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BE CONTENT:

WHY ?

By the Rev. G. R. Lindsay, M. A.

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH; SATURDAY, MAY

HONGKONG IMPORTS.

BETTER TONE, APPARENT;

Tho' fortnightly' price current and market report, published by the Hongkong General Chambor of Commerce, štatos :~~

Cotton ploce goods and fanoy catton goods. - Since our; lasti Be content. This is almost a find, who is content to make the report the Home market is firmor, counsel of perfection for a bast of his lot whatever that may and it is diffult to got any conces Britisher who dearly loves a be, while, if it be a hard one, on-sion from makers whose ordor grumble and "Is n'or contented deavours to improve it. How books for, the most part are far long." Some say that mon are infectious is such a spirit, and from full. An improved exchango worse than women for being dis- how it transfiguros the humirum has holped to bridge the gap in values, and somo business has contented. Probably this is true, of common life.

Contentmant is very much transpired in lawas and other because the roots of discontent lio in selfishness, and mon are mattor of tomperamont, but it is dyed goods for Autumn shipment. Belfish animals. Many oborish capable of being trained. There Clearances have boon hindered by thair troubles, and become un are always two sides of life on had wonther, but there is plonty reasonable. They may bo eald which to look according as we of enquiry and the tone generally to enjoy bad health and are never choose. We must encourage this healthy. so happy as when they are disposition to look out for the Cotton yarn-Thero has boen

miserable.

and long,

nothing goes wrong ?

بيا

And isn't your life extremely

flat

bright side. We must not allow

a better foaling during the fort- Oh, don't the days soom lank the petty trifles and annoyancos night under review and a fair to vex us and make us restloss, business has been traneacted at Whon all goos right and but be big enough and Christina provious rates. Quotations are: enough to ring above them and No. 10s. 6220/240. No. 12g. 8225/- be content.

245. No. 168. 6240/245, No. 208 But is not contentinont a bar 3230/240. Arrivals 1,850. Ship-

Truo 601- to progress? No.

Sales 2,500 bales. Imont nil. tontment is consonant with all Unsold stock 5,100 bales Bar- offorts for progross and on- If you have discontented thusiastic zeal, but along with Kalns 4,800 balos, mind, everything looks awry. The thouo is the will to make the bost little girl in Punch who found of the prosent, not to be dis. Blandstili, and there is no fresh hor doll stuffed with bran and contoniod but to not to work to enquiry. forthwith declared everything to chango it if need be. No-one can

With nothing whatever to

grumble at?'

Woollons.Clearances are at a

Raw Cotton.-No Bulca to

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be hollow and wanted to go into sot out hopefully to ameliorate report and quotations are purely THE ASIATIC PETROLEUM CO., (S.C.) LTD. a nunnory, has her counterpart the evils of the day If he has a nominal-Indian description at in real life. Wo-begin to argue discontented mind. For such a $40/58. Chinoso staple $42/60. from the particular to the general, man is harsh, inconsiderato, and

Motals. Thore is no change

which is bad logic and produces as a rulo aggravates the griovin prices to report with the ex-

others Ances he wishes

to coption of Tin Plates which are hopeless, pessimism.

ensier. Vory little. business all The causes of discontent are remody.

A contented mind will balanco round. often children of our fancy.

with patience, our Through a small mind and limit our zoal

ed vision we hug a little trouble candour with good spirit, and our about 1.700,000, Markot: Quiot. and annoyance and shut the door claims with unselfishness. It no will save us from hasty judgmont to cheerfulness. Wo tuko notice of others, and grievo-ho- and cash action and give the cause no one takes notice of us. calm essential for abiding work Wo are restless and ready to meet for our fellows." 'caro half-way. Life woon bo- comes a pathway strewn with

thorns..

But, on the other hand, is any thing more invigorating than a contented spirit? What an in- spiration it le to company with ono who in of large and com- prehensive nature, one who soos the bright side of everything, and looks for it when it is difficult to

MACAO NOTES.

Paul

I have learned to be content under all circumstances." It was a man of very wide exporionco who wrote these words. had not lived in the quiet and shady cloister away from the heat of the world. His had been no protected life; a garden walled! around to save it from attack. What his socrat was sao next work.

WO shall

TO MARINERS.

Flour market report.-Stock:

Quotations:-American Patent. $3.50 per Back: American Straight, $2,70 per suck; American |Cut-off, 82.65 por sack; Australian| No. 1, $2.75 per sack: Canadian Cut-off, $2.50 per sack: Canadian Clear, $2.50 por sack.

Sultpetre.

Brisk domands

forthcoming from Fateban and

fraction. Sheklung for 7 per cent. Re-

SHANGHAI SHARES.

Megara. Ellis & Co. havo kind-

ly supplied us with the following cable quotations of Shanghai stocka from thoir Shanghai (Our Own Correspondent.).

The Harbour Master of Hong-office-

Langkats (comb). Tls., 23.50 Macao, May 23. kong issueu the following notific-

sellors.

Ewos.-Tis. 11.60 sellors. The recent heavy rains have tons

Two mooring buoys have been tho

Bhanghai Ducks. Tls. · 91 brought a great relief to

buyors. Chinese population. Of late at some laid by the naval authorities in a

New Enginoerings.---Tls. 6 fountains have been soon big lines position, 81' 1250 yards from the of old tine, their respective south-east extremity of Chung

Orientals. Tls. 41 sollars. owners waiting with that charad- Hue, They are unlit. At cortain buyers.

Shanghai Cottons.Tis. 55 toristio pationco of the Chinese times, a raft will bo moored.b- people. They were to be seen sit-tween the buoys and will exhibiti ting down for hours without lights, as for a vessel at anchor.buyers. getting water. But now some of the lower streets-are-flooded, the water coming right up to the

ontrances of the doors,

Surveying beacons about 30 foot high carrying red and black

age will shortly be laid out on TO-DAY'S MISCELLANY: Meridian 104 degrees 35 minutes east botwoon parallels 1 degree 30 minutes and 1 degreo 47 minutos north. Beacons will not

Witness at Bow-street: If the

A few days ago a corpse was found in Coloane, with a big stond on the chost, at a little distanco from Macao. First it was said the man had boon in the employ- Iroquois will be anchored about 8 ment of the Netherlands Harbour miles to wostward of beacons minute. Works, but later it was disclosed during dark hours and will show that the body, was that of one of lights for telegraph ship working

cable. tbo Russian vendors who some time ago came over to Macao to sell their goods, which consisted for the most part of cloth. The

be lighted by night, H. M. S. prisonor had only tried the other door he could have broken in in a "'Sh! exclaimed tha magistrato Mr. Wilborforce), l

tho crowded glancing round court. That is a dangerous thing to say here. You see all sorts of people hore listening to your evidonco." Mr. Wilberforce cerns are against them and on-no doubt had in mind the ox-

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cause of the death is unknown. deavouring their bost to got the perienco of a formor, chief

There has been much comment local Government not to put them on the now taxes on foreign wings, into. operation, but other firms and tobacco. Some business con- are in favour of them.

FEED THE BODY PROPERLY.

Had anyone asked Mr. Mann what a cell was, he pro- bably would have unsworod: "A placo where they koop oriminale."

:

Which would have been quite correct, but not complote. A wiso friond reminded him ono day that the body is built of many small parts. And calls are the infinitosimally small parts that form the house. All living things are made of colls.

Somo 8,000,000 blood cells die every hour, and have to be replaced.

The growth of the body takes place only. through the 'making over of food he eats. All living colla need food to malatain life and supply energy for work. Hunger is moroly an appeal from the coils for food.

.

To produce host for the body something must bo con- Buniod. Work burns up fuel, liko a locomotive. All work dono in the body or by the body uses up materials that must be made up through food supply. Food is the body's one Bourou of onorgy.

....

Scientific estimates show that the body is capable of doing work equal to the lifting of 900 tons ono foot, from the ground.

Bo be careful to food the body properly,

EXTRA! EXTRA

1000000000 $LOUS!

CELLS DEAD:

magistrato who lost his watch as the result of a chanco remark made in court, Ho had informod the clork of his forgetfulness to bring his watch that morning and within half an hour a man who had overheard the remark callod at his house for it roprosenting i that he was an usher at Bow- street and, had been sont by the chiof magistrato,

Last month Mr. T. S. Townend, the London manager of the Met- bourne Argus, retired from active journalism, after a career ortond ing over half a contury. Mr. Townend received his oarly train ing in the Midlands, and as far back as 1863 joined the Manche- ster Guardian as reporter and | assistant sub-editor, going overal years later to Floot-strost to organize the London Branch of that journal. He was responsiblo for the London Lottor. for the Manchester Guardian for many yoars, while ho was also a fre quent contributor to other City publication. Mr. Townend sovered his onnoxion with English jour nalia in 1880, when he took over the Londoa management and the London nows correspondenco of the Melbourne Argus, organizing also that end in the Australian Prosa Association. From its in- coption to the present time Mr. Townond has boen an active mom: bor of the Counoll of the Empire Press Union.

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