Chapter II: Part 2

Not the least difficulty was to find a boarding place for the teacher. A lady who was to teach eighteen months in succession without a vacation must be taken care of. Not a room could be found in the neighborhood, with a window in it, which she could have to herself.

A man was found who needed a new house, and for an advance of $100, for a part of two years’ board, built a log house near the school-house and furnished her a room fifteen feet square, with two windows, and a lock to her door. There is no other such room in all the region.

The school closed grandly and beautifully, with an examination and an exhibition.

But the common school was abandoned for not a pupil could be found to attend it.

The following are the friends who furnished the money for this important enterprise. I thank them most heartily for their promptness and liberality:

Asylum St. Church, Hartford, Ct., $50.00; Euclid Av. Church, East Cleveland, O., 50.00; First Cong. Church, Cleveland, O., 21.25; Mrs. Mary H. Penfield, Rockford, Ill., 50.00; H. Ford, E. Cleveland, O., 8.00; Mrs. A. A. Brakenridge, Cleveland, O., 6.00; Miss Lucy A. French, Cleveland, O., 6.00; Frank Fairchild, Mt. Vernon, O., 20.00; Mrs. S. E. Bosworth, for Ladies’ Benev. Soc., Elgin, Ill., 15.00; Mary I. James, Brooklyn, N. Y., 30.00; F. S. Sessions, Columbus, O., 25.00; Cong. Church, Muskegon, Mich., 25.00; Sunday-school class of girls, Brooklyn, N.Y., 10.85.

For special reasons of a local character, it became necessary to find a benevolent man who would purchase 150 acres surrounding the school-house. Rev. Wm. Kincaid, of Oberlin, is the good man who takes it at $1.50 per acre.

The house is situated on a lofty ridge, six or eight miles long, the route of the main road in that part of the county, but over which a team does not pass more than once a week, and there is no house in sight of the school-house.

The school is managed by trustees, one of whom is a professor of Berea College, and the present pastor of Walnut Chapel Church, to which he preaches once a month, in the school-house. There is no other school in the county fit to qualify young people for teachers.

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AFRICA.

MR. LADD’S JOURNAL.

_Monday, Jan. 2._—A good breeze sprang up in the night and we were off. The rocks were reached about 8 A.M. Here we found a number of sunken rocks extending for some three or four miles. We passed the junction of the Atbara, the first tributary of the Nile, at 9 A.M. It is a good, fair stream where it joins the main river. Just above the mouth of the Atbara there is an island called Fatlab. A few miles beyond the island, and not at the mouth of the Atbara, as on most maps, is the town of Darner on the east side. Here we stopped about an hour and a half for fresh provisions. The sailors bought salt, etc., on speculation, while Doctor and I wandered about picking up flints on the desert on which the town is built, and chatting with an Arab we met, who happened to understand a few words of French. The sailors here begged us so hard to let them put up the stars and stripes that we finally relented from our former purpose and consented, provided we sailed into Khartoum under the Egyptian flag. We found that the men were inclined to stop here too long, in order to drive sharp bargains for their own profit, and at the end of an hour and a half we ordered them to start, much against their own will. There was not a man of them who understood the first thing about sailing, and when we attempted to start, their management was so bad that we turned around like a top, and had to make the shore again and take a fresh start. The banks along here are thickly studded with “sakias,” which make night as well as day musical with their continuous squeak and groan. We passed a number of huts and a town called Gelase. There are several large islands in the river along here. The wind died down as we reached one of the largest of them, called Zaidab, and we tied up to its banks for the night.

_Tuesday, Jan. 3._—The morning has been unusually cool. The men were lazy, and did not start with the first breeze. They require more urging than is pleasant. We have seen great numbers of crocodiles. Doctor has a cold and headache. Stopped “to get wood.” Stopped again “to get greens.” This time was righteously indignant and told the men they would not stop again while the wind blew. A sharp bend in the river. The town of Sigada on the west side. Low mountains in the distance on the east side. As we approached them we found that they come close to the river. Sandstone and limestone rocks. Miserable sailing! The worst I ever saw. We had a fine breeze, and yet the sails were set in such a way that they flapped and threatened to turn inside out. Stood it as long as I could, then took things into my own hands and ordered the sails set to suit me. All at once, in the afternoon, the main sheet broke, and away went the sail. The men stood and looked at it, hoping it would somehow get right, while we floated down stream. Saw about 20 ft. of high bank cave in with a great splash. The pyramids of Meroe came in sight. We counted eight of them. This would be an interesting spot to visit, but relic hunting is not our business just now. A large island stands in front of them. We saw five large crocodiles sunning themselves on a point of land. Doctor shot at one of them, and the result was that he hurried off into the water. The nights are beautiful. It is full moon, and so we sail on while the wind lasts. While everything was going nicely, and our course as plain by moonlight as by day, the men suddenly got frightened. They thought there was a sand-bar just ahead. The rudder was put hard over. We went clear to the other side of the river, where they actually managed to find a bar and stick on it. Then they had to pole back to where they were before, and found their former course all right. These men really do not know any more about managing a boat than the man in the moon.

_Wednesday, Jan. 4._—Was up in the night to see about the sailing. Dared not trust the men. We have had a good breeze, but made miserable time. We stopped a little while for wood, and then stood out with a good wind. A merchant boat came up in the rear, passed us, and left us far behind. The Doctor is feeling rather poorly. We reached Shendy about noon, and were fully an hour in passing it. This is a large town. We saw about a thousand cattle on the bank, and camels coming and going. The larger proportion of the houses that are visible from the river have been destroyed by the rains and stand in ruins. This is said to be a very healthy place, and it has every appearance of it. The desert comes to the river. About eight fine sycamore trees in one place on the bank make a fine site for a building. There are other trees near. A wall has been built along the river to protect the bank. Here we saw a number of whirlwinds carrying the desert sand hundreds of feet into the air. The town of El Metammeh, on the west side, and a few miles farther up the river is a very large place—said to be larger than Berber. Here also the desert comes to the river. The town stands back a little, and the banks are not quite so high. We rounded a point. A fine wind was blowing, but the men insisted that they must put to shore “to pick up the sail,” or in other words tighten the rigging. Soon after I found them sitting on the bank contemplating the rigging instead of working at it, and sailed into them lively. They soon had it done.

_Thursday, Jan. 5._—Passed some high hills during the night. We have had a fine breeze nearly all night and all the morning. We passed some sandstone rocks on the west bank, which come to the water’s edge. These are nearly opposite to Ben Naga. We have run upon a sand-bar twice. Saw a large number of crocodiles of immense size. A man on shore hailed us frantically, and wanted us to take a quantity of butter for him to Khartoum! As though the Governor’s boat, with two Americans on board, impatient to get along, was going to be turned into a merchant vessel! The men were a little inclined to stop, but we ordered them to go on, and the poor fellow was left on the bank swinging his arms like a windmill and getting red in the face. We are passing through a fine grazing country. A new man suddenly turns up on board, who understands sailing and steering a little better than the others. Where he came from we do not know, but suspect that he was picked up at the last place where we stopped. Now we are making better time. We reached the beginning of the “cataract” at 2:20 P.M. We had a fine wind and plenty of time before sunset, but the captain was afraid to go on and made a variety of foolish excuses. We landed and made inquiries, and finding there was no danger ordered him to proceed at once. We found a few rocks and some sand banks, but there was not the slightest difficulty. We passed some beautiful islands covered with trees and festooning vines and high grass. By sunset we had passed most of the rocks, and then the wind ceasing, and the men being tired, we allowed them to tie up for the night. Ducks are plenty about here. The Garri Mountains are in sight.

_Friday, Jan. 6._—Good breeze. Passed several rocks and small islands. Rounded a large island and entered a wild romantic gorge, with rocky mountains rising high on each side straight from the river, which is here reduced to a very narrow channel. This winding gorge, or gap, extends several miles, and it is called Sebeloga. Came to and circled the largest island we have yet seen, called Rowyan. There is a rocky mountain upon it. Passing out from the gorge there are a few rocks in the river. On our left, or east bank, we saw a round mountain called Wad El Bassal, or “Son of the Onion.” The wind has been fair and square astern, but the men have managed the sail so badly that it has actually turned inside out. This is not the safest performance in a strong wind, and we thought it was about time to take things into our own hands and ordered the sail around where it ought to be, and threatened to take full charge of the boat. We have found two men on board without our permission, but concluded to let it go. At one watering-place we saw 25 flocks of sheep, goats, cows, etc., averaging 300 in a flock! We have left the mountains behind us. While sailing along before a good breeze all of a sudden the main brace broke and over went the sail, nearly upsetting the whole thing and knocking everybody overboard. We are growing resigned, and are now ready for almost anything. Once more, after getting things straight again, the sail, with a fair wind, was allowed to turn inside out!! The wind went down, and we went ashore. After awhile it blew again, and we were off. Passed the bluff of Termaniat. Thermometer to-day: Sunrise, 60°; noon, 81°; sunset, 70°.

_Saturday, Jan. 7._—Fine breeze. Sailed at good speed. The banks here were lower, and the river broader. Low hills to the right. We were approaching Khartoum. There were several islands, and then we got a long view up the White Nile. We rounded the point of a large island, and turned into the clearer waters of the Blue Nile. The flags were up, and we expected to sail into Khartoum in grand style, but the wind was so strong from the north that we had to be towed up along the steep southern bank. We went bumping along, running into everything that it was possible to run into, amid a babel of sounds. Everybody seemed to think it necessary to yell at everybody else. Amid the confusion, as we were coming smash down upon another boat, Ibrahim called to two well-dressed young fellows, who were lounging on the other boat, to help push off. They heard, but were too lazy to move. He waited till he was near enough, and then suddenly pounced upon them with his stick, and dealt them several sharp blows. One fled precipitately one way, and the other jumped into the river. I did not know but he would drown, but he soon reached the bank, where the crowd had a good laugh at his expense. All along the shore native women, with only a rag on, were washing clothes; some without a rag on were washing themselves. Finally we reached our landing-place, and tied up. We had reached Khartoum at last! The American consul, a rich, one-eyed Copt, stood on the bank waiting for us. He soon came on board. Congratulations and compliments were exchanged. He offered to do anything and everything for us. We told him the first thing we wanted was our letters. They were sent for at once. I had seven! We sat right down and devoured them. Not a word had we heard since leaving Cairo, and now here was a feast. Better than cold water to a thirsty soul was the good news from home. We went, at the consul’s invitation, to see the quarters he had kindly provided for us in one of his own houses. The rooms were really very nice for this country. On the whole, our first impressions of Khartoum were very pleasant. There was no apparent reason why it should not be healthy if properly cared for. The desert stretched away on all sides, both on the north and south banks of the Blue Nile. There seemed to be considerable business along the river bank. There were crowds of merchant boats loading and unloading. There were eight steamers lying here. We noticed a number of very good buildings facing the river. We have just heard of a formidable insurrection south of here, on the White Nile, and in the vicinity of Fashoda, in which 600 or more soldiers have already been killed. After returning to our dahabeah, the consul sent us a present of oranges, pomegranates and milk. After a while he called again with several others. He certainly showed himself very anxious to please us. He has placed his house at our disposal, free of charge, for any length of time we choose to occupy it. He and his suite waited for us till after dinner. Then we packed up what was necessary and, following the lanterns, went up to our new quarters. Here every possible comfort had been very thoughtfully provided. The doctor kindly insisted on my having the best room as a sort of “divan,” or place in which to receive company. A guard was provided for us, who slept at our door, as the rest were to stay on board over night. Three pretty gazelles were running about the yard in the moonlight, and looking in at our doors. Temperature: Sunrise, 60°; noon, 81°; sunset, 74°.

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THE CHINESE.

LETTER FROM REV. W. C. POND.

MORE HOODLUMISM.

Not more than I expected, but enough to make one blush with mingled shame and indignation. At several of our schools scarcely an evening has passed for some weeks in which the pupils have been able to come and go unmolested. To hear the report of this does not greatly stir the blood perhaps; but to see a bright little boy, child of a Christian father, himself growing up in the knowledge and love of Christ, because his skin has a tinge slightly deeper than our own and his dress is not in our style and the stock of which he comes is Mongolian and not Caucasian, stoned by half-a-dozen cowardly youths, no one of whom would dare attack a Chinaman of his own size on equal terms, and then to see the wound, deep and bloody, close to the eyes, that one of the stones has made; _seeing_ all this, I cannot but feel that I “do well to be angry.” One of our teachers has been rebuked by a so-called preacher of the Gospel, to whom she herself had listened in one of our Congregational pulpits, for teaching Chinamen. And the pastor of one of the churches of California having in it Chinese members was told by a prominent member of his church: “I would rather see them hung up by their queues than baptized and brought into the church.” When facts like these come to my knowledge I confess that I am dismayed; not so much, however, for those who are wronged as for the wrong-doers. I tremble for California and for some of the churches of California when I remember that God is just.

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STORY OF CHINA MARY.

One of our teachers relates the following touching story: “But I must tell you about poor Ah Low, or China Mary, as we all called her. She was brought to this country when quite young, and was won by her husband in a raffle. As a prize she was valued at $100. An attempt was made afterwards by some Chinese and Americans to steal her, but she fled to Mr. Otis and was rescued. She wished me to teach her to read, and every morning as I passed her cabin on my way to the school-room I stopped and gave her a lesson. At last she told me her heart troubles. Her husband, she said, was getting big pay in a neighboring town, but was tired of her and would give her no money. Her offence was that her child was a girl and not a boy; and when, by and by, another little girl came, the husband’s injury was more than he could bear. The little baby sickens strangely. Mary tells the secret of it. ‘My husband says if baby doesn’t die he will get another woman.’ But in spite of it all the baby got well, and now poor Mary’s time had come. As I stepped from the steamer to the wharf one morning I saw Mary coming on board, looking clean and even pretty in her blue blouse with her baby strapped upon her back. ‘Where are you going, Mary?’ I asked. ‘To San Francisco for a visit,’ she replied. Soon she returned, but with no baby; and in the evening we learned that the purpose of her enforced journey to the city was accomplished. She had been sold by her husband into a Chinese house of prostitution for $300. And this is the last we have been able to know of China Mary.”

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GOOD CHEER.

I must not close in this minor strain. We have much to be grateful for. The reported enrolment and the aggregate average attendance on our school were larger in May than ever before. Almost 900 pupils are attending the schools, and the average attendance was 433. At Santa Barbara we hear of additions to the Association, and of three or more that seem ready to receive baptism. At Stockton we held last Sunday evening, June 18, our anniversary, which was well-attended and exceedingly interesting. Here are two, and perhaps three, Chinese who have given for many months delightful evidence of Christian character and who desire to be baptized. The Oakland school is growing fast and with promise of greater usefulness than ever it has given hitherto. I conclude with an extract from a recent letter from Wong Ock, our helper in the Petaluma school, “We have had a good school the past month; but for one thing I feel sorry—that the scholars change all time. It seems too bad; they don’t have but little time to learn. We can’t help that, of course. They are all working boys, moving from place to place. Some learn very fast and love to come to school, only some of the hard words are difficult for them to pronounce, but they do not fail to try. Every evening we have some words to spell, writing them on the black-board and spelling alone and in concert. I gave astronomy lessons to them, explaining by my own globe. They were very much astonished because they never heard such a thing as that the world was round, etc. The Bible lessons we have every Saturday and Sunday evenings. I hope you will pray for the school here and the teachers. Mr. Pond, I am hateful to myself ever since I have known the truth, because of the earthly thoughts and fleshly desires which lead me to go ways against my conscience, making me heavy in heart. I feel as if I was two men then fighting all the time. Oh, how great temptations in the spiritual life! Because of them I often get discouraged and cold in my heart. Pray for me, dear brother. Your humble brother,

WONG OCK.”

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CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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A TENNESSEE BAND OF HOPE.

BY MISS L. A. PARMELEE.

We were all glad to hear about Ted and his Temperance society. A great many hundred years ago a father in Africa took his little son, who was just as old as Ted, to the church altar and made him promise to always hate the nation that had oppressed them. The feeling of hate grew as the boy grew, and when he became a man he made the oppressor and his proud armies tremble before him. Now if the boys and girls, who are so fond of hearing about Hannibal’s victories, will promise to hate Rum as he hated Rome, the monster that has destroyed so many homes will be conquered.

The children are beginning to think of these things. If Ted and his band should follow the sun, and gather all the temperance boys and girls they could find on their way, when they reached the Mississippi their army would be nearly as large as that other army of young crusaders who started out to rescue the Holy Land from desecration. Ask papa or mamma where you will find that story to read for yourselves. I have only time to tell you of a little company that would join this army when it stopped by the great river to rest and get ready to cross into Arkansas, where a host of eager recruits are learning to be loyal to home and honor and temperance.

This Memphis company, only one of several in the city, are little people, six, seven, eight and nine years old. Most of them had learned to like the taste of whisky from eating the sugar left in glasses after older people had taken a morning toddy, or from sipping egg-nog Christmas week. Their teacher illustrated the evil effects of alcohol by pouring a little into a saucer and dropping a lighted match into it. As the blue flame blazed up, the children thought it was not safe to take so dangerous an element into their mouths. Another day they saw some alcohol poured upon the white of an egg, and the teacher explained that the brain is composed of the same material as the albumen of the egg. As the bright eyes eagerly watched the yellowish white turn to milky white, just as they had seen eggs fried in hot water and grease, they all cried out: “I will never let any alcohol cook my brain like that.”

Once a lady showed them some large pictures of the stomach under different conditions. She said the stomach is the kitchen of the house we live in, and one of its most important rooms. The walls are lined with soft, delicate pink, as pretty as the paper some people put on their parlor walls. Alcohol is a fiery-tempered little fellow, and when he comes into the kitchen he scratches the beautiful walls, just as naughty boys will sometimes scratch pins over the paper and plaster in their mother’s nice room. If he stays long enough he will punch holes, make the clean walls black, and ruin the room, so that the food can not be properly prepared. The pictures explained the work of demolition, which the children readily understood, as they knew of many people whose brains and stomachs had been destroyed in that way.

These little people have pledged themselves never to touch or taste the poison. More than that, they speak their convictions to their friends and neighbors at home. “That glass of toddy will burn and scratch your stomach.” “That whisky will cook your brain and give you a headache; you may feel brighter for an hour or two, but then you will be dull and stupid.”

Do you ask if all the boys and girls who signed the pledge have been faithful to their promise? The most of them have. Two big boys coaxed little Albert to go out of town and celebrate Easter by drinking a bottle of beer, but he was so sorry and so ashamed of it that the Band of Hope forgave him. Two or three others have been enticed to drink, but the majority hold firmly to their promise. And you young people, whose fathers and mothers never tempt you to do wrong, can little understand how much these other little ones have to endure in abiding by their convictions of right.

Let us help them by making the Temperance Army the strongest and largest army in the world.

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RECEIPTS FOR JUNE, 1882.

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MAINE, $103.24.

Calais. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $40.00
Castine. Trin. Cong. Sab. Sch. 5.00
Centre Lebanon. Mrs. S. D. L. 1.00
East Otisfield. Rev. J. Loring 2.00
Lewiston. Pine St. Cong. Ch. 28.90
Machias. Centre St. Ch. and Soc. 8.00
Machias. C. Longfellow 5.00
Portland. Saint Lawrence St. Ch., Missionary
Col., $6.83; D. P., 51c 7.34
Topsham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.00
Yarmouth. Rev. A. L. 1.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $223.89.

Exeter. Mary E. Shute 16.00
Francestown. Cong. Ch., 25.00; Mrs. S. E.
Kingsbury, 10.00; Miss S. E. Kingsbury, 5.00 40.00
Hanover. “A Brother in Christ.” 5.00
Henniker. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.00
Hillsborough Bridge. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.83
Hudson. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.00
Meredith Village. Cong. Ch. 22.00
Meriden. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 0.60
Milford. Cong. Ch., $30.08 to const. Rev.
CHARLES H. TAINTOR, L. M.; Samuel Cragin, $2.00 32.08
Portsmouth. “Mizpah Circle.” 3.50
Rochester. H. M. P. 0.50
Salmon Falls. Cong. Ch. 17.38
Seabrook. Mrs. Mary W. Boardman 5.00
Wolfborough. Rev. S. Clark 5.00
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$193.89

LEGACY.

Francestown. Estate of Lucy Patch, by Mrs.
Joseph Duncklee 30.00
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$223.89

VERMONT, $481.94.

Bethel. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $7.62; Mrs.
Sparhawk, $3 10.62
Brattleborough. Helen J. Preston, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Castleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 27.20
East Cambridge. H. M. 1.00
East Hardwick. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
East Poultney. Mrs. J. H. D. 0.50
Fair Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Student Aid_ 26.57
Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 72.63
Montpelier. Ladies of Bethany Ch., box of C.,
_for Fisk U._
New Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00
Saint Albans. Mrs. M. A. Stranahan, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Saint Albans. Young Men’s Bible Class, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 10.00
Saint Johnsbury. Hon. Franklin Fairbanks, _for
Atlanta U._ 100.00
Saint Johnsbury. North Ch. Sab. Sch. 41.00
Townshend. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $9.45; Mrs. A.
L. Rice, $5; Mrs. H. Holbrook, $2; Miss G. P., $1 17.45
Vergennes. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Wells River. C. W. Eastman 5.00
West Brattleborough. S. G. Smith 5.00
Westminster West. Rev. A. Stevens, D.D. 10.00
West Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.12
Windham. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 8.85
——— “L.G.” 15.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $6,282.59.

Abington. Mrs. S. P. L. 0.50
Amesbury. S. B. T. 0.50
Amherst. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 32.70
Andover. Teachers and Pupils of Abbot Academy 67.44
Andover. West Parish Cong. Ch. 50.00
Attleborough Falls. Cent’l Ch. and Soc. 5.30
Auburndale. “A Friend.” 5.00
Ayer. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 50.00
Belchertown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 43.61
Boston. Sab. Sch. of Shawmut Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 35.00
Boston. Mrs. B. Perkins 5.00
Boston. Lee Hain and Wong Quong, $1 each _for
Cal. Chinese M._ 2.00
Bradford. Mrs. Sarah C. Boyd, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 12.00
Brockton. Porter Evan. Ch. and Soc. 46.18
Buckland. Mrs. Sally Gillett to const. HENRY
L. WARFIELD L. M. 30.00
Cambridgeport. Bbl. of C., _for Kansas Refugees_
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $55.00;
Mrs. P. P., 50c 55.50
Conway. Mrs. Austin Rice 24.00
Danvers. Maple St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 48.69
Douglas. A. M. Hill, to const. MRS. LOIEZER L.
HILL L. M. 30.00
Dorchester. Village Ch. and Soc. 20.50
East Weymouth. Mrs. E. E. Thompson, _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 6.00
Fitchburgh. G. S. Burbank 100.00
Florence. Hon. A. L. Williston, _for
Professor’s house, Talladega C._ 100.12
Georgetown. Memorial Ch. 30.71
Greenfield. C. C. Phillips. 3.46
Greenfield. Mrs. A. J. Smead, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 1.50
Hadley. H. L. C. 0.50
Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.76
Holliston. Ladies Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C. and
$1.65 _for Freight, for Talladega C._ 1.65
Holyoke. R. H. Seymour 5.00
Housatonic. Housatonic Cong. Ch. and Soc.,
$49.92, to const. MRS. MARY M. PLATT, L. M.;
By A. D. Whitmore, Box of S. S. books and $1
_for Freight_ 50.92
Longmeadow. Gents’ Benev. Soc., $18.25;
Ladies’ Benev. Soc., $11.83 30.08
Lowell. Pawtucket Ch. 21.00
Lowell. S. B. S. 1.00
Lynn. First Ch. and Soc. 18.17
Malden. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 500.00
Marlborough. T. B.P. 1.00
Medfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 83.50
Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 25.00
Mill River. Miss M. R. Wilcox 10.00
Montague. Mission Circle, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 1.00
Mount Auburn. Mrs. J. T. K. .50
Newbury. First Ch. and Soc. 17.00
Newburyport. S. N. B. .50
Newton Centre. Ladies of First Ch., $50; Mrs.
D. L. Furber, $2.50, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 52.50
Newton Highlands. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 10.00
Newton Upper Falls. “A Friend” 110.00
Northampton. Miss Helen Clark, _for Student
Aid, Storr’s Sch._ 2.00
North Brookfield. First Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.25
Norton. Young Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., Wheaton
Sem., _for Cooking Sch., Talladega C._ 25.00
Peabody. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 80.00
Raynham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.40
Rehoboth. E. W. R. 0.50
Revere. Mrs. A. S. Steele ($10 of which _for
John Brown Steamer_) to const. ALMIRA DEWING
STEELE L. M. 40.00
Royalston. Mrs. Geo. Woodbury, Bbl. of C.,
_for Wilmington, N.C._
Salem. Tabernacle Ch. and Soc. 290.70
Scituate. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Wilmington, N.C._ 10.00
Somerville. Mrs. H. B. 0.60
South Amherst. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 10.00
Southborough. Pilgrim Evan. Ch. and Soc. 15.86
Springfield. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Taunton. Union Ch. 7.00
Tewksbury. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl.
of C., _for Talladega C._
Townsend. Cong. Ch. 14.19
Uxbridge. “A Friend.” 2.00
Watertown. Corban Soc. 8.48
Wilbraham. Cong. Ch., to const. MRS. EMELINE
R. SPERLING, L. M. 56.90
Wilmington. “A Member of Cong. Ch.,” to const.
REV. DANIEL P. NOYES, ATHERTON NOYES,
HERBERT NATHAN BUCK, ARTHUR O. BUCK, WILLIAM
HENRY CARTER, 2nd, and LOIS R. CARTER L. Ms. 200.00
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 34.00
Winchendon. “F. T. P.” 5.00
Worcester. Central Ch. and Soc. 84.44
Worcester. Salem St. Sab. Sch., $25, _for
Tougaloo U._, $25 _for Le Moyne Inst._ 50.00
Worcester. Mrs. S. A. Pratt, _for horse,
Talladega C._ 6.00
West Roxbury. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Straight U._ 25.00
West Roxbury. South Ch. ($10 of which from “A
Friend”) 64.77
West Somerville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.50
West Springfield. Park St. Cong. Ch. 48.31
Yarmouth. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C.,
_for Talladega C._
——— “A Friend, Olivet.” 10.00
—————————
$3,053.69

LEGACY.

Woburn. Estate of Thomas Richardson 3,228.90
—————————
$6,282.59

CONNECTICUT, $22,471.16.

Abington. S.C. 1.00
Berlin. Second Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John
Brown Steamer_ 10.00
Bridgewater. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Clinton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Colchester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 80.00
Columbia. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.61
Durham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. $25; “Two
Friends” $5 30.00
East Hartford. Edward A. Williams. 20.00
Enfield. Daniel H. Abbe ($5 of which _for John
Brown Steamer_) 10.00
Farmington. A. F. Williams, to const. WALTER
HUBERT VORCE L. M. 30.00
Georgetown. Mr. Gilbert, _for Atlanta U._ 25.00
Gilead. Cong. Ch. ($5 of which from Mr. and
Mrs. T. L. Brown, _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._) 20.00
Glastonbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 150.00
Goshen. Cong. Ch. 32.00
Greeneville. Cong. Ch. ($30 of which from F.
W. Carey, to const. GEORGE EAGLESHAM L. M.) 51.54
Greenwich. E. M. 1.00
Hadlyme. Joseph W. Hungerford ($60 of which to
const. WILLIAM E. GATES and CHARLES F.
BURNHAM L. Ms.), $100; Cong. Sab. Sch., $27.80 127.80
Ivoryton. Mrs. A. H. Snow 1.25
Manchester. First Cong. Ch. 52.25
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. 29.69
Naugatuck. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
New Britain. Sab. Sch. of First Ch. of Christ,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 100.00
New Britain. Ladies’ Sew. Soc. of Cong. Ch.,
$5 and Bbl. of C., _for Talladega C._ 5.00
New Hartford. Cong. Ch. ($7 of which from John
Richards’ Bible Class, $3 from Rev. F. H.
Adams’ Bible Class), _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 20.00
New Haven. Centre Ch. Sab. Sch. $55, Class of
Yew Fem Tan, Centre Ch. Sab. Sch. $2.,
Davenport Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. $25., H.
S. D. $1, _for John Brown Steamer_ 83.00
New London. First Ch. 38.04
New Milford. Mrs. George Beers, _for Talladega
C._ and to const. ARTHUR T. NETTLETON L. M. 30.00
New Milford. First Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 5.00
North Guilford. “A Friend” 5.00
North Stamford. Cong. Ch. 3.20
Norwich. Moses Pierce, _for Atlanta U._ 100.00
Old Saybrook. Mrs. G. D. 0.50
Prospect. Cong. Sab. Sch., Package of Papers,
_for Savannah, Ga._
Rocky Hill. Cong. Church, to const. HORACE R.
MERRIAM L. M. 30.15
Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 9.62
Southport. Cong. Ch. 172.00
Stafford Springs. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Suffield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.65
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 25.08
Washington. “Z.” 1.00
West Hartford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 60.00
West Stafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.75
Woodstock. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 26.33
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$1,482.46

LEGACY.

West Hartford. Estate of Eliza Butler, by
Benj. S. Bishop, Ex. 20,988.70
—————————
$22,471.16

NEW YORK, $619.51.

Antwerp. Cong. Ch. 33.20
Brooklyn. Rev. W. F. Crafts 25.00
Brooklyn. Central Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Lady
Missionary at Ladies’ Isl., S.C._ 25.00
Chittenango. “Aunt Katie Hall” 5.00
Deer River. Cong. Ch. 6.59
Fredonia. “Friends,” _for Athens, Ala._ 25.00
Gloversville. Cong. Ch. 162.54
Gainesville. “A Friend” 15.00
Java. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.43
Kingsborough. J. W. 1.00
Livonia Center. Geo. W. Jackman, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 2.75
Marion. “Life Member,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 1.00
New York. S. T. Gordon, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 200.00
New York. Dr. A. S. Ball 5.00
Seneca Falls. Cong. Ch., “A Friend,” 50.00
Spencerport. Alvin Webster 2.00
West Farms. Dan’l Mapes, _for Atlanta U._ 50.00

NEW JERSEY, $10.25.

Jersey City. A. A. H. 0.25
Montclair. Mrs. J. H. Pratt’s S. S. Class,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00
New Brunswick. Mrs. S. L. Chester 5.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $104.00.

New Castle. Mrs. Joseph White 2.00
West Alexander. Dr. Robert Davidson 100.00
West Elizabeth. Miss Jane Wilson 2.00

OHIO, $399.16.

Akron. Ladies’ Home Miss. Soc. of Cong. Ch. 5.00
Ashland. Mrs. Eliza Thompson 2.28
Brighton. Cong. Ch. 4.05
Chardon. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 5.00
Cincinnati. Vine St. Cong. Ch. 47.53
Cincinnati. George S. Gray, _for Yale Library
Fund, Talladega C._ 10.00
Cincinnati. Rev. E. P. Wheeler, _for Atlanta U._ 5.00
Circleville. Mrs. D. B. W. 0.50
Cleveland. C. T. Rogers ($30 of which to
const. Rev. W. C. Rogers L. M.), $50, _for
Theo. Dept., Talladega C._ 50.00
Cleveland. G. W. C., $1; G. A. R., $1 2.00
Conneaut. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.75
Elyria. M. W. Cogswell, First Cong. Ch. 10.00
Galion. Sewing Soc. Presb. Ch., $1, and Bbl.
of C.; Mrs. F. Lindsey, $3; Miss McM., $1,
_for Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 5.00
Geneva. First Cong. Ch. 13.92
Kelley’s Island. Cong. Ch. 8.60
Martinsburgh. J. A. McFarland and Emily
McFarland, $2.50 ea. 5.00
Medina. Woman’s Miss. Soc., $10, and Bbl. of
C. _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00
North Bloomfield. “Friends,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 35.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 30.00
Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch. 18.18
Oberlin. Rev. George Thompson, _for Mendi M._ 2.00
Peru. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 5.00
Ravenna. Cong. Ch. 42.75
Rootstown. Cong. Ch. 25.00
Ruggles. Cong. Sab. Sch., Box of Papers.
Seville. Julia Hulburt 5.00
Springfield. Mrs. M. G. 1.00
Windham. Wm. A. Perkins 5.00
Youngstown. “A Friend,” 1.00
———————
$362.56

LEGACY.

Hampden. Estate of Joel Dorman, by L. G.
Maynard, Ex. 36.60
———————
$399.16

ILLINOIS, $1,775.87.

Amboy. First Cong. Ch. 40.65
Canton. First Cong. Ch. 20.00
Canton. Mrs. D. W. Vitturn, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 20.00
Chicago. First Cong. Ch., $106.35; New England
Cong. Ch., $99.90; Mrs. Drake, $5 211.25
Chicago. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Chicago. E. W. Blatchford, _for Athens, Ala._ 10.00
Concord. James Joy Thorndike 3.42
Elgin. “Elgin Cong. Ch.,” 10.00
Galena. “A Friend,” 2.00
Glencoe. Cong. Ch. 35.00
Granville. “Merry Workers,” _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 12.00
Kewanee. Women’s Miss’y Soc., _for Student
Aid, Tougaloo U._ 19.50
Mendon. Cong. Ch. 11.85
Millburn. Cong. Ch. 27.24
Moline. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., $25; Mrs. M.
C. Ells, $2; _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 27.00
Newark. Horace Day 5.00
Oak Park. “O. P.’s Sab. Sch. Class of Boys,”
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 13.60
Paxton. Mrs. J. B. Shaw, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 6.00
Princeton. Cong. Ch. 42.86
Quincy. Joshua Perry 10.00
Rock Falls. Cong. Ch. 3.50
Tonica. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 25.00
Wilmette. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Winnetka. Cong. Ch. 50.00
———————
$675.87

LEGACIES.

Belvidere. Estate of Olney Nichols 100.00
Mendon. Estate of Joel Benton, by W. W.
Benton, Ex. 1,000.00
—————————
$1,775.87

INDIANA, $1,505.00.

Dyer. Mrs. F. M. Biggs, _for Needmore_ 5.00

LEGACY.

Albion. Estate of Ida Loomis 1,500.00
—————————
$1,505.00

MICHIGAN, $5,136.82.

Adrian. C. C. Spooner 5.00
Alamo. Julius Hackley 10.00
Benzonia. “A Friend,” $5; Mrs. S. A. B. C., $1 6.00
Bridgman. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Delhi Mills. Norman Dwight 10.00
Grand Rapids. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rev.
J. H. H. Sengstacke_ 20.00
Grand Rapids. Individuals, by Rev. E. A. Spence 3.00
Hudson. Cong. Ch. 17.76
Manistee. First Cong. Ch. 25.06
Memphis. “Friends,” for _Athens, Ala._ 3.00
Olivet. William J. Hickok 25.00
—————————
$136.82

LEGACY.

Port Huron. Estate of Mary Jane Sweetser, by
John P. Sanborn, Ex. 5,000.00
—————————
$5,136.82

WISCONSIN, $245.47.

Appleton. M. R. Barteau 10.00
Beloit. Mrs. S. M. Clary 30.00
Beloit. First Cong. Ch., Box of Books, $2.20,
_for Freight, for Talladega C._ 2.20
Blake’s Prairie. Cong. Ch. 3.75
Bloomington. Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary,
Talladega, Ala._ 6.00
Brandon. Woman’s Miss’y Soc., $11.57, _for
Lady Missionary, Talladega, Ala._,
incorrectly ack. in July number from
Whitewater, Wis.
Burlington. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Clinton. Cong. Ch. 39.80
Janesville. Cong. Ch. 43.77
Leeds. Cong. Ch. 5.90
Madison. Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary,
Talladega, Ala._ 24.75
Milwaukee. Young People’s Miss’y Cir., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 16.00
Shopiere. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 20.00
Tomah. Cong. Ch. 2.30
Waukesha. First Cong. Ch. 16.00
Windsor. Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary,
Talladega, Ala._ 5.00

IOWA, $258.44.

Anamosa. Cong. Ch., _for New Orleans La. and
Atlanta, Ga._ 28.54
Cresco. Cong. Ch. 11.67
De Witt. J. H. Price 10.00
Iowa City. Cong. Ch. 33.41
Iowa City. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Lady
Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 11.00
Marion. “Willing Workers,” _for Student Aid.
Straight U._ 30.00
Maquoketa. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.96
Miles. Ladies’ Missionary Soc. of Cong. Ch. 10.00
Muscatine. Cong. Ch. 40.30
New Hampton. Cong. Ch. ($5 of which from Dea.
O. Gardner, _for Berea C._) 11.06
Oskaloosa. Rev. D. Lane, $5; S. R. Pettitt, $2.50 7.50
Quasqueton. Rev. A. Manson 5.00
Tabor. Ladies’ H. M. Soc., $5; Young Ladies’
Christian Ass’n, $5: Rev. John Todd, $5,
_for Student Aid, Straight U._ 15.00
Toledo. Mrs. E. N. Barker 5.00
Winthrop. Rev. S. W. Brintnall 5.00

KANSAS, $15.00.

Anthony. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Diamond Springs. A. A. Stevens 10.00

MINNESOTA, $343.42.

Leech Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. King ($10 of
which _for John Brown Steamer_,) 25.00
Minneapolis. Rev. E. M. Williams, _for Atlanta U._ 250.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 28.42
Northfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Straight U._ 40.00

NEBRASKA, $4.00.

Olive Branch. German Ass’n. 4.00

MISSOURI, $113.10.

Breckenridge. Cong. Ch. 7.85
Brookfield. Cong Ch. 5.25
Kansas City. F. L. Underwood, _for President’s
house, Talladega C._ 100.00

CALIFORNIA, $20.00.

San Diego. Geo. W. Marston 20.00

WASHINGTON TERRITORY, $16.50.

Skokomish. Cong. Ch. 16.50

NEW MEXICO, $1.00.

New Albuquerque. D. L. S. 1.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $1.50.

Washington. Lincoln Memorial Ch. 1.50

KENTUCKY, $3.88.

Berea. Sab. Sen., _for John Brown Steamer_ 3.88

NORTH CAROLINA, $182.24.

Dudley. Tuition 10.75
Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition 165.99
Wilmington. Cong. Ch., $5; Mrs. J. F. A. S., 50c. 5.50

SOUTH CAROLINA, $276.75.

Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition 248.75
Charleston. Plymouth Ch., $20; Prof. W. L.
Gordon. $8 28.00

TENNESSEE, $940.27.

Chattanooga. Rent 175.00
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition 176.80
Nashville. Fisk University, Tuition 588.47

GEORGIA, $524.32.

Atlanta. Atlanta U., $103.67; Rent, $17.50 181.17
Atlanta. Storrs School, $133.20; Rent, $3 136.20
Atlanta. First Cong. Ch., $52.80; Mrs. Andrew
Clark, _for Atlanta U._, $3 55.80
Macon. Cong. Ch. 10.40
Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition, $106.75; Rent,
$10 116.75
Savannah. Dr. J. J. Waring, $20; Dr. C. C.
Schley, $4, _for Savannah, Ga._ 24.00

ALABAMA, $351.80.

Athens. Trinity Sch., Tuition 16.75
Marion. Tuition 2.25
Mobile. Emerson Inst. 102.95
Mobile. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Montgomery. Public Fund 175.00
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 26.25
Talladega. “Musical Union” 15.00
Selma. Cong. Ch. ($3.30 of which _for Mendi M._) 8.60

LOUISIANA, $274.75.

New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 223.75
New Orleans. Central Ch., $50; Mrs. B. C. and
Mrs. D. S., 50c. ea. 51.00

MISSISSIPPI, $173.75.

Caledonia. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Tougaloo U._ 0.70
Hazelhurst. E. E. S. 0.51
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $164.04; Rent, $8.50 172.54

FLORIDA, $50.00.

St. Augustine. Rent 50.00

TEXAS, $191.50.

Austin. Tillotson C. & N. Inst. 191.50

INCOME FUND, $1,035.44.

Income Fund, _for Theo. Dept., Howard U._ 457.55
Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 190.00
Graves Library Fund, _for Atlanta U._ 150.00
Scholarship Fund, _for Fisk U._ 50.00
Haley Scholarship Fund _for Fisk U._ 15.11
Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00
C. F. Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._ 37.78
Town Bonds, Greenwich, N.Y., _for Scholarship
Fund, Straight U._ 35.00
General Fund 50.00
——————————
Total $44,136.56
Total from Oct. 1 to June 30 $235,553.64
===========

FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION.

Rehoboth, Mass. Ellery W. Robinson 6.05
Fairfield, Conn. First Cong. Ch. 60.00
Income Fund 1.34
—————
Total 67.39
Previously acknowledged from Oct. 1 to May 31 3,457.13
————————
Total $3,524.52
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INVESTMENT RULE.—To get the best security rather than the largest interest.

AGENTS WANTED.

Active, reliable and persevering men, who desire agencies in the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri are invited to correspond with the company direct.

HENRY STOKES,
President.

J. L. HALSEY, Secretary.

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ESTABLISHED THIRTY YEARS.

AMERICAN

ORGANS

ARE THE BEST.]

_Catalogues Free on Application._

Address the Company either at

BOSTON, MASS., 531 Tremont Street;
LONDON, ENG., 57 Holborn Viaduct;
KANSAS CITY, Mo., 817 Main Street;
ATLANTA, GA., 27 Whitehall Street;
Or, DEFIANCE, O.

OVER 95,000 SOLD.

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BARSTOW’S

Wrought Iron Furnace

For Anthracite or Bituminous Coal.

THIRTEEN SIZES—PORTABLE AND BRICK SET.

Indorsed by the Leading Sanitarians of the Country.

“Barstow’s Wrought-Iron Furnace,

properly set and supplied with plenary amount of fresh air, is one of the most efficient and delightful house-warmers it has ever been our privilege to enjoy: this conclusion is based upon three winters’ use, under extraordinary house exposure. Economical in fuel, plenty of warmth, fire easily kept, no gas escape, no sore throats.—_A. W. Bell, A.M., M.D., Editor Sanitarian._”

BARSTOW STOVE CO.,