The Osceola times., 1886-08-14
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

Mr.. Spurgeon' stabernaele, London,
has now q membership Of 5,2l4.
The Oldest academy III Massachu.
setts is Dummer Academy, l23 years
old.
The average yearly expenses of this
years graduating class at Yale College
were $500 The largest sum spent by
any man in year was SZ,'oO, and The
smallest $3.50.
- Sixteen young women, graduates OF
the Winona Normal School, Mimi, are
now teaching in the Argentine Confed-
Grafton at salaries ranging from sl,5OO
to $1,000 a year.
Rev. ID. l.. Moody has opened a
summer school for the study of tho
Bible q, Nnrthfeld, Mass. Ii will be
attended by 225 students from leading
colleges in this country and Canada.
Tho prevalence of dress coats in the
daytime At Amherst commencement led
A small son of one OF the alumni, enjoy
ing his first visit 10 the college, 10 eS4
claim: What lots Of head-waiters they
have herer'-B0 ton Herald
1t is said that there are at present
at the various German universities no
fewer than l57 professors between the
ages of seventy and ninety. OF these
l22 deliver their lectures As usual. The
oldest is the veteran Elvenica. who is
now IN HE ninetieth year
Mention is made iii thc Charch
Union of reckless seeding and conse-
1uent sad harvest: "a family have
sown to the flesh and planted iniidelity
in the minds and hearts Of their chill
dren, and are now surprised at the fruit
of dcsOlation.'
There are AZ Protestant church edi-
fees in New Mexico, belonging TO the dH-
fercnt denominations as follows: Meth
odist Episcopal. l6; Methodist Episcopal
South. Z; Presbyterian, Il; Protestant
Episcopal, 81 Baptist. ?. Thus in n ter
ritory covering an area of l22, 4oO
square miles-larger than all the New
England States with New York added
with a population of l39, 900, there are
put 45 Protestant church edilices.-
Christian Union.
A story of c6tntry parsons indc-
pendence will be appreciated by those
annoyed at late comers TO church. A
man came into church late and started,
with squeaky boots, to walk the whole
length of the side gallery. The pastor,
who was praying, stopped suddenly,
opened his eyes, and, pointing long
finger TO the disturber, said: ''You st
down right where you are He then
resumed his prayer.-Bo.tJn Journal.
In Utah the Congregatonalists have
four churches, nine ministers, and 2l0
members; the Bapt'sts, two churches,
two ministers, and l07 members; Cath
olics, four churches, six priests, and $50
members; Ep.scopalians, four churches,
seven ministers, and 465 members;
Methodists, seven churches, thirteen
ministers, and 3sl members; Preshy-
terians, twelve churches, fourteen min
listers, and 3S2 members; Lutherans,
one church, one minister, and forty
members; total, thrty-four churches,
iifty-two ministers, and 2,42S members.
The Interior.
The youngest Archbishop IN the
world is Mons. di Rende, Archbishop
Beneycnto, an Apostolic Nuncio in
France, who is only thirty-nine years
old. Not only is Mons. di Rende the
youngest Archbishop, but as Metropoli-
tan he presdes over one Of the largest
ecclesiastical areas in the world, having
under his superintendent twelve dio-
ccses. besides his own of Benevento, and
as many sutlragan Bishops. In this re-
spect the Metropolitan Archbishop of
Westminster heads the list with four
teen dioceses and sullragan Bishops
under his jurisdiction.