Chapter II: Part 2

About ten years ago he preached a special sermon upon "Our Nation's Work for the Colored People," in which, speaking of the work of the Association, he said: "Now I affirm absolutely that if there ever was a work of God on earth, this is His work! If there was ever anything to which the American Christian people were called, they are called to this. If there was ever a great opportunity before the Christian Church, here it is; not to reach those people merely for their own immediate welfare; not to save our own national life merely; but to Christianize that immense continent which lies opposite to us on the map, which we have wronged so long with the slave-trade and with rum, and to which now we can, if we will, send multitudes of messengers to testify of the glory of the grace of God."

I wish in closing to say a few words of Dr. Storrs as a friend. Through many years he was not only my pastor but the most honored and beloved friend of my life. His sense of humor was keen, and his playfulness of manner constituted not the least of his charms to those who knew him intimately. He never seemed to take a narrow view of any subject, but was always lenient to and tolerant of those whose opinions differed from his own, and yet strong and vigorous in his own convictions. His loss to those closely associated with him in personal and Church relations is one which can never be filled. He was extremely modest in his estimate of himself and his efforts, and simple-minded to a wonderful degree for a man of such supreme power and influence. He never shirked what appeared to him a duty, and one of the pleasantest recollections of my life is of a journey made by him, at considerable personal inconvenience, only about a year ago, to visit a former parishioner who had not seen him for years, and who in his old age and feebleness desired to talk with him. His visit brought sunshine and mental and spiritual comfort, and will ever be gratefully remembered by those to whom he ministered.

In grandeur of thought, in nobility of utterance, and in his wonderful personality, he was unique, and his death has left in the American pulpit a void which we cannot expect to see filled.

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Obituary.

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PROFESSOR A. K. SPENCE.

Rev. Adam K. Spence, for twenty-five years a professor in Fisk University, died in Nashville, Tenn., April 24, 1900. He was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1831. His parents removed to this country in his early childhood. He studied in Oberlin and Ann Arbor, graduating at the last named institution, where he taught for a time after graduation.

In 1870 he was appointed by the American Missionary Association as the principal of the school which afterward became Fisk University. Since then scores of young people have gone forth each year from this institution bearing the signate of Christian culture, and their widespread influence is telling upon the South. Prof. Spence laid the foundations of the Greek department in this university.

His love for music and appreciation of its finest effects amounted almost to a passion. He helped give the university a high standard of music, which has rendered it unique in Southern schools. Especially was he an advocate of jubilee music, and did much to gather these songs of quaint power and value into the archives of the university. His great interest was in the spiritual development of the students. Many revivals, resulting in the conversion of large numbers, were greatly promoted by his prayer and earnest efforts. Prof. Spence was always present at the prayer meeting when it was possible for him to attend, and his influence was profoundly felt.

At the funeral, when the people passed to take a last look at the familiar face, old men and women who had known him as their friend during all these years, students and little children gazed lovingly upon him. A large body of students went directly from Jubilee Hall to Mount Olivet, where his body was laid to rest.

H. M.

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REV. W. S. ALEXANDER, D.D.

The death of Dr. Alexander removes one who, in other years, occupied an important position in the mission service of this Association. Dr. Alexander was president of Straight University during a difficult and important period. He made his impression upon the institution, developing the work internally both intensively and extensively. He was an earnest student and encouraged scholarship among the students. His large influence was felt among the churches of lower Louisiana. He became something of a bishop in the Congregational work in that state. His judgment was wise and wholesome and his counsel always helpful. His name is held in esteem, almost in reverence, by many of the colored people of that region even to this day.

Dr. Alexander was born in East Killingly, Conn., August 29, 1835. He was a graduate of Yale College and Andover Theological Seminary. He held important pastorates in Connecticut and Wisconsin prior to the war. He served under the Christian Commission with the Army of the Potomac. He went abroad in 1872 and took charge of twelve free churches in Italy. Returning from that country, he accomplished fruitful missionary service in the South. In 1886, he became pastor of the North Avenue Congregational Church, in Cambridge, Mass., and served in this capacity until 1890. Since retiring from active pastoral duties he has ministered to churches in various cities, most acceptably to the people and with fruitful results.

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PORTO RICO NOTES.

CHARLES B. SCOTT, SANTURCE, PORTO RICO.

[Sidenote: Educational Notes.]

Of the 950,000 inhabitants of Porto Rico, only about 100,000 can read or write; 85 per cent. of the adult population are illiterate. Of the 200,000 children from five to sixteen years of age, all the schools, public and private, can accommodate about thirty thousand. The average daily attendance in all the schools of the island during the past year has been not more than twenty to twenty-five thousand.

The school population (five to sixteen years of age) of San Juan is about 6,000. The total seating capacity of all schools in the capital, public and private, is not more than fifteen hundred.

There have been during the past year in the public schools of San Juan nine or ten American teachers; forty more American teachers are scattered through the public schools of the island. About twenty are gentlemen acting as supervisors of districts and superintendents of city schools.

[Sidenote: Christian Schools.]

The American Missionary Association of the Congregational Churches has had during the past school year seven American teachers in Porto Rico, divided between Santurce, a suburb of San Juan, and Lares. The Presbyterians have had four American missionary teachers at Mayaguez. The Baptist Church has two American ladies devoting part of their time to teaching. The Christian Church has a school at San Juan, with three teachers from the states.

Porto Rico is divided for educational purposes into fifteen districts, each with an American supervisor in charge of from thirty to forty schools. These gentlemen must ride hundreds of miles, largely on native ponies, over poor roads and poorer mountain trails, inspecting the schools and helping, directing and often stirring up the native teachers.

The schools of the American Missionary Association have enrolled over three hundred children. At Lares the pupils have been very regular in attendance. In Santurce the attendance has been somewhat irregular. In both schools the subjects pursued in American schools in the first five grades have been taken up, with much attention to English. The fact that very few children knew any English, and that most of the teachers knew very little Spanish, made the work trying and slow at first. The children proved themselves about as bright as American children, quick in their perceptions, with good memories, weak in arithmetic, not good thinkers or reasoners.

Rarely do American teachers in the States receive so many little tokens of esteem and appreciation. On the other hand, the pupils are quick-tempered, with little power of self control; rather easily offended, and lack in perseverance and stability. They have little idea of attention and little power to study. They are anxious to come to school, and will sacrifice much to get clothes and pay tuition. On the other hand, they will often stay at home for trivial reasons, having no idea of the need of regular attendance. They always come to school well dressed and usually clean; they will not come barefooted, ragged or dirty. The children of the poorer classes roam the streets, before and after school, barefooted and ragged, saving their clothes and shoes for school.

The Christian schools, such as those of the American Missionary Association, do not exist merely to supplement the public schools. From the conditions in Porto Rico the public schools must be entirely and utterly non-religious. Not even religious songs or the Lord's Prayer are allowed. Any teacher discovered teaching any phase of religion forfeits his or her salary for that month.

[Sidenote: Bible Study.]

In the Christian schools, while the carefully-selected American teachers insure good schools and good teaching of the ordinary branches, there is a place for moral education, for simple religious exercises and for Bible study.

[Sidenote: Rural Education.]

The great problem in Porto Rico will be rural education. Probably 800,000 of its 950,000 people live in the country or in hamlets. The cities are already providing for teachers' training-schools. The field of greatest usefulness for the A. M. A. lies in giving the young men and women a fair education under Christian influences, and sending them out into the country and village schools.

The people of Lares are deeply interested in the school and willing to help the work; the location is as healthful as any in the island, and Lares, as a great coffee center, promises to thrive and grow.

The education most needed in Porto Rico is practical, industrial education. Santurce, near the capital, with a large, poor population about the school, dependent on their daily work for their support, furnishes an excellent location for an industrial school. The people and children do not know how to do anything. The women are "lavenderas," or washwomen, the children carry water, the men do odd jobs, and all are poorly housed, poorly clothed, poorly fed. The children need manual training, and gardening for the boys and sewing and cooking for the girls. Next year it is proposed to start these lines of work at Santurce. Head and hand and heart can be reached and trained for a better and more useful Christian life.

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LOSS OF SUPPLIES FOR ALASKA.

Our missionaries at Cape Prince of Wales, Mr. and Mrs. Lopp, sent us in the spring their request for supplies of provisions and other necessities for the coming year. This request was immediately fulfilled by purchases in San Francisco, and the supplies were duly sent out in the bark "Alaska."

We have received intelligence from Dr. Jackson, at Nome, that the bark "Alaska" was driven ashore and wrecked in the surf on Wednesday, June 6th. In this letter Dr. Jackson mentions that the wrecked ship contained a cabinet organ for the Prince of Wales mission, which was ruined, and that the ship also brought up a turkey from San Francisco for Mr. Lopp's Thanksgiving dinner.

The next day Dr. Jackson wrote us a brief note, saying: "The bark Alaska that went ashore on Wednesday went to pieces in the storm yesterday, and the supplies for the station at Cape Prince of Wales are a total loss, even to the Thanksgiving turkey, which was drowned." He added that he hoped to meet Mr. Lopp sometime next week.

The destruction of these supplies renders it necessary to send others at once. The faithful missionaries at this important station must not suffer. The friends of our Alaska mission who have so generously contributed to its support will not forget this additional financial necessity coming in this strange and unexpected calamity.

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Department of Christian Endeavor.

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STATE AND CITY ORGANIZATION.

BY SECRETARY J. E. ROY.

The Association Building (Y. M. C. A.), in Chicago, furnishes offices for several of the National Missionary Societies, among them the American Missionary Association. In addition to these we have the depository and reception-room of the United Society of Christian Endeavor, which is also used as the headquarters of the Illinois and Chicago Union. Here the state board holds its weekly session. Here is kept the supply of Christian Endeavor literature for the varied needs of the Christian Endeavor workers, helps for missionary and temperance and good citizenship meetings, with an array of programs. Among all Endeavorers, as among all missionary society workers, the hunger for programs is great indeed. Blessed be the man or woman who has the genius for preparing such stimulating outlines of study.

In this city there are two hundred and fifty Christian Endeavor Societies. In fifteen societies in the South Division of the city the sum of $791.28 has been given to missionary work since January 1st, of which $588.43 went to foreign missions, $61.54 to home missions and $141.40 to city missions.

Nine societies of Evanston in the last year have given $688.55 to missions--$255 to foreign, $59 to home and $374 to city missions. All have given something to the famine sufferers in India. Some of the societies visit hospitals and take flowers to the sick; one society visits a crippled lady once a week and holds a little prayer-meeting with her. The First Congregational Society has given $290 to the Chicago Commons.

A member of one Chicago society, a business man who is a great Christian Endeavor worker, has a library of over sixty volumes on missionary subjects which he is loaning all the time. Our Pilgrim Church has a society which publishes its own paper, _The Pilgrim's Progress_, that serves all the purposes of the church in its several departments.

[Sidenote: The Chicago Chinese Endeavor.]

The Chinese school in Dr. Goodwin's church, the First, has its Christian Endeavor Society. It is conducted mainly by the Chinese in their native language. They sing our gospel songs in Chinese and are earnest in the study of the Bible, pursuing the customary order of worship and of work. The school was started in 1884, with 32 pupils and 20 teachers. The number soon came up to 80. Then, as other schools were started, this number was diminished, but from the first the work has been a success. In 1897, a Monday night school was started and it is flourishing yet. As many as forty from this school have publicly professed Christ. Four united with the church in the last year. Four have been for several years in missionary work in China, one of them, Chan Sui Chung, as assistant of Rev. Dr. C. R. Hager, M.D., has charge of a chapel in the village of Hoi Yin, and Dr. Hager reports him quite helpful in preparing native evangelists, and says that God has greatly blessed his labors. Chan Sui Chung had over fifty baptisms in his mission in 1899. They soon catch the benevolent spirit of the Gospel. Last year the members of this school gave $50 for mission work in California, $60 for aid in building a house of worship near their families in China, and one of them, from his own earnings, gave $500 for mission work in his own land.

Rev. J. A. Mack, who has been for many years secretary of the Chicago Bible Society, and who is the volunteer superintendent of this Sunday-school, is just now out in our _Times-Herald_ with an article from which I get these statistics. He also says there are some 2,000 Chinese in this city and for them ten Chinese mission schools--the number of pupils depending upon the number of Chicago Christians who are ready to teach them.

[Sidenote: A Live Endeavor Church.]

It is the Second Congregational Church of Oak Park, Dr. Sydney Strong, pastor. Its Christian Endeavor Society, besides paying $25 a year for the support of a young lady student in Dakota, and a like amount for a young girl student in a colored school at the South, has subscribed and is now paying the sum of $500 toward the erection of their magnificent meeting-house, which was dedicated only this last spring. A class in the Sunday-school of that church also subscribed a thousand dollars toward their church edifice and is paying it promptly. The capacity of this building was tested during the meetings of the General Association of Illinois, and it was found capable of seating a thousand people in its auditorium, and of feeding six hundred people at the first tables in its dining room on occasion of the banquet given by the City Congregational Club to the members of the General Association of the state. That club had made the American Missionary Association its guest along with the General Association, and so brought upon its platform as speakers, Secretary C. J. Ryder, D.D., Mrs. I. V. Woodbury, of Boston, Field Missionary Rev. G. W. Moore, and Rev. Mary C. Collins of the Dakota Mission. The Jubilee Singers discoursed their delicious music through that session, as also through those of the state body, and filled our city and its surroundings with the sincerest praise of their spiritually elevating service in song. The exploiting of the American Missionary Association thus by the club was a spontaneous and immensely hearty commendation of its mission and its work.

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RECEIPTS FOR APRIL, 1900.

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THE DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND

For Colored People.

Income for April $1,350.00
Previously acknowledged 31,116.73
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$32,466.73
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NOTE.--Where no name follows that of the town, the contribution is from the church and society of that place. Where a name follows, it is that of the contributing church or individual. S. means Sunday-school; C. means Church; C. E., the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor; S. A. means Student Aid.

CURRENT RECEIPTS.

MAINE, $780.22--of which from Estate, $500.00.

Alfred, 5. Auburn, High St., C., bbl. Goods, _for Andersonville, Ga._ Blue Hill, F. A. Fisher, _for Mountain White Work_, 10. Blue Hill, C. J. Lord, Pkg., _for Sewing Class, Andersonville, Ga._ Brewer, First, 10.75. Cape Elizabeth, South, C. E., 1. Denmark, S., _for Tougaloo U._, 6. Gorham, 50. Hiram, 2.45. Kennebunk, Union, 45.46. Lebanon, 8.62. Lewiston, Pine St., 21. Lewiston, Pine St., C. E., 8; Miss S. Lizzie Weymouth, 2.50, _for S. A., B. N. Sch., Greenwood, S. C._ Mechanics Falls, C., Prim. S. Class, _for S. A., Andersonville, Ga._, 1. Portland, Williston, 60.49; J. Henry Dow, 5. Rockland, Y. P. S. of C., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 5. Sebago, 55 cts. Turner, Rev. C. H. Wilder's S. Class, _for S. A., Dorchester Acad., Ga._, 1. Turner, Harold Dinsmore, _for S. A., B. N. Sch., Greenwood, S. C._, 40 cts. Waterford, C., _for S. A., Dorchester Acad., Ga._, 13. Woodfords, Miss Jennie Lucas, _for S. A., Skyland Inst., N. C._, 10. Woodfords, Helen J. Foster's S. Class, _for Dorchester Acad., Ga._, 50 cents. Yarmouthville, C. E., _for S. A., Talladega C._, 12.50.

ESTATE.--Portland, Estate of Mrs. Sarah D. How, by Dr. Charles A. Ring, Exec'r, 500.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $359.11.

Acworth, C., _for Blowing Rock, N. C._, 7. Alstead Center, C., Ladies' Circle, _for Knoxville, Tenn._, 1.20. Candia, 5. Candia, C., L. B. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for Wilmington, N. C._ Claremont, C., Women's Bible Class, _for Wilmington, N. C._, 4. Concord, S., _for Tougaloo U._, 35. Durham, 17.27. Exeter, Phillips (50 of which _for Porto Rico_), 178.08. Exeter, First, 47.88. Hudson, by Miss E. A. Warner, _for Wilmington, N. C._, 8. Laconia, C., Ladies' Soc., _for Saluda, N. C._, 1.70. Lee, Y. M. M. C., 5. Orford, 5. Orfordville, 2. Pittsfield, C. E., 10. Swansea, L. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for Wilmington, N. C._ Troy, Trin., 9.30. Warner, S., Lincoln Mem., 2. West Concord, Granite Mission Band, _for Wilmington, N. C._, 10. Wolfboro, First, 10.68.

VERMONT, $1,419.42--of which from Estate, $1,319.04.

Dorset, C. E., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 10. Hartford, 15. Jeffersonville, Benj. Nye, _for Porto Rico_, 5. Middlebury, 23. Quechee, 17. South Hero, "A Friend," 5. Pittsford, S., _for Porto Rico_, 2.28. Randolph Center, 10.10. Saxtons River, 6. Weston, Mrs. C. W. Sprague, 2. West Rutland, Miss C. M. Gorham, 2 _for Mountain White Work_, 1 _for Indian M._, 1 _for Chinese M._, 30 cts. _for Porto Rico_, 50c. _for C. P._

ESTATE.--Estate of Frederick Parks, 1,320.94 (less expense, 1.50), 1,319.04.

MASSACHUSETTS, $4,968.46--of which from Estates, $516.80.

Amherst, Second, Primary Dept., _for S. A., Straight U._, 6.65. Andover, Christian Workers, _for Macon, Ga._, 5. Ashfield, 27.51. Ashfield, C., bbl. Goods, _for Charleston, S. C._ Ashland, 5. Auburndale, L. B. S., bbl. Goods, _for Nat. Ala._ Ballardvale, Union, 55.54. Belchertown, 25. Beverly, Dane St., C. E., _for S. A., Saluda, N. C._, 3.

Boston, Central, 289.18; Walnut Ave., 93.05. Boston, J. A. Lane, _for Shrubbery, Enfield, N. C._, 5. Campello, South, S., 12.75. Dorchester, Second, 123.35; "E. C. C.," 5. Dorchester, Second, Extra Cent-a-Day, _for Porto Rico_, 10. Jamaica Plain, Boylston, 80.48. Roxbury, Highland, 20.06.

Braintree, First, 5.64. Brockton, Olivet C., M. Soc., _for Wilmington, N. C._, 8. Brockton, C. E., _for Williamsburg, Ky._, 1. Brookfield, 15.85. Brookline, Harvard, 89.84. Cambridge, First and Shepard Soc., 604.61; North Ave. C., 100.50. Cambridgeport, Pilgrim, 88.37. Chicopee Falls, Second, 28.98. Curtissville, S., Lincoln Mem., 5.50. Essex, 30. Fall River, Central, 5. Florence, C. E., _for S. A., Tougaloo, U._, 20. Florence, 10.01. Freetown, Mrs. L. C. Deane, _for Fisk U._, 20. Georgetown, Memorial, 10.03. Great Barrington, Mrs. J. P. Pomery, Quilts and Towels, Mrs. Flora Atwood, 5, _for S. A., Dorchester Acad., Ga._ Greenfield, The Misses Mann, _for Wilmington: N. C._, 12. Hanson, First, S., Lincoln Mem., 3. Haverhill, "A Friend," _for Mountain White Work_, 500. Hawley, First, 4.07. Holbrook, J. V. Thayer, bbl. Goods; Winthrop, L. B. S., bbl. Goods, _for Wilmington, N. C._ Indian Orchard, L. B. S., bbl. Goods, _for Wilmington, N. C._ Ipswich, So., S., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 50. Leicester, S., 3.10. Lowell, Rev. C. W. Huntington, _for S. A., Talladega C._, 25. Lowell, Miss H. L. Dickenson, _for S. A., B. N. Sch. Greenwood. S. C._, 1. Lynn, North, 38.52. Mansfield, 24.30. Mansfield, Ortho., F. L. Cady's S. Class, _for Porto Rico_, 5.46. Melrose, 25. Middleboro, Central, 5. Millis, S., Lincoln Mem., 5. Mittineague, 13.80. Neponset, C. E., 1.12. New Bedford, North, ad'l 2. Newburyport, Oldtown C., S., _for Wilmington, N. C._, 8. New Salem, 5.80. Newton Eliot, 220. Northampton, Edwards, 67.36. Northampton, Edwards Ladies, _for Wilmington, N. C._, 14. North Andover Depot, C., Lincoln Mem., 6.10. North Brookfield, First, 2.05. North Middleboro, 24.86. Pepperell, 20.55. Reading, 30. Saugus, 23.05. Sheffield, C. E., _for Macon, Ga._, 10. Southfield, C. E. of Baptist and Cong'l C., _for Macon, Ga._, 2. South Royalston, Second, 8. South Weymouth, Mrs. Wm. Dyer, _for A. N. and I. Sch., Thomasville, Ga._, 43, _and for S. A., Joseph K. Brick, A. I. and N. Sch., Enfield, N. C._, 25. Springfield, Hope, 48.99; Memorial, C. E., 10; Olivet, S., 3.15. Springfield, C. B. Dye, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 5. Springfield, C. of the Unity, L. B. S., bbl. Goods; First, L. H. M. S., Goods, _for Wilmington, N. C._ Taunton, Miss Linda Richards, _for A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._, 6. Ware, Prim. Dept. in East C., _for Indian M._, 8.70. Warren, Mrs. Mary L. Hitchcock, pkg. Tracts, _for McIntosh, Ga._ Watertown, Phillips, 100. Wellesley Hills, "S," 309. Wenham, 10. West Andover, Primary S., 2, "Friend," 30 cts., _for Mountain Work_. Westborough, L. B. Soc., _for Saluda, N. C._, 25. West Boylston, 3.80. Westfield, First, 60.10. West Medford, 16.25. Weymouth Heights, Ladies' M. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for Straight U._ Wilbraham, First, _for Sch'p, Gregory Inst., Wilmington, N. C._, 8. Woburn, North, Bessie Barker Jr. C. E., _for Skyland Inst., N. C._, 5. Worcester, Plymouth, 75.38; Union, 57.45; Piedmont, 48.50; A. L. Smith, 30. Worcester, Pilgrim, S., _for Athens, Ala._, 3.

----, "A Friend," _for Wilmington, N. C._, 8.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND R. I., Miss Lizzie D. White, Treas., $565.00:

W. H. M. A. of Mass. and R. I., _for Salaries_, 480; _for Chinese_, 20. Jr. C. E. of Three Rivers, Mass., and Mrs. G. S. Butler of Union, N. H., _for two native helpers at Mitletok, Alaska_, 65.

ESTATES.--Brockton, Estate of Hannah B. Packard, 500. Northampton, Estate of Maria B. Gridley, 16.80.

RHODE ISLAND, $111.03.

Central Falls, 28.11. Chepachet, 20. East Greenwich, Swedish C., 1. Providence, Beneficient, 49.92. Providence, Central C., _for Talladega C._, 10. Providence, Mrs. A. G. Thompson, _for Porto Rico_, 5.

CONNECTICUT, $5,037.65--of which from Estate, $3,500.00.

Berlin, Golden Ridge, M. C., _for Tougaloo U._, 25. Bolton, 4.09. Branford, 64. Bridgewater, 10. Bridgeport, South, C. E., _for Sch'p, Gregory Inst., Wilmington, N. C._, 8. Bridgeport; South, L. S., bbl. Goods, _for Cappahosic, Va._ Bristol, 50.45. Danbury, First, 47.12. East Canaan, L. A. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for McIntosh, Ga._ Eastford, 5.37. East Haven, 6. Easton, Rev. E. P. Ayer, pkg. Goods, _for Andersonville, Ga._ Greenwich, Second, 139.62. Groton, 11.94. Hadlyme, R. E. Hungerford, 25; J. W. Hungerford, 25. Hartford, First, 137.93; Asylum Hill, "A Friend," 5. Hartford, Daniel Phillips, _for S. A., Talladega C._, 25. Jewett City, W. H. M. S., bbl. Goods, _for A. N. and I. Sch., Thomasville, Ga._ Lebanon, First, 30.77. Lebanon, Miss H. E. Leach, _for A. N. and I. Sch., Thomasville, Ga._, 2. Ledyard, L. M. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for Cappahosic, Va._ Manchester, Second. 39.58. Mansfield Center, First, 7.70. Meriden, Jr. C. E., _for Tougaloo U._, 1. Middlebury, 21. Milford, Plymouth, 14.94; First, 5. Nepaug, C. E., 3; "Friends," 3, _for Wilmington, N. C._ New Hartford, C., L. A. Soc., 8, and bbl. Goods, _for Wilmington, N. C._ New Haven, Church of Redeemer, Y. L. M. S., 10. New Haven, Livingstone Cleveland, 5; United C., bbl. Goods, _for Macon, Ga._ Norwich, Second, C. E., _for Athens, Ala._, 10. Old Lyme, First, 18.50. Portland, C. E., _for Williamsburg, Ky._, 2. Plainville, 21.95. Seymour, L. B. Soc., _for freight to Saluda, N. C._, 1.73 South Windsor, 15.45. Suffield, K. D. Circle, _for S. A., Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 5. Talcottville C., S. Books, _for Thomasville, Ga._ Thomaston, First, 15.50. Tolland, 16.59. Torringford and Burrville, 23.08. Wallingford, L. M. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for Cappahosic, Va._ Waterbury, Second, C. E., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 50. Westchester, 8. West Suffield, 20.63. Whitneyville, 9.50. Winsted, Jr. Workers, _for S. A., Orange Park, Fla._, 25.

WOMAN'S CONG. HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF CONNECTICUT, by Mrs. Geo. Follett, Secretary, $554.21.

Bridgeport, Park St., 25. Higganum, 14.25. Kent, 50. New Haven, Plymouth, 50. Norwich, Park, 170.92; Broadway, 150; Second, 52.35; Greenville, 15; Taftville, 9; First, 17.69, _for Teacher at Blowing Rock, N. C._

ESTATE.--Torrington, Estate of Lauren Wetmore, 3,500.

NEW YORK, $1,758.98.

Binghamton, Mrs. Edward Taylor, 10. Brooklyn, Ch., of the Pilgrims, Boys' Mis. Soc., _for Alaska M._, 300. Brooklyn, Church of the Pilgrims, ad'l, 100; Clinton Ave., Cong. S., 25; Clinton Ave., C. E. League, _for Porto Rico_, 15; Immanuel, C. E., 7.10. Brooklyn, South, "Lend-a-Hand Club," _for Troy, N. C._, 5; Geo. H. Shirley, _for Porto Rico_, 2. Zenana Band of Cong. C., bbl. Goods, _for Williamsburg, Ky._; Central C., Ladies, bbl. Goods, _for Marshallville, Ga._ Buffalo, First, C. E., _for Porto Rico_, 3.81. Clifton Springs, "Friends," two bbls. Bedding, _for King's Mountain, N. C._ Currytown, "In His Name," 99.84. Ellington, S., 4.25. Havilah, Miss C. A. Talcott, 1.50. Hopkinton, Mrs. C. A. Laughlin, 5; C. E., 2.61. Maine, 8.05. Newark Valley, "Friends," bbl. Bedding, _for King's Mountain, N. C._ New York, Broadway Tabernacle, "A Friend," (25 of which _for Porto Rico_), 50; Manhattan, to const. EDWIN D. EAGER L.M. 45.87; "S. E. G.," 25. New York, Mrs. Chas. Hamm, _for Mountain White Work_, 10. New York, Mt. Hope C., W. M. Assoc, _for King's Mountain, N. C._, 1.25. Orient, 15.47. Philadelphia, "C. E. of Cong. C.," 5. Plainfield Centre, Welsh, 6. Rensselaer Falls, L. S., bbl. Goods, _for Wilmington, N. C._ Richmond Hill, Union, S., Lincoln Mem., 9.40. Richmond Hill, W. M. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for Marshallville, Ga._ Rochester, T. O. Hamlin, 25. Saratoga Springs, C., Ladies' Union, bbl. Goods, _for Grand View, Tenn._ Sherburne, First, 167.05. Sherburne, S., quarterly, 29.47. Spencerport, J. B. Clark, 1. Syracuse, Plymouth, S., 15.60, Tarrytown, "A Friend," _for Alaska M._, 25. Walton, L. H. M. S., bbl. Goods, _for Wilmington, N. C._ Warsaw, "Earnest Workers," _for Porto Rico_, 25. Warsaw, 11.22. Warsaw; ----, two bbls. Goods, _for Tougaloo U._

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF N. Y., by Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, Treas., $702.50.

Brooklyn, Plymouth, 50; Clinton Ave., Y. W. G., 49; Ch. of the Pilgrims, 33; Puritan, _for Chinese Mothers_, 10; Clinton Ave., Boys' M. Band and Pioneer Band, _for Porto Rico_, 15; Lewis Ave., E. C., 6; Clinton Ave., 6.15; Bushwick Ave., K. D., 5. Binghamton, First, Helpers S., 45 to const. MRS. O. P. CHASE, L. M. Buffalo, First, W. G. B. Aux., 35; First, W. G. H. M., 25. Cortland, 25. Crown Point, 15.86. Elbridge, Jr. C. E., 10. Ellington, Jr. C. E., 4. Flushing, S., 14.05. Flushing, 5. Gloversville, 10. Hamilton, C. E., 8. Hamilton, 3. Homer, S., Lincoln Mem., 4.80, _for Porto Rico_, 5. Honeoye, 5. Ithaca, S., 32.40. Middletown, First, Mrs. Tice's S. Class, 5. Moravia, Mrs. W. C., Tuthill, 40 (of which 25 _for S. A., Big Creek Gap, Tenn._) New Haven, 30. New York, Broadway Tabernacle Society, _for Women's Work_, 48. Oswego, 10. Orient, 24.50. Phoenix, S., 5 _for Porto Rico_, 6.79 Lincoln Mem. Poughkeepsie, 20. Pulaski, 10. Syracuse, G. S. C., _for S. A., Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 31.95. Syracuse, 5. Utica, Plymouth, 20. Utica, Plymouth, Jr. C. E., 5. Walton, 20.

NEW JERSEY, $339.04.

East Orange, Trinity, Jr. K. D., 5. Elizabeth, Mrs. E. J. Dimoch, _for Tougaloo U._, 10. Montclair, First, 236.90. Montclair, by Miss Hove, _for Marshallville, Ga._, 2.25. Montclair, First, W. M. S., bbl. Goods, _for Marion, Ala._ Newark, W. E. Titus, 25. Paterson, Auburn, St., 26.25.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF THE N. J. ASS'N., by Mrs. G. A. L. Merrifield, Treas., $33.64.

East Orange, W. S. for C. W., 33.64.

PENNSYLVANIA, $374.75--of which from Estate, $300.00.

Braddock, First, 2.50; S., 2.63; Jr. C. E., 1.50. Carlisle, Mrs. Dorsett, _for S. A., Skyland Inst._, N. C., 10. Corry, box Papers, _for Meridian, Miss._ Pittsburg, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Adams, 25, Mrs. S. Jarvis Adams, 25, _for New Laundry, Orange Park, Fla._ Scranton, Plymouth, S., Lincoln Mem., 8.12.

ESTATE.--Lander, Estate of Alfred Cowles, by M. E. Cowles, Executor, 300.

OHIO, $3,480.04.

Akron, First, 61.82; Miss Rachel Davies, 2. Ashland, 12.73. Aurora, C E., bbl. Goods, _for Nat, Ala._ Cincinnati, Storrs, S., _for S. A., Orange Park, Fla._, 1. Claridon, "A Friend," _for Indian M., Fort Yates, N. D._, 50. Cleveland, Pilgrim, quarterly, 72; Plymouth, 19. Elyria, H. M. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for Wilmington, N. C._ Garrettsville, 15.20. Huntsburg, Jr. C. E., bbl. Goods, _for Orange Park, Fla._ Mansfield, Ladies' M. Society, bbl. Goods, _for Tillotson C._ Marietta, First, 71.70.

Oberlin, Jabez L. Burrell, deceased, 10,057 (less expenses, 3.35), 10,053.65, reserve account, 7,053.65, 3,000.

Oberlin, First, 24.44. Oberlin "Friends," _for Talladega C._, 5.50. Painesville, First, 26.75. Sandusky, First, S., 5. Steubenville, First, 10.50. Toledo, Washington St., 17.66. Youngstown, Miss Maude Slemons, _for S. A., B. N. Sch., Greenwood, S. C._, 1.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF OHIO, by Mrs. G. B. Brown, Treas., $85.74.

Chatham, 3.50. Cincinnati, 4.80. Cleveland, Lake View, 2.88. Cleveland, Euclid, 5; First, 6. Conneaut, 5.25. Elyria, C. E., 6.25. Lafayette, S., 2.23. Lorain, 7.50. Mansfield, Mayflower, 3. Marietta, First, 6. Mesopotamia, S., 30 cts. North Fairfield, C. E., _for Porto Rico_, 1. Olmsted, Second, S., Lincoln Mem., 5. Toledo, Washington St., 11.03. Wakeman, 9. Youngstown, Elm St., 5.

INDIANA.

Fort Wayne, Mrs. Hattie Hunting's S. Class, thirteen Aprons, _for A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._

ILLINOIS, $993.05--of which from Estate, $226.35.

Chicago, Rev. E. M. Williams, to const. REV. ROY B. GUILD, L.M., 50; New England, 22.09. New England, S., 25.42; Mizpah Chapel, 3.97 and S. S., 1.90; Sen. C. E., 1.88; Jr. C. E., 1.25; Central Park, C. E., 2. Chicago, Wm. Dickinson, _for Talladega C._, 50. Chicago, Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Williams, _for King's Mountain, N. C._, 15. Chicago, Miss Julia H. Haskell, _for New Laundry, Orange Park, Fla._, 10. Chicago, Tabernacle S., _for Nat, Ala._, 3. Chicago, Thos. W. Woodnutt, "Leaflets," _for Talladega C._

Dundee, 17.42. Dundee. C. E., 7. Evanston, First, 86.13. Geneseo. W. H. M. S., bbl. Goods, _for McIntosh, Ga._ Geneva, 11.41. Grossdale, W. H. M. U., 3.90. Mendon, 17. Oak Park, First, S., 18.23. Ottawa, First, to const. HENRY W. JONES L.M., 36.69. Payson, Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Seymour, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 10. Plainfield, Mrs. Adeline E. Hagar, to const. MISS S. ELIZABETH ROYCE L.M., 30. Plainfield, 27.50. Providence, 12.83. Sycamore, Mrs. Helen A. Carnes, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 5. Waukegan, S., 2.20. Wheaton College C., S., _for Macon Ga._, 10. Woodstock, M. and E. Young, _for Marion, Ala._, 1.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF ILLINOIS, Mrs. Mary S. Booth, Treas., $283.88.

Abingdon, 3.90. Chicago, South, _for Schp., Talladega C._, 50.80. Chicago, New England, (5 of which _for Porto Rico_), 11.75. Chicago, University, C., 15; Grace, Jr. C. E., 20 cents. Chicago, Douglass Park, 2; Lincoln Park, 3.25. Downers Grove, 8. La Grange, 20. Mazon, 1. Moline, First, _for Fisk U._, 13.50. Neponset. 7. Oak Park, Second, _for Schp., Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 50. Port Byron, 5. Rockford, Second, 16. Rockford, 2.50. Rogers Park, 5. Rollo, 10. Seward, Winnebago Co., 9.10. Thawville, 1.50. Toulon, 8.38. Waukegan, 5. W. H. M. U., Undesignated Funds, 35.

ESTATE.--Galena, Estate of Mrs. Julia Estey Montgomery, 226.35.

MICHIGAN, $416.25--of which from Estate, 95.60.

Benton Harbor, C. E., 2.91. Ceresco, S., Lincoln Mem., 1. Church, A. W. Douglass, "Thank Offering," 20. Detroit, First, 160; Boulevard, 5.10. Detroit Woodward Ave. C., Ladies, _for S. A., B. N. Sch., Greenwood, S. C._, 25. Eaton Rapids, S., 1. Grand Rapids, Mrs. W. M. Palmer, _for Skyland Inst., N. C._, 5. Grand Rapids, Plymouth, 1.25. Greenville, First, S., 10.05. Lansing, Plymouth, S., 4.94. Mason, Etchell's A. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for McIntosh, Ga._ Olivet, C. E., _for Tillotson C._, 5. Richmond, First, 4.60. Saint Joseph, First, C. E., 5. So. Haven, S. Class, _for Marion, Ala._, 3.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MICH., by Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Treas., $66.80.

Detroit, First, 20. Ellsworth, 3.50. Ellsworth, Children, 4. Flint, Jr. C. E., _for S. A., A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._, 25 cents. Greenville, 3.95. Muskegon, First, 11.45. Red Jacket, 20. Wheatland, 3.50. Williamston, 15 cents.

ESTATE.--Hillsdale, Estate of Mathews Joslyn, 95.75.,(less expense, 15 cts.), by L. B. Wolcott, Administrator, 95.60.

IOWA, $199.84.

Albia, Mrs. Mary A. Payne, 2. Ames, First, 14.75. Ames, S., _for Nat, Ala._, 5. Belmond, 4. Belle Plain, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Henry, 10. Clay, 10. Cromwell, Ladies' H. M. S., _for Williamsburg, Ky._, 2.50. Davenport, Edwards Ch., 9.25. Des Moines, Mrs. L. R. Munger, _for Beach Inst., Savannah, Ga._, 2.50. Dubuque, Summit, 25.71. Fort Dodge, Ladies' M. Soc., _for New Laundry, Orange Park, Fla._, 10. Garwin, Talmon Dewey, 3.50. Grinnell, S., 18.03. Harlan, 6. Maquoketa, First, 1.70. Waterloo, Alice Spofford, 60 cts.; Mrs. M. E. Warner, 40 cts.; "A Friend," 25 cts., _for A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF IOWA, Miss Belle L. Bentley, Treas., $73.65.

Central City, 5. Cedar Rapids, First, S., 49 cts. Des Moines, Plymouth, 2.91. Dubuque, Summit, M. G., 2.50. Greenwood, L. A. Soc., (25.12 of which _for Porto Rico_), 50.25. Mason City, 7.50. Postville, 5.

WISCONSIN, $143.72.

Black Earth, Miss Etta Logan, 1. Clintonville, L. M. S., 5. Dartford, 3.75. Delavan, 7.94. Elkhorn, W. A. Soc., 5; "A Friend," 50 cts.; ----, two bbls. Goods, _for Fisk U._ Fulton, Rev. A. S. Reid, 2. Kenosha, First, 9.68. Ironton, O. C. Blanchard, 5. Mazomanie, 5. Milwaukee, Grand Ave., 38.55. Pewaukee, 7. Spring Green, 1.70.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF WISCONSIN, by Mrs. L. E. Smith, Treas., $51.60.

Arena, First, 1.23. Beloit, Second, 5. Delavan, 1.50. Madison, 10. Rochester, 7.21. Sun Prairie, 1.66. Whitewater, 25.

MINNESOTA, $349.40.

Freedom, 2.46. Glenwood, Mrs. F. M. Eddy, _for New Laundry, Orange Park, Fla._, 3. Grand Meadow, 6. Lamberton, "A Friend," 50. Lamberton, 10. Medford, 4.56. Minneapolis, Plymouth, S., _for Porto Rico_, 27.92. Minneapolis, Plymouth, 22.65. Minneapolis, Fifth Ave., 4.78; Jr. C. E., 1. Zumbrota, First, 9.02.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MINNESOTA, by Mrs. M. W. Skinner, Treas., $213.01, (less expenses, $5), $208.01.

Austin, 15.10. Austin, C. E., 11.66. Brownton, 2.60. Benson, 1. Clearwater, C. E., 1. Excelsior, 2.65. Hawley, 3.50. Hancock, 9. Mapleton, Jr. C. E., 2. Minneapolis, Plymouth, 29; Lyndale, 21.64; First, 11.50; Park Ave., 5.28; Fremont Ave., 3. Spring Valley, 15. Spring Valley, C. E., 5. Sauk Centre, 5.08. Saint Paul, Park, 16; Mrs. Hunt, 1. Saint Paul, Plymouth, 15; University, 1. Saint Anthony Park, 4. Wadena, S., 2. Winona, 30.

MISSOURI, $561.76.

Cameron, 26.25. Pleasant Hill, Geo. M. Kellogg, _for Porto Rico_, 50. Saint Louis, Bethlehem, Bohemian, 3.75 Saint Louis, Miss L. Meyer, _for S. A., Dorchester Acad., Ga._, 3.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MISSOURI, by Mrs. A. J. Steele, Treasurer, $508.86 (less expenses, 30.10), $478.76.

Aurora, 4. Bonne Terre, 10. Cameron, 6.64. Carthage, 7.10. De Soto, 2. Hannibal, First, 2. Kansas City, First, 49.21; Clyde, 11.58; Beacon Hill, 3.61; Olivet, 3.60; S. W. Tabernacle, 3.88. Kidder, First, 2. Lebanon, 8.65. Meadville, 2. Neosho, 3.60. Saint Louis, Pilgrim, 152.20; First, 93.31; Compton Hill, 25.48; Central, 21.12; Fountain Park, 12.30; Hyde Park, 5.66; Memorial, 5.81; Reber Place, 5.66; Plymouth, 2; Hope, 3; Immanuel, 2. Saint Joseph, 13. Sedalia, First, 10; Second, 1. Springfield, First, 23.21. Pierce City, 6.12. Webster Groves, 7.12.

KANSAS, $55.00.

Fairview, Plymouth, 5. Manhattan, Wm. E. Castle, 12. Twelve Mile, 3. Valley Falls, First, 10. Wabaunsee. First Ch. of Christ 16.

NEBRASKA, $48.00.

Creighton, 5. Fremont, Jr. C. E., _for A. N. and I. Sch., Thomasville, Ga._, 2. Minersville, 3. Omaha, Rev. R. S. Sargent, _for S. A., Straight U._ 5. Urbano, 3.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF NEB., by Mrs. C. J. Hall, Treas., $30.00.

Cambridge, Ladies, 10. W. H. M. U., of Nebraska, 20.

NORTH DAKOTA, $20,00.

----, "A Friend," 20.

SOUTH DAKOTA, $31.18.

Bonne Homme, 3.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF SOUTH DAKOTA, by Mrs. Adda M. Wilcox, Treas., $28.18.

Academy, Jr. C. E., 1.18. Columbia, Jr. C. E., 1.25. Elizabeth Memorial Ass'n, 4. Elk Point, 5. Plankinton, 1.50. Redfield, 4. Rapid City, 1.50. Santee, Pilgrim, 3.25. Sioux Falls, 2.50. Wakonda, 4.

UTAH, $3.50.

Salt Lake City, First, W. H. M. S., _for S. A., Dorchester Acad., Ga._, 3.50.

COLORADO, $17.50.

Lafayette, 17.50.

CALIFORNIA, $170.95.

Los Angeles, Miss ELLEN H. LIBBY, to const. herself L.M., 30. Norwalk, Bethany (1 of which _for Alaska M._.), 3.75. Santa Barbara, 8.20.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, by Mrs. Katharine D. Barnes, Treas., $129.00.

W. H. M. U. of So. Cal., 129.

OREGON, $36.75.

Hubbard, 2; Smyrna, 5.50; Elliott Prairie, 1.25, _for Porto Rico_. Portland, First, 28.

WASHINGTON, $3.20.

Alderton, 1.60. McMillin, 60 cts. Orting, 1.

MARYLAND.

Baltimore, Estate of Mrs. Mary R. Hawley (Reserve Legacy), 17.46.

KENTUCKY, $5.00.

Campton, Rev. J. W. Doane, 3. Newport, York St., S., 2.

TENNESSEE, $12.70.

Grand View, Miss Mary E. Taylor, _for S. A., Grand View_, 1.50 Jellico, C., 1; S., 1. Jonesboro, H. M. S., 1. Soddy, Welsh, 7.20. Wilson's Grove, 1.

NORTH CAROLINA, $8.14.

Enfield, Chapel Collection, _for Joseph K. Brick A. I. and N. Sch., Enfield, N. C._, 1.64. McLeansville, First, Lincoln Mem., 2.25. McLeansville, Eliza Torrence, 50 cts.; Dulcina Torrence, 50 cts.; Rev. M. L. Baldwin, 1. Salem, 2.25.

GEORGIA, $22.73.

Athens, First, S., Lincoln Mem., 4.10. Cypress Slash, C. and S., 3.50. Marietta, C., 2.20; Rev. S. A. Paris, 1.25; Mrs. A. J. Rogers, 1. Thomasville, Bethany, 4.81; Bethany S., 87 cts.; Jefferson St. Mission, 59 cts.; "Friend," 1. Woodville, Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, _for Mountain Work_, 50 cts.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF GA., by Miss Mattie L. M. Turner, Treas., $2.91.

Savannah, First, 2.91.

ALABAMA, $26.40.

Mobile, First, W. M. U., 5. Talladega, S., 7.33; Needmore M., 32 cts.; McCannville M., 75 cts. Talladega, Miss E. A. Barnes, _for S. A. Talladega C._, 8. Talladega, Cove C., _for Talladega C._, 5.

LOUISIANA, $28.69.

New Orleans, University C., 15.67; University Grammar Sch. Pupils, 3.96. Hammond, C., 4.85; S., 1.21. New Iberia, 3.

FLORIDA, $60.58.

Daytona, 22.08. Jacksonville, W. W. Cummer, _for New Laundry, Orange Park, Fla._, 30. Tampa, First, 8.50.

MISSISSIPPI, $9.00.

Tougaloo, Mrs. Sisson, _for S. A., Tougaloo U._, 9.

TEXAS, $7.00.

Corpus Christi, Lincoln Mem., S. Service, 7.

INCOME, $1,758.89.

Avery Fund _for African M._, 667.22. Mrs. S. N. Brewer End. Fund, 20.93. Howard Carter End. Fund, 5.07. De Forest Fund, _for President's Chair, Talladega C._, 67.50. C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._, 50. E. B. Eldridge End. Fund, 225. Erwin Fund, _for Talladega C._, 500. Fisk U. Theo. Fund, 4.50. Rev. B. Foltz End. Fund, 5.07. General Endowment Fund, 50. Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._, 30. Haley Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U._, 20.28. E. A. Hand End. Fund, 11.25. Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._, 55.07. S. M. Strong End. Fund, _for Saluda, N. C._, 27. J. and L. H. Wood Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._, 20.

TUITION, $5,458.03.

Cappahosic, Va., 51.90. Williamsburg, Ky., 112.05. Grand View, Tenn., 25.75. Grand View, Public Fund, 39. Knoxville, Tenn., 63.60. Memphis, Tenn., 583.85. Nashville, Tenn., 882.59. Pleasant Hill, Tenn., 89.65. Beaufort, N. C., 27.30. Blowing Rock, N. C., 47. Chapel Hill, N. C., 4.75. Enfield, N. C., 31.25. Hillsboro, N. C., 27.70. King's Mountain, N. C., 30.00. Saluda, N. C., Public Fund, 75. Saluda, N. C., 32.85. Troy, N. C., 2.70. Whittier, N. C., 23.95, Wilmington, N. C., 238.55. Charleston, S. C., 315.20. Greenwood, S. C., 142.11. Albany, Ga., 79.75. Andersonville, Ga., 13.95. Atlanta, Ga., 237.84. McIntosh, Ga., 100.67. Macon, Ga., 260.15. Marietta, Ga., 4. Marshallville, Ga., 21. Savannah, Ga., 185.40. Thomasville, Ga., 92.35. Athens, Ala., 37.30. Florence, Ala., 35.85. Marion, Ala., 60.00. Nat, Ala., 20.42. Mobile, Ala., 119.55. Talladega, Ala., 144.95. Meridian, Miss., 73.50. Moorhead, Miss., 40.70. Tougaloo, Miss., 123.30. Helena, Ark., 300.70. New Orleans, La., 489.35. Orange Park, Fla., 52.90. Austin, Tex., 117.65.

SUMMARY FOR APRIL, 1900.

Donations $15,401.25
Estates 6,457.79
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$21,859.04
Income 1,758.89
Tuition 5,458.03
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Total for April $29,075.96

FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions for April $10.40
Previously acknowledged 228.89
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$239.29

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RECEIPTS FOR MAY, 1900.

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THE DANIEL HAND EDUCATIONAL FUND

For Colored People.

Income for May $10,380.00
Previously acknowledged 32,466.73
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$42,846.73
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CURRENT RECEIPTS.

MAINE, $206.72.

Biddeford, Second, 22.50. Farmington Falls, 2.50. Lewiston, Miss S. L. Weymouth, _for S. A., Greenwood, S. C._, 2.50. Madison, 11. New Sharon, 1.50. North Norway, Miss Sarah A. Holt, 4.50. Otisfield, C. E., 7.75; Mrs. Susan Lovell, 3. Portland, West, 11. Portland, "C. E." _for McIntosh, Ga._, 2. Portland, State St. Sewing Soc., two bbls. Goods, _for Meridian, Miss._ Searsport, First, 6.02. Turner, Rev. C. S. Wilder's S. Class, _for S. A., McIntosh, Ga._, 1. Wilton, 10.65.

MAINE WOMAN'S AID TO A. M. A., by Mrs. Helen W. Davis, Treas., $120.80.

Brunswick, 44. Calais, 25. Machias, 31.05. Marshfield, 1.75. Steuben, 4. Woodfords, 15.

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $406.53--of which from Estate, $178.70.

Alstead Center, Ladies' C., _for Knoxville, Tenn._, 1. Center Harbor, 2.10. Epping, C., 5.43; Mrs. G. N. Shepard's S. Class, 4.10. Gilsum, 3. Greenville, C., 25; S., 5. Hampton, 5.50. Keene, Second, S. Class, bbl. Goods, prepaid freight, _for McIntosh, Ga._ Lebanon, C. (7.40 of which _for Porto Rico_) 37.70. Lyndeboro, 7.30. Manchester, First, Ladies' Benev. Soc., _for Sch'p, Fisk U._, 25. Manchester, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Hale, 10. Nashua, Alfred Chase, to const. REV. PAUL FOX L.M., 30. Nashua, First, C. E., bbl. Goods, _for Thomasville, Ga._ New Market, Thos. H. Wiswall, 10. New Market, Estate of Mrs. Creighton, two boxes Goods, _for King's Mountain, N. C._ North Londonderry. S., _for Indian M._, 3.20. Raymond, MRS. H. M. HARRIMAN, to const. herself L.M., 30. Winchester, Rev. C. Roper, _for freight to McIntosh, Ga._, 2. West Concord, Y. S. M. C., bbl. Goods, _for Tougaloo U._

NEW HAMPSHIRE FEMALE CENT. INST. and HOME MISSIONARY UNION, by Miss Annie A. McFarland, Treas., $21.50.

Concord, South, Mrs. A. M. Nim's S. Class, 8.50. Milford, 12. West Lebanon, Jr. C. E., 1.

ESTATE.--Milford, Estate of Mrs. C. B. Harris, 178.70

VERMONT, $749.33--of which from Estate, $30.96.

Barnet, L. M. S., bbl. Goods, 1.50 _for freight, for McIntosh, Ga._ Brattleboro, Fessenden Helping Hand, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 50. Cambridge, Darwin Witherell, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 1. Cambridge, Jeffersonville C., 8. Cornwall, C., to const. J. FRANK RANDALL L.M., 40.58. Danville, 30. Essex Junction, First, ad'l, 1. Jericho Center, First, 6.17. Manchester, Samuel G. Cone, 20. Manchester, 15.77. Manchester, Miss E. J. Kellogg, 5. Pawlet, 4. Pittsford, 30. Rochester, 6.58, Rutland, C., box Goods, _for Atlanta, Ga._ Saxton's River, 6. West Dover, 2. Westfield, C. E., 5. West Rutland, 13.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF VERMONT, by Mrs. Robert Mackinnon, Treas., $472.77.

Bakersfield, 6.50. Barton, "A Tenth," _for Indian Sch'p_, 2. Barton, 10. Bennington, Second, Jr. C. E., 5. Brandon, 5. Brattleboro Center, 15. Brattleboro, West, 27.85. Brownington and Barton Landing, 5. Burlington, First, 45. Burlington First, S., Mrs. Clarence Smith's Class, _for Sch'p_, 5. Burlington, College St., 5. Cabot, 5. Cambridge, 5. Chelsea, Sarah P. Bacon Benev. Soc., 12. Cornwall, 5. Fairlee, 10. Ferrisburg, 7. Hardwick, East, 5. Hinesburgh, Jr. C. E., _for Sch'p_, 3. Johnson, 5. Manchester, 10. Montpelier, 10. Randolph, 8. Rutland, 15. Rutland, West. 5.50. Saint Johnsbury, South, 63.65. Saint Johnsbury, North, 10. Saint Johnsbury, South, "A Friend," 45. St. Albans, 25. Sheldon, 10. Shoreham, 6. So. Hero, Two Friends, 2.50. Springfield, 24.52. Stowe, 10. Swanton, 10. Underhill, 5. Vergennes, 10. Waitsfield, 7. Weybridge, 5. Woodstock, 27.

ESTATE.--Springfield, Estate of Frederick Parks, 312.50; Reserve Legacy account, 281.54, 30.96.

MASSACHUSETTS, $9,319.78--of which from Estates, $6,352.67.

Acton, Evan., S., 2. Andover, Chapel C., 68. Andover, West, "A Friend," 5. Ayer, First, C. E., _for S. A., Talladega C._, 17.67. Barre, S., 11.11

Boston, Old South, 185.15; Park St., 106; Geo. D. Bigelow, _for Gregory Inst., Wilmington, N. C._, 28. Jamaica Plain, Central, 198. Roxbury, Walnut Ave. (10 of which _for Alaska M._), 40. West Roxbury, South Evan., 93.50.

Brimfield, Rev. Oscar Bissell, 2. Brockton, C. E., _for Williamsburg, Ky._, 1. Cohasset, Second, Ladies' B. Soc., two bbls. Goods, _for Grand View, Tenn._ Concord, Trin., 20.25. Everett, Mystic Side C., bbl. Goods, _for Meridian, Miss._ Fall River, Central, C. E., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 15. Fitchburg, Rollstone, 14.60. Florence, S., _for Tougaloo U._, 5. Franklin. 13.54. Greenfield, Second. 41.62. Groton, "Friend," _for Indian M._, 10; _for Freedmen_, 5; _for Mountain Work_, 5; _for Chinese M._, 5; _for Porto Rico_, 5. Hanson, First, 3.16. Haverhill, Fourth, S., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 5. Haverhill, Center, Ladies' M. Soc., box Goods, _for Fisk U._, Holyoke, Second, 63.16. Hyde Park, First, 66.10. Indian Orchard, Evan., 14.30. Lawrence, Lawrence St., C., 25. Lawrence, Lawrence St., S., _for Porto Rico_, 10. Littleton, 7. Lynn, North, S., 3. Lynn, North, 1.50. Lunenburg, E, C., 3.25. Monson, 22.95. Medford, Mystic, 172.09. Medford, Mystic, W. H. M. S., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 10. Maiden, S., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 25. Manchester, 15.50. Melrose, Highlands, 54.83. Newburyport, North, 18.06. Newburyport, Belleville Av., C. E., 10. North Amherst, L. M. S., _for King's Mountain, N. C._, 5. Northampton, Miss J. B. Kingsley, _for Marshallville, Ga._, 80. Northampton, First, 215.39. Northampton, Edwards, Ladies, bbl. Goods, _for Wilmington, N. C._ Northboro, Evan., S., 3.09. North Brookfield, Julia A. Miller, 5. North Brookfield, First, 2.25. North Wilbraham, Grace Union, 2.50. North Woburn, Mrs. F. C. P. Wheeler's S. Class, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 10. Oxford, C. M. Soc., bbl. Goods, _for Andersonville, Ga._ Phillipston, C. E., Lincoln Mem., 2. Quincy, Bethany, 52.99. Salem, Tabernacle, 10.91. Salem, "I. H. N.," 5. Salem, Crombie St., S., _for Gregory Inst., Wilmington, N. C._, 2. Salem, Mrs. B. H. Silsbee, seven Comfortables, _for Fisk U._ Shelburne Falls, Miss L A. Noble, _for Cappahosic, Va._, 1. Somerville, Prospect Hill, to const. WILLIAM H. HARTSHORN, GEORGE W. SNOW and THOMAS B. BLAIKIE L.M's, 95.72. Somerville, Winter Hill, C. E., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 50. Somerville, Highland, 5. Springfield, Olivet, 23. Springfield, Memorial, C. E., _for Tougaloo U._, 15. Springfield, "Three Friends," _for Fisk U._, 15. South Hadley Falls, Augustus Moody, 10. South Royalston, Amos Blanchard, _for Porto Rico_, 5. South Wellfleet. "A Friend," 1. Sunderland, 43.89. Sutton, 16.51. Turner's Falls, 18.87. Waltham, Trinity 16.17. Wayland, C. E., _for Gregory Inst., Wilmington, N. C._, 4. Westhampton, 24.54. Westfield, First, 5. Westport, Pacific Union, 14.50. West Springfield, Park St., 23.37. Weymouth Heights, First, 25.51. Winchester, C., Miss'y Union, two bbls. Goods, _for Straight U._ Wollaston, 78.50. Worcester, First (Old South), 52.06. Worcester, Piedmont, S., _for Brewer Normal Sch., Greenwood, S. C._, 25. Worcester, L. M. S. of C., _for King's Mountain, N. C._, 15.

WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF MASSACHUSETTS AND R. I., Miss Lizzie D. White Treas., $560.00.

W. H. M. A., _for Salaries_, 480; _for Chinese_, 80.

ESTATES.--Amherst, Estate of George E. Lamb, Henry W. Haskins, Treas., 552,67. Andover, Estate of Mrs. Phoebe A. Chandler, by Stephen Ballard and William H. Chandler, Exec'rs, 2,500. Andover, Estate of Harriet L. Goodell, _for Mountain White Work_, 300, Lenox, Estate of Orrilla B. Stanley, 5,000 (Reserve Legacy, 2,000), _for Indian M._, by George H. Tucker, Trustee, 3,000.

RHODE ISLAND, $5.00.

Barrington, C., _for S. A., Big Creek Gap, Tenn._, 5.

CONNECTICUT, $2,134.32--of which from Estate, $308.00.

Bethel, Mission Circle of C., _for Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._, 40. Bethlehem, S., Lincoln Memorial, 3.75. Bridgeport, South, two bbls. Goods, _for Cappahosic, Va._ Cheshire, W. H. Brooks, 10. Clinton, S., _for Porto Rico_, 5. Cornwall Hollow, C. E. Soc., _for Mountain White Work_, 2. Coventry, Second, 16.72. Danbury, C., 6.31; S., 4. Darien, 20.52. Deep River, "Friends," _for Organ, Beaufort, N. C._, 2. Deep River, Mrs. H. E. Denison, Material for Sewing Class, _for Beaufort, N. C._ East Hartland, 7. East Wallingford, Mrs. Benjamin Hall, 2. East Woodstock, Mrs. Carr, Sewing Material, _for Beaufort, N. C._ Gilead, 36. Greenfield Hill, 17.25. Groton. S., 17.62. Hartford, Park, L. M. S., 10. Hartford, Glenwood, L. M. S., bbl. Goods, _for Grand View, Tenn._ Higganum, 26. High Ridge, Long Ridge C., 3. Kent, First, S., _for Mountain Work, Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 10. Lyme, "A Friend," 5. Middletown, Gleaners Soc. of First C. (7.50 of which _for Mountain Work_), 15. Nepang, C. E., _for Gregory Inst., Wilmington, N. C._, 3. New Haven, Fair Haven C., to const. REV. ALEXANDER F. IRVINE L.M., 43.76. New Haven, Juliette T. Lyman, _for S. A., Macon, Ga._, 10. New Haven, Dwight Place C., Bible Sch., _for Porto Rico_, 8.92. New Haven, Dwight Place, L. M. Soc., two bbls. Goods, _for Fisk U._ New London, Second, 269.64, New Preston, Village C., 42. Niantic, 8. North Branford, 13.80. North Woodstock, Miss Esther Bishop, S. Papers and 5, _for Organ, for Beaufort, N. C._ Norwich, Broadway, S., _for Mountain White Work_, 25. Portland, C. E., _for Williamsburg, Ky._, 2. Putnam, C. and "A Friend," _for Organ, for Beaufort, N. C._, 15. Rockville, Union, 100. Somersville, 4.82. Sound Beach, Sr. C. E. Jr. C. E. of Pilgrim C., one Comfortable each, _for Fisk U._ South Manchester, 29.92. Southport, "Friends," through Mrs. E. S. Waterman, _for Alaska M._, 340. South Woodstock, Third Ecc'l, 3.35. Stamford, First, C. E., _for Mountain White Work_, 2.60. Stamford, Jr. Endeavorers, 2.08. Stanwich, 8.65. Storrs, Second, bbl. Goods, _for Porto Rico_. Suffield, First, 20.07. Suffield, Ashbel Harmon, _for Straight U._, 10. Thomaston, First, S., _for Skyland Inst., Blowing Rock, N. C._, 25. Thomson, 19.55. Wallingford, L. B. S., bbl. Goods, 1 _for freight, for Cappahosic, Va._ Waterbury, Second, W. B. Soc., _for Sch'p, Santee Indian Sch., Neb._, 70. Wauregan, 22.50. Westport, Saugatuck S., 4.39. West Torrington, L. H. M. S., box Goods, _for Wilmington, N. C._ Westville, 26.91.

WOMAN'S CONG. HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF CONN., by Mrs. George Follett, Sec.,$430.19.

W. H. M. U. of Conn., 215.44. Canton Center, 10. Canton Center, _for Sch'p, Gregory Inst., N. C._, 8. East Woodstock, 10. Farmington, 6. Hartford, South, _for Laundry, Moorhead, Miss._, 25. Milford, Plymouth, 9. New Britain, South, 51.25. New Milford, 37.50. Norfolk, _for Sch'p, Gregory Inst., N. C._, 8. Suffield, 50.

ESTATES.--Brooklyn, Estate of M. E. Ensworth, 8. Canton Center, Estate of William G. Hallock, by Henry Humphrey, Ex'r, 300.

NEW YORK, $938.42.

Brooklyn, Clinton Ave. Boy's Mission Band, _for Sch'p Lincoln Acad., King's Mountain, N. C._, 40; _for Indian M._, 25; _for Porto Rico_, 15. Brooklyn, Zenana Band, _for Williamsburg, Ky._, 9. Brooklyn, Park Ave. C., Ladies and Jr. C. E., bbl. Goods, _for King's Mountain, N. C._ Candor, 11. Fairport. S., _for S. A., Talladega C._, 10. Fredonia, Martha L. Stevens. 50 cts. Gloversville, C., (45.52 of which _for Fisk U._), 91.04. Honeoye, C., 19.25. Honeoye, C., bbl. Literature, freight prepaid, _for Santee, Neb._ Ithaca, First, 47.95. Jamestown, Mrs. E. Morgan, _for S. A., McIntosh, Ga._, 5. Munnsville, 3.25. New York, "Friend," _for Organ, Beaufort N. C._, 50. New York, Mrs. Leland Fairbanks, 5. Norwich, First, 20. Rochester, Asbury, King's D., bbl. Goods, _for Marion, Ala._ Sherburne, "A Friend." 25. Sing Sing, Mrs. Cornelia E. Judd, 20. Watertown, Mrs. G. H. Wright, Material for Sewing Class, _for Beaufort, N. C._ Whitehall, Mrs. J. S. Dean, 5.