The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-08-07

printing, according to the Lancet, should
be numbered among the unhealthy occu-
patiOns. Consumption is exceptionally
common among printers, and the constant
of leaden type frequently gives
rise to wrist-drop and other indications OF
lead poisoning.
The Attorney General of the United
States for the District of Wisconsin has
suits against the Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railroad Company for an in
bridge across the Mississippi near La
Crosse, at a point not authorized by the
Secretary of War.
A paper-mill for the manufacture of
paper out of 'rag-weed" is about to be
started at Alton, III. Rag-weed is a veg
etable growth of which large quantities
are plowed in every year by the farmers,
and which has never been utilized for any
purpose, but which is likely to be brought
into extensive use for paper and rope.
Religious and Educational.
An Albany clergyman discouragcs
the use OF fans during church service.
-Dartmouth's new freshmen class Of
one hundred will include a colored boy
from Virginia.
Eighteen physicians of Cincinnati
have declared that gymnastics in the pub
lie schools are hurtful to the health of
children.
The alumni of Williams College have
refused to indorsc the system of the CO.
education of the sexes as applied to their
alma mater, by vote Of 40 to 20.
The statistics of the Presbyterian
General Assembly show that lightweight
| of the ministers of that church died with
| in the last year, some of them OF pre-. emf
nent ability and usefulness.
"A new rule has been added to the
regulations of the Boston schools to the
effect that "in no case shall corporal pun.
ishment be inflicted on any scholar for
any offense until at least twenty.four
hours after the offense is committed for
which such punishment is inflicted"
| -Garret Biblical Institute, at Evans
ton, ILL.,, the Methodist Theological Semi
nary of the West, has property worth
$3.50, 900, with debt of $92, 900. 1t takes
its name from Mrs. Eliza Garrett, who
founded it with donation of $500, OOO 1t
has graduated over thousand ministers.
The Theological Seminary in Dan
Vile, KY, has been reorganized. Two
new professors were elected-Dr. J. A.
Lyon, of Oxford, Miss, to the chair Of
Didact;c and Polemic Theology; and DR..
j. NJ. Worrall to the chair of Church
History. Salaries are fixed at So 500.
Mr. w. w. Corcoran, of Washington,
d. c., has donated 5000 acres of land in
Texas, to the Episcopal Church in that
State, and 10000 acres to the Church in
Mississippi The valuation of these
lands is not stated; but, no doubt, the
Church will reap substantial benefit from
J these timely and liberal benefactiOns
Certain Congregational ministers in
Massachusetts, being reported out of health
J and actually suffering for the neccssaries
of life, the Observer thinks that, if the
churches are unable or unwilling to
remedy the evil, application for aid should
be made to the Sandwich Islands or to
India.
i One event connected with the stay of
the Shah of Persia in England appears to
have eluded popular attention. The Par
sees resident in London presented a me-
mortal on behalf of their co-religiOnists
owing allegiance to Nassar-cd- Din, solicit
, ing their exemption from the payment Of
the poll-tax now levied on them and their
freedom from civil disabilities.
An effort has been made to remove
the Auburn IN. W Theological Seminary
= to Aurora. Colonel Morgan, of the latter
t place, however, few weeks ago offered
$4,000 toward its endowment, to remain
at Auburn, provided within sixty days the
: whole amount should he made up to
L. $225,0 This has been done, and the
= seminary keeps its old location.
The progress of education in India is
seen in the following facts: The average
:. attendance of pupils in the Government
/ cnh <N<>v, yr>1 -
=, 1872 it exceeded 100000, of whom "a 600
Church Missionary Society, and some
80, 600 in the educational institutions of
), other Protestant societies.
Amanda Smith. the wonderful colored
4 exhorter from Philadelphia, who is now
J preaching at the Round Lake camp-mcct-
= ing, is described as a tall, notebook ing
= colOred woman, with white, superb teeth,
and great, clear black eyes-a figure that
+ arrests one without knowing who she is,
l in that strangest costume for her race, the
:, Quaker bonnet and dress.
i The mess system at the University of
|. Virginia has reduced the Board of the
Il students to an almost miraculous degree
of cheapness. The University report
y mentions mess of eight whose board
l. only cost them 50 per month, and one
$ State student whose total expense for liv-
l. ing during the session, including room
n rent, board, lights, fuel, and washing, has
!, been under $40.
Ministers and matrimony are thus
a discussed in the Interior: Why is it that
q callow preachers marry so quickly? Most
v of them have the arrangements all made
. before they get their parchments, and
= start upon their life-work, carrying dou-
e bic burden, which usually increases with
. periodic regularity. 1t is not 50 in other
professions and lines of labor. The young
lawyer, physician, editor, merchant, and
mechanic look forward to marriage as a
reward to be won by some years of hard
!; work and economy, but the young preach.
er no sooner slips the leading strings of
his theological professor and draws his
l last dollar from the beneficiary board,
than he doubles himself and becomes a
family. Would it not be we'll to do a little
= rough pioneer work, and gather congre.
e CATION first!
Miscellaneous.
| The way to forget all common miscr
l ies-Wear tight boots.
When are your eyes not eyes? When
the wind makes them water.
) When Khivan doesn't pay h is debts
his suspension is Immediately caused by