The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-02-22
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
During the past fifteen years $500
churches have been built in this country,
Berlin with. over f.l60,OOO popuia-
ton, has only fortY-five places oflwor- 's'o
~ sup | n .sIast
gregationalistm ministers have died'i thisr
country, at an average average age OF sixty-four -
years. '' ''''4 9s''Sa a'lt't a'
lo74-The Cornell Memorial Of New York Io8
City is thought to be the largest Sunday
School in. the Methodist Church. IthasT
atotal membership of 1,44S,
lta In New York public schools, accord o'ta
ing to the new regulations, instructions sf
In singing are to be given in every grade
except the first grade Of boys. 's1
"A gain of xtE-twqper cent, the past
year is the estimate of the Southern
MethOdists.l lWohld all the denomina-li r
tons could truthfally report again las,,
farge.-N. Y. Erantner
I q David Morrice. merchant of Mon.
treal. has paid $4,000 for building an
addition to- the Presbyterian college,
which was formally presented recentlysafs
liFl The Youag Men 8 Christian Associa7
ton has established branches at Cairo,
Beyrout, Smyrna, Damascus, Jerusalem.
Nazareth, Calcutta, Hong Kong and
Yokohama. LG Chicago Herald. EF1i31it
lin the experimental kitchen in the ,ya
Iowa Agricultural College the girl stu
| dents are taught the philosophy as we'll ii1f
| as the practice of cooking 4 They learn os
the chemistry and comparative economy
Of foods, the.lisual adulteratisns and the
methods of marketing.
bg. -When the Derby Academy at Hing 'i-3i
ham, Mass, resumed its session after the l8i
| holiday vacation it was discovered that
some one had entered the school-room
and distributed six dollars in money in
| the sclioot-books which were left in the
desks. 3tThe largest sum which was re- s,ill
eeiyed by 8 single scholar was two dol
lars - Boston FTathscyTps ! 20 x5sl 3 aila
9l3 -Itis proposed that thaocentennial si.a
anniversary of the pc ce of 1888 be cele-
brated by SundaY-schools, colleges and i'iia
other religious and educational insttu-
| tion5 the world over with a sscOsmopolis
tan service, y to begin when it is noon in,
| London, Oct. 81. The Cosmopolitan
| Sunday school Association has the matter eid
I ~ nstIlFolsg aIgi Oh 4Bin9oiit Hati 81 odl IT'S
| Richard Boas,, of Reading, Pa,
student in Williams COLLEGE is likely t61dR
1 gain considerable nueoriety because of
| his alleged discovery of anew nlethodof)
I finding square numbers, b this method
4 tthesimplifes the usual way In. 81 hortening
/ the pr6cess.I Alta 1itesexhibitiOn before
! Prof, ,Dodd, Mr., Boas was given num-
Der Of thirteen digfts, and lie produced 5'
| the square lin GlesSt thaa one minute.l- 4 =
| Philadelphia Press. -.
1'9 +sReYaG George o. Barnes. the Mounts
ain Evangelist, recently told reporter.
that he had within eighteen months III
anointed with oil 5000 peepIeinnd 1ef-RaF
lffeeted about 600 wonderful cures, He
never, he says, employsa physician in "a
his family.Tg9I dip my fnger'in the oilogl
and anoint the part affected, and the
pain generally disappears !, The. same
I gentleman also believes that the day is
/ not,faa aistant ttsheh Christ wild be- seeh.nD
descending through the sf,Gll0fq9dt clouds IN Eged