The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-02-25

OF these books 10, that NO
one but q lawyer ever reads them. All !
other books have readers outside the |
class for whom they are specially writ
ten and we have accordingly amateur
men Of science, physicians, amateur art
lists and even amateur theologians, but
no one ever heard Of an amateur
lawyer" g..
An acquaintance Of Mr.. Brennan, the
new Commissioner of Charities and Cor
rection, recently made an application to
him for admission to an asylum for the
insane. II feel kind o. queer, Mr.. Bren-
nan. he said, and get awful nervous,
and think If I was shut up in an asylum
. little. while it would do me good. Mr..
Brennan looked at him q moment In as
constituent and then burst out: "Shut
up in an. asylumi Why, you must be
crazy."-Neso York Sum-.
1t appears that one of the pail
bearers Of Shakespeare Is buried In the
old burying ground of Fredericksburg,
Va. On q tombstone is the follow
ing inscription: "Here lies the body O
Edward Helder, practitioner in physic
and chirurgery. Born in Bedf ordshire, En-
gland, in the year Of our Lord 1912. Was
contemporary with and one Of tho pail
bearers to the body of William Shakes
peare. After brief illness his spirit
assembled in the year of our Lord 1918,
aged seventy-six."
The will Of the late William Aspin-
wall leaves about 81, 5OO,OOO III special
legacies to his five children. His widow
receives legacJ of $500, 900, the family
mansion, pictures, plate, etc. His father
and mother-in-law receive the income of
$50 900, two nieces secure beuuests
the interest of CSC. 900 till they marry,
five namesakes receive 5000 each, and
other relatives any debts they may owe
the estate. Each of his daughters hus.
bands receives $4,000. He says in his
will that he has donated to charitable in.
situations in bis lifetime, and he requests
his heirs to do likewise. .
Religious and Educational.
The Methodist Church in Michigan
has &c, 900 members, 10000 Sabbath.
school scholars, 462 church buildings,
valued at $3.50 500, and 265 parsonages,
worth $s73, AS:
The Methodists are the leading de.
nomination in Illinois, having q member.
ship of all sorts of about 10000. The
Baptists are next, then comes the Disci.
pies, followed by the Presbyterians and
Congregationalists quite distance be-
hind.
The Baptist associations of Illinois
number Al; churches belonging tt
the associations, 882; pastors, 48l
membership, 81 ,S16 persons; baptism.
reported during 1854, 1850. The number
of ordained Baptist ministers in the State
is 1888; licentiates, 100. The Sunday
school statistics give 3S,988 teachers anl
scholars.
I'm New York city, says the Times
there are SO4 schools, nine being exclu
sively for colored pupils. The number
of pupils registered is 251 ,545, of whom
only III, 239 attend school regularly. Tn,
increase in attendance over last year il
1874. The teachers employed number
3,O39, of whom 200 are males and 2,S8'
females.
The Roman Catholic Church has .
mission of over fifty priests in Japan
also mission in the center Of the CAPT
tai, which they owe to the power o.
France. Their work at present seems t
be among their old converts. They hav,
o school of about fifty pupils preparing
Tor the priesthood.
The baptism of an educated Brahmil
is reported from the London Society
mission in Triapoor. The young mai
had lest his faith in Hindooism through
his studies at the Madras University ant
had received general knowledge o
God. A few years later he obtained
copy of the New Testament, and through
faithful study of its truths he wa
brought to Christ. 49,.
"A teacher in the Syracuse Higl
School says: "a child who. memorize
easily may read over four or five page
of a lesson, and if it he tolerably q,
tractiye and readable. by suggestive
questioning, ten, twenty, or thirty quel
tons may be asked and the child answe
them correctly. Tins will be q goot
proof that the lesson has been read, bu
not necessarily that the lesson has beer
studied or mastered. Ask such q scholar
who has been taught in this way, to tel
you all he can Of lesson or of certain
topic, and nine chances out of ten h,
will be able to tell you nothing at all
Again, simultaneous recitation is yer,
good occasionally, and for very brie
time, to test the attention of the class O
for enlivenment, but used anything NOR
than occasionally seems to me very bad
Where Simultaneous recitation is relic,
upon, those that need to study the mos
rely exclusively ON the four or five o
the brightest IN the class who invariabl,
take the lead, and thus the end and ain
of the recitation for the majority of tn
class Lave been lost"
Foreign Gossip.
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