The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-05-29
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

Him Cathedral, one of the largest
sacred edifces in Germany, will be
completed. after having been unfinished
for over four hundred years. 1t was
beoun in 1877 and finished in 1864, ex-
cept the towers, which are no" peinS
erected according to the ancient design
in Western New York, says the
Standard of the Cross, there is town
of 1000 inhabitants. $3.50 OF whom are
Professionals, having four Protestans
churches, whose entire membership IS
only eighty. There are LOO children,
of whom only 200 are in Sunday
schools.
The authorities of the Knox Me-
mortal PRESBYTERIAN Church, Montreal,
have tested the weekly envelope sys-
| tenn and pronounce il a success. Inc
total avails reached s5.476, cut OF
which $500 were appropr ated to the
Sunday school and 81, 2y9 for mission
airy objects.
1t appears from the Cornell UNI
yersity register for 1884 50 that the
library of that institution contains about
81. 200 volumes and 5000 pamphlets,
and receives additions now at the rate
of about 5000 volumes annually. The
library has fund, not yet available, OF
about 100000.
Prof. Fay. of Tufts College. recently
asked three hundred and fifty college
professors their opinion as to the proper
modern language equivalent for the
Greek required for admission to college.
Sixty-seven per cent, rs between Ger
man and French, advocated German,
on account of its superior disciplinary
value. s---
: Nassau Hall at Princeton College
was so named at the request of Gov
ernor Belcher, in honor of His Majesty
William Ill, who belonged to the
House of Nassau; hence the origin OF
the Princetonians' colors of orange and
black. Around this old building clus-
. .ers all that is of historic interest with
e ,cgard to the growth of Princeton Col
= ;ege.
The educational statistics of Rome
e show that. whereas in 1876 120,OO oil
the 1870, 900 inhabitants could neither
r read nor write, there are now lZ.0U
. pupils In the recently established Gov
eminent schools. 10000 in the Catholic,
e with large additional numberin those
of Protestant determinations. Rome Is
o therefore being rapidly deprived, by the
ruthless hand of education, of one ol
IS her chief attractions to the curious tour
ist-an ignorant and debased lower
@ class.-CarrenL.
o The old chained Bible was recent,
replaced in the position it originally &C
2 cupied on Cranmer's desk in Canterbur.
Cathedral. The Bishop of Dover otfici
E. ated, and said it gave him great pleas
Q, ure to replace the volume in the position
IS in which it was chained in the reign o
Queen Elizabeth, at the time wher
Bibles of the same edition were placet
in eathedrals and Deans houses through
ct out the country. The book had bee
temporarily removed pending repair
is to the ancient fame.
t. A colored Baptist Church in Ne'
t, Bedford, having advertised for a min
III ister, received word from one in Ne'
York State that he would be on han
r. Saturday night. A COMMITTEES was
NJ the station to meet him, and was aston
d ished to find him white man. Th
ct stranger, who had not supposed tha
his future parishioners were coloreo
4 was equally astonished. He preache
~ for them on Sunday, however. and wa
ei sent away with the proceeds of a eollet
Worcester (Mass.) Spy.