| Show THE SIZE OF THE BEAR the other day under unde r the direction of 0 M U lockroy french minister of marine at toulon itil an obsolete steel pro p ro battle battleshaw shW wn s made a target and at a distance of 1 four battleships and two crul cruisers kers gunk eunk tho the ship in fifteen minutes tile the tra immediate cause of 0 her cestr destruction action was integ the lg igniting rAting ot of her interior bior woodwork just as was tho the case of 0 tit the e spanish ships chips at mantle manila and santiago tho the french squadron discharged fired BOO projectiles ninety ot of which were 1314 inch caliber and 30 per cent took effect and now all france Is dancing over the tact fact that while 30 per cent ot of their blots took effect ordy 3 per cent ot of tho the american fired at santiago took effect hence by stra lalit mathematics tho the french frenchi are ten times limes as accurate gunners as 03 tho the americans A merl cans once onca in a small california town it a man drove up with a dead bear in ills 1119 wagon A crowd gathered around to seo see tho the bear and finally a man came caino along and looking into tho the wagon turned away and in a contemptuous tono tone said not much of it a bear the man who had killed tho the animal looked up and ansi answered cred quietly ly no not much of it a bar but stranger it makes a ri mighty lighty sight eight of 0 difference in tho size of 0 var bar whether you look at him this way or ul whether lether lie he Is coming toward you lively like with ills his ears care back and ills his mouth open that story ought to lie he told to tho the frenchmen it has a direct application |