Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1889-04-04

During The last year the gum total
Of educational gifts in this country was
nearly 5000. 900.
-Amuseneuts are 70 religion like
brsezss OF air 20 the aams-geutle ones
will fan i. but strong one will put it
ut-Dr. Thomas.
The Soudan has been almost totally
neglected by Protestants as a field for
missionary effort 1t has a population
Of about 90. 600. 600 people
A grant oft600 a year was recently
made put OF the appropriation for the
Indian Bureau 10 aid the industrial
school carried on in Dakota. near the
Grow Creek Agency. b. Mss Howard.
a daughter Of Joseph Howard. Jr-. the
journalist
Young people ouCh; 70 be interest
ed In our public schools. These schools
open the doors Of knowledge TO all
classes and condition.. q American
youth. We can not begin to estimate
their importance in the development Of
our national lie.
No business pursuit or employ
ment should be engaged in. however
profitable it may Be. or may promise to
be. II we can not glorify God in %
nection with l. No plea OF necessity.
or force Of circumstances. Is iustifable
for wrong doing.
Again and again. at home and
abroad. the world has seen and on-
fessed the power Of the old-fashiOned
Bible and is truth TO brighten the face
Of human society. II froe religion can
DO it better. by all means let the world
see il done at ones. Boston COagre-
gationalist
1t Is no more possible for an idle man
TO keep together a certain stock o! knowl-
edge. than it IS possible TO keep together
a stock OF ice exposed 10 the meridian
sun. Every day destroys a fact, a reIa-
ton. or an influence; and the only way
Of preserving the bulk and value OF the
pile Is by constantly adding TO t
Rev. Sydney Smith
The cost Of mainta' ming public
schools In New York State last year
was tf49S0. Sal. an Increase OF more
than 81. 200. 600 over 1887. This money
was for the education OF LIZ. 95s chill
dren OF school age. OF whom 1883 269
attended school The number of teach
ers employed was 81. 726. at an average
annual salary Of s4I971
The foundation Of all education.
from the time a child first begins to
learn. is thOroughness. Whatever Is
attempted must be carried out thor
oroughly. until the learner becomes
master Of the subject Thoroughness
Is the groundwork Of all good habits of
mind, and a child's mind is as much .
bundle Of habits as its body
We have so much 20 be thankful
or il an exclamation often heard
from the thankful heart. and it is all
true-~o true that IL but the vail that
obsc-Ires earthly vision were lifted.
and we could see for a moment how
much has been done for us. perhaps Il
might lead To increased tharkfulress
expressed in life and deed. even II less
in words. Christian at Work.
The records OF the Association OF
Collegiate Alumne show Of the 52i
members. II physicians. 9 journalists.
5 authors, S Librarians. 5 lawyers. 5 art
ists. 3 printers, ? each OF school princi-
pals. musicians. elocutiOnists. and pri-
waite secretaries. and one each Of lee.
turer. chemist. typewriter. government
clerS. and merchant Others are en-.
gagged in bookkeeping. dairy farming,
stock raising. insurance. biology. the
drama and one IS the editor OF an AZ.
ricultural paper.