The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-03-15

The Protestant Episcopal Society
for Promoting Christianity among the Jews oo1
tlnues to work actively throughout the country.
having branches in twenty six diocesss and FIVE
missionary jurisdictions Last year the Society
issued 10000 copies of publications and dis
trlbuted the Scriptures and Prayer books. in
various languages. The missionary school in
New York City had rs children of the well to
do class: The missionary had fifty six inquirers
under instruction. Three were baptized and
eight are preparing for baptism and five for con.
hrmatlon missionary school has been started
IN Baltimore The whole number admitted to
baptism so far, Is stated at over a hundred
els. w.
-NEw YORK CITY-L. Z. Jackson Of
City Missions in his annual budget of the facts
for 1882 gives the city churches as follows A.
baptist, 3 Congregational 5 Friends. l Greek
70 Jews, Fl Lutheran, 81 Methodist EPISCOPAL
8 African Methodist, 2 Free Methodist 2
Moraylan, GO Presbyterian, United Presbyte.
ran, 3 Reformed Presbyterian, so Protestant
episcopal, Reformed Episcopal, 81 Reformed
Dutch So Roman Catholic, 10 Undenomina.
tlonal, Unitarian Universalist, SO Mis-.
cellaneous-489 in ALL or one to every 2,46S
people. There are besides, societies of Shirt.
uallsts, Free Thinkers, Infdels, Contests and
the like. Of all Protestant Evangelical denomi-
nations there are 396 churches, for an estimated
tOVSoNahI pOpuAdtlOn OF OUUOUU to 6DO,OUD
The number of missions" is 1873, of which 11S
are Protestant Of Sunday Schools there are
800 Protestant, with SS237 scholars and an
average attendance of 56,l87 Of Roman Catbo.
lies Jews, etc, 90, with 81 $50 scholars and an
average attendance of Is, 274
AN IMMENSE CAvE.-A great cave
has lately been discovered in Grayson, Ky.
which some people claim is the largest on earth
remarkable relics, according to The Grayson
Advocate, have been found therein. Several
tablets with queer hieroglyphics have been dug
up; also some bronze and copper vases and
pieces of pottery A mound was opened and
found to contain SIX well preserved mummies,
reposlng IN regular order with feet radiating
from the centre. An enthusiast considers the
discovery of this cave the key that will unlocl,
the mystery OF the prehistoric race of America
and also prove their identtywith the ancient
Egyptian race who crossed over and peopled
this continent, built temples, and fourished in
high degree of civilization until wiped out of
existence by the ruthless hand of the savage.
The caves of Kentucky, he adds, undoubtedly
afforded them shelter and protection, and were
used as a sort of catacomb for the storage of all
that was near and dear to them, including their
illustrlous dead. Such at least seems to have
been the case in this instance, whether this
theory will apply to the other caves of Ken
lucky or not. Many beautiful formations have
been discovered The stalactites and stalagmites
5tttoCOA ALh0 ~ ulduy mllllOn diamonds. The
pillars and columns of aabaster are beautiful
beyond description, and It's wonders will have
to be seen to be fully appreciated.
Prof Maspero is very actively ex-
cavating about the famous Pyramid of Meydum.
which is the next in size to those of Ghizeh and
which Is believed to have been erected bv
Snefru, thela king of the Third Dynasty and the
the predecessor of Khufru, or Cheops. 1t has now
been cleared down to the level of the desert. to
which 1t descends in a series of great stems of
beautifully fitted masonry of fine white lime.
stone. The joints are so close, saws a letter of
Hon. J. Villiers Stuart, in The Acadeny. that
1t Is often difficult to trace them and they are
more like cabinetmakers' than masons' work.
1t must have been covered up from the remotest
times and looks quite new. The central chamber
is tentshaped, the walls contracting to a point
at the top, so as to support the immense weight.
Some pieces of heavy timber were found in this
room, which may have been used to move the
sarcophagus though it is possible that there
may be another chamber as in the Pyramids of
Ghizeh, not yet discovered, in which the sar.
coPhagus exists. No inscription of Snefru has
yet been found on the pyramid; but Mr. Stuart
has found one but FIVE minutes walk distant
on the tomb of Nofre Mat, which reads in
archaic characters Resting place of Snefru"
NO confirmation is yet received of the astonish-
ing statement, published in Berlin some months
ago, OF the discovery of the Pyramid of Menes.
the hrst mythical king of Egypt