Straits Times Weekly Issue, 7 March 1887

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    25 1 The Straits Times WEEKLY ISSUE. Nk\v4 Berii I'L-BLISHKD KOIJ TkaNS.VUSSiI.ON BY EVERY HoMKWAKD MAIL &TBAMBB. [PJUCK tr vENTS VOL XLIII. SINGAPORE, MONDAY. MARCH 7. 18U7.
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  • DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    • Obituary
      DEATH.
      34 1 I Middle Road on tin 4 morning of th<> 27th Febr 'harlottk Mary, the wife [)f B. S. Frois, ngM ;!•> years and months. At on tlu» "J-Jiul February, George Peile Tolson. Deeply regretted.
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    STRAITS TIMES MONDAY, 7th MARCH 1887. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    156 1 SINGAPoi:! HaKCH, 1" Ghunbier 6* 40 do. Cube No. 1 9 do. ilc. No. 2 8.05 I- Copra, Bali do. Pontiaii-tk 3.00. Black Pepper 19.70 Sago Flour, Sar J.l:> Pearl Sag Ooffe-. Bonthiue small Flake uo. do. Ist 'luniit y 7.1'
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    SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
    629 1 Ahk hist homey ul was despatched 00 1'- >-h ultimo per M. M. steamer weait'^ i, and the- present mail is taken on A O im,. r Thames The London .mail of t} 1( 4,^ February was delivered on th <-' moruing «.f ih,. :',rd instant
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    Government Gazette 25th February, 1887.
    313 1 Government Gazette 2 5th Fe bruary, 1887. "he Ser-rotan of Si has been pleased to extend, with half lal;u\. for two and a-lialf uioiith« from th«> 15th proximo, tho leave ol ed to J. K. Birch, Esq., M md Commissioner of tho Court Requests, Province vYellesley. It is herein- notified
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    Football.
    1045 1 S. C. C. vertu* Navy. This match, which has been looked torward to with much iuterestrduly came oft" last Friday evening on the Esplanade which was lined ou both sides by a large number of spectators. l?>ss having won the toss for tlie.inb set the leather rolling at r
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      184 1 -QUDOLPH ZAPP DECEASED Pur\X suant to tin- Act of Parliament 22 l'.\ Viet. cap. :'>•">• Notice is hereby given that Idi persons having any claims or demands Mgaiiist the estate of Hv my i Zaip. late of go. 103 Plymouth (»rove fiiuj No. J»a St. Peter's Square m the City
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    3370 2 men who made use of Rest during February, was, Whk total return of visitors to the Ivairary and Museum during the »veelv Friday. 25th February 1887, was ■The Jfl jj^^^)^- r7/<n//y>( sailed Kujfl Ktnuis and landed Sufji HFre on NVu V-mt-Kprecedented one Bgnnu of LBth February, X'
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    The Jubilee Memorial.
    1806 3 ihk nonorary 1 reasurer acknowledges of the following additional Bubrullfctfil I.V.F. IV KK|L1 1 111 I Follil H LIST. Brought forward LO7 1 Mohamod A lsa-ji.tr I<><> SjedAboobakarbinOinaralJunied l )i(| Syed Alwee bin Ally ;il Junied 50 1 Omar bin Ally al Junied 50 i Abdulrnhm-ui bin
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    Malay Etiquette.
    195 3 The Deli Courant quotes from a newspaper m Holland, the following anecdote illustrating the itrikins difference between European and Malay ideas «>u politeness. One day an official m Sumatra happened to carry <>n a conversation with a D£*lay headman, which at length took a turn resulting m the
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    The Kimbele Goldfleltreialia.
    212 3 Mr. Hare, the Government Resident 1 av~ Cambr fi ilf, telegraphs to the W. A.^ (xov< as follows heavy floods. Country covered with water for miles. News from ii 'Ids up t.. Dec,. 3l. Parties exploring m all diree.tioi > results known ;is vet. (i ...1 reports
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    Healthfulness of Tea.
    436 3 La to the healthfulness of tea-drinkinz vi general, it is claimed that, i ;ertain .i, including Japa Irinkiug is no* .-,ily harm) bu* positively 1) 'ueficial.- thai tit. -ish--111 -lit ;i ii o t tea which conduces positively to health and •■-T.v- Th: of th lowledge 11
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    On Rice Market.
    237 4 ..r^. Hale Jo.'s ir<-ular during" the early days of jj>r review, declined soni'j 1<» new of a moderate aa market, eouph-d with advices I, of a considerjjhlo number of Br.'ion^konL'. sent figures up again are tina at the close one or pi^M^lf <•,!!■_.- have still to go
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    Havas Telegrams.
    88 4 From the Journal nParu, I M. ioul Duval is Tl •<! unanimously s<: i L'ranos for the hn^L t of war. and o millions fo of trine. Part*, M. lUautsul Minisi' i;.' Mariue on the strtrji toi>j)inLC tin system ol s ud■«l au<l sick I itf and 1;
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    Penang News.
    876 4 ft 1 li< February. M. 1. Pi< [id 1 who lias beeu re] > attanded d incarcerated m prison sim. last, \>< -nding the arrival of the order of J-overnnn 1 1 1 lor his surrender to the Dutchautuoi was discha don the < >rder of Mr. Justice
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    Naval Intelligence.
    729 4 Ln t ,1t,,, and China Express, ttk February.) The Calliope, Captain H. C. Kan.-, and the Cordelia, Captain H. H. Boy 8 which were commissioned last week for service on the China Station, have left Portsmouth for a week's trial cruise. Commodore Maxwell, the newly-ap-pointed senior officer at
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    Laying the First Cylinder of Read Bridge.
    489 4 LABI Monday morning, at seven o'clock, the Municipal Commissioners and a number of friends and admirers of our esteemed townsman, Mr. H. Read, assembled at 11 I<] Merchants' Bridge, which was tastefully decorated for the occasion, to witness the ceremony of laying the
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    Mrs. C. M. Leavitt.
    457 4 ■'■I. It' Iv i la.lv arri wa» 4 thought c the a1 a of the pul >*•*-;:■] there. I is owi to tl hoi A woi not < l»i' out of phi' on Ibe Buh alcohol. In a j im] on E ,mI Alcoholism writi l»y
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    A Curious Superstition.
    154 5 the numerous superstitions of the HUm- West Coast of Borneo, i-, one relates to the washing of a lelan tito curtain m the river, [t is believed iver the ne alm^t mad with rage, and ■alt!, -V may interfered with Eta\\ people nif time past, tin's p
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    China and Japan.
    259 5 spoilt il),' I lily -'H be glad to hear i lie important ity I».m we< N < "nini and Japan. Lsth men-of-war's "<1 the Japaiu Police w&a settled I to t li« l < 'iiiii ng-tsu, who Qto initiations with Count [nouye, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and
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    Cocoanut Pearls.
    401 5 A trade journal appearing m .Java, gives the following particulars regarding a peculiar kind of pearl found m this part <>f the world: [1 is well known thai pearls have been met with within oysters and mussels. Sometimes even trees yield pearls. In the Proceedings of the Boston
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    Tar as a Fuel.
    865 5 Lli tor I ueJ is no new rpose the G isburgGas VV< i in. 'i hot! Jeli 'Ibis 1 1 r an i 1 1 tar, nil reguslighi thrown <>n the "r< am, c< miplete combe produci ion of a any kind, i h otil} port
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    REUTER'S LETEGRAMS.
    323 5 For Strait Tina Geb math /,V,-//,/. ?stf The Reichstag has approved a special vote of credit Un- Military preparations. The X\ b \vk\ Tin- Earthquake m Northern Ital\ has proved an immense disaster. Several villages have been completely destroyed and 1 ,500 li\ ea have been l<>^t Bulgaria.
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    Telegraphic Summary.
    700 5 b\ It is stated thai nothing 'led with v< subvention I'm- tli Army. the i^\ ptian nut lav U go. Sir Evelyn lianiij; has declared that the proposals of Sir Henry Drurnmond Wolfl and Couni D'Amay neither mpl? immed tiou of' K-vj on. lonaod, ISth F.1,. A latter
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    EDITORIALS.
    1172 6 The >«»rth Borneo Question. February 26.) In our issue of yesterday we made a r nee to this important question m which the Sultan of Brunei, the Rajah Sarawak, and the British North mpany are all deeply interested, and we Btrongly of opinion that, as a matter h of
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    The Post Office in 1886.
    930 6 (N. T. February 28 11. The parcel poal worked st. satisfactorily m LBB6, that not a Bingle parcel was lost out of the. (>,77t- forwarded daring thai period. Pan-els from the United Kingdom show a Bteadj increase nearl) everj mail, ami t li« service bids
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    Adulterated Beer.
    523 6 S I M ireh -poudent'> st.it< inm^^l lli> last Ift 1 1 ji.lnin ..fS.-irQ^H 1 <>{Mllioll ,fl V.TStl^B tin* 11l J .1. lii«*llt «>1 salicylic arid H an :i eith.-r 1'«.., d „r drink -i| j^i-jM will j.r.»v to I.M-ul r.uisinue^B 1 .-*****11 ami IMiMi I»,mts. m: >jH
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    The Packet Service in Netherlands India.
    463 7 T. March Holland, some enthusiastic patriots Bre Ik-stirring themselves i<> Blew mail contract for packet service m Hfetherlands India w the hands o Dutch newspaper, ■■i taking them to t;;->k for their unthinkzeal m that direction, regardless of con|i»queiicc-. does not fail t be
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    The Prison Report for 1886.
    693 7 v V. \farch Tj ainal Prison Report for lasi r shows commendable zeal on the pari of the Superintendent m keeping op a high Btandard of efficiency m the establishmeni under his charge. It bears evidence of conscientious can- m examinim.; and tiona to the
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    II.
    674 7 (fir, T. March 4.\ During last year the number of prisoners compared with 1885 increased I>\ 1 but the number punished for prison offenincreased still more, the figures being X). This disproportionate increase of offences hardly tallies with the assurance i m the report, thai the conduci of h
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    The Municipality.
    850 7 Minutes of I'n- M uuii pal Commissioners on Wedu< _-Jrd February, LBB7. 'ommissiom ra /'< ut. Col. S. Dunlop «.>!.«;. Pn 3 Dr. T. I. Rowell, p.c.m.o. .1. 11.I 1 Joaquim, Ks.j. C. B. Trail.'. Esq. The Minui the last meeting read and confirmed. The Pre 1 ore
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    Municipal Engineer's Office.
    1677 8 tiingapore, lOti, I To tii' S< cretunj tc M>< —The following monthly progr H is forwarded for the information of the Municipal Commissioner.Country Road*.- The heavy rains during the last mouth have caused a tisidei amount of damage to the lianks of th. running id.- the Liukit
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    Pieturesque and Busy Singapore.
    1293 8 I I.v T. J. Kkw.mik \v X t i r i \Y reader, having now presented you with a hasty view kdm" 1 features of the bus\ side of our ci I ha\ pictui^esque to i mind back to ili<« ripening number <m there pick up
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    Tonquin News.
    641 9 ■j^cy (•ttiitunu'S nit- even m the Er]; 1 I of the port of Haiphong. V Mil hlllllcll ll.'lnl] U r 1M ,_r BL the Xi niship Company w ,'d I>\ r ;niu r of so-called pirai rs, they kepi ap E upon t lie hiimcli thai it st
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    Malacca News.
    1008 9 mm n Correspondent. Malacca, 23rd /•'<■/». A Chinaman n sent to the Dorian Daone Hospital breeding profusely from wounds received from being run over by a priyate gharry. The Syce is m custody. Another large bear was shot by sonic upcountry Malays and taken to the Su|>erintendent's Office,
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    Property and Assets Property.
    387 9 Property and Assets Property. Freehold ;md l-« ;i s <'- hold Land 117,079.16 naneni Works 320,242.37 Victoria Graving Dock 209,749.71 AlbeH do :i'2±**7 U \>, preciation B«>ii A.ccord Dock, shar 28,760.00 \Vh:ir. 178.771.61 Bl Depreciation 6,000.00 L 72,771.61 I .nil.nvns 1 18.630.8S Coal Sheda 92^55.15 Machine Shop Buildin 20,413.89 Foundry
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    Netherlands India News.
    772 9 dated for A.cheen advices m the >/</?<> Bo<le of the 23rd February show an improvement il the state n-s then', r that, after a lonj? unbroken ■serses, the troops have at k»i 'ored a decided success. For some time the u r art the forts on the
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    Deli News.
    860 10 Transla ted for atrai w1 \m es The De li Coum/if of the 19th February draws attention to the fact that fresh regulations on the settlement of Europeans there have just come into force. Under its provisions. Europeans or persons classified with tli- bending to reside m the
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    Manila News.
    888 10 (Translated for Ua Straut Tim9g.) A Madrid newspaper calls attention t«> the need for placing restriction! on the immigration of Chinese into the Philippines. The inflow of Chinese there m daily increasing numbers is viewed with alarm iv Spain, as being dangerous to tranquillity and order m those
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    Cairo Letter.
    1320 10 From our ovn I vpondi > >>■>/. Three e\ occupying the Cairo public; tin- tirM thejß visit of the < 'rowu I Yin. ..f pi. the second the arrival and depajß ture of S 1 mlev and third the n.v, Bfassowah. The place «>f honour nm u r
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    Crown Colonies.
    1953 11 Tariffs. i: have received copy of a very interting Little work publish sd under the auspices of the Cobdeo Club, and entitled 1 The Crown Colonies of Great Britain, an inquiry into their political economy, fi item, and trade by s. Salmon, iat President of Nevis (Wesl Indies);
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    Crown Colonies.
    1517 11 Government, Thk other day we noticed a little I I>v Mr. C. S. Salmon on this sul> gave some extracts therefrom applicable T<» tli.- Si iit> s.-ff 1. ■m. Mils. \Y have no* to call attention to a second pamphlet the same autlu»r. »Mitiil«-«l Ihe Ci Colonies of
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    North Borneo Sews.
    1150 12 British North ff< raid, Ul Feb. Til SKG \M > rOLD I"'l ELDS. [n a loading article, the Herald joints out (he difforeiu?fl I*"* 1 .-h rl l l r 1 >•[' niiniu North Borneo ;ui<l Australia and the jliffi<*nlti«»s m the way of European miners, ;iii!
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    The Queen's Jubilee in India.
    910 12 j j>r<.]" and A i u.i- m gari ison, including ii. hiard, Madras Volunteer Guards, and Madras Railway <>- i salute of I'll trims w a "oni t lie Saluting Battery I i Artii! Bteanie m harbour also tired salutes, weie displayed, and nearly all
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    Upper Burmah.
    958 13 Mandalav correspondent of the "writes as toll.. u< under February -ipated reduction of the Burmah |,y 10,<KJO men was not generally ySffU here till <|uitc lately, and is considered Kpanv as premature. The not very satisttorv"- 1 te of peace and order to which the has so far
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    Mail News.
    1571 13 From London papers of ith February.) al, progress with the Debate on the Quern's Speech. WMle'i oeeupies more time every Session, is very slow. Two important amendments sd, one by the Kadicals demanding the evacuation of Egypt, and a second by Mr. Parnell raising the a frarian n
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
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      Hack Gharries.
      153 13 Deab Sir, Will you !><• kind enough to allow me ou<-<- more to trespass >nr valuable space, to answer 1 *>« >t :i ter of Thursday. He seems to thiuk thai tin object of my letter was to have "a hit Police," and I would iufonii hi that
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      Chinese "Sam-Sengs" or Ruffians at Club Street.
      111 13 Chinese "Sam-Sengs" or Ruffians at Club Street. ill appi .or if i will kindly allow mc spaco for the foil lilt.--. Mul) S1 pi,! ;n limn They are »mpo: eklorly A 1 It'll 1! uiiiili'is They i i aaoe tstli re. The;. I) i They do 0 \v il l
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      Excessive Strictness.
      281 13 Sir, There seeming exists an r charging the sent n duty on PoH f Cannin^^o refuse admission to \m w i are 00l armed witb i is no doubt, the rule pure and simple. bu< tfa must be some modifying arrangements understood. I* is quite possible that, inth<
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    The Tianjcng Pagra Dock Co.
    473 14 S, K \C\ is evident that you consider tQ ;i tv, the Taujong Pa-ar Dock Co. )lic interest, for I see that you have prated the Directors 1 Report and Balance icet m a recent issue of your journal. In th»'se circumstances I make n<>
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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      304 14 y pgv<t3kfii:aiTiiii Capsules II 1 I Tfcwe are now used the Hospitals of Paris m place of I m A SCopaibi. I'ub-bs. and astringent liquids, and will curd Cj3 Win fiiurty-eijrht hours all d..Tangemeuts of the Crnary ia either sex without incoavenienca of any kiad. GRIMAULT Go, Paris. Sold by
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      134 14 ID GUILLIE'S purgative PILLSI Prepared from D 1 GUILLIE'S Tonic and Anti-Glutinous Elixir Extract I I L/ver I by PAUL GAGE lEp/^/n/cFeverJ ■9 or Pbarm;<r-j'i.-il i n t I It. from t'« P"-i- JVulty p.,; m Sfomach SOLE PROPRIETOR OF THIS MEDICINE rnnl..J!,/ D seases Female and Gout Th i
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      464 14 ARRIVALS. g Vessel's Name. Dons. < lptajx. From Saiu X [Spaniel itr 28< Sandakan Feb. 19 26 Malacca F< h 2 2<» N irinanh\ I 3oren Sainarang Fob. na I'.'.'i Zavala Mai FcJ>. 20Syn [rick Krupp <i- r -tr. Kobe 10 Guthrie 4 I Btr. 2159 Berdr Hongkong Feb. 21
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      700 14 CLEARANCES. Datk Name Flao Hi Cai-ta Dkstinat. Fell. -I Pair Penaag Brit.atr. Harrison Bagan ria p 24 A.ntenor str. Grier Hongkong and Shanghai 25 Benmore atr. roll Penang via p Gadrnn I>m- Prehn r <>«»n ESrwin E&ickmen bq. Hashagen 25 !ompta l'ut I.. t Pena 25 Penaag Brit.atr. Conrtnej eribon
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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      304 15 I DWELL CO. AUCTIONEERS, SINGAPORE. FURNITURE, A.\. For Salb. Ire Cll.-sts on) Jewel Safes ra SuiT*'.- .i.ij'.-niese Screens Stand- LiiM.ie.iui Cupboards < >ffice Desks Office Oiaira Drawers PniikftliH Stand- f'i.-u.o Stools D 8 iron fire-proof) •'Us KL^ing-ni'Mi Suite- ii Jsat liin^ Jnrs Waggons 'J'aliles low.', Horse-, :i (]s Toilet rl»8«eg
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      465 15 AGENT wanted by an important (iennaa firm of General Merchants well known m the Indi.-in Market. Address with referen ccs to H. I.". iMiv i.f Rudolf Mosse. l."ip/jV iiijiny. Singapore, *th November, LBBl "OYWATER, TANQUERAY Co. late. I> Byavater. Perry A 1 1 agent* for Residents abroad. Missionaries. Chaplains >Vc.,
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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      787 16 YARROW'S SMALL STEAMERS AND STEAM LAUNCHES Screw Stkamkks with spekds RAHOIIfQ i P t<» 26 milks an hoi k Paddle Steamers with draft bahoihg dow» to <; tNCHES of watsi STERV WHEEL STEAMERS WITH VKKV SHALLOW DRAFT ESPECIALLY SUITABLE FOB RIVEB NAVIGATION. MACHINERY CONSTRUvTED FOB BOATS BUILT ABROAD. YARROW CO..
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      726 16 Anti Dycpeplie, Com,, or Chocolate P&rder. GUARANTEED PURE SOLUBLE COGOA OF THE FINEST QUALITY, wfl OUT SUGAB OB ADMIXTI Tli.« Faculty pronounce it tho "most nutritioiK. rtV«-tl\ (li^.'stiMr lH»vt»rHp* for Brajfl Luncheon, or Bi»per;" and invaluable wir invalids and ronnff children. 8.-iiiL' .•il»s,,lut,'l > •;ill C.mo.i/" with tl xr,» of
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