Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-11-13
SCHOOL. AND CHURCH.

The Jews in Rome are about to build
a synagogue to cost $780, 900. The en-
tiro Jewish population of New York City
is estimated at 100000.
Italy has ordered the study of En-
glish to be added to the curriculum OF
all Italian universities, and has en-
dowed the necessary professorship for
the purpose.
Mr.. Rockefeller has added mill
ion dollars to his gifts to the Chicago
Baptist University. Dr. w. X. Har-
per is to be the president, although he
will remain at Yale for some time yet.
-Riuso Naruse, who is at the head Of
the Imperial College of Commerce,
Japan, is now visiting the principal
American cities for the purpose of
studying the business methods of Amer
leans and gathering such statistics as
may be of value to the institution he
represents.
The Buffalo Christian Advocate tells
of member of church who is taxed
for Sl50,OO0 worth of city property, and
who is undoubtedly worth quarter of
a million, who gives annually to all the
benevolent interests of the church the
paltry sum of 81. He told his pastor as
he gave it to divide it among the sever
al objects, missions, church extensions,
freedmen's aid, Bible society, etc, etc.
In the thirteen years last past in
n Of 1oi fOroinp
missionaries has increased nearly three
fold of unordained, two and half fold.
The churches have increased from 3l2
to 500, or G6 per cent, within the thir'
teen years. The communicates in the
churches and the pupils in the schools
have increased each little less than
threefold, while the contributions by
native Christians have increased four
fold. Christian Union.
Missionary Mackay, OF Uganda, one
of the devoted band who have laid down
their lives for Africa, was bright and
precocious as child. He could read
the Bible at the early age of three. The
journal which he kept in Africa teens
with descriptions Of almost insuper-
able obstacles overcome by pluck and
perseverance. When attacked by war
like natives, he never in any case
allowed his men to fire a shot or use
their spears. He always himself
marched unarmed, and when assailed
by arrows and spears would run up to
the enemy with only his umbrella.
"A scheme for raising money for
missions is that of the ''extra-cent-a-
day" band. It's plan was thus detailed
at Northfleld the other day; at is es-
timated that there are in all lands 80,
900 Protestant evangelical Christians.
One cent day, or its equivalent, from
each one of that great host, would
amount in single year to the enor-
nous sum OF 500, 10000 | believe,
and say it deliberately, that the ex'
tra-cent-a-day band may be made the
greatest missionary power, financially,
that the world has ever known. 1t is
so easy, so simple, so practicable, with
prodigious possibilities.
"A writer in the Topeka Western
School Journal, says that the children
of the New York City public schools
pronounces ''murmur," 'muymuy;'
bird" bold" murder" ''muyder,"
and park" "pawk." In Philadelphia
the school children pronounce mo"
now" go" 'gow;' road" rood
boat" bout" day" ''dahee;' rain,
'raheen." etc. In Washington school.
boy will speak of "the conan of Fob
teenth and II SITS" quite as matter o.
course. 1t might be similarly shown
that nearly every locality INDUCES in
some popularity of pronunciation, and
the question therefore arises; Where
is absolutely pure English spoken?