Straits Echo, 19 August 1907

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  • 36 1 Straits Echo 10-PAGE EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 5. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, MONDAY, 19th AUGUST, 1907. Single Copy, 10 cents. No.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1070 1 tiger brand cement. -a <7 258 N HLb J LOR ALL PURPOSLS. BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. *****,000 1.0 75,000 JCBOO.OOO Capital Paid up Resorve Fund Reserve Liability of Pn p ietor* Head Office: HATTON COURT, THREA]'NEEDLE STREET, LONDON.
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    • 18 1 N GUINNESS’S STOUT. 9£ ss <g Co m 3: o 30 C 9 Co s. 1 aiv s,ss <?
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  • 998 2 What is a criminal court, pa r' Courting au old maid f«»r her money.” 1 was driven to drink Well, if you badu’t beeu driven, you wo6ld have walked.” Wbeu l ord aud Lady Cromer left Cairo, the band playd Auld Ling Syne.” Imagine the feeliug6 wt
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 653 2 NOTICE IS hereby giveu that the partuei ship lately j subsisting between us, the undersigned, j Oug Huu Chong aud Oug Huu Siew, carry- iug on business a« Tin Merchants aud Geueral Healers at No. 397, Beach Street. Penaug, uuder the style or lirni of Tin Seaug,” aud as Pepper
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    • 1596 2 BRINSMEAD PIANOS STILL FRONT. SPECIAL TROPICAL MODELS. Solid Mahogany Case, Iron Frame. New BRINSMEAD five-ply wood wrest plank. Front escapement, check action, $450. LIBERAL discount FOB CASH- $450. ;i^ THE BOBIMSDTPIAWO 00., L NOTICE. 66 BEACH HOUSE TD. r |MIE undersigned beg to inform tbe public of Penang and the
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  • shipping.
    • 55 3 Maky Austin, Hr. s.s., I*2l, Campliell, lBth Aug., Asabau, 17tb Aug., Gen.— K. G. Co. Pitrel, Br. s.s., 124, Edwards, 18th Aug. Uraudan, 17th Aug., Gen.— K G Co. Taka. Br. s.s, 3,651, Acbeson, lHiii Aug, Calcutta, Pth Aug., Gen.—ll. T, Co. Tbksta, Br. ss. 3,42Wi11i5, lJhhAug, l7th Aug.,
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    • 35 3 19th August. Teettu, for Negapatam and Madras. Deli, for Trang and Pang Nga. Canton, for Paugkor and Teluk Anson. Tara, for Singapore. Patiala, for Kingoou aud Calcutta. Vying Fish, for Port Weld and Taipiug.
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  • 32 3 Vessel* Fn.ni A ift at* Due Rbeiiiiuia Hamburg B.M.&Co. -1 si Aug. Benvenue Europe 23r<l Beuvoi 1 fell Singapore B<fcC\>. 23rd A. A pear Singapore A.A.A.Co. 25th IX'lta Colombo X.G.ACo. 2i*tli
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  • 29 3 1 rgnel* For A ■Idltr heoref Rheuania Benvenue Ben vei l ich A. Apear Delta B M &0o. Singapore S.B&Co. Marseilles B.&Co. Calcutta jA.A.A Co. Singapore [A.G.&Co. Alii».
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  • 229 3 Fok Paugkalau Brandau—Per Petrel tomorrow, noon. Deli —Per Avagyee, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Asahau—Per Mary Austin, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Batu Bahra—Per Padang, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swetlenham and Siugapore—Per Perak, to-morrow, 3 p.m. 1 ort. S wet ten ham aud Siugapore—Per Ban W/iatt Soon, to-morrow, 3 p.m leluk Ausou—Per
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  • 234 3 IVr I*, aui] (>. s.s. Manila, due at Peuau<' on 20th August io Singapore (from Loudou, July 20th) Alajor J. A. O Me Carthy, Major and Mrs. E. M. Pilcher. I ei I and (J. s.s. Borneo, <1 ie at Penang on 3rd September To Penang
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    • 1828 3 (SHIPP I H O.)— T 60 i N. Co. E-rpecled Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards. Aug. 2* 8 8. Delta connecting with 8.8. Victoria s.s. Uritounia 8.s. Mooli a n 8.8. China Sspt. 11 h 8. Oceana <lo 25 8 8. Delhi <lo Oct. U 8.8. Arcadia do Homewards.
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  • 100 4 Justice satisfies everybody and justice alone. —Emrrum. FubUshod dally (eicept Sundays.) sr Tits CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Peuaug. PRICE DAILY J.OCAL J2I per auuutu. OUTATATI >Xs I\i.-«t;i£e ExtraMAIL EDITION* O’ost Free) $l3 CABLE ADDRESS: Echo— Pjnanj*.” Telephone No. 343. A. B. All bus'uess communications
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  • 492 4 W e would draw the attention of the Municipal Engineer to Kedah Road, which appears tobe utterly neglected and mica red for in the matter of its drainage. From its junction with Penang Road, along nearly two-thirds of its length, we have two channels completely covered
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  • 381 4 Wanted, More Recruits. The names meived so far as intending recruits in the proposed Perang-boru Chinese Volunteer Corps are 1. Lim Cliee Saing 23. Ooi lieau Cbve 2. Tau Cboo Soay 24. Nyo Siaug Uau 3. Tau Hun Eng 25. I an Take Thai 4.
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  • 451 4 Night Attack on Penang (By Our Special War Cui respondent.) On Saturday night the Penang Volunteers and Cadets, assisted by a company of the Malay States Guides, went through some interesting and instructive night uiaricuvres. The men rendezvoused” at the juucti n of the Western aud
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  • 545 4 Murder and Attempted Suicide A Jk a J,ous Lover. A terrible tragedy occurred at No. 29, Perak Road. at uoou yesterday, a Chinese woman being murdered by a jealous lover who afterwards attempted his own life. The following is the story of the aff»ir as the
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  • 122 4 We regret to h ive to chronicle au accident to M<. P. Baer o.dier of the linn of Messrs. n nil, 11 or and Co Mr. Baerlocher had just got a new saddle horse down from Siugapoie aud was out tiding at Aier Ktam when the beast
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  • 117 4 Ihe B. I. Contract Packet I'/iowjitw, with the Outward Mails, is expected to arrive here on Thursday next, at 7 a in., ami is intended to leave for Port Swettenham and Singapore at about 5 p ui. on the same day. The report of Friday’s meeting of
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  • 126 4 In Appellate Juiisdiction Palmer cs Oechsle. (Before the Cite/ Justice, Sir Hyndinau Jones, and Justices liraddell and F.sh r) In this case Mr. R. G. Palmer brought a suit agaiust Mr. A. Oechsle to enforce payment of a promissory note for $5,500. It was not disputed that the
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  • 253 4 B fore Mr. Wol/erstan.) Kliug.a Siamese woman, was this morniug {arraigned ou the charge of criminal misappropriation iu respect of a pair of gold bangles valued at $6O, the same being alleged to be iu the possession of the woman who is said to have been murdered
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  • 222 4 1 he scratch match played ou the Kaplunade ou Saturday afternoon resulted in a victory for Lieutenant Edgell’s team by 2* runs Fidgell's team played thirteeu men. Key worth aud Neubronner scored bl runs, and 112 rut s not out, respectively. Appended are the scores Mb. Key worth's Team,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 398 4 si!sl!3!=U=l£!!3!£l!=n3B!=l!=l£3l3!3!S!3!=l!=l£ri |TOWN HALL, PENANG, jjj m |Q gj Friday and Monday 23 and 26. |jj El The Penang Amateur Dramatic Society 10 01 El ft JB El El El El El present Oliver Goldsmith’s Comedy, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER,” or THE MISTAKES OF A NIGHT.” Curtain to rise at 9
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    • 23 4 LOOK OUT FOR THE “STRAITS _ECHOS" COMPETITION. PRIZES OF $6O, $3O and $lO. OPEN ONLY TO REGISTERED SUBSCRIRERS. Full particulars on Wednesday next.
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  • Article, Illustration
    568 5 Third Day, 17 h August. (Echo Special Tuipittg, 17th August.—The Perak Turf Club’s Autumn Meeting concluded to-day in tine weather and there was again a large attendance of sportsmen. The results of the races are as follows 1 —Tub Uall'ih’at Handicap, Class i. Value $4OO, with $5O for
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 38 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Empress Dowager Incapacitated Loudon, 10th August.—Private advices received at Tokio from Peking state that, the Em press-Dowager is iucacacitated by an iucuruble disease. The future is gloomy owing to the unsettled state of politics.
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    • 49 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Botha’s uenerous Suggestion Criticised London, 19th August.—Some of the newspapers enthusiastically commend Botha's generous "statesmanship” (statement') re gardiug the purchase of the Cullinan Diamond for presentation to the King, but others ijuestiou the expediency of such generosity when the Colony is m financial straits.
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    • 23 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) In San Francisco aud South Manchuria. Loudon, 19th August.—Plague has broken out at Sau Franencu aud Southern Manchuria.
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    • 89 5 Sujij'lied by Renter.) Ait Impudent U t'matum L *u ‘on, 1* h August.—A courier fioui the tiibesmeu has at lived at Casa Hlauca. He presented Geueral Drude with *au ultimatum demanding the surrender (of the town r) stating that otherwise a great force of Kahyles would destroy the French.
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    • 73 5 (Supplied by lie liter.) Action of a British Officer. Loudon, 19th August.—Reuter’s correspondent at Georgetown, British Guiaua. wires that Captain Colder, c mimauding the frontier force, entered Vemzueli aud demanded at the poiut of the revolver, a quantity of gum, which it is al eged was collectel in
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    • 55 5 (Supplied by Reuter Sals to Japan Impossible. Loudon, 19th August —Tae New Yotk Herald has iuteivnwed Mr. Taft, American Secretary of War, regarding the reports that Japan might purchase the Philippines. Mr. I’aft said he kuew perfectly well that Japan did u >t want to make the purchase
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    • 41 5 Sup] lied by Reuter.) Visit to Lisbon. Loudon, l9ib August.—Duriug the stay of the Japauese Cruisers Chitose aud Titiku ba at Lisbon the King of Portugal aud Admiral ljuin exchanged the most cordial of toasts at a banquet.
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  • 163 5 Prisoner’s Arrest. Escape ano Re-arrest. The Straits Times special correspondent, wiring from Hongkong on Friday last, saysThe dastardly murder of a European woman liete has absorbed public interest throughout the week. All passeuger steamers along the China coast and connecting with Japan have been watched most closely,
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  • 270 5 The Government Gazette of August 10 contains tbe following items of information With reference to Government Notification No. 178 of tbe Bth of February, 1904, it is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to add tbe name of Mr. William Andrew Cuscadeu to tbe
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  • 2115 5 Tiie Haunted Room. A Ghostly Experience. Hy Southei h Cruet Charer I. Challoner aud I were spending a week eud up at the Crag and when the ladies ietired we, having no inclination for bed yet, lit our pipes aud betook ourselves to one of the cosy
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
    • 100 5 i To the Editor of the Sibaits Ec ho. Sir. —Iu reference to the paragraph re t in- Comet iu your issue of to-day, it may interest your readers to kuovv that it was clearly visible from this vessel on the morning of 12 h. iust. at
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    • 524 5 To tiie lament ov the Straits Echo. Sir, —1 read with varied feelings what was published in vour issue of the 14 f h instant j uuderthe heading of Lajpat Rai’s Offence.” and also your leader in the issue of the l-'.tb instant headed “The Seditiou
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    • 339 5 To nib hi/iior. <>f iuk .Vikalis Echo. Sir, Iu leplv to the comments made in your repoit of the foothill m itch ou the 13 h it staut regarding my play, stating ill it the game should be of better
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  • 293 5 Tub Opening Sh^w The Edison Bioscope Compauy opened ou Siturdav night ou the piece of spate grouud at tue corner of Transfer 11 >ad aud Kedab Hoad, aud drew a crowded house. Moviug picture show proprietors invtriab‘y claim that in their articular Glow they have absolutely
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  • 82 5 A RKIVKD Pu ss. Vera!;, from Poit BAottenliani Mr. Pagqii il, Mi aud Mrs. J. Howell. From Singapore: lion’blc John Turner, Mr. T* z°r. Mr. Scheher.-, Rev. Pykelt, Luering. Per s.s, 'Vara, from liangooou Messrs. E. Key S 3, Wrigley and II \V. H. Ftevei s. Per s.s. Tretti,
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  • 50 5 To-day. 11th Day of 7»li Muuu. Town Baud, Esplanade, fi to 7 p.m. Ed i sou Bioscope Show, corner of Transfer and Kedah Road?. To-morrow. 12th Day of 7ih Moon. League Football C F. T. v*. G. C A. Edison Bioscope Show, corner of Transfer aud Kedah R ads.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 405 5 WANTED IMMEDIATELY, BILL COi LECIOR. who under•ZjL stands accounts. Cash Etcuritj iequiied. Apply by letter stating qualiticalions. THE PENANG TRADING COY H»-8-07 581 :J7OK. ChuHa Street PENANG TURF CLUB. GRIFFINS FOR JANUARY 1008 MEETING rnHE Committee have decided to invite J. subscriptions for two classes of Horrt Gnftics for tlie
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  • 612 6 J| n i(es of a Meeting of the Muuicip&l Comm s»i< ueis h ‘U eu t riday, the -6th Julv, 1907. Present. F.J Hallitax, Es<|. (President). Quail Deng Kte, Esq. |II. Clayton, Esq. Absent. Liui Eu T«»h, E <iJ W. Hallifax, Esq. ]>r. P. V. Locke. 1. The
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  • 385 6 Mu. Grove's Resignation. It is understood that the tesiguatiou of Mr. Grove from the post of Chief Polico < tfficer is due to the fact that, the force being at pieseut so depleted of officers of the rank of Assistant Superiuteudeut and Inspector, that officer has found himself
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  • 123 6 Penang, 19th August (By courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) Loiidunt nu iii l ...2/4,', 4 months’ sight Bank ...2 4, 7 8 Credit ..2/*;» 3 Documentary —2/4 J hiioutta, Demand Bank Ks 1741 3 days’ sigh’ I’rwate 175$ B mii in* v. Demand Bank 17 k$ Mouinieiu, Demand Bank
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  • 181 6 Gold leaf $65.10 B. Pepper( W.C**a*t 311 m». 0r..) 16f. —tw stock White Pepper 21f. sales Trang Pepper 17f. —sales Cloves (picked) 51. —no sellers Mace 81.50 sales Mace Picking* 69. —sales Nutmegs 1 lon 24.50 sales SNo. 1 5.60 sales 2 no stock Banket 3 20 Inj/ers for
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  • 187 6 PBNANO. 19th AUGUST, 1907. Bbkf— cfs Suup pe r cat tv 12 Boast 24 Steaks “I; Stew or Curry Meal I’* Hump Steak 24 Ox Tail «tcli 25 Tongue ..Feet 15 Heart **B Liver Pokk— Fork fer catty 40 Pig’s Head 22 Feet 20 Tongue 'l2 Mutton j
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 44 6 For a Lame Hack. Wheu you have pains in the small of the back, ilampen a piece of thick lliuutl slightly with Ohiimberlaiu’s Pain Halm and bind it oil over the seat of pain, and ijniek relief will follow. Tiie Town Dispensary, Wholesale Aqents.
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    • 527 6 Sickness Comes When Least Expected. A little forethought may save you uo eud of trouble. Anyone who makes it a rule to keep Camberlaiu’s Colic, C holera aud Diarrhoea Remedy at hand knows this to be a fact. The Ceorgo Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. share: Si 1808 1000 1006 G
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    • 17 6 Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co AGENTS FOR PE NANO F. M. .S
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    • 99 6 MACKAY’S LIQUOR WHISKY, MAETELL’S BRANDY. Geislers’ Champagne, BORDEN’S PEERLESS BRUNO EVAPORATED CREAM. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN Absolute Purity Guaranteed, AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. IN RED CASES. Snndiinnd*. Rntfery Cn. i) V, v" >- CO X o -J UJ < m G c o s "Wl* PENANG. TO BE
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  • 349 7 JSats lbt‘ Manila next of tl.e 27ih ultimo:— One of the most distinguish**] members of the bar of the south'ru part of the United State» was aske 1 recently as to the ethics of advertising liv lawyers. lie said iu reply “Generally throughout the soul hern states,
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  • 671 7 Neither tie Naples Camorra, the Paris Apaches, nor the Black Hand of America is the most powerful aud b rrible secret society in the whole world, in spite of the harrowing details of their ghastly work wnich is already well known. The palm must go to
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1465 7 BAXTER Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. WROUGHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINGS. INSURANCES. Large Stock Always on Hand. General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO., LTD. DAVID COPSAR SON’S WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No 0. WE bare bceu appointed Agents for the above Company lor Penang,
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    • 73 7 Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reined)'. There is probably no medicine made that s relied tip.»n will» a more implicit confidence than Chamberlain's Colic, Cbclera aud Diariboea li j ni‘dy. During the third of a centu»y i i which it has bteu iu use, people have learned that it is
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1077 8 NOTICE. VIEWS of Penang, Singapore. Perak. Selangor, and Sumatra, Photos onlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft., on Bromide paper. W. JONES, King Street, Penang. Photographer. 16c Kim Kcng Leong Co., U 7, BEACH STREET. W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free.
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  • 1298 9 Penang's New Drill Hall. The Acting Colonial Eugiueer moved the following That this Council approves a vote of 62:.,500 for the purchase ot certaiu laud iu Nortnam Road, Penaug, having an area of I 2,645 square feet and forming part of the j estate of the late Francis
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  • 148 9 Werner von Siemens, a German electrical j engineer, was commissioned in 1850 to lav the first telegraph hue 1 etween Verviers and Cologne. While he was laying tbi-t cable, a pretty woman came to him and besought him to desist. The telegraph, she said, with tears
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  • 529 9 Somk Efforts by School Children. Some elementary school children were asked to write dowu what ihey understood by a lady. Son eof the answers deserve a wider public than that of the magazine of the Graystoke (L. C. C.) Training College, in which Ihey were recently published.
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  • 1190 9 Yi Fin is the man who removed the b«rriers that shut civilisation out from Korea, aud who has beeu destroyed in consequence. Up to thirty years ago Korea was hermetically sorlei to the west. One can still Me. hanging high ou the gates
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  • 374 9 A most ingenious fraud was revealed last mouth at the Uld Bailey, iu London. A regular customer of a book maker, who circulated a telegram code, sent him a cipher telegram at nine in the morning ou the day of a race with the words 41 dJ2
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  • 411 9 Ihe Juua returns of the l> .aid of Trado show, with regard to trade with the Fai East, that there was again a large decrease iu cotton yarn expoits duiiug the moi.ih. aud the total quantity exported dutiug the half-year just ended is consideial.Jy smaller. This is due
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  • 520 9 Discussing (be propriety of (lie introduction of a divoice law into (be Philippine Islauds, the Manila il> enews savs:— Whether (here should be an absolu’e di voice law iu ihese islands or as at pieseut merely a law of separation from bed and board, the Cablenavj
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  • 508 9 1 1.0 stud/ of psychology has some attrac Jive features about it that in all probibility have not been suspected by the average !ci'/ i. !>•'. a. Stanley Hall, who is Preside. iof Claik University up in Massacbiu salts, am 1 al« does occ .si-m il
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  • 180 9 Say» (he China J/ai7 of the 25ih ultimo i Orer and over again we repeat that Sikhs are of l.ttle use as gutrdiius of the peace except for instilling the fear of God iuto h ipless Chinese. Morally they are unspeakable, aud there is little chance of
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  • 706 9 A recent number of the Hongkoug Government Gazette contains a repoit by Dr. G. M Harstou <>u the Ophthalmic Department of 'Tung Wah Hospital iu which the author states that the object of the department are twofold:- (1 The relief of the appalling amount of suffering
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
    • 46 9 Not a Doubtful Question. There is no doubt in the minds of tho>e who have used t’amberlain’s Colie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as to its curative powers, tor a pain in the stomach, diarrhoea or dysentery, it affords immediate relief. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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    • 90 9 The Doctor Away from Home 'Vlicn Most Needed. iVof.K- Mro often very mu-.b d.sappoiuled to hud that their family physiciau is away rom home when they most, need his services Disease* like cramp, colic and diarihoea require Hompt treatment, and in many u.8Tai„c prove f.tt.il before medicine can lie procured
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    • 857 10 FOR SALE. Guide to Penang, THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER. Nos. 2, 3 4 of IJY THK LATK “THE REVIEW OF THE FAR EAST,” E. F. Skertchly, f. e.s. KDITKI) BY A. CiTJNNINGHAM, of the South China Morn inji Post. Price 50 cents. Worth a Dollar a copy. THE ONLY MACHINE
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