St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-07-01
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

MIR. John b. Stctson. Of Philadet
phia, recently presented to the Stetson
university in De Land. Fla, two new
buildings. costing $50 900.
Mrs. Moses Hopkins. Of San Fran
cisco. will give fifty thousand dollars
and nineteen acres Of land to the Hop
kins or Golden Gate academy of Oak
land.
pr. Machay has been in Formosa
twenty years. Some Of the visible re-
suits are ..6Os baptized Christians. nifty
native preachers, two ordained pastors.
and many other workers.
AT the Shanghai missionary confer
epce. in 1890. It was resolved to ask and
pray for 1000 men for China in hve
years. IL is said that $50 are already
ON the ground and At work.
Miss Mary p. Mutt, Of Nashsu. n.
H., has left $4,000 for building for
the Young Mems Christian association
Of that city: 5000 for the Amherst
high school. q, 900 for q chime Of bells
for the First Congregational society OF
Nashua. $1,000 for the Congregational
society of Amherst, and 1000 for the
Protestant homo for aged women in
Nashua.
The pew in which Abraham Lin
coin sat while living in Washington
was removed from the church in which
he worshiped-thc New York Avenue
Presbyterian-about ten years ago. and
rclegated to an adjoining Sunday
school room. The trustees have now
been instructed by . vote of the society
to restore it. and an inscribed silver
tablet will suitably designate it.
An effort is being made 70 secure
Bronx park and establish = botanic
garden in il. There is q Legislative ap-
preparation Of ssO0.OOO conditioned on
the raising by the incorporatOrs Of
e.so.OOO Mr.. J. Pierpont Morgan has
announced that six gentlemen have
agreed to give e25,O0O each: that Co
lumbia college subscribes ~. 900, and
that there is little doubt of the success
of the undertaking. Some urge that
the sum be raised from ESQ. 900 to $l.-
900. 900. that the whole park may be put
in the hest condition.
Columbia college library has hith-
erto been managed upon a most liberal
plan. SO far as the general public was
concerned. No respectable. or seem
ingly respectable. person was turned
away from its doors. and. once admit
ted, any reader could roam almost at
will through the library. The recent
loss of several hundred dollars worth
of books. however. through an abuse of
these privileges. has led to . change of
policy. and henceforth only persons
properly introduced to the library will
be permitted to make use of the books.
One of the older teachers at Mount
Holyoke college remembers Miss Mary
wilkins, who was among the pupils for
q year when she first came. II can't
recall much about her." she said in an
swer to eager questioning from some of
the undergraduates. ''She sat at my
table, and it was her work as fresh
man to remove the platters before des-
sert. She was very handy about that" :"
Think says the girl who tells the
story. ''of the wonderful Miss Wilkins
borne in mind for nearly twenty years
only for her handy way OF taking
platter off the table"
The Salvation army has secured
site for its new headquarters in New
York city. II is in Fourteenth street
near Sixth avenue, and the ground il
at present occupied ny the barracks of
the army. 1t was purchased for 4 sum
of 500. 900. and covers an area of about
$4,000 square feet. A four-story. fire.
proof iron building will be erected. On
the ground floor there will be an audi
torium. which will seat 800 people.
and the other three floors will be used
for offices for the army. Mr.. Balling-
ton Booth has been asked to receive .
large farm on Staten island, upon
which to establish q colony for those
rescued from the slums who are willing
to do farm work. He has not yet de-
cidcd to accept it.