The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1893-04-28

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ducing military companies.
Rev. Mr.. Buckley. pastor Of
church at Penrith. England having no
money with which TO have his chapel
painted. got the necessary paint and
put il on himself.
of the sixteen American citics with
| a population OF over two hundred thou.
sand in 1890. only four-Philadclphia.
Boston. Milwaukee and St Louis
have incorporated the kindergarten on
any large scale in their public school
systems
The British and Foreign Bible 80
ciety since 1904 has printed and dis
tributed l27.s55.5si volumes of the
Scriptures; the National Bible society
OF Scotland has distributed 12.sl0.320
copies. the Hibernian Bible society.
l.e5s. $50 copies; the Prussian Bible So
ciety. 6.o5o. sol copies, and 100 other
Bible societies have for generations
been swelling the total annual output
Medical students were last year
distributed among the various German
universities as follows: Berlin. l,ls5;
Bonn. 325: Brcslau. 292; Erlangen, 42s:
Freiburg. ISL: Giessen, l72; Gottingen.
200: Greifswald. 500: Halle. 263; Hei.
delbcrg, 2ss: Jena. 2i2; Kiel. 8s5: Ko-
nigsberg. 255; Leipzig, s34; Marburg.
e6S: Munich, LAS: Rostock. 1873; Straas-
burg. 1913; Tubingcn, $50; Wurzburg.
Is3.
"A new young mems society. called
The Brotherhood. is gaining popularity
"a 80 lxx~&a ~so -
design is Christian work in churches.
something after the manner of the
Young Mems Christian association
yoke fellowA" but with more formal.
ity. each church organization being
known as chap Its ostensiblo
principle Is to make each member in
reality keeper Of brethren.
When Phillips Brooks left Phila-
delphia for Boston in 1869 he was sue
cceded in the rectorship Of the Church
of the Holy Trinity. the largest Epis-
copal church in Philadelphia. by Rev.
T. A. Jaggar, then q brilliant young
preacher Of thirty. DIR. Jaggar. who
left that charge TO become = bishop,
Brooks place in his vacant diocese. and
perform his episcopal duties until .
bishop is elected.
The order Of the Jesuits, which
elected a new general not long ago. has
now y membership OF 12. O47. The En-
speaking branch hss e,30s mem
bcrs. of whom l.l62 are in the United
States There are in tho province Of
Mary land and New York So; Of Nil
souri,, s05; of New Orleans 100. An
American. Rev. r. /. Meyer. of New
York. has just been appointed secretary
of the English-speaking department Of
the famous order, the smallest in size
in proportion to its influene and &C
tivity Of any in extant st Louis Re-
public.
Bishop John r. Hurst, who has
been chosen chancellor OF the great
Methodist university which will be
founded at Washington, made . report
before the Baltimore conference which
showed the splendid progress thst has
been made toward the end desired. In
addition to the property for the site OF
the university. nearly 81. 900, 600 has al
ready been pledged, and the plan adopt
ed to raise Se5. 00o. 900 more BY Is sub
scriptions will undoubtedly be sue
cess Bishop Hurst and the men asso-'
slated with him In this movement know
no such word a. fail, and. with great
denomination back OF them, are sure Ia
see complete realization Of their hopes
In the near future