(2) HARRY CASTLEDINE. (_Orphan Working School._)
(3) CLARA A. LANGDON. (_Orphan Working School._)
(4) FLORENCE ANDERSON. (_National Refuges._)
(5) EDWARD M. NYE. (_Reedham Orphanage._)
(6) CHARLES E. SMITH. (_Reedham Orphanage._)
THE QUIVER GOOD CONDUCT PRIZE WINNERS, 1898.]
The Quiver Prize has long since become an annual institution in several representative orphanages, and as our object is to encourage honesty, industry, and general good conduct, it is awarded each year to those inmates who have shown greatest progress in these respects during the preceding twelve months. We publish a group of the winners for 1898, who represent respectively the Orphan Working School, the Reedham Orphanage, The Gordon Boys' Home, and the National Refuges.
The following is a list of contributions received from September 1st up to and including September 30th, 1898. Subscriptions received after this date will be acknowledged next month:--
For _"The Quiver" Waifs' Fund_: J. J. E., Govan (130th donation), 5s.; A Glasgow Mother (100th donation), 1s.; M. G., Leeds, 1s.; Oxford, 5s.
For _Dr. Barnardo's Homes_: An Irish Girl, 12s. 6d.; N. L. E., 10s. We are also asked to acknowledge the following donations sent direct:--J. E. D., 10s.; Inasmuch, 4s.; H. M. H., 5s.
For _The British and Foreign Bible Society_: A Thank-Offering, 1s.
ROLL OF HONOUR FOR SUNDAY-SCHOOL WORKERS.
The =Special Silver Medal= and =Presentation Bible= offered for the longest known Sunday-school service in the county of =Northumberland= (for which applications were invited up to September 30th) have been gained by
MR. THOMAS C. HINTON, Fame Bank, Gosforth, Newcastle,
who has distinguished himself by =fifty= years' service in the John Knox Church Sunday-school, Newcastle.
As already announced, the next territorial county for which claims are invited for the Silver Medal is
and applications, on the special form, must be received on or before October 31st, 1898. We may add that =Sussex= is the following county selected, the date-limit for claims in that case being November 30th, 1898. This county, in its turn, will be followed by =Wiltshire=, for which the date will be one month later--viz. December 31st, 1898.
The names of members recently enrolled will be found in our advertisement pages.