The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-02-27


The French Protestant Mission
among tho Easutos has over 0,ooo COM
municanf>.
"A significant educational tendency
OF the day i the increased interest In
the study 81 history and politics az
Johns Hopkins University
One Of the students az the Kansas
State University is a barber. and u
making his way through school BY
working at his trade ON Saturdays.
bishop bowman. 81 -. Louis. has
passed more than fifty years in church
work. lie Is now seventy-four years
old and Is in splendid health, straight
as an arrow, with a constitution like
flint
The report Of the General Clergy
Relief Fund Of the Protestant Episcopal
church for the past year shows that the
receipts from all sources were Sill ,239.
and that relief had been given during
the year 20 is7 persons in forty-fonr
dioceses.
lit is said that Daniel Webster was
the first editor OF the first college paper
published in this country. the initial
number appearing at Dartmouth in
1900. These journals now number 1870
in the United States. hut while one is
sued in England.
England. Germany. Italy and Port
ugal have signed an agreement for the
reciprocal protection Of missionaries Of
these four nationalities who settle in
Africa. in regions accorded 70 their
respective states BY the recent treaties
For liberty to exercise their ministry
the missionaries must have a passport
from the government to which they be-
long.
A clergyman recently sent TO the
supply committee Of church which
was without pastor q telegram sim
ply containing the words: Ruth l., TO-"
The words Of that passage are: THY
people shall be my people The reply
which went over the wire was: And
all the people said amen" Rather q
neat way TO get call. but it wouldn't
always work that way.
According to an amendment Of the
school laws of the State Of Michigan,
children suffering from consumption or
chronic catarrh must be excluded from
public schools. The circumstance is in
teresting as a first step toward the pub
lie recognition of most important
truth. the fact. namely. that the disor-
iers Of the respiratory organs can be
propagatcd by direct ccntagion. and that
the atmosphere of consumptive's sick
room. unless constantly ventilated, is
apt TO become virulent lung poison
DR.. Felix l.. Oswald. in Belfordss Maya
dne.
In 1850 the Catholic church i'm Den
mark had missionaries. stations and
800 members. Now it is represented by
/ apostolic project. - missionaries. -
stations. 3. 700 members. and more than
$50 members Of religious orders In
1856 there were no Catholic churches in
the kingdom: now there are 10 churches,
public and private chapels. Jesuit
college and high school for boys. No
where in the world are the spiritual in
tcrcsts Of Catholics sowcll provided for.
there being clerical representative for
| every IS members and church for each
| los
| AT recent meeting Of the normal
| principal council of New York State
an important change was effected in
| the curriculum Of the normal schools
the abolition Of the elementary
course. a recommendation was adopted
that the elementary English course be
eliminated from the present courses
and that arithmetic. grammar. local
and political geography. United States
history. and civil government be
omitted in its published curricula Of
the normal schools. and that these
courses be limited to two-a higher
English Of three years and a classical
Of four years. The change will go into
effect on the opening Of the September
term in 1891