The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Wyciifites took their nan
from Wycliffe, an English reformer
born 1924: died 1857.
1t is claimed that Hazleton. Pa,
! possesses the only Mohaumedan
[! mosque in America, where the Koran
is regularly read.
The Presbyterian Christian En-
deavor societies in the United States
| gave $4,000 to foreign missions and
| s21, $50 to the home mission boards dur
ing the last year.
Money to teach Slovenian in the
high school at Gill, in Syria, has been
voted by Il small majority in the lower
house of the Austrian reichsrath. 1t
was the proposal TO allow this that
caused the Windischgratz ministry to
fall.
-Postmaster-Genera Wilson. who is
n Baptist. was one of the speakers at
the educational meeting at the South
ern Baptist convention at Washington,
and pointed out the advantages of
that city as the seat of 4 large univer-
sity.
The compulsory education law of
Pennsylvania requires the attendance
of all children between the ages of
eight and thirteen years ut a school in
which the common English branches
are taught at least sixteen weeks in
each year.
Archbishop Pollalius OF St. Peters
burg has informed the Abvssinians
that their church "a he united with
the Russian If the two Abyssinian met
ropolitans and Negus MenelelI will
sign a request for union TO be sub
mitted to the Russian lioly synod,
Rev. Stephen Humphreys Gurteen
has been appointed by Bishop William
Stephens Perry, OF Iowa, senior canon,
non-residentiary, of the Cathedral
church in Davenport, select preacher
in Advent and Lent, and lecturer on
A~nglo-SaXon and early English litera-
ture in Griswold college.
The Salvation Army has now
reached its two t~housandth command
ing officer, and the enrolment of its
five thousandth auxiliary, with an
attendance of upward of 1000. 600 per
month, or nearly 16. 900. 900 at its meet
ings per annum. In view of this the
army Is preparing Il special memorial
number of the War Cry.
The census report covering statis-
tics of churches, just printed, shows
that there are 143 distinct Genomina-
tons in the United states, besides in
dependent churches and miscellaneous
congregations. The total number of
communicates of all denominations is
2O,G12, SOC, who belong to 1G5,l77 or
CARNATIONS or congregations, having
143, SCI edifices.
"A mortgage was put on record re-
Gently against the First Baptist church
of Cincinnati. 1t is in favor of Rev.
C.. Lockwood, who is about to retire
from the ~pastoratc, and his wife. The
church owes Mr.. Lockwood ST. coo sal
airy, and Mrs. Lockwood the same
amount. as money borrowed for some
church improvements. The mortgage
is to secure these amounts. This church
is the oldest one Of the denomination
in Cincinnati.
Minnesota does not mean to be
left behind in the race To have thor
Oughlv taught medical men. There is
a state law requiring medical students
TO attend in four years courses Of not
less than six months of lectures III the
different years before graduation; and
as of the $40 medical schools in the
United States, only fourteen require a
four years course, it will be seen how
up-tO-date that young state is. The
legislature also appropriated $40, 900
for n laboratory. making 4 total of
$50, 900 set apart in four years for
buildings alone.