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(i) The Presidential Succession
Law of 1886.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.

Law of 1886.
ENGLISH GRAMMAR.
[The first three questions refer to
the following selection
"Rip's story was soon told, fol
the whole twenty years had been
with him bit as one night. The
neighbors stared when they heard
it; some were seen to wink at
each other, and put their tongues
in their cheek; and the self-im-
portant man in the cooked hat,
who achen the alarm was over, had
returned to the field, screwed down
the corners Of. his mouth, and
shook his head-upon aohich there
was. a general shaking of the head
throughout the asssm6lage."
1[Irving.
l. Select the adjective and the
adverb clauses, and tell what each
modifies. .r
2. Select all verbs in the pas
sive voice.
. 8. Parse the words printed in
italics.
4. Parse the words in italics
in the following sentences:
(a) The policeman found the
child his hat and started him
honae,card.
(b) The people made Henry
king.
(c) The prisoner escaped three
times.
S. Decline the following words:
Burns; he; city.
7. Tell what the following words
mean: corroborate, vigil, heredi-
tary, impunity, torpor, doublet,
desist, uncouth, flagon, quaf.
SPELLING AND COMPOST
:. TION.
SPELLING. .
[The examiner will please die
tate these words
Abscess,. grammar, admission,
nonsense, anoint, fountain, parlia-
ment. movable, separable, ruffian,
gesture, Raleigh, referring, village,
endeavor, Massachusetts, absence,
appetite, guard, Mississippi.
fThe applicant may make sixty
on the above spelling, three for
each word.
. COMPOSITION.
Write q letter to President
D. B. johnson, stating your rea-
sons for wishing to attend Win
throp College, and telling what
work you have done as student or
teacher. Name the textbooks
you have studied recently, and
tell how much of each you have
completed.
1fhe spelling and the letter
will count as one subject in the
examination. The form of the
letter, with capitals, spelling.
punctuation, and penmanship will
be considered in grading.]
ARITHMETIC AND ALGEBRA.
l. A man bought . block OF
marble 4 #. 9 in. long, 2 #. 7 in.
wide, 2 #. ST in. thick. How
much did he pay for it at the rate
of $3.50 per cubic yard?
2. T wish to PVT 1l6 bu. l PIX:
4 at. Of grain into bags that shall
contain 2 bu. 1 PIX. 4 ct. each.
How many bags will be required?
3. When it is noon at Green
wich it is 6 hr. So min. 40 sec.
A. NJ. at Harrisburg. What is
the longitude of Harrisburg?
4. C and D have the same in
come. G saves one-twelfth of his,
but D, by spending s65 more each
year than G, at the end of six
years finds himself $50 in debt.
How much did each spend yearly?
5. What is the net amount OF a
bill of $3.50, discounts being III
per cent and 8 per cent? Find q
single discount equivalent to
those two successive discounts.
6. A man borrowed $1,000 at
ST per cent and retained it until it
was doubled. How long did ne
have it?
8. The sum of SIG was raised
by A, B and G, together; B con-
tributed rs much as A and $40
more, and G as much as A and B
together; how much did each con-
tribute?
Multiply 1xa-3x-2 I and
1x'+3x-3
c,<.d>I Ouo ostlonx
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EXAMINATION QUESTIONS

(The following questions were given
on examinations for scholarships In
the institutions below last summer.
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udlne. Hty klnSuOm come, tny Will
be done on earth as it is in Hea-
ven." Parse italicised words.
4. Write a paragraph of $50
words on My Favorite Author, or
on Country Life Compared with
Town Life, or on Modes of
Travelling. -
GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY.
South Carolina.
1. Locate Dorchester County.
Conway. Tiger River. Sesboard
Air Line Railway. Bound your
County.
2. Describe the destruction of
Ribault's Colony. The Campaign
against the Cherokees, l761.
3. Effect of Braddock's defeat
on the settlement of South Caro-
lima. Cause and progress of
Regulator troubles, about 1768.
4. Identify c. G. Pinckney.
George McDufie. James:L. Orr.
VIM. Gilmore Simms. >.
United States. -
5. Name rivers flowing from
the East into the Mississippi.
Locate Adirondacks. Pixies Peak.
Mt. st. Elias. ....-....
6. Name tho waters traverssd
by a steamer from New York
through the Suez Canal to Manila.
7. John Tyler's administration;
issues, parties and leaders.
8. Territory acquired by the
Mexican War. s.
9. Lees Campaign in Mary
land, 1863. -. :..,.
10. Issues, parties and. leaders
in the Campaign, OF 1896.
LATIN. -.
/. Translate: Horum adventu
tanta rerum commutatio est facta,
ut nostri, etiam qui vulneribus
confecti procubuissent, scutis in
nixi proelium redintegrarent; tum
colones perterritos hostes con-
spicati etiam inermes armatis
occurrerunt, equities vero, ut
turpitudinem fugae virtute dele
rent, omnibus in locis pugnarunt,
quo Sc legionariis militibus prae-
ferrent.
II. !. Decline Horum; qui; yul-
neribus; hostes; militibus. 2.
Tell where found and give, prin-
cipal parts of confetti; procubuis-
sent; occurrerunt; deterrent; prae-
ferrent.
III. Write in Latin: 1. The ar
rival of these made a great change.
2. They leaned on their shields
in order to renew the battle. 3.
They fought so that the baseness
of flight was wiped out. 4. We
must frighten the enemy. -
MATHEMATICS.
1. Add together three thous-
and, four hundredths, eight
tenths, forty, three-fourths, one
half, and two and two-tenths.
Divide .OOO42 by 200. and explain
your method.
8. Find what per cent. of 8 is ].
How many bonds bought at SO
per cent. must I sell at 1f2 per
cent. to make $4,000 profit?
T. A crew which can Dull at
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Citadel Questions.

Citadel Questions.
GEOGRAPHY-yALUE Is.
y What is longitude; latitude;
the equator?
q Bound Virginia; Germany;
Hlndostan.
81 Locate the following cities:
Havre, Callao, Trieste, Melbourne,
Hamburg, Chicago.
A. Describe the following rivers:
Danube, Ohio, Congo, Rhons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-07
ARE HAPPY
EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION OF
SCHUNEMAN & EVANS
ACTION
CAN CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS
Generous Offer Comes as u Pleasant
Surprise After the Disap-
pOintment of Last
- Week. s4-

The teachers of st. Paul put more zest
into their work yesterday than they
have for many a day, for visions of
Christmas were again bright before
them, after being temporarily dimmed by
the announcement that Comptroller Nc
Cardy would give them but 80 cents on
the dollar of their December pay. The
magnanimous generosity of Schuneman eS
Evans in offering to make good the bal
ance to the teachers caused great joy in
all the schools yesterday, and even the
children went home talking about it and
singing the praises of the firm.
This generous offer means a great deal
to the teachers, it means that they will
be able to keep Christmas as they wish,
where previously they had no hope of
being able to do so. The teachers will
receive $4,000 in orders. on Schupeman &
Evans, and will cash them in the store
and go home. rejoicing, to celebrate a
merry Christmas despite the congested
condition of the citgs treasury.
A number of teachers in the public
schools We're seen yesterday and freely
expressed their gratitude and apprecia-
ton of the Kindness which made it pos
sible for them to draw full pay for this
month. 1t came to them as such pleas
ant surprise after the gloomy expecta-
tons of the day previous, that they felt
doubly thankful. President thinner
mann, of the school board, said that it
would undoubtedly meet with the board S
unqualified approval as it commended
itself to all persons as a gracious and
generous act, coming at a time of sorest
need and opening up the way out of a
very serious difficulty
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-07
OHACE IS CAUSTIC.
CALLS DIR. ANCI<ER's ATTENTION
TO SEVERAL SHORT
COMINGS
THREATENS HIM WITH ARREST
Says City Hospital Contagious Ward
Is Not Properly Cared For,
and the Chimney Smokes
Badly.
THREATENS HIM WITH ARREST

Health Commissioner Ohage yesterday
Informed Dr. A. B. Ancker, of the city
and county hospital, that he would cause
the arrest of both him, and his fireman,
if he did not take immediate steps TO
stop the dense volumes of black smoke
that have been issuing from the chimney
of the institution during the past week.
The letter was brief but it was sup
plemented with a more caustic epistle,
calling his attention 20 the necessity OF
taking measures at once to stop the
spread of contagious diseases that are
known to have had their inception in the
contagious ward, which is under his care.
The commissioner further calls DR..
Ancker's attention to the fact that the
city invested over $500 in a disinfecting
plant, but that for some reason it has
been out of repair.
DR.. Ancker says the conta gious ward at
the city hospital is notriously bad, in
fact, had the city not aided in the btli1o-
ing of new one, he would have ordered
it closed up. However, patients must be
taken somewhere, and the present build
ing is the only one that can be used.
DIR. Ohage says he is aware of. this
condition of affairs, but thinks the proper
precautions are not taken to prevent d
spread beyond the building. 1t is the
correction of this evil that his letter
aims at. The old building is said to be
reeking with disease germs, and while it
is the only place in the city that per-
son suffering with a contagious disease
can be taken, yet the party who enters
it's doors practically takes his life in his
hands. One patient suffering with
scarlet fever, contracted diphtheria after
being placed in the building. Several
suits for damages because of similar oc-
currenceS have been threatened.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-07
is GIVEN The LIMIT
ROuRNE,s SENTENCES AGGREGATE
FIFTEEN YEARS-GIVEN TEN
YESTERDAY
NO LENIENcY SHOWN HIM
Judge Bum, in Sentencing the Pris-
ouer, Sold There Was NO
Doubt as to His
Guilt.
NO LENIENcY SHOWN HIM

Judge Bum yesterday imposed upon
Walter B. Bourne the maximum SEN
tence prescribed by law for the crime Oh
grand larceny in the first degree, o.
which, he had just been found gi'1ity.
Ten years Imprisonment was that sen
tence which shall begin at the expire-
ton of the fve-year term already I'M
nosed by the court for the crime OF
false audi: ng, of which Bourne vas
found guilty at the November term OF
court.
Bourne was brought into court TO ,e-
ceiye his sentence at O'Clock. ana Win
him his attorney, A. E. Bowe, stood De-
fore the bench In pronouncing sentence
judge Bum expressed his opinion OF the
case briefly, but in the most scatnins
terms. Addressing the prisoner, ne
said:
NIn my opinion your guilt IS beyond
any question. You have bee1 guilty
not only Of the crime of stealing. but OF
a base betrayal of trust reposed in you.
I cannot see the slightest excuse Tor
Won. nor do I link that VOC can -oHer
any excuse You should expect no mer-
CIV. and I can show you none.'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-07
ON DANGEROUS GROUND.
INTERPRETATION SOCIETY WOULD
DEBATE WITH oHAGE.

At meeting of the Anti-Vacclnatlon
society, at Central hall last evening, 1t
was decided to see what could be done
to raise money to defray the expense OF
a mass meeting to be addressed by DR..
w. s. Clark, of Indianapolis, an eminent
speaker on the subject of anti-vaccina-
ton. At this meeting the society will
try and bring about discussion of the
subject between DR.. Clark and the city
health department. Several articles were
read from the Camden Post-Telegram,
Camden, N j.. relating to some cases
of lockjaw in that city supposed to be
caused by vaccination. Out of sixteen
cases ten deaths have occurred. Most
of the physicians claim the cases We're.
from some other cause, but one doctor
says it might be caused from vaccina-
ton. The health department of the city
of Camden has suspended vaccination
for the time, as public sentiment is
against it, and the papers claim the
deaths are a result of it.
An article from the Medical Brief. or
st. Louis, against the use of anti-roxine
for the prevention of diphtheria, was read
by c. S. Wilson. The meeting was pre-
sided over by President j. w. Griggs.
The next meeting will be held the. hrst
Friday in January.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-07
CONROY WOULD EXPLAIN
SAYS HE CAN ACCOUNT FOR AL
LEGGED DEFICIT OF 1856.

Thomas f. Conroy, former clerk of che
police court, whose accounts were found
to be short $685., by Examiner Pope, will
make good the deficit by putting up good
hard cash, and there will be no prosecu-
ton against him. Mr.. Cenroy had con-
ference with Gen. Pope yesterday and
made the proposition that he be allowed
to deposit the amount with the state
treasurer under protest, until ne could
produce receipts for the amount, or
otherwise clear or adjust the matter.
The public examiner accepted the propo--
sition.
In explaining the Bannon fine transac-
ton, Conroy said:
''Stary was in court and did not want
it known publicly that his firm had been
fined. He asked me if L could keep it
from the press. For this reason Ban
mons name was not placed on my tab.
when Starry was fined he had no
money with him, and he asked me to call
at his place of business, which was on
my way home. I called that evening or
the next, after o'clock and was given
a check for $50. AS 1 did not place
Stary's name on my tab, and made no
returns for him, do not know that
ever turned the money in.
You see it was the business OF Trcas-
urer Horst to check up my tab with the
tab kept by the judge. If any discrepan-
cies were found, he notified me. lie
never notified me Of discrepancy in the
Starry case, and it may have been ever
looked
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-07
WORKMAN BADLY HURT
EDWARD BRUCE sVsTAINs A Sc
WE'RE FALL
While Trying to Warn others of
Danger, He Makes Misstep
and Tumbles Twenty
Feet.

Edward Bruce, living at 420 North FIX
change street, is in a critical condition
at st. Luke's hospital, as the result Of
falling from the second story of the new
addition to the Jacob Schmidt Brewing
company's plant, $50 West Seventh street,
about 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
1T is feared that he fractured the base
of his skull, but the attending physician
cannot state just how seriously he is in
jured until this morning.
Bruce Is foreman for the st. Paul
Foundry company, which has the con-
tract for putting up the iron work on
the new addition, and the job would have
been finished today but for the acct
DEM. He was on a plank on the second
floor, and happened to notice two other
workmen in an unsafe place. He called
out to them to be careful and started to
walk across the plank, when he made a
misstep, and fell twenty feet, landing
upon a lot of Ipianks and other material.
He was picked up uncons cious, and DR..
McCord was summoned. The physician
ordered the injured man sent to St.
Luke's hospital. He was still in semi
unconscious condition at II o'clock last
night, and his condition Is considered
critical. This is the first accident that
has happened since the work on the adj
dition to the brewery was commenced
some time ago.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-07
DOLLARS ROLLING IN.
CHARL ELS A., TowNE HAS STRUCK
IT RICH In TEXAS OIL
FIELDS
AT HEAD or TWO COMPANIES
His Crude Oil Property Developed
Several Gushers, and Product Is
BEING Refined by Secret
Process.


Since abandoning politics for business
former Senator Charles A. Towne has not
been idle. He has succeeded in organizing
two companies with capital of $2,9U0,0U1
each, and is now president of both con-
Germs. They are the Export Oil and Pipe
Line company and the New York and
Chicago Asphalt company. Both compa-
MES are located in Beaumont, Tex but
have offices in New York City.
When Mr.. Towne first went to Texas,
in conjunction with S. NJ. Scott, a promf-
nent Gilman of that state, he organized
the Export Oil and Pine Line company.
The purpose of the company was to de-
Velop the Oil fields near Beaumont and to
operate a pipe line to Port Arthur. the
seaport of the region. The company was
capitalized at $2,eeO, CO.,, most of which
was subscribed at 81 share. Mr.. Towne
took a large block of the stock and was
elected president. Mr.. Scott is also a
large holder and is vice president.
Since the organization of the company
its holdings have proved valuable. 1t has
several "gushers'' which are turning out
the crude oil in large quantities. AS a
result of the increase in value of the prop
erty, the stock appreciated to such an
extent as to make Mr.. Towne wealthy
man. seesss
: Mr.. Towne found man who had dis
covered process OF reducing the crude Oil
from the wells into refined product that
finds ready market Asphaltum, paint
and substance. useful for roofing pur-
poses, with fire proof qualities nearly equal
to asbestos, can be made from the oil
by this process ! Mr.. Towne purchased
the secret and at once began to organize
another company the sole business Of
which is to manufacture these things
Instead of calling upon the Southern capt.
tallsts who are connected with him in the
oil company, he went to New York and
Chicago and succeeded in interesting
enough capital to organize the New York
and Chicago Asphalt company with a
capital Of $2,000,09O.. All of this stock was
subscribed privately, and none of it was
placed on the open market. Mr.. Towne
was also elected president of this COM
pany.
Under the arrangements that have been
made the asphalt company buys the
crude material from the oil company, and
Mr. ToWne comes in for a share of the
profit of both concerns. The revenue he
receives from the profits of both COM
panies,- taken with the, Increase in value
of his holdings of stock and his salary, Is
rapidly making him one of the richest
men in the oil region Of Texas.
Since going to the South Mr. Towne
has made many friends He is regarded
as one of the shrewdest financiers of the
country and the people say that nothing
is too great for him to undertake.
49,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-07
GAS WILL Be CHEAPER
THAT SEEMS TO BE CERTAIN RE-
SUIT OF PRESENT CON-
TROVERSY
RATE OF $75 FOR CITY LIGHT
Offer of Cleveland VapOr Company
Expected to Bring a Counter
Proposition From Other
Companies.

Cheap street lighting and dollar gas are
the subjects uppermost in the minds of
members of the council, and there will
probably be friendly rivalry as to which
shall be the first to demand that both
be secured for consumers.
Now that the city holds in its posses
sion an agreement to furnish all the
municipal buildings with gas at 81, the
legal department is authority for the
statement that the same gan be demand
ed by the private consunlel, and cannot
be denied by the company. The council,
however, must push the issue to the eX-
tent of making the demand an Official
one. The gas company, it holds: has low
cred the gates and can show no partial.
ity.
Assemblyman Wheeler has been giving
the question an unusual amount OF study
and because of his known attitude t, ward
the company it was expected that he
would force the issue at the meeting of the
assembly Thursday. 1t was also expected
that he would attempt to secure rejec-
ton of the bids for gas and electric light
ing on the ground that they were too
high, but he did not, evidently fearing
that he would not receive the desired
support.
He thinks that the city, if it remains
firm, can secure a rate of SO per year
for electric lighting.
The proposition of the Cleveland Vapor
Lighting company. to give the city its
street gasoline lighting for the same price
it is paying now, and turn over the plant
at the end of the year gratis, is yet to
receive the attention of the board of al
dermen. Because of their inability to OBJ
tain lamps, the American Development
company, and the st. Paul Gas Light
company, are at disadvantage, but it
is expected that they will amply make up
any handicap in this respect by a counter
proposition which, it is expected, will give
St Paul the cheapest street lighting it
has experienced in it's history.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-07
IOWA is NOT AFRAID
GOV. A. b. CUdMINS SAYS NORTH.
ERN SECURITIES COMPANY
WILL DO NO HARM
IN FAVOR OF RECIPROCITY
Does Not Believe Tariff Is in Need
of General Revision-Trusts
Should Not Be Pro-
tected.

The legislature of the state of Iowa
will not, in the opinion of A. B. Cummins,
governor elect of that state take up the
discussion of any special legislation in
tended to check the advance of the North
ern Securities company
The governor of Iowa was in st. Paul
yesterday afternoon, the guest of Dan
w. sLawler. Gov Cummins was on his
way to Iowa, returning from Crookston.
He was accompanied by c. S. Gilbertson,
MS secretary of state; e. c. Brown one
of the members of the Iowa railroad and
warehouse commission, and a party of
twenty-five Iowa business men and state
off1cials. The party is travelling In
special car. The governor left Iowa Tues
day and visited Crookston and Pembina.
AT Crookston he was the guest of honor
at banquet given by the Elks lodge OF
that city. Gov. Cummins declares he does
not believe that the interests of the peo-
pie OF his state are in any way threat
ened by the Northern Securities company.
In speaking for the people of my
state he said, 81 believe that I echo
my own sentiments. We realize that we
have no law in our state to prevent the
Northern Securities company from secur-
ing control of the Chicago, Burlington e.
Quincy line and therefore do not believe
that there will be any concerted effort
made to check the moves of this company
I'VE are interested in Gov. Van SAINTS
undertaking, but we are differently stu
ated. We have five trunk lines in our
state, and there Is plenty of competf-
ton, so I cannot see where this consolida-
ton will interfere with us.
The consolidation has been discussed
in OUR state, but 1 do not believe that
the legislature will take up any time in
discussing new laws designed to interfere
with the Northern Securities company"
Gov Cummins was also willing to dis
cuss the tariff, but he insisted that his
ideas were not in any way new. He de-
clares he Is not In favor Of a general re-
vision of the tariff, but believes that
there is abundant room for reciprocity.
He maintains that those opposed to the
revision of the tariff make the mistake
of assuming that a general fight against
the schedule Is intended.
A conservative revision of the schedule
is what the Iowa governor stands for.
He believes that IL any combination at
tempts to establish a monopoly to con-
troll the sale of any particular commodi-
ty, the duty should be removed at once
While in the city Gov Cummins and
his party called upon Gov Van SAINT The
Iowa men resumed their homeward jour-
ney last night.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-07
MANY IN COMPETITION
OVER A HUNDRED TUBS OF BUTTER
BEING SCORED.

The dairy and food department is busy
testing the butter sent in for this month S
scoring. Over 120 tubs has been merged
with that of the Dairymen's association,
which meets next week in Sank Center.
All the butter entered in the association
exhibit has been sent to the department
to be scored in the departments regular
scoring. The entire amount will then be
T. sent to the association convention, and
premiums will be awarded on the scor-
ings.
Minnesota Is the only state where the
dairy department holds monthly scorings
of this character. The idea originated
with Commissioner Mcconnell, and it is
of great value to the farmers of the
state. Each exhibitor is given a card
on which are specified the shortcomings
of the butter, and wherein the remedy
lies. Farmers who are unsuccessful in
getting standard butter, are acquainted
with the reason of their failure, and in
many cases the inspectors visit the farm
ers personally and in a quiet way show
them how to avoid their mistakes. The
object is to raise the standard of butter.
making in Minnesota, and to render pracr
tical assistance to the buttermakef
These monthly scorings are open to all
buttermakers in the state.