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their horses End wagons. b remarkable one.
1t ls not often that man Who 10 nearly GEN.
tenarian has suflclent vitality left to carry out
an enterprise Of that description. But. Ia
vacili Tchoumack's Gaze. We mud the ruling
paseion strong In DEATH" for his life. 20 much
Of Il ss was spent out OF prison. was one OF
rapine and violence Endowed with extraordi-
nary physical powers. he when little more
than . boy. became famous In southern Russia
as a modern Hercules He was forced BY the
conscription to enter the Russion army In
which he served for several years. On obtain
ing his discharge. Tohoumaok organized .
band OF brlRands and kept the outskirts OF
Odessa In a state OF siege. During this portion
OF his adventurous career he 10 said
to have committed eighty murders. and
to have received 40 ransom enormous
sums OF money. with which. It 10
surmised. he purchased Immunity from the
police. His exploits at last grow 30 daring AZ
to arouse the higher auth horities. and specia,
corps OF police was organized to capture him.
In pitched battle the banditti came of second
best. Their leader was captured and locked up.
After nine years OF suspense he was brought to
trial knouted. and sent to siberie. for twenty
years. This. It was supposed. would end his
his career. for he was then "a years old. He
made his escape. however. and return cd to his
old haunts. where he was again caught and
sent back to serve out HE sentenoe. The hard
work In the Siberian mines had no charms for
Tchoumack. and he again ped and returned
to Odessa. Once more captured. he was oncs
moro sent back tn Siberia. This see-saw pro-
oess he kept up until last May. when finding
himself again In the neighborhood Of Odessa.
he tried his thievine tactics once too often and
caught several Tartars In the persons OF Ger
man emfRrants. who brobe seven OF his ribs.
bound him hand and foot. and delivered him
up to the police. In whose care he died.
The club bore has been brought into prom
inence in London by the recent inquiry by the
committee OF the Carlton Club in reference to
the conduct OF ono OF its members. whose no.
ton Of enjoying life seemed to be bullying the
walters. For these long suffering eervitors to
complain OF their treatment at the hands OF Q
member is so strange proceeding that atten
tion has been drawn to the case. 1t has been
conceded hitherto that the EnRlishman is
privileged to erumbe. and 40 RrumblinR loses
all Its pleasure II there is no one to grumble at
what 10 a thoroughgoinR malcontentto do at his
club II he cannot grumble at the servants He
might just as we'll stay at homo and be scolded
by his wife. The club servants. at least those
who como In contact with the members. gen.
orally have an easy time OF It. few Of them
may have to sit up pretty late at night but as
members rarely stroll In to breakfast till 10
O'Clock next morning. they can get all the
sleep needfu Clubs are careful to employ the
best servants to be had. and pay them accord
ingly. Their incomes arc greatly swelled BY
the tips" they get from the members. and 1t
may be surmised that tho real cause for com.
plant on the part Of the Carlton Clubs servants
was that the obnoxious member WAS not 80 free
with his small change as he should have been.
Politics are as dull throughout Europe as So
ciety s. The leading mon and women OF every
country are away from their homes. and the
European capitals are left entirely at the mercy
OF Sightseeing foreigners. N L. T.