The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1880-03-27
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Personal and Literary.

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his autobiography this year.
Large quantities of tobacco are
raised in Russia from seed obtained in
this country.
The heirs of the late w. M. Hunt
value his +" Large Niagara" painting at
$25, 600, and contemplate its exhibition
abroad. ~ 9 1a
bret Harte has been in London on
a flying visit and has been invited by
Sir Frederick Leighton to respond to a
toast for Literature" at the Royal
Academy banquet, which will be held
on the lst of May.
Mr.. Ruskin is quoted as saying,
You fancy you are sorry for the pains
of others. Now, tell you just this !:
That If the usual course of war, in
stead of unroofng peasants houses and
ravaging peasants fields, merely broke
the china upon your drawing-room
tables, no war in civilized countries
would last week"
Mile. Sarah Bernhard is described
as suddenly taking into her head the
resolution to become sculptor. She
began at o'clock in the morning, just
after returning from the theater, and
for q model she took her old aunt, Nine.
Bruck, who was reused, grumbling,
from sound sleep to sit still until 6
o'clock, having her ancient features put
into clay.
a"The Antagonisms of Scientific
and Theological Thought - is the sub
ject of two lectures just delivered at
New Haven by Prof. Asa Gray, of
Harvard College. Prof. Gray, in the
preface to his IS Darwinians," published
q few years ago, describes himself as
Scientifically, and in his own fashion,
q Darwinian; philosophically, con-
vinced theist, and religiously, an &C.
ceptor or the 'creed commonly called
the Nicene,' as the exponent of the
Christian faith" A -
school and Church.
There Is of colleges in the United
States q ratio of one to every 140, 00(
inhabitants, and there has been an in
crease Of sixty-eight in seven years. 1
is maintained that there should be fewe
of such institutions and better ones.
The friends of Fisk University, a
Nashville, Tenn, report that the presen
is its most prosperous year. There arr
331 students, Of whom ninety-two ar,
from outside of Tennessee, and repre-
sent thirteen States. Several hundred
former students are employed in teach
ing, and 1l5 of the pupils now in at
tendance spend part OF each yea
teaching in the public schools.
The First Congregational Church o.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, executes the
Lords business on business principles
They have retained their present pastor
Rey. j. Morgan Smith, sixteen years
During this time, the pastor has never
had occasion to inquire about salary
On the fifteenth of every month The
amount is placed to his credit in the
bank. The Church has steadily in,
creased in numbers, and has, during
these years, also built and assisted in
building several smaller houses of pub.
. lie worship.
NO man, says the Golden R,le, ex.
poets to go to good concert or a good
lecture, or to see good ex.
hibition of art, without paying fol
it. But when you come to religious
services great many people attending
the same feel no responsibility in paying
the expenses. The singing must b.
artistic, the preaching pleasing and in,
structive, the temperature of the house
of worship delightful, or those who arc
responsible will be made to feel Their
neglect of duty. But when the baskets
come round for the offering, the ma.
jority of the hearers look insulted, OF
insult the service by dropping in a three.
cent piece We believe in the gospel to
the poor, but we do not believe in re.
hgious service for several hundred PEG.
pie paid for by few.
The National Educational Associa.
ton recently convened in Washington,
representatives being present IRON
nearly every State in the Union. A
resolution was adopted that committee
of ten be appointed to take into con.
sideration the formation of a National
Council of Education, to report a plar
Of organization to the Board of Direct
ors of the National Teachers Associa,
ton at their meeting at Chautauqua,
July next. The Chair appointed as said
committee Messrs. Bicknell, Massachu
sets; Wilson, District of Columbia
Wickersham, Pennsylvania; Harris,
Missouri; Hager, Massachusetts; Far.
bell, Indiana; Carleton, Connecticut
Smart, Indiana; Shepherd; and Orr,
Georgia.
Science and Industry.
The fertilizer business is growing
every year in Georgia. 1t is estimated
that 120, 900 tons will be sold this year.