The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-11-17
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

-EX-Cadet Whitaker has established
military school for colored youths at
Charleston, 5. Chicago Inter- Ocean.
An observer of life has been doinU
the London churches on Sunday morn.
lngs, and has remarked on the paucityi
OF attendance of the male sex. In
some churches the ladies outnumbered
the gentlemen by at least five to one. :
There are eight ministers in Maine
who have been ordained fiftv-one years
or more. and the venerable DR.. Caruth-
ers, of Portland, has been in the min
istry for the remarkable period of
three-score and four years. One of the
eight-the Rev. J. T. Halves, of Liteh-
field-still supplies for the church in
that place. boston Post.
"A female teacher of San Francisco,
is being investigated for "gagging''
little girls OF tender age, after the STYLE
that prevails in the British navy. She
is charged with having promenaded
one little sufferer through various
rooms filed with scholars. exclaiming:
Use what a nice little doggy / have
caught. She won't bite YOU" The
child's lips, it is claimed, were blistered.
and her neck cut by the strap that held
the bamboo gag.-IRdjaRGpoEs Jour-
nal.
The following curious incident act
ually occurred recently: Whilst a
clergyman was in the midst of his SER
mon person entered the church and
in the coolest manner possible saupf
cred up the aisle. No sooner had the
preachers eye lighted on the newcomer
than, dropping the thread of his SER
mon. he said to him: Come in. my
friend, come in we are always glad to
see those here late who can't come
early" The unknown individual
stepped forward. coolly took his seat,
and then as coolly asked the preacher,
''Would you oblige me with the teNt?"
Certainly" was the reply; and the re-
quest having been complied with the
sermon proceeded Chicago Tribune,
Commenting on the late discussion
of Sunday Schools by the Central Coun-
ell of the Diocesan Conference in En-.
! gland, the Church Standard says ::
1--WE hope that it will be long before.
the Church in England sets aside, ig-
nores altogether, and attempts to super
sede the esponsibility which rests upon,
parents, guardians, sponsors, or other
suitable persons to train those whom
God has placed in their charge. No
Sunday School system, no matter how
admirably devised and how thoroughly.
carried out, can undertake this duty,
and relieve those to whom God has
committed trust"
The 600, 900 Presbyterian commune
cants are thus distributed, according to
writer in the New York EUangetiSt:
The Northeast, $50, 000-New York,
1873, 900; Pennsylvania, $4,000; New
Jersey, 1900; Baltimore, Md, H.
600. The Lake Region, 166, 900 Ohio,
$4,000; Indiana, $4,000; Michigan, H.
600: Illinois, $4,000; Wisconsin, 1000.
The South, $4,000. The Southeast, 81
5O0-Atlantic North Carolina. South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Ala
bama), 1900; Kentucky, 5000; Ten
nessee, $500; Texas, 1000. The Mis-
souri, Valley, 81, 000-Iowa, q, 900; Mis-
souri,, $4,000; Kansas, $4,000; Mime
sofa and Dakota, 5000; Nebraska, 6,000-
The Rocky Mountains, ,000-ColoradO
(and New Mexico, Utah, Montana),
1000. The Pacific Coast, 11,600-Pa-
cific California, Arizona and Nevada),
5000; Columbia Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho), 1900.