St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-11
CAUGHT ON CORNERS.

Yesterday L walked up jackson street
and delayed my steps to accommodate
the slow pace of tiny child and her
grandfather. AT least / took him to be
a grand parent on account of the dis
crepancy in ages. She--the little one
was dressed in most outlandish fashion,
and carried a muff OF vintage IN
known and many sizes too large. A
most animated conversation. was in
progress, but the old gentleman's care
for the little one was pathetic. eyes,
dear" and mo, dear" and dozen eX-
plantations to childish inquiries caused
me to pay still closer attention. And
they were black! They met Gen. San
born as he left his home and the old
darky lifted his hat; the general recog-
nized the salutation by Similar salute.
Who says this is not a democratic
country?
There are many people in this prac-
teal age and generation who are wont
to scott at religious matters, and espe-
cialiy do ideas differ as to heaven and
h excuse me-Sheol. One argument
that has already been advanced is that
neither heaven or the other place would
be large enough to accommodate the in
habitantS of the earth. But am now
odtlSIcu ludI lcdfell Is ldTSt enough 10
shelter all, even if the other place does
not exist. And this is the reason: A
friend of mine, of religious turn of
mind, and, strange to say, thoroughly
practical, furnishes the following inter
eSting computation of the dimensions
of heaven, based on Revelations xvi, 81.
The verse reads:
''And he measured the city with a
reed, 1000 furlongs. The length and
the breadth and the height of it are
equal"
Twelve thousand furlongs equal
1920, 600 feet, which being cubic is 1885,
T99, 0SS. 0OO. OOO, 100000 cubic feet. Re
serving one-half of this space for the
throne and court of heaven, and half of
the remainder for streets, we have 1874
1913, 212, 900, 000, 600, 900 cubic feet. Divide
this by 4,096-the cubic feet in a room
sixteen feet square-and there will be
SO, 80. S43, T750, 000, 900 rooms. Now, sup
pose the world always did and always
will hold 900,000,000 inhabitants, and
that generation lasts 3318 years, MAX
ing in all 2,700 100000 inhabitants every
century; and that the world will last
100000 years. or 1000 centuries, making
in all 2,100, DOC, 0t0, 900 inhabitants. Then
suppose there are 100 worlds equal to
this in the number of inhabitants and
duration of years, making total of
2.7OO,OO0, OOO, GOO, 100000, and there would
be more than 100 rooms sixteen feet
square for each person.
Make this computation for yourself.
Maybe the saint ed prisoner on the isle
of Patmos was right after all, Ingersoll
to the contrary notwithstanding.
So
Here's an item that the real estate
reporter may already have made public,
but for fear that he has not | wish to
reproduce the following figures taken
from an interesting pamphlet by Will
liam c. Day, on structural Materials. -
Just issued by the Department of the
Interior at Washington. The table
gives the amount of building permits
for 1887, and places st. Paul fourth in
the list of the leading cities. The
figures are:
city of New York .......... :. ..S67. o6e, $40
Chicago Observation-Disclosures. 49,. 1878, 100
Brooklyn 49,. ................... 1S,OOs, 325
ST. Paul NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1888, 2I4
Boston NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 10, 262, 0O6
Minneapolis. Observation-Disclosures. 9,73I ,06S
Kansas City,. 9,269, 261
Omaha. ...-.......... ..........- 5000, 900
The permits for st. Paul during 1883
Rmnnnfad RI Ell COZ 900