St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1891-06-06
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

ecHO0l AND CHURCH.
The province of Hanover last yeaz
expended SEQ, SIS marks for ths univez>
sity of Gottingen.
The Methodist church needs . thou.
And new preachers every year to keer
- pulpits supplied.
The membership Of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church in 1850 was Ill ,S6s;
in 1890 IL was 1853, ZIG, showing growth
In ten years Of almost - per cent. :.
There is TO be another Presbyterian
theological seminary. It is to be located
1t Omaha, and is intended for the cen
trail west It is expected that the sem
mary viii be opened in September next
Twenty-Five acres of ground in Sey-
mour park have been offered - . site.
From the last statistical year book
Of the Protestant church in Prussia,
published by authority of the govern
ment. it appears that in 1889 no fewer
than 8, 125 persons became converts to
the Evangelical church. Of these. g.
SIT were from the Roman Catholic
church, ss5 had been Dissenters. and
esS had been Jews.
According to recent measurements,
the average size of the Wellesley col.
lege girls waist is :4.2 incheA In spite
of the fact that the doctors consider
this too small for health, the college
girls are remarkably well, and capable
of giving the college yell" with .
vigor that would do credit TO their Har-
ward or Princeton brothers.
There has been . decrease during
the year past in the number of students
attending the German universities, es-
pecially in the departments Of philoso-
ply and natural science. II Is the first
annual decrease since 1e72 There arc
now 2S,711 university students in Ger
many. Berlin is easily first with the
large total of 5,527. and Bcstock is last
with 81. Leipzig has s, A5e and Munich
S,8ss.
1T is . hopeful sign for the future Of
the church that the medieval notion Of
relegAting the entire spiritual work Of
q parish to the priest is giving way to
the higher and more just idea that
every member of the church has spir-
itual duties not only, but privileges.
The pew has to come to tho aid of the
pulpit The religion preached ON Sum
day must be preached BY the people ON
Monday.-Christian at work.
When Mrs. Armstrong, laboring
among the Telugus, sought . winding
sheet for dead woman, she was asked:
"Was she Q saint or . sinner?" The
question meant, was she married or .
widow; II . widow, she would not be
buried in cloth Of such quality as il liv-
ing with . husband. And when she
asked one Of the many aects Of Hindoos
Il there was anything ON which they
agreed, he said: "Yes, we all believe
in the sanctity Of the COW, and the de-
prasity Of woman. Christian at Work.
The provinces of fAlsace-Lorraine,
acquired by Germany In 1870, have .
Roman Catholic population of I. .1Sl, ,974.
served BY about 5000 priests and pre-
lates, while the Pr0testants number
sss. sos souls. These are divided into
ass parishes and l1S preaching places
(iliale). OF the former, 1l9 are Luther
an and 50 Reformed The Lutheran
pastors number 2a6 and the Reformed
ls9. The government is BY . church
cons,story. In addition TO these there
are 5000 soldiers in the provinces.
served by IL clergymen.
Gen. Booth has secured 3Sss, $40 In
cash and sIs9, ,seo in promises for his
scheme of social regeneration. He
asked for 500, 900 to start the scheme
and $50. 900 year to carry it on. The
deed Of trust makes Gen. Booth . genu-
inc legal trustee; vests all properties in
him as trustee; directs that the moneys
and property should be kept quite dis
tinet from those of the salvation army;
and provides that, as trustee, In the
event Of any breach Of the trust he shall
be amenahle to be proceeded against BY
the attorney-general-N. Y. Independ-
emit
To aid the colored people In enter.
ing more widely the various pursuits Of
the day the '.uskegee Normal and In
dustrial institute. at Tuskegee, Ala,
win, as soon as possible. add to its reg
ular course Of instruction . number of
post graduate studies. These will in
clude, for young men. plane surveying.
civil engineering, and such instruction
in architecture a. will lead to . taste
full and economical use Of materials; for
young women. short hand. typewrit-
ing and trained nursing. Positions can
be furnished such students - rapidly
q they ore fitted for them.
Dedicated . . HOroes
There II . grave-stone In England
erected over the grave Of . horse. A