Straits Echo, 5 December 1905

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILV CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 3. $24 Per Annum. PENANG. TUESDAY, sth DECEMBER, 1905. Single Copy, 10 cents No. 276.
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      1102 1 Corkscrew Brand. The Hest Beer on the Market. tQ Light, Sparkling and Refreshing SOLD BY ALL LEADING SHOPS. BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER Capital Paid-up Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors Paid-up-Oapitai Rekkkvk Fcni>— Stalling Reserve ti 11,000,000 a!HuO,UUO
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      10 1 SOLE AGENTS GUINNESS’S STOUT. 9 Co s.ssva TIANQ LEE Co.
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    To Would-be Women-Writers.
    1323 2 (]i;i Ellen Tliorne ye raft Fowler.) I ‘‘Writing is like Hn ting if you can't do t it. nobody can leach you and if you call do I I it, nobody can stop you. j j So savs the heroine of a coutempo’aiy I novel: and l
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      20 2 Wheu the whole «yntem in depressed, uutritive «jeuunti uctiou in of vital import. i»nce. iWiiu' Wioc u i.b ideal loini'
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      613 2 STEARNS" WINE, pre-emineutly the j.Jeai reconstructiou tonic when the whole system is left in a slate of depression. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. "VTOTICE is hereby given tlmt for the j election of a Municipal Commissioner for the vears 1900. 1907 and 1908, which will beheld on Thursday.the 7th December, Mr Eo Brno
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      1450 2 Federated Malay States Railways. FOR SALE. ON itii<i sifter Monday, December Kb, I 1905, until further uotire, the following trains will uot luu 8 52 a.m. Padang to '1 aipiug. 2-28 p.m. Taipiug to I'aching lieiigas. 5 45 p in. Kwala Kaugsar to Taipiug. Edwin Sl’OONhK. Chinese Calendar Tor 1906.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      57 3 IjAnokat, Br. ss. 149, Crichton. slli Deo., IVluk Anson, 4-« Ij Dec., Get»., K. G. Co. Gobnelia, Br. s». ID4, Marris, sth lJbc., I)eli, 4th Dee., (Jen., K. G. CoNatuna, Ger., s.s. 4,>8, Stolberg, 4th Dec., Singapore, 2nd Dec., Geu.,—D. M Co. Bantu, Br. s.s. 2,(kil, Wooster, 4th Dec.,
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      DEPARTURES.
      61 3 sth December. Jin Ho, tor Laugkat. Avagyee, for Port Swetteuham Malacca. Van tier Parra, for Deli. Amhau, for Asahan. Pin Seng, for Port Swetteuham auil Singapore. Lady Wrld, for Teluk Anson. Banin, for Colombo and Tuticoriu. Byrulia, for Moulmeiu, Riugoou A Calcutta. Sr a Ida, for Port Swetteuham, Singapore,
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      IN PORT
      31 3 Lanokat. Br. s.s 149, Crichton, sth Dec., Teluk Anson, 4th Dec., Geu., K. G. Co. Cornklia, Br. s.s. 194, Marris, sth Dec., Deli, 4th Dec., Geu,— K. G. Co.
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    EXPECTED.
    37 3 1 e*sel* row Agent* [hr* China Colombo S.K.ACo. 6th wc. Kiit Sang Singapore B.ACo. 7th Delta. Colombo P,«fcO. 8th Trieste MonmouthSingapore S.K.&Co. Ittl. si) ire Loudon B.«fcCo. I6tfi Beuart v Ant werp S. 1» «ACo. 16th
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    SAILINGS.
    38 3 i •‘gxel* Fur Aijeut» Leaves Cliiua Siuoapore Silica, pore S.K.iOo. <>th Dec. Delta PiO. 8th Kut Sau<; Calcutta B.&Co. 8th Trieste Moinnotil li Colombo S.K.&Co. 9th sliirf j6iui;apore B.&Co. 17th Beuartv Singapore S B. A Co. I6tfi
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    46 3 For Asultan Per Taw 'Tony, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swetteuham—Per Mary Austin, to-morrow, I p in. leluk Anson—Per Lanykat, to-morrow, 2 p in. Singapore. Hongkong, Swatow and Ainov—Per (xltHoyle, to-morrow, 3 p.iti. Pangkor—Per Hafewyk, to-motVbw, 4 p.m. x Deli—Per Cornelia, 7tli lustaut, 1 p'bLVv
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      913 3 (SHIPPIN G.) a 1 IS. ci. Expected Arrival* and JJeparturex. Mail Service. Outwards. Dec. 6 s.s. Delta connecting with s.s. Himalaya 2<* k.k. Oceana do s.s. India Jau; 3 a.». Arcadia «to s.B. Britannia 17 8.8. DunyoUi <lo 8.8. Moldavia Homewards. INTENDED SAILINGS. British India .Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. FAKES
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      205 3 British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Sea Trips during the Xmas Holidays. RETURN tickets available between 15th December aud 15th January igxt will be granted at Single Fares for b6th first and secoud class to the uudefhiAlitioned places -no tTOi—--4t— h-63.— 5(1. 63,7.50 To Singapore Moulineiu Raugoou Calcutta Negapatam or
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    The Straits Echo.
    121 4 Juki ice sati»flweTer*bi»l.v and justice alone. JC«wi r *iii Established June Ist, 1903 Published daily (except Sunday*.) AT TUB CRITERION PRESS. Ltd., N«*. 22*> —232. Beach Sirooi. Penang PRICK DAILY LOCAL Ail l**i irnium OUTBTATIONS Kxtra. MAIL EDITION (Pott Free) <l5 CABLE ADDRESS: Echo—Penang.” T'elephoue No. IHH.
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    Water Charges.
    911 4 The more we ponder upon the hhv scale of charges for water, which a to come into force from ilie beginning of the new year, the more uiisatisfaetory they secix to us and litis appears to be the universal opinion. We cannot make out upon whut principle, if
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    Japan’s Thanks.
    564 4 I' uk Kokumin, the official Japanese organ, finds great joy iu the fact that the first country to raise its legation at Tokio to the rank of Embassy hap- pens to be Great Britain and the first f Ambassador she lias appointed is Sir Maude .MacDonald. It may
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1086 4 The Assizes. Jle/ore the Hon. W. W. Fisher, FuisnJmhj Culpable Homicide. The case for t he defence closed at 2 o’cl**ck yesterday afternoon, the address of counsel alone occupying fully two hours. It ev utually resulted in tlie jury briugmg in a verdict of not guilty aud the
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    Tin.
    29 4 Fusing Lam a Tin Mines, Ltd. The output from this mine for the mouth of Novemlier was 1,040 piculs of tin ore, of an approximate value of $50,440.
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    A Bangkok Gamble.
    278 4 Yesterday rooming, says a recent, issue of the I »au«kok Times, a'party of some forty country people, men and women, went to the S unseu «ambling house to len kadauchai.” This form of gambling is too stupid to attract Bangkok people seriously, but the more superstitious jieople
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    Bad Dollars.
    249 4 Coiners Arrested. On the loth ulto. Yeow Ann Urnght three cents’ worth of vermicelli from a hawker and gave him a dollar to change. The hawker noticed that the dollar was a had one and returned it. to Yeow Ann. The latter, however, insisted that it was good,
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    Commercial Education in Singapore.
    405 4 A Disappointing Report. The Chamlier of Commerce repor‘. on the commercial education examination held by the Chamber on Sept. 25 has just come to hand. The report cannot be called very encouraging, for out of nineteen candidates betw en the ages of fifteen and seventeen years,
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      RUSSIA.
      200 5 MILITARY REVOLT. THE SAILORS DISARMED. More Conflicting Reports. (Sii/i filial hii Healer.) Loudon, 4tli Dec.—The most elaborate precautions are liemg taken at St Petersburg in view of a feared outbreak on tiie part of the troops. The sailors have been disarmed on account of their sympathy with the revolutionists,
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      The Navy.
      149 5 Interesting Bluebook. (Niijijdied by Heater London, 4th December.— A blue book has ln*eu issued expounding the Admiralty’s policy and says that the distribution of men-of-war in time of peace nowadays depends upon the kaleidoscopic variation of inteiuational relations. The Channel Heet has Iteeii increased to seventeen battleships and
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      Home Politics.
      57 5 German Predictions. 'l'hc o*ht*iutiecher Lloyd s Service.) Berlin, sth Dec.—So llenrv CampbellIkiuneruiaii is prepared to take over the I’reniiersiiip aud form a new Cabinet after Mr. Balfour’s resignation. Parliament will lie dissolve*] ami a general election will take place in January. Earl Grey wdl probably be appointed Minister
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      Germany.
      38 5 Aiigio*German Relations {The Oehmiat i*cher Lloyd* Service.) Berlin. sth Dec. —The meeting held in Loudou for improving Anglo-German relations has lieeu received by the press of Ixitli niuntiies most, favourably and is expected to bear good fruit.
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      Turkey.
      23 5 The Naval Demonstration. {The Otfanialinch* r Lloyd s Service.) Berlin. sth Dec.—The international Fleet lor the demonstration against Turkey has occupied Teuedos.
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      Spain.
      41 5 Seeking A Queen. {I lo o*tu*iatischer Lloyd*' Service) Berlin. sth December.—lt is said that the British Court is arranging a marriage l>e'vveen King Alfonso of Spain aud Princess Eugenie of Bat ten Imrg, though no eugage"•cm has yet been announced.
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      British Guiana.
      28 5 Rioters Quelled. (Supplied hy Renter.) hondoii, 4th l>oe.—Cruisers have arrived Georgetown, British Guiaua, aud the n,, Uug has ended. There were no casualties amongst the whites.
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      German Africa.
      22 5 The Hereros Rebellion. 1 the UetatiaiiHcher Lloyd' Service ■lerliu, sth Dec —The Uuk of the Here- >'»» rebellion has lieeu broken.
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    India.
    132 5 North-East Fkonti kk ’lhk North-Eastern frontier had a <|uiet jtime .luring the past official year ami the Administration Report records onlv one instance of violent crime in which a Ohmes*trader with his whole family was murdeied As regards other crimes, tlie onlv noticeable feature is the growing number of
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    Tibet.
    164 5 Exi'I.OIIKK HUNTED HY LI\MAS. Ac~ordini» to the Tmig-chti ui-fu (Yuuuau) correspondent of the North China Daily News, a Mr. Forrest, iu the employ of a Liverpool botanist, has ha<l an extraordinary escaf#* front the Llamas North of Tali, somewhere South of Datang. fie v.as eight days hunted iqnm the
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    The Boycott.
    625 5 This Faulk Scream in*;. An American despatch dated Washington, November 14, sivs:—President Loose- velt has sent a formal warning to China j to cease the boycott of American goods. The President holds, as was stated bv Secre- tarv of War Taft during his stay in Canton and Hongkong,
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    The Colour Line.
    173 5 Asiatics in Australia. Sydney, Monday, Nov. t>. I'hk Prime Minister of Wt stern Australia lias received a despatch from i lie I Colonial Office objecting to clauses in the Factories Act prohibiting on and after Novemlier lHOo the employment in factories of any Chinese or other Asiatics.
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    Shipping
    214 5 New Blue Funned Liners. Next April the British steamer Bc*ilerophon, the latest model of modern freighters, will arrive here (says a Victoria, B. C exchange) on her maideu voyage from Liverpool via the Orient. The Bellerophou is one of four new twin-screw steamers now under construction for the Alfred
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    China.
    519 5 A Noßl.Es’ COLLEGE. The following Imperial Decree appears in a North China paper The Council of Army Organization aud the Board of War have memorialised the Throne askiug sanction for the regulations of the Nobles' College To studv military j affairs aud to promote the arts of war are
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    Marquis Oyama.
    111 5 An Imperial Message. II M. the Emperor <>n 7th till**, was pleased to dispatch the following message t<> Marshal Marquis < >vama, Commander-in-Cliief if the Manchurian A tiny Having accepted the heavy respousihiiit v jof conducting the war, you, in command of j a large army,*have spent a
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    Marquis Oyama's Instructions.
    825 5 j Marshal Marquis Ovaina, Commauder-in-I Chief of the Maucliuriaii Army, issued the following instructions to his Army on Octolier 24th "The war with Russia, in which we have striven, with a deen sense of respousibiiit y, to attain our object, has come to an end, aud peace
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    The Murdered Missionaries.
    109 5 China’s Reparation. The writer of “Native Notes" in the North Chiiui Dailv News stales that the Waiwupu, after consultation with leeroy I’m ii Ch‘unhsuen. of Cniton, lias uotitieO Mr Ka'khill, the U. 8. Minister in Peking, that lie Chinese Government will uecapi tale the pel sons conceinel
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    Unlucky Houses.
    333 5 Financial Disadvantages of Ghosts and Cancer. Unlucky Dalhani,” otherwise Dulhani Hall, Suffolk, where the late Colonel Frank Rhodes died, is only one of many examples of houses with reputations for bringing mis fortune upon tlieii possessors. Auctioneers hold shy of mysteries of ail kinds,” said a prominent member
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    FIXTURES.
    45 5 ra« O-DAY. 1M li i 1 11 it Moor Fixitli.ill Match St. Xavier'» et>. V. M. tj. A., j Esplanade, o p in. Entertainment, Ktiiij Street Theatre, 0 p.m. 'l’o-MO II ROW. 10th D.i\, I Itii Muon Town Kami, Esplanade. d to 7 p.ni.
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    THE MOON.
    19 5 k tii Moon Itec. 12th 0.25 7 A.At. I*/u 10th 780 p <) .\*mv Moon 20th 11.3.0 li.
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    MAILS DUE.
    10 5 Kuglish (Delt'i) St I, Dec. China (Bemtjal) Blh
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    45 5 P. O. SAILINGS. '1 til Service OUIWAKIIK. Ho.MKWAKO.n Delhi S Dec. lienijul H her Ocennn “JO Si ui'a 22 I xtr.i Service. OUTWAKUiS. IIo.MKWAItOS. Jit /i-i ii !'i her. Ville ruin .20 her Mil'nrnt 19 h'tllli t I i Jilll. For particulars see Fa/e 0.
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    15 5 Obituary Dr Leuthold. (Supplied In/ lleuler.) 5th I>t*c.—'J'lio death is anuotiuced l’hxxiriini to the Uenitau
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    Tin Deposits of the World.
    263 6 YVk have received from the publisheis, Tl»e Mininu Journal. 4G, Queen Victoria Street, E. 0., a copy of Mr. Sidney Fawu« l look uu Tiu Deposit* of the NY orl«l. Ihe Imok contains a collected accotiut of tin deposits and metli ds of tiu mining
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    The Criminal Rat.
    376 6 The Danes, who spare no trouble to pro* led their important butter industry, have lately undertaken a national camp.igu against rats. This has been done partly as a precaution against plague breaking out in their sea-ports, and partly because buttertubs are particularly attractive to rats: tot there
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    Labuan a Crown Colony.
    436 6 Removed Fkom the Chaktmud Com van v W'e have to announce that, after the close of the present year, the Colonial Office w ill resume direct responsibility for the udmiuis (ration of the Crown Colony of Eabuaii, and the rule of I lie Chartered Company of
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 Punano 4th December By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) L uidon Demand Ban* 2/11 0 4 months’ sight Ban. 2/2 r> 3 Credit 2/2 i Documentary 2,21 Calcutta. Demand Bank Its 01] 3 da vs’ sight I’nva'e Go] Bombay. Demand Bank Itil] 3 days’ sight Private 63] Madras. Demand
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    SHARES.
    199 6 Belat Tin Mining Co Ld. 5. —xellerx Bei .-.vwall Hold M iniugCo.. !,<i. 5 14. teller* Bruselt Hydraulic bin Mining Co., Ed 510.25 sellers Duff Development Co. $8 50 sellerFraser A Neave. I,d $lO5. —telle x George Town Dispensery 5 -G.— llownrtii Erskine. Ed. 5180.- xellerx Karnugan Hydraulic Tin
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    PRODUCE.
    184 6 :eat 75. G. Pepper (W. Coast 3lbs.->o/..) out of *toct. White Pepper f 34. sellers I’raiig Pepper season over Clove* i picked out of ttason Mace GO —sellers Mace Pickings 52.— te l-rs Nutmegs 11 Os 31. —sellers No. I *i lo non*. "jugai 2 no si*a 1.". Basket
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    MARKET PRICES.
    138 6 Pknano, 5th December, 1905. Beef etg. Soup per cutty 6 Boast tt *4 Steaks m -4 Ste*v or Curry Meal 1H Hump Steak -4 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 60 Feet -'0 Heart 30 Liver 35 Pork— Pork per catty 34 Pig's Head Feet -6 Tongue 3-1 I
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      53 6 You hum :i!l sv.mi. I hum no iluulil. How untilv |rii|ilH >f(i iihniil With puflV.l up (•you ami iioki*n iv«l. A heavy feeling in t-lio Inml I is womlroiiM uti'ußgu to um Ihut th. -f Hhould not ii«Hlt*uvour to uppcuKi* l Imitft ills, which lln>\ no oft emluiv Uy Woodh'
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      6 6 RUBEROID ROOFING. Adamson, Gilfillan Co., Ltd.
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      134 6 CLEAR WHITE GLASS BOTTLES. BUCHANAN’S 46 Black and White t and “Special Buchanan Blen ds Fi L9H90II nurt naf SCOTCH WHISKY ■LAC*' a Tt HOUSE OF CO* 1 3 a z u J 00 a 5 *3 sc o < J 00 o z J CO z < z <
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      156 6 JUST UNPACKED. 7 1 A LARGE SELECTION OF ZUAS NEW TEAR CARDS, OF THE CHOICEST DESIGNS. :o: Early inspection solicited, -o: £<&■ GOON YEN FRIENDS. CHIN JOO Co., Merchants, dene rat Ston Keepers 6c Commission Agents, HAVE JTTST RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF Straw Hats, Felt Hats, Singlets, Belts and Perfumery
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    The Air Broom
    247 7 Hardly room iirtlm I li»-»>r American hotels i.> now elecu-d by meins of flie timehonoured hro >m and b-atlmv dust**r. Tiie dust and dirt are ivuioved I v means of ’lit, with intiuitely less physical exertion ami with tar greater rapidity. From every room pipes fKiss, through
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    Daring Aeroplane Trip.
    257 7 A young American named Hamilton, says a Daily Telegraph New York despatch, constructed a ricketty, creaking, fragile aeroplane of bamboo and canvas, and announced his iuteutiou of going up. Th 6 method he adopted was to place the aeroplane upon the deck of a tug in the
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    The Popularity of Kissing in Russia.
    400 7 it is interesting, writes Miss Emily JSwau, of Odessa, in the New Y rk Tribune, to see how prominent a part kissing pluys in Russian life. After every meal in house, the guest, if he Ire a man, apprdtfwdres Ins hostess as she rises
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      914 7 TEOII JOO MENG, NOTICE]. Chop SOON YANG. TkI.M MONK No. 321 undersign l l>«-g to iufnrui the public of Penaug and the ueigh Injuring Native States that tliev have l>eeti appointed Agents for Messrs. Ingall Parsons, Clive A Co, Ltd. of Loiklou, st-ii < 1 have recently receive»! a large
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      59 7 You solium Wood?" the Chinaman asked, '1 h<* chemist liis desk forsook. Vmi favoured hi intovlocufor With r calmly quizzical look 4 You ao savee Me muchee cold. Me bcsriee tellum mo. You ratchmn Woods' Gi.eat Pep’min Cc’ Makum all li You set» STEARNS’ WINE, a uutrie»t tome in convalescence
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      992 8 A. EVENBERG. DENTISTRY 56, Bishop Street, Goldsmith, Watchmaker and Repairer of Optical Instruments, Gramophones and other Musical 10-8-05 Instruments. 3iuh 530 Lim Sun Ho, CHOP HENG MOH Sc Go., 164, Beach Street, t’enung. Importers of all kinds of European Cloth and General Commission Agents. W. MANSON, American Dentist, Lute of
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