Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-19


than of the agreeable and pleasant-faced
gentlemen one meets among the Arabs and
Egyptians"
THERE was an annular eclipse of the sun
Nov. 10, the second and last eclipse of the
present year. The other was total eclipse
of the sun on the 18th of May last, the
path of totality extending through Asia
and Africa. AS the eclipse of the 10th
inst. was visible only in the southern Pa.
cific ocean, the beautiful spectacle was
monopolized by the sailors and the unap.
prsciative inhabitants of New Caledonia
and the southern part.of New Guinea. As
tronomers gave the event but little atten-
ton. it having no scientific value. During
its continuance, however, it was scarcely
second to total eclipse in beauty. The
disk of the moon was not large enough to
obscure the entire face of the sun, and a
ring of light was left completely encir-
cling the darkened center.
ONE of the greatest evils of the present
time is the making haste to achieve
riches. 1t leads to fraud, corruption and
crime, wreck Of character and dark dis
grace. The many noted examples of sud-
denly acquired wealth but fires the ambi-
ton of thousands to gain like results In
this struggle success is exceptional,
failure the rule. "Silent profit and
persevering industry" is the
true philosophy of life, the real
touch-stone of honest acquisition, the open
pathway to genuine peace of mind, and
quiet and rational enjoyment. The Rev.
John Hall, d. D., admirably says: 1.-THE
maelstrom attracts more notice than the
quiet fountain; coE,et draws more at
tention than the steady star; but it is bet
ter to be the fountain than the maelstrom,
and star than comet, following out the
sphere and orbit of quiet usefulness in
which God places u.s..
Mr.. HERBERT SpENDER, in his after din
ner speech at the New York banquet, said
that American faces were suggestive of
over-work and an enormous amount of
care, and added that, beyond the serious
physical mischief caused by overwork,
there is the further mischief that it des-
troys what value there would otherwise be
in the leisure part of life. In summing up
he said that we have had somewhat too
much of the gospel of work." 1t is time
to preach the gospel of relaxation. In
abiding to the fact that we do not take
enough care of our bodies he said, we hear
great deal about "tbe vile body" and
many are encouraged 10y the phrase to
transgress the laws of health. But nature
quietly suppresses those who treat thus
unexpectedly one of her highest pro-
ducts, and leaves the world to he peopled
by the descendants of those who are not
SO foolish.
THE New York Independent hesitates to
give it's credence to "Prayer Cures" which
are 80 implicitly believed in many direc-
tions, and for the proof of which many
distinct and pointed statements are made.
The Independent says: Theoretically VIC
have no objection to this doctrine-which
to the well-informed reader of history is
by no means a new thing under the sun
provided it is proved to be true by the
Bible, Or by experience, Or by both. We
are ready to believe it the moment it is
established as a fact; and until it is SO estab-
lished by its advocates We think it safe to
give them further time and wait for fur
ther light. We do not deny it's possibility.
since we believe in God who can work
miracles whenever and wherever he pleases.
What we want and fail to find, either in
the Bible or out of it, is the evidence that
God now miraculously cures diseases in
answer to prayer. 1t will be time enough
to receive the doctrine when it is proved
by adequate evidence, and until then we
think it best for Christians who desire to
keep possession of their common sense to
act upon the principle of proving all
things and holding fast to that which is
true.
A DAUGHTER of j. Fenimore Cooper, the
novelist, writing to daily journal
gives some interesting "reminiscences of
her father. She says on his death-bed he
requested that no sketch of his life should
be written. The family inferred that his
life had boon 30 full of vicissitudes in many
lands, and for years upon the sea, that no
body was in possession of facts enough to
tell the story. The family mansion at his
home i'll Cooperstown, N. Y, "Otsego
Hail." was burned two or three years after
his death. At the table in the library at
Otsego Hall, twenty of his books were writ
ten. His daughter says: "He always
wrote tive hours every morning, wrote rap
idly, almost always with his own hand and
seldom erased or amended what he had
written. Then he drove up to his farm, a
couple of miles off. That was his favorite
resort during the last years of his life.
He generally went there to work rather
than to rest. It was battle with the noun
tain. He was determined that the farm
should become source of profit, and the
mountain was determined that it should
not. When he had cut off trees enough for
a clearing he had contest with the great
lodges that seemed everywhere to underlie
the soil. In many places the pillow could
not be set in the ground for rods, and even
acres, together. Every fall father would
say, L guess the farm will pay next year.
But the most he ever got from it was veg