Chapter CC: W. ANDERSON, General Agent, (2)

A daily reader of the _News and Courier_ is almost constantly seeing instances, noticed with approval, of the success of the local option law, with such headings as “Greenville doesn’t want any in her’s.” “Sumter will go dry.” And to-day’s paper, March 21, states that “the W. C. T. U. has induced several of the teachers in Spartanburg, [where are the school board? We are a free country down here, after all.] to introduce text books on temperance. The cause is having a boom in S.

Mrs. L. Chapin, of Charleston, is President of the Union; and not long ago they held a busy and thronged session of days, in the hall of our aristocratic military company in this city. The delegates from abroad were not wined, but dined and fêted, shown the harbor and the forts by our city worthies, all with great cordiality and éclat. More recently still, Hibernian Hall has been twice filled, as seldom for any political cause, once to hear Miss F. E. Willard, and, since her visit, Mrs. Foster. Messrs. Stearns and Mead are coming next week from a busy campaign south and west of us, to hold two meetings in two of the largest colored churches, and will have big crowds.

Nearly every grocery in Charleston is also a liquor store; but few keep bars; and the saloons proper are not numerous. This shows that most of the drinking is in a domestic and quiet way, and not on an empty stomach, _standing up_. Beer is not sold in such large proportion as in Northern cities, but distilled or fermented liquors, and beer carts are not absent. There is yet a “smart chance” of illicit distilling in the up-country, and of unlicensed selling in the backwoods.

On public days not much intoxication is visible. Christmas, also observed with heathen fire crackers, is the day of greatest indulgence in firewater, especially among the blacks. But it is said that the colored men very seldom become drunkards. Their drinking is occasional rather than habitual, and when intoxicated they are not combative, but weak and nerveless, or garrulous; while the up-country man (white), when in liquor, with or without his pistol, is bellicose in the extreme.

An incident is in place here, which may be called the last spark of light in the morally dark closing hours of the late House of Representatives at Washington. It relates to both the colored race here and the temperance interest.

Sam Lee, a colored man, of good character it may be inferred, partly from the fact that the _News and Courier_ has not loaded him with obloquy, true or false, had been for two years contesting the seat occupied by one Richardson, who, it was voted in the last hours of that dubious session, was not the choice of his district, but Lee was. The long-pending whiskey bill, virtually giving millions from the United States Treasury to the lobby, who had pushed it through the Senate, was the next thing on the calendar. A formality remained to be accomplished giving Lee actual possession of his seat and pay. Over this the Democrats were filibustering, when the whiskey lobby offered Lee $15,000 to withdraw his claim and permit their bill to come on, which they had reason to expect would pass. But, no! He would stand for his right and _the_ right, and thus did more good for the temperance cause in his few moments of legal, but unpaid, membership of the House, than possibly he might have done in a long session, for that or any other cause. The fact is worth preserving, to the praise of a mighty Providence, that used that Sabbath morning to defeat one grand move of Satan, and by means of a colored man from South Carolina, sticking to a right which he would not exchange for whiskey money.

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NOTES AT THE ALABAMA STATE SUNDAY-SCHOOL CONVENTION, MARCH 23.

BY REV. A. W. CURTIS, MARION.

At Alabama Furnace, there is much interest on temperance in the Sunday-School, and frequent talks on the subject in church.

Mobile. Temperance organization growing, also the sentiment against the use of tobacco.

Shelby Iron Works. Temperance society doing well. Whiskey has been driven out of the beat for nearly a year.

The Cove. There is a temperance society of 46 members. The children have turned their backs on strong drink, tobacco and snuff.

King’s Chapel has a temperance society of 34 members, and is struggling against whiskey, but so many love it that the fight goes hard.

Childersburg. Rev. A. Jones had his church burned after giving a temperance lecture, but instead of surrendering, his people have rallied and they are building better than before.

At Lawson, the pastor has preached against liquor drinking, but can do very little to stay the tide. There is a vast deal of drunkenness. Men will buy whiskey first, meat and bread afterwards if there is money enough for both.

At Marion, there is a regular temperance catechising in the day-school against rum and tobacco, also in the three mission Sunday-schools, frequent preaching on the subject, and mass meetings alternating at the different churches for free discussion for some weeks before Christmas.

Montgomery. Doing thorough work in temperance, especially in the Sunday-school, using the Careful Builders and other literature of Dr. Cook’s temperance library. The same is true of Selma where they are also putting in strong licks for temperance in the Burrell day-school. Here, too, temperance concerts and recitations are frequent.

Talladega. Their Union Temperance Society holds monthly meetings full of interest. All of the Sunday-school and all the college students are members, many of the students going out into the neighboring beats to lecture. They keep the work lively among all their mission schools. Next August comes the test vote for prohibition.

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TEMPERANCE AMONG OUR CHINESE.

REV. W. C. POND.

The Chinese have never patronized to any appreciable extent the saloons of California. It is shrewdly suspected that this is the very front of their offending. If the money these laborers earned went into the tills of our liquor dealers, the conventions these liquor dealers so largely control would look at the laborers themselves with different eyes. But a Chinaman asked to drink replies (so the story goes): “Me no drinkee whiskee. Make one Chinaman allee same Melican, No. 1 fool.”

I think, however, that American civilization is at last making itself felt among our Chinese, for I believe that I have passed, in this city, one small saloon where a Chinaman stood behind the bar, and some of his countrymen in front of it. I never saw a Chinaman drunk, though I have heard that the sight might be seen. But this, too, is recent, and my impression of the aversion to intoxicating drinks, as a national characteristic, was, till lately, so strong, that for many years I had nothing to say to our Christian Chinese on the subject, except as it came up incidentally in the course of Bible study. It is within a year that it came to my knowledge that a stimulating and slightly intoxicating drink, which they call in English, wine, is made from rice, and used among them more or less at banquets, though not, I think, at ordinary meals. The discovery of this fact, and that even our most advanced and reliable Christians were not total abstainers, has led us to preach among them this gospel also. It has been readily accepted. The duty, under _our_ circumstances, of _total_ abstinence seems to be understood, and duty understood becomes, I believe, with these brethren, unquestioned law.

Respecting opium, the voice of the mission has from the first been clear, positive and unmistakable. I cannot claim that we have reached many who had become addicted to this vice; indeed, I cannot now recall one among those whom I have baptized who had used the drug enough to make it hard to do without it. Generally I have been told that they have never used it at all. It ought perhaps to be a shame to us that we have not reached and rescued slaves to this vice. Certainly, if any door should open by which an effectual work of this sort could be set forward, it ought to be entered upon with intensest zeal. But the most that we have seen it possible to do thus far has been to pledge all who come into our Congregational Association of Christian Chinese, not to gamble and not to use opium. These are the items of external conduct upon which special emphasis is laid. A brother overtaken in either of these faults would be dealt with at once in a discipline, the chief danger of which would be that it might be too prompt and too severe: a zeal to make the protest of the brotherhood against the sin decisive and unmistakable preventing due patience and long suffering in the effort to “restore” and “gain” the erring one.

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CHILDREN’S PAGE.

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SEQUEL TO TED’S TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.

BY MRS. THOS. N. CHASE.

Now, children, I shouldn’t a bit wonder if some of you remember a story about Ted’s Temperance Society written for the Children’s Page a year ago. If you have the Missionary for June, 1882, just read it again, then you will enjoy this story better. Ted, you remember, was a real live Atlanta boy, ten years old, who got his school-mates to come to his home to sign a pledge. Ted’s mother often helped him in making the children who came fully understand what a solemn thing they were doing. She read the pledge very slowly to each. Then she had them sign their names on a little card, and some other child must put down another name underneath as a witness. This was all there was to the Society, so simple and easy that any child could do it, no bands, badges, banners or prizes, yet they were so interested that they came in scores to enroll their names, and the best of all was, that many who signed seemed to catch Ted’s missionary zeal, and became centres of little circles which they drew into Ted’s home, to help swell the noble army marching against the cruel old despots, tobacco and whiskey.

One little fellow, who had brought many before, came one day with an overgrown girl of fifteen, and finding several new boys in the house ready to take the pledge, he felt the dignity of the situation and tried to help Ted’s mother in her little sermon by shouting: “Now, boys, this is a good thing if you only mean to keep it, but it don’t do to put your name down here for a form or a fashion.”

I recently met dashing little Susie Hall. I knew her as one of the head centres of those temperance circles. How her black eyes danced as she told me of her contempt for mince-pies, egg-nog, etc. Few Southern cooks know how to make mince-pies without brandy. I asked Susie who gave her the egg-nog she told me of refusing so bravely. “Oh, ma cooks for white folks and we lives in the yard, and on Christmas the white lady called me to scrape out the bowl, but I couldn’t touch it.”

I have just come in from a visit to the Gate City Grammar School, an eight room city school for colored children, all the teachers being former students of Atlanta University. I noticed upon the wall of each room, as soon as I entered a sheet of fools-cap with names written upon it. For a border it had the beautiful rainbow pasting which the children in the Storrs Kindergarten make. As the brilliant setting of those names caught my eye, I supposed it was some roll of honor, and so it was, but it seemed to me an enrollment of honor far greater than that given for perfection in scholarship or school deportment. This is the heading. “We, the undersigned, do promise not to drink, or ask others to drink, any wine, cider, whiskey, beer, egg-nog, or anything that can intoxicate, from this day, Dec. 18, 1882, to Feb. 1, 1883.” From Dec. 18, to Feb. 1, is only six weeks to be sure, so this is only a bridge-pledge to bridge over that awful chasm which yawns and buries so many during those fearful days of the old and new year when we honor the birthday of the Christ-child, and which ought to be the purest of all the year. If the children get safely through these feasting days of egg-nog, brandy-peaches, and syllabubs, they are pretty safe the rest of the year.

“Weary watching, wave on wave,
But still the tide heaves onward.”

Ted’s Society has a growing mission. I take courage as I think of Hale’s beautiful story, “Ten Times One is Ten,” and see how easily these children can carry on a grand temperance work, and

“Look up and not down,
Look out and not in,”
If somebody would only
“Lend a hand.”

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RECEIPTS FOR MARCH, 1883.

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MAINE, $935.95.

Bluehill. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Freight_ $2.00
Brewer. Dea. John Holyoke, to const. NATHAN H.
HARRIMAN L. M. 30.00
Brunswick. Young Ladies’ Miss. Soc, by Miss
Edith J. Boardman, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 10.00
Castine. Mrs. Lucy S. Adams, to const.
ROLASTON WOODBURY L. M. 30.00
Falmouth. A. N. Ward 5.00
Falmouth. First Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., 5 _for
Freight, for Selma, Ala._ 5.00
Farmington. Hiram Holt 150.00
Garland. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Gorham. Ladies of Maine, by Miss M. E. Smith,
_for Lady Missionaries, Wilmington, N.C.,
and Selma, Ala._ 543.89
Gorham. Bbl. of C., 2 _for Freight_; Mrs.
Truesdale, 5 _for Selma, Ala._ 7.00
Hallowell. Mrs. H. K. Baker 5.00
Hermon. Mrs. M. A. Peabody, from pocket of a
deceased young lady 1.00
Lyman. Cong. Ch. 12.37
Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.21
New Gloucester. Cong. Ch. 71.00
New Gloucester. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 10.00
Orono. Cong. Sab. Sch. 1.64
South Berwick. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of
C., _for Wilmington, N.C._
South Paris. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00
Yarmouth. Central Ch. 15.84
Washington. Miss A. L. McDowell, _for Selma,
Ala._ 1.00
Weld. Rev. D. D. Tappan 3.00
Windham. Cong. Ch. 14.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $1,590.17.

Amherst. L. and L. K. Melendy 500.00
Antrim. “A Friend” 5.00
Bennington. Cong. Ch. 11.00
Brentwood. Cong. Ch. 6.00
Candia Village. Jona. Martin 5.00
Concord. “A Friend” 1.00
Exeter. 2 Bbls. C., _for Tillotson C. & N.
Inst._
Lancaster. Mrs. A. M. Amsden 4.50
Lyme. Cong. Ch. 37.05
Marlborough. Cong. Ch. 14.62
Portsmouth. Rev. W. W. Dow, _for Tillotson C.
& N. Inst._ 1.00
Wilton. Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl of C., _for
Macon, Ga._
Wolfborough. Rev. S. Clark 5.00
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$590.17

LEGACY.

Concord. Estate of Maria P. Woods, by Dutton
Woods, Ex. 1,000.00
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$1,590.17

VERMONT, $328.87.

Berlin. Cong. Ch. 11.46
Brattleborough. E. Crosby & Co., 25 _for
Student Aid_; Ladies of Center Cong Ch. and
Soc., 3 bbls. C. and 6.50 _for Freight, for
Talladega C._ 31.50
Cambridge. Madison Safford, 5; John Kinsley,
5; bal. to const. HARMON MORSE L. M. 10.00
Charlotte. Nettie A. Parker 25.00
East Poultney. A. D. Wilcox 10.00
Fair Haven. Cong. Ch. 22.33
Middlebury. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 19.50; “A. G.
S.”, 5 24.50
Morrisville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.25
North Bennington. Cong. Ch. 10.49
Northfield. Cong. Ch. 12.75
North Ferrisburg. Cyrus W. Wicker, to const.
Miss ALICE H. WICKER, L. M. 30.00
Quechee. Cong. Ch. 24.22
Saint Johnsbury. South Ch. Sab. Sch. _for Sab.
Sch. Work_ 60.00
Saint Johnsbury. E. & T. Fairbanks & Co.,
Scales, value $55, _for Atlanta U._
Saxton’s River. Rev. Wm. Sewall, Box C.
Wallingford. Cong. Sab. Sch. _for Lady
Missionary, Savannah, Ga._ 15.00
West Charleston. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Weston. Mrs. S. A. Sprague and Miss L. P.
Bartlett, In memory of their father, Jotham
Bartlett 8.00
West Rutland. Cong. Ch. 15.37

MASSACHUSETTS, $5,325.93.

Andover. South Cong. Ch., 104.07; West Parish
Cong. Soc., 50 154.07
Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const.
MRS. GEORGE A. WAITE, MRS. LIZZIE PRESTON L.
Ms. 60.00
Amherst. W. N. Scott, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 10.00
Amherst. Mrs. Dutton, 5; Mary H. Scott, 3.20,
for _Tougaloo U._ 8.20
Arlington. Cong. Ch. 40.00
Athol. Evan. Ch. and Soc. to const. THOMAS
BABBITT L. M. 50.17
Attleborough. Second Cong. Ch. to const JOB B.
SAVERY and JAMES G. TRAFTON L. Ms. 55.00
Auburn. —— to const. MRS. MARY I. RICH L. M. 30.00
Bedford. Cong. Ch. _for Mobile, Ala._ 14.00
Boston. Old South Ch. and Soc., 345.39; Mrs.
E. C. Parkhurst, 20 365.39
Boston. H. S. Burdett, 50; C. H. Haskell, 25;
J. A. Lane, 25, _for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 100.00
Boston. Mrs. C. A. Spaulding, _for Student
Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00
Boston. “Mrs. O.,” _for Washington, D.C._ 4.00
Boston. Ladies’ Bbl. of C., 1.10 _for Freight,
for Wilmington, N.C._ 1.10
Braintree. Collected by Rev. Asa Mann, First
Parish, 2 Bbls. Books and Papers
Brockton. Mrs. B. Sanford, _Freight_ 2.00
Brookline. “A Friend.” 20.00
Cambridgeport. Prospect St. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 15.00
Chelmsford. Rev. C. C. Torrey 10.00
Chicopee Falls. Belcher & Taylor, Farming
implements, val. 36.75; John R. Whitmore,
Corn-stalk cutter, val. 9.; B. & J. W.
Belcher, Hay and Straw Cutter, val. 9; Lamb
Knitting Machine Co., Knitting machine, Val.
75, _for Atlanta U._
Conway. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 20; Mrs. Austin
Rice, 20 40.00
Curtisville. Rev. A. G. B. 0.50
East Boston. Maverick Ch. Sab. Sch. _for
Student Aid, Fisk U._ 50.00
East Douglas. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const.
WILLIAM D. DANA L. M. 39.47
Easthampton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 49.69
East Hawley. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.25
East Somerville. Franklin St. Ch., Aux. of
Ladies H. M. Soc., 55; Cong. Ch. Bbl. C.;
_for Student Aid, Fisk U._ 55.00
Foxborough. Evan. Cong. Ch. 43.23
Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 33.00
Granby. Sab. Sch. Class, by Mrs. John Church,
_for Chinese M._ 13.00
Haverhill. Eben Webster’s S. S. Class, West
Cong. Ch., 9.83; J. Flanders, 1 10.83
Hingham. Evan. Cong. Ch. 6.90
Holbrook. Bbl. and Box, _for Macon, Ga._
Holyoke. Parsons Paper Co., Forty reams note
paper, val. 34, _for Atlanta U._
Hubbardston. “Steadfast Friend” 2.00
Hyde Park. Cong. Ch. 37.12
Leicester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 65.20
Leominster. Orthodox Cong. Ch., 12.45; A. D. T., 5 17.45
Lowell. “A Friend” (100 of which _for Chinese
M._, and to const. GEORGE G. CLARK L. M.) 200.00
Malden. Mrs. E. M. Wellman, _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 50.00
Mansfield. Orthodox Cong. Ch. 11.38
Medfield. “A Friend,” Knitting Machine, _for
Industrial Dept._
Methuen. “A Friend” 5.00
Millbury. Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Atlanta U._ 25.00
Newbury. First Ch. 16.38
Newburyport. Miss S. E. Teel, 5; Jos.
Danforth, _Freight_, 3 8.00
Newburyport. North Ch. S. S. Class, _for
Washington, D.C._ 2.00
New Bedford. Mrs. M. L. F. Bartlett, to const.
MISS ELLEN M. HORTON L. M. 30.00
Newtonville. Mrs. J. W. Hayes 25.00
Northampton. Edwards Ch. (5 of which _for
Chinese M._) 86.66
Norton. Trin. Cong. Ch. 34.78
Pittsfield. “Friends,” Box of C. and Roll of
Curtains, val. 29; Mrs. H. M. Hurd, 3, _for
Student Aid, Tougaloo U._ 3.00
Plymouth. Ch. of the Pilgrimage 80.52
Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. 28.00
Royalston. Ladies of Cong. Ch. Bbl. Clothing,
_for Talladega, Ala._
Salem. “S. O. D.” 3.00
Shelburne. Ladies of Cong. Ch. and Soc., Bbl.
C., _for Savannah Ga._
Shelburne Falls. E. Maynard 10.00
Somerville. Cong. Ch. 10.33
South Abington. Cong. Ch. 38.00
Southbridge. Cong. Ch. 26.85
Southbridge. “A Friend,” _for Chinese M._ 4.50
South Dennis. “Thank offering of a Friend” 1.00
South Deerfield. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 21.64
South Egremont. “A Friend” to const. EDWARD C.
WOOSTER L. M. 30.00
South Framingham. G. M. Amsden 4.50
South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. (3
of which from Mrs. P. H. Tirrell’s Sab. Sch.
class) to const. ORAN P. SHAW and JOHN G.
HUTCHINS L. Ms. 54.00
Spencer. Primary Dept. Cong. S. S., Bundle S.
S. papers
Springfield. “H. M.” 500.00
Sunderland. Cong. S. S., Mary Warner’s Class,
_for Mobile, Ala._ 3.00
Walpole. Mrs. C. F. Metcalf 1.00
Watertown. Collected by Mrs. C. L. Woodworth,
4 Bbls. of C., _for Chattanooga, Tenn._
Wellesley. Bbl. C. and papers, _for
Washington, D.C._
West Boylston. “Willing Workers,” Box C., _for
Atlanta U., 2 Freight_ 2.00
Westfield. “A Friend,” _for Straight U._ 10.00
Westfield. Second Ch. Sab. Sch., Box Singing
Books
Westford. Rev. L. Luce 2.50
Westminster. F. Lombard 5.00
Westport. Pacific Un. Sab. Sch. 1.58
West Somerville. Cong. Ch. 8.00
Whitinsville. Cong. Sab. Sch. 28.00
Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 11.41
Wilmington. Dea. James Skilton, 15; Mrs. Susan
Bancroft, 6 21.00
Winchendon. Atlanta Soc., _for freight_ 2.00
Worcester. Central Ch. and Soc. 70.83
Worcester. Primary Sab. Sch. of Piedmont Ch.,
_for Student Aid Atlanta U._ 30.00
Worcester. Mrs. E. A. Grosvenor, _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 30.00
Worcester. “Mayflowers,” of Old South Ch.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 25.00
Worcester. Ladies of Central Ch., by Mrs.
Simeon Newton, Bbl. of C. and 3 _for
freight, for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 3.00
——. “A Friend’s Gift” 20.00
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$3,044.43

LEGACIES.

Boston. Estate of Rev. H. B. Hooker, D.D., by
Arthur W. Tufts. (adl.) 200.00
Brimfield. Estate of Annis H. Smith, by N. S.
Hubbard, Ex. 90.54
Cambridge. Estate of Daniel B. Hadley, by
Daniel Fobes, Books
Charlton. Estate of Clarissa Case, by Alfred
E. Fiske, Ex. 1,621.59
Conway. Estate of Dea. John Clark, by Carlos
Bardwell, Ex. 136.00
Sunderland. Estate of Mrs. Mari. A. Hubbard,
to const. WILLIAM L. HUBBARD L. M. 30.00
Woburn. Estate of Thos. Richardson, by Hiram
Whitford, Ex. 213.37
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$5,325.93

RHODE ISLAND, $221.39.

Barrington. “The Social Workers,” Bbl. of C.,
by Mrs. A. E. Smith
Newport. Rev. T. Thayer, D.D. 10.00
Providence. Beneficent Cong. Ch. 211.39

CONNECTICUT, $1,884.10.

Ansonia. Cong. Ch., 47.40; Mrs. L. Downs, 5 52.40
Ashford. W. D. Carpenter, 5; A. Peck, 2 7.00
Berlin. Second Cong. Ch., 60, to const. MRS.
ABIGAIL H. SNOW and MRS. C. H. WILCOX L. Ms;
“A Friend,” 50 110.00
Bozrah. Cong. Ch., 10; Miss Hannah Maples, 5 15.00
Canton Centre. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 9.19
Chester. Cong. Ch. 34.00
Colchester. Rev. S. G. Willard, 10; S. P.
Willard, 10, _for Student Aid, Straight U._ 20.00
Danielsonville. “A Friend” 5.00
Derby. First Cong. Ch. 7.40
Durham. Rev. A. S. Cheesebrough 5.00
East Hampton. Dea. Samuel Skinner, 10; Mrs.
Samuel Skinner, 5, _for Theol. Dept.
Talladega C._ 15.00
East Hartford. Caustich Bros., Hand Seed Drill
and Cultivator, val., 12, _for Atlanta U._
East Windsor. Mrs. Sarah L. Wells 5.00
Fairfield. First Cong. Ch. 40.00
Franklin. “A Friend.” _for Theo. Dept.
Talladega C._ 5.00
Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch. 35.07
Hampton. Cong. Sab. Sch. 11.76
Hartford. Second Ch. of Christ 250.00
Hartford. Mrs. B. M. Parsons (5 of which _for
Indian and_ 5 _for Chinese M._) 15.00
Harwinton. Cong. Ch. 44.40
Huntington. Mrs. Sarah A. Nichols 2.50
Kent. First Cong. Soc. 14.17
Killingly. “A Friend,” _for Tillotson C. & N.
Inst._ 10.00
Meriden. Edmund Tuttle, to const. MRS. LAURA
JANE BROWN L. M. 30.00
Meriden. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. _for
Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 20.00
Mystic Bridge. Cong. Ch. 15.25
New Haven. “A Friend,” 5; Rev. S. W. Barnum,
12 copies “Romanism as It Is.” 5.00
New London. First Cong. Ch. 32.05, and First
Cong. Sab. Sch. 9.75 41.80
New London. “A Friend” 1.50
New London. “Friends” in First Ch. of Christ,
Box and Bbl. of C., and, 4 freight, _for
Talladega, Ala._ 4.00
Norfolk. “A Friend,” 10.00
North Haven. Cong. Ch., to const. ZERAH L.
BLAKESLEE and WILLIAM J. VANDOREN, L. Ms. 62.39
Prospect. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Prospect. Benj. B. Brown. 20, Incorrectly ack.
in March number from Cong. Ch.
Putnam. “Friends,” _for Student Aid, Straight
U._ 50.00
Roxbury. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.39
Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 12.32
South Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 19.00
Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 31.25
Wallingford. Mrs. M. Beadle 1.50
Waterbury. “A Friend.” 10.00
Washington. “A Friend,” 3.00
West Hartford. Mrs. Sarah W. Boswell, _for
Dakota M._ 30.00
West Suffield. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 14.81
Weston. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Willimantic. Willimantic Linen Co., 6 Pkgs.
Spool Cotton, _for Macon, Ga._
Winchester. “A Friend” 8.00
Winthrop. Miss C. Rice, 1.50; Mrs. M. A. J., 50c 2.00
——. “Friends,” _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._ 2.00
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$1,329.10

LEGACIES.

Terryville. Estate of C. R. Williams, by M. H.
Williams, Admr., _for Student Aid, Talladega
C._ 55.00
Waterbury. Estate of Charles Benedict, _for
Tillotson C. & N. Inst._, by A. S. Chase,
Adm’r. 500.00
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$1,884.10

NEW YORK, $2,010.50.

Albany. Dr. Lorenzo Hale, _for Pres. House,
Talladega_ 20.00
Brooklyn. Ch. of the Pilgrims 781.40
Brooklyn. Tompkins Av. Cong. Ch., 122.75; Park
Cong. Ch., 15; “An Old Missionary,” 5 142.75
Brooklyn. “Mrs. F.,” 5, “Aunt Patience,”
Bundle Basted Patchwork, _for Washington
D.C._ 5.00
Buffalo. First Cong. Ch. (“R. W. B.”) to
const. MRS. FREDERICK HOWARD, MISS LUCIA A.
DEMOND and MISS ALICE L. NORTON L. Ms. 100.00
Clifton Springs. Mrs. Henry L. Chase, _for
lady Missionary, New Orleans, La._ 20.00
Essex Co. “A Friend.” 50.00
Flushing. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 13.55
Franklin. Cong. Ch. 40.05
Goshen. Miss Fannie E. Crane, Bundle of C.
Griffins Mills. Ladies, by Mrs. Theo. Olden 2.00
Harpersfield. Cong. Ch., by E. G. Beard, Treas. 36.00
Jamestown. First Cong. Ch., 18.86 and Sab.
Ch., 7.28 26.14
Lenox. Cong. Ch. 10.32
Leroy. Delia A. Phillips 9.50
Liverpool. Ladies of Pres. Ch., Bbl. Clothing,
_for Fisk U._
Malone. Mrs. Mary K. Wead 100.00
Morrisville. Cong. Ch. 11.83
Mount Sinai. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Millville. Henry L’Hommedieu 3.27
New York. S. T. Gordon (14 of which _for
Goliad, Texas_), 264; Gen. C. B. Fisk, 30,
to const. MISS LAURA A. PARMELEE L. M.; Rev.
L. H. Cobb, D.D., 10; Mrs. E. Merritt, 10 314.00
New York. A. S. Barnes, _for Fisk U._ 150.00
New York. John R. Anderson. Pkg. Books
New York. Chas. Scribner’s Sons, Pkg. Books,
_for Lewis High School_
North Pitcher. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch. 1.46
Norwich. Mrs. R. A. Barber 15.00
Oneonta. Mrs. H. C. S. and Mrs. W. McC., 50c. each 1.00
Oxford. Cong. Ch. 12.00
Sherburne. Cong. Sab. Sch. 39.13
Sinclairville. Earl C. Preston 2.00
Spencerport. Miss Mary E. Dyer 5.00
Syracuse. Rev. Ovid Miner, Box Books
Tarrytown. “A Friend.” 40.00
Union Springs. Mrs. Mary H. Thomas, _for Lady
Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._ 2.00
Union Valley. Dr. J. Angel 5.00
West Bloomfield. “Sick Woman,” _for the Sick,
Mobile, Ala._ 5.00
West Bloomfield. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 1.10
West Stockbridge. Village Cong. Ch. 26.00

NEW JERSEY, $229.05.

Bound Brook. Ladies Home M. Soc., _for Freight_ 3.00
East Orange. Grove St. Cong. Ch. 51.27
Newark. C. S. Haines, 30; Mrs. L. I. Seymour, 1 31.00
Orange Valley. Cong. Ch. 143.78

PENNSYLVANIA, $383.97.

Philadelphia. Central Cong. Ch., 239.47; Mrs.
James P. Dickerman, by Alfred Walker, 100;
Mrs. E. H. Evans, 4.50; W. P. Fairbanks, 3;
Mrs. Sarah P. Fairbanks, 2 348.97
Scranton. F. E. NETTLETON, to const. himself L.M. 35.00

OHIO, $779.15.

Akron. Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 50.00
Ashtabula. Con. Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 6.80
Atwater. Mrs. Matoon, _for Straight U._ 2.00
Austinburg. Cong. Ch. 18.02
Burton. Cong. Ch. 36.15
Cincinnati. Boys’ Mission Band of 7th St. Ch.,
by Mrs. J. B. Leake, Treas.; W. B. M. I.,
_for Dakota M._ 9.00
Cleveland. West Side Ladies’ Benev. Soc. of
Cong. Ch., 25; Dea. S. H. Sheldon, 25, _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 50.00
Cleveland. Mrs. H. R. Hickox, 10; Rev. H.
Trautman, 4.50 14.50
Cow Run. Cong. Ch. 2.00
Greensburg. Mrs. H. B. Harrington, _for Lady
Missionary, Macon, Ga._ 5.00
Greenwich. “A Friend” 1.00
Gustavus. “Friends,” by Miss Clara Clisbee,
Bbl. C. and 2 freight, _for Talladega, Ala._ 2.00
Hartford. Mrs. Brockway and daughter, 4.50;
Sarah P. Bushnell, 2; S. C. Baker, 1;
Others, 3.10 10.60
Madison. Central Cong. Ch. 144.40
Mansfield. Willis M. Sturges, 100; H.
Wellington, 100 200.00
Maysville. Young Ladies’ Miss. Soc. of Cong.
Ch., _for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 15.00
North Benton. Simon Hartzel 5.00
North Monroeville. Bbl. of C., _for Mobile,
Ala._
Oberlin. Ladies’ Soc. of Second Cong. Ch.,
_for Lady Missionary, Atlanta, Ga._ 75.00
Oberlin. First Cong. Ch., 56.68; Wm. M. Mead,
$15 71.68
Painesville. Y. L. M. Soc., Lake Erie Sem. 20.00
Springfield. Cong. Sab. Sch., bal. to const.
REV. GEO E. ALBRECHT L. M. 20.00
Wellington. Edward West 20.00
Youngstown. Second Cong. Ch. 1.00

ILLINOIS, $985.28.

Aurora. First Cong. Ch., 30.86; N. L. Janes, 10 40.86
Aurora. Cong. Sab. Sch., 25; Mrs. Hitchcock,
1; Ladies of Cong. Ch., Box of C., _for
Mobile, Ala._ 26.00
Chandlerville. Cong. Ch. 18.77
Chicago. H. G. BILLINGS, 100, to const.
himself, MRS. EMILY A. BILLINGS and
FREDERICK H. BILLINGS, L. Ms.; First Cong.
Ch., 105.28; Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. of N. E.
Cong. Ch., 13.61; Lawndale Cong. Ch., 10.34;
E. Rathbone, 15; N. E. Cong. Ch., 12.58 256.81
Chicago. C. B. Bouton, _for Student Aid, Fisk
U._ 50.00
Chicago. Union Park Ch. Y. L. M. Soc., _for
Dakota M._ 30.98
Chicago. South Cong. Sab. Sch., _for
Washington, D.C._ 10.00
Chicago. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., South Ch., _for
Lady Missionary, Mobile, Ala._ 10.00
Dixon. C. A. D. 5.00
Elgin. Mrs. Styles, 1; Ladies of Cong. Ch.,
Bbl. of C., _for Mobile, Ala._ 1.00
Elmwood. Cong. Ch., to const. WILLIAM I. PLUMB
L. M. 31.00
Galesburg. C. S. Halsey, Case of Medicines,
&c., _for Talladega C._
Galva. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc., _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 25.00
Geneseo. “Busy Workers,” _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 10.00
Gridley. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. 9.00
Lombard. Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C. _for
Mobile, Ala._
Lyonsville. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Northampton. R. W. Gilliam 5.00
Oak Park. Mrs. Russell, _for Mobile, Ala._ 5.00
Ontario. Cong. Ch. 22.00
Oswego. “P. Y.” 1.00
Ottawa. Cong. Sab. Sch. 20.93
Peoria. Mrs. J. L. Griswold, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 100.00
Pullman. “M. P. B.” 2.00
Ross Grove. Cong. Ch. 13.00
Seward. Cong. Ch. 35.00
Seward. Cong. Sab. Sch. 8.00
Udina. Cong. Sab. Sch. 7.43
Yorkville. Mrs. H. S. Colton 1.50
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$765.28

LEGACY.

Chicago. Estate of Harriet B. Whittlesey by
Wm. H. Bradley and Henry B. Whittlesey, Exs. 220.00
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$985.28

MICHIGAN, $547.94.

Alamo. Ladies’ Miss’y Soc. 4.15
Calumet. Cong. Ch. 259.01
Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 26.50
Clinton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid, Fisk U._ 13.16
Clio. Cong. Ch. 5.12
Galesburg. Mrs. Sarah M. Sleeper 5.00
Grand Rapids. Park Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Rev.
J. H. H. Sengstacke_ 10.00
Grand Rapids. E. M. Bail 14.50
Litchfield. Shining Lights Mission Band, _for
Student Aid, Athens. Ala._ 12.00
North Lansing. Mary A. Gibson 2.00
Saline. Eli Benton 40.00
Saginaw City. Mrs. A. M. Spencer 2.00
Somerset. Cong. Ch. 20.00
Union City. Cong. Ch., 112.50, and Sab. Sch.,
20 132.50
Vassar. Olive W. Selden 2.00

IOWA, $161.75.

Central City. Ladies’ Missy. Soc. 16.00
Chester Centre. Cong. Ch. 35.00
Council Bluffs. Woman’s Missy. Soc., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 40.00
Council Bluffs. Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Student
Aid. Talladega C._ 30.00
Des Moines. Woman’s Missy. Soc. of Plymouth
Ch., 30, _for Lady Missionary, New Orleans,
La._ Incorrectly ack. in April number from
Grinnell
Garden Prairie. Cong. Sab. Sch. 2.75
Kelley. Cong. Ch. 3.00
Marion. Ladies, _for Lady Missionary, New
Orleans, La._ 10.00
Mitchellville. M. B. Turner 5.00
Monona. Rev. W. S. Potwin, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 15.00
Wilton Junction. Ladies of Cong. Ch. 5.00

WISCONSIN, $96.26.

Beloit. Y. M. C. A., Beloit College 6.50
Beloit. First Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., _for
Student Aid, Talladega C._ 30.00
Beloit. Rev. E. P. Wheeler, Remington Cotton
and Corn Planter, val. 25., _for Atlanta U._
Bristol and Paris. Cong. Ch. 23.00
Delevan. By Mrs. O. Crosby. 2 Bbls. of C. and
2.10 Freight, _for Talladega, Ala._ 2.10
Durand. Lucy E. Kidder, _for Dakota M._ 5.00
Milton. Cong. Ch. 7.01
Monroe. “Our Family Missionary Box,” 6.50:
Francis A. Locke, 5 11.50
New Lisbon. Cong. Ch. 6.65
Waukesha. Vernon Tichenor 4.50

MINNESOTA, $377.50.

Clear Water. Cong. Ch. 4.19
Minneapolis. Plymouth Ch. 44.82
Northfield. Cong. Ch. 26.37
Northfield. Mrs. Knowlton, 10; Mrs. Porter, 5;
Mrs. Randolph, 1; _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 16.00
Owatonna. Cong. Ch. 14.11
Zumbrota. First Cong. Ch. to const. HARRY C.
SARGENT L. M. 33.50
——. “Friends,” by Mrs. J. B. Leake, Treas. W.
B. M. I., _for Dakota M._ 238.51

KANSAS, $3.00.

Brookville. Rev. S. G. Wright 3.00

NEBRASKA, $29.35.

Beatrice. Mrs. B. F. Hotchkiss 5.00
Blair. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Clark’s. Cong. Ch. 4.00
Grafton. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Newland. Cong. Ch. 1.74
Ulysses. Cong. Ch. 3.61

WASHINGTON TER., $17.40.

Houghton. First Ch. of Christ 2.00
Skokomish. Ch. of Christ 15.40

COLORADO, $36.00.

Colorado Springs. Cong. Ch. Young People’s
Society, to const. Miss FANNY BROWN L. M.,
_for Student Aid, Talladega C._ 30.00
Longmont. Miss Hettie Ward, _for Student Aid,
Fisk U._ 6.00

UTAH, $4.00.

Salt Lake City. Mr. Irwin, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 4.00

MONTANA, $10.00.

Fort Logan. Mrs. Jennie K. Lewis 10.00

CALIFORNIA, $5.00.

Los Angeles. L. K. Lorbeer 5.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $12.00.

Washington. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 5; Lincoln
Mem. Ch., 2 7.00
Washington. “Friend,” _for Washington, D.C._ 5.00

WEST VIRGINIA, $5.

Charleston. “A Tireless Friend” 5.00

KENTUCKY, $208.40.

Lexington. Tuition 107.50
Williamsburg. Tuition 100.90

TENNESSEE, $379.50.

Chattanooga. Miss Ida E. Ferrand, _for Student
Aid, Atlanta U._ 5.00
Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition 220.00
Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition 154.50

NORTH CAROLINA, $217.55.

Wilmington. Normal Sch., Tuition, 212.55;
First Cong. Ch., 5 217.55

SOUTH CAROLINA, $685.80.

Charleston. Avery Inst., Tuition, 665.80;
Plymouth Ch., 20 685.80

GEORGIA, $604.60.

Atlanta. Storr’s Sch., Tuition, 206.72; Rent,
3; First Cong. Ch., 30.40 240.12
Athens. First Cong. Ch. 6.00
Byron. Cong. Ch. 2.20
Macon. Lewis High Sch. Tuition 140.75; Cong.
Ch., 50.83 bal. to const. Mrs. ARIADNE S.
SELLERS and EMANUEL HAYES L. Ms. 191.58
Macon. Rev. Dr. J. R. Branhan, Pkg. Books; J.
M. Boardman, Books and Magazines, _for
Library, Lewis High School_
McIntosh. Dorchester Academy, Tuition 11.95
Savannah. Beach Inst., Tuition 142.75; Rent, 10 152.75

ALABAMA, $3,418.50.

Athens. Trinity Sch., Tuition 106.25
Marion. Tuition, 7.25; Cong. Ch., 3.50 10.75
Mobile. Proceeds Sale of Land 2,500.00
Mobile. Emerson Inst., Tuition, 436.75; From
Sale of C., 11.90 448.65
Montgomery. C. W. Buckley, _for President’s
House, Talladega, Ala._ 100.00
Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 10.00
Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition 194.65
Talladega. Cong. Ch. and Soc., _for Needmore
Chapel, Talladega, Ala._ 28.20
Selma. Rev. Mr. Curtis, _for Student Aid,
Talladega C._ 11.00
Selma. First Cong. Ch. 9.00

MISSISSIPPI, $2,130.31.

Tougaloo. Pub. Sch. Fund 2,000.00
Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., Tuition, $105.81; Rent,
$24.50 130.31

LOUISIANA, $136.50.

New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition 136.50

TEXAS, $277.35.

Austin. Tillotson C. & N. Inst., Tuition 277.35

INCOMES, $801.75.

Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 625.41
C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 55.41
General Fund 50.00
John Brown Steamer Fund 39.37
Tuthill King Fund, _for Berea C._ 26.59
Luke Memorial Scholarship Fund 2.33
Theo. Fund, _for Fisk U._ 1.49
Yale Library Fund, _for Talladega C._ 1.15

CANADA, $1,000.

——. “In Memoriam” 1,000.00

ENGLAND, $28.80.

Sydenham. George Sturge, _for Atlanta U._ 24.00
Somersett. James Clark, _for Atlanta U._ 4.80

TURKEY, $10.00.

Van. Dr. George C. Reynolds 10.00
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Total for March $25,878.62
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Total from Oct. 1 to March 31 $122,621.64
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FOR ARTHINGTON MISSION.

Income Fund 172.58
Previously acknowledged, Oct., 1882 175.00
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Total $347.58

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FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions 95.15
Previously acknowledged 442.59
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Total $537.74
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H. W. HUBBARD, Treas.,
56 Reade St., N.Y.

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ART. 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 and diffuse a knowledge of the Holy Scriptures in our own and other countries which are destitute of them, or which present open and urgent fields of effort.

ART. III. Members may be constituted for life by the payment of thirty 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.

Every church which has within a year contributed to the funds of the Association and every State Conference or Association of such churches may appoint two delegates to the Annual Meeting of the Association; such delegates, duly attested by credentials, shall be members of the Association for the year for which they were thus appointed.

ART. IV. The Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held in the month of October or November, at such time and place as may be designated by the Executive Committee, by notice printed in the official publication of the Association for the preceding month.

ART. V. The officers of the Association shall be a President, five Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary or Secretaries, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, Auditors, and an Executive Committee of fifteen members, all of whom shall be elected by ballot.

At the first Annual Meeting after the adoption of this Constitution, five members of the Executive Committee shall be elected for the term of one year, five for two years and five for three years, and at each subsequent Annual Meeting, five members shall be elected for the full term of three years, and such others as shall be required to fill vacancies.

ART. VI. To the Executive Committee shall belong the collecting and disbursing of funds, the appointing, counseling, sustaining and dismissing of missionaries and agents, and the selection of missionary fields. They shall have authority to fill all vacancies in office occurring between the Annual Meetings; to apply to any Legislature for acts of incorporation, or conferring corporate power; to make provision when necessary for disabled missionaries and for the widows and children of deceased missionaries, and in general to transact all such business as usually appertains to the Executive Committees of missionary and other benevolent societies. The acts of the Committee shall be subject to the revision of the Annual Meeting.

Five members of the Committee constitute a quorum for transacting business.

ART. VII. No person shall be made an officer of this Association who is not a member of some evangelical church.

ART. VIII. Missionary bodies and churches or individuals may appoint and sustain missionaries of their own, through the agency of the Executive Committee, on terms mutually agreed upon.

ART. IX. No amendment shall be made to this Constitution except by the vote of two-thirds of the members present at an Annual Meeting, the amendment having been approved by the vote of a majority at the previous Annual Meeting.

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1 Cello, 8 ft. tone. 2 Melodia, 8 ft. tone. 8 Clarabella, 8 ft. tone. 4 Manual Sub-Bass, 16 ft. tone. 5 Bourdon, 16 ft. tone. 6 Saxaphone, 8 ft. tone. 7 Viol di Gamba, 8 ft. tone. 8 Diapason, 8 ft. tone. 9 Viola Dolce, 4 ft. tone. 10 Grand Expressione, 8 ft. tone. 11 French Horn, 8 ft. tone. 12 Harp Æolian. 13 Vox Humana. 14 Echo, 8 ft. tone. 15 Dulciana, 8 ft. tone. 16 Clarionet, 8 ft. tone. 17 Voix Celeste, 8 ft. tone. 18 Violina, 4 ft. tone. 19 Vox Jubilante, 8 ft. tone. 20 Piccolo, 4 ft. tone. 21 Coupler Harmonique. 22 Orchestral Forte. 23 Grand Organ Knee Stop. 24 Right Organ Knee Stop.

☞ This Organ is a triumph of the organ-builders’ art. IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL IN APPEARANCE, BEING EXACTLY LIKE CUT. The Case is solid Walnut, profusely ornamented with hand-carving and expensive fancy veneers. The Music Pocket is of the most beautiful design extant. It is deserving of a place in the millionaire’s parlor, and would ornament the boudoir of a princess.

=FIVE SETS REEDS.= Five Octaves, handsome appearance. It will not take the dirt or dust. It contains the Sweet VOIX CELESTE STOP, the famous French Horn Solo Combination, New Grand Organ Right and Left Knee Stops, to control the entire motion by the Knee, if necessary. Five (5) Sets of GOLDEN TONGUE REEDS, as follows: a set of powerful Sub-Bass Reeds; set of 3 Octaves of VOIX CELESTE; one set of FRENCH HORN REEDS; and 2 1-2 Octaves each of regular GOLDEN TONGUE REEDS. Besides all this, it is fitted up with an OCTAVE COUPLER, which doubles the power of the instrument. Lamp Stands, Pocket for Music, Beatty’s Patent Stop Action, also Sounding Board, &c., &c. It has a Sliding Lid and conveniently arranged Handles for moving. The Bellow which are of the upright pattern, are made from the best quality of rubber cloth, are of great power, and are fitted up with steel springs and the best quality of pedal straps. The Pedals, instead of being covered with carpet, are polished metal, neat design, never get out of repair or worn.

=SPECIAL TEN-DAY OFFER.= _If you will remit me =$51= and the annexed Coupon, within =10= days from the date hereof, I will box and ship you this Organ, with Organ Bench, Book, etc., exactly the same as I sell for =$85=. You should order immediately, and in no case later than =10= days. One year’s test trial given and a full warrantee for Six Years._

DANIEL F. BEATTY
WASHINGTON
NEW JERSEY
U.S. AMERICA]

Given under my Hand and Seal this

_1st day of May_, =1883=.

COUPON $37.

On receipt of this Coupon and =$51= in cash by Bank Draft, Post Office Money Order, Registered Letter, Express Prepaid, or by Check on your Bank, if forwarded =within 10 days= from date hereof, I hereby agree to accept this Coupon for =$37=, as part payment on my celebrated =24 Stop $85 Parlor Organ=, with Bench, Book, etc., providing the cash balance of =$51= accompanies this Coupon, and I will send you a receipted bill in full for =$85= and box and ship you the Organ just as it is advertised, fully warranted for Six years. Money refunded with interest from date of remittance if not as represented after one year’s use. (Signed) DANIEL F. BEATTY.

=FREIGHT PREPAID.= As a further inducement for you, [provided you order immediately, within 10 days], =I= agree to prepay freight on the above organ to your nearest railroad freight station, any point east of the Mississippi River, or that far on any going west of it. This is a =rare opportunity= to place an instrument as it were =at your very door=, all freight prepaid, at =manufacturer’s wholesale prices. Order now; nothing saved by correspondence=.

=HOW TO ORDER.= Enclosed find =$51.00= for Organ. I have read your statement in this advertisement and I order one on condition that is must prove exactly as represented in this advertisement, or I shall return it at the end of one year’s use and demand the return of my money, with interest from the very moment I forwarded it, at six per cent, according to your offer. ☞ =Be very particular to give Name, Post Office, County, State, Freight Station, and on what Railroad.= ☞ Be sure to remit by Bank Draft, P. O. Money Order, Registered Letter, Express prepaid, or by Bank Check. You many accept by telegraph on last day and remit by mail on that day, which will secure this special offer. I desire this magnificent instrument introduced without delay, hence this special price, PROVIDING ORDER IS GIVEN IMMEDIATELY.

_Address or call upon_}
_the Manufacturer_ } =DANIEL F. BEATTY, Washington, New Jersey.=

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FOR THE CURE OF CHRONIC DISEASES.

“I Almost Forget that I Have Been Sick.”

This is the declaration of a lady in Wellsville, Mo., whose friends, to use her own words, “had all given up that I was going with _Consumption_ as fast as I could.” We give her own account of the marvelous change wrought by Compound Oxygen:

“I was convalescing from a six weeks’ fever when I began using the Oxygen. Was very much reduced in flesh and strength; could only sit up a part of the time. Had a slight cough and raised some matter and phlegm from my lungs. After using the Oxygen one week my weight was eighty nine and a half pounds; three weeks after it was ninety-two pounds, a gain of two and a half pounds in three weeks. I think it has been much faster for the last two weeks.

“I have been using Oxygen for six weeks and am now able to ride to town, six miles, do my shopping and back again, get dinner for my family and work at light housework all the remainder of the day without stopping to rest. Am feeling so strong and well _that I almost forget I have been sick_ and should think my lungs well if it were not for the smarting or uneasy feeling in my throat and some pain between my shoulders at times.

“My cough (when I do cough, which is not often) is much more satisfactory and less of a hack than it was six weeks ago, and I think I raise more phlegm and less matter.

“I am able to do my own work, and it is so easy that I find it a real pleasure. _Appetite is splendid. Sleep seven or eight hours soundly; no night sweats, no distressing sick headaches, as I used to have. My friends had all given up that I was going with Consumption as fast as I could, but instead, I am looking better than for years_, and I think it is through God’s mercy and His blessing and your Oxygen that has brought me health and happiness.”

“A Wonder to all my Friends.”

A lady at Sandy Creek, N.Y., wrote us in April last, giving a statement of her case. She had been a sufferer for many years, especially from _Neuralgia_.

We had but one report of the case, and that a brief one, until October 20, 1882, when the following was received. It will be seen that the treatment has been doing a good work, and that the lady, to use her own words, is “a wonder to all her friends.”