Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-02

come to their second childhood, and be not
so wise as formerly; they are yet your par
ents-your daty is not diminished.
The treasury department has made q
special purchase of 10000 ounces of silver
bullion, to be used in coming sufficient
number of dimes TO supply an unusual de-
| mand for these coins which is being made
on the Philadelphia mint.
John Waffen, tippling sailor of Olsve-
land, O., was induced to drink fifteen
glasses Of whiskey in as many minutes in O.
saloon of that city the other night. He
had strength enough to get home afterward
but fell on the floor upon reaching his
house and died soon afterward in great
agony.
A highwayman has been captured in San
Francisco, Cal, who has robbed more than
twenty stages between Shorsta and Cal
averas. Although always single handed,
he has always been successful. His latest
exploit was robbing coach near Copper
| opolis, in which he secured $4,000. He
left behind, howeVer,a handkerchief with
Chinese laundry mark on it, by which he
| was traced to San Francisco city and cap
| tured.
Tho Universali.ts of the United States
| met in general convention in Washington
| recently, refused to recommend that young
women should study for the ministry
| Discussing the question of the difficulty of
getting young men to enter the ministry.
Dr.. Atwood, president of the Theological
school at Canton, N. Y, said that in a ma
jority of cases the determination of young
men to enter the ministry was broken down
by the opposition of their fathers.
correspondent of the London Christian
| Church makes the following interesting
statement in regard to tho royal family of
Sweden and Norway: ''Their Majesties.
Oscar and Sophie, take lively interest in
the religious welfare of their people. to
whom they set good example. Blessed
the people that have such sovereigns. I
shall always reckoa amongst the pleasant
hours OF my life those I spent in private
conversation with the Queen of Sweden, and
Norway. We conversed about missions.
prophecies, spiritual life, and was very
near forgetting the high rank of the lady.
so true and SO real was her Christian
humility"
There is pathetic significance in the
death of old Mr.. Van Arsdale within less
than q fortnight of the day with which in
the minds OF all New Workers he and his
family are inseparably identified. It was
! MIR. Van Arsdale's father, Captain John
| Van Arsdale, who on the 25th of Novem-
Der, 1888, climbed the flag pole ,on the
Battery, from which the departing British
had torn down the halyards, and nailed the
stars and stripes to the mast. For many
years it has been the late Mr.. Van Ars-
dale's hereditary privilege to raise the
American flag in the same place on the
anniversary of the same day. This duty
he would have performed had he lived a
few days longer.
The General missionary committee of
TIE Methodist Episcopal church have just
! held their annual meeting. Mrs. Philander
Smith, of Little Rock, Ark, having offered
$4,000 for The establishment of medical
| college st Nankin, China, the committee
| accepted the offer. Rev. DR.. Goucher, of
Baltimore, offered to give $4,000 towards
the establishment of an Anglo Japanes
university ct Toxic, China. The offer was
| accepted on condition that the other $9, 600
| was made up by observation-disclosures. He
also offered $1,000 for the establishment
of theological schools in Foo Chow, China.
The committee appropriated $4,000 for
; missions in Coree and $4,000 was appro-
| priated to the contingent fund for the en-
suing year. The total amount of the ap-
proprintions made was $4,000.