St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-03-10
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Tho Woman's Foreign Missionary
society Of the NJ. E. church, at its re.
cent meeting at st. Paul. appropriated
oSlv. 900 the coming year.
"A New South Wales society has an
''open air committee" which conducts
IN open air Gospel meeting every Sum
day before church services.
The remarkable statement is made
that ten Yale students have been
stricken with appendicitis within .
wear. This looks as if some dietary
problem were involved in the case.
The Bridgman school for girls at
Peking, China, has recently determined
to receive no more girls with bound
feet. The native Christians at PckinR.
Is the result of an enthusiastic meet
ing, have formed an anti-foot- binding
society.
Nearly 11.000 women have regis
tered in Boston. . substantial increase
over last year. The women in Deer
field, Mass, who sued the assessors Tor
refusing to register her has obtained
az o. damages. and now all the other
Deerfield women are registering. School
suffrage in Massachusetts, is looking up.
When Winifred of Devonshire $3.50.
754 A. d. went to Germany to convert
the heathen his first act was to fell Z
sacred oak which had been dedicated
to Thor. A great storm assisted him
in laying the giant prone upon the
earth, and the heather, regarding 1T -
. miracle. were converted by hundreds.
OF the 1889 girls attending the
various high schools of Berlin !, 1,6O3 BE-
long to Jewish families. that is. 50 PEI
cent OF the 8. rs pupils attending the
gymnasia (colleges) 1900 are Jews. q
percentage of "a. While the total at
tendance of the Berlin gymnasia has
decreased, that of Jewish pupils has in
creased.
Missionaries of the English church
engaged in itinerating in southern In
din find numerous instances OF edu.
Gated men and Brshmins who are con.
vineed of the truth of Christianity. In
one place . whole Brahmin street wa
found to be in q state of dissatisfaction
with Hindooism. their leader confess
ing: "The more I read of it the less
believe it."
One Of the most picturesque &C
clesiastical structures in New York il
ST. Johns German Evangelical Lu'
theran church in Christopher street tt
brown-stone front is ornamented with
quaint carvings in the colonial taste
and its low steeple bears for weathe,
vsne . gilded arrow. that looks rs If il
had been whitfield out of . shingle BY
some choir boy in an idle hour. Ad
joining the church is . substantial
brick parish structure. having = lool
that bespeaks handsome endowment
The executive committee of thu
Western Reserve university has ap
pointed Mrs Mary Noyes Colvin pro
lessor of romance languages in the col
lsRe for women. Mrs. Colvin wa
graduated from Mount Holyolke. ant
after studying and teaching severn
years she entered for . degree at tn.
university of Zurich. In February
1888, that university bestowned upes
her the degree Of Ph. D.. summa cQu
laude, she having been the firstwomal
to receive the doctors degree from
the institution.
The state of Michigan has taken q
important step in the treatment Of cpH
sumption by deciding to quarantine IN
disease. The idea is that while every
thing should be done in the way Of pro
viding for those affected with the dis
ease. and are endeavoring to lesser
their sufReriugs. especial care shoult
be taken to isolate them. and thus di
minish the danger Of their propsgatini
the disease among those who m
healthful. Michigan will establish
therefore. separate hospitals for con
sumptives The physicians Of tAa
state declare further that . quarantine
against consumption will give the bes
opportunity for prosecuting tie stud!
Of this malady.-New Orleans Times
Democrat.