St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1888-02-25

a SCHOOL AND oHuAot4
Most Of ths Lonaea ehurehss have
o6ersd up prayers iss the recovery -
the Crown Prince e Germany. .L
The total amount expended less
year BY the New Wsss Cenmissioa n
their schools among the Aormons was
e6l. SO. -Rsblie Qpisisss 80 ~ 1
Miss Story. the dansAew a , cls-
gyman In the north a 1rslanA has
won tho Literature Scholarship q
El00 year for Ave years. awarded -
The Royal Univsrsity ef Ireland
Tho Americas Home llissionasy
Society has aideA In plsnting 4lN
churches. and l.6o0 ministsrs ere row
under commission. 1s5 prsaching h
foreign languages.-hsbsie 0piasss.
The study of volapuk, the new
universal language. = obligatory upon
the students Of the Royal Gymnads =
Munich. In Russia il b permitted =
be used in telsgrsphie transm.ssiea.
Children have fall nee e their syes
and ears before their tongues have
mastered language. and consequently
they arc learning lessons OF aood q
svil sooner than many people suPpess.
-Dskota h settled By N sdueassd
people who have made ample provisioa
for the education ef he rising gsasFa-
tion. Look over IL aomaaa q praiFie.
and the country school = sesa IN -
most sparssly settled regions 'a
The Second Advsatisos q Loas
Branch. N. J.. have appointed March
81, 1885, - the day for winding up
tie aGairs Of this world and their
Translation into another Noewith.
standing tho importance q this nas.
ter they are tranqrilly following tAsr
business without apparent anxiety.
Tho 6purgeon family In Losdon =
repsesented BY three clseUDenL The
msmbership undsr their sarA Il =
.said. constitutes more than oss-sixtA
Of the membership IN the London
Baptist Association. Mr. Thonas
Spurgeou. son Of Charles H, is paseoe
ol one fourth Of al the Baptists in New
Zealand
"A gift Of real estats valusd . olQ-
600 has been made By ex-Aayoe
Thomas b Peedle. of Newark. n. j..
to the First Baptiss Church Tor de sits
oe new church, which NJ. Pssdls o.
fers 70 erect - Hi own expenss at Z
cost Of o76. 1000 This = ths largest
religious donation in The history ot
Newark.-Ps6lie Opisjea N
The Wesley chapel q The 1eth-
odist Episcopal Church. which wss
recently burned down - result oi 10
cendiary work In Chattanooga Tenn /.
was an old Landmark oi the city. Il
was serscssd ir~ao1e-A 0saal -
.,oated down the river on . raft b
ChattanoogA where it WAS located
on the site on which it burned. Dur.
ing the late war Il was used for a
arsenal and prison.
Tho Scotch established church
gets ESQ. 900 from taxes and land and
produce e-tiends and fiars-it has E2A.
700 direct from the Imperial treasury
consolidated fund. and mansss. glebea
and churches are valued at over E10Q-
0OO-a total Of fully Es7s. 900 Of M,
tional property held for the bensiis a
. minority; with disestablishment tn
property would be available for educa-
tional and local purposes. bsneiiting all
An Anglican divine. Dr. Thomas
Salpy French. who now holds The
bishopric Of Lahore. In the Punjauh.
India, dignity which hs will resign
at the close Of the year. il distinguishsd
as inguist even in . country whsrs
linxuists ara. from the circumstances
Of oriental life. perhaps moro commou
than in any other. Dr.. French il sbls
to preach with Auency in ton different
languages. and il popularity known q
''the many-tongued man Of Lahore.