Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-26
TIMELY TOPICS.


cause''-which if meant, sarcastically, has
no reason at all, may be found, it is sup |
posed, in Shakespeare's 1.-TWO Gentlemen |
in Verona" where Lucetta, on being asked |
her reason Tor preferring Proteus to the
other suitors of Julia, replied: II have no |
other but woman's reason. think him |
SO. because think him So"
CICERO is quoted as saying "the human
mind longs for occupation" If he did
not say it, he might have said it with truth.
A mind at rest is mind diseased, 1t preys
upon itsef-ennui ensues, and is often the
predisposing cause of insanity. Non-use
kills. blots out the mind. Hence the felt
necessity of every human being for some
kind of mental occupation and activity.
The property of great men who have
passed away soon falls into the hands of
strangers. William Cullen Bryant's favor
tie house at Roslyn, N. Y, has not been
occupied by mis- family; Mr.. Irving's much
loved ''Sunnyside'' is held by strangers;
Bayard Taylor's ''Cedarcroft" is occupied
by lis recent purchaser; the picturesque
'.Idlewi.d' of Mr.. Willis has been twice in
the market, and DR.. Hollands 'Bonnicas-
tle'' at the Thousand islands is held for
sale.
IT may be of interest to people of liter
arg tastes 10 learn that biography of
George Eliot is about to be published.
The writer is Miss Mathilde Blind, and the
work is to be the initial volume of the
forthcoming series of Eminent Women"
to be edited by Mr.. John H. Ingram. The
volume will give, for the first time, faith
full account of George Eliot's early life,
and of much of her unknown literary Ia
bors, and furnish new and interesting cor
responoence.
The Psychological Journal speaks of the
fact that women nave not YET secured the
right to whistle. 1t thinks that they ought
10 have this right on several grounds. The
practice of whisG.ing tends to promote
cheerfulness in the whistler, and also to
streng then the lungs. Women need cheer
fulness and good lungs just as much as
men do, and, therefore, the qustion is, as
the Journal says, why should not women
whistle 'as they rock the cradle or perform
their household duties?" What hinders
their whistling, if they wish to whistle?
MANY a frivolous young man of the
present day ':cuts such antics as make
angels weep" A New York letter says:
1T may be mentioned that among the per-
sonal properties of one young gentlemen
in New York city are $50 odd silk, satin and
knitted necAties and upwards of fifty walk
ing sticks" Such brainless youth is no
credit to himself and no use to society.
Having more means than brains, his idi-
otto ambition for disgraceful accumula
tion of worthless trash makes him worse
than useless member of society, mere
abnormal excrescence OH social life.
HUNGARY is mourning the death OF
Johann Arany, who wrote some of the
finest ballads and epic poems in his Ian
guage. One Of them, known as s'The Love
of Soidi," an English correspondent says.
may probably be placed side by side with
the best of what has been written of the
kind in any language Arany was COM
plete master of his own tongue, and some
Of his Shakespearean translations are de-
clared to be, as trarslations, among the
nearest approaches to the original that
have ever been made. They are favorites
on the Hungarian stage. Crowds are al
ways called out by the production of his
Midsummer Nights Dream"
The Congregational church at Easton
Mass, wins $4,000 as the result of the re-
cent elections. The house of worship was
burned not long ago, and in response to
an appeal for aid in rebuilding Oliver
Ames jokingly replied that if elected lieu
tenant governor he would give $4,000, pro-
vided the successful candidate for
governor would contribute like sum-
A local paper says General Butler heard of
it, and promptly agreed 10 cover the con-
ditions as far as he might be concerned
The general was elected on the Democratic
ticket and Mr.. Ames on the Republican.
The church members are bipartisan
enough to be thoroughly satisfied with both
results.
SPEAKING of the effect of the adverse de-
cision of Circuit Judge Hayes, at Daven-
port, on the prohibition amendment, the
Davenport Daily Gazette says: Until the
decision of Judge Hayes is reversed by the
supreme court Of Iowa, the prohibitery
constitutional amendment is unconstitu-
tional and invalid in this judicial district
(ocoot, Muscatine, Clinton and jackson
counties), and the business of brewing and
selling beer has the sanction of the law"
Bat IA The state outside of this district the
decision has no effect. It is generally
thought IN Iowa that the decision will be
reversed by the supreme court, as the tech
nicalities upon which 1t is based are
deemed trivial.
The tendency seems to be for women to
enter every business arena known to the
opposite sex. There are women lawyers,
women preachers, women stump speakers
il behalf Of suffrage, women orators in
beaaif of temperance, and now we have