The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-10-13
SCHOOL AND CHUCK.

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-Waker were religious institutions,
even earlier than the love feast. - the
first Christians.
The Oh nese sunday school in con.
n~eciior with iiromhcld Street church.
Boston, has about eighty members.
In the last twenty-five years. so
says Mr.. Alice Freeman Palmer. eleven
million dollars have been given IN this
country to women's colleges alone.
The Presbyterian Synod 81 Penn
sylvania comprises i.la5 churches, with
a membership Of 10000. Additions
last year to the communion rolls H.
sos.
Prof. George e.. Chase, Of Bates
college. Lewiston, Me-. has been adj
vanccd to the presidency. He i a
graduate Of the college. 40 wears old.
During the pastten years he has raised
about $4,000 for the institution.
The late Miss Sarah Benham. OF
~Greenport. colum bia county. y. v. left
by will the following legacies TO the
Reformed church: 81. 900 To the board
Of foreign missions: 5000 to the church
building fund; to the general synod.
81. 500 for the education of students for
the ministry and 1880 for the support
of the Theological seminary. Upon
settlement Of the estate and in con
formity to the will. each OF these oh
'ect, receives Is percent. additional. or
s6.s27. ss.ds9 and si5,35l respectively;
total, ss7,s1..
A controversy has been going on
between the Jews and the people Of
switzerland in regard To the slaughter
ing of animals. The Jews always take
the life Of an animal hy bleeding. The
Swiss Humane society prosecuted the
Hebrew butchers for cruelty TO ami
mails. The law forbidding needless
pain to animals was enforced against
them. InaSmuch as the jews had a re-
ligions scruple on the subject. it was
considered u great hardship. and they
appealed to the country for relief. but
the people sustained the law in over
whclm;ng numbers. - Presbyterian
Journal.
according TO the official statistics
lIt lUltA nuIlDtT 81 ~CAlDtA- IA lnt
whole German empire is 55.563: pupils.
..925.Gss: teachers. 100. 03s. Of whom
IL. $50 are women The figures for
Prussia are: Schools. 34.7s2; pupils,
1916. $40, and teachers. 1O.16s. s.is4 be-
ing women In the entire empire the
scholars are 1908 per cent. of the pop
u~lation; in Prussia. 1854. In Ger
...,, .,s.tl. A< Is,ues. sh.,. - Ana
teacher to every 81 pupils; in Prussia.
one to every 20. These teachers re-
ccive from $3.50 to $500 a year. The
annual cost of educating a child is, in
Prussia. STA: throughout the rest OF
the empire. s1.Gs-
A very careful religious census has
just been taken of Scotland, under the
supervision Of Rev. Robert HOWE. OF
Glasgow. The resu.; is remarkable
disclosing, as il does, the interesting
fact that out Of a total population OF
&.025.6i. the various denominations had
2.aG3. lS6 in church communion. being
7ss per cent per 1000 of the population
This left 1.062,5li. oil "a per cent. pei
1000 .~churchless.r The churche.
Ctvlocu n -.yoS, loo oS IolioWs- Estao
lishcd presbyterian, ~1.14S.247: Free
church. 7T1.0sl: l.. r. churc.i. 455. lOi
smaller Protestant churches. 23s. Ole
Roman Catholic church. 352.7i7. Ths
percentage per i.cco of population was
Established Pre>byterian}. aIs.7: Free
1915: l.. r.. ii3-1 /; other Protestants
sol: Roman Catholics, $40. I:ut wher
/ - ~.l, 80 &.,&fnnI nnI tA.I.G T.
.3.6 per cent Of the population to b'
found in communion with some church
Christian at Work.