Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Rev Clark l.. McCracken, pastor OF
the Second Presbyterian Church,
Thompsonville, Conn.,, has made the lib
eral announcement to his people that as
wages have generally been reduced five
per cent. III the village, he is ready for,
and wishes, corresponding reduction in
his salary. Only short time ago, the So.
ciety offered to increase his salary, but he
declined, saying he was already receiving
ali they were able to give.
New Mexico has only 116 public
schools and 1864 school children. OF
these schools ten are controlled by religi-
Gus orders, though supported by public
funds. One curious fact is that, while in
thirty schools English and Spanish are
taught, in sixty-nine Spanish only is the
language used. and in fourteen English
alone Besides these schools there are
several parochial and private establish
ments, with an average attendance OF
1859.
of 800 students in Amherst College,
Massachusetts,, all but fifty have made a
profession of the Christian faith. ''There
have been,n says the Christian Mirror,
with the exception of the two sermons
of DR.. Taylor, no extra services and no
protracted meetings. The classes, how
ever, have held halt-hour meetings every
evening for two or three weeks in private
rooms, and a monday prayer-meetng Of
half an hour has been sustained with in
terest daily"
The Woman's Auxiliary to the Board
of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal
Church has, since its formation in 1872,
raised $4,000 for the domestic missions,
1000 for the foreign, and $50 900 for the
missions of the church among .he In.
dians. In addition to the money collect.
ed, boxes of clothing valued at $4,000
have been sent by the Society to the fami-
lies of the domestic and diocesan mission
aries, and hospital stores, clothing, etc,
to the value of $50, 900 have been fur
nished to the Indian missions.
The Maryland Methodist Protestant
Conference has issued an address urging
the other Conferences to join in a call for
a General Convention to meet in Balti-
more in 1877. The purpose Of the Con-
vention is to make such changes in the
second, tenth and fourteenth articles OF
the Constitution of the Methodist Protes-
tant Church as may be deemed necessary,
together with such alterations in all other
articles of the Constitution and Book Of
Discipline as they may Judge proper, and
for the further purpose of taking such &C
ton as said Convention may decide TO be
desirable upon the basis of union agreed
on by the 'Jsint Commission of Metho-
dist Protestant and Methodist Churches"
They are trying, at the Perkins 1nsti-
tute tor the Blind, at Boston, to develop
piano-tuning as an industry for the blind
" Institutions in other countries have
turned out some very good tuners, and
the we'll known delical of ear of blind
people specially qualities them for the
work." says the Springfield Union. We
do not think much of this idea. The fact
is that blind people, having one sense less,
pay great attention to their ears; but we
doubt whether their sense of hearing is
really sharpened. And as tor the blind
as musicians, their success is not so hard
won as many think Music is one of the
few arts not shut out from the enjoyment
of that unfortunate clsss.-N. Y. Com
mercidl -Adcerttser.