The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1894-08-11
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

AT the last census Nevada had only
four thousand nine hundred and thirty
one girls of school age.
The Finnish parliament has passed
a law prohibiting all railroad traffic and
mail delivery on Sunday.
Prof. Goodell, of Yale. has accepted
the prOfessorship of Greek in the Amer.
lean school at Athens, which was re.
Gently offered him.
1t is reported that a national col,
lege of music is to be established. with
the best-known musicians of the coun.
try as its trustees.
Rev. Mr.. Job. of North Middleboro.
Mass. has fitted up in the steeple of
his church a play-rOOm, in which babies
are taken care of by volunteer nurses
while the mothers attend divine serv-
ice.
An interesting department of mis-
sion work in Japan is the railway mis-
sion, organized to evangelize men con-
nected with the railway service in that
country, there being thirty-four thou
sand employed in different ways.
The Religious Tract society of Lon
don at its recent annual meeting re-
ported total receipts of S90S. 900. There
a been 5s3 new publications SEN out
during h year. The society now pub
fishes in 209 languages, dialects and
characters.
Mrs. Julia j. Irving, for four years
professor OF Greek at Wellesley. is to
be acting president for one year. the
trustees having failed to find anyone
hat meets their ideal for a permanent
president. She is a graduate of Cornell
and has been a student at Leipsic.
e. W. Prothero. who has been
elected to the prOfessOrship of modern
history at Edinburgh. is a ~well-known
Cambridge tutor and a fellow of Kings
college, London. He has written some
learned works on medieval English
history and Il biography of Simon de
Montfort.
The statement is made that the
Presbyterian churches of this country
received to membership during last
year on IN average of eight members
CiCll- Liz average al liC ~ ll"l vi
China was twelve; in the synod Of In
dia. fourteen. and in the missions on
the COrisco coast. Africa. twenty-three.
The number of students who have
ma%triculated in the twenty-one uriver-
sites of Germany for the summer term
is 21.S00. This shows Il decrease of $50
as compared with last year. Half of
the students were connected with the
Prussian university. Nearly 5000 of
the 21.sO0 are to study theology. over
5000 to study medicine. 1.7l6 philosO-
ply and science. and 1.4lJ law.
There is a movement in Chicago to
have Sunday services in the various
theatcrs. especially lectures with a
s~tereopticon on the life of Christ. and
prominent persons are considering
topics along this line. \ special list Of
slides is to be prepared by the st. An
drew Brotherhood. The object of this
is to gather the large number of people
who on sunday will not go to a church,
but are ready to enter Il theater.
The will of the late Mrs. Emily
Fitch. of New Haven. leaves an estate
of Sa50.0O0. These public requests are
made: Connecticut general hospital for
the establishment of Il children'S ward.
including Il new and separate building.
$4,000: to Yale theological school. So
900: to the Hampton normal institute.
Hampton. Va. 5000: To the New Ia
ven orphan asylum. 5000; to the Con-
necticut training school for nurses,
SI.C0G. and to the IIoiac Missionary so-
ciCty of Center church. $2.OOG.