Chapter II: Part 2

_Sunday, Dec. 11._——The wind is lighter and our progress has been slower. However, we have gradually drawn away from the grand rocky mountains that rose up abruptly from the water’s edge on our left this morning, and now around us are the volcanic peaks that indicate the vicinity of Korosko. We reached Korosko at 4 P.M., having made remarkably good time from Assouan. We noticed a queer peak just before reaching the town. There is a sacred mountain with a tomb upon it just at the rear of the village. Soon after our arrival the governor and various other officials came on board. The old governor was delighted when he found that we could talk together in Turkish. The usual formality of salaams, and coffee, etc., were duly exchanged. Our camels were ready for us.

_Monday, Dec, 12._——We had a pleasant visit this morning from a merchant who arrived by caravan during the night from Darfur. We talked together in Greek. We have moved our boat higher up stream. Have received a number of visits from officials and sore-eyed men. The Doctor is having quite a practice. We have climbed the road that weary pilgrims tread to the top of the sacred mountain Gebel Aboo-Gowenah, whence we have had a fine, extensive view of the winding river, and the billowing ocean of volcanic peaks, and our own desert route that winds in and out among them. We send off a batch of letters for home, pack and get ready for our long journey. The bread is all made and properly dried.

_Tuesday, Dec, 13._——Up about 5 A.M., roused the crowd, and pushed things as fast as possible. We expected to find the camels waiting on the bank, but not a living being was in sight. Hours went by and nobody appeared; we sent two men in different directions after the sheik of the camel-drivers, but he was not! Finally patience was exhausted. We went to the Governor’s house to see if we couldn’t start things up a little. He was pretending to hold court, but dismissed the case when he saw us. Then it being the proper thing to do we raised a row with His Majesty over our delay. It had the desired effect. The sheik was speedily produced, and we rode back to the boat on donkeys, with the whole crowd at our heels. Here we soon discovered that the governor, the sheik, and every other man in the crowd was determined to have a finger in the pie, and make us pay double the proper prices for all our camels. We talked and reasoned till 1 P.M. without avail. Then we grew righteously indignant. We laid down our terms——refused to listen to another word——gave orders to have everything put back on board the boat if they were not accepted, and threatened to go on to Wady Halfa and denounce the whole crowd of them as miserable rascals. Our terms were then accepted, and they thought a good deal more of us for standing for our rights instead of yielding to their exorbitant demands. Part of the money was paid and part held in reserve; the papers were made out, the baggage weighed and loaded, and at 1.30 P.M. we started out. We went about a mile or two into the desert, and camped in a rocky ravine, and here we got everything into good shape, looked to everything connected with our water supply, and made ready for the real business of the long desert before us; and here begins our tent life.

_Wednesday, Dec. 14._——Broke camp, and started the caravan at 8.30 A.M. Now for the great desert journey! All the morning we pass peak after peak of a volcanic nature. At 2 P.M. we stopped, took a hasty bite of lunch in a sort of cave in a mountain called Elemnasir. Then on and on we go, swaying back and forth on our camels, and trying to “bone down” to the regular business before us. At 5.15 P.M. we went into camp for the night, considering it wiser not to make too long a day of the first one, as camels and men were both fresh, but to reserve our forces for the great strain toward the last. The spot chosen for our camp is a wild place under the shelter of a volcanic peak called Diakazarkha. Up goes the tent, all hands taking hold with a will. Mourgan starts a fire; now then, in the words of the “old folks’” song, “Jerusha, put the kettle on and we’ll all take tea.” Mourgan produces a marvel of a meal for such a place, and we fall to at once to do it ample justice. Our caravan consists of 19 camels and 15 men. The guide is a strong, bold fellow, thoroughly up to his business, and evidently enjoys commanding his men. The camels get only 2½ quarts of dourra a day, carry about 400 lbs. each, and are expected to go without water till we reach Murrat. Our water supply is to last us till we reach the Nile at Aboo-Hamed, as the water at Murrat is not drinkable. How brightly the stars shine out here. The stillness of the desert soon rests upon the camp, broken only by the occasional growl of a camel, and the snoring of the men.

_Thursday, Dec. 15._——We are all up early, take a hasty breakfast, pull down the tent, load the camels amid a chorus of roars and growls, and start the whole caravan at 7 A.M. More volcanic peaks. The ground is everywhere covered with balls of iron from the size of a large pea to that of a cannon-ball. The iron is so pure that the natives are able to beat these balls into knives, etc. Now we see our first mirage. It is a beautiful lake, whose surface, scarcely rippled by the gentle breeze, clearly reflects a distant mountain range. The illusion is perfect. We lunch in a cave in a place called Gamoor. We have met one caravan of cattle and another of two or three hundred camels. Our guide stopped to camp about five o’clock, thinking probably that we were exhausted by this time. He looked surprised but pleased when we protested, and informed him that we intended to make forced marches of at least twelve hours every day. On and on we went into the darkness, for it is dark at five. At 7.10 we halted and pitched our camp in a portion of the desert called _Nasbelhedoriah_. Before we arrived in camp there was a commotion. What’s the matter? Nothing, only the cook has fallen asleep and rolled off from his camel! But the shining, round face comes up with a grin, “All right, kutter herak kattir.” We are not half way to Murrat yet, and the water in our “bootleg” bottles and skins is as black as ink. A whole week more before we reach the river!

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THE CHINESE.

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THE STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY.

Figures may be dry, and yet I am sure that a summary of those contained in the February reports from our schools cannot but interest and gratify all friends of our work. No less than 116 new pupils were enrolled in our schools during that month. Change of location or other causes produced the removal from the schools of 99. But the total number enrolled, 726, is the largest total ever reached, and the average attendance, 354, is also larger than ever before. Among the pupils thus enrolled are 119 who give evidence of Christian life. The total number who have become members of our schools during the fiscal year, thus far (_i.e._, from Sept. 1st to Feb. 28th) is 1,375.

THE CHINESE NEW YEAR.

In the month of February occurs the Chinese New Year Festival——the great holiday period for them of the entire twelvemonth. At my request, our teachers have given me some account of the way in which it was observed by our Christian Chinese in their respective localities.

Rev. Mr. Ostrom, of Oroville, who has served as a missionary in China and whose heart is still there, states the following “general facts”: “Their preparation for the New Year is commenced weeks before the close of the old. One of the first things is to plant the Narcissus——a water lily called by the Chinese ‘the water angel flower’——so that it may be in bloom on New Year’s Day. A beautiful legend connected with this flower is everywhere told and believed in China. In a certain district of the Fo Kien province lived a man who had two wives and a son by each wife. The man died, leaving a farm, which the elder brother seized, allowing to the younger brother only a small, marshy corner, through which ran a sluggish stream. These lilies were found growing in the stream——all that the marsh and stream produced. The gentler younger brother, loving the beautiful flower, cultivated it, and found that it would always bloom on the New Year. Its beauty and fragrance won the admiration of many and the demand for the bulbs increased till finally it came in from all parts of China, and the wealth of the owner of the little stream and marsh soon surpassed that of the avaricious elder brother. Then, through some pretence, the latter took possession of the little stream and marsh, expecting thus to grasp the revenue from the sale of the lilies. But, lo! when New Year came, they refused to bloom. Conscience-stricken by this apparent rebuke of the gods, the marsh and the stream were surrendered to their rightful owner, and then, strange to say, the lilies bloomed forth as before.

“Such is the legend; now for plain facts. At the close of the year the house is cleaned, and dressed on its posts and walls with new red paper containing good words from the sages. On the last day of the old year, every family worships the ancestral tablet, and the idols, with offerings of slain birds and other animals, with vegetable delicacies added. Eight kinds of meat are offered to the ancestral tablets, and only fish, pork and chicken to the idols. Fruit, and a pudding cooked in boiling lard are also used as offerings. These furnish the feasts for the following day; for the spirits only inhale the perfume, leaving the substance for base mortals.

“On the last day of the old year, the married daughters must be at their husbands’ homes, and must not revisit the paternal roof till the New Year’s festival is over. The devotee rising very early on New Year’s morning, worships, first of all, the ancestors, burning incense, and red paper representing money, before the tablet, on each side of which candles have been lighted, and before which the offerings have been placed. Then the idols of the household are worshipped, and, next, those of the temple. Fire-crackers are snapped by the priests in the temple, and by all the people at their homes and their places of business. If any one has married, or is successful in gambling or in business, he expresses his gratitude by these explosives. Breakfast comes next, composed of vegetables only, for no blood must be shed or be used on New Year’s Day. Liquor distilled from rice is sipped from tiny cups. Now, calling and the exchange of cards follow. Only good words are to be spoken. It is a violation of etiquette, established by the custom of ages, to speak evil of, or to, any one during the first ten days of the New Year.”

Such of these usages as are purely social are retained by our Christian Chinese: The house-cleaning which brings to our several mission houses a thorough renovation; the trimming upon the walls and elsewhere with evergreen wreaths, with bouquets of artificial flowers and other samples of Chinese art; the cultivation of the fragrant Narcissus, and the interchange of calls and cards and mutual good wishes; the treating with candies, fruits, and tiny cups of tea——guiltless of the American concomitants of sugar and cream——all these you will find our Christian Chinese carrying forward with no less zest than their heathen countrymen. In these cases, this year, they invited the teacher with the whole family to which she belonged, to a banquet after the Chinese style; and in _all_ cases the teachers seem to have been remembered with gifts selected often with exquisite taste and purchased at a considerable cost.

But with our Christian Chinese these days are holy days rather than holidays. The week is a week of prayer. In all their sociality their religion is remembered and their Saviour is recognized. If on their special reception-day, a minister is among the first to call, he will be likely to be asked to open the day’s enjoyment with prayer. Every day there are special religious services; and connected with these, fresh resolves of consecration to Christ and fresh and earnest intercessions for each other and for their still benighted countrymen. One such meeting I attended by appointment at the home of our Oakland brethren. I remained with them an hour and a half. The school there had been in an unsatisfactory condition; running down in attendance and in spiritual power, while the schools in this city and at most other points were advancing in both respects. We looked the facts in the face; prayed over them; and then took counsel together. The result was a unanimous determination to take up missionary work among their countrymen with more earnestness and more system than ever before, and with God’s help to make their school as large and as efficient for good as possible.

Perhaps the account given by Mrs. Carrington, of the services at Sacramento, presents the week’s work as fairly as any. “A watch meeting closed the old year and opened the new. On Saturday evening there was a union meeting at the Presbyterian Mission House. On Wednesday evening a New Year’s banquet was given at our Mission House. Rev. Dr. Dwinell and Mrs. Dwinell, with the superintendent and teachers in the Chinese Sunday-school and other friends, were present. Other evenings were spent in less formal but more social worship, and on Saturday evening, February 25, a crowning union service was held at our Mission House. The room was filled to overflowing. Twenty or more of the American friends were present, and much interest was manifested. And so this New Year’s festival was closed.”

As between the hurried and meaningless New Year’s calls, with the accessories of unwholesome food in gluttonous quantities, washed down by poisonous wines and fiery liquors, which the old Knickerbocker custom has entailed upon Americans, and these festivities of our Christian Chinese, it does not take me long to judge which ought to be preferred.

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CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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THE GRASSHOPPER TEACHER.

_By M. K. Smith. Atlanta University, Ga._

A young lad who had found his way from the West coast of Africa to Atlanta University entered my class in entomology last October. Shortly after, when naming the teachers under whose instructions he came daily, he quaintly designated me as his “grasshopper teacher.”

In order to give some idea of the amount of enthusiasm the common grasshopper is capable of rousing in the mind of the average colored student, it may be interesting to give a brief explanation of the method of study pursued.

The pupils had no particular love for the troublesome insect; in fact, they had hitherto entertained for him a sentiment the reverse of friendly, and when I gave each student a pin upon which a grasshopper (it had been killed by immersion in alcohol) was transfixed, a dissatisfied giggle or a contemptuous sniff from each gave evidence that the little world of the class-room was decidedly out of sympathy with the existing state of affairs.

The African boy refused to touch a “specimen,” and regarded me with an expression in which surprise, fear and defiance were blended. The fear was doubtless the result of experience with poisonous insects in his fatherland, while the surprise was that a grasshopper should usurp the place of a book, for which the savage has all the superstitious reverence which characterizes the civilized student, and the defiance probably arose from a resolution that no earthly power should induce him to touch the strange animal. I did not urge him, but quickly called attention to the insect in hand. Without much difficulty they found the principal parts, to which I gave the names, head, thorax and abdomen. By the time these words were written on the board the class was pacified, for the colored student loves new words whose significations are beyond his comprehension just as well as his white brother. When the shape of the head was considered the students realized for the first time the lack of words which is so general among these people. “It’s like a horse’s head,” broke forth a boy, impetuously, while a hum of approval ran along the forms. I accepted the resemblance, and asked them to observe other things in connection with the head, and very soon the eyes were mentioned. I drew on the board a diagram of hexagonal cells, closely connected, and explained that the compound eye of the grasshopper is composed of _facets_ of similar form and each having power of sight.

“Why, he is better off than we are,” exclaimed a wondering youth. “We have only two eyes apiece, while he has thousands of ’em. What’s that for?”

“God made him that way,” returned another, as he handled his “specimen” a little more gently, while the African boy leaned over to get a good look at those queer eyes that were even nicer than his own.

I then called attention to the position of the eyes on the head and secured the statement that by their being placed just as they are the insect can see before, behind and on both sides at the same time. In a moment more than a dozen hands were waving wildly in the air, while two excited youths came to their feet as suddenly as if they had been moved after the manner of a “Jack in the box.” “I know, I know,” shouted one, “they are there so that he can see danger all round him. Many a time I’ve tried to catch him, and I would steal up behind him and ease my hand up soft, soft (the boy illustrated the action) and then just when I thought I had him, he was off!” and the lad’s hands were outspread to imitate the sudden movement of the insect.

I directed attention to the place where the head joins the thorax. “He’s got a collar on,” shouted one. “What is that for?” “To cover the seam nicely, and keep it from harm,” answered another, before I had time to speak, “and it’s made mighty pretty, too,” he continued, admiringly. “I should like to know what this means?” exclaimed another, who had extended his investigations, and now held up to the astonished gazers the under wings, spread out as they had never before seen them. I wish, dear reader, you could have been with us that day, to have felt with me the delight of those people, who for almost the first time were using their eyes as I think God intended they should be used——to give light to the understanding. “Just like a thin lady’s gray veil,” suggested a little girl, as soon as she found a chance to speak, whereupon a quizzical laugh arose, until she explained that the veil was thin, and not the lady.

The African boy at the very next lesson held out his hand for a “specimen,” and throughout the term was as much interested as the others, striving with all his might to announce his discoveries in correct English. The grasshopper became popular. We studied him for more than two weeks and then felt we were only beginning his acquaintance. The students spent their leisure in watching grasshoppers eat, in studying their habits and in finding out their uses. The lessons went on with an eagerness that made the “grasshopper teacher” fear that something must be wrong, for it seemed against all law and order that teacher and taught should have such an uninterruptedly good time.

The pleasure was ever new, while, side by side with the development of power to think and reason, grew a sense of God’s care over and nearness to his creatures.

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RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1882.

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MAINE, $311.45.

Bangor. Rev. I. P. Warren, D.D. ($30 of which
to const. MRS. SARAH L. WARREN L. M.) $50.00
Bangor. Miss Haynes, _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 2.00
Bethel. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Brownsville. Cong Ch. and Soc. 17.00
Brunswick. Ladies, Bbl. of C. and $1.70, _for
Freight, for Selma, Ala._ 1.70
Calais. J. Barker, _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._ 25.00
East Otisfield. Mrs. Susan Lovewell, $5;
Joseph Loring, $3; Mrs. Sarah Morton, $2. 10.00
Falmouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.80
Garland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Hallowell. “Friends,” _for Furnishing Room,
Talladega C._ 13.00
Hallowell. Mrs. H. K. Baker. 5.00
Kennebunk. Union Ch. and Soc. 5.20
Litchfield Corner. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Lyman. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.07
Machias. Center Street Cong. Ch., $5.89, and
Sab. Sch., $5; E. G. L., $1 11.89
Orono. Cong. Ch. 1.04
Portland. St. Lawrence Street Cong. Ch. and
Soc. 14.53
Scarborough. Cong. Ch., “A Friend” 50.00
Searsport. “A Friend,” $5; M. C. B., 50c 5.50
Union. Ladies, Bbl. of C., _for Selma, Ala._
Warren. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.21
Wells. First Cong. Ch and Soc. 18.51
Winterport. Mrs. DR. E. MANTER, _for Chinese
M._, and to const. herself L.M. 30.00
Winthrop. I. N. M. 1.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $420.72.

Amherst. L. and L. R. Melendy, $100, _for
Mendi M._, and $10 _for John Brown Steamer_ 110.00
Auburn. Mrs. Sally Coult, to const. MRS.
HATTIE C. HOUGHTON L. M. 30.00
Bennington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.36
Boscawen. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.00
Concord. “P. S. G.,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00
Derry. Rev. B. F. Parsons 5.00
Exeter. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., val. $45
_for Kansas Refugees_.
Farmington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.88
Fisherville. “A Friend,” to const. MISS JULIA
SARGENT L. M. 30.00
Groton. Mrs. Parker Blood, $20, and Bundle of
C. 20.00
Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.16
Hanover. Cong. Ch., 30 copies “Songs of the
Sanctuary,” _for Athens, Ga._
Hollis. Cong. Ch. 17.71
Keene. Miss E. R. 1.00
Lancaster. Mrs. A. M. Amsden. 5.00
Lyme. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.91
Lyndeborough. Cong. Ch. 4.45
Manchester. “Pillsbury” 5.00
Marlborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.65
Milford. Nathan Jewett. $5; D. S. Burnham, $5 10.00
Nashua. Pilgrim Ch. and Soc. 64.60

VERMONT, $257.11.

Brookfield. Second Cong. Ch. 14.40
Clarendon. “A Friend” 5.00
Corinth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
East Berkshire. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Fair Haven. Cong. Ch. 15.00
Felchville. M. C. F. 0.50
Grafton. “A Friend” 10.00
Jericho. Second Cong Ch. and Soc. 11.51
Ludlow. Mrs. Luther Martin 10.00
Middlebury. Mrs. H. B. S. 1.00
New Haven. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 12.00
Newbury. Miss E. D. 0.50
North Bennington. Cong. Ch. 9.67
Northfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.84
Pittsfield. Cong. Ch. 11.51
Pittsford. Thomas D. Hall 5.00
Pittsford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $46;
incorrectly ack. in April number from
Pittsfield
Quechee. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.56
Strafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Thetford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Vergennes. Mrs. H. S. 0.53
West Newbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.09
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$232.11

LEGACIES.

Waterbury. Estate of Harriet F. Russ, by
Daniel Russ, Ex. 25.00
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$257.11

MASSACHUSETTS, $5,538.21.

Abington. F. P. H., $1; H. F. R., $1 2.00
Adams. Rev. L. V. Price 16.00
Amherst. Mrs H. D. Fearing, $10; Infant Class
First Cong. Sab. Sch., $10; _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 20.00
Amherst. Miss Sarah Ensign, _for Student Aid_ 5.00
Andover. South Ch. and Soc., $38.54; J. H. T., $1 39.54
Andover. South Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 30.36
Ashburnham. E. L. E. 0.50
Athol. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
JOSIAH HAVEN and MOSES HILL L. Ms 60.00
Attleborough. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.08
Auburndale. Box of C. _for Macon, Ga._
Ayer. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding, $25, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._, and $45 _for Student Aid,
Talladega U._ 70.00
Bedford. M. E. R. 0.50
Berlin. Mrs. W. A. Houghton 5.00
Beverly. Miss M. E. T. 0.50
Beverly. Ladies of Washington St. Soc., Bbl.
of C. _for Fisk U._
Boston. S. D. Smith, Organs, $300; Old South
Ch. and Soc., $293.79; C. F. R., 50c 594.22
Boston. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., package Books
_for Library, Macon, Ga._
Boxford. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. W.
S. COGGIN L. M. 30.00
Brockton. Mrs. L. C. Sanford, _for Freight_ 3.00
Cambridge. F. C. Swett, $2; E. W. F., $1 3.00
Cambridgeport. G. B. C., 50c.; I. A. N., 50c 1.00
Charlestown. Winthrop Ch. and Soc., $80.56; A.
W. P., 50c 81.06
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($55 of
which _for Lady Missionary, Chattanooga,
Tenn._) 57.60
Chelsea. Third Cong. Ch. and Soc., $9.44; I.
H. S., $1 10.44
Chicopee. Mrs. W. L. B. 1.00
Cohasset. “A Friend” 1.00
Deerfield. Mrs. C. E. W. 0.50
Dorchester. Mrs. E. T. 1.00
East Charlemont. P. F. 1.00
East Hampton. Mrs. E. G. Williston, $100;
First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $60.71; E. A. C.,
50c 161.21
East Medway. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.10
East Somerville. Woman’s Home Missionary
Ass’n, _for Lady Missionaries_ 204.78
East Somerville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 40.00
Edgartown. J. W. Coffin 3.00
Enfield. “A Friend” 100.00
Fall River. Central Cong. Ch. 30.00
Framingham. “A Friend,” to const. MRS. MARY A.
W. DAVIS L. M. 30.00
Framingham. Hymn and Tune Books, _for Macon,
Ga._
Foxborough. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.49
Gardner. H. B. 1.00
Goshen. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Haverhill. “For work among Colored People.”
$1; E. W., 50c 1.50
Hopkinton. Mrs. P. J. Claflin 25.00
Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. 20.12
Indian Orchard. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.37
Ipswich. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Jamaica Plain. Central Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Jamaica Plain. N. F. R. 0.50
Kingston. L. A. McGlauthlin, Bundle “_Youths’
Companion_,” _for Macon, Ga._
Lawrence. Mr. Coit, _for Talladega C._ 2.00
Lee. Mrs. E. B. 1.00
Lincoln. M. S. R., 50c.; L. C. J., 50c 1.00
Littleton. Dea. Otis Manning, to const. EDWARD
C. HAUGHTON L. M. 31.00
Littleton. Ladies’ Mission Circle, by Mrs. J.
C. Houghton, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 8.00
Ludlow. Children’s Soc., _for Freight_ 2.00
Lynn. Central Ch. and Soc. 25.00
Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 59.83
Mansfield. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.22
Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for Church
Building_ 1,000.00
Medford. “A Friend” 0.25
Milford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 15.25
Milford. “Friends,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 5.00
Milton. S. D. Hunt. Bbl. of C., _for Macon,
Ga._
Mt. Auburn. Rev. D. N. S. 0.50
Natick. Mrs. S. E. Hammond 10.00
New Boston. “N. B.” 50.00
Newbury. First Ch. and Soc. 18.50
Newburyport. Philip H. Lunt 25.00
Newton Center. S. A. E. 0.50
Northampton. “A Friend,” $100; H. R. R., $1 101.00
North Billerica. J. D. Gould, Books, _for
Freedmen’s Library, Macon, Ga._
Northbridge Center. Collected by Edith Putnam
(eight years old) 3.07
Norton. Mrs. E. B. Wheeler, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 25.00
Palmer. Second Cong. Ch. 15.26
Petersham. Orthodox Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.08
Phillipston. A. & T. Ward, $5; D. & L. Mixter,
$2 7.00
Plymouth. Pilgrimage Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.03
Rockport. W. H. Patch 5.00
Salem. Young Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. of South Ch.,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Shelburne Falls. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $12; E.
Maynard, $5 17.00
Somerville. Broadway Ch. and Soc., $10; “A
Friend,” $1 11.00
South Abington. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 56.23
South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. 20.33
South Framingham. South Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
South Framingham. G. M. Amsden 5.00
South Royalston. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$10.18; Mrs. E. L. R., 50c.; Mrs. S. M. N.,
50c 11.18
Springfield. “H. M.” 1,000.00
Springfield. Mrs. Persis Burnham ($1 of which
_for John Brown Steamer_) 2.00
Stoneham. A.R. 0.50
Stoughton. Mrs. B. E. C. 1.00
Templeton. Trinitarian Sab. Sch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Townsend. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Townsend Harbor. S. M. P. 1.00
Ware. C. C. Hitchcock, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 25.00
Watertown. Mrs. S. S. and Mrs. J. H. S. 1.20
Westborough. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$107.75; Mrs. M. M. Morse, $30, to const.
Rev. LYMAN WHITING L. M. 137.75
Westfield. First Cong. Ch. 44.07
West Gloucester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
West Hampton. I. G. Jewett ($1.50 of which
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._) 2.00
Westport. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.17
West Somerville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.46
West Springfield. Park St. Cong. Ch. 15.00
West Stockbridge. Village Ch. and Soc. 28.07
Wymouth and Braintree. Union Ch. and Soc. 42.20
Worcester. Union Cong. Ch. and Soc., $161.50;
Mrs. F. C., 50c. 162.00
Wrentham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Yarmouth. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.12
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$4,973.21

LEGACIES.

Beverly. Dane St. Ch., Estate of Mrs. Susan C.
Pickett, _for 17 Life Memberships_ 510.00
Boston. Estate of Rev. Dr. Hooker, Books, _for
Freedmen’s Library, Macon, Ga._
Oakham. Estate of Perley Ayres, by Wm. S.
Spear, Ex. 55.00
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$5,538.21

RHODE ISLAND, $30.00.

Providence. Pilgrim Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Rebuilding Emerson Inst._ 20.00
Providence. “Baptist.” 10.00

CONNECTICUT, $2,826.67.

Ansonia. “A Friend” 10.00
Avon. Mrs. E. L. Robbins 5.00
Black Rock. Cong. Ch. 24.00
Bridgeport. First Cong. Ch. 117.48
Canaan. “M. A. N.,” _for Chinese M._ 5.00
Canton Center. A. L. S. 1.00
Colchester. Mrs. W. E. Gillette, $5; Mary B.
Gillette, $5 10.00
Collinsville. Ladies Mission Soc., $16, _for
Student Aid_; H. S. Collins, $10, _for Theo.
Dept., Talladega C._ 26.00
East Windsor Hill. E. O. C. 1.00
East Woodstock. James Walker 2.00
Enfield. First Cong. Ch. 100.00
Fairfield. First Cong. Ch. 30.00
Fair Haven. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 41.02
Georgetown. E. Gilbert, _for Macon, Ga._ 5.00
Groton. Cong. Sab. Sch., $16.45; B. A., $1 17.45
Hartford. South Cong. Ch., $250; Geo. P.
Bissell, $50; John S. Wells, $20 320.00
Hartford. Asylum Hill Cong. Church, $25; “M. J.,”
$25; Mrs. G. O. Perkins, $50, _for Theo. Dept.,
Talladega C._ 100.00
Hartford. Center Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 66.00
Higganum. Selden Gladwin 6.00
Hotchkissville. “Widow’s Mite” 5.00
Kent. Cong. Soc. 29.25
Kent. Cong. Sab. Sch., $10; Miss Mary A.
Hopson, $5, _for John Brown Steamer_ 15.00
Litchfield. First Cong. Ch. 18.57
Mansfield. Geo. F. King 2.00
Mansfield Center. Mrs. E. S. Fitch 3.00
Middlefield. Lyman A. Mills, to const. HERBERT
L. MILLS and CHARLES ROWLAND MILLS L. Ms. 60.00
Milford. Rev. Geo. H. Griffin, _for Tillotson
C. & N. Inst._ 25.00
Milldale. H. H. C. 1.00
New Britain. South Cong. Ch., Mrs. Mary E.
House, $30, to const. WILLIAM A. HOUSE L. M.;
“A Member,” $5; A. N. Lewis, $10 45.00
New Haven. Sab. Sch. of Dwight Place Cong.
Ch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 30.00
New Haven. Mrs. Mary L. Skinner, _for
Talladega C._ 100.00
New Haven. Ch. of the Redeemer, $244 (of which
F. C. Sherman, $100; Wm. E. Chandler, $60,
to const. WILLIAM WOODS CHANDLER and ROBERT
WOODS CHANDLER L. Ms.); “A Friend,” $5; “A
Friend,” $5 254.00
New Hartford. Miss C. Richards, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 2.00
New London. “First Church of Christ.” 39.21
New Milford. G. N. 1.00
Norfolk. Robbins Battelle, _for Talladega C._ 25.00
North Branford. J. A. Palmer 2.00
Northford. G. W. 1.00
North Stamford. “A Friend” 2.00
Norwich. Park Cong. Ch. and Soc. ($20 of which
_for John Brown Steamer_) 271.67
Old Lyme. First Cong. Ch. 42.50
Plymouth. A. S. B. 1.00
Prospect. Cong. Ch. $11; People of Prospect,
Bbl. of C. 11.00
Roxbury. “Two Friends,” _for John Brown
Steamer_ 2.00
Simsbury. Mrs. Lucy A. A. Hoskins 2.00
Somersville. Cong. Ch. 45.25
South Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 30.00
Stafford. Mrs. T. H. Thresher 5.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 81.77
Wallingford. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 60.00
Washington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Washington. “Z,” _for Indian M._ 1.00
Waterbury. Dr. John De Forest, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 100.00
Watertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 20.00
West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00
West Hartford. Rev. F. H. Adams, _for Freight,
for Macon, Ga._ 2.00
West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 21.50
West Suffield. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Wethersfield. Geo. Stillman 2.00
Wethersfield. Sab. Sch. Class, by Jane C.
Francis, _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Winthrop. Miss C. Rice, $2: Mrs. M. A. J., $1 3.00
Woodbridge. Cong. Sab. Sch., Bbl. of C.
Woodbury. Mrs. C. P. Churchill, _for Indian M._ 2.00
Woodstock. E L. Snow 500.00

NEW YORK, $12,895.25.

Batavia. Mrs. A. D. L. 1.10
Brighton Heights. S. I. Reformed Ch., _for
Talladega C._ 20.50
Brooklyn. Henry C. Hulbert, $100, _for Student
Aid_; A. J. Newton, $100; Cash, $1, _for
Talladega C._ 201.00
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Lady
Missionary, Fernandina, Fla._ 25.00
Brooklyn. Freedmen’s Helpers, $18, and Bbl. of
C., _for Macon, Ga._ 18.00
Brooklyn. Park Cong. Ch., $20.52; A. S., $1 21.52
Buffalo. Mrs. Wm. G. Bancroft, _for Tillotson
C. & N. Inst._ 50.00
Buffalo. “I. M. S.,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00
Cazenovia. Mrs. H. L. W. 0.51
Chestertown. Fish St. Congregation, $2.27;
Mill Brook Congregation, $3.27; Chester
Wesleyan M. Congregation, $7.55, by Rev. S.
H. Foster 13.09
Coxsackie. Mrs. P. H. Silvester, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Floyd. Welsh Cong. Ch. 2.12
Fredonia. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. of Presb. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 2.75
Greene. Mrs. W. H. B. 1.00
Griffin’s Mills. Mrs. Theo. Olden, $2; Mrs.
Theo. Olden, $2 4.00
Hudson. A. S. P. 1.00
Hughsonville. S. H. S. 0.50
Jewett. Mr. and Mrs. Lucius North 30.00
Le Rey. Miss D. A. Phillips 15.00
Lockport. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 46.83
Lockport. Cong. Ch, and Sab. Sch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Millville. Cong. Soc. 4.37
New York. “A Friend” 10,000.00
New York. W. H. De Forest, $100; Anson Phelps
Stokes, $50; “A Friend,” $1, _for Student
Aid_; Henry G. De Forest, $100; Dr. John
Hall, $25 _for Memorial Scholarships_; Chas.
N. Taintor, $50; Ralph Wells, $25, _for
Talladega C._ 351.00
New York. D. I. Carson, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 50.00
New York. Bethany Sab. Sch., Mrs. S. T.
Gordon’s Class, _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
New York. Rev. A. J. G. 0.50
New York. American Bible Soc.; Grant of
Scriptures; val., $76.50.
New York. Taintor Bros. Merrill & Co., Package
School and Hymn Books, _for Macon, Ga._
Patchogue. Cong. Sab. Ch., _for Freight_ 2.46
Penn Yan. W. M. Taylor 3.00
Pitcher. Bellany Allen 5.00
Port Leyden. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Salem. B. C. 1.00
Sandy Hill. Mrs. Susan Rogers, _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 5.00
Schroon Lake. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Sherburne. Chas. A. Fuller, _for Talladega C._ 50.00
Syracuse. W. E. Abbott 50.00
Union Falls. Francis E. Duncan, $10; Mrs.
Fanny D. Duncan, $10; Miss Margaret B.
Duncan, $5 25.00
Walton. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._ 25.00
Windsor. Rev. J. S. Pattengill, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00
Yaphank. “A Friend” 5.00
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$11,079.25

LEGACIES.

Bergen. Estate of I. M. Hitchcock, by A. E.
Hitchcock, Ex. 1,000.00
Bridgewater. Estate of Jane Turner, by Wm. C.
Marsh, Ex. 500.00
Kingsborough. Estate of Mrs. M. S. Judson, by
D. B. Judson 116.00
Randolph. Estate of Mrs. D. C. Bush, by Mrs.
C. C. Fitch 200.00
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$12,895.25

NEW JERSEY, $141.50.

Lakewood. By Rev. G. L. 0.50
Montclair. Mrs A. F. Pratt’s Sab. Sch. Class,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 6.00
Newark. C. S. Haines, $30; David Owen, $5 35.00
Newark. David Ripley, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 25.00
Paterson. J. C. Ryle, $50; G. G. Tillotson,
$25; _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 75.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $317.21.

Guy’s Mills. Randolph Cong. Ch. _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 16.10
Guy’s Mills. S. O. F. 1.00
Le Raysville. Cong. Ch., $9.33; Rev. J. R., 75c. 10.08
Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch. to const.
BARTON F. BLAKE, HARRY P. BOWER, HARRY M.
BOWDEN, JAMES R. DANFORTH, JR., LEWIS W. H.
GIESE, EDWARD P. HALL, GEORGE HOBBS and
FRANK P. PENDLETON L. Ms. 280.03
South Bethlehem. Mrs. H. D. Kitchell 10.00

OHIO, $528.87.

Austinburg. First Cong. Ch. 16.00
Bellefontaine. Mrs. R. I. Lindsay, _for John
Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Brookfield. Welsh Cong. Ch. 9.00
Bryan. S. E. Blakeslee 6.50
Chagrin Falls. “Earnest Workers,” _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 10.00
Cleveland. J. S., $1; A. R. B., $1; A. L. P.,50c 2.50
Delaware. By Sarah Evans 2.50
Hudson. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.92
Huntsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Q. Phelps 4.00
Huntsburgh. Mrs. V. R. P. _for Indian M._ 1.00
Jefferson. Ladies Miss’y Soc. _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 23.00
Lenox. A. J. Holman 10.00
Madison. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., $59.87,
and Sab. Sch., $64.59 124.46
Madison. Ladies, Bbl. of C. and $4.15 _for
Freight, for Selma, Ala._ 4.15
Madison. Mrs. M. P. St. John, _for Freight_ 2.00
Madison. Ladies, Bbl. Books and Papers _for
Summerfield, Ala._
Mechanicsburgh. Mrs. M. K. H. 1.00
Mechanicstown. Mrs. S. M. 1.00
Metamora. Mrs. M. S. 1.00
Newark. Welch Cong. Ch. 12.80
North Ridgeville. Cong. Ch. ($2.80 of which
from Rev. J. B. Stocking) 4.03
Oberlin. First Cong. Ch., $90; Mrs. D. H. P.,
51c. 90.51
Oberlin. Ladies’ Soc. of Second Cong. Ch.,
_for Lady Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._ 75.00
Painesville. Rev. S. W. Pierson, $5; E. E. J., $1 6.00
Peru. “Friends,” by Rev. H. Lawrence, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 55.00
Pierpont. Mrs. S. W. 1.00
Springfield. “Friend,” _for Student Aid.
Tougaloo U._ 5.00
Springfield. W. A. F. 1.00
Tallmadge. Miss Josephine Pierce, bal. to
const. MISS JOSEPHINE M. WOLCOTT L. M. 6.00
Toledo. Mrs. Eliza H. Weed. $10; J. H. S., 50c. 10.50
Unionville. Mrs. E. F. Burnelle 5.00
Wellington. Edward West ($10 of which _for
John Brown Steamer_) 30.00
Youngstown. “Mahoning” 1.00

ILLINOIS, $2.659.52.

Alton. Ch. of the Redeemer 45.40
Champaign. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.00
Chicago. First Cong. Ch., $164.25; Mrs. S. A. S.,
$1; Mrs. F. E., 50c. 165.75
Chicago. First Presb. Ch., _for Berea C._ 100.00
Chicago. C. B. Bouton, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 50.00
Chicago. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 21.00
Danville. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. of Presb. Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 30.00
Earlville. Mrs. Mary T. Murray 2.00
Elmore. Cong. Ch., to const. WILLIAM HUMPHREY
L. M. 30.00
Elmhurst. Seth Wadhams, _for Prof’s Home,
Talladega, Ala._ 1,550.00
Freeport. L. A. Warner 25.00
Galesburg. First Cong. Ch. 100.00
Galva. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00
Griggsville. Cong. Ch. 28.80
Hutsonville. C. V. N. 1.00
Lawn Ridge. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 25.00
Lyonsville. Cong. Ch., in part 11.00
Lyndon. “A Friend,” $4; “A Friend,” $1, _for
John Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Marseilles. Cong. Ch. 12.76
Naperville. Cong. Ch., $7.30; A. A. Smith, $5 12.30
New Windsor. Cong. Ch. 8.70
Oak Park. Mr. Packard’s Class of Boys, Cong.
Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid Talladega C._ 14.25
Ontario. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Payson. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Peoria. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Griswold, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 100.00
Plymouth. Cong. Ch. 30.00
Port Byron. Mission Circle 8.00
Princeton. Mrs. P. B. Corss, $15; Cong. Sab.
Sch., $6.25 21.25
Princeville. Mrs. Olive L. Cutter 10.00
Providence. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 25.00
Rochelle. C. H. Holcomb 20.00
Rosemond. Cong. Ch. ($5.92 of which from Sab.
Sch.), _for John Brown Steamer_ 19.97
Seward. Cong. Ch., $18.10, and Sab. Sch., $12 30.10
Sheffield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Lady
Missionary, Savannah, Ga._ 5.09
Tolona. Mrs. L. Haskell, _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 10.00
Tonica. F. A. Wood 10.00
Western Springs. Union Meeting 6.44
Wethersfield. Mrs. A. B. Kellogg 5.00
Wheaton. Cong. Ch. 16.30
Wilmette. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 6.25
Winnetka. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 18.50
Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 4.66

MICHIGAN, $467.87.

Ada. Mrs. A. A. Morris 5.00
Adrian. Plymouth Ch., $7.03; Benj. S. Allen,
$2.97 10.00
Battle Creek. “J. E. W.” 5.00
Birmingham. Mrs. E. B. A. 1.00
Calumet. Cong. Ch. 252.61
Covert. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. (ad’l), _for
John Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Detroit. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Lady Missionary, Memphis, Tenn._ 50.00
Detroit. “S. Z.,” 50c.; D. G. P., 50c. 1.00
Eaton Rapids. First Cong. Ch. 20.45
Imlay. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 8.00
Milford. Mrs. E. G. 1.00
North Lansing. Plymouth Cong Ch. 37.81
Pentwater. First Cong. Sab. Sch., Box of
Books, _for Macon, Ga._
Romeo. Mary A. Dickinson, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 50.00
Saint Clair. S. F. H. 1.00
Saint Josephs. Mrs. E. A. H. Grosvenor, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Ypsilanti. Cong Ch. 5.00

WISCONSIN, $386.75.

Appleton. Mrs. S. R. Page, Box C. and $2.25,
_for Macon, Ga._ 2.25
Beloit. African M. E. Sab. Sch, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 4.00
Black Earth. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 3.25
Bristol. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. C. and $1.50
_for Freight, for Macon, Ga._ 1.50
Cumberland. W. B. Hopkins, M.D. 10.00
Delavan. Miss E. E. 0.50
Eau Claire. Cong. Ch. 38.00
Eau Claire. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 20.00
Emerald Grove. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 8.50
Fort Howard. Mrs. D. C. Curtis, Bbl. of C.,
_for Macon Ga._
Fox Lake. William Dawes 200.00
Madison. First Cong. Ch., $45, and 50 Vols.
“Songs of Christian Praise,” _for Talladega
C._ 45.00
Milwaukee. Young Peoples’ Mission Circle, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 16.00
Ripon. First Cong. Ch., 2 Bbls. C., _for
Macon, Ga._
River Falls. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 2.50
Rosendale. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 0.25
Saint Clair. F. M., _for Freight_ 1.00
Sheboygan. First Cong. Ch., 2 Boxes Books and
C. and $10 _for Freight, for Macon, Ga._ 10.00
West Rosendale. Mrs. A. Martin, $20, _for
Student Aid, Lewis High Sch._; First Cong.
Ch., Bbl. of C., _for Macon, Ga._ 20.00
Westfield. C. C. 1.00
Whitewater. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 3.00

IOWA, $1,694.33.

Anamosa. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 5.00
Anita. $6.50; Eldora. Ladies of Ch., $10.83;
Tabor, Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., $15; by Miss
Henry L. Chase, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 32.33
Burlington. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 20.00
Burlington. Miss M. L. 1.00
Cedar Rapids. Mrs. R. D. Stephens, _for
Student Aid, Straight U._ 25.00
Chester Center. Cong. Ch. 30.00
Chester Center. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 15.00
Davenport. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 26.00
Dubuque. Young People’s Benev. Soc., $50; Mrs.
James Beach, $5.30, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 55.30
Dubuque. W. C. W. 0.50
Des Moines. James Callaman, $1,000; Ex. Gov.
Samuel Merrill, $250, _for President’s
House, Talladega C._ 1,250.00
Des Moines. “Ten Young Men,” $50; “Friends”
$50, _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 100.00
Grinnell. S. H. H. 0.51
Keokuk. Mrs. M. W. 0.50
Keokuk. ————, _for John Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Lyons. Ladies’ Circle, _for Lady Missionary,
New Orleans, La._ 10.00
Muscatine. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 20.00
Oldfield. Cong. Sab. Sch. 9.08
Osage. Cong. Ch. 18.00
Quasqueton. Rev. W. S. Potwin, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00
Shenandoah. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 8.00
Sioux City. Mrs. W. K. S. 0.51
Tabor. Ladies, $12; Mrs. John Todd, $10, _for
Student Aid, Straight U._ 22.00
Waverly. M. H. G. 0.50
Wayne. D. C. S. 1.00
West Liberty. Mrs. L. K. Sisson, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 22.50
West Liberty. “Busy Bees,” Package
Sewing-School Material, _for Macon, Ga._
Winthrop. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 6.60
Wittemberg. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00

KANSAS, $4.50.

Anthony. Rev. T. D. C. 0.75
Cora. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.25
Ridgeway. Cong. Ch. 2.50

MINNESOTA, $128.79.

Audubon. Cong. Ch. 3.50
Clear Water. Cong. Ch., $3; C. M. S., 50c. 3.50
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch., $20.33; Second
Cong. Ch., $4. 24.33
Minneapolis. E. D. First Cong. Ch. 14.38
Morris. A. A. S. 0.50
Red Wing. Mrs. Julia B. Nelson. 10.00
Saint Paul. Plymouth Ch. 72.58

NEBRASKA, $2.00.

Wayne. G. H. S. 1.00
Wheatland. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 1.00

MISSOURI, $9.80.

Holden. “Mrs. S. E. H.,” _for ed. of Indians,
Hampton N. and A. Inst._ 3.00
Saint Louis. Francis Whitney. 6.80

OREGON, $9.15.

Forest Grove. Cong. Ch., $3.15; Mrs. M. R. W., $1 4.15
Portland. Mr. H. Williams. 5.00

CALIFORNIA, $10.00.

San Bernardino. Mr. Emeline Smith, _for
Tillotson C. and N. Inst., Austin, Texas_ 10.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $2.36.

Washington. Lincoln Memorial Ch. 2.36

NORTH CAROLINA, $214.00.

Dudley. Public Fund. 30.00
Raleigh. Cong. Ch., _for John Brown Steamer_ 2.00
Wilmington. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition 177.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $289.25.

Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 279.25
Charleston. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 10.00

TENNESSEE, $468.60.

Chattanooga. Rev. J. W. White and Others, _for
Mag._ 2.50
Chattanooga. M. Blanche Curtis, _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 2.00
Maryville. Rev. T. J. L., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 1.00
Memphis. LeMoyne Sch., Tuition 180.60
Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 271.95
Nashville. Miss’y Soc. of Fisk U., $10; Fisk
U. Students, 55c., _for John Brown Steamer_ 10.55

GEORGIA, $836.41.

Atlanta. Storrs’ School, Tuition, $245.40;
Rent, $3. 248.40
Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition 231.59
Atlanta. First Cong. Ch. ($35.20 of which _for
Student Aid, Storrs’ Sch._), $57; Cong. Sab.
Sch., $4.50. 91.80
Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition 83.72
Macon. Hon. James H. Blount, 155 Vols. Pub.
Doc., _for Library, Macon, Ga._
McIntosh. Tuition. 25.75
Savannah. Beach Inst., $143.30; Rent, $11.85. 155.15

ALABAMA, $503.87.

Alabama Furnace. Cong. Ch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 3.25
Anniston. Tuition. 5.00
Marion. Cong. Ch. 2.50
Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition 152.80
Mobile. Cong. Ch., $2; A. E., _for Emerson
Inst._, $1. 3.00
Montgomery. Public Fund. 175.00
Selma. Cong. Ch. 43.15
Selma. Mission Workers, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 11.50
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 104.67
Talladega. “A Friend,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 3.00

LOUISIANA, $202.25.

New Orleans. Straight University, Tuition 202.25

MISSISSIPPI, $131.94.

Jackson. R. F. 0.24
Tougaloo. Tougaloo University, Tuition 129.70
Tougaloo. F. J. Webster, _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 2.00

TEXAS, $192.20.

Austin. Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Tuition 190.75
Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 1.45

INCOME FUND, $455.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 355.00
C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00
General Fund 50.00

CANADA, $9.50.

Montreal. Rev. Henry Wilkes, D.D., $4; Charles
Alexander, $2.; Theo. Lyman, $2, and “Juv.
Miss. Box of the family,” $1.50 9.50

FRANCE, $30.

Paris. Mrs. E. W. Hitchcock, _for Talladega C._ 30.00

CHINA, $1.50.

Pao-ting-fu. Mrs. Isaac Pierson, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 1.50
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Total $31,976.58
Total from Oct. 1 to March 31. $132,022.55
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FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION.

From Oct. 1 to March 31. 2,191.73

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FOR ENDOWMENT FUND.

Conn. Watertown. “A Friend,” _for support of
President of Talladega College_ 5,000.00
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