Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-10-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH

The closing of the Hebrew syna.
gogue in st. Petersburg by order of the
government Is considered as the final
blow at their race,
"A cycling corps has been added to
the equipment of the Salvation Army,
Fifty young men have been requested
to volunteer for three years to travel
on wheels.
Mrs. Marie Higgins, of Washing.
ton, has been selected as superintend.
cnt of the schools for girls in Ceylon,
under the Woman's Educational So
ciety, founded by two thousand native
women of the island.
The oldest woman minister in the
United States is Rev. Lydia Sexton,
who has been preaching for forty-two
years in various portions of the country.
She is ninety-two years of age, hut her
memory is excellent and her sight re-
markably good. Her voice is clear and
melodious in the hymns she delights in
singing.
Mr.. Claude Montefiore has endowed
prize at Girton in honor of his late
wife, who was student in honor at the
college. 1t consists of the interest on
eight Thousand dollars to be given each
year to the girl graduate who has OBJ
tanned first class in one of the tripos
examinations, and who intends to de-
vote herself to profession.
One hundred and twenty-five men,
bers is the report of a mission station
among the Santals in India. The best
paid man gets five dollars month. OF
this he gives one-ffth to the Lord.
Fifteen give one-tenth. The station is
self-supporting, and pays one-half the
salary of the preacher at an out-station,
and. one-ifth the salary of general
home missionary.
In Russia the schoolmaster appears
to be very much abroad and the tavern
keeper at home. In the entire Pork
hofski district $50 year are spent IN
schools, six cantons contributing small
sums to total this, and the remaining
twenty-three districts nothing at all.
In several of the villages there is not a
person able to read or write, but there
are 700 taverns, with yearly turnover
of 2,OOO 900 rubles.
France has taken away the Latin
and Greek from the curriculum of
public instruction. The German and
English tongues, with their literatures,
will take the place of the classics, and
are to be taught in an analytical and
logical way to secure the same results
as by the former studies. Besides these
studies, the French language and
literature, geography, history, ethics,
philosophy, political economy, law and
science-physical, natural and mathe-
matical-are declared to be the real
classical studies to complete desired
education.-School Journal.
According to recent summaries the
total estimated circulation of religious
papers published in this country is
very near 4,000,0 900, which would inti-
mate that the papers are seen by at
least two or three times that number of
readers. The Roman Catholics head
the list with 1877 papers, having about
$50, 900 circulation, but the Methodists
are close behind them with l47 papers,
having about 100000 circulation. OF
undenominational religious papers, it
is reported that there are now thirty
nine with 265,OOO subscribers. IN. w.
Christian Advocate.
Gen. Booths industrial colony is
taking shape. Two farms on the
Thames, comprising about one thou
sand acres, have been purchased, and
buildings are to be erected to accom-.
modate five thousand people. Dairy
and truck farming, cattle raising and
some forms of manufacturing are to be
among the industries. The colonists
will be of three grades; those who gel
food and clothing for their work; sec
ond class who will receive one shilling
six pence week for their work. ant
the highest class, called orderlies, whc
will receive three shillings six pence
The orderly is the graduate of the sys
tenn, ready for transportation to a for
eign colony.-Chicago Advance.