St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-06

health Of the body, although both are de-
| serving of much more attention than either OF
them receives. [And, yet, the author of
the above was driven to suicide by bodily an
guish. Toavoid painful surgical operation,
he killed himself. This shows on what
fimsy basis, often rest philosophical de-
| auctions, or sentimentalisms, or apothegms.
Cotton, the astute, terse paragraphist, wrote
of the suicide, she abandons earth to forfeit
heaven" Showing how little, even with
his acute, philosophical mind, he knew of
himself.
The Presbyterian church at Wyandotte,
Kansas, has voted to erect new house Of
worship.
Forty students, members of the senior
clall in Yale college, have the gospel minis
tro in view.
The Presbyterian church at Fredricktown,
Ohio, has raised over SIS, 900 to erect new
house of worship.
Four things come not back, remarked Haz-
lett: The spoken word, the sped arrow, the
past life, the neglected opportunity.
The Florida Democrats in convention ex-
pressed regrets at the inability of Mr. Tilden
to receive a nomination, and declared fin
favor of Cleveland.
While drilling for oil near Butler, Louisi
ana, heavy vein of gas was struck, and the
pressure was so great that the roar of escap-
ing gas was heard for several miles.
Bethany Presbyterian church in the city
of New York, will be kept open all summer,
and not closed up as many, or most city
churches are for summer vacation.
Immense numbers of insects have appeared
in the woods near Asbury Park, New Jersey.
The farmers are greatly alarmed by the prob
ability that the insects will attack the crops
The Congregationalist says that there are
now fewer pastorless Congregational churches
in Kansas than there have been in twelve
years, and thirty of them receive no aid from
the Home Missionary Society.
Bishop Hurst (Methodist) has already
sailed for Europe and India. He will attend
during the ensuing year, both the Oriental
and European conferences. Bishop WILEY
will soon sail from San Francisco for Japan
and China.
care you having much practice now?"
asked an old judge of a young lawyer. eyes,
sir; great deal, thank you" "Ah, Pm
glad to hear it. In what line is your prac-
tice particularly? "Wel, sir, particularly
in economy"
Twenty years ago William Penland shot
and killed Lieutenant Saffell, of the United
States army, at Ellis, Texas. He escaped, and
has remained in hiding ever since. He has
recently been found and arrested, and will
be tried for his crime.
The Current, of Chicago, keeps standing
from week to week at the head of its page of
editorial paragraphs the sentence ''Pay the
teachers better wages" 1t is good idea to
keep that piece of sound advice before the
people. Persistcncy often accomplishes
wonders.
A woman applied to doctor for prescrip-
ton for her husbands rheumatism. sect
that prepared said the medical man, as he
handed her prescription, "and rub it well
into your husbands back. If it does any
good let me know; I've got touch of rheum-
atism myself.
quack doctor, named George Hall, has
been arrestedin London, Ontario, for man
slaughter, for killing deaf and dumb child,
He undertook to effect cure by administer
ing hypodermic, injections, and splitting
open the child's tongue. The child died
eight hours after the operation.
Ellen Thompson, the II year old daughter
of a Scranton, Pennsylvania, druggist, com
mitted suicide recently by swallowing grain
and half Of strychnine. Before her death
she confessed she had prepared the poison
for her step-mother, but on second thought
had concluded to take it herself
The Boston Journal did not quite do Justice
to the facts in its report of the procession at
the laying of the corner stone of the new
Episcopal church at Concord, Mass. The an
them or chant begun with the Latin words.
sLetatus sum-" Twas glad, but the Joury,gl
quoted it, 'Lactatus sum- was milsed.
The Aduance claims to have in its Office a
photograph of the largest Congregational
church in the world. The church is in swe-
den, where Congregationalism is only half
dozen years old, and where there are now
over one hundred thousand members. The
building referred to, seats 5000 and the
church has membership of 1, 1OO
The CHRISTIAN Statesman says: ssDuring
the past seventy or eighty years the French
missionaries Roman Catholic) have been Sc
cretly propagating their doctrines in Corea.
The government strictly prohibited their re-
hgion and the converts were put to death
without distinction Of age or sex. But they