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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
A Word About
Finding 1t.

and damaging thought. 1t has kept
many man down without his knowing
has been at the bottom of what he
set down as his general bad luck
Pleasure to be derived from work de-
pends much upon the worker. One who
is really capable OF higher and better
Things viii never be found sighting work
because he feels it is unworthy of him
He may say to himself, II do not intend
always to do what 1 am doing now 1
snail use it as a stepping stone to some
thing better" but he goes at it just as if
he intended to make it his life work.
Very many people dissatisfied with
their SURROUNDINGS or their work allow
this feeling of dissatisfaction to enter in
to everything they do.
Hence their work is poorly done and
the energy they should use in the tasks
before them is largely frittered away in
grumbling and in thinking about their
i'll luck. Work done in that frame of
mind can never be ones best, and it is
only ones best in whatever task assigned
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
Not Enough
~ of 1t. =.
2 Putting Off :

their tasks until exhausted at night can
not enjoy life and the effect of this So
called energy and enterprise cannot but
have deteriorating result Oil posterity.
Doing today what might as Well be left
until tomorrow is making us a nation of
dyspeptics aud nervous wrecks. 1t
prompts the business man to stick to his
Office when he should be enjoying an
outing; the farmer to plant acres he can
not properly till, the railroad man to
stick TO his post until thu use of the am
bulance is required tn carry him away
Less strenuosity and more recreation
are needed. OF course the man who
postpOnes until tomorrow what should be
done today is a fool, but having done
that let him enjoy rest. Without it life
IS a barren waste, hideous sprint from
the cradle to u premature grave.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
"Scatter
Sunshine
All Along
the Way"

my work?' never troubled them Ard
thls Is the secret of happy home.
"a disposition to coddle a sense of in
justice is one of the most unfortunate
| herltages of mankind The heart that
husbands desire to get even with
| happiness and the brain that strives 20
conceive a means OF retaliation for a
fancled wrong is the abode Of misery"
Women should remember that Il is not
all of citizenship merely to vote Women
! need not wait for acknowledgements he
fore She can discharge her duties as a
citizen. A man has only one vote to "a ST
many votes, and a woman can probably
influence many more than man can.
With courage hold your steady pace;
Ne er falter in the earnest race;
Still nourish in your dauntless breast
The flame Of hope-and do your best.
Idle railing at unkind fortune will as
surely bring on disOrdered condition OF
the liver as will a diet. of indigesu ble
food. The froWn that is the invarla he
accompaniment Of a dissatisfied mind not
only renders the face repellent, but it
distorts the nerves and produces head
ache.
I believe that every act of yours and
mine affects all of humanity. There is
no such thing as a separate life. We
are all one. If you send out thoughts of
dependency, hatred and envy, if you
plan revenge or suicide, you are interfer-
ing with the harmony Of the universe,
besides inviting certain misfortunes 10
yourself If you think love. hope ard
helpfulness, you are aiding the cause Of
universal happiness and success.-Ella
Wheeler Wilcox.
Brooding upon failure binds the brain
to inactiOn and kills the chance of better
ment. When a man allows his metal ma
chinery to become clOgged with the waste
of discomfort, then do the fires Of his
being burn for naught. Much more time
Is wasted in reviling and assailing the
regulations of successful men than would
be required for the erection of monu-
ments to personal prObity and fairmind-
edneSS.
when the victim Of untoward cfrcum-
stances gives himself wholly over to the
nursing Of his misfortunes, he win md
they will multiply and thrive like mites
in mellow cheese"
The clouds will break, the sun will shine,
The bow of promise is divine.
In cloud or shine Whate'er the test.
Press on, press on, and do your best.
Truth does not get exalted by fingmg
it at people. it gets exalted whenever it
gets really expressed in a mans life and
shines out through him.
The singing tongue the cut into the
old wound, the unlovely criticism, the
acid in the life have no place in one
who is rooted and grounded in love"
1t IS argued that we must fight the evil
and oppose the wrong and check the dan
gerous tendencies. So we must, but no
man burns his house down to get rid or
the hornets nest within it, and there is
no necessity to cut off an arm because
there is wound on finger.
world as God has made it, All is
beauty:
And knowing this is love. and love Is
duty,
What further may be sought for or de-
clared? Browning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
WHAT ARE
THEY DOING.

many good Christians hold that our mis-
sloharles would dc better to stay at bonla
where a good deal of work is still to be
cone, to convert thousands of professed
christians to true Christianity And If
they want by all means to go out into The
world to preach to the heather, let them
do SO in the manner of ST. Roniface and
other real martyrs-that is to say on
their own responsibility, ready to take the
consequences of their hazardous UNDER
taking Christs disciples had no govern
ment support when they went out into the
world to preach the gospel. Apostles as
pioneers of THE Ethics of Loot" apos-
ties backed by cannCns and 100000 ran
SONS, is too abhorrent an idea to be as
soclated with Christianity, and we should
be proud OF our government that it does
not lend its support to this sort of propa-
cation OF Chrlsts teachings.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
intellectual Amusement
and Exercise for Young
Minds

They made her a pretty -,
But a fierce, cruel beast
or the dear made q feast
For he on politeneSs ne'er stood.
II
Another. in story named -,
Once went with her brother to fill
Their mas wooden bucker;
BY very bad luck it
Was split, and they rolled down the hill.
Her comrade Familiarity -,
To his Uranium got a sad crack,
Requiring a plaster,
But at his disaster
She laughed and received a good smack
2T.-Decapitate a certain bird and have
to roll oneself about. Decapitate the hew
word and have to permit. Twice decapl-
tate the third word and have down. Re
store the heads Of the third word, twlca
curtaH and have everything.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
Puzzle Corner

PRIZES-A copy of a short story Will
be sent to the first person to send in an
swers to all 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 depart
ment will be considered the best, con-
corning which opinions may differ; An
the paper. Write names distinctly.
ANSWERS to puzzles two weeks ago:
292.-Easy Riddlemeree: Turquoise
293.-Anagram: Inlets, tinsel, Iinest en-
list, listen, silent.
Answer in part by Wilson Barrett, S24
University avenue, St Paul
PUZZLES to be answered April %:
296.-Easy puzzle poems:
i.
There was young damsel so good.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
ONE s W0Rk
TING PLEASURE OUT OF ONES

GETTING PLEASURE OUT OF ONES
WORK
Some one has said that there is lots of
trouble in the world by round men trying
to fit themselves into square holes, and
vice versa
People who seem to have really found
their work are outnumbered greatly by
those who plod along like boys set to do
irksome tasks.
II ones work is done with the interest
and energy that children display in dig
ging cave in a bank, in throwing a
dam across rivulet, in fixing up a play
house, or caring for crops or stock the
profits Of which will go to thenl-if
work is done with enthusiasm and inter
est, it can never be .drudgery.
AS rule there is no safer test of a
mans ability than the pleasure he gets
out of his work.
Sipshod work in whatever line of en-
deavor is a disappointment and a re-
proach.
80, that's good enough" is a dangerous
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
HOW ONE BOY WORKED IT.

write home. He simplihed the hated task
count.
The letter looked like a literary polka
Dear Father" 1t began,
Il hope you are well.
a. mother is
sister q
Dick g" a."
" grandma
wish you were mere.
mother was "
sister = "a
g Dick d"
grandma "
you would send me some money.
Y our aHectIOnate SON Tom.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
They Serve
Big Uses.

per cent of all ordinary forms of litera-
ture or oral speech; that twenty words
the, ;" and" of to-" ~ that"
for" have" but" they" shall"
as, he"-make one-third of our, COM
mon literary language, and the first ten
OF these about one-fourth. So that with
OF writing is diminished about one-haIf,
even Where all other words are written
In longhand; while the use of from ten
labor of writing a little over one-fourth.
Let anyone try to write page or two
without the use of these twenty words,
or any of them. and see what kind of
English 1t sounds like. A life is like a
sentence Or paragraph 1t must rec
ognize the Importance Of being correct
and true in the Titles If it would be cor
rect graceful, ineligible and useful in
the whole.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
Your Tace,,
HOW TO
WASH 1T.

tiles, and the same statement is true of
spcnges. They are left imperfectly
cleansed from the soap that has been
used and are dried at the wasnstand,
when after every day use they should
I have often seen faces with muddy
skins, dotted with blackheads and pim-
pies because impurities from wash clothes
ana sponges mad been rubbed into the
gar
If the face Is oily and filled with fine
plackheads, the latter can be removed by
rubbing them with a soft cloth dipped
water. The latter will cleanse the face
better than anything else, acting upon the
SKIN as gentle stlmulant: The contact
OF the fingers with the face seems to
thus dashing the water in the face to
massage it and bring the blood to the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
CHE International
Sunshine S0eiey.
Sl%
%5fi&S

Address letters in regard to the organi-
cation OF Sunshine branches to Mrs. GYM
thia WestOver Alden, the president gen
eral Of the International Sunshine society,
SO Fifth avenue, New York Miss Lii
liam Nj. Ellis 1915 ST. Anthony avenue. St
Pau, is Minnesota state organizer Send
her any news about Northwestern branch
work. 7 G. / o is the Minnesota
state organ.
The country is prospecting in a financial
way, yet there is much sickness and Suf-
ferlng, the city hospitals are full, and
there is large opportunity to scatter sun
SHINE; The season of flowers is at hand.
See that occupants of the sick rooris are
reminded that spring is here.
HOW TO BE HAPPY.
When you hear of good in people-tell it.
w hen you hear a tale of evil-quel It.
Let the goodness have the light
Put the evil out of sight
Make the world we live in bright,
Like the heavens above.
You must have work to do-pursue Il.
II a failure, try again-renew it.
Fanure spurs US to success
Failures come, but come to bless,
FITTING US for righteousness
In the heavens above.
Obliterate everything disagreeabIa from
yesterday; start out with a clean sheet
today, and write upon it for sweet mem
DRY sake, only those things which are
lovely and lOVable. Thus YOU will make
life better worth Iving.-IIousehoId
If you would increase your happiness
and prOlOng your life, forget your neigh.
boris faults. Forget all the SANDER You
have ever heard. Forget the tempta-
ticns. Forget the fault-fnding, and give
little thought to the cause which pro-
vOked it. Forget the peculiarities of your
friends, and only. remember the good
points which make you fond of them.
Forget all personal quarrels or histories
you may have heard by accident and
which, if repeated. would seem u Inou-
sand times worse than they are.
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of
health.-Addison.
Each little child can some love work
Each little hand and each little mind;
All can be gentle, useful and kind.
We do not honor and serve Him best by
services in the church. by the pealing an
them, by the echOing hallelujahs, gIori-
Gus as these may be and sOul-uplifting.
Remember the lonely and forgotten. They
are not necessarily always only the pOori
1t is not those always who are the poor
est In thi worlds goods who are the
really poor; And kind word and
thought, loving letter, may bring great
er JOY by far than even a coat or a meal
10 the poverty stricken.
Not what we give, but what we share =
For the gift without the giver is bare;
Who gives himself with his aims feeds
three
Himself his hungry neighbor, and me
There is so much said about what is
wOman's work and what is mans work
that it was refreshing to read an article
in which the wife told how, when She had
no children, she often helped her husband
in his work, simply from love of being
near him and desire to be helpful Then
when her children were small and her
health poor, her husband helped her
Thus, when necessity demanded, they
helped each other, loving each other and
God and right, and the question els this
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
A PLEASANT WELCOME

The physical comforts provided for a
guest are not the only things which
leave with him pleasant remembrances
of the home that welcomes his visit. The
highest hospitality is that which skill
mind and spirit. The restful picture, the
suggestive book, the evidences that the
guest chamber is really a part of the
home. always win at the first glance the
grateful recognition OF the guest What
more courteous good night can be i'm
agined than this poem on silk, which the
writer recently found, delicately
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
Question Box.

PUZZLES-A prize OF a short story
book will be sent to the first person to
send IN correct answers to questions an
nexed. Address replies to Puzzle Editor.
care Daily @ o b e, ST. Paul. MINI
ANSWERS to questions two weeks
ago:
367.-Thomas Jefferson penned the origt-
nal declaration Of Independence, but con-
gress made a few changes In IL.
S68.-The Mexican war began In May,
1916. and lasted until September, 1877.
Se9.--The United States with the Fiji
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
flake 1t q Part
of the Home.
Che Guests Room

wrought hanging on the gas fixture OF
q room in a Chicago home, where he was
made welcome for a night:
Sleep sweet within this quiet room,
o thou, whoe'er thou art:
And let no mOuTnful yesterday
Disturb thy quiet heart.
Nor let tomorrow scare thy rest
With dreams of coming i'll:
Thy Maker IS thy changeless friend
His love surrounds thee still.
Forget thyself and all the world
Put out each feverish light
The stars are watching overhead
Sleep sweet. Good night, Good night!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
s. 900 Years Old
OLD BUT GOOD.

OLD BUT GOOD.
Plan ROTOR was an Egyptian king fifty
centuries ago, and no doubt had some
strange ideas about God. but he wrote a
code of morals that in all that 5000
years has not been surpassed. Here are
some of the rules of his conduct:
A man shall answer the evil words Of
a hot-headed disputant with silence.
A man shall not despise one whose
opinion differs from his own, nor be an
CRY with one who is wrong.
man SHALL remember those who were
faithful to him in his low estate
A man shall not inspire men with fear
A man shall let his thoughts be abund-
ant, but keep his mouth under restraint
man shall not, if he be powerful
Seize the goods OF another.
A man shall train his son to be a teach
able man.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
lT,s DIFFERENT IN ST. PAIJt.

Vienna has the severest cycling code
of any city in Europe. No one may ride
bicycle in the streets without a certif-
ieate of proficiency. Ladies must be able
to mount and dismount from both sides
of their wheels. snow that they can turn
corners, ana ride in and out between a
number of dummies. All cyclers are pho
tographed by the police and this photo
graph is fitted into a little book contain
ing the rules for cycling in the city For
this book the cyclist must pay 81. rs. Be-
sides this huge brass number has 20
be worn conspieuorsly placed on the
handle bar Of the machine
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
little Gbings i.

SMALLEST THINGS HAVE VALUE.
If it is the little things that most worry
and annoy US, so it is the little things
that give solidity. ease, certainty, intelIi-
gtbility and cOntentment to life. Mos
quitoes, petty criticisms, a lost button. a
misplaced comma or typographical error
may quite break US up" for time. On
the other hand, a pin in a rising necktic
a smile Of approval or word of encour'
agement an unasked for raise (if ever
so smalD in ones wages, budding plant
5O-cent footstooi may give a sense of
contentment and a promise of new
strength and zeal for the labor of life
similarly, it is not the big words that
give solidity TO language of ciearness and
grace TO speech. After very careful in
Eesugation of different classes of utera-
lure and accurate counts Of certain
WORDS Mrs ID. P. Lindsey. the phoneti-
that 1856 English words make about 70
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
Ditto.
AN APT SCHOLAR.

Tommy was much interested in hear
ing for the first time in his language les
son the other day about a pair Of little
Qots that the teacher said meant ditto :
How his soul, a curious mixture OF IaZi-
ness and thrift. thrilled at learning that
or ten dollars" on one line ana wanted
70 repeat the same words or figures on
the next line all he had to do, instead
OF writing the words in full. was to put
the ditto marks, and everybody would
know 1t was "a cat or five boys or
ten dollars" as the case might be. that
was meant. Some time after this Tommy.
While away on visit had occasion to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
LATEST INFORMATION.

LATEST INFORMATION.
The matter of washing the face ap-
pears very simple, but it is the exception
rather than the rule wnen it is properly
done. Look at a piece of furniture and
note the amount of dust and dirt it will
collect in a few hours, and one may real
It not only gathers up the minute parti-
cles of all kinds that float about the
house, but That, too, which is outside.
There is an old tradition that If one
ter should not touch the face. the skin
to be cleaned by rubbing IT with a piece
of flannel. which might suffice if the face
were kept in glass ease. The face
needs not water applied literally to 1t
with the hands, and generally the use of
pure, non-irritating soap will not come
amiSs.
Wash cloths are often an abomination
as they are too seldom free from impur-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
WHAT MAY Pc EXPECTED.

It fairly takes ones breath away to
be assured that the telephone wire, IS
well as the telegraph lines and cables. is
to be relocated to a state Of desuetude /;
but now French electrical engineer
claims to have perfected a system of
wireless telephony, whereby the voice
may be electrically transmitted through
air, earth or the sea, with as mucn GER
tainty, and to as great distance, as the
waves are now conveyed by wire. This
is the logical sequence of Marconis in
vention. So prepare the way for the
wireless 'nhone
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
WHEN 1 GET TINE.

When get time
know what / shall do:
I'll cut the leaves of all my books ~
And read them through and through.
when I get time
I'll write some letters then
That l have owed for weeks and weeks
To many, many men.
When I get time
III pay those calls I owe.
And with those bills, those countless bills
| will not be so slow.
When I get time
I'll regulate my life
In oh way that | may get
: Acquainted with my wife.
When. I get time
o glorious dream Of bliss!
a month, a year ten years from now
But L can't finish this
/ have no time
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
To Test Minds So
Inclined.

to a certain place in twelve days. ard
go about three miles the first day, IN
creasing every day by an equal excess. 80
that the last days journey may be fifty
eight miles. What is the daily increase,
and how many miles distant Is that place
from ST. Paul?
194-Three boys met a girl carrying ap-
pies home. The first took half what she
had. but returned to her ten; the second
took one-third. but returned two; and rne
third took away half those she had left.
but returned her one. She had then twelve
apples left-how many had she at hIstl
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
AN ABSURD AXIOM.

AN ABSURD AXIOM.
Never put off until tomorrow what
you can do today was not written by a
philosopher.
Better that il should read never put
off until tomorrow what ought to be
done today" The world was not made III
a day.
Americans are constantly impairing
theiT usefulness in the future and short
ening their lives by accomplishing today
what might as well be left until tomor-
row.
Between the bogus strenuosity of their
lives and the manana of the Spaniard
there is a happy medium.
We do not sufficiently realize the beau
ty of that delicious word rest. Men and
women who begin their daily toll often
before sunrise and keep unfaggngIy at
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
EVOLUTION OF VANDERBILT.

collector who keeps autographs as
fad pointed out recently the evolution
OF the name of Vanderbilt as we have il
at the present time. The original was
Van der Bilt The old commodore sign
ed it thus: Wan Derbilt" William II.
signed it Ivan der-biIt." leaving dis
tinct space between the IN" and the
small ID" as his father did between the
m and the capital 3D." Most of the
present generation make one word of It
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
CIGAR BRANDS.

There are between 100000 and 100000
brands of cigars sold in this country,
and your average smoker thinks that
every brand means a different kind If
tobacco. AS a matter Of fact, $50 is an
outside estimate of the different kinds
of tobacco that can be procured from
all sources. and even experts can't tell
some of these apart
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
IN EAR Japan.

Japan is country without domestic
ANIMALS. There are no cows, for the jap
neither drinks milk nor eats beef There
are only a few horses there and they
are for the use Of foreigners Carts are
drawn by coolies and pleasure carriages
by men. There are no shaso nor any
use for them. No wool is useI in cloth
ing there, silk and cotton being the fab
RIGS. No goats, mules or swine Pork
is in unknown article of diet and no lard
is used in cooking
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06
Who Wrote
Them ?

QuOTATIONs-Answers TO be given
April 20:
3H.-What is this: Ne repreus ce que
n'entens," and what language?
34S.-What Is this: Chi ANA. crede,
and what language?
349-What is this: "Uso hace maestro 's
and what language?
3J0-What Is this: Amor tussiscue non
ceiantur." and what languageg
351-What Is this: ''Cada hum collie.
segundo SENECA" and what Ianguagey
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-06

In an address before the Century club
in New York, Edwin d. Mead said
War is the great anarchist and the
great source and perpetEator of anarchy
1t makes virtues of killing, arson and
theft; it turns all morality upside down
Every army is a school for cruelty. licen-
tiousness and drunkenness. and pours
thousands of demoralized men back
among the people,