Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-02-11

years ago, was found dead in his bed the
other day.
Thomas Jefferson's own copy of his
" Notes ON the State of Virginia" Lon
don, 1887, which was annotated by his
own hand, and contained other manu-
script additions, was recently sold. at
Chicago, for $3.50.
The grave of Ezra Cornell, at Ithaca,
N. Y, will scarcely be found twenty -five
years from now, from the bramble and
weeds that will he thriving upon it. This
fact is clearly indicated by the dispatch,
which says that a movement is already
on foot to erect monument over his
grave. Detroit Tribune
Mr.. Mark Alexander, of Mecklen-
burg County, Va, has deposited with the
Virginia Historical Society a pair Of
silver spurs which were worn by John
Randolph, of Roanoke. One of the
rowels is broken out, possibly the result
of one of Mr.. Randolph's sudden i'm
pulses when his horse did not 60 to suit
him.
"A curious little book has just been
published, entitled "The influence of
Music on Disease" by French physi-
clan. The pith Of his book is found in
the practical application which proposes
musical cure for disease, and the
learned writer expatiates vivaciously on
what diseases it is necessary to fiddle at,
and what to play the flute over, and for
which symphonies are better, and for
which banjo variations.
-Spurgeon thus responds to a request
of q Lecture Bureau that he visit this coun-
try: "It is not possible for me to leave
my work except for short interval to
rest. 1have no one to occupy my pulpit,
preside over my church, look after the
college, govern the orphanage, superin-
tend the colporteurs, edit the magazine,
etc. must keep my hand on the oar
till die. ] see no hope of my visiting
America, much as / would like to greet
the brethren there. Compensation Is not
an item of consideration. Nothing, in
deed, could compensate my conscience if
/ left my work and any harm came of it.
I know, within little, what can do,
and feel that cannot conscientiously
attempt work in America to which /
am not called, to the injury of that which
now engrosses all my time and every fac
ulty possess"
Religious and Educational.
The Congregationalists have estab-
lished ministerial bureau in Boston. A
committee of the Congregational Associ-
alton passes upon the names offered for
place on the list. A secretary attends
to the details of the bureau and arranges
for all temporary and permanent sup
plies. By paying twenty-five cents a
minister may obtain pulpit or church
a single Sabbath. But to preach a trial
sermon with an expectation of call, or
to obtain permanent pastor, five dollars
are to be paid, for which sum the services
of the bureau are secured for year.
Some plan has become necessity to
meet the incessant changes of what is
called the settled ministry.
The old historical churches of Boston
appear to be taking the lead in bringing
on more generous relations between
Christian people and establishing more
comprehensive ground of fellowship. The
First Church, which dates its origin from
nearly two centuries and half ago, has
opened its pulpit recently to orthodox
COngregatiOnal1sts, whilst its ministers
have for many years been Unitarians
Kings Chapel, which is nearly two centu
ries old, is having another series of prac-
tical discourses on Sunday afternoons by
prominent clergymen of the principal de-
nominations. The Rev. Mark Hopkins
began the course, and on the list of
preachers there are such names as Drs.
Huntington, of Worcester, and Wash
burn, of New York, two learned and in
tellectual ministers of the Protestant
Episcopal Church. A large congregation
is attracted by these services.
AS the American Tract Society is ap-
preaching its semi-centennial anniver-
sary, public attention is being turned to
the work which it has inaugurated and
carried out. The Secretary, the Rev. G.
L. Shearer, in q recent report, says:
The annual issues during the past fifty
years average more than 100000 IF
papers-rnore than half million of them
being volumes. This immense average
is exceeded by the present productions
of the society. There have been no less
than 10000 evangelical publications per
day, of which nearly 1000 are volumes.
The Tract Society has enlisted 5000
laborers. Last year it employed 220,
who made an average of nearly thou
sand visits apiece, thus carrying religious
conversation into 100000 families. Dur
ing the past thirty years the colporteurs
OF the society have made more than H.
100000 family visits. The cost of the
work during the past year amounted to
$4,000. Grants of printed matter dur
ing the year have been made to the ex-
tent of 6OOO0,0 900 pages, valued at $45,-
600. Papers have been sent to China,
India, Greece, Italy, Spain and Brazil,
and these papers have been printed in no
fewer than 143 languages. Since its for
nation the society has expended $780,
coo in cooperating with American mis-
sions.
Industrial.
Many of the Eastern cotton mills
are these days resuning work on full
time
The Commissioner of Patents has de-
cided that physicians prescriptions or
compositions are not pateHtable.
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