Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-27

very slow, you say May be so, accord
| ing to city ideas. But the establish
ment of the line was bitterly resented
by the village rip Van Wrinkles" as the
entering wedge to all the follies and
vices of the city; and they haven't be-
come reconciled to it yet. | tell you it
is pleasant to get back once in awhile
into such primitive communities where
life is placid and thought is sluggish.
and movement and noise are not regarded
as necessarily the surest road to happl-
ness. In my opinion the tired and
brain-fagged city-resident would find in
such places as this the most thorough
! and complete rest. But you can't con-
vince people of it. They prefer the
noisy and garish summer hotel, which
is simply a little bit of the city trans
ported into the country, and oftentlmes
not the most desirable bit either"
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.
Tho Cong"egationalists added 452
missionaries TO their forces at home and
abroad last year.
IF you don't want to get your fingers
burned, never shake hands with the
devil.-Ram's Horn.
There are in France about thirty
thousand elementary schools where
teachers, having passed an examination,
, train boys in gardening.
The issues of Bibles by the Ameri-
can Bible Society during seventy-three
years amount to 81, 736, 075 copies And
yet the larger part OF the world is still
"heathen.'
The best workers to send abroad are
those who are most effective at home
He who takes no interest in the religi-
GUS advancement of his neighbors will
not accomplish much in the foreign
feld.-Presby terrain Observer
Brain culture, like physical culture,
is governed by regular laws, and it is
only by complying with these laws that
the result can be obtained Plenty of
good food for nutrition, and vigorous
exercise to strengthen and discipline
natural power, are the two fundamental
laws in both forms of culture.-N. Y.
Independent.
The University of Moscow recently
celebrated its one hundred and thirty
f !th anniversary. Its teaching force
consists of SS regular professors and SIS
private instructors; the number of stu
dents is 3,S05. The Minister of Instruc-
ton las, in recent years, made several
efforts TO lessen the attendance at this
and other Russian universities. In
Russia, as well as in Germany, the pro-
fessions are overcrowded.
Rev. DR.. VIM. Taylor, of the Broad
way Tabernacle, recently said: ''When
three or four gentlemen a month call
upon me for aid for colleges, feel there
are too many of them; but when | reflect
upon the greatness of that Western
country and on the rapidity with which
it is filling up, and on the necessity that
the social foundations be we'll laid, do
not think so, but re ioice that there are
those willing to undertake such work"
The moral character of Jesus is har-
monioUs in all its parts. 1t is a miracle
of celestial beauty, blending the inno-
cence of the lamb with the dignity of
God, sweet in its benevolence, and in
tense and strong in it's aversion to sin,
and without blemish or fault 1t
has in all ages commanded the universal
tribute of human thought The most
arrogant infidelity forgets its sneer in
the presence of this character.-N. Y.
independent.
Man, as mere animal. is the infe-
rior of many earthly creatures in
strength, agility, beauty and warlike
equipment. When we regard him as
mere brute, though we place him in the
front rank of such creatures, we can not
but feel contempt for him. 1t is only
when he is viewed as a moral being, en-
dOwed with features of soul that ally
| him to God and ennoble him above the
| animals, that he commands our venera-
ton and love. The more perfect this
moral excellence becomes, the higher
the man stands in the estimation of
those who are themselves worthy
| Christian Instructor