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r suit that was unexpected. hove, "
WIS fh' small damage dour when the f1-I
pndor dft GOT holun compared 30 what 4
% on HuilD lNIf. q. " has boon . nrraliY y
that square blow from q torpedo vas hardy
% be- received without mortal dam1gf. hIt
10" vessels struck on tho night OF Fob aara
puih T. p1ir.d, and came aga IN into the -
or battle That they were IN emooth w'rsf
ana clota to port must b. borne In mind. lIt.
again, the facilities for CARVING out exon.
@lF. r. pairs were or very imp rfetr nat -
at Port Arthur. n reports are 20 be credivd
II, hoM"H ". the locomotive torpedo rs
olten taund 70 score. a. Is undoubtodr ne
case, IT, mora inert brother, the mine. -
pr0gad not mt means OF destruction. 10
m"oh1nicu mine is. however. apt TO b a.
dang rols 70 friend AS to foe, and may no
y,,nlai,y a. destructive 20 neutral shippns-
NhHthNr tn Powers VIII, on the later A.
count. rule i as inRdmissihle, and pronounrS
II an act OF hostility against all nations 20 -
mines afloat. remains 10 b. seen. At any rate
mines have destroyed OF tbs Russian Sea
D SIDES the leiropavlosk, one cruiser. rii1s
vessel tn unfortunate Henesai. three s4n.
boats and some torpedo boats or stror'fst
while 'h' hatueships pobifda and S4vfJo-
pol. ana the armorod cruiser Bayan 7er
rriousIy injured. Tn tHrFInsn ios- y
minos mo H4tsuse. tho ool-t d'fenca
Hei Yen. two cruisers. "a c-uDott, ami
Tho failure OF tho .uu 10 do more d1r =
was owing 70 tho i1Cf that tho op7r7'
were carried on at Song range. which e. u
AaFahlAs" 70 armor, ....--.---s-----
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y presume now began the Kentucky
Colonel that YOU don't remember Andy
Johnston Of Mddleborough| No? Ve'y
remarkable man Wy di4ti' glished ua1'
In the shootin line. you sayl Nat
chully. Been uniustly classed. howsom-
evah. with the wust Of the eastern Kentucky
outlaws.
Not a tai true Andy was g mild
mannahd man as you evan see. Tall,
ganglln' ole man with long gray beahd'
Putty we'll ahmed tefo' my story com
uenoes. but had 10 be. Aftah that he went
about without any aims a tall to amount
70 anything. AZ calibre in hip pocket,
and shotgun or two, maybe, but that was
all.
Andy was puTec'ly alone in the wuhld.
BE was the lac OF the Johnston-Gltelt
feud whut ragged with sech pussstency
all around about marlborough TO so
many yeahs, and eztuhminhted so many
families.
Great feud, that. Thutty-thi 2 men died
with their boots on in that theah feud in
TO- years. No telling how many was
wounded, Nevsh counted 'em.
BEN the lar OF the feud. Andy was
ve'y lonely ole man durin' the baliunce
Of his life. Nobody he keered TO shoot at,
All dead an gone. Steadily losin' prac-
tice. Mo- and mo- liable each yeah to get
so's he couldn't shoot a balm door. should
the occashun requiah it.
.Howsomevah. he was a kind ole man
at haht. Tho fac that he nevah stahted
no mo- feuds proved that. You'Il say so
yoI.e'f when | tell you some excellent
chances he had Of stahtin' 'em that be let go
by No. 'Twa'n't that Andy wah in
undated In his old age. Not a tall.
IF you could see Capt Gather OF Har-
rodshurR, he could tel you few things
about Andy and uyin' TO- 10 intimldnte
him. Capt. Gather whit lived in the ole
gray house OF the Lexington pike opposite
the pond whut belongs 70 John Them pson s
plaoe on the hin Clay Hill they call that
place. you rememtah:
We'll. when Capt Gather he was sent
I'D 10 marlborough to quell some distuhb-
ances relatin' to tho Howard-Turner feud
q ragin' theah at the time, he thought as
how he would show them theah feudsts
whut a Gatliu' gun could do. So he placed
one on 'em tefo' the side Of mountain an
hahd few shots into II.
ut want many shots he hahd. tryin'
10 intimidate the feudjsts and put a end TO
the feud. but them few bod hole in that
theah mountain big enuf To- man on
hossback TO 90 in. tu'n around a couple Of
times and come on out agin
The feudists stood around with their
double barreled shotguns and looked al
mlrinly on, ole Andy with them.
'When Capt Gather had finished boin'
OF the hole no glanced ovah them proud
laik, taken special notice OF Andy, standin
theah, long and lean and gray beahded
with his pipe in his mouth.
You see said he. and waited To- him to
speak.
Finally ANDY took his pipe out Of his
mouth and spoke.
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The next morning located the rear in a
thicket OF talsam After walking a !
around IL to make sure that there were no
tracks 10 show that he had gone out, ! got
down on nv hands and knees and began
TO awi through the bushes after him.
i got sight OF the bear and crawled
pretty close TO him. Lying fat on the
ground took aim and ed at the
shou der l shot at before. The bear had
been sitting down When the shot struck
him he reeled, came toward me, turned
again and passed within two feet Of me.
"ur.4 4 ~ ut ". Toe tuls Nel nc VAS
Just disappearing across clearing. He
did not seem , have theu, ofthat shoulder,
for he travelled on three legs and dragged
one.
followed him all that day, and although
| heard him 10 the woods ] did not get close
enough TO him 70 get In another shot BY
the next morning the snow had gone and
could not trace him any more.
During the spring and summer kept
my eyes and ears open tor that bear. Every
time heard Of a bear killed ! went TO see
IL if l could bat did not find my bear. or
any that weighed half as much. | was
particularly ANXIOUS TO find that bear be-
cause the boys laughed az me and told me
that if l had been go near to a wounded
bear would haze been allied.
-One day late in ,he summer. when ! was
coming tack from a fishing trip and did not
have gun. think I mot my bear. ] was
about half way around a knoll when looked
up and saw a bear coming straight at me
as fast as he could get over the ground.
My hair began TO stand up. Then got
my voice and gave the unearthliest yell
knew how. With that | turned and ran,
and think the bear turned and ran in the
other direction, for did not see any more Of
him.
sThe bear seemed 10 me- 10 walk queer;
he was a big follow, and thought he must
be the ono ! wounded.
The bear kept under cover for long time
after that could not get shot at him
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ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. e-out OF the
confusion surrounding the struggle for
control here looms up the figure OF Sergei
Witte. His temperance again illustrates
the old truth that a subordinate who knows
vnat ne wants can dominate his master
who knows not his own mind.
Probably the only point on which
Nicholas IL. and all his relatives agree
Is that they dislike Witte intensely. He
has no manners, they say. which Is an I'M
fortunate thing at court.
His successful antagonist, Plehve, was
a very presentable figure OF man. lie
combined bluhness and Difference IN a way
that placed him high in the favor OF the
Cars mother and he had the lawyer 5
readiness In speech, The satumine' PLAIN
featured hnaIo!sr Is wanting in all these
ways. and so little else seemed TO recon-
mend him in the last two years that the
official caste, who develop to fine point
the art of knowing just when to desert
friend, have spoken Of him as defnltely
done witA-a fallen star
Yet he is without question an honest
man He has had absolute mastery oil
more millions than any Financial NJ MISTER
In the world-abeolutel because no rival
had the ability to maintain successiul
criticism Of his system, and he lives IN
modest sized white stone house on the
Questionable side of the Neya, house
that would be dwarfed among the palaces
of the Fifth avenue fnanciers
He never tried 10 I'll his private account
when all the taxation Of Russia was under
his hands. In Witte the ruling passion
was finance for the sake of finance.
1t was the fascination and delight Of prov
ing himself master IN the game that alb
serbs the sharpest and strongest brains
in the world Az for the winnings, he had
no eagerness 10 turn the counters INTO
cash. It was enough that he had proved
he could win.
knows what he wants?
Il il the practical all round application
OF the ideas OF the average German trans
cendental philosopher who writes about
the State with q big S. In his library,
far away from the noise Of workaday
mankind asserting all its individual am
billions. the German transcendentallst hears
nothing as he works out his system OF
the States relations to the individual He
finds il best 10 eliminate the disturbing
II makes the solution OF the problem so
philosophically satisfying to absorb him
into TIE State.
And this is the policy Of wi.te-S'ate
ownership all along the line. In his term
as Minister of Finance he etrove for the
S ate ownership OF all the gold in the coun
try The individual capt aiist had to go
down before him. So thoroughly did he
rake In the gold TO the imperial treasury
that be made the war with Japan, of which
he disapproved. financially possible. To
control the gold supply Of Russia was a
OF ndi ion pre- ce dent TO acquiring the indus
tries OF Russia.
A striking sequel to the application Of
tate ownership und,r Wl.te is the Gov
eminent monopoly in the production Of
alcohol Previously there we're competing
di4 iller-s, which put their various brands
OF vodka on the market just as different
Whistles are trad-d in abroad Some
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or even fnd his tracks until well along in
January, and then when | struck his trail
one day set out to follow IL 10 the end.
= camped on the trail at night, and once
over near Salmon Lake I heard a pack Of
wolves drive deer out on the ice. ] SUP
pose they did not come within hall mi o
Of me. but the six or seven wolves in the
pack sounded like 1000. | kept the fire
burn NJ all nigN', and the next morning
10 ed the remain Of the deer. which III v
had eaten except for the skin. The hon, s
and all had disa0 noared
'On tho third day came Up 10 my bear
He was standing up when / saw him and
/ shot for the point Of tho nose. He fell
over on all fours and began 10 rock un-
steadily Then fred again and he rolled
over dead
when I got to him I found that he was
a third larger than the largest bear 7 had
ever seen or heard Of. ! dressed him out
and went after the boys TO help me carry
him TO camp.
Three men came in with mo We lashed
the bear to pole and made ready 10 pick
the load up Frank Sperry. who was in
the party, said that he could carry nne end
Of pole with any bear in the woods on II.
| said that If that was true then | could
carry the other end
we g1t the pole on our shoulders and
walked about ten rods when VIC had TO
IL: it down. From that point on it was all
that four men could do TO curry him
-Be mea yured inches across the
head between the ears From the flat part
a. The forward foot to the top Of his shout
der Il yya4 feet inches. From tho fiat
part OF his hind foot 10 the end Of his nose
be measured o feet inches, He
wa, ieet inches around the body
Just rrhind the shoulders and II was q
inches around his forward leg
4 found that his right forward leg had
been broken twice, once very clOse to the
shoulder. and this trouble had Kept him poor.
for he was not fat, although he weighed a
good deal The last two shots l fred al
hin entered the brain. Dr. Reid Of New
York got the head and had il set up
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on day when matches are scarce prisoner
VII ne, er think OF wasting a whole mate b .
He will split 1t up into !our pieces. ! his
can be done eatily with a pin. Then he an
nounoes 70 the crowd that he Is about TO light
cigarette and a crowd gathers about him
with pADers and tobacco The man strikes
the match with great elaboration and those
who can't light up from the match do so
from the lighted cigarettes Of tho others
Everybody gets smoke OF OF one mat Oh
Those OF the outside Of tho c, Is are acoommo-
dating 20 those on the inside.
The women too often want mat hes
The women are ~ separate Apartment. but
there Il small hole through the door between
the two rooms. and Il l. nothing uncommon
to SOC a man hold a lighted cigarette m 10
the hole In the door 30 a woman on the other
side can get her light
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NAVAL SIDE OF THE FAR.
How TOrpedOes. Mines, nig Guns and
Arm0r Have shown Up.

In regard 10 purely naval lessons. the war
has been somewhat barren NJ to the present
time. though doubtless va shall leirn moro
when the history is written and material "a
piecod together by the COMPETENT naval
critics who have followed events. moro or less.
on tn. spot II has been held that the in
efficiency Of the locomotive torpedo Las been
proved but. II so. almost the same thing
might be said Of the naval gun naoat, FOR the
destruction Of the Russian ships from the
land positions at Port Arthur cannot be con-
sidered a naval feat At any rate the torpedo
first OPP ned the hall by putting ont OF action
two Russian batpeships. and though the cir
cumstanccs = sr- undoubtedly o Ice ptional. II
s always wise 20 make allowances for the
chances ~ gar II was however. In tho
menace Il th' torpedo that st. chief effective
ness was found Admiral Togo had 20 keen
his ships az distance, finding refuge %
distanc' from the port he was blockad!ng.
and doubtlees II Was the enemy's torpedo
craft he had chiefly In mind. for nothing would
have suited him better than for the big Rus
sian ships to have come out 70 try eonGu-
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Matche. luxury to Prisoners.

From me Kaasos City Journal.
"Gimme a match A prisoner in the hold.
over In the city JAil pressed mis- face against
the grating and called 20 a man passing BY
The Gail for a match comes from out Of the
ncldover ff'y times every DAY. About a5
per cant. Of the men and women VINO ind thdr
wav into ne city jail are smokers. They ha q
tobacco. or gslal a Few cents vi b which thes
can buy u. They seldom buy matches.
though because spending money for MAJ ches
by man no has but few oents is COM idered
extrtvAgance.
you can't imagine how many wAyr the
rrt onsT= oou'riye 20 save and SET mat ches.
eaid Iailer Emmons. ! have seen forty
prisoners Light cigarettes from q gle match.
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Scotland 2'oxt Spring.

parts Of the Kingdom. but his first fame
came as player Of the game. He was
born a. ST. Andrews ar worked mere With
Allan Rooertson a great golfer, unit ISL.
These were the days ~ straight headed
clubs and the feather ball, to make which a
hatful Of feathers were packed into the
leather cover. They had falling out be-
cause Allan caught rom using a gltta ball,
then coming in, and the latter became pro-
fessional at Prestwick for eleven years
the death Of his old employer
Robertson had hatred for the gutta
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DID Con7 Mo,1zs S>ana DID Wlan Of SoH
Ne1y III
IS So qy6 o7o AU Rot BE .abS to 0ahe Part the
Honorable Gvonts on tho ST. -7gna~ows Links in

plonship record ends with the rise Of his
son young Tom TO the highest pinnacle OF
golfng fame and his early death The
two names are always coupled in the recol-
lections Of old golfers and the chat OF young
ones.
The belt presented by the Prestwick
Club as the first open championship trophy
vas TO be held by the winner for the year
and become the property of any player
who should win 1t thr times in success
sion. Old Tom won it in 1851, 1852 and
1884. and young Tom who made his first
sally for the belt as a STRIPPING, was the
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sr1LL oAMBlISd.

Now. in the Live Wire district OF the
Utopian city there was much excitement,
for the Ax-Attotney and his crusaders
were busy smashing IN gambling house
doors. II is even said that during this ami
gambling crusade many Turkish baths
@ere raided because they contained pool
rooms.
These eviotions we're characterized by
many pathetic scenes, and many OF the
detccfivs broke down and sobbed like
children when they saw the gamblers inn
printing chasts farewell kiss on some
cherished peaohhlow vase or looking back
on the threshold with tear diInmed eyes AT
some favorite Rembrandt or Rubens. BE-
il ever so profitable, there is no place Ike
home.
or course, these art lovers solemnly
promised that they would give UP gambling.
BIT thew did not no, little ones, they did not,
for few days afterward the Ax-Attoruey
suddenly came upon a group who were
handing each other money at certain odds.
what are you betting on. anyway he
cried YEARLY Resides. you promised
not 10 do any gambling at all.
ON they said aiTily, we are laying odds
10 TO I that this anti-gambling crusade
won't last more than a month, and 80 TO
that il will be forgotten in six weeks. That's
not gambling, it's a sure thing on our slde.'
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sxonc1sM OF rny PINE PHANTOM.

The Automobiles of the Utopian age
were indeed Of a humane disposition,
though sorely tred by the foolish whine
Of the proletariat. Many pedestrians still
made efforts TO use the streets. and con-
sequently the hospitals were fleo 10 over
crowding.
At last the patience Of the automobiles
ceased when they realized that the dash.
boards Of their expensive motor cars were
becoming disfgured and badly dented
by coming IN forcible contact with tho
bodies Of those pedestrians. Finally in a
heated meeting hey petltioned the eXecy-
tive OF Utopia for relief
Why not build a series OF subways and
force those pedestrians to Use them for
their trefiic'' trey said. @Of course. the5
may complain at first of the absence OF
alive than to be buried dishglred and
dead"
Immediately the people saw the common
sense Of this view and, with sincere e-J
pressions OF gratitude built Themselves
subways and left forever the dangerous
streets
II was shortly before this needed reform,
however. that Chollie Chumplegh at
tracted much attention by driving his new
500 horsepower locomotor at full speed
through the streets. The carnage that
marked his path everywhere turned ths
streets into a shamblcs.
At FIRST wiser heads endeavored to mAks
him moderate his motoring, but he re-
torted, not without reason. that the cool
current Of air thus obtained was hygienio
and invigorating.
AZ last those wise men formulated =
scheme n curb ChumpleiFh's cruel career
Mr.. Chumnleigh" they said fnslly{
we have decided to offer you the pres,
dency OF our life insurance company. and
also present 10 You a large block Of tbs
stock VIII you accept
Certainly said the motorist quickly
The next dAy when the new president
started 20 spced his son horsepower ? nix
Phantom he murmrred bitterly 'Tricked -
In sooih, II would be an extravagant man
who would run down pedestrians when la
reflected that they might hold life insura .
policies in his comoany.
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A small war smouldered for time TO the
south Of Utopia, and it happened that
number Of college men organized the Rude
Riders. after a fashion that was inauguratod
in a long past age. OF course, under the
Red Cross rule, they could not use football
tactics.
After terrible battle. in which the Rude
Riders fairly waded through the ranks OF
the enemy. the college meu renamed II
possession OF the field.
congratulations roared n doughty
General OF the regulars, dashing up. But
how did you boys, unused 70 the brutality
of war. smash the enemy SOP
You forget, General said an officer
with a touch OF pride for his alma mater,
every one Of our college men thought
that he was hazing lower class men,
Then, indeed, tho General shuddered and
forehore to look at the mutilated forms Of
the dead Soldier though he was, be knew
the college code and the excuses 1t led TO-
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Mr.. Choate continuing to decline and "a
make excuses At last, urged to sc. 4
figure for which he would act. he named
a sum which would end the argument no
thought And II did
AN right said tbs spokesman Of TIM
two callers, 'We accept, though you'll guq
all we would receive. along with our potas
for the baanoe--
Yet another fee story involves the MANS
of a Hebrew lawyer decidedly promirens
at New Yorks bar. He and Mr. Choats
had together put through big case Of
sort with which the Hebrew was evidently
a little unfamiliar. So, when he rent
met his colleague, this gentleman said.
MIR. Choato, I'm thinking of sending in
my bill to So-and-So, but wanted 70 speak
10 you about tho proper rate TO charge
him; this is a new kind OF case to me.
aOh, never mind sending in a bill, vas
the reply, I'm going TO send in one IN
day or two, and III just double 1t, and then
send you my own check for your half
In the course of the fortnight this check
arrived-and the awyer was amazed at ia
size He acknowledged II promptly adding
as postscript
Almost thou persuadest me TO l. =
Christian
Law and repartee minge in this one. W.
ChCate was arguing case before jury,
when, during the noon recess. one Of "a
talesman came up 10 him and eIclsimedl
What do you think. Nj. Choate: va
lost my coat right here in the court
That's nothing came the reply. 'T7c
known men 10 lose whole suits here
Yet Mr.. Chonte. humorst and jurlst 4,
also timber expert At least IL voulo .,
appear from a story being told by ocr-
tain Philadelphinn. recently returned froo,
England
While there the American visited frsnd
whose home is one OF those charming
modern houses in the Wimbledon districty
present day replicas Of the old Eliza
bethan manors Of Sussex. The grounds
were covered with magnificent trees, cns
Of which, splendid chestnut, the hos.
pointed out 70 the Philadelphian with no
comment:
It's worth E1o0.'
Not being up on the values Of standing
timber the American responded with
polite -Really?' which drew forth the fol-
lowing:
yes. it really Is, though 1 think ! did not
appreciate it myself till a countryman a.
yours told me so. We we're planning 70
let the place for six months, and one OF
those who came 10 see it was this American,
and very Mica sort Of chap be was. too.
We had gone over the house and we're
standing just here when saw him looking
loag and attontivey at the chestnut
Fine tree, said ].
Very, said be; worth s1co IL penny.
so l accepted the valuation as from an
American, always regarded your people
a. usually knowing what they talk about
who was the Amenoan'' asked tbs
Philadelphia.
4 Mr. Choate,' was the answer; Joseph
II. Choete-know him.
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winner in 1858. 1909 and 1870.
The belt accordingly became his property,
and in 1872 the present open championship
cup given by the Royal and Ancient Golf
Club, the Honourabe Company of Edin-
hurgh and the Prestwick Club for annual
competition came into play. and young
Tom again won the title lie died in 1875
OF lung trouble.
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balls and used 70 buy up old ones and burn
them, to stamp out the new material. From
1892 70 the spring Of last year Old Tom
had full sway at ST. Andrews. and the
Royal and Ancient Coli Club gave carte
blanche % him in he way Of money 70 i'm
prove the course
Old TOM, great matches form the theme
for many stories Of tho links II cham