The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-12
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

Mrs Livermors was the first woman
to ever speak before a Harvard College
| assembly. She spoke there recently
Hartford Post.
During the last nine years France
has spent nearly $1,000. 900 per annum
on increasing and reorganizing her uni
versity institutions.
The New York -Adrocdte claims
that the Methodist Church has had
40, 900 persons added to its membership
in the past three months.
The Boston Latin School has cele-
brated its two hundred and fiftieth an
niversary. 1t is spoken of as the pio-
neer institution of the public school sys-
tenn of America. 1t is q year older than
Harvard.
Fourteen States have now adopted
laws requiring temperance instruction
in public schools The additions the
present season are Pennsylvania. Kan
sas. Nebraska, Oregon, Wisconsin, Ala
bama, Maine, Missouri and New jersey.
Chicago Journal.
Although Costa Rica is burdened
with public debt of about ten dollars
per capita of her population, the Gov
eminent supports university and pub
lie schools in every city and village.
The schools are free, except an enroll
ing fee of two dollars for each pupil
annually, and teachers are paid from
thirty-tive to fifty dollars per month.
The Roman Catholics claim about
100, 900 colored members in the United
States. two-thirds of whom reside in the
States of Maryland, Kentucky and Loui-
siana The St. Joseph's Missionary
Society began systematic work among
these people about thirteen years ago,
and held its first general chapter at
Baltimore ten years ago.-N T. Sun.
The reported saying of DR.. j. P.
Newman, General Grants pastor:
"Great men can gain nothing from
religion. but religion can gain much
from great men," is pronounced I'M
true by DR.. Newman, and he gives au-
thority for this statement: "Great men
can gain much from religion, but
religion can gain nothing from great
men. IN y. Tribune.
"A clergyman desiring contribu-
tons for special object, lifted up an
OK horn at the church door. Upon this
he inscribed his aspirations to this
effect: "This 'orn was once on the
'ead of hox. and now hit his mis-
sionary box" 1t might have been the
odd jingle, and it mi ht have been the
old Englishman's zeal, or combina-
ton of the two, but certain it is that
this special missionary box attracted
contributions in an extraordinary man
Chicago Times.
Prof. Blackie is not the only eccen-
trio master the young men of Edinburg
University have had over them. Prof.
Christison-whose son became eminent
in Edinburg Medical School - once
having caught student winking in his
Latin class, ordered him to stand up and
spoke as follows: ''No Sinking, no
smiling. and, above all, no tipping OF
tn. wink; for such things are hurtful
to yourselves. baneful to the republic,
and will bring down the gray hairs of
your parents with sorrow to the grave.
Hum! by the way, that's very pretty
sentence; turn it into Latin, sir"
The Chautauqua On. W Literary
and Scientific Circle, recognizing the de-
mand for education in the practical
pursuits of life, and encouraged by the
wonderful success of its former efforts,
has decided to add to its great school
another branch. to be called the Chau-
tauqua Town and Country Club. and to
be devoted to the practical study of ag-
riculture. The most novel feature of
the club will be the programme of work.
All members will be expected to select
from a prepared list one or more pieces
of work to be done on the farm. in the
garden or in the house; to perform the
work carefully an2 thoroughly, and to
send in written report of the work.
Buffalo Express.