The morning journal-courier., 1908-01-06
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 Probably the oldest minister of the gospel n the world is the Rev. John Schaeffer, who recently celebrated his lo2d birthday. at Ncrth Benton, Ohio. For sixty years MT. Sehaeffer has preached each Sunday. He still en- JOYS cigar daily after his dinner. He can read without glasses, and he says ne enjoys what he reads.
 Fleming H. Revell, the largest pub fisher of religious books in this eoun- try. and probably in the world, whose company publishes more volumes of sermons than all the other book houses Tn the United States combined, says me aggregate sale of Moody's sermons mas exceeded 2,500000 copies. placing them next to the bible as a seller
 Lady Helen Grimston. the oldest daughter of Lord and Lady Verulam, oi the English peerage, has just secured her certificate as an expert butter mak. CT from the Essex county council. Sht went through the three weeks cours. Tn the work of cooling and separating milk, churning, making butter, ant managing dairy at the county dairy school at Chelmsford and proposes tt take over the superintendence of large dairy at Gorhambury.
 The Duke of Bridgewater is set dowr In history as the father of British in land navigation He spent his las penny in constructing the earliest cana In England, forty-twc miles in length uniting Worsley with Manchester an, Runcorn on the Mersey, above Liver pool In this enterprise he even ex | hausted his credit and was reduces to such poverty that he had to live ol bread and water. But his farsighted ness was equal to his public spirit Great wealth ultimately flowed in upo him. Thirty-four years ago this cana | was purchased from the present LOT Ellesmere for s5,o00,000 and four year later was resold to the Manchester Shi Canal Company for $S.550 GOO.
 The Municipal Council of Rouen Ina received a remarkable request from a Englishman. Darcy Wriggleswort asks for permission to make an ex ploration in the walls of the famou tower of Joan of Arc in the old Norma city He asserts that one of his ar cestors hid certain treasure in tl spot, the precise situation of which
 indicated in some family documen
 which have recently come to light TT spot where the treasure was conceale Is stated to be clesed by stone O which is engraved in English the wol Open It appears that & stone has a
 ready been found on which the two la letters of this word can be traced
 petition has also been addressed to tl minister of fine arts for the requisit authorization,
 Count Gallini in letter published Vita. gives an interesting account of visit to Giosue Carducci which he mac !, when he was reporter of Italian pa
 liamentary news. It was at the tin
 when the government was considerir the adMsability of voting i50, )00 ii toward Dante monument. the rest the money necessary for suitab 4 memorial to be raised by popular sul
 scription. "l went to Bologna" writ,
 the count, saw the great man and b
 gan 10 explain my mission when he ii terrupted me saying. No. no, No mo [ ument for Dante. Monuments should
 erected only for those men who wou otherwise he forgotten in centuries come. Garlbaldi, Mazzini, Victor Er manuel, but Dante-rever. Dante is {, { great, and he will grow greater as t
 centuries pass Therefore, no mer orial for the author of The Div , Comedy" This message I carried
 Ienardelli and to parliament, and l further steps toward the Dante glorl , cation were taken"