Chapter II: Part 2

_Monday, Feb. 6th._—Started about 4 A.M. Stopped for wood on the west side; went ashore and looked about. The Captain will not go on shore, nor allow us to do so, without being well armed. Some Shillooks came down to the shore apparently to barter. We were warned to be on our guard. They were absolutely naked, and a wild looking set. We were off as soon as we got wood enough. Passed a small island, one end of which was literally covered with crocodiles. There is almost a continuous stretch of Shillook villages on both banks along here. The men are all naked. The language strikes one as very peculiar. There are a number of palm trees in this vicinity with a bulge or swelling in the middle of the stem. Passed several villages of considerable size. Saw the village called O-Gawdie, where the late King of the Shillooks, who was killed by Mohammed Achmet, resided. The natives in many places are burning the grass and getting ready to plant their farms. We notice also various methods of fishing, which for a wonder seem to be quite successful. Some large flies came on board along here, and we found that they could bite. At 7:30 we cast anchor in the Sobat, at a point some distance above its mouth, and opposite the deserted military station. We chose the middle of the stream as a matter of safety, for although there are but a handful of people living near here, yet they will swarm from the White Nile, and other parts, at very short notice. Relays of three men each were placed on watch all night. Now that the military station is abandoned the country about here is not considered at all safe. But here we are in the Sobat at last! After all our hopes and fears, after all our journeyings over sea and land, up the old Nile and across the burning sands of the Desert, here we are at last! We are twenty-five hundred miles up the Nile. We are more than eight thousand miles from home. We are in Central Africa.

Dr. Ladd and his party went up the Sobat as far as was
practicable, and took a number of photographs of the country
and the people. They also went beyond the Sobat junction of the
White Nile. Having successfully accomplished their mission,
they were obliged to return as speedily as possible on account
of the increasing dangers that surrounded them. They stopped at
“Tawfikeeyeh,” where Sir Samuel Baker had his camp, and at the
towns of Melacan and Waw, and took many interesting photographs
of all these places. They also visited with a guard among the
Shillook villages in the vicinity of Fashoda.

We rode around Fashoda outside of the zeriba of thorn bushes, which had been put up as a protection to the place, and then we struck across the plain to the village of Hegag. Here we had a pleasant interview with the natives, and saw a man who had received a bad bullet wound in the last fight with Mohammed Achmet. I took a photograph of this village and of the chief’s family. After we had had quite a chat with these people we again mounted, and, taking a good road back, we let our horses out on a full run, to see what an Arab horse could do. All the horses seemed to enjoy it, and certainly we did, after the cramped life we had been leading on board of the steamer. As we approached Fashoda the mounted guard, now always on the alert and fearing an attack from Mohammed Achmet at any time, spied us coming at full speed, and thinking something might be wrong, rode out to meet us. There is a constant fear that at any moment the place may be attacked, and a most vigilant watch is kept. We rode around the town, took a photograph of the market place and then returned to our lodgings on the steamer. Here we were waited upon by a number of men who had all sorts of favors to ask. One was a convict and wanted help; another wished us to present some petitions for him at Khartoum. Toward evening we called upon the Governor at his private house; had a pleasant visit, and obtained much valuable information about the natives and the country. On our return I took a photograph of some native women cooking durra. By a careful calculation from latitude and declination, I find that the time of sunrise this morning was 6:10 and the time of sunset was 5:50. In this way only are we able to regulate our watches. * * *

Speaking of Kaka, Dr. Ladd says:

The small garrison of 50 men is practically in a state of siege. They can get no supplies, and are actually afraid to go more than a few steps beyond their zeriba. Kaka is thus threatened both by the Shillooks and the followers of Mohammed Achmet, and there is much fear expressed on all sides. This whole section of country is considered very dangerous and unsafe. We are repeatedly told: “It is well that you are armed; don’t go on shore without your arms.” There certainly seem to be perilous times ahead, for things are constantly getting worse, and the government has delayed to act until action means war. There is a young Greek merchant on board with whom I have been brushing up my Greek. He is from Fashoda and expected to stop here, but is frightened out of it, and says he shall go on to Khershawal, which is on the other side of the river, and a place of less danger. He says, and others agree with him, that there are spies everywhere who keep the rebels posted as to every movement. One man is now in irons at Fashoda who was found with a letter on his person directed to Mohammed Achmet, telling him the condition of the forces at Fashoda and urging him to come on at once and take the place. Threats have been made that if the government does not send on an army at once the rebels will take Fashoda within 20 days.

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The town of Kaka is built of mud-smeared straw huts, surrounded with a zeriba. The fort is built of mud, boasts one cannon, and is surrounded by a dry moat. One of the officers presented Doctor with a young red-crested crane. After we had sufficiently examined the fort and town we took the photograph of a Dinka woman whose person was a marvel of bas-relief work, and also a general view of the town. We were presented through the “Yousbashi” with a couple of baskets of a seed called “sutcheb,” and were assured that it is a sure cure for dysentery. Saw one soldier who ought to have been shot on the spot for insubordination. The Governor ordered him to accompany the durra to the town as a guard, and he flatly and most emphatically refused to budge. The Governor tried to reason with him and urge him, but he grew more and more obstreperous, till finally, the governor slapped him in the face, and, after a tussle, took his gun away from him. The Governor tried to have some one arrest him, but no one would do it, and finally the man got his gun back, and did as he pleased. What discipline can there be in an army where such things are possible? Very soon there was another fight, and this time on the steamer. We were about to put off. Doctor and I were standing on the bridge. A soldier rushed on board claiming an “angarib,” or native bed, which did not belong to him; but he was bound to come on board and take it by force. The Captain ordered him on shore. He refused to go. The Captain undertook, with the help of his sailors, to put him off the boat, and there was a fight at once. Other soldiers rushed in to help their comrade, and it looked for a few minutes as though the crew might be overpowered. Instinctively our hands found their way to our revolvers, and we stood ready to defend the Captain if it should become necessary. After a pretty general fight, the soldiers were obliged to retreat. The plank was drawn in, and to settle all questions of ownership, the “angarib” was broken up and thrown overboard.

_Tuesday, Feb. 14th._—We were up early this morning, and started out to see the country and hunt a little before breakfast while the men were cutting wood for the steamer. We borrowed a rifle from one of the soldiers, so that we had two rifles and a shot gun in the party. We were warned, as we went on shore, of a lion that was lurking about in the bushes, but we wanted nothing better than to see a lion. We struck straight back into the country for some distance without seeing anything. After a time I got after some guinea hens with the shot gun, leaving the rest of the party with the rifles in the rear. I was creeping carefully along to get within range when I suddenly came upon two large deer, with horns over a yard long. They were close to me, and I ran a bullet into the shot gun, but decided that it would be better to drive them toward the rifles than to try them with only a shot gun. They stopped once and looked at me, and then bounded away in the direction of the rest of the party. Doctor fired as they passed, but the grass just there was tall, and he missed. We were about to follow them up, and get them, if possible, without giving them our wind, when our suspicious were aroused by something moving in the high grass and bushes. We watched closely, and soon made out a crowd of men with spears crouching down when we observed them, and darting from bush to bush, and circling around in such a way as to surround us. They had horses, and were easily identified as Baggara Arabs, probably belonging to Mohammed Achmet’s party. We thought it best to retreat while we could do so in good order. We reached the river, and reported the state of affairs to the Captain. Ibrahim and the Mate also soon came in, reporting that they were Mohammed Achmet’s people, that they were in great numbers, and that they were still advancing, and spreading out so as to surround us. The Captain gave the order to fire up at once, and ordered the men on board as soon as possible. The Doctor and I started to reconnoiter, but the Captain would not allow it, saying that we would find ourselves in an ambush, and that it would do no good. We did not want to be obliged to kill anybody to get away, or to fight unless it became necessary, so we obeyed him, and went on board. The ropes were cast off, and we turned on “full speed” down stream. We were glad enough to get safely away. We passed a large island, which is not properly named on the maps. In fact, there is not a single map or book upon the Nile, or any extended portion of the Nile, that is at all satisfactory. One would suppose that Gordon’s map of the White Nile would at least approximate to accuracy. On the contrary, it is full of the grossest and most amusing blunders. * * * Our steersman is very ill with the fever to-day, and just about used up. We have been obliged to take to eating _durra_, for our bread, as well as most of our other provision, has given out. Saw two large herds of buffaloes on the west bank. One herd numbered over a hundred head, young and old. We had a good long look at them before they sniffed the air and tossed their heads and plunged off into the jungle. In the evening, Turk and Greek gathered around us, and told us some marvelous stories of witches. Ibraham swallowed it all as the sober truth, while we laughed at his credulity. We stopped to spend the night and get wood on the east side, just beyond or north of Waldochone Island. There is said to be good hunting here, and we are preparing to enjoy the sport while the men are getting the wood in the morning. This is the only variety our life affords, and helps to keep us in good spirits. Temperature: 6, 61°; 11, 77°; 5:50, 83°.

_Wednesday, Feb. 15th._—We were up bright and early, and started back into the country over a magnificent hunting ground. We started up a hare, and were after him, when two large lions sprang out from behind a bush, and ran across our path, tails up, making for the jungle. They were immense fellows, and the men who were with us were frightened and lagged behind, while Doctor and I chased them up and tried to head them off. It was an exciting chase, and made the blood tingle in our veins, but the brush became so dense that they finally got away from us. It was an experience in African life that we shall not soon forget. * * *

About four o’clock we saw some 300 Arabs with their horses, cattle and spears. They were on their way, so the Captain and all on board said, to join Mohammed Achmet. Certainly serious times are brewing. What will the end be? Saw a number of Dinkas on the east bank; saw a dozen huge hippopotami sunning themselves. Ran aground, but were soon off again. It is a wonder we don’t run down some hippopotami, for they are very thick in the water about here. Arrived at Khershawal at 6:30 P.M. The pilot was so intent on looking for sand-banks that he did not see the town and the people waiting on the shore, till after we had passed it and them. I was looking at the place through my glass, and the engineer asked me if I did not see Khershawal. Of course I did, and we turned back, while the whole crowd had a good laugh at the pilot. Here there is a garrison, at present consisting of only 30 men. The Governor, a fine looking man, came on board. He said the Arabs we saw had passed here, giving as an excuse that they were going hunting, but that it was very well understood where they were going. It is said that great numbers of the Baggara Arabs are constantly going over to Mohammed Achmet, and that at present his forces number 10,000 men. The Greek merchant is afraid to go back to Fashoda as he intended, after selling his goods. Doctor has been threatened with another chill, but happily it has been averted. The nearest village of the Dinkas, who inhabit this side of the river, is six hours distant. The chief of the tribe lives there. His assistant lives here in Khershawal. Temperature, 6:10, 64°; 4, 87°; 9:40, 74°.

_Thursday, Feb. 16th._—Went on shore, and visited the town. The soil is gravel, sand and loam, and the town stands up high and dry from the river. The shore is covered with a beautiful white sand, underneath which is a layer of excellent clay for bricks. The town is built of straw huts, and is surrounded with a zeriba. We called at the Governor’s, and were treated to sherbet and coffee. We then walked about the town, and I took a photograph of the Assistant Chief of the Dinkas, and one of a Dinka woman, and then took an inside view of the town and another general view from the outside of the zeriba. This place must be comparatively healthy. We were presented with a sheep by the Governor as we were about to start. We left at 9:45 A.M. Doctor and I were sitting on the bridge seeing what we could see, when I discovered a huge snake in the water swimming slowly and trying to cross the river. I rushed for the shot-gun, and although we had almost got beyond range, gave him both barrels with good effect. I jumped into the small boat with a number of men; the steamer put about and we went after that snake. As we neared him, however, he began to show signs of life, and Doctor, fearing he might get away, fired two shots at him with the rifle from the bridge. The second ball struck, but glanced, leaving not the slightest trace of a mark, but stunned him so that he turned over on his back. We picked him up and found that we had got hold of a boa-constrictor. As soon as he was landed in the boat he came to again, and made it lively for us. His strength was something remarkable. He ran his head a little way under a board, and six men pulling with all their might and main could not get him out. He came out when he got ready, but then we had a rope around him, and hauled him on deck. There was a scattering of the crowd then. We choked him to death, cut his teeth out, and put him away. He came to life again, and broke one of the supports of the water-jar. Then Ibrahim stood on that snake’s head till he was dead. We hung him up. He came to life again, and nearly got away. Then we beat him on the head with a club till he was “as dead as a door nail.” He came to life again! No use! We determined to conquer him this time, and proceeded to skin him. This was too much for him, and he concluded to remain dead. He measured 9 ft. 6 in. in length, and 11¾ in. around. I have preserved the skin, and hope to have it stuffed. The sailors will eat the flesh. We anchored for the night, and to get wood, about 4 miles north of Gebel Ain, on the east side. Temperature, 7, 62°; 12, 84°; 7:30, 80°.

_Friday, Feb. 17th._—The thumping of the rudder kept us awake nearly all night. We went on shore not expecting to be gone long, but the men said they had seen a lion, and that started us off, and we soon got on the trail. Doctor and I were separated in the thick brush. He followed one trail and I another. Ibrahim was with me; a good sailor with him. I soon came upon three large deer. I had only a shot gun, but dropped a bullet in, and was just raising the gun when Ibrahim, in what I call his woman’s clothes, came marching up, and asked what I saw. Of course I saw no deer then. It was a splendid hunting ground. There were fresh tracks of lions and buffaloes and deer, etc., all around us. But it was time to return to the steamer. We had turned and gone only a little way, when, all of a sudden, two mounted Baggara Arabs, with their long spears leveled, sprang from the bushes and stood in the pathway between us and the steamer. The truth flashed upon us. We were waylaid by followers of El Mehdi, who would not hesitate to kill us if they could. Ibrahim began to mutter his prayers and repeat passages from the Koran. The two men stood their horses before us, directly in our pathway, and eyed us from head to foot. My gun was ready, my finger on the trigger, and they saw that the first step forward meant death to one if not both of them. We walked steadily forward and towards them. Ibrahim was so frightened that I could hardly make him understand anything I said. Finally, I spoke so sternly that he recovered his senses, and kept close to my side, as I ordered him to do. As we approached the Arabs they turned their horses and walked them ahead of us, consulting what they had better do. Then they moved around us in a circle, and followed us up in the rear. Finally, they called to us, and we turned and faced them. They had evidently concluded that our guns were too many for them; but they tried to get us to go back into the country, telling us that our friends wanted to see us. But we were not to be fooled so easily, and kept steadily on till we reached the steamer. We thought, at first, that possibly the Doctor was in trouble, and did want to see us, but we found, on his return, that he had not seen them, and knew nothing about them. It was a ruse to get us into a trap. All agreed that, if we had not been armed as we were, they would have killed us in a minute. The Doctor had had his adventures, too. He had seen three lions, and wounded one and chased him nearly to Gebel Ain. He had met a party of Shillooks, and found them friendly, after marching up to them and shaking them by the hand. This region is full of game of all sorts. I killed some pigeons for dinner, and then we all went on board. We started at 11:20, and reached the broad part of the river, known as Aboo Zeid, which Gordon has put down on his map as _a town_, at 3:30. We anchored near the island of Abbas, about two hours from the former village of Mohammed Achmet. Along here we saw hundreds of cords of ambatch in rafts. But this spot did not please the Captain; so we turned and tied up finally at the upper end of the island of Abbas, near the town of Gos Aboo Goumaah. * * *

_Wednesday, Feb. 22d._—We tried to start this morning at 4 A.M., but found that one of the boats in tow was aground. This delayed us until 6 o’clock, when we were off. The men were at work during the night cutting wood, and we have a fair supply. Saw the encampment of a slave caravan on the west bank, a little north of Gebel Owlee. The suppression of the slave trade is a farce from beginning to end. The first sight of Khartoum was a welcome one. It seemed almost like getting home. How grand its mud houses looked too, after the straw huts to which our eyes had become accustomed. There is quite a fall in the White Nile just above its confluence with the Blue. Looking across the low island which divides the main stream of the White Nile, a narrow rushing river, from the Blue Nile, the latter appears about six feet lower. We soon rounded the point of the island, and were once again in the clear blue water of the branch river. At 5:30 we tied up at Khartoum. The White Nile voyage was safely ended. As soon as we were fairly at land, Marcopoli Bey came on board and greeted us. And soon our Syrian friends, who were the last to see us off, came to welcome us back. We were among our friends again. We now heard the news for the first time that Raouf Pasha had been deposed, that there was a new order of government for the Soudan, and a new ministry, and mixed up state of affairs in Cairo, with Arabi “Pasha” at the top of the heap. The only thing that can be predicted with any certainty is that there will be a general muss, and probably an Anglo-French intervention. In the Soudan there can be no peace till Mohammed Achmet is taken. Giegler Pasha is preparing an army, such as it is, of about 3,500 men, to march against him, but the result is very doubtful. It is reported that there is considerable fever in town. One of our visitors had it upon him while he was calling on us, and there is a lady at his house, who it is feared is dying with it. We sent Ibrahim to see if our rooms were ready for us at the consul’s. He came back to say that they were, and brought Mougades, the “bookman,” with him. He seemed rejoiced to see us again. He was expecting to start by a _merkeb_ for Berber tomorrow, but will wait now, and go with us. We marched up to the consul’s in the evening, and felt quite at home when we got back into our rooms. A pile of letters was awaiting us, and what a feast we had after hungering and thirsting so long for news from home. Our hearts are indeed full of thanksgiving to the kind Providence who has watched over our dear ones, and has brought us thus far on our way in safety.

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THE CHINESE.

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GOD ANSWERS PERSEVERING PRAYER

REV. W. C. POND.

CHINA FOR CHRIST!

It is now four years and more since I wrote (for the MISSIONARY of Sept. 1878), an article under this title, “China for Christ.” I said that this was the motto of our mission—inscribed, indeed, as the legend on our corporate seal—because one chief source of our enthusiasm in our mission work in California, is that we hope by means of it to help dissipate the darkness of the great empire across the sea. The object of that article was to invite our American Missionary Association to undertake a mission having its headquarters at Hong Kong, but reaching out especially into those districts of the province of Kwang Tung, from which our Chinese came. It would be extravagant to hope that that appeal might be fresh in the memory of many of the readers of our magazine. But the matter of which it treats has never been absent for a day from the thoughts and prayers of the more earnest and advanced of our Chinese brethren. Nothing has sufficed to discourage their prayers. Repeatedly we have been made to understand that the Association could not undertake this work in addition to its other tasks, but the brethren prayed on. I thought that I had said all that I could say, and done all that I could do, to bring to pass what seemed to me so pressingly important, and had become almost silent, waiting, I trust, on the Lord. But the prayers and the faith of these brethren would not let me be still. They seemed deaf to the negatives I brought them. “What are you going to do with this money?” I said to one of them, referring to a sum of several hundred dollars which the Congregational Association of Christian Chinese has gathered and placed at interest. “We are keeping it till the Hong Kong mission is established,” was the prompt reply. Year after year they have counseled, prayed and waited, and, it seems, have waited not in vain.

Through the influence of individuals belonging to the Executive Committee of the A. M. A., and with the cordial and joyful God-speed of the Committee as a whole, the American Board has determined to listen to this appeal, and—to use the apt expression of Dr. Alden in his letter to me—“to accept this sacred trust.” Our readers may be assured that no time was lost in sending the good news to the brethren. At their assembly at our Central Mission House that evening there was glad thanksgiving, and with it fresh and fervent prayer. To receive what one has long been craving, sometimes almost makes one tremble. Our mission, as a “sacred trust,” seems doubly sacred to me, now. Its possibilities are magnified beyond computation, and the mistakes into which we shall certainly fall, unless we are guided by a wisdom better than our own, look fraught with such loss, such disaster, that I shrink from the responsibility which I knew all along the answer to our prayers would certainly involve. Let all our friends pray for us with new faith and new ardor, that from among the Chinese in California a genuine Salvation Army may be gathered—Bible readers, colporteurs, pastors, teachers, evangelists—that, under the direction of some wise and warm-hearted American missionary, residing at Hong Kong, may advance to the conquest of China for Christ.

THE CLOSED GATES.

On the 4th day of this month of August, the new law against Chinese immigration went into effect. The hardships and inconveniences it involves, already—in some minor instances—begin to appear. But the main effect has been to stimulate immigration to such an extent that the Chinese population of our Pacific slope is at least 33 per cent. larger to-day that it was seven months ago. The arrivals during the six months ending July 31 were 25,733; the departures, 3,627; the gain, 22,106. This increase will diffuse itself to some extent over the entire country—not all of it remaining on this side the continent—but almost all of it staying in America, a permanent addition to our Chinese element. More and more will the privilege of returning be prized by those who go back to their native land for with a temporary stoppage of the immigration there will come a relative diminution of the supply, and a consequent increase in the compensation of Chinese labor. Let no one imagine then that the passage of this law is likely to bring to a speedy close our missionary opportunity. Thus far it has greatly increased our work, and never before did we look over the rapidly approaching line between the old year and the new and see such hopeful indications as we see to-day. Let me give a few figures from the statistics for July; New pupils, 230; total number enrolled, 971; average attendance, 467. Total number enrolled as pupils in our schools during eleven months of this fiscal year, 2,373. These numbers are greater by almost 35 per cent. than those of the corresponding month of last year, and those of that month were greater, I believe, than any ever before recorded. The gain will not be so great in the future, but it will not cease because for a time the immigration ceases. Nothing can stop it but a stoppage of supplies. And of that—thank God that I may speak so confidently by faith in Him and in his people—of _that_ I have no fear.

AN INTERESTING SCENE.

The last communion season in Bethany Church occurred August 6th. It was one of the few such seasons in which we have received no Chinese to membership. But when from two Christian Chinese families four children were presented for baptism, I felt with fresh joy and power that God’s seal of blessing was manifest upon our mission work. Two of the children were boys, sons of Jee Gam, our veteran helper, who made so many friends while on a visit eastward two years since. The other two were daughters of Chung Mon, one of the first group of Chinese whom it was my privilege to baptize—a staunch and steadfast believer, long president of our Christian Association. His wife is a faithful Christian, a member of the Methodist Church, and if you go into his home you will see, in the tenderness and affection with which the Christian father fondles his daughters, what Christ-life in a Chinese heart has done for budding womanhood. Sons could not have been welcomed more heartily or cared for more lovingly. Nothing there of that sentiment prevalent in all heathendom, illustrated in the story of “China Mary,” in our August MISSIONARY, that the birth of a daughter is a token of the anger of the gods. The wife of Jee Gam has been in California only about a year, the older son having been born in China. She does not yet call herself a Christian, but hopes to become one, she says—when she can learn a little more. Our brother looks on his two boys and tells the longing of his heart, by saying, “I hope they may both become missionaries in my native land.”

But I am already encroaching on space that belongs to some other department of the one great work, and I will bid my eager pencil cease.

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CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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LETTER FROM AN AFRICAN BOY.

ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, } ATLANTA, Ga., June 16th, 1882.}

Doctor Pike have told President Ware that your are collection some money for me. I am very glad to hear this. I am very thankful toward you for your kindness toward me. I was the little boy who came from Africa about four years ago this month. I was brought by sea captain. I am very glad indeed to sit down and write to you all. Our school closed last Friday. I like the school very much, and I also have good many friends in Atlanta University. I hope that the Lord will save my life, and helping me to get my learning, that I may return back to my people, telling them about Jesus Christ, who have died for all peoples. Mark, 16, 15: And He said unto them, go ye into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature. May the Lord bless you and help you to do more for the poor.

PHILIP G. PAGE.

A QUESTION OF COLOR.

BY NELLIE L. TINKHAM.

“Dear me!” said Mrs. Strawberry Jam,
A-growing very red,
“What a most unfortunate creature I am;
I can scarce hold up my head.
To think that I should live to see
An insult offered, like this, to me!
That I should be placed on the very same shelf
(Oh dear! I hardly know myself)
By the side of that odious Blackberry Jam—
That vulgar, common, Blackberry Jam!”

So she fumed and fretted, hour by hour,
Growing less and less contented,
Till her temper became so thoroughly sour
That she at last fermented.
While Mr. Blackberry Jam kept still,
And let her have her say—
Kept a quiet heart, as blackberries will,
And grew sweeter every day.

One morn there stopped at Dame Smither’s fence
The parson—to say that he might,
By the kind permission of Providence,
Take tea with her that night.
And the good old lady, blessing her lot,
Hastened to open her strawberry pot.
“Oh, what a horrible mess! Dear—dear!
Not a berry fit to eat is here.
After all,” putting it down with a slam.
“Nothing will keep like good Blackberry Jam,
Honest, reliable, Blackberry Jam.”

Mrs. Strawberry J. went into the pail;
Oh my—what a dire disgrace!
And the pig ate her up, with a twitch of his tail
And a troubled expression of face.
While Blackberry J., in a lovely glass dish,
Sat along with the bread and honey,
And thought, while happy as heart could wish,
“Well, things turn out very funny!”

—_The Century._

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RECEIPTS FOR AUGUST, 1882.

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MAINE, $181.39.

Dennysville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. $9.00
Gorham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.28
Gorham. T. P. Irish, _for Needmore S. S._, 5;
Mrs. Caroline F. Smith, 5, _for Talladega C._ 10.00
Limington. Arzella Boothby, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Machias. Centre St. Sab. Sch., 5; Miss U. M.
Penniman, 5 10.00
Portland. Rev. John O. Holbrook 5.00
South Waterford. Giles Shurtliff 2.00
Waterford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.31
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$71.59

LEGACY.

Vassalborough. Estate of Mary B. Buxton, by
Samuel Titcomb, Exr. 109.80
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$181.39

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $441.57.

Acworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Bedford. Mrs. S. P. D. 1.00
Centre Harbor. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Chester. C. S. G. 1.00
Concord. A. J. H., Mrs. A. S. and Mrs. I. N. A. 2.00
Exeter. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., 22; “Friends,”
8, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 30.00
Goffstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (10 of which
_for John Brown Steamer_) 45.60
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.96
Hollis. Cong. Ch. 8.54
Keene. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 25.00
Littleton. Cong. Ch. 14.25
Monroe. Cong Ch. and Soc. 4.51
New Ipswich. Cong. Ch. (1 _of which for John
Brown Steamer_), 12.53; A. N. T., 1 13.53
Pembroke. Cong. Ch. 25.50
Peterborough. Rev. Geo. Dustan, Bbl. of C, and
2 _for freight, for Tougaloo U._ 2.00
Plainfield. Mrs. Hannah Stevens, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 8.00
Portsmouth. North Cong. Ch. and Soc. (5 _of
which for Indian work at Hampton_) 159.98
Tilton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
Wakefield. Rev. N. Barker, 2; Mrs. M. J. B., 1 3.00
Westmoreland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.00
Winchester. Cong. Ch., 34.51; Sab. Sch., 9.19,
_for S. S. work_ 43.70

VERMONT, $383.43.

Berlin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.30
Brattleborough. Dea. Joseph Wilder, 10; G. H.
Clapp, 5; H. Hadley, 5; Mrs. B. A. Clark, 2,
_for Talladega C._ 22.00
Burlington. Winooski Av. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Lady Missionary at Topeka_ 44.15
Chester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.33
Hinesburgh. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.75
Jamaica. Cong. Ch. and Soc., ad’l 1.00
Johnson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Londonderry. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Ludlow. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 14; Sab. Sch., 4.40 18.40
Ludlow. Mrs. L. H. Coffin 2.00
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.97
North Craftsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
St. Johnsbury. No. Church, _for Parsonage_ 25.00
Sheldon. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.00
Springfield. Mrs. Frederick Parks 100.00
Swanton. Cong. Ch. 26.72
Tyson Furnace. By L. G. 0.65
West Enosburgh. Henry Fassett 5.00
Woodstock. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.16

MASSACHUSETTS, $2,576.96.

Amesbury. Elijah P. Elliott 2.00
Amesbury and Salisbury. Union Ch. 4.00
Amherst. First Cong. Ch. 50.00
Amherst. Miss Mary H. Scott, _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 7.00
Amherst. Mrs. T. F. Huntington, _for Atlanta
U._ 2.00
Ashby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.01
Boston. S. D. Smith, Organs 700.00
Boston. Woman’s Home Missionary Ass’n., _for
Lady Missionaries_ 165.77
Bradford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.00
Brookfield. Evang. Cong. Ch. 100.00
Buckland. Cong. Ch. 17.52
Cambridge. North Ave. Ch. and Soc. 302.00
Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.66
Chelsea. Union Home Mission Band, _for Lady
Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn._ 25.00
Chesterfield. Cong. Ch. 5.50
Coleraine. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Conway. Cong. Ch. 28.55
Curtisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Danvers. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MARY U. TAPLEY and WM. H. KIMBALL, L. Ms. 90.00
Deerfield. Miss C. E. Williams, _for Atlanta
U._ 2.00
Easton. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 46.00
Greenfield. Second Cong. Ch., 188.48; First
Cong. Ch., 10 198.48
Greenwich. Rev. E. P. Blodgett, 2.; Mrs. S. G.
C., 1; Miss A. E. B., 1.; Miss M. E. B.,
50c., _for Atlanta U._ 4.50
Hadley. E. Porter 10.00
Housatonic. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.31
Marshfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 84.02
Mattapoisett. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.10
Medford. “A Friend” 1.00
Middlefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.00
Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Newton Centre. C. L. H. 1.00
Northampton. First Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 25.00
North Somerville. “A Friend” 1.00
Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.73
Palmer. Mrs. E. G. Learned, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 2.00
Randolph. Miss Abbie W. Turner 10.00
Salem. J. P. A. 1.00
Sandwich. Mrs. W. F. 1.00
Shelburne. First Cong. Soc. 50.72
Southbridge. Mrs. M. F. Leonard, 5; Miss
Leonard, 3; E. S. Swift, 3; “Friends,” 2.75,
_for Talladega C._ 13.75
South Egremont. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Stoneham. “A Friend” 1.00
Sturbridge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
Taunton. Trinity Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MRS. ANNA COREY, FERDINAND S. READ, WM. F.
PERRY, MISS MARY B. RHODES, MISS ANNIE B.
WOODWARD, L. Ms. 175.00
Upton. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 25.00
Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Westborough. Mrs. M. M. Morse, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
West Newton. Mrs. Sarah Erving, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 5.00
West Roxbury. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Straight
U._ 25.00
Whitinsville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 24.34
Woburn. “A Friend,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 20.00

RHODE ISLAND, $281.00.

Little Compton. United Cong. Ch. 16.00
Newport. Mrs. S. L. Little, _for Rebuilding
Emerson Inst._ 5.00
Pawtucket. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Providence. David A. Waldron 250.00

CONNECTICUT, $2,860.53.

Branford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Land,
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 25.00
Bridgeport. Alfred and Edith Palmer, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Chapinville. “M. A. N.,” _for Chinese M._ 5.00
Colchester. Mrs. C. F. Skeele, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Collinsville. H. N. Goodwin, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Durham. First Cong. Ch. 25.00
East Hampton. Cong. Ch., 23.42; Mrs. Chauncey
Bevin, 2 25.42
Fairfield. Sab. Sch. Class, Colored Children,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 3.16
Guilford. “A Friend,” _for Talladega C._ 5.00
Haddam Neck. “Friends,” by Rev. F. Munson,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 6.00
Hadlyme. Richard E. Hungerford (10 _of which
for John Brown Steamer_) 60.00
Hanover. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 18.55
Hartford. Windsor Av. Cong. Ch. to const. MRS.
FANNIE E. R. GATES L. M. 30.00
Lakeville. “Friend” 5.00
Lebanon. First Cong. Ch. 62.06
Litchfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 20.00
Mansfield Centre. H. D. Russ, _for Talladega
C._ 4.00
Middletown. Third Cong. Ch. (Westfield) 15.00
Middletown. “A. B. C.,” _for John Brown
Steamer_ 2.00
Mount Carmel. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 66.87
New Britain. South Cong. Ch. 121.21
New Britain. South Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 50.00
New Haven. “A Friend” 5; Amos Townsend, 5. 10.00
New London. “A Friend,” _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
North Branford. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Northfield. Cong. Ch. 31.50
Norwich. Mrs. M. B. Holyoke, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 100.00
Norwich Town. Chas. B. Baldwin 10.00
Norwich Town. First Cong. Ch. _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Putnam. “E. W. S.” 15, “M. A. K.” 5 20.00
Ridgefield. Cong. Ch. 29.45
South Norwalk. Mary Spikenard 2.00
Simsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.55
Stonington. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 116.10
Terryville. Mr. and Mrs. Elizur Fenn 10.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch., 28.75, and Sab. Sch.,
36.17 64.92
Thompson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.97
Torringford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.50; “A
Friend,” 2. 21.50
Washington. Cong. Ch. 68.70
Washington. “Z.,” _for Indian M._ 1.00
Waterbury. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 63.76
West Haven. Mrs. Emeline Smith 10.00
West Winsted. Second Cong. Ch. 151.31
Willimantic. Linen Company, 27.50; W. C.
Jillson, 10; Mrs. D. B. Tracy, 10, _for
Talladega C._ 47.50
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$1,410.53

LEGACIES.

Middletown. Estate of Chas. Dunning, by Chas.
A. Boardman, Ex. 800.00
New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven
(300 of which _for Talladega C._) 650.00
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$2,860.53

NEW YORK, $734.67.

Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Missionaries at Fernandina, Fla., and Ladies
Island, S.C._ 175.00
Brooklyn. East Cong. Ch., 55; Mrs. Lucy
Thurber, 5; H. M. W., 1; E. J. H., 50c. 61.50
Coventryville. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.15;
Sab. Sch., 2 30.15
Crown Point. First Cong. Ch., 94.25; Second
Cong. Ch., 6. 100.25
Eaton. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Gerry. Mrs. M. A. Sears 178.36
Gilbertsville. A. Wood, A. M. 10.00
Kiatone. Cong. Ch. 7.73
McGrawville. “Friend,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Mina. Mrs. A. T. 1.00
Moravia. First Cong. Ch. 14.50
New York. Joseph S. Holt 15.00
New York. Colored Orphan Asylum, Children,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Pekin. Miss Abigail Peck 10.00
Perry Centre. “A Friend” 5.00
Pierrepont. Mrs. Sarah M. Gleason 2.00
Poughkeepsie. First Cong. Ch., 34.79; Mrs. M.
J. Myers, 20 54.79
Syracuse. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 16.26
Syracuse. A. B., _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00
Walton. First Cong. Sab. Sch. 30.13

NEW JERSEY, $258.02.

East Orange. “L. F. H.” 10.00
Irvington. Rev. Almon Underwood 50.00
Lakewood. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Langdon 2.00
Lyons Farms. Presb. Sab. Sch., _for Needmore
Chapel, Talladega, Ala._ 8.75
Mendham. Rev I. W. Cochran 5.00
Montclair. First Cong. Ch. 182.27

PENNSYLVANIA, $5.50.

Orwell. G. H. H. 0.50
Worth. John Burgess 5.00

OHIO, $654.12.

Adams Mills. Mrs. M. A. Smith 10.00
Akron. Cong. Ch. 92.12
Austinburgh. M. L. A., _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00
Ashtabula. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Bellevue. E. K., _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00
Chatham Centre. Cong. Ch. 22.00
Cleveland. Heights Cong. Ch. 100.00
Kingsville. M. Whiting 25.00
Madison. By Mrs. St. John, _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 56.00
Mansfield. Miss Susan M. Sturges, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Mantua. Rev. Geo. Thompson 1.50
Medina. First Cong. Ch. 118.00
Mesopotamia. By Mrs. St. John, _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 3.50
New Richland. Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston, 1, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._; 2, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 3.00
North Amherst. “A Friend,” (25 of which _for
John Brown Steamer_) 125.00
Norwalk. “T. H.,” (_for John Brown Steamer_) 10.00
Oberlin. W. G. Ballantine 10.50
Painesville. First Ch., Woman’s Miss. Soc.,
_for Indian M._ 10.00
Parisville. Welsh Cong. Ch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 7.00
Randolph. Cong. Ch. 8.21
Randolph. A. D., _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00
South Newbury. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Green, 2;
Mrs. R. P., 1; Mrs. R. S. Waterton, 2.50;
Mrs. B. M. J., 50c. 6.00
South Newbury. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Green, 2;
Mrs. R. P., 1; Ladies’ Miss. Soc., 1.50;
Mrs. R. S. W., 50c., _for John Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Sharon Centre. E. L. Rogers 5.00
West Andover. Cong. Ch. 13.29

INDIANA, $12.00.

Auburn. James Adams ($5 _of which for John
Brown Steamer_) 10.00
Evansville. A. L. Robinson 2.00

ILLINOIS, $577.99.

Buda. Cong. Ch. 23.56
Chicago. First Cong. Ch., $61.41; “E. D. C.,”
50; South Cong. Ch., 47.17; Western Av.
Chapel, 3.75 162.33
Chicago. Union Park Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00
Chicago. P. J. Sexton, 25; “A Friend,” 3; G.
G., 1; —— Stephen, 1, _for Theo. Chair, Fisk
U._ 30.00
Jacksonville. Joy Prairie Ch. 32.80
Lake Forest. Samuel Dent 2.00
Moline. John Deere, _for Theo. Chair, Fisk U._ 100.00
Paxton. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Shaw, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Roberts. Cong. Ch. 7.00
Thawville. Cong. Ch. 14.50
Tonica. N. Richey 10.00
Winnebago. Nahum F. Parsons, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 25.00
Winnebago. N. F. Parsons 20.00
Yorkville. Mrs. E. H. Colton 2.00
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$484.19

LEGACY.

Belvidere. Estate of Olney Nichols, by H. W.
Pier, Ex. 93.80
——————
$577.99

MICHIGAN, $388.78.

Allendale. Cong. Ch. 6.13
Alpena. First Cong. Ch. 82.21
Canandaigua. Cong. Ch. 3.17
Detroit. Woodward Ave. Cong. Ch. 104.39
Edwardsburgh. S. C. Olmstead 25.00
Homestead. Mrs. E. C. Case, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Morenci. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Northville. Daniel Pomeroy 50.00
Olivet. Wm. B. Palmer, _for John Brown Steamer_ 100.00
Salem. Summit Missionary Soc. 2.88
Standish. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00

IOWA, $196.46.

Algona. A. Zahlten 6.00
Cedar Rapids. Cong. Ch., 7.62; W. H. P., 50c. 8.12
Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. 32.00
Clear Lake. Cong. Ch. 1.50
Farragut. Cong. Soc., _for Mendi M._ 21.15
Grinnell. Cong. Ch. 26.40
Iowa City. Collected by Rev. H. S. Bennett,
ad’l, _for Theo. Chair, Fisk U._ 2.00
Iowa City. Miss. H. O. C. 1.00
Keokuk. Mrs. M. A. Smith 5.00
Maquoketa. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.10
Muscatine. W. Woodward, 10; J. S. Culp, 5,
_for Theo. Chair, Fisk U._ 15.00
Newton. First Cong. Ch. 39.19
Onawa. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Onawa. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Washington. D. W. Lewis, _for Theo. Chair,
Fisk U._ 2.00
Winthrop. Wm. H. Scott, 4; H. D., 1 5.00

WISCONSIN, $120.77.

Alderley. Mrs. E. Hubbard, 3; Mrs. Annie Reid,
2 5.00
Appleton. Ladies’ Soc. of Cong. Ch., Set of
Chandeliers and 8.75, _for Freight, for
Atlanta U._ 8.75
Beloit. Mrs. S. M. Clary, Box of C. and 3,
_for Freight, for Macon, Ga._ 3.00
Beloit. Mrs. Mary A. Kellogg (5 of which _for
John Brown Steamer_) 10.00
Burlington. Plym. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 2.00
Fort Howard. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Geneva. Presb. Ch., 22.19; Mrs. Mary J.
Barnard, 10 32.19
Mazo Manie. Mrs. R. L. 1.00
River Falls. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.83
——————
$95.77

LEGACY.

Beloit. Estate of Miss Ellen D. Field, by H.
F. Hobart, _for Macon, Ga._ 25.00
——————
$120.77

MISSOURI, $117.15.

Amity. Amity Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Kidder. Cong. Ch., _for African M._ 9.15
Laclede. Cong Ch. 3.00
Saint Louis. Mrs. Rebecca Webb 100.00

MINNESOTA, $76.49.

Afton. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Hancock. First Cong. Ch. 3.35
Marshall. Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.80
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 48.34
Waseca. Mrs. J. L. Claghorn’s Sab. Sch. Class 2.00

KANSAS, $8.50.

Carbondale. First Cong. Ch. 4.00
White City. Cong. Ch. 4.50

NEBRASKA, $11.60.

Crete. Mrs. R. Sturtevant, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 2.00
Weeping Willow. Cong. Sab. Sch., freight on
books, _for Emerson Inst._ 8.25
Wheatland. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 1.35

WYOMING TERRITORY, $12.00.

Cheyenne. Cong. Ch. 12.00

WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $3.55.

Houghton. First Ch. of Christ 1.05
Anacortes. George Hagadorn 2.50

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $12.00.

Washington. Mrs. A. N. Bailey, 10; W. T.
Peabody, 2, _for John Brown Steamer_ 12.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $7.20.

Dudley. Cong. Ch. 2.20
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $41.50.

Charleston. Plymouth Cong. Church 40.00
Ladies’ Island, _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.50

GEORGIA, $15.15.

Macon. Cong. Ch., 13; Tuition, 2.15 15.15

ALABAMA, $280.84.

Marion. Rev. A. W. Curtis, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 5.00
Marion. Cong. Ch. 4.50
Mobile. A. C. Danner, 25; J. B. Stevens, 5;
Alex. Cantry, 50c; Pupils of Emerson Inst.
and others, 10.14; Rev. S. W. Jones and
wife, 75c.; John Jackson, 85c; Hon. John
Bruce, 1; H. A. Lockwood, 1; Geo S. Moore,
1; N. W. Trimble, 1; J. L. Smith, 1; H. T.
Goodloe, 1; L. H. Faith, 50c; J. J. Crowley,
50c.; T. J. Lippincott, 3; Jas. McPhillip,
5; John Soto, 1; J. McArthur, 5; Mrs.
Holmes, 1; T. C. McBryde and wife, 5; Jas.
E. Sherman, 1; Rob’t Morris, 1; Dr. Sterling
and wife, 1; M. Primo, 1, _for rebuilding
Emerson Institute_ 73.24
Mobile. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Montgomery. Public Fund 175.00
Selma. Cong. Ch. 21.10

MISSISSIPPI, $39.00.

Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, 1; Rent, 38 39.00

TEXAS, $1.30.

Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 1.30

INCOMES, $266.75.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 210.50
Graves Scholarship Fund, _for Talladega C._ 31.25
Income Fund, _for Theo. Dept., Howard U._ 25.00

ENGLAND, $48.60.

England, London. Freedman’s Missions Aid Sec.,
_for John Brown Steamer_, £10 48.60

SCOTLAND, $59.53.

Scotland, Perth. North United Presb. Ch., £10;
Jas. Balman, _for Chinese M._, £2; “Friend,”
by D. Morton, 5s. 59.53
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Total for August $10,674.35
Total from Oct. 1 to Aug. 31. $273,503.66
==========

FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION.

England, London. Freedman’s Missions Aid Soc.,
£190 923.40
Previously acknowledged from Oct 1 to July 31 3,699.52
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Total $4,622.92
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H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.
56 Reade St., New York.

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