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Curious Things In
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the United States in 1881. First patent
for their manufacture in the United
States was to A D. Phillips, in 1896. The
manufacture of this useful and very
cheap article marked curious stage in
the progress Of civilization when luXu-
ries first became convenienCes and after
ward necessaries. The best wood for
matches Is procured from clear, white
pine. It is first sawed into blocks about
IL inches long, or inches wide, and
thick. Several of these blocks are placed
in a machine where a number of revolv-
ing cutters work with great rapidity,
slice the blocks up into layers and cut
the layers into splints. One machine
will cut up about 100000 splints per day.
These splints are sold by the hOgshead
to the matchmakers, each hogshead con-
tanning about 100000 splints. A drip
ping frame holding about 1900 or 5000
splints fed into 1t by filing machines, of
which there are several kinds of Ameri-
can manufacture, and used for MINERS
ing the splints in paraffine and after dip
ping them into the igniting composition.
This composition consists OF phosphorus
combined with chlorate of potash, nitrate
of potash, with glue and coloring mat
ter. Matches are largely made in Swe-
den and Norway, where some sixty fac
tories are in existence. In Germany and
Austria there are about $50 factories.
Made also largely in Great Britain and
the United States in which country the
manufacture is controlled by a trust.
In France it is a government monopoly.
63-The stars on American coins never
exceed thirteen, the number Of the states
at the period Of the Revolution The
stars on the flag, always correspond to
the number of States in the Union. The
stars on the United States coinage are
six pointed, while the United States flag
carries five pointed stars.
Answered by William Patterson, 1912
Pioneer Press building; and J. II. Speak
man, Fargo, N D., and above answers
are largely made up by combining their
replies.
QUESTIONS.
For answer Dec. 80:
64What is the Zendavesta?
65-Give an account of the origin Of
camp meetings.
66-Who was Beelzebub?
67-What are the Cartesian doctrines?
6S-Origin of the use of the cross as a
signature?
69-Who was Joe Miller?
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1884 Is the original window. two
1eet nigh and two feet wide. The car
pentel saws out 1872 2-6-3. 3-7-4 4-8-1
ana leaves the window twice it's former
capacity, and also two feet long and
two feet wide.
Antoinette Lethert, lie Como avenue
st. Paul, and Joseph M Heinen. Hast
lngs, Mimi, each send in an answer in
the form of a triangle as the original
window, and add another triangle which
makes a square, in each case meeting the
requirements of two feet each wav. but
a window in the shape of a triangle is
rare, if used at ALL
Answers were received in the follow
ing order: Miss Ethel Lamb, $50 ROBBIE
street, st. Paul; Clarence Perry, 273 East
Winifred street, st. Paul; Arthur Bach.
l6l Aurora avenue, st. Paul; Inez Doeh-
ner, E69 Harrington avenue, ST Paul; AL
Ian Fagley, 457 Holly avenue, ST. Paul:
Charles Bolts, Henderson, MINI; Jennie
Wagner, st. Peter, Mimi; Thomas Can
ty; Graceville, MINI.
ORIGINAL PUZZLES.
Answers for the following will appear
Dec. 80.
Barbara Mojha. 374 Pleasant avenue, ST.
Paul, submits a change:
SIS. Make the following changes by adj
ding the same letter at the beginning and
at the end of each word described:
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Facts and Figures for Boys
and Girls Who Collect POST
age Stamps, Coins, CuriOS,
Relics.
s264, and Kelmscott's edition at s12o.
COLLECTING AUTOGRAPH


COLLECTING AUTOGRAPH 5.
A prominent woman OF the world said
not long ago: II am encouraging my
daughter to collect autographs. I buy
all she wants, but before she gets any
one letter she has to satisfy me that
she knows some thing about the writer"
Is not that pleasant way of acquiring
knowledge? Will not that young woman
be able to outshine the ordinary young
thing, whose idea of conversation seems
to be sandwich of giggles. nurmurs
of sho&:ed surprise, with weary draughts
of prOftless silence? There are fortunes
today in single autographs and letters
of men and women of fame.
POE'S WORKS.
Poes 'Tamerlane," published in 1927,
the poets first book and one of three
copies now in existence, brought the rec
ord price in New York Nov. % of
$1,S0O at the sale of the first part
of the library of the late Thomas
j. Mckee. The second book of the poet.
al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Po-
ems" Baltimore, 1929, was sold for s.. 100.
and his third book, the Poems" of 1881.
fetched 1855; the copy Of 1.-THE Raven
bound with his "Tales," which Poe gave
to Sarah Helen Whitman, selling for
$610. If you have any copies of the edt-
lions named they are worth money
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ANSWERS


To the questions of Dec. 2:
59-The oldest town in the United
States is st. Augustine, Fla. founded in
1860
6O-The English sparrow (passer domes-
ticus) was first brought to this country
at New York in 1862, for the purpose of
destroying the worms, or caterpillars,
which infested the shade trees in cities.
One pair, it is said, have destroyed 1900
larvae in a week. The remedy was eff
fective, but the sparrow, now thoroughly
at home in the United States. and eX-
ceedingly pugnacious, has driven almost
every other bird out of the neighborhood
it frequents 1t is hardy, and thrives as
well in the North as in the South. 1t is
not a song bird, having but a single
note. In some sections large numbers are
killed and served at table under other
names. 1t propagates rapidly, and in
three decades has made it's way across
the continent It's general color is gray
ish brown and its bill is short and
strong
61-South Carolina was the first state
to secede from the Union, Dec 2, 1860.
Four attempts were made or discussed
to dissolve the Union previous to that
date: By Aaron Burr, 1907; Federalists,
in Hartford convention, 1914; opposition
to purchase of Louisiana 1919; nulhfers
in South Carolina, 1881
62-Friction matches were invented by
John Walker, of Stockton, -on-Ters, Eng
land, in 1929 In March, 1912, Reuben
Partridge invented a machine for making
splints. In 1S45 Schrotter, Of Vienna,
produced his anonymous phosphorus, by
use of which matches were rendered
less dangerous, and manufacturing less
unhealthy. In the United States they
were first termed Locofoco matches,
from locus foci, place Of fire, but other
reasons have been given. First used in
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Hinder Difficulties
ARTICLE NO. 7.
WORKED WHILE IN PRISON

WORKED WHILE IN PRISON
De Foe, who, besides standing three
times in the pillory, spent much of his
time in prison, writing Robinson Cru
soc" there, and many of his best politi-
cal pamphlets. There, also, he wrote his
Hymn to the Pillory,". and corrected
for the press a collection of his volumi-
nous writings. He also projected his
Review" in prison-the first periodical
of the kind which pointed the way to
the "Tattler," Guardian" and "Specta-
tor" which followed it. The Review"
consisted of 102 numbers, forming nine
quarto volumes, all of which We're writ
ten by De Foe himself while engaged
in other and various labors
Smollett wrote his Sir Lancelot
Greaves" in prison, while undergoing
confinement for libel.
James Montgomery wrote his first vol
une of poems while in a prison in York
castle.
KOssuth occupied his time for two
years while in prison at Buda in studying
the English language.
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CIassiflca-
ton of the
Great Periods

ANCIENT HISTORY.
This period of time has been classified
from the Biblical standpoint as follows:
l. The A n e d iluvian comprising
the creation, The fall of man with its
immediate train of consequences. and
ending with the general deluge, zS4S h. G.
q. The Fl ro c. commencing with the
establishment of the earliest empires.
Egypt Assyria, ETC., and most ancient
cities, Babylon, Tyre, etc, ard Including
the fabulous ages of Greece
5. The His toric which begins with
the first Olympiad, TIC B. c., nearly con-
temporaneous with the foundation s of
Rome, 753 B. c., and comprises the fenn-.
dalton of Rome, 75S 3. c., and comprises
the Legislative eras OF Lycrugus and
Scion, the rise and fall of the Persian
monarchy, and the carrier part of Roman
history to the end of Punic wars
T. The Rom a n, from the fall of
Carthage, 146 B. C., to that of Rome, A.
D. 476. l3 ss~ 5jilll 1871
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boundary line, and that the ore of
which the Shoshone bins are full is
taken from the Led Horse claim. The
case is put into the hands of lawyers,
out before anything can be done, Con-
rath makes an attempt to Jump the Led
Horse mine. Hilgard has been warned,
and with his subordinate, West, awaits
che attacking party at the passage of the
drift. Shots are exchanged, and Con-
rath is killed, whether by Hilgard or
Vest is unknown. Though Hilgard has
done but his duty in defending his
lain, Cecil cannot marry the possible
murderer Of her brother. He returns
o New York, where he would have died
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H6)emorQ Rhymes.
Facts and Fancies in Verse
for the Little Folks ::::

CHEERFULNESS.
There is little maiden
Who is she? Do you know
Who always has a welcome,
Wherever she may go.
Her face is like the May-time,
Her voice is like a birds,
The sweetest of all music
Is in her lightsome words.
Each spot she makes the brighter,
AS if she were the sun;
And she is sought and cherished
And loved by every one.
By old folks and the children.
By lofty and by low;
Who is this little maiden?
Does anybody know?
You surely must have met her,
You certainly can guess;
What, Must I introduce her?
Her name is Cheerfulness.
WHAT MY PA CAN DO.
My pa can do the mostest things,
Ny gracious, he's so wise,
He can add a big sum awful quick
And fly kites to the skies.
He reads big books, can row a boat,
An ride on horseback, too.
If I tried all day l could not tell
All the things my pa can do.
One time my pa got in a quarrel
With an awful big, rough man,
And he said: Come round tomorrow
night
And fight me, if you can
OF course. pa told he'd sure be there,
And they went home that night,
But when evening came around
My pa was not in sight.
They hunted for him everywhere,
No appearance did he make,
For pa was sick in beGl at home
Amusing stomach ache.
Pa said next day he'd sure have gone
If he had felt all right,
But the fellow looked so big
I. guess pa didn't want to fight.
Willard Recktenwalt, aged ten years, in
Buffalo EnoIiS~AD
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Washington,
HEAD OF THE ARMY.

The head of the Revolutionary army,
up to the meeting of the second CONT
mental congress, in May, 1775, was Gen.
Artemus Ward, of Massachusetts, An Of
fcer of experience and ability. Virginia
was a dominate force in affairs and pre-
scented George Washington for command
er-in-chief, in which proposition New Eng
and happily Joined. Four major generals
and eight brigadier generals were like
wise appointed. To the former rank were
chosen Artemus Ward, Charles Lee,
Philip Schuyler and Israel Putnam; to
the latter Seth Pomroy, Richard Mont
gomery, David Wooster, William Heath,
Joseph Spencer John Thomas, John Sui
Ivan and Nathaniel Greene, With l3ora-
ito Gates as adjutant general, ranking as
brigadier
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ARTICLE NO. 8.
UNIVERSAL HISTORY.

UNIVERSAL. HISTORY.
General history is commonly divided
into three grand periods, as follows:
1. A C i e His ry, which, dat
ing from the creation of the world, termi-
mated A. D., 49, in the destruction of
the Roman empire
?. The Middle Ages. which ex-
tend from the fall of Rome, A. D., 476,
to the discovery of America, A. D. 1892
3. M q e.rn His tory, which COM
mences at the latter epoch, and is not
distinguished from Contemporaneous His
tory, is continued to the present tine.
The events which mark the separation
between the first and second periods, are
the raids OF the l3arbarians, the fail OF
the Western empire and the foundation
of the modern European states; between
the second and the third are the e&ter-
sion of learning by the invention Of print
ing. the capture of ConstantinopIe, the
maritime activity and discoveries of Spain
and Portugal. with the more extensive
use of fire arms, which gave white men
decided advantage over savages.
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BUSY woRKERs, RRANcH.

Minutes of the Minneapolis Busy
workers Sunshine society, organized
Nov. IL, 1900. According to appointment, a
meeting was held at the home of Mrs.
theodore Haynes, 112 Western avenue.
st. Paul, for the purpose of organizing
a branch of the International Sunshine
society, Mrs. Haynes acting as temporary
chairman, and Opal Fay as secretary pro
tenn. The society orgnized with fourteen
charter members. Mr.. Haynes was e ect-
ed president. Adele Clark vice president,
Helen Barbour secretary. Mrs. Haynes
read extracts relating to Sunshine work,
and suggested ways of scattering sun
shine. 1t was decided to hold the next
meeting in Minneapolis, at the home of
Helen Barbour. 112 Willow street.
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ASKED TO BECOME KING.

In 1855, while at Newburg, Gen. Wash
ington received a letter from Col. Nicola
"a favoIite officer who was in the habit
Of carrying to the commander the COM
plants and desires of the army officers
a letter proposing that, as he had sue
,.essfully ended the war he should as
sumo. under a constitutional form of
government, the title of king" The
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PRIZES.

A copy of 'The Lamplighter" will be
sent to the first boy giving complete re-
plies, and a copy of "a Devotee and a
Darling will be sent to the first girl Civ
ing complete replies.
The boy or girl who sends the best
original puzzle this week will receive
copy of The. Pillar of Fire" The puz-
zle will be printed in due time, with full
credit to the writer. All puzzles should
be written on one side of the paper. DO
not write questions on one side and an
swers on the back
DO not send any except original puz-
zles.
Several letters received with answers.
but the writer's had forgotten to sign their
names and addresses. Be sure to give
addresses and to write on one side of the
paper
Replies will be numbered In order Of
their receipt by mail
ADDRESS all communications relating to
matter appearing in 1.-THE Family For
UNI to Puzzle Editor, Daily G 70 e, st.
Paul, MINI.
ANSWERS.
To puzzles appearing Dec. 2:
4S-If you read the ST. Paul Globe
you get all the news"
Ladies' Home Journal"
51- SNOW
Ma M E
OMEN
WENT
5-'The United States of America -
Life is real, life is earnest.
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest.
was not spoken Of the soul
Of Warn
Alto
Sort
H an G.
IroN
Washington"
WINDOW PUZZLES
Lily Gruber, 145 Carroll street Ct
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III Bundred.
...... Years Tgo.
How the People Lived When the
Country Was Young.
ARTICLE NO. Is.

RELIGION. ao-
The religious belief of the people before
the Revolution differed greatly. though
nearly the entire population professed
Christianity. Maryland, founded by
the Catholics. soon had, like other col
onies, a majority of Protestants. The
Church of England-the EpiscopaI-pre-
vailed in Virginia and Carolina
In New England the people were Ia: ge-
ly Calyinistic in doctrine and Congraga-
tiona1 in practice. In New York the
Dutch Reformed were supreme The
Quaker element predominated in Penn
sylvania, Delaware. Rhode Island and
New Jersey. The Huguenots, or French
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AN ENGLISH PHYSICIAN.

DR.. William Harvey spent not less than
eight years of patient investigation and
research before he published his views
of the circulation of the blood. He re-
peated and verified his experiments again
and again, probably anticipating the OPP
position he would have to encounter
from the profession on making known
his discovery. The tract in which he
at length announced his views was
most modest one, but was received with
ridicule, as the utterance of crack
Drained impostor. For a long time he
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of typhoid fever had not Cecil and her
aunt opportunity appeared at the same
hotel, to nurse him back to life. In
spite of the disapproval of her family,
the lovers are finally married. This
book was published in 1888, and was read
with great interest as being one of the
first descriptions Of mining life In the
West, as it remains one of the best.
Mary CIalocl) Foote was born in Mil
ton, N. Y. November, 1S47, and lives
in the Rocky mountain region with her
husband, who is a mining engineer Her
stories, several novels and many short
magazine articles, relate to life in the
West.
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i, Quotations
Axux.u. WHO WROTE THEM2
WHO WROTE THEM.

WHO WROTE THEM
Answers for the following quotations
will appear Dec 3d.
47-"Stolen kisses are always sweetest"
4S-'"The true epic of our times is not
arms and the man. but tools and the
man. an infinitely wider kind of epic"
At like the laughter that opens the
lips and the heart, that showers at the
same time pearls and the SOUL
50-"To gentleman every woman is q
lady in the right of her sex
61-'Nothing so beautiful as truth
52-"Better shun the bait than strugs
gle in the snare
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A PRIZE FOR ANSWERS.

Z 4
The first person to send in the Names
of the authors of the above qutatlons will
be given a copy Of a book.
ANSWERS.
E-Alexander Pope. Essey on Criti-
cism.
4s-The Book of Proverbs. chapter "a.
verse IL.
44Earl of Rosconimon, Essey on
Translated Verse.
46-Sir Philip Sidney, Arcadia.
46-Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Death of
Wallenstein.
Answered by William Patterson, 1912
Pioneer Press building.
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"Gen. Washington Is Known
to Us, and President Washing
ton, Bat George Washingto on
Is an Unknown Man.
ARTICLE NO. s.
John Bach McMaster.

shook hands; at a quarter past three
the doors were closed, and the visitors
formed a circle; the president made the
circuit, addressing a few words to each;
then they bowed and retired. Mrs.
Washington's receptions were dignifed,
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Tn De Year 1000.
What the World May Be a Hun
dred Years From Now.
ARTICLE NO. Is.
dred Years Fro
LANGUAGE.

LANGUAGE.
The English-American language will be
the dominate one of the world. There
will be professors of extinct languages
in the universities. A number of efforts
have been made for two centuries past
to found a universal language but these
have seemed to lack some Important par
ticular of success. The most recent at
tempt in this line is much more pronis-
ing than any which has preceded 1t.
Volapuk is the invention of the Rev. DR..
Johan Martin Scheyler, of Baden, Ger
many, en- accomplished linguistic stu
dent. He can speak and write, it is said,
twenty-eight languages. He had been
working upon his universal language
scheme for some time, when, in 1872 he
announced it, and he had so far per-
fected the plan Of it in 1880 as to publish
a pamphlet concerning it. The name is
from VIOLA, OF the world, and puk, Ian
guage. 1t is founded on the model of
the Aryan tongues; the signs represent
ing letters and words not ideas; and all
the root words, or nearly ALL are taken
from living modern tongues, the English
being used TO much greater extent
than any other language. The Roman
alphabet is used, with some German DOT
ted letters. and the continental socnGS
are given to all letters. All words are
Theoretically spelled. The Arabic numer-
ale are used, and all the names of the
numbers are indicated by the use of the
vowels in regular order. All plurals are
formed In IS All verbs are regular,
and there is only one conjuno ton. Tens
es are shown by vowels before the verb;
preceding these novels by 'p'' gives the
passive voice. The personal pronoun
placed after the root shows the person
One advantage of this language is that
it can be learned very quickly. II is es-
timated that over 10000 persons in Eu-
rope have mastered it, and it has been
tried to some extent in this country also.
If it could be adopted in commercial
transactions between nations speaking
different languages IT, would no doubt
prove CT very great advantage and the
saving of eXnenSe
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ACCORDING TO MRS. BALFOUR.
The best thing to give your enemy
is forgiveness; to an opponent, toler-
ance; to friend, your heart; to your
child, good example; to father deer
ence; to your mother, conduct that will
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in American history when the truth Of
Talleyrand's saying had been INDICATED,
that everybody knows more than any
body. By consent, but not by official
act, is the president now addressed as
His EXcellency."
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There will be less conflict than now be.
tween the laws of the United States, the
individual states, and the opinions of
courts. The states will have a general
code, and the obsolete and ineffective
law of an old Eastern state, will not be
placed on the statute book of new
Western state by some legislator who
may think he had discovered a new re-
fOrmatory measure. A present trouble is
that the courts are grinding out more
law in the forms of opinions and decis-
ions than a large force of printers and
pressmen. working night and day, can
issue to the suffering lawyer world No
case is now submitted to a supreme
court without plaintiff and defendant
each strongly supporting his position by
the opinions of this or that court 1t
may take a hundred years to simplify
and unity the law, but unless this is done
the attorney who wishes to keep up with
his own state reports alone, will find
book buying very burdensOme and ex-
pensive. Law books now run into
thousands Of distinct volumes. The
twentieth century will doubtless bring
much relief in this respect
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A PRIZE FOR ANSWERS.

Each week a series of questions will
appear under the above heading. A prize
of THE Throne of David" by Ingraham,
will be sent to the first person to send
in correct answers for this issue-an-
swers to be printed Dec. 80. Address re-
plies to Puzzle Editor, care Daily G 10 e,
St Paul, MINI.