The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
The American Tract SocietYis is circu-
lating religious pamphlets in 146 lam
guages.

The American Tract Society is circu-
lating religious pamphlets in 146 Ian
guages.
The New English Wesleyan Confer
ence minutes show that that bodT has
bO9.35z members. 81, 459 on trial, and
2.l24 ministers, with 298 on trial, and
81 supernumeraries.
I'm the high school of Dedham,
Mass, the experiment is being 1nad;4 of
using daily newspapers instead of text
books III the reailng class. The princi4
pal thinks that the plan is successful.
Miss Emily Smith. of Provincetowu,
graduate at the Boston School OF Ora
tory, is to take charge of the Depart
ment of elocution aud 1oratory in a col
lege of music at 9sai do
I'm RochesfS xsaard of
Education bsls pf.cfeh Ii ss; IL sin
teliectS1al a1iEhfflEt 81 ' s ..sts a
from Siie ffffra 1s1sEzss 81 fySes sil155i sis5I
some text book on language and comuo-
sition TO be substituted.
The new plan OF synod organization
In the Presbyterian Church. making
each synod cO-eXteusive with the State.
has proved failure in New York. for
the reason that it was overloaded with
delegates who had legal right To be
present-N. Z. Times.
The Interior lameuts that the prac-
tice Of memorizing the Scriptures has pas
sed away from the Sabbath-schools. and IL
IS now rare thing to find Sunday school
teachers who can recite from memory n
single chapter in the life of Christ. or
even one of the Plains.
The Rev. A. ID. Mayo, reports that
as fast as education lays its hand upop
the Southern children, black or white.
they begin to draw near to each other.
and that there is no doubt that at n
time not very far distant they will dwell
together in unity. The present attitude
OF the higher classes is favorable to this
change. Mr.. Mayo said that although
many of the children to whom he spoke
were descendants of the leaders in the
he found the former free
from the bias of their fathers.
Miss Rebecca Husey died as lono
ago as l7l4, and by her viii bequeatbed
a sum of Fl 900 for, as she quantity ex
pressed it, 1.-The redemption of slaves, If
It may be effected, or else to the ease
nent of their slavery" The fund was
allowed to accumulate until 1868. when
{ amounted to the large sum of f23. 4S1. /
ind 1t was then decided that the princi. !
- si4od4u oe he intact, ana the annual 1
interest equally divided between St. He /
ena and Lagos. to be expended for the I
benefit of the slave class. The trustees
It Lagos allowed their share to accumu-
ate until they could establish an insti-
ution for the industrial training of BOYS
escued from slavery, and such school
las just been opened. 10 years having
iapsed since the bequest was made.
A steamer whose hull and machin-
iy weigh only six tons has been built for
ne British Baptist Society, who intend
for services in the upper regions of
ne Congo. 1t is appropriately named
Peace. Many ingenious devices have
cen resorted to in its construction, with
view to good speed, very light draught
nd ifd deao ais ;'f tat, e. 'Siile t.nsporsed over
ght compartments, can be taken to
ieces, aud the total number of pieces,
either of which viii be too heavy for
ian to carry, number 500. 1t viii be
snt to the mouth of the Congo. and there
le pieces win be carried by 800 men
lstance of 500 miles up to Stanley pool.
here the boat will be reconstructed 1t I
gift to the missionary society from
Ir. Robert Arlington, of Leeds.-N
:. Examiner.