Hong Kong Telegraph 1889-03-15

Hong Kong Telegraph 1889-03-15

Year: 1889

IT has been very aptly said that the average man is made up of intelligence and prejudice - mostly of prejudice. But there are some men of a different composition - they are made up, in about equal quantities, of ignorance and prejudice. THE PANIC IN PARIS. THE PARNELL COMMISSION. SERVIA. THE NETHERLANDS. THE agents (Messrs. Adamson, Bell & Co.) inform us that the "Shire" Line steamship Glamorganshire. A LONDON actor is stated to have caught inflammation of the lungs through playing farcical comedy in a kilt. THE Alta California says the discovery of Colonel John S. Mosby that his grandmother was a cousin to General Harrison's grandfather. ACCORDING to a fashion journal the pre-eminent characteristic of the feminine figure last season was "bustle"; this year it's "bust". A NEW dance called the "Chow-Chow" is described as "a waltz in which you can hug four ladies in rotation". Sir John Macdonald has a scheme to beat the annexationists. Knowing that if he waits for. Severe snowstorms are reported throughout Austria and Switzerland. The storms in Germany continue. It was learned this morning that a goldsmith of this city. had poisoned his five children and. An accident near Halle yest