Christian herald and signs of our times . his saloon. As a landlord heis picturesquely autocratic. An amusing in-stance of his methods came under my noticewhile writing these lines. An inspector of theHealth Department found an Italian family pay-ing a man with a Celtic name twenty-five dollarsa month for three small rooms in a ramshacklerear tenement—more than twice what they wereworth—and expressed his astonishment to thetenant, an ignorant Sicilian laborer. He repliedthat he had once asked the landlord to reducethe rent but he would not do it. Well, whatdid lie say ? asked the inspector. If
Christian herald and signs of our times . his saloon. As a landlord heis picturesquely autocratic. An amusing in-stance of his methods came under my noticewhile writing these lines. An inspector of theHealth Department found an Italian family pay-ing a man with a Celtic name twenty-five dollarsa month for three small rooms in a ramshacklerear tenement—more than twice what they wereworth—and expressed his astonishment to thetenant, an ignorant Sicilian laborer. He repliedthat he had once asked the landlord to reducethe rent but he would not do it. Well, whatdid lie say ? asked the inspector. If you speakthata way, quoted the Sicilian, I fira you andyour things in the streeta. And the frightenedItalian paid the rent. In justice to the Irishlandlord it must be said that like an apt pupil hewas merely showing forth the result of theschooling he had received, re-enacting, in hisown way, the scheme of the tenements. It isonly his frankness that shocks. The Irirhman 124 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. Feb. 25. THE OBSEQUIES OF GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN IN NEW YORK. (See Page the Casket from the House to the Funeral Car—2. Gen. Shermans Horse led Riderless in the Funeral Procession—3. The Procession Passing through Washington Square. does not naturally take kindly to tenement life,though with characteristic versatility he adaptshimself to its conditions at once. THE TEMPLE IN THE TIME OF CHRIST. (See Illustration on page lib.) SO minute are the details contained in theTalmud of the dimensions and proportionsof the Temple in which Christ walked andtaught, that it is possible to form a very accur-ate idea of its general appearance. Studentswho have examined the record, which is as de-tailed as an architects specification, and havecompared it with the incidental references con-tained in Josephus, tell us that it was such anedifice as that represented in the accompanyingpicture. Though it is spoken of as the thirdtemple, it was practica
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