St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-09
.woRKING BLAINE QUIZ

Col. Bobleter arrived at the state
treasury yesterday morning looking
care-worn and his whole person In a
disheyelled condition. In reply to anx-
iOus inquiries as to his health, the col
onel explained that he had spent the
night in On attempt to elucidate the
"Blocks of Five" puzzle. But the eff
fort was futile, and at O'clock, in des-
peration, he consigned the puzzle TO
the fire, swallowed a light breakfast
and made for the Office. Chief Clerk
Jensen said the colonel required medi-
cal treatment to restore his usual
equanimity, and as he is studying medi-
cine. he improved the opportunity by
applying cold water bandages to the
PATIENTS feet and poultice of alum
baking and vitrlol vinegar to his head.
He will live.
Gov. Merriam was missing from the
capitol Tuesday, and not an Official
knew of his whereabouts. 1t TRANSFERRED
yesterday that the governor retired to
his farm and quietly discussed "Blaine
i'm and out the Cabinet After porting
twelve hours, without food, over the
problem, his excellency declares that
he succeeded in mastering its intrica-
cies in exactly 731 seconds. He is thus.
so far, entitled to the GLOBE award for
the quickest solution of the puzzle.
Prof. Fletcher Williams yesterday
barred the doors of the historical soei-
ETY. against book canvaSsers and lady
collectors, and started out to master the
'sblOcks of FIVE" He had become uil-
conscious by five o'clock, and Owen
Davis deemed it advisable to turn on
the hose pipe. When completely resus-
citated, the professor made a bee line
for home. Owen Davis then sat down
to the puzzle. He cleared the capitol
thirty minutes later. The officials tum-
bled over each other in their mad rush
to escape from the building alive. A
Gordon of police guarded the capitol to
prevent the escape of Davis.
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Minneapolis has got the blocks of five
puzzle fever and has it bad. Leading
business men, politicians, and even
ministers, are to be found abstractedly
pushing the little blocks around with
a determination to work Blaine out.
William Henry Eustis is, perhaps, the
only man in town who hasn't succeeded
in solving the puzzle, and he asserts that
it is not because he cannot work 1t, but
because he does not mean to give James
q. Blaine, of Maine. the worst OF IT.
r. B. Langdon, on the contrary, takes
delight in working Blaine out every
morning before breakfast,
Ed. j Davenport works at the puzzle
secretly and enjoys putting his relative
by marriage, B. Harrison, in the king
row.
Members of the Collom jury have
laid in a stock of the ''blockS of FIVE"
to amuSe themselves with when they
are out endeavoring to reach verdict.
AID Frederick S. Barrows says he
likes the puzzle because it reminds him
of the time when he snubbed Col. w.
w. Dudley-the original blocks OF five.
Several cases of insanity among uni
versity students have been reported.
The problem is too much for the intel
lect of the adolescent statesmen and
military heroes, and it is said that there
is not one out of the 800 who have tried
to make it out who has successfully
performed the feat.
1t is understood that the w. c. L. U.
will open a branch school for instruc-
ton, and tho "blockS of five" as an
annex to its new industrial branch.
Supt. Bracket heads the list of city
hall experts. His time is four hours.
Comptroller Calderwood leads him fif-
teen minutes, but he does it by figuring,
which is declared to be no fair"
At the next meeting of the board of
trade j. B. Bassett and Judge Isaac At
water are going to see which is the
quicker. There is a strong rivalry be-
tween these two hot and dead-game
sports and the chances are that consid-
cradle money will be wagered Oh the re-
suit.
A. T. Ankeny. who opposed the intro
ductiOn of free-hand drawing in the
night schools, is said to be in favor of
hiring corps of teachers to instruct
those who cannot attend day school in
the intricacieS of the puzzle. IA
As another proof of his really generous
nature Elder Stewart is said TO have Of
fered to buy puzzles for all the really
deserving and truly poor who make
written application to him.
Torrance Connolly, the undertaken, is
said to have got the puzzle down dead
to rights.
Frank Lothman came in from his
missionary trip the other day to find
that the boys had a new puzzle to aspiring
on him. He is now going to take a
week off in order to practice up to get
even.
Charles A. Parker is arranging for q
blocks of five matinee at the Grand,
when every lady present will be pre-
serted with puzzle. He is also think
ing of having the puzzles distributed as
an antidote for the clOye-between-the-
acts habit.
Joe Murch says he can work the puz-
zle in one minute, and can prove it by
J. r. Shibley. This statement is re-
garded as an eXaggeratlOn and lacks
confirmation.
Col. John I. West (after hearing the
news from Iowa)-I don't believe it IS
possible to work Blaine in again. /
give it up.
j. NJ. Reece, the attorney, is the
champion of Temple court; time, fifteen
minutes.
C. Z. Carpenter. the electrician. has
invented an Improvement so the puzzle
can be worked instantaneously.
t. F. Rlvlere writes the GLOBE: Il
want to enter man for the FIVE block
puzzle prize; he can put Blaine in or
out in ninety seconds in sixty-two
moveS.o
N. Fl. Spaulding, So. Loan & Trust
building. Minneapolis. writes: "Ihave
solved the "blocks of five" puzzle in
four minutes ten seconds. The work
should be done from the center, using
the 5 block as helper all the way
around as the blocks are worked into
their new positions. The corner white
blocks should not be moved"
Katie Rodemaeher, Austin, MINI.
writes: l looked over the puzzle,
"biocks of fve," from last Sundays
GLOBE, and have succeeded in getting
Blaine out. After trying several times,
l moved the blocks so that "H-a-r-r-i-
SON" was next to the White house, in
twenty minutes. You said something
in that paper about not monkeying with
Blaine till you're solid with Harrison.
Well, l monkeyed with Blaine long
to get him out with the cabinet,
but Pm not solid with Harrison because
Pm Democrat if am.
Marshal Ballington Booth, commander Of
the forces Of the Salvation Army in the
United States, will be at the st. Paul No.