The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-01-22
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The agricultural colleges are de-.
servedly in public favor. They should
be independent in every way.-N. Y. Ia
dependent.
The English Methodists have raised,
fund of 100000 for carrying the
Gospel to the most abandoned districts
in the worlds metropolis. d
Miss Irving, Washington Irving's
| niece, proposes to give the next gradu-
ating class at Princeton College slip
of ivy from one planted by the author
himself, and brought by him from Abb
botsford.- d.--Harper' Bazar.
The parish church at Stratford-on-
Avon, which is Shakspeare's burial
place, is to be renovated and restored,
all its historical features being pre-
served. The movement of removing
the poets bones seems to have subsidized.
The Bishop of Lichfeld, DIR. Macla-
gan, in his speech at the recent ses-
sional opening of the Kings College.
London, classes for women; spoke ous
clearly and distinctly as to the right OF
every woman to avail herself of every
chance of obtaining the highest educa-
ton possible.
Bishop Isaac W.Wiley. of the Meth
| OulSU LplSCOpdl ShuISlis VIM eAhSO NNAJ
suddenly in Fuh Chau, China, was
making an Episcopal tour of the Asiatic
missions of his church, in which he felt
a great interest, particularly in China,
where he had served as missionary.
He was elected Bishop in 1872, at the
age of forty-seven.
Hon. Frederick T. Frelinghuysen,
United States Secretary OF State, has
been elected President of the American
Bible Society, in the place of the late >.
Wells Williams, LID. Mr.. Freling-
huysen is the nephew and adopted SON
of a former president of the society,
Hon. Theodore Frelinghuysen. He is .
7 member of the Reformed Church.
Rev. w. M. Patterson, of the
' Southern Methodist Mexico mission,
, writes that the new mission in Morelia,
Q Mexico. is prospering. with congrega-
ton of from five to six hundred persons.
The industrial colleges in the city Of
} | Mexico, the girls under Miss Halloran,
? and the boys under Professor Trujello,
/ are doing better than ever before The
/. | work in the Guadalajara district is ad-
q vancing, and there have been several
conversions.
o The Church Standard says: Let
parents beware what they say about the
y sermon or the preacher before their
6 children, in whose hearts the Word OF
God may be seeking a lodgment Why
It pray in the morning for the conversion
y of sinners, and then, by cold criticism of
g the sermon, neutralize the very means
by which it pleases God to sayep
Thoughtless comments at the dinner
y table will do this far more effectually
g than all the profanity the children hear
u as they pass the drinking saloons on
; their way to school.
: The number of pupils attending the
public schools of the State of South
Carolina during the past year was
1858. The eagerness of the colored
~ people to secure an education for their
children is phenomenal. The Morris
Street School for colored children in
. Charleston is the largest in the State,
e containing more than 400 pupils. The
y school is divided into three depart
d ments, grammar, intermediate and
J, primary, and is governed by Princi
q pal, Vice Principal and twenty-fouI
assistants, the latter being ladies. Tht
- teaching staff are all white, and are ma
70 tiyes of Charleston.