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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
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About Seeding Women.

IS IT ALWAYS THE HUSBANDS
FAULT?

IS IT ALWAYS THE HUSBANDS
FAULT?
Is is to be taken for granted that when
trouble and discord enter our homes that
the husband is the source of them all?
Unpleasant as this subject is, the fear
that our husbands will really be done an
Injustice has spurred me on to speak in
meeting 1t is true that men are not all
saints, but just as Ade that women are
not all angels Within my circle of ac-
quaintances, and it is quite large 1 do
not believe that the men are less worthy
than the women. Since examples from
real life seem to count for most, [ will
reluctantly submit few 1 have seen and
heard. young man returning from
tiresome journey to a neighboring city
sreets his wife and child with all the ar
DOR and devotion of a fond husband and
father, only to be repulsed by a har-
rangue of complaint before he has >peen
in the house ten minutes. Again, I re-
member young husband, careworn and
tired after a days work, meets his wife
with a SMILE and asks: care you tired
this evening" Nellie?" ''WeII I guess Il
am; if it doesn't soon rain I'll wish you
had never brought me to this old West
crn country Dare l venture this rather
unusual assertion, that the scoldfng wom-
: an bars happiness out of more homes
than any other evil, liquor excepted? 1t
will take more argument than I have
yet seen to convince me that the man
who marrieS a girl for love is the excep-
ton, Tor [ know men who live as pure
noble and ideal lives as any woman does,
and some of the most spiritual, Sympa-
thetic and congenial persons L know are
men.-SuSie Hartley Ileaston
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
WHAT IT is DOING FOR
WOnEN.

since the enactment of the civil service
law III 1888, as to compensation received
ana number employed is in the sta G
department, office of the secretary, which
mas probably employed the fewest women
or any office in the department. In 1883
there were ten women emploj ed and
the highest salary re eived was 81 400
there being but one who was paid that
amount In 1889, in the same office. there
were seventeen women; the highest SAL
airy was SLIGO; there were several at
$1,4O0, and others at $1,000 per annum.
Whlle the lowest sa airy was 500 Of the
lCtaI number of women taking tle COM
petIt1Ve examinations during the Last
ten years over II PER cent have SUCCESS
ruby passed, While 62 per cent of the
males have passed. these exansr "a tions.
The percentage of women in depar-
ments differs. In the postoffice service
the position of postoffice clerk is the only
one open to both sex s. Throughout tn $
entire branch of the service G52. per cent
OF the Apo 'ntments for the past ten
years have been women Besides the
foregoing. of the 5000 postmasters in the
United States under the civil service
6,2S5 are women. OF the newer depart
ments placed under the civil service rule
is the internal revenue in which 2.G9
Of the appointments during the four
years ending June 80, 1900. have been
women, and the custom house service, II
which per cent of the appointments
during the past five years have been
women. The highest percentage Of ap-
-pointments of women in any one year
was in 1898, when - per cent of the to-
tai number Of appointments made were
women. The next highest was in 1893,
when women numbered about u per cent
Of the appointments.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
III Qlafeb.
WHAT IS INSIDE OF 1T.

A WONDERFUL MACHINE.
If you own a watch, open it and look
at the little wheels, springs and screws,
each an indispensable part of the whole
wonderful machine. The busy little ball
ance wheel alone is the result of hum
dreds of years of study and experiment.
The watch 1 have before me is composed
OF ninety-eight pieces, and it's manufac-
tire embraces more than two thousand
distinct and separate operations Some
of the smallest screws are so minute
that the unaided eye cannot distinguish
them from the steel filings or specks of
dirt. Under a powerful magnifying glass
a perfect screw IS revealed. The slit in
the head is 2-1000 of an inch wide. 1t
takes 10000 of these screws to weigh a
pound, and a pound is worth 1885. The
hairsprlng is a strip of the finest steel
about 91a inches long, LEO part of an
inch wide and 27-10e0 of an inch thick
It is coiled up in spiral form and finely
tempered. The process of tempering was
long held secret by the few possessing it,
and even now is not generally known.
Their manufacture requires great skill
and care. The strip is gagged to 20-10CO
Of an inch. but no measuring instrument
has vet been devised capable of fine
enough gausing to determine beforehand
by the size of the strip what the strength
of the finished steel will be- A 2O-I000
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
Civil Service.
IN GOVERNMENT OFFICES.


1t is only in recent years that women
have been employed in considerable num-
bers in the public service says United
States Commissioner John R. Proctor. It
Is now generally recognized that they can
successfully perform the duties of many
OF the subordinate places, and they have
often shown eminent fitness and high
quality in their work In 1870 an act of
congress provided that women might in
the discretion of the head of the depart
meat, be appointed to any of the clerk
ships in the department upon the same
requisites and conditions and with the
same compensations, as prescribed for
men. Ihis magma charta for women in
the civil service is recognized in the civil
service laws and rules, which make no
discrimination on account of sex
From July 16, 1883, to June 80, 1900 there
We're appointed in the classified service
in the departments at Washington
through competitive examination, 2.0H
females. This number included 1.26O print
efs assistants in the bureau of engray-
ing and printing at a compensation of
%l.Zo per diem, which is the lowest salary
PAID TO women in the classified service
ABOUT one-third of all employees in the
department of Washington are females:
they are employed mostly in ordinary
cleflcal cay ae ty, although many technic /
positions are filled by them. Three female
employees receive s., 800 per annlln: about
nifty receive 500 per annum; 100 receive
Sl'4eo per annum; $50 receive 81, 200; 800 re-
ce1ve N,0O, and the remainder receive
from S6Ga to $500 per annum.
a TAR comparison of the progress made
py women in the government employ
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
HOW SOME FOLKS LIVE.

HOW SOME FOLKS LIVE.
Grandmother Rosemary went this sum-
mer to her native village down East to
visit her niece, VINO a year before had
married a farmer in the ne:ghborhood. 3
One day they went to take tea with a
friend of Mrs Rosemary's girlhood. AS
they came near to the door grandmother
said: "That old house has not altered
in tee last twenty years.. There are the
same closed green blinds at the par,or
windows and the same tin pals summing
on the kitchen bench, and the same
dahlias and sunflowers in the yard.
There is Serena in the door, little lean
er and grayer, but otherwise just the
same"
She found no alteration inside the
house, either. Serena lived alone. She
gave them the same kind of biscuit and
veal cakes and honey which grandmother
remembered when she was young They
sat in the bare, clean parlor, with the
blinds closed The sofa, the table, the
chairs stood in the same places as when
Serena was a child. She talked of but
two or three things-crops and the
weather and the neignbors. topics so old
that they had a musty flavor
When the visitors were on their way
home, grandmother drew a. long breath
Twenty years ago." she said, emphati-
cally, Serena Mutt was talking of the
yield of corn in that field, and of the
sharpness in business of the Nuts, and
cisely as she did today! Her mind goes
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
Drink 1t Often
and Freely.

These waste, materials are often actual
poisons, and many a headache, many
rheumatic pains and aches, many Sleep
less nights and listless days, and many
attacks of the 'blues'' are due solely to
the circulation in the blood or deposit in
the tissue of these waste materials, which
cannot be got rid of because of sinsufi-
cient supply of water. a
Water is accused of making fat and
people with "a tendency to corpulence
avoid it for that reason. But this is not
strictly true Il does undoubtedly often
increase the. weight, but it does SO be
cause it improves the digestion, ane'
therefore. more of the food eaten is nj z
lized and turned into fat and flesh B;
excessive fat, what we call corpulene .
is not a sign of health, but Of faulty =
gestion alda assimilatfoH, and systematic
water drinking is often employed as a
means of reducing the superfuous fat
which it does with astonishing rapidity.
1t is Impossible to recount ins few
words the benefits which may result from
the taking of pure water in sufficient
quantity. 80
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
THESE WARM DAYS

This is The time of the year when the
heat makes people nervous and out of
sorts. and it is the time, therefore, that
the sunshiny disposition makes the great
est impression. Parents away with their
children i'll the country or in the woods
or at the Seashore can help wonderfully
to bring out the sunshine of which every
child is naturally full, by wise counsel
and KIND words under trying circum-
stances. When a group of children are
playing together watch how they treat
each other and help each one to be will
: ing to give up something to make the
others happier. 1t soon will come easy,
and all viii be better Children of the
sunshine society know that this is So
and others may learn if they will but
try. If you have had a kindness shown,
pass it on"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
,Nnofbep as Good.
A New Promise.

EASILY MADE.
You have broken your promise. john
n.y., said grandmother, impressively. to
the small culprit who stood before her,
shifting uneasily from one foot to the
other. You said you would not go out
of the yard, and trusted you, but YOU
have broken your PROMISE
Johnny studied the toes of mis- little
straying feet for a moment, and then
looked up with a sudden bright thought.
Never mind if it's broke, grandmother.
he said consolingly, 81 can make another
just as good
Grandmother opened her lips to speak.
then closed them again, and went into
the house, musing on the subject of
easiiy-made promises and what they
were worth For small Johnny is not the
only transgressor who comforts himself
with another just as good wnen one
has been broken
say what I mean today,
And tomorrow I mean what I saw.
But today and tomorrow
l know to my sorrow
Show things in a different way"
lightly urges the breakage of resolutions
OF engagements, of pledges. 81 meant to
Go it, but something happened Never
mind, will next time But no one win
ever be keeper of mis- word who does
not hold his word strong enough to keen
MIN through inconvenience, temptation.
or change of mood
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
spIRIT1TAt, ACotTAINTANcE

The Christian Endeavor topic for Sept.
1 is founded upon Job, xxi, 21-23.
"Acquaint now myself with Him and
be at peace. * Receive, l pray thee.
the law from His mouth
The eXhortation of Eliphaz to Job to
acquaint himself with God is one that
may be applied to us all. The man who
does not know God should certainly seek
His acquaintance. Those who know God
best do not know Him so well but what
they could become better acquainted with
Him. God is our Father, and children
should learn to know and to love their
parents. God is our friend, and the
beauty and blessing of friendship lie in
acquaintanceship. To know a true friend
is to make his friendship valuable and
appreciable. Acquaintance with God in
eludes acquaintance with all that is
Gods. 1t embraces all that is contained
in the spiritual realm of life and may
be looked upon as spiritual acquaintance.
Looking upon Job as a sinner, sepa-
rated from God by sin, Elphaz sets forth
how sucn a one may have acquaintance
with God. % Gods law must be re-
ceived and laid up in the heart. Re
ceive, I pray thee, the law from His
mouth and lay up His words in thy
heart No one can know God without
accepting and applying His revelation of
Himself ca Sin must be repented of and
return made to God. "If thou wilt return
to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up.
The sin that makes acquaintance with
God impossible must be repented of. The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
Sunday Study.
ISAAC THE PEACEMAKER.

3 ISAAC THE PEACEMAKER.
TSe international Sunday school lesson
for Sept is found in Genesis xvi, 1925.
The golden text is from Matthew ", 6:
Blessed are the Peacemakers; for They
Shall be Called the Children of God"
The scene of the lesson is in Canaan,
and the time 1903 B. G.
In the contrasts between Abraham and
Isaac, We have an illustration of the fact
that religion does not cast men in the
same mold. Though both men were de-
voted to God and had His spirit in their
hearts, yet each one showed his iudiYid-
uality in al that he did. IN Abraham is
shown the grandeur of faith, and in Isaac
the rest Of faith. Abraham was a hero
Isaac was a saint; Abraham was ener-
getic in carrying out Gods will-Isaac
was unmurmuringly submissive to it, In
each we can find things to admire and
copy.
There is no mention of Abraham's till
ing the ground. and probably he had
done very little of it, il at all. Isaacs
successful venture is noteworthy on that
account. as well as for it's increase of
his possessions to the point where the
Philistines became envious Of him. The
conditions of life in Palestine make wells
very important. Abraham had been dill
gent in opening them, but the ,Philistines,
apparently not wishing to make ii easy
Tor him to live among them. had filled
them after his departure. These wells
Isaac now dug again. The wells over
which tho Philistines strove with Isaac
were at various points in Southern Judah,
Beer-sheba being, no doubt the most
easterly place mentioned in this section.
The Philistines' treatment of Isaac was
unjust in so far as they took advantage
of his labor, but their claim to the land
was probably fair In any case, Isaac
could net well resist them, since their
force was much greater than his. Isaac
however. was moved probably not only
by thoughts of benefit to himself, but
also by gratitude for the kindness he
had received from the Philistine king.
The revelation of God to Isaac after the
trouble over the wells was a sanction Of
his conduct and new assurance that
he had inherited the promises made to
Abraham. The altar was new, though
Abraham had lived at Beer sheba, plant
ed tree and dug a well there. The visit
OF the Philistine dignitaries proves the
impression Which Isaac's peaceful con-
duct had made upon them 1t was a
pledge against future conflict and strife.
The lesson teaches:
l. The longest most useful, godlv life
must have its end. No one in Gods serv-
Ice is indispensable.
2. But when the end comes, what a
Satisfaction it is to know that one has
been "a friend of God"
g.. Sometimes one can best obtain his
rights by giving them I'D.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01

part of an inch in the thickness Of the
strip makes a difference in the running
OF watch of about six minutes per
hour.
The value of these springs when finish
ed and placed in watches is enormous in
proportion to the material from which
they are made. a comparison will give
good idea A ton of gold is worth Si27,-
9l5. ton of steel made up into hair
springs when in watches is worth 81, 1872
2O0-more than twelve and one-half times
the value of pure gold Hairsprings wire
weighs one-twentieth of a grain to the
inch. One m lie of wire weighs less than
half pound. The balance gives five vi
bratiens to every second, 800 times every
minute, 1900 times every hour 1872 coo
times every day and 157, $50, 0G0 times every
year. At each vibration it rotates about
enc and one-quarter times, which makes
W. eco revolutions every year In or
der that we may better understand the
stupendous amount of labor performed
by these tiny wo2ks let US make a few
comparisons. Take. for Illustration loco
motive with six driving wheels. Let its
wheels be run until they have given the
same number of revolutions that watch
gives in one year and they will have COW
cred distance equal to 2S= complete cir
cults of the earth All this a watch does
without other attention than winding
once every a hours.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
Are You Poor :?
If SO. Why P

against rich mens while he himself keens
TWO dogs ana chews and smokes. and is
often full to the chin with whisky and
beer
A man in Portland Me, some years
ago.. when times We're hard, announced In
the daily papers that he would give a
bag OF -four bushel of meal and a sack
OF potatoes-or something about equiva-
lent to them-to any family who did not
use tobacco. drink whisky or keep dog
He was willing to DO this for hundred
families but he did not have one single
application for his bounty. Do you want
to be poor? The road is open to YOU.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
BECAME AcouAINrED


BECAME ACQUAINTED.
The Epworth League topic for Sept. /
is round in Job, xxi, N-13 Eiiphaz a.
friend of Job, is talking He went rlnon
the false assumption that the Affections
OF JOB had come upon MIN as a result of
some grievous sin against God This was
the Jewish conception of aff1iction 1t
was expressed in their question to Christ.
who did sin that this man was born
pllho! Going on this assumption they
appealed to Job to acknowledge his sin.
TO repent of it and to return unto God.
and assured him of Gods forgiveness ana
FAVOR. This is the spirit of the appear
OIL Ellphaz. He say to Job "Acnuaint
now myself with Him with Cod. and
shows him now to aequaint himself with
COO and the results of doing SO.
He used the old philosophy that dis
aster in business and sickness in the
family are proof positive of wickedness
OF HE and sinful heart. Denial of this
by the unfortunate only adds hypocrisy
to transgression. Loss of property ana
chlldren and a. body tOrmented by boi's
were absolute certainty to him that Job
was consummate villain and\ all his
previous professions of pfety a mere
mask of pretension, which God had now
stripped away. So he exnorted lob to
The eAhortafion was all right if taken
in proper sense, but the promises OF
Eiiphaz had no warrant from God. He
asserted: 'If thou return to the AL
mighty, thou shalt be built up; thou sfalt
put away iniquity far from thy taEer,
nacle. Then shalt thou lay up. gold as
dust and the gold of Ophir as the stones
of the brook, and thou shalt have plenty
of silver"
This is equivalent to saying now. IF
you become a Christian, you shah he
rich." There is no warrant from divine
inspiration or facts for a man to saw
this. Beyond all question. pure religious
life does help every one in temporal az
well as in spiritual affairs. A converted
drunkard will become sober industrious
frugal and save money, so that from
rags and filth he may come to comfort
and competency.
In numberless ways true piety ouick-
ems PERSONS powers of body ano bra m
as well as of soul and aids in developino
all talents, so that one becomes a bef.
ter artist, artisan, citizen and worker in
every way. But all this does not insure
wealth irrespective of the laws of trada
and industry
True piety will aid any and every per-
son to the highest place possible for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
ANSWERS

TO problems appearing two weeks ago:
10a.-Of the watermelon John owns 5-Sth
and Henry 3-Sth, but when John eats
1-3d he still has 7-24th left. When Henry
eats lid he has only 1-24th left The
parts left are contributed to James; as
John contributes seven times as much
as Henry he should have cents and
Henry 1 cent.
110.--One-third of is 2, and then is
to as is to the answer, which 3D.
111-One-third of 6 is g not g. and one
fourth of 70 is 8. Now, Is to 8 as 4 Is
to the answer, ~
112.-Divide each number into 800 to
find how many days 1t requires each to
make the circuit, and then the least COM
mon multiple of these answers, which will
give the number of days. namely, Co.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
intellectual Amusement
and Exercise for Young
Minds

a7-Because they leave deaf every
spring.
Answers in full Or part from Fred Ae-
new, 10 East Tenth street S.. Paul; S. p
Allen, 81 Whitall street St Paul; Mat J.
Gillen, S66 Beech street, st. Paul.
PUZZLES
To be answered Sept Is:
22.-J. K. Burkha DIT, Saltwater, MINI,
submits the following:
A word of one syllable call to your m nd,
The letters Of which will If rightly COM
bined
Provide you with two kinds of fueI-ay.
more,
\ warm piece of clothing-and fasten
your door.
223.-My first is color; my second an
agreeable exercise; my third an article
of clothing; and my whole a celebrated
character.
22t-Behead something Irritating and
leave something sootnlng
225-Why is fresh egg like good
deed?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-01
Puzzle Corner,

PRIZES.
A copy of short story will be sent to
the first person to send in answers to ali
the puzzles: The person who sends in
the best original puzzle this week will
receive a copy of a choice story. The
puzzle printed first in this department.
will be considered the best, concerning
which opinions may differ All puzzles
should be written on one side of the pa
per. Write names distinctly Do not
write questions on one side and give an
Swers~ on the back.
Address all communications relating to
matters appearing in 1.-THE Family
Forum, to Puzzle Editor, Daily GIob e,
st. Paul, MINI.
ANSWERS
To puzzles of two weeks ago:
H4.-Salve, slave, lave, veal, vase save,
ale, Ave.
215.-Liquorice.
216.-If a leopard gets tired of one place
or spot he can go to another.