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IS IT DURABLE ?
Question often Asked by Those hd7ict
ed with Piles.

Is a strained joint durable? Is local
Inflammation durable? OF course, II
properly treated. SO is piles.
People often become afflicted with
piles and ask some old chronic" who
has always persisted in the wrong
treatment and naturally he discourag@s
them by telling them that their case is
hopeless.
They in turn discourage others, and
thus a disease that can In every case
be cured by careful and skiilful han
ding is allowed to sap the energy Of
thousands who might free themselves
Of the trouble in few days.
Pyramid Pile Cure will cure the most
aggravated case Of hemorrhoids i'm an
astonishInGly short time. 1t relieves
the cougested parts, reduces the tu-
mors instantly, no matter how large,
aliays the Inflammation and stops the
aching or itching at once.
Thousands who had res0rted 10 eX-
pcnsiVe surgical treatment have been
cured by the Pyramid Pile Cure-in a
number OF instances persons Who had
spent months in a hospital under pile
specialist
1t is q remedy that none need fear 10
apply even to the most ravated,
swollen and inGamed hemmorrhoidal
tumors.
If you are afflicted with this stubborn
disease. you can master it and master
IL quickly.
This remedy is no longer an expert
ment, but a medical certainty. 1t Is
manufactured by the Pyramid Drug
Co. of Marshall. Mich.
Druggists sell 1t at 80 cents per box.
1t is becoming the most popular pile
cure this country has ever known. and
druggists everywhere are ordering it
for their customers
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pected they treacherously administered
to the men whose lives were sacrificed
in Havana harbor.
Uncle Sam manufactures his sub
marine mines at Willet's Point, Long
Island sound, and there experts in the
gentle art of killing enemies are con-
stantly employed experimenting with
dynamite and other playthings Of war
and perfecting devices to maintain the
supremacy on land and sea of Uncle
Sam.
There in a secret chamber are stor-
ed photographic charts of every har
Dor on either coast and the proposed
location of every mine is plotted out on
them, so that it is only necessary to
give the word to have every harbor
changed to a danger spot.
For a long time such mines have
been planted in New York bay AMI
the waters of Long Island sound, but,
as there has been no occasion to use
them, they have attracted no notice.
A submarine mine is more dreaded
by ships crew bound on a hostile
errand than a fleet of war ships or a
dozen forts. AS long as they can see
an enemy, sailors are content to fight
but hidden foe as terrible as a mine
will make the stOutest hearts quail.
1t Is agreed among naval men that a
commander is justified in declining TO
attempt an entrance to a harbOr known
to be protected by mines. and that no
charge of cowardice can be laid at his
door for so doing; for to try to force
a passage through mines is to sail
straight into the jaws of death, to
lose both men and ship and deprive his
country of so much fighting strength
needlessly, without a possibility of
gaining anything.
It seems a wonderful thing that one
man, by pressing button, may blow
into atoms an entire feet Of the larg-
est war ships ever launched, and in
a moment nullify the work of an en-
tire nation to gain a mastery of the
sea. Yet that is what one man NAV
do, if he has a series of submarine
mines at his command.
Submarine mines were first used by
Russia during the Crimean war. but it
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with which to observe the movements
OF an approaching enemy. AS soon as
a ship is over a mine a man touches
a button and sends an electric current
to the engine of death and the ship
is blown to pieces.
AS many of these mines as may be
thought necessary may be planted in
a harbor and connected by wires so
that they may be set off one at a time
or all together. Care must be taken,
however, not to plant them too close to-
gether, for one may explode another by
conclusion. To obvate such dangers
is one of the delicate branches of the
business, at the same time the mines
must be SO placed that it will be i'm
possible for an enemy's ships to pass
one line of them without coming within
the destructive radius of the other
mines.
But no matter how we'll placed a mine
NAV be it is of very little use if a
fort is not. near to protect it. For a
hostile feet may lay counter mines TO
blow it up and thus render it ineffec-
tive. But if a fort is in the vicinity
its guns may keep a fleet interested in
other work.
Clear daylight is essential to the sue-
cessful operation of mines, for in wet
or foggy weather Observers are unable
to distinguish vessels approaching
Ordinary darkness is no bar to their
operation, for the movements of ships
may be observed by means CT powerful
searchlights, though, Of course, such
lights would enable the enemy also to
keep a watc h on the men on sh re.
The improvements made in the con-
struction of mines have kept naval
architects busy devi5ing means to over
come them. Many warships are pro-
vided with nets with which the pres
ence Of mines may be detected. bat they
are not considered of much value They
can brush aside an ordinary torpedo
but they are powerless to prevent the
explosion OF mine
If war breaks out between this coun-
try and Spain the Spanish fleet will do
well to keep away from New York bay.
for it viii discover that Uncle Sans
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The war horses Of the G.. A. r. will
engage in a hot fight Wednesday, when
the annual encampment Of the depart
ment Of Minnesota will open in Min
neapOliS. The election of a depart
ment commander to succeed T. B
Wood, of Long Prairie will cause the
trouble -Four candidates are in the
field, and the followers Of each are
persistent in their fight for supremacy.
Under ordinary conditions, the cleo
ton would fall naturally to Senior
Vice Commander .. w. Mckay, OF
Fergus Falls. 1t is usual to promote
the senior vice commander. but this
year three others wish to depart from
a custom that has prevailed since the
G.. A. r. was organized. The other
contestants are e. w. Mortimer. of
Minneapolis n. A Gearhart. of Du-
luth, and Judge Collins. Judge Collins
is a Barkis. he being willing to serve If
the others cannot be elected.
The candidacy Of Mckay is backed
by 80 per cent of the st. PAU deleg1-
ton, because. by courtesy, he is en-
titled to the position. He stepped aside
from the position Of junior vice com
mander in 1895. so as to let McCardy.
of St Paul, be put in line for com
mander in 1896, the year Of the national
encampment. The st. Paul delegates
naturally feel kindly to him on that
account.
Objection to Mortimer is based on
his connection with a railroad. He is
it's agent in Minneapolis, and it is
claimed that the department has been
used for the benefit of that road, and
that Mortimers candidacy is in the
interest of the road rather than Of him
self or the department.
Gearhart is regarded as the most
formidable candidate and. If Mckay
cannot capture the country votes
Gearhart viii. 1T is believed that,
when the strength Of the representative
candidates is aSceTtained, caucus
viii be held and an agreement reached
| by which an open contest on the floor
of the convention may be avoided
For the Offices Of senior and junior
vice commanders the names of Com
rades Foss, Of Minneapolis, and Cen
Mark D. Flower. Of ST Paul. Will be
presented. Comrade Foss served time
in the navy. If Mortimer Is elected
Commander Foss will be dropped. but
that would not effect Gen. Flowers
interests.
Another matter that viii create de-
bate is the question whether ex-De-
| partment Commander McCardy was
authorized TO deposit $500 OF the de-
| partment money IN the Allemaunia
/ bank two years ago. The bank has
SIIiCe Ldlpu' anu II - cIdlIitu DS some
| that he is morally, If not legally, re
! sponsibIe for it's loss, because he should
/ have turned the money over to Quar-
! termastcr General Leavens. No one
/ accuses McCardy Ct anything more
/ serious than an error Of judgment.
AS Chief Goblin, Of
| Philadelphia, IS / nthe South, Junior
| Vice COMMUNICATIVE Chief J. ". Allen,
| Of Brooklyn, viii probably attend the
! encampment. There will be a camp
! fire Thursday night.
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lows and the stoutest ship is made
helpless wreck.
Controlled mines are of similar ap-
pearance to the self-acting kind, but
they are operated by men on shore by
means Of electric wires. They may also
be made to explode by contact. When
arranged to work automatically they
are provided with circuit closer SINH
lar to that in self-acting mine. Only
a single wire is used for conveying
the current, but there are two voltaic
batteries, one the signaling, the other
the firing battery. The signaling bat
terry operates the mechanism and
switches in the firing battery SO there
is a complete electrical circuit through
the fuses. This rings a signal bell on
shore, the firing battery is automatical-
Iy switched in and the mine explodes.
Automatic mines require stations on
shore, where operators may control
them. For obvious reasons such sta
tons must be concealed, for if discov-
cred by a hostile feet they could be
bombarded, and it would be impossible
for operators to occupy them. With
no one to set them off the largest mine
would be deprived of its power. The
observers in a station are provided with
charts showing the precise location of
every mine and powerful marine glass IS
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was not until the Confederates employ
ed them against the Northern navy
during the Civil war that the posi-
bilities of that method of defense were
realized The first were rather crude
affairs, but improvements were made.
and when the war closed they had be-
come recognized IS a legitimate and
powerful engine of protection Since
then some of the brightest minds in the
army service have made the construc-
ton of such mines their life study, and
In that branch of warfare at least
Uncle Sam is as we'll posted as any of
his esteemed contemporaries.
Electrical fuses are used in all mines
now. Such a fuse is a copper case an
inch long and quarter-inch in diameter
containing illuminate of mercury. The
open end of the copper case is closed
with wood or sulphur, and through this
stopper pass two copper wires, the ends
of which are joined by a piece of very
fine platinum wire. This fine wire is
wrapped in with gun cotton before the
plug is inserted. When a current of
electricity is sent through the wires
the platinum wire is heated white hot
the gun cotton is ignited, that in turn
ignites the illuminate of mercury, which
explodes, and the defamation sets off
the dynamite or powder and the mine
does its work.
A submarine mine IS a charge of
dynamite or other explosive, inclosed
within an iron water-tight case, which
Is placed in the water at such a depth
that a vessel passing over it may be
blown up.
4 self-acting mine will explode as
soon as a vessel comes in contact with
it, but an automatic mine is operated
from shore. There are also ground
mines, of both descriptions, which are
sunk in shallow waters. They are diff
cult to detect and the force of their eX-
plosion is greater than that of floating
mines.
In order to be effective a mine should
be as near to the surface of the water
as practicable, so that a ship may re-
ceive the full force of its explosion.
For this reason they are usually moor
ed about two fathoms below the sur
face.
Self-actirg mines are made Of steel
and are spherical in shape. Within the
sphere is the explosive and another
chamber contains the battery and a
circuit closer. The closer consists of
an iron cup, containing mercury, and
the top of the cup is closed with an
insulating plug Of ebonite through
which a rod passes. When the mine is
struck il is tilted and the mercury Is
thrown in contact with the rod thus
completing the circuit through the cir
cult closer An explosion instantly fol-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-27

In spite of the change in time of the
departure OF the Alaska trains on both
the Great Northern and Northern Pa
cific roads from 4:30 to 1:30 D. m, the
merchants of St Paul are reaping the
advantage of having so many transient
visitors in the city even for a short
time. Scarcely any party of gold seek
ers passes through here without add
ing to his outfit in one way or another
St Paul occupies a most advanta-
geous location for many reasons, and
the amount of stuff sold to men who
are seeking the golden fleece would
amount to many thousands Of dollars
Prices for the standard stuff like fur
and mackinaW clothing, rubber boots.
blankets, sleeping bags, tents, and that
sort of thing, are practically the same
here IS in the East, hence people wait
to buy here rather than lug the stuff
over half the country.
On the other hand purchasers in St.
Paul think that local prices are lower
than those in Seattle and Tacoma and
Portland, and that under the rules al
lowing each man 10 take so much stuff
into the car with him, no additional ex-
pepse is entailed by tre purchase of
merchandise here. Roger Kennedy,
speaking about the matter yesterday,
said:
me reaSrn why so many people going
t. the Kl0rtke stop at s.. Plul TO pu CHI Sc
their outfits. i that their frisnSs wac we t
ahead last fall and during the win er have
notified them in the East. South ard else
where that right here in st. Paul can be
found the larg 5 ana b5st lcctsd ss~cA Of
Alaska ard kOnGike oUtrts in the land
end at prices much lower than the same
gco-s can be purchased TOR al the cast.
st. Paul merchants were among the
first in the United States 20 go into this
business and prepare for the rush that is
row on. after the mCs5 careful inves-ig3-
tion ard interviews with those who have
PASSED years in Alaska. We know Just
v hat prs &c ors ana miners need and a G
the gocds that are Indispensable fr TRIP
of that kind. Parties coming hc:e fully re-
alze this and seem assouisned when they
come here and find such big stocks in St
Paul.
Then. again. they can carry all their
outfit from St. Paul TO Seattle free OF
charge. The three transcoHtinental lines
ceTte-inE here offer all kinds Of induce
ments in this way 50 that next TO Scatt-e
St. Paul is the greatest Quitting lo.nt in
the United s ates. We were Some what dir-
appointed a: both the N p and G. n.
railroads ckarg ng the time Il. departu Of
their trains from 4:30 to 30 a., the long
passengers have to wait in St. Paul the
better it is for St PatH merchants"
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TIE other two, Charles Oakman and Charler
Sherman, were residents Of Poultney VI.
They left over the Great Northern.
Among the Northern Pacific passengers
yesterday were Walter Freeman OF New
York. who is a representative of the Asso-
c.ated Press; ". ]. Dean and NJ. J. Nell all
of New York. These gentlemen declined to
say what portion Of the gold country they
meant to prospect in.
J. II. McMannen of Kilbourn City. Wis.
started yesterday all by himself for Dawson
City.
c. E. Benjamin and Charles Allen. OF
WATERFOWL, n. Y, left yesterday via the
Northern Pacific for Seattle where they will
be Joined by two friends who went through
here lately. and with whom they will set
sail for the Copper river country.
Among the people on the Great Northern
overland train yesterday afternoon were Will
liam Moates, of Des Moines To-, and eight
companions, all OF them bound for Dyea,
where they will begin the long trip to Daw-
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Very Cold at Dawson.

WINNIPEG, Feb ga number of letters
have been received from Winpigeggers on the
Klondike, the last being dated Dawson City.
Jan. 20. They all bear testimony to the belief
that there is plenty of gold but that the life
is hard. One man, d. Z. Coates, said he had
rot seen the sun since Nov and would not
see it again till FeD. s. They have to keep
big fires burning within their little houses
to keep from freezing. Temperatures OF 20
below zero have been recorded. Reports were
frequent Of men being frozen to death On
the trail endcayoring 70 get to Dawson They
report that there are idle men at Dawson
unable to get work and that those who made
money had to work for 1t here as elsewhere
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-27
HOME FOOD FAIR.
Prospects That IL Will Become an
institution.

The arrangements for the home food fair
which is to be held in Market hall all next
week, are progressing rapidly and all doubt
as to its success has been dispelled.
The committee OF fifty ladies' which has
taken an active interest in the fair, is busy
perfecting plans for musical and special
features, and Secretary Wilum Is bending
every energy to enlist local manufacturers
In the cause. Secretary Slime, OF the CONNER
cial club, is cooperating with him and this
week Will devote most OF his attention 20 tho
fair.
what may be done WIN home nroducts. ex-
clusively.
Naturally, cereals viii play the most i'm
por,ant part in the exhibits, and every day
demonstrations will be made OF what can be
done with -four and wheat.
Everything possible viii be done TO attract
visitors and to make the fair popular, so
that 1t may become an institution.
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TWO YEARS SUPPLIES.
New York and Brooklyn People VIII
Try Two Seasons

party of Klondikers belonging to the
Klondike and Copper River Transportation,
Trading and Mining company. OF New York,
reached st. Paul yesterday en- route for the
gold country in charge OF Capt William
Thompson.
The members of the party hail from New
York, Brooklyn and Jersey City, and are go
ing to the Copper river country via Orca The
members are taking with them a big outfit
and two years supplies, etc, which will be
transported on sleds.
In the party were Capt. Thompson, James
Mckenzie, William Alyea. William Rorer
Robert Wilson. James PIenderleith Frank j.
Barnes, c. T. Forshner, Ernest Walker, Leon
Roger, John Jack and Albert Hencke. The
last named will send a series OF stories to
Leslie's Weekly in New York. The party left
Via the Northern Pacific.
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son City. where they expect to get posses.
sion of claim two to work upon.
Quite a party OF Chicagoans who started
from here yesterday left their home city AZ
the same time and met and became acquaint.
ed on the train. Among them were James
Hannah, George King, W. T. Dean. NJ j.
knell and William Borner. Most OF them
are routed as far as the foot Of the big pass
and are not precisely decided as TO which
portion of Alaska they will so.
Among the scattering folks whose tickets
read to Alaskan points yesterday were w. o.
Snyder, OF PittsbUrg; James McManus OF ST.
Paul; J. h. Wagner. OF Buffalo; Willard
Freeman, of New York and Olaf Thurle Of
Window. They all left over the Northern
Pacific road.
The Great Western train today will bring
from the East the Ely party numbering
sixteen. in charge Of DR.. W H. Smith
Their exact destination is not known but sec
tons have been reserved for them I'm adj
vance by the Northern Pacific people
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-27
GOLD AT JUNEAU.
Memorial Asking the Establishment
of an ASSAY Office.

WASHINGTON, Feb. ,26.~-Ag memorial sent
by a committee appointed at mass meeting
of citizens OF Juneau, Alaska, to Chairman
c. W. Stcne, Of the house conlfaittee on coin
age, weights and measures, advocating the
establishment OF a United STATES assay Of
fee at Juneau, instead of at 8 attle or Port
land, has reached here. II makes some in
portant statements about the Alaskan situa-
ton, saying among ether Things:
"A conservative estipate OF the present
annual bullion output of Juneau. from It's
quartz mines alone is about, IS COO 900, pro
duced from approximately $50 stamps. With
in twelve months the number CT stamps in
operation in lands tributary 10 Juneau will
exceed LOO, and the annual bullion product
exceed $5,0C0, coo. During the past twelve
months more than $3.50 COO of gold dust
produced from the Canadian northwest has
now On hand ia Dawson CITY approximately
s. $50 eco, to which viii be added from this
springs cleanup an additional $4,000"
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SEIZED IN CHICAGO.
Barrel of Came Said to Have Been
Skinned From MiuncE0in.

State Game Warden Sam T. Fullerton yes
terday received from Game Warden II. w.
Loyeday, OF Illinois, telegram In which
he read:
Have seized one trunk and barrel Of game
from st. Paul today"
Mr.. Fullerton said last night that the news
pleased him. as it was he second inc dent
OF the kind record whore game agent
from another state had seized game lie
galy shipped. This seizure, Mr. Fullerton
said, was In accordance with resolu ion
passed at the recent conference Of game war
dens Of the various states recently held at
Chicago.
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is A TERROR TO SAILORS
WHAT A DYNAMITE NINE is AND
HOW OPERATED
Description of the Destructive Amir
Ihat Was Believed to Have
Blown Up the Maine-New York
HarbOr Planted With Them
Uncle Sam Has Not Been Idle.

The destruction of the battleship
Maine in Havana harbor has attracted
general attention to the subject of sub
marine mines and, though much has
been published about these engines of
defense, very little information has
been given about the system of laying
and operating them.
At this very moment the engineer
corps of the United States army is busy
making arrangements to plant mines
in the harbOrs of the American coast
so, If war is declared against Spain,
the United States will be prepared to
deal out TO Spanish sailors the same
kind of medicine that it has been sus-
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To Enlist Indians.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The war depart
ment has telegraphed to Gen. Merriam, at
Vancouver barracks. authorizing him to en-
list one hundred Alaskan Indians for service
rs scouts with the government relief expedi-
ton.
Gen Merriam has telegraphed the depart
ment that Col Anderson. with four com
panies Of the Fourteenth infantry sailed yes
terday from Seattle for Dyea. to maintain
law and order at that and neighboring points
in Alaska.
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WANTED THE CASH.
Not Satisfaction of Judgment in
Exchange for His Goods.

In the case of A. NJ. Anderson, qrraigned
IN the police court yesterday on the charge
OF larceny, Judge Twohy found complicau lions
which none but a judicial mind could sclve,
and even the court decided to take week
to think the matter over.
Anderson is employed by the Brennan Lum-
Der company. He had suit of clothes made
1t is alleged, by tailor, who was in the
debt Of the lumber company. The company
secured a Judgment against the tailor, and
when Anderson went to get the suit /: Is
claimed he presented the satisfaction of tudg-
ment with balance cash consideration and
walked of with the clothing
The tailor was not In accord with this
method OF business. and secured And arson' S
arrest on the charge Of larceny.
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PENNSYLVANIA PEOPLE.
: Number of Them Among the Pas
senEers Yesterday.

One of the larger parties of yesterday was
that which came from different towns in
Pennsylvania. and went West on the Great
Northern. There were Included Thomas Nc
Nulty Sol p. Bathurst, E Harry JOY, H. w
De Long, R. L. Guy, William Tyner Will
lam Sietz, r. Kline, William Kline f. A.
Harwood, A. Adams, George C. Mahla and
John Morgan, vi Mckeesport: Harry Price
/. A De kar and John Slinemetz OF Brad
Cock. Pa.
This party left over the Great Northern
will sail from Seattle on the steamer Move
March u, and Will make direct for the Cop
per river section of the fields.