Chapter II: Part 2

As we drew near the dance-house I could hear the monotonous yet rythmic beat of the drum, and get glimpses through the door-way of the feathered heads moving in time to the music. Outside there was a crowd of women, girls, and young men, the young men wrapped in white sheets under which they carry off, and make love to, the dusky maidens. This is the way a Titon "makes love." As a recent writer describes this dance, bringing before one only its poetry, and that which may be perhaps really beautiful, it does not seem shocking or revolting in the least; but the reality is simply dreadful. Not so much in itself, perhaps, though that is bad enough, as in its influence, its consequences, all that it means and all that it leads to.

THE CONTRAST.

Just beyond the dance house is the mission station where Clarence Ward and his wife are; a civilized Christian family in the midst of this heathenism.

Sunday was to be the eventful day, and as early as half past nine the congregation began to arrive. When the bell rang for service, the school-room was filled almost immediately. Everything possible was utilized for seats; trunks, boxes, wagon-seats, kegs, and those who could not be provided with seats sat on the floor. There were probably a hundred in all. The weight of so many people on the floor was too much for the sleepers. Some of them gave way, and the floor settled somewhat, but the audience was not "nervous" and was only amused. As I sat at the organ, a group outside the door attracted my attention; several bright faced girls, their shawls drawn over their heads with a grace a white girl might envy, but could not hope to attain, and beyond them a face that would pass on the most perfectly appointed stage for one of Macbeth's witches, without being "made-up." The faces of some of the men were as wooden and expressionless as the figures in front of a tobacco shop, but these are they into whose lives the power of the Gospel of the Son of God has not come. After this service came the church meeting, and a Cheyenne River branch church was established which still has connection with the mother church at Oahe.

The school-room being too small for the afternoon communion service, this was held out of doors. There must have been a hundred and fifty present, perhaps more. First came a marriage ceremony, then the admission of four new members, and the baptism of two children. Probably four-fifths of the congregation had been drawn thither merely from curiosity, and on the faces of many of these were the traces of yesterday's paint. The simple service, which the new communion set made perfect, could not fail to impress them that there is something better than they have known. At its close, Edwin Phelps's scholars stood and sang "Whiter than Snow," in Dakota. Have not those girls gained a great moral victory, when in native dress, with their shawls worn after the native fashion, they stand up among their own people and proclaim themselves on the side of right? It was a day full of new experiences and new impressions for me. The contrast between this scene and the one of the day before, presented itself to me over and over again.

DAKOTA WIND.

The next morning we started out for the return to Oahe. The day was warm and pleasant and uneventful. I was comfortable and happy, and as we stopped for lunch when we got hungry, I began to wonder where the hardships of my journey were coming in, but people who are never so happy as when they are uncomfortable, _ought_ to get their just deserts. I got mine. After we started from James Brown's, the wind rose. It rose and it rose. It kept rising. How that wind did blow! It blew us up hill and threw us down hill. It fairly hurled us along. It blew Mr. Riggs's hat off and we chased it for half a mile. It blew my hat off; it blew my hair down; we put into a ravine for repairs. We went through long stretches of burned prairie, and clouds of fire-black dust were flying. We hoped when we got down into the ravine it would not be so bad. Vain hope. It was worse. The dust was blacker and thicker and more dusty. The gravel stung our faces and blinded our eyes. For the entire distance of thirty-five miles, that wind howled and raved and tore. It almost took the ponies off their feet. I have not exaggerated it one bit. It would be impossible to exaggerate. When we reached the house where we had taken dinner going up, we found the dirt blown from the roof, likewise the tar-paper, leaving great cracks through which the dirt rattled. Everything was an inch deep in dirt, but we were welcomed to the shelter of the four walls, and what was left of the roof. The dirt did not matter. We were already done in charcoal. Mr. Collins was here, caught by the wind, and before dark the Agency farmer came. It was impossible to cross the river in such a gale, and here I knew we must stay.

The next morning was still and clear and beautiful. It was difficult to realize that the elements had been on such a tear the day before, so after breakfast we embarked for home, going the seven miles by water this time, and I reached the mission a gladder and a wiser woman.

This glimpse of out-station work is something I have long wanted, and anyone who does not believe in Indian education should see the results of it as they appear here. In the audience on Sunday, were three young women former students, one at Hampton, one at Santee, one at Oahe. Their dress, the expression of their faces, their whole appearance proclaimed the power of Christian education, and it is only in the faces of the Christian Indians that there is any expression of gladness. There is no gladness in their life outside of this. Oh, that the work at these stations may be blessed! There are hundreds and hundreds, yes, thousands of Indians who will never be reached by Hampton, Carlisle, Santee, by all the Indian schools put together, and who will never be Christianized or civilized by "edict from Washington." Christ must be taken to them, lived among them in such a way that his true loveliness may be made apparent to them. Without this, all else goes for naught; with this, life and light must come, and darkness and ignorance and superstition must flee away.--_Word-Carrier._

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THE CHINESE.

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THE CHINESE WORK.

BY REV. M. McG. DANA, D.D., LOWELL, MASS.

I never read any report of this, without feeling both humiliated and inspired. Humiliated, because I have regarded the field so unpromising; inspired, because such glimpses of gracious possibilities and achievements are caught. We have been so incredulous as to certain alien races, that we have only partially and feebly brought to bear upon them the saving influences of the Gospel. We are not, indeed, responsible for the presence of these Orientals in our land. Ours is a different responsibility; it is for their evangelization, now that they have been led to our shores. This work is laid upon us, and never was it more urgent or hopeful than at this hour. It was one of the methods of our Lord to arouse men to noblest service by reminding them of the obligations imposed upon them by their circumstances and opportunities.

Whether the call came to them from a promising or unpromising field, on them rested the duty of responding. In the great Sermon on the Mount, our Lord, after finishing with his gentle and sweet benedictions, abruptly turned and, with changed tone and impressive words, said to his disciples, "Ye are the salt of the earth." On you rests the obligation of becoming the conservative element in society. Confronting as they did a decadent civilization and a vanishing religious faith and a general heart-despair, they were to be the saviors of men. Pungent and preservative as salt, are ye to be in the midst of a putrid age. Few, too, as they were in numbers, and without honor as well, yet they were to be the light of the world. On their luminousness depended their power to influence. The radiancy of their life and teaching was to penetrate the surrounding gloom. Later on follows the divine imperative to "Go forth and disciple all nations."

However unfavorable the outlook, however inadequate they seemed for the undertaking, they were to attempt what was enjoined. It lifted them to an altitude never before reached, and made them conscious of a power never before possessed.

This is the principle which we need to apply to the emergencies in which we are called to act. We get from others what we tell them we expect. There is something in human nature that likes to be trusted with responsibility; something in us that responds to great occasions. You remember when Nelson fought that pivotal naval engagement at Trafalgar against the combined fleets of France and Spain, he gave to his command as a motto to inspire them to do their best, "England expects every man to do his duty." That brought every soldier and sailor under the eyes of the country whose interests they were upholding, and nerved each one to deeds of valor. It awakened a sense of responsibility and called forth their noblest service. So our Lord seems to be saying to American churches and to the constituency of this Society, "'Ye are the light of the world.' On you depends the evangelization of these despised Chinese. Treating them now contemptuously and now even brutally, ye are called to be salt to them, thus saving them from moral deterioration, and inoculating them with the spirit of the Gospel. Ye are to illuminate them with the light you have to shed as followers of Christ, and the responsibility is laid upon you to carry to them the principles of that faith which has given to us whatever excellence we have as a Nation. I expect you to Christianize these representatives of the Orient, to convert them to the worship of the God of the Bible." In this expectation of the Master, lies at once our obligation and our privilege. Much is laid upon us, but the trust brings with it honor, and inspires to grandest service.

The progress already made in this work, the cheering tokens of success that are reported by all laborers in this field, ought to awaken a far greater sympathy for those in whose behalf we are called to make our Christ-like expenditures. It is time we rose above the mean political enmities which have embarrassed not a little this imperative evangelism. Our treatment of these people is but another chapter in our history on which other and larger hearted generations will look with shame and sorrow. In the animosities born of our commercial greed, we have acted as if our religion had made us neither in life nor doctrine better than they. Eager to send the Gospel to distant heathen, we have been reluctant to exemplify, and slow to practically apply, to the heathen in our midst the teaching of Christianity. Now has come a new era, and the evangelistic efforts among the Chinese are assuming greater proportions than ever, and are engirt with every sign of gracious success. We have yet to learn to respect the manhood in these emigrants from the great kingdom beyond the Pacific. It is said of our Lord, when he came across the Publican Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom, that "he saw a man," and it was oftentimes the lowly, the shunned, the socially despised he called to become his disciples. It is a great art, this of seeing in a man the ideal, the possible man. When Jesus Christ looks upon a man, he looks him into a nobler manhood. We need to rise above class distinctions, to regard no one common or unclean, to speak of no one as hopeless or worthless.

One word as to opportunity. God always matches opportunity with ability, and when we stand face to face with opportunity, we must go forward or be recreant to every trust.

Here is this man--the Chinaman--on our coast, for whom we are doing exactly the same work that this Society has been urging us to do for the black race, in raising up preachers amongst them to go back to the homes in their own country and there become the proper evangels to their own people. When we realize that this is our work, and this is the opportunity before us, we shall talk of the Chinese question with more seriousness.

We are like the two American boys. One says to the other: "My father is a Christian; is your father a Christian?" The other boy replies, not wishing to be outdone, "Oh, yes, my father is a Christian, but he is not working much at it just now." That is about the way with this nation, nominally a Christian nation; we are not working much at it in the way we are treating the Indian, Chinese and colored man. We want the nation to act out the principles it believes in.

Mr. Gladstone said he divided the English nation into classes and masses. The masses, he added, have as little regard for the doctrines of the Gospel, as the upper classes have for its precepts. Now we have not only to give the precepts of the Gospel to the Chinaman, but we must inculcate its principles in the heart beyond all danger of eradication. If we do not do this, we shall act little better than the Chinese do themselves. A man was once asked how much he weighed. He replied, "I weigh 160, but when I am mad I weigh a ton." We need the madness born of a great zeal, the enthusiasm kindled by the Gospel, then shall we be able to lift up all classes and conditions of men.

When we get anointed for this work, and carry the Gospel with all the earnestness of our faith, and all the patience born of the example of Christ, then we shall realize our fondest hopes for the Christianization of the Chinese and of other races in our country.

We have only a few thousands of Chinese in our country, and whenever one of these becomes a Christian he is much like a Christian in apostolic days. He is raised above his former life, loses largely the sympathy of his own people, and is regarded as an apostate from his ancestral faith. It costs, therefore, a great deal to become a Christian under such circumstances, yet there are joyous, devoted Chinese Christians preaching, with signal power, the Gospel to their brethren, and living so as to be Christian luminaries among their idolatrous kindred.

I consider it no inferior part of this Association's work that it is expending its efforts among the Chinese now resident on the coast. We have, however, only made a beginning; much, very much, remains to be done. We have to conquer political prejudices, and invite to our faith with warmest welcomes those for whom Christianity has such priceless boons. If we raise up amongst them missionaries to go back to the crowded Mongolian Empire, this society will become an institution not only for Christianizing the conscience of our nation, but also an agency for training up and sending forth missionaries for the neediest of lands. Let it be ours to evince a friendly fellowship and true devotion to the despised, and kindle a manlier faith and larger Christian service.

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BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK.

MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.

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WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.

CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

ME.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A.,
Chairman of Committee, Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.

VT.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A.,
Chairman of Committee, Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Vt.

VT.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. Ellen Osgood, Montpelier, Vt.

CONN.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn.

MASS. and R.I.--Woman's Home Miss. Association,
Secretary, Miss Natalie Lord, Boston, Mass.[1]

N.Y.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. William Spalding, Salmon Block, Syracuse, N.Y.

ALA.--Woman's Missionary Union,
Secretary, Miss S.S. Evans, Birmingham, Ala.

MISS.--Woman's Miss. Union,
Secretary, Miss Sarah J. Humphrey, Tougaloo, Miss.

TENN. and ARK.--Woman's Missionary Union of Central South Conference,
Secretary, Miss Anna M. Cahill, Nashville, Tenn.

LA.--Woman's Miss. Union,
Secretary, Miss Jennie Fyfe, 490 Canal St., New Orleans. La.

FLA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park, Fla.

OHIO.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin, Ohio.

IND.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. W.B. Mossman, Fort Wayne, Ind.

ILL.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago, Ill.

MINN.--Woman's Home Miss. Society,
Secretary, Miss Katharine Plant, 2651 Portland Avenue,
Minneapolis, Minn.

IOWA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Miss Ella E. Marsh, Grinnell, Iowa.

KANSAS.--Woman's Home Miss. Society,
Secretary, Mrs. G.L. Epps. Topeka, Kan.

MICH.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, Mich.

WIS.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead, Wis.

NEB.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. L.F. Berry, 724 N. Broad St., Fremont, Neb.

COLORADO.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Packard, Pueblo, Colo.

DAKOTA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union,
President, Mrs. T.M. Hills, Sioux Falls;
Secretary, Mrs. W.R. Dawes, Redfield;
Treasurer, Mrs. S.E. Fifield, Lake Preston.

[Footnote 1: For the purpose of exact information, we note
that while the W.H.M.A. appears in this list as a State body
for Mass, and R.I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.]

We would suggest to all ladies connected with the auxiliaries of State Missionary Unions, that funds for the American Missionary Association be sent to us through the treasurers of the Union. Care, however, should be taken to designate the money as for the American Missionary Association, since _undesignated funds will not reach us_.

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The meeting of the officers of the Home Missionary Unions of the Congregational Churches held at Saratoga, June 4th, was well attended. Twelve States were there represented, and the occasion was one of great interest and of encouragement to the cause of missions. The suggestive and forceful papers presented, indicate that our ladies are in earnest for the evangelization of our country, and that they will give their best effort toward extending the influence of our National Societies by the financial help which they will endeavor to render.

The next meeting of these State organizations will be held in Chicago, Ill., at the time of the annual meeting of the American Missionary Association the latter part of next October.

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MERIDIAN, MISS.

A little of our industrial work of this first year I would like to present to you. Our girls, on the closing day, exhibited fourteen pieced quilts all completed, and twenty were well along toward completion. Twenty garments have been finished and disposed of. All of the material has been sent from Northern friends and homes, and some of the girls have learned the first things of needlework, having learned to use needle, thread and thimble. One little girl when first given a needle said, "O see! there is a hole in one end of it." One old lady learned to knit.

We feel happy in the thought of the spiritual growth in our school. Several young men and some of our girls have openly expressed themselves as desirous of being Christians, and have started, I am sure, to follow Jesus. Another hopeful thing is the zeal with which they attend to the duties of the Band of Hope. Our young people who are to teach in the country are quite determined to organize bands and to fight for "God and home and native land," on the line of temperance. We have given all the instruction and illustrations we could, and the little ones are becoming leaders of the older members in the families. One little boy urged his old grandmother to stop using snuff, and she has given it up after using it more than twoscore years. She said he used to say, "Don't chew, grandma; the teachers say it is poison." Some mothers who have been in the habit of using ruinous alcohol medicines for their children, assured me they would stop it, after seeing the amount of alcohol contained, as was shown by our little experiments in evaporating and burning. One young man of twenty years old passed an examination in the country, and obtained a second grade certificate, and at sixteen years of age he did not know his letters. Are there many boys at the North who can show a better record in four years?

H.I. MILLER.

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MACON, GA.

I am sure you want to hear about the closing exercises of our cooking class. The teacher had given the seven girls comprising the class the privilege of getting a dinner and each one inviting a guest. One of the lovely things about the affair was that the guests were the mothers and teachers of the girls. So at three o'clock one day a company of eighteen sat down to a dinner that was all cooked and served by these girls. The white, puffy biscuits, well-cooked meat and vegetables, and the quiet lady-like serving, all testified to the excellence of the instruction received. Prouder mothers I never saw than those who then partook of their daughter's cookery. I was told that every Saturday it had been the custom for the girls at home to repeat in their own kitchens the work of the day previous, as it had been done under their teacher's instructions.

We hope next year with our boarding pupils to do more than we could with only day pupils. Our sewing classes are this week finishing their work for the year. There has been sewing in five rooms. The primaries have pieced blocks for outsides for two quilts, over-hand work. The next grade has put together four outsides (running). The upper classes have made fifty pillow-cases, twelve sheets, forty aprons, hemstitched three tray cloths, outlined one tidy and made three night-dresses. Darning, button-hole making and hem-stitching were taught in one class. The girls in another room have tied six comfortables. The boys in the carpenter shop are doing excellent work, and they like it very much. One class of five or six come every morning at seven o'clock, and they do this to get more instruction. Most of this class are country boys who cannot stay at school all of the year. In one of the primary rooms, we have the kitchen-garden material. There, with the twenty-four sets of toy dishes, the little ones are taught how to set and clear off table, and a great many useful things in reference to table manners and customs.

Our general school work goes on like clock-work. The children and young people are growing in their power of concentration and self-control, and we feel greatly encouraged, as we look into the future for them, to hope that at no very distant day a well ordered home, where three meals a day shall be served in a refined, orderly manner, shall not be so rare a thing as it now is. We are more and more convinced that the home life of these people must be changed, if they are ever to be what we want them to be, and what, for the interests of our country and for the coming of Christ's kingdom on earth, they must be.

And now I will close in the usual way by telling you some of our needs.

For the new boarding department, we shall need bedding of all kinds. I especially want that each mattress shall be furnished with a quilted or padded cover--that is, something as large as the mattress on top. Towels, table linen and such things as are needed in every house are always acceptable. If any one wants to furnish carpets for teacher's rooms, we do not say them nay.

MRS. LIVA A. SHAW.

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OUR YOUNG FOLKS.

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WORK AMONG THE CHILDREN.

BY MRS. L.R. GREENE.

I have spent nearly five years in teaching the little colored children in this Southland. In my department there are over ninety bright, enthusiastic little folks between the ages of five and thirteen. I have often wished that the anxious inquirers as to whether the colored children were as bright and smart intellectually as white ones, could visit my room, and the little people would answer the question themselves.

My pupils, with one exception, being day scholars, I have had an excellent opportunity to know the colored people. I go to their homes; some I find as cosy and prettily fitted up as the average home at the North, while others are miserable apologies for the name.

I often, Sunday afternoons, take a bundle of papers and go through some of the streets where I find boys playing ball or marbles, and flying kites. When I ask why they haven't been to Sunday-school, or at home reading, they tell me they have no clothes, and that they have nothing to read at home; as I distribute the papers, they lay down bat and ball and eagerly devour the stories and study the pictures.

I find some very bright little fellows among them. I asked one little boy, "Won't you come to my Sunday-school?" He replied at once, "Oh yes." I said, "Do you know where I teach?" The ready answer came at once, "Up at the big college yonder," The next Sunday, as I went in, the first child I saw was Dan. He sat with eyes and mouth wide open as we talked about Joseph, sung our little hymns and repeated the commandments-- things he had never heard before. The next Sabbath he was there as interested and eager as on the first, his bare feet hanging from the chair; but the third Sunday as I went out the gate, there stood Dan, forlorn enough. I said, "Aren't you going to Sunday-School?" He said, "I can't go; my sister is married, my mother has gone crazy, and I haven't a clean shirt." It would have melted the stoutest heart to have heard his sorrowful tale. I found him soon after, and through the kindness of a Northern friend in paying his tuition, I had him in my school, where he proved himself bright and interesting.

I might cite many such instances that have come within my observation, if time and space would permit. I long for much that is wasted at the North to help many such bright, interesting, needy little children.

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RECEIPTS FOR MAY, 1889.

MAINE, $352.06.

Acton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $3.50

Albany. Anna K. Cummings,
_for Mountain Work_ 2.00

Bangor. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.00

Bath. Winter St. Ch. 140.30

Bucksport. Y.P.S.C.E., by Charlotte
S. Barnard, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 20.00

Castine. Prof. Fred. W. Foster 1.44

Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., (2.
of which _for Mountain Work_) bal. to
const., REV. GEO. W. REYNOLDS, JOHN A.
WATERMAN, STEPHEN HINCKLEY, J.S.
LEAVITT, JR., A.H. SAMPSON, MISS
MINNIE TOLFORD and MISS NELLIE
WHITE L.M's 40.65

Hampden. C.E. Hicks 1.00

Kennebunk. Union Cong. Ch. (1.75 of
which from Y.P.S. of C.E.) 14.15

Kennebunkport. Ladies of South Ch. 10.00

Madison. Cong. Ch. 1.00

Portland. West Cong. Ch. 10.00

Portland. Ladies' Mission Circle of State
St, Ch., 2 Valuable Bbl's C.; Maine Women's
Ind. Ass'n, 2 Valuable Bbl's C.;
Carter Bros., Valuable Gift of Roger's
Plated Ware.; George C. Frye, Chemist,
Medicines, Val. 10.25, _for Fort Yates, Dak._

South Berwick. Miss Lewis' S.S. Class,
_for Wilmington, N.C._ 3.25

South Gardiner. Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.,
Mrs. S. Adams, _for Freight_ 2.,
_for Selma, Ala._ 2.00

Union. Rev. F.V. Norcross 5.00

Waterford. Sab. Sch. of Cong, Ch.,
_for Santee Indian Sch._ 6.20

Waterford. Mrs. H.E. Douglass, Box C.,
_for Tougaloo, Miss._

Windham. W.M. Soc. of Cong. Ch., Bbl.
of Bedding, etc., Val. 43.97, _for Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._, also Bbl. and Box _for N.C._
Val. 75.30

Winslow. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 8.00

Woodfords. Miss W. Perry's S.S. Class, 2;
Mrs. I.S. Woodbury, Bbl. C., _for
Williamsburg, Ky._ 2.00

Woolwich. Cong. Ch. 8.32

York. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.25

Woman's Aid to A.M.A. by Mrs. C.A.
Woodbury, Chairman, _for Woman's Work_:

"From Two Sisters In Memory of
their Sister Mrs. Sophia M. Trumble,"
to const. MRS. CAROLINE J.
WALKER L.M. 30.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $222.85.

Concord. South Ch., Mrs. Bancroft's S.S.
Class, 10. _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._; Mr.
Willard's S.S. Class, 3.75 _for Storrs Sch.,
Atlanta, Ga._ 13.75

Concord. I.W. Chandler 1.00

Hollis. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.50

Nashua. First Cong. Ch. 25.00

New Ipswich. A.N. Townsend 1.50

North Hampton. "J.L.P." 5.00

Northwood. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.60

Penacook. Jer. C. Martin 10.00

Stoddard. King's Daughters, _for Meridian,
Miss_ 3.50

Tilton. S.S. Class of Young Ladies Cong.
Ch., _for Savannah, Ga._ 8.00

Wilton. Second Cong. Ch. 14.00

Wilmot. By Rev. N.F. Carter 10.00

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$122.85

ESTATE.

Greenville. Estate of Dea. Franklin Merriam,
by Mary A. Merriam, Executrix. 100.00
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$222.85

VERMONT, $377.05.

Cornwall. Cong. Ch. 48.26

Dorset. Cong. Ch. 16.00

Granby. Infant Class, by H.W. Matthews,
_for Rosebud Indian M._ 1.00

Jericho. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.18

Lyndon. Mrs. Alice L. Ray 2.00

Manchester. Cong. Ch. 37.13

Northfield. "A Friend," _for Mountain
Work_, and to const. MRS. DIANTHA E.
KNIGHT L.M. 30.00

Royalton. First Cong. Ch. 11.40; A.W.
Kenney, 30., to const. GARNER R. DEWEY
L.M. 41.40

Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch. 50.
_for Indian M._ 50. _for Santee Home_ 100.00

Vergennes. "E.L.B." 1.00

Waitsfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 6.14;
Mrs. S.P. Prindle, 1.50 7.64

Williamstown. C.C. Barnes 5.00

McIndoes Falls. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch.,
_for McIntosh, Ga._ 8.44

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vermont, by Mrs. W.P. Fairbanks, Treas., _for Woman's Work_:

Burlington. W.H.M.S.,
First Ch. 40.00

Granby. Mrs. C.W.
Matthews 5.00

Saint Albans. W.H.M.S.,
First Ch. 25.00

Williamstown, Ladies 2.00

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MASSACHUSETTS, $8,333.49.

Amesbury. Main St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.36

Amherst. Wm. M. Graves 20.00

Andover. "A Friend" by Stephen Ballard,
_for Girl's Dormitory, Macon, Ga._ 1,581.75

Andover. Free Christian Ch. 35.25

Andover. Mrs. Chas. S. Mills, 15; Mrs. S.
J. Stetson 5; Miss Susanna Jackson, 5;
Mrs. K.P. Williams, 2; Mrs. Wm. Abbott,
2; Mrs. Homer Barrows, 1, _for Girls'
Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 30.00

Andover. Class of Phillips Academy Boys,
_for Tools, Industrial Sch., Williamsburg,
Ky._ 25.00

Andover. Ladies' Soc., Free Ch., Bbl. C.
etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Auburndale. "Friends" 44; Branch of
Newton Ind'l Ass'n, Bbl. C.; Miss Miller
and Friends, Bbl. C., _for Fort Yates,
Dak._ 44.00

Bernardston. Miss M.L. Newcomb,
(of which 100. _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._; 100. _for Student Aid, Atlanta, U._; 50.
_for Teacher, Austin. Texas)_ 900.00

Boston. C.A. Hopkins, 250.; Woman's
Home Miss'y Ass'n,
60. _for Girl's Ind'l
Hall, Pleasant Hill,
Tenn._ 310.00

"G.A.W." 50.00

Mrs. E.P. Eayers 5.00

"Cash" .50

Ladies' Sewing Circle of
Union Cong. Ch., Bbl.
C., _for Williamsburg,
Ky._

Brighton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and
Soc. 60.00

Dorchester. "M.L.E," 10; Pilgrim
Ch., 8.25, _for
Mountain Work_ 18.25

Jamaica Plain. Central Cong.
Ch. 247.85

Jamaica Plain. "A Friend" 4.50

Roxbury, Sab. Sen. and Y.P.
Soc., Elliot Ch., Box
Books etc., and 1., _for
Thomasville, Ga._ 1.00

-------- 697.10

Bridgewater. "Friend." 1.00

Brockton. Mrs. S.A. Southworth, Box C.
for _Tougaloo, Miss._

Cambridge. Mrs. Preble, 5. and Bbl.
Sewing Materials _for Fort Yates, Dak._ 5.00

Dedham. First Cong. Ch. 161.16

East Bridgewater. Union Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 12.50

East Walpole. Cong. Ch. 5.60

Enfield. Miss C.E. Fairbanks' S.S.
Class, _for Indian Sch'p._ 70.00

Fall River. Y.P.S.C.E., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 50.00

Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch. _for Student
Aid Fund, Fisk U._ 9.00

Groveland Cong. Ch. 14.50

Groton. "Friend," 20, _for Chinese M., 10.
for Indian M._ 30.00

Hanover. Second Cong. Ch., by Mrs. Dr.
Sweeney and Others on True Blue Card. 5.00

Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.75

Hinsdale. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., (25, of
which _for Student Aid, Talladega C._) 47.90

Holbrook. Sab. Sch. of Winthrop Cong.
Ch., _for Student Aid, Tillotson C. and N.
Inst._ 28.75

Holliston. Class of Young Ladies' Cong.
Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00

Hopkinton. Mrs. P.B. Wing's S.S.
Class, _for Grand View, Tenn._ 5.00

Housatonic. Cong. Soc. 76.61

Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. 23.32

Islington. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Lawrence. Mrs. J.H. Eaton, 15., Mrs. M.
J. Jenness, 5., _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._ 20.00

Leverett. Y.P.S.C.E., Ad'l _for Grand
View, Tenn._ 13.00

Marlboro. T.B. Patch 1.00

Medford. Mystic Ch. and Soc. 108.46

Medway. "A Friend" 1,000.00

Melrose. Ortho. Cong. Ch., _for Mountain
Work_ 21.42

Millis. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.00

New Bedford. First Cong. Ch. 82.00

Newburyport. North Cong. Ch. and Soc.
41., "A Friend," 5. 46.00

Newbury. First Ch. 12.49

Northampton. A.L. Williston 300.00

Northampton. Geo. W. Cable, 5 vols., _for
Library, Sherwood, Tenn._

Peru. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00

Quincy. Primary Dep't of Evan Cong.
Sab. Sch. 5.00

Reading. By J.H. Gleason, "In memory
of my mother, Lucy Bancroft Gleason." 100.00

Reading. Cong. Ch. 18.00

Revere. A Member of Cong. Ch. 1.00

Salem. Young Ladies' Mission Circle of
Tab. Ch., _for Indian Sch'p_ 50.00

Salem. Young Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of
South Ch., 20. _for Tougaloo U., 20., for
Santee, Neb._ 40.00

Shelburne Falls. Cong. Ch. 12.80

Somerville. Woman's Home Miss'y Ass'n
of Day St. Ch., _for freight to Fort Yates_ 2.40

South Amherst. Cong. Ch. 8.50

Southampton. C.B. Lyman's S.S. Class
Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 11.25

Southbridge. M.L. Richardson _for Student
Aid Fund, Fisk U._ 25.00

South Framingham. South Cong. Ch.,
(50. of which _for Mountain Work_) 189.92

South Hadley Falls. "Friends." 5.00

Springfield. Memorial Ch. 16.14

Stockbridge. Alice Byington, Books and
Patchwork, for _Sherwood, Tenn_

Sutton. Cong. Ch. 21.88

Taunton. Sab. Ch. of Broadway Cong.
Ch. _for Student Aid Fund. Fisk U._ 50.00

Taunton. Young Peoples' Union of
Broadway Ch. _for Indian M._ 25.00

Taunton. "For Christ's Work." _Pleasant
Hill, Tenn._ 2.00

Topsfield. Cong. Ch. and. Soc. 44.82

Wakefield. Mission Workers of Cong.
Ch. _for Bird's Nest, Santee, Neb._ 15.00

Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. 14.84

Ware. East Cong. Ch. (20 of which
_Indian M_) 342.40

Watertown. Phillips Cong. Ch. 100.32

Watertown. Phillips Mission Band _for
Student Aid, Straight U._ 50.00

Waverly. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.64

Wellesley. "Friend," 100.00

West Action. Rev. J.W. Brown 5.00

West Boxford. Cong. Ch. 13.10

Westhampton, Ladies' Benev. Soc., by
Mrs. E.P. Torrey, Sec'y 10.00

West Newton. Mrs. E. Price, _for Mountain
work_ 50.00

West Springfield. Ladies' Mission Circle
of Park St. Ch., _Pleasant Hill,
Tenn._ 50.00

Whitinsville. Additional by Rev. J.R.
Thurston, _for Girls' Hall, Pleasant Hill,
Tenn._ 7.00

Whitman. Y.P.S.C.E. of First Ch. _for
Girls' Hall, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 8.35

Winchester. First Cong. Ch. (85.53 of
which _for Indian M._) 124.31

Worcester. J.M. Bassett 100.00

Worcester. Ladies of Union Ch. _for Indian
Sch'p_ 35.00

Hampden Benevolent Association, by
Charles Marsh, Treas.:

Holyoke. Second 50.36

Holyoke. Second, _for
Fisk U._ 50.00

Longmeadow, Y.P.S.C.E. 4.37

South Hadley Falls 16.00

Springfield. Hope 98.77

Springfield. Hope _for Hampton
Inst._ 42.74

Springfield. South 56.83

Springfield. Olivet. 28.71

Springfield. First 18.00

Westfield. Second. _for
Fisk_ 60.00

West Springfield. First 28.00

West Springfield. Mittineague 9.60

----. "Friend" 5.00

-------- 463.38

------

$7,783.49

ESTATES

Hadley. Estate of Dea. Eleazar Porter,
by J.E. Porter. Ex. 500.00

Lancaster. Estate of Miss Sophia Stearns,
by Wm. W. Wyman. Ex. 100.00
-------

$8,333.49

CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE

Bangor. Me. Central Ch. Sew. Circle,
Bbl. _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._

Auburndale. Mass. Miss Alice Williston,
Bbl. _for McLeansville, N.C._

Boston. Mass. Cong. Pub. Soc. P'k'g.
Books; Gen'l Theo. Library, Several
Val. Vols.; Miss H.H. Stanwood. Books
_Girls' Hall_; Miss Ada Hartshorne, Files of
"Golden Rule," _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._

Dorchester Mass. Miss Lapham, 2 Bbls.
_for Raleigh, N.C._; Master Fred E.
Swan, Scrap Book.

Hyde Park Mass. Woman's Home Miss'y
Ass'n, 2 Bbls. Val. 110. _for Pleasant Hill,
Tenn._, and 1 Bbl. Val. 63 _Tougaloo, U._

Spencer, Mass. Ladies' Charitable Soc.,
Box Val. 83.05, _for Indian Sch., Pierre,
So. Dak._

West Boylston, Mass. Sab. Sch. of First
Cong. Ch. 2 Bbls. _for McLeansville, N.C._

Winchendon, Mass. Y.P.S.C.E., Box.
_for Talladega, Ala._

RHODE ISLAND, $5.00

Newport. Miss Sophia L. Little 5.00

CONNECTICUT, $1,700.83

Ansonia. First Cong. Ch. 83.33

Ashford. Cong. Ch. 7.06

Bethlehem, Cong. Ch. 17.00

Berlin. "A Friend," _for Tougaloo U._ 25.00

Bridgeport. Bbl. C., _for Thomasville, Ga._

Bridgewater, Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.27

Bristol, L.H.M. Soc., Bbl. C., 1.50, for
Freight, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 10.00

Chaplin. Mrs. F. Williams, 10 and Bbl.
C. _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 10.00

Darien. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Conn.
Ind. Sch., Ga._ 10.00

East Hampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 41.50

East Hampton. Mrs. Laura A. Skinner,
_Student Aid Talladega C._ 5.00

East Haven. Cong. Ch. 9.81

Fairfield. First Cong. Ch. 30.00

Gilead. Cong. Ch. 28.00

Goshen. Mrs. Moses Lyman 10.00

Guilford. Soc. of Christian Endeavor 6.50

Hartford. Mrs. Frances Howe Wood, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00

Hartford. Weathersfield Ave. Cong. Ch.
Bbl. Sundries, _for Talladega C._

Higganum. Cong. Ch. 19.00

Jewett City, Rev. Q.M. Bosworth, Sewing
Machine, _for Fisk U_

Mansfield Center. Cong. Ch. 12.00

New Britain. Miss E.R. Eastman, Pkg.
Patchwork, _for Sherwood, Tenn._

New Haven. Humphrey St. Cong. Ch.
and Sab. Sch. to const. EULIUS B. SHELDON,
JAMES M. ATWATER, JAMES F. PARSONS,
JOSEPH RAWIES, MISS ELLA M.
WATSON and MRS. JANE A. BREWER L.M's 201.00

New Haven. Mrs. J.A. Dickerman, 100;
Davenport Cong. Ch., 64; Students of
Yale Theol. Sch., by F.H. Means, Treas.
21. 185.00

New London. "Trust Estate of Henry P.
Haven," (100 of which _for Jewett Mem.
Hall, Grand View, Tenn._) 400.00

New London. Friends of First Ch. 16.00

Old Lyme. Ladies' Soc., Box C., Freight
2., _for Thomasville, Ga._ 2.00

Orange. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Plainville. Cong. Ch. 81.17

Plainville. King's Daughters, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 4.00

Plantsville. Cong. Ch. 11.63

Salisbury. Thomas Martin's S.S. Class,
Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid Fund, Fisk U._ 3.15

Sherman. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.40

South Norwalk. Supt. E.S. Hall, _for
Thomasville, Ga._ 2.25

Southport. "A Friend" 25.00

Suffield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 23.94

Terryville. Cong. Ch. 5.00

Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 53.75

Thomaston. Eagle Rock Cong. Soc. to
cont. REV. D. MOSES, L.M. 30.00

Thompson. Cong. Ch. 10.40

Washington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. _for
Indian Sch'p_ 25.00

Westbrook. T.D. Post. 4.50

West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.52

Wethersfield. By E.L. Tillotson, (of which
Miss Harris', Miss Clark's, Miss Griswold's
S.S. Classes and Infant Class,
10.; Mrs. H.C. Johnson, 10; Miss S.
Cushman, 1) 36.00

Windsor Locks. Cong. Ch. 80.30

----. ----, _for Hope Station, Indian M._ 75.00

----. "A Friend." 20.00

Woman's Home Missionary Union of
Conn., by Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, Sec. _for
Woman's Work_:

Griswold. Ladies' H.M. Soc.
First Ch., 10, _for Conn. Ind'l
Sch., Ga._ 10.00

New Britain. Ladies' H.M.
Soc. of First Ch., _for Normal
Inst., Grand View, Tenn._ 50.00

-------- 60.00

NEW YORK, $2,211.55.

Albany. First Cong. Ch., 59.97; Chas. A.
Beach, 50 109.97

Binghamton. Mrs. Caroline A. Morris 1.00

Brooklyn. Central Cong. Ch. 684.03

Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. Ch.,
_for Indian M._ 37.50

Brooklyn. Ch. of the Pilgrims, add'l to
const. MISS CATHERINE L. STANTON L.M. 30.00

Brooklyn. Mrs. Hall, 8; Mrs. M. Jacques, 8;
Mrs. C. Weeks, 5; Miss M. Morrison, 4;
Carrie Strong, 1; Miss F. Bingham. 1;
Mrs. Foos. 1; Flossie Brigham and
Carrie Strong, Bbl. of C.; Mrs. Mary Lowell,
7, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 35.00

Brooklyn. Miss H.M. Wiggins .25

Castile. G.A. Davis, to const. J. HARRY
VAN ARSDAL, JR., L.M. 30.00

East Rockaway. Bethany Cong. Ch. 10.00

Elbridge. Cong. Ch. 9.00

Gloversville. Cong. Ch. 155.62

Homer. Band of Hope, 6 Testaments, _for
Sherwood, Tenn._

Ithaca. Prof. Geo. P. Armstrong 5.00

Kinderhook. Rev. W. Ingalls .50

Moravia. First Cong. Ch. 5.00

New Haven. Cong. Ch., Bbl. C., _for
Talladega C._

New York. Young People of First Reformed
Episcopal Ch., _for Indian M._ 25.00

New York. "K," 15; Miss Haswell, 5;
Mrs. A.H. Elliott, 1, _for Chapel, Santee,
Neb._ 21.00

New York. H.P. Van Liew, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 15.00

New York. Tabernacle Ch., ad'l 10.00

New York. S.F. Gordon, Organ, _for Fisk
U._

New York. F. Ernest Lewis, 15 yds. Carpet,
_for Fort Yates, Dak._

New York. National Temp. Soc., 100
copies "Blackboard Temp. Lessons."

North Winfield. Mrs. O.E. Harrison 20.00

Owego. Cong. Ch. 9.75

Portland. Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Coon 25.00

Rochester. Plymouth Ch. 37.96

Sherburne. First Cong. Ch., to const.
MRS. EMMA J. KELLY and MISS MARY
PRUTZEHBACH L.M's 66.90

Spencerport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 25.06

Union Valley. Wm. C. Angel 5.00

Walton. Christian Endeavor Soc. of First
Cong. Ch., _for Macon, Ga._ 10.50

Woman's Home Missionary Union, by
Mrs. L.H. Cobb, Treas., _for Woman's
Work:_

N.Y. W.H.M.U. 352.51

--------
$1,736.55

ESTATE.

Owego. Estate of Dr. Lucius H. Allen 475.00

--------
$2,211.55

NEW JERSEY, $732.45.

Arlington. Mission Band, _for Savannah,
Ga._ .75

Montclair. First Cong. Ch., (30 of which
to const. D.O. ESHBAUGH L.M.), 442;
Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 100 542.00

Montclair. D.O. Eshbaugh, _for Talladega
C._ 30.00

Morristown. Mrs. F.W. Owen, _for Indian
M._ 75.00

Newfield. Rev. Chas. Willey, 15; Mrs.
Hannah Howe, 5 20.00

Orange Valley. F.W. Van Wagener, _for
Marion, Ala._ 8.50

Paterson. Auburn St. Cong. Ch. 31.20

Plainfield. Mrs. Mary H. Whiton, (20 of
which _for Woman's Work_) 25.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $410.20.

Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch., to const.
MISS EDITH BATES, SAMUEL W. FRESCOLN,
MISS EMMA L. GODELL, MELVIN H.
HARRINGTON, MISS ADALENA HICKMAN, DR.
W.S. HOW, MISS MARY C. LEEDS, ALBERT
M. PATTERSON, WILLIAM C. STROUD,
MISS CELIA B. ULMER, PROF. GEO. L.
WEED, and MISS LUCY E. WOODRUFF
L.M's 410.20

OHIO, $720.64.

Akron. Cong. Ch. 96.66

Bryan. S.R. Blakeslee 5.00

Chagrin Falls. First Cong. Ch. 41.42

Cincinnati. Central Cong. Ch., 149.68 and
Sab. Sch., 18.25 167.93

Claridon. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 10.00

Cleveland. Plymouth Ch. 61.06

Cleveland. M.L. Berger, D.D., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 12.00

Cleveland. Young People, by Miss E.A.
Johnson, _for Mountain Work_ 1.50

Columbus. Eastwood Ch. and Sab. Sch.,
to const. MRS. GEO. W. EARLY and MRS.
J.B. POWELL L.M's 61.40

Gomer. Miss'y Soc. of Welsh Cong. Ch. 14.80

Medina. Sab. Sch. Classes Cong. Ch.,
Miss Carrie Lowe, 5; Miss Flora Hard,
5; Mrs. O.H. McDowell, 5; Geo. Thompson,
5; Wm. P. Clark, 5; Miss Sarah
Smith, 3.73; Miss May Woodward, 3; A.
I. Root, 2.75; Miss Mary O. Sipher, 2;
E.R. Root, 1.89; S.B. Curtiss, 1.05; Mrs.
Geo. Thomson, 1; Miss Clara Sipher, 1; bal.
to const. REV. NORMAN PLASS and FRANK
MILLER L.M's 41.33

Oberlin. Rev. Geo. Thompson. 5.00

Paddy's Run. Cong. Ch. 26.25

Ravenna. Howard Carter, 50; Cong. Ch.,
33.54 83.54

Toledo. Miss Laura A. Parmelee, _for
Sch'p End. Fund, Fisk U._ 50.00

Twinsburg. Y.P.S.C.E. of Cong. Ch.,
_for Mountain Work_ 13.75

Wellington. Edward West 20.00

Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union,
by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas., _for
Woman's Work_:

Columbus. "E.T.B," _for
Miss Collins' Work_ 5.00

North Bloomfield. "King's
Daughters," _for Student
Aid, Storrs Sch._ 4.00

-------- 9.00

INDIANA, $12.00.

Fort Wayne. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 12.00

ILLINOIS, $6,160.52

Alton. Ch. of the Redeemer 60.42

Caseyville. Miss Mary Meckfessel 2.00

Chicago. First Cong. Ch. 96.78

Evanston. First Cong. Ch. 71.51

Glencoe. Arthur H. Day, _for Mountain
Work_ 5.00

Griggsville. Cong. Ch. 33.37

Hyde Park. S.S. Class by Miss Elsie
Cole, 1.50; S.S. Class by Miss Ida
Chapin, .75; A.W. Cole, 1., Olin Family,
1., _for Marion, Ala._ 4.25

Kumler. Franklin S. King 2.00

La Grange. Cong. Ch. 5.00

La Prairie Center. "Friends." 30.00

Naperville. Cong. Ch. 16.00

Oglesby. T.T. Bent 5.00

Rockford. Second Cong. Ch. 295.71

Rosemond. B.E. Warner, to const
MRS. MARIA A. PAINE L.M. 30.00

Sandwich. Cong. Ch. 25.16

Sheffield. Cong. Ch. 67.06

Streator. Mrs. S.H. Plumb, _for Sch'p End. Fund,
Fisk, U._ 50.00

Tonica. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Fisk U._ 15.00

Wheaton. First Cong. Ch. 15.00

Wilmette. Cong. Ch. 32.75

Illinois Woman's Home Missionary Union,
by Mrs. C.E. Maltby, Treas.,
_for Woman's Work_:

Annawan 13.36

Avon 8.00

Bloomington 5.75

Champaign 5.00

Geneseo, Individuals 27.25

Hamilton 5.50

Ildini 5.25

Jacksonville 16.00

Lombard 16.00

Morris 11.80

Oak Park 20.00

Payson 10.00

Rock Falls 5.00

Rockford. First Ch. 15.00

Sheffield 2.50

Stark. Daughters of the King 2.60

Illinois Woman's H.M.U. 82.40

------- $251.51

---------

$1,113.52

ESTATE.

Rockford. Estate of Lewis S. Swezey by
John G. Penfield, Ex. $5,047.00

---------

$6,160.52

MICHIGAN, $251.09.

Ann Arbor. Mrs. C.S. Cady 1.00

Armada. Cong. Ch., 8. and Sab. Sch., 3 11.00

Bay City. Cong. Ch., ad'l 8.22

Covert. Cong. Ch. 8.00

Flint. First Cong. Co., to const.
CHARLES T. BRIDGEMAN L.M. 42.71

Grand Rapids. Young Ladies' Park Miss'y
Soc., _for Santee Indian M._ 10.00

Jackson. Cong. Ch. 10.60

Lake Linden. Cong. Sab. Sch. and King's
Daughters, 21.25, and Clothing,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 21.25

Manistee. First Cong. Ch. 12.00

Owosso. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. SARAH
E. WYLIE and MISS EDITH SEELYE L.M's 60.00

Saline. Eli Benton 20.00

Webster. Cong. Ch. 14.75

Woman's Home Missionary Union of
Mich., by Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Treas.,
_for Woman's Work_:

Bay City. W.H.M.S. 5.66

Benton Harbor. Sab. Sch.,
Easter Offering 0.47

Muskegon. W.M.S. 10.00

Reed City. W.H.M.S. 5.00

Stanton. W.H.M.S. 10.43

------ 31.56

IOWA, $548.47.

Decorah. Cong. Ch. 46.73

Farragut. Cong. Ch. 25.53

Grinnell. Cong. Ch., 129.38;
Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 103.84 233.22

Harlan. Cong. Ch. 5.03

Lansing Ridge. German Cong. Ch. 1.00

Muscatine. Cong. Ch. 63.21

Iowa Woman's Home Missionary Union,
_for Woman's Work_:

Alden 1.30

Chester Center, W.H.M.U. 0.20

Davenport 18.00

Des Moines, W.M.S. 15.83

Earlville, W.M.S. 3.50

Fairfield, L.M.S. 1.25

Gilman, L.M.S. 8.00

Grinnell, W.H.M.U. 26.03

Harlan, L.M.S. 1.41

Le Mars 9.50

Marshalltown. L.M.S. 5.00

Magnolia, L.M.S. 2.00

McGregor, L.M.S. 7.43

Miles. L.M.S. 15.00

Montour. L.M.S. 5.30

Oldfield, Mrs. A. Turner's
S.S. Class 2.15

Osage, W.M.S. 4.07

Red Oak, L.M.S. 6.00

Rockford. L.M.S. 0.38

Sioux City. L.M.S. 6.00

Stuart, Y.P.S.C.E. 5.00

Iowa, W.H.M.U. 30.40

------- $173.75

WISCONSIN, $166.11.

Bloomington. Cong. Ch. 4.75

Bloomington. Blake's Prairie Cong. Ch. 4.60

Darlington. Cong. Ch. 12.00

Genesee. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.65

Kenosha. Cong. Ch. 23.40

Koshkonong. Cong. Ch. 5.20

Rosendale, First Cong. Ch. 7.00

Rosendale. "Friends," by Mrs. H.N. Clark,
Box. C., etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._

Sparta. First Cong. Ch. 26.51

Superior City. Miss A.B. Butler,
_for Indian Sch'p_ 70.00

West Salem. "Mission Band," Bbl. C., 3.
_for Freight, for Greenwood, S.C._ 3.00

MINNESOTA, $81.17.

Ada. Sab. Sch. Birthday Box,
_for Jonesboro, Tenn._ 5.64

Alexandria. First Cong. Ch., 6; Sab.
Sch. of Cong. Ch., 8.54 14.54

Brownsville. Mrs. S.M. McHose 5.00

Elmwood. By Mrs. Wm. M. Jones, on
True Blue Card 5.00

Faribault. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Jewett Mem. Hall, Grand View, Tenn._ 25.00

Glyndon. Cong. Ch., 10.76;
Union Sab. Sch., 77c. 11.53

Litchfield. Sewing Class Material,
_for Meridian, Miss._

Minneapolis. Fifth Ave. Cong. Ch. 7.00

Minneapolis. Young Ladies' Soc. Plymouth
Ch., Box Furnishings, _for Fisk U._

Minneapolis. Y.L.M. Soc., Bbl. C.,
_for Talladega C._

Plainview. Cong. Ch. 7.46

MISSOURI, $24.55.

Ironton. J. Markham 2.50

Peirce City. First Cong. Ch. 8.00

Saint Louis. Campian Hill Cong. Ch. 14.05

KANSAS, $66.12.

Burlington. Cong. Ch. 17.50

Chapman. Rev. J.F. Smith 5.00

Cora. Cong. Ch. 7.00

Dover. Cong. Ch. 3.00

Highland. Annie Kloss, _for Student Aid,
Fisk, U._ 8.00

Parsons. Miss F.A. Locke, 5;
Mrs. S.C. Boardman, 3 8.00

Sedgwick. Plymouth Cong. Ch.,
Mrs. John Hollister 10.00

Stockton. Cong. Ch. 5.62

Wakerusa Valley. Cong. Ch. 2.00

NEBRASKA, $11.00.

Oxford. F.A. Wood 10.00

South Bend. Cong. Ch. 1.00

DAKOTA, $46.41.

North Dakota. "S.F.P." 33.33

Woman's Home Missionary Union of Dakota,
Mrs. Sue Fifield, Treas., _for Woman's
Work_:

Iroquois. "Young Helpers." 1.00

Sioux Falls. W.M.S. 5.00

Yankton. Willing Workers 7.08

------- 13.08

CALIFORNIA, $48.85.

Long Beach. Cong. Ch. 12.60

National City. Cong. Ch. 31.00

Riverside. Boys' Mission Soc. _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 5.25

COLORADO, $4.40.

Pueblo. First Cong. Ch. 4.40

OREGON, $30.00.

Portland. First Cong. Ch., to const. DEA.
W.R. WALPOLE L.M. 30.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. $57.30.

Washington. First Cong. Ch., ad'l, 20;
Mon. Con. Coll., Howard University, 12;
Lincoln Memorial Ch., 5.30 37.30

Washington. Mrs. M.P. Comstock, by
Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, Sec. W.C.H.M.
U. of Conn., _for Theo. Dept. Howard U._ 20.00

KENTUCKY, $1.66.

Woodbine. Rev. E.H. Bullock 1.66

TENNESSEE, $24.22.

Chattanooga. Mrs. A.S. Steele,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 12.22

Jonesboro. Cong. Ch. 12.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $16.50.

Hillsboro. Mrs. C.E. Jones 2.00

Troy. "Friends," 2; Y.P.S.C.E., 1;
Cong. Ch., 50c. 3.50

Wilmington. Miss H.L. Fitts 11.00

GEORGIA, $12.50.

Bloomfield. Mrs. N. Bidwell, _for Conn.
Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 12.50

ALABAMA, $13.29.

Selma. First Ch. 4.00

Talladega. Cong. Ch. 9.29

FLORIDA, $12.44.

Jacksonville. Union Cong. Ch., 7.37, and
Sab. Sch., 5.07 12.44

CANADA, $10.00.

Montreal Chas. Alexander 5.00

Sweetsburg. Mrs. H.W. Spaulding 5.00

SANDWICH ISLANDS. $500.00.

Kohala. "A Friend." 500.00

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Donations $16,942.12

Estates 6,222.00

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$23,164.12

INCOME, $1,650.00.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M_ 505.00

De Forest Fund, _for President's
Chair, Talladega C._ 22.50

General Endowment Fund,
_for Freedmen_ 36.00

Graves Library Fund,
_for Atlanta U._ 125.00

Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._ 75.00

Hastings Sch'p Fund,
_for Atlanta U._ 12.50

Howard Theo. Fund,
_for Howard U._ 862.50

H.W. Lincoln Sch'p Fund,
_for Talladega C._ 30.00

Le Moyne Fund, _for Le Moyne
Inst_ 182.50

Rice Memorial Fund,
_for Talladega C._ 11.25

Scholarship Fund, _for
Straight U._ 27.50

Scholarship Fund, _for
Talladega C._ 21.00

Theo. Endowment fund, _for
Fisk U._ 7.50

Tuthill King Fund, 125 _for
Atlanta U._, 75 _for Berea C._ 200.00

Wood Sch'p Fund, _for
Talladega C._ 25.00

Yale Library Fund, _for
Talladega C._ 12.75

--------- 1,650.00

TUITION, $3,364.32.

Lexington, Ky., Tuition 176.75

Williamsburg, Ky., Tuition 159.25

Woodbine, Ky., Tuition 32.90

Genesis, Tenn., Tuition 3.50

Grand View, Tenn., Tuition 35.25

Jellico, Tenn., Tuition 47.85

Jonesboro, Tenn., Tuition 18.50

Jonesboro, Tenn., County Fund 53.00

Memphis, Tenn., Tuition 429.25

Nashville, Tenn., Tuition 585.30

Pleasant Hill, Tenn., Tuition 12.00

Wilmington, N.C., Tuition 122.00

Charleston, S.C., Tuition 204.75

Atlanta, Ga., Tuition, Storrs
Sch. 238.50

Macon, Ga., Tuition 237.45

Savannah, Ga., Tuition 174.25

Thomasville, Ga., Tuition 70.25

Athens, Ala., Tuition 83.40

Marion, Ala., Tuition 86.50

Mobile, Ala., Tuition 180.15

Meridian, Miss., Tuition 80.40

Tougaloo, Miss., Tuition 125.50

Austin, Texas, Tuition 200.63

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Total for May $28,178.44

SUMMARY.

Donations $134,993.37

Estates 26,530.09

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$161,523.46

Income 6,479.21

Tuition 26,084.21

United States Government
appropriation for Indians 9,540.87

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Total from Oct. 1 to May 31 $203,627.75

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FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions for May $32.28

Previously acknowledged 655.29

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Total 687.57

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DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND FOR COLORED
PEOPLE. Income from investments to
April 30, 1889, $28,144.86

H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,
56 Reade St., N.Y.