The Forrest City times., 1893-10-20
RREsT CITY, ARK FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 2o 1895
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Iowa Wesleyan college recently finished s4o,o chapel.
 The contribution of the Salvation Army in the United States during the recent sclf-denial week aggregated s35,. 900.
 In Colorado there was not single Baptist church forty years ago. Now there are sixty churches and five thou sand members.
 The archdiocese of Baltimore has had but nine Roman Catholic arch bishops, and three of them were con. verts from the Protestant Episcopal church.
 There are three Catholic and eight Protestant missions, among which is that founded by Bishop Taylor, in the Congo region. There are twenty-eight stations and ninety-fve missionaries.
 The prince of Wales recently con- ferred the order of St. John on two Methodist nurses in London-Sister Rita, lady superintendent of Wesley Deaconess institute, and Sister Emma, sister in charge of the Childrens Home hospital.
 The trustees of the Church of the Covenant and of the Brick church, New York city, two of the wealthiest Pres. byterian churches in the United States, have decided to consolidate. Under the proposed plan the Church of the Cove nant will cease to exist
 Rev. Elijah Kellogg, whose Spar. tacus to the Gladitors' has been SC many schoolboys' Reclamation for many years, is still preaching on Sundays in his church at Harpswell, Me-, although he has passed his eightieth birthday. He has done wonderful amount ot good among the fishermen of Cascc bay in his long career. He expects soon to retire from active service. but he can never cease doing good as long as life lasts.
 Young men and women in Aus tralia stand side by side in universities as in public schools, and cc-education. ists regard the fact that in no countrJ in the world is there so sma percent. age of unmarried women a lere, quit conclusive evidence of the wisdom oi their theory. Australian girls are said to be remarkably well educated, and ir most religious bodies of that country women as well as men are allowed to vote in church affairs.
 The Canadian Pressyterians are considering the matter of a young peo ple's organiza tion within their own de nomination. It will be similar to the Baptist union, and, like that organiza. tion, will not disturb the interdenomi national relations This seems to be the natural order nowadays; and the time is not far distant when such or ganizations will be found in every de nomination. They will in no wise dis turb the Society of Christian Endeavor Ensign.
 The will of the late Anthony J. Drexel was probated at Philadelphia. 1t disposes of an estate generally be- lieved to be worth about S30,000, ,000 Among other bequests the executors are directed to transfer s1,00O,000 to trustees who will apply the income to- ward the erection of an art gallery. museum or other public institution in the neighborhood of the Drexel insti tute, provided the latter has not suffi- cient accommodation for it. So much of the income as can not be judiciously expended for the museum, may be used to maintain Drexel hospital. The German hospital, of Philadelphia, is tc receive S1OO,0OO A codicile provides that part or all of the income of 1,000, 900 begueathed for museum or hos pital may be expended, if the trustees deem it necessary, in support of the Drexel institute.