Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-25
TIMELY TOPICS.

The Russian newspapers announce that the
holy synod is contemplating the necessity OF
reducing the number of religious holidays OBJ
served by the Greek church. The number Of
saints days upon which workmen have holi-
day in the course of the year is 100, SO that,
instead of doing about 800 days. work in
year as in other countries, in Russia they hard
ly do more than 200 days.
DIR. JOHN F. GRAY, the first physician in
America who adopted the medical system of
Hahnemann, died recently in New York city.
He was born in Sherburne county, New York,
and was graduated in 1926. at the College of
Physicians and Surgery, New York city. He
soon after adopted the SYSTEM of homeopathy
and became its most distinguished advocate
and practitioner in the city. He received the
honorary degree of doctor of laws from Ham.
ilton college in 1871.
LONDON is pretty lively village. T. covers
700 square miles. It numbers more than
100000 Inhabitants. It comprises 100000
foreigners from every quarter of the globe.
1t contains more Roman Catho-
lies than Rome itself; more Jews than
the whole of Palestine; more Irish
more Welshmen than Cardiff; has a birth
every five minutes; death every eight min
utes; has seven accidents every day in its 1000
miles of streets; and $4,000 annually added to
its population; has 117,0OO habitual GRIMM
ais on its police register; and has $4,000
drunkards annually brought before its magis-
trates.
LUCAS HIRsT, Esq, lawyer of Philadel-
phia, died recently, leaving nearly the whole
of his fortune, valued at $4,000, for the es-
Enlistment of free law library for poor law
yers in Philadelphia. Mr.. Hirst began his
career forty,years ago,a penniless errand-boy in
Attorney General Brewster's Office, and worked
his way to prominence and wealth by the clos
est application and penurious economy. Some
years ago he asked the use of a volume at the
Law Institution for few moments, and was
told it could only be granted on the payment
of $40, years subscription to the institution.
He flung himself out in passion, and at once,
resolved to leave the bulk of his wealth for the
foundation of free law library.
! THE number OF aliens who arrived at the
port of New York upon foreign vessels, as
shown by the custom house records during
the month of May last, was 85,6T, as against
1889 for the same period in 1881. The total
arrivals since January were 227, 1925, an in
crease of SO, S43 over the first five months of
last year. On the last day of the month 5000
arrived at this port OF those arriving during
the month of May, the Germans take the lead
with 5000; followed by ireland, with Is ,453;
swenden, -, 4S1; England, 9,26S; Italy, 5,51s;
Norway, 5,94S; Austria, 3,07S; Denmark,
1889; Scotland, 2,164; Switzerland, 1,49S;
Russia, 1,175; Bohemia. s96; Holland, $40;
Hungary, 4S0; France, 455; Wales, 80; other
countries, SCI.
A TRAVELLER says in recent letter from
New Mexico: A Thousand miles in and about
the mountains of Colorado reveal to the ex-
cursionist more of men and mines, more OF
the vast resources of our country, in brain
and acres, than books could teach in years.
Crossing the continent, and seeing such towns
as Kansas City and Denver, with electric
lights, Herdic coaches, elegant residences,
rivallipg in luxurious detail the elaborate
mansions of eastern millionaires, cities which
are in their infancy, we stand in amazemsnt
before such magic growth. With the CELEBRITY
of steam we are carried into pioneer towns,
which exist only in name, and there see the
beginnings of such high civilization, and the
| contrast is as startling as between the Eng
land Of the Caesars and the London of Vic
| toria.
IT is recollected of certain clergy
man, that he used to preach splen-
did sermons, what would be called
philosophical and ethical sermons,
but not much of Christ in them. One day
when he was in the pulpit, a little note was
handed up to him. 1t contained these words:
"Sir, we would see Jesus" The minister
thought over the passage, and could not get
it out of his mind. By-and.by he looked in his
sermons, and he found that there was not
much OF Jesus in them, though there was a
great deal about other things. He changed his
preaching and began telling his congregation
all he knew about Christ. He held him up
day after dav, and sometime after he got an
other little note, in the same handwriting as
before, and it ran thus: "Then were the dis
ciples glad when they saw the Lord"
IT seems that Italians are being brought
into the United States by contract, very much
after the fashion of the Chinese. In New
York one Giuseppe Brotali runs an emigration
bureau. Most of the Italians come to New
York in consignments to this italian mer-
chant and capitalist. He advances $18 passage
money, and the emigrants come subject to
his orders. They sign papers both in Italy
and on landing, to the effect that each person
is willing to pay IS month for twelve
months to Brotali, in consideration of his ad-
vances. a majority of the emigrants work
under his advice. He makes the contracts for
them. He pays for their work. If work calls
them to another part OF the country he makes
further advances, which must be refunded
with interest. Most of the persons whose
passage is SO paid work under Brotali for long
periods.
BLAKE, astronomer, places the United States
in the torrid zone. and gives intimation Of an
1882 hot summer. In two years more all
kinds of tropical fruit can be raised in the
United States and Canada. He says: Owing
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