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Show KOUROPATKIN IN REAL WAR. Rueelan General Facing Foemen Wortliy of Hl ireel. It iiiikIiI lu l-fl a source of cniiBlili-r-able. KiulllU Klli.il to (li-n. Kmiroputkln tu have llui oppormiilly of niiruunti'r-Int: niiruunti'r-Int: coiiip-1- ly -iiiliiil mill hlKlily Inli-lllK'-nt enemy. A warrior nf lilu Tonicity couM linnlly hnvn died ro-plcto ro-plcto If the scanty fiirn of lilu previous campalKiu liml nut been supplemented, by llil brawny piece 1I0 rnalstaiire. far thlriyi-lKlit years Kounitiatkln fought llokharlutis, Algerians, Klmkan-, Klmkan-, dlam, Turka, Khlvana, Hnmarkbaii- dlana. Klilrnhl.i-K, Tahkiullnns and arlruli-.l mill Aslatlca. Ilia fui-niCD j wore worthy of the aronal of atara, - I awurita and rrossea. wWTrti tn n Jul -UlUi.Iruw' "nr. They were i wolves. Hut thnt la Just whut thoy worn. Kvcn the Turka. because of tho Infirmity of tliolr government, rcscm-tiloil rcscm-tiloil a nck of wio nnlninla ratlinr than the army of an oiKiinlr.oil nntlon. When Koiiropatkln cnt tu at. l'olora-burg l'olora-burg In IS'.ih aa nilnlHtur of war ho oiiint have fi-lt that he hnil been not an much a cnmiueror of men aa a hunter hun-ter of Inferior breeds. Today, aa he watches Kurokl come toward him over tho Muncliurliin hills with a oiinmlintliit ili'inrtmtnt anil i chess laiuo plan of ruuiialKii, hla heart slmiilil bininil with tlit prospect of maklm' hlij flmt nffcrluit In tho Temple of tho Ileal Thltm. How many strnnKe scenes, drawn from alraiiKo anil wlili-ly separated parts of thn haiiliulilc world, must flmt now tlimiiKh Kniiroiutkln'i 1 ml ml! H must see himself aa he waa In JH74. yininK enouiih t have tho " dnrliiK fi-i-lliiK In tho feet." anil thcro-foro thcro-foro wntulerlnn to Alum-la In tho Fronr-h nimy uiuli-r Lovunlo. Ilow fur awny. huw unreal those Algerians nukt seem with whom ho fouiilit on tho desert miinla and over whom ho Todo Into tho Lou-Ion of llnnor! Anil Hum tho Turin ni.-rlully tho douil Turk undi-r whoao hmly tin luy, wnunili'il and um-oiuiiimiii, all 01111 cold nlKht! Thoy numt c-iunti hack to Mm toRothor with hla rhlif Hl.olio-li-fT, Htuiidlmc ahoiihlor to nhouldur with him In hand to hum! tMicoiintora with bahl tui.nuks and ilrliiplnit equally with blood whllo Ari'hllmld Forlwa aikod thmn quoatlnna and ti-l-eKraphod to hla nowxpapura hla fn-niutta fn-niutta doaorlptlon of thulr goro em-1 em-1 boniiod uniform. Turka and AlKorlnnB. howover. InniHl ba but fot-lilo Imagt-a tu Kouni-patkln Kouni-patkln compuroil with Oman nillil-Aalatlo nillil-Aalatlo Tumiiiuii llnkliiirlaiin. Kho-kanillana Kho-kanillana and Ilia runt whom It wua hia lift- uilKftluu to nulidiio. "Tho Kua- ! alalia will not be ulilo to ooiniuor tho Turcoiiuina." nuld Ijird Kiillalmry. - "Tho Tuiriiniun Imrrli-r will lust fur 1 our llfi tlmii at h-ast." It wan Hkoho- i loff and tlii-n Kouroimtlilii who rid- ! dli-d Ihla iiriiphorj. Tho Tumiinnna yii'l.li'il to initrohoa an liiiiKiilm-i-tit : that of lont Hulx-rta on Kiiiululuir ' anil to inassurri-n uh proinlscumia an tlioHO of t'ni-nar In (Uiul. luii-s Kouro-putkln Kouro-putkln riMiu-niln-r (l.-oli T-'pi- tmw nml ' the 211 .nut) moil, wiuniui and rhlldron ili'llvori-d to tho Iliih and blood hint of tho HtiHHliiu wolilu-iy in ono o tlmao tlmrituKli ilirtMiia-ilvo Iohmiuih s which, In tho hoolt of lliisslnn coli" lul nhHlnillatlon. ir.--i-do Ho- '1 " .1 1 I Hiinxlnn of oiliulnistrutlM- ; Ortiilnly tbi-ro cii'il ! rinind for any 'i.'ui-l ni.- -i provloiij il ":w i','. 11 more v.i . ,i;-i- I1'. . mi i ' ;.in) " away from i . " h it IN 11. Hups bl.i j luat timnii IRiilurd I lie -li. iii. s of lim Mivt-ri-lRU und l Ih-htuu; ili..t. ad ot I hunllng. i |