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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY JANUARY 14 1911

ly hope that the campaign for the suppression with the revenues derived from a sit and spritt, of gambling will be crowned with success.", are to be utilized in` rèplacing the unob'a'n=d;

His Excellency the Viceroy replial as fel- from 'gan b' p. A tum efto oos area will lows, An segirti the sippresion of gini. be required in compls e'y replace that se bling, the Tat a Genen 1-16 Provintul Ti

whi hwilk by aust, surd. In the rpni s of the surer and other officials have seluly cueratais Caten-i roted for its wealth and sidered the question. It so happens that there will be no difficul y la finding the rq sir, conic at an opportune time. I will not give ed sum. Thes have proposed to the Pedret myself the credited the good that his beso of the Assembly to brin: forward the matter in effected by other. Not only the offi a dia sinn ard to morarisiles for the issue of ci.it, gentry and merchants deem ths. decies order n the Ministry of France and surpression of gambling a necessity, but the C.n'en Vie-oy to give the matter their the Government holds the sime view the careful considera "s and nuthorizing them fisancial sitain obtaining in the country is repress all forms of gambling at the beginning ascaunted for by the delay in the eufo cement i next China rear in acccrlatce with the of this pelicy. Now you, gerilimeo, have will of the panpir. voluntarily undertaken the responsibility yourselves. If gembling be not soppresied immediately, how can we expect to do anything in frure? My opinion is that the matter will receive my utmost avention (ppinuse The che of the Governmeal is that by grating people A Copetitoniopal Gavirament the will he untied with be effical and gentry, It is rather bar on the officuls to be closely in touch with all the purple ensidhing heir bumters. Mence. the ix s'ence of pro- vincial assemblies, self-government societies, principal thumbs of commercs and other bodies. Tre people have la.

SELECT THEIR OWN REPRESENTATIVES to vaice their feelings. They should regard the maller of great importacce when ensidering the char-ce of the inan in whom they give their votes. The recent fiction between the members of the Caston Ploy nilal Assembly

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CHINA IN Russia.

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OUR SLOVENLY, SPEECH,

THE ĮVARAGE ENGLISHMAN SWALLOW3 BIS WORDS AND IGNORS HI VOWI LS

"Mr Laurence' Bispos de well-knowa poet

The Minster et l'ereign. fairs bas decidede soxicus about the state of English speech, to ser eit the Thrane in appoint His Excel-peating at the Peots' Club ko sait that mera stency.lao Tertung, Commisiner of Foreign

than one competent rbieter had noted the fairs at Mukden (Feoglico), 's succeed is deterioration, rapid y increasing, in the vowel Excellency by all recurra to Chinn, Bunds of bar dally spech. The fall, clear to St. Peter' urg, who will

proueciation f arch diff rest vowel sound i1 becoming or two or three infe'erminate sounds ole petung to.itive for, U. I ately this degradation of this vowels is helped by our ove tendency to swallow our words, Mr. Bigyon elaborated his complaint to a Morning Leider representative, and gave these isrances to illustrate he growing tesdency to g'ovnolý acutelation:

The Prince Regent and the Grood Council haves or a Decree to act Viceroys and Gose cols of the various grasicces to recom- 74 CANTON DUD His Exellency the new Vicerry not eat's mind comparent officals to proceed to Peking for stivice in the proposed new Gibrant Digė find with the work doas on the bod

DEPRECIATED COINAGE. pinion, the bini is not suitable for the fr

The dragon coi ́s stuck at the various | which it is intended. Heinterditaisie fre tnden the cors ruction f.same fer the provincial ininis are not good to quality as design of the nee in Staneksi santa feiliate fasiga toves and are, if ercfire, held at a communication. It is repo e shit this work disput; th le cent preces have deprecisted it entai an extra benve expenlita e, and hat such ans entshot they capto: bcncul ded cost cirnot he 'ghlye timvelin aday His Under tas ircumstances, te merchants Excellerry is couf rring with 's jaises the have, in order to geard themselves against 1585, been compelel to demand foreign A QUESTION OF MINTING

dollars in all tr usactions The Miauty of Jinance has now, with the object o protection the national currency, cabled t the Viceroys ord Geverbert of the various provinces that the diagno culos mut beac cepted in payment of all rates and taxes and

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By der of the Board of Finance, work was recently stepped is the Denia Mitt hat wis resumed to: long af erwards, wing

fancial strain in the Cna masie

thi the Chinese New Year it fast chin the Mi wil stop work on the ch fest and he oficiali "in" "Chirge have. Levites to the Phynchal Trasmes, irqulsing. whe her the market has suffizient money for

int requirements. On receipt of the despatch, the Trovincial Treaturer wrote to ihn Thots Tails, sking them to inquire into the site of the market and report. Arp his

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Loshable. "Theo" went on Mr. Ilinyon "is one of the most ill-tren ed vowels Very often it becomes *eas in hory,' or it is left out al:oget er, at

TAB SHORT SUPPLIES OF TEA.

BIDDING IN AUCTION BRIÈGE,

QUESTIONS WHICH CONTINUALLY ARISE

· AMONG NOVICES-WHAT THE SECOND CHINA'ŢEA PLENTIFUL.

HAND SHOULD DO WHEN THE DEALER HAS BID ONE ŠPADA The complete change in the #'aristical posi

OR ONE NO TRUMP. tita oftea that has gradually been taking place! during the fas two months & a roached a poist

Anenz bridge players who are · panidz which compels the arestion of ali who are thiouch their novitiate st auction, two quest'ods engaged in the trade, the "Times" of 17 halt. are continually aritieg, it ibi for sho says; t threatens to create a prsi lon next years-cond hid er (whvalla at the left of the dealer which will seriously into for with the b sies to say two spaces," the doslir baving and of thess who hi herto have been able to supply the public with tos that has satisfied them at having raid, 'ras ro bump'?". Now shisa coe spade' or *480 co trummi,” the dealer low pricer, and I probably Save, as its even two situations are diametrically opposite and

un result, the eff.tf depriving consumers of must be treaind sprately. In the fish pace.. the very chaip len ti oy bavo bred so long able if the deal rassa "onsspide,' the inference to purchase and of forcing then to pay more.

Is that he has not a hand that will support a or- During the week.the campai ian between.

trump declaratio. Ho has not a long black the buyers has b en even keeper as bef 17, established suit. The get end of the no- and whilst still further rainiz. ibe value of the

trum› declarar ni sa ztion'iù to fi ad in ustab] sh- commosesti asranging between 7d. ord fd.

ad a iver a black suit His hand is without the perib, is has viso exhaded to the lng : pra-

tu port of hrev ard kings; le can, in fact, do cortionefood medium grales quoted between

nothing agg otsiva, and the very ion that his ? Ed and topib, which tu, thepaupply the

piri, er cay hapo for in the futars, af er bs has gra er put of the entstado fite cosaly hear1the bidding is that he my offxa'turdy. the pic pinge of tighar p iced tea imported suppet of a very slight sort. and u;ed being relat valý sma 1.

is all the raleay, telegraph and post offices in offeriry.' The full "o' toand, which does va lable from the vincus sources of supply Remember that, i order to do this with sïfo'y,

ihute;a;d tile, me ifixchange.

OFFICIAL APP,INTMENTS, Grind Croir bui.ce Yu lag has been

grazte 1 perinis 1.0 for the w kais spacias

Tobes. His Excel ency-Yu Chsog Ko is ed Fina cist C mms oder o! Hupeh. His Ex cellsory Clisa Neog baua is appoicted Florn- bas aho bon appointed a Junior Our color of the Minis ry of C v. Appuiutments.

ANTIQUE CAMPIG

This beny the cise, if the second bidder SATE ZIC L P STION,

his a hand, wib either or both black sui's The grounds for the movement ure the con

established, od cm take one or more calida innance of heavy deliveries from the wate

fr cks, it becomes his manifest duly to say, houses bash for be me cousumption a d export two apts, as as to offer his partner what and the crna in by the latest fɛform 101

encouragement to can to say "one no trump." of the estimate tbt our imperatius will all the two- pade b'dier must be able to take care short of last season, and tast for the 12 molho at least one black sit Then, if his partner ending May 31, gu-the period which covdra

ciu do the rest, he know that he can carry cut the uede so. is stinct from the calendar the quantity delivered, reducing the succes to band has a fair support, the high cards must his roʻram) contract successfully, “If tha ye. -the tot receipts will fall much telɔw

Cealer has cofested workness and second a leve! much under what is usual.

The following estimate has been carefully ec sarily be divided between the dealer's

|ba published in Janjury, may be expected to show, subject tɔ iba impurtent proviso that the early or use arrival i la ingle c "go maz make a difference if 1,00, collar 4190.0lb, e shtr xa, in the yaar's im, at and he wrack,

Estimated Actuat Qalities Quin#6

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in the course of her debates have been brought about as the best of an improper election. They should be careful abruel-cling thelt representatives in la ure und 53ould see that the representatives, they have elected.are now been received feam the apkers, which is çil Commissioner of Shensi. Prince Ya-Lankaaler in aristocratic drawing-rooms-the framed of ha: the Board of Trade sia istics, 10 putter may, therefore, make a red bid, in reely trying to a fequard their interests. Th⋅y should art let power to get out of their hands (Applause). The Povincial-A:s mbly is a bid union and great imp:rancs should be at ed to ile way the wating scured bur. The various reptestim'älives indst

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10 much to make: Italian music-l, war'alwa;8 degraded in English, tut now it seems to have gde oat of use ratitely.

"The Cackony, dialect is by no means the only offender against vowels in Loudea. The upper cleases clip their wards and mix piotounce their vowels alm 13t as badly us the centermonger. 'Benk' for 'Bink' is quite

aly difference being that it is drawled and becomes Be«t»pk.*.../

́^ In fialy it is always erjoy.ble to bear the batthi same canot baseid of Erglish posters. The Italian gives osch vowel its proper value ard makes music ef every word, • Victoria! the month if an Italian porer would be Victoria but the English po.ter makes it Victorrez.' la Italy no ore can mistake ite

In the following jeffer :-Oytt 2,xora (1) cen's pieces) sub diar crinz newly-minded and being chicoluted in the market are in sufficient and more crissare quite in viewThe march mis engaged in the various tradesiilway potters call our the names of stations, if the close of tire pas le demand for s Ikia. Peking assembt it at the offers of the and they arðval in il'e muket in the 1st mazu Police eparment and the Miniary of the PROTECT THE RESPECTIVA PARTI 5 next year will probably 'nted more of these Taterior reporting that a ́a d cision is ab ut small tokens of Vilen. A pris'nt tab gives co the quesins of discading by all means in their power with a view to

the cue and the change of dress by obtainig benifits for their respectiva disincts Inadvisable for the Captog Mint to cease As recards mail, I will not forget the re-work, minileg ra ba uspended when the

ibe people, it is feared that the alter sponsibility for assisting the perpts in their minting machines of the laret pattern reach

stios of the style of dr ss will ijue the cesire for progress."

Canton, The Provincial Treasorer havady ́s ́ð interens of a large Lumber of the traders. The Afera fes reminds had been made by Mr. the officials in charge of the M-ot accordingly. | silk cotton, penger, satin and cloth merchants Li Yuk Tong, the represeola ia from Hong

would, b: certain of staining considerable kode, repasing what His Excellency had ac

Itis reported that the Ministry of Communics-los Accorciag to the tel skrams received from dressed to be mercbarts of Hongkong at the

tions bay decided talossiteraphic.anparain the various provinces regarding this queeien, Chitere Cinb at your end an after Rs Ex of the test paters on the telegraph stations market is in a state of alaim, and the io ellency hdp omised 1/bear loe responsiblti yalong the ou e from Cantra to Ha-kow ext

tention of the trader generally is to discon for the soppression of gan b'ing in riply othe

year, in place of the one at present in use. This tone their trades, and, mut prob.bly distor Laston representatives, the proceedings ter

change will not onl; render the ransmision of

binces are costsin 12 eccur. They therefore minated.

messages more rip'd and more off clive, but requet the will tend to save a co ́siderable sum olmoray at prisent expend si forma ding use of cables owed by foreign sitios.

THE YUET HAN BALWAY,

Tel graphic advice received here states that Mr. Jien Tim Yan, President of the Yue Hao Railway, and Mr Wong Chung Leung, Vice- Presiden, who are a present in Shanghai bave decided to leave for Canton by the China Merchants steamer Kisanga.

LIQUOR MONC POLY,

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ATHLEHC SPKTS.

IROTECTION OF THEIR COMMERC The same merchants proceeded to Pisco Ching's residence and praye ithit the questions of discarding the ourus'nd charge of dress may be held in abeyance.

EXPULS ON OF MILITARY ST DENTS.

All the recrsary' afringemen's connected with the helling of the Carlos bite sports have been completed, and are no le prove. It is reputed in Peking that owing to the meat campated with than me a former putes raised be were the Lucens and the occasio s. The course his bien considerably stedin sfthe Cabulary Tianna College widened in order to keep the competitors optin concing with the Mini try of Ovi Aa is the various events The seats riserved form his ration, nine studiats have now been patroan will commini a god view of the dispersed course. The bonorare-working Ci mmitten nie having a busy time, The Toutai of Cen t'bul- ary bar bezo approached to read a dumber of police to the eastern rurade ground on the two days fixed for the masting to mui tin order

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THE GAMBLING LVI...

A mas suroamed Ho occupied a house at

On the binst the Provincial Treasurer submited his mieste regarding the applica tion mad: by Hui Ying Chung for the priv.lege 10 run the quir lain. The minule runt as flows: Since the ap plicant hus, ficat money ready for meet ing the prepayment to the Government of revenues de: v she frem er taxation and the udvinte is to be made it rough ablid two on the Tai Tsing Bank, the Bil will be accept- ed for its flv Jue and will be presented for pimace the day when the intrchant receives

No. 7. Po Os Lam, Cant n, with his matter o.det to start coll ching sha tax. He should

and his co.cubina while bis w f1⁄2 lived in the in no way, cause delay in cashing the bol

country. He bad all along been a well-behay- Applicant states in his applica ion that he wil

est man, until rece ily, he stated to indulge in fad some well-established and mustwer by gambin, ord fastall his wraith ar da ope tics. firms as guaran1015. Es should ask them to

He felt ashamed to confess to 1 is mother, and in rend in the security. Meanwhile, I will send

sadden fit of desperation, Le arranged with his a depate to icstitute inquities. As reg'ris ericubine to and their lives together. Qa the the real tien hy has submitted, I wil pact10th at the couple, taking advantage of he him to face them after my eximisation and

old woman's abrence from the house, the latter . approval.

having gone nut shopping, committed suicide. by taki g poison. Wies the muheietured she was horrified to discover that her sin and 13th inst. Fome time age, the high authorities in Can- daughter-in-law had taken their lives. Fle, cried to her sighbours for help, which proved" top submed to the Superintendent of the

of on avail, report was then made to the Customs the question, of surveying the rea route to ratas Island. E. the raw Viceroy sent to examine thy two dead bodies. The o'd police staion rei hr, scd undertakers wee bis row rece ved aelegraphic disp. t. from wama's gr. I ever the i ss of her son and the-Supariotatdent i;i ng that a cruiser should bs cept to the spat under the combined of a daughter-in-law, and of her wealth was leyard Captsin with foreign vey is bidard descripting. She laid he blame co those who that they should he epirus el with the work at the gambling fa ins and outbose who open

gambling houseH, suve ing then.vizable waterways surnunding the ist The dispatek lurcherrimir del Hi, Excellency of the impatice of the scheme, which shouldbe taken in hand wi hut delay.

BAB-IOCTE TO TRATAS ISLAND

CHREST IN THE PROVICES

ANOTHER GAMBLER'S SUICIDE.

Some days age, a pea sat went to Fatibas To sel his pijs, üfter ite disposal of which, he repa red.) gambing house rear a temple. He tried his lack wish the money in bis pas sino bat est 11. Feel ng down beared, he went to a lavatory, where he ended his life by casting his threat with a in ft.

POVERTY LEADS TO SUICIDE,

CONSERVATIVE OFF CIALS.

Prince Ching and His Excellency Na tung do not parove of L'e discarding of the queue. They tried to stop the Conference to be held at the e ate House but Pinces Vu-lang, Tizi- tao, Tsai-hian and Traijs ('nly ordered the discussion of this preb ́en to be pro esde with

MINS IN SION' M

Censor Fuang Jai chih has memorialized the Those stating that the mines a Hontm Fro visco have plenty of resources. A large capitai in being subscribed by the people torpen up these mines and wore them on the modera system. Heslo pointed out the inpoast co taldera tions in opening.a mising concessior. The Place Regent and the Grand Council bave ordered th- Ministry of Agricul a e. Industry and Commerce to discuss this question. Thi Centor also memorialized reparing that all the police officials who were recommended by the various proviccer should be examined

IMPERI L HOUS:HOLD BUDGET.

The Imperial usehold has again urged prepare the art bad, el of that; epartment as the Minister of Fiance, Duke Taal-Tas, to early as possible, s-that's memorial to this cilet may be placed before the Throne during

tt s monib.

CHINA'S NEW CONST.TH ION

Ad Imperial Decree has been issued com mading a tu mber of officials in the various provinces for their fathic services in.tanying nutiks prep navioss for the promulgation of a Conuiuia and c shiering and degrading ce tain other officials for seglectfig their duties, and criesing the Viceroys and Gover | nors of the provices to g'va strict orders to their aber linates to carry the preparations auces ly, faithfully and afacerily, so that they will be completed la time

A PREROGATIVE OF THE THRINE." With referece lo the recent memorial of the Sale pointing out that the Grand Council ill a few days ago. Though the drugbier-in-was not a responsible bedy, the The no duly law was devoted to the seed patient they reorganization of the xfficial system, according perued its corteris and new fi d that hy were unable to attend to her all day long. They were poor and hid to go out to

to Chinese law, was a matter for the Throne to lank for work, leaving the old womin caufined decides wal at the insugeration of a new to her bed.

la young womas and her son

Cibine consequently, the members of the Sesa e should not interfere with this malter west out to carry fireword in the hope of earning some morey, O turcing bore

and it is commanded that the memorial should jast is night was setting in, to their hirst,

oot be finber considered. they found the cli woman hanging by the tick behind her bed. They tried to revive bat in vain, as life was already extinct.

The Grand Councillors, In view of the unrest of the Cantonese (nd the surnoured uprising of the revolutionist el:ment is such places as. Kweng Tung. Kwong Si and a N.m, have deemed at fi tɔ leep a strict watch over The movemepls ofthren anarchirat characters. An old woman of ab uut a xty years of age The Councillors have telegraphed in /cing | Ulved in a bous; in the no:tbera city with her Viceroy Tsang requesting him to instruct the || daughter-in-law and bergrandion. The family Customs to be on their guard against the was very pror. The old woman suddenly took smug ling of arms into the interior. Eis Excellency, lo reply to the Grand Secretariat, belarred to the smuggling of nuns bring facilitated by Canton belog in.rench of Heng. kong and Macao and idmited that there was cu rent a rom us of a projected uprising by The rabble. His Excellency has already depated officials to Macas and Hongkong to in tute secret | qu'iles and has, at the same time, crdered the mituary and civil i ffici. Is to Verp a strict watch from time to time and to defeat all attempts at the smuggling of arms as d om. masition. Accarding in the reports made by the military and civil officiată, ie a had been cases of se'tura af dyp mite and the artest of had characters cpnected with secret societies. They had been tried and duly ponished ac- cording to the astare of their crime. Tera had been reported uprisin s af ansichiats at various places in Wei Chow prefecture and Ka Yarg prelec are his Excellency has the house and me off with a booty of about coniulted with the Commander-in-Chief cloco dollars, besice baile-decis for their ibe Land Forces, Clas Par Chik, and paddy fields and estates and also some Yuat detachments of soldiers were sat there to quel the uprising. The ring eaders were Anestrd a d their followes were dispersed A would be calamity was has happily averted, The areve has been tel gripbed to the Grand Councillors by the Ac.lug Viceroy,

UPROCTING AN X'.JL.

DARING ARMED ROBBERY.

The family of Li Pak Ping, who is trading abro id, live in Shek Heng village, Shan Tak district, and are extremely wail hy. At about 8 o'clock on the 7th inst, the house was broken to by over thirty robieri, :ms of wham were known to the inmates. They ransacked

Han Railway Co'r, share (crips. Mr Li Shek Pang's agad mther, who, knew sɔme of tho plunderers, and, to ture, was known to.63ms of them, was d af, and by the marauders, who fisted romo Dasy cuts on her fice. She was lirding prefately, bat, for ana'e'y, the nature of her wounds was not morta. After laying their hinde 04 as meci booty 15 pos The Senators of the National Assembly is tib'e the robbers decamped, but returned the I oking regard pan.bing as punishable by 1. nixs merging, and threatened that they wall and they think that the reason for the Govern. mest being reticent on the subject of gambling make a report of the outrage to the cfficiale

cut the old woman to pieces, if ste dired suppression is that a fat revenue is derival from gambling farms anually. They consider Fearing that the plunderers wou d be as good They also threatenidh sin tausimilar effect, that the gambling evil, which has dons and is as their word, the timor: us paisles refegiond doing much harm to the people, in Castos from making a report to the local authorities of stould be done away with ot any cost. They the excurrence. Untimately, ber reighbours are in deep sympathy with the members of the reroled the robbery to the officials on her Kwong Tong Proviec". Lassembly in their efforts tehálf, to fight to the bitter end. Huving inquired

into the exact amount of revenus derived from

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this source, they find that the figura reprdien's | IT is stated in tho' Sargırık Günelle luat the 4,100,000 tucli. * Now the tix on init trage in collleries at Cost Point, Labu », are being over 1,000,00 laols houslly, while that on closed dpwajowa da thu cift of Jancary as the spirits mai ba expected to intek 10 garron | manager haskime to the cozclusion that even insis, It is prop;sed to or propriate 1,010,con with a large chit poù the collieries cannci hamada tuls from the surples in cornection with the 10 ply and/orders hayo thjutine o my from Colon bydget estima:te. This sum, together kome to pinią dawa,

HONOURING A DEAD CYFICIAL.

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Total importation...... 330,000,000

Total delivery- names of sstions, but who can ever make Home consumption...£8,000 83 (cco head or tail of what the English porter cries?h po' stores & expat. 53,000/ 03 Heswallows his w. rds, igi oras bis vowels, and bellows fanbly and unintelligibly. The poet or musicien who travel on English railways have their cars catantly assaulted by degrad ci preth. To travel in the Tubes is quite

as' bad.

"1 should say that the English speech is worse than the speech of any other crustry, The southarder is a mora seribus offender than the no' theraer. The no heroer dest at least sound bis '14' and make some dis- tinction to wees 'dawn' and 'morn, but the souther; er is locorig bly careless. Toisibly the explanut on les in the habitual se crve of the Englih, sad thar obj coa to opening the mouth sufficity wils to insure clear cuci ion, Th: Italjana spak better than any other race, poisibly, because they are not

so s'iff and reserved-as we are.

"I think it would be a good thing if the read ing aud of pocity were encouraged more gaser lly in schools. There is no better way of making children trast the language properly Read in the popular speech of to-day sny pas allowed to read it in that w.y. try sounds ridiculous, but no child should be

As for the actual eff. et on verse, the chief rasalt of the tendency to bad speech is that we hllow words to bà corlur.d ia o metrical

chemes. For instance, even in Keats.

What though while exploring the weaders of

Natura

In the second line the metrs re u res you lo. I cant your light may footsteps terd. lay a strong emphas s, on light and swallow tha.or. mazy, so that is real value as o spoken word is qshe lost.".

WISDOM WHILE YOU WAIT.

Mr. Ju ties Dameliton.—The telling of lien is the beginning of all'evil.

Judge Bdin-Women provoke min; but men are toperior animals, and ought so to be provoked,

cakes, and England the lard of the Scotsmans Sr A. Stur:ock-Scotland is the land o' bred and uter.

Lori Hobaon if the men of reizace would only lol ow the example of politicians and quarrel a lit le mare about their work, wald be held in higher seem even then it is at present.

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34,90 coo 338,020,0 a Stock in bood Dec. 31 12-1500,002 131,500,000 CAUSES OF THE DEF CIENCY. The origin of the defe ency is partly a falling off in Ceston's productiveness, bot mainly the immense i.crease in the quantity diverted from this market by he havy pu'cais made by foreign and colonial buyers in Calcutta. Down to November 21 thise baya:a had taken 11,200,000 b, mori than in 1999 whilst from Colombo thay hivs tiken about 3.000,colb, more, in addition to several millose out of cages, flot for this post, which ers with drawou rethe heading often h ́p neat

The total celp's from China. java, ord other countries will be rather largarihin to fore, but it sufficent (or livs the situation, and their cluded in the 'ab we estimate o the year's imparatia.

The anxiety of the buyers and sellers is with respect to the su are, as Iḥore is quite enough tes in the country for present requre- meats, but there is a prospat of next jest's deficie cy bolag made good until late to the aurume; only ten could it be mide gord by a very abundantladian crop or by a great increase in the quantity of common Congcu shipped from Ctija.

The latest London 'gn tations for the Raits. most affected by the movement are as follow

2010. Low grades of leal... 718 to „d Fasalogs, etc.........................

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Low grades of leif........ Facalogs, etc.) TRA

Low gride's of leaf. Fantings, 'c.................

73. 10.714.

100.

ŝi to sid.

19-8. 5. id, to ofd...

A DISASTROUS VOYAGE.

CAPTAIN GILGAN'S LAUNCH DURNS

HER BOILERI,

ENGINEER'S SUICIDE.

Mr. Macdonald, of Macdonald & Co.. bas left for Min la in presion with the disas trous vayrge of Harbeur Boat No. 1, which sailed from Horgkong under charge of Gilad As will be remembered the launch was very much overdes, and for some time ftara wese

Mies E. P. Husko-Hemmaking steeptertained for his safety. She reached port in safety, however, in tow if the ss. Loong Sing. biggest trade or profession in the world.

Admiral Etans. The bridge of a battleship in, as was reported to the officers of that vessel, is a haven of refuge compared with the site s of New York,

Rev. Walter Wynn-The most amazing spectacle in moderu history is hit of the oase of Lords trying to ref rm themselves.

Sir Alfred Keogh.—Wherever we go wa zee the people demanding sciutifie educalion and young boys burning with enthusiasm for know- ledge end a thirst for learning.

Ergland will need all the store of political Dishop of Wakefield —In the next few years

ragac tv she can get.

Mr. Walter Long-One cannot but be struck by the generosity of English people, the poor

as well as the rich,

MA G. Gelo-The greatest tragedy' in life in the helpless bepelessness of the mother of suffering and degener to children.

of the late Governor of Kasrub, His Excel-saps of scitly, of o bertimes and other races,

A decree expres ing simpïby at the death

Mios Myra Expåtica-Novels may help pa to a knowledge of the other sex, of other lancy Pa Sheng-yui has been lau' d. All black marksa aion: te dicen ed's name shall be and and all posthumous bonours due to the Governor are to be conferred on blm The Board concerned sha'i renorializa the mida of procedure in the u u I manner,

FILIPINOS DO NOT LIRE AMBRICANS.

BISHOP BRENT'S V.EWS..

The Fl'piors do not like the Americans." The Right Rey, Charles H. Brent, Epi copal Bishop of the Philippine Islands, sormed to have no dorb to bismlad about the tuth of the above sut mect when be made it the other day to a representative of the Fubic Zelger,

The B-shop has spent reso al years in the hilippines; he bas me: there eatives of al classes. So he may be presumed to know what he is talking about..

"This sentiment of bostility toward the Americans in the Philippines, said the Bishop, bas grown rather tan diminished since the first days of the American eccopalen after the explion of the Spaniards from the Islands. You see, when the Americans first took hold there the patires expected great things. They thought that wo would soon grant them inde prudence, or at least allow them su autonomous form of Government,

"When they saw that no such steps were to be taken they at aace becams enemies of the new itals of affairs.

"Aud seo no reason for balieving that this prazo ste otkude toward us is going to dimlich mithin the pest fem zauje

ECHO OF TOLSTOI

Is it true," was one of Tolst it questions lo on Evglish visitor in talking about "conditions in Ametics, "that there are men in the Leited States with as much wealth as they say?"

The reply we in the affirmativs, and Tolstoi then asked: What religion do these men pro

Jess ? #

His visitor told bim be felieved they were all Christie:s. Tolstol remained silent for a minute or two, then remarked;

"I think the social revolution will break out first in the United States!!

a sinking coaction.

Appsien ly the launch was got badly dam. ged, ex ermally at least, but the cause of her delay. According to Capa'n Glan, wis de

bursing of her boi'ers.

The launch, after the acrint, rttempted to roach land with juryn is, but as these consisted of awalegs her chatce of safety was light had not the Loong Sarg. fillen in with bor. She was taken over from the latter by the Manil bat bɔur authoritiès..

..

The accident to the boilers and the conic quent danger to the crew and laui ch so pessi upon the mind of the Chief E gineer, blx, Macfair, that he committed suicide during the voyage by jumpløg over board.

LETTERS BY WI88 10 CATCH

OCEAN MAILS.

It is now possible for a merchant si ting in bis San Franci co office to diclare an urgent 'alter to bis stenographer in the morning with reasonable certain y that it will make t'e mid- afternoon stormship from New York r Europe on the same day.

partner and the founh b'dden.' The dealer'a";

which case it will be of the utmost beneßt to fourth hand to krav pɔ lively for what end for how much he can depend upon bis-p.riper's bard is combination with his wo,

Another consideration is that it inging to terf is lent b'e bewfit to the fanb bidder th by the fia: 1 declaiant for the season that in

confessed weakness himself will be put into a the case the dover, who sits at his left, will b's obliged to open, the deat up to him, n1baving Fotos berth must lead up to his partner's a band, after which fourth hand has hadvantage of playing. The sand bidder must alit remember that unless he shows his black $110s bis first bid he will never have another opportaity (89) doing,

In regard to the other question as to whalber it is over right for the second bidder to say two o trumps, iba dealer having said que, penerally it is not. He must pass if weak in both rad suite as the cha vees ara that if ha dublog tha adversaries will at once charge to ret”, -

If the hind contains au established black suit, there is no question but that he should pass, or, sitting at the left of the declarant, hi wil have thyfi std rad should the bid hold, and cas run off his black suis ard probably break thed catani's contract with little or no trable and wish to risk whatever, Should be bid thras black clubs, fer in trece), he will only succeed in frightening the advoca y out of dis no-trumper, with an gaid f rhimself by this ra. sul, and se y probably a los. He can doable the no-trumper, but most be careful dot to do this unless he is a ranz in bath sal suits, so that if the bil is changed to red he can also double that make. His hops should be that by his doubled no trump, the adversary will be arced to make a two-red bid, which heit also prepared ti doub'e. If he only has strength in ons of the red su te, the best tactics would be for him to over call by making a swo-ÿd bid; his alo may lead to a two co-trump bid by the dealer, which will be productive of evil consequences for hirs,

As there are extspilons to virgrals, no there are times when it pays to say "WO DO. trumps" when the dealer has raid "ens" This should only be dosa however, whoo the overs calling player has a more of twelve on the rubber game, for then, if the eight contracto ter wists are taksi, thà rabber is secured. At any other time is over-call is extremely dan,ernits and should be avoided. It is a atlley dont fact that whin one player contracts to take seven tricks and another to take eight both canoo: be right in their assumptions." 1€ ito daler bids "one no tramp" the second bidder, who fe:laauffi:iendly strong to over-bid, most hold cards that will save the same; and While it is comp raively e 37 maiter to de's the realer's contract, it becomes a muck more difficul: one to carry out na izgrossed. obligation,

Just so long is the strong band sits at the left of the na-tramp dec aver, he is in an e5- viable ro.i ion, for bait is who opens the bacd.

ha bidaiwa, no-trumps, the dealer's partner has the opening and instead of his being abla 10 lead his already s:t.blished sait, the patter of the deals: will open a 'mething else, and the two no trump declarer may God that he is oblige to thaw awy v.luable cards in hist long sait to po ect other suit before be gets the lead, and when be doss so may find that the adversaries have iloidy takna soficien, tricks to prevect his carrying ou his extract The logical lofe eres from this reaching would therefore bithat if a bend is felt to be strong enough to ever hid the n-ramp de clarati:D, it must be sufficiently strong to doable sed that this is much the safer way to deal with this situatio.

Il a bid of two spades by the dealer is taked by his partner as an encouragement for a zo tarp decla a in, tim latly, a bid of one spade by the dealer may by fogical interenca be taken fas a hint to the seco:d bidder that he ern- declaro a light "ons ao tremper," for he knows that one niversary cannot hold any great ameurt of streng b, ini' thus ose danger to tha success of his no tromper is oat of the way, - The second bidder peed not even loik forapada: strength when he makes his "one no fromp" bi, for the dealer's bid may be jundo from a The "abridgements of time and distance beb.ol without any spade whatever, but every the Western Union Telegraph Company. The ormes possible through a plan anocheced by

me chant's letter will be rece'v d by the tele be received, tranimi ted across the continent kr. på company precisely as a messiga wxl-

at the usual talis, and the copy at this sad dressed as will be placed in a spiciel sealed envel:pr, ad- frected, and rushed to any avail- be cents for pos'sgs. able steamship. The only extra charge will

The new servire will be koown as he special Not long ago, the following anecdote went the round of the Russian parem. Tolstoi, ccean-mail service, sod is an ex'cosion of the noticing a policemia taking a drunken min icing red with the night-letter service a somewhat forcible manner to the police Night-letter rates will apply to all mitter filled during si, lit latter how's. It is conferd to co station, stopped tim and asked i

"Can

pr. or city and is availatie in either d rectieb, from Chicago to Baltimore cr from Bastas to Seattle.

you read? Yes." was the reply,

Ard have you crad the Gospel ?" "Yes, sir." "Then you ought to know that we should not offend our neighbour."

The policeman Troked the Count up and down, noticing bls shabby appearance, and asked.

"Can you read?" "Yes," said Tolstol,

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black protection to take care of at least be no-trump declaration skoold bavo qufficient:

black suit as they are the factos which defang so-tramp bands at auction badge.

It is therefore of the utmost importades to fad.cate black strength to the pinner, if you hold it, and also it is the extrems of folly to pass afer n "oze spade" declaration by the dealer, for the second bidder will burdly be likely to have another opportunity to bid, and whatever information ka can give bis partner will be of material assistance to bim la cat. lining the play of the hind, if the black strength exceeds the red, call bl ce in prefer ence. Somelines all of the second bidder's strangth lies in the spada sui, and yet he has, not the cards to justify a no-tramp call, or to bid two spades. He should then double, not In cases of urgent transatlantic letters it is in the hope that a doubled one-spade will hold citimated that approx mitely see week will be--that wou'd hardly be permited by the saved in either direction.

dola's partner-but as a me ns of telling his own par ner in which anit a co-tromp declars tion will find support, nad also to telling him what to lead, in case the third player'bids no

HELD AS, HOSTAGE.

3 n Antonio, Tex, Dec 9'-Bernabé Liss, a ↑ stump. comiles from Mexico to the family of Francisco.

And have you read the instructions to the Medero, brought to day the information the The following comp tlions will inks alice; la palice ?!

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* Very well, then ; go and read them frái than come bʊck and talk to mas apelu, W"

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