Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-18
TIMELY TOPICS.

THE Red Wing Argus OF recent date, says:
There is another ripple of excitement among
the members of the M. E. Church of this
place, on account of sermon preached by the
pastor, Rev. Mr.. Wilson. He is reported as
having declared his disbelief in the existence
of real devil, or as some call it, a personal
deyil, and also that the writings of Moses
were of the nature OF a fable. Whatever the
discipline of the church is in regard to these
matters, it is evident that most OF the men,
bers believe in real devil, and the preacher
may yet be brought before conference to have
the question of heresy determined.
The following "Summer Song" will be ap-
preciated, or, at least, ought to be, by the
people of this region during the present
heated term: "Did you ever hear Of a drought,
a regular Texas stew? No, then I'll invoke
my painting muse and issue verse or two.
Thermometer ninety at 9, one hundred degrees
at 4 and ninety again at 9 p. m. for full
month or more. So hot that you fall asleep
over the news by mail-that a cow can't low,
or chicken crow, or watch dog wag his
tail. So hot that men don't speak in
healthy, natural tone, but greet as they meet
in the dusty street with scarcely audible
groan. A staggering rooster reels about after
sunstruck fly, and hog just winks at an
ear of corn which chances to lie near by. Not
drop of dew by night, not drop OF rain by
day; the wells and cisterns going dry, and the
creeks have run away.
A REPORT has reached the aristocratic
region of West Point that a young colored
man will make his unwelcome appearance
there this year as candidate for the honors of
cadetship. 1t is said that he comes from the
city of Brooklyn, and that he has been selected
because of his success in competitive ex-
animation. This horrible rumor has, we are
told, created CONSERVATION at the academy,
and the young gentlemen up there who are
lodged, fed and clothed at the public expense
at the expense, among other classes, of five
or six millions of colored men-declare that
that they will not associate with him if he is
admitted. This is all very well. If they do not
wish to do so there is no law to compel them,
but they may as well understand, first as last,
that colored boy that behaves himself, and
who possesses the brains and the appointment,
has just as much right at West Point as they
have.
EMIGRATION from the Old World is pouring
into the United States. in steady, increasing
and immense numbers, and in return Ameri-
can tourists in unexampled numbers are
pouring into Europe; On late Saturday
seven steamships sailed from New York, car
rying over 1,10O passengers bound to the Old
World. The present season will witness the
departure of thousands of tourists from Amer
lean shores to ill all the leading capitals of
Europe. Their expenditures will be immense
and lavish, and few, perhaps will
come back American" in taste and feeling,
but made conceited, arrogant and up.startish
by foreign travel. Most Of them will fiaunt
the vulgar foreign airs, but mere dawdlers
who have visited operas, and the superficial of
the foreign cline, but who have had no taste
for the historical, the scientific, and the solid.
Thousands, ignorant of the languages of Eu-
rope, will grope and stumble along through
Interpreters and come home travelled" look
ing down with contempt upon the home-stay-
ers, who have not had the opportunity of
swearing at insolent lhackman, LAUNDERING
walters, and insolent custom house officials.
A VALENTINE seen by reporter of the
Easton (Md.) Ledger, which was sent ID the
season of valentines 10 girl in Easton by
youth in Washington, brings to mind the
story of name and ola name of note in
American history. The name of the sender
of the missive is Return j. Meigs, and the
same Christian name has been in the Meigs'
family for several generations. Many years
ago, in anti-revolutionary days, Jonathan
Meigs courted young lady who rejected his
addresses. Meigs continued to love the
girl, and, though too proud and sensitive to
try a second time to win her, he
determined never to marry any one
else, and to live and die bachelor
unless she, of her own volition, re.
Tented. After few years the lady did relent,
or perhaps got to know her own heart better,
and sent a letter to her former sutton. Meigs
got the letter and found IN it only the two
words "Return, Jonathan. It was enough,
Jonathan did return and made her his wife.
Their first child was baptized, "Return Jona-
than," to commemorate the brief letter that
saved the Meigs family from extinction, and
from that date to this there has been Return
j. Meigs in every generation. The sender of
the valentine referred to is the grandson of
Gen. M. G. Meigs, late quaytermaster general,
now retired.
LAST winter Mr.. Fuller of Somers intro
duced into the Connecticut legislature reso-
luton prohibiting smoking in any part of the
capitol building. He said that when he went
home the first night after he came here his
wife said to him: "You'ye been smoking" He
denied it, but he was full of tobacco smoke;
was filled up with it at the hotel and about
the legislature. He detested smoking. SIT is
sinful, disgracefuI,'' he said, ''for the capitol
to be desecrated with tobacco smoke" The
resolution was Indefinitely postponed, 122 to
IA. Before the vote was taken the venerable
Mr.. Cowles of Pennington offered an amend
ment to prevent chewing in the building,
which WIS voted down. Mr.. Cowles is an in
vsterate chewer and a majority of the legisla-
tors smoke. Upon this newspaper writer
comments: Legislators may make fun of
Mr.. Somers' resolution, but the time must
surely come when men will be sensible
enough and polite enough to know that they
have no more right to smoke in another per-
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