The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1889-03-06
ONE THING AND ANOTHER

Philadelphia, during the past year were
SALT S9l 81. The total value of the
Girard estate is Sll, 12l 956. 1t has been
rarely well managed,
The Catholic Standard saws there
are in Philadelphia 143 Catholic church
es, 283 priests, $4,000 children in paro-
chial schools, and an estimated Catholic
population OF 100000.
"A notable decrease in smoking dur
ing the last six years is reported from
Yale College. This year only sixteen
per cent. of the freshmen use tobacco.
Can this abstinence have anything to do
with the superiority OF the men in ath-
letic sports
The prohibition law in Iowa went
into operation in July, 1885, although it
was not applied to many localities for
several months later. In December, 1886,
the number of convicts in the State Pen.
itentiary was SIC; in December, 1887, it
had fallen to 286; in December, 1888, it
had sunk to 227, although during these
years there had been perceptible in
crease in the population of the State.
The Jewish Messenger, of New
York, rebukes a young Jewish preacher
who. the other Sunday, in a sermon,
spoke of the supposed founder of Chris.
tianity as IAN amiable young enthusiast
of moderate education" It Gays: while
themes of this character are out of place
In the synagogue, no Jewish preacher has
right to refer contemptuously to Chris
tianity's founder. We resent prejudice
against Judaism let us be careful lest
we show the same spirit toward other re
ligions.
The great Elffel Tower in Paris will
be finished by April l. The tower stands
at present 825 feet high and weighs T.,
800 tons. Only 800 tons remain to be
added. To approach the summit of the
tower there will be three distinct kinds
OF elevators. Two will go to the first
platform, two others to the second and
another will move between the second
and the third platform in vertical line
The whole trip will take FIVE minutes,
and the elevators will be capable Of tax
ing up $50 persons an hour.
-HAToHING HENS AND Ducks =
VIM. R Miller Of Stanford, Conn, is
prosecuting a novel enterprise on eight
acres OF land there. He is engaged in
duck farming, aud he raised 5000 ducks
last year. The coming season he intends
to market 10 600 ducks and half as many
chickens from the same farm. He uses
II incubators each of which cost him
Si25, and they are capable of holding
| 200 eggs. Oil lamps do the Matching.
The chicks hatch out three weeks from
the day the eggs are placed in the incu-
oators. Mr.. Miller is now engaged in
Matching his spring chicken crop. He
matches chickens in winter and ducks in
summer. About 200 ducks and as MANY
hens are Kept busy supplying eggs for
the lncubators.
FACTS ABOUT EAU DE COLOGNE The
original eau de cologne is made from
receipt which, according to a writer in
the Leisure Hour, has been known to
only ten people since it was discovered,
nearly two hundred years ago. The
written copy OF it is kept in crystal
goblet, under triple locke, in the room in
which the essential oils are mixed The
casks In which the perfume is kept are
made OF cedar wood from Lebanon, which
is stronger than any other, and does not
smell. More than 1000 900 bottles are
sold annually, and OF these 10000 90 to
one house in London.
-Hofman's Catholic DIRECTORY for
1889 gives the following statistics of the
Roman Catholic Church in the United
States Priests, 8,l18 of whom Clio
are secular; churches, 1858; chapels,
480; stations, 2770 There are 119 or.
phsn asYlums, with more than q 358 in.
mates; 80 theological seminaries, with
$40 candidates for the priesthood, 124
colleges, 549 academies, and 279O paro.
chial schools, with an attendance Of 597. =.
1914 pupils, several do esee not reporting
! The estimated Catholic population ie
given as $3.50 676 New York diocese
heads the list with 800 900: Boston has
$4,000, Chicago, $50 900; Philadelphia,
400 600; New Orleans. 300 OOO St. Louis,
280 600; Brooklyn, 23O 600; St. Paul,
225 600; Baltimore, 22O 600
How long Christian Influence lasts
and with what power good decide are en-.
dowed so that their fruits shall he seen
long after the hand which wrought them
has mouldered into dust. We we're re.
minded of this truth by ar item which we
found floating through the newspapers con
/ tanning a report Of missionary Journey
across Africa by Mr. F. S Arnot, who
said that at point in that journey he
met two Old Africans who repeated por.
tons Of Scripture read to them by Liv