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Fate of Celebrated Racehorse.
Jerry M., who won the Grand National for the late Sir Charles Aeshaton-Smith in 1912, has had to be destroyed, owing to paraly sis of the bindquarters.
Heavy Rains in the F.M 5. Ipoh, November 18.-There were heavy rains at Taiping over the week-end. The Jawi river was flooded and the line between Sungei Bakap and Nobong Tebil is inundated, causing a delay in the trafla. Ia 24 hours seven inches fell. This is said to cons stitute in reccrl for Taiping. Heavy rains also fell in the Kitti Valley, where there is much flod- ing-Straits Times.
"Just Bite One."
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A West Indian negro (accord-} ing to the Barbados Standard) told his overseer what he thought of British soldiers by means of a little story."Jes' befor de war, he said, "de Kaiser, be send a bag of ice to King George, and he tell him, King George, I got as many soldiers sa dere is rice in die bag, and King George, he send de Kaiser a bottle of nigger! peppers and he tell him, I only got a many soldiers' as there is peppers in this bottle, but jas' you bite one and see how you like him."
Prince's Fund: £3,155,000.- The Prince of Wales National Relief Fund on October 13 reach- ed the sum of £3,155,000,- *A Satisfied Bench. Sir John Barker, the chairman of the Bishop's Stortford Benob, said last month that they could
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At the desire of the Emperor I had a real primibal vare before was required to show him all the them. They had a good rear 40 pictures that I have painted. in the past, and he hoped that The Emperor was in a very that state of things might cor confident mood, and his pride in tinus. The Bench very rarely
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being apread through the country, in spite of all the blandishments beautiful park before the basati alleging that the Russians have offered in túre, sach as a straw ful Prefecture of and gazed invaded Persis and that riainge have occurred in Afghanistan, bed, a a nly bed to simulate its way into the far distance.
India, and Egypt. Dative desert, and so on, unt!! somebody suggested an open docr opposite the entrance, and then the poor beast meekly walk- ed in and through only to tumble
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Worthing's Lady Mayor. Next year Worthing will have a lady as its civic hoad, Mrs. Ellen Chapman Laving been in vited to fill the Mayoral chair. Mr. Chapman, a cousin of the late Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, has been a member of the Werth ing Town Council for four years,
The Bargomuster of Weimar, who is a Reserve Officer, wrote on October 3:-
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"The Emperor was with us yee- terday. What he said had such cheerful ring, and made us so happy, that I should like the im pression to reich Weimar too He ended with the words:-Well boye, before the leaves fall from the trees here, we ebullal! be hack in the dear Fatherland.'
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The circular stated that it was estimated that there were 3,000 German officera and men in the Turkish Fleet, and that the closing of the Dardanelles would not affect British intereste to a large extent, as British commerce had ceased for some weeks past owing to the military requisitions.
Indians in Egypt. It may not be generally known words are a symptom of the ah. that two divisions of Indian solute onfile.ce of the Emperor troops have been sent to Egypt to in the victory of German arme.replace the British regiments eent She is als a member of the Board This afternoon the Imperial to France. The Pioneer thus of Guardince. Formerly Mr. Changeller was also in our village writes about their arrival, on Chapman kept a atud of grey-to visit his eon, who is serving "eptember 20: hounds, and was widely known with the Breslau Body Cuirassiere, I saw the Chancellor standing for as a successful exhibitor.
Railless Cars in Shanghai, a long time in the road. He was Shanghai's new service of rail-xtremely cheerful, and the hints less tramways, along Fokien Road he gave about the future shaping from Soochow Creek to the Yang-of Europe were based upon the kingpang was opened on Su: day assumption, as a matter of coure, last, says the N. C. Daily News, that Germany's victory would be aud promises to be a success. The complete.' new car has naturally aroused. German Gold for Turkey. keen curiosity among the
Athena, October 17. Chinese, on the number of pas- I learn from good source that sengers already carriel shows gold, representing £1,000,000, bas that they are by no means averse recently been sent from Germany to the innovation. A feature of tɔ Turkey, the car particularly noticeable is that its ranning is practically silent. It is too early yet to sug gest an I'ension of the service to other districts, but an ocea Trustworthy advices from Con- Behind them marched en Indian
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which could not be rivalled by any other means. The Californian poppy is one of the many wonders of California. Is to a fastidious flower, for it is found auly in California, It belongs Interesting Marriage Anni-
bere, as the Yosemite Valley versary
bolonga, but it is not stingy in its sional rai le s cer seen wandering atantinople state that it is rum Regiment, whose giant stature Ceoetry Bryan and Me, Bryan beauty, like the Yoseinite. It up Babbling Well Road, as if ex-oured there that Enver Pasha commanded general admiration, celebrated the thirtieth anniver- has not confined itself to ore perimenting, suggests possibili wishes to form a new committee Bagpipes ekirling native music sary of their mrriage recently. small, remote section of the consisting of Djemal Pasho and were next heard heralding the Mr. Bryan called of the State Sierras, but grows everywhere. "Commercial Discipline. Talast, Midhat, and Shukri Baya oncoming of Gorkhas who in their Department and took the Secret While it is a pale affair in the Ipoh, November 14 Mr.with the object of fomenting a slouch hate looked for all the tary to lunch and for a trip San Francisco sand dunes, TUCK'S CHRISTMAS CARDS. Justice Edmonds to-day dismissed pan-Islamic agitation. Though world like Japanese-indeed, the through the National Museum, wherever there is solid earth the suit with costs, in the serion the rumour cannot be confirmed, major part of the native popule The Poppy on the San Francisco on the peninsula the poppy PRIVATE GREETING CARDS. WM. Reid v. Aylesbury and the occupation of Antwerp and tion is convinced that they are Hillsides in 1915. Garland. Pisiniju claimed for the withdrawal of the advanced Japanese, for their physiognomy The decision of the park damages for wrongful dismissal, Russian force into Poland have certainly strikes one as being commissioners to plant the hille he being discharged for refusing greatly encouraged the pro- distinctly Mongolian; and then of San Francisco with poppies, in to apologise for a letter writion Germans. Several German officers followed, other regiments bensur of 1916 and the grissin by him to an estate, manager. and fresh ocnsignments of heavy An enormous camp has been the year will bring, is a very fino The Judge said that the plaintiff's gang have arrived here during laid out at Heliopolis, where the civic scheme. It is possible for replies to the firm's letters left the past fortnight
vast and arid desert has become the commissioners to plant 100
acres with the goed now. on hand, you have lost your appetite white with the canvas of many acres tents and in between them black One hundred acres of Sanne of the big variety of with lising, moving form. The Francisco billede blazing with dainty dishes at the ALEXAN
cup of gold will DEA CAFE is sure to tempt whole scene is most picturesque the California cu and the site chosen is one of the give a charm to San Francisco von healthiest in or near Cairo, where
nothing elsa open to defendants Constantinople, Oct. 14. than to dismiss him, as discipline The ships of the Tarkish Fleet in comm.reis matters must be which assembled on Monday at maintained as well as in military, the entrance to the Bosphorus
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ails Timer
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grows with rara brilliance, and the planting of the park com- mission will make a gorgeous showing for 1916.—San Francisco Braminer
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