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che Shamrock
Which Is IreIand'S
Emblem :?

A NEW INTEREST IN IT
There is a great deal of disputing and
doubt as to what the shamrock, Irelands
national emblem, really is. At a recent
meeting of the Royal Botanical Society
of London the identity of the plant
(Which has recently been brought into
such prominence in Great Britain by rea-
son of the royal order for the Irish
regiments to wear the emblem) was the
chief subject of discussion In popular
estimation pretty well any of the species
of clover answers the purpose, but 1t is
self-evident that the name cannot be
equally applied to all members of the
family. For if. st. Patrick ever did pick
the leaf it must have been from some
particular plant. The lesser trefoil, Tri-
folium minus, is probably the most gen.
orally recognized as the real shamrock.
But is it? In Ireland itself that plant
is the most popularity accepted though
the white clover may sometimes be used
and occasionally the wood sorrel, Oxalis
acetosella, in favor of which there is a
great deal of weight brought to bear.
1t is somewhat curious that the name
of shamrock itself does not do anything
to throw light on the case. Cameron In
his interesting work on the Gaelic
Names of Plants" gives ''seamrog' for
Tie O&dIlS anu Sdm0fdR IOr Ill
folium procumbens, which is very largely
accepted for the real shamrock in many
parts of the British Isles. If st. Patrick
used a leaf to illustrate the doctrine of
Trinity he could hardly have found that
of Trifolium minus perfectly fitted to his
case, as the terminal leaf is distinctly
stalked, as indeed it is in all the other
species of this family. 1t is, perhaps, as
well to let the clover stand as the SYM
Dol, because the Oxans leaf willis as soon
as gathered and, moreover, it is one of
the things that can never be authoritative
ly settled.
Sowerby in his English botany names
Trifolium repens and Oxalis acetosella
DR.. Pryor in his Popular Names of Plant
cites the first named and also Medfcago
lupulina.
The Irish peasants themselves have a
cheerful disregard of specific identity and
gather anything in any way suitable that
they happen to come across, and in each
case, of course, 1T is true shamrock I'm
doubtedly in Ireland Trifolium repens is
most generally sold as the nations seal
In Gaelic the word samhrag, before re-
ferred to, appears to be one of many
forms of similar spelling such as samier.
siomrag, ETC., that are applied to the
members of the Trifolium family.-Ex.
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Che Creation

A QUEER BELIEF OF THE INDIANS.
1t was many. many years ago, accord
Ing to the Sioux Indians, maybe a thou
sand or even two thousand years ago,
that the Great Spirit made the world
the big lakes, the lands, the rivers, the
mountains, the trees and the grass. Then
the Great Spirit felt tired and stopped to
rest. But before he rested he made one
animal, the fox. He made him very wise
and cunning, and then he said to him:
Go and make all other creatures. Make
some to run, some to fly some to crawl
and some to swim. Last aud best of ALL
make man, who shall rule over all the
Others
So the fox did as the Great Spirit told
him. He made all kinds of animals, and
then sat down to think how he should
make man, the ruler of them ALL He was
so worried over it that he called a coun-
Gil of the animals to help him make up
his mind.
The biggest one spoke first, the grizzly
bear. He said that he thought man
should be very strong, and be able to
move swiftly, but quietly, and that he
should have fiat feet, so that he might
stand up when he wanted to.
I think" said the buck, that man
would not be worth looking at unless he
had pair of horns on his head, with
which to fight, and slender legs, bright
eyes and small ears"
And 1 think" said the maintain
sheep, scornfully, that there is no sense
IN wide-spreading horns, such as those our
brother buck refers to. They ought to
be close to the head and heavy, So that
- can butt hard. He'll need them If he
Is TO keep us in ORDER
And l, said the mountain lion, SAY
mat man should have loud voice, so
mat he can roar. He should be covered
on his feet"
BY this time the fox was getting an
CRY.
! see that you have no ideas at all
ne criea. Each one of you wants the
master to be like himself You are eaten
up with vanity, though you all have some
good polnts,I confess for [ made you. 1t
would be we'll for man to have a voice
LOUD like the lions and low like the
mouses He should have flat feet. so
that he can stand erect like the grizzly.
and then the grizzly has no tail. another
good point, for l find that tails are bet
Ter Tor fieas than for their owners. So
We VIII make man without a tail The
buck 5 eyes and ears will serve as
good models for mans. For the rest.
/ will take the best points of each and
make them better, and as 1 am the only
one among you with wit enough to make
man, l will make him like myself in
wisdom and cunning"
And in thinking himself smarter than
any one else"
So said the mountain lion, with roar
OF laughter. Then spoke up the beav-
er:
WAS there ever such silly talk! The
Idea of man without a tail. Why he
ought to have one even longer, broader
and Halter than mine, so that he might
hammer and haul things about with il.
As for me-" booted the OWL IT think
you have all taken leave of your senses.
Not a word has been said about wings.
What use would man be without
wings? Just a helpless, clumsy creature
like the rest of your
Well, the end of the council was that
they all got to hard words, and from
words they got to blows. Soon the air
was full of fur ana feathers, of screams
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-20
Said by the
Old Folks.
Elderly Eyq1
"a LITTLE NONSENSE. NOW AND THEN
IS GOOD FOR BOTH WOnEN AND MEN"

estates o-boomin'. Fast trains from
Kansas City to New York won't stop at
Chicago in another year What have
YOU got to sell?'' Soap. Something
new. Only 81 a cake "Ill take two"
HE LOCATED HIMSELF-"Mandy,
said Farmer Corntossel, as he drop
ped a valise full of sawdust on
the kitchen floor and placed a gold brick
on the shelf, Il have jes' made a dis
covery. 'Tain't very important, but it's
interestin'." You don't say!' Yes.
Ye know it's been said you kin fool
some of the public all the time. " Eyes.
''Well, I'm that part O. the public.
THE DAILY 'LATEST''-NIiss Read
em-"Have you read the latest novel?'
Miss Knowsem-"Oh, yes. I bought Liz
zie of Old Kalamazoo yesterday just
after it was printed" Miss Readem-
My goodness, that's a back number,
now! I just secured a copy of To Rave
and to Scold.' 1t was published at
o'clock this afternoon
ANOTHER PLACE-"Isn't this invig-
orating?" said a genial traveller, as the
train stopped at a little station in North
ern New Hampshire, and he stepped out
on the platform and shifted the autumn
air. mo, sir" said the brakeman, con-
scientiously, this is West Cherryville''
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To Test Min DIS So
Inclined.
PROBLEMS.

PROBLEMS i
To be answered Feb. 8: 4
1S.-What number of soldiers if placed
three In row will leave one over; ifI
placed four in a row there will be q
over; If in a row over, and If ia
a row there would be over. The num-
Der is below 100. &
IA mother divided some apples
among her three children as follows: To
Dufre she gave half and one apple
over; TO Tommy half of the remainderi
and one apple over, and to Jennie half
of the remainder and one apple over. She
then had no apples left. How many
apples did she divide?
15.-What is the lowest number when
divided by 2, 8, 4, or 6, leaves a re-
mainder of l; but divided by IL, leaves
no remainder?
Joseph M. Heinen, Hastings, Mimi.
submits the following:
16.-(a) pole in swamp is ninety
feet long, twice as deep in water as in
mud, and twice as much In air as mud
and water. How much In each?
Cb) A cask has three faucets. The
first can empty it in one hour, the second
can empty it in two hours, the third
can empty it in three hours. How long
will it take all three, running at one
time, to empty it2
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A Universal Pest. Is 1t
Dangerous l?
Is 1t

behind it comes a globular body, and then
tail of several quickly moving seq
ments.
On its head you will observe a sort
of big moustache, set with several small
er bristles. This moustache is always
kept in rapid motion, its use being to
create an eddy or continuous current OF
water which brings tiny animals and
other objects of food within reach of
the voracious larva's mouth; for. Young
or old, the mosquito is invariably hun
CRY subject. In point of fact, you may
say that these hairy organs are the
equivalent of hands with which the
larva feeds itself. They vibrate cease
lessly.
AS rule, mosquitoes are nocturnal ami,
mails though in dark woods, and also in
swampy districts, they often bite quite
as badly in daytime as at night If YOU
wish to observe one IN action, let it set
tie on the back of your hand and I'LL
itself with your blood; you can easily
watch it closely by using a pocket lens.
1t will gorge itself with blood, which it
straightway digests, assimilates, and con-
verts into the eggs that I have spoken
Of for it is the female that does the
biting, never the male, the latter having
no weapon to attack us with.
You may make prisoner of the little
creature, while it is sucking your blood,
by quietly and gently Tightening the skin
of your hand by clenching your fist hard.
This will make it impossible for it to
withdraw its mandibles, the harpoon-
like teeth of which hold it fast If you kill
it by a slap of the hand, you will find
that it-has sucked a good drop OF blood.
This blood-sucking is bad enough. but
it is not all, for the creature iniects into
the wound a drop of some irritant fluid
which varies in its effect according to the
conditions of the victim. have never
been able to seeathat this does the mos
quite any good, and the reason for it is
mysterious. >s3zs
The humn1ing sound by which the mos
quito announces its coming is produced in
two distinct ways The deeper notes are
due to the rapid vibration of its wings,
about 5000 a minute; which accounts for
the difficulty we have in catching it, so
rapid does it fly. But the higher and
shriller notes of the complex song are
due to special STIMULATING organs, sit
uated like little drums on the openings
of the air tubes, by means of which the
creature breathes.5
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Marvels on
Every Side

eggs which they hide in the ground or
conceal in the bark of trees furnish the
supply for the next year. These hatch
out in the warm days of spring.
Beetles exhibit wonderful instinct In
caring for their eggs during winter
Among some species the eggs are rolled
in balls of material suitable for food. and
then the balls are packed away in nest
until the infant beetle wakes up and
eats its way out:
Then there arg Sexton beetles, which
deposit their eggs in the bodies of dead
birds or field mice, after which they set
to work and perform the proper rites of
bodies of the dead The young beetle,
when Matched from, the egg, finds a store
of food awaiting its arrival in the world
1t is said that spiders store away no
food supply in winter quarters. Guam
titles of eggs are laid and carefully shell
tered in velvety cobweb socks that defy
the weather. These sacks may be found
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W0mdeng OF I2afu2e>
INSECTS IN WINTER.

INSECTS IN WINTER.
A little boy once asked his father if
the house flies went south for the winter
like the birds, and then his father tod
him long story about different insects
and what became of them during the
cold months.
He told the boy that when the au-
tumn comes the death knell of millions
of flies has sounded. They do not pre-
pare for winter as many other insects
do The majority die, and their little
bodies are blown away by the passing
breeze. A few hardy flies will linger in
the cracks in the walls, creep under the
door frames or into crevices in the wood
work, and some naturalists believe that
these few lingering flies are the parents
of the multitude that appear in the wa
days of June, for they lay thousands off
eggs.
Katydids. grasshoppers. crickets and
beetles are killed by the frost, and the
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Gus kinds of noises all at once-singins,
crying, laughing, ringing Of bells, pound
ing. knocking tearing paper, playing
violin, piano, ETC., and the trial Of diff
ferent voices OF well known friends.
Touch--A tray is brought to the blind
folded players with dozen or more arti-
cles, to be felt by each person in turn.
Then the bandages are removed, and
each player writes down the names OF
the objects he touched.
sight-A tray is placed before the p ay-
ers, now unblinded, and they are to look
at the dozen or more objects displayed
upon 1t while twenty" is slowly counted,
after which the tray is removed, and the
players must note all the objects they can
remember.
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Cannes and gneks.
THINGS HARD TO DO.

THINGS HARD TO Do.
You can't stand for five minutes with
out moving, if you are blindfolded.
You can't stand at the side of room
with both youra.feet touching the
wainscoting lengthwise.
You can't crush an egg when placed
lengthwise between your hands; that is,
If the egg is sound and has the ordinary
she'll of a hens egg.
You can't get out of a chair without
bending your body forward or putting
your feet under it; that is, if you are
sitting squarely on the chair and not on
the edge of it.
You can't break a match If the match
is laid across the nail of the middle
finger of either hand and pressed upon
by the first and third fingers Of that
hand, despite its seeming so easy at first
sight.
GAME FOR FIVE SENSES.
Taste-Each player is provided with
pencil and paper, and card and waters,
such as are used in progressive euchre.
The persons are blindfolded and the
hostess passes to each tray with
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-20

dozen or more things to be tasted
sweet, sour, pleasant and disagreeable;
only very tiny taste is needed. The
eyes are then unblinded, and each play
or must write down, in order, the names
of the articles he has been tasting. Two
prizes are given, first prize and
BOBBY prize, to the two persons who have
given the most correct and the most In
correct answers
smelling-A tray is brought in to the
oiindfolded players, and Spices. medi-
ctnes, flowers and perfumes are offered
them to smell, after which each player
notes his opinions as to the names of the
articles
Hearing-The players are blndfolded,
while others of the company make vari-
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FROM
LoWLY LIFE.

We're only boys out of their places
round boys forced into square holes.
John Wesley was a dull boy. why
90 you tell that blockhead the
asked his fhhs fwenty one times 6sv oveE
cause, replied his mother, eff [ had told
him but nineteen times, all my labor
would have been lost, while now he will
understand and remember
FAMOUS DOCTOR.
John Hunter furnished an illustrious
example of the power of patient indus
Try. lie received little or no educa-
uon Till he was about twenty years OF
ago, and it was With difficulty that he
learned to read and write lie worked
Tor some years as a common carpenter
at Glasgow, after which he joined his
brother William, who had settled in Lon
ooh as lecturer and anatomical demon
strAtcr. John entered his disscctiug
room as all assistant but soon surpassed
his brother, partly by virtue of his great
natural ability, but mainly by reason of
his patient application and indefatlgable
industry. He was one Of the first in
England to devote himself assiduously to
tile study of comparative anatomy and
the objects he 0issected and collected
took the eminent Prof. Owen no less.
THAN Ten years TO arrange. The c0llec-
ton contains some 20 900 specimens. and
IS the most valuable treasure of the
kind that has ever been accumulated by
the industry OF ore man. DR.. Hunter
used to spend every morning from sun
rise until o'clock in his museum; and
throughout the day he carried on his
extensive private practice, performed his
laborious duties as surgeon to ST.
Georges hospital and deputy surgeon
general to the army; delivered lectures
to students, and super1ntended a school
of practical anatomy at his own house;
finding leisure, amidst all. for elaborate
experiments on the animal economy. and
the composition of various works of
great scientific Importance. To find time
for this gigantic amount of work he al
lowed himself only four hours of sleep
at night, and an hour after dinner.
He is one of the acknowledged fathers
of geological science.
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Gbe N20@aMifQ.

OUR MOST COMMON TORMENT.
There is a good deal of discussion at
present as to whether the mosquito car
ries malaria and the germs of fever 1t
may surprise some of our readers to
learn that winter does not kill the tribe,
and that it is one of the most UNIVERSAL
ly diffused of any form of life known on
the earth. 1t abounds in vast numbers
in the polar regions, as it does m the
temperate zones and in the tropics. There
are many varieties, but they are all
alike as torments to men and beasts
In Grant Aliens book, Flashlights on
Nature" is to be found many enter
tanning and instructive things. Here,
for example, is a part of what he has
to say about the mosquito, that pestif-
erous little creature, whose capacity to
torment us is SO much out of proportion
to its size:
The mosquito is, in certain sense an
amphibious animal; that is to say, during
the course of its life, it has tried both
land and water. 1t begins existence as an
aquatic creature not stepping ashore TO
fly in the open air until it has reached
it's adult form and it's days of discre-
ton.
The mother mosquito fitting in a
cloudlike swarm of her kind, haunts, for
the most parts, moist and watery spots
in thick woods or marshes, and lays her
tiny eggs on the surface of some pool
or stagnant water They are deposited
one by one, and then fastened. together
with a glutinous secretion into a little
raft, which floats about freely on the
pond or puddle. An Industrious mother
will lay two or three hundred eggs in
season, SO that we need not wonder at
the great swarms of mosquitoes that
often appear in damp places In summer
After about three days time, the eggs
begin to hatch, and the active little lar
vac escape, wriggling, into the water A
sort of lid or door at the lower end Of
the floating egg opens downwards into
the water, and the young mosquito slides
off with a jerk of the tail into its native
marshes.
These larvae look brown but if YOU
examine them closely, you will see that
they are rather of delicate green, and
often mottled. 1t is not easy to catch
them, however, quickly do they wrig
gle Examine one under the microscope
| and you will find that it has a distinct
head, with two large dark eyes, and that
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THE OWNING ROD.

THE OWNING ROD.
The claim of certain persons that they
can locate water by means of a forked
stick held in their hands has no founda-
ton in science. The delusion is as old
as the tabled wand of Mercury. The
divining rod is, in Britain, a forked
branch of the rowan tree; in this country
the witch hazel is usually preferred, but
it has been found that a similar rod of
any wood, if it is supposed by the diviner
to be a hazel acts equally well in his
hands. OF late years rods of metal, iron,
brass, and copper have been used, under
the idea that the movement was due to
magnetic action, to which the metallic.
rod would be peculiarly susceptible.
1t must be admitted that in previous
centuries persons of some pretens.ons
to scientific knowledge have been be-
levers in the occult power of this magic
wand. But the scientists of our day
especially those who have studied natural
phenomena most closely, regard the
whole power of the rod as an unconscious
delusion. That the mere presence of
water has no effect upon wood or metal
can be readily proved by experiment;
such effect In the hands of a human
being must therefore be referred to some
cause acting in or through the human
being.
The solution of the mystery is probably
found IN DR. Carpenters explanation of
the Phenomena Of mesmerism or hypnot-
Ism. This explanation shows how the
condition Of concentrated and expectant
attention Of the mind acts to tempo
rarity paralyze the will and affect the
nerves and muscles, often most power
fully, IN the Inc or dominant idea. The
0lvlner walks alODe. holding the rod be-
tween his thumbs, IN a position In which
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ARABIAN SQUARE WORDS.

ARABIAN SQUARE WORDS.
The five Arabian square word puzzles
when arranged in sentences read as fol-
lows:
Never tell all you may know for he
who tells everything he knows often tells
more than he knows
Never attempt all you can do for he
who attempts everything he can do often
attempts more than he can do.
Never believe all you may hear for
he who believes everything he hears
often believes more than he hears.
Never lay out all you can afford for
he who lays out everything he can afford
often lays out more than he can afford.
Never decide upon all you may see for
he who decides upon everything he sees
often decides upon more than he sees.
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tumble. Never mind, WINNIE" he said
won't a chocolate make 1t better?"
'No,'' said the child between her sobs,
shut two would do it's
OVER wITH-Said Mrs G., who
had come to spend the day, to lit
tie Edith: Are you glad 10 see
me again, Edith" Yes, nm,
and mammals glad, too replied the
child. rs she?" Yes, MIN. She said
she hoped you'd come today and have
it over with
A FRESH. -BOY.-Old 1.,.>.y Vro groc-
ers boy)-"Bc them eggs on the cou
ter fresh?" Boy-"Yes m" ''How long
have they been la1d?" Not very long,
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PRIZE FOR ANSWERS

PRIZE FOR ANSWERS.
prize of a copy of Brewers collection
of national songs and hymns will be sent
to the first person to send in correct an
swers to questions annexed. Address re-
plies to Puzzle Editor, care Daily
G b e, st. Paul, MINI.
ANSWERS.
To questions appearing two weeks ago:
76-The Spanish colonies in South
America rebelled during the niuteenth
century and established governments of
their own. Spain was too weak to make
them submit to her rule, and it was
thought that other nations of Europe
were about to come to her aid. President
Monroe, therefore, asserted in a message
to congress, in 1882, that IAN attempt by
any nation of Europe to reduce an indie
pendent nation of North or South Am
erica to the condition of a colony would
not be viewed with Indifference by the
United States He also said, "As a
principle, the American continents are
henceforth not to be considered as sub
jects for future colonization by any
European power" This is what is known
as the Monroe doctrine. The govern
ments of the Old World were thus plain
ly told that the people of the New World
must be allowed to manage their own af-
fairs.
7-"Star routes" are those over which
mails are carried in other ways than by
steam, by contra actors in the employ of
the government They are SO called
from the mark (a*#) on records of the
poStoffice department..
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Famous Quotations f.
Azzxu1nau,..- WHO WROTE THRM7

76.-H. w. Shaw Josh Billings).
H.-Henry Ward Beecher.
QUOTATIONS.
Authors to be announced Feb. g.:
&-'Better not be at all, than 70 t be
noble''
S5-"Love is sunshine, hate is shadow"
S6-"Be sure of your facts, your meas
ures, and your weights"
Sl.-'Whose yesterdays look backward
with a smile'"--
SS-"Blessings ever wait on virtuous
So tbs always morning somewherela