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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
Button.
White Aprons.
Famous B0Ok@>

fax, is sent by Bacon to bring to his
camp several ladies, adherents Of his op-
ponent, Gov. Berkeley. Among them is
Penelope Payne, with whom the young
soldier speedily falls in love. Bacon
sends Penelope to jamestown TO inform
Berkeley that if he attacks before noon,
the women will be placed in front Of
Bacon's uncompleted works. Penelope
taunts Bacon with cowardice, and tells
him that he and his followers shall BIZ
known as White Aprons. The tide of
war turns, Bacon dies, and Fairfax is
taken prisoner by Berkeley, who becomes
an unbearable tyrant. When Fairfax is
put on trial for his life, Penelope, to the
surprise of all, comes forward to testify
in his favor, and openly confesses her
love for him. Berkeley, in a frenzy Of
rage, condemns Fairfax to death, but
consents to. his reprieve for three months
Penelope straightWay sets out for Eng
land to seek a pardon from the king
She goes to the house Of her uncle, the
historic Samuel Pepys, and there she
meets Dryden, Buckingham and
various other wits and beaux The beau
ty OF her portrait, painted by Kne.er
obtains her an audience with the king
who, after a trial of her constancy
grants her the pardon, with which she
makes all speed home, arriving at the
critical moment when Fairfax is on the
scaHold The story ends as it beg,n ms,
with the burden of an old song: 81 owe
Will Find Out Il Way" Though slight in
texture the work is very daintily exc
cuted, and the spirit Of colonial Virginia
is well suggested.
Mrs. Maud CWilder) Goodwin was horn
IN New York state, in 1856. and besides
the above story, has written several
books, including a biography of DoIiv
Madison.
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Cbe Baby.
1t Is Receiving Too
Much Attention.

WHAT A MEDICAL EXPERT SAYS.
The baby of today bids fair to replace
the crush of ancient creeds, and the
wreck of superstitions that have been
everywhere undermined by the ruthless
hand of modern science For its behoof
many books are written, many carriages
ed, many garments, many toys and many
medicines are advertised AS a matter
of sober fact, it is threatened with mani
actual extinction, by the wholesale sub
stitution of the artificial for the natural
Instead of the most perfect food in ma
ture, mothers milk. we find a host of
artificial substitutes, each one of them,
If we may trust the proprietary represen-
tations, calculated to rear an infant with
the brains of a Newton combined with
the frame of Samson. How often, alas!
the outcome of all these costly cares is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
Sayings OF De CHILDREN.

KINDLY MEANT-'You'd better eat
1t Slow said Johnny to the clergyman.
who was dining with the family. Mann
ma never gives more'n one piece O. pie''
DEFINITION.-A little school girl
was told by her teacher to write the word
'ferment' on her slate, together with
the definition and a sentence in which
the word was to be used. The following
is the result: "F-e-r-m-e-n-t; a verb,
signifying TO work. I love to do all
kinds of fancy ferment.''
BREAK THE SET-A f1ve-year-old boy
went with his mother to make d call.
The lady OF the house, who was fond
OF children, told him she meant to ask
his mother to let her have him. Don
you think your mother would let me
buy you?" she asked mo, ma am"
answered the little fellow, you haven't
got money enough" ''How much would
it take?" she continued. Three hundred
dollars, said the boy promptly, as If
that would settle the matter at once for.
all. "Oh. well, then" said the woman.
: Il think I can manage it. If / can,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
Gbe Mmkm0Qym
Washington,
WAsHINGToNs PORTRAITS.

AS one of the richest and most promi-
nent men of his day, he was much sought
for by crayon and oil portrait painters
We have shown from time to time IN
these columns portraits of him painted
by the leading artists of the Revoiu-
tionary period, that by G. Stuart being
the one by which he is commonly known
today, ~most of the others needing the
label to indicate who is represented.
&L of which goes to prove that he did
not appear the same to everybody.
In for a penny, in for pound" is
az old adage. He wrote to a friend
In 1855, who asked him to sit for his por-
Il ait. ''I am so hackneyed to the touches
Of the painters pencils that I am now
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Intellectual Amusenaent
- assFslsO Fse HssMg
~ a

Answers were received in the followfne
oTderI Lizzie O'Leary, 66I MackT,t,i1
street, st. Paul; Evelyn Grady, 20 ValiAv
street, st. Paul; Gertrude Egan, TI Lea
avenue, st. Paul; Arthur Bach. I'D XI11i
rora avenue, st. Paul.
Nellie Cole, 700 stryker avenue, St. Paul.
submits a charade:
ann composed Of IS letters. My Q. 10
II, II is a transitive verb NY i3 is ~
conjunction. My IA, ID, 4, is a noun1I
My is pronoun. My z, 3, Q, Is ~
noun. My l. 2. 6, is an lntransitive verb
ny NY whole Is large business concern OF
pS Cora A,gnee.w, 749 Armstrong avenue. ST
Faul' submits a charade:
L am composed of nine letters; my 1-2-ai
Is something that belongs before thea
door, 40 something that belongs on thei
table, 6-7-S-9 something that every onM
needs but cannot have.
Evelyn, Grady 20 Valley street 81
Paul' submits a charade:
n'14-4 is scsrce, 5-15-12 utensiI for kitchand
use, 13-ntl4 .16 not bright, 1873 TO cover.
with turf, 2-6 an exclamation 1-7-lO ri
Jewel. My whole is noted author.
Karrie King, Brainerd, Mimi, submitsEi
Use me well, and I'M everybody:
Scratch my back, and I'm nobody =
Q1O
A title common both to queen and dana.
Alike from life or right I read the same.
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Gbe International
Sunshine S0eiefY,.,.
Scatter
: Sunshine
All Along
the Way. !"

Griefs? Why, every grief you bear
is Of wise designing.
cares! Why, every care is sent
Trying and refining.
Then be blithe of heart and strong,
LapCr hard and labor long,,
And amid your smile and song
Leave no place for whining
come, cheer up
ACCORDING To- JOSH BILLINGS.
Grooming and grumblinge under your
burdens doesn't tighten them of one
ounce of weight, but it does deprive you
or that much breath which might be use
1ul IN carrying the load"
LOOK AFTER ITSELF.
, Your soul will look after itself if your
creed FIJI.
Is pleasant word and kindly deed"
OUR THOUGHTLESS WRONGS.
Lies trials we could soften
IL we'd only pause and think;
Tears would not flow so often
II we'd only pause and think.
Our SKIES would all be brighter,
Our burdens would be lighter,
Our deeds would all be winter
II we'd only pause and think.
We would not walk 50 blindly
If we'd only pause and think;
we would not speak unkindly
II we'd only pause and think.
unrest we would not borrow,
Darkly clouding each tomorrow:
we could Danish worlds of sorrow
II wed only pause and think.
Nixon Waterman
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BE SURE YOU ARE RIGHT.
Prevention of Cruelty
to Ali

the rope with her teeth. The feathers
indicated that, falling in this. she had
stolen chickens for its food.
Mr.. Wilderson led the pun home bv
means of the rope The mother followed
joyfully.
PAIN-ENDURING ANIMALS
The manner in which animals and
plrds endure pain should awaken the
sympathy of all thinking people. Horses
IL paItIe furnish a striking example
OF TINS power of endurance After the
nrst singing pain is felt they make no
sound, but bear it with mute wondering
endurance, and when in the silence of the
night a groan comes from the battle-
neld, 1t Is because of loneliness-the
craving for human companionship which
is so necessary to once domesticated ami
mails ii-
A dog will go for days with a broken
leg without complaint, but the pleading
wistful look would attract attention from
any one not totally blind to all sensibil-
ity.
A cat. wounded by stick or stone
or caught in some trap from which it has
either gnawed or pulled its way, will
crawl to some quiet out-of-the- way place
ana endure silently agony which we could
not endure
C"CIie VIII meet the thrust of TIE
butchers knife without a sound The
Wild dove with shot from the hunters
gun burning in its tender flesh will fly
to some high bough or lay upon the
ground and die, and no sound will he
heard, save the dripping of blood upon
the leaves.
The stricken deer will speed to some
thick wood and there in pitiful submits
sion await the end.
The eagle stricken in high air will
struggle to the last, but there will be
no sound of pain, and the proud, defiant
look will not leave the eyes until the lids
close over them and shut out the sun
light they loved so well.
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Question Box.


coined of gold brought from the Guinea
coast in 1869. It's value has varied at diff
1erent periods At first it equaled %
shlInngs' 1t was in 1855 worth 80 shillings,
ana IN Ill., q shllings, beyond which
price 1t was by an act of parliament in
ao4' forbidden to be sold or exported.
Inc issue of the sovereign, in 1917. virtue
ally abolished the coinage of the euinea
1G3. The scudo Qralian "shield'O is an
dtal1an silver coin corresponding to the
spanish piastre, the American dollar and
tne English crown. 1t was so-calIed
from its bearing the heraldic shield Of
the prince by whose authority it was
struck, and differed slightly in value in
the Inherent states Of Italy the usual
value being about ST. 1t was also a coin
of ancient Rome
1.-THE truce of God" was law enacfa5
by the Roman church in 1910. the time
OF Henry l., son of Hugh Capt., Of
France. This law prohibited all pri-
Vate combats between Wednesday at sun
set and Monday at SUNRISE also during
the season OF Advent and Lent. and on
all ecclesiastical fast or fast DAYS II
was introduced at various tines into
england AMI ether countries Of Europe.
The object of the law was to restrain
the attacks of baron upon baron and to
diminish the number of petty quarrels
and combats, which neither the authority
OF the church nor the government had
been able to wholly prevent; all Cruz
saders came under the protection of the
law THE truce of Cod provided, also,
that no man was to modest a la1orer. or
to lay hands upon his implements; this
was all the mitigation of internecinaI
strife that the clergy could effect in that
barbarous age.
Answers were received in the follow
ing order, and In the main most of them
were correct: Paul A. Mueller. $40 Hud-
son avenue, st. Paul; Susie Harboldt, 598
Iglehart street, st. Paul; Mrs R. 3.
Leach, 712 Cedar street, St Paul; Mrs.
w. K. Crazy the Seville, ST. Paul; ].
II. Speakman, Fargo, n. D.
QUESTIONS.
To be answered March g.
111.-What is the leaning tower Of
Pisa?
112.-What was the Spanish Main?''
13,-What were the Roman triumvi=
rates?
114-What is "Carte Blanche?"
115.-What is the cap of Liberty
116.-Where is the Gate of Tears!"
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The Periodicity of
Great Wars.


the height of his glory He had demon
strated his military ability by conquer
ing one semi-barbarous race after
another, and Of an aggregation of in
dependent and often hostile states he
built up an empire. He was crowned
emperor of the west in A. D. 500, and i'm
mediately after assuming the title set
about the work of consolidating his con-
quests. This could not he done without
war. for his vassals We're always turbu>
lent and often rebellicus, so that his
reign was one long battle. He was COM
PEELED to fight for every inch he gained,
and for all that he held; during his reign
there was not year and scarcely a
month Of peace. A century before the
reign of Charlemagna beheld the first
great onslalghts of the Saracens on
Chr!stendcm and the beginnings of those
wars which apparently retarded the prog
fess of civilization in both the east and
west.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
eat with impunity in the course of a

eat with impunity in the course of a
day.
That corn meal is an excellent food
for winter, as 1t contains so much tat,
end when eggs and milk are added to
1t, 1t has high nutritive value.
That fruit, to be appetizing and lus-
cous, should be kept in a cool, dry
place and not in ice.
That an excellent salad is made by pIac-
ing red kidney beans that are season.
ed with salt and pepper on lettuce or
cress and covering it with French dress
ing.
That the modern cooking teacher says
eggs should be put into cold water which
is then brought to a temperature of 175
degrees and allowed to stand in this from
six to eight minutes This is the rule for
soft boiled eggs, the white of which is
then coagulated into a delicate jelly.
That there is more need of common
sense in culinary science than is ordi-
narily supposed, for we cannot become
physical beings are well nourished.
r THE TYRANT OF THE HOUSE.
While baby sleeps
We cannot jump or dance or sing,
Play jolly games or DO a thing
To make noise, The floor might creak
If we should walk. We scarcely speak
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
Century Qdps.
A THOUSAND YEARS AGC

A THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
In 1902 occurred the Danish wars in
England, besides civil wars In Italy.
Spain and France; while In $50, the close
of the century preceding. was made
notable by the great Hungarian invasion
of Europe, which for time threatened
consequences more dire than that of the
Saracenic onslaught 200 years later. In
B5S Eastern Europe was thrown into a
panic by q barbarian invasion. led by
the Ungars, or Hungarians, who after
wards gave their name to the country
which forms the greater portion OF the
Austrian empire. The war between the
Ungars and the German empire went Oh
for over one-tbird OF a century. for it
was not until 934 that an overwhe m N
defeat by Henry the Fowler checked;
their westward course. At the c;ose Of
the seventh century Charien3 gne was In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-17
To Test Minds So
Inclined.

miles in two hours less time than the
slow train. Find the rate of each train.
Henry Arthur, Hudson, Wis, submits
this:
IA Norwegian said he had twenty
children, and that there was a year and
a half between each of their ages; his
eldest son was born when he was twenty
four years old, and the age of the young
est is twenty-one. What was the fathers
age?
this:
2S-A lady who was asked her age
avoided direct answer by saying: At
have nine children, and there are three
years between the birth of ach of them;
the eldest was born when 1 was nineteen
years old, which is exactly the age OF
the youngest" How old was the lady?
mits this:
PA woman had a number of eggs
to sell. To one person she sold half Of
her eggs, and one and a half moe to a,
second person. She sold half of the re-
malnder and one and a half more to a
third person. She sold half of the re-
matnoer and ole and half more Her
eggs We're now all sold. How many eggs
did she have at first?
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STOP WHERE YOU ARE.

Many men and women, who stagger I'M
DER the load Of semi-individualism, who
are never more than half-well, and sell
dom able to taste the full JOY of living,
would be made over by cutting off some
OF their crowding enga gements by eat
ing more and oftener, by ceasing to fret
and fidget over trifles, by recognizing the
fact that they are not composed of steel
and iron, but of nerves and flesh and
blood and by stopping where they are
and sitting still with folded hands until
they, are aware that they are not tired
ali through any more. Home is the place
for all such. Don't carry your ills to re-
sorts where there are others with real
and imaginary ills. Stay at home and try
and help others less fortunate, and in do
ing that personal ills are forgotten.
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THE SUNSHINE SOCIETY

The SUNSHINE SOC1EIY.
1t is not charity, but an interchange of
kindly greetings and the passing Of good
cheer. There are no costs for organza-
iton and no dues. 1t is legally incorpo-
rated, and various leading papers in the
country are engaged in the extension
of state and branch work. The C / o b Q
is the official organ in Minnesota
All communications In regard to the
organization of branches should be adj
dressed to Mrs. Cynthia Westover Alden
the president general of the Internation-
al Sunshine society, SO Fifth avenue,
New York city.
I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY
AGAIN.
''I shall not pass this way again.-Wu-
liam Penn.
Right words and shrewd, good William
Penn,
| shall not pass this way again.
MY long way and the winding track
Which pursue will bend not back.
Mayhap it stretches very far.
Mayhap 1t winds from star to star:
Mdyhap through worlds as yet Inform
It's neyer-ending journey runs,
1nrough worlds that now are whirling
= Of formless mists between the suns.
l go beyond my widest ken
But snail not pass this way again.
So, as 1 go and cannot stay
AND never more shall pass this way
hope to sow the way with deeds
whose seed shall bloom like May-time
meads,
4 And flood my onward path with words
,r Ihat thrill the day like singing birds;
mat other travellers following on
MA May md CLEAN and not a gloom,
May md their path a pleasant way.
"A trail of music and of bloom
Strew gladness on the paths of men
lou Will not pass this way again.
Sam Walter Foss.
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B0MG,
Ruskin's
Analysis
NOT BAD STUFF.

- l.
''What dirty, dreadful, disgusting
stuff! exclaimed a man. regarding that
peculiarly unpleasant compound, the mud
of London streets.
Hold, my friend says Ruskin. Not
so dreadful after all. What are the Gle
ments of this mud? First, there is san1,
but when its particles are crystal.ized
according to the law of it's nature, what
is nicer than clean, white sand? And
when that which enters into it IS ar
ranged according to a higher law, We
have the matchless opal. What else have
we in this mud? Clay. And the mateTi-
al of clay, when the particles are ar
ranged according to their higher laws,
make the brilliant sapphire. What other
ingredients enter into the London mud?
SCOT. And SCOT in its crystallized per-
lection forms the perfect diamond. There
is but one other-water And water,
when distilled according to the higher
law of its nature, forms the dewdrop
resting in exquisite perfection in the
heart of the rose"
80 in the muddy, lost soul of man
IS hidden the image of his creator; and
God will do his best to find his opals,
his sapphires, his diamonds and dew
drops"
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a being of stinted body and limited intel
lect untitled to play a. soldiers part
food strikes deep into the physical vel
fare of race. and there can hardly b.
a more serious national problem than
how to rear this twentieth century baby
of ours in strength and happiness.
There is a vast deal of nonsense written.
and taught about the proper way to.
clothe, nurture and tend babies general
diet. either from the breast or from modi-
fed cows milk. For the rest those ills
that are preventable should be pTe-enteo.
Most OF the mischief done In the nursery
is the result Of attempting to do toe
much. 1t would be an important step
toward the stability and future of our
race were the laws of health TO be taught
In our schools. with a special class on.
classes.
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Or breathe while baby takes naps
Lest we should wake the little chap!
When baby wakes
But little gratitude he shows
When other people want to doze!
He rouses them all up instead
To wait on him. Ma lights the lamp
And warns milk for the little scamp!
Pa walks him up and down the floor,
Sometimes two hours and sometimes
morei
So If asleep or if awake,
The house exists but for his sake,
And such a tiny fellow-he,
Te be boss of this family!
Eva Lovett in Brooklyn Eagle.
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IF YOU CAN'T WRITE
A BOOK,
MAKE A SCRAP BOOK.

to remember and think over, but they
sap from memory all too soon. Better
keep blank book and write down those
peyond the reach of scissors; also keen
handy book in which clippings can b.
quickly pasted. A tube of prepared paste
can be always kept on the desk or table
close at hand, and a moment is enough
TO rescue paragraph worth preserving
from dozen columns of weary waste
IN 2 newspaper or magazine. Few books
you can buy will be as valuable as these
nome made books of choice extracts.
heY will long preserve the aroma and
naFor Of your best reading and furnish a
lllnd of value in preparation for many
public occasions.
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altogether at their beck, and sit, like
patience on a monument, whilst
they are delineating tA lines of my
face. 1t is proof, among many Others
of what habit and custom can acco:nS
plish. At first, 1 was as impatient az
the request and as rest.ve under the
operation as a colt is of the saddle The
next time I submitted very reluctantly,
but with less fiouncing. Now no dray
horse moves more readily to his thills
than I do to the painters chair
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Will you come and stay with me?" mo.
ma am he said with decision. NAM
ma wouldn't sell me, anyhow. There
are five of US, and mamma wouldt like to
break the set" ho
Why? A dignifed rector of a church
was preparing his sermon in his study
against the coming Sunday when his lit
Tie daughter decided to visit him. TAX
ing a gladly accorded pace on his knee
and casting a critical eye over the scat
tered pages of manuscript about, she
asked: Papa, does God tell you what
to writer" Certainly. my child" was
the devout reply. ''Then what makes
you scratch so much of 1t out?" she
asked, and wonders why she never had
NOT A TEACHER-It was little VIII
lies first day at school and the teacher
called him to herr side and pointing to
the first letter of the alphabet said:
'sWhat letter sisg this Willie?" I'm
not going to tell you,' replied the little
fellow. why notf" asked the astonish-
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answers to questions annexed Address
replies to Puzzle Editor, care Daily
G e. st. Paul, MINI.
ANSWERS.
To questions Of two weeks ago:
99-rhe Janissaries or Janezares were
q body of Turkish soldiers first organized
about 1880 A D., by Sultan Dream from
the young Christian prisoners The
name is from the Turkish yeni askarl,
new soldiers. The janissaries formed the
earlier standing army of Europe. They
were at first highly privileged and soon
attained great power both in war and
politics. In 1912 they raised Selim to the
throne and caused the death of the
famous BajaZet; in 1903 they objected
to the organization of any other army
than their own body and >nassacred all
the new troops they could In 1926 Ma
hornet II. suppressed them; his new
troops remembering. the massacre
eighteen years before slaughtered 10000
of the obnoxious troops. This put an
end to the body. The massacre lasted
three Gays, June IA, Is and 16. When it
was ended Mahomet organized his new
armies in comparative peace.
10c-Gunter's chain is a chain used for
land measuring, invented by Edward
Glinter. 1t is % yards long, the square
of which is 4S4. Now an acre is 1870
square yards, and therefore a square
chain is a tenth Of an acre, or 10-1 acre.
Again chain contains 10000 square
links, and as 10 chains equal an acre, it
follows that 100000 square links equal an
sCre So that, in measuring a field by
a Gunter's chain, all that is required IS
to divide the result by 10000, or (Which
is the same thirg) to cut off the last five
figures, to obtain the area in acres.
101. The War of the ERoses is the name
given to the wars between the house CT
York and that of Lancaster. 1t began
with the battle of ST Adams, May f3,
1455, and ended with the battle of Bos-
worth Field, Aug %, 1883. A white rose
formed the badge of the house Of York,
and a red rose was the cOgnizance of the
house of Lancaster. The political effects
of the war were-Q) the ruin of the an
Client baronage, and ~ the growth of
monarchial power, being relieved of the
baronial check.
1O2. A guinea was an English gold coin,
so-called from having been originally