The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-07-27
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

There are something Ike forty
thousand public schools in Japan. The
buildings are comfortable and edrlca'
ton is compulsory.
The Methodist National university
Washington, ID. c., has received an en-
dowment of 500, IT'S for the chair Of
history from a New York m The
fund for the proposed hall nf history
now amounts to SOL, $50.
1t is estimated hat the Protestant
churches of America, Great Britain and
Europe are represented in their work
for other lands by 1000 missionaries
and more than so, 900 native workers,
and have expended during the pas,
year about Sl2, 500, 900.
Rev. DR.. Merrick, S. j., former
president of st. Francis Xavier's col.
lege, has returned to New York after
an absence of some years. nl-health
obliged him to retire for a time from
active duty, and he has spent the last
few years in comparative quiet in Bos-
ton.
The famous DR.. Duff once said to
an Edinburgh audience that if the la
dies of that city would give him mere
ly the cost of that portion of their silk
dresses that swept the pavements of
the streets he would, with thatmoney,
support all his mission schools in In
dia.
"A Press Prayer union, to associate
In Christian interest persons connected
with the press, has been formed in
London. 1t is hoped that similar or
CARNATIONS for promoting the spirit
ia well being of those who are en-
gagged OH the press will be formed in
other large centers.
The Biddeford (Me.) school board
proposes to build an addition to the
school building in the town, and the
citizens nave suggested that the addi-
ton take the form of a high board
fence, built in front of the building, in
order to hide the architectural mon
strosity from the public gaze"
Gen. Booth, in n of his recent
salvation talks in Scotland, referring
to the angels who had warned Lot and
his family to leave the doomed city
said: Il do like these angels. When
l go to Heaven and have got over the
first surprise at all l shall see there
I'll go and have a cup of tea with
them"
One of the most remarkable
churches is to be found at Freuden-
thai, in the Black Forest. 1t is built
on such a plan that the men are I'M
able to see the women, and vice versa,
for it is composed of two wings, which
meet at an angle where the pulpit
stands. The right wing is allotted to
men and the left one to women of the
congregation.
Cincinnati has a new 81, 800 ''gos-
pei wagon"-a gift to a Methodist So
ciety of that town from 7. A. Snyder,
a rich layman. 1t is fitted in elegant
style, the body being of sage green,
with jet holdings. while the interior
is finished in cream enamel. Fourteen
people can be seated comfortably,
while space in the center is reserved
for the preacher.
The Order of st. Monica is an or
der of widows. 1t is an Episcopal or
SdhlLdIlOh, anu us lltCtl Is ClSItT SdTO-
line, the widow of Rev. Ferdinand
Ever, of New York. 1t was formed in
1884, but its members were somewhat
scattered and engaged in different pur-
suits until recently, when they have
been invited TO reunite at Springfield,
Ill, and to take charge of an orphan
age there.
The Baptist Union throws out a
warning note concerning those Sab
bath school teachers who are usually
attacked about this season of the year
with what it calls the 'give-ups." For
this d~eplorable malady it offers the
following prescription: Rise early
Sunday morning, read over the Sunday
lesson, think over the list of children
in the class, recall the anxiety of the
superintendent; having taken these
preliminary steps, take a few doses of
patience, use q few grains of common
sense, take a brisk walk toward the
Sunday-school room. ask God to bless
the medicine and repeat n week