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THE CRY OF CHINA. [BISHOP JAMES W. BASII- FORD, D.D., LL.D.]

It is six o'clook, and I hour on

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY MARCH 4 1911

strugglos and its sorrows, like the breaking up rocky shores of thỏ umulinous sál,

T

The song of the tailers in India

ordinary precautions fail in their duty towards thomsolves and the cominunity at largo. The mos quito and the housefly aro moro ngorous them the tigor and mure

LADIES' COLUMN.

THE PRIEST'S FROCK.. frock so becoming that among Paris has made the "priest's

AAUCTIONS.

the many novelties that are pro- mised is the return of the littlo round shoulder capo, after tho

tin velvet, edged with fur; PTIONS of the Lotting by Public style of the picturesque highway- man's dross. This will bo seen

JARTICULARS and CONDI

waking the cry of Chinese work resembles tho cry of the Chinese, deadly than tho cobra, Declare fanart women it is likely to be but lator on it will be made in Auction Sale, to be held on MON-I

men carrying large stones from the quarry. It is the singsong of ton or twelve men trying to keep

but it is weaker und more plain-war upon them. tivo. The ory of the, Japanese vendors at the railway stations suggests the cry of the Chinese,

pass from Josus, it is for some

A SHORT SERMON.

HOW TO BE SAVED Tako hood unto thyself,

thom: for in doing this thou shilt both save thyself and them that hear theo.-Timothy, iv, 16.

great favourite. In shape it very closely resembles a euro's con- stop in carrying a heavy burden. but it is thinner and moro de-

tano, and is generally made of This is Sunday morning work-ficate. The Chinos chant of toil

buttons from throat to hom. A. soft black with a row of crochot ingmon in all Christian lands is the ery of strength in woak-unto the doctrine; continus inflat sash with fringed onds ac will turn upon their beds andness, liko the sobbing of Jesus

centuates the effect. Spliced into fall asleep again, as fit begin in Gelsemarie, or the "load

the gown is often a simulated ning of a day of rust. But there voico" of the Forsaken One upon

boloro of bright bishop's purple is no rest for weary workers in the cross. If the "up" has not

St. Paul, who may be justly re-satin and a white stock gives the China. Again the chant. of toil flouts down the mountain and passion from China, as it did not garded as the foremost among the finishing touch to a high black across the valley: It recalls the divine ronson.. God always works expositors of the religion of Jesus satin collar. In addition there in song of the trackers in the Yung by law. Surely he loves the Chin-telling him what he would best satin with long gold tasselled Christ, is writing to Timothy, a little stiff bow of the bishop's two gorges pulling our boat five hundred miles up the rapitis day eso, else he would not make so do to make his ministry effectivo ends, Many of those who have after day for thirty days. The absorbed and largely transformed and productive of the right ro- adopted this priest's frock add

imagination of a half-home-sick

sults. After admonishing him it a little semi-fitting cost of black to its own pagan standards, bud- workor swoops him back to child- hood land; and the cry of the dhism, and Judaism, and Molam, any subjects, he speaks us volvot with touches of purple satin and a hat of black beaver that is toilers in the quarries and the anity-the race which remained

medinism, and Nastorian Christ above quoted.

called ";

'papal." trackers on the Yangtse recall tlie

unconquerod By the lower forms soams of toil seen on certain of faith by which the Father farmors' faces in carly Wisconsin sought to prepare the way for the coming of his Son-this race;

days.

many of them. But the race which

the cry of the Forsakon Ono upon the cross, this cry of the Forsaken taco has hoen heard by the ghost; the angels are beating their wings to its time as they

huston with the "

Jesus's countless Countrymen in good news' to China.-W. Ch. Adv.

the subject that is uppermost in almost every life, be its religious profession what it may. Few, in dood, are not more or less deeply concerned with their salvation,

And in this sentence ho touches

...

To his beloved Timothy Paul and unto the doctring." says: "Take heed unto thyself

Chiffon and fur, though one is the lightest of filing fabrics and the other thie heaviest of pelts, are a quito usual combination, the one as a trimming for the other. dame of fashion who shows hor- self robed in fur from head to foot during the daylight hours loves the more frivolous looking chiffon to onwrap her for evening. wear. Evon her long enveloping cont, erovoning wrap, she now also has of chiffon, but to keep her snugly warm and strike the notes of novelty this coat is lined with

fur.

The recollections of childhood under the law of the universe,illions upon millions have ask-In Paris, however, the fastidious bring back the travail of the must await the opon Book and the What shall I do to be saved?" nation and the lines of care highest typo of faith which twenty and the answers mado to them seon-in-allthe partraits of Abra- Tom Lincoln's face and the lines ontarios can produce. The strong inve varied as the stars vary one

one is waiting for the Stronger; from another. of toil onee sown in Washington honce the eliant of unrequited in a plastor cast of Abrahanol for forty centuries. Bul, like Lincoln's Jul. Is tuil the lot of all great inen and nations? To lines of caro in Abraham Lincoln's face suggest the marred visage of the Son of Man; and the vision of him sitting by the well of Samarin recalls the groove won deep in the rock curling of that nncient well by the bucket ropes of Samaritan women who, for a hundred generations have been drawing water from the depths below. The worn rock grooves

It is only within recent years bring the dreamer back again to China and recall the five hundred that modical science has come to grooves he counted worn deep in recognise fully the deadly monaco the rocks below Kwoichow upon of insects such as the mosquito the Yangtse. The grooves are and the housefly. The gorms of deeper than the groove, in the several diseases are carried by curbing of the Samaritan will; these creaturos, particularly in they are worn ono above another semi-tropical and tropical elim- as the river rises; they are madoates, and too much omphasis can- by the bamboo ropes of Yangtsenot, bo placed on the necessity for trackors.

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DEADLY INSECTS.

precautionary measures against" | them. The common honestly las been tormed by Prof, Ostlor," the greatest enemy of mankind, but, although its monace has been described again and again by professional and other writers, thờ" average

more summery materials.

WISDOM WHILE YOU

WAIT.

DAY, the 6th day of March, 1911, nt 3 p.m., at the Offices of the Pablje Works Department, by Order of His Excellency the Governor, of Ono Lot”, of Crown-Laud-at-Kounely Road, in the Colony of Hongkong, for a term of areno bad boys-only misdirectoda Crown Rent to be fixed by the Bur- Mr. Will Crooks, M.P.-There 75 years, with the option of renewal at

Veyor of His Majosty the King, for one further term of 75 years.

enorgy.

Mr. W. Curtis Green. If it is.

Boundary

Measuremens

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true that architects are born and PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. they are not born ready-mundo. not made, it is equally true that

Bishop Wolldon. There is nothing so aggravating or 30.0x- asperating as the spirit of mou who claim a superior holiness.

Dr. Valentine Kunggs.-The microbe has been greatly malign- od: most microbes aro" banoficial. Mr. W. H. Hudson.-It is easier

to find a post or a philosopher in any village than a naturalist. fiction is not perhaps the worst Lord Rosebery. After all,

Keanedy Read

Inland Lot No. 1973

Adjoining Inland

No of Salc.

Registy No.

LOCALITY.

20'3" 3,04 403,70%

Hongkong, 27th Fob, 1911. 1927

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G. BAR R.

·PUBLIC AUCTION,

to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION,

place in which to look for history.Bundetegno ho received

The Postmaster-Gonoral.—Wo are emerging, from the period

TUESDAY,

when wars between great nations tho 7th March, 1911, at 10 .., at aro regarded as inevitable.

Aray Orduanes Stores, Queen's Road East,

Mr. A. H. Horne.The secret of good teaching is adaptation.

the groutest drawbacks in an Allerman N. Phillips-One of

official is a 100 grout dopendonce on past experience.

Take head unto thyself." The apostle to the Gentilesrecognizes, must every calm-minded man, that carolessness of self is neither sous of God, and any sect which handbags of same decades ago right no.Christian. Afon are the

Utterly different from the fur

tenchos the atter worthlossness of are those which tho Parisicuno is human beings is departing from now carrying, Hound, oval, or one of the essentials of Chris-flat and square with a plain or tianity.

well-chased mounting, they all Mr. W. R. Colton--A nation Tako heed unto thyself." Soe havo handles of silk cord knotted cannot go on despising literature, to it that the soul for whose salva- and tasselled so as to give wondor-science, art, and nature, and con- lion you are working is fit for the full elaboration to this now whim task, for it is-a task that you your-of dress. On velvet bags there centrating its soul on pouce, selfinust work out, guided and

without suffering in the long run.. lolped by your Father above,

Then, take heed unto the doctrine."

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are sometimes handles of loather, but these are not so pretty as those of velvet or silk.

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In black and white are bags of soft black kid with pipings of white and white porcolain frames.

SLEEPING BEAUTIES. The latest craze of Berlin

Lord Sanderson.-Whereas our Tudor ancestors were very urgent that the vagrant should be gris- vously whipped, the Victorian practice was that he should be severely washed..

Mr. Filson Young. One of the strongest and healthiest branches of English music is to be found

in the brass bands of the towns and villagos.

OUR DIARY,

Saturday, 4th March.

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THE FOLLOWING

GOVERNMENT STORES

AT THE ARSENAL YARD- BOATS, CARTS, ELECTRIC, CELLS, GOSSAGE · PUMP.

Intimations.

ITHOGRAPHY

PRINTING

EMBOSSING

ENGRAVING

RUBBER

STAMP

MAKING

&c, &c.,

AR. SOME OF THE

BRASS, QUPRONICKEL, GUN- [METAL, COPPER, LEAD, WHITE METAL, ZINC, STEEL, CAST; WROUGHT and GALVANIZED DEPARTMENTS SHEETS, BLA KETS, TAURED IRON, LEATHER, GROUND and PLAIN CANVAS, ROPE, DOOSOOTIE, BUNTING, WOOL LEN RAGS, OLD WOOD, IRON DRUMS and UYLINDERS, PAINT. KEGS, PACKING CASES, &,

Also a quantity of OLD CLOTH- ING.

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Catalogues gan he had at the Ord nnco Ollies or from the Auctioneers

TERMS OF SALE --Cash on delivery.

All faults and errors of descriptions at archasers risk, on the fall of the

haminer.

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All lots to be cleared within 24 hours.

HUGHES & HOUGH,

Auctioneers. Hongkong, 3rd Mar., 1911, * [935

PUBLIC AUCTION.

OF THE

"South

China

Morning

Bijou Scenic Theatre, 0.15 A QUANTITY of JUTE (originally Post" Ld.

p.nl.

What doctrine?.... Tho doctrine of Christianity, Where is that to be found? In the life of Jesus Christ.' One hundred and fifty men and

And what was that life? women and children are often

Now we come to the pith of the society womon, it is stated, is to litelied to a single boat, and they

matter. Now we may east side have their portraits painted while haul vastly heavier loads than

all revisionsand difforing versions sleep. An Austrian countess bucketful of water; and those

of the Christian roligion-Roman originated the idea. She had Chinese fathers and mothers and

Catholicism, Presbyterimism, commissioned an eminent artist. little ones have been tracking for

to paint her portrait. The pain- man doos not Methodism Episcopaliansin, longer and woarier generations take steps to protect himself Quakerism and all otherlans. tor kept her waiting for the than the women of Samaria have from this most prolific source of Now we come to a concreto ni sitting and the countoss foll as-

leep in an antofcom. beon drawing water. Those rock-disease. In Hongkong the fight tangible oxample, which ought to

Meantime the artist arrived, worn grooves are our potty human against the malaria-bouring mos-farnish us with a true meaning wrinkles pit on the brow of naquito has been going on for some of the doctrino," for if Jesus and seeing the "sleeping beauty," ture, and these suggest nature's considerable time, and happily is Christ be not the doctrino When the countess awoke he p.m.

mado a hasty sketch of her. travail marked by vastly deoper proving successful, but the house-of Christianity, then Christianity showed her how she looked as- wrinkles in gorgos and moun-ly, even more.dendly than the is nothing, and if He lived not as tain chains. Is toil the doom ofophelo, is generally disregard-He would have us live, then lle isleep. The drawing was so at¬ - nature also? “ The whole creationed. Sanitary measures in Hung-unworthy of place or praise.

groaneth and travaileth in pain kong aro as perfect us is possible Logother natil now 000 waiting in any Oriental city, but neverthe for our adoption, to wit, the re- domption of our body.' Church has spoken and wisely of the redemption of the spirit. Will sho find voice to, utter the Tumbler but the moro pressing message of the redemption of the body?

The

What was His life?

tractive that the sitter insisted on having a real portrait in oils

lic-painted, white sho pretended to

bo asleep.

He had self-confidence. Ho less refuse and garbage of all loved in Himself and in His God. kinds are exposed and form a Ho cared nothing for the things brooding place on happy hunting of this world, and yet He always ground for niyriads of flios,the advised His followers to recognize most prolific creatures that exist. the laws and rulors of temporal Wo doubt if it would be possible | estate, to institute direct measures of He loved the poor, lived among repression, but residents, if they them, chose them as His helpers The ery of the Chinese toilers will but realise how monacing and His heralds, and lo despised bogan and still remains song for are those apparently harmless the rich and haughty. making timo; but it has become creatures, can tako stops to protect also a try for sympathy-the ery their lives. They must recognise of unrequited labor. It is thin the first place that the ordinary rising murmur of socialism, un-1 housefly is the filthiest thing that settling the policies of European lives. Its touch is contamination Ho ate and drank as other men,

4.

He respected honest labour, and His stall He made up of labouring men. They were hum ble labouring men too.

He spent thirty years proparing himself for His work, and was active in that work only three years. And He lived purely and simply.

He emphasized, above all things, the need of things spiri- tual and the uselessness of things natorial, savo as they sustained the physical hoing in its spiritual endeavors.

He was kind, forgiving, thought- ful, just, morciful and true. Ho nover upbraided any man for an honest bolief, and the only thing thatmade Himmad was hypocrisy

German society women, who have Now the iden lins spread among their portraits painted in drowsy attitudes, some really taking a beauty sleep.

STRAW HATS.

The first straw hats have made their appearance in fashionable | Bond-st. windows, and to the eye wearied with months of felts and valvets they are as welcome as the first primroses. The casual ob

servor may not see much connec- tion betwoon the tivo things, yot Spring, and never fail to act as mental tonits during the dark weeks that precedo the joyful Spring. There has always been a mild sort of rivalry as to which should appear first; the primrose used to leave it all its own way in the days when the,flower-trimmed straw had to wait until Easter came before it could be launched, but now the straw hat is generally the winner, for it makes its ap- pearance (in the windows, at any rate) long before the month of January is out.

comprising a shipment of 681

Empire Cinematograph, 9.15 bales), JUTE CUTTINGS (originally

Monday, 0th March. Rifle Meeting. Address by Lady Lugard on Ministering Children's League, Government House, 3 pm. Crown Land Sale, 3 p.m. Soumon's Institute Concert. Medicine.

Mesting of Senate College of

Tuesday, 7th March, Organ Recital, · St. John's | Cathedral.

Wednesday, 8th March: Kowloon Land and Building Co. mcoting, noon.

Engineers' Institute Meeting, 9.15 p.m.

Concert, Sailors' and Soldiers'

Home.

Thursday, 9th March, China Fire Insurance Company Meeting, noon.

Belle View Hotel Skuting Carnival,

Friday, 10th March. Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. Mesting, noon.

Saturday, 11th March. Engineers' Instituto Dinnor. St. Andrew's Athletic Club, Annual Gymnastic display.

stateamon the ery of labor and its presence is a threat. We and He made no pretence of liv-both are heralds of the coming anious disturbing the dreams of could not, though with the hosting by the letter instead of the political leaders; the ery of sup will in the world, use language spirit of the law. He was mode- prossed agitation which thought sufliciently strong to describe this rato in all things. I hoard recently in tho silence of dirty insect. It would take the the streets of Mostow--a silence pen of a Zola adequately to do more ominous than sound. It may so; but wo can, at ioast, impress become the ery of another upon our readers the absolute French Revolution attending the necessity for avoiding contact Bavage rending of society. May with this creature. Its one and it rather become the ery of only virtue, that of being a scaven Egyptian toilers roaching the cargar, makes it in itself more doad of God and bringing another ly. We wish that evory school Moses to lead us into our promised in the Colony, and particularly Jand!

the schools where young China Listen The cry of a child half is being taught, would take up smothered by the "hovel in which this subject, and eithor by

THE SWALLOW VEIL. it is slooping fonts in on the lecture or direct instruction morning air. Children seldom make their pupils aware of

reminds one of a very now voil Speaking of hats and Spring cry in China, for why should a the danger which hovers about

that I came across Inst week. It child ary when crying seldom them. The benefit of such tuition brings relief? When a child does or warning cannot be overesti-naturo. He eschewed revenge. is known as the swallow veil, and, ery in China nsually it is the mato. On the other hand, from He loved this good and pitied-as its name suggests, is covorod Thursday, 16th March, hurah shriek of defiance of a the point of view of the general mark you the word, pitied-the with a flight of swallows in full China Sugar Company meeting, spirit not yet broken. On rare public it cannot too strongly be ovil,

wing. The not is so very fine noon. qccasions I have soon a Chinoso said that no oflice or living room, It is not to be said that no man

that at a little distance it is praċ- Luzon SugarCompany meeting, child sitting alone sobbing. It is unguarded by wire netting from can live as Ile lived, for Ho Him-tically invisible; tho swallows, 12.30 p.m. like the sigh of a homeless wind. flios,should be without some self bado mon be perfect, even as however, are clearly seen as long

Saturday, 25th March, Liston again! The chant of means of destroying these posts, their Father in heaven is perfect, as the wearer is in sight. I can

Dovonian Dinner, Hongkong quarrymen once more. There is and we hope that before the warm and He would not have given mon exactly becoming, but it is die not say that this new voil is a weird molody in this Chinose weather brings this insect in my- a goal unattainable. cry which American workmon riads the authorities will issue It may be said, however, that tinetly novel, and that is quite can never imitate at least wo warnings against their menace. the person who diligently studies suflicient recommendation" for pray not; for it springs from It is comparatively oney to protect the life of Christ and earnestly many people. centuries of toil without hope and ourselves from either flios or scoks to emulate it in every of labor without reward." It is mosquitos, and this being so, thought, word and deed, issaved, the murmur of humanity in Ita, citizens who neglect the most if there be any salvation,

He loved children and He loved

THE CAPE RETURNING, News of the spring fashions in, beginning to leak out, Among

Sunday, 12th March, Union Church.

Volunteers Church Parade,

Hotel.

200 balos), COTTON (originally 21 bales) and GUNNIES (originally 71 balos) landed damaged by Firo nudfor Water ox KUMSANG” will bo sold by Public Anelim at SAIGON on 10th March for the benefit of the

Concerned. For further particulars LARGEST apply to Messrs. SPEIDEL & CO., Saigon, or to

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD.,

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