Chapter II: Part 2

The variety of one trip of about two hundred miles is recorded thus: As to food, have done my own cooking, eaten dry crackers only for meals, been boarded several days for nothing and bought meals. As to sleeping, have stayed in as good a bed as could be given me, free of cost, and slept in my own blankets in an Indian canoe, because the houses of the whites were too far away and the “phleeze” were too thick in the Indian houses. They were bad enough in the canoe, but the Indians would not allow me to go further away for fear that the panthers would catch me. As to work, have preached, held prayer meetings, done pastoral work, helped clean up the streets of an Indian village, been carpenter and painter, dedicated a church, performing all the parts, been organist, studied science, acted as agent, taken hold of law, in a case where whiskey had been sold to an Indian, and in a will. As to traveling, have been carried ninety miles in a canoe by Indians, free, paid an Indian four dollars for carrying me twenty miles, was carried twenty miles on a steamer at half fare and twenty more on another for nothing; rode horseback, walked fifty miles, and “paddled my own canoe” for forty-five miles.

A note is made of some people very hungry for preaching. One lady just recovering from sickness was hardly able to walk three-quarters of a mile to church, and as they had no horse her husband took her on a wheelbarrow more than half the way. An old lady, seventy-six years of age, walked over three miles to church where the services were mainly for the Indians, then a mile further, where the preaching was for the whites, and then returned home.

* * * * *

INDIANS AT HAMPTON.

BY REV. H. B. FRISSELL.

Our communion on Sunday was very interesting. There were added to the church four colored students and three Indian boys. These three are representatives of three different tribes. One of them was an Apache. He came to us sixteen months ago with no knowledge of Christ, and none of God, with the exception of what he had gained from an old medicine man. He told me that God was like the wind that came in at one window and went out at the other. He has been very earnest in his study of the Bible and has come to my study night after night when he had had a hard day’s work and an evening study hour that he might read the Bible with me. Not long ago he told me he wished to pray in meeting and asked me if I would write out what he wanted to say. So I took my pen and after long pauses he told me what he wanted to say to God. I wrote it down just as he gave it to me. He has carried it away to learn so that he may take part in our weekly meeting in English. The other two boys have come to me twice before and asked to join the church but I have told them to wait. But now it seemed as though they could wait no longer and they were glad to profess their faith in Christ.

THE CHINESE.

* * * * *

THE PENALTY OF PROSPERITY.

BY REV. W. C. POND.

Our schools were never before so prosperous as during the last six or eight months. Each successive budget of monthly reports showed a larger enrolment and a larger average attendance, in the aggregate, than had ever been secured before. Notwithstanding that we have closed our schools in Oroville during these hot months, and have given a month’s vacation to the Berkeley school, the reports for June call for their superlatives as cheeringly as did those of April or of May. The rolls for June showed the names of 908 Chinese pupils, and the average attendance was 437. During the ten months now past of the present fiscal year, no less than 2,152 Chinese have been enrolled as members of our schools, and thus, for longer or shorter periods, have been brought to hear something of the true God and the only Saviour. Many have been with us but a short time, but not one, I believe, has failed to get some new idea which, it would seem, must have set him to thinking, and thus may prove to be in him the seed of the everlasting life.

But what is the “_penalty_” of all this? and why should there be any penalty for it? The penalty is a depleted treasury, and the reason for this is the unavoidably increased expenditure. How many of our readers know what it is to have more than $1,600 coming due, and less than $600 at command? As many as have had this experience will understand the penalty I am just now called to suffer. I _could_ not turn the dark souls away from what seemed to be for them the only possible path to light, and I could not bid them welcome without increasing our corps of laborers. I could not add new workers without adding some new bills. The increase of expense is not at all proportioned to the increase in work fulfilled, for while we have reached nearly 40 per cent. more Chinese than we did in any preceding year, the expense will be greater by only about 10 per cent. But I have been working all these years up to the utmost limit of our resources, and now, towards the close of this fiscal year—the annual appropriation from the parent society exhausted and the gifts of most of our regular contributors already used—it comes to pass that that 10 per cent. extra begins to be felt, and as the mission purse gets lighter your superintendent’s heart gets heavier with thoughts and plans and cares.

“Well, what are you going to do about it?” some of my readers are asking. I answer, first of all, I mean to pray. Nothing else ever availed in my experience to replenish a depleted treasury, like appealing to the Giver of all good. He knows the work; He gave the opportunity; He has, many times before this, verified His promise, and answered my prayer. I mean to trust Him; ask His counsel and His help, and so _move on_. While His pillar of cloud and of fire goes before us, we need never be dismayed. “Difficulties will be removed, in proportion as it is necessary that they should be removed.” But I do not mean to stop with prayer. That is Müller’s way, and, in his case, it succeeds. When he was consulted as to the failure of others who wrought on his plan, it is said that he replied: “They were not so called.” Every man according to his own calling. For myself, I read the promise thus: “Ask, and it shall be given you; _seek, and ye shall find_.” And so I feel called to follow up my asking with seeking, and to enter every door that my master causes to be opened to my knock. That is just what I am doing now, in writing this paragraph. It may not reach all our readers till after our fiscal year has closed; but the books can be kept open till October 1, and gifts sent to make up what is now lacking, will be gratefully acknowledged, and most carefully used.

THE CENTRAL SCHOOL.

This is held at the Central Mission house, in this city—the headquarters of our whole work. The building is admirably located for our purposes, and though always felt to be too small for the most effective service, has nevertheless answered our purpose tolerably well. As long as the attendance on the school did not exceed 125, it was possible to move about easily in the school-room, and by careful attention to ventilation, to keep the atmosphere tolerably pure. But last month the _average_ attendance was 185, and the largest attendance on any one evening was no less than 260! Of course even standing room was at a premium. To move about in such a mass; to attempt anything like classification; to give to each pupil his portion of instruction, taxed the energy, patience and skill of the teachers to the utmost. Jee Gam declares that if we had room enough and teachers enough, we could have 300 pupils in this school every evening.

One reason for this throng of pupils, (and I am glad to say that a like cause of prosperity exists in all our schools) is that we have now so excellent a corps of teachers and of Chinese helpers—so faithful, so devoted and enthusiastic—and, generally, so well fitted for the work. About this I trust there may be nothing temporary. Another fact,—which may not always operate so strongly as now—and which tends specially to fill up the Central school, is the great influx of Chinese now going on at this port. When the new law goes into operation, this will be checked, at least, for a time. Hastened, doubtless, by the passage of this law nearly 25,000 Chinese have come in at this port within less than six months,—a number equal to one-fourth of the entire Chinese population in the whole country at the beginning of this year. This multitude will rapidly scatter, moving wherever a demand for their labor attracts them, and then the pressure at this spot will be lessened, but the work will remain to be done; 25,000 more of these blood-bought souls, to be brought to a knowledge of their Redeemer; 25,000 more out of whom to gather messengers of salvation, heralds of the gospel of Christ’s dying love and living power to the myriads ready to perish in their native land.

I am sorry to say that my faith in the possibility of securing in any way a more commodious building for this school and for a head-quarters for our entire work, is not strong. Perhaps this is the reason why the oft-repeated petitions of our teachers for more room, remain without response. “According to your _faith_” it is said, “be it unto you.” One lady at the East, self-prompted, or prompted of God, has added to many a previous kindness, a donation of $100, to be used for this enlargement when it shall become possible. One member of the Executive Committee of the A. M. A., who has visited our quarters, and seen something of the need, has hinted that the easiest way to get relief would be to ask for the necessary fund to buy or build. I ventured to infer that if this request should be made, his generous heart and ever-open hand would help the matter on. It would be much that thus we could save to our work $1,200 per annum now paid for rent. This sum would keep _five_ teachers in the field for a full year. And then we should have a building suited to our needs, large enough and light enough, open enough to the pure air of heaven, to speak for itself a welcome and to bear in itself a blessing to these crowds of needy souls. Fifteen thousand dollars would secure this—a place where (if the predictions of our wisest helpers may be trusted) 300 _young men_, born in the depths of heathenism, could be brought every day of every week throughout each coming year, to sit at Jesus’ feet and hear his word. And a sum much less than that would put my faith concerning it at that mustard-seed point at which our Saviour assures us “nothing shall be impossible to you.”

CHILDREN’S PAGE.

* * * * *

ONE BOY WHO GREW UP IN A COTTON PATCH.

BY MISS LAURA A. PARMELEE.

His name is Frank, his cotton patch is in Mississippi, near the Sunflower River, and he is teaching school in that neighborhood at this very time. Although he is quite grown, he is not so tall as his highest cotton stalk, and doesn’t look a bit as if he had a story. It is not an uncommon story, and might be true of a good many Williams, or Henrys, or Johns. That is why I am so particular to tell you his name and where he lives.

Most of his time was spent in the field, but he ate and slept in a rough log-cabin of one room. The chimney was built outside of the cabin, and was made of sticks and clay. The one window was a board shutter, swinging on leather hinges. Two beds, a table, a few dishes, two or three pots and kettles, three or four leather-bottomed chairs and a barrel of meal furnished the house.

Poor as the building was, a good mother’s love made it a dear home to her little children. Roses and honeysuckles bloomed around the door all summer, and in summer and winter the white sand was swept clean with brooms made of twigs tied together. Health and work gave appetites for the fried bacon and hoe-cake that furnished the daily meals. Baked sweet potatoes with pones and greens were sometimes added to their bill of fare.

There was no father to provide for the family, so the little ones must try the harder to care for themselves. When Frank was scarcely more than a baby, he followed his mother and sisters to the field and pulled trash; that is, pulled up old stalks and sticks for burning, to clear the fields ready for the plow, and, after the furrow was prepared, little fingers dropped the fuzzy gray seed into the soft earth.

By the time he was five years old, Frank had his own light hoe and “chopped cotton” almost all day. When the feeble plants had been cut up and the strong ones cleared of weeds, there was the corn to be hoed and the melon patch to be attended to. In August the fleecy white fibre had pushed itself out of the green bolls and the pickers must go to work. With a large bag tied around his neck and shoulders, Frank went up and down the cotton patch, his nimble fingers pulling the feathery cotton from its casings. Carefully as he gleaned each bush, no sooner had the field been once picked than other bolls unlocked their treasures, and again and again he must go over the same ground. Sometimes Christmas came before the crop was all gathered, and in January the fields must be cleared once more for plowing. Playtime never seemed to come to Sunflower River. To plow, pick cotton, roll logs and build rail fences—was that all of life? Frank wondered about it.

Two Sabbaths in the month the family went to the little brown meeting-house that nestled under the trees down by a spring of sweet water. No bell called the people, yet they came, on foot, on horseback, in wagons from miles around. Four or five hundred gathered in and around the church. Three or four preachers would occupy the rude pulpit, and often the services did not close until sunset. Some of the ministers could not read a word; some barely read the text and lined out the hymns. They said a great deal about

“The green hill far away
Without a city’s wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us all.”

And as Frank thought of that wonderful scene and how

“Dearly, dearly, He has loved,
And we must love Him too,”

he longed to know more of His life and sayings. Must he wait to learn of the Saviour’s words—wait until he should meet Him in heaven?

The questioning found a happy answer when he was about fourteen. A summer school was started in the neighborhood, and on rainy days and at odd times he learned the alphabet, to make figures, to form letters and to read. New thoughts came into his mind, new hopes, new plans. He heard of a large school up the river where Northern teachers taught eight months of the year.

One day the good mother was startled with the question, “May I go to school at Memphis?” She could only answer, “I am too poor to send you. I can give you nothing but my prayers.” But Frank believed those prayers were worth more than bales and bales of cotton, and with a few dollars in his pocket he started for the city. He was sure that “King Jesus” would have compassion upon him as He did upon that other young man who “was the only son of his mother and she was a widow.”

Reaching the strange city, he soon found a Christian gentleman who wished a boy to wait on the table. “Work for his board and go to school,” was the good news sent home. One year went by, two, three and four. Slow but faithful, he was going up in his classes, winning the respect of school-mates and teachers.

One October, as he re-entered school, he modestly told his teachers that he had taught during the summer. It was said so quietly that little heed was paid to it, until another young man came from the same town and announced that the unostentatious Frank had done a remarkable work in the way of Sabbath-school, temperance and day school. No one had thought him able to do anything of the kind.

And these long days, while you are swinging in hammocks and going to lakes and rivers in the search for cool air, our young friend is teaching a hundred dusky boys and girls each week day, and directing the Bible lessons of a much larger number on Sunday. He writes to ask for S. S. papers, for a temperance text book and for the prayers of his teacher.

Although he did grow up in a cotton patch, he is a useful man, and expects to one day see the King in his beauty, in the land that is very far off.

* * * * *

RECEIPTS FOR JULY, 1882.

* * * * *

MAINE, $218.20.

Brewer. Manly Hardy $50.00
Centre Lebanon. Mrs. O. A. Moody, _for Indian
M._ 5.00
Centre Lebanon. Cong Sab. Sch. 1.35
Dennysville. Mrs. Samuel Eastman 5.00
East Union. David Fowler. 5.00
Hallowell. Teachers and Pupils of Classical
Academy, _for Student Aid, Atlanta U._ 15.00
Kennebunk. Union Ch. and Soc. 22.50
Norway. Mrs. Mary K. Frost 2.00
Oldtown. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Wilton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.35
Windham. Dea. J. T. and Mrs. C. D. 1.00
——————
$118.20

LEGACY.

Brewer. Estate of Miss R. S. Atwood, by Manly
Hardy 100.00
——————
$218.20

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $274.90.

Bedford. Presb. Ch. and Soc. 7.72
Candia Village. Jona Martin 10.00
Concord. South Cong. Ch. 57.77
Derry. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.00
Dover. S. N. F. 0.50
East Jaffrey. Mrs. Eliza A. Parker 20.00
Gilsum. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 29.25
Harrisville. W. H. J. 1.00
Merrimack. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.40
Nashua. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.20
New Hampton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.10
Pittsfield. Sab. Sch., by Rev. G. E. Hill,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 27.00
Rindge. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.50
Seabrook. Mrs. Mary W. Boardman, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 6.00
Webster. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 17.00
——————
$244.44

LEGACY.

Cornish. Estate of Mrs. Sarah W. Westgate, by
Trustees, to const. JOSHUA B. WELLMAN L. M. 30.46
——————
$274.90

VERMONT, $673.20.

Barre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.27
Bridport. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.32
Danville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 10.00
East Poultney. “Friends” 4.00
Hartford. Sab Sch. of Cong. Ch. 8.05
Jamaica. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.93
Kirby. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.23
Lyndon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 31.01
Norwich. Mrs. B. B. Newton 5.00
Orwell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.34
Putney. Mrs. S. H. W., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 1.00
Saint Johnsbury. North Cong Ch. 184.25
Springfield. A. Woolson 250.00
Waterbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. MISS
FLORA SCEGEL L. M. 30.00
Wells River. 24.82
West Brattleborough. T. Adkins 5.00
West Fairlee. Dea. E. H. Wild, $3; “A Lady,” 40c. 3.40
West Salisbury. Mrs. E. S. 1.00
West Townsend. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.30
Windham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.28
Woodstock. William S. Lewis, $10; Harriet E.
Hatch, $2 12.00

MASSACHUSETTS, $13,245.44.

Abington. Mrs. H. P. 1.00
Amherst. Mrs. W. A. Stearns, $5; J. P. Felton,
$2, _for Atlanta U._; Friends, $5; Miss E.
W. B’s. S. S. Class, $1, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 13.00
Ashfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 47.96
Barre. Evan. Cong. Ch, and Soc., to const.
ARTHUR M. BURR, ESTES HAWES and ABNER R.
MOTT L. Ms. 94.35
Beverly. Dane Street Ch. and Soc. 108.08
Blandford. Cong. Ch. 18.78
Boston. Miss H. N. Kirk, $10: A. C. Tenney,
$5: Mrs. W. P. B., 60c. 15.60
Boston. Miss Carrie I. Gibson, _for McIntosh,
Ga._ 10.00
Boston. Miss Sara Leavitt, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 2.00
Brookline. Harvard Ch. and Soc., $104.16; “F.
A. W.,” $20 124.16
Buckland. “A Friend” 10.00
Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 16.94
Chicopee. Second Cong. Ch. 32.31
Cohasset. Second Cong. Sab. Sch. 6.16
Danvers. Maple Leaf Mission Circle, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 32.00
Easthampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 55.24
Enfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 70.00
Georgetown. “A Friend” 30.00
Greenfield. Friends, _for Atlanta U._ 20.00
Haverhill. Centre Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Holyoke. Second Cong. Ch. 30.22
Holyoke. J. S. McElwain, $10; W. A. Prentiss,
$10; Wm. Whiting, $10; _for Atlanta U._ 30.00
Housatonic. “A Lady” 5.00
Hubbardston. “S. M. W.” 10.00
Hyde Park. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.02
Ipswich. South Ch. and Soc. 30.00
Lakeville. Mrs. A. C. S. 0.30
Lawrence. Eliot Ch. and Soc., $23.75; South
Cong. Ch. and Soc., $17.63 41.38
Lenox. Cong. Ch. 30.50
Leominster. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 25.00
Leominster. D. W. Salsbury 5.00
Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc. 20.38
Lowell. L. Kimball 50.00
Malden. First Ch. and Soc. 59.88
Manchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Marblehead. Ladies H. M. Soc. _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00
Marlborough. Union Ch. 57.20
Medford. Mystic Ch. and Soc. 103.23
Medway. Village Ch. and Soc. 83.35
Melrose. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.39
Melrose Highlands. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
Millbury. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.70
Miller’s Falls. Miller’s Falls Co., Two cases
hardware, _for Ind. Dep’t Atlanta, U._
Monson. Cong. Sab. Sch. 33.87
Monterey. Cong. Ch. 18.00
New Bedford. H. M. L. 1.00
Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc. 173.00
Newton Centre. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 34.68
Newton Highlands. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 71.80
Newtonville. Mrs. J. D. Hayes 25.00
Northampton. A. L. Williston, _for Atlanta U._ 25.00
North Brookfield. Miss A. W. Johnson, _for
furnishing room, Fisk U._ 40.00
North Hadley. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.21
North Wilbraham. J. P. F. 0.50
Orange. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Orleans. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
Peabody. Prof. J. K. Cole, _for Straight U._ 40.00
Pepperell. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 16.06
Pittsfield. South Cong. Ch. and Soc., $42.49
to const. REV. C. H. HAMLIN L. M.; First
Cong. Ch. and Soc., $21.32. James H. Dunham,
$25 88.81
Randolph. “Friend,” _for Straight U._ 5.00
Reading. “A Friend.” 2.00
Royalston. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.11
Roxbury. Immanuel Ch. and Soc. 100.00
Roxbury. Immanuel Ch. S. S. _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 27.00
Sandwich. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.61
Shrewsbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 32.00
Springfield. South Cong. Ch., $50.20; First
Cong. Ch., $33.39; Olivet Ch., $36.97 and $19 139.56
Springfield. “A Friend.” _for Atlanta U._ 10.00
South Barre. Sab. Sch. 10.00
South Dennis. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00
South Egremont. First Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Macon, Ga._ 10.00
South Hadley. Teachers and Pupils of Mt. H.
Sem., $25; First Cong. Ch. and Soc., $11 36.00
Templeton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 19.05
Tewksbury. Ladies, Bbl. of C., $2 _for
freight, for Talladega C._ 2.00
Wakefield. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $117.30; Mrs.
D. A., 50c. 117.80
Waltham. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc., $43;
Individuals, by N. Scamman, $6 49.00
Watertown. Phillips Ch. and Soc., to const.
MISS SUSIE M. BURNHAM L. M. 78.75
Wellesley Hills. Grantville Ch. and Soc. 89.78
West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 15.00
Westhampton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 15.22
West Medway. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 25.00
West Medway. Mrs. Patience Shumway 5.00
Westport. Pacific Union Sab. Sch. 2.18
West Springfield. Second Cong. Ch. 15.80
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 15.60
Winchester. Cong. Ch. and Soc. (ad’l) 10.00
Worcester. Union Ch. and Soc. 197.25
Worcester. Sab. Sch. Scholars of Plymouth Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 20.67
——— “A Friend” 10.00
——————————
$3,245.44

LEGACY.

Whitinsville. Estate of John C. Whitin, by
Sarah E. Whitin and Jeannie W. Lasell, Adm’x. 10,000.00
——————————
$13,245.44

RHODE ISLAND, $13.05.

Peace Dale. Cong. Ch. 13.05

CONNECTICUT, $2,672.14.

Berlin. Second Cong. Ch. 28.30
Bethel. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Birmingham. William E. Downes, _for Land,
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 100.00
Bridgeport. Park St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00
Canaan. ———, _for Student Aid_ 5.00
Clinton. John B. Wright, _for Land, Tillotson
C. and N. Inst._ 25.00
Danbury. First Cong. Ch., $105; “Cash,” $20 125.00
Derby. Urbane Swift, $25; Miss Sarah A.
Hotchkiss, $5, _for Land, Tillotson C. and
N. Inst._ 30.00
East Haven. Cong. Ch and Soc., _for Land,
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 45.00
Ellsworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.29
Fair Haven. D. D. Mallory, $25; Mrs. Hannah C.
Hurd and “Friend,” $4; J. P. S., $1, _for
Land, Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 30.00
Farmington. Cong. Ch. 53.44
Greenfield Hill. Cong. Ch. 10.65
Guilford. Mrs. Lucy E. Tuttle, $100; Third
Cong. Ch., $3, _for Land, Tillotson C. and
N. Inst._ 103.00
Guilford. First Cong. Ch. 25.00
Guilford. “A Friend in Third Cong. Ch.,” _for
Indian M._ 5.50
Hartford. Centre Ch., First Ecc’l Soc. 482.50
Hartford. Marshall Jewell, $50; Lewis E.
Stanton, $25, _for Land, Tillotson C. and N.
Inst._ 75.00
Hartford. F. H. Hart, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 25.00
New Britain. G. B. C., Jr. 0.50
New Haven. F. W. Pardee, $50; “A Friend,” $10;
F. J. Hart, $5; Davenport Cong. Ch., $37.40,
_for Land, Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 102.40
New London. “A Friend,” _for Land, Tillotson
C. and N. Inst._ 50.00
North Cornwall. Cong. Ch. 30.67
North Haven. Elihu Dickerman 2.00
North Manchester. Second Cong. Soc. 100.00
North Manchester. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid. Talladega C._ 10.00
Norwich. First Cong. Ch., _for Land, Tillotson
C. and N. Inst._ 25.00
Mansfield Centre. Mrs. B. Swift, $15; Mrs. L.
C. Dewing, $10, _for Parsonage, Alabama
Furnace, Ala._ 25.00
Mansfield Centre. H. D. R. 1.00
Meriden. First Cong. Ch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 50.00
Meriden. Rev. B. M. Adams, _for Land,
Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 5.00
Middletown. South Cong. Ch. 41.44
Mount Carmel. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 50.00
Plainville. Cong. Ch. 73.00
Plainville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 23.26
Putnam. Second Cong. Ch. 64.81
Rockville. Second Cong. Ch. 53.00
Rockville. Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 13.00
Salisbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 104.16
Sharon. Cong. Ch and Soc., $44.03; Miss Belle
Terrett’s S. S. Class, $5.50; _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 49.53
Terryville. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 58.00
Tolland. Cong. Ch. 6.69
Vernon. Mrs. G. G. H. 1.00
Washington. “Z.,” _for Indian M._ 1.00
Wauregan. “Friends,” _for Straight U._ 40.00
West Haven. E. H. Somers, $50.00; Susan P.
Beardsley, $10; _for Land, Tillotson C. and
N. Inst._ 60.00
West Haven. Mrs. E. C. Kimball 10.00
Winsted. James J. Preston 2.00
Wolcott. Cong. Ch., $10.50, and Sab. Sch., $2 12.50
——— “A Friend.” 17.50
——— “A Friend.” 10.00
—————————
$2,314.14

LEGACIES.

New London. Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven,
_for Atlanta U._ 300.00
Union. Estate of Rev. S. I. Curtiss, by Rev.
J. Curtiss, Ex. 58.00
—————————
$2,672.14

NEW YORK, $1,031.73.

Baldwinsville. Howard Carter, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Binghamton. First Cong. Ch. 120.09
Brentwood. E. F. Richardson. 25.00
Bridgewater. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.40
Brooklyn. “Freedmen’s Helpers,” $8.60 and Bbl.
of C., _for Macon, Ga._ 8.60
Cohoes. W. L. Gilbert, _for President’s house,
Talladega C._ 100.00
Crown Point. Miss Adeline McDonald 10.00
East Bloomfield. Cong Ch. and Soc. 73.40
Gloversville. Cong. Ch. ($20 of which from A.
Judson, _for Talladega C._) 127.00
Homer. Miss Nancy Knight 2.00
Ithaca. First Cong. Ch. 44.24
Ithaca. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 35.50
Lima. “A Friend” 2.00
Lisbon Centre. MRS. SERAPH A. SHELDON to
const. herself L. M. 30.00
Malone. Mr. Hannah B. Wilson ($1 of which _for
John Brown Steamer_) 6.00
New York. S. T. Gordon ($20 of which _for John
Brown Steamer_), $270 and 100 copies music
books; MOREY HALE BARTOW, $15, bal. to
const. himself L. M.; Children of Colored
Orphan Asylum, 143d st. (_by self-denial in
going without fire-works on the 4th of
July_), $5 290.00
New York. Geo. E. Sterry, $100; Thos. G.
Shearman, $25, _for Talladega C._ 125.00
New York. National Temperance Soc., Box of
books and papers, _for Macon, Ga._
Ovid. Mrs. S. K. Dunlap 5.00
Perry Centre. Miss R. J. Booth, Pkg. of papers.
Port Byron. S. B. O. (50c. of which _for John
Brown Steamer_) 1.00
Rochester. Miss Emma Hayes, _for Straight U._ 1.50
Sinclairville. Earl C. Preston 2.00
Springville. M. H. B. 1.00

NEW JERSEY, $21.00.

East Orange. Grove St. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Orange Valley. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of
Books, _for Lewis Library, Macon, Ga._
Roseville. Mrs. S. 1.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $5.71.

Clark. S. P. Stewart 2.00
Philadelphia. Henry Disston & Sons, 4 Saws,
_for Ind. Dept., Atlanta U._
Terrytown. G. F. H. 1.00
Troy. Moss Grove Sab. Sch. 2.71

OHIO, $1,363.16.

Alliance. Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.00
Ashtabula. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 26.00
Atwater. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 22.67
Austinburgh. Miss Martha Cowles 5.00
Cherry Fork. J. W. 1.00
Coe Ridge. Rev. G. E. A. 0.50
Conneaut. Cong. Ch. 6.50
Cuyahoga Falls. Cong. Ch., $16.11; R. J. T., $1 17.11
Garrettsville. Cong. Ch. 18.00
Greenwich. Miss Annis Mead 2.00
Guilford. Trustees of First Cong. Ch. (of
which $25 _for Tougaloo U._, $25 _for Mendi
M._, $25 _for Berea C._) 175.00
Harmar. Cong. Ch. 122.91
Jersey. Mrs. Lucinda Sinnet 20.00
Lodi. Cong. Ch. 15.50
Oberlin. J. W. Merrill 400.00
Oberlin. Ladies’ Soc. of First Cong. Ch., _for
Lady Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._ 50.00
Painesville. First Cong. Ch. 61.27
Randolph. W. J. Dickinson 10.00
Ravenna. S. H. 1.00
Sandusky. “Friends,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 3.00
Springfield. L. A. W. 1.00
Tallmadge. Cong. Sab. Sch. 24.00
Warrensville. Mrs. Mary Walkden, _for Mendi M._ 10.00
West Peru. Sab. Sch., by Mr. Wilcox, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 3.70
————————
$1,000.16

LEGACY.

Freedom. Estate of Amanda Delano, by Rev. A.
M. Hills 363.00
————————
$1,363.16

INDIANA, $40.52.

Michigan City. First Cong. Ch. 40.50

ILLINOIS, $2,502.93.

Altona. Women’s Miss’y Soc. 5.00
Chicago. C. G. Hammond, $1,000; Union Park
Cong. Ch., $361.95; Bethany Cong. Ch.,
$14.23; Prairie State Loan and Trust Co.,
$100; Miss H. E. DeL., 50c. 1,476.68
Chicago. E. W. Blatchford, _for Atlanta U._ 300.00
Chicago. Ladies of Plymouth Ch., _for Lady
Missionary in Mobile, Ala._ 50.00
Galesburg. Log City Sab. Sch. 5.00
Galva. Cong. Ch. 22.10
Geneseo. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
Granville. “Merry Workers,” _for Student Aid_ 13.00
Havana. J. J. T. 0.50
Lyonsville. Cong. Ch. 13.15
Moline. First Cong. Ch. 146.94
Moline. Collected by Prof. H. S. Bennett, _for
Endowment of Theo. Chair, Fisk U._ 96.10
Paw Paw. Union Ch. 7.52
Quincy. First Union Cong. Ch. 143.30
Sheffield. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Lady
Missionary, Savannah, Ga._ 5.80
Sparta. Bryce Crawford, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 10.00
Sparta. Wm. Rosborough, $5; Robert Rosborough.
P. B. Gault, James Hood, Robert Hood and D.
P. Parker. $2 ea., Others $4, by Bryce
Crawford 19.00
St. Charles. Cong Ch. 8.97
Sycamore. Cong. Ch. 102.10
Sycamore. M. E. W., _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 1.00
Wilmette. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 12.50
Woodburn. Cong. Ch. 9.42
Woodstock. Cong. Ch. 4.85

MICHIGAN, $478.40.

Benzonia. Dea. D. B. Spencer, $5.45; C. T.
Hopkins, $4.45 9.90
Chelsea. John C. Winans 100.00
Kalamazoo. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 25.00
Laingsburgh. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch.,
_for John Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Litchfield. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. 13.00
Olivet. Cong. Ch. 47.00
Port Huron. Cong. Ch. 43.50
Romeo. Miss Mary A. Dickinson, _for John Brown
Steamer_ 25.00
White Lake. Robert Garner 10.00
———————
$278.40

LEGACY.

Flint. Estate of Mrs. Sarah M. Chase, by Ira
Chase and D. E. Salisbury Adm’s. 200.00
———————
$478.40

IOWA, $207.46.

Bear Grove. Cong. Ch., _for Lady Missionary,
Topeka, Kan._ 5.00
Council Bluffs. Mrs. O. S. H. 1.00
Denmark. Isaac Field 20.00
Floris. “Mary and Martha” 5.00
Grinnell. Prof. F. P. Brewer 2.50
Iowa City. Collected by Prof. H. S. Bennett,
_for Endowment of Theo. Chair, Fisk. U._ 18.00
Keokuk. Mrs. E. M. Wilson 5.00
Le Grand. W. V. Craig 10.00
Lyons. First Cong. Ch. 27.00
Manchester. First Cong. Ch. 10.00
McGregor. Woman’s Missionary Soc. 11.82
New Hampton. Woman’s Cent. Soc. 3.00
Tabor. Miss M. L. Todd, _for Straight U._ 5.00
Waterloo. Cong. Ch. $79.14; Mayflower Mission
Circle, $5 84.14
West Liberty. “Busy Bees,” Package Material
_for Sewing Sch., for Macon, Ga._

MISSOURI, $17.35.

Amity. Cong Ch. 10.35
Breckenridge. Rev. T. A. H. 50c.; C. B. R., 50c. 1.00
Webster Groves. Cong. Ch. 6.00

WISCONSIN, $350.45.

Appleton. First Cong Ch., Bbl. of C., $3 _for
freight, for Macon, Ga._ 3.00
Arena. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Arena. Woman’s Missionary Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 2.00
Beloit. First Cong. Ch. 125.00
Eau Claire. Cong. Ch., $40, and Sab. Sch., $17 57.00
Evansville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 4.00
Genesee. “Friends,” _for John Brown Steamer_ 4.00
Hartford. R. F. 1.00
Hartland. Rev. S. B. Demarest, box and p’k’g
of books and pamphlets, $2, _for freight,
for Macon, Ga._ 2.00
Milwaukee. Plymouth Ch. 36.70
Platteville. Cong. Sab. Ch. 6.00
Racine. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. (Cong. and
Presb.), _for Lady Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 21.25
Racine. Mrs. Smith D. Marsh, $10; H. R., 50c. 10.50
River Falls. First Cong. Ch. 43.00
Ripon. Woman’s Miss’y Soc., _for Lady
Missionary, Talladega, Ala._ 12.00
Ripon. Prof. G. C. Duffle, _for Macon, Ga._ 5.00
Sun Prairie. Young People’s Miss’y Soc., _for
John Brown Steamer_ 5.00
Waukesha. Vernon Tichenor 5.00

MINNESOTA, $161.04.

Austin. Union Cong Ch. 22.62
Elk River. Cong. Ch. 8.86
Excelsior. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Faribault. Cong. Ch. 32.71
Glyndon. “The Church at Glyndon” 15.16
Hutchinson. Cong. Ch. 2.27
Leech Lake. HENRY J. KING, $5, bal. to const.
himself L. M.; Rev. S. G. W., 50c. 5.50
Marshall. Woman’s Miss’y Soc. 5.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 36.13
Minneapolis. E. D., First Cong. Ch. 13.79
Northfield. J. W. S. 1.00
Saint Peter. Mary R. Treadwell, in memory of
Mrs. Jane A. Treadwell, deceased 5.00

NEBRASKA, $31.00.

Lincoln. “K. & C.” 8.00
Weeping Water. Cong. Ch. 23.00

COLORADO, $19.73.

Denver. West Denver Cong. Ch., _for John Brown
Steamer_ 15.73
Manitou. Cong. Ch. 4.00

CALIFORNIA, $2,550.95.

San Francisco. Receipts of the California
Chinese Mission 2,550.95

OREGON, $30.00.

Salem. Cong Ch., to const. WILLIAM J. STAIGER
L. M. 30.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $5.00.

Washington. Lincoln Mem. Ch. 5.00

NORTH CAROLINA, $11.48.

Dudley. Cong. Ch. 2.48
Wilmington. Cong. Ch., $5; Tuition, $4 9.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $45.00.

Greenwood. Pub. Sch. Fund, $42. Tuition, $3 45.00

TENNESSEE, $12.05.

Nashville. Fisk University 11.05
Nashville. A. C. D., _for Student Aid_ 1.00

GEORGIA, $339.80.

Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, $111.35; Rent,
$3 114.35
Atlanta. Atlanta U., Tuition 74.14
Macon. Lewis High School. Tuition, $101.31;
Cong. Ch., $5 106.31
Macon. Rev. W. C. Bass, D.D., $5; “Friends.”
155 vols. _for Library_, Macon, Ga. 5.00
Savannah. Cong. Ch., $20; Rent, $20 40.00

ALABAMA, $190.45.

Marion. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, $3.60; Cong.
Ch., $2 5.60
Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 30.00
Selma. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Talladega. First Cong. Ch., $60.20; Musical
Union, $44.15; Hon. R. H. Isbell, $15;
Martin Jenkins, $13.50; Greene & Johnson,
$5; _for Talladega C._ 137.85
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 3.00

LOUISIANA, $13.00.

New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 13.00

MISSISSIPPI, $1.01.

Hazlehurst. F. W. S. 0.50
Vernon. W. H. T. 0.51

FLORIDA, $5.52.

Daytona. Woman’s Miss’y Soc., by Mrs. E. E. C.
Waldron 5.00
Lake City. Mrs. A. R. M. 0.52
Mandarin. Mrs. H. B. Stowe, Box of Books and
Papers, _for Macon, Ga._

TEXAS, $1.50.

Corpus Christi. Cong. Ch. 1.00
Luling. Q. B. N. 0.50

INCOMES, $717.50.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 570.00
Income Fund, _for Theo. Dept. Howard U._ 125.00
Scholarship Fund, _for Talladega C._ 22.50

JAPAN, $25.00.

Okayama. Rev. James H. Pettee $2,500
——————————
Total for July $27,275.67
Total from Oct. 1, to July 31 $262,829.31
===========

FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION.

Income Fund 175.00
Previously ack. from. Oct. 1 to June 30 3,542.52
—————————
Total $3,669.52

RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, E.
PALACHE, TREAS., from JAN. 4 TO JUNE 16,
1882:

FROM AUXILIARIES: Marysville, Chinese Monthly
Offerings, $48.60; Four Annual Members,
$8.—Petaluma, Chinese Monthly Offerings,
$7.40.—Sacramento, Chinese Monthly
Offerings, $44.50; First Cong. Ch.,
$11.45.—Santa Barbara, Chinese Monthly
Offerings, $36.60; First. Cong. Ch., $27.55;
Chinese, $18.50; Miss M. B. L. Smith,
$2.—Santa Cruz, Chinese Monthly Offerings,
$24; First. Cong. Ch., $5; Collection at
Anniversary, $8.35; Five Annual Members
(Chinese), $10.—Stockton, Chinese Monthly
Offerings, $18; One Annual Member, $2 271.95
FROM CHURCHES: Benicia Cong. Ch., One Member,
$2.—Oakland, First Cong. Ch., $15.70.—San
Francisco, First Cong. Ch. (coll.) $4.80;
Two Annual Members, $4; Bethany Ch. ($18 of
which for nine Annual Members), $39.50.—San
Jose, Cong. Ch. Young People’s Miss. Soc., $3 69.00
FROM INDIVIDUAL DONORS: San Francisco, Messrs.
Balfour, Guthrie & Co., $1,000; O. W.
Merriam, $25; Messrs. Eppinger & Co.,
$10.—Point Pedro, Chas. W. Otis, $11; C. W.
Broadbent, $5.—Liverpool, England, Hon. S.
Williamson, M. P., $500; Alexander Balfour,
Esq., $500 2,051.00
FROM EASTERN FRIENDS: Warren, Me. Rev. J. E.
Pond, $5; Miss Maltby, $5—Bridgeport, Conn.,
Sab. Sch. of North Cong. Ch., by Mrs. M. B.
Palmer, $24.—Norwich, Conn., Mr. S. A.
Huntington, $125, to const. HENRY B. NORTON
L. M. 159.00
—————————
Total $2,550.95
=========

H. W. HUBBARD, TREAS.
56 Reade St., New York.

* * * * *

“A Book of Peculiar Interest.”

A HOME IN THE HOLY LAND.

Illustrating customs and incidents in modern Jerusalem. By Mrs.
FINN. 12mo, 491 pp., 16 illustrations, $1.50.

“Written in an easy, flowing style, and replete with instructions concerning the customs of people in the Holy Land.”—_Gospel Banner._

“An admirable picture of things as they are at the present day.”—_N.Y. Observer._

“Delightfully entertaining throughout and well illustrated.”—_Golden Rule._

“We have scarcely ever seen any book on the Holy Land which gives truer pictures of every-day events as now transpiring in modern Palestine.”—_Christian Observer, Louisville._

“Full of information to the common reader.”—_Christian Register._

“A story of real home life in the Holy Land.”—_Christian Mirror._

“A capital book for family reading or S. S. libraries.”—_Christian Intelligencer._

THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.,

13 ASTOR PLACE, NEW YORK.

* * * * *

THE PROPOSED CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I. This Society shall be called “THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.”

ART. II. The object of this Association shall be to conduct Christian missionary and educational operations.

ART. III. Members may be constituted for life by the payment of fifty dollars into the treasury of the Association, with the written declaration, at the time or times of payment, that the sum is to be applied to constitute a designated person a Life member; and such membership shall begin sixty days after the payment shall have been completed.

Churches, which have within a year contributed to the funds of the Association, and State Associations or Conferences of Churches, may appoint delegates to the Annual Meeting of the Association, each of such Churches and Associations or Conferences to be entitled to two delegates; such delegates, duly attested by credentials, shall be members of the Association for the year for which they were thus appointed.

ART. IV. Members shall be entitled to vote by ballot in the election of President, five Vice-Presidents, the Board of Directors, and on Amendments to the Constitution; and they shall be entitled to be present at all meetings of the Board of Directors, and to take part in the proceedings, but not to vote.

ART. V. The Annual Meeting of the Association and of the Board of Directors shall be held in the month of October or November, at such time and place as may be designated by the Executive Committee.

ART. VI. The Board of Directors shall consist of fifty persons, of whom fifteen shall constitute a quorum. They shall be chosen by ballot, the votes of absent members being receivable under such safeguards as may be prescribed in the By-Laws of the Association. At the first election of this Board, ten persons shall be elected for the term of one year, and a like number for terms of two, three, four, and five years respectively; and each year thereafter ten persons shall be elected for the full term of five years, and such others as may be needed to fill vacancies.

If any Director shall fail to attend two annual meetings in succession, and to report the reason for such non-attendance, his place on the Board shall be regarded as vacant.

ART. VII. The Board of Directors shall elect Secretaries of the Association, Treasurer, Auditors, and an Executive Committee of fifteen members, shall ordain By-Laws, and in general shall direct and control the operations of the Association.

ART. VIII. The powers and functions of the several officers shall be prescribed in the By-Laws.

ART. IX. No person shall be made a Director or officer of this Association who is not a member of some evangelical church.

ART. X. Missionary bodies, churches, or individuals agreeing to the principles of this society, and wishing to appoint and sustain missionaries of their own, shall be entitled to do so through the agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon.

ART. XI. Proposals for the amendment of this Constitution, sustained by the signatures of not less than fifty members of the Association, shall be published for not less than three months in the official periodicals of the Association, and shall thereafter be submitted to the vote of the members, by ballot, at the annual meeting, under such conditions as shall be prescribed in the By-Laws; and if the proposed amendment shall be sustained by two-thirds of the ballots cast, it shall be declared adopted.

* * * * *

BRAIN AND NERVE FOOD. VITALIZED PHOS-PHITES.

It restores the energy lost by Nervousness or Indigestion; relieves Lassitude and Neuralgia; refreshes the Nerves tired by Worry, Excitement or Excessive Brain Fatigue; strengthens a Failing Memory, and gives Renewed Vigor in all Diseases of Nervous Exhaustion or Debility. It is the only PREVENTIVE of Consumption.

It gives Vitality to the Insufficient Bodily or Mental Growth of Children; gives Quiet, Rest, and Sleep, as it promotes Good Health to Brain and Body.

Composed of the Nerve-Giving Principles of the Ox-Brain
and Wheat-Germ.
=Physicians have Prescribed 500,000 Packages.=
For sale by Druggists, or by Mail, $1.
F. CROSBY CO., 664 and 666 Sixth Avenue, New York.

* * * * *

_THE CHICKERING PIANO_

“THE BEST IN THE WORLD.”

Before buying elsewhere, write for circular and price list to

CHICKERING & SONS,

CHICKERING HALL,
130 Fifth Avenue, N.Y.

MANUFACTORY,
156 Tremont St., Boston

* * * * *

HORSFORD’S

=ACID PHOSPHATE=.

(LIQUID.)

FOR DYSPEPSIA, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
EXHAUSTION, NERVOUSNESS, DIMINISHED
VITALITY, URINARY
DIFFICULTIES, ETC.

PREPARED ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTION OF

Prof. E. N. Horsford, of Cambridge, Mass.

There seems to be no difference of opinion in high medical authority of the value of phosphoric acid, and no preparation has ever been offered to the public which seems to so happily meet the general want as this.

It is not nauseous, but agreeable to the taste.

No danger can attend its use.

Its action will harmonize with such stimulants as are necessary to take.

It makes a delicious drink with water and sugar only.

Prices reasonable. Pamphlet giving further particulars mailed free on application.

MANUFACTURED BY THE

RUMFORD CHEMICAL WORKS,

Providence, R.I.,

AND FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.

* * * * *

AGENTS! Get the

=NEW BOOK, Our Lost Explorers=. The full, complete and authentic history, _told by the survivors_, of the ill-fated

Jeannette Expedition.

The adventures, discoveries, thrilling experiences and tragic ending, all combine to make a most fascinating book. _20 copies a day sold by live canvassers._ Agents wanted in every town. Send for circulars, terms and agency to AMERICAN PUBLISHING CO., Hartford, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati or St Louis.

☞ Mention this paper.

* * * * *

HARTFORD

Woven Wire Mattress,

Especially adapted to all climates—particularly warm countries—the Hartford Mattress is cleanly, healthful, durable, economical, impervious to vermin. Requires nothing but a blanket for over-covering, making it the cheapest bed in the market. This mattress will last a lifetime, and one-third of life is spent in sleep. Make that portion comfortable by using the Hartford Mattress. The Hartford Mattress is now used in all parts of the world; it is the popular bed of the globe, as well as the most delightful sleeping arrangement in use. Try it, buy it, and you will have no other. It is just the mattress for the

MISSIONARY IN FOREIGN LANDS;

its health-giving properties will aid the weak; its freedom from noise quiet the restless; and its luxurious comfort bring rest and refreshment to the most wearied being. Address for catalogues prices, or any desired information,

HARTFORD WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS COMPANY,

_P. O. BOX 148_,

HARTFORD, CONN.

* * * * *

PAYSON’S

INDELIBLE INK,

FOR MARKING ANY FABRIC WITH A
COMMON PEN, WITHOUT A
PREPARATION.

It still stands unrivaled after 50 years’ test.

THE SIMPLEST AND BEST.

Sales now greater than ever before.

This Ink received the Diploma and Medal at Centennial over all rivals.

Report of Judges: “For simplicity of application and indelibility.”

INQUIRE FOR

PAYSON’S COMBINATION!!!

Sold by all Druggists, Stationers and News Agents, and by many Fancy Goods and Furnishing Houses.

* * * * *

Circulation Now 80,000, and Increasing.

Advocating Evangelical Religion and Temperance.

Liberty, Education and Equal Rights for all.

NEW YORK WITNESS

PUBLICATIONS for 1882

=New York Weekly Witness.=—Now in its 11th year; circulation, 80,000; ONE DOLLAR a year. Gratis copy for club of 10, with $10. On trial three months, 25c.

=Sabbath Reading.=—A very handsome, small eight-page weekly, containing in each number an excellent sermon and a choice selection of interesting matter for reading on the Lord’s Day. FIFTY CENTS a year, club of ten, $4. On trial three months 15c.

=Gems of Poetry.=—A beautiful, sixteen-page monthly, on fine paper, and with an excellent portrait of some eminent poet in each number. The contents are two serials, the Æneid of Virgil and Aurora Leigh by Mrs. Browning; a fine assortment of selected poetry, and a great variety of original poetry—the latter competing for two prizes each quarter. FORTY CENTS a year; club of three, $1. On trial for three months, 10c.

=Specimens= of the above publications sent free on application. All stop when subscription expires.

WITNESS, SABBATH READING and GEMS OF POETRY, three months on trial for fifty cents.

JOHN DOUGALL & CO.

WITNESS OFFICE:

21 VANDEWATER STREET, NEW YORK.

We demand the Prohibition
of the Liquor Traffic.

* * * * *

CHARMING STORIES.

By BJORNSTJERNE BJORNSON.

SYNNOVE SOLBAKKEN.
ARNE.
A HAPPY BOY.
THE FISHER MAIDEN.
THE BRIDAL MARCH.

16mo. $1.00 each.

“The reading public should know that such books are a positive blessing, and, like the songs of the best poets, awaken these aspirations that elevate and ennoble the mind and heart.” _New England Journal of Education._

REMINISCENCES OF ORIEL COLLEGE AND THE
OXFORD MOVEMENT.

BY T. MOZLEY, formerly Fellow of Oriel. 2 vols. Crown 8vo. $3.

The Oxford movement was not only one of the most important in the religious history of England, but so many famous men were conspicuous in it that it had a remarkable personal, as well as historic interest. Newman, Pusey, Keble, and many other notable men figure in Mr. Mozley’s engaging “Reminiscences,” which are full of anecdotes and recollections that will be read with nearly as great zest in America as in England. Mr. Mozley was for years one of the leading writers on the London _Times_ and his book is crowded with interesting facts and glimpses of interesting people.

_For sale by all booksellers. Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price by the Publishers._

HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.,

BOSTON.

* * * * *

TESTED, TRIED AND APPROVED.

CROWELL’S S. S. LIBRARY, No. 6.

_Edited by CHAS. F. DEEMS, D.D., LL. D.,
Pastor of the Church of the Strangers,
New York._

50 volumes. 16mo. $29.00.

“The fifty volumes contained in this Library have been procured at much expense, and selected from a great number of manuscripts. They have been submitted to my inspection, and each volume has been examined.

“There is not a sentence in any of these books to which any Christian patriot can reasonably object, whatever may be his denominational attachments, his political affiliations, or his sectional residence.

“Taken as a whole, the Library may safely be commended to families and Sunday Schools in any part of the whole country, and in any part of the church universal, as containing nothing but good books, many of which are very superior to the average of this class of literature. I believe that I am serving the cause of the Master in aiding in the circulation of these excellent volumes.”

CHARLES F. DEEMS,
_Pastor of the Church of the Strangers_.

We refer also to the Baptist Publication Society, Congregational Publishing Society, Lutheran Board, and Methodist Book Concern, all of whom use our Libraries freely and will recommend them. Send for our catalogue giving an analysis of each book contained in this Library.

THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.,

13 Astor Place. New York.

* * * * *

Q. N. EVANS & CO.,

60 Duane St., New York,

Cor. Elm Street,

=STEAM HEATING=

AND

=Ventilating Engineers=,

MAKERS AND DESIGNERS OF

Steam and Water Heating Apparatus for
Public and Private Buildings.

We have furnished our apparatus for the following buildings:

Office Building, 58 Broadway, N.Y. City.
Calvary Baptist Church, Albany, N.Y.
Stover Bros.’ Block, Portland, Me.
Boston University, Boston, Mass.
Florence House, N.Y. City.
Mason Building, Boston, Mass.
Office Building, cor. 18th st. and B’way, N.Y. City.
Fulton County Court House, Atlanta, Ga.
Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga.

NEW ENGLAND AGENTS FOR

OTIS BROTHERS & CO.

Standard Hydraulic Elevators,

72 SUDBURY STREET, BOSTON, MASS.

Prompt attention given to repairing of boilers
and heating apparatus.

Q. N. EVANS. H. A. JOSLIN.

* * * * *

For beauty of gloss, for saving of toil,
For freeness from dust and slowness to soil,
And also for cheapness ’tis yet unsurpassed,
And thousands of merchants are selling it fast.

Of all imitations ’tis well to beware;
The half risen sun every package should bear;
For this is the “trade mark” the MORSE BROS. use,
And none are permitted the mark to abuse.

* * * * *

MANHATTAN

Life Insurance Company

OF NEW YORK.

OVER THIRTY-TWO YEARS’ business experience.

LIBERAL FORM OF POLICY, securing non-forfeiture under the recent laws of the State of New York.

PROMINENT OBJECT.—Life insurance for policy holders.

RESULTS.—Over 3,000 families benefited.

COST.—The lowest consistent with safety.

DIVIDENDS of surplus made annually, and have been large.

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.

* * * * *

ESTABLISHED THIRTY YEARS.

_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.

* * * * *

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.,

Cor. Beekman and Water Sts., N.Y., 56 and
58 Union St., Boston; Providence, R.I.

O’CONNOR & HARDER, St. Louis, Mo.

WESTERN SELLING AGENTS.

* * * * *

AN EXTRAORDINARY OFFER!

——— (O) ———