped with the Chinaman-get-ost», of-my-way trade mark. It nevar has been 10, and it is less to to-day than ever.
QPIÙM IN INDIA,
GOVERMENT'S POSITION,"
alng to Wong-sha, a market town on the North hundreds of little silver bells, wajch tinkled a ducing the lecturer, observed that there is a copy of a letter, from the Government of India
RELICS OF VICTIMS. Round their black coiled bair they wore ci cular head dresses coloured beads, and the
River, 55 miles by tall from Canton Oopsirac tion, huwever, is practically finished to Ying Talt, co miles from Canton, and about one-third of the whole distance to the boundary of the province. Ying Tik is a district city of some teeth of men and animals, importance, and the opening of the station One man, a most feracious fellow, had upon there will have the effect of bringing places up his manly chest a badge of "Votes for Women." the river three days nearer Canton., Coustenc These Formosas are bead bunters, and in tion, la also proceeding, though less coergeti- Formosa fame is reckoned by the number of a cally, on the next sour40 milas, so that ultimate-mad's collection of human heads. The chief, ly Hantow will be reached. As that town is who was present yesterday in the party, has situated on the great river Yangiz, the railway accounted for eighty-seven heads moog his will be the means of opening up a large amount enemies. Their bleached skulls gris at him of territory to foreign trade. At present no fast outside the front door of his hut in far Formosz, but he has a strand of hair from each victim trains are rus, but a speed of 41 to 45 milan is attained in places by the local trains. The attached as a mop at the end of the scabbard of Company during the last Chinese yeBr, 1959-19,
his sword. cained 1,456,466 passengers, and received in passenger fares and freight $ 54,191, an average of $14.50 per month, thus proving that the Chinese are not slow to take advantage of any arrangements which are made for improved facilities In travelling or carrying goods."
0. S. BUSINessmen in CHINA.
It is a sign of much significance thịt a company of thirty-eight American business men from the Coast are now touring Chion.and have letentions of vlilting twenty-fiva Chinese cities,
We still think of China as the immutable empire. In our minds it is like nothing so much as one of those great vases of Chinese porcelain; a hard, impenetrable surface. beneath which we see the fantastic pictures of a ilfe that we do not understand; a great britile bulk, standing deficitively on the shelf of time, a thing which awaits the fiat too rade touch to smash it to fragments-and possibly to shed over the world its potent and unknown coa- tapis.
But China is not this. She has withstood the blows that were expected to shatter her. They have only given here the clude outline of a new form. Nor is China any longer im panetrable. Here are a lot of busy Americans fourlog.hrough the accessible portions of the empire as freely as they would through their own country.
Such can now
on the point. The charge bad been reduced ARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH OF A CON'S Shanghai and Canton, Chinese accommoda
from murder to manslaughter, and the lalter dif. fered from the former in this respect, defendant was not involved in what was termed in low melice aforethought” If by deliberately pushing the man down the stairs the child's death #ab.ought about, then the defendant was guilty of manslaughter, whateve his inten- tlons might have been.
Evidence was called and the case adjourned
till to-morrow.
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It was a good deal achleve, ten or even five years ago, to see the half desen leading cules of Caina. Now, on a firing, business reconnaissance, this party is anning through complished within a reasozable time and with out excess of discomfo.. Outside of excellent, hotels at such places as Peklog, Hongkong, tions have been of the kind that one reads of the "Thousand and One Nights," picturesque but anspeakable for a party to put up without too much hardship in numerous cities in Chica The extensios of railroad lines has within the past few years made the itinerary for such a trip on this one much shorter, a matter of weeks where months were lately required. Other railroad building will soon still further obviate the slow going that characterized old time Chinese travel. Conditions of order and security within the empire now make the basl ness men's trip safe as well as feasible.
HUNGRY HEAD HUNTERS Each of these warriors carried these tufts of hair yesterday, as a similar ornament to his weapon, and not cus of them had fewer than fifty locis of human bajr. It was pleasant to see how they played with these plumes in an absent-minded way as they nursed their swords on their knees. It seemed to give them a kind of homely feeling
A terrible incident was only avoited by the berolam of a photographer-moderated by dis cretion-and the diplomacy of some journalists. The Formosaca, it seems, tavaa great hatred of what they call in their simple way "the devil-picture machine." Recently at the White Olly they fell upon Press Photographer, smashed a thirty-guinea camera, and demanded his bead from the hands of Mr. Kirafy, Baulked of their human sacrifice, they saved themselves up for another photographer, should be pars their way?
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A letter has been addressed by the Sociptary tathe Board of Revenue, L., to the Secretary, Bengal C ambar, of Commerce, forwarding a in the Finance i opariment together with a copy of the resolutions, adopted by the Inter national Opium Commission which met at shanghai last year, and requesting that the Board.may be favoared with an expression of the opinion of the Chamber on the polats raised in paragraphs a nnd 3 of the letter from the Govenment of India, with reference to Nos, 2 and 3 of resolutions, viz: (a) The feasibility. of enfarclog, withia Peasonable period, à direct and unqualified prohibition of the prac tice of opium smoking; and (b). Whether the existing regulations and methods (administra tion in regard to the traffic in optom are. sufficiently restrictive, or whether any modifi cations as required in the present system of retail vend which would facilitate control of consumption.
Mr. Balfour presided at North Borwick re cently at, a gathering at which Sir Ernest THE QUESTION OF IMMEDIATE SUPPRESSION. Shackleton gave his lecture entitled "Nearest to the South Pole.". The occasion terminated a short Scotia lecture taur by Sir Ernest, and the proceeds went towards the cost of his Antarctic Expedition. Mr. Balfour, la intro pecial interest attacking to the geographical or astronomical expression, "the Poles of the earth. What is of i a'erest, and what is of im portatce, he said, is that we should gain some knowledge of these portions of the world bither: to bidden from buman eyes, and that we should do all we can to make these scientific Investiga tions, which, quite apart from their speculative laterest, have proved and are likely to prove of sach great importance to the prosperity of the race. So far as the North Pole is concerned take it there is little to be discovered. The regionu round the North Pole is all of one chat acier, and scientific observations could be made, I imagine, just as well fifty era hundred miles in any direction south of li as they could at the critical point that has been the object of so much courageous endeavour to reach.
DIUM SMOKING.
"Far otherwise is it with the South Pole. Speaking formytelf, my imagination is far more
The letter explaies that the position takon up- suured by the hope of exploiting for example,
by the Government from thẻ tỉ no of the Opium the untrodden valleys and peaks of that region,
Commission's Itaport of 1895 (and somewhat' and those great fields which are not mere oceaus covered with Ice, but, as Sir Ernest wit previous to that year) has been that opium. tell you later, great land areas with vast monn smoking is a demomlising vice, which should fairs, glaciers, and volcanoes of which nothing be put down as far as may be possible, without practically was koown in our grandfather's actually probibiling private smoking. It is to time, of which much still remains to explore, be discouraged more than opium-eating, both but of walch Sir Ernest Shackleton himself has because it is condemned to a greater extent by not been the first, indeed, but the greatest of Indian public opinion, and also because it 'eads explorers. Now I mentioned great explorers to parsons congregating together for the pur- and fighters of the Sixteenth Century, Their pose; and such congregation leads to fu,iber courage, their love of adventure wete beyond demoralisation and further spread of the vice. In this view, beginning from the goat iẞgi, all praise, but there is a great differace bo-
Government has imposed successive restric won their endeavours and the endeavours of explorers like Sir Eroest Shackleton and blations; first preventing consumption of eplum on Hearsed premises, then reducing the limit of comrades, for behled the great work of the Elizabelian voyage lay always the desire for preparations.ef opium for smoking that may gold, the desire for teritory, the desire for some legally be possessed, then discontinuing the great material advantage, which was no doub licensing of shops for sale of preparations of oplum that may ba accompanied by a sincere desire to spread oplem for smoking, bed, lastly, limiting tha religion, a sincere desire to do the best they aggregate amount could for their counny, but which remains possessed by persons meeting together for the on the very surface of all the history of purpose of smoking. Twice, namely, in 1897 and in 1893, the highest authorities have rejects that time as showing that at all events their idealism was touched and perhaps alloyed ed proposals for legislation to prevent priem that the Idealism of our century is inferior to by some baser element. Let nobody believe bling, of persons for the purpose of opium- smoking, and bave preferred 13 śraft to see whether a decrease in oplum-smoking would At the Zoological Gardens the photographer that of our forefathers. That is not so; and
result from the restrictions imposed. It willba observed that it is now suggested that all oplum took cover, behind the monkey-house and other such courageous adventures as those on which buildings but he would have been done to death Sir Broest Shackleton has engaged are the without a doubt had it not bean for the sagacity standing proof of it. There was Du scrritory to smoking should be prohibited.
be gained, no enemies to be conquered, no of his jausmalist friends, It was discovered
valgar ambitions to be satisfied. Knowledge, through the Interpreter) that the FormonADE
science-ends in which all nations without were very hungry baving gone many hours without food, instantly a deputation of Press jealousy my jola to further-were the ends he mes approached thechief, and through the in-persund, and those were the ends bo has done terpreter again, asked which he would rather en much to attain, There are critics who tell hava-the bead of the photographer or a car cudosity. They may add to the manhood and from the Government treasury or to the extent you that these expeditions may satisfy a barren || licensed vendor of opium may purchase the ding raat bao.
With some reluctance, bat assailed by the vigour of the nation, but they do nothing else. of one seer from another licensed vendor. The pangs efhunger, the chief chore the currant hus, Ballero them not. These expeditions have quantity which a licensed draggist may purchase and must have, great results for science, and and the rest of the tribe agreed to da likowisa
there paver ya! has been a great result attained Seremukable was the effect of a very hearty.
for science which has not sooner or later had meal of boosthat afterwards they blandfy smiled upon the photographer, posed for many pictures, and asked for coples to be seat to their address. Considerable excitement was caused at the
This story being told to the gentleman who attended them yesterday for picsozial purposes, he became very pale, and hurriedly hid his camera under a great cost. His courage was Indeed severely tested when the Formosan chief looked at him reportedly with a peculiar smile, showed his row of ebony teeth, and made a strange gesture under the culo from car to ear.
Zao" by the savages and their friends. The Formosans and the hairy Aings were hugely delighted by all the animals. They Ha'ad their belief that the Polar bear was as English tiger, the biggest in the world," they thought. They laughed with childish joy at the mook- oys, in whom they recognised old friends, and spoke to them in what seemed the monkey language.
Fouqeen mea in the forward starboard turret. of the battleship Georgia to-day narrowly es caped dealb when the muzzles of the 17-inch rifles, bang fired' lo baile practice, burst. The men were stunned and buried to the floor of the Imret by the concussion, but were saved from JAPAN'S RAILWAY BUDGE?, the flying metal of the barrels by the shield of the tarrat itself. Though thay lay stunned on It is reported in the Osaka Malnicht that the the floor while the wind drove the fames of the
But no single stroke of innovation can make railway badget for the next fiscal your has al burding powder into the steel, enclosure, they most bees decided upon and that within a few were rescued by their comrades on shipbor1 or b cak China. There remain many things to days it will be confirmed by the Department of bafers they were overcome by the poisonous be accomplished, little by little. One distinct Finance. The total revenue is estimated at gasos, Nose were severely hurt. The gun advance, la a commercial way, would be scored about Yq1,000,000. Out of this figure, the barrels were shattered by the explosion and if the landing Chloese merchants of Shanghal business revenue is about Y90,165,000; vessels were torn and twisted, but the breech or Canton would get together and take just revanne Y1,700,000 hotel revenue Y35,000 blocks remained lntact, preventing the force such a trip to America as our buslaete man The total expenditure is peifmated at about of the explosion bring directed into the torret, are now taking in Chlo.. Unfortunately the Y81,600,000, of which the following are the The gooners showed great coolness after sensitive Chinese character is offended by the
Their only regret was that they could not chlef items-Basiness expenditure Y45,100, the accident. As soon as they had recov. restrictions Imposed by our exclusion law. ft 000 vessels expenditure Y1,450,010; interest ered from the shock of the accident they le doubtful whether leading Chinese bankers display their skill in such a mighty heating on public baad X13540,007; supplementery volunteered to fire the other big gons of the and merchants would spply for the necessary field. Afterwards they were taken through expenditure Yi.500.000 hotel expenditureship. The 1-inch puas of the Georgia, it is papers of admittance to the United States. London on their way back to the White City, Y33,000 expanditure for supervising perman-reported, nts old. The battleship had been a recent example set by a Chinese impe in and were immensely impressed by the great, ant tracks end investigating daw roules Y135, monly equipped. Au levestigation into the pizca in camlog bero may serve to rmothness of the buildings and by the number of DOD reserve Y520,000. Balance, estimated cauze ol the acodent will be undertaken all over some of the aversion to visits to this cong people. "But where are the children?" they proft, about Y910,000
once by the ship's officers, .......
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Curiously enough, the animale they like best were the small deer. They licked their lips in front of these innocent creatures, and rolled their eyes in ecstasy. Nothing would induce them to ride on an elephant, "God will be angry with ur," they zald.
reaction upon the fortunes of the whole human race."
At the end of the lecture Mir, Balfour sald
that a moving story of heroic effort, of physical endurance, and of boundless courage in scienti- fic promotion he did not think had ever pro- viously been put before sa nudience.
PEARLS FROM COCOANOTS,
We quoted, come days ago, a description given by Mr. Du Bois, the American Consul Leneral in Singapore, of pearls obtained frem cocoaguts. We have since had an opportunity of seeing a very beautiful specimen which is in the possession of Mrs, W. Evans. It is almost pare white, and is heart, or pear shaped. From its form and colour we should say li to an ox- coptionally good example of the curious gem, which is occasionally mistaken for a mollare The number found is remarkably poart small, relatively, to the number of coconut grows, and millions of nate might be searched fu vald for these franks of nature, which it aseme quite impossible to explala.—Straits Timet,
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RESTRICTIONS IN FORCE,
As regards the secon 1 point, the letter points out that in Bengal the maximum limits of private possession and of retail sale of opium is, in sech case, fixed at five tolas (except in the district Sambalpur where the limit is three cost of
from the Government treasury or from `n licens ed vendor of opiam is in no case to exceed one 1er Since last year, with a view to pravzat' smuggling into Burma, restricticas have been imposed on the quantity of opium Issued from the treasuries to retail vendors in Calcutta ond
the adjoining districts of the 24-Parganas,
Howrah and Hoogbly, as well as la certoia parte of Bibar, with relarence to the estimated local requirements,
Transport of opium from a treasury to a licensed shop, or from one licensed shop to an other, requires to be covered by a pass granted b. the Collector. Oplom fasold from treasuries lo one-seer cakes (and in cortals districts in half-seer cakes also) on payment of price at the ate fixed for each district. The right of retail vend of oplam la disposed of generally by auc, tion every year, subject to fixed up:et prices.
RETURN of visitors to the City HaVLibrary. and Museum for the week eading the roth November, 1910 :—
Library Museum Non-Chineseragama. 191 233
macman 157 2,030..
Chinese
Total : 56
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