Daily globe., 1883-08-13

In Peoria the Catholics are to build a
$25,000 Cathedral.
Of 1889, ,729 Prussian children, 2,723,911
go to Evangelical, and l, 1,405,989 to Catho-
lie schools, making total of 4,129,990 in
Christian schools.
The bitterest Mohammedan curse is:
MAY you wear chimney pot hat" The
brim of such hat prevents the touching of
the earth with the forehead.
The Truthseeker, the New York organ
of the infdels, counts among its constitu-
ents, all the judges of the supreme court of
the state, except Judge Strong.
The census of missions to be taken next
year will, it is said, show an increase of
100000 native Christians in India, Ceylon
and Burmah for the last ten years.
The pension granted by the Italian gov
ernment to Plus X is to be devoted to re-
claiming the Roman marshes, the
heirs of the late Pontiff having lost their
suit which they brought to obtain possess
ion of it.
A Philadelphia clergyman preached on
the text: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord
thy God," and illustrated it with, ''We pray
to the Lord to give US health, and tempt
him with filthy streets, sewer gas and bad
water"
J. W. Mackay has subscribed $1,000 to
the American Relief Society in Paris; W.
H. Stewart, $500; Harrison Ritchie $500;
and Mrs John Monroe $3.50. Mr.. and
Mrs. MackaJ expect to return to America
in October.
Lillian Russell has made her appear
ance in London as Virginia, but does not
more than half please that city. She was
roundly Kissed when she first came upon
the stage because she wore brooch with
the name of the fellow Solomon, with
whom she ran away, consplcuously set in
diamonds.
In the Paris Grand Opera-House the
conductors desk has been brought into
telegraphic communication with the rear
of the stage, and it will now be possible
for the conductor to beat the time stimuli
taneously for the orchestra and the people
on the stage who see him and for those be-
hind the scenes.
Miss Fanny Blumenfeld, young Chica-
goan, who has won great fame in Vienna
as a pianiste, after having studied for some
time with Prof. Leschetitzky, the teacher
and husband of Nine. Essipoff, has re-
turned home, and will before long be
heard in concert. She intends making
concert tour through the states.
The second party of Apollo pilgrims
have spent two days in and around Brus-
sells, visiting the Church of st. GuduI, the
battlefield of Waterloo, and other points.
To-day they will be IN Paris. The first
group took sail up the Rhine, stopping
at ''Fair Bingen," where the famous poem
was recited by one of the ladies. This
party left yesterday for London.
| A Christian church now marks the bat
tIetield of Isandhlwana, in Zululand, where
the Prince Imperial was killed. The
church is gothic structure of white sand
stone, and was very recently dedicated.
Ritualism marked the ceremony, the Bish-
op was vested in white cope and mitre,
two tapers glimmered on the altar, and a
large black cross glistened above the vase
of flowers.
The City of Berlin is wild with delight
over new star in the operatic armament,
Miss Hermine Braga, who is said to be a
second and improved edition of Pauline
Lucca. The latter is very fond of Miss
Braga, and said of her the other day: 'Af-
ter 1 am gone no one but Braga can sing
Carmen" 1t should be stated that Pau
line Luccas Carmen is the very acme of
musical and dramatic art.
Professor John Stuart Blackie gave up
his chair in Edinburgh university not long
ago, resolved thenceforth to devote himself
to work in behalf of the order of Highland
peasantry. In that work he is now earn
estlY engaged. He is credited with saying,
"Let Greek die, let Hebrew die, let learn
ing go to the dogs; but let human beings
live and let brotherhood and charity live
The Salvation Army is discreet as well
as brave "Show me an actor and I'll show
you a low lived, goddess whelp," said one
member of the Army while preaching III
London. And when a muscular actor
stepped forward in a fighting attitude, the
preacher said: I'll be as good as my
word, Here is the actor shown to me
I am the low-lived and goddess whelp-
that is, in the sight of Heaven"
The success of the ''Parsifar perform
ances in Bayreuth has been greater this
year than last, according to the German
papers, and they have also brought new
converts to the Wagner school. The dis
, tinguished dramatist and critic, Paul Lin
dau, whose reports last summer were sufi-
ciently CRITICAL to be repeatedly referred
to as evidence of the failure of Wagner
last work, has again changed his mind, a
, he did once before in regard to the Nibe
6 lung Tetralogy, and now gives it as hi
!, opinion that "Parsifar' is the "purest
: most harmoniously united, and in its effec
q the most powerful and sustained musico
9 dramatic work ever produced in Ger
many"