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LACKING IN MORALE A GBRMAH OFFICER EXPL.AIYS TUB KASV OKSTRI CTIOX OK ( XX- V KHA'S ■QVAMUMI ADMIRALS FATAL BLUNDER ■'I in- Only Cliaiife for Ksc»»|>«- Wait, a Sudden llhmli at Mklh and 1)1 r«•«•« --1> TlirtxiiK'k the Blofkmllufi' Kleet The Americans Were Confident Hii.l KuKei* for a Battle to I.ml Their I.oiir Vlall. WASHINGTON. April 2.— The bureau of naval intelligence of the navy depart ment l;as issued the la«t of the series of sketches of the Spanish-American war by Commander Jacobson, of the German protected cruiser Geier. The article deals with thf condition of the Spanish ships after the battle of Santiago. The most Interesting observation* to the layman Hi-c those upon the strategy, or lack of ii. displayed by Cervera. The Spanish admiral, having been ordered to leave the | harbor, ti> remove the main object of tha attack upon Santiago, Commander Ja cobsda says his position was most difficult, ile .lid not dare make the attempt at night, and so decided to go out in broad daylight. "The whole fleet," he says, "fell h victim to this fatal decision. In st ructions for the sortie and the west er:! course were issued. The admiral was entirely convinced of the impossibility of defeating the enemy or of reaching an other Cuban harbor, even If he should succeed In steaming right through tne hi 'stilt- Beet. It is to this feeling of helplessness and Impotence, as again* the American naval forces, more than anything: else that I attribute the defeat. "The Spanish ships had spent a month and a half in the harbor without even £T tempttiiK to attack the blockading fleet when n favorable opportunity presented itself, or even harassing it. The two torpedo boat destroyers were not used for the purpose for which they were tn teniled. Tills inactivity and lack of initia tive tnust have had a very demoralizing effect on the officers and men. If we add to this the certain knowledge that the op posing forces were much stronger. It will be readily understood that the idea Of. general flight, after coming out of the harbor entrance, was the only acceptable one. especially in view of the possibility of beaching the ship*, thereby render- In< them unserviceable and eventually rescuing the crews. "From the very moment that this feet- Ing of Impotence took possession of the Spanish and led to the above reflections their fate, physiologically speaking, wag sealed We do not mean to disparage their valor and tenacity in the face of hostile lire, but, on the other hand. It Is quite natural that the admiral, seeing that everything was happening as he had foreseen, was the one who set the exam ple of running his ship ashore. All the other .■(iiniiiH inlers followed this example. CONSCIOUS OF POWER. "On the American side the situation was Just the reverse. Admiral Sampson's fleet was fully conscious of its power. The blockade was conducted in accord ance with carefully prepared plans, as were also the arrangements In case of the enemy's attempt to escape. Frequent engagements with the Spanish forts had given commanders and crev.-s that calm assurance in the handling of their weap ons which guarantees success. The long blockade service, exhausting and monoto nous, hardly interrupted by any action on the part of the Spanish, had strung the nerves to the highest pitch, and every body was anxious for the end to come." "Suddenly the enemy attempted to es cape. All the passions and emotions that had been smouldering under delay broke forth. The welcome opportunity for settling accounts with the enemy had come at last, nnd with a wild rush the American ships fell 'upon their vic tims. At the beginning the American fire, owing to the excitement of the per sonnel and the great distances, was prob ably not v.»ry effective; but when the Spanish admiral turned to westward and the Other ships followed him the moral superiority of (he Americans reasserted Itself. The commanders, culm :'iid cool headed, had their ships follow the same course; and the Americans, having every advantage on their side, recommenced the Hre on the fleeing ships, which soon resulted In their total annihilation. "There was only one chance for the success of the sortie. It should have been made at night in scattered forma tion. After a personal investigation of ihe locality, it is my opinion that it is entirely practicable for a fleet to leave Santiago harbor at night. The wreck of the Merriraac did not constitute an ob struction, it la true that Admiral Samp- Bon's report on the night blockade states thai the lisht ships were lying from one to two miles from Morro castle, ac cording to the state of tho atmosphere, a!;d thai they lighted up the channel for half a miie inside. Even the best search light, however, does not reach farther than -me mile. Therefore the Illumina tion could not have been very effective. Moreover the shore batteries, by open ing fire upon the light ship>=. could have compelled them to change their positions, but strange to say this was never done. 'The dark nights, at the time of the ntw moon, about the middle of June, would have been best suited for the en terprise. If the fleet did not attempt a night sortie and was nevertheless com -1»-1!' •■' to leave the harbor in obedience to orders then the ships should have been headed straight at the enemy. All weap~ ons, Including the torpedo and the ram, Bhould have been used. A bold attack In dose formation was the only chance of success against the superior hostile lighting forces, who would hardly have found lfnie to form their lines." LESSON OF BATTLE. Tho lessons Commander Jacobson de % rives from the battle briefly stated are: "Abolition <>f all woodwork; no unpro tected torpedo tubes, protection for all pun crews against shell fh-e.; protection <>l" the tire extinguishing apparatus .-lealnst shell iire; smokeless nowder; greatest possible slmpttcity in the service of the suns and the greatest possible rapidity r.f fire; good speed of vessels under normal conditions and thorough training of the crews in all branches of the service." BATTIJS OF MAXILA BAY. Expert Report Ipon the Work of the Ainerlenn Gnnnera. WASHINGTON, April 2.-Lieut. John M. Elliott, the executive officer of the Hultimore, has forwarded to the navy de partment under date of Jan. 1, 1899, a re pori on the effects of the gun fire of Dewey*B fleet upon the Spanish war ves sels In the battle of Manila. The report Is based upon a personal examination of sll tho vessels, personal conversations ■with officers aboard and extracts from Admiral Montojo's official report. It de si ribea In detail the effect of every shot from the American fleet, and proA'es that Montojo's vessels were riddled by a per fect storm of shot and shell from the American guns. There was a much larger percentage of hits at Manila than «" Santiago. This is accounted for by How to Preserve, Purify and Beau tify the Skin and Complexion. The clearest, softest, whitest akin, free from pimple, spot, or blemish, is produced by Cctiuuba Soap. It prevents pimples, blackheads, blotches, red, rough, and oily Ekiu, sod other facial blemishes, rashes, and eruptions, because it prevents inflammation and clogging of the Pokes, the cause of most complexion*! dlsngnmirfow. GERMS OF GRIP KILLED! tSxuerliueiitii Showlnc "I' It it t The«e Deadly MicrotM-* lan Be Uiter mlnated. AVlllard H. Morse, M. D., F. S. S.. of Westfleld. N. J., a well-known and prom inent 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 a drop of whiskey. Such a dem onstration of cure would be sufficient for an ordinary observer, but it was not enough lor Dr. Morse. He says we w mt also three things. First, the preventive of disease, second, the sustaining of th* powers of the body, and third, rendering the system unfertile to germs or bacilli. Therefore, he says, to successfully kill the germs of grip and render the body able to resist them, "it 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." "Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey la of the largest value In the treatment." Prof. Morse draws this conclusion wholly by experiment and facts proven under the microscope, Lflce all scientists, he cornea to his conclusion only after testing: and proving ami does not attempt to go farther. the fact that Dewey'a fleet made a delib erate attack with most of the enemy's Ships at anchor, while the appearance of Orvera's fleet at Santiago was unex pected and it was a running fight. SLAYING THE FILIPINOS. Fred Damnu Receives an luterentliiK' letter I iom l.i«>iu. Trowbridge. The following letter has been received by Fred Daman, one of the clerks of Hotel Northern, a former sergeant of Company E, and also a 14-year vet el an of the company, from Lieut. C. R. Trowbridge, of Company E, Thirteenth Minnesota. The letter contains a foot note written by Capt. Treat Spear, who says a little Manila goes a long way: Manila, P. 1.. Feb. 19, 1899.— Friend Daman: Thought 1 would drop you a few lines from here and let you know we are still on earth. Of course you know by the papers everything that hap pens here as soon as we do. We are still on the police force and have lots of work to do. I 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 "Eseolta." This is the main business street. It is a short street, but a very busy one. ex cept in the middle of the day, when all business is suspended. We arrest all klnda of people. Spaniards. Filipinos, Chinamen, pickpockets, thieves, robbers, etc. At the present time we are busy looking up insurgents who are in the city. It is a common thing to be shot at from some building-, and If a Filipino is seen on the roof anywhere we shoot him. It is nothing out of the way if half a dozen are killed every day right in the city. The battle tho last two weeks has been a regular slaughter. The insurgents used to play with the Span ish and they thought, they could do that with us, but they were badly fooled. When the Spanish were in con trol 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. I am afraid that there will always be trouble of this kind here, and am sorry if the United States keeps these islands. This is no place for a 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 a few Spanish theaters. Sa loons close at 10 p. in. and on Sundays. Tom Larkin was here tonight, anil we were talking of you, and I was telling him of the time we were in Chicago in 1892. when Geo. Daley missed the ele vated car. Do you remember? Lieut. "Paddy" Grant, Company X, Stlllwater, wishes to be remembered to you, and says he will write you later. My re gards to all the boys and Hope to see them all soon. Respectfully, — C. R. Trowbridge. Thirteenth Minnesota Infantry, I*. S. V. MARTI* MICH BETTKH. Clerk of the Senate Judiciary Com mittee Will Recover. A late report from St. Cloud last night indicated that the condition of .T.-.meß 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 a barber's chair, con tinues to improve, and that another twenty-four hours v. 11l see a complete re covery. Mr. Martin has been subject to attacks of heart failure for a number ol years, and the sudden return OL' his old malady on Saturday evening: proved well nigh fatal. Hebrew Aid Soviet y Ball. Eastertide was observed last night by the Ladies' of the Hebrew Aid society with a ball at Sherman hall. Fully 500 people were in attendance.and 200 couples joined in the first number of ail excel lent dance programme. Elegant costumes and smiling faces proclaimed the fact that the younger portion of the assem blage were heartily enjoying the occa sion, while at daintily furnished tables in the refreshment rooms ices and fruits were served to those so inclined. The pro gramme contained twenty numbers, with several extras. The floor committee consisted of Mes dames A. Comonow, L. Hertz, J. Pink, J. Kurist, E. Comonow, M. Katz, R. Kdel son, E. Rosenbloom, H. Ernst, and Mr. J. Eurlst. Mesdames A. Comonow and Li. Hertz acted as the reception commit tee. Jefferson School Show. The entertainments lately given at the Jefferson school proved to be a success. The seats were 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 j be given, by the Jefferson school in the neap future. All these entertainments aro given for the beuofit of the "school. EFFICIENT ARMY Maintained by Little Switzerland at a \ouiinnl Cubit. It has long been a matter of wonder that Switzerland should be able to main tain an efficient army for less than $500, --000. She could In a case of emergency put 100,000 troops in the field in two days, with I'KlOoO more In reserve, besides 270, --000 militia. The Swiss have been pecul iarly strong fighters since tho dawn of I European history, ruining 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 mas keeps his rifle and accoutre ments at home. There is iittle 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-two to thirty-two be ins caHed out for drill forty-flve days In tho first year and sixteen each of the Others. They are individually responsible for the condition of their munitions of war, and entirely officered by men of their own neighborhood. The system, If limited. Is by far the most efficient in th« world. Deepent Hole In the Earth. The deepest hole In the earth Is near Ketschau, Germany. It is 5,735 feet in depth, and is for geological research only. The drilling was begun in 1880 and stop ped six years later because the engineers were unable with their instruments to go deeper. Bottled energy la an#tfe«r name for H»nun« Bock Beer. IHE ST. PAUL GLOBS'. - fiO&D.W, AFRII, 3, 1899. ALL WILL BE WELL TUB i\iKiti:sTKi) i'oui:ns DO NOT IMTB1MI) TO QIARREL OVEft SAMOA ft JOINT COMMISSION COMPETENT | In Official ( Irrlen Ihr Men In Plain ly Kxprr«MiMl Tlmt Movie Finn Will Be Involved Thut Will Be SutlNt'irv tory tv KiiH'lHiid, th« United States and (ieritiany st i-u ii-* i<< Value of the lalauda. AVASHINGTON. D. C. April 2.— The opinion is expressed in official circles here that the outlook for a satisfactory and peaceful tlnal adjustment of Samoan af fairs Is decidedly hopeful. The statement was made today that it is altogether likely that the Joint high commission, by virtue of tlje plenary powers vested in its individual members, will be able to con clude a settlement of the Samoan ques tion 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 It 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 a trtumph of diplomacy, and H-t furnishing the strongest kind of evi dence of jv desire on the part of Ger many us well as on that of the other two powers to maintain a most friendly attitude one with another. YAH E OF BAMOANS. iNlHiirts In a Direct Line Between San FrauciNPO mil Australia. WASHINGTON, April 2.— The people, productions, epmmerce and strategic Im 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 necting the Philippines with the proposed Panama or Nicaraguan interoceanic ca nal. Their special importance, therefore, it 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 ulation being small and their imports and exports of comparatively little impor tance. The group consists of ten inhabited and two uninhabited islands, with an area of 1,700 square mile* anil an aggregate pop ulation, according to latest estimates, of 36,(Xi0 people, of which something over 200 are British subjects, 125 Germans. :>5 Americans, 25 French and 25 of other na tionalities, while the remainder are na tives of the Polynesian race. The bulk of the population is located in the three islands of Tpolou. Savii and Tuluia, the number in I'polou being 16.000: in Savaii, 12,500, and in Tuluia, which contains the harbor of Pago Pago, ceded to the United States in 1875 for a naval and coaling' sta tion, 3.700. The islands are of volcanic origin, but fertile, producing cocoanuts, cotton, sugar and coffee, the most important, however, being coeoanuts, from which the "copra" of commerce is obtained in drying the kernel of the eoeoanut. The exportation of copra from the islands in lSi)6 amounted to 12.565.505 pounds, valued at $231,572. A considerable proportion of this was ex ported to the United States and a. larger proportion to Germany, whose citizens control its commerce through a trading company which has long been established there. In 189fi the imports were $304,159, of which $47,552 came from the United States $49,802 from Germany, $117,857 from the Australasian colonies, $7,044 from Great Britain and $21,844 from other countries The exports in 1896 were $263 047 of which $231,372 was copra. HAIR TURNS WHITE. Well Shooter Relate* it Terrible Ex perience With High Rxplonive*. "Nitroglycerine, sir: high explosives accomplished it," said a well-dressed man with a youthful face and snow-white hair to a chance acquaintance at the Great Northern, Chicago. "But your face is not scarred? It would seem than an explosion " '"An impending explosion it was. Two years ago 1 was the most successful well shooter in America. I could make the oil loosen up where others had failed. The secret lay in the explosives I employed. I made them myself and had the business down fine. At that time I went to New York to figure on a big blasting contract that would have made me a pile. I failed to make the arrangement, and the very day the negotiations fell through started suddenly for England on a similar mis sion. "Is there such a thing as high explo sives ripening?" asked the Englishman I was accompanying, on the second day of our voyage. "The question brought me to my feet and caused an exclamation of horror to escape from my lips. Many explosives un dergo a ripening process, which adds greatly to their destructive power, at the same time decidedly Increasing the dan ger of handling them. . That made by mo was of this character; indeed, twenty-five days after It was compounded it was al most certain to explode of its own voli tion, so to speak. Now, on the upper shelf of the checkroom of my New York hotel I had left a 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 awful picture of the devastation that would overwhelm a certain" New York hotel in exactly seventeen days, and called upon the captain to put his ship about. Ha promised to transfer me to a west-bound steamer if an opportunity presented Itself, but fortune failed me, and I was obliged to cross the ocean. On the morning of the twenty-fifth day of the life of my ripe"ning high explosive I sprang from a carriage and rushed into the hotel. "No reprieved murderer ever experi enced greater joy than I did as I saw- the last of the terrible fluid disappear In a catch-basin. Ten minutes later I started back from the mirror of the hotel bar, where I had gone for a 'bracer,' in abso lute dismay. My jet black hair had turn ed white as snow." Infants are effected by foods taken by the nursing mother. Prof. W. B. Cheadle, 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 j Emulsion" is pure Nor wegian Cod-liver oil with hypophosphites. Soc. and f i.oo, all druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, CberaUti, N.w Y«fk> • ST. PAUL'S LEADING JOBBERS J iKTB'S nAftTl U fllinrfl ManufAetnreniandWliote»aleri n rt.i n j- n O fl« til IIX Jl \ HIIF \ o'Bnol^ Shoes Rnrt Rubber.. (I lift 7 Nfl X ift nil!) n /V onliLn proprietor! of . uullllJll a uu. UUUIU U UIIULU The Minnesota Shoe Compauy. Ut 242-280 *. sth 8L Illlfllliinn Illin ITllTn Manufacturer of ■■ n ll. _i llUululliluV DN I'M \ Anything From C«va«. I] [' HOn IIIIIIIIIUI/ lIIIU ILIIIU Uaiinem. 11. 131 K. 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Spica r.| AI . n_,- n ■/ •• I'Ullf'LUV Grlnuem and M R nnf«ciur«» LH QU DfAQ I KOilU UUUUL\U !_____[; ' M^°"H<'eCo.3rdaud SlWey. uROGIRo jj-j|3 J 3 J|. Uir\Urnn T.emher. Shoe Findings r\ i\ i ii j • inn hfIRNESS jagpHaa- P. »• L JSRI j fi. pi -pmf~ **** m,» ■ ■ . w * 381-383 UiunesoU BROKE CHINATOWN BANK. I.neky Celestials Win Eleven Thou sand Dollars I>> Lottery. New York Herald. The Chinese New Year's took plate ] March y. Since that day there have been a continual-feasting and Jollification. The restaurants have been *losed, and many' a Mellcan 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-ka-pou lottery, dear to the- Celestial heart, also came In for a share of the holiday fun, and reaped big har- j vests from liberal pocketbooks. Day be fore yesterday, however, an accident oc curred. Four Chinamen who had been playing the "New Year"s 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 Chinamen were no le.-ss than $11,000. However, as the bank's cap ital is limited to $3,000, the four winners were compelled to accept a little more than 24 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. "The heathen Chinee. is. peculiar," but never so much so as" when conducting some game of chance. He is a born gambler. The Bah-ka-pou started sev 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— lndeed it is believed to have no particular habita tion whatever— to exist only in the butter dish-shaped caps of the five men who con duct It here in New York and meet daily at 4 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 lo cating anything definitely or "gathering in" anybody. The manner of 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 fly," "The world ;is vast," "Clouds rise " and other com monplaces of daily Hfe, and so general are they that the most ordinary dream may find here a character for Interpreta tion. Twenty characters are chosen and crossed and the wager laid. When the drawing comes the tnani 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 from; 10 cents to $.">. The highest and the-- lowliest inhabitant of the quarter delights in the Bah-ka-pou and plays It with almost religious per sistency. t EARLY WpN FAME. Men Dp Not Always Have to Walt for SmsaiM. New York Herald. , , .( The recent death of T. J. Byrnes, pre mier of Queensland, at the #arly age of thirty-eight, draws attenUon to the re markable number ot"! ycfang men who reach high places at a?i Hg'e when in more deliberate epochs a rn&n had scarcely settled down to his career, says the Lon don Mi'il. Although William Pitt, the boy pre mier, has 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 thirty-seven, and Sir Alfred Mllner was chairman of the board ot Inland r«v- enue at thirty-eight, and at a few years Over forty holds one of the most re sponsible posts in the British empire. The n<iw viceroy of 280,000,000 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 thlrtyr £ four, and prime minister at forty-seven; "and Arnold Morley, still on the hopeful aide 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 100 songs and operas, | overtures and cantatas without number. Is still a 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. It 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 a Boat" appeared. Mr. Barrle was twenty-eight when "Auld LJcht Idyls" pointed the way to fortune. Rider Haggard wrote "King Solomon's Mines" at thirty. Rudyard Kipling was barely of age when he wrote "Depart ment Ditties," and his "Plain Tales From the Hills" appeared at twenty-two. Israel Zangwill did his best work in the "Chil dren of the Ghetto" when he was twenty eight. _ Gold Fish Worth a Small Fortune. One of the rarest and most expensive of Chinese gold flahes Is the brushtail, a pair of which sells for $1,000. The brush tail gold fish is so small that an American silver dollar will cover it, and probably there is no othar living thing of Its size and weight that is worth so much money. L4ke all the other Chinese fishes that are so highly prized by collectors, the form of the brushtail is due to some extent to artificial methods. The Chinese know how to assist nature in shaping and beautifying fi3hes. How they do It is one of their- many secrets which we ha\-9 not discovered yet. ; Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup Is the best remedy for relieving and curing asthmatic coughs. Physicians recommend it. Buy ih« genuine, Dr. John W. Bull's Cough Syrup. YOU NEED TREATMENT. DR. COLE /^^ jJaySs. There Is a pain Man t j^4pWP**^ssTy the small of your tjnelc, 1/ I§*s blue rings under your If \)^j eyes, pimples on your \39rt'igg?U> S3 fare ami neck, energy J^^ KS?^ Wj gone, feel tired in the I A 7sf- morning. Your friend* I j£2wH*t /jjj aro talking about you. f ISf^JflP^- iftESi Be a man. The glory fejfiv^ -- r Iks of tnan is his mun " S^lSiix^^^' j^SHI hoou. Consult the "^■^vSsTtrgQr^ '% old dof ' tor at onca - RESTORES LOST MANHOOD Consult Htm at Once, in person or by letter. Dr. Alfred L. Colo Medical Instituta and Council of I'uyoioians, 24 Washington ar. 8. Minneapolis. Minn. BANK, < OHI9IKHCIAL. 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The Parisian palate, you know, is the one thing worth living for accord ing to the idea of a certain oluss of peo ple i?y>.ose pleasure In life depends upon the enjoyment of the senses. The "din ner taster" makes it her business to visit the fine houses and taste the dishes in tended for dinner. She suggests improve ments, and shows the cook new ways of preparing dishes. That the business Is a profitable one may be judged by the fact that she invariably rides in a cab. In the east end of London a lucrative trade is followed by some score or so of women. The pawnbrokers there are very numerous, and never lack for clients. Among the latter, however, are some who do not relish the idea of being brought into personal contact with "uncle." It is for the special benefit of these that the pawnbroker's agent exists. She goes sev eral times a day to the pawnshop with articles belonging to the bashful ones. for whom she gets the highest sum pro curable on the items pledged. For her services she receives a percentage on the amount obtained. Another enterprising London woman has hit on a capital, although probably painful business. She earns a profitable living by "breaking in" boots for memb?rs A little boy of thirteen years, living in Lcb anon, Conn., was badly troubled with indigestion and could only eat certain kinds of food without causing him the greatest distress. Seeing the ad vertisement of Ripans Tabules, his mother pur chased a box at the drug store, and in a very short time after the boy was entirely cured. Both tht mother and boy look upoD Ripans Tabules as <* very excellent remedy. 5 of the upper circles. She wears them for a few days, until they become easy and comfortable" to their owners. She works hard, aeaing that she sometimes wean thirty-six different pairs in a week; 66 etinta is ihe professional fee. Ten Mlle« 1 1>. At the distance of ten miles above the earth the air Is too thin to support res piration, and the thermometer would reg ister far below zero. A person in ■ bal loon could not hear a friend in a neigh boring balloon even if they were near enough to shako hands. Th«re would be no medium for the propagation of sound waves. <.lrl I'll m I lie. Manitoba is suffering from "a girl famine. " Servants, apparently, cannot b^ hired. The young woman who nets as general servant In a private family can easily command $16 a month at Winnipeg; the parlor maid. $1S; the cook, !25, and the laundress, $15 to $20. A number of Scotch lassies were brought to the province last spring, and already over 50 per cent of them are married. rEheck«iaiCoueh~ wMh BROWN'S BRONGHSAI TROCHES. Facsimile sf //? ,S ?° every Signature of <fi%fits /ty,t**,4fr<' hu --