The Lafayette gazette., 1894-01-13
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

~ Harvard university has esta blisf,c
the highest meteorological station il
the world on the Cordiferas in Peru.
! Lord Overtoun, who was recent.
| elevated to the house of peers, still
continues his evangelistic work. IL
has been elected presidSlht of the Glas
gov (Scotland) United Young Men
Christian associations.
After being refused communion by
a church in Columbia, because she
worked three hours every Sunday as
telephone girl, a decision that was up
held by the Charleston presbytery
Miss Sadie Means has won an appea
to the South Carolina synod, which de-
cldes in her favor by IA vote of Is to 40
The Baptists of England will add
100 to their army of missionaries now
at work among the heather. This is
made possible by the 5000 900 fund
gathered during the ''ccutennial year. -
Adeputation of leading nlen is now visit
ing the Baptist churches of England
TO sound call through them for the
men and women for missionaries
Christian at Work.
In the South Pacific islands it is
believed that the spirits of the dead
rule and protect the living. That mvs-
terious power ''Mana" abidcs with the
soul after death and he who has been
powerful in life will be powerful in
'pii'' Ills sPif1t Is equally inclined
to be malevolent and beneficent and
against others it's aid is invoked for
every kind of hatred and injury.
Rev. John c. Faville, at the
Worlds Evangelical congress in Chi
cago, stated that he had increased his
evening congregation from 200 to more
than 700, revived interest in the morn
ing service and given new life to the
whole church orga nzation by follow
four vi -,
CO printed progra mmes of the
service: (3) good ushers and a bright
reception committee; (I) short sermon
of from Is to 20 minutes.
In Syria and Palestine there are
now nine Thousand u nd eighty-one girls
under Protestant instruction. and there
arc thousands in the Greek and papal
schools. The effect of female e,d,ca
tion, prosecuted for many years. has
been a palpnble change in the status
Ind dignity of woman. The light and
com fort, the moral and intellectual
elevation which have resulted are plain
wen to the casual observer. The
mother IS becoming the primary in
of the children at home, and
oy precept and example their moral
Ind religious ruide.-Church at Home
md Abroad.
Rev. ID. H. l.. Wayland tells this
tory on himself: son Il recent occa-
ion the Rambler, according to his
eeble light, preached the Gospel in a
1llaGc which is enriched, illuminated,
nd sanctified by the presence of :. |
chool Of prophets. With such capacity
S he was Possessed of he endeavored !
o preach to the people about God.
hrist, the immortal soul, and the etcr- |
ity that spreads around and bevond !
S. A local paper of the following
'eek, wishing to do the handsome
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led by So-and-So, and added The doc
or's remarks were very ycntertaining
The chief mosque of Damascus.
'hlch was destroyed by fire on the 18th |
last month, was one Of the most ia
ious and interesting in the east On !
commanding site, it's great dome and |
Ill minarets We're the first objects seen
y travellers to the oldest city in the
orld. The mosque was built more
ian a thousand years ago on the site
an early Christian chu. cl. the old
ais and many of the columns of
men were permitted to remain. The
litice was an object of great venera- {
on by the NussulmanS, for about it
ere clustered many sacred ira ditions,
alls rested the head of John the ;
aPtist- Ledger.
There are proba bly, one hundred , l
I'd fifty schools for cooking in Ger |
any and Austria, the best of which {
e at Vienna, Berlin and Leipsic A Y
an who wishes to become a chef must /
gin at the very bottom of the ladder
at peellnG potatoes-and work up, q
und by round, to the top. a course O
schooling as strict as that of anv h
lytechnic school in this country must l
followed for four years before th<.
1dent can get Il diploma. Every wear
examinations are given, in l,
,1ch as many as two hundred chefs t
<e part. The chef who was c,nployed |
the White House by Grover Clevc- :,
I'd during his first term has "a gold
'dal which was presented to him by t
: Empress Frederick for excellence c
cooking, silver medal given by tho
1G of SaSony, Il diploma from the S
press of Austria, and numerous other
rks of appreciation and honor won >,
competitive contests in cooking. ii
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Fortunes from Rags. e
It is astonishing what immense sums
'pickers receive in the course of a IN
'. The combings of women's hai, M
at eighty cents pound: this