Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-12-18
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

- nc uuIuDeI VI hJuueuIS IN Amefl-
can Colleges in 1856 was 8, ,438; about
$4,000 are now in attendance.
Since its organization 250 unmar-
ried lady missionaries have gone out
under the auspices of the American
Board of Foreign Missions.
The Cornell ReUiew is responsible
for the statement that Columbia Col
lege has an endowment fund of $5,0O0,-
900; Johns HOPKINS University, $3,00O,-
900; Harvard, 1880, 900; Cornell, S2,-
100000; Princeton. $1,0O0OOO; Yale,
S350,00O.
The Disciples of Christ, or Camp
bellites, as they are generally called in
the West, have missions in England,
Denmark, France, and Constantinople,
with about 594 members. The money
raised the past year for these missions
amounted to S12,547.
The Boston Pilot calls attention to
the rapid increase of Roman Catholic
dioceses in this country. During the
reign of Plus TX, thirty new dioceses
were erected in the United States.
There are now sixty-One dioceses. At
the opening of the century there was
only one.
There are 675 colored schools in
Virginia, taught by 415 colored teach
ers. The average salary of male teach
ers is $3005 per month; of female
teachers, S24.73. There are 35, 768
colored children enrolled in the schools
of which number 21, ,231 are in average
daily attendance. In the 1876 white
schools, 1896 white pupils are en-
rolled; 1910 are in average daily at
tendance. The schools during the
past year cost S511, ,902,53.
In this CITY there are 1856 Protestant
Sunday-schools. SeVenty-fve of the
number are connected with the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church, 70 with the
Presbyterian, 81 with the Methodist,
"A with the Baptist, 20 with the Re
formed, Is with the Lutheran, Z with
the Congregational, 6 with the Univer-
salist, 5 with the Friends, with the
Unitarian and 2 with the Moravian.
There are also 26 Union Sunday
schools and 4 which are classed as mis-
cellaneous.-N. 7. Tribune.
"A certain Professor Knapp, who is
the proprietor of an English and Ger
man school in Baltimore, has intro
duced an entirely new system for the
education of the deaf and dumb. 1t is
that the pupils answer the questions
propounded TO them by closely watch
ing the motions of the lips. At an ex-
animation in the German Orphan
Asylum of Baltimore a few days ago
Secretary Schurz examined some of
Professor Knapp's pupils. One young
lady, addressing the Secretary, asked
him very distinctly his name and resi-
dence. She also called out the names
of the States and their Capitals, indi-
eating at the same time their location
on map on the blackboard with a
pointer. Other pupils answered the ques-
tions of visitors, recited poetry, solved
correctly mathematical problems, and
announced the answers, to the delight
of the spectators. Professor Knapp en-
tirely discards the old method of signs
manual, and the organs as designed by
the Creator are substituted. By a
movement of the lips, precisely the
same as N oral language, and with a
barely perceptible sound, the spell is
broken that held the mutes in thrall-
dom. In this connection, it is Curl
Gus fact that, toward the latter part of
his life, the celebrated English comedi-
an, Blackstone, was literally "as deaf
as a post" On the stage he could not
hear a word; nevertheless, by watching
the motions of their lips and the gener-
al expression of their faces, he was able
to carry on the dialogue so perfectly as
to seldom or never be caught tripping.
Chicago NeDS.
THE WORD.
Voice of the Holy Spirit, making known
Man to himself, witness swift and sure,
Warning, approving, true and wise and
pure,
Counsel and guidance that misleadeth none!
By thee the mystery Of life is read;
The picture-writing Of the worlds gray
seers,
The myths and parallels of the primal years,
Whose letter kills by thee interpreted
Take healthful meanings fitted to our needs,
And in the souls vernacular express
The common law of simple righteousness
Hatred OF cant ana doubt or numan cFeedB
May well be felt; the unpardonable sin
Is to deny the Word of God WithinL
THE BOOK.
Gallery of sacred pictures manifold.
A minister rich in holy etfgies,
And bearing on entablature and frieze
The hieroglyphic oracles of old.
Along its transept aureoled martyrs sit;
And the low chancel slde-lights half ac-
quaint
The eye with shrines Of prophet, bard and
saint
Their golden tablets traced in Holy Writ!
But only when on form and word obscure
Falls from above The white supernal light
We read the mystic characters Alright,
And light informs the silent pOrtraiture,
Until we pause at last, awe-held, before
The One inetfable Face, love wonder and
adore.
- Whittier, j1 Christian Union.