Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-07-02
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Methodist church raised each
day last year for church purposes $751;
761.
Bishop Paret, of Maryland. is organ
king a relief fund for the widows and
orphans of ministers.
Tho London school board have ar
ranged for the formation of classes in
laundry work in their schools, so that
the girls may be taught washing and
ironing.-Zion's Herald.
"A. T. AbeInethy, professor of mod
ern languages in Rutherford College,
North Carolina, is only eighteen years
old. He is probably the youngest teach
er in the country TO bear the title Of
professor.
The Methodist Episcopal church
has decided to build college in Kan
sas City, Kas Property worth about
$1,000, 900 has been acquired there and
the educational committee of the church
recently met to arrange for the erection
of suitable building.
The late DR.. Martin B. Anderson,
president of the Rochester University
for nearly half century, left a will be-
queathing his entire estate, after pay
ing an annuity of $1,000 to an aged
couple, to the University. The estate
is valued at S46, 900.
The observance of Children's Sum
day becomes more general and more
conspicuous In some churches it is the
rival of Easter and Christmas. But
flowers and song should not hide the
supreme purpose of winning the heart
OF every boy and girl to Christ.
Next year decennial census will
be taken in Great Britain, and it is pro-
posed to have the enumerators record
the religious persuasions of the people.
The Dissenters in England are protest
ing against this, on the ground that, as
few people desire to confess that they
have no religious belief, non-church
members generally will say that they
belong to the Established church. This
will give the Established church bet
ter numerical showing than it deserves.
The Colored Methodist Episcopal
church is body organized just after
the close of the war of colored members
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. 1t has annual conferences and
General Conference, which meets
every four years. The fifth quadren-
nial session OF the latter was held re-
Gently in Little Rock, Ark, the Bishops
presiding in turn. The Episcopal mes
sage reported the church as in a very
prosperous condition. The business
transacted by the conference was chiefly
OF routine nature.
The women teachers of Germany,
besides a great pension association,
have had an insurance society of their
own for the last six years. For month
ly fee of 25 cents a member can in case
of sickness draw $3.50 a week for 1S
weeks, and for the same period again
after an interval of six weeks. Over
81, 600 have been paid out. Women be-
tween eighteen and forty-five years old,
who have a doctors certificate of good
health, are admitted. The society has
a good surplus, and is thinking of reduc-
ing the fee, except when an unusual
amount Of sickness occurs.
in his recent address before the
Harvard Medical School, DR.. David w.
Cheever gave the graduating class some
advice which all physicians might
profitably heed. Cultivate good man
ners," he said. "Be reticent. Always
show cheerful face. Never give up
case while the patient breathes Stay
at home; be ready in your Office. Medi-
cine is not a trade, it is the noblest
profession; cling to that thought. The
Golden Rule is the true code of ethics.
BE gentlemen, and not rude, grasping
Doors; respect others rights and you
will be respected"