The Straits Times, 24 August 1878

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    17 1 The Straits Times. V()\j XXXI Vj PUBLISHED EVERY SINGAPORE, .SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1878. SATURDAY EVENING ffO. 2,921
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    DEATH
    13 1 In the 2"tli July, 1878 i, ib. wife .if Kodo] in Singapore.
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    STRAITS TIMES. SATURDAY 24TH AUGUST, 1878.
    1067 1 STRAITS TIMES. SATURDAY 24TH AUGUST, 1878. U.Khl' QUOTATIONS. 24th Ar.srsT, 1878. I 1.75. 8 I". ty IS, t. 1.25 Motimitl. H I "i">. I B i 'i.-, I d -J.M, 326. li«. du. 229. I ll< lid -111". uiu. iliv. $100 I lid) par i f'i p.ml i>hi ip Lit]
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    THE STRAITS TIEMS.
    183 1 U Dn.IVKKY. ,on. Wi 'M v BDITIOH s|o Per Annum $16 M-,l!' Ycrly 9 „1 :|:irterly...e' 5 Dki.m am iiu'lmiitiir IKMtmga .In 1" Tie enti made known red into for long psrtods I mbs iriptions will be IIOBOK SrRKKT Co. I .AX. Cleme it'> it v Bates
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    DEFENSIVE ALLIANCE BETWEEN GREAT BRIT AIN AND TURKEY
    3123 1 Tin; subject occupying most the attention of the English and Continental Press when the London mail of the I:2th July" left, was the defensive and offensive alliance so quietly and quickly concluded between Kn^hind and Turkey. It seem* to have fallen like
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    1094 1 The Annkxatiox of Socotra anm its apabii.ltlks. Tki.ecikams," says the Bombay Gaztllr of the 'l\xdc August, "have been received announcing that the island of Socotra has been formally taken possession of in the Queen's name, and declared to lie annexed to the British Empire. It will be remembered that the
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    The Alleged Project of av Expedi
    704 2 nan to li.\(n>Av. Vwhx.viiox*. and revelations, unexpected and suprisi^g, seem to be the order of tbe day with' the present lively Premier of KuglßnU. The latest annex- t t/i.i rto the British Empire is tbe ''-•■it. .of Soeotra us announced above. Trt n( *jite>t
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    The Supreme Court.
    697 2 (Ckvil SUtiuft.) Tui first case tried at the prevent sittings of the Supreme Court was the long pendikg Insurance case arising "lit .it' tin- loss of the S. S. Minister Imi staat Roeiutten m .)iiiiii;ii\ I^Jt;, which occupied the Court nearly two days and malted in a
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    JAVA NEWS.
    1304 2 [Tttnulatedfor the Straits Ti/nes.) It i» Kqmrttd "f our ivmteiuiMrai os tUat. hi ii>r.>iluriut' tlu-so tntusl.tt ions, their oi.irin»l a|>pearauoe i in the Sleaitt 7....,* may be acnowledre.l.) From tbe Governor of Acheen nncW date theSta August, from head quarters at Limb ,ru. the following further int,»)limbn ass
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    MANILA. NEWS.
    1001 2 (Translated for the Strait* Times.) It is requested of our contemporaries that, iv npvo.lii.iu* these translation!), their original appearance iv the S» r may be acknowledged I Auction. To the amount of Sl,l!U brought by the sale of the hull, cargo, and some stores of the ship Lonl
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    Entertainment in the Town Hall.
    811 2 Mr. Davk CaBSOB and his troupe assisted this time by M. Henri Perricr and M. Berger Dephwa gave an entertainment in the Town Hall theatre on Saturday evening. Mr Carson's troupe figured in "varieties" of all sorts, patriotic son^s, negro melodies, dances and humorous sketches.
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    649 2 Thk following items are taken f- the Venanrj Standard of the lith an I August Murder in Vrtbinc.t Welhtley -V. I p. m. oatbeSlst July. aChinai Chin.Ah Song residing at ISnlik Pu],., j is a padi and indigo planter n?n Bergi. Matt at Malik Palo Poli that at I p.
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    704 3 when an unfortunate ol being deaM with, if *fore a>|aang fire. v miters not to overml restaurant it is on the Seine, delight full V cool. Nts .heap, and a gipsj or- give TOO more real pfeai internationa] concert. i the .Marine Aquarium into „lt water i- dai!\ pumped •In'
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    895 3 'I'm Pi i unsa vm> 1 1,, si Votht Editor of thr U.iihf Tnnrs. Srr, A stray thine amend in the Dailg Tnnrs of Saturday' So strange, at beat, did the writer thereof feel it to be, that lie thottgtt it necessary to preface it by a sort ofapoaogy for
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    246 3 Sin 1 am much indebted to .1. 0. C for the attention lie lias given to my question regarding the Sun's rays anil the Pyramids, and if the prefatory remarks oi my previous communication required any confirmation it would l>e found in^ the earnest and scholarly letter of J. C.
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    174 3 I* K \it Snt. As a good deal has U'cn said, in a resent correspondence in your |ki-jK-r, about the electric lamps now so largely employed in Paris, and as 1 have lately had an opportunity of seeing them, I should like to say that 1 did not tind them
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    178 3 Sin. Saving ascended the Great Pyramid at (jhi/.eh, 1 can certify that the sides slope more than forty five degrees consequently the rays of the sun when some degrees above the horizon would illuminate its northern side from the time that luminary crossed the Kquator in March on its way
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    66 3 the Editor of thr Ihiili/ Tutus. Sik: -"Am," has merely to watch the Northern or Southern shadow thrown by the sun on any given day, to satisfy himself that, it the Northern sides ol the Pyramids are illuminated when the sun is high in the heavens, it must also l>e
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    45 3 MONDAY, l'.hii AUGUST. An inquest was held on Saturday, the 17th instant at the Criminal Prison, on the body of a male Chinese named Cboa Ch ing Qaaa, by A. VY. V. Cousins, Esq., 11. M. Coroner for Singapoie. Verdict "Death from natural annana/ 1
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    38 3 An inquest was lu-ld on Saturday, the I7tli instant, at the 1\ ft O. wharf Teluk Manga, on tbe body of a male ChinM8 BHM unknown, by A. W Cousins, Ks(j.,H. M. Coroner for Singaporfe Verdict Found drowned.
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    184 3 Mktkok<>l.o<;i< \l. Observations for i t!»e week ending 1 7th August, |s?», takuu atthellosintal, Kandang Karbau. Bakomktkk Kkduoku. Datm. va. in. .1 p. in. 9p. in. 12th tta 14th 15th Kith 17th initi.'s. inches. MJOO 29.813 MM .H7.J MB Mb JIB .Bbt) .951 h:hi l .948 .87!" MB .875 inches.
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    57 3 Mi:. P. EL (ioiTUKU, Police Magistrate, left for Penang on Saturday to try the case of "lie Leicester, who is charged with embezzlement of (loverninent money while holding the appointment of Chief Clerk in the Police Magistrate's Court in the Province. The Hon. C. J. Ikvixu, the Auditor-Gene-ral, baa also
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    65 3 Tiik Hon. J. Dohw.an, C.M.G., left in the P. fc. O. steamer Bmr*t for Ceylon on Saturday afternoon, to commence bis duties as Colonial Secretary of that Colony. Almost all the leading officials of the Colony and many residents were present to bid the honourable gentleman farewell, and, as the
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    119 3 Tiik P.* O. steamer Chine, with the London mail of the I'.Hh July, left Penan-,', according to a telegram received by the Agent here, at ~> P. .\J. on Saturday, and, by all mail steamers' law and custom, she ought to have been signalled the fust thing this morning, but
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    134 3 A nkw gunboat, built to the order of the Portuguese Government by Mr. W ishart, was successfully launched from the New Harbour Dock on Saturday afternoon, in the presence of some residents and many natives. After the piles which supported the boat in dock hail been removed, the orthodox bottle
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    27 3 Tiik British ship Oimmrm, Captain George Simpson, which left Bombay on tlie 25th ultimo, bouud for Oregon, passed through here on the loth, all well on board.
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    58 3 11. M. S. Diamond, Captain Bosanquet, lelt the roads at dayligt to-day, i a 1-ontr homeward, via the Cape "I (Jood Hoa*. She would have left last Saturday, had the English mail not been expected early on Monday. 11. It. S. Ely is the only man-of-war on the station now,
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    80 3 Tin: London and China KrjMwai "t 1 the 19th July states that amongst the distinguished visitors who received invitations for the State Ball at Buckingham Palace on the 12th were His Highness the Maharajah of Johorc, Hadji Mohamed, Tunku Othman and Abdul Rahman. On the 13th July, His Highness, accompanied
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    106 3 Wk learn by the London and Chi mi Express* that the Iron Duke, Captain Henry V. Cleveland, which is to replace thfl AnHaritUt as flagship of the China Squadron, made a preliminary trial of her machinery outside Plymouth Sound i in the 17th inst., with satisfactory results. It is reported
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    163 3 The London and China Sipreu of the l'Jth July contains the following account of the trial trip of the lleina Mercedes which is intended to form one of the fleet of mail steamers between Spain and the Philippine Islands: "The Rcinu Merccdrs went down the Clyde on the 12th inst.
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    95 3 Tiik following is a list of articles presented to the Rallies Museum, during July I s s D. Aitken Esqr. 1 PampLlet "Ro ks of Pulo Übin." U. Angus Esqr.— Clove Oil, Spe.im.iis of Gambier 1 Coooanut husk. VV. Krobn Esqr. 1 Sea Snake. Staff Surgeon Riordan R. N.— Furgoan
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    52 3 A. P. Pennefather Esqr.— 2 Python EgKH. J. Pennefather Eh.it. i Woodpeckers. k\ R. Boulthec Euqr. Specimens of Joliore Woods. M. (j. Gomes EBqr.— l Black Squirrel. A. P. faibot Esqr.— l Crocodile. H. J. Mnrton Ks.(r. I Dove, 1 Paroquet, 1 Monkey, Specimens of Gotta Pereha with 1 lives
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    34 3 Tan Kirn Ching Esqr.— Siamese Porcelain Coins. J E. Cooper Kwjr.— White Ant No.nt. Captain K. Barrow.— l Kmang Anjing. Capt. B. V. Layard. 1 Pigeons. A. M. Skinner Esqr.— Lemur and {2 rnrasante
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    31 3 WEDNESDAY, lltr AUGUST. Tiik death of Sergeant Mali Arriff, one of the oldest native Police Officers, is retorted. The deceased had served the long terra of 29 years in the force.
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    24 3 Tiik M horses sold at Auction yesterday by Messrs. Powki.i. Co. fetched an average of 3124 each. Some of the heavier horses sold badly.
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    50 3 "Who looks after the gharries"? people are constantly asking. Well, no doubt there are a good many dirty vehicles with careless drivers. Why not make every gharry driver report himself monthly to the pottos with a warning that any complaint which has been substantiated will infallibly lose him his license
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    67 3 Wk observed that Mr. Cousins sat, yesterday, as Magistrate in Mr. Gottlieb's place, having we presume ample time at his disposal to sit from 10 till 5, although Tuesday is the day on which his services are required in the Court of Requests. Mr. Cousins is a hardworking man, but
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    96 3 W I think if any further argument than those already urged were wanting to induce the Government to extend the Library and Museum accommodation, it would be found in such a list of donations to the Museum which we had the pleasure of publishing yesterday. It will lw seen that
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    105 3 A Court of Inquiry was yesterday held at the Master Attendant's Office into the loss of the late British barque Lcnorr. Mr. Pickering presided, a>si-t--ed by Captain Kllis and Captain Smith, as nautical assessors. The Court found thai the said ship had been wrecked on a reef not marked in
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    150 3 Wk would direct the attention of our renders t<> our translations from the Java papers to-day, which are more than usually interesting. We refer to the news from Achcen, the influx of Chinese labour, and last, as it is last in the translation, to the very interesting paragraph concerning our
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    34 3 A TBLMEAH dated London the Bth August, jippeu.s in the China Mad to the effect that H. M. 8. Iron Duke, the new flagship for the China station, has sailed for Singapore and Hongkong.
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    153 3 Whkn are we going to have a proper Museum building and where will it be built is a question that many people have begun to ask. We certainly agree with those who say that if we have a museum at all we ought to have a good one, and as
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    36 3 Tiik Electrician of June lath con. tains a description of the Eastern Extension Tnhgliph Company's new ■tfIMMI Slirrard Osljontr, now mi bat way out and expected in a few days at Singapore to replace the Edimkutfk,
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    391 3 It is probable that the Company's steamer Agnen will be ordered up from Sydney and kept on the Singapore Station for effecting repairs to the cables in shallow water. With these two well equipped steamers the losses and inconvenience resulting from long interruptions of telegraphic communication will be in great
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    132 3 A complaint has been made to the police that a robberry has been committed from the Hokien temple in Teluk Ayer Street. It appears that Chinese coolies, with a cautious eye to the attentions of some of their own countrymen, are in the habit of placing their saviugs in the
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    174 3 Tiik Ceylon, Observer of the 3rd August speculates as follows respecting Mr. Douglas' return to Ceylon and his probable successor in office here: "It will be Mr. Douglas's good fortune to be parted with regretfully and welcomed back again" cordially. The question now is, who is to fill the vacancy
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    120 3 It will be noted that the M. M. CoV. steamer Stud A, which arrived this morning with the London mail of the ;Joth July, still maintains her reputation of being one of the, if not the fastest boat of the Company. She left Marseilles on the 2Mh ultimo, and (ialle
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    161 3 Mi:. DaTI ("moon's Oprra and Comedy Company gave another entettamineiit in the Town Hall last evening, which again brought U) the front the undoubted abilities of M. Bttonu Di.i'i.xi i., M. Ham I'khkikk, and Micv CaBSOM as Comedians of a high order. The |HHjllMll comprised Robil lard's La Revanche de
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    473 4 Thk following is the report to be presented by the Directors to the Shareholders of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Limited, at the half yearly general meeting called for Thursday next, the 29th instant Singapore, 21st August, 1878. Gentlemen. Your Directors have now the pleasure o? laying before you the
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    34 4 Wi: are requested to state that tinVolunteers will be drilled on the Esplanade on Monday afternoon, and, as then 1 will be some blank cartridge tiring, owners of restive horses should guide themselves accordingly.
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    44 4 Ku i u\ of N isitors to the Ktllles I/ibrarv ami Museum during 7 days, ending Friday 23rd August W s Saturday 17th Augt 137 Sunday 18th Monday lfHh I<m; Tuesduy 'JOtb 340 Wednesday 21st 88 Thursday 22ud 1<)8 Friday 23rd 317 Total ijOM
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    136 4 Tiik M. M. Co.'s steamer Peihv, Capt. I'asqualini, from Shanghai 11th instant, via Hongkong and Saigou, arrived alongside the Borneo Company's wharf this forenoon, and will leave for Ualle, Aden, Suez, Port Said, Naples and Marseilles, at noon tomorrow, the mails closing at the General Post Office at LO a.
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    325 4 Tiik Whitehall Review of 27th July says Mrs Brassey's entertainment "to meet the Maharajah of Johore was very numerously attended. The hostess of 24 Park Lane throws open all the nmh on a great uight like Friday, and thus MfeblM ber guests to mam at their own sweet will through
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    409 4 Mcssjs. A. Rowland and Sons. >f Ma- cassar Oil celebrity, have, after long suffer. ing, made a s icoessfuPcompaign in Paris against pirat s of a product which we know on the authority of Lord Byron to be "in comparable." Many tradesmen i have been in In* bab't of soiling
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    123 4 ..Berkeley, Sept. 19R9.— Qflatferara, feel it a duty T owe to you to express my gratitude for the groat benefit I have derived by t'kinir v r>H.oi'« Camomile Pills. I applied to foat av'-nt. Mr. Bell. Berkel'-y' for the abovpnamed Pills, for wind in the stomach, from which I Suffered
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      463 4 Saturday, 17th August. British barque Stanhope, 771 tons, Davi.s eointn ind.-r. Cl.is-ow 12th March, e. tnsignees 11 uitenberg Schmidt A 00. British steamer Strathuiore. 1,383 t<»ns, Rowelj commander, London loth July, consignees Paterson Simons A 00. Sunday. 18th August. British steamer W.-st Stanley. MS t ms. Ashby commander, Penang l'>th
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      Departure
      207 4 s. Saturday. 17th Aagaet British steamer Parsee. Teyent, for Penan:: British steamer Cleator. ('hoik, for Lubuan British steamer Weazel, Burlinghain. for Xiak. Biitish steamer Penang, Barker, for Batavia. British steamer Vidar, Barrow, for Banjeriuassin via Soiiimbejl aud Bally. It ilian steamer Sumatra. Caboara. for Marseilles. Du'ch steamer Prins Alexander, Zuyderhoudt,
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      SHIPPING IN THE HARBOUR
      734 4 Shi N.w. i iMN--. .'ATk v.; Kin <; kAR Mikkk ruo.x MThmbLtum "Xsiunkkshi: a««MTM i >k.sti nation .MVAI.." MEN-OX- VA Samba* Qe PaXt?ln Fly MoNiel Hanjoriiiiisbin Xovrejen 3TEAMEK. Pn..t Fi*i riuto Hnddle Kaxt.ru Ihlcs (Jraliam Royalist Eleynolda West Stanley Ashby Riga larkc Sunda Reeves Batara Bayou
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      85 4 TO BE LET. Entry 1st Septbmber. A LARGE commodious Dwelling House siln:it.< in Hill Street, at present ihviijhed by Alex. Armstrong Esq. For particulars, app'y to N. P. JOAQUIM. Singapore, 2nd August, 1878. to 31 at im*t NOTICE. For Rale a few copies of the Straits Settlements Directory for 187H.
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    354 5 '1..- game old iptrite, and the came in an secoued, and L*d# t babes were able to i /'<■< lmt of WSJ lor the tor which twelve but out of that limn. To.ro/itit>Rahad P tbog. fell, If.irrrln, had the formidable opponents in U ijrh Jengttrm and oil, and it poor
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    Penang News.
    713 5 Penang Ne ws '•in- are taken from the L7th instant. The assizes were openloth August, bj Mr ng io notice. The lp to date breaking, receiving sto- robberies with Lrriev lisposed oi. ii lave been ordered to uoruing when tl, Chief Clerk of the „t me) is required. 1 no,
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    The New Eddystone Lighthouse.
    1412 5 The New Eddystone Lighth ou se. I r i> announced that the Tnnitj Board, after six weeks" consideration, ln\ ded to build the new Eddystone Lightthemselves, aad not tinder contract. The estimate of the Board's engineer was 90.0CHJ/. There were three tenders, the lowest, that of Mr. lVthick, of Ptyaaouth,
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    THE MICROPHONE.
    1436 5 Tint following extract with regard to the several successful attempts made in the experiments of the Microphone, ta^ ken from the NorlA (liuki ]ln;il<l of tlie27tli ■fiil.V, may be pf great interest to Our residents here Such apparently incredible accounts of the powers of the Microphone hive from
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    PARIS LETTER. Paris, 27th July.
    2074 5 PARIS LETTER. Paris, 27th July. liOiii) KuxtN always suggested to his friends to dine when they meant businesa the Prince of Wales in inviting Qambetta to breakfast has done a sensible thing, full ol tact, as he hits the good luck to do. Then followed the limrx interview of Gambetta,
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      754 6 iflttfrrllanroud. I' A HIS EXHIBITION OF Wk learn that the sUnd of Me'srs S it. ton A Sons, tbe Queen's SoedfinKn. and .1 varrant to H. R. H. The Prill f Wales. Trill be one of tbe -plays of Horticultural and Agricultural Produce p.or brought i Taking advantage of the
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      891 6 iHiorrllanrotio. SARSAPARILLA. WILKINSON'S ESSENCE OR FLUID KXTRACT OF RED JAMAICA SARRAPARILLA IS THE ONLY PREPARATION T RE- (X.NISKD BY THE FACULTY AS A WONDERFUL PURIFIER OF THE HUMAK BLOOD. It is not too mil. h to say that those nufferine from the effects of TROPICAL CLIMATES, such as TORPID LTVKK.
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      844 6 intdrrllanrous. OXYGEN IS LIFE. Although the modern Materia Medica includes many valuable remedies for human auctions, it is a matter of certainty I that in all eases where the animal vitality -is fail inc. Phosphorus is decidedly superior I to every other remedy at present known. It will work effects
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      856 6 it-lisrfllanroiis. DR J COLLIS RROWNES' CHLORODYNE. Is the Original and onlt GzXVTWW The Public are Cautioned against tbe unfounded statements frequently made that "the composition of ChlorodYNß is known to Chemists and the M.d.cal Profession The fac£ is. Chlorodyne was ■Oiscovered and Invented by Dr. J. Collis j Browne (ex
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      934 6 iWisfffllanfousf. HOLLOW \Y'S OTNTMENT. OLD SORES AND OLD SKIN DISEASES. The seeds of these disorders are affec tually expelled X v this penetrating T'nrnent. not only from the superficial parts, bnt from tbe intenal tissues likewise. Any ense, even of twenty years' standing, speedily yields to its influence. A CERTAIN
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      605 6 Thlang. Jockey Club, an I Toilet Yinogar of world Toilet Water. Lavander \v Water. Ban de Oolome l Glycerine for tho If H Hr; r q I Windsor, and other< powder, Aqua/lentine f,,, •> Strand. 128. Recent Rtree I hill, London. Sold by allp I Chemists. Register.,) t, raldie rose.
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