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eliminated in a war in which, before
the end of that year. all Europe was in
volved. A century earlier found a con-
flict already in progress between France
and the low countries, while Austria and
Switzerland were engaged in the war
which resulted in the independence of
the little mountain state, and all Italy
was in melee. The troubles of the be-
ginning Of that century, however, were
but the prelude, the introduction to a
more general and disastrous conflict for
then were sown the seeds of strife which
produced bloody harvest in the hundred
years war.
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marked: 81 don't want shine, my lad;
but If you go and wash your face I'll
give you sixpence" "a RIGHT. sir" was
the lads reply; and going over to an ada
ton. Returning ne held out his hand
for the money. We'll. my lad said the
professor, you have earned your money
Here 1t Is" II dinna want it, aud
chap" returned the gamin with a lordiy
air; Eye can keep it and get yer hair
cutP'
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The Periodicity of
Great Wars.
CemfgpY Wdrg>
ART1cL f NO. 4.

than any which occurred in the interval
For instance, in 1895, there was one Of
tnose tremendous outbreaks in the East
between the barbarian hordes from 49,
and the civilized nations of Southeas stern
Europe The Turks and Turkomans pour
ed into Southern Europe, apparently bv
millions, and after q series of wars
which devastated 1000 600 square miles
of territory. they turned their arms
against each other. For ages q religious
controversy had been waged between the
Sunnites and Shiites, the orthodox and
the Aeretical Mohamnledans, the former
being represented by the Turks, the lat
ter by the Persians. The religious differ
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
COLOR BLINDNESS

The defect of vision commonly known
as color blindness" has recently been
carefully studied, and various interesting
facts discovered in regard to it AnnaTSe
entity there is every degree of color blind
ness; there are persons who are unable
10 distinguish any color whatsoever
though the number of these is small:
there are others who confuse certain
bright colors, while smaller section of
mankind hesitate only in recognizing DEL
Late shades; The two colors which are
green, while color blind people verv
rarely fail tt separate yellow and blue
Another interesting point has been estab-
lished from careful observation made in
Europe and the United States and while
only 8 per cent of the women of these
countries are color blind the proportion
or mer who are so affected is no less
than Z per cent.
JAPANESE WALTZING MICE.
There Is a little animal In Japan, q
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"Marehing ordera."

The Epworth league topic for Feb. is
Marching Orders" founded upon Joshua
l., Ill. 1t was the order to Joshua to
Arise and go over this Jordan, thou
and all this people," Canaan is better
than the wilderness. A land of trees
and vineyards, of springs and brooks,
villages and cities gives greater oppor-
tunitles and fosters higher development
of life than a wandering existence with
focks and herds seeking pasture in the
untitled plains. change in national
life is to take place. Wanderers are to
become settled and consolidated into
nation. A land and a conscious moral
life purpose are essential No nationality
has ever risen without these. Canaan
and the Jehovah-God of Abraham, Isaac
and Joseph-these are the elements from
which Israelism is builded Great as has
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A GREAT RELIGIOUS WAR.

A GREAT RELIGIOUS WAX.
The further we go back the less i'm
portance seems to be assumed by even
great events, for in history, as in land
scape drawing, that which is near seems
to be of more imposing size than that
which is distant the perspective ma
terially altering the value OF the events
es well as Of effects, but going back
century after century, and estimating the
incidents Of the centuries as nearly as
possible ct tho value which probably
would have been attached to them by thu
people Of the tine, we find that at Or
near the close OF each century came a
conflict between nations mare important
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
septuagesima sunday.

According to the Anglican, Lutheran
and Roman calendars, Feb. 8 is Septua-
gesima Sunday Nadn for SEVENTEEN
meaning in round numbers seventy days
before Eastern, the third Sunday before
Lent. In England it was formerly usher
ed i'll by strange ceremony known as
the funeral of Alleluia. Keble's hymn for
the day is founded upon Romans /, 20:
THE invisible things of Him from the
creation of the world are clearly seen,
being understood by the things that are
made"
There is book, who runs may read,
Which heavenly truth imparts,
And all the lore it's scholars need
Pure eyes. and Christian hearts.
Thou who hast given me eyes to see
And love this sight so fair,
Give me a heart to find out Thee
And read Thee everywhere"
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HERE AND THERE
IN THE WORLD,

black ard white mouse, with pink eyes.
tnat Waltzes. 1t has been introduced in
soon as It is able to move about. and
keeps Ii up during the greater part of
its life. If two of these little animals
De put together they join in the mad
impossible to tell head from tail. It is
SAID that if the floor of their cage is NOT
smooth they will actually wear 5ut their
i lza1 III, what queer things some animals
90! They act just like men and women,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
THE MIGHTY LEAPS OF scrENcr

THE MIGHTY LEAPS OF SCIENCE.
Science leaps from the smallest to the
S1eatest-from an electric corpuscle so
small that at least thousand like if are
Isqulred TO compose a single specimen of
atom TO stars so mighty that our great
sun IS but a rushlight beside them and
SO remote that flight of LOGO, 900 600 miles
would be only as the stride of an insect
i'll their direction. Surely such science
this is the most convincing of ali
proofs of mans divinity and immortality.
strange to him. He finds the language
Of radiant energy-of light. of eIectricifv
equally Ineligible whether it comes
from gas burner at his elbow Or from
tide distorted orb in a region of dis
tant space to which the wings of steam
could not bear him in a billion ages. If
man has not proved his superiority to
and independence of his mortal environ
ment, then logic has no existence and
all science is vanity.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
WONDERS OF THE WATCH

Many watches make five beats per sec
ond; SEQ each minute, $4,000 every hour,
or $4,000 per day. Thus it will be seen
that a faf dozen turns of the key once
stores up a modicum of power in the
spring which is cut up into nearly 500, 600
bat bats. If you multiply the daily beats by
d-o14, the number of days in the year,
YOU find that the watch ticks Isl. 7SS. 00o
times while the earth is making one an
nual trip around the sun
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M6)emorYW Rhymes.
Facts and Fancies in Verso
i for the Little Folks $3.50:

KINGS OF FRANCE.
France first Charlemagne did reign,
Then Louis Debonnaire
Ana Charles the Bald succeeded him,
While Louis was Charles heir.
Another Louis on the throne,
With Carloman we see
But Charles the Fat" soon takes their
Ruler Of Germany.
And then the Franks chose brave Count
Eudes
Then ''Simple" Charles comes on
Then Rudolph reigns for thirteen years,
Then Louis Fourth, Charles son.
And next in order, King Lothaire,
And Louis Fifth we trace;
These were the last of what is termed
The Carlovineian race.
And next arise the Capet line,
The first was Hugh, l Ween.
And pious Robert follows on,
With Constance. his proud queen.
Ard Henry First, and Philip First.
And Louis Sixth we see.
And Louis Seventh, called LIE Jeune,"
A treacherous king was he.
Philip Augustus now. comes on,
A monarch fond of strife,
And Louis Eighth next takes the throne
With Blanche, his royal wife.
Then Louis Ninth. the saint" appears,
And Philip Third, the Bold
And Philip Fourth, the Fair is next
Among the kings enrolled.
And Louis Tenth reigns for two years,
Then Philip Fifth we spy,
Fourth Charles, the Fair and Philip
Sixth,
And John, the Good" pass by.
Three Charles, Louis Eleventh and
Another King Charles too,
And Louis Twelfth, the wise and good,
Then Francis comes to view.
Then Henry Second. Francis Second,
And cruel Charles came in,
Two Henrys, Thirteenth Louis and
Then Cardinal MaZarin.
Louis Fourteenth, then Orleans,
Regent for seven years,
Louis Fifteenth, Sixteenth and next
Great Bonaparte appears.
Louis, Charles Tenth and Louis Philippe
Are with the times that were;
Napoleon Third then ruled the land
The hapless emperor.
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"ToiIers Of the
Sea, eyes
Like the Sea. !"
Famous Books.

pursuit of literary fame Later he takes
a patriots part In the Hungarian revolu-.
ton of 1913. In the thick of it he mar
ries an actress. who is most devoted and
faithful to him. From time to time
Bessy seeks his. rather unwilling advice
and protection in her love affairs. From
the lady with "eyes like the sea" he
cannot escape It's strong local color
makes the book a faithful picture OF
Hungarian social life, while throughout
it is tremendously stimulating. fresh and
boisterous as a wind from the Carpathian
mountains.
Maurice Jokai Yo-ko-D. famous Hun
garian novelist, was born Feb. 10, 1875.
Few lives have been more busy, as
no less than $50 books were the prod
uct of his brain and pen.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

"A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
Men couldn't steam across the sea,
A hundred years ago
And money wasn't all they thought
worth having here below;
1hey had 10 elevators then
10 hoist them through the air,
Anu yet they thought the poor old guys
That they were wonderful and wise.
And that the world was fair.
Men couldn't talk by telephone,
A hundred years ago;
They, sowed and reaped and thrashed by
And when the streams were low
They had TO stop the mills and walt
For Gods good rain to fail,
And yet they proudly went about
With heads held high and chests pushed
And thought they knew it all.
Their battleships were made of~wood,
A hundred years ago
And OH the weak old ways they had
For laying people low!
They had no lightning trains on which
To fit athwart the scene,
and yet those poor, benighted men
Supposed that things were perfect then
Alas! but they We're green!
Men had to load each time they shot,
=, A hundred years ago,
And then. alas! they had no gas
TO light things here below!
There were no trolley cars to dodge,
NO hoTseleSS things to tame,
And yet poor fools. they thought that
they
Had all the blessings, in their day,
That men might ever claim!
But they had pessimists around
A hundred years ago,
VINO mourned because their sons could
ne'er
. Obtain a proper show!
And they predicted dire things
They thought the end was near;
Ihey fancied that the devil then
Worked overtime in urging men
To start red havoc here
s. E. Kiser.
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NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK.

Various P atron Saints
Feb. is dedicated in the Catholic
church to st. Blaise, patron Of wool
combers and against diseases of the
throat. In England his day was very
popular before the reformation. In some
parts Of Europe it is known as Little
Christmas day, and celebrated with bon
fires in the streets and lighted candles
in the churches. In nearly every Catholic
land people suffering with throat diseases
enter the churches on this day and ask
for blessings. In art st. Blaise is rep
resented in the vestments of bishop
and holding a wool comrber's comb.
Feb. 4 is the anniversary of the burn
ing at the stake of John Rogers, at
Smithfield, England, in 1905, an event
concentrated by a remarkable lesson
in the famous New England primer.
According to the primer he was the first
martyr in Queen Mary's reign, and his
wife, with nine small children, and one
at the breast, followed him to the stake,
with which sorrowful sight he was not
in the least daunted."
Feb is dedicated in the Catholic
church to st. Agatha, virgin martyr, and
patroness of Malta and Sicily, and her
day there is celebrated by a festival not
unlike the Roman carnival. She is also
the patroness against fire and of all
diseases of the breast.
Feb. is dedicated in the Catholic
church to St. Romuald. He once imposed
a penance of walking barefooted upon
Emperor Ohio Ill Many legends are
extant concerning this saint. and
Southey wrote poem upon one Of them.
Feb 9 in the Catholic church is dedi-
Gated to st. Apollonia. the patroness
against toothache and all diseases of the
teeth. She was native of Alexandria,
and was burned in A. D. $50, but before
execution her teeth were pulled out one
by one In art she is represented with
q pair of pincers In her hand or else a
tooth attached to a chain suspended from
her neck.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
Odd Cbinqs
COWS WITH EARRINGS.

Cows in Belgium wear earrings. This
IS In accordance with the law, which
dec,ees that every animal of the bo-
vine species when it has attained the
age of three months must have in its
ear a ring, to which is attached a metal
tag bearing a number. The object is to
preserve the exact record. of the number
of animals raised each year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
WHAT IS A BILLION?

WHAT IS A BILLION?
According to the American wav Of
ff eSi60ra5 e. billion consists of digit
trillion of digit followed by tye eilto
clphers-l coo, 900, OO0,COO. BY English reck-
onlng, billion is what we cali triillon,
one InlI!lon millions, and a triuion is a
ciphers ny Si9hteen
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
TO1TERS on THE SEA.

A novel by Victor Hugo, which pos
sesses double interest; first, in the story:
secondly, in its bold descriptions of the
colossal and secret powers of the ele-
ments. In time it followed after the still
more famous Les Miserables.' The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
KANE.

Who would think it possible that an
Invalid should choose discovery-arctfc
discovery above all-for lis :ifeWTor,lc
But Elisha Kent Kane did that. He hYd
acute rheumatism and cardiac disea e IN
his college days, and was told, you may
fall as suddenly as from musket shot"
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sir. but I'm perfectly familiar with the
mechanism of the modern chronometer. .

TURN ABoUT-one day when Prof.
John Stuart Blackie was passing along
he was accosted by dirty little street
gamin with, Shine your boots. sir7" The
urehin was very importunate, and the
professor, being impressed with the ex-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
SPENCER.


Since 1886, Herbert Spencer has teen an
invalid. ''As a boy, his health was SO
precarious that for some time his pacen s
had little hope of rearing him" III $
struggles as an author were enough to
depress and break down any man.
after years of writing" he writes,
discovered that in fifteen years L had lest
Ell 200. Meanwhile, he lived en- Spartan
fare, in the most economical way pos
sible. During many a heightened perie d
of unusually bad health" says Hudson,
'he has been forced to seek renewed re-
pose, While, through many a weary
month together the work kas grown b.
meath his hands at the rate CT hardly
more than a paragraph or two each day.
In face of all this, the wonder is that, in
thirty years since the prospectus was
issued. so much has become an accom-
plfshed fact; fer the 5000 closely Pr:ntea
pages would form no mean literary bag
gage for man in robust health and the
full enjoyment of all his working pow
ers"
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The Strange
Things People
Believe,
90 SQIpersfi1i0mS>>,

ginning with en-" The letter is said to
represent the human face with the two
eyes. By adding these two we get
''oMo," the Latin homo, imam" Dante,
in speaking of faces gaunt with starva-
ton, says:
''Who reads the name
For man up his forehead. the M
Had traced most plainly"
The English people had such an aver
sion to Bonaparte that the letter "B' be-
came an unlucky letter in that country,
and history was ransacked from Baal,
Bacchus Beelzebub and Borgia to Bona
parte to find disreputable characters
whose names began with 'B.'
The influence of mystic numbers and
letters has been felt in all time and
among all people.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
THE FIGURE 3.

THE t1TO III s.
Noah had 8 sons and Job had friends
Lightning is 3-forked. Jonah is said to
have remained 3 days in the whales
belly. There were 3 patriarchs, Daniels
companions were thrown into the fiery
furnace and he was days in the lions
den and prayed 8 times day. The crest
of the Prince of Wales consists of
feathers. The line of kings in England
never exceeded reigns without Interrupt
ton or catastrophe. The national stand
ard of France, Belgium. Italy and Hol-
land have 3 colors. Three is Frances
unlucky number, the third king of the
same name had trouble. Note the in
fish, flesh and fowl" morning, noon
and night" water, snow and ice;"
heaven, earth and hell" red, white and
blue" and the 8 R's-''reading, 'riting
and 'rithmetic."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03

ences between people of the same creed
too often take form so bitter that
there is no settlement save by war, and
such was the case in this instance, for
the war which began in 1905 spread all
over the East and involved nations which
not only had nothing to do with the
original controversy but were ignorant
Of the name OF Mohammed.
BEFORE AMERICA WAS KNOWN.
A century earlier saw all Europe in
commotion, for in 141O the international
disputes between Italy, France and Spain
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
EDISON.

EDISON.
Thomas Alva Edison, 3 native of Ohio,
began life as a railroad newsboy His
education was that common to boys of a
country town fifty years ago. 70 detail
his struggles from poverty to We alth and
fame, would fill a large vorume. His
name will be forever connected with
scores of electrical discoveries and i'm
provements. His patents On electric
lighting systems alone number mere than
LOCO.
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: SUNDAY Memoranda .

been the changes in conditions of life in
America during the last century, greater
changes probably lie ahead. Betterment
or detriment-which shall it be2 Mate
rial conditions are altering rapidly, bet
ter for some, worse for others. We are
seeking two ends-material wealth and
human character. The clew to all sue
cess lies in right intention and noble de-
ing. We must have purer men and wom-
en-, more interested in making others
happier, more Intelligent and Christlike.
More wealth We shall have undoubtedly,
but if riches increase and true charity
does not keep pace with money, we shall
become sordid, selfish and luxury-loVing.
The Baptist union lesson is found in
Joshua j., Ill, and relates to the order
to Joshua to go and possess himself Of
the land of Canaan. and the thought to
be impressed is that strength, courage,
assurance and obedience are necessary to
full success.
For new beginners in the study of the
Bible, it is suggested that Luke xvii,
Known as the Chapter of Contrasts"
be read and considered during the week
of Feb. 3.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03

AS the camera will be at home in the
infinite heavens so will it be at the
bottom of the sea, some success in that
direction already proving the vast posi-
bilities of submarine photography in the
study of the deep sea fish and flora and
the mysterious conditions under which
they survive.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
100 YEARS HENCE.
Compiled for this paper by Moses Folsom.

In the Days of Our Grandchildren.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03

Rnsl1in says: Tell me what you Ike.
and L will tell you what you are
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
100 YEARS AGO.

The first American novelist was
Charles Brockden Brown, whose ''Wie-
land" "Ormand," and Arthur Mervyn''
made sensation at the beginning Of the
century, whe the favorlte novels of
worldly and sentimental young women
were Victoria Lady Julia Mander-
willie" and Malvern Dale"
The population of the United States leo
years ago was 5,37S, 4SS. These people
lived IN the narrow strip of country run
ming back in the neighhorhood of 100
miles from the Atlantic coast. Very few
! of the 100000 of that day are living, and
what millions came into existence and
disappeared during the past century.
In the beginning of the century shoes
were MANUFACTURED for the trade in New
ark, n. J., Philadelphia. Pa, Lynn DAN
vers. Quincy and Worcester, Mass, ana
in few other places to any noteworthy
extent. The manufacturers carried their
product in wagons as far south as Sa-
!Vannah, taking orders and selling shoes
all along the route.
Nebster's Dictionary was started in
the eighteenth century, but was first pub
nshed IN an abriged form in 1906 At
the close OF the Revolution, his friend,
Or. Goodrich, of Yale college, sugges ed
to Webster the compilation of a diction-
airy which would instruct the people in
the pronunciation, photography and mean
Ing of all the words i'll the language
Our greatgrandfathers had no coaI. Nor
were they fortunate enough to possess
matches. When the fire accidentally
went our during long winters night
a boy was dispatched in the morning
with shovel to the nearest nelghbor 8
to bring fire If there We're no neigh
lbors, an effort was made to kindle a
blaze By a handful of whitfield shavings,
ignited by powder touched off with flint
and steel.
The food of the common people a CEN
tury ago was simple but plentiful. People
In all stations usually made their morn
ing and evening meal Of mush and milk
The standard dinner was Of pork and
beans, or beef and peas. Tea and coffee
were not yet used to any extent. The
cornmeal was very coarse and the beef
and pork tough compared with the meat
of today.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03

In social intercourse education will be
made SO natural that children can de-
velop their physiques without the nerv-
Gus strain which now tends to dwarf their
unfolding powers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03

The functions of government in 200O will
be less coercive and more suggestive, l.
e., they will relate less to the pregerva-
ton. of order and more to the promotion
OF comfort, pleasure, progress and the
diffusion of information and thought.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03

1t is well to be never cast down; Eliza
beth Barrett Browning says:
Let no one till his death
BE called unhappy. Measure not the work
Until the days out and the labor done.''
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03

1t would have been a sensible thing
at the beginning of the new century to
have our timepieces marked twenty-four
hours in day instead Of doubling on
themselves in two sets of twelve 1t will
probably come long before the beginning
of the twenty-first.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03

It IS we'll to brush UP against the
world" Goethe says: Talent form.
itself in secret; character in the great
current of the world
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03

Oratory will have been so improved by
the aid of the monograph and steropticon
with its revolving mechanism, that
thought now too abstruse for presenta-
ton to an audience will be made to
quicken assembled multitudes so that
they will evolve new PHILOSOPHERS and de-
velop new standards of morals
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03

The army, navy and treasury depart
ments will decline in relative Importance,
while the interior department. the census
bureau, the department of agriculture,
the weather service and the postoffice
and geological survey will contain the
substance Of the governments future
work and the germs of its future expan-
sion.