The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1878-11-21
School and Church.

About 100000 are spent annually
in support of the public school system
of Georgia.
In the Evangelist the Pre- Millenna-
rians and their theories are actively dis
Icussed, and it is broadly limited that
cases for doetrinal discipline may arise
out of utterances made at the recent
Prophetic Conference.
The Superintendent of Home Mis-
sions in California calls loudly for min
listers to supply vacant Congregational
Churches in that part of the country.
For IA churches there are only four
available supplies. ..lalaG
The final revision of the New Tes-
lament by the American and English
reviserS will be finished in course of
year, and will probably be published
soon after, in advance of the Old Testa-
ment, the revision of which will not be
completed for some years.
up to the beginning of the present
century only six Jewish congregations
had been established in this country,
though the first settlement of this race
dates back to 1850. Now it is estimat-
ed that there are 500 congregations and
over 10000 Jews in the United States.
Mime. Litvinow, a Russian lady, has
received the degree of doctor of .philoso-
ply from the University of Berne. She
passed her examination with such brill
liancy, especially in mathematics, that
the faculty unanimously agreed to at
tach the highest mark--.'Cum summa
laude"-to her diploma. y {,
"A divinity student at Oberlin adds
to his theological duties those of night
Waterman aud .baggage-smasher at the
railroad depot. he studies between
trains, recites in the morning hours and
sleeps almost all the afternoons. He
is diligent fellow, and will doubtless
be in demand at the churches when he
is ready for ministerial duty. H.aDu
i.-The subject of quietly dropping
church members on account of absent
,eeism has been under discussion in the
Long Island Baptist Association. 1t
seems that in some churches the practice
I has prevailed of striking members
names from the church roll when for. a
long time they failed to appear. This
practice is objected to as a violation of
the rights of the members. II. is urged
that no member should be stricken from
the roll except for some fragrant, Yiola-
ton of church law, " ..E,g;. =; 90
"A small religious body called the
Amish recently held its annual confer
ence near Eureka, Ill. II is an offshoot
of the Mennonites, dating back to the
seventeenth century; originating Ger.
many, and deriviBgSitss name from ia
cob Amen. When the meeting breaks
up the brethren salute each other with
kiss, which they regard as an impOr-
tant ordinance. They take no part in
civil affairs, and are sober, honest, and
industrious. If one of them meets with
misfortune and can Gnot pay his deb.s,
the church does it for him; and they
advise 8 member to always consult with
the church before embarking in any new
enterprise, and, if the church approves,
it win see him out OF trouble if he fails.
They number about 10, 600 in the Unit
ed States and Canada. $3.50 ros
,-l..s. = uc .sg - bGc .-isa1al ~
Il a-f Science and Industry. aL,s- 1T
The tobacco manufacturers of Dur.
ham, N, c., bought $4,000 worth of
stamps in one. week. ...t. io. ....
-One a Minute is the rate at which
the, American Bible. Society can print
Bibles, with Its new fast press.
"A four-acre orange grove in Orange
County, Fla, has realized $4,000 for
three successive years. fr ~
"A Frenchms n has, devised a plan
for dyeing al coloring wood by intro
ducing dyes directly into the sap Of the
growing tree. ,5'','' b''yN ''H Lh'
Butter for export is being success
fully packed in California, in kegs made
of white fir, which itDpart neither smell
nor taste to their contents. r.'n5791
AChicory factories in the San Josquin
Valley, California, are making up
large quantity of this adulteraAt Of cof-
fee, for the San Francisco market,
North Carolina has. for some years
been shipping cotton-seed; oil to Italy,
in clarified state, where it is used in
place of the more expensive olive OIL
1t has Of late begun shipping peanut oil.
LILA Wirterset 'Qowa) man has in
vented and secured a patent on. o pro
cess by which leather may be tanned in
ten days.. A company to use the new
invention has 9b1eenss formed in Des e,
NAoliies. Eri 8 saai1d yn.--TsTcl
s,7-7Ameriean paper man ufactafers are
buying in Canada al the poplarwoad
they can Sind Tibet nay 50A cents a