Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-04-01

| tiate the surrender OF Italy on the 14th OF
| October, it is said, because that was the
date of Hochkirch and Jena. He has the
ancient dislike of Friday; she will not start
on Friday, nor sign any important docu
ment on that day of the week." writes DR.
Busch. Bismarck hesitated, according tc
report, about accepting the title of count
because there had been great mortality
among the counts in Pomerania. Perhaps
he fancies that the curse of Sidonia, the
sorceress, is still upon the noble house OF
the land. He is said to have predicted the
day, month and the year of his own death
as many persons are tabled to have done
successfully. There is even dash of the
astrologer ia the prince,and he commends
those who get their hair cut when the moon
is waxing. But this is a common German
superstition, and not to be laid at the door
of the great Bismarck alone.
THE feast of Purln continues to be cele-
brated by the Jews. In some of the cities
the present year the feast commenced at
the setting of the sun, March 22nd, and
continued two whole days. This feast is
one of the greatest in the Jewish calendar,
and is commemorative of the saving Of the
Jews by Queen Esther. The eventful story
connected with the day is we'll known.
Briefly told, King Ahasherus had consented
to allow a decree to GO forth from Haman
that all the Jews in the land should be put
to death. Haman was servant who had
won the admiration of the king. He was
promoted to high position, and the
people bowed down to him as they entered
the city. But Mordecai, righteous Jew,
refused to worship him. Haman then IS
sued decree that all the Hebrews should
be put to death. Esther, who had been
appointed queen by the king
on account of her beauty,
was a religious Jewess who had been
adopted by Nordecai. She, on hearing of
the sad fate that was to befall her people,
went to the king and the decree was re-
voked. Hannah was executed on the gal
lows that was erected for the hanging of
Mordecai. The latter was then promoted
to high position in the palace. In this
the Hebrews saw the hand of Providence,
which they declared directed Esther and
thus enabled her to save the Jews. In
consequence the day was made one Of
great rejoicing among the Hebrew COM
munity and has continued so down to the
present day. Synagogues are opened in
cities where such exist, for worship, and
the book of Esther is recited, accompanied
by prayers and hymns of thanksgiving.
The general custom is,to commemorate the
feast by wealthy jews distributing aims
among their poorer brethren.
IT is with many, an object of curiosity
and interest to know the origin and author
ship of well-known apothsgms and most
familiar and constantly quoted passages
of poetry or sentiment, many of which are
hidden in obscurity by antiquity or other
wise, from popular information. A few of
such quotations are here given, with their
authorship and origin, as follows: "Cleanli-
ness is next to Godliness.' This pas
sage occurs IN one of the Rev. John Wes-
ley's sermons, wherein he was speaking of
dress. He said: Certainly this is duty,
not sin. Cleanliness is next to Godli-
ness" And Lord Bacon, in his advance
ment of Learning" remarks: Cleanliness
OF body was ever esteemed to proceed
from due reverence to God" Again,
the initials, or monogram, I. Il. S, is often,
to many minds, involved in a perplexing
mystery when seen on altar cloths, or on
the front of reading desks, or else
&c
in 1347, furnished this expla-
nation, that the letters represented the
words IesWS, Hominuns SatUotor, "Jesus
Saviour of Man" The inquiry as to the
authorship of that beautiful hymn,
''B. est be the tie that binds
Our Christian hearts in love-
is answered thus. The hymn for which
the two lines are quoted was written by
the Rev. John Fawcet, D D., of England,
who died in 1917 in the 77th year of his
age. Nearly sixty years of his life were
devoted to the Christian ministry. He
1892. There is a very interesting story
connected with the composition of the
hymn from which the two lines are quoted.
The origin and authorship of the tender
line,
''Soft pity never leaves the gentle breast"
is inquired after. 1t is the first line in
Richard Brinsley Sheridan's comic opera
entitled 'The Duenna," as follows:
| Soft pity never leaves the gentle breast
Where love has been received welcome guest;
| As wandering saints poor huts have sacred made.
| He hallows every heart he once has sway'd,
| And, when his presence we no longer share,
| Still leaves compassion relic there.
COLUMBIA college, in the city of New
York, is venerable institu-
ton, but has more conservatism than
good sense. It resolutely opposes the aa-
mission of females into its classic halls
In its estimation the co-education of the
sexes is an abomination. The trustees
seem to think that advanced learning and
education is hurtfuI to women. The male
sex, alone, in their estimation, is worthy
of instruction in the higher branches Of
education. They are handicapped and
dwarfed by the darkness of relentless
prejudice. They seem not to know thai