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German Prince n Fiddler,

The German crown prince promises
to exhibit the versatility for which his
father is famous. During the recent
visit to Lowther castle the Earl of
Lonsdale engaged large band. which
was under the direction of Mr. Ham
ilton, the senior conductor of the Lon.
don county council park bands. and
played long programmes of music each
evening. The programme, it may be
mentioned, did not include an undue
proportion of German music. Perhaps
with the idea of remedying this omis-
sion the young prince on the last even
ing of his visit borrowed a violin from
one of the orchestra and played Han
dels Largo in very creditable fash
ion
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Change Wrought by Time.

In 1855 1t required on the average
four hours and thirty-four minutes of
the time of laborer to do the plow-
ing, narrowing. cultivating, etc, that
went to the producing of bushel of
Indian corn, and the price OF that labor
was nearly 36 cents on the average
Today machines have changed condi-
tions. Their use has reduced the nee
essary time of the laborer to about
thirty-four minutes and the cost of it
to about lOR cents. The wages are,
however much better now than in
1855.
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What We Are Coming To.

DO you think you will marry that
titled gentleman from abroad?"
81 haven't quite decided answered
the American heiress. 81 am not sure
l can support him in the style to
which his ancestors were accustomed.
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about eight feet back from the stem
one on each side Of the engine ROOM
The glasses are about four inches in
diameter and of heavy plate, affording
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through the turbulent waters of the
Niagara gorge inclosed in a barrel. but
all the jokes cracked did not deter
Graham from carrying out his scheme,
and on the afternoon of Sunday. July
II, 1886, Graham surprised ey ,rybody
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13

Sickness. misfortune, sorrow and strife
Are largely the portion of all human life;
But ms IS true as everyone VIII ma;
unkind.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
DEATH oF UNCLE DAN.

Many of the Sunshine members wac
have read the little leaf1et, international
Sunshine Society; It's Beginnings, His
tory and Objects" win remember that
the first card was sent to "UncIe Dam
and they viii also be sorry to hear the
news OF the passing away of Uncle Dan.
me Warmest sunshine sympathy is ex-
tended to our president general in her
loss.
The first member of the great Interna-
tionaI Sunshine society," Mr.. Daniel West
over, president of the Evans {Col.) Sun
shine branch. known everywhere by the
endearing title of Uncle Dan died on
his little. bee, farm at o'clock Sun
day evening, Sept. 1.
During the last DAYS of his sickness he
did not seem to suffer in the least, ana
when death did come, 'sUncle Dan sim
ply closed his eyes and went to sleep.
never to waken again on this earth. There
was not a more beloved man in the state
Of Colorado. He was one of the pioneers
of 1859. He drove an OK team across the
plains and lived in Denver over twenty
years.
There was no building large enough TO
accommodate the people who turned out
to follow his body to the grave. Although
the services were held in the largest
church, most of the mournerS were out
side of it People came from ten. twenty
and thirty miles around. Among thei
floral emblems was a large pillow with
the words Sunshine Society worked on
it in yellow coreopSiS. Another pillow sim
ply bore the the words ''Uncle Dan work
to its last resting place by six gray
haired ''old-timers.' At the close of the
services the grave was entirely. covered
with floral embIems Aa~
Everybody carried home with them a
copy of an interesting poem written for
Uncle Dan few years ago by the
Rev. William G.. Haeselbarth, of Bible
House, New York city.
''Uncfe Dan" was the uncle of the presi-l
dent general, and it was to him she sent
the first card out on its sunshine mission
to see where it would go and to learn
how much good cheer" it would carry.
The card bore the poem BLESSED Assur-
ance,'' to which Mrs. Joseph Fairchild
Knapp, chairman of the executive COM
mittee of the International Sunshine So
ciety, has written such beautiful music
Uncle Dan" copied the poem and passed
the card on, The little messenger car
ried greetings to seven different people
before the holiday time was over. It was
the story of this little card that acted as
the seed from which has sprung up the
wonderful Sunshine society.
Now there are over 100. e00 members left
to mourn the loss of their beloved 'fUncle
Dan," first member.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
Prefer TO Be QZ0o0oen.
Reasons Given by
Some Women for Pre-
ferring Their Own Sex

important to be a woman than a mar"
and is determined to get her share OF
the world in spite of the men Who own
1t. One says she would rather be a wom-
an because she cannot be anything else,
and she means to be ''as good as a man,
anyway. One is reminded frequentlvaof
Mrs. Poyser by the replies of the Indiana
girls, of which these are delightful ex-
amDles:
are"
Women have good chances in life: they
can be in any profession; or, il they do
not want to be, they can marry and do
nothing"
Il would rather be a woman, because
tney suffer more than men, and it is
blessed to suffer-
was born a girl, and I shall have
TO be woman, SO there is no use in cry
ing over split milk
"A man can work harder. and 4 woman
has more sense. If 1 wanted to be
man it would be no use, and men swear
ana spit on the floor, so have not lost
much"
Il would rather be a woman, as they
nave better chances in life as teachers in
public schools"
1 would rather be a woman any day;
men get drunk and~steal, and they can't
work or make chiIdren's clothes or do
anything useful'
Evidently there is hard time COM
ing for American men when these frank
spoken Hoosier. maidens grow to ma
tur1ty- Their almost unanimous verdict on
the comparative merits of men and wom-
en- ought to cause the lords of crea ton to
take a humber estimate of themselves.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
CBe SKY.
COUNTLESS STARS.

COUNTLESS STARS.
Even from those who are ignorant of,
or have, at most, but crude ideas of, the
universe and the countless worlds that fill
it. and manifest their existence by their
appearing as shining points on the celes-
tial vault, the star-dotted sky, especially
o in a moOnless and cleudless night, is an
object that cannot fail to elicit admira-
ton. Fer those whose knowledge ena-
bles them to gain a more adequate con-
ception of the immensely of the universe
and the shining orbs that tenant it, and
who know something about their nature
and composition. this feeling of adnira-
ton is vastly enhanced, and nothing can
eradicate it from their recollection.
Men of the profoundest intellect have
devoted their lives to understanding more
and more that 'wondrous universe, and
have succeeded in penetrating far into
It's depths, having been aided by instru-
ments of the highest workmanship. Still
even the greatest of these researchers
of the mysteries of the universe have
been forced to admit that, as to a limit
or end of the universe, they are as far
away as ever, and they feel that they
can never get nearer to it than the con-
soiousness of an inscrutable power, mani
Tested to US through all phenomena,
which the English philosopher considers
TO be the logical and the utmost outcome
Of the most far-reaching human wisdom
In the star gazer who knows something
of the Well nigh inmeasurable distances
OF the stars it cannot but endanger a
strange sensation that when he gazes
on bright Sirius he sees it not where and
as he is at that moment, but where
and as he was nine years ago. The latest
Intelligence Vega gives him is forty years
old ArCturus quilted in the seventeenth
century the spot he appears to us to
occupy. Terrestrial Information regarding
the constellation of the Great Bear dates
back to the reign Of Queen Anne, and
regarding the wondrous stars of bright
Orion to Queen Elizabeth. The sidereaI
heavens. therefore, belong to the past:
their annals are ancient before they are
written.
Contemporaneous knowledge of the
stars is unattainable, because there are
no means of instantaneous communica-
tioA with them. The express messenger
they Observation-Disclosures quickly. but
he has long journeys to make, the short
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
GLANCED NATuREs.

When they were just married. John
mutual friend, 81 am going to be rich.
But Mary, the wife, responded Quickly,
81 don't care to be rich; 1 just want to
be comfortable When they were mid
dle-aged their mutual friends visited
them again. Evidences of prosperity and
plenty were seen on every hand. and the
husband was taking things easily; but his
wife worked on, practicing the strictest
penditure. One day the friend said
1T seems to me, John, that YOU and
Mary have changed natures; you were
the one who wished to be rich, and Mary
would be satisfied with only cou1fertahIa
circumstances Now you seem satisfied
but Mary works as hard as ever well
you see it's this way returned John.
his eyes twinkling, 1--WE been rich these
twenty years. but Mary isn't comforta-
BILE YETI
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
Question Box.
Curious Things in
Life and Literature.

The palace was constructed in 49S. but
has been often enlarged.
B7.-Fhe Smithsonian institution is the
name of a celebra ted institution IN
Washington, d. G, founded QS46) for the
encouragement OF scientific research and
the diffusion of scientific knowledge IN
der the viii of James SInithson( natural
son of the third duke of Northumber-
land), who bequeathed over $500. coo for
this purpose.
26S.-DismaI Swamp, measuring thirty
miles from north to south by ten in
breadth. lies chiefly in Virginia but ex-
tends into North Carolina. In the center
is Lake DFummond. about six miles
broad; elsewhere its dense growth of cy-
press and cedar has been greatly thinncd
and a part of the region has been re-
claimed. The tract is intersected by a
canal connecting Chesapeake bay and Al
bemarle sound.
Answers received from Robert Murray,
the Buckingham. st. Paul; Sarah Allison,
$40 Reade street. St. Paul; NJ. A. Fitz 5o3
Cedar street. st. Paul: Herbert Setter
New Ulm, Mimi; Ira B. Prescott, FAM
5ault, MINI.
QUESTIONS
To be answered Oct q:
2i3-What is meant by the terra BIRDS
274.-where is the town of Westward
275.-what are castanets?
276--What is the guillotine?
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Wonders of the Upper Deep.

est being so great that, as expressed in
number, it would convey no meaning
even to those familiar with big num-
bers, and not easily daunted by them.
Were, by some tremendous and to us in
conceivable catastrophe, some of these
immense worlds destroyed, we should
still see them for many years. none for
less than three years, and some for thou
sands of years. It is possible that we
may look at and admire a brightly gilt
tering star that is no more and that
was blotted out of existence many years
ago.
We often hear the expression. the
countless stars and it is a perfectly
appropriate expression when We take the
telescope stars into account-that is,
those that are visible only through a
telescope. The most of our readers know
that the stars. have been divided into
classes according to their magnitude, the
word magnitude not being applied to
the actual size of the stars, of which
we know comparatively little, but to their
Okla.
Only stars of the first six magnitudes
are visible to the naked eye of average
keenness. While there are but twenty
stars of the first magnitude and about
siXty-hve of the second, there are $500 of
the sixth, and altogether about 5000 of ali
six magnitudes. therefore of all visible to
the unaided eye. These numbers increase
rapidly when we count stars of magni-
tudes lower than the sixth
Looking through telescopes of great
power, the number. of stars becoming Wis
IDLE is dazzling. In the constellation of
Genini the naked eye can see but six. but
looking through a refractor of six-inch
aperture SOS are revealed. AS to the
Ple1ades, the most important and inter-
esting of all naked eye clusters. six stars
are visible-to the ordinary eye, while eyes
a little better see easily five more. A
mere opera glass increases the number to
nearly 100
The number of stars in the heavens is
enormously increased by looking through
such noble instruments as the Lick and
Yerkes. According to the celebrated
Strive, the total number of stars visible
in the entire heavens by the aid of Sir
W. HerseheIs twenty-foot reflector Is
more than 20.0o0,000 without doubt the
approximation is much below the real
number. The Milky Way, according to
Herschel, contains 1890, co.,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
vARIETY OF oP1NIoNs.


A writer in the National Review sets
forth some curious and amusing results
secured by asking several hundred school
girls the following questions. (which
would yea rather be, man or a woman
and 7why?' There is a striking difference
between the answers of the children in
germany, in England and in the United
States; also between the answers of The
little girls of New England and of In
diana. apparently the farther West one
comes the higher is the estimation in
Which womanhood is held.
In Indiana only IA per cent wished thew
We're men, and in New England Is per
cent. In England "a per cent wished to
De men.-urging that men had a better
time, more glory and more money. In
Germany most of the girls were not al
lowed to answer, but those who did so
TOOK the sober view that it is wicked
TO wish to be man. In Germany there
were none Who expressed belief in the
superiority of women In England there
We're per cent; in New England II per
cent, and in Indiana "a per cent. Evident
" the women of Indiana are of superfine
material.
The reasons of the IS. or Sc per. cent who
We're true to their sex are interesting if
not alarming to the masculine mind
large percentage, especially in New Eng
land, said they would rather be women
because women are better than men.
twenty per cent Of the Indiana mafdens
We're glad they were not men because
mems lives were so dull and common
place. In general, the American girl
seems to be convinced that sit is more
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
Puzzle Corner.
intellectual Amusement
aHd Exercise for Young
Minds

z One who seeks or is proposed for an
3. Ingenious
4 A covering for the head
A poem set to music.
.. A boat made Of a II ee
z4Z--Samuel Wilson, of Anoka MINI
sends in a letter puzzle:
IhIs is name to find with ease,
because, You see, there are foar Es
y Ms you viii discover threes p
II and L and r and T.
A brace OF AS you next Will spy.
Look sharp and see @ ard l.
Put- these together. and you will spell
A general you all know well,
OF Revolutionary fame.
Whom all will praise and none. VII, lame
Z5.IThe following puzzle is to select
one letter from each of the follow n z
lines and spell out the name of famous
English poet and dramatist:
l. Sea nymphs hourly ring his kHelE"
eyes
3. Sea water shalt thou drink
of his wit"
mo use of metal. corn or wine or
6. IN fish for thee and get thee wood
Z by foul play. as thou sayest. were
s. Thy nerves are in their infsr y
8 There's no harm done"
TOM
IL zone word more. I charge thee
that thou attend me-"
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Be Up and Doing.

dhvigorates rather than weakens the
brain and docs more to prolong life
than to cut or fray its thread S.
Mental indifference and intellectual
iRssftude in earlier days means mental
misunderstanding either to be inter-
esting or interested-in old age, Lack
of thought, he declares. not only
,ssstarYes circulation, y but causes men to:
dETiyeI and sleep in old age-dead to ev-
etything but eating and browsing in the
Chimney corner.
are far from being really alive as they
de little more than merely exist. -
Be UP and doing
Keep reading good things.
- Hold yo#r temper.
- Look pleasant
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Something About
Training 1t.


NAL has no knowledge of the English Ian
guage. and that your words, in a new
command, are meaningless sounds. One
of your first duties is therefore to teach
1t what these sounds are intended to con-
vey, and the lesson is effeetua1 only by
enforcing obedience to the command as
soon as it is uttered. Thus If you are
teaching the pup to charge, which means
to lie down, whenever you use the word
place your hands on him and gently force
him to the ground, his legs all under him
and his head fiat between his paws; but
do not be in haste about it. You may
easily confuse and bewilder puppy, and
it is much better to let his education pro-
coed slowly than to make him suffer from
unreasonable demands.
One reason why boys and men also lose
patience with the dogs they arc raining
is that they forget how Bard 81 IS Tor the
dog to understand what they mean
Sometimes it does happen that dog is
headstrong and obstinate, but this is very
rarely true of puppy. If he fails to
mind" the failure is good evidence that
he is not yet familiar with the English
language.
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AN OPTICAL 1LLusIoN

The following is a curious and interest
ms experiment.: Take piece of card
board about five inches square, roll lit
into a tube, with one end just large
enough to fit around the eye and the
other end a trifie smaller. Hold The tnhe
between the thumb and finger of the
right hand-do not grasp it with the
whole hand-put the large end close
against the right eye, and with the left
snand hold book against the side of
the tube. Keep both eyes open. and
there will appear to be hole through
the book, and objects seen as through
the hole instead of through the tube. The
Eaght eve sees through the tube and the
left eye sees the book, and the two an
pearances are so confounded that if is
impossible to separate them
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
Do CHILDREN PAVE

800 children pay?'' said old man Scruggs,
a Ieanin' on his hoe,
Jest wait til you've been married, say,
some twenty years or SO.
Yofrll have more sense than to stand UP
lethere and throw your time away,
BY askin' sech foolish questions. Pay!
70 Great goshI Of course they pay.
rive go home tuckered out at night,
4jsle they'll climb up on our knees,
And when we try to keep EN- down,
they'll cry for one more squeeze.
And raar and pitch about us all, until
fust thing we know
Ou1S joints are free from achin and our
hearts are i'll glow.
1.They. pay us when their frank young
love shines out in their jolly eyes,
Even when our ears are deafened
there's music in their cries,
Sylvester than all the fddles and, planners
ever made
Don't think it's SO? Well, now, you wait,
and member what I've said.
THE man whose children's hearts are his
is the man who is truly best
Ihe sight at home of his boys and girls
: is more to him than rest.
SNOW! There wouldn't be half the
fools in this weary world today
If all men could only understand what
big ntrus children pay"
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Cbe Pagpg.
IT DON'T UNDERSTAND.


Forest and Stream has given some wise
talk to boys in regard to bringing up dogs
from puppyhood, and turning them into
good citizens of the canine world. The
writer says:
There are two or three things which
you must try to remember in connection
with the little animal for which you have
taken the responsibility
You must. remember, in the first place,
that it is like any other young creature,
run OF spirits, thinking only about itself
and determined to do those things which
seem pleasant to it. Your business is to
undertake its education You must begin
by making it fond of you; and that means
that You must treat it kindly play with
1t more or less, feed it yourself, and, in
snort, cause it to look to you for all the
things that make its life pleasant.
Very patiently, very firmly you must in
sStruct it, little by little, in good manners.
You must teach it that some things may
be done, and that other things are not
permitted
You must remember that this little ami
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-10-13
SUNDAY Study.
Joseph IN PRISON.

The international Sunday school lesson
for Oct. Is is found in Genesis xxx, 20
to X, Is. The golden text. is the list verse,
But the Lord was with Joseph, and
Showed him mercy, and gave him favor
in sight of the keeper Of the prison. x
Joseph had been advanced from the po-
sition of slave in the house of PotiphaT
to one of rank and confidence. but .
falsely accused and thrown into prison,
but being innocent, the Lord is with
him and Hghtens his aftiictien somewhat
by giving him favor in the sight OF the
keeper of the prison. But it was hard
for him for a time, for it is written that.
they hurt his feet with letters, he was
laid in iron, until the time that his WORD
came the word of the Lord tried him.
As in Potiphar's house, so in the prison,
all things Were placed under him. rhe
Keeper of the prison looked not to any
thing, for it was evident that the Lord
was with him and made all that he did
to prosper. Circumstances do not always
indicate prosperity or otherwise. 1t is
the presence and blessing of God that;
constitute true prosperity; Daniel was
prosperous in the lions den, and hiss
friends in the fiery furnace; David was;
more prosperous than Saul the king,
even though he fed from him. for God
was with him. Every step in the life OF
Joseph and of David was a step to a
throne, and SO it is with the beIieversi
for the oyereomer is promised seat with
Christ on His throne. The cross is the
way to the crown.
In time others of PotipharFs household
We're cast into prison with Joseph, and
he serves them Like our Lord Jesus'
Joseph is not only numbered with trans,7
gressors and has things laid to his charge
that he knew not, but he is also an Illus
tration of ministering unto others rather
than being ministered unto.
One morning Joseph finds these twoa
prisoners very unhappy, and man1festing
1t so plainly in their faces that he asker
them, Wherefore look We so sadly to-,
day. They were sad because of their
dreams, which they had each dreamedu
in the same night and which they COULD
not understand. They had not forgot
ten their dreams and retained only a sort
of troubled remembrance, like Nebuchad-
nezzar, but, though they could not tell
each one his dream, they feared lest: no
one could explain the dreams. Joseph's
saying, Interpretations belong to God:
tell4your dreams to me-" was equal tel
saying, 81 am acquainted with God" orr
II am here for God" or God is WITH
me-" They told their dreams to Joseph,
and he interpreted them, and it came TOT
pass according to the Interpretation, the
chief butler was restored to his butler
ship again andEthe chief baker was hang-EE
ed. The sbutIer told his dream first, and
when the baker saw the Interpretation,
was good he also told his Dream and Jo-
seph was faithful in his interpretations
though it fereboded no good to the bak-o
er.
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Keep Busy.
HOW TO KEEP YOUNG

HOW TO KEEP YOUNG.
One ear easily be very old before he
Giles. without living to an old age. Vege-
tatlng and merely existing is not nv-
ing
The best way to keep young and active
is to keep the brain active and one of
the best ways to do that is to keep the
body well nourished, well cleaned and
well exercised
AS William Matthews declares, mo or
gan of the body is tougher than the
BRAIN" and believes that in nine out Of
ten cases of breakdown among brain
workers the cause is mot an access of
brain work" but the lack of something
else-sueh as nutritious food, sleep. bod
ny exercise. and a cheerful temper
Mere hard work of itself. he alleges,