St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-10
SUNDAY CHATTER.

SUNDAY CHATTER.
A preacher at Milwaukee has stirred
the religious pools down into the mud.
and geysers OF vapory grief and pious
indignation well up. The case will do
service as all object lesson. For life
time the expounder Of divine things
had never got a foot out Of the steps of
the ehurchly fathers, and had been as
sturdy as the oak in all the sinful gusts;
but in a moment Of weakness the flesh
mastered the spirit, and the worldly
minded were enabled to point to an
other good man gone wrong and pillar
fallen in the spiritual temple. The un-
happy captive of the tempter was Rev.
f. L. Warton, who has given the wicked
Chicago press season Of elaborate and
demoniac glee. The preacher is as adj
dicted to tobacco as the New England
fathers were to rum. One Saturday
night he forgot to lay in plug for Sun
day, and On the morning of the holy
day he bought and paid fer dimes
worth. The case is to be investigated.
and some method of eXpiation devised.
The practical lesson will be noted by all
who use tobacco.
Scriptural lessons never make such
durable impressions upon the young
| minds as when they are given with
practical illustrations. For instance, at
Presbyterian Sunday school not
thousand miles away. year ago, while
the parable of the ten talents was under
consideration. a penny each was given
to the 200 pupils as talents, to be re-
ported on at the expiration of the year.
The only restrictions were that the
traffic with this capital should be moral
and lawful, not including betting Oh
| the prices of stock or wheat. nor OH
elections. The champion came up at
the end of the time with $40, and took
in the cents from score or more who
had not added to their capital. He will
evidently be able to give JAY GOULD
OF the VANpERBILTS points.
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1t will be one of the red letter years
of the city if in 1889 st. Paul has not
only the finest opera house in the West,
| but a commodious and fitting library
structure in contemplation. Other cit
les are ahead in these metropolitan
| features.
Some time since Mr.. Hammond, Of
the Boston Globe, gathered information
from every county in New England in
regard to residents who had passed
| their eightieth year. The results Of
| his conclusions are given in magazine
article. There is some difference in the
climatic and social conditions from the
West. but in the main his data will
apply to this region. The most notable
point is that marriage promotes longev-
ity. Less than S per cent of these aged
people were celibates. Those who want
to protract their terrestrial SojOurn will
note this significant fact. There is en-
couragement for the ladies also. They
| outlive the men ON the average. Ger
| tain temperamentS also seem to conduce
to longevity. most of the aged having
fair complexion, light eyes, gray or
blue, and abundant brown hair. The
early baldheads don't seem to hold out.
The long-livers almost Invariably have
been persons of active, regular habits.
The conclusions seem to be reached
that steady occupation is better than
ease and idleness. and that fret and
worry are effective mortality factors.
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"Where are your boys tonight"
would evidently be a eonundrum that
many parents would be unable to solve
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| as in other cities. 1 he police could give
| good deal of information upon the
subject. The streets and other resorts
are not the best educational schools for
them. Better keep them at home and
infuse into them the principles that will
leaven their natures with good citizen
ship, and when they grow up they may
get to be policemen.
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The supreme court of Iowa has re-
Gently given a decision that does not
evoke enthusiasm from class of people
for which that state is somewhat noted.
1t reversed'a a decision against druggist
who sold liquor under permit to per-
sons whose intended use of it appeared
doubtful. 1t enunciated the strange
doctrine to some that ':.verdcts must be
founded upon facts, not upon mere sus-
picion." This is thrust at the prohi-
bition regime of that state.
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Several Of the gentlemen employed to
pray to Legislative bodies have of late
indulged in sensational deliveries that
were not calculated to develop meek
ness and Christian spirit. at Albany
the past week disereditable scene fol-
lowed the delivery in the senate of a
prayer that was full of aspersion and
partisan feeling. Indignant replies
were only prevented by the ruling of
the presiding officer that they were out
of order. 1t was insisted that the state
ments of the prayer were in collision
with facts, and calculated to impair the
standing of many of the senators in the
celestial courts. The legislative bodies
might define by statute the limitations
and temper of their divine inyocations.
The mild winter seems to have upon
the coal barons much the same eff
feet as the Egyptian plaques had
upon Pharaoh. To obviate reduction
to reasonable figures they stop work in
the mines and turn the poor men out to
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