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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
The Strange
Things People
Believe.
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weeks was interested to find upon ex,
animation that exactly. one-half of the
wart haG disappeared 1t seemed as
though the wart had been divided
through the middle, and one-half OF it
had been shaved or scraped away. ! as
sured tho boy that the remaining nor
ton would soon disappear, aud so il did
A young woman behind the counter Of
one of our local stores had her hands dot
ted all over with warts I Judge she had
not less than thirty on each hand. When
inquired why she did not get rid of
them, she replied that she had tried
many remedies, but they had all failed
and she was discouraged in her efforts.
L then offered to buy them of her for a
penny. The method being so easy and
pleasant, she agreed to sell them to me
and after number of weeks they ali dis
appeared. f9ss
l can offer no thoroughly scientific ex-
PLANTATION for these facts beyond the
statement that they come under the head
of mental influences assert with such
positiveness my ability to dispel warts
by purchase that my patients Sub con-
scious SELF or subjective mind is i'm
pressed by my assevaration, and. all
though my claim is met by a smile OF
1ncredulity, through their belief in me and
the force of my asseveration they half
expect 1t will occur as declare 1t will.
The "subconscious SELF or. as Hudson
derominates it, .'the subjective mind"
presides over the activities Of our ply
steal functions, 1. e., our physical life,
independently of our reasoning. faculties.
our intellect Or our objective mind
tdudson). controls the organs Of the body
and admits disease under influences and
impressions unfavorable to rs, and also
eliminates disease under favorable, force
full suggestion.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
1.-THE MYSTERY OF WARTS"

''THE MYSTERY OF WARTS"
If You Buy the Warts, They
Will S Don LIE ave the Victim.
1 have been interested for some years
in the mystery Of warts says a cor
respondent of the New York Sun. Near
ly forty years ago, when a very small
boy, [ dispelled warts that were upon my
own hands by rubbing them with piece
OF common school crayon. 1 am gradu-
ate Of New York city medical college,
and am legally qualified to practice med
icine in New York and New Jersey, and
l frankly admit that my usual method Of
removing warts from my patients has
in recent years been by the method of
buying them.
To explain my modus operandi, usual
ly give the patient a bright penny or
nickel, and assure him positively that the
warts will soon disappear; that they are
mine by purchase, and so must leave him.
Usually they disappear in from four to
ten weeks. Among my wart patients
have been the son and daughter of well
known doctor of divinity, and girls and
boys Of intelligence, members of our
high schools, who are preparing for en-
trance into our best universities and
colleges. l mention this class of patients
to show that the plan works upon the5fn-
telligent and cultured as well as upon
the ignorant and superstitious BY wav
OF illustration I will narrate two in
stances of cure.
A mother consulted me about an enor-
nous seed wart upon the left elbow of
Ter son. The wart was fully as large as
silver half dollar, and when the boy
bent his arm the wart would crack and
bleed. l offered the boy new, bright
penny for the " art. and at first he could
not grasp the idea that 1 was serious in
my proposal to buy the wart. In a few
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
THE RISE OF Upton.

lT1E RISEI Oh .l4lRION.
Sir Thomas J. Upton, when IN the
United States in 1889, with his yacht to
contest against American builders, was
interviewed, and said:
81 suppose" he said, ''you have read
that 1 am the son of poor laborer, who
was scarcely able to give me any school
ing at all We lived in Glasgow, my
parents and 1, and at the age of ten 1
was obliged to quit school and go TO
work as messenger In a stationery
store. My wages, while L occupied that
position, were just 16 cents a week, SO
you see 1 didn't have anything very en-
couraglng to which to look forward. 1
school, where l obtained most of the ed
ucation that | have. l have educated
myself, and think that 1 have made good
use of what L managed to learn.
"As I said, l was ambitious, and I
hadn't been in the stationery store very
long before ] ran away and came to
America in the steerage of an Anchor
Line boat. My parents were naturally
home alone, and refused their permits
sion, so [ had to run away. l wouldn't
advise boys to do that, as general thing,
but my American trip certainly did Inc a
vast amount of good. When I arrived
on this side. I went down to South Caro-
lima and worked on plantation but
cid not receive my wages until the crops
were sold in the fall, and l didn't like
that very we'll. | soon tired Of South
Carolina life. and came from Charleston
to New York, again as a stowaway. I
got a situation of no consequence in New
York, and remained here awhile; but
finally, deciding that America was not
the place for me, l returned to Glasgow,
discouraged and disneartened. l have
always felt, however, that my American
experiences have since proved valuable.
for my wits were Sharpened, and my
commercial training was largely obtained
on this side.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
B0QJ1 TO
do GBji21QS

THE CASTLE OF CONFINEMENT.
Oh, the beautiful mansion have planned
And the palaces bright and fair!
Strong castles I've builded, stern and
grand,
By rivers that flowed over golden sand
Yet [ own never a foot of land;
l have built them all in the air.
have dwelt in these mansions fair and
bright.
How very strange it seems!
/ have ruled my palaces-just and right;
Have guarded my castles-a lordly
knight,
And climbed ambitions Hottest height
To glory-in my dreams.
Yes, I dreamed by night and dreamed
by day,
While the seasons swiftly passed,
Dreaming my childhood hours away
Till the dawn Of manheod's morn was
gray,
But the dreams of youth, SO bright and
Have been realized at last!
The mansion, palace, castle-three
Are combined in a humble cot.
My lady-my queen-rules there with
ME,
And two little subjects bend the knee
At the throne of love. Bold chivalry
Ne'er purchased a happier lot.
indianapolis Journal.
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incursion from the inhabitants of that
abandon land Francis Theobald. a
lazy, good-natured, lovable scamp. mar
ries pretty ballet-girl of sixteen. They
live happily wandering around the con-
tinent, where Theobalds gambling and
his wife's economies exc out their slen-
der income, until Theobald falls heir to
a country house and a place in county
society. The county is perfectly ready
to accept Theobald. because howe er
disreputable he belongs to a good, old
family: but declines to know his pretty
charming, sweet-natured, high minded
wife, who has saved him from utter ruin,
and has everything to recommend her
but ancestry. Neglected by her husband,
who is not man enough to stand by her,
poor Jane Theobald is forced to fight
her battles as best she may comes near
being driven into resentfuf wickedness
by the heartless and idle tongue of scan
dial, and is saved only by her innate rec
titude. The meanness and spitefulness
of respectable county society, whose pet
ty vices spring from idleness, ennui, and
conventional standards of righteous
ness, makes a striking contrast to the
simple goodness and honesty of the lit
tie Bohemian, Jane. The story is well
written. we'll constructed, and extremely
entertaining.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
THE AMERICAN NEGRO.

1I1E[ AAEItIC(AN NENIliO.
This is an unusual, and, perhaps, a re-
markable book. The author, William
Hannibal Thomas, who descended from
white and free colored ancestors was
soldier Of the Civil war. lawyer,
member of the South Carolina 1egisla-
ture in 'carpet-bag' days, and engaged
in educational work fer the colored peo-
pie. His observation, therefore, has been
wide and intimate. The remarkable
qualities Of the book are. a view Of the
negro character as disparaging as any
'neSro-hater has ever expressed, an In
sight into character which is notable
whether wholly reliable or not, and
very unusual gift of forcible English
Perhaps the greatest OF these three is
the rhetorical power. The author writes
with such precision and with such nice
sense of the meaning of words, that 1t is
easy to mistake ability of statements for
thorouShness of investigation and accur-
acy OF observation. The author finds In
the negro of today barbaFic passions
and moral standards, for which his
lmitatiNeness of the manners of a high
er civilization has provided a very thin
veneer lie is incapable of involved or
consecutive thought. Language and
conduct are purely initiatives; words
without thought; actions without reason
or moral purpose. Underneath is q very
primitive state Of passion and impulse
We mistake when we impute our own OBJ
serYatio2s and Eotives to tho neg~os
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
OF Large Size.
Some of tho Big Things of tbs World.

TREES There are several groves of
big trees of California. the most famous
or (which are the CalaVeraS grove and the
Marfposa grove. The Calaveras grove
band or belt $500 feet long and 200 in
width. 1t is between two slopes, in a
depression in the mountains, and has
a stream winding through it, which runs
dry in the summer time. In this grove
the big trees number ninety-three, be-
sides a great many smaller ones, which
would be considered very large if 1t were
not for the presence of these rnonarcfls
of the forest. Several of the big trees
have fallen since the grove was discov-
cred, one has been cut down and one had
the bark stripped from it to the height
of lie feet from the ground
The highest now standing is the key
stone State" 325 feet high and IS feet
in circumference; and the largest and
finest in the ''Em no State There are
four trees over 800 feet in height, and
20 to 81 feet in circumference. The tree
which was cut down occupied five men
twenty-five days, which would be at the
months work, not counting Sundays.
Pump augurS were used for boring
through the giant. After the trunk was
severed from the stump it required five
days to topic 1t over. The bark was
eighteen inches thick The tree would
have yielded more than LOCO cords of
four-foot wood and 100 cords of bark or
stump Of the tree was built house, thirty
feet in diameter, which contains room
enough in square feet, If 1t were the right
shape, for a parlor 12x16 feet. dining
room Joke, a kitchen 10x12 two bed
rooms 10 feet square each, a pantry AXIS,
two clothes presses IL feet deep and
feet wide, and still have a little to spare
The Mariposa grove IS part of a grant
made by congress to be set apart for
public use, resort and recreation for
ever. The area of this grant is two
miles square. and comprises two distinct
groves about half a mile apart. The
154 are over fifteen feet in diameter, be-
sides a great number of smaller ones
The average height of the Mariposa
trees is less than that of the Calaveras.
but the average size Of the Mariposa is
greater than that Of Calaveras The
Grizzly Giant" in the lower grove, is
ninety-four feet In cir eunferance and
decreased by burning. Indeed, the for
ests at times present a somewhat ulat-
tractive appearance, as, in the past tue
Indians to help them in their hunting,
burned off the chaDparal and rubbish,
and thus disfgured many of these splen-
did trees by burning off nearly all tho
bark. The first branch of the Grizzly
Giant is nearly 200 feet from the ground
and is six feet in diameter.
The remains of tree, now prostraie
indicate that it had reached diameter
of about forty feet, and height of
400 feet; the trunk is hollow and will adj
riding abreast. There are about 125 trees
Of over forty feet in circumference Be
sides these two main groves, there are
the Tolunlne grove, with about thirty biz
was spread over an area of 2k miles long
by two III breadth, and the Stanislaus
grove, in the Calayeras group, with 700
to SOC trees.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
THE MODERN ENVELOPE.

The envelope as we have it now Is a
modern invention. The old custom. be-
fore the cheaper postage system was in
troduced, was to close by means of seal
ing wax or waters the sheet of paper the
letter was written on With cheaper
postage, and the development of the pos
tai system the world over, together with
the rule prepayfng postage, came the
idea of making more convenient cover
ing for letters. An immense industry
soon sprang up. The skill of the inventor
was turned to the making of machinery
which would cheaply and rapidly manu-
facture envelopes all kinds, sizes,
shapes, and cost CO mbining slight cost
with neatness and strength of covers.
The wafer and sealing wax became in a
few years articles which few used. and
then chiefly in public formal, or legal
documents, but the people ceased to use
them altogether. This branch Of manu-
1acture is now carried on extensively in
the West as well as at the East, in large
factories and paper mills, and the trade
of the United States is increasing with
the extension of the postal system and
the enterprise of commercial travellers
to an extent almost incalculable.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
BoQv Gam Life Be n2dde a Success?
THE VIEWS OF GREAT MEN OF ALL ACES.

ADDRESS.
Appearances count for much. DRESS
has a moral effect upon the conduct of
mankind" declares Sir ]. Darlington
Suavity also counts for much. Fair
words gladden. so many a heart" says
LongfelIow
Good words are better than bad
strokes says Shakespeare. But it is
well to be sparing with words. For
words are but wise mans counters" says
Thomas Hobbies. they do but reckon By
them-.but they are the money of fools. ="
And Pope says:
Words are like leaves, and where they
most abound
Much fruit of sense is rarely found.
And he vino talks much must needs
say somewhat that he would rather had
been left unsaid; and it is as easy to
draw back a stone thrown with force
from the hand as to recall word once
spoken" says Menander. The best that
can be hoped for is that one may ac-
quiFe some friends and few enemies.
He who pleased everybody died be-
fore he was born" says an old proverb;
and Hazlitt declares that - he will never
have true friends who is afraid of max
ing enemies
Says Shakespeare: 'tMcf1.ssevil manners
live in brass, their virtues we write in
water
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
Sunday Study.
Jesus B e tray

The international Sunday school les
son for March Is found in John Xviii
lila. The memory verses are Sill The
golden text is Matt XVI, As: 1.-The Son
OF man is betrayed into the hands OF
sinners The date is midnight of Thurs
day, April g. and the place Gethsemane
near Jerusalem In that part of the les
son which proceeds the agony in the
garden, it Will be seen that Jesus thought
and cared for His disciples as though no
dark troubles We're hanging over Himself
He warned, counseled encouraged. in
structed, prayed for them with entire
forgetfulness Of Himself 1t was only
after He had done all that He could for
them that He thought Of His OWE greater
trials. When Judas had arranged with
the chief priests for the capture Of Jesus,
he was required to lead the officers to
the place and point out their prisoner
The great multitude" described by Mat
thew consisted of company of Roman
SoldlerS (placed at the service of the
Sanhedrin by the governor), a detach-
ment of the Levitical temple guard duke
calls them captains of the tempIe').
with some of the members of the Sanhe-
drin and Pharisees. They were armed
with clubs and weapons and carried Ian
terms and torches, evidently expecting
not only concealment and flight but re-
sistance on the part of Jesus and his fol-
lowers Enemies had cause to recogn re
ana rear Jesus power. and they seem
IN this case to have wished to make out
that Jesus was dangerous criminal,
as we see by their conducting him bound
before Plate Jesus bearing seems to
nave strangely impressed them. Tkey
were overawed by the calmness and ma
Jesty or His appearance, as once before
some VINO were sent to take Him returned
to the chief priests with the renort that
'naVer man so spake." Peters rash tenn
per round it's expression in his iIl-judged
defense of Jesus 1t would have cost
him his life but for the Lords interior
ence. The healing touch made all right
again ana the grave warning to Peter
stopped further resistance, Jesus words
came true not many years later. It is
said that more than million of Jews
Perlshed for taking the sword against
are:
l. Christ's followers need to wait for
orders. TASTY help is usually hurtful.
- z. traitors kiss is worse than his
g. God is always able to help and al
ways willing. Yet there may be great
reasons why help is not given.
f. No one can harm Gods children
till he gives the signal. ~
.. Harm, when it comes. has lost IFS
harmfulness, If God allows it, and we
submit to His will in the mater anu we
dren. @o0 CHI
True bravery has it's root in trust.
8. Inc way to meet trials is to go on
ullrlnchlng In the path marked out for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
SUGAR FOR CHILDREN.

A lecturer on foods says that the
amount of sugar to be Siven TO children
and the best form in which to provide II.
are Important questions Of their diet
day that sugar IS a food especially
adapted for children because 5f their
great activity, and the proper alternately
greater Iced OF heat and energy. These
same authorities agree that sugar should
not he combined with the staple food of
the child; that is, I-ut In milk OF sprln-
Killed. on cereals, hut should ba furnished
meet the demand for recipes for home
r.ade candy, which this item viii create
here is q recipe so simple aud-so mex
peiisive that any one can use Z: Put
two pounds of brown sugar vita half a
cup of water in a kettle; set over The fro
and add four ounces Of butter; let boil
until thiclki take UP, favor with extract
OF lemon and pour IN battered dishes
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
= = THE EAM Y FORUM

of "glittering generality" The author
has not made a thorough study of statis-
tics, or of educational systems For the
NEST part his fervid declamations are
based upon inadequate data or upon per-
sCnal Impressions Of certain classes. His
measures for reform are vague and Wis
ionary- There is not the definiteneSs
and practically of Booker t. Washing
tons consideration of the problem. Mr.
Washington's enterprise, by the way,
IS not even mentioned; a most glazing
omission in view of Mr.. Washington's
prominence as a leader, the evident sue
cess Of his experiment in many ways,
and the testimony that not Tuskegee
graduate has been known to commit any
fthe crimes against which the author
inveighs so forcibly To sum up, the
book displays ability, but mainly of a
rhetorical rather than scientific or logi-
cal nature; it shows in nearly every
line the antipathy often seen in those
of mixed blood to negro characteristics;
but is valuable for melting a keen in
terest in the subject, rather than for in
Struction.
OUGHT WE TO VISIT HER?
This is a tale of Bohemia and of the
strictest of English provincial Soc ETY.
stricken into wild alarm by fear of an
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03

ions or home helpers of different ages
and experience, but they were ali we'll
born, well-educated and of good princi-
pies. Having six children, 1 preferred
having them intimately associated with
refined and responsible person, instead
of the ordinary irresponsible nurse.
The home helper was treated like my
own sister, in being on perfect equality
with the family. and / always found her
willing to do whatever had to be done,
even cooking and dishwashing when 1
happened to be without cook. OF course
l always worked with her, and never
expected her to do what I would not do
myself. The golden rule is a good guide
to follow and seems particularly fitted
for domestic complications
Il ask all overburdened mothers"
adds the New York woman, ''all disap-
pointed women without employment, 10
consider this question of home helpers
and see If they cannot make it prac-
ticable."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHY.
when things are at their worst they
will mend is an old proverb that is a
sermon on philosophy in nine words.
And philosophy is necessary il one would
breast the difficulties of life and, sur
mounting them. succeed.
Take the showers as they fall
Enough if at the en1 of all
A little garden blossom.
is Tennyson's advice, Percy says:
Since grief but aggravtes thy loss,
Grieve not for what is past.
John Armstrong declares, in his cart Of
PreservatiVe Health
This restless world
Is full of chance which, by habits
power,
To learn to bear is easier than to shun
Benjamin DisraeIi takes this calm view:
1.-THE world Is a wheel. and it will all
come round right" Bolingbroke sees the
only true happiness in the philosophy
that is buiided upon consciousness of
duty well done: "Iie alone is happy. and
he is truly so, who can say, Welcome
life, whatever it brings. Welcome death.
whatever ii is Z"
Says Thomson: philosophy consists
not in airy schemes, or Idle specuations:
The rule and conduct of all social life
is His great province
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
JOHN DOE, HIS MARK y


The mark which persons who are nm
aole to write are required to make in
stead of their signature, is in the form
OF cross, and this practice, having
been followed by kings and mobiles ia
constantly referred to as an Instance of
the deplorable ignorance of ancient times
rms signature is not however. fnvari-
ably a proof of such ignorance. Ancient
~ the use of the mark was not confined
TO 1lilterate persons. Among the Saxons
the mark of the cross, as an attestation
OF the good faith of the person signing
was required to be attached to the sig
nature Of those who could write. as well
as to stand in the place of the signature
or those who could not write.
IN those times, if man could write
or even read his knowledge was con.
s1dered proof presumptive that he was
IN holy orders. The clericus. Or clerk
was synonymous with penman: and the
Ialty, OF people who were not clerks did
not feel any urgent necessity for the nsa
OF letters The ancient use of the cross
was therefore, universal, alike by those
VINO could and those who could not
write; 1t was indeed, symbol of an
oatn, from its sacred associations DC
wen as the mark generally adontels
Hence the origin Of the expression s.Clo5
save the mark!' as a form of eiac,7Ia-
oath. u an
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-03
ONE OF THE
FAniLY.

have had some experience. ask IL It
would be beneath theft self-resnect 70
take positions in the homes of Others as
home helpers? That IS, to help with
children and housewoEk,s without being
considered servants and without losing
their social position E'sKnow the posi-
ton is delicate one, sbut having tried
the experiment successfaify for over ten
Years l feel justified in giving an opin-
ion
In the ten years I had four compan-