Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-01-27
GLOBELETS.

> The cost of student at Harvard, varies
from S471, a session to s., 500, President Eliot
averages the cost from 5615 to $780, Few
spend over 81, 500.
Some one has sent a box by express, To thu,
heV. }. j. Emmegabowh Johnson. White
Earth Mlnn., with S23 express charges which
he IS unable to pay, SO says the Church .Joura0i
An Old lady, sleeping during divine service.
IN church, let fall Bible with clasps to it,
ana the noise partly awakening her, she ex-
chained aloud: What! you've broke another
jug. have you:''
Inc baptists III this country and Canada
have membership of a little over 1000. 600.
Ihey are third on the list of Protest ant de-
nominations, the Methodists and presbvte-ians
outnumberng them.
There was net increase OF the national debt
last year of nearly S25, 100000. The statement
does not agree with the deceptive statements
sent out by the Treasury Department monthly.
but it is true nevertheless
The firm of Soullard s Co., in New York.
manufacturers of tobacco, employ $500 men.
and have capacity for 10000 pounds a tiav.
and average $4,000 orders daily They oppose
the reduction of the tax, of course. TO shut out
competition
The descriptions of hell are quite contradic-
tory even among the preachers. Whether it is
not or cold, here or hereafter, endless or tenn
porary, literal or fgurative mental or physical
are questions concerning which there seems to
be beWllderlng uncertainty and conflict.
"A theological student who was undergoing
examination with view to icensura. was asked
HON ba
confused by the question, he stammered and
biushed for while. and finally stumbled on
the answer, Il wasn't aware that he had any
fleece
lea and coffee are not to be included in the
new tariff bill. Enough can be secured with
out taxing them, Mr. Wood says But not on
articles which can fairly be taxed and which
not beng produced in this country Will weld
all that is added TO the consumers burden to
the treasury.
Congregationaist who lives and worships
New York was asked last week how he
liked his pastor. He answered. SUNDAY is
my day of rest. and ike the man because
can sit quietly in my pew and get a first class
nap while he is preaching" And yet the pas
tor gives dissatisfaction, and some Of the people
are trSluS TO get nm to 90 away
minister from the country writes 10 one of
our religious papers to say that his wife is in
tears because the condition of the family ex-
chequer will not allow renewal of the sub
scrlptlon to the valuable and highly priced pub
hcatlon. Tho publisher proposes to have .,
chrome made representing this lady weeping
herself to death, and to present it as premium
to subscribers.
Some enthusiastic Sunday school man has IN
vented plan for transferring pictures from
large sheets Of paper to the blackboard This
will save the poor children much of the Devil
derment which arises from the chalking on the
board of marvellous pictures by persons who
are not artists. The blackboard is in some
Sunday schools a means of grace in Others ii is
very much abused piece of furniture.
Another bogus materializer, DR.. Henry c.
Jordan, SAID to be, next to the Blisses the
most successful of spiritual humbugs, was ex-
posed IN Philadelphia last Monday night. A
stout plumber managed to get near enough To
him to grab him and pull off his wig when he
was personating materialized spirit. A Young
woman was saved from insanity by the expos
ure, which was undertaken for her benefit
y
sermon to his Sunday school every Sunday
morning. It's regulation length is Just five
minutes, and the children are greatly pleased
with It, And now the Older people, having
caught the idea from the children want him to
cut down the sermons which he delivers to the
congregation to uniform length of FIVE min
utes 1t is thought that if he will adopt these
wishes his church will be the most popular one
in town.
An Oneida, N. u, street merchant, who takes
great pride in keeping his walk well sprinkled
and swept, was standing in his door when the
rain began to patter last week when a passing
citizen remarked: God is sprinkling your
walk for you to-day, | see." yes, yes and
He's doing it tinely-fnely" remarked the Iner-
chant, and then added, BY the way. that re-
minds me that He is the first one on this street
who has failed to come in and borrow my
sprinkler when he has such a Job to do
Those who the accident in which Mathew
Riley fatally injured by being run against
by one Of VIM. FL. Vanderbilts fast horses say
Mr. Vanderbilt not to blame. He shouted
when he Riley in front pulled his horses
to one side and would have passed without
touching Riley but that the latter, confused by
the sudden alarm, started backwards right in
front OF the horses, then close upon him. Mr..
Vanderbilt has manifested the utmost anxiety
about the mans condition, calling daily to in
Gure and providing him with the best medical
attendance.
We have in this ncighborhood Il gentleman
who has been Rector of a church for forty
years. He has learned to ease himself and oc-
casionally calls in lay brother to read prayers
for him. A favorite in this work is a young
man with good voice who, it is said is look
ing toward the sacred calling. Last Sunday
gentleman arrived late at church and drove his
team under the horse-shed. He found the
young candidate sitting on the sill quietly en-
joying cigar. why. jim! why are you not
into service!" Il don't read prayers today
the answer. '.Ihe old man takes a turn
himself to-day, SO thought / would come out
and have quiet smoke. The fact is, had
rather smoke good cigar any time thar read
prayers.
In prominent pew in OF the distin-
guished churches which was recently Kimball-
lied out of its indebtedness sat q well known
citizen who felt averse to giving. and who want
ed to 90 home when Brother Ki1niall took the
platform. Indeed, he was about to leave the