Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-01
TIMELY TOPICS.

Rev. Ireneus Prime, senior editor of the
New York Observer, in his late travels in
Palestine, found IN Judea "stable'' like INTO
that in which ths Savior may have been born.
Mr.. Prime and party took refuge one nigh. in
an "inn," "large, low, square stone build
ing" The stables were slight buildings, put
mp on one side OF the inn, with stalls, and
broad shelves for managers. SIN one of these
stalls" says Mr.. Prime, "the mother of
Jesus, with her husband, Joseph, would find
secluded resting place, when there was no
room for them IN the inn"
The new Hennepin Avenue Methodist
church, Minneapolis, Mimi, was dedicated
recently by Bishop Foss. This building
was begun in 1880, and, with the lot on which
it stands, cost $4,000. The building is one
OF the finest in the Northwest, being 75xlS4
feet, Bnd built of brick. The main audito-
rum will seat 200 persons, and the Sunday
school room will accommodate 500 more.
the organ Is valued at $4,000. The Sunday
school rooms are thirteen in number The
main room is 40x25, and is back of the addlto-
rum, separated by wall. The conyeniences
for Sunday school work are very many.
Since the prohibitory liquor law went into
effect in Cherokee county, Kansas, there has
been remarkable increase in the use of liquor
for medical purposes. The evidence taken in
prosecuting some whisky cases recently show
ed that physician prescribed for one of his
patients, who was alleged to be suffering from
boil on his arm:-September 10, 2 pints
spirits of frumentl; September II, IL bottles of
beer; September %, IS bottles of beer; Sep
TENDER &c, pints spirits frumenti. The med
zeal profession is having regular boom. Boils
on the arm are becoming epidemic, and the
new mode of treatment is with internal appli-
cations of "spirits frumenti"
If the dictum of Judge Calhoun can be re-
lied upon, the type of civilization IN some
portions of our southern counties does not
afford adequate protection to human life. The
judge said lately, in charging the grand jury
Of Yazoo county, Miss, that in six years he
had charged the grand juries in that district
ten times each year, and had said, and was
still ofthe same opinion, that no man, not even
the judge or foreman of the jury, had any as
surance, so far as the protection afforded by
the law is concerned, that upon leaving the
court house his brains would not be blown
out and the perpetrator of the deed go unpun-
ished. Such state of things, he added, is ut
terly opposed to true civilization"
'Death loves shining mark" The high,
the noted form no exception. death has all
seasons and all subjects. The grave, the
reverend head must lie as low as ours" Du-
ring December three noted generals passed
away: Gen. II. B. Banning, ex-member of
congress from the second Ohio district
died suddenly and unexpectedly at
his residence in Cincinnati, Ohio.
General B. D. Fearing, lineal descendant OF
the brave and distinguished Israel Putnam, of
Revolutionary fame, died at his residence in
Marietta, Ohio. General Edwin B. Rabbit,
on the army retired list, died at Fortress
Monroe, Va, at the residence of his son, Major
L. s. Babbitt, commanding the arsenal.
That Zone half the world does not know
how the other half lives' is q saying as true
as hackreyed. The wretchedness, squalor,
hunger and suffering, often existing at the
very doors of the prosperous and well-to-do,
are too often unknown and unlocked for. In
the wealthy city of Brooklyn, New York, the
following case of dire distress, produced by
drunkenness, was discovered: Thos. Bowles,
aged Sc, and his wife, Catharine, aged
So, we're found at their residence in drunken
stupor. Their three children, Nellie, aged 10,
Annie, aged Z, and Thomas, aged 4, were hud
died together in a corner, with hardly stitch
of clothing on their backs, and furnishing for
want of food. Was ever anything more pity
able? The besotted parents would suffer their
helpless children to starve that they might in
dulge their appetite for strong drink.
1t is well understood in Germany that the
Emperor William is steadily sinking to his
grave. He has no fatal malady except that of
old age, he being 81 years DID,
He was favored with strong
constition, and his whole life has
been IN the main temperate one, with con-
ditions favorable to perpetuating existence.
But in view of the mental strain imposed by
the vast responsibilities and many try
ing vicissitudes through which he
has been called TO pass, his vigor and longev-
ity are wonder to his people. Bnt the end
ting uished ruler will be gathered to his faith
ers, and the crown prince, his son, will
take up the reins of empire. Kaiser William,
by his long career, and not uneventful reign,
will fill a high niche in German history, and a
firmly rooted place in the memory of his sub
jects.