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TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY:

There is ап interesting

fact behind the

of

Prince George Queen Elizabeth

appointment

to tbe

4.3 ·

OBITUARY.

Mrs. Choy Hing

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

U. S. TARIFF BILL.

Estimated Revenue-$300,- 800,000.

Presentation of the Fordnay

The Chinesa community in particular will regret to bear of the death of Mrs. Chor Hing.Tariff Bill to the Senate last mid- wife of one of the founders of the for the House Ways and Means shipman which seems to hare Sun Sompany, who passed away Committee first undertook to month, mara tban · garr escaped the notice of people paton Saturday at 1.15 p.m. Possess revise the Underwood law, found side the Service. The Royal mid- ed of a charming personality, shipman has been with Admiral the deceased lady won a large Republican leadera antcipating a Sir John de Roback on the Iron circle of friends, to whom the fight of weeks and possibly of Duke in the Mediterranean for news of her demise has come as

montb,s duration. the past 14 months, and Sir John bas formed a very high opinion time of her death, the deceased, stages, was to a large extent the

great shock. Up to the

The bill which, in its early of the sailor qualities the Prince who has inherited from his father, Sir

14 years of age, bandiwork_of_the_late Senator of the Po Penrose, of Pennsylvania, was John is himself being reliaved Leung Auk Women's Committee reported from the Finance Com next month, and takes over the and had rendered great service mittee by Senator McCumber of Queen Elizabeth as his flagship in August, so that he will be sale destitute women and children. North Dakota, his successor as to follow Prince George's navali

She was widely known and chairman." career on the Atlantic, as he has

greatly respected. in sunnier seas.

3

Was

а member

The funeral takes place to morrow, leaving Mr. Choy Hing's residence, Park Road The Ulster Government is to at 2 p.m. for the Chinese exercise a new power. National Christian Cemetery, Pokfulum. Savings Certificates will shortly

be withdrawn in Ulster, and their,

place there will be taken by the THE BOXER INDEMNITY. Ulster Savings Certificates, which will be issued under the authority of the Ulster Government. The sale of National Savings Certi- ficates, which have become one of the most popular means of profit-

of saving.

China Reckoning upon Cancellation.

As revised by the Finance Committee, the Fordney bill can scarcely be recognized as auch by its original authors in the House. It embodies, however. the same principles of tarif pro- tection and purports to give the same benefits to the country.

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The rates of the bill, according to members of the committee, approximate those of the Payne- Aldrich Tariff Bill, and in many instances, notably with respect to agricultural products, are bigher. The basis of valuation THE SPEED OF THOUGHT. any flow of weakening in the recom-is changed. Agains: the wishes

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The speed, therefore, at which the process of thought took place depended on practice, and it was capable of a great increase of

rate.

We see here one vital circum-

omitted; but that does not con- stance that Dr. Richet, bas

stitute even the chief criticism of this theory.

The Bureau of Revenues at able investment for small sumos, Peking reports that a has attained considerate propor-mendation has been received from of the House, the rates are to be tions in Ulster, where

the Japan, fireat subscriptions bave been most France, and Portugal, to

Britian. Italy, levied upon foreign valuation, larger than in other parts of effect that the Boxer Indemnity requested in part by President

the with provisions for flexibility as French Scientist's Calculation. Ireland. The thrifty folks of the money, payments upon which will Harding- The House proposed North, most of them of Scottish ba resumed this year, might be American valuation.

How many descent, bave shown themselves used for educational purposes

thoughts go to second? A well-known very appreciative of this method following the example set by the ship of the Finance Committee, Richet,

The entire Republican member-physician and philosopher. Dr. tette: perfect in this series, 1 Some time after I bad become United States. The money has with the exception of Senator La, answered this question quite and these I used to repeat every

Paris, recently

memorized forty thousand words, already been remitted in part for Fallette, of Wisconsin, voted for definitely. The Liborg Died of New this purpose by the United States reporting the bill. The Demo-

morning during about an hour, York has many readers and they and the debt with Russia. Ger-crats, with

In a communication to the although the original learning the exception of Academie des Sciences he states had taken many days. must be both interested and fla.many and Austria has been can-Senator Jones, of New Mexico, that his observations have shown tered to receive a number which called so that there has been a voted against the bill. Mr.Jones him that twelve thoughts is almost All Britisb." Batween strong movement in the other refused to vote at all. While second may be taken as a fair the front cover, with its excellent countries still collecting this final estimates on the revenue to rate. reproduction in colour of Briten-revenue to return the money to be raised by the bill have not nis and the Union Jack, and the China in some beneficial way.

The precision of Dr. Richet's statement back cover there are illustrated The remission of this deb: is to

makes it 12.3 per second-but is remarkable-be articles dealing with every part of by any means assured, says the

the solution of the question is the British Empire, and all phases Chinese Press, but the first pay

illusory: even the problem itself of our world-wide activities and ments which must be resumed, problems Bre trested in

is not properly posed. after the five year holiday grant sympathetic and understand-ed as a result of the war having ing anner. In an article, been ended, will bring matters to entitled

The measure comes before the "The British Lion's head and thero is great hope Senate without the support of the Restless Broods tribute is paid that the money may be used for Administration and to the way in which British folk purposes helpful to China.

* powerful all over the world look fondly to The Bureau of Revenues in agricultural States. To the latter bloc composed of Senators from England as home, and in every speaking of the suggestion that group, the Finance Committee page there is such warm apprecia- the money should be used entirely granted rates only slightly lower tion of what we imagine to be for educational work seems to than those in the Emergency our good points that it is difficult feel that there are other needs Tariff Bill. to repress the blush of pride...

perhaps mate urgent and suggests that only one-third be devoted to

&

been completed, Republican members of the Finance Com mittee place the figure between $350,000,000 and $300,000,000, or approximately $100,000,000 more than was raised annually by the Underwood law

ments,

composites of thoughts, often What he calls thoughts are highly complex: but at the base of a true psychology the question should be proposed and answered: How many thoughts of AD elementary kind can the mind entertain at pace?

ton-

deceives the eye," for the speed of thought deceives also the mental vision.

I do not say this lightly, writes a psychologist, for at one period of my own studies in psychology

carried out a series of experi I could write a volume on that of them very one problem, but the answer may years, in order to find the secret at a given instant entertain only! laborious and extending over be given forthwith. The mind can of problems of this sort.

jor thought and its relation to a memory

For example, I committed to second which rises into

great rumber of feciousness as the first disappears. passages from the post-Milton, Dr. Riche's thoughts are While Democratic opposition

Shakespeare. Keats, Shelley, formed by compounding element. education. Another third to the will necessarily delay final action Byron-and at the same time at thoughts, and these are rapid. Merabers of the Cottesmore are development of industries, and the bill for many days, physiology and astronomy par more rapid in fact than where data from various sciences. far beyond his twelve a second. taking the feat optorunity on his the remaining third to the Govern- there are widely divergent return from South Africe of pres-meat administrative expenses, risus among Republicans which ticularly, some of them expressed the

"swiftness of the hand enting Lord Lonsdale with a sta-particularly the judicist depart will further retard legislative aid of maemonies, and a long Tuette of himself on borreback, by ments and the famine relief work progress. The basis of valuationist of complicated formule in Captain Adrien Jodes, as a mark

the higher mathematics. It is generally believed that remains a disputed point between of their appreciation of the good whatever is done, the money

Republicans. In conference, the

These I learnt off by heart by "port he showed while Master should be well safeguarded. The House members probably will continual repetition. At first this of that famous bant. For several plans now Fears Lord Lonsdale bunted some hat in the nature of count valuation.

put forth seem. contend strongly for American work occupied almost all day, but by coastant practice I re-

What is believed to be a record the Cottesmore, An all-rounding chickens before they are

Huced the time steadily, and at output of coal from a deep pit bas In firing the duty on wool at length during half an hour before been achieved at "the Brods portman,

straight rider hatched, but if the friendly at thirty-three cents a pound per breakfast I used to run over the worth Main Colliery. Yorkshire. though a welter weight, Lord titude of the nations concerned scoured content. Lonsdale apared neither time nor is to be taken as any criterion Committee acceded to the wishes

the Finance ectire series in my mind.

No fewer than 5,085 tons were money in the interests of the bunt, there seems an excellent chance of the Farm Bloc. The new

I observed the manner of this drawn out during two seven-hour "and showed wonderful sport. A that the money actually will be basis for

operation, and it was very curi-shifte, about 300 tons better than popular man, genial and out-given back to Lhina.

determining that

After a time the repetition any other period at Brodsworth. spoken, the Cottesmore reached.

supported on of the series required only slight After making allowances for its zenith under his Mastership. proposed to subsidise or develop a the wool grower more certain if an immaterial tape in my upon 400 tons per hour up wo afforded exercise of will power; it was as mest times, the output is close Hounds, horses, and hur tservants merchant marine which is particu- protection. The new rate is eight brain rapidly unwound itself from shafts. One week's output 26.173 were of the best; no money was larly desired by those interested cents above that provided in the cylinder, revealing as it did so was the bigbest evar recorded, epared. and things lave gone in the free development of China House bill. swimmingly since he gave up at as a commercial nation.

the series I had memorized. the end of the 1920 season.

the previous best being 25,076, This became so familiar, and tons. Full time has been worked in a sense so automatic, that I at Brodsworth for many mouths,

work,, while carrying out my tion of managers and men is to

able to merely mechanical, but mental patched for shipment. The ambi perform, not a very large tonnage being des

memory task; yet I could at once work up to an output of 30,000 have detected had there been

tariff In the aiding industries, it is grounds

was

that

OUS.

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tons a week.

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The proposal for a dye em. bargo, altered at the last minute to give the President power to Goldsborough Hall, which is found manganese where its exist-yond the time provided for under extend the embargo a year be to be the Yorkshire home of ence had never even been suspect the measure, has many bitter Princes Mary, bas had a chequered. Now follows the news of the opponents in the Senate. ed career. It bas been held by discovery, by the merest chance, the Lascelles family since 1776, of jade in the Hebrides. A geo- but in an earlier period was the logist picked up some green subject of a prolonged dispute pebbles, thinking they were between two branches of the jadeite, but later found they were Goldsboroughs. Richard Golds-jade. As the presence in Scot borough, in possession," actively land of jade had not been suspect. opposed the claim to the property ed and the discovery of msoga- of Edwin Kightley. of Newhall, nese at Culloden was a great Otley, who, when he lost at one surprise, it is quite likely that stage of the litigation, raided the other surprises are park with a band. of companions geologists and scientists north of awaiting and killed all the Goldsborough the Tweed. deer. When, later, Kightley established his wife's claim to the estates, Richard Goldeborough, in The fact that a certain trial at defiance, set fire to the hall and the Old Bailey Session has run burned it to the ground. Loss by into five weeks has caused some, fire and law costs compelled the comment, but the time occupied Kightleys to sell the estate in in its hearing is short when com- 1601 to Richard Hutton, of Cum-pared with some famous trials of berland, who afterwards became the past, says a Homs paper, fudge. It was from his deacen- Most "record" pale into inaigoi- dants that the estate and restored ficance when one remembers that mansion were acquired in 1786 of Warren Hastings, which lasted by Daniel Lascelles, who sat for seven years and three months. Northallerton in one of the First but even this is beaten by another George's Parliamente, and in cause celebra, the Mornington v Lascelles's ownership it has since Wellesley, and Wellesley. remained.

Mornington action, which oc cupied 29 yeare in Chancery. The costs provided a windfall for A few weeks ago & London journal legal experts, exceeding £30,000. chronicled the accidental dis-In the Tichborne case the covery of a rich seam of mangs- claimant was examined for 22 Dese on Culloden Moor. Strack days, the Attorney-General spoke by a peculiarly coloured stone, for 26 days, and on the 103rd.day scientist made investigations, and the claimant was don-suited.

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