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where He Got the Nerve

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1T VIII be necessary" said the earn
nander of the foclorn nope, esfor enc Of
our S,i number to step forward and expose
fire" nc ehefly
- Let 13e me have the Job,'' c.ied a private
A moment later he stood out clear
Spat about him > -
Forward" shrieked the commander
A half hour later, when the alta n;ls. Il
Posltiolt had fallen and 1t was ali ever
the officer beckoned Il to the i5riTafe
Where. he asked. did You ger tba
wonderful nerve to stand out there and
make yourself a target for the bullets ~
those rnarksmen?'' = -
The private smiled
For five years he answered, 81 was
a guide in the Maine woods ">'s
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-31
LACK OF LETTER w
Caused No End of Fun for a Time
in Cuba.


One of the curious effects of the Amer
lean occupation of Cuba and Porto Rico
was the Introduction to these islands of
big, hearty american w. There is no
" in the Spanish language, and that
English letter has been the cause Of no
END of trouble to the CubanS. BY some
curious fatality many of the most i'm
portant American officials appointed to
positions in Cuba have had names begin
ming with W. or containing that letter.
There is Gen. Wood, comma ndsr-in chief
Of the island, and at one time. aStonish-
iQg as it may seem, no fewer than four
OF the provinces were governed Ivy VS..
There was Wood in Santiago, Wilson In
Matanzas, William Ludlow, with two
VS., In Havana, and George w. Davis
in Pinar del Rio And Gen Wheeler had
only just left the island and the Amer-
can papers were still talking about War
and Whipping and WoTsting the WaHton
Spaniards, Wiping them off the face of
the earth, and SO on, all III t oubleSome
WIS.
The poor. polite Cubans. trying To do
homage TO the American governor, were
compelled to twist their tongues around
an impossible letter, and all the Cuban
papers, having no such thing as w in
their type fonts. made a shift by putting
two VS. side by side, thus Wy, making a
kind of awkward w, over Which tie
SDaf1iards always had their little laugh.
Some Of the CubanS pronounced The w
like an emphasized Y, and others like
U, understanding that it was called
double-u. The results We're aTllaSiaa
enough. The pronunciation of Ludlow
was almost impossible to understand 1t
was Loodloy, or sometimes Eoodloou
Wood is usually Vod or Wood Wilson
WAS VeelSon, or sometimes OeelSGn. But
of recent months the cabans WHO are
quick at learning language, are begin
ming to purse their lips to the Eng. fish
w. and some of the newspapers have i'm
ported type US from the United States.
so that they don't have to iouble KS
If the Americans leave NO other impress
sion on Cubans and Cuban history at
least the w will reTrain.
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PRODUCE AHD FRUIT.

ButteT-Steady inactive demand
Receipts light. 1Creameries- PC:
firsts. PC. Dairies-fIIanJ tscparators. pic:
extras, 19c. Ladies-ESIsas, 16117c; pack
ing stock, 12c. n an
Cheese-Marl2e steades and active.
Twins, fancy hull cTeanlonl11 kd12c; brick.
No. l, 12c; brick. No. 2, es1ae; Swiss cheese,
ola, lz1@Q1Ac; I-inlburger, as TO grade, 81
Gle.
EGGS Market easier; receipts light.
Fresh stock, eases incAsded, loss oft, ZIG
22c; storage, 1890
Beans-Marlset firm. Fancy navy. per
bu. $2.25@2- 35; medium hand picked per
bu, 81 1901. 80.
Peas-Yellow peas, &l!25; fancy green,
Potatoes STEADY; lar demand. pota-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-31
LUCK AGAINST SKILL.
Technical Knowledge and Business
Ability in Mining Count.


Eugene B. Palmer in Ainslee's.
Zone of the most valuable mines in
the world, the United Verde copper mins,
at Jerome, Ariz, was discovred by one
of the swarm OF prospectors that sue
ceeded Gen Howards captive Indians at
Camp Verde. 1t was worked unpr ohta-
bly, for years. Senator William A. Clark,
of Montana, secured control of it for
about $50, COO He built railroad and a
snelter, and applied improved methods
to the development of the property. To-
day it is paying at the rate of $1,000, 060
a year. year c,,o., a+oa+oa = ,,eo ,,,..aa.
q mule team to haul supplies into West
eTn mining camps. Today he is the Itch-
est mining man in the Western hemi-
sphere, if not in the world. He was ask
ed these two questions:
How much of a part does chance
play in achieving success in mining as
compared with scientific knowledge and
business ability?'
." What are the chances for success in
mining as compared with other lines of
buSinesS%
Here are his replies:
Chance may be factor in the &C.
QUESTION of a good mining property; bat
there its operations cease. The Develop
ment and the operations which follow de-
pend largely on technical knowledge in
the treatment of ores. as well as on COM
petent business ability and good judg-
nent.
q The chances of success in the mining
industry are equally good, if not better
than the chances In any other legitimate
business. provided it is managed. on bus
mess principles I have known many in
stances where persons acquired very
valuable mining property. but their in
competency resulted IN absolute failure
I'm a similar vein, another WPalthv
mine owner former Senator R. c. Cham
bers. of Utah, says:
4" Not one in two hundred prosDectors
Strikes it rich through luck Not enc
in fifty prospects is worth anything Min
ing is a business, but it is a poor man S
business If nan has lost all he
has, there is a chance for him to NO k
until he has got together "a little money
start out over the hills, ard perhaas
get rich But the most money is made
by men of means who invest carefully. .
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Cash quotations were as follows: FL UT
dull and steady. Wheat-No- g. G515Gf711s /;
No.2 red. 73Q754zc. Corn-No. ?, &c; No .
yellow. SIC. Oat--No 2 23Gz3Ac; Ne. 2
No. 2, 51@a2c. Ba lsy-Fair to Oh ice
mailing. 5Sa64c. Flax Seed-No. j, 81 53ls
@l.54; No Northwestern. $154 Tho
bbi, SlG11. 125k. L.arGl0Per leo lbs. sesG
$50 Short RIBS ooSe1 So. 3o61G 60. Shout
ders-Dry sailed tboXed) i @slsc. Sid $
Short clear fbcxsd1-. Sc. Ig06. 50 Whisky
Contract grade, Sic@Ig25 Receiyt its
Flour. 1900 bbls; whest.T1 900 bu: c TT,
$4,000 bu; oats, Is a.eaEl xbu: rye. 5,0}o bu:
barley, 4.o00 bt. hipnlents- Flcur, 81,
rye. 2,o4e bu; barley. ia 49, bu On tss
Produce exchange today the butter mar
]1et was dull; creanesies, 15023c; dair es,
1ZGp20c- Cheese inaetfveb at i0ik@II3zs
Eggs fairly active; fresh, &c.
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DAY IN WALL STREET.
Renewed Siren gth,s Particularly In
st. Paul, Was the Feature.

NEW YORK, Dec, 29s-Last night New
York showed more symptoms Of alarm
over the Eunlors of financial difficulties
IN London than London Itself had done.
This morning the New York market gave
about $l5,000,000 of active buying to OVER
come the. rather sharp declines in the
international stock which has resulted
from the, unsettled condition of affairs in
London gfoWingsout Of the announcement
OF actual failures resulting from the gam
BILE in West Australians and their SUISSE
quent slump. The lower prices here
seemed an attraction In themselves and
the aggressiYely SuS stained advance in
ST. Paul on renewed reports of the entry
OF D. j. Hill into -ape active share in TIE
management Of the company and of al
liances with other Northwestern railroads
was a stimulating influence throughout
the whole list The buying of St Paul
Itself was on very large scale, and the
price rose to. 144, leaving The previous
record price far behind. The market
sold off little before, the bank state
nent. but renewed strength appeared on
the showing made by the banks. the ex-
panSion In loans being more than pro-
Yldeq for by the increase in reserves of
nearly $500 COO, which was considerably
more than was expected. The principal
strength of the market was In high
grade railroad stocks. The high priced
conspicuous. u The Northwestern stocks
were buoyant, but the other grangers
fa11ed to show much sympathy with ST
Paul. Northern Pacific, Union Pacific, H.
linots Central. the trunk lines. American
Express: " ells-F argoy the Rubber stocks.
National Tube and. after early weakness
Sugar and Brooklyn Transit were ali
strong. features. the advances running
spots in the list. under the pressure of
persistent pfofft-f king. but prices were
above the early low point. and the real
ling was well absorbed.
STOCK QUOTATIONS.
Furnished by Charles H F. Smith &
Co.. members of fflG New York Stock
Exchange, Pioneer Press building, who
have direct wires to rChicago and New
York. Closing. prices are bid: e.ee<
CIo-fnr
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FOREIGN STOCK MARKET.
LONDON AND GLOBE FINANCE COR
P0RATION'S TROUBLES CAST
GLOOMY SHADOW
EXPECT AN EASY SETTLEMENT
Americans, in Spite of ReaIizations,
Closed Steady-LittIe Change
in the English Nome
taPy Situation.

LYNDON, Dec. 30.-The stock exchange
last week seemed to have every pfos-
pect OF passing. the final settlement Of
me year with ease and quletude. AL
though business was weak, 1t had been
1alriy brisk IN spite OF the HOLIDAYS.
WIN good buying for the new account.
inns promising outlook, however. was
turned INTO gloom by yesterdays COL
lapse Of the London and Globe Finance
corporation, which disorganized the mar
kets and resulted in thirteen failures
= involving twenty-nine members. It is
Feassurlng, nevertheless, to note that
other prices were but little affected, the
chief movements being declines in
some Americans held by the embarrassed
hTms. Cons0ls closed lower, at 9TJ5.
Foreigners mostly lost fractionaIly.
s home rails, after much irregularity
curing the week, closed generally lower
Americans in spite of realizations by
the suspended firms closed steady.
Pennsylvania rose 3 point, Baltimore G,
Ohio Is, Baltimore & Ohio preferred
r. and Chesapeake & Ohio H. On the
other hand, Northern Pac:fcs fell 2lS,
Erie ~, Norfolk & Western 15s, Denver
preferred IL, Atchison, Santa Fe IL,
Southern Pacific IL and New York. On
tario & Western rs.
The fall in West Australians. affected
other mines. the leading South Africans
going from Is to 1 1-16 lower
The view taken on the stock exchange
of the Whitaker Wright mines is that
both the London and Globe and the
British Columbian groups viii be COM
PEELED to liquidate Immediately. In spite
of this, experts who recently visited the
Lakeview properties believe that a mine
like Lakeview, which last year paid a
dividend of nearly Ell 100000 must event
ually pan out successfully. It is assert
ed in London that not mora that 40,00-
O0O tons of two-ounce ore is obtainable
at the present development of the mine,
which is entirely inadequate to meet
present obligations. The large holdings
of the company lead the friends of the
mine to believe that the future will
prove the wisdom of their "a tn in the
properties in spite of thu cost of the
new plant installed to reduce the ex-
pensei in trea ting ore.
There was little change il the none
tary situation at the end OF the week,
the market closing earlier at the fol
lowine rates of discount: Until Monday,
to a. Dor. cent: fixtures, 4 TO ~; three
months Ellis 4 to rs.
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Tarentu,a,s Rtte Fatal.

New York Journal
William c. Citing, prominent resident
CT New Rochelle. died on Tuesday, in his
ffty-second year. Two years ago he vas
stung by tarahtula He had never been
a well man since Mr.. Citing frequently
told his friends he thought that the bite
OF the insect had ruined his health.
DR.. Samuel Beyea. who attended the
dying man. said last night that death
WAS caused by blood poisoning
Mr.. Citing was the general agent for a
large wholesale paint concern in New
York. While travelling in the South two
years ago he visited the orange groves of
Florida. In plucking fruit from Tree
he was stHng on the hand by the insect.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-31

suppose the realists. wrote things just as
they occurred in everyday lffe"
That's it. They endeavor to present
real pictures of existence Their aim is to
show what actually does happen instead
of what might happen if we were living
in an ideal world y
''Ohi Then how does it happen that the
hero falls in love with and marries-
young woman who stood at the head of
her class in college instead of taking the
grass-widow who says he don't and
they have came? "
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Amenities.

Philadelphia Press.
Mrs Braggs-Of course, you know We
had moved out of Your section OF the
Mrs SIaggs-O, yes.
Mrs. Braggs- TIE neighborhood we're in
now is much better.
Mrs. Braggs- Strange! That's what
everybody is saving now about the neigh.
bCrhood you left.
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Will PLANT NEW FIELDS.
often Acreage VIII Surely Be In
creased Next Year.

often Acreage VIII Surely be In
creased Next Year.
MANCHESTER, Dec. 2O.-The local
markets during the closing days of last
week had holiday appearance through
nut There was a comparatively small
turnover in yarns and cloth, although
considerable inquiry was made. Buyer !
and sellers are apparently Indifferent re-
garding business. Such producers as are
well fortified with recent orders were in
disposed to entertain further proposals
except at ADVANCED rates.
The position of the cotton market does
not inspire buyers with confidence that
values Will be maintained. Prices abroad
respond slowly to the advance here.
1t is said that buyers for India have al
eady operated extensively in cloths in
nticipation of the spring season. Iso-
ated transactions for China in staples
nd bleachings are mentioned. Home
aade yarns were dull but steady, an
occasional spinner being willing to make
Concessions.
Reviewing the cotton industry, the Tex
tile Mercury remarks: "One effect of the
present conditions can hardly fail to be
a great inc. ease in planting next spring,
IN spite of any attempts to prevent it.
Should a determined and combined effort
on the part of the American cotton states
restrict production so as to maintain
prices at the present level. this will sim
ply invite competitors in other lands to
enter the field of cultivation
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Would Be OF No EFFECT
APPOINTMENT BY CHINA.s DOWA-
GER EMPRESS OF SUCCESSOR
TO KWANG SU
POWERS WOULDN'T STAND TT
willy Old Woman Who Has So Long
Dominated the Chinese E1n-
Dire Has Seen Her
Day.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 30.-No Informal
ton concerning the selection of a new
emperor or of a reply, said to have been
made by the Chinese ENJOYS to the de-
mands Of the powers, has been received
here.
Some months ago the empress d 1Wa ger
designed the young son of Prince Tuan
ays the successor of Kwang Su. Although
the name given in the dispatches as thaS
of the new successor differs from that
named by the empress doWager some
time ago, they may be one and the same,
as the imperial namss refer to the dynas-
ties and change on appointment to the
throne, that of Kwang Su being differ
ent from the name he bore before he as
cended the throne. Should the change
be confirmed, it would doubtless be re-
garded by the powers as a high handed
act, and one not likely to be coJnten-
anced. In the present condition OF af-
fairs such a procedure by the empress
dowager would be an offenSe against
China as well as the powers. Uncer the
ancient system of China the emperor is
able to name his successor, at times GO
ing outside of the imperial family. al
though under the present dynasty it has
been the custom to designate the son and
heir a successor, or in the absence of q
son, to select member of the imperial
family. I<wang Su is the nephew OF the
former emperor who had no sors and
designated the youthful nephew to sue
coed him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-31
THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

SOUTH ST. PAUL. Dec. 2e-Receipts
at the Union stock yards today (estfmat,
ed9 were Cattle, Is: Calves, 10; hogs.
l. w; sheep. Is; cars, q.
Official receipts Friday: Cattle .117.
Is; ears, 49, --0i 49,
Receipts thus far In December. com
T oai' with the same period in December.
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light, Mixed and Butchers
III L LIZ
Comparative receipts


Total fer today (estimated) %
week ago OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IS
"A year ago .-....-..-.------yS .S5
Quotations: Good to choice butcher
steers. $4,000. 25; fair to good. $s@4 so:
common to fair. S3.50@4; good to choice
butcher cows and heifers. 50. 1908 90; fair
to good butcher cows and heifers, $25l a
3.25: thin cows and Gamers $1.5c02 A.;
choice corn-fed bulls. 1904; fair to gooi
butcher bulls, So 1903; bologna bulls. 50
a2.75; good to choice yeals s4.5e@5.z 5; fair
to good yeals. s3.50G4 50; good to choice
feeders, So 500 rs; good to choice stock
steers. sS.15q3. co: fair TO coed, s. 1909 10;
common, $2M2.6e: good to choice stecx
cows and heifers. S2.5903; fair to goo /,
e 2J@2.50: common, 81. 756225; good to
choice steer calves. S3@3.4o: fair to good.
81 1913: good to choice heifer calves, 80 50
@2.75; fair to good, 81 25@2. so; stock and
feeding bulls, $292.4o; good to choice
mixers and springers, $500; good to
fair. s3e@35; common, S20G2S.
E..ar1et dull and quiet, owing to very
light receipts. No quotable change II
prices on any kind Representative sales !:
Butcher Cows and EIeifers-
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fetal sales 661 000
NEW YORK MONYYGHeR York. Dec.
25,-Close: Money on call steady at 4
Per cent; prime mercantile Paser, {24a5E
actual bus, ness IN bankers bills at SIS
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-31
Made Then, Tired.

Floss-I did a very tiresome thing To-
cay read all the magazine advertise
Ida-I had something twice as tiresome.
Ida-Yes; read all of the magazine
poetry.
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EMPREss COUP D'ETAT.

But in the recent disturbed conditions
of the empire the ancient usages appear
TO have been lost sight of, and in Septerl-
Der, 1898, the empress dowager executed
a coup d etat and took the reins OF gov
eminent in her own hands, practically
displacing the emperor. Later the en-
press dowager named the young son %
Prince Tuan as the successor to the
throne, and now, according to the press
dispatches, the empress dowager has dis
placed the emperor with a new sue essor,
The previous acts of the empress dowager
have not been such as would permit
intervention by the powers, although the
emperor has made appeals To Great BIZ
tain and other countries to uphold his
ancient prerogatives But, with the pow
ers operating in China, it is not likely
2 that they will permit a further exercise
of the empress dowager's influence, par
ticularly if it takes the obnoxious form
of seeking to confer power on a son of
Prince Tuan, the chief conspirater in the
Boxer disturbance. Besides the specific
demands made by the powers on China,
it is we'll known that the governments
and their ministers at Pelxin have fer
some time been considering means Of
overcoming the sinister anti-foreign in
fuences of the empress dowa.ser. by ez-
GLIDING her from PelIin and from all fur
Their participation in the governmental af-
fairs of China.
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Comparative Receipts:
Total for today (cstirated). ......... 1, 700
n week ago .'.-.-'..-.'.,... .i...-.. z, 400
n ACt'i '1Sc .'.---..-.. ,o41
Quotations: Coed to choice light. ST Go
GAZE; mixed and butchers, 81 65G14. so;
good to prime heavy, $465@4.z0; common
to fair, 81. 55&74GG; rough packers. 3D. $50
$50: rigs and slIips. 1904
Market opened 21a@5c higher and closed
steady at the advance. Demand good.
hogs soid at $4726I475, with a range OF
81 6z@4-S0. Rough packers, $3.50.
Repre- sentative sales:
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w. N. CAMPBELL
: COMMISSION COMPANY
Live Stock Commission Merchants
Union Stock. Yards,
GoUTH ST. PAUL

Consignments and correspondents So
hcited. Market reports furnished on ap-
p4ication.
We do a strictly commission business
NO live stock bought or sold on our own
account. S...4 A>Asf tsAit s-9'ii-
References-Stock Yards bank, South
st. Paul. Security bank Zumbrota: Hon
A. Il. Koerner, state treasurer, Capitol
bu1idlnE. St. Paul; A. c.. Anderson, CASH
Ter st. Paul National bank. ST. Paul.
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~
SHEEP.

Comparative receipts:
totai Ter today testimatedl .....,..... Is
A week ago - .................,, Us
Quotations: Good to choice butcher
lambs. $45G@5; fair to. good Sd 250c4 40;
good to choice Fat Wetiers, So 60@4; fair
to good, S3.25a3.5O; fat ewes, $3Z5g13. Is !;
good to choice stock and feeding lamb !,
$4st4 30; fair to good. IS 2593. 70; feeling
Wethers, $3.z5@3. Is; stock and feeding eN 6 !,
= Egg 5 do thin sheep a29 buck lambs,
receipts We're very light No qu3' able
changes in prices on either stock or
butcher stuff. REPRESENTING sales.
No. W.T.. Price
~ ~ "a fs't % $S SO
~ Iat ewes OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 116 8 40
19 stock ewes ...,............. lD1 g NG
I PUCK lambs ....-....-........ CT 60
A n31Gn ,ba sb;ynor: - ;t as9 30
er, Hutchinson; j. w. NerthfieId, Lake
CITY; G; Mold S.? Nielsen; Behrentield Bros,
I I1lto LAKE; ID. II. Flynn. Blakely: W.
Lake Crystal; H. c.. Scales, Madella:
Irickey & Genash, Knapp; c. Sp:ebe,
New Vim: Skahan Eros, Adams; G. W.
Cove, Kaston; Gibhens, & Jones, West
Concord; d. Brown, Madison Lake; c.
Black, WEIGH; Hines & Thromert, Owa-
tonna; schuidt & Walthers. Bixby.
MIDWAY HORSE ET-Minneso-
ia Transfer, st. Paul--Barrett & lin
norman report trade the past week on
encouraging basis The principal orders
came from the northern logging districts.
The outlet of heavy drafters aggregated
the largest of any week this season.
Prices, which dropped so decidedly en-
the preceding week, showed no advanc
ing tendency, owing to the heavy sup
plies on the market. Farm horses weigh
ing from leo to 1,400, pounds showed i'm
provement at prices ranging from SIS
to $40, Values for today as follows:
Drafters. extra ...................$13e G175
DrafterS, choice .-....-.....,. s...... 1006T150
Drafters, common to good ....... S0CD1Ug
Farm mares, common to good -. $50 65
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The following table shows the ROADS
over which fridays receipts came in
ard the number Of loads hauled by each:
Cattle. Hogs. Sheen Miyed