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Show Example of Russian Honesty. A fow years ago a Kusslun warship was on special duty in Bchring sea, guarding tho seal fisheries, preventing prevent-ing tho slaughter of the seals during tho closed season. The admiral of tho station. In tho courso of an inspection of tho vessel. Invited any of tho sailors sail-ors who had any complaint to mako to stop forward. Ono of tho men, ns spokesman for tho wholo crow, complained com-plained that tho "seal monoy" promised prom-ised them hnd not boon paid. On tho astonished admlrul inquiring what ho meant. It camo out that tho ship's commander hnd been doing a lucra-ttvo lucra-ttvo trado by killing tho seals placed under his protection and sending tho Bklns to London and had taken tho crow Into partnership. Ho was duly transferred to Siberia and probably is thoro still. |