Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-04-02
TIMELY TOPICS.

Mr.. W. 7. LYNN, +. r. s., says that Easter
Day this year will be kept on the anniversary
of the actual date tApril 8 of A. ID. 800 and
that he relies TO great extent upon astro-
nomical grounds for that view. lie writes
that ''the old idea that our Lords Passion and
Resurrection Occnrred In A. d. 3S tgiven in
| most Bibles which have dates in the margins)
| was founded on the traditional belief doubt
| less itself txne) that he was about thirty three
years on earth, combined with the idea that
| he dato of his nativity was four years later
han it really was tthe actual date Of that
eVent being, in all probability, B. C.. The
only real doubt about the date Of the Resur-
rection is whether it was a. d. 80 or 30. Now,
astronomy tells us that the full mooD, which
would be Paschal in the former year, fell on
Saturday tAprh ls), which ia incossistentw with
| the circumstances narrated. Bnt in a. ID. SO
that fall moon was on Thursday, April 6, On
W hich day the Passover meal was eaten, and
our Lord suffered the next day lin our reckon
| ing, The same day IN the Jewish), on which
other obseryances connected with the Pass
over were still TO be kept. This, then, have
very little doubt, wss the trne year;>and if SO,
of course the first Easter Was on April @, on
whiek day weshau this year celebrate its ami
ye1sayy."
TEN Marquis OF Lorne, the Governor Gen
eral OF the Dominion, is a Seotehmap. His
great AID growing popularity in Canada is
sand to be owing 10 the fact that 60 large and
prominent portion OF the settlers are Scotch.
He has once, s;uce he has ben IN Canada, had
to receive an Enthusiastically in Gaelic
from q larger number of Hlghianders than
ever appeared before him at home A CORE
spondent, writing from Canada 10 the London
Times, has this to say: "He may be Governor
GeReral and Marquis uf Lorne for infiatls and
outside barbarians-at best mere pross'ytes of
the porch-bnt for themselves, the faithful
few, he is still the young chief OF clan who,
in this strange land, recalls t., them the
proudest, pleas ATTEST memories Of the faroR
old homes to which their thoughts ever fond
ly turn. They believe, not without go.sd rea.
son, that he is scarcely less glad 10 see High
land facas around him than they are t. see his,
and 60, whenever they succeed in getting 10
close quarters with him, such an amount OF
handshaking and squeezing and cesessiDg, not
easily to be kept from downright hugging,
goes on as to make his slaff sometim lock
rather anxious as 10 whether enough OF tie
Governor-deneral will be lefs to carry on her
majesty's gov rument, according TO regula-
tons 10 the prescribed way.''
In Lippincott's New Dictionary Of Quois.
tons, a story is told of Virgi's noted words
"9ic eos noz vobis,'' which imply that our
labor often benefits others rather than our
selves. The story is this: Virgil having
written and posted upin conspicuous place
dstich highly ALTERING to toe Emperor
Augustus, bat without discovering himself,
post by the name Of Balhylus pr, tended TO
be the author, and was consequently much
noticed and rewarded By the prince. Virgil,
not brooklpg the injustice patiently, wrote
uader tho distich the words, Isle Dos Sson
ooJ4s'' four times. No one having beeu able
beginning, except Virgil himself, the impss-
ture of Batsyilus was detected, and Virgil
WAS then recognized Is the author Of the ap
plsuded diShch These are the lines in full:
Hos ego versiculos feel, tnlit alter honores,
Sic vos non vobis nidifcaiis aree:
Sic yos non vO5is vellrla fertls ovess
Sic Vos non vobs melli6catis apes;
SicVos non yobfS ferts sTatra boYes,
Which may be rendered.
I wrote these little verses, another has the
credit.
Thus ye birds build nests not for yourselves,
Thus We sheep bear Aeeces not for yourselves
Thus ye bees make honey NOT for Yourselves,
Thus ye oxen bear the yoke not for your-
selves.
SINCE The death of the Prince Imperial of
France Napoleon Joseph- Charles Panl is rec
ognized as tho bead of the imperial branch of
The house Of Bonapsrte. Will he ever ascend
The imperial throne of France? Is the go
called republic established on permanent, en-
during basis, May not the Bckla people of
tha: nation be led OF by some exciting or So
cial upheavsI into another reyolutiOn? Since
the death Of the prince imperial. Napoleon
Joseph has clearly indicated that If France
ever returns to the Cessaric form Of govern
naent, he means TO be Cesar. BE has vast
ambition, and should he ever, BY the whirligig
Of fate. reach the throne. his style win be Ma
poleOn V. Is sach thing impossible, OK even
improbables Who expects TO STE the present
form Of Of simulated republic in France of
long enduFancef 1t is not q government OF
the people. It bellies it's name. 1t is imperial
in its prominent, essential Ingredients. Would
1t be any more singular or surprisIpg to see
Napoleon V In soms choatic political cor
yusion in France, ascend toe Imperial throne
OF the Bonapartes, or more improbable than
1t was forty years ago to zee Lonis Napoleon
serve life sentence In the Fortress of Ham,
escape from that fortress to be hailed BY won
derlng and admiring Frenchmen, rs the &c.
credited descendant Of the great Napoleon.
and to Be received and recognised az Napoleon
III by eight millions of Frenchmen, and rati-
fed as the rightui occupant of the Imperial
throne. BY an exciting and celebrating eosp
d. stgt, that emblaxoned with bewildering
glamour the great and strange transaction?
The French nation has not essentienly changed.
It is marked by the most violest and incon-
ceiyable contrasts. What tbs nation hates
and despises to-day, it may applaud and glory
ia tomorrow. The present form OF govern
ment is ephemeral. Another great upheaya]
will not hong be delayed.
Arv NJ TIM p,oat af,la in4alijoenk and NOR