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Show CHURCH NOTES. Tun number of conversions of Mr. Moody's Washington revivals is put at four thousand. It is estimated that twelve new ehurohes.nre dedicated on the average every. day in tho year in this country. At a prpllffiinarv meeting held in London it was decided to form a Presbyterian Pres-byterian union, similar to tho one in New York. Tijb average wages of a laborer in' Madagascar are six conts a day. Nevertheless, Nev-ertheless, the Madagascar Christians contributed last year to tho London Missionary society thirty-one thousand two hundred and forty dollars. Tmtiti: is a Christian Endeavor society soci-ety in the New York penitentiary which has been doing a quiet but good work for a year. Its anniversary was recently pleasantly observed. Moro than bixohundrcd prisoners wero present. pres-ent. . Uistior TtinxER is still urging tho negroes ne-groes of this country to go to Africa nnd establish a nation on their ancestral ances-tral cpntiucnt. A convention of three thousand colored people was held recently re-cently hi IJlrmingham, Ala.,- favoring the scheme. A Queer State Code In the old codo of Massachusetts nnd other New England stales thero werq onco very severe penalties prescribed against the use of tobacco in any form. A statute, dated 1082, forbade tho use of tobacco by any person hi any place, public or private, under penary of a flno of ono penny for each offense. This law not proving effective, effect-ive, another was passed two years ater of much greater severity. All tobacco users wero ordered to dtscontinuVthe vllo habit. Tavern-keepers were flnujjlo five shillings for permitting "smoking on their premises, while the, fine .fpr 'every offense in the private use of'tui weed, even in one's own house, wm twov. Bhllllb'ffsi ' Vnd' and' six ' pence--' for each off ongo. |