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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
Che Marie Celeste
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CREW?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CREW?
Some years ago the brig Marie Ce-
leste sailed from Boston with crew
of seventeen men, the captain, his wife
and daughter-twenty persons in all.
Nothing, as far as is known, occurred
on the trip across the Atlantic. One
day the brig came in sight of the Span
ish coast. 1t was thought she was
headed for Gibraltar on her way to
enter the great inland sea. All her
sails were set. The weather was fine,
the sea calm and a light wind bore
the vessels along. Duly the Spanish
authorities hailed the brig, without re-
ceiving any answer to their signals.
Then came visit of inspection by the
coast guard, and an astonishing state
of things revealed itself.
Not q soul of the twenty persons
who set sail was found on board. Every
man had disappeared, from the captain
to the boy, and the captains wife and
child also were as If they had never
been. The vessel was infinitely and
carefully examined. There was an in
apection by the American consul; there
was business-like noting of all de-
tails, and a report was duly prepared
for the authorities on the other side
of the sea.
Listen to the astonishing particulars
which an examination of the brig re-
vealed. Not a rope or stay, not a sail
was injured or a bolt missing. Every
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
DINNER DON'T is.
HINTS ON HOW TO KEEP YOUR
DIGESTION GOOD AND BE
HAPPY

HINTS ON HOW TO KEEP YOUR
DIGESTION GOOD AND BE
HAPPY.
If you don't want to see your health
and digestive powers give way years
before they ought to, never leave your
place and move about in the course
of a meal. The number of people who
leave their seats to get piece OF bread
or fetch something forgotten is enor-
nous; and when afterwards they are
as irritable as a bear with We'll desery-
ed Indigestion, they put 1t down to
ANYTHING but the getting-up habit. See
that everything Is ready, and sit still
till the meal is over. Then give your
self a quarter of an hours rest after. 1t.
Getting up upsets the system, small
a, matter as 1t Is, and whatever you
eat after it-supposing YOU have al
ready begun-will certainly disagree
more or less with you. This habit will
shorten the period during which you
should have a sound digestion by
months, If not years.
Assuming that you do not want to
poison yourself, you should never in
the same meal. eat two otherwise
wholesome and everyday things-corn-
meal and mushroom ketchup. These
are harmless by themselves, and with
most things, but when togetherN they
ferment a strong irritant poison,
through the action set up by two diff
ferent matters in the materials. This
Is one of half a dozen choice mixtures
that are dangerous, and cornmeal and
ketchup- especially to weak person
or child. has been fatal more than
once. and. in any case. is dangerous to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
An Ocean
Mystery

thing from truck to keel was in its
proper place. The briggs boats were
all on board slung on their davits or
slowed ON deck. Below everything
was in the same undisturbed state.
The watches of the captain and his
wife hung on nails in the cabin. In
the mems quarters, as in the cabin,
there were the remains of half eaten
dinners, cooked apparently not a long
time before the brig drifted towards
the Spanish coast. Below and aloft
was silence-a CHASTITY, significant ST.
lence, appalling by reason of it's mex
pl1cable nature and causing the faces
or the searcherS to pale before the
mysterious possibilities which offered
as solutions Of the grim deafness of
the ship. Since the day when the Marie
Celeste drifted on her course to the
European shores not a trace of any
one of the twenty persons has been
discovered. Needless to say, strict in
quiries were made both in America and
in Europe concerning the captain and
crew. Every sailors home was notified
OF the story, in case some derelict sea-
man should have come to a restful
haven therein. The names and nation
alities of the crew were known. They
included Americans. Danes and Nor
WegianS. But not a scrap of fntelli-
-gence, not a wave-waShed bottle with
a message in it, not even a dead body.
ever came to light which could suggest
a solution OF this singular mystery.
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PRIzES-A prize of a short story book
will be sent to the first person to send
in correct answers to questions annexed.
Address replies to Puzzle Editor, care
The GIob e, st. Paul. MINI.
ANSWERS to questions two weeks
ago:
462.-Caesarism is the absolute rule of
man over man, with the recognition OF no
law, divine or human, beyond that OF the
rulers will.
463-The phrase ''All men are born free
and equal is not in the Declaration OF
independence, but in the Massachusetts
constitution.
464.-Ultramontane. meaning beyond
the mountains" originally referred to the
Alps-namely, in relation to France. Later
it had reference to that party In the
est weight to the papal prerogative. Ital-
ians, Of course, use the word IN e con on
yond the Alps, and so In the north OF
Europe $50
eous compound Of oxygen and nitrogen
surrounding the earth. Is estimated to ex-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
Question Box.
Curious Things In
Life and Literature.

tend for a distance Of forgive miles from
the globe. 1t exerts a pressure of fifteen
pounds to the square inch on the sur
face of human and other bodies, but as
the pressure Is balanced inside and out,
no Inconvenience Is felt.
466.-A device Of modern science called
the bottle chart is one which purports to
show the track Of sealed bottles thrown
from ships into the sea. Lieut.. Becher,
an English naval officer. constructed a
so as to illustrate the currents. The time
which elapses between. the launching of
the bottle from the ship and the finding
1t on shore, or picking up by some other
ship. has varied from few days to six
lance between the two points has varied
from few miles to 5000 miles.
QUESTIONS to be answered Sept. 81:
471.-Who ordered that paintings of
Christ should be as beautiful as possible2
472.-What verse in the Bible contains
all Of the letters Of the alphabet except ]?
473.-What Is the largest structure ever
built by man?
474.--Who were the Hyksos, or Shepard
Kings?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
DROP A PEBBLE IN THE WATER.

a pebble in the water 1t
a
DROP. pebble in the water in minute you forget
a
And those little flowing great big has grown
Drop unknd careless, minute it is
half hundred ccing and
Drop unknd careless, minute forget
But there's little flowing there's rppes crclng yet
And disturbed life that's happy when dropped that unnd word
But there's half hundred rppes ccing and
of
a a
a
Over miles and miles just dropping kind word
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
FAULTY logic,
BE SURE YOU ARE RIGHT.

BE SURE YOU ARE RIGHT.
Many persons In Europe are now
learning for the first time that the dis
tinguished French Academy of Sci
ences was once guilty of an egregious
blunder.
AT the beginning of the nineteenth
century it offered to give prize to the
first person who would solve the fol-
flowing problem If you take a vase
full of water and put a stone or any
similar body in it the water will flow
over. If, however, you put into 1t a
fish, the volume of which is equal to
that of the stone, 1t will not flow over.
Explain this phenomenon.
Learned essays on the subject pour
ed in from all quarters, but the prob
lem was not satisfactorily solved in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
dinner. but the cause Of which is a
deep mystery to them.

dinner, but the cause Of which Is q
deep mystery to them.
= A habit that will play havoc with
you as far as your dinners are con-
cerned Is reading at meals. This Is
worse for the digestion than reading
In bed is for the eyesight, and will
bring all sorts Of trouble to you. The
nerves and brain don't want to do
anything but attend to the business
of eating when you are at meals. and
If you detract them by reading habitu-
ally your eating powers will go by
the board long before you are forty.
Arguing at table is just as bad.
Another habit that will cost you
years of misery and much money spent
on quack medicines is that Of lying
down after meal. This is one Of the
worst. Finally, don't dine with any
body who grumbles at his NEAL he
will ruin your digestion as well as
his own. No companion at all is bet
ter than a gloomy one, and many
modern doctors prescribe for the
wealthy dyspeptics, among other
things, the hiring Of an entertaining
or comic guest as a regular companion
at mealtimes.
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To Test Minds So
Inclined.

Miller, The Buckingham, st. Paul; Ernest
Rossbach, Ito South Robert street. st.
Paul; Elsie A. Schallibaum, Blue Earth.
PROBLEMS to be answered Sept. 81;
336.-In what time will $500 produce
$13 interest at 4 per cent?
ss7.-How many sizes in shoemakers'
measure?
a39.-How many series OF numbers in
shoe measure?
s4o.-What is the first size in boys
shoes.
441.-What is size / in mems shoes?
442.-I1oW much Is each subseQueA
size increased In Iength2
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
GLASS HOUSES.

1t is only few years since that archi-
tects began to realize the enormous pos
sibilities Of glass as a material for build
ing; it's decorative value Is obvious, and it
can also be used instead of wood and iron
in many portions of house construction
For mantel pieces. interior walls. and
even for staircases 1t has been found
exceedingly useful, for 1t is lighter and
less expensive than bricks; but the idea
Of a house constructed entirely Of glass
would have seemed chimerical a very
short time ago. Now. however, the
problem is an easy one owing to the In
vention Of what is called "ceramo- crys-
tai" or glass stone. q kind Of vitrified
glass. These plaques are capable of most
varied decoration. while their resisting
power is, extraordinary as it may seem,
very. much greater than granite, and It
has been shown by experiment that they
do not share the brittleness Of ordinary
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
A VERY BUSY MAN.

The following is news item from the
New York Journal which shows how In
accurate a reporter can be when he does
not stop to think. David B. Hill reads
every new book and all the periodicals"
Last year there were about 5000 books
issued by different publishers, $500 ma
tional and state reports and over 5000
Il, 900 words to each, which is a weary
great underestimate, one man reading
steadily at the remarkable rate of 200
words minute ten hours per day would
get through in just about thirty-fve years.
Busy Mr.. Hill
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
THE REAL THING IN EDUCATION.

president Hall. of Clark University
says: Boys and girls need slang. IT.
good for them. Let them use it. Sian,
aids the boy or girl Of from fourteen
nineteen years to acquire fuency.") n
Aw! Cheese the cultured layout;
Cut out the brainy talk.
This wise guy has it coppered,
And he wins 1t in a walk.
Get on to education
You'll nab 1t in q bunch
If you're like old Columbus
And follow up your bunch.
Who was the duck that figured
This lot Of grammar dope?
Oh. pass him up. He's nuttN
What us kids need is rope
We're next to all the gable
But when were due to balk
Is when the teacher orders
A flrst-class string Of talk.
That gazaboo-that Euclid
He rubs against my nerves
With all his razzle dazzle
On getting on to curves.
And history? Say. fellows.
1t jolts me up lot
To read how some old has-been
Was Johnny ont he-spot.
Say. this slang education
VIII cop out all the trade.
Well pass around our language
A Ia Professor AIDE.
The. coming school commencement
VIII be extremely fly
With hot stuff umpalazzas
About the GOO Goo Eye"
Baltimore American.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
Puzzle CORNER.

PRIZES-A copy Of a short story book
will be sent to the first persons to send
in answers to all puzzles. The person
who sends in the best original puzzle this
week will receive copy Of a choice
story. The puzzles printed first in this
department wiz be considered the best,
concerning which opinions may differ. All
puzzles should be written on one side
of paper. Write names distinctly.
ANSWERS to puzzles two weeks ago:
337-Rhyming puzzle: i. Rake. Q.
Make. 8. Bake. L. Flake s. Drake. 9.
Brake. z. Lake. s. Stake.
338.-Riddle: Scales.
PUZZLES to be answered Sept. II:
341-Insects: Fill each blank with the
name Of an insect
1. The Indians are pursuing us. we
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
Blunders of the
French Academy.

any of them, and consequently the
prize was not awarded.
In the following year the same ques-
ton was again propounded, and for
five years answers continued to pour
in to the academy. Then it suddenly
occurred to one of the academicans
that, after all, the problem might be
incapable of solution, and he deter
mined to make a test for himself.
Filling a vase with water, he put a
stone into it and saw that the water
flowed over. Then he took out the
stone, filled the vase again with water
and put into 1t fish the volume of
which was the same as that of the
stone, and saw, to his surprise that
the water again flowed over.
He told the academy of his discovery
and the result was that the offer Of q
prize was at once withdrawn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
Who Wrote
Them 2
Famous QMofaHons.

Adams. 683 University avenue, st. Paul;
Elmer W. Chase. 463 East Curtice street.
ST Paul; Mary L. Stevens, Redwood,
MINI; Mrs: r. K Glennan, 702 Rondo
street, st. Paul.
QU0TATIONS-Auth to be given
Sept 81:
l5s.-"Every mans worn shall be made
manifest"
whose glory Is their shame?"
4551'We have left undone those things
which we ought to have done; and we
have done those things which we ought
not to have DONE"
456-"One generation passeth away
and another generation cometh."
457-"Woe unto them that call evil
good. and good evil"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
SOME STILL WITH US.

them to be illiterates. In other words,
considerably over 10 per cent Of the
men entitled to vote-unless, as in
Massachusetts and Mississippi, they
are barred by educational qualifica-
tions-are unable to read and write.
1t is a reassuring reflection that large
as this mass of illiterate adults of vot-
ing age is, it is not as large as it was
twenty, or even ten, years ago, and is
getting smaller all the time. And, as
compared with many European coun-
tries, it is an extremely small percent
age of our whole population.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

pRIzEs-The first person to send in
the names of the authors of the annexed
quotations viii be. given q copy Of an
illustrated book. Address Puzzle Editor,
care T h g ODE, st. Paul, Mimi
as aH41.-Edmund Burke, In reflections on
the Revolution in France"
442.-William Cowper, In The Time
pi4 4aass.-charles Lamb. in valentines
4444.-samuel Taylor Coleridge. in "The
44S,@Waiter Scott, in ''Marmion."
446.-Thomas Moore. in 1.-The Fire Wor-
shippers" ,,,,,,u
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
TWferafes.
OUR UNEDUcATED PEOPLE.

OUR UNEDUCATED PEOPLE.
Although there are over 100000
pupils enrolled in the common schools
Of the United Subsequently, one in
every five of the total population of
the country-and nearly 100000 pu-
pills of all ages securing instruction in
one kind of school or another, the ex-
tent of our illiterate adult population is
disagreeably large. The census report
on the subject just issued states the
total number of males of voting age
at 21,329,S19, and reports 2,326,295 Of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
A sIJNRIsE SOMEWHERE.

Let us lay to heart the comfort
In this sweet reflection found
That, however dense our darkness
Somewhere still the world around
Dews are glistening, flowers uplifting,
Wild birds warbling, as reborn,
Lakes and streams and woods and noun
tains,
Melting in the kiss of morn.
{
Meier was night however dismal,
But withdrew its wings of gloom
Meier was sorrow but day star
Hinted Of the morrow's bloom;
Meier was woe but in its bosom
Was the seed of hope impearled;
There is still a sunrise somewhere
Speeding. speeding round the world.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
Intellectual Amusement
and Exercise for Young
MINDS

must
2. Jemima cooked the potatoes for din
8. Little Mary sat quietly on the 5000.
T.. When John ate griddlecakes, he
5. When the hotel burned up, we could
see the
342.-The letter G:
@ and girl form division.
@ and poetic song form earth.
@ and throng form collision.
G and an elevation form cold.
9 and warmth form dishonesty
G and a growth form a seat.
G and skill form vehicle.
G and an insect form hypocrisy.
9 and monkey form a mantle.
@ and to make certain form blames
G and competent form chain.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
MEN WANTED FOR THE NAVY.

Uncle Sam wants recruits for his navy,
and cannot get them. 1t Is proposed to
send recruiting officers through the South
and West with the hope of enlisting men
who have been employed in the wheat
harvest. When the coal strike assumed
such proportions the department sent re-
trict believing that the unemployed min
ers would embrace the opportunity of
entering the service. A somewhat sur
prising discovery was made by the re-
cruiting officers, however. The accepted
idea Of miner Is that he is big and
bra why and strong. These officers as
sert that majority of the miners who did
apply for enlistments were unable to pass
the required physical examination.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

Few of us appreciate our surroundings,
advantages and friends. We may not see
1t now, but sometime we will look back
Ing been intimately associated with some
true. noble friend. 1t is duty, that of
doing good to each other, that we per-
to live in this beautiful world, with so
many unseen blessings, and yet how many
of us think we have nothing to live for;
life were we called to part with it. 1t
would not be hard to de- after all, but
it would be hard to die and be forgotten.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
Problems +.

PRIzEs-The first person to send In
correct answers to all problems will re-
ceive prize Of a short story. We will
be glad TO receive peculiar original prob
lens from our readers.
ANSWERS to problems given two
weeks ago:
231.-The unit of German money Is the
mark, worth In American money about
"a cents.
232.-The mill is not coined piece Of
American money. It is a fraction Of a
cent used in taxation.
233.-$6.90.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
A LOVE OF DISPLAY.

Our American people seem to have a
keen relish for conventions-all kinds of
conventions There is a democratic air
about these gatherings that becomes con-
badge and give him the opportunity Of
airing his convictions and desires. the i'm
portance Of his citizenship is impressed
upon all who hear him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
WHOSE EYE?

We have known much fun caused by
keeping four or five children in the room
while the others are sent out. and placing
them behind the drawn window curtains;
then let one just show the eye through
the opening, and when the rest are adj
mitted they have to decide to whom 1t
belongs, by no means as easy task as
It seems.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
WISE WI.

A committee once called on WI Ting
fang, the Chinese minister who has been
ordered home, to request him to address
a society connected with one Of the fash
ionable churches Of Washington. Casual
mention was made Of the fact that the
youthful pastor Of the church had re-
field of labor on the Pacific coast. "Why
did he resign?" asked Mr.. WI. Because
he had received call to another church."
was the reply. what salary did you
pay hi1n?' -Four thousand dollars"
what is his present salary?' Eight
thousand dollars" "Ah!' said the dis
ciple Of Confucius; SO very loud calll'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
RAs MAkoNNEN,s REBuKE.

rs your respected mother still alive?
May she teach you discretion" was the
reply of Ras Makonnen to French news
paper reporter who asked him whether
the Abyssinians liked the English or the
French better.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

Yesterday is gone; tomorrow
Never comes within our grasp:
Just this minutes joy or sorrow,
That is all our hands may clasp.
just this minute! Let US take it
AS a pearl of precious price.
And with high endeavor make it
Fit to shine in paradise.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
THE KILLING GOES ON.

While 'hostilities" in the Philippines
have been "over" several times, plain
killing continues. The Moros are trouble
some now, and corps Of instructors I'M
der Gen. .Shaffee has gone to the scene
of difficulty and will give the natives some
tuition.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
II NEVER WEARS OUT.

You may break. you may shatter
Mans heart II you WILL
But 1t always is good for
Another break STILL
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

You picture to yourself the beauty Of
bravery and steadfastness, and then some
little, wretched, disagreeable duty comes,
which is your martyrdom, the lamp for
your oil. and If you do not do 1t your oil
is spilled.-Phillips Brooks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
OMAR KHAYYAM JUNIOR.

Little we learn beyond our A B c.
Except D e F G H 1t be,
Or j K l. M N o O R
And then s U v ky.
The Dial.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
NEARLY A MILLION PENSIONERS

The high water mark In pensions was
reached on July 1, when the number on
the rolls reached 999,44s. The last con-
gress passed LOO special pension bills.
months, 1t is believed will add 10000
pensioners to the rolls. One Of these acts
Is to pension the survivors Of the Indian
wars, and the other Is to pension those
veterans who served In the confederate
service prior to their entrance in the
Union army.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07

Trust is the first requisite for making
q friend. How can we be anything but
alone if our attitude to men is one Of
armed neutrality, If we are suspicious
and assertive and querulous and overcau-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-07
eR,ER GARDENERS WISDOM.
once knocked a man down bekaze he

l once knocked a man down bekaze he
didn't believe as I did politically, an
to my great surprise 1t didn't hev de
least effect on his opinions.