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The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-12-24
NAVAL.
THE sEcRErARY's INSPECTION

"And Is, this a ship?' asked the
Secretary Of tho Marine at the navy
yard. Il have heard Of ships from
my youth up, and have long desired
TO see one. Pray, do they float ?
Which end goes frst3 Why not have
one stick instead Of three sticking out
Of the docks? Why Is not that stick
upright like the rcstl' asked the Sec
retary Of the Navy Of the Command
ant OF the navy-yard, pointing to the
bowsprit.
"That Is tho bowsprit," said the
Commandant "Bowspriis never sticks
up. They are meek aud lowly In all
their ways."
"whst arc these holes for'" asked
the Secretary, pointing TO the open
haichways. "Why have you male
such deep excavations In the vessel 2"
.The ship IL built around these
holcs,p said tho Commandani, "but
they extend no further than the water.
II they did the ship would sink"
"Were you ever In storm at sea p
asked the Secretary Of the Command
ant.
"Only once" replied the Command
ant. at was q iyphoon In logitude
81 of the Equator. We wcrc bown
clean out OF the water twice, and spun
for miles through tho air like a'bal-
loon. l shall never forget the terri.
bic appearance Of the sea as we look
ed down upon Il from tho clouds.
We got down safely TO water at last,
and tied the ship 10 . water spout. II
was 4 terrible time"
"Dcary, deary me- said the Secre-
tary, chow interesting. And you
lived through Il all. Tell US some
more. But lot me inquire first Ia the
capstan ofa vessel equal In rank 10 tho
din ordinary times." said the Com.
mandant, "tbe captain outranks tho
capstan. But the captain always
takes command Of the ship when the
anchor Is weighed
aIndccd," replied the Secretary.
but where Il your fourth castlel !
do not behold any castle on board al
ALL
=. .om masn ssc,sssrv ~ s.ted shs
amazed Commandxni.
aWhy, In all sea tales Two read oI
the fourth CASTLE" said the Secretary
aOh. you mean the sfukestlc.'n anid
~. ~ Cr,s -" s'ns Nan, %
"s era. T whs.| ..,a IN. uxu,o.d
a...'.s "
arnsss,,s rot..,le-oIacs whcr,
.a, Ss crew i've; Down there ~ ..id "a IL
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A cLEReyMAS was rcordained by
k Long Island Congrcgaiionalist
1xoclation the other day who has
Pd what 4 local paper mildly calls
ftheckered career" lie has becn sue
esrsly an Episcopalian, a Metho-
ht I Presbyterian and Congregation
: preacher. The last church of which
svas pastor had a political quarrel,
)A the church was burned, as 1t had
uu several years before. lie was
rrsci and acquitted Of the charge
sliinr Il on fire, and then he
sought suits for SANDER and false I'M
nsonment against tho members
ID cr'ldcaie to the Long Island As
pd'iion was fraudulcnily taken from
lm, and during his absence hc was
31Fllsl but he has now been rein
liled and has been installed over an.
Asf church. II is 10 bc hoped that
y Will '1et up on him" awhile.
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To ihe WofLlu9men.

WofkIngmcn, Il II not better 10 buy
bread and clothes Than beer aud rans'
IL Il not better 10 lay by little for q
rainy day than 10 spend hard-earned
money IN drunken rcvelryi IL II not
better 10 have The love and respect of
your wife aud family than 10 have the
smiles of landladyi IL Il not better
TO feather your own nest than 10 be
plucked by rumsclle. ! Il II not bet
ter 10 keep an aged father or mother
al your own hreslde than help buy
silks and sailns for the famlly of a
ginscllerl Il II not better 10 clothe
aud educate your own children than
10 do II for tho children OF q saloon
keepcr1 Is II not better 10 have tho
approval of a good conscience for do
Ing what Is right than the reproaches
OF bad ono for doing what's wrong :
Ia II not better 10 enjoy tho real bless
ings Of God, which enduroih forever,
than the false pleasure Of Satan, which
end In ruinp lsit not better so 10 live
that you will not fear 10 dicf Ia !,
not better ~ have the good opiDica si
tho intelligent and respectable portion
Of the community than II 10 10 have
the goodwill Of the low and dsba uch
edl Finally, IL II not better 10 have
this death dealing traffic In intsxica
ting drinks removed from eur land
Would not our land be better for II
Would not many home be mad'
happierf Would not q bright and In
iellieent boy be saved from life o
sin aud misery? Would not many
hesrt-brokcn wife and mother b
made 10 rcjoicel Would not many
fallen one be rescued; and would no
everybody DO the better for III Work
ingmen, think tho matter over. Los
tho issue squaroin the fscs, and the
decide whether you arc In favor Of dc
ing away with this traffic or not.
you disapprovc Of the whisky busine'
lhcn fight against Il; talk against J
and don't fda 10 rote against Il
your merit election.
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Al lssxhaustbIs sspply.

Writing Of the wine supply during
this year, the Wifaess ssys: The
French wine dealers have been them
selves puzzled where all the wine
comes from. There lias been Z very
short crop this year, and the dealers
naturally laid In stocks Of Spanish
and Italian viniages against the de-.
felt. They found, however, that no
scarcity occurred, that the winc-Erow.
ers were never Al loss TO supply ihs
demand, however great. On exami.
nation they found the absence oI
grapes 10 bs made up BY fermenled
raislns cut with California wineo ~
tom and colour, and Z little whlts wIne
for variety. All kinda Of feFmenlei
suhslanccs wers also fbund 10 b ueod
n the pIace Of rnIrlna. and Z vnsiety u
dye el01s fbs eoloae. n thoes thIneI
- dons - ~ 1IneyAedey Ntot pm
WIne eederot b 1ocos1n oed NJ by
hl1All g91r.ooo9l9 oI09oro - - l!oe9'
~ Thl5 y ~ orrogcut ru6kl1n
6cm vhl<6 e1'r ~ I7r|< 1fe z1t.
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Improvement In the QsaIIiy Il Cssssa.

N. q. Democrat: The tendency Of
the cotton, when long under culiiva-
tion In the same field, IL 10 detsriorsic
not only In yield, but nquatsy Of the
staple produced. Notwithstanding
this tendency. We hare been constant
y improving the quality Of cotton
produced BY M and now turn out .
better siapIs than ever bsfors. This
improvement has been oonspIcuousIy
noticeable since The war. Before that
great epoch II our ble1ory, low erade
and short staple eotloos wefe much
more abundant IN The oouin than they
hrs to-day. A more lhovueh cullf-
vatIon and apetioI ear IN III seleclIon
- ~ havo e9oblei = q mo1o 91Uno
Imcfosomou(a ooceHlo hoo - ~
lleoIogIy el(oulIvo !, - crllIv11I(0 -
esll1n - p1u1u>s1 uoo1111nl 111n1ls
!; Y :: = = { q - {: I'' :; 3
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Bx.gecrctary John Sherman boool)
Of the successful Issue Of Depubllean
party AnaucIering. ~The tax en aIep-
hollc drinks pays tho inlsreet - ~
National Debt." But he ousils y ~
that 10 pay that tax costs the poepIo
every year, at the lowest caIooIollo1y
700, 10000 dolIars IN cash;
i,U0,OW,O0O dollars In damagoo
10000 Americas cltlnone
destroyed and killed
10000 American elt|ouro
led Into vlco and crime.
Many theusands u peop)o eocooll-
mated and buichered n The o1o11l
Of TIE arg shcp- -PresIdeni Qot
one Of The latest vIelima
And ths hrs1 and noet pfIvIlf0
civilizations Of IL void oooyc1l
By the foreign grog6hopg inoo -
field Of most bloody eEiu4 -
worst system of criminal yiolo1cx =
banchefy. lawless runonleu ~ II
world has ever pscdses3 -oel -.
Reeeue.
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E0REIaN

Six hundred Of the tenants OF the Duke OF
Deyonshire have decided not TO pay their
rents, except with reduction Of 20 per
cent.
The Dublin correspondent Of tho London
Times says: "Tho conspiracy against the
payment OF rent iscxtending, and intlmida.
tion, boycotting and threats arc prevalent
throughout a large area Of Territory"
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TIE GoOsE.BOSE.
kRIsp or WEATHER THE KENTUCKY
eO0sf-poxF pnovfsrx ps

kSp or WEATHER THE KENTUCKY
soosE-BoSE PROMISES US.
IN Fealings Of the goosc-bone IN.
ne motley winter. There will
sscod deal OF snow and a few cold
Dot no proiractcd cold weather.
'ae mouth Of December there will
very cold weather. During the
= NE month there will be a few
When good Ares will he cheerful
HsFcoais comfortable. II will be
f1ssslingly disagrccablc month
oe,'door work, with snow or rain
oay or tive. Tho probabilities
NJ Z vet, gloomy Christmas.
~ klnd Of weather win continue
e'oufh January, with a few cold
endwiched between rain and
Aosut the middle Of January
'll Be few clear, cold days,
me mercury will 70 down be-
% January 10 and l6 will be
= any experienced In this lat
= Inc latter part Of this month
= evst and gloomy.
~ ~ viii b more genuine winter
Sfs crowded Into the little month
eefy than In December aud
out there will not be any In
~ With The exception Of
uAf1 about tho misltlle az Ian.
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A Virginia Dos. INN.

A Virginia farmer, having suffered
severely from the deprcdaiions Of dogs
upon his ,hecp.fold, built around a
number Of sheep that dogs had killed
an inclosurc of rails twelve feet high
and ten feet square st the ground, the
sides Of the trap sloping inward until
an opening was left about five feet
square. Any dog could easily climb
such a sloping fence aud enter the
pen, but not even n greyhound could
Jump out of II. In three nights the
farmer captured forty-six dogs, In
clujing flftecn or twenty that had
never been before In that neiehbor-
hood. This afier there had been a
public slaughter OF all dogs suspected
Of shccp-killing, save one, whose
master could not be convinced OF his
guilt. The trap was built for lie
especial benefit, and II caught him the
first nIghi.-Lynchburg Eirgtnidn.
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sus,ys.s National hanks we're
...I,,a Is.l year, Iweniy'ss retired
A. ,r,.Ine.s saa qis2 ara now IN
X-3z1Iou
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" replied lbe onlesf u lIe eaiell
4 10 MT wlslI y6u lulaka lhe san"
illhHdplesl The SECRETARY. ! will nul
sIluw The NrA 10 b. iaken On The ~
sny olhef tnIied Alslns vessrl sou
~ Hol haed The SHa. II laa william.
ous. VleIohs pstFf.atfIHlt, and edited
with refiHln Ainuunl W Satanic shiI.
W.. | admit, bnt dcinofsIlfInf IL The
correct dIselplIaa NJ The nafs Ifyca
deslfe n take shnsilInf iskfi . frea.
fae Poh Or Tie rhIIadelphis Lsdger,
Take 4 aond, heavy paper that will
sefvf ~ llast both the shIf aud youf
MILL Eel. elf II you have No
watches on htafd, show ns youf
cloeks. fou afe officer ~ The CLOCKS
A. we'll ne Tic watches, are you not 7"
"Aje, aye, slfl" said the officer "
the watch.
ilfl What IN ihc world makes
you 80 eeotIstIeal IN expressing your.
seIff Why don't you say e., sir, like
q white man = said the secretary,
"Yes, cir. hut am sort, 10 say
that II was necessary 10 reef lle peil.
dululps Of all our clocks during The
last lAle, and they've not been shaken
out yet"
"And what's all that banging forl'
said the Secretary. as Il 4 naval On.
gasemcnt y
awe are firing The customary salute
Of nineteen guns In your honor" said
the Commandant.
20, You are, are you. Arc there
bullets In any Of 'em 7 Are they point
ed this wayY don't like II. II makes
me nervous. shall have that prac-
iicc stopped. Commandanl, after this
fire anvils or toy pistols, aud save
powder. Dear me, If Chester would
only lot me stay, how cheap I could
run our navy. would abolish the
ships altogether, We've got hardly
any now, and so far as those are con.
ccrncd that we have, we might as we'll
have none al all. Good morning, Com
mandant."-New York Graphic.
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-. t.loslahsll brewer. hsEs fsfIa'
ss,ou. ana ased The prizes N I,eef
a ~ hsffel -
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-12-24

sehnsck, Of r.lpeclnion
~ bar nom 1857 10 ls7l.
X = !. es practice on ths c,im-
~ docket From 1874 70
= Of The Judges Of the
sna of North CarolIna,
lae Slate from one end
lheru1sre, ~ op-
o1oorv1lI0u and ~
s1la ookIec@ havo b1su
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What ex-vics President Henry
Wilson's opinion Of the Tcmperance
Rcfbrm Il Sin mr. judgment there u
but one way in which this result can
Be reached. The Church must take
up The matter. Il must become one
Of she living issues In The moral war
fsrs IN which II Il enRsRcd.'
IA communication 70 the j. 7. In
dependent, l,s said Of The Liquor
crlme:
There Il, 10 day. . Iafxer army an
der IL control, than went 70 The war,
vhlls lhooo nsouFning oFsr the v.seal
- an1 MI of Ipved ospeA e1ceed u
1SmturR and ID ~ bliterpo1s - tneIF
- a. mIllIoro ~ vofo mc1o
~ ~ ~ vj1ovo n ~ ooe9oI'
ncf fI&oe 11F1o - oonG |nely 90
- - Il(1jt!s 1880 {
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SAYS Mr.. Iabouclere: .The House
OF Commons Is an old.fashioncd stage
coach, with horses pulling different
wars, In an age Of railroads. To ccn-
wort u into a railroad " the oLjert OF
all sincere Radicals. The trouble Is
that while the object Of all Radicals
Il the same, they differ smoug them
selves as 10 the means 10 attain H..
This would be my plan: Ishould d.
vile the United Kingdom into 30 dis.
tricis. Each district would haye =
local assembly with the same powers
In regard 10 local matters that arc on
joycd by tho States Of the American
Union. should then proceed fur
ther 10 divide tho kingdom Into 800
electoral districts. Having relieved
the House Of Lords aud the House OF
Commons OF their functions, I should
create an imperial ParlIsment. con.
sisting Of two Representatives elected
by eacl, local assembly, and one rep.
rvseniative from each electoral DIS
irict. They would oil Ill and vote 10.
Kether The representatives from the
electoral districts would be elected
each year. but the representatives from
the local assemblies would be elected
for term Of Ave years eventually
and vohld be renewed cacl, year b,
oae-a1l, Of them being subject 10 re-
slecsIon.r
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A gentleman called who gave Mr..
Fields pleasant anccdolc Of IIalleck.
lIe and his wife chanccd 10 be coming
to Boston In tho same car with Hat
Ieck the year before his death. He
intended 10 stop at Stamford, which
was then his home, but being In q
conversational mood, to their sur
prise he did not move when they ar
rived at that station. aAre you not
10 stop II Stamford to-day y the lady
asked. lie looked up IN smaseIneni,
atis conversation OF your wife has 30
iutcrpsied aud absorbed me that
have l,ceu. what never occurred be-
fore In the course Of my long life, IN.
conscious Of the journey" The COOL
lady had scarcely opened her lips but
what eenius for listeningl : Ars'
E,>fH6 D;oyv.
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The Pensacola and Atlantic railroad
lies contracted for delivery. during
July, August and September nsxt, o.
~ new engines, slx passenger ceash-
- and The ncoeepary mall and bsg-
eaeo eau. TrackIsyine Il belne
po6hed ropldly fervnnI. General
cuDPrinloadorl Ohlpley'e keadquaf>
M pru1o + ~ uas>or ~ prpe>s-
- 4 < - ~ - y 9 - = = q -
~ aakke<us <saeknnkoa rlnk6nmGnI
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-11-04
An Heroic Boy.

Every year on the occasion of the
national fetes the Belgian government
makes q public distribution of rewards
to persons who have performed re-
markable acts of courage in good
causes. Among those who we're re-
warded the other day was a little boy
of nine, whose exploit may be c~ontrasted
with the behavior Of the people who al
lowed the little girl to be drowned at
Kensington gardens. Genin, playing in
a field q few months ago, saw a little
girl fall into the Sambre. Without
knowing who the child was he plunged
into the river, and after some trouble
saved her. The child turned out to be
his own sister. Not content with hav-
ing rescued her from death Genin, like
a good-hearted little boy, wanted TO
shield her from the punishment she had
deserved by playing too near the river,
contrary to her parents orders. So he
took the blame of her disobedience on
himself and received a beating from his
father. The little girl, however, could
not bear to see him suffer in this way,
and afterward told the whole truth,
which was corroborated by the evidence
of An eyewitness. The facts then be-
came public, and young Genin was sum.
moned to Brusselsat the fetes to receive
q national recompense. He was, Of
course loudly cheered as he stepped ur
to the platform, and M. Rolin- Jacque-
myns, the home minister, in pinning q
medal TO his breast, called him a little
hero.-M. James Gazette.
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Hitherto in skin grating il has only
then possible to use skin or n .ucous
membrane which had been taker from
the living. DR.. j. Fl. Girdner, 'of New
York city, has, however, succe sded in
removing n portion OF the ain of q
German who had committed SO icide six
hours before, and in engrafting it on
the arm of Il child which had been
struck by lightning. The gratis took
we'll, and the result was that the child
was much less dishgured than might
have been expected, considering the
nature of its injuries. Speaking on the
subject, DIR. Girdner says:
1t seems to me that any one who has
witnessed, as l have done repeatedly,
skin taken from the dead body several
hours after death return again to life,
adhere TO u granulating surface and
with surprising rapidity send out pro-
~longations of delicate skin in all direc-
tions, covering the surface with q new
skin comparatively free from contrac-
ton, must agree with me that skin
grating is in its infancy, and that when
men OF ability have given it more atten-
ton and found out the possibilities of
the proceeding, we may expect to see
frightfully contracting cicatrices which
follow burns and nevi removed by ex-
c~ision, and their places filled with a
skin almost as perfect rs the surround
ing, and which has been removed from
the dead or living body of another
person.
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What Causes the Blood to Circulated

To what degree the heart is aided by
other forces is yet a matter of investi-
cation. Probably there are several
forces assisting. The elasticity of the
arteries increases their carrying ca
pacity. They are firm, elastic tubes,
which expand under the pressure from
each heart contraction, and then by
their own elasticity contract and help
the onward flow of the blood. In the
smaller arteries the flow loses the inter
mittent character it possesses in the
larger arteries, and becomes a steady
stream. The elasticity of the arteries
serves precisely the same purpose as tho
air chamber Of any force-pump, that of
equalizing the flow, and 80 increasing
the amount delivered. The whole
force is derived from the heart; the ar
teries III the force to act continu-
ously.
The veins are lax tubes. somewhat
larger than the arteries, and capable Of
holding all the blood in the body.
They convey the same amount of blood
as the latter, but more slowly. In the
larger veins, however, near the auricles,
the velocity may be 200 millimeters per
second. They are provided with valves
which effsctually prevent the blood
from flowing backward to the heart.
Any compression, produced by muscu-
far contraction, or otherwise, will there
lore assist the forward flow Of venous
blood. This is n explanation why ex-
ercise hastens the circulation. The
movement OF the chest in breathing
probably aids the pulmonary circula-
tion, the blood, as well as the atmos-
phere, tending to fill the vacuum during
inspiration.
Physical capillary force is not gen.
orally regarded o. an active force in the
circulation. But there is an admitted
force in the capillaries, resulting from
the attraction of the tissues for the ar
terial blood, containing the required
oxygen and nutriment. "The vital con-
dition of the tissue becomes a factor in
the maintenance Of the circulation"
1t is this force, primarily, which adaptf
the amount of blood to the varying
need of any organ; the nervous system
regulates the supply by varying the
caliber of the vessels.
The force in the capillaries, or somt
other force, carries the blood, aftei
death, from the arteries, where the heart
leaves it, into the veins. Finding the
arteries empty after death gave rise tc
the idea that they conveyed only air
whence the name. II was this belief
which Harvey overthrow in 1920. =
Popular Science Monthly.
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A Big INDIAN,

Donald Mckay, chief of the Warm
Spring Indians, is visiting in Columbus,
Ohio. He weighs 200 pounds and is
forty.fve years of age. He bears upon
his body eighteen wounds received in
various Indian battles while in the en-
ploy of the government. He speaks
English, German, French and Spanish,
and eight Indian tongues. He was a
scout for Grant in 1866. and he was a
second lieutenant for George D. Nc
Clellan when the latter was a captain,
exploring Oregon and Washington Ter.
ritories. He has acted rs interpreter in
every Indian treaty made West OF tie
Rocky mountains.
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Saved by n Bonnet.

The other day Colonel Ffzzletop, of
Austin, took his wife out for a drive.
He was driving a very high-spirited
horse, when IL occurred to Mrs. Fszle.
top that she would like to drive that
kind Of an animal. She remarked:
Ihave often heard you say, colonel,
that q woman did not know how to
drive; I want to show you how badly
mistaken you are. Give me the reins."
"Not with this buggy" replied Fig
zletop, trembling all over. "I know
you can drive splendidly, but wait un-
til tomorrow, and I'll borrow an old
secondhand buggy from a friend for
you to practice with. 1 saw where O
woman in Galveston smashed up O new
buggy, so that it cost $40 to repair it,
so that it could be used for kindling
wood. Let us keep this buggy to go to
our funerals in"
$50 you think 1 can't drive"
81 know you can drive well enough,
but before going down the avenue let's
drive back and kiss the children and
your mother goodbye, and then go over
to the marble yard and pick out o
tombstone, and then down to the I'M
dertaker and get measured, and then"
"Out to the lunatic asylum and leave
you there for awhile. You are talking
like you didn't have good sense"
"All right. Just take the reins and
give the people a chance to fresco the
wheels with their brains"
"You are in no danger of losing any
brains. Get upp said Mrs. Fizzletop.
as she took the lines.
Chow polite people are to get out Of
the way" she remarked, as the neal
wheels scraped a flying drummer's
pants, the end of one of the shafts
Knocked the hat offthe head of a promi-
nent banker, while a life insurance agent
was acting as q brake for the off-wheel,
without intending it at all.
Just at this moment, when Fizzletop
had given up all hopes, just as the
buggy was about to telescope q street
car full Of passengers, just as the drivers
| Of other teams were whipping up their
teams to escape from the Fizzletop ava
lanche on wheels, Mrs. Fizzletop saw a
new hat in a store window, and in spite
| Of the frantic efforts of the frenzied
| animal, held him as in q wise, until Fiz-
zletop had purchased the hat, and thus
the danger was averted. When a lady
has made up her mind to have a new
bonnet, two locomotives cannot pull her
past the store window.-Teras Siftings.
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The Methodist Episcopal church has
in India 4,668 church members, $500
native Christians, 0,103 secular and
1886 Sunday-school scholars, all UNI
der the care Of eighty foreign and ma
tive ministers and pastors, and l24 un-
ordained preachers.