St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-08-06
SCHOOL AND cqoRcs.

-Of the 1900 French sCanaAiacs b
Chicago fully Il, 900 are ssid to be r.
man Catholics.
The oldest Of England-s famous pub.
He schools is Winchestef, which was
founded in 1885. "a
The Emmanuel Baptist church Of
Ashland, Neb.. has extepded call to
Miss Frances Townsley. ef Chicago. to
supply the vacant pastor:st~.
Glasses at Yale are sub-graded BY
scholarship. In the first or best grade
only - per cent. use tebacco; in the
second grade, 4S per cert. and in the
third, 20 per cent. In the fourth Or
lowest grade IS per eent' Of the stu
dents are smokers. -
Cavalry Methodist sharch, corner
Seventh avenue and One hundred and
twenty-night street, New York city,
was started about eight years ago with
less than fifty members. The present
membership il l,07i, and. the pastor re-
ported to conference thxt the member
ship had increased last year at about the
rate Of one per day.
If Boston does. not witness very
soon . marked religious and moral up
lifting it will not be tpo fault Of the
church .workers Of the city. There h
not 4 denomination which has not en-
tered upon some line of practical work
among the people its viGirity or in the
crowed sections of the cit.. The work
has not been exclusively religious, but
has touched both the physical and social
needs of the masses,
President Charles Kendall Adams
has resigned the presidency Of Cornell
university In his letter 20 Henry w.
Sage. chairman Of the b,Rrd Of trustees,
he gives as his reason fyr the step the
existence of grave and seemingly irrec-
oncilablc differences opinion in re.
gard to matters Of administrative i'm
portance," but does not 60 into details.
The resignation is 70 take effect with
the close Of the collegiate year.
The will Of Mrs. Am. Frances. oi
Pittsfcld, Mass, make ne following
requests: The House Of Mercy. The
Union for Home Work. the Home Sol
Aged Women and the Young Mems
Christian association receive 5000
each. The Society for the Aid Of Bsp
tist Ministers receives e3,000. The
American Baptist Missionary union and
the Baptist Home Missionary society
are made residuary legl ltees, share and
share alike.
-vassar college Is to have . new Il
brary, the gift Of Mr.. Frederick Thomp
SON, Of New York. for whom il u named
Il is built Of brick with gray stone
trimmings, and will cost e75, 900. A
new students hall is to be erected BY
the college, and it is arranged toaccom'
modate 100 students The Students
Aid society is collecting . fund Of e1o, ,oo(
for the establishment Of . fellowship
which will be open to all graduates oi
the college. and win enable the re.
eipient to study wherever she chooses
"A magnificent. set Of priestly vest
ments has recently been presented q
st. Stephens Roman Catholic church ju
New York by Mrs. Theo1ore HAVE.
meyer, wife of the wealthy sugarrre.
finer. The vestments are 50 richly en-
broidered in gold and silver. and the
white silk Of which thsy arc made b %
heavy that the GARMENTS can almost
stand alone. They were found in IN
out-of-thc-way place in Paris. were pur'
chased for q, 500, and another e500 was
spent in getting them cleaned. They
are in the style of the time Of Louis XIV