St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1893-05-20
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

OF the two great English universi'
ties Oxford has now S.:ls names en-
rolled and Cambridge 2,909.
Tan Kee, = Chinese lecturer. has
presented to the university Of Texas .
. library Of 5000 volumes. valued Ut
e1s0, 200.
The herl,srium Of the New York
college Of pharmacy contains 10000
specimenaL Il is the largest In the
United States
Some Of the public schools at
Ifohnsville, Pa, have been closed be-
cause of the very inAamed and sore con-
dition Of the pupils arms after whole
sale ''vaccinatioa." all on account Of
the smallpox scare.
The vatican will profit largely by
the creaAon af the new cardinals.
Each recipient IL red hat will pay
q, 500 to the pope's household in fees.
This is large sum in proportion TO a
cardinals salary. which is only e4.50o
. year.
1t il curious to note that the 5000
priests In Ireland are ruled by Z
srchbishops and 25 bishops. while for
England archbishop and Is bishops
are considered equal to the task Of or
ganising the work Of nearly 400
priests
"A committee Of the general a.
scmbly Of the southern Presbyterian
church has Completed the work Of re-
vising the directory of worship. Its
report, which In 70 be presented to the
next general assembly in May. pro-
poses. II is stated. but few changeA
-D. Christie Murray, the English
novelist, turns on his critics In . brief
note TO London paper to demonstrate
that truth is stranger than fiction. OF
Q reviewers charge that an episode in
one Of his novels MAS ''wholly incredi-
ble," Mr.. Murray says: Il got that
story on the spot and had full proof OF
its accuracy. In fact, built the novel
on that genuine bit of history which
your reviewer thinks incredible"
AT ono Of the performances Of
''Cymbeline" by Modjeska's company
one of the audience heard . man be.
hind him say toanothcr: ''what il this
piece, and where did she get it?'' ''Oh. :"
answered his companion. something
she picked up, I suppose" AL this
seems less reprehensible when DR..
Johnson's criticism of ''Cymbcline" II
recalled. To him it sounded like the
creation Of lunatic without . single
lucid interval.
Francis Murphy. the famous tenn
perance preacher, proposes TO establish
. workingman's temple in Pittsburgh.
He 10 about to leave that city for south
ern California to do temperance work
for . few months. but has received a.
surances of pecuniary support. and
feels confident that he can make n
great success Of the new scheme. Ec
will begin by giving Sunday night
talks on the the@ter, and hopes to reach
large class Of men who do not usually
attend church serviceA
"A movement has been started by
the class Of IS of Harvard college, 70
which Phillips Brooks belonged. to
erect . Phillips Brooks house in Har-
vsrd 20 stand rs . center Of the re-
ligious life Of the university. 1t Is in
pursuance Of q plan which Bishop
Brooks had close 1t heart, and which
has been considered for some time past
The total sum % be raised ID $500. .00o.
The class propose to give at least one.
tenth Of the fund. provided the whole
sum shall be secured before the next
commencement The fund is to sup
port religious services and erect build
ing: (.
The freshman class Of Tufts college
has received its six young lady 'co-eds," :"
- they are called, with great cordiality
and courtcsy, elected one Of them class
secretary and another treasurer and in
trusted 70 them; the selection Of class
colorA In thr. university Of Edin.
burgh. however, the Scotch students
could not refruin from cheering the
first young ladies who entered the class
room, and when . solitary girl-gradu.
ate tcols her place in the natural phi
losophy class she was treated with the
weli-known chorus: 20 My Darling
Clementine!'' sung, or rather. shouted
by hundred students