St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-01-16
eeLIolovs AND EDUCATIONAL

The school boys Of Maiden, Naes.,
will hereafter be taught 70 sew during
school hourA
What 10 IL to he resigned? IL II tc
MT God between ourselves and our sor-
row.-Swetchine. rnf ia
The will Of the late John I. WI.
con. Of Adams county. O., bequeasha
over SO, 900 to educational and Chart
able purposes. Mr.. Wilson was mem
Der a congress In looe'7S
We should pray with ~ much earn
estness as those who expect everything
from God; We should oct with - much
energy - those who expect everything
fron themselve&-0olton.
The Religic1s Tract Society Of Lon
don sent out from ~ home and foreign
depots over seventy million publicer
lions during last year. In over two nun
drsd languages ed dialectA. ana TIE
expenditurs reached tho total OF Elsa
lAA .
-As jams. college, Csylsn. The stu.
dents have in the last year ATTENDED =
. body the sessions Of two conferences
one being the Young Mems Christian
association at Nellore. Fifty per cen.
Of the students are Christians ana
church members.
-Words arc often fFuit - well y
flowers. and are 20 the truest indiea'
ton of the character Of the man WHO
utters them. Our Lord tells ~ thai
ont of the abundance Of the heart th>
mouth speaketh., that IN evil tree car
not bring forth good fruit and 20 . cor
rupt heart can not speak good woroe
Gentleness, under provocation. mhd,
ness Of language In suffering. and
pst.ence In trial, arc fruits Of the tongus
and fruits Of tho Spirit Jesus himself
rave more evidence Of himself BY wha'
he said than By I'll his miracleA
Tho general statistics OF the Evan
relical association. which have JUS
Teen published, show - conferencea
ao6a churches, and $50. 9s4 nemoers
There are I. e27 itinerant preachers sn<
6le local preachers; ASS Sunday
schools with l77.eso scholar Tn
collections for tho missionary society
were Sls4,44a These statistics SHOW
an increase over last year OF II
churches nearly 3 1000 church memoers
and over 1000 Sabbath school acholars
OF the conferences three arc In foreig'
landa, Germany, Switzerland and -
pan. =.
The one hundred and Afty-seventl
annual reunion Of the Sohwenkfelders
which was held recently ut Clayton
Pa, brought together nerly e.ooo mem
bers of that peculiar sect which b nov
nearly extinct in that section OF Penn
sylvania, five churches only remaining
The memorial services included to
Cether with the addresses. . repess .
midday in the meeting house among tn
pews and benches. according 70 the tra
ditional custom. The anniversary W.
in memory Of the safe arrival OF eh
forefathers Of the sect in Philadelphia
September -. lisa
I'm his report to the secretary OF tn
interior, Commissioner HarriA Of thu
bureau of education, says that Their
were enrolled during the fiscal year 1854
1890 in the public schools Of elementar.
and secondary grade II, so. s7s pupils .
against 0.s67, sos In 1850 The en-
rollment formed 90 q per cent Of tn
population Of 1891 The average dali,
attendance Of pupils on each school do.
in 1890 was 8, IA. osa The total amour
expended during the last fiscal year TO
public school purposes was elAo 277. 4s4
rs against 81. 0o4. 6S7 In 1883 The q
penditure per capita Of population Il
1880 was sl.50. and in 1890 II was d ~
The total value Of grounds, building
and apparatus Of educational instttu
tons In 1921 vas S72.So4. 7.9.