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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
FUNERA CUSTOMS

A Chinese funeral 8 never proceeds
straight from the house Of mourning to
the graveyard. The devil is always on
the lockout for funerals and follows them
to seize the soul of the dead man, so,
IN order to outwit the evil one, the bear.
ers take up the body and start with 1t
in brisk trot, while the packs of fire.
crackers and pyreteehnics emitting q
dense smoke and vile smell are set Oft
Just as the procession starts. Having
thus deceived Old Niokgas to the Objection
taken by the bearers they run as fast
as they can with the body. then sudden
ly turn a corner and stop while moro
fireworks are burned. The devil cannot
turn g. corner easily, and SO, If really in
pursuit, he shoots on by. and by means
Of a good deal OF sudden turning and
stopping and a lavish expenditure of
fireworks. the funeral procession genen-
ally gets to the grave In safety, while
the Old Roy. confused by their move
ments and half-suffo by the fire.
works, is still wandering about in the
city. The Chinaman who dies In the
country is not in such good luck, fo-
there is less chance to outwit the enemy,
but by many detouns 1t can very often
be done.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
Our League pledge.

The Epworth league topic for the week
beginning April Is Is founded on Psalm
XIV, i; Eccl. W. 4-5; II. Cor, viii, L.:
PAY that which those hast vowed"
II said / would do it, and / Will" Ia the
end OF all debate with an honest soul.
Many temptations and dangers are es-
capped by calmly making vows In the
hours when We can sober1y debate the
point at issue and in '.cold blood decide
what Is the right course and choose It.
Then when excitement comes and the
pull of appetite and inclination Is
strong we are able to hold to our moor
ings until the gale blows out But II
no promises are made and we leave
ourselves free to decide under the stress
Of sudden emergency the chances are
largely against our being free to de-
eide them. We are apt to be biased by
passion or blinded by prejudice or swept
from sound Judgment by a multitude Of
contingencies. Vow in quietness when
you can think coolly. Cast anchor
while you are on good holding ground
and before the storm breaks. Then let
the anchor hold you
But broken vows are bad things. bad
as a broken rail for a locomotive or a
parted cable for vessel on lee shore.
Our promise as Leaguers Is to strive
by the help of God to attain the high
est New Testament type OF piety and
help others to do the same.
How have you been keeping your
vow2 =
Are you sorry you ever promised? o.
The blesSednesses of existence are for
him who overcomes.
Defer not to pay thy VOW"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
Curious Things In
Life and Literature.

heard at table many and many time IN
the course of year, yet probably no
boy or girl gives a thought as to how
that most necessary article Of diet is
manufactured. Salt is so necessary that
no human being can retain his health
long without st. The fact makes the
subject one Of interest. but the various
ways IN which the mineral is secured
form theme that is more interesting
STILL There are three general sources
from which the salt you secure at the
grocery store is obtained. One is by
evaporation. one by mining, and one by
scrapfng from the surface as snow Is
removed from the ice on a pond In New
York, Michigan and other states there
from salt springs is poured. AS the
water Is drawn away by the sun the
salt remains. In a number Of states
there are great salt mines from which
the pure rocksalt is taken, as are blocks
OF coal from a coal mine. This salt is
found in veins al great depth. In South
ern California there is a salt field
where the mineral is scraped UP in huge
heaps. refined. and placed on the mar
ket. In this region, called the Colorado
desert lying just north of She Mexican
line, is a tract covering 1000 acres, 264
feet below the sea level, and covered
with salt to depth Of from one 10
eight inches. In the sunlight the field
Is dazzling Wilderness. Fight years ag1
the Colorado river broke through its
banks. and flooded this desert, but the
water receded. and since then the gath.
ertng Of salt has been a growing indus
try. The crust of salt is first broken
into burrows by salt pillow, is then gath
cred and hauled away to the refinery,
1t is said the salt crust is due to innufa-
cradle salt springs below the surface.
1s1.-The mite was brass coin cir
cuIated by the Romans in Palestine
mentioned in Matthew and Luke. It had
a value of about two mills or a fifth Of
cent.
162-Moses, the great lawgiver and
leader of the Hebrew people, was born
in Egypt.
Answers in part were received from
David lIarger, the Buckingham, st.
Paul: and Anne Siedle, 4G2 Western
avenue, Minneapolis.
QUESTIONS.
To be answered May Il:
lGS.-What was the original name OF
Minnehaha Falls, given by the army
officers at Fort Smelling?
169.-Waat island is supposed to have
existed and went down under the waters
of the Atlantic ocean. and what Minneso-
ia man wrote book about it,
l70-What does the word Cache"
mean?
1I1.-When was celibacy established
among the Catholic priesthood?
172-What city is known as the 'fGib4
ralter of America?
H3.-The largest river On earth.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28

I BANKS.
Nathaniel P Banks was bobbin-boy
in Massachusetts cotton mill. and at a
spinning frame near worked bright,
sweet, WinSome girl, Mary Palmer, who
afterwards became Mrs. Banks. Both
young people were ambitious and ener-
getic. ana, after the mill closed, studied
at the evening schools, tired as they
We're Mrs. Banks died recently, having
survived her husband many years, and
the Boston Journal of Commerce says Of
her that she was a lady who, starting in
the lowest position that a cotton mill
could offer her, rose by means Of pluck,
high moral character and eageTneSS to
better her lot, and she finally attained
the highest position among the ladies of
the state. This is the story Of the wife
of a governor of Massachusetts. a gen
eral in the army, Il congressman and
speaker of the house of representatives,
the third highest position in the govern
ment Of the United States.
THE BLIND STUDENT OF THE BEES.
The world owes not a little of its
knowledge to men and women who have
been totally blind. Francis Huber. the
Swiss naturalist, born at Geneva in 175),
is a noteworthy example of what may
be done by a person without eyes.
Through study and i'll health he lost his
sight in his seventeenth year, and being
possessed of enough means to live COM
fortably, he retired to small town in
his native land and set to work to faith
ON bee life.
There were many hive mysteries which
naturalists had been unable to solve up
to that time-myst so deep and eiu-
sive that there seemed but slight chance
of a blind man unraveling them. But
Huber had two assistants who used their
eyes for hin-his wife and a servant
named Francis Burners. With their in
telligent help he conducted a long series
of experiments that unfolded a wonder
full community and system among the
little hOney-gatherers.
His discovery of the means by which
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little Gbings
THE ENDLESS STORY

The ENOLES5S STORY.
A tiny drop Of water
Within the ocean lay,
A coaxing sunbeam caught her
And bore her far away;
Up, up. and higher still they go,
With gentle motion soft and slow.
A little cloud lay sleeping
Across the azure sky,
But soon it fell a-weeping
AS cold the wind rushed by
And cried and cried herself away,
It was very rainy day.
The little raindrops sinking,
Ran tricllling thro' the ground,
and set the rootlets drinking
In all the country round.
But some with laughing murmur, said
We'll farther CO." and on they sped
A little spring came dripping
The moss and ferns among,
A silver rill went tripping
And singing sweet along.
And calling others to its side
Until 1t rolled-a river wide.
And with the ocean blending,
At last Its waters run:
(, Then is the story ended
.tt Why, no! it's just begun.
For in the ocean, as before
The drop OF water lay once more.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
PRAYER WHHEIlS.-

PRAY Elk WaDEt<S.
In the hill country Of India and Thibet
the fnhabitants pray by means of ma
chimes. A strip Of paper or parchment.
containing prayer many times repeated,
is wound round cylinder about the size
of boys top. A string is fastened
to this and attached to the other end
of a stick by which the cylinder is whirl-
ed. Every turn is supposed to indicate
the repetition of the prayer as many
times as it is written on the paper. In
some of the temples the prayer cylinders
are of enormous size, and fee is paid
for being permitted to turn them. In
various places water and wind are used
as the propelling power and the sup
revolutions, receiving credit in an &C
count book and being notified when his
prayers have been offered.
PALMIsTRY AT SQUAWVILLE
When Professor Abdul Harniz from the
far Egyptian land,
Where the pyramids and sphynxeS in
thir silent grandeur stand.
Come sailfn' into Squawville in his ORR
entail robe
We applied to him instanter the inquisi-
torius probe.
Fur we knowed the burned detectives hit
all manner @ disguise
In their questionable calm but the Skeer
look in our eyes
Was most happily supplanted by look
Of holy calm
When ne proved to be an expert In inter-
pFetif' the palm.
He explained in slick palaver that the
creases in the hand
Told an interestin' story only few could
understand;
That the doin's Of lifetime from the
cradle to the grave
Was recorded in the grippers Of the ma
bob an the slave,
Jest to prove his mystic powers he an
nounced free-fur-all,
An invited US to meet him that same
evenin' in the hall.
An I swear we never witnessed such a
jam o. curious hims
Sence the female MINISTRIES shocked us
with their lingerie an limbs!
The perfessor said he cottoned to the
fact that in the West
There was now an then man Whose
antycedents Want the best,
An he hoped thered be no cflaWing' of
fabric, if, forsooth,
In his readins he should chop US with
the gleamin ak o. truth
He would prostitute his calm an insult
his talent if
He should paint man an angel when
he was a wicked stiff,
An in all his scrutinizin of the fate
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
Some of the Big
Things of the World.

l,0O0 sets, was in course of publication
for over twenty years. Each volume cost
an average of $235, 900.
The most extensive local history is H.
H. Bancroft's series of twenty-four VOL
umes. devoted to the Pacific coast states
and countries
Queen Victoria had the largest bound
book ever made. It Is eighteen inches
thick and weighs sixty-three pounds. IT
contains the jubilee addresses of congrat-
ulation.
EGGS.
The most valuable eggs in the world
are those OF the great aux, or care
fowl. Only sixty-eight are known to he
III existence, and a single one has sold
for 400. America has two of those
eggs. Edward Bidwell has photograph
ca sixty-four out of the sixty-six Euro
pean specimens and obtained represent
tstions of some of them from seyeral
points of view. to better DISPLAY their
peculiar markings. No two of these eggs
are exactly alike. and many vary to a
remarkable extent. Skins of the great
aux are still more costly than the eggs.
Inc one In the Natural History museum
in Central park. New York, cost $3.50 in 1870
Ugly and ungainly as he may appear in
the eyes of some, the great aux with his
splendid plumage must have been in
lie magnificent sea fowl There is
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
WHAT TO DO.
Help the weak If you are strong.
Love the old If you are young,
Own fault If you are wrong,
II you're angry hold your tongue.
THE SUNSHINE SOCIETY

THE SUNSHINE SOCIETY.
It is not a charity but an interchange
of kindly greetings and the passing of
good cheer There are no costs for organ
izatfon and no dues. It is incorporated
under the laws Of New York, and various
leading papers in the country are engag-
ed in the extension Of state and branch
work. The G o b G 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 International
Sunshine society. Sc Fifth avenue, New
York.
The next annual convention of the In
ternational Sunshine society will be held
at Hotel Savoy. Fifty-ninth street and
Fifth avenue. New York. on May 2 Each
branch is entitled to two delegates.
WHAT TO SOW
Sow love, and taste it's fruitage pure,
Sow peace, and reap it's harvest bright,
Sow sunshine on the rock and moor,
And find a harvest home of light.
EXTENDING HELP.
This brief clipping from the Silver
Cross tells how one of the Kings Daugh-
ters helped to answer an invalid
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
DAYS

The following list shows the duration of
the longest day in various places all over
the world: New York has, SO to say, the
hours long; while IN Montreal It Is I6.
London and Bremen each bask in q 1871
hours length Of day. closely followed by
Hamburg and Dantzig with 30 minutes
more The longest day in Stockholm lasts
1871 hours: but both st, Petersburg and
Tobolsk, Siberia, go one better with day
of exactly 10 hours-and their shortest 8
hours. June q brings to Tornea, Fin
and Christmas day "a hours only The
foregoing lengthy days. however, are
easily left behind by Wardburg. Norway,
which boasts of a day lasting without
this is surpassed by. Spitgbergen, where
the longest day is something like 31k
months. This Is practically so at Cape
Nome, In our Alaskan territory.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
Who Wrote
Them. !?

Bosley. 1.-THE Buckingham" ST. Paul.
and Wilson Bradley, 1867 University aves
nue., st. Paul.
AUTHORS.
To be given May IL:
169.-"A soft answer turneth away
wrath"
170.-"He that hath pity upon the poor
lendeth to the Lord"
fn.-'The tree Is known by his fruit
H2.-"Glory to God in the highest and
on earth peace. good will toward men"
173.-"The truth shall make you free
174.-"The wages OF sin is DEATH"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28

Indifferent or false TO his word Is not to
be trusted. 8. The Christian Endeavor
promise should be kept because 1t is q
voluntary paedRe. No EudSavorer was
forced to take the plafSe. Christian
vows are always voluntary. and hence
no excuse can be given Tor interference
or faithlessness to them.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
RAILWAY.
4s:.sk:
~

A railway was completed at Quincy,
Mass, in 1927, by Gridiey Bryant and II.
ii. Perkins for the transportation of the
granite of which Bunker hill monument
was to be built. 1t was three miles
long. This was the first in the United
States. and was operated by horse power.
The switch was invented by Mr.. Bryant;
also the first eight wheeled car The
wooden rails of the track were plated
with iron to make them more durable.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
F0moNs Quotations.
A PRIZE FOR ANSWERS.

A PRIZE FOR ANSWERS.
The first person to send in the names
of the authors of the annexed quotations
will be given copy Of an interesting
book. Address Puzzle Editor, care Daily
G l b 9, ST. Paul, MINI.
AUTHORS
OF quotations appearing two weeks agos
157.-Samuel Johnson.
158.-Isaac Watts.
159.-Johann Wolfgang Won Goethe.
160.-William E. Charming.
161.-William Hamilton.
162-Thomas Carlyle.
Answers were received from Bessie
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"
1, ~

1t Is on record, narrower that his div
ing powers were Attia short of marvel
Gus: small chance 5tndesd. would any fin
ny denizen Of the deep have to escape
that arrowy pursuit and elude his power
full beak
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28

helped me wonderfully, . she wrote. to a.
patent medicine house Three weeks ago
I could not spank the baby, and now1I
am able to thrash my husband. God bless
you!" gs.s5 II,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28

PROBLEMS
To be answered May IL:
5S.-The head of whale Is six feet
half his body, and his body is half his
whole length. How long is the whale?
6s.-A hundred apples are placed in a
straight line, a yard distant from each
other. How many yards must boy
walk. who undertakes to pick them up
and place them in a basket one yard
from the first apple?
6U.-Add one to nine and make twenty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
IN AMERICAN
HISTORY.
first GbinQS

re glected and abused. It was soon
shown that they could be raised from a
state of low degradation into a better
condition Many became able to con-
verse in sign language. and about one.
fourth of those admitted were anaGed
to perform the simple duties of life
with tolerable ability. There are now
thirty such schools in the Union, mostly
supported by state patronage, free to
inmates
TOBACCO.
John Rolfe began in Virginia, In 1917
the first successful cultivation of tobac-
CO. Its sale increased rapidly in England
and it soon proved that it could be very
profitably raised in the New World.
Therefore a great many seized upon II
as a means of wealth. and the first eX-
element in that long list which has
grown up in subsequent years over cot
ton, sugar cane, silk, and other produc-
tions, began with this date. Very soon
every acre of ground at command was
planted to tobacco. Even the streets or
Jamestown were afterwards filled with
it This was in spite Of the opposition
of the English government, which at a
later day took measures to discourage
the growth of tobacco. King James was
so opposed to it that he wrote "Coun-
terblast to the Use of Tobacco" But that
in which great profit was found, could
not be easily suppressed. 1t finally he
came the staple product, and the cur
rency Of the colony.
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Problems
PRIZES FOR ANSWERS.

The first person to send in correct an
swers to all problems villa receive a
prize of a choice story We will be glad
to receive peculiar original problems from
our readers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28

A hundred years ago the population of
the world was estimated at billion The
United States had a little over 5000 900,
a few more than in Ireland. The peo-
PIE of. Europe numbered about 170.0O0,0oO
divided as follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
POWER LOOMS

The first cloth weaving by power looms
IN American. was at a factory built at
Waltham, Mass, by Francis c. Lowell
Nnd Patrick T. Jackson, of Boston. There
was probably at the time no other mill
nit the world which could convert the
raw cotton into finished fabric in the
same factory. The power looms set up
We're the invention of the proprietors.
The machine cost about $500, and was
constructed by Paul Moody, of Amesbury.
IN 1913. The English power foom had been
kept secret. No drawings of it had ever
been seen. All weaving in America had
previously been done by the hand loom.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
To Test Minds So
Inclined.
PROBLEMS

street, St Paul; Anna Williamson, 64stS
Charles street, st. Paul.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28

Answers were received in the following
order: David Harger, The Buckingham,
st. Paul; May Pendergast, 160 Starkey
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28

SCHOOL FOR IDIOTS.
g In 184S the first asylum for idiots was
Set up in Boston. Previously this unfor-
2unate class had been regarded as inca
pable of Improvement. They had been
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28
ANSWERS.

ANSWERS.
To problems appearing two weeks agot
52.-si5 and the shoes.
5S.-72,
$40
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28

161.-The mite was a brass coin cir
culated by the Romans in Palestine,
mentioned in Matthew and Luke It had
q cent
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28

162.-Moses, the great lawgiver and
leader of the Hebrew people, was born
In Egypt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-28

Answers in part were received from
David IIarger, the Buckingham, St
Paul: and Anne Siedle, 4G2 Western
avenue, MINNEAPOLIS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1901-03-15
INDIAN UNDERSTOOD THE LAW
The Poor Red Man Embarrassed a
Chicago Attorney Who Went
Hunting.

Two Chicago attorneys who were en-
joying a hunting and fishing trip in
northern Wisconsin recently CHANGED
to stop over night at Tomahawk, vii.
lage on the Indian reservation. While
at the hotel gun belonging to one of
the lawyers was stolen. The hunter
made inquiries, and became satisfied
that a drunken Indian, who acted as
hostler at the hotel, had taken it. The
lawyer charged the red man with the
theft, and finally the Indian confessed
that he knew where the gun was. Aft
er a great deal of persuasion, he
named certain place where it was hid
den, says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The owner of the gun, accompanied
by the Indian, went after the weapon,
but it was not there. The lawyer then
had a warrant issued for the arrest
of the Indian, and had service made.
This had it's effect, and the red man,
calling the attorney to one side, agreed
to give up the gun for pint of whisky.
1t happened the hunters had several
bottles of good old rye among their
stores, and pint bottle was turned
over to the Indian, who soon produced
the gun. But the constable who held
the warrant insisted on taking his
prisoner to Jail.
"What fur? White man got UNI
gum" said the Indian.
"Yes," replied the officer, "but you
stole it, and you must go to prison."
Put Injun in cabboose, tell big white
chief white man give Injun whisky;
white man pay big fine, and go to
prison."
This was new wrinkle. That was
the law. The Chicago lawyer was liza
BILE to be taken to Madison before the
United States court. The attorney III
terceded for the red man, who, seeing
this, declared:
"Let Injun go, not nuf Give Injun
money, he no TELL" and he stuck TO
1t that he would inform if not paid,
and finally, as the cheapest way out
of the difficulty, the Chicago man paid
the Indian $40.