St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-01-03

AT l9rSe OO0Iu SCuOOA IL DAs
500 boys are given bath once s'week.
There are l20, sol children enrolled
in tho city schools and an average Of
1lAOl7 Of thcse attended school daily
during September. who wcra taught by
2,190 teachers-ChicagO Tribune.
In Berlin a schoolmistress receives
$500 annually during the fst yean Of
her service; a schoolmaster, $500. -Astes
forty-two years Of unbr0ken service the
schoolmistress' maximum salary is
Sl9O. the schoolmaster's $500. --y
Tho number Of missionary stations
in Africa now exceeds 500. There are
400. 900 converts. and the number Is In
creasing at the rate of about 2a. 600
year. Within five years moro than zoe
natives have suffered martyrdom foI
---,Ass the result Of recent. reviva3
meetings at Cleveland. Tenn. $50 cor;
verts have joined the churches OF their
choice. as follows: Methodist Episcopal
South, 1Ol; Methodist Episcopal, rs
Cumberland Presbyterian, 70; Presby.
terias.. II; baptist "a: the Disciples OF
Christ, 90.
The Northwestern University has
registered over 40 students in the Pre-
paratory School against about 400 last
year. In the Freshmen class over 1sC
are registered. Ts provide for increased
number of students, the university has
opened three additional recitation
rooms. and added to its teaching force.
1T Is. stated that. the report Of the.
LATE royal Commission ON tho blind and
deaf has produced very favorable eRDt-
in India. and that .yolnntaFy sontrihp.-
tions are forthcoming for the erection
in Calcutta Of An educational instisu.s
ton for the deaf Baber Girindra Nath
Bose. native gentleman. promises 2, SOC
rupees per amman. for three gears And
1000 rupees, at onca. These, oontriha. /.
tions the Bengal Government will sup
plement by . grant from public fdndS
and under its auspices inquiries are!
being made in England for . competent
oral toacheE "a So Eos-- SO
PROT Arshuz Dodel.A Of tie Gpis .
.versity Of Zurich. says that. he has oh.
served, o. his students In. botanic
microscopy. that the average of those
from America drew better than those.
from Europe Of the same age who COM
pe,ed with them. To this he would add
the circumstance that in America. dur
Ing the past TWO years, the 'techniq0eNof
has made more progress :
than in any other part Of the world ,
For tho cause Of this excellence, Prof.
Dodel refers to the- method Of tho an- ,
in drawing in the primary and
intermediats schools h -
Principal Grant of Queens ,Univsr.
sity, Kingston, Ont. does not believe
thastho paion OF Observation-Disclosures
in Caaada satall imDeasible. Ths1irst
step. he thinks. is to unite the Meth .
odist and Presbyterian denominations
The union Of these st*e cAuFhes wss1d.
he says give . united Protestant chusch. :
incldding 1.JoO.V00 Of tho population;
and such s.spirit-of unioH .No ouM. b6 r
generated. all oyer the land that. Ne
should very soon see fresh triumphar
The difficulties IN. the way Of such 4
union may be summed up in one word
histsric. The ffrst step:. he thinks to be
taken. u: thes sppointment q commit
tcco Uy- bnV SAVi y1SO OVOf - " SsQ Oss&s
bodies to consi1er. and report. op. the
mattaf Z 80" ts ~
a sunivsrsisp Aztsssios systsm ~
about to DO projected in Philadelphia
iupcsfia plan which has been
in vogue ia England for ssdzpa yDar4 :
the object Of which 10 to bring uniyers ).
" teachers within the reach OF persons
Of all elasses and both sexes In city
and suburbs by the establishment If :
branches for tho disseminating Of
as now taught In the col
leges and universities. to those who are
unable-sto secure such ad-
vanta9e4 The : lnstitu1ioas will zbs
open to MECHANICS, lsborers.
men and people. Of all
grades and oecupatiosss who desire to .
avail themselvss- Of tAe -haseats. zAe
killing yearly fec will DO chaSgel, The.
best instruct6fs to be had wflr be Sc
,ured for the work. At Cambridge. y
the university, BRANCHES have
ton thousand students, and Oxford has
eleven thousand - SGf>N 80 N@''