St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-13
TIMELY TOPICS.

CoNTE1lPLATTEE, plalnt1Ve, pathetic
writer has tenderly and touchingly said: s'If
we die to-day, the sun will shine as brightly,
and the birds will sing as sweetly tomorrow.
Business will not be suspended moment.
and The great muss viii not bcstow thought
upon our memories. Is he deads' viii be
the solemn enquiry Of few, as they pass to
their work. No one will miss US except our
immediate connections: and in short time
they will forget and laugh As merrily as when
we set beside them. Thus shall we all, now
active in life, pass away. Our children
crawl close behind Us, and they will soon be
gone In u few years not q living being can
say. 4 remember u We lived in another
age, and did business with those who SUM
Der in the tomb. This is life. How rapidly
it passesl All this is true of the masses, and
even OF multitudes who have been promiu-
ent in their Gay, have occupied high official
positions, have been governors, congress
men, judges and the like. Even theirnaaes
have persisted from the earth. A few only
have written their names high up on imper-
ishable records. All men cannot be great,
though Lon gfelIow draws from the Gives of
! great men, stimulus to nerve the lasting
millions.
Lives of great men all remind Us
We can make our lives sublins,
| And, departing leave behind US
Footprints the sands OF time"
Henry KirAe White INDUCED in sentiments
i similar to those of the above quoted poetic
writer He was born in 1855, just about
century ago, and died in 1906, at the age of
twenty-one years and seven months. In
his short life he developed poetic genius of
high order and ranks, to-day, among Eng
| lands distinguished poets, Notwithstanding
his responding apprehension that his name
and memory would soon zoe heard no more
below He was a victim of consumption,
aud in the language of Lord Byron who. paid
high tribute to his genius, he died early,
I'm consequence too filusa exertion in
the pursuit of studies"
| 's'Twas thin own genius gave the fatal blow.
| And helped to plant the wound that laid
thee low
In saddencd moment of dependency
| Henry Kirlle White wrote the following SON
net, full of melting pathos:
! Eyes, twill soon be over. This sickly dream
And death my wearied spirit will redeem
From this wild region OF UNMARRIED pain.
| Yon brook will glide rs softly before,
Yon landscape smile, yon golden harvest
| grow,
Yon sprightly lark on mounting wing will
soar,
When Henry's name Is heard no mo re be-
sigh when all my youthful friends caress,
They laugh in health, and futLr evils
brave;
Then shall wife and smiling children bless,
While am smouldaring in my silent grave.
! God of the jast-Thou gavest the bitter cup;
l bow to thy behest, and drink it up"
Though a century has passed since the
birth of the poet, and though landscapes
smile, and golden harvests grow, and the
| song of birds is heard in the grove, ''He ury's
name,'' is still heard and cherished and viii
continue to be, while the poetic muse Of Al
bion is appreciated in all its genius and glory.
The millions may pass away and be forgot
ter, but his is zone of the few, the immortal
names that were not born to die.
The value Of sunlight to human health
and life is too little appreciated. Too many
residences are enbowered in the thick To-
liage of trees, excluding the rays of the great
health-giving Iuminary. The London Obser7,-
er has some sound and practical remarks on
this subject. 1t says: A prolonged absence
Of sunlight is a very serious matter. Its ef
fects upon the health are direct and percept-
ible. We get no ozone, and we become dull
and listless, as If we had been sitting up al
night When thus out of tone and below
par we are consequently deficient in that
! vital energy which would not otherwise en-
able Us to shake off any ordinary ailmcnt.
! Nor is this all. Absence of sunlight for any
con siderable period is almost invariably fol-
lowed by epidemic outbreaks. When there
| IS no Sunshine the filth collects, aceunmu-
lutes in masses and fcrments. These fer
| mented aceumulations are a source of posi-
tive danger as soon as the sun resumes its
activity. Decomposition under bright sun
| is comparatively harmless. Slow deeom pO-
sition in the dark is especially hostile to
health. We need no chemist to tell as all
this, but at the same time it is well to bear
The chemistry of common life in mind.
! Children suffer more from the absence of
| the suns rays than do adults. Adults have
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alive and to grow, which entails a double
amount of chemical work. Now, if there
/ be no sunshine, We can best supplement
/ It's absence by exercise. And
vet. strange enough the sub
stance Of shunsaine is regarded By m ost
mothers as a sufficient ground for keepin g
/ children within doors. It is, on the contra
r., the very reason why they ahould be sent
out and kept out as much as possible
| Nh NooDYis cam paign in London, which
was most protzacsed beyond the original
plan, has finally closed He says It has
been emlnentlv successful About four
hundred meetings have been held in eleven
districts Thirteen different meetings were
held ever week lie WAS absent only one
| day during the whole season. and that was
owing 20 Illness. He estimates that over a
million and 8 half parsons were present at
the services Al classes Of society have
been reached and Influenced Tae number
OF persons converted viii reach into the thoU-
sands Among than were several pro-
nounced skeDtics- SIX male choirs and
SIX Mizpah bands of reformed druukarls
have teen organized To large halls are
now in process OF building at Stafford and
WandsxoTsh, TO continue the work begun
there. The cost o. the mission has been
s15,000 nearly the whole Of which nas been
subscribed Messrs- White, MeGsnaha1.
Peutecost and Ste6bins have given very efi-