The Red Cloud chief., 1880-03-25

Vlnceu tnelst, and reliRiously, an ac-
ceptor or the 'creed commonly called
the Nicene,' as the exponent of the
Christian faith"
School and Church.
There is of colleges i'm the United
States a ratio of one To every 14U ,0UC
inhabitants, and there has been an in
crease of sixty-eight in seven years. Ii
is maintained that there should be fewer
of such institutions and better ones.
There arc twenty-seven young
ladies from Mount Holyoke Seminary
now engaged in teaching in various
parts of South Africa. They are under
the auspices of the reformed Dutch
Church. They use american text books
in their schools, and adopt the American
system of teaching.
The friends of Fisk University, at
Nashville, Tenn, report that the present
is its most prosperous year. There are
3Sl students, Of whom ninety-two are
from outside of Tennessee, and repre-
sent thirteen States. Several hundred
former students are employed in teach
ing, and lis of the pupils now in at
tendance spend a part of each year
teaching in the public schools.
The First Congregational Church OF
Grand Rapids, Michigan, executes the
Lords business on business principles.
They have retained their present pastor,
Rev. j.. Morgan Smith, sixteen years.
During this time, the pastor has never
had occasion to inquire about salary.
On the fifteenth of every month the
amount is placed to his credit i'm the
bank. The Church has steadily in.
creased in numbers, and has, during
these years, also built ard assisted in
building several smaller houses of pub.
lie worship.
No man, says the Golden Ruie, ex.
poets to 60 to a good concert or a good
lecture, or to see a good ex.
hibition of art, without paying for
1t. But when You come to religious
services a great many people attending
the same feel no responsibility in paying
the expenses. The singing must b.
artistic, the preaching pleasing and in.
structive, the temperature of the house
of worship delightful, or those who are
responsible will be made to feel their
neglect of duty. But when the baskets
come round for the offering, the ma.
jority of the hearers look insulted, OF
insult the service by dropping in a three.
cent piece. W. believe in the gospel to
the poor, but We do not believe i'm a re-
Igious service for several hundred peo-
pie paid for by a few.
The National Educational Associa.
ton recently convened in Washington,
representatives being present from
nearly every State in the Union. A
resolution was adopted that a committee
OF ten be appointed to take into con
sideration the formation of a National
Council of Education, to report a plan
OF organization to the Boardiof Direct
ors of the National Teachers Associa-
ton at their meeting at Chautauqua,
July next. The Chair appointed as said
committee Messrs. Bicknell, Massachu-
sets; Wilson, District of Columbia;
Wickersham, Pennsylvania; Harris,
Missouri; Hager, Massachusetts,; Far
bell, Indiana; Carleton, Connecticut !;
Smart, Indiana; Shepherd; and Orr,
Georgia.
Science and Industry.
Large quantities OF tobacco are
raised in Russia from seed obtained in
this country.
The fertilizer business is growing
every year in Georgia. 1t is estimated
that 10000 tons will be sold this year.
"A lot of turkeys sent from Canada
to England realized a good profit to the
shipper, who bought at $l.25 and sold
there for 90 6Q onIcf ~
CALIFORNIA; exports for 1879 in
cluded 100000 gallons of wine, $2O,-
100000 worth of wheat, and e26, 200
600 of gold and silver. It was the most
prosperous year the State has ever had.
An effort is being made to build a
rolling-mill in Des MOines, Iowa. The
Register learns that a company has al
ready been formed and considerable
stock subscribed.
early amber sugar-cane will be
largely planted in Fayette County, Tex
as, this year. A sugar factory is being
established at Lagrange, with q capacity
OF 60 tons OF cane per day.
Less than 80 years Q one man
could not make over IA pins q minute;
INV GC Co4 Ao0AS Inv. linen one Q1rl
could stick on papers about 10000 pins
day; now . fair days work is from
100000 TO 100000.
"A company has been organized at
Glasgow, Scotland, to 60 into the bust
ness of stump-pulling in Oregon and
Washington Territory On q big scale.
They will use a portable steam appa-
ratus, which will, it is said, lift several
trees a day bodily, by the roots.
"A Mr. Way, of Rochester, N. Y,
has done q thriving business for several
years in drying potatoes, using the
e~vaporators employed in preparing dried
fruit. 1t is asserted that four-f fths
of the potato is water; and the remain
ing or nutritiye fifth, when dried, will
weigh but eight or ten pounds to the
bushel.
LIN Anderson, Franklin, Woodford.
Jessamine. Scott, Fayette and Harrison
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