The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-20
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

make an exhibit of the work of the or.
der at the Worlds fair.
The Methodist orphanage in Phila'
delphia last year received $50, 1915, OF
which sum over $50, 900 have been put
into the endowment fund.
The object of forming federal
union among the Lutheran, Reformed,
Free churches, Methodists and Baptists
has been agitated of late in France.
There are SO. 712 women and girls in
India under Christian instruction, and
outside these stand the appalling num-
Der of II .333, 927 not under instruction.
and una bic to read or write.
Leo NH. is bent upon the recon.
Citation of the church and the republic,
and he lets no opportunity Of saying sc
escape him. Every French prelate to
whom he gives audience returns to his
diocese with instructions to work tc
this end.
The second chancelor's medal for
classics has been withheld this year al
Cambridge, England, the examiners
finding no candidate worthy TO receive
it-a circumstance that has occurred
only once before in nearly one hundred
and fifty years.
King Oscar of Sweden is very
simp le-minded man. When he went to
see the pope he kissed the holy father
on both cheeks Such a salute was
quite IRE gular, long usage having es-
tablished the custom of kissing only
the pope's hand
The officers of the Salvation Army
who work among the Zulus get sixty
cents per week as salary. besides mealie
'(corn) Gleal for breakfast and rice for
dinner, with an occasional bucket of
molasses. which can be got for twelve
cents from the sugar mill.
Rev Walter Elliott, who resigned
the editorship of the Catholic World a
few months ago, will next September
engage in missionary work among nom
Catholics in the west. He begins at
Detroit, and win have the cooperation
of the bishop of that diocese and the
priests of the city.
1t is reported that Great Britain
has 16 societies for the conversion OF
Jews. in which 334 men are employed
at 81 stations. Germany has Is socie-
ties; Switzerland, /; the Netherlands,
S; France, .; Sweden and Norway, 4;
Denmark /; Russia, 4; the United
States, S; Palestine, >. and Australia, i.
The Gospel is now being proclaimed to
the Israelites in every nook and corner
Of the globe.-San Francisco Monitor.
Mgr. Lasagua. bishop Of Tripoii,
has been deputed by the pope to pro
coed to South America. virtually. it is
said. as IN apostolic delegate. directly
eppoi nted by the pope He viii have
no fixed residence nor possess any spe-
cial title. hut is accredited to the yari-
Gus South American governments for
the purpose of visiting and promoting
the developments of the numerous mis-
sion stations Of the order Of st. Francis
of Sales.
Hon. Andrew n. White has felt
enough interest in having the Cnita-
rian church at Ithaca rebuilt TO write 20
this country expressing his Interest in
the scheme. and 10 make a conrrihu-
ton Of money also. He thinks that col
lege towns in particular should have
Unitarian churches, and advocated the
esta blishment of one at Ann Arbor for
that reason. He deprecate> proselvt-
ing. but he wishes 10 see the new
church esta blished at center % re
ligious and ethical thought.
Prom business mans point OF
view. SAYS the -. James Gazette. in
commenting on the balance sheet re-
Gently issued b. 'Gen. Booth. the
Salvation Army position : distinctly
weaker than il was II l>@l. The pub
lie do not appear II have mace IaUc.i
res6oase OF late u the ''Generai'>'
urgent appeals. and his own people
have given the >alvation ARMY funds
proper. leaving ont Of question the
darkest England scheme. dealt Nth a.
separate concern less support than
previously.