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"Sienkiewicz Honoured? Petrograd, December 11, by way of London, 2.30 p.m.-Henry Sienkiewicz, author of "Quo Va dis" and holder of the 1905 Nobel prize for literature, to-day was elected honorary member of the Russian Academy of SciencOS. The Poles are greatly gratified by the honour thus conferred on the writer, which is generally considered to be a unique one for a. Pole.
The Arab Steed.
A society has been formed in Cairo for presorving the purr-bred Arab horse. It is said that recent changee in the lives and habits of the Bedonina bave resulted in the deterioration of there horses. A practical horeeman of wide experi- ence says that as a rule the Arab borse is now no better treated than our own horses, whatever may have been true of the old days when such prems as "The Arab to blis Steed" were written. New Lleutenant Governor of Palawan.
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Now, tell me, what do they think at home of the British Navy?"
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He had just come from Russia many San Franciscans, on the on an important Government Oregon Express, recently found business, and I was enxions to themselves in the clutches of the bear by warm word of mouth the police and the bealth authorities news from home, which I have of Oakland and were forcibly recently been obliged to follow vaccinated before they were in cold priat; allowed to go to their homes of "Tell me first of all what "they
"Well," he said, "it is a curi- hotele. Several of them objected, think of our new Allies, the Eng- Bays the San Francisco Examiner.lish and their Army."
ous feeling they have in Russia Women with baties were "Well," he answered, with about it. "We hear so little about especially obdurate. But the some besitation, not knowing how it. Of course, we fully realise threat of ten daya' quarantine to put it all in a few words, "we everybody who only reads the brought them all to the vaccine are just happy about them. I papera-that the English Navy is point.
remember wall those days of us doing silently a great work. Shantung Rallway Station.
penso in the beginning of August Without it I should not be bere, The railway station Fainant when we all awaited with bated we could not have any intercourse of the Shantung Railway was in breath the decision of the English with England, which is so vital course of construction by a Ger. Government. It seemed, on the to all of us the Allies. We un- man Company; but owing to the surface of it, as if they were derstand that the English Navy. war the work was suspended for indecisive. Some of us, who did is in every sense of the word the the present. Now it has been de-, not know the English, were be- Mistress of the Seas and that the cided by the Japanese authorities ginning to lose hope of their Germans have simply got to sub to continue the construction and joining us. But most of us firmly mit to her rule. We were awfully tonders were invited from con- believed that they would be with pleased and excited over that tractors on the Oth. Tais sounds as in this great struggle for affair at the Heligoland Bight and very fine, of course, but really right, justice, and a better fature, every English victory at sea. We amounts to very little, as the You cannot imagine what we felt aw in them proofs that the etation was all but complete three when England foally declared English naval traditions are alive years ago; only a few unimportant war on Germany. You know how today, that modern. Bnglish extensions had been postponed. popular the English have always ailore are the same asa wolves National Review.
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"And yet, I must say, our Bought by an American.
of people are rather disappointed. New York, December 13.-It were politically suspicious was learned to-day, that Mr. one another. When the war was Not in the English Navy, but in George D, Smith, dealer in rare declared our people went simply the naval power in general. Again bocks and manuscripts, was act mad on them and everything I mean only the general public, ing for Mrs. Payne Whitney when English. Everybody wanted to who have not a thorough under- he purchased Sargent's portrait embrace every Englishman met anding of military matters and of Robert Louis Stevenson at the in the street. We felt that with the close interdependence between sale of the Stevenson collection our Army and the English Navy the naval power and the progress last month. He paid $14,500 G. we could face the powers of hell, of land operations." for the work. The portrait was
The British Soldier, painted at the Stavenson home in "We expected a lot from the England and shows the famous great English Navy, but her author pacing the floor of his Army was a joyful surprise for "Exactly. But those of us-that dining room nervously tagging us. You know what a crude idea is to say, all educated Rassiste at his moustache..
of the British Army our people who realise that it takes at least bad before this war. We-I do two to bring about a jolly good! not mean our officers or men who fight have no doubt as to who Washington, Dec. 12-Patrol knew England well, but the will come out the best of the duty on the Mexican coast will be general public-imagined it to be ooming grand fight in the North left to lighter ships in January, a very small body of well paid S.-Daily Mail. when the battle oraft of the At- and fed and rather spoilt profes- lantic fleet assemble at Quantana-sionale, kept more for show than mo, Caba, for winter manoeuvres, for the real business of war,' The Minnesota, long on Mexican "And now?". duty, was ordered to Philadelphia "Ab, now wo know!" he Oaks Shoren Kuichs are reported to-day for overhauling and the exclaimed, with a note of triumph to be nearly complete. A monthly Texas and Rbode Island, the only in bis voice." We have followed service, terminating at Rotterdam, other battleships in the Gulf of with admination the work of the will be commenced with the four Mexico, do not need to visit the English Army in Franco and in vessels now on the Pacific rou yards, and will go directly to Guan- Belgium. That retirement at augmented by the two 9,000 tontheon Chop Cheawoh tanamo. Rear-Admiral Fletcher Mons! That wonderful stand at steamers now being built and two will leave Hampton roade with the Ypres ! "
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