that
subject. We only wish that everybody else, even at the North,
stood with us on that plank of our platform.

"In THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY for February, 1889, I read extracts and
notices from Catholic sources with regard to the universality of that
church organization that 'knows neither North, South, East or West, that
knows neither Jew nor Gentile, Greek, Barbarian nor Scythian,' and
emphasizing the fact that a colored priest had celebrated mass in
company with two white clergymen.

"I am thus reminded of the Annual Meeting of one of the most prominent
national organizations of a religious nature in our land. A few months
ago in the city of Providence, in one of the finest churches of that or
of any city in our land, before as refined and cultivated an audience as
could have been convened in our country, addresses were made by colored
men who sat in the pulpit with some of the most distinguished white
clergymen in the country. If one is an object-lesson, is not the other
quite as much so?"

* * * * *

SCHOOL ECHOES.

I shall let the students, small and large, speak for themselves a little
while, that you may see them as we do. And first--

Ques.--"What are the divisions of North America?"

Ans.--"Maine, New Hampshire, Illinois, North Pole and South Pole and
Augusta."

Ques.--"What is a unit?"

Ans.--"A unit is a number used instead of a name."

Ques.--"What makes the water rise in an artesian well?"

Ans.--"The upward pressure of the rocks under the water."

Ques.--"Where do the collar bones meet?"

Ans.--"Round the north part of the body where the collar fastens."

Ques.--(In woodworking class.) "What is the object of this exercise?"
(An exercise in lining wood.)

Ans.--1. "This exercise strengthens my mine and my character." 2. "The
object of this exercise is wood."

Ques.--"Define the kinds of sentences."

Part of answer.--"A purgatorial sentence is one that answers a
question."

DEBATE.--_Resolved, that Arithmetic is better than Grammar._

Affirmative: "Arithmetic is better, because without it we could not buy
or sell anything, build houses, bridges or railroads, measure lands or
even count. Can a man make money by knowing the grammar? Ain't no sense
in grammar noway. It's always been my experience that

'A naught's a naught, and a figure's a figure,
All for the white man and none for the nigger.'"

Negative: "To prove that grammar