Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-08-20
TIMELY TOPICS.
LACoN: It is safer to be attacked by some
men than to be protected by them.


men than to be protected by them.
IT was remark OF. "Lacon:" It is only
when the rich are sick that they fully feel the
Impotence of wealth.
WILLIAM PENN the pure minded old Quaker
said: "God is better served in resisting temp
tation to evil than in many formal prayers"
FAsL became all things to all men that he
might win some-that is, that he might serve
Others rather than himself Toe motive of
this action is changed by the self-seeker, the
sycophant, whose object is to serve himself
by his apparent and fattering condescensions.
a sAUCY writer recently remarked: ga
man may hcDe thirty millions of dol
lars, while perhaps he isn't uortk
fourteen cents Money then, &C.
cording TO this standard, is not the measure of
real worth, the true altitude of manhood.
Pope then was not far wrong when he sang:
Worth makes the man and want of it the
fellow"
How almost blasphemous in these days of
advanced enlightenment, to call millionaire
fellow"
The heartlessness of the average COM
mercial business life is II nothing more clear
~ shown than when an active operator on
change disappears, being removed by death.
The first remark, thought and query is sur
charged with the commercial element alone,
when the death of wealthy coadjutor is an
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the instant commercial, soulless enquiry.
That is, how much is he worth? That IS all
'money-bags" thinks of death, the immortal
life, the vacant chair, the bereaved family
and thus the strife for wealth, SO soon to be
left to others, goes on.
MUSIC teachers should teach their pupils to
think. In order to do it they must themselves
study and think and fill their own minds with
the principles, the beauty and the refining,
elevatng elements of their almost divine art.
They should not be satisfied with mere rou.
tine work. Mere machine, mechanical work
should be avoided. Inert, unthinking mac
tivity is to be eschewed. Not only tell pupils
great deal, but b, sure they under
stand what is told then by faithful O uestion-
ing, and thus awaken and impress their minds
Only by patient, painstaking labor can the
pupil be made to appreciate the value, and to
use and feel the beauties of this artistic
| science, and thus achieve success.
IT is now getting to be quite the mode for
ladies to play the VIOLA. Thirty years ago
when the dark haired Italian sisters Mllano-
10 startled the world by their artistic playing
OF the "fiddle," woman almost unsexed her
self by bringing out the soft mellifuous
strains of that then prescribed but really
aesthetic instrument. Girls who played the
violin were considered vulgar and braz4n.
All this is changed. The soft hand of woman
low caresses the beautiful instrument and
brings out from its strings most witching
strains. Says refined writer: ut is a lovely,
a pure, womanly instrument, and there is
no reason why ladies should not learn to play
it." It's refining melody, full OF softness,
pathos and deep fervor, elevates the soul, while
1t su bdues earth born passion.
Tne following is given as q personal por-
traiture OF Renan, the famous bishop of Col
lenso: Renan is more than ugly, he is repul-
sive as monstrosity; his companions of the
seminary OF Saint Sulpice used to consider
that his ugliness was equivalent to one of
those deformities which are obstacles TO en-
tering the orders OF the church He is more
animal than man. His body is one block of
flesh; arms and legs move heavily, mechani-
caily, like the members of the hippopotamus.
His massive head falls like burden over his
breast; he drags it rather than carries it. The
color of his pendant cheeks disgusts like the
slime of the snail. His forehead suggests the
anathema craven on the face of Cain. His lit
tie, deeply-sunken eyes cannot meet the glance
of men; forcibly downcast, they are con-
demned to have no other spectacle than the
mud and the dust
TRADITION has an interesting, if unimport-
ant, and to some extent, fantastic legion in
regard to the origin Of the name of the some
what famous island of Nantucket One is that
the Oldest inhabitant, who owned the group OF
islands, of which this is one, gave them to his
daughters, ere he died. Rhoda took Rhode
Island, Elizabeth took the island since named
for her. Martha took and named Marthas
FiAc Sdiu, duU hS lot tlo remaining 1SlaQO,
Nan-took-it- This tradition has not the
antiquity to give ii authority, and is mani
testify the invention of some ingenious modern
Yankee. more ancient, and quite as reliable
tradition, is derived from an Indian legend
1t is this: The Great Spirit was once smoking
Thereby setting an unfortunate example
which is now universally followed), when he
partly filled his pipe with sand. On
emptylng The mixed remains of his
pipe into the sea, they formed the island of
Nantucket. The name is claimed to be an
Indian modification of Nautikon, a name left
by the Norsemen who visited it in the elev-
enth century. The best authority pronounces
1t corruption OF an Indian word meaning
"far away" 1t is called Natocko. on the map
of 1880.
INSTRUCTION IN music, especi ally in piano
music, has become quite universal, insomuch
that nearly every well TODD. house where there
are children has its piano. To be proficient
on that instrument is 6 very great accom-
plishment. Music IS q science, inc art, and
its influence is refining, eleFating. There is a
great amount of ignorance in regard 20 th e