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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
Important
Events.

lawyer and congressman from Wisconsin.
born in Ireland.
Sept. 9. 1S14.-Saflors have an aversion
20 20 Prioay ana that day is seldom selected
as sailing date. An American ship how
ever, sailing on that day, took part In
one OF the most gallant episodes in Amer
ican, naval history. the defense of the
capt Samuel c.. Reid. in the harbor Of
Fayal, Sept. g. 1914 The Armstrong was
a New York privateer, and after sue
cessful cruise under Capt Tim Barnard,
was refitted and sailed from New York
on Friday, Sept. 9, under Capt Reid,
with orders to cruise in the Atlantic.
after al IN E ting snora merchant ships Fay
Sept. rs, and Reid anchored In the har-
Dor and went ashore for provisions and
water While Capt. Reid. the American
from ashore were chatting on the schoon-
ers quarterback in the evening the Brit
ish war brig Carnation came into the
! haroor; Consul Dabney assured Reid
that the British would respect the neu-
trality of the port. but the brig hauled
within pistol shot fpf the privateer and
dropped anchor, Immediately thereafter
the British liner Piantagenet and the frig-
ate Rota came In An exchange of signals
followed, and the 4Carnation dropped all
her boats into the water and crowded
one long fortyrfWo FOUNDER, six. long
mines and tYelTe-pounder, to the 1870
guns Of all classes on the three British
ships and the latter sent nearly 400 men
into action to the ninety. all told on the
Armstrong. When Reid saw the boats
in the water be- slipped his cable but
there was no Wind aud four OF. the enc
my's boats overlook and attacked him.
These were repllsed. Reid then used his
sweeps and begthed his ship near the
shore under the guns OF the Portuguese
castle. where he, ,n1oored her fore and aft.
with four guns bearing on the off1ng One
of his men had been killed and one
wounded. He put out a rope net to en-
barrass boarderS And awaited an attack
1t was a clear, moonlight night, and the
entire population of Fayaf was out to see
the battle The British fleet sent twelve
boats, each with thirty to thirty five men,
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Helping
Himself

a blind boys wonderful SKILL is almost
without price
Alfred designed and built his boat at
his own home. The craft Is twenty
three feet long. and six feet wide. and
is fitted out with an Acme three horse
power engine.
The boiler was built entirely by the
blind boy, and when ii is understood
that his affiiction came at an age when
ne was too young to have learned boiler
making. the marvellous nature of his ac-
complishment can better be understood.
Alfred has. in his life. made many re-
markable things, among them being a
miniature trolley line. a sixteen foot row
boat. and a home for a pet goat which
was a present from admiring friends. At
candy sale in his parents yard and made
considerable money.
This clever blind boy is also a news
carrier; he has fifty customers, and he de-
lfvers his papers every night going alone,
with unerring directness. to the home OF
each one of his patrons.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
Famous Quotations

PRIZES-The first person to send in
the names OF the authors OF the annexed
quotations will be given a copy OF an
illustrated book. Address Puzzle Editor,
care T h G / o b e, st. Paul. Mimi
AUTHORS Of quotations two weeks
ago:
640-RaIph Waldo Emerson.
641-Wm. Cullen Bryant.
642-Wm Shakespeare.
643-H. w. LoHgfellow.
644-O w. Holmes
ATIONS-Authors to be given
Sept 20:
II hold It truth, with him who sings
To one clear harp in divers tones.
That men may rise on stepping stones
OF their dead selves to higher things.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
Question Box

PRIZES-A prize of short story book
will be sent to the first person to send
in correct answers to questions annexed.
Address replies to Puzzle Editor, care Of
T h e G | o b g. ST. Paul, MINI.
ANSWERS to questions two weeks ago.
432.-In one sense citizen IS any per-
son who may vote for public officer or
may himself hold a public office In a
truer sense a citizen is an inhabitant Of a
state who is not an alien. Thus women
and children may be citizens, though
they may not be voters.
433.-There are two classes of citizens
native-born and naturalized. Native
born are those who have been citizens
from BIRTH Those who were born in an
other country, but have been granted cit
izenship. are called naturalized citizens.
GA good citizen has not done his
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
Puzzle Corner

PRIZES-A copy of a short story book
will be sent to the first person to send
in answers 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
department will be considered the best,
concerning which opinion may differ.
All puzzles should be written on one side
of the paper. Write names distinctly
ANSWERS to puzzles two weeks ago:
autobiography: 1. Sandwich. 2. Salt.
s. Orange. 4. Nice.
444-September rhymes: Cool. school.
Knowledge, college, Town, down.
Puzzles to be answered Sept. 20:
447.-Double Acrostic: All of the words
described contain the same number Of
letters. When rightly guessed and writ
ten one below another in the order here
given. one of the rows of letters. read
ing downward, viii spell the name Of a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06

In a sermon upon Decorations" Rev.
DR.. L. M. Zimmerman, of Christ Luther
an church. New York city recently said
The United States. born on Plymouth
Rock. baptized by the sprays of the ocean,
Graded by men like Washington, Jeffer-
son. Lincoln and Jackson. has grown to
tain the same there must be among its
people an adjoining, not outwardly, but
the hidden mar of the heart, the orna-
ment of the quiet and meek spirit which
want an unselfish people. meek and quiet
and peaceable. The richest of all deco
rations are hidden-those of the soul.
God has placed about men a circle of
holiness and within on the walls of the
soul man should place rich ornaments of
a noble character. And yet that 1t not
proach but be useful. Help decorate the
lives of others. Have flowers. not only
for the dead, but also for the living, and
while you drop tear upon the grave of
the departed stretch forth helping hand
to the living. The heroes are not yet all
dead. Perhaps in your very homes. stand
ing by the washtub or the stove Is one that
toiling both early and late IS heroic. Per-
sits one with needle. who is doing heroic
work to support self and others. Help
to decorate such lives Give them a flow
er, a cheer, a smile, bread to eat by CIV
ing them sufficient pay to buy the neceS-
saries of life Not people, but the deeds
they do. make tnem either great or small,
and If we help others who deserve our
assistance we are doing 1t unto the Lord"
New York Herald.
The miners life at best is not pleasant.
Their work always takes them away from
the centers of civilization, and they en-
joy but little reading matter. The few
magazines and papers received at the
mines are carefully read until worn out.
Have you not some literature you can
box and send them? Freight costs little.
Address your packages: Reading Matter
for the Miners. care of Mrs. Minnie Sal
mon Buck, Red Mountain, Col"
Though clouds OF sorrow often fall
Within these lives of ours,
There still is sunshine for US ALL
With the same passing of life's show
erS.
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W0rGs
MANY MEN KNOW MANY.

The Indianapolis Journal tackles the old
legend that the vocabulary of the average
man is limited to a few hundred words.
and it has no difficulty IN proving, with
the help of a dictionary, that the words
at the command of any person of fair I'm
telligence run far up into the thousands
This Is matter that anyone can easily
test for himself, Open dictionary at
random and see how many familiar words
you find on the first page you strike. Here
Is page with fifty-three words.
The majority of them would be under
stood by any tolerably well read person,
and reader of the most ordinary inteIli-
gence would understand at least these
ten: Barrel. barren, barter. barricade,
barrier. barrister, barrow, barter, bari
tone, basalt and base. This excludes all
proper names, all compounds like "bar-
room" and bartender" and all deriva-
tives,. such as "barrenly'' and barren
ness"
Take another page. under the same re-
strictions. and we have ''Jaundice. jaunt,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06

Yet these hymns are sung in all our

Yet these hymns are sung in all our
churches.
5. The church has one fellowship.
The common tie that binds US to Christ
binds us to one another.
6. 1t has the same Bible.
z. The Scripture constantly empha-
sizes the fact that the church is and
should be a united church. Christ in
His intercessary prayer prayed for the
unity of the church, that they may
all be one. as Thou, Father, art in Me
and in Thee; that they may also be
one in US; that the world may believe
that Thou hast sent Me-" And what
Christ prayed for Paul argued for. To
the divided Christians at Corinth he
wrote: Now. beseech you, brethren,
that we speak the same thing, that
there be no divisions among YOU"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
Curious Things In
Life and Literature

whole duty when he has merely obeyed the
laws. Sometimes 1t Is his duty to hold
office when II requires OF him consider
able sacrifice. 1t Is also his duty when he
sees that the laws are being dIsobeyed
to take all reasonable means to have the
offenders punished.
435-The state takes no account Of what
a man believes or how he worships. The
theory IS that for any error he may make
ciety but to God himself. No one. how
ever Is permitted. under the cloak OF
religion. to commit an act which society
by means of a public law, has declared to
be a crime.
QUESTIONS to be answered Sept 20:
439-Do we possess Christ's likeness
or. at least. some authentic description Of
His features?
44O.-What is sumptuary legislation?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
Short Stops
AUTUMN TRAGEDIES.

Said Mr.. Baldwin Apple
To Mrs. Bartlett Pear.
you are growing very plump, madam,
And also very fair.
"And there is Mrs. Clingstone Peach,
So mellowed by the heat.
Upon my word, she really looks
Quite good enough to eat.
"And all the Misses CrabappIe
Have bIushed Sc rosy red
That very soon the farmers wife
To pluck them will be led.
"Just see the IsabeIlas;
They're growing so apace
That they really are beginning
To get purple in the face.
"Our happy time is over
For Mrs. Green Gage Plum,
Says she knows unto her sorrow
Preserving time has come"
Eyes," said Mrs. Bartlett Pear
'Our day is almost Ger.
And soon we will be smothering
In syrup by the score"
And before the month was ended
The fruits that looked so fair
Had vanished from among the leaves
And the trees were stripped and bare.
They were all of them in pickle,
Or in some dreadful scrape
''Pm in cider" sighed the apple;
I'm in jelly" cried the grape.
They were all In Jars and bottles
Upon the shelf arrayed;
And in their midst, poor Mrs Ounce
Was turned to marmalade.
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intellectual Amusement
and Exercise for Young
nlndS.

great musical composer, and another row,
also reading downward. will spell word
which forms part of the name Of one OF
his most famous compositions.
name of a famous English admiral 3.
One who is empowered to examine man
uscripts before they are committed to the
press and to forbid their publication II
they contain anything obnoxious. 4. A
thin cord. s. Ought to- 6. A titmouse.
z. To take vengeance for. 8. Heaviness.
g. To ask.
448.-Riddlemeree:
In war, not In fight;
In star. not In night;
Not in power. yet In might;
In haze. not In bright;
In gloom, not In light;
In wrong. not in right;
In bay, not in blight;
You've state now In sight.
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Who Wrote
Them.

65O-
"a thing Of beauty is a Joy forever;
Its loneliness increases: II will never
Pass into nothingness: but still will keep
bower quiet for u.s. and Sleep
Full OF sweet dreams and health and
quiet breathing"
II n ~hese things TO be grandly true:
TNe--ole deed is a step towards God,
Lifting the soul from the common sod.
To purer air and broader view"
652-
I'VE look before and after.
And pine for what Is not;
Our sincerest laughter
With some pain is fraught:
Our sweetest songs are those that tell
Of saddest thought"
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To Test r1inds SO
Inclined.

$500 and gave a $1,000 bill in payment.
The shoemaker had neighbor change the
BILL and gave the boy his change The
boy left the town with the shoes and the
$500. The neighbor returned the BILL
saying II was counterfeit and the shoe
maker had to give him good money for II.
What was his loss?
45O-A man sold horse for $50. bought
him back for $50. and FeSold him for 500.
What did he make on the transaction?
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
III Week OF FRIDAYS

Sept. 8. 17s2-David Jewell Baker.
United States. senator from Illinois, born
at East Haddam, Conn.
Sept. 6, 1805-Horatio Greenough. emil
nent sculptor. born in Boston, Mass His
Chanting Cherubs' was the first group
In marble executed by an American
sculptor.
Sept. 6. 1SS2-William Steel Holman,
statesman and politician, born III Dear
born county. Ind, 1922.
Sept. 6. 1ss1-Gen. U. s. Grant, who had
charge of military affairs near Cairo, took
possession Of Paducah, and thus ended
Kentuckys neutrality. There was. how
ever. up to this time. Union majority
of the people.
Sept. Z. 1S6o-Eltweed Pomeroy. adyo-
cate Of direct legislation by initiative and
referendum, upon which he had written
extensively. born at Newark, N. j.
Sept. z, 1904 convention at DanviIle,
KY. resolved unanimously in favor of
separation from Virginia. The resolution
decided the calling of another convention
to frame state constitution, and the
sending of an address to congress asking
admission to the Union. At the request
Of this convention the Virginia assembly
elected John Brown, q Kentuckian, to
congress.
Sept 7. 1775-John Leyden. author and
Oriental scholar, born in Denhelm. Scot
land.
Sept. s. 1S15-Alexander Ramsey, gov
ernor OF Minnesota. United States sena-
tor and secretary of war. born near Har-
risburg, Pa.
Sept. s. 1S20-Wflliam Tiffany HamfI-
ton, governor. congressman and United
States senator, born in Hagerstown, Md
Sept. 9, 1S42-Elliott Cowes, naturalist.
author and long connected with the
Smithsonian Institute, born In Portsmouth,
N. H.
Sept. 0. 1s42-Michael Griffin, soldier,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
Problems

PRIZes-The first person.to send In cor
rect answers to all the problems will re-
cefye q prize Of short story. We will
be glad to receive peculiar original prob
lens from our, readers = ts.a
ANSWERS to problems given two
weeks ago: s-s7 -'f-7
445-$32, $50.
446-24 shares.
PROBLEMS to be solved Sept 20:
449-A boy bought q pair OF shoes for
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
III Blind Boy
SUPERIOR TO HIS LIMITATIONS

Some time ago in The Globe we
gave an account of the efforts being
made by Helen Kellar, the noted blind
girl, to alleviate the tediousness OF the
lives Of those that are afflicted as she
Is. by providing them with some gain
full occupation" That this can be done
successfully in many cases is shown by
the wonderful tales of the manual skill
OF those afflicted in this manner A mar
Vicious account of a boy who rises SUI
self master OF his own destiny, is that Of
Alfred James Woods, a blind boy of
Buffalo. N. Y. who has shown a genius
for handicraft that Is almost beyond hu-
man belief.
He has constructed entirely by himself,
handsome little steam launch.
He kept patiently at work on his boat
for six months: she is worth upon the
market about 5000. but as specimen OF
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
"Scatter
Sunshine
ALI Along
the Way.

"millstene around mans neck" through
out the ages. Yet poverty is the result
of mans own wrong way of thinking. He
has travelled all the lines of fear, along
the dark a1leywayS and byways of peSsi-
nism; his thinking has been the thinking
of the pessimist. pure and simple. Let
him change all this, and get into the sun
light of optimism. looking ever on the
bright side of life, thinking noble, I'M
selfish thoughts, sending out pure and
loving vibrations to his fellow-men, and
his worldly conditions will soon take a
change for the better. 81 was born of
poor, very poor. parents" said an able
and well known editor recently. "Shrewd.
intelligent; honest people they were; but
they had this failing-they always saw
the dark side of things. They were held
in the bonds of poverty by their own
fears. with the result that what they were
expecting always came-and plenty Of 1t
good things of life. They thought on
wrong lines. When I reached manhood
/ changed conditions by a proper mode of
thought, taught me by close observation.
and here 1 am today. living example Of
the blessings of optimism" Right think
ing and honest effort will always better
our conditions. 1t may be of slow growth
at first. but it will come as sure as the
sun shines in the heavens
Melissa Duty. Grove Station, Wright
county, Mo-, cares for her old blind
grandmother. and is only II years Old but
also keeps house for her uncle. Let's
hearten her up a wee bit. Send her some
thing pretty! Address as above. care c.
j. Hoggatt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
Ten Health commandments.

Ten Health commandments.
1. Thou shalt not complain of the
weather. God controls the wind and
waves.
2. Thou shalt have no fear concerning
thy food and thy drink Fear hath tor
ment and kills
8. Thou shalt not dwell IN the body and
its sensations. Live IN the spirit. THE
soul knows not deformity nor pain"
A.. Thou shalt not criticise thy neighbor
He is Gods child and entitled to thy love.
5. Thou shalt not worry over myself or
thy friends. Trust In Him, and He will
give thee thy hearts DESIRE"
6. Thou shalt not despise any living
thing. "Ali is from God and God Is in
ALL"
Z. Thou shalt not "pollute the morning
with doleful face. In His presence Is
fullness of joy
s. Thou shalt not be in bondage to
weakness or doubt. '"He is the health OF
thy countenance. His trust shall be thy
shield and thy buckler"
9. Thou shalt not be afraid TO go where
ever duty calls. ''IIe giveth His angels
charge over thee, to keep thee In all thy
ways"
10 Thou shalt lie down and rest in
peace. Underneath are everlasting arms
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
LIFE IS JUST WHAT WE MAKE 1T
How to CONQUER POVERTY.

Next 10 disease there is nothing in the
world that hampers people in a worldly
sense more than poverty. 1t has been the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06
A RAY OF SUNSHINE.

I'm only a ray of sunshine
That seems but little thing,
t>4 Yet who can say
The good that may
Result from the thoughts 1 bring2
1 enter the dimmest garnet
To peep in the face of Pain;
s glisten and glance,
Break loose and dance
Till the smiles return again.
Mary Alice Sloan.
Sunshine members who wish to send e.
little greeting to a friend cannot do better
than send 10 cents to Miss M. Thurston,
of Cumberland, Me-. for one of the little
Sunshine barometers 1t will be mailed
to them or a friend direct for this amount
These little paper ladies'" are very pretty
and the dress changes color with each
change of atmosphere.
One can bear grief alone, but it takes
two to be glad.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06

Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise,
Thou canst not tell. nor yet surmise;
Pass. therefore. not today in vain,
For it will never come again.
Omar Khayyam.
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Cbe International
Sunshine Society

International Colors-Yellow and white.
Minnesota State Color-Rose.
Minnesota FloWer-CoreopSiS
Society Songs Scatter sunshine
Have you had a kindness shown?
Pass it on.
Iva Got gwen for You alone
Pass it on.
Let it travel down the years,
Let 1t wipe another's tears
Till in heaven the deed appears
Pass it on.
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Decorate the Living.

One can bear grief alone, but it take
two to be glad.
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passing considerations of the world; there
Is a glorious compensation for every eff
fort. beyond the pretenses of the worlds
recognition; and this just return is in
closed in your character which is devel-
oped by experience; in due time the char
acter of man blossoms forth. expressing
its energies.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06

To condemn another is but to condemn
self. II is like abusing our reflection in a
looking glass. for existing wisdom brings
charity for all.-Jos. M Wade.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06

All inquiries, requests or contributions
should be addressed to Mrs. Theodore
Haynes. state president for Minnesota,
Hotel Berkeley, Minneapolis, Mimi, or to
Miss Lillian NJ. Ellis. state organizer, 1916
St Anthony, avenue. st. Paul, MINI. T h e
q b e is the official paper Of the state.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06

A prominent physician has offered a
cheap and simple cure for that form of
mental depression known as the blues"
It is to smile The more you smile the
better. 1t relaXes the nerves, promotes
digestion, switches the mind to agreeable
thoughts. and has happy effect upon
those about you. The remedy is a cheap
one. and while. in some instances. it may
be hard to take, there is no fear of an
overdose.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06

We must come in closer touch with our
fellows through the open hand of SYM
pathy and love before We can understand
what life really is, and thus approximate
a condition of happiness. AS long as we
place any kind of barriers between our
selves and others, from social or private
considerations, so long shall we fail to re-
ceive the blessings which come through
the extension of consciousness.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06

This getting even" process usually
leads to the operators undoing. clouds
the vision and blights the whole life.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06

ever lived"
Think and feel this at the start of each
day. Hold steadfastly to this thought all
the days of your life. and then the incl
dent of death will be a grand awakening
TO a new life not realized in your fondest
dreams of peace, bliss, joy, contentment
and tranquility.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06

The harmony of gossip is like that
which exists between wolves so long as a
carcass is supplied. When that is exhaust
another
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-09-06

Associated charities are as necessary to
the present conditions as nurses are to
war. That is why the International Sun
shine society has existence. Its purpose
is to encourage cheeTfulness, individually
and collectively