GENERAL NEWS.
Passing Through Shanghal. Bishop Molony will be in Shanghai on or about February 25 and the annual meeting of the Shanghai Seamen's Church and Mission Srciety will be held about that date in order that the Bishop may preside. Bishop Banister will be passing through Shanghai about the same time.
Japanese Horsemanship. Thirty-four members of the Japanese 4th Regimentol Civalry. at Oaks recently held an un broken four days' riding trip. Endurance trate of this kind have been held by this regiment from time to time, but this journey was the severont aver attempted, the distance coverad being 213 miles.
Gone into Partnership in Singap: re.
́ ́ Mr. R. A. J. Baw, who for nearly a quarter of a century has ben or gaged in the FM S. and Colony in the practice of architec ture, surveying and valuing, bas recently entered into asscolation with Mr. Peter J. B.: Sow and is now practising at No. 11, 'R.Als Quay, Singapore.
United States and Shipbuilding, Washington, Jan. 27.-Sanator Tillman, obairman of the senste committed on naval affairs, haa issued an appeal for the United States to stop building any more
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Sight-Secing Under Shelf Fire, way of New York and the osust Tuo apy system thought out in
As mulhed. b-en warned, the to Pacific coast points. An time of peace in preparation for instance of this is that what is happening to-day has y con got to know of the presence of a party of visitors in 15,000 tons of wrought iron served Germany well, and every heims, and the first shell of the pips have been shipped by the day the accuracy of Gorman gan bombardment, which had besn canal route from Youngstown, file pays a tribute to the real waspended for four days, fell in efficiency with which uncomfortable proximity to the Ohio, to San Francisco. Thes and
loashsome individusie hotel where we were lunching, all-rail prios is 65 couts per these handredweight; by way of New accomplish a sask for which just as we were waiting for calise, Tork and by the caul it in 48 they have sold their honour. We went out into the town and cents. Canned corn is being as Frenchmen. Hardly a week into the cathedral, where the shipped through the canal from passes without some fresh dis latest damage done to the build. the Indiana cannaries to the Pacific covery being monde. At the heading was pointed out to us. It Const, as is also osat run pips, quarters of the different army wana Orazy kind of sight-seeing the German gune was that of the line of battle I have visited FIGHTING RETREAT TO sont from Alabama via Naw corps along this section of the to be standing looking at the peasant standing on the hillside from Nieuport to Verdun. Not PARIS, Rose Lugpen Orleans.
front bardly a day paaras without Gothic marrel of the cathedral shaking his fist in the direction of a soldier I have met does not feel FAMOUS FIGHTS OF INDIAN the arrest and examination of and to be paying perhaps more the distant German batteries, and convinced that some day, perhaps TIMES BOOK OF THE ARMY...
H&W.Kwil make them pay for all fighting, muoɑ sorrow, und bitter HENDY WAS TRAU sospent peasants or strangers attention than was proper to the swing to the woman with him, some long time hente, after hard DAIRY MIRROR REFLECTIONS you have lost your appetite from other provinces. Elaborato occasional whistle of a shell over this, the bruten.
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