The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-12-16
L. G. GOULD,
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL

The E;aptists have 162 congregations
and more than $4,000 members in Ger
many.
The average cost per scholar of text
books in tho South Carolina schools II
SO. 46 a year.
A free school of political science.
with two-years' course of study, win
be opened in Paris.
Matthew Arnold has resigned the
Office of Inspector of Schools for the
Westm nster District of London. He
served thirty-ive years.
The Catholic churches, of Pitts
burgh, Pa, have purchased one hum
dred acres ofSquirrel hill to be used as
the cemetery. The ground cost $50,-
900.
The journal of the Protestant Epis-
copal Convention of Maryland gives:
Clergy. 1854; parishes, 128; baptisms.
2,796; confirmations, 2,062; communi-
cants, 24,926; offerings, $509. 2s8. 80
-Philadelphia has been divided into
six districts, and the churches will enter
into an active campaign of evangeliza-
ton, holding meet ngs, visiting from
house to house, and using all other
means possible to interest people in
religious matters Philad lphia Record.
The Supreme Court of Arkansas has
decided that Second Adventist must
observe Sunday, even though he also
observe Saturday as Sunday. This
makes Arkansas more rigid IN this re-
spect than Massachusetts, which allows
any one within its borders to perform
secular business on Sunday that will
disturb no one else, provided he OBJ
serves Saturday as Sunday, conscien-
tiously believing it to be the proper day
of rest.
Rev. Father j. M. Mendl, of the
| Church of the Immaculate Conception
| at Montclair, created some excitement
recently by calling out the names OF a
dozen or more of his parishioners before
the service commenced and publicly
rerrimanding them for having attended
dance the night before at John
l.Toomey's house. Father Mendl went
there and vainly tried to stop it. He
announced that if he heard of any mora
dancing, by the members of his congre-
cation he would expel them.-M r
Times.
| The Congregationalist, of London.
tells the following incident as illustrate
ing the feeling among the common peo-
pie in Wales in regard to tithes: "a
few days ago we had conversation on
/ railway platform with a Welsh far
mer, which was extremely suggestive.
i know a farmers wife over the hill
there said my friend, and the parson
/, came to collect title. She said to him:
.Parson, [ have eleven children; will
you take one of themp You take the
tenth pig will you have the tenth childP'
The argument seemed to the farmer
quite convincing. and the story seemed
to be keenly appreciated by the by
standers."
"A good church-goer of Egypt
Tenn, in letter tells Of novel South.
ern method for paying off the debt of 9
I church. The church needed some i'm
provenlents, and to aid in raising the
. funds Mr.. Davis proposed cotton-pick
/ ing. Last Tuesday about thirty men
? women and children met for that pur
pose. The fairest and the bravest, ole
, and young, spent the day in harvesting
the fieecy staple. Each one brough
, dinner, and when 1t was spread on thu
. table looked more ike picnicking thar
D cotton-picking. 1t reminded one of th'
, good cid days Of long ago. The cottol
{ was not very thick but tho deacons ant
, elders certified to nearly 1900 pounds