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enue at thirty-eight, and at few years
over forty holds one Of the most re-
sponsible posts in the British empire.
The new viceroy Of 2S0, ,O00, 900 in India
was a minister Of the crown at thirty
two.
Lord Rosebery owes little to his rank
that he was in the ministry at thirty
I four. and prime minister at forty seven:
and Arnold Morley, still on the hopeful
side of fifty, was chief liberal whip and
secretary to the treasury at thirty-seven
In music Pietro Mascagni was twenty
seven when he woke to find that his
"Cavalleria" had made him famous.
Hamish McCunn. the clever young Scotch
composer Of over 10U songs and operas.
overtures and cantatas without number,
is still young man Of thirty; and Sir
Arthur Sullivan did some of his best
work while in the twenties.
Marconi, the inventor of wireless tele-
graphy, IS only twenty-three; and Edison
was little more than a boy when his
name was known in two continents.
But it is in the field Of letters that
youth claims the richest harvest. 1t is
the Paradise Of Youth" and a man
who is not crowned before he enters the
thirties is in danger of going uncrowned
for the rest of his life Mr.. Anstey was
twenty-siX when he wrote ''Vice Versa
Mr.. Jerome was three years older when
Three Men in Boat appeared. Mr..
Barrie was twenty-eight when "Auld
LIGHT Idyls" pointed the way to fortune.
Rider Haggard wrote king Solomon $
Mines at thirty. Rudyard Kipllng was
barely Of age when he wrote Depart
ment Ditties,'' and his "Plain Tales From
the Hills appeared at twenty-five Israel
| Zangwill did his best work In the 'Chil-
dren of the Ghetto" when he was twenty
| eight
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03
BROKE CHINATOWN BANK.
Lucky CeIestials Win Eleven Thou
sand Dollars by Lottery.

sand Dollars by Lottery.
New York Herald.
The Chinese New Years took place
March g. Since that day there have been
a contfnua1sfeast and jollifcation.i The
restaurants have been closed, and many
a Mclean chop suey fiend has gone with
out his rations, while even the pretty
stores have been barred and shuttered,
the JOSS houses and the theater alone do
ing a thriving business.
But the Bah-kapo lottery, dear to the
Celestial heart, also came In for share
of the holiday fun, and reaped big har-
vests from liberal pocketbooks. Day be-
fore yesterday, however, an accident oc-
Cured. Four Cinnamon who had been
playing the New Years gig since the
initial day with great patience and per-
sistency were finally rewarded The COM
bination came out, and the combined win
nings of the four Cinnamon were no less
than $11 900. However, as the banks cap
ital is limited to $1,000 the four winners
were compelled to accept little more
than "a per cent of the gross winnings
and thank Joss for even that.
The five men who owned the lottery,
however, feign sadness. They are all of
them waxing rich on the enterprise which
so successfully eludes the police; but they
think that for the risk they run they
should be better rewarded. They are
keen, however.
1.-THE heather Chinee is peculiar" but
never SO much so as when conducting
some game Of chance. He is born
gambler. The Bah-ka-pou started sew
eral years ago and has twice changed
hands, the former proprietors having
gone back to China rich on their enter
prise, still holding stocks in the concern
and drawing yearly dividends. The loca-
tion Of the lottery Is a mystery-indeed IL
is believed to have no particular habita-
ton whatever-to exist only in the butter
dish-shaped caps of the five men who con-
duct 1t here in New York and meet daily
at O'Clock to attend to the drawings
and pay the wagers. As numberless nier-
chants are constituted agents of the
lottery, there is no such a thing as To-
eating anything definitely or gathering
in anybody.
The mannersof conducting the lottery Is
characteristic. Square yellow papers are
circulated about Chinatown. They CON
tain eighty characters within a green
border. There is no name or location on
the sheet, but every one knows its office
and uses. Translated literally, these
characters represent some natural phe.
nomena such as Heaven and earth, -
'Fishes swim, Birds fy,' 1.-The world
Is vast, Clouds rise and other com.
monplaces of daily life, and so general
are they that the most ordinary dream
| may find here a character for interpreta.
| ton.
Twenty characters are chosen and
crossed and the wager laid When the
drawing comes the mani who guesses
three of these numbers gets his money
back; five, he wins double his stake, and
ten. two hundred TIMES the amount paid
in The stakes run froms10 cents to S.
The highest and thes lowliest inha
OF the quarter delights In the Bah-ka-pou
and plays 1t with almost religious per-
siStency. .r.t.su
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VALUE OF SAMOANS.
Islands In u Direct Line Between
San Francisco and Australia.

WASHINGTON. April 2.-The people.
productions, commerce and strategic I'M
portance of the Samoan islands are dis
cussed In a publication just issued by the
treasury bureau of statistics. The ISL
ands lie in an almost direct line between
San Francisco and Australia and slightly
south of the direct steamship line con-
meeting the Philippines with the proposed
Panama or Nicaraguan interoceanic Ca
nal. Their special Importance, therefore,
1t is stated, lies more in their position as
coaling and repair stations on these great
highways of commerce than in their
direct commercial value, their pop
ulat1on being small and their imports and
exports Of comparatively little impor-
tance.
The group consists of ten inhabited and
two uninhabfted islands, with an area of
LOO square miles and an aggregate pop
uiation. according to latest estimates, of
$4,000 people, of which something over zoe
are British subjects, 125 Germans. p
Americans. % French and 25 of other ma
t1onalitieS while the remainder are na-
tives of the Polynesian race. The bulk
OF the population is located in the three
islands of UpolOu, Savii and Tuluia. the
number in Upolou being Is. 600; in Savaii,
1850. and in Tuluia, which contains the
harbor Of Pago Pago, ceded to the United
States in 1876 for a naval and coaling sta
ton, 300.
The islands are of volcanic origin. but
fertile, producing cocoanuts, cotton, sugar
and coffee, the most important however.
being cocoanuts, from which the "copra''
OF commerce Is obtained in drying the
Kernel OF the cocoanut. The expectation
of copra from the islands in 1886 amounted
to 12,560SO5 pounds. valued at 1921 .572 A
considerable proportion of this was ex-
ported to the United States and a larger
proportion to Germany, whose citizens
control It's commerce through a trading
company which has long been established
there.
In 1896 the imports were $3O4,159, of
which s47.552 came from the United States
s49So2 from Germany, sl17S57 from the
Australasfan colonies, $7044 from Great
Britain and $21.S44 from other countries
The exports in 1896 were s263. .O47. Of
which s2S1 ,372 was copra.
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sLAYING THE FILIpINos.
Fred Daman Receives an Interesting
Letter From Lieut.. TrOwbrfdge


The following letter has been received
Hotel Northern, a former sergeant of
Company E, and also a 14-year vet
elan of the company. from Lieut.. c. r.
Trowbridge. of Company e, Thirteenth
Minnesota. The letter contains q foot
note written by Capt. Treat Spear. who
says little Manila goes long way:
Manila. P. l.. Feb. 49,. 1sss.-Friend
few lines from here and let you know
We are still on earth. OF course you
Know by the papers everything that hap
on the police force and have lots of
work to do. L have been on guard today.
We go on for twenty-four hours. Our
battalion. Companies E and X, is in the
walled city and We also have to guard
the Spanish bridge and the "Escolta.
This Is the main business street. 1t is
a short street. but a very busy one. eX
kinds of people, Spaniards. Fiipinos,
Cinnamon, pickpockets, thieves, robbers.
etc; At the present, time We are busy
city; 1t is a common thing to be shot
at from some building and if a Filipino
Is seen on the roof anywhere we shoot
half dozen are killed every day right
In the city. The battle the last two
weeks has been a regular slaughter. The
Insurgents uSed TO play with the span
1sh and they thought they could do
that with us, but they were badly
fooled. When the Spanish were in con-
troll here the insurgents attacked every
night and fought for an hour or so and
then retired until the next night, so you
see they cannot understand our way of
doing business. The natives have been
taught by the priests that the American
bullets would not kill, and they cannot
understand that either. l am afraid that
there will always be trouble of this
kind here, and sorry if the United
States keeps these islands. This is no
place for white man. although there
are a good many English and German
residents here who seem to be doing
well and stand the climate all right There
Is nothing to do here in the amusement
line, except few Spanish theaters. Sa-
looms close at 10 p.. m. and on Sundays.
Tom Larlin was here tonight, and we
were talking of you, and I was telling
him of the time We were in Chicago in
1882. when Geo. Daley missed the ele-
waited car De You remember2 Lieut.
Paddy" Grant, Company K, Saltwater.
wishes to be remembered to you. and
says he will write you later. Ny re-
CARDS to all the boys and hope to see
them all soon. Respectfully,
&C. r. Trowbridge,
Thirteenth Minnesota Infantry. u. s "
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GERMS OF GRIP KILLED!
Experiments Showing That These
Deadly Microbes Can Be Exter-

Deadly Microbes Can Be Exter-
minated.
Willard III. Morse, NJ. D., Fl. s. g., Of
Westfield. N. j.. weIl-known and prom
1nent consulting chemist and therapeu-
tist has recently issued an important
article upon the treatment of grip. He
took some of the germs or microbes Of
grip, put them upon a glass slide under
the microscope. and killed them abso-
lutely by drop of whislxey. Such dem-
onstratfon. of cure would be sufficient
Tor an ordinary observer but it was not
enough for Dr. Morse He says we want
also three things. First. the preventive
OF disease, second. the sustaining Of the
powers of the body. and third, rendering
the system unfertfte to germs or bacitli
therefore. he says, to successfully kill
the germs of grip and render the body
able to resist them, 'ft all depends on
the whiskey."
This Is putting the truth in a nutshell
But the eminent doctor goes still farther
and says:
Ordinary whiskey is either useless or
dangerous. or both In the treatment of
grip"
Dufry's Pure Malt Whiskey Is of the
largest value in the treatment"
Prof. Morse draws This conclusion
wholly by experiment and facts proven
under the microscope. Like all scientists.
he comes to his conclusion only after
testing and proving and does not attempt
to go farther.
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HAIR TURNS WHITE.
Well Shooter Relates u Terrible Ex
81; perience With High ExpIo.fxa.


perfence With High ExpIosfves
''Nitroglycerine sir: high explosives
accomplished it," said a weII-dressed man
with youthful face and snow-white hair
TO a chance acquaintance at the Great
Northern Chicago.
But your face is not SCARED? 1t would
seem than an explosion
An impending explosion 1t was. Two
years ago | was the most successful we'll
shooter In America. I could make the oil
loosen up where others had failed Tho
secret lay in the explosives I emploved 7
made them myself and had the business
down fine. At that time I went to New
YORK to figure on big blasting contract
that would have made me pile. I failed
10 make the arrangement, and the very
day the negotiations fell through started
suddenly for England on a similar mis-
sion.
rs there such thing as high explo-
slVes r1penlng! asked the Englishman /
was accompanying, on the second day of
our voyage.
THE question brought me to NV feet
and caused an exclamation Of horror to
escape from my lips. Many explosives un-
dergo a rfpenfng process, which adds
greatly to their destructive power at the
same time decidedly increasing the dan.
ger of handling them. That made by me
was OIL tn1S character; indeed, twenty-five
days after 1t was compounded 1t was al.
most certain to explode Of it's own yoli-
ton, so to speak Now on the upper shelf
Of the checkroom of my New York hote
1 had left large grip containing a twen-
ty-pound can Of this compound. the ri.
pening of which meant destruction and
death
For an hour I was almost in a state Of
frenzy, freely denouncing myself as a
multi-murderer. In vain I drew an awfu
picture of the devastation that would
overwhelm certain New York hotel fr
exactly seventeen days, and called upor
the captain to- put his ship about - He
promised to transfer me to a west-bound
steamer If an opportunity presented itself
but fortune failed me, and 1 was Obliged
to cross the ocean. On the morning of the
twenty-hfth day of the life of my ripenina
high explosive I sprang from carriage
and rushed into the hotel
mo reprieved murderer ever expert
enced greater joy than I did as I saw the
last Of the terrible fluid disappear in q
catch-basin. Ten minutes later I started
back from the mirror Of the hotel bar
where I had gone for a 'bracer.' in abso
! lutte dismay. My jet black hair had turn
ed white as snow"
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WASHINGTON, d. c., April 2.-The
opinion is expressed in official circles here
that the outlook for satisfactory and
peaceful final adjustment of Samoan af-
fairs Is decidedly hopeful. The statement
was made today that 1t Is altogether
likely that the joint high commission, by
virtue of the plenary powers vested in it's
individual members, will be able to con-
clude settlement of the Samoan ques-
ton satisfactory to all the powers con-
cerned, and that there is such an under
standing between the three powers as
almost certainly will prevent any dis
agreement such as would make 1t nec-
essary to ask King Oscar. of Sweden and
Norway, to act as umpire.
The peaceful solution of this delicate
situation, full Of possible trouble, is re-
garded as triumph of diplomacy, and
furnishing the strongest kind Of evi-
dence of desire on the part of Ger
many as we'll on that of the other
two powers to maintain a most friendly
attitude one with another.
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EFFICIENT ARMY
Maintained by Little Switzerland u
a Nominal Cost

Main fafned by Little Switzerland II
a Nominal Cost.
1t has long been a matter of wonder
that Switzerland should be able to main
tain an efficient army for less than $780,
200. She could in case of emergency
put 100000 troops in the field in two days,
with 100000 more In reserve, besides 27O,-
900 militia. The Swiss have been pecul-
iarly strong fighters since the dawn of
European history. running all invaders
from the Romans to the French by their
never-say-die mode of warfare Almost
every man in the present Swiss army is
a marksman, as shooting societies are
substantially encouraged by the govern
ment. The equipment is most simple. as
each man keeps his rifle and accoutre-
ments at home. There Is little or no ar
tillery, the nature Of the country forbid
ding the use Of that branch Of the
service. The men in the republic, no mat
ter of what rank or calling, serve ten
years. from twenty-five to thirty-two be-
ing called out for drill forty-ive dsys
in the first year and sixteen each of the
others. They are individually responsible
for the condition of their munitions of
war. and entirely differed by men of
their own neighborhood. The system. If
limited. Is by far the most efficient In
the world.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03
Hebrew Aid Society Rau.

Eastertide was observed last night by
the Ladies' of the Hebrew Aid Society
with ball at Sherman hall Fully SOC
people were in attendance, and 200 couples
Joined in the first number of an excel
lent dance programme Elegant costumes
and smiling faces proclaimed the fact
that the younger portion of the assem-
blage We're heartily enjoying the occa-
sion, while at datntily furnished tables In
the refreshment rooms ices and fruits
We're served to those so inclined The pro
gramme contained twenty numbers, with
several extras.
The floor committee consisted of Mes
DANES A. Comonow, L. Hertz. J. Pink. J.
Eurist, E. Comonow, M. Katz, r. Edel.
son, E. Rosenbloom. H. Ernst, and Mr.
J. Eurist. Mesdames A. Comonow an6
L. Hertz acted as the reception commit
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03
Jefferson School Show,

The entertainments lately given at the
Jefferson school proved to be a success.
The seats We're all filled both nights "a
great number having TO stand, which
favored the Improvement of the library
The pupils of the Jefferson school are
still practicing for entertainment the
Land of Nod" which will be given at
the central high school, some time soon,
the exact date is not known. Notice will
be given later. Other entertainments will
be given by the Jefferson school In the
near future. All these entertainments are
given for the benefit of the school.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03
MARTIN MUCH BETTER.
Clerk Of the Senate Judiciary Com
mfttee VIII Recover.

late report from st. Cloud last night
Indicated that the condition OF James A.
Martin, secretary of The senate judiciary
committee, who was stricken with an at
tack of heart failure on Saturday even
Ing while sitting in BARRIERS chair, con-
unues to improve, and that another
tWenty-four hours will see complete re-
covery. Mr.. Martin has been subject to
attacks Of heart failure for a number
OF years, and the sudden return OF his old
malady on Saturday evening proved
well nigh fatal
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03
BATTLE OF MANILA BAY.
Expert Report Upon the Work of
the American Gunners.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Lieut. John
II. Elliott, the executive officer of the
Baltimore. has forwarded to the navy de-
partment under date Of Jan. l, 1899, a re-
port on the effects of the gun fire of
Dewey's fleet upon the Spanish war ves-
sells In the battle of Manila. The report
Is based upon a personal examination Of
al the vessels, personal conversations
with officers aboard and extracts from
Admiral Montojo's official report. It de-
scribes In detail the effect of every shot
from the American fleet, and proves that
MontoJos vessels were riddled by per-
rect storm of shot and shell from the
American guns. There was a much
larger percentage of hits at Manila than
at Santiago. This is accounted for by
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03
EARLY WON FAME.
Men Do Not Always Have to Wait
for Success.

IOT SUCCESS.
New York Herald. "a =,
Inc recent death of T. ]. Byrnes, pre-
thirty-eight, draws attention to the re-
markable humber of, young men who
reach high places at an age when in more
deliberate epochs a man had scarcely
settled down to his career, says the Lon
don Mail
Although William Pitt, the boy pre-
m1er, mas no rival even in these days of
rapid careers. there are hundreds who
achieve fame and position within twenty
years OF leaving their books at school or
college.
Cecil Rhodes was treasurer general of
Cape Colony at thirty-one. and premier
at th1rty-seyen. and Sir Alfred Miner
was chairman OF the board OF inland rev
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03

Manitoba is suffering from "a girl
famine" Servants. apparently. cannot be
hired. The young woman who acts as
general servant in a private family can
easily command SIG month at Winnipeg:
the parlor maid, sls; the cook, s25, and the
laundress, SIS 10 $40 number of Scotch
lassies were brought to the province last
spring. and already over 80 per cent of
them are married.
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Ten Miles Up.

At the distance of ten miles above the
earth the air Is too thin to support res
pfratton. and the thermometer would reg
ister far below zero. A person in bal
loon could not hear friend in a neigh
boring balloon even If they were near
enough to shake hands There would be
no medium for the propagation of sound
waves
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03

Infants are effected by
foods taken by the nursing
mother.
Prof. w. B. Chcadle, of
St. Mary's Hospital and
author of a treatise on the
feeding of infants, has shown
by experiments that wasting
diseases, will result from de-
priving children of fats and
hypophosphites.
DR.. Thompson says Cod
liver oil is what such mothers
and infants require. "Scott's
Emulsion" is pure Nor
wegian Cod-liver Oil with
hypophosphites.
.o,s soc and sI;oo. al druggists.
SCoTT 4 BOVINE. Chsmists. New Yesh.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03
Gold Fish Worth a Small Fortune

One of the rarest and most expensive
of Chinese gold fishes is the brushtail a
pair of which sells for 81 900. The brush
silver dollar will cover it, and probably
there is no other living thing Of It's size
and weight that Is worth so much money
Like all the other Chinese fishes that are
so highly priced by collectors, the form
Of the brushtatl is due to some extent
to artificial methods. The Chinese know
how to assist nature in shaping and
beautifying fishes. How they do tits one
of their many secrets which we have not
discovered yet.
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of the upper circles. She wears them for
a few days. until they become easy and
comfortable to their owners She works
hard. seeing that she sometimes wears
thirty-six different pairs In a week: 90
cents Is the professional fee
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the fact that Dewey's fleet made a delib-
crate attack with most of the enemy 3
ships at anchor. while the appearance of
-Cervera's fleet at Santiago was unex-
pected and 1t was running fight
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03

The deepest hole in the earth is near
Ketschau, Germany. 1t is 5.735 feet in
depth, and Is for geological research only.
ped six years later because the engineers
were unable with their instruments to go
deeper
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03

DR.. Bulls Cough syrup Is the best
remedy for relieving and curing asthmatic
coughs. Physicians recommend it. Buy the
genuine. DR.. John w. Bulls Cough Syrup
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03
ALL WILL BE WELL
THE INTERESTED POWERS DO
NOT INTEND TO QUARREL
OVER SAMOA
JOINT COMMISSION COMPETENT

In Official Circles the View Is Plain
ly Expressed That Some Plan VIII
BE Evolved That VIII BE Sntisfuc-.
tory to England, the United states
and Germany Strategic Value
of the Islands.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-04-03

Bottled energy is archer name for
Aama's Book Beer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-02

Was any money received by you from
polieyholders of the Order of Minnehaha,
of which there are no entries on the
boolx?"
''The entries would have been made If
we had been given time to make UP our
books
when were you married?" was the
next question, and met with an objection.
but Mr.. Bigelow gained his point by stat
ing that he wanted to show that Swan
strom had been in sole charge Of things
for a time.
'Tt was on May 81, 1885," said the wit
ness in reply.
who was in charger"
Andrew P Swanstrom.''
He was acting in the capacity Of sec
retary?"
He was all the time, continuously
while 1 was connected with the order
He sent out all the receipts for money
paid in
The statement of the Order of Mime
haha to the Insurance commissioner,
dated December, 1897 was admitted in
evidence showing that Samuel G. Ginner
was the president and Andrew P. Swan
strOm was the secretary.
Re-cross-eXamined the witness testified
that the reason certain blanks were left
in the record book was to permit at a
later day the entry of certain amounts
that had been paid in and were on mem
orandums to be entered. When Swan
strom went to Louisville In September,
1897, he had signed a number of certif-
icates, and given them to the witness
for use during his (Swanstrom' alb
sence.
Charles Eaton, residing at 319 Chestnut
street, testified that he was one of the
policyholders in the Order of Minnehaha,
and had been a member of the associa-
ton. He had received the call for as
sessment No. Is, and paid $3.50 to the
Order of Minnehaha receiving a receipt,
signed A. P. S. He was pretty certain
that the money had been paid to Swan
strom. The same was the case in re-
gard to assessment No. 16, for which he
held a receipt Neither Of the amounts
paid in showed on the record books.
Similar testimony was offered by r. B.
Bassford, of Saltwater, who had paid by
check. The check was offered IN evidence,
and court adjourned until a. M. tomor-
row morning.