The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-01-13
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A Methodist mission for training
! native preachers is in successful opera
ton in japan. sss-->A%
"A Congregational church is being
formed by the colored people of Boston
with the aid OF the American Mission
airy Association. -.. ..
The most successful woman
preacher in America is Miss Shaw, who
oiiiciates in a neat little church in a
fishing town in Massachusetts, and
draws snug salary of $1,000 year.
The Episcopalians in New York
have undertaken to raise money to
build house of worship for Pere Hya-
cinthe in Paris, to cost $4,000. In order
that nj. Loyson may give his time
wholly to preaching, it is proposed to
raise s17, 900 for the coming year. that
assistants may be hired to do parochial
work
The Governor of Tahiti recently
gave the Protestant missionary Vernier,
who had spent thirteen years in that
island, free passage to France and re-
turn, and told him that hereafter he
could go aud return free every five
years, in recognition of his services.
This is marked change in the Govern
ment,s treatment of Protestant mission
aries. s.... --.......
Professor Blackie, of Edinburgh Uni
versitv, has made speech to his students
IN which lie advocated the study of at
least two modern languages and one an
Gent, as indispensable to culture. The
study of one modern language ought
to be included in the Master of Arts
curriculum. 1t was foolish to spend
ones energies on the subject of s.evolu-
ton out of an antediluviau rate or the
intlnitessimal brain of a pre-Adamite
slater"
The yearly incomes of the heads of
the Anglican Church are as follows:
The Archbishop of Canterbury. $751;
Oo0; the Bishop of York, $4,000; the
Bishop of London, $4,000; the Bishop
OF Durham, $4,000; the Bishop of Win
chester, $4,000; the Bishop of Elv,
S27 800; the Bishop of St. Asaph, S26,-
900; and the rest not less than 800, 900
and not more than $25,O0O each Each
Bishop has, moreover, g palace" or
official residence.
The school authorities of Koenics-
berg, Prussia, have decided to intro
duce industrial branches in the element
airy schools. One of the city teachers
has been charged to visit the schools
where the system OF Mr.. Clauson Kaas
has been tried. The secondary schools
in Prussia (Gymnasian and Reaischulen>
are attended by l45, 092 pupils, of whom
-06, 743 are Protestants, 23,774 Roman
Catholics, 14,543 Jews and thirty Dis
senters. Ten years ago the total num-
Der OF pupils was only 99,419.
The Indians of the great Territory
OF Alaska seem anxious to have mission
aries and teachers live among them.
One of the most efficient and successful
laborers in that country is Mrs. A, r.
Mcfarland, who has been teaching at
Fort Wrangell for three wears past Last
August sac opened an Industrial Home
for Girls, which promises to do much
good, The various schools opened in
Alaska are well attended The one at
Sitka, in charge of Miss Austin, has
over one hundred and thirty pupils, who
are really making rapid progress in
learning, considering how few external
aids they have. Four blackboards. forty
States and pencils and sixteen benches
were all the apparatus the school con-
tanned. Yet they learned the alphabet
anu many short words with great quick
ness, and are ready to use books as soon
as they can be obtained At Fort Wran-
gall there is an organized church of
thirty members.