Chapter II: Part 2

The Association, with its Superintendents continually in the field, who report every fact to the Secretaries at the office, who in turn submit the entire work to the churches, is thus continually made better prepared to direct the sacrifices of the benevolent in ways that shall not be irresponsible or unwise, than those which are subject to no such scrutiny or supervision, and are held to no responsibility. Much less money would be diverted from this authorized and recognized servant of the Congregational Churches, and far greater efficiency would be secured, if our friends would remember that their own ordained agency can open as many missions as they will make possible, which shall have, at least, one advantage over independent and unsupervised work, in that, through us, they shall be under your own constant Christian watch and care.

We may not close this review of our year's work and attendant suggestions without remembrance of our indebtedness to the American Bible Society, for its grant of Bibles; to the Congregational Sunday-school and Publishing Society for the help given to our struggling churches and Sunday-schools in its grant of books and lesson helps. We rejoice in the unity of our societies, which make all one in the blending of the parts for the great common purpose of redeeming the lost and gathering them into the family of Christ.

Student's Letter.

Struggles In The "Lone Star State."

BY A.C. GARROTT.

My home, Marion, Ala., was also the location of the Lincoln Normal Institute, and fortunately I had attended that school for several years. Being next to the oldest of eight children, my parents decided to take me from school in '83, that I might earn something. I had often heard of Talladega College, and wanted very much to enter there, but my father being only a poor carpenter, it was impossible for me to get the means to accomplish my desires.

However, by the aid of Northern friends I entered the above named school, October 2d, 1883. Evenings and Saturdays I worked by the hour to help defray my expenses. Unable to obtain a school, I could be found at the college, during the summers of '84 and '85, working about the buildings or on the farm. The money earned there was used for schooling. During my last year in school I had job work--sweeping and caring for lamps. This work was done early in order that I might have time for study. And each morning, before day, my broom could be heard moving through the corridors. At the close of school, I had paid by work, and a prize gained in speaking the year before, about $52.75. It was agreed that the balance should be paid after leaving school. In a class of ten I received a diploma from the normal department, June 17, 1886. My time during the summer was occupied in working with my father at the carpenter's trade.

Texas was said to have good public-schools, and it was my plan to try the "Lone Star State." I was working to secure means to pay the fare, but father failed in being paid promptly, and this forced me to borrow money for the purpose. Many tried to discourage me in my plan as it was what is sometimes termed as a "wild goose chase." I remarked, though, that if no schools could be found, there were other things to be done--cotton to be picked; wagons to be driven; and ditches to be dug. So the work-clothes were not forgotten when my trunk was packed.

On September 30, 1886, I arrived in Henderson, a stranger to all save one, and with a very small purse. Then commenced my trials. I was in my twenty-first year, but had a young appearance, and the trustees of most schools objected to me for that reason. I walked many miles in search of work, and it was not till the middle of November that my first school opened.

Owing money for schooling, for fare to this State, and for board after coming here, caused me to start far below the surface in pecuniary matters. As I had made large plans, that was quite discouraging.

The school proceeded nicely and a Sabbath-school was organized in connection. The latter was quite small, though there was a large attendance in the day school. At the close of school, March 23, 1887, all expressed a willingness for me to teach the next session, but there was a trouble ahead which changed their views. The question of prohibition was to be decided by the people in August. I am sorry to say the majority of our people were on the wrong side. But most of the teachers and preachers fought with an untiring energy against the saloons. For this act of ours, many refused to give us work. Some even sneered at the "prohib. teachers," as we walked along the streets. Those were days of discouragement as our labor seemed to be in vain.

My summer's work lasted only a month, and being an independent school the returns were quite small, $6.00 only. Having to aid my parents, and a two months' sickness, caused me to be below the surface again at the opening of my school, November 14. This work continued for six months. A Sabbath-school was organized; and, unlike the previous year, outnumbered the daily attendance.

It has been said that it is better to turn up something than to wait for something to turn up. So I bought a small outfit for making photographs. It is incomplete, but enough to get an idea of the art. After looking at some of my work, our county Judge was heard to say. "That's a good picture for that nigger." My summer school was nine miles away, and I came here every Friday evening, that I might practice at my new trade. To save the hire and feed of a horse, I always walked here and back. The way at times seems dark, but I take courage from the fact that roads to success must lead through hardships.

The Chinese.

Review Of The Year.

BY REV. W.C. POND, D.D.

The fiscal year of our missions closed Aug. 31. I desire to set before the readers of the MISSIONARY a statement of the year's work, made as complete as the space at my command allows:

1. _Seventeen_ missions have been sustained during a part or the whole of the year. Ten of these have had no intermission whatever, except for a day or two at the holidays, and in one instance a fortnight's vacation. Of the remaining seven, three are new missions, viz: Los Angeles, San Buenaventura and Tucson. The work at these points is full of interest and hope, and has indeed already begun to yield what seem to us saving results.

2. _Thirty-nine_ workers have been engaged. Of these, fourteen are Chinese brethren, converted in connection with our missions, and trained to the work in the work itself. The aggregate number of months of service is 295.

3. In comparison with the record of the previous year, but little change can be noted. The total number enrolled is 1,131, being larger by 87, but on the whole one record is about the equivalent of the other. Indeed, it seems to me that in both years we reached very near to the _outmost limit_ of what is possible with the means at our command. The special interest of this year's history centers in the attempt to do, and to learn better _how_ to do, evangelistic work. Three of our brethren have been set apart to this, and have been followed from place to place by the prayers of many. They had much to learn when they started forth and have much yet to learn. It is by no means clear to me that we have hit upon the wisest methods, and I know that we have not yet entered into the fullness of power, either with God or man. Yet I can see that these brethren are stronger and braver and more eager in this work than they were a year ago. And the blessing of God on their labors has been such as enables us to believe that full sixty of their countrymen have been led to Christ. This carries the whole number concerning whom this hope has been cherished, since the beginning of our work, above 700.

4. THE FINANCES. Our expenditures have been: For salaries of workers, $6,403.00; for rents of mission houses, $2,066.00; for incidental expenses, $1,150.15; total, $9,619.75. Our resources have been: From the parent society, $6,100; balance from previous year, $45.50; offerings made through the treasury of this auxiliary, $2,590.80; total, $8,736.30. This leaves a deficit of $882.85, a part of which can be met from our Permanent Property Account, but fully $500.00 needs yet to be secured if we are to provide things honest in the sight of all men. Thus far in the history of our mission, the account of no year has closed with the blot of a deficit upon it. The account of the year just ended is held open for awhile in the hope that the good precedent of the past may be still maintained. And, oh, if we might be a little less hampered by poverty;--if we might be set free to enter opened doors, and to make the most possible of our opportunities, how great would be the privilege and joy of showing in blessed experiment that the truest economy is a wise and careful generosity.

Bureau Of Woman's Work.

MISS D.E. EMERSON, SECRETARY.

Woman's State Organizations.

CO-OPERATING WITH THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.

ME.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. C.A. Woodbury, Woodfords, Me.

VT.--Woman's Aid to A.M.A., Chairman of Committee, Mrs. Henry Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury, Vt.

VT.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Ellen Osgood, Montpelier, Vt.

CONN.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.M. Hotchkiss, 171 Capitol Ave., Hartford, Conn.

N.Y.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. William Spaldlng, Salmon Block, Syracuse, N.Y.

ALA.--Woman's Missionary Association, Secretary, Mrs. G.W. Andrews, Talladega, Ala.

OHIO.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Flora K. Regal, Oberlin, Ohio.

IND.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.H. Rogers, Michigan City, Ind.

ILL.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C.H. Taintor, 151 Washington St., Chicago, Ill.

MICH.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. Mary B. Warren, Lansing, Mich.

WIS.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. C. Matter, Brodhead, Wis.

MINN.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs. H.L. Chase, 2750 Second Ave., South, Minneapolis, Minn.

IOWA.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Miss Ella E. Marsh, Grinnell, Iowa.

KANSAS.--Woman's Home Miss. Society, Secretary, Mrs, G.L. Epps, Topeka, Kan.

NEB.--Woman's Home Miss. Union, President, Mrs. F.H. Leavitt, 1216 H St., Lincoln, Neb.

SOUTH DAKOTA,--Woman's Home Miss. Union, Secretary, Mrs. S.E. Young, Sioux Falls, Dak.

Special fields have been assigned to Ladies' Societies contributing to the work, and missionary letters will be sent to all who desire such reports. If any fail to receive the letters, they can get them by notifying Miss Emerson, at the New York office. The ladles will be interested in the following list:

Maine Missionaries--Miss Lunt, of Selma, Ala., Miss Farrington, N.C. Mrs. Hubbard, Williamsburg, Ky., Mrs. Hall, Fort Berthold, Dak.

Vermont sustains the McIntosh School, Miss Plimpton continues in charge, assisted by Misses Ayer, Kuhl, and Head.

Massachusetts ladies are contributing to the Girl's Department of the boarding school at Tougaloo, Miss. Letters are written by the teachers in turn, thus reporting the different phases of work.

The industrial School, at Thomasville, Ga. appeals especially to ladies of Connecticut. Mrs. Gordon and Miss Knapp will continue their monthly letters, with occasional communications from other teachers.

The auxiliaries of the New York Union are entitled to letters from Miss Edith Leonard, (in place of Miss Haynes,) for the Indians, Mrs. Myers for the Mountain Whites, and Miss Evans for the Negroes.

The Ohio Ladies provide for Miss Collins of Dakota, and also for Miss Stevenson of Atlanta, Ga.

The Illinois missionaries are Miss Kinney of Austin, Texas, and Miss Pingree of Mobile.

The Michigan ladies find large opportunity to work for the blacks, through the Trinity School, at Athens, Ala. So, also, the Minnesota ladies, whose chosen field is the school at Jonesboro, Tenn.

Many others are working in definite lines and becoming better acquainted with the needs and how to meet them.

RECEIPTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 1888.

MAINE, $551.62. Bangor. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc., 75; First Cong. Ch., 30; Sab. Sch, First Parish Ch., 14; W.P. Hubbard, 10 129.00 Bath. Winter St. Ch. 100.00 Belfast. First Cong. Ch. 15.00 Bethel. Second Cong. Ch. 14.00 Buxton Centre. Mrs. M.G. Hill, _for Indian M._ 2.00 Brownville. Cong. Ch. 8.30 Camden. —— 10.00 Cherryfield. John W. Coffin 30.00 Cumberland Center. Cong. Ch. 32.00 Eastport. Central Cong. Ch. and Soc. 5.50 Foxcroft and Dover. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Fryeburg. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Gorham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 30.92; Mrs. Hunt, 5; Mrs. H. Leavitt, 5; Rev. and Mrs. G.W. Reynolds, 5; Mrs. T. Robie, 2; Mrs. Crane, 2; Miss C. Frost, 2. 51.92 Kennebunkport. Mrs. E.M. Noyes, 10; Mrs. J.T. Agard, 10 20.00 Litchfield Corners. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 12.00 Machias. Centre St. Cong. Ch. 5.15 North Anson. "A Friend," 15.00 Portland. State St. Cong. Ch. and Parish 50.00 Presque Isle. C.F.A. Johnson 5.00 Rockland. Cong. Ch. 12.00 Scarboro. Cong. Ch. 12.00 Weld. Mrs. Dorcas Russell, 1; "Three Friends," 1 2.00 West Gorham. Mrs. Mary P. Files 0.75

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $3,263.02. Amherst. "L.F.B." 150.00 Alstead Centre. Cong. Ch. 3.51 Auburn, Cong. Ch. 10.00 Brentwood. Cong. Ch. 6.35 Center Harbor. S.F. Emery and Sab. Sch. Class 5.00 Colebrook. "E. & C." 2.00 Conway. Second Cong. Ch. 5.00 Durham. Cong. Ch. 20.00 East Alstead. Cong. Ch. 2.49 East Andover. Cong. Ch. 1.50 East Derry. First Ch. 33.91 East Jaffrey. Cong. Ch. 13.98 Franklin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 25.00 Gilmanton Iron Works. Cong. Ch. 6.50 Goffstown. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 57.63 Hampstead. Cong. Ch. 25.00 Hanover. Cong. Ch. Dartmouth College, 32.40; "Friends," Dartmought College Ch., 22 54.40 Hanover. Dartmouth Sab. Sch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 25.00 Hollis. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 18.17 Hopkinton. By Rev. M.W. Adams, Bbl. of C., etc., and 3 _for Freight_ 3.00 Jaffrey. Wm. W. Livingston 15.00 Jefferson. Mrs. S.A. Bradbury 50.00 Lisbon. First Cong. Ch. 5.39 Manchester. Franklin St. Ch., 133.69; J.W. Johnston, 25; C.B. Southworth, 25 183.69 Milford. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Milton. South Cong. Ch. 15.00 Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 24.50 Monroe. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.00 Nashua. E. Spalding, M.D. 100.00 New Boston. "A Friend." 50.00 New Market. Cong. Church 14.00 North Hampton. Cong. Ch., 15; "Mrs. A.P.G.," 10. 25.00 Orford. John Pratt 50.00 Pembroke. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Peterboro. Union Evan. Ch. 38.00 Rochester. Mrs. Mary E. Hidden 10.00 Tamworth. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 2.00 Walpole. "Three Friends." 12.00 Winchester. A.S. Jewell 7.00 West Rindge. Geo. G. Williams 9.00 ——, for Moody Mission, _Indian M_. 600.00 —— 1,713.02

ESTATES Amherst. Estate of Miss Lucy W. Blunt, by E.O. Blunt, Ex. 1,000.00 Amherst. Estate of Elizabeth G. Lawrence, by A.A. Rotch, Ex. 500.00 Bennington. Estate of Rev. James Holmes, by James M. Burns, Ex. 50.00 —— 3,263.02

VERMONT, $1,577.71. Ascutneyville. Newton Gage 10.00 Barton Landen. Children's Missionary Soc., by Kate B. Joslyn, Treas. _for Share_ 13.00 Bridport. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 5.00 Burlington. First Ch. 165.78 Cambridge. First Cong. Ch. 29; Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 3.65 32.65 Castleton. Rev. S.A. Barrett 5.00 Chelsea. Cong. Ch. 29.58 Chester. J.L. Fisher 5.00 Colchester. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Coventry. Cong Ch. and Soc. 20.00 East Berkshire. Cong. Ch. 10.25 East Brookfield. Cong. Ch. 3.60 East Hubbardton. Mrs. James Flagg, 5; D.J. Flagg, 2.50 7.50 East Peacham, "A Friend." 5.00 East Poultney. Cong. Ch., 5; Miss Jane P. Harris, 1 6.00 Enosburg. First Cong. Ch. 25.00 Essex Junction. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Ellen D. Wild 5.90 Essex Junction. Rev. O.H. White, D.D. 13.00 Fairlee. "A Brother," for _Atlanta U._ 8.00 Guildhall. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Hardwick. Cal. Ch. 5.50 Hartford. E. Morris. 100.00 McIndoes Falls. Cong. S.S. 11.39, and Bbl. of C., _for McIntosh, Ga._ 11.39 Middlebury. Mrs, Emma B. Stewart, _for Student Aid_, _Atlanta, U._ 25.00 Montgomery. Cong. Ch. 9.62 Newbury. "A Friend." to const. MISS ELIZABETH L. DAME L.M. 30.00 New Haven. —— 5.00 Lowell. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Pawlet. "A Friend," _for Indian M._ 5.00 Roxbury. Rev. H.C. Howard 1.00 Rutland. Cong. Ch., to const. CHAS. P. HARRIS and JOHN W. TITCOMB L.M's 100.00 Rupert. Cong. Ch. 25.00 Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch. 379.80 Saxton's River. Rev. G.F. Chapin 2.00 Sharon. "Six Friends in Cong. Ch." 13.00 Sheldon. Dea. S.M. Hulbert, 5; Miss Emma Maynard, 1; Members Cong. Ch., 4; Miss Maynard, 1 11.00 Springfield. Cong. Ch. (12 of which for _Avery Inst._) 386.68 Springfield. F.V.A. Townsend, to const. AMASA W. TOWNSEND L.M. 30.00 Waterville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 3.11 West Brattleboro. Cong. Ch. 12.95 West Charleston. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 11.50 Westminster. Ladies, _for McIntosh, Ga._, by Mrs. Ellen D. Wild 5.00 Windham. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 5.05 Vermont Women's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Wm. P. Fairbanks, Treas., _for McIntosh, Ga._: Castleton, Ladies 4.85 —— 4.85

MASSACHUSETTS, $10,350.70. Alford. Rev. J. Jay Dana, 30, to const. PROF. JAMES D. CRAWFORD L.M.; Cong Ch., 5.34 35.34 Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch. 12.70 Amherst. North Cong. Ch. and Soc., 62.85, to const. MRS. LIDA J. HASKINS and MISS BERTHA L. JOHNSON L.M's; Children North Cong. Sab. Sch., "True Blue Cards," 32.15, to const. MISS ELLA W. DICKINSON L.M. 95.00 Amherst. North Cong. Sab. Sch., _for Indian M._ 50.00 Amherst. Rev. Julius H. Seelye, D D., 25; Mrs. Wm. A. Stearns, 10, _for Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 35.00 Amherst. Miss A. Dutton, _for Rosebud Indian M._ 5.00 Andover. South Cong. Ch., 75; West Cong. Ch, and Soc., 27; Mrs. John Smith, 10 112.00 Ashby. Cong. Ch. 12.43 Auburn. Cong. Ch. 37.75 Beechwood. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 1.50 Belchertown. Cong Ch. 33.00 Billerica. Cong Ch., 15, and Sab. Sch., 10 25.00 Boston. Union Cong. Ch., Chas. P. Adams, to const. MISS HELEN F. BRIGHAM, MISS MARY M. BRIGHAM, MISS HELEN M. HALL, MISS FANNIE W. MERRILL, MRS. ELIZA S. MORSE, OLIVER COBB, JOHN S. WINN, JOTHAM TWITCHELL and REV. WILLIAM CORNELL, D.D., L.M's 1,000.00 Shawmut Ch., _for Indian M._ 500.00 J.W. Field 100.00 J.T. Bailey 100.00 "Friend" 50.00 T.D. Quincy 30.00 "R.," _for Indian M._ 25.00 Mrs. S.E. Cooley, _for Indian M._ 25.00 Olivet Cong. Ch. 10.00 Rev. R.B. Howard 5.00 Mt. Vernon Ch., add'l 5.00 —— 5.00 Charleston. Winthrop Ch. and Soc. 81.14 Sab. Sch., First Parish, _for Gregory Inst._, _Wilmington, N.C._ 5.00 Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch. (30 of which from Mrs. Walter Baker), 151.31 Mrs. Sarah A. Carruth 50.00 Mrs. Eleanor J. Baker, _for Schp. fund, Tillotson C. and N. Inst._ 30.00 Mrs. Eliza Bicknell 5.00 Miss Mary A. Tuttle, _for Marie Adlof Schp. Fund_ 2.00 Jamaica Plain. R.W. Wood 100.00 Friends in Central Cong. Ch. 25.00 Central Cong. Ch., "A Friend" 20.00 Roxbury. Eliot Ch. 71.94 Mrs. Woodbridge Odlin, to const. MRS. ALMA O. ROBBINS L.M. 30.00 Sab. Sch. of Immanuel Cong. Ch. _for Atlanta U._ 25.00 "Our Country A'ssn," _for Normal Inst._, _Grandview, Tenn._ 22.00 West Roxbury. So. Evan. Cong. Ch. 24.14 Sab. Sch. of So. Evan. Cong. Ch, add'l, _for McIntosh, Ga._ 5.00 —— 2,502.53 Braintree. South Cong. Ch. 15.00 Brimfield. First Cong. Ch., 8.25, and Sab. Sch., 10 18.25 Brockton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.00 Brookfield. Cong. Ch. 50.00 Cambridge. Member of North Av. Ch. 6.00 Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch. 155.93 Carlisle. Cong. Ch. 8.00 Centreville. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Chatham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 8.75 Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 30.00 Chicopee. "Earnest Workers," Third Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid_, _Fisk U._ 25.00 Conway. Cong. Ch. 9.00 Dalton. Mrs. Louisa F. Crane, 50, and Miss Clara L. Crane, 50, _for Mountain White Work_ 100.00 Danvers. First Cong. Ch. and Soc, to Const. HARRIET E. PRESTON, ISABEL B. TAPLEY and EDWARD A. GROVER, L.M'S. 97.08 Douglas. Individuals in Cong Ch. 6.00 Enfield. C.D. Haskell 5.00 Fall River. "Friends in Central Ch." _for Indian M._ 15.00 Falmouth. First Cong. Ch., 3.94; Susie E. Herendeen, 1 4.94 Fitchburg. Rollstone Cong. Ch., 75; D.B. Whittier, 10; "A Friend," 10 95.00 Florence. Y.L. Mission Circle, _for Tougaloo U._ 20.00 Foxboro. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 41.49; "Two Friends," 10 51.49 Framingham. Sab. Sch. of Plymouth Ch. _for Atlanta U._ 25.00 Gloucester. Sab. Sch. of Evan. Cong. Ch., 53.05; "Knight," 50; Mrs. Nancy E. Brooks, 5 108.05 Goshen. Cong. Ch. 22.00 Greenfield. Miss Jeanette Thompson 5.00 Hadley. First Cong. Soc., 25; Miss Augusta A. Porter, 2 27.00 Hampden. Cong. Ch. 3.00 Hanson. Ladies of Cong. Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 14.00 Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols 200.00 Haverhill. Algernon P. Nichols, _for Student Aid_, _Fisk U._ 100.00 Haydenville. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.00 Holbrook. Geo. N. Spear, 20; Dea. Edward White, 10, _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 30.00 Holland. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 7.00 Holliston. Bible Christians of Dist. No. 4. 50.00 Holyoke. Mrs. A.M. Childs 10.00 Housatonic. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 62.00 Hyde Park. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ 50.00 Hyde Park. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 38.59 Ipswich. South Ch. 50.00 Kingston. Mayflower Ch. 35.00 Lancaster. Cong. Ch. 38.65 Lanesville. Cong. Ch. 13.87 Lakeville. Mrs. Caroline L. Ward 25.00 Lee. First Cong. Ch., 120, and Sab. Sch. 100 220.00 Leverett. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Lincoln. "Two Friends." 12.50 Linden. Union Cong. Ch. 8.00 Lowell. Mary E. Fletcher 2; John A. Hodge, Bdl. of C., etc. 2.00 Malden. First Ch. 42.00 Marlboro. Union Cong. Ch., to const. GEORGE F. NELSON, EMERSON G. GIBSON and WILLIAM F. BARNARD L.M's 93.47 Medway. E.F. Richardson 100.00 Melrose Highlands. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Merrimac. Cong. Ch. 150.00 Middleton. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 28.76 Millbury. First Cong. Ch., 50.70; Second Cong. Ch. and Soc., 38.29; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 25; Rev. Geo. A. Putnam, 3; Miss Louisa Spaulding, 2 118.99 Milton. Arthur H. Tucker 5.00 Natick. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 150.00 Needham. Cong. Ch. 6.00 New Bedford. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 6.47 Newburyport. Prospect St Ch., 25; Ann P. Bassett, 10 35.00 Newton. Eliot Ch. 237.00 Newton Center. Cong. Ch., 30; Miss H.S. Cousens, 3 33.00 Newtonville. Central Cong. Ch. 35.00 Northampton. First Cong. Ch. 246.34 North Andover. Cong. Ch., to const. CHARLES P. MORRILL, FRANK W. FRISBEE and ANNIE L. SARGENT L.M's 100.00 North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch., 150, to const. ADA C. CLAPP, MARY M. BEMIS, HENRY A. COOKE, and LOYAL E. TARBELL L.M's; Union Cong. Ch., 100 250.00 North Carver. Cong. Ch. 6.75 North Chelmsford. Second Cong. Ch. 71.00 Norfolk. Cong. Ch. 2.52 Northfield. Miss Mary C. Collins, 50; "Friends," 23; "Friend," 1, _for Indian M._ 74.00 North Weymouth. Pilgrim Ch., _for Student Aid_, _Talledega C._ 8.00 Oxford. Cong. Ch. 40.00 Paxton. Cong. Ch. 17.36 Peabody. South Cong. Ch. 11.50 Peabody. J.K. Cole, _for G.W. Lawrence_ 3.00 Peru. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 4.81 Pittsfield. Rev. Edward Strong, D.D., 10; MRS. REV. EDWARD STRONG, 50, to const. herself L.M. 60.00 Princeton. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Quincy. Evan. Cong. Ch. 15; Washington St. Cong. Ch. 5 20.00 Randolph. Evan. Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 139.70 Randolph. ——, to const. ANNIE T. BELCHER L.M. 30.00 Raynham. First Cong. Ch. 6.78 Reading. Cong. Ch., 18; Cong. Ch., "Friend," 5, "Friend," 2 25.00 Rochester. Mrs. Jane N. Leonard 5.00 Rockland. Elijah Shaw 50.00 Rockport First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.93 Salem. Jos. H. Towne 100.00 Sandersonville. Cong. Ch., _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 10.00 Sharon. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 29; and Sab. Sch. 10, to const. LORING M. MONK, L.M. 39.00 Shelburne Falls. L.M. Packard 5.00 Sherborn. Pilgrim Ch. 25.00 Southboro. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 30.00 South Framingham. South Cong. Ch. 100.00 South Hadley Falls. "A Friend." 5.00 South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. 27.00 South Weymouth. Primary Dept., Sab. Sch. of Second Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid_, _Storrs Sch. Atlanta, Ga._ 18.00 Springfield. Sab. Sch. of North Cong. Ch., _for Straight U._ 16.50 Sterling. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 39.00 Stockbridge. Cong. Ch., 86.12; "Lady Member, Cong. Ch." 5 91.12 Stoneham. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 35.53 Swampscott. Miss L.A. Hopkins 15.00 Sutton. E.L. Snow 50.00 Taunton. Winslow Ch. and Soc. 51.74 Townsend. Cong. Ch., "A Friend." 10.00 Uxbridge. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. REV. FRANK L. BRISTOL L.M. 40.00 Wareham. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. DEA. HIRAM WEBSTER BARROWS L.M., 52.54, J.I.W. BURGESS, 30, to const himself L.M. 82.54 Warren. Cong. Ch. 100.00 Watertown. Phillips Ch. and Soc. 181.00 West Barnstable. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Westboro. "A Friend." 5.00 West Boylston. Chas. T. White 3.00 Westfield. Charlotte W. Fowler, 3; H. Holland, 3 6.00 West Medford. Mrs. M.A. Fletcher 6.00 West Medway. "A Friend." 2.00 West Newton. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. 182.85, Sab. Sch. of Second Cong., Ch. 25, S.E. Howard, 5 212.85 West Springfield. Mrs. Lucy M. Bagg 200.00 West Stockbridge Center. Cong. Ch. 1.00 Whately. Rev. Wm. C. Curtis 2.00 Whitman. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 85.00 Whitinsville. Mrs. Mary A. Batchelor 50.00 Whitinsville. Mrs. Chas. P. Whittin, 40., Wm. H. Whitin, 35., Edward Whitin, 35, _for Sch'p Fund, Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 110.00 Williamstown. First Cong. Ch. 12.25 Wilmington. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid_, _Straight U._ 12.00 Woods Holl. First Cong. Ch. 8.37 Worcester. Union Cong. Ch., 223.67; Sam'l R. Heywood, 100; Plymouth Cong. Ch., 100; Piedmont Ch., 65; Samuel A. Pratt, 50; "A Friend," 20; Salem St., Ch., 17.50 576.17 Worcester. "A.N.X." _for Atlanta U._ 50.00 Worcester. Geo. L. Newton, _for Tillotson C. & N. Inst._ 20.00 Worcester. Easter Concert, Old South Ch., _for Hampton N. & A. Inst._ 11.62 Worthington. Cong. Ch. 3.82 ——. Mrs. H.C. Parish _for Indian M._ 10.00 Hampden Benevolent Association, by Charles Marsh, Treas. Chicopee. Third, (2.44 of which for Indian M.) 11.96 Monson. E.F. Morris, 50.00 Monson. E.A. Ward, 1.00 Westfield. Second. 20.50 —— 83.46 —— 9,800.70

ESTATES
Haldey. Estate of Eleazar Porter, by J.E. Porter 500.00
Hatfield. Estate of J.B. Woods by R.M. Woods, Trustee 50.00
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10,350.70

CLOTHING, BOOKS, ETC. RECEIVED AT BOSTON OFFICE. Baldwinsville, Mass. Hospital Cottages for Children, 2 Bbls. East Cambridge, Mass. Miss Mary F. Aiken, Case of Chairs _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._ Foxboro. Rev. A.E. Tracy, 2 Boxes; Mr. Barron, 1 bundle. Newton Highlands, Mass. Mrs. E.C. Wheeler, 1 Case.

RHODE ISLAND, $1,289.76. Arnolds Mills. Alice Walcott 20.00 Central Falls. "A Friend" 50.00 Newport. United Cong. Ch. 48.00 Pawtucket. Cong. Ch., 104.76; Park Place Cong. Ch., 10 114.76 Tiverton. Ann E. Brown 3.00 Providence. Mrs. Geo. H. Corliss, Miss M.L. Corliss and Mr. G.F. Corliss _in memorian Geo. H. Corliss_ 1,000.00 Providence. John McAuslan 50.00 Providence. "A Friend," _for Indian M._ 4.00

CONNECTICUT, $6,413.18. Berlin. A few Ladies, by Mrs. W.W. Woodworth, _for Conn. Indl. Sch., Ga._ 8.00 Birmingham. Wm. E. Downes, _for Schp_, _Tougaloo U._ 70.00 Birmingham. Cong. Ch. 27.00 Brooklyn. Mrs. Wm. Woodbridge, 20; M.E. Ensworth, 10; First Trin. Ch., 21 51.00 Bristol. Mrs. J.T. Peck 10.00 Buckingham. Cong. Ch. 2.50 Buckingham. Ladies of Buckingham S.S. _for Conn. Indl. Sch., Ga._ 5.00 Cheshire. "A Friend" 30.00 Clinton. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid_, _Atlanta U._ 7.78 Danielsonville. Thomas Backus 30.00 Derby. Miss Sarah A. Hotchkiss 5.00 Eastford. "The Gleaners," by Alice J. Carpenter, Sec., _for Conn. Indl. Sch., Ga._ 10.00 East Hampton. First Cong. Ch. 32.64 East Hartford. —— 100.00 East Hartford. "A Friend," to const. ROBERT E. OLMSTED L.M. 30.00 East Hartford. First Ch. 20.00 Easton. Cong. Ch. 6.00 Fair Haven. Sab. Sch. Second Cong. Ch., _for Oahe Indian Sch._ 10.00 Farmington. Cong. Ch., _for Tougaloo U._ 10.50 Franklin. Cong. Ch. 7.00 Glastonbury. J.B. and W.S. Williams, 200; Mrs. N.W. Goodrich, 150; Geo. G. Williams, 100 450.00 Glastonbury. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid_, _Fisk U._ 50.00 Glastonbury. Bernard T. Williams, _for Indian M._ 50.00 Goshen. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch. 23.22 Green's Farms. Cong. Ch. 22.08 Greenwich. Second Cong. Ch., 62.16; David Banks, 10 72.16 Griswold. Cong. Ch., to const. JOSEPH TYLER GEER L.M. 35.00 Guilford. First Cong. Ch, to const. MISS MINNIE M. GRISWOLD, L.M. 30.00 Hadlyme. R.E. Hungerford, 30.75; Cong. Ch., 5.25 36.00 Hampton. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 20.00 Hartford. Mrs. S.E. Perkins, _for Talladega C._ 200.00 Hartford. Newton Case, 100; Mrs. H.A. Perkins. 100; Asylum Hill Cong. Ch., L.T. Frisbie, 25 225.00 Ivoryton. "Friends," _for Tougaloo U._ 70.00 Ivoryton. Frank M. Rose and wife 10.00 Ivoryton. Miss Isabel Northrop and her S.S. Class, _for Indian M._ 12.50 Jersey City. Mrs. Julia D. Talcott, _for Indian M._ 50.00 Ledyard. "A Friend" 2.00 Long Ridge. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Middlefleld. Cong. Ch. and Soc., to const. DEA. SETH E. MILLER and HENRY J. CAMP L.M.'s 70.12 Middletown. Edward Payne, 10; Chas. Boardman, 10; Geo. T. Meech, 5; W.H. Burrows, 5; Seth H. Butler, 5; Geo. A. Cole, 5; J.H. Bunce, 10, _for Tougaloo U._ 50.00 Meriden. First Cong. Ch. (50 of which _for Indian M._), to const. MISS LYDIA E. GLADWIN, A.C. BUMPIS, GEO. S. HEMINGWAY, MISS ELLIE M. LINES, MISS MARY A.N. GILL and FRANK L. LAWTON L.M's, 300; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 50 350.00 Meriden, Center Ch., 50; "N.T.," 3 53.00 Milford. First Cong. Ch. 100.00 Moodus. Miss Mary E. Dyer 5.00 Mount Carmel. W.W. Woodruff, 25; Mrs. J.M. Swift, 10; bal. to const. ELLA L. DUNBAR L.M. 35.00 Naugatuck. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid_, _Fisk U._ 25.00 New Britain. First Ch. of Christ 200.00 New Haven. W.E. Downes, 100; Prof. E.E. Salisbury, 50; College St. Cong. Ch., 39.05; "A Friend," 15; Alfred Walker, 10 214.05 New Milford. "A Friend" 2.00 Newington. Cong. Ch. 67.24 Newington. Mr. and Mrs. J. Deming, _for Tougaloo U._ 10.00 New London. "Trust Estate of Henry P. Haven" 100.00 New Preston. Mrs. Betsy Averill 10.00 New Preston. Mrs. Betsy Averill, _for Mountain White Work_ 5.00 Norfolk. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 20.00 Norfolk. Mrs. Mary A. Curtiss, _for Schp_, _Indian M._ 7.50 North Guilford. Cong Ch. 17.50 Norwalk. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 Norwich. "A Friend" 1,000.00 Norwich. First Cong. Ch., 75; Miss Sarah M. Lee, 25 100.00 Norwich. Rev. W.S. Palmer, D.D., _for Tillotson C & N. Inst._ 10.00 Old Saybrook. Cong. Ch. 33.88 Plainfield. First Cong. Ch. 26.41 Plainfield. Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 11.22 Poquonock. Thomas Duncan 50.00 Preston City. Cong. Ch. and Soc. 20.00 Putnam. Second Cong. Ch., 19.46; Mrs. Mary A. Keith, 2 21.46 Rockville. Cong. Ch., to const. REV. JOHN G. BAIRD, MISS SARAH K. GELBERT, MRS. GUY P. COLLINS and GEORGE W. VINAL L.M.'S 140.11 Rockville. Dea. Geo. Maxwell, 100; J.N. Stickney, 5 _for Tougaloo U._ 105.00 Salisbury. Cong. Ch. 17.23 Seymour. Cong. Ch. 12.06 South Coventry. Mrs. Mary J. Bennett, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 20.00 Stafford. Mrs. T.H. Thresher 5.00 Stanwich. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Southport. Cong. Ch., 134, to const. SIMON C. SHERWOOD, HENRY C. BARNUM, WILLIAM MONTALON and SYLVESTER STRONG BLISS L.M's; "A Friend," 70 204.00 Stonington. Rev. Chas J. Hill 12.00 Terryville. O.D. Hunter, 50; N.T. Baldwin, 50, _for Talledaga C._ 100.00 Terryville. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Rosebud Indian M._ 27.54 Terryville. A.S. Gaylord 10.00 Thomaston. Dr. W. Woodruff, 10; E.C. Root, 5; Mrs. Geo. Pierpont, 5; Mrs. Wm. Gilbert, 5; Mabel Freeman, 2; H.H. Hotchkiss, 50c, _for Tougaloo U._ 27.50 Thomaston. Cong. Ch. 11.95 Torrington. L. Wetmore, 150: Third Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch., 51.59 201.59 Torrington. "Valley Gleaners," _for Fort Berthold Indian M._ 50.00 Unionville. First Ch. of Christ 14.30 Voluntown and Sterling. Cong. Ch. to const. MISS MELINDA GALLUP L.M. 17.38 Wallingford. "A Friend." _for Tougaloo U._ 5.00 Watertown. "Friends," _for Indian M._ 15.00 Watertown. Mrs. Fred Scott's Class, _for Fort Berthold Indian M._ 10.00 Webster. First Cong. Ch. and Soc. 50.00 Westbrook. Cong. Ch. 44.53 Westford. Cong. Ch. 7.25 West Haven. Cong. Ch. and Soc., 54.98, Ladies' Mon. Miss'y Prayer Meeting, by Mrs. Emeline Smith, 15; Mrs. Emeline Smith, 5; Mrs. E.C. Kimball, 2 76.98 West Torrington. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., _for Conn. Ind'l Sch., Ga._ 5.00 Willimantic. Mrs. E.G. Learned 4.00 Windsor. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 Wolcott. "A Friend," _for Tougaloo U._ 5.00 —— 100.00 —— "A Connecticut Friend," 30.00 —— "A Friend in Conn.," 20.00 —— 5,913.18

ESTATES
Hartford. Estate of Mrs. Nancy H. Hills, by J.C. Hills,
Executor 500.00
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6,413.18

NEW YORK, $8,942.27. Brooklyn. Stephen Ballard, _for Ballard Sch. Building, Macon, Ga._ 2,500.00 Brooklyn. E.C. Seecomb, 50; Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 20 70.00 Brooklyn. Sab. Sch. of Central Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._, 37.50; CLARENCE F. BIRDSEYE, _for Indian M._, and balance to const. himself L.M., 17.50 55.00 Brooklyn. Lewis Av. Cong. Ch., Box of C., 1.30 _for Freight_, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ 1.30 Brooklyn. Mrs. Sarah A.M. Kent, Pkg. of C. Brooklyn, E.D. New Eng. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Cambridge. "Friends," _for Indian M._ 19.50 Canandaigua. C.W. Dixon, 5; "N.M.C," 5 10.00 Copenhagen. Rev. W.J. Cuthbertson 5.00 Fairport. J.E. Howard 50.00 Jamestown. First Cong. Ch. 13.00 Kelloggsville. Miss Carrie Taylor 50.00 Lebanon. Thomas Hitchcock, 5; Ladies' Home Miss'y Soc., 5; Mrs. S.G. Childs, 3; Alfred Seymour, 1.25; J.A. Head, 1; Mrs. M. Day, 1; J.H. Wagoner, 1; John Fisk, 1; C.P. Day, 1; G.G. Grosvenor, 50c.; Mrs. I. Lyon, 25c. 20.00 Lockport. First Cong. Ch. 10.00 Malone. Mrs. H.R. Wilson 2.00 Middletown. First Cong. Ch. 35.00 New York. Z. Stiles Ely, 100; "A Friend," 100; "H.W.H.," 100 to const. JOSEPH ANDREWS POWELL, JAMES THOMAS POWELL and GRACE KNOWLES POWELL L.M's; Wm. Ives Washburn, 25; Homer N. Lockwood, 25; Individuals, Tabernacle Ch., 21; Rev. Stephen Angell, 10: B.B. Adams, Jr., 10 391.00 New York. Bethany Sew. Sch., _for Fort Berthold Indian M._ 43.00 North Pitcher. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 0.50 North Walton. Cong'l Ch. and Cong., _for Mt. White Work_ 15.20 Perkin. Miss A. Peck 25.00 Perry Center. William Butler, 10; Mrs. Sarah Lillibridge, 5; Miss Rachel Booth, 5; Miss Clara S. Cooper, 2 22.00 Plattsburg. G.W. Dodds 5.00 Rochester. Geo. Thayer 20.00 Silver Creek. W. Chapin 10.00 Syracuse. Mrs. E.G. Washburn 5.00 Union Valley. Wm. C. Angell 5.00 Utica. Plymouth Ch. 7.50 Utica. Mrs. Sarah H. Mudge, _for Woman's Work_ 5.00 Verona. E. Day 10.00 Walton. Cong'l Ch. and Cong., _for Mt. White Work_ 72.45 —— "Life Member." 12.00 Woman's Home Missionary Union of N.Y., by Mrs. L.H. Cobb, Treas., _for Womans' Work._ Arcade. Y.L. Mission Circle 15.00 Churchville. Ladies' Aux. 50.00 Copenhagen. Ladies' Aux., to const. HARRY MUNGER L.M. 50.00 Homer. "Band of Hope." 5.00 Riverhead. Ladies' Aux. 15.00 —— 135.00 —— 3,684.45

ESTATES Brooklyn. Estate of Alfred S. Barnes by Alfred C. Barnes, Ex. 4,856.67 Franklin. Estate of Mrs. Mary Parsons Foote, by David Foote, Ex. 451.15 —— 8,942.27

NEW JERSEY, $1,242.46. Arlington. Mrs. G. Overacre, _for Mt. White Work_ 3.00 Bernardsville. Mrs. M.L. Roberts 30.00 Montclair. J. Van Vleck, 100. Y.L.M. Soc. of First Cong. Ch., by Effie A. Brown, Treas. 10.60 110.60 New Brunswick. J.P. Langdon 15.00 Park ridge. Sab. Sch., of Cong. Ch. 8.86 Paterson. P. Van Houten 5.00 Plainfield. C.L. Goodrich 5.00 Salem. W. Graham Tyler 20.00 Trenton. Miss S.T. Sherman, 40, Mrs. E.B. Fuller, 5 45.00 —— 242.46

ESTATES
Montclair. Estate of Winslow Ames, by W.W. Ames, Ex. 1,000.00
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1,242.46

PENNSYLVANIA, $242.50. Cambridgeboro. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch. 10.00 Canton. H. Sheldon 15.00 Philadelphia. Chas. Burnham 100.00 Pittston. Jas. Challenger 2.00 Ridgway. First Cong. Ch. 15.50 West Alexander. Mrs. Jane C. Davidson 100.00

OHIO, $1,557.10. Ashtabula. First Cong. Ch. 13.80 Ashtabula. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Student Aid_, _Fisk U._ 25.00 Berea. James S. Smedley, to const. F.S. SMEDLEY L.M. 30.00 Brownhelm. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Bryan. S.E. Blakeslee 5.00 Burton. Rev. S.W. Pierson 5.00 Cedarville. Mrs. M.E. Edwards 200.00 Chagrin Falls. Cong. Ch. 21.63 Cleveland. First Cong. Ch. 74.01; Mrs. F.W. Low, 20 94.01 Cleveland. H.H. Brown, _for Talladega C._ 100.00 Cleveland. Mrs. H.B. Spelman, _for Student Aid_, _Atlanta, Ga._ 25.00 Columbus. Eastwood Cong. Ch. 21.00 Dover. Cong. Ch. 17.60 Harbor. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Kingsville. Myron Whiting 100.00 Lafayette. Cong. Ch. 7.50 Lorain. Mrs. A.D. Barber, (deceased,) 50; Rev. A.D. Barber and Daughter, 21; Mrs. Susan Beers, 5; Others in Cong. Ch., 27.85 103.85 Madison. Central Cong. Ch. 29.47 Medina. Cong. Ch., to const. DEA. C.E. CLARK, E.R. ROOT, and MISS CLARA STEEB L.M's 98.06 Mount Vernon. Cong. Ch., 68.63, Ladies' Miss'y Soc. 19; Chas. Cooper, 15 102.63 Newark. Plym. Cong. Ch. 6.00 North Benton. Simon Hartzell 5.00 North Bloomfield. E.A. Brown, _for Talladega C._ 100.00 Oberlin. Second Cong. Ch., 48.69; Dr. and Mrs. Homer Johnson, 8 56.69 Painesville. E.E. Johnson 4.00 Rootstown. Cong. Ch., 19.56; W.J. Dickinson, 10 29.56 Steubenville. First Cong. Ch. 5.60 Toledo. Washington St. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Wellington. "A Friend," 20; Cong. Sab. Sch., 10 30.00 Willoughby. Miss Mary P. Hastings 1.00 Windham. First Cong. Ch. 13.46 York. Cong. Ch. 32.00 Ohio Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Phebe A. Crafts, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: Chester. St. Paul's Mission Band 6.82 Claridon. W.M.S. 10.00 Cleveland. First Cong. Ch., H.M.S. 25.00 Cleveland. First Cong. Ch., Y.P.S.C.E. 2.59 Columbus. E.T.B. 2.00 Columbus. Eastwood Ch., Mrs. P.L. Alcott 10.00 Columbus. Eastwood Ch., "F.M.B." 7.00 Coolville. L.H.M.S. 17.81 Kent. Ladies' Aux. 11.50 Lindenville. Miss Ellen Jones 5.00 Madison. Cong. Ch. W.H.M.S. 1.00 Madison. Cong. Ch. W.H.M.S. 0.52 Marysville. Aux. 12.00 Medina. L.B.S. 25.00 Mount Vernon. W.H.M.S. 5.00 Oberlin. First Cong. Ch. L.A.S. 75.00 Painesville. L.H.M.S. 25.00 South Kirtland. Cong. Ch., L.M.S. 3.00 —— 244.24

INDIANA, $205.00. Versailles. Mrs. J.D. Nichols, (2.50 of which _for Indian M._) 5.00

ESTATES
Auburn. Estate of James Adams by D.Y. Husselman 200.00
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205.00

ILLINOIS, $1,302.34. Aurora. N.L. Janes 10.00 Belvidere. Mrs. M.C. Foote, 10, _for Mobile, Ala._ and 3 _for Woman's Work_ 13.00 Buda. J.B. Stewart, 100; Cong. Ch. 25.52 125.52 Chicago. Plymouth Cong. Ch., 120.25; New England Ch. "A Friend," 100; D.H. Roe, 100; Rev. J.M. Williams, 50; Rev. Jos. E. Roy, D.D. 30. to const. REV. S.J. HUMPHREY, D.D., L.M; A.L. Cole, 25; Randolph St. Mission of First Cong. Ch., 20 445.52 Chicago. Mrs. F.A. Noble, _for Student Aid Endowment Fund_, _Fisk U._ 25.00 Collinsville. J.F. Wadsworth 10.00 Dover. Rev. R.M. Sargent 5.00 Galesburg. First Cong. Ch. 90.00 Granville. Y.P. Miss'y Soc. 10.00 Hinsdale. J.W. Bushnell 5.00 Joliet. Rev. S. Penfield 5.00 Lewistown. Mrs. Myron Phelps 25.00 Lisbon. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Maywood. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Morrison. William Wallace and Robert Wallace, to const. MRS. AGNES RALSTON, L.M. 60.00 Park Ridge. Cong. Ch. 8.00 Plainfield. Cong. Ch. 8.50 Princeton. Mrs. S.C. Clapp, 25; Mrs. P.B. Corss, 12; Cong. Ch., 12 49.00 Quincy. Lorenzo Bull, 50; Charles H. Bull, 50 100.00 Ravenswood. Cong. Ch. 22.90 Rockford. Thos. D. Robertson 50.00 Rockford. Miss Blanche Goodall, _for Oahe Indian Sch._ 2.00 Rockford. Mrs. E.W. Chandler, Box Papers, etc., _for Sherwood, Tenn._ Roseville. Cong. Ch. 11.38 Rutland. Rev. L. Taylor 2.00 Sandwich. Cong. Ch. 10.80 Sterling. Mrs. Catherine McKinney 10.00 Toulon. Cong. Ch., 23.18; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 5 28.18 Toulon. "The Lamplighters," pkg. Patchwork, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ Wauponsee Grove. Cong. Ch. 11.90 Western Springs. Union Sab. Sch., _for Student Aid Endowment Fund_, _Fisk U._ 9.00 Winnebago. N.F. Parsons 10.00 Illinois Woman's Home Missionary Union, Mrs. C.E. Maltby, Treas., _for Woman's Work_: Ill. Woman's H.M.U. (30 of which from Ladies of Lincoln Park Cong. Ch., to const. HENRY W. HOBART L.M.) 45.65 Ill. Woman's H.M.U. (30 of which to const. MRS. J.E. POOLE L.M.) 58.00 Woman's Home Missionary Union 6.26 —— 109.91

MICHIGAN, $758.96. Agricultural College. Prof. R.C. Kedzie 10.00 Almont. Cong. Ch. 25.00 Ann Arbor. First Cong. Ch., 41; First Cong. Ch., add'l, "A Friend," 15; Mrs. Maria Wood, 2 58.00 Benton Harbor. Rev. W.H. Brewster 3.00 Chelsea. First Cong. Ch. 21.00 Church's Corners. Cong. Ch. 30.36 Comstock. "A Friend" 138.10 Detroit First Cong. Ch., 139.95; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 24.76; Woodward Av. Cong. Sab. Sch., 20 184.71 East Gilead. Cong. Ch. 2.00 Flint. Cong. Ch. 21.86 Green Oak. John Thompson 5.00 Homer. Mrs. C.C. Evarts 5.00 Ithaca. Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Norris 10.00 Kalamazoo. First Cong. Ch. 90.25 Manistee. B.M. Cutcheon 5.00 Nashville. "A Friend" 2.00 Northport. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch. 5.00 Portland. Cong. Ch. 16.00 Romeo. E.B. Dickinson, 10; Watson Loud, 10 20.00 Saginaw City. Mrs. A.M. Spencer 2.00 Union City. "A Friend" 100.00 Woman's Home Missionary Union, Mrs. E.F. Grabill, Treas.: Essexville. W.H.M.S. 3.82 Essexville. Sab. Sch. 0.86 —— 4.68

WISCONSIN, $896.75. Antigo. Cong. Ch. 6.35 Appleton. "A Life Member" 10.00 Berlin. Cong. Ch. 20.00 Beloit. Second Cong. Ch., Sab. Sch. 11.00 Beloit. E.P. Wheeler, _for Oahe Indian Sch._ 10.00 Bristol. Cong. Ch. 40.00 Burlington. Cong. Ch. 20.25 Clintonville. Cong. Ch. 6.00 Cooksville. E. Gilley 5.00 Franksville. Cong. Ch. 4.00 Green Bay. First Presb. Ch. 45.10 Hayward. Cong. Ch. 15.10 Kaukauna. Cong. Ch. 8.00 Kenosha. Cong. Ch. 32.05 Kinnic Kinnic. Cong. Ch. 3.30 La Crosse. George H. Ray, 25; J.M. Holley, 5 30.00 Madison. First Cong. Ch., 21.71; Sab. Sch. of First Cong. Ch., 20 41.71 Milwaukee. Grand Av. Cong. Ch., 139.16; Plymouth Ch., 30 169.16 Necedah. Cong. Ch. 5.45 New Lisbon. Cong. Ch. 11.50 Oshkosh. Cong. Ch. 63.50 River Falls. Cong. Ch. 41.00 River Falls. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch., _for Fort Berthold Indian M._ 35.00 Sheboygan. Frank Stowe and Friends, Box Books, etc.; Sab. Sch. First Cong. Ch., Box S.S. Papers, _for Sherwood, Tenn._ Stoughton. Cong. Ch. 3.28 West Superior. Cong. Ch. 9.41 Whitewater. Cong. Ch., 84.25, and Sab. Sch., 15.75 100.00 Woman's Home Missionary Union of Wisconsin, _for Woman's Work_: Appleton. W.H.M.U. 1.75 Arena. W.H.M.U. 4.07 Beloit. First Ch. W.H.M.U. 18.15 Bloomington. W.H.M.U. 5.30 Brodhead. W.H.M.U. 2.90 —— "A Friend" 50.00 Eau Claire. W.H.M.U. 8.30 Janesville. W.H.M.U. 3.50 Madison. W.H.M.U. 24.72 Milton. W.H.M.U. 7.40 Milwaukee. W.H.M.U. 3.00 New Lisbon. W.H.M.U. 3.00 Platteville. W.H.M.U. 0.50 Ripon. W.H.M.U. 7.00 Stoughton. W.H.M.U. 1.00 Wauwatosa. W.H.M.U. 4.00 Whitewater. W.H.M.U. 6.00 —— 150.59

IOWA, $526.42. Amity. Cong. Ch. 17.30 Charles City. First Cong. Ch. 40.07 Cherokee. First Cong. Ch. 15.82 Chester Center. Cong. Ch. 9.06 Danville. Lee W. Mix, 3; S.H. Mix, 2 5.00 Davenport. Julius A. Reed 15.00 Decorah. Cong. Ch., _for Indian M._ 7.00 Decorah. Cong. Ch. 6.00 Denmark. T.S. Taylor, 20; Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., 15 35.00 Dubuque. First Cong. Ch. 42.37 Grinnell. Mrs. Geo. Magoun, _for Oahe Indian Sch._ 2.00 Iowa City. Rev. M.N. Miles 10.00 Keokuk. Woman's Miss'y Soc., _for Woman's Work_ 14.50 Lawlen. Cong. Ch. 4.05 Manchester. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. 10.00 McGregor. J.H. Ellsworth 10.00 McGregor. —— 17.00 Nashua. Cong. Ch. 12.37 Postville. Cong. Ch. 8.00 Quasqueton. Cong. Ch. 3.21 Red Oak. First Cong. Ch. 22.83 Tabor. Cong. Ch. 68.25 Traer. Cong. Ch., 11.06; L.M. Soc. Cong. Ch., 6 17.06 Waterloo. Cong. Ch. 15.12 Winthrop. Cong. Ch. 50.00 ——. "Friends." _for Oahe Indian Sch._ 3.10 Woman's Home Missionary Union of Iowa, _for Woman's Work_: Bellevue. L.M.S. 4.00 Cedar Rapids. L.M.S. 21.30 Council Bluffs. L.M.S. 10.00 Le Mars. L.M.S. 4.35 Mason City. L.M.S. 4.50 Onawa. L.M.S. 6.00 Rockford. L.M.S. 1.16 Stuart. L.M.S. 5.00 Sheldon. L.M.S. 1.00 Shenandoah. L.M.S. 9.00 —— 66.31

MINNESOTA, $384.63.
Aitken. Cong. Ch. 2.24
Anoka. Cong. Ch. 5.00
Little Falls. 3.10
Mankato. Cong. Ch. 6.50
Minneapolis. Plym. Ch., 11; Vine Ch., 10.75 21.75
Northfield. First Cong. Ch. 88.96
Rochester. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 30.61
Rose Creek. "True Blue" Card, by Mrs. Sarah Rounce 2.70
Saint Paul. Plymouth Cong. Ch. 22.42
Minn. Woman's Home Missionary Soc., _for Woman's Work_, by
Mrs. Clara N. Cross, Treas.:
Austin. W.M.S. 15.88
Brainerd. First Ch. S.S. 9.50
Cannon Falls. —— 5.00
Clear Water. Sab. Sch. and Nellie Baxter, Bessie
Bosworth, Sarah Whiting, on True Blue Cards, 5 each 15.62
Cottage Grove. W.M.S. 8.00
Glyndon. S.S. 1.18
Marshall. W.M.S. 7.50
Minneapolis. First Ch. W.H.M.S. 49.00
Minneapolis. Plymouth W.H.M.S. 23.00
Minneapolis. Second Ch. W.M.S. 7.50
Minneapolis. Como Av. Ch., "Seekers after Knowledge," 5.00
Owatomie. W.H.M.S. 13.00
Plainview. S.S. 1.64
Plainview. W.M.S. 5.75
Rochester. Y.L.M.S. 21.67
Saint Cloud. W.M.S. 3.50
Waseca. W.M.S. 2.00
——. —— 6.61
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201.35

MISSOURI, $111.20. Lebanon. Cong. Ch. 11.10 Pierce City. Woman's Miss'y Soc. of First Cong. Ch. 5.00 Saint Louis. First Cong. Ch. 50.00 Sedalia. Cong. Ch. 45.10

KANSAS, $100.74. Brookville. Rev. S.G. Wright 5.00 Council Grove. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Dover. Cong. Ch. 1.25 Hiawatha. Sab. Sch. Cong. Ch. 2.89 Leavenworth. First Cong. Ch. 54.35 Osawatomie. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Valley Falls. Cong. Ch. 12.25

DAKOTA, $20.91.
Fort Bethold. Mrs. H.R. Floyd, _for Fort B. Indian M._ 6.00
Dakota Woman's Home Missionary Union, by Mrs. Sue Fifield,
Treas., _for Woman's Work,_
Huron. W.M.S. 4.00
Huron. W.M.S. 6.50
Lake Henry. W.M.S. 4.41
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14.91

NEBRASKA, $53.50. Camp Creek. Cong. Ch. 10.00 Chadron. Cong. Ch. 5.00 Dewitt. Cong. Ch. 3.50 Irvington. Cong. Ch. 15.00 Omaha. Mrs. Reuben Gaylord, _for Indian M._ 20.00

MONTANA, $2.50.
——. "A Friend," 2.50

ARKANSAS, $1.05.
Fayetteville. Cong. Ch. 1.05

WASHINGTON TERR., $25.00. Fidalgo Island. Pilgrim Ch. 10.00 Skokomish. Cong. Ch. 15.00

OREGON, $31.12. Portland. First Cong. Ch., 30. to const. C.F. HOLCOMB L.M.; Rev. E. Rogers, 1.12 31.12

CALIFORNIA, $5.00.
Arcata. ——. 5.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $18,242.14. Washington. U.S. Government, _for Indian M._ 18,186.74 Washington, Mrs. S.B.A. Robinson, of Cong. Ch., 30, to const. JAMES FRANCIS ADAMS L.M.; B.N. and E.M. Seymour, 15; Lincoln Memorial Ch., 10.40 55.40

KENTUCKY, $143.10.
Williamsburg. Tuition. 143.10

NORTH CAROLINA, $2.90. McLeansville. Rev. A. Connet 0.40 Pekin. Cong. Ch. 1.50 Troy. S.D. Leak 1.00

SOUTH CAROLINA, $331.00.
Greenwood. Tuition 331.00

TENNESSEE, $3,507.93. Memphis. Slater Fund 1,500.00 Nashville. Slater Fund 1,500.00 Nashville. Tuition, 300.90; Rent, 18.35 319.25 Nashville. Mrs. H.H. Wright, _for Student Aid_, _Fisk U._ 1.50 Pleasant Hill. Tuition, 135.20; School Fund, 47.50 182.70 Robbins. Tuition 4.50

GEORGIA, $529.04. Atlanta. Teachers and Students, Atlanta U., 20; Children's Miss'y Soc., by Mrs. E. Kent, 5, _for Indian Sch._ 25.00 Atlanta. First Cong. Ch., Six Birthday Offerings 1.04 Macon. Slater Fund 500.00 Marietta. Ch. and Sab. Sch, 1.50 each 3.00

ALABAMA, $1,423.55. Talladega. Slater Fund 1,400.00 Tallagega. Tuition 22.55

MISSISSIPPI, $3,000.00. Tougaloo. State Appropriation 500.00 Tougaloo. Slater Fund 1,500.00

LOUISIANA, $1,000.00.
New Orleans. Slater Fund 1,000.00

TEXAS, $900.00.
Austin. Slater Fund 900.00

INCOMES, $1,691.03. Avery Fund, _for Mendi M._ 1,570.03 C.F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._ 50.00 General Endowment Fund 50.00 Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._ 0.77 Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._ 7.98 Luke Memorial Fund, _for Talladega C._ 0.68 Rice Memorial Fund, _for Talladega C._ 1.50 Theo. Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._ 0.18 Theo. Endowment Fund, _for Fisk U._ 5.18 Yale Library Fund, _for Talladega C._ 4.71

CANADA, $5.00.
Montreal. Chas. Alexander 5.00

CHINA, $5.00.
Tientsin. Rev. M.L. Stimson 5.00
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Donations 30,846.46 Estates 9,107.82 Incomes 1,691.03 Tuitions 1,484.75 Rents 18.35 U.S. Government for Indians 18,186.74 Slater Fund 8,300.00 —— Total for September 69,635.15 Total from Oct. 1 to Sept. 30 320,952.42 ==========

FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
Subscriptions for September 35.77
Previously acknowledged 897.61
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Total 933.38
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H.W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,
56 Reade St., N.Y.