Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-22
NEWS n NOTES.

newsstand NOTES.
Religious liberty has been pro-
claimed in Bolivia.
Judge Lindsey, the originator of
the juvenile court of Denver, was not
a protesting Christian when he began
this philanthropie practice six years
ago. According to his own state
ment, it was the sense of the tremen-
dous responsibilities connected with
this work which led him to ally him
self with the Methodist church.
A prominent leader in the British
parliamentS Mr.. r. w. Perks, stated
recently that in order to test efficacy
of foreign lmissionswork he placed a
report of twenty years ago side by
side with one of the present time and
compared the figures. AS a result
of his study he increased his annual
gift for this work from $50 to $2,-
500.
Christian workers on the Congo
will hereafter be s~afeguarded by the
recent appointment by the American
government of a consul general to
lIC OOISO 0totC Oil Whi1 q
authorized by the senate or the in
itiative of Secretary Root. For the
first time the United States will have
now its own representative in this
great territory. Official attention to
the wrongs perpetrated can now be
secured.
The universities of the country are
falling into line in establishing out
posts in foreign countries. Oberlin
has it's Shansi mission. Yale sup
ports a flourishing work in China,
Harvard and the University of Penn
~sylvania are also represented there
and Princeton is charging its foreign
missionary enterprise by undertaking
the entire support of important Y. M.
C. A. work in Picking.
A novel institution has been or
ganized by the chaplain of the Indi
ana state prison at Jacksonville,
known as the Federated church. To
be eligible for membership in this
church a prisoner must have an I'M
blemished record for good behavior
for at least six months previous, and
upon joining he must sign a creed
especially prepared for these men.
Any member of the church who is
found guilty of violating the rules OF
the prison will be suspended from
membership and will be reinstated
only after six months more of a clean
record. When discharged from pris-
on each member was required to des-
ignate a church with which he pro-
poses to unite, and he will be dis
missed on letter to that church.
1t is prophesied that the Y. NJ. c.,
A. will benefit by the disbursement of
the estate of Mrs. Russell Sage as she
has long been Interested in the work
of the association, anG as . friend
of Miss Helen Go Id has Kept in
touch with the work of tae railroad
branches, the .gssocia lions for sol
diers and sailors and those e5tab-
lished at Strategic ccnte 3 in foreign
lands.
Out of tle sums of London, Tor
the last twerty-two years, a party OF
boys have boana gathered annually
trained in some. Useful work and sent
10 Canada where they are settled In
country home. The entire cost of SO
placing a boy is $50. In the years
since the Anstitution of this philan-
thropy Midlothian 500 of these boys
have sent back the cost of their
transportation, and more than $780,
900 has been contributed by them to
this cause, ito give some other poor
fellow a chance in life"
Christianizing Indians by teaching
them shorthand has been achieved
through the efforts of Father lie
.Jeune, a French Catholic missionary,
who was sen out from Brittany a
few years ago, making his head
quarters three hundred miles north
east of Victoria, in British Columbia.
To be successful in his mission it was
necessary to devise a system of COM
munication between himself and the
native tribes. AS they had no writ
ten language of their own he con-
ceived the idea of teaching them to
write their language in shorthand
symbols. So apt have they become
in this art that medals have been pre-.
scented to them by King Edward and
the Pope for their efficiency. Bibles,
prayer books and hymns are printed
in this sign language.