St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-07-24
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Methodist Conference at Gin
cinnati, by decisive vote, resolved to
postpone indefinitely the election of a
colored Bishop.
"A detachment of the Salvation
Army will be sent to France under the
direction of the elder daughter of Will
lam Booth, the COMMUNICATIVE Chief.
1t is reported at Richmond, Va.
that Archbishop Gibbon (Roman Cath
olic) OF that city, who is now in Rome.
will be made Cardinal before his re-
turn.
One hundred and thirty Indians
were confirmed by Bishop Hare, of the
Episcopal Church, during the last year.
and seventy-three Indian adults were
baptized.
Il hree-fourths of the Baptist church.
es in the country are in the South. The
membership of this denomination in the
Southern States is 100000, of whom
900, 900 are colored.
"A blind girl has excelled all prevj-
Gus members of the fourth class in the
High School at Portland Me-, bv At
tanning rank of 100 in all her studies
for one month, except Latin, and 90 in
that.
Mrs. Susan N. Carter, Superintend-
ent of the New York Cooper Union Art
School for Women, estimates that only
one-third of her pupils ever become
professional artists or teachers. The
other tWo-thirds either marry or are
indecisive
Says the London .Spectufor: elf
parents would only require their oirls
to take their education leisurely and
not to hurry to the end of it at the same
speed as the tougher and less suscept
bic sex, the habit Of intellectual study
would improve their health instead OF
endangering it,
1t is said that preliminary steps
have been taken in Philadelphia for
the formation of new society
among the othorodox Friends. 1t will
be made up OF those persons who have
been excluded from the other meetings
for causes, such as marrying out of
meeting, which are not immoral.
The International Christian Tenn
perance Campaigning holds two ses-
sions this year one at (Irimsby, near St.
Catharine's, Ontario, Canada, July 22d
to 25th, inclusive. A list of well-known
speakers have been engaged. and re-
duced fares on the railroads will be Sc
cured. The second meeting will be at
the Thousand Islands, from July 2Sth
to August LIST, inclusive.
The strict church of England party
regard Queen Victoria as a very bad
churchwoman. She has built castle
in Scotland and occupied her Palace of
Hollywood. but the beautiful chapel
there is as rootiess as on the day she
first saw it. Again when she first went
to Balmoral it was noticed that she
took grand suite, including even her
French male hairdre sser, but not her
domestic chaplain.
-Ex-Gov. Frederick Smith. CT Man
chester, has offered 500 year for five
years in prizes to the State College of
Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, to be
divided as follows: S25 for the best essay
Sl5 for the next best, the essays to be
written by seniors on agricultural or
mechanical subjects; 1925 and S15 for
declarations, open to both senior and
middle classes; $12 and IS for the
best and second best junior reader.
The Christian Young Mems Assoc
citation have purchased Exeter Hall,
London, for E25, 900. They intend to
spend another Els, 900 in doing up the
building. The Roman Catholics were
anxious to purchase it for church,
but, although they offered as much as
the sum paid for it, the actual pur-
chasers got the preference. The
United Kingdom Alliance also put in
bid for the famous rendezvous. This is
a sign that the anti-liquor agitation is
likely to rank among the the permanent
institutions of the country.