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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary - Volume 52, No. 3,
+September, 1898, by Various
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+Title: The American Missionary - Volume 52, No. 3, September, 1898
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+Author: Various
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+The American Missionary
+
+SEPTEMBER, 1898.
+
+  VOL. LII.
+  No. 3.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CONTENTS
+
+
+EDITORIAL.
+
+  ANNUAL MEETING--PEACE,                                           105
+  SHALL CUBA BE TAKEN FOR CHRIST?                                  106
+  WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY AND COLORED MAN'S COUNTRY,                   107
+  FOURTH OF JULY, S'KOKOMISH--CAPON SPRINGS CONFERENCE,            109
+  CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION AT NASHVILLE,                      110
+  SOUTHERN FIELD NOTES,                                            112
+  MISSIONARY GOSPEL,                                               113
+  LIBERTY COUNTY, GA.,                                             114
+  PARAGRAPHS,                                                      115
+  MR. S. S. MARPLES--MISS I. W. HUME,                              116
+
+
+THE SOUTH.
+
+  TALLADEGA COLLEGE, ALABAMA,                                      117
+  TILLOTSON COLLEGE, AUSTIN, TEXAS,                                120
+  KING'S MOUNTAIN, N. C.,                                          122
+  ENFIELD, N. C.,                                                  124
+  BLOWING ROCK, N. C.,                                             125
+  THOMASVILLE, GA.,                                                126
+  MACON, GA.,                                                      127
+  ATHENS, GA.,                                                     129
+  MEMPHIS, TENN.,                                                  130
+  MERIDIAN, MISS.,                                                 131
+  THE NEGRO'S PLACE IN AMERICAN LIFE,                              132
+  LOUISIANA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION,                             135
+  COLORED TEACHER TO COLORED PUPILS,                               138
+
+
+RECEIPTS,                                                          139
+
+
+WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS,                                       151
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+NEW YORK:
+
+PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION,
+
+THE CONGREGATIONAL ROOMS,
+
+FOURTH AVENUE AND TWENTY-SECOND STREET, NEW YORK.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Price, 50 Cents a Year in advance.
+
+Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., as Second-Class mail
+matter.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+American Missionary Association.
+
+CONGREGATIONAL ROOMS,
+
+Fourth Avenue and Twenty-second Street,--New York City.
+
+
+PRESIDENT, MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., MASS.
+
+
+_Vice-Presidents._
+
+  Rev. F. A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill.
+  Rev. ALEX. MCKENZIE, D.D., Mass.
+  Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo.
+  Rev. HENRY A. STIMSON, D.D., N. Y.
+  Rev. WASHINGTON GLADDEN, D.D., Ohio.
+
+
+_Honorary Secretary._
+
+  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D.
+
+
+_Corresponding Secretaries._
+
+  Rev. A. F. BEARD, D.D.
+  Rev. F. P. WOODBURY, D.D.
+  Rev. C. J. RYDER, D.D.
+
+
+_Recording Secretary._
+
+  Rev. M. E. STRIEBY, D.D.
+
+
+_Treasurer._
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, Esq.
+
+
+_Auditors._
+
+  D. C. TIEBOUT.
+  CHARLES NEWTON SCHENCK.
+
+
+_Executive Committee._
+
+  CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman.
+  CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary.
+
+  _For Three Years._
+
+  WILLIAM HAYES WARD,
+  JAMES W. COOPER,
+  LUCIEN C. WARNER,
+  CHARLES P. PEIRCE,
+  LEWELLYN PRATT,
+
+  _For Two Years._
+
+  CHARLES A. HULL,
+  ALBERT J. LYMAN,
+  NEHEMIAH BOYNTON,
+  A. J. F. BEHRENDS,
+  EDWARD S. TEAD,
+
+  _For One Year._
+
+  SAMUEL S. MARPLES,[A]
+  CHARLES L. MEAD,
+  ELIJAH HORR,
+  FRANK M. BROOKS,
+  CHARLES S. OLCOTT.
+
+
+_District Secretaries._
+
+  Rev. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, _615 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._
+  Rev. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., _153 La Salle Street, Chicago, Ill._
+
+
+_Secretary of Woman's Bureau._
+
+  MISS D. E. EMERSON, _New York Office._
+
+
+COMMUNICATIONS
+
+Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the
+Corresponding Secretaries; letters for "THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY," to
+the Editor, at the New York Office; letters relating to the finances,
+to the Treasurer; letters relating to woman's work, to the Secretary
+of the Woman's Bureau.
+
+
+DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
+
+In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be
+sent to H. W. Hubbard, Treasurer, Fourth Avenue and Twenty-second
+Street, New York; or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch
+Offices, 615 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 153 La Salle
+Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars constitutes a Life
+Member.
+
+NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.--The date on the "address label" indicates the
+time to which the subscription is paid. Changes are made in date on
+label to the tenth of the month. If payment of subscription be made
+afterward the change on the label will appear on the next number.
+Please send early notice of change in post-office address, giving the
+former address and the new address, in order that our periodicals and
+occasional papers may be correctly mailed.
+
+
+FORM OF A BEQUEST.
+
+"I GIVE AND BEQUEATH the sum of ---- dollars to the 'American
+Missionary Association,' incorporated by act of the Legislature of the
+State of New York." The will should be attested by three witnesses.
+
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+  [A] Deceased.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+VOL. LII.    SEPTEMBER, 1898.    NO. 3.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+We look forward to the fifty-second anniversary of the American
+Missionary Association to be held at Concord, N. H., October 25-27,
+with exceptional interest. The sermon will be preached by Rev. Doctor
+George A. Gordon. Distinguished speakers add to the interest of the
+meetings. Missionaries from the field will present the varied features
+of their work among the Indians, mountain people and the colored
+people of the South.
+
+The woman's meeting on Thursday afternoon will be particularly favored
+with an address by Mrs. Kate Upson Clark, and by interesting speakers
+from the missionary field.
+
+We give a cordial invitation to pastors and friends of the Association
+to come to this beautiful and historic town of Concord at this
+anniversary. On the last page of the cover will be found full
+information for delegates and friends who anticipate attending the
+meetings. Fuller details as to the reception of delegates,
+entertainment, hotel rates and railroad reductions will be given in
+various religious papers.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+PEACE.
+
+
+Now, when the war drums have ceased, we can think again of the
+problems which were before us when Spain added those which are to ask
+our attention. The greater problem before the American people is not
+any new one. The Christianization of nearly three millions of colored
+people yet in illiteracy and moral darkness is a call to Christian
+love and service as loud as any call can possibly be. The messages of
+the gospel of Peace, have the only promise of salvation to these
+millions in darkness at our own doors. To give this to these needy
+ones, who are not only near to our doors but who are ready to receive
+the grace of Christ at our hands is the call of Christ for our
+patience and fidelity. As we thank God that the smile of Heaven rests
+upon our country once more in peace, we may well turn our thoughts
+anew to our endeavor for the victories of Peace, and think as fairly
+of our duty to lift these poor, ignorant millions above the perils of
+increasing ignorance, as we have been thinking of the deliverance of
+Cubans from their oppressions and wrongs. What these new possessions
+now under our care may require of us, is another question which comes
+with peace.
+
+The millions of ignorant colored people in our own country not yet
+reached need to be saved. They cannot save themselves. We owe them the
+Christianity which we have. We owe them a chance for intelligent
+faith. More than forty per cent. of nearly eight millions are yet in
+density of ignorance and mentally and morally weak. They can be saved.
+What has been done is the pledge of what may be done. Let us then
+consecrate ourselves anew to the victories of peace and make our thank
+offerings free and large for the glory which comes not of sieges and
+battles, but the glory of Christian love and faith, of Christian
+thinking and Christian working, for God's poor people who wait for
+their day of redemption.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SHALL CUBA BE TAKEN FOR CHRIST?
+
+
+The Alumni Association of Oberlin Theological Seminary recently passed
+the following vote:
+
+    "Voted: That the Alumni of Oberlin Theological Seminary suggest
+    to the American Missionary Association the importance of
+    organizing at once for an extension of its educational and
+    evangelizing work into Cuba as soon as the deliverance of that
+    island from the dominion of Spain will permit."
+
+At the recent Triennial National Council of Congregational Churches
+held in Portland, Oregon, reference to the pressing of Christian
+educational work into Cuba was greeted with enthusiastic applause.
+
+And now there come letters from those who desire to volunteer for
+service under the American Missionary Association to enter upon this
+work in Cuba and Porto Rico. This Association has not the power to
+issue bonds for the expense of such missionary campaign, nor to levy
+war taxes. The significance, however, of these new fields of work and
+the especial fitness of the American Missionary Association to enter
+them must be apparent to all our constituents. The inhabitants of both
+these islands are largely of a mixed race. The splendid band of young
+colored people in the South have been trained during the years in the
+American Missionary Association schools and are excellently well
+qualified for carrying this Christian work among the peoples of these
+island regions.
+
+They are acclimated, born and reared in the southern climate. Some
+even are immunes. Is it not a special providence that this band of
+young people have been trained for just such work as this opening to
+our Congregational fellowship in Cuba and Porto Rico?
+
+The volunteers for work in these islands, however, are not confined to
+any one race. The Oberlin Alumni suggest an "Oberlin Band" to be
+organized and sent into this field. From the far West and from the
+far East we receive letters from well-trained, earnest and godly
+teachers and preachers anxious to volunteer for this service.
+
+The sinews of war for this magnificent Christian campaign are wanting.
+The responsibility of promptly entering these fields that God is
+opening to Christian conquest and an intelligent and free gospel rests
+upon those who can furnish these sinews of war. Shall Cuba and Porto
+Rico be taken for Christ and an intelligent gospel?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A WHITE MAN'S COUNTRY AND A COLORED MAN'S COUNTRY.
+
+
+The government of the United States has just issued bonds to secure a
+loan of $200,000,000 for the costs of war. It may be interesting to
+our readers to know that every one of those bonds must be signed by
+Mr. Judson W. Lyons, a colored man, who succeeded ex-Senator Bruce as
+Register of the Treasury. On the ordinary paper money his name is
+engraved, but on those bonds it must be written with his own hand,
+else the bond is invalid. This will make necessary his signing his
+name 40,000 times, and he is now engaged in doing this.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Before the war began there was in the United States army only one
+negro commissioned officer; now, as we count them, there are more than
+one hundred and fifty. If we are correct in our figures there are as
+the war closes about one hundred and sixty-four colored Americans who
+bear U. S. commissions. These rank from second lieutenant up to
+colonel.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+In the official report of the battle of Siboney by Gen. Joseph E.
+Wheeler, who is an ex-Confederate general, special mention is made of
+the bravery of the Tenth Cavalry (colored). He says:
+
+"I was immediately with the troops of the First and Tenth Regiments
+Cavalry, dismounted, and I personally noticed their brave and good
+conduct, which will be specially mentioned by General Young."
+
+"I was standing near Captain Capron and Hamilton Fish," said the
+corporal to the Associated Press correspondent, "and saw them shot
+down. They were with the Rough Riders and ran into an ambush, though
+they had been warned of the danger. Captain Capron and Fish were shot
+while leading a charge. If it had not been for the negro cavalry the
+Rough Riders would have been exterminated. I am not a negro lover. My
+father fought with Mosby's Rangers, and I was born in the South, but
+the negroes saved that fight, and the day will come when General
+Shafter will give them credit for their bravery."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The testimony of George Kennan of the Red Cross as to the courage and
+service of our negro soldiers is in evidence that the white man's
+country is also the colored man's country. He says, "I do not hesitate
+to call especial attention to the splendid behavior of our colored
+troops. It is the testimony of all who saw them under fire that they
+fought with the utmost coolness and determination. I can testify from
+my own personal observation that they displayed extraordinary
+fortitude and self control."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Probably no institution in the East sent as large a percentage of
+students as soldiers to bear the flag of our common country to victory
+as did our missionary schools. Our students have not been taught that
+war is glory. It was conscience with them. They went as deliverers
+from oppression and saw their opportunity to prove their devotion and
+gratitude to their country for their own deliverance. They have made
+their record.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Attorney-General Patterson, of Memphis, Tenn., in July last in an
+attempt to secure a conviction for the murder of a negro, said:
+
+"We are to-day engaged in a war with a foreign power, and for the
+cause of humanity this great country is putting forth her splendid
+power by land and by sea that Spanish cruelty shall no longer be on
+Cuban soil, ... and if we can afford to interpose the strong arm of
+the nation and expend blood and treasure to protect them, can we not
+afford by the orderly methods of the law to stop cruelties at home as
+barbarous as were enacted in Spanish dungeons? Is it not opportune
+that we rise above the low level of race prejudice into the upper and
+purer atmosphere of respect for law and order and the sanctity of
+human life?"
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+Within thirty days after the war was declared against Spain thirty-two
+Americans--colored--were lynched and put to death without trial by
+law, judge or jury, many of them protesting their innocence of any
+crime. Let us pray that Spain may not long be able to say to any part
+of our country, "Physician heal thyself."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A delegate to the National Congregational Council at Portland, Oregon,
+in a newspaper account of his experiences of good treatment everywhere
+in the West, thus concludes: "After being entertained at the Brown
+Palace in Denver, the Knutsford in Salt Lake, the Portland in
+Portland, the Donnelly in Tacoma, after riding in the palace cars of
+the trans-continental trains and the chair cars of the Northwestern, I
+came to Chattanooga and took the 'James Crow' car to Atlanta.
+
+HENRY HUGH PROCTOR,
+
+Pastor First Congregational Church, Atlanta, Ga."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+FOURTH OF JULY AT S'KOKOMISH--WASHINGTON.
+
+BY REV. MYRON EELLS, D.D.
+
+
+Since the Indians have become largely civilized and citizens, the
+Fourth of July has taken the place of their old festivals, combining
+both. The old festivals lasted a week or more usually, and the expense
+was borne by a very few. The time was occupied with feasting,
+visiting, gambling, and closed with a distribution of gifts to the
+invited ones. Neighboring tribes were invited. The distribution of
+gifts is now omitted, and the time changed. This year the celebration
+took place on this reservation, and the people began to assemble a
+week before the Fourth. Nearly all had gathered on the second, when
+about eight or nine hundred had assembled. The noticeable point in
+connection with it was the absence of drunkenness while they were on
+the reservation. Although nearly all were citizens, I have not been
+able to learn that a single one drank any while here, even on the sly.
+A few days before the Fourth I suggested to the leader that it might
+be well to have some patriotic singing and speaking on that day, as
+white people do, and that if he wished I would help him to arrange
+about it. He replied in quite a speech, in which he thoroughly
+acquiesced in my suggestions, and added that while he provided the
+food he wanted all to have a good time, but that he had told every one
+time and again that they could enjoy themselves much as they wished,
+except that he did not wish any whiskey brought to the grounds. This
+item he emphasized very strongly.
+
+Twenty-three or four years ago, soon after I came here, the Agent
+arranged a Fourth of July celebration. He was very particular on this
+same point. But this same Indian intended to do differently. He went
+off a few days before and procured some whiskey, drank some of it, and
+intended to use the rest on the Fourth, and have a jolly time with his
+friends. But other Indians informed the Agent about him; he was
+arrested and lodged in jail, where he spent the Fourth, and a few days
+beside. When I compare his actions then and now, is there not cause
+for gratitude?
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CAPON SPRINGS CONFERENCE, WESTERN VIRGINIA.
+
+
+The first Capon Springs Conference which met June 29th to July 3rd, to
+consider the work of Christian education in the South, was a
+successful gathering of many prominent educators. It represented
+twelve states, the District of Columbia, seven religious bodies and a
+number of schools, seminaries, colleges and other institutions for the
+elevation of the ignorant, both white and black.
+
+The Conference before its adjournment issued a message in which it
+declared its deep interest in all efforts for the advancement of moral
+and religious education in the South along Christian lines, and
+especially that of the more needy of both races, bespeaking for this
+the sympathy of all Christian people, and in particular the Southern
+people.
+
+The Conference also expressed its grateful sense of the generous aid
+which education in the South had received from friends in the North
+making for the unity and harmony of our common country. It testified
+to a hearty belief that there should be institutions well equipped in
+which provision should be made for the higher education of those
+called to leadership, as preachers, teachers, etc. It especially
+called attention to the opinion that the _gifts of the North in aid of
+educational work_ in the South should proceed _upon lines of
+intelligence, equality and discriminating selection, and that great
+care should be taken by the people of the South in authorizing appeals
+for outside aid_.
+
+This message abundantly justifies such a Conference in the South to
+bring Northern and Southern educators together.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION AT NASHVILLE, TENN. AND THE COLORED
+PEOPLE.
+
+BY REV. GEORGE W. MOORE.
+
+
+The Christian Endeavor Convention at Nashville in July, was marked
+with special interest. About five thousand delegates were present.
+Arrangements had been made to entertain thirty thousand.
+
+The meetings were perhaps better for being smaller than were
+anticipated. The American Missionary Association work was well
+presented and represented at the "Congregational Rally," July 8th. In
+round numbers, two hundred Congregational delegates were present,
+including forty ministers. Profs. Dunn and Spence, Rev. Mr. Bond and
+J. C. Napier, Esq., spoke on our work, and the Jubilee Singers sang.
+The Convention was in a manner on American Missionary Association
+territory, and it was felt that its work should have an emphatic
+place. Indeed, nearly all the speakers referred to our work, chief
+among whom was Gen. Howard. The Northern delegates visited Fisk
+University in large numbers and expressed their pleasure both as to
+the scope and character of our work.
+
+Before the convention the colored people had a feeling that they were
+not wanted there. They had been told that they must conform to the
+"_unwritten law_" of the South as to taking back seats at their
+_local_ meetings, but would be on an equality at the Convention
+itself.
+
+In talking the matter over with the colored Congregational pastor, we
+agreed that it was better to remain away from the local meetings, but
+to attend the _Convention_. Consequently, the Congregational
+Endeavorers of color and a number of others did so, and donning the
+Convention badge attended. Those who attended were well treated.
+Indeed, the colored people and the work of the Association were
+brought into special prominence through the large chorus of Fisk
+Jubilee Singers--twenty-two in all--which proved to be the favorite
+singers of the Convention. Besides singing at all the sessions, they
+also rendered a special programme of their music for half an hour on
+one afternoon, when I made a brief address on our work as illustrated
+by the singers and Fisk University. Our Northern friends have here
+seen many side lights of Southern life and the colored people, such as
+the "Jim Crow Car" and the "Separate Colored Waiting Rooms" at the
+stations, etc. The colored delegates of the Pennsylvania and other
+Northern delegations were sent into the "Jim Crow" car as soon as they
+reached Southern soil. The Northern delegates also observed the
+isolation of our missionaries. It is difficult for the Southern people
+to understand why Northern friends are so much interested in colored
+people and in their schools. Fisk University was, for example, the
+Mecca of many Northern pilgrims. Not a few of them visited in our
+home, and a number of delegates from New York and Massachusetts dined
+with us, which would certainly have shocked their Southern hosts had
+they known of it.
+
+A Southern woman in commenting on the music of the Jubilee Singers,
+remarked in the hearing of one of our teachers: "Those darkies are
+very refined and sing well." A Southern woman inquired of me if I were
+white. I replied: "I pass for a colored man." Then she asked: "How
+much colored blood have you?" I replied: "It has never been
+analyzed--perhaps one-eighth." "How strange," she said, "but that one
+drop of Negro blood does make you belong to their side." I did not
+find her reason for that conclusion--which has been reached without
+reason--but I assured her that I was not ashamed to call them
+_brethren_.
+
+I think that our Northern friends saw much to convince them of the
+necessity for our work in the South, and that even a war with
+Spain--while it is doing much to bring our Southern brethren under the
+old flag--does not and cannot at once change the habits, customs and
+prejudices of the Southern people. We may as well realize that it will
+take generations of hard, patient and self-sacrificing service on our
+part and patient continuance of Northern influence, such as the
+American Missionary Association is lovingly creating, to change their
+traditions and the conditions of the colored people.
+
+On the whole I think we had an excellent convention and believe that
+the influence will be helpful for the colored people. A meeting at
+Howard Congregational Church (colored) Sunday morning was of great
+interest, when about two hundred Northern delegates were present. Rev.
+Dr. Hill preached and several delegates spoke. In explaining to the
+friends some things about the early life of Fisk at that place where
+Howard Church stood, I suggested that all present who were graduates
+of Fisk, former students and their parents, should rise, that the
+visiting friends might see them. Over one hundred arose to the
+surprise and delight of the visitors.
+
+I have thought that the readers of the American Missionary Association
+Magazine might like to have this phase of the Convention before them
+as experienced by the colored people, from one who, as the Southern
+lady said, belongs "to their side."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SOUTHERN FIELD NOTES.
+
+REV. GEO. W. MOORE, FIELD MISSIONARY.
+
+
+There were fifteen graduates from the Normal and ten from College and
+four from the Musical departments of Fisk University at its last
+Commencement. Rev. H. H. Proctor, pastor of the First Congregational
+Church of Atlanta, gave the Alumni address, and Prof. W. E. Dubois,
+Ph.D., Professor of Sociology in Atlanta University, delivered the
+Commencement address.
+
+Mr. Proctor and Dr. Dubois are both graduates of Fisk University. Both
+of them are men of liberal culture and at the same time earnest
+toilers in the work of uplifting in the South.
+
+The sixth anniversary of the dedication of the chapel of Plymouth
+Church, Louisville, Ky., was an interesting occasion. Rev. E. G.
+Harris, the pastor, has faithful workers in his church; some of them
+are physicians, teachers and artisans. The church is growing in
+numbers and influence. A neat lecture room, built by the people, is
+free from debt. They have added a cabinet organ to the Church and a
+piano to the Sunday School, to enhance the service of song.
+
+A conference of Christian workers was held at Asheville, N. C., during
+the summer for Bible study and the consideration of the best methods
+of Christian work, and of the forces that affect the moral and
+religious life of the colored people. This was the first conference of
+the kind held in the South in the interest of the colored people. The
+prominent promoters of this conference were representatives of the
+American Missionary Association.
+
+Prof. W. A. Waterman, of Fisk University, came on from Northfield to
+conduct a course of Methods in Bible Study and Missionary Training
+Service.
+
+Mr. John Gaudy, a graduate of Fisk, and Mr. M. H. Neal, a senior of
+Fisk, were both present and assisted in the Conferences. Both of these
+young men propose to enter the ministry.
+
+The Field Missionary spoke on "The Need of Systematic Study in our
+Schools of the Needs and Condition of our People," "City Missions" and
+"Normal Bible Study."
+
+The Young Men's Institute, where the Conference was held, is the
+largest and best appointed building of the kind in the country for
+city mission work among the colored people. It is the gift of Mr.
+George Vanderbilt, and cost $30,000.
+
+The American Missionary Association was represented in Christian Work
+among the colored soldiers by its field missionary, Rev. G. W. Moore,
+who held a ten-days' evangelistic service at Camp Russell, Fort Macon,
+N. C. The pastor of our church at Beaufort, N. C., Rev. W. D. Newkirk,
+also assisted in the Christian work at Camp Russell.
+
+The Third North Carolina Regiment of eleven hundred and eight colored
+soldiers are in camp at Fort Macon, an island opposite Beaufort, N. C.
+All the commissioned officers are colored men. Col. James H. Young, of
+Raleigh, is in command of the regiment. The order of the place is
+exceptional. No liquor is allowed, and profanity is forbidden. The
+regiment presents a fine appearance on parades, and the men are making
+rapid progress in military training and discipline. Evangelistic
+services were held in a large gospel tent, and were largely attended,
+and many of the men enlisted as soldiers of the cross. More than three
+hundred men expressed their desire to become Christians at one of the
+services. Over one hundred and fifty men avowed their faith in Christ
+during these special services. The interest continues and the men are
+seeking the way of life.
+
+An interesting patriotic service was held during this visit, at which
+Col. Young presided. The whole regiment was in formation. Rev. Geo. W.
+Moore spoke on the meaning of the war and the patriotism of negro
+soldiers. He said the revolutionary war stood for liberty, the civil
+war for unity, and the present war for humanity.
+
+Colonel Young, Adjutant Smith and Captain Hargrave made patriotic
+speeches, the band played the "Star Spangled Banner," "Dixie" and
+"America," and the soldiers, both officers and privates, cheered and
+were filled with patriotic feelings. The Colonel and all the men of
+the Third North Carolina Regiment thanked the American Missionary
+Association for its interest in their welfare, as expressed by the
+visit of its field missionary.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A MISSIONARY GOSPEL.
+
+
+"The first message at the birth of Christ was a _missionary_ message
+(Luke ii. 10).
+
+"The first prayer Christ taught men was a _missionary_ prayer (Matt
+vi. 10).
+
+"The first disciple, St. Andrew, was the first _missionary_ (John i. 41).
+
+"The first message of the risen Lord was a _missionary_ message (John
+xx. 17).
+
+"The first command of the risen Lord to His disciples was a _missionary_
+command (John xx. 21).
+
+"The first apostolic sermon was a _missionary_ sermon (Acts ii. 17-39).
+
+"Christ's great reason for Christian love was a _missionary_ reason (John
+xiii. 35).
+
+"Christ's great reason for unity was a _missionary_ reason (John xvii. 21).
+
+"The first coming of Christ was a _missionary_ work (Luke iv. 18-21).
+
+"The second coming of Christ is to be hastened by _missionary_ work
+(Matt. xxiv. 14).
+
+"Our Saviour's _last_ wish on earth was a _missionary_ wish (Matt. xxviii.
+19).
+
+_Church Missionary Society Gleaner, Scotland._
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CHRISTIANITY AND CIVILIZATION IN LIBERTY COUNTY, GEORGIA.
+
+
+Liberty County, Ga., is the county south of Savannah, on the sea.
+Visitors from the North _en route_ to Florida pass directly through it
+after leaving Savannah. Our American Missionary Association school at
+McIntosh is in this county, and there are several Congregational
+churches also under the auspices of the American Missionary
+Association. Among these is one at Hagan, presided over by the Rev. J.
+B. Fletcher.
+
+The religious condition of the colored people in this county of
+Liberty may be better understood in the light of the following
+incident. On Saturday morning, August 6th, Rev. J. B. Fletcher,
+accompanied by his wife, left Hagan for a place called Smiley, by
+urgent invitation, to organize a Congregational church. The work of
+organization was duly perfected on Sunday morning, the 7th, after
+which the officers and members persuaded him to stop over that evening
+and preach, which he readily consented to do. While in the pulpit a
+gun was discharged through a window of the church, the contents
+entering into the right side of Rev. Mr. Fletcher and wounding five
+others. As medical treatment could not be obtained there, he was
+hastily carried twenty miles to his home, where a physician was
+immediately summoned. His wounds proved to be very severe, but were
+not such as to prevent his recovery. The thigh was literally riddled
+with buckshot, one hundred and thirteen having already been extracted
+from his body. He writes us, "I am glad to have your sympathy and
+prayers; they are of great strength to me. It will be quite a while
+before I can walk as before, if ever. I feel happy to know that I am
+counted worthy to suffer thus for Christ's sake. I am not discouraged,
+and will be on the field again as soon as I can hobble around on
+crutches."
+
+A letter from a neighboring pastor adds, "The detective will have all
+of the intended assassins arrested by the middle of the week. It is
+found that they are all colored people, and officers of a so-called
+Methodist Church, who as members of the Church Militant, took this
+means to prevent the introduction of a Congregational church in that
+vicinity."
+
+A church whose officers propagate their faith with shotguns assuredly
+has no right to the Methodist name, which it dishonors, nor to any
+name, but it remains a significant illustration of sectarian
+ignorance and superstition which we often find bitterly opposing the
+introduction of a pure Christianity among the heathen of our own
+country. Heathenism, not far away from one of the most beautiful
+cities of the South--a city of beautiful churches and in a county
+which rejoices in the name of Liberty--has furnished within the past
+ten years many examples of such conditions and conduct as could not be
+found in many places in Africa. It is not time yet for those who love
+Christ and their country to be weary in well doing in this home land.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The long experience of colored people in the South, in the work of
+cultivating cotton has led to many enterprises looking to
+manufacturing the raw article into goods. Several movements have made
+good headway for a time, but most of them have failed to score a
+permanent success. The last enterprise of this character is located at
+Concord, N. C. It appears to have a substantial foundation and its
+success seems almost assured. Speaking of the enterprise and its
+supporters the "Baltimore Ledger" says:--"The Coleman Cotton Mill, at
+Concord, will soon be ready for operation. It is a worthy enterprise
+and should be substantially supported by the race in North Carolina
+especially; and those outside of the state should feel much interested
+as it is a purely negro enterprise. The white people of the state feel
+much interested in the factory and many of them are giving substantial
+aid. This is in evidence of the fact that many white people throughout
+the entire South are willing to extend a helping hand to the race, and
+thus help us rise to a higher plain of Christian manhood, if we will
+but help ourselves. Self-help is one of the most essential qualities
+in racial development. Without it no race can ever hope to achieve any
+great victories or become strong or powerful. Let us then help
+ourselves first, and before we seek outside help from our white
+friends."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+From a former Principal of Ballard Normal School, Macon, Ga.:
+
+"DEIR EL KOME, LEBANON, SYRIA.
+
+"For a long time I have been wishing to hear from the American
+Missionary Association both as to its work and its prosperity. For
+that reason please find herewith an order for $40. I would like to
+have the magazine sent to me here....
+
+"The work here in Asia among the poor and ignorant is much the same
+that it is elsewhere, except that the habits and superstitions of
+centuries seem more unyielding than I ever saw them before. The
+opportunities for Christian work yielding immediate results seem to be
+tenfold greater at home than here. The need both here and there is
+unlimited. Our hearts have anxiously turned towards our country in
+this time of war."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SAMUEL S. MARPLES.
+
+
+Once more the American Missionary Association is called to mourn the
+loss of one of its most useful and highly esteemed officers. Mr. S. S.
+Marples, who died at his home in Brooklyn, June 23, 1898, in the
+sixty-fourth year of his age, was a most judicious business man, a
+devoted Christian, and useful in many walks in life. He was one of the
+most prominent members of the Produce Exchange, New York City; at
+various times a member of the Board of Managers, and holding important
+positions on its Committees.
+
+Mr. Marples' sympathies and interests were wide and useful in
+benevolent and church work. For many years he was a member of the
+South Congregational Church, Brooklyn, and was Superintendent of the
+Sunday-school for several terms. He was closely identified with the
+Manhattan Brooklyn conference of churches. He was prominently
+connected with the New York Congregational Club and was its President
+for several successive years.
+
+Mr. Marples became identified with the American Missionary Association
+by his election, in 1880, as a member of the Executive Committee. For
+sixteen years he has served on its Finance Committee; for many years
+as its Secretary and for the last part of the period as its Chairman.
+The value of these services was constantly recognized by his
+associates on the committee and will be appreciated more fully as the
+years go by. For the year past Mr. Marples' health was very frail;
+only for a part of the time was he able to attend to his business, but
+never, as we are assured, did he lose his lively interest in the
+affairs of the American Missionary Association, to which his attention
+had been given so constantly and faithfully throughout the past
+eighteen years.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+MISS ISABELLA W. HUME.
+
+
+Miss Hume, who was from 1893 to 1896 connected with our mission work
+in New Orleans, died early in June. This devoted missionary was the
+daughter of missionaries in India, and was born in that country.
+Receiving her education in America her life was devoted to mission and
+Christian work here. Previous to her connection with our work in
+Louisiana, Miss Hume was laboring in the mountain regions of Vermont,
+and the last work of her life was as pastor of the Congregational
+Church in Gill, Mass. Relinquishing that on account of impaired
+health, the last few months before her death were spent in severe
+suffering. Greatly honored and esteemed in all her work, the
+intelligence of her death brought a sense of loss and feeling of
+sadness to the many whom she had labored to help to save. A singularly
+faithful worker and devoted servant of Christ, surely she will have
+many stars in her crown.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+The South.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+COMMENCEMENT AT TALLADEGA COLLEGE.
+
+BY MISS ESTHER A. BARNES.
+
+
+Never can the teachers and students of Talladega College forget the
+Commencement of 1898, when so many brave young men left their
+cherished plans to engage in the war with Spain. Those laughter-loving
+boys, earnest in study, but full of fun, and careless sometimes, as
+boys will be--one hardly knew them when the war spirit rose and they
+stood in line with that new, steady light of resolution shining in
+their dark eyes. In 1860, young men of Anglo-Saxon blood left that
+same building to fight against the Union. One of those young men, now
+governor of the state, thirty-eight years later, telegraphs to the
+same school asking Negroes to defend that same Government, and they
+cheerfully respond. Is not this a revolution of the wheel of time?
+
+The governor's telegram came Wednesday, almost two weeks before
+Commencement. All the volunteers were promoted, having completed
+satisfactorily the work of the year with the exception of the closing
+exercises. Thirty in all volunteered, three or four of whom were not
+students, but a third of this number were unable to pass the severe
+physical test. A farewell meeting was held in the chapel, and the
+young soldiers told in stirring words the motives that led them to
+offer their lives to their country; their resolve to fight for the
+freedom of bleeding Cuba, their love of the Stars and Stripes, in
+spite of the wrongs they themselves had suffered, their strong desire
+to show that Negroes could not only live and work, but die, like men.
+Many earnest appeals were made for prayers, that they might never turn
+their backs to their enemies, nor yield to the temptations of camp
+life. At last, a quiet little woman with an earnest face arose and
+told in trembling tones her determination to go as a nurse if she
+could find any opportunity. She was called to the platform and it was
+beautiful to see the reverence with which the tall, young fellows
+gathered about her.
+
+Talladega College had reason to be proud of her sons as they marched
+to the station with a flag and a band and went off with a ringing
+cheer. Nor were her daughters wanting; their hearts were aching, but
+their faces dressed in smiles as they sent their brothers away as
+patriotically as those of fairer hue.
+
+The Talladega students have not been permitted to meet any Spaniards
+in battle, but their record in camp at Mobile has been true to their
+promises. They have shown to everyone the advantage of education.
+Their officers prize them highly, and the rough, ignorant men who are
+their comrades, have felt their influence, so that the governor has
+publicly commended their behavior.
+
+After losing so many of the best students, it seemed hard to go on in
+the ordinary routine of the school, but those who were left did their
+best to fill two places at once, and the exercises were quite up to
+the average in excellence. The written examinations were successfully
+passed by large classes. The public examinations, as usual, attracted
+much attention. A minister who attended Dr. Andrews' examination in
+Homiletics, says: "Thorough instruction had led the students to such a
+grasp of the subject as to make them independent thinkers. If these
+young ministers will use the knowledge they have acquired by this
+study, their sermons will be well prepared, well delivered, and they
+will be faithful pastors as well as good preachers."
+
+The class in church history showed satisfactory knowledge of what God
+has been doing in His church in this country since its history began.
+The class in prophecy has been studying Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel and
+the minor prophets. This study has interested the class exceedingly
+and made them work hard. It has removed many doubts from the most
+intelligent minds and made clear the wonderful plans of God.
+
+In the college and normal departments, good work has also been done.
+Classes were examined in Greek, Latin, general history and various
+branches of science and mathematics. Some pupils in geometry showed a
+clear comprehension and ability to carry on a train of reasoning
+creditable to any student, but especially so to those who have
+received their early training in country schools where incompetent
+teachers preside three months in the year. One of these students says
+that for years he worked on alone, puzzling over books by himself,
+occasionally trying to find some one who could help him, only to be
+thrown back on his own resources. A peculiarity of his is, that he
+will not profess to understand what he does not see clearly. This
+trait, in connection with his practical, unselfish plans for the
+benefit of his people, seems likely to make this unassuming young man
+of use in the world.
+
+The examination in general history did not manifest a perfect
+knowledge of all past events. Indeed, one student tried to find Spain
+somewhere in the Congo region, when attempting to illustrate the
+voyages of Columbus. Still it was apparent that these young men and
+women had some historical facts fixed beyond the possibility of
+forgetting, and that they had acquired the habit of thinking about
+them and drawing their own conclusions which were often very
+practical.
+
+The classes in physical sciences, some of them instead of answering
+questions, explained and exhibited the contents of the Museum. All
+showed the excellent results of out-door and laboratory work. They
+have learned to see. The visitors in the grammar room noted with
+especial pleasure a masterly explanation of cube root by means of
+blocks and figures that was positively fascinating.
+
+But time would fail to tell of all the varied work, from the tiny tots
+with their kindergarten plays to the sturdy farmers and engineers. Let
+others decide whether it is better for the young ladies to do neat and
+tasteful needle work or play a selection from Chopin. They can do
+both.
+
+All the exercises of Commencement were well carried out except the
+Concert. The loss of an unusually fine musical treat was one of the
+deprivations caused by the war, the singers of the Soldiers' Chorus
+having become soldiers in earnest. It seemed a pity that every one of
+the contestants for the prizes could not receive a prize, so original
+and thoughtful were the orations and essays, and so good the
+recitations. One of the best orations stated, that the way to elevate
+the Southern farmer is not by means of teachers and preachers alone
+but by the unselfish lives of scientifically trained farmers and their
+wives who should be willing to live among the people and teach them by
+example.
+
+After the pleasant graduating exercises which sent out five more young
+people, one of whom sent his oration from camp to be read, the Alumni
+held a very delightful reunion. Many letters were read from graduates.
+One wrote--"Every year, since I left Talladega, I have been more and
+more convinced that many of the most prominent leaders of our people
+lay too great stress on the possibilities of wealth and trades and too
+little emphasis on the absolute and greater necessity of firm
+Christian character. Neither wealth nor trades assure to us the favor
+of God." Another writes from Texas of the work his wife is doing by
+establishing a Woman's Rescue Society. From indifference, the women in
+the town passed to curiosity then to sincerity, and nearly all soon
+became actively engaged in the work which is accomplishing much good.
+
+One of the college graduates, J. R. Savage, writes a letter of which
+only the following extract can be given:
+
+"It is hoped that the promising young manhood of the race will not be
+satisfied with anything lower than the highest and best that the
+schools have to offer. The first ten or twelve years of one's school
+life are of necessity so largely mechanical that very little of what
+is really education enters into them. Education is rather ability to
+produce something and to think consecutively and coherently, than
+capacity to receive something. Though a cultured mind may not create
+anything, it is distinguished by its ability to combine two or more
+elements in such a way as to form a new substance--to add something to
+the world. Man sits at the feet of nature, learns her laws, and then
+breathes into them his own soul, and nature becomes the living thing
+we call Art. In addition to developing power of original and
+independent thought, a liberal education prepares a man to enter into
+and appropriate all the wealth of the ages. Those who are really
+living in this grand and awful time, in this 'age on ages telling,'
+are persons who have, in a sense, lived through all time."
+
+Larger means would enable Talladega to give still more industrial
+training than she does. But her chief mission will perhaps always be
+to train leaders, to stand for higher education and to uphold the
+supremacy of the ideal and spiritual over that which is merely
+utilitarian and material.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE PAST YEAR AT TILLOTSON, AUSTIN, TEXAS.
+
+BY PRES. MARSHALL R. GAINES.
+
+
+With the air full of vague rumors of yellow fever, and the consequent
+panic; with the quarantine and general confusion in the running of
+trains, and the withdrawal of many of them, the outlook last September
+for the eighteenth year of our school was not the brightest. While it
+is believed that not a single case of yellow fever occurred in Texas
+last year, almost everybody was of the opinion that it had broken out
+in the next town. Rumors were hard to trace and harder to refute. As a
+result, most felt that it was best to stay at home and await
+developments.
+
+School opened on time, however, with a somewhat smaller attendance
+than would have been expected under other conditions. Gradually the
+panic subsided, quarantine was removed, and our students came in as
+full numbers as in the preceding year, when the attendance had been
+unusually large. The number of boarding students diminished
+considerably, owing to our inability to find food for all who applied,
+but this falling off was more than made up by day pupils. A little
+uncertainty in regard to the continuance of the work of the high
+school for colored students gave us a number of well advanced pupils
+from that institution.
+
+Good health, with its attendant good cheer, prevailed throughout the
+year, and the work was earnestly and faithfully done.
+
+A large proportion, probably four-fifths, of our students claim
+membership in churches at entrance. There is not room for so extensive
+revivals as visit some schools. The evidences of healthy religious
+growth were not wanting. About thirteen cases of hopeful conversion
+are believed to have taken place.
+
+Active efforts in behalf of fellow students were greatly blessed.
+About seventy-five new names for the pledge against the use of
+alcoholics and narcotics were obtained. This means much. The use of
+intoxicating drinks at Christmas festivals is very popular, and many a
+young man is "the worse for liquor" at the holiday season.
+
+The evidences of increasing interest in the school on the part of the
+best citizens of Austin were apparent on many occasions.
+
+Friends in the North, old and new, gladdened the hearts of teachers
+and pupils by contributions in clothing, books and money for the aid
+of needy students. One, a contribution of books, calls for special
+mention. It came from Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, of Hartford,
+Conn., and contained over one hundred volumes of standard works. Among
+them was a complete set of the books written by her sister, Mrs.
+Harriet Beecher Stowe. These books are greatly enjoyed by our young
+people. It is earnestly hoped that other contributions of a similar
+nature will continue to be made.
+
+The examinations at various times, and especially the closing ones,
+May twenty-sixth and twenty-seventh, were highly creditable. Only a
+small number failed of promotion.
+
+The programme for Commencement week was carried out successfully.
+
+It began on Friday evening, May twenty-seventh, with a speaking
+contest and a prize debate, by the Philomathean Literary Society. The
+discussion was as to the educative value of the study of the classics
+compared with that of the sciences. The debate was well conducted, and
+both sides supported their views with interest and energy. The
+chairman of the judges was the president of one of the national banks
+of Austin. The prizes, two sets of valuable books, were awarded to the
+advocates of the study of the sciences.
+
+Sunday, May twenty-ninth, was marked with interest in many ways. In
+the morning the baccalaureate sermon, from the text, "For other
+foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ,"
+was delivered in the college chapel. The audience was good and
+appreciative. In the evening came the closing meeting of the Young
+People's Society. This is always an occasion of interest with us. The
+circumstances call forth a review of the work of the year, or of the
+course, with those about to leave, and many are the requests for
+prayer, in view of the trials to come in the long vacation or the work
+in broader fields. The tone of earnest desire to be faithful to Christ
+and to be helpful in work for Him, was very strong.
+
+Monday afternoon brought a small company of ladies and gentlemen from
+the city, on invitation, to examine the collections of botanical
+specimens presented by the pupils in that branch, and to select the
+two most worthy. A number of very creditable collections were offered,
+the competition was close, and resulted in the giving of three prizes.
+
+Specimens of work in the sewing department and in carpentry were
+opened to the public for inspection, and called forth deserved
+commendation. Instruction in both of these departments is greatly
+needed, and it is gratifying to note the marks of progress in the use
+of the needle and in the use of carpenters' tools. The drawing by the
+boys in the shop work was very noticeable.
+
+The Annual Concert is a strong feature at Tillotson. People come from
+miles around and fill the chapel to overflowing always, on Tuesday
+evening before commencement. A slight admission fee is charged, to
+help meet expense for music and incidentals. Early in the year, it was
+decided to present on this occasion something a little more serious
+than usual. It was anticipated that this might not be so popular, and
+that there would be a falling off in receipts from sale of tickets.
+Still it was felt that we ought to do something towards elevating the
+standard along these lines.
+
+Selections from the Oratorio of Elijah were chosen for this occasion.
+At first the older students, upon whose hearty co-operation everything
+depended, expressed their fears as to the result. But courage and
+patience won the day with them. As they went forward with preparations
+enthusiasm took the place of criticism. All fell into line, working
+cheerfully and faithfully, drilling for the entertainment. Several of
+the leading musicians of Austin became interested in the work of the
+students, and attended the concert. They expressed great surprise and
+pleasure at the success of the singers. This seems a good start in a
+much needed improvement.
+
+Wednesday, June first, came the graduation exercises.
+
+The flowers of Texas are abundant and lend themselves for adorning
+public halls with charming effect. For each of the public
+entertainments of the week the chapel had been given a new array of
+flowers and green, with variations striking and beautiful. This
+morning the chapel seemed brighter than ever.
+
+The only graduating address was upon "Literature and Authorship, with
+the Valedictory." The young speaker, only nineteen, has already made
+his mark as a writer and speaker of decided merit. A visitor of
+distinction said, "It would have done credit to our State University."
+
+Everything now points to the coming year as one of prosperity. While
+it is true that the Sam. Houston College is expected to open in
+September, and is to be a near neighbor, and while it is certain that
+the denominational whip will be used to bring into it pupils of its
+own denomination, it is also true that there is work enough for them
+and for all, and we wish them God speed in their work. There will not
+be too much light upon the darkness.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LINCOLN ACADEMY, KING'S MOUNTAIN, N. C.
+
+BY MISS L. S. CATHCART.
+
+
+Lincoln Academy closed its year's work on the last day of May. We have
+no building that will possibly seat over four hundred, with every foot
+of space occupied, and as we have to plan for a thousand, we take it
+for granted that the day will be fair, and prepare platform, seats and
+awnings in the woods. The rain drove us from our work the previous
+day, but the morning of commencement day was clear, and with the early
+dawn we were at work, and by eight o'clock the grounds were ready for
+our friends, who had thus early begun to gather. Within doors the
+beehive was preparing to swarm, packing trunks, emptying straw ticks,
+cleaning out rooms. By half-past ten the friends of the school are
+gathered in great numbers, and our pupils form on the veranda of the
+Home to march to the grounds and give the song of welcome.
+
+I do not wonder that fathers and mothers look upon the school as it
+marches to the ground with pride, for in neat, but simple clothing
+(most of the dresses of the girls having been made in sewing-class),
+and bearing in manner of walking as well as in every feature the
+impress of work done during the past months, such a company of young
+people is an inspiration; and one can but thank God for the planting
+and fostering of such Christian schools all over our south-land.
+
+Songs, recitations and dialogues are well rendered by the school,
+filling about three hours--and no one too tired--and a stirring
+address is given by Rev. O. Faduma, a native of Africa, on "Some
+things needed for the development of the colored race."
+
+As we look back upon the year of work we feel that we have been
+abundantly blessed. We enrolled two hundred and nineteen pupils, not
+more than some previous years--we cannot for want of room; but they
+came earlier and stayed longer. Almost without exception good work was
+done by the entire school. About twenty confessed Christ as their
+Saviour. During the year we had not one case of serious sickness.
+These are among the great blessings of the year whose work is now
+closed. I do not think I should say the work is closed. A common
+expression among farmers here is, "when the crops are laid by,"
+between hoeing and harvesting, while they are growing: That is much
+the way with our work, it is "laid by" to grow. Our pupils are
+teaching, working in Sabbath Schools, "speaking for temperance," and
+proving themselves in other ways. "They are growing," and we rejoice.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BY REV. O. FADUMA.
+
+
+It was my privilege the last of May to spend three days at Lincoln
+Academy. The closing exercises drew together the friends of the
+students from different parts of the country.
+
+The school grounds had more than a thousand visitors, and as there was
+no building large enough to seat them, the canopy of heaven afforded
+ample roof in the groves. The exercises of the day were creditable
+both to the instructors and pupils. The appearance of the students
+showed much intelligence and a training of the best kind. The Academy
+has been much crowded during the year, having had over two hundred
+scholars.
+
+A boarding-school has always an advantage among our colored people. It
+moulds the morals of the students, and through them the morals of
+their homes. There is a more direct influence of the teachers upon the
+scholars than in the day schools.
+
+That the institution is highly prized, is shown from the fact that
+during the past years more students than can be accommodated have
+yearly applied for admission; as fast as they could obtain added room
+it has been filled.
+
+Under the principalship of Miss Cathcart, whose name is now a
+household word in North Carolina, and with the assistance of her
+consecrated staff of teachers, the Academy has taken a prominent part
+among the best educational institutions of the State. There is now a
+golden opportunity for the moral, religious and industrial development
+of the negro through Lincoln Academy.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ENFIELD SCHOOL.
+
+
+We copy from a recent number of the Charleston, S. C. _Enquirer_,
+edited by Rev. Geo. C. Rowe, a description of the New Agricultural,
+Industrial and Normal School at Enfield, N. C.:
+
+This school is known as the Joseph K. Brick Agricultural, Industrial
+and Normal School. It was founded by Mrs. Joseph K. Brick of Brooklyn,
+N. Y., in memory of her deceased husband, Joseph K. Brick. The lands
+include 1129 acres, most of which is under cultivation. It was
+originally an old slave farm. One of the old slaves, a man now about
+80, is still living, and we had the pleasure of hearing a speech from
+him on the occasion of dedicating the boys' dormitory. The beautiful
+shade trees standing in front of the college building were planted by
+him before the war.
+
+This school is located in Edgecombe County, N. C., midway between the
+towns of Enfield and Whitaker, a distance of three miles each way. The
+Roanoke River, well stocked with fish, bounds it on the north.
+
+The school farm is plentifully supplied with birds, wild ducks,
+turkeys and deer. While driving over this immense farm on Friday last,
+two deer jumped up less than 50 yards from us. The land is very
+productive and the timber is of the best quality. Water is abundant
+and of the best one can desire; it is obtained at a depth of from 12
+to 20 feet. The climate is delightful and healthful. The school farm
+is amply supplied with a good quality of fruit trees.
+
+The aim is to give due attention to the improvement of the mind,
+morals and muscles. In order to do this, farming, blacksmithing,
+carpentry, laundering, sewing, housekeeping and cooking are diligently
+taught. Great attention is given to the raising of stock, such as
+horses, mules, cows, hogs and fowl, and to the improving of the breed
+of these animals. A good curriculum is fully provided in the literary
+departments. The course runs from the primary up to and including the
+normal course.
+
+The school just closed the third year. Everywhere, in the buildings,
+the general bearing of the pupils, the class-room work, all say there
+is a marvelous advancement shown. Everything here is in its infancy,
+but from the appearance of things, the stranger would think it had
+required ten years to do what has been done here in just three years.
+
+The workers to do this work number six teachers. They are cultured,
+competent, Christian men and women.
+
+Pupils who are anxious to secure an education here, but too poor to
+pay in cash, have an opportunity to help themselves; such pupils
+contract to work one year. They are allowed $10.00 per month for such
+labor; a night school is provided free for them. The money so earned
+is placed to their credit for the second year; every advantage of the
+school is opened to them. Many avail themselves of this opportunity.
+
+On the closing day large crowds, colored and white, came from far and
+near. There were three sessions, morning, afternoon and evening. The
+morning was given up to the dedicatory services, which consisted of a
+sermon by Rev. G. V. Clark of Charleston, S. C., with singing and
+other exercises. The sermon, which was practical and full of food for
+thought, was enjoyed by an appreciative audience.
+
+The afternoon session was a long one but varied, the three departments
+being presented in papers by Profs. Martin, Watkins and Mrs. Davis.
+Volunteer speeches were made by friends and patrons of the school.
+
+At the evening session the over-crowded house listened attentively to
+excellent recitations, dialogues, and an exercise in calisthenics
+which was admirably rendered; the singing showed skillful preparation
+and reflected great credit upon the teachers and pupils.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+SKYLAND INSTITUTE (MOUNTAIN WHITE), BLOWING ROCK, N. C.
+
+BY MRS. ELLEN R. DORSETT, PRINCIPAL.
+
+
+The closing exercises of Skyland Institute, at Blowing Rock, N. C.,
+have each year to be carefully planned with regard to our small
+audience room, and so we have not one great day, but three days of
+interest.
+
+The first of these was Wednesday, May 25th, when public examinations
+took place. We were gratified to have among our visitors, parents who
+had never before visited our school, also summer visitors, interested
+in educational matters, who gave us words of cheer.
+
+The following day our pupils gave an industrial exhibition. This was a
+new feature in our school history, and it was one difficult to
+inaugurate among the pupils--but it will not be difficult to continue,
+because of its success. There were five classes of entries; sewing,
+bread making, pastry and desserts, laundry work and boys' hand work.
+There were three premiums in each class, and these were in money given
+by interested friends. The first premium in each case was seventy-five
+cents. After the judges had made awards, the dining room doors were
+thrown open to the public, a surging crowd, and small samples of the
+cooked food were given.
+
+Upon May 27 our school room was beautified with azalias and ferns, and
+in the corner stood our piano, which came to us during the year from
+Connecticut friends, ready to do its part. People came from a
+distance, and the woods across the street from us made a fine North
+Carolina picture with the covered wagons, the topped buggies, surreys
+and saddle horses. The audience without was as great in numbers, as
+that within. The address was most acceptable. One of the old citizens
+who waited to grasp the speaker's hand, told him how he wished that he
+were young again, that he might make his own life successful. "It is
+not too late now!" were the words of the preacher in reply.
+
+Some tributes came to us in these last days regarding our work. One
+man with a broken voice, told us that he was a better man because of
+our Sunday-school and Christian Endeavor Society. He had been a
+drinking man, but "for fifteen months had not tasted liquor." Parents
+told us of the feeling of safety they had when they committed their
+girls to our care, and gave us words of appreciation.
+
+Already the applicants for admission to our boarding department for
+the coming year far exceed our accommodations, while every Sunday our
+school house is not large enough to accommodate the people who do
+come. Many more would come but there is no room.
+
+The spirit and progress of the work far surpass the equipment, and it
+is with hearts of gratitude that we lift our eyes and behold "what God
+hath wrought."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+ALLEN NORMAL INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL, THOMASVILLE, GA.--LAST DAYS OF THE
+SCHOOL YEAR.
+
+BY MISS A. MERRIAM, PRINCIPAL.
+
+
+Though there may be little to interest the general reader in a
+"Closing Exercises" account of an American Missionary Association
+Normal School, these occasions stand for much to both teachers and
+scholars. To the former they mean satisfaction not unmixed with
+solicitude as to how the knowledge acquired and the mental strength
+developed by years of discipline will be used. To the graduate comes
+the joy of achievement tempered by the recurring question, "What shall
+I do _now_?"
+
+There is another class to whom "Commencement" is a great day--the
+fathers and mothers who have toiled long and hard to keep their
+children in school. It is a picture one does not soon forget--those
+dark faces gazing, with the pride and joy that dims the eye and makes
+the lip quiver, upon their children, standing with the graduates.
+There, too, is the old grandmother, who nods her turbaned head with
+unwonted emphasis as she listens to the essay of her grandchild, whose
+name she cannot read!
+
+Prof. Jas. L. Murray, principal of the Albany Normal School, who
+delivered the annual address, told his audience, in plain, forceful
+words, what kind of an education was needed. Rev. T. M. Nixon, pastor
+of the Congregational Church in Thomasville, gave an excellent sermon
+on Sunday along a somewhat similar line of thought.
+
+The majority of our graduates answer the question, "What shall I do
+_now_?" by securing positions in the "government schools," as those
+maintained in part, at least, by appropriations from the State are
+called. It is gratifying to see the steadily growing tendency towards
+improvement in public school buildings and appliances. One of our
+graduates, who has taught two years in a poor little building used as
+a church, has finally succeeded in getting together the lumber for a
+little school-house, and, by dint of hard labor, has prevailed upon
+the people of the neighborhood to put up the building. She hopes in
+the fall to be able to get sash and glass for the four small windows.
+The blackboards have been furnished by a Northern friend.
+
+"Lighted to light" is the motto of the graduating class.
+
+In order that those who are furnishing the oil for the lamp which has
+guided so many into the right life may know how their work is regarded
+by those among whom it is being done, a few sentences are quoted from
+the leading newspaper of Thomasville, Ga.
+
+"The exercises throughout were most creditable, and demonstrate that
+the Allen Normal and Industrial School is keeping its place among the
+foremost institutions of the kind. The course of instruction as
+carried out by the principal and her efficient corps of teachers is
+most thorough. Hand and heart are both educated. A pupil leaving this
+institution with a diploma of this school, has something to be proud
+of; more, has something--a good education--which cannot be taken away.
+There is no telling the amount of good these graduates may do if they
+will practice what they have been taught."
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+BALLARD NORMAL SCHOOL, MACON, GA.
+
+BY PROF. GEO. C. BURRAGE.
+
+
+At "Ballard" about a month before the close of school, an evening
+entertainment for the parents and friends of the pupils is given which
+is designed to show what the pupils of the school can do in the way of
+kindergarten exercises, dialogue, recitation and music, both vocal and
+instrumental. This is called the "Junior Exhibition." The members of
+the senior class do not take part in these exercises, as their turn
+comes later.
+
+A week before our graduates go from the school an informal reception
+to the class and their friends is held in the "Teachers' Home," each
+member of the class being allowed to bring one friend. In this way new
+teachers make the acquaintance of those who are about to be graduated
+and the old teachers have an opportunity to talk over past experiences
+with their former pupils.
+
+On the last Sunday of the school year we have the annual sermon to the
+graduating class. Invariably the church is crowded. Wednesday of the
+last week is Visitors' Day, when parents who visit the school at no
+other time come in large numbers. The work of the industrial
+departments is on exhibition, and the kindergarten work of the primary
+department, also the work in drawing and the written exercises in the
+different subjects taught in the school. An opportunity is afforded
+also to attend recitations in all the rooms. At noon the class in
+cooking serves a lunch which demonstrates in a practical manner the
+proficiency attained in this important branch of domestic education.
+The different dishes are sold at a nominal price towards defraying the
+expense of this part of the exhibition. The same evening "The Alumni
+Association" holds its literary exercises.
+
+The graduating exercises on Thursday afternoon consist of essays and
+recitations by the members of the class and music by members of the
+school, followed by an address by as able a speaker as we can secure.
+This year we had a most suggestive and helpful address from Rev. Dr.
+Haynes of our American Missionary Association church at Athens, Ga.
+The graduating class consisted of six young ladies, who in character
+and scholarship are especially well fitted for teaching, which most of
+them intend to follow. Our graduates are always in demand as teachers,
+and the demand is greater than the supply.
+
+The attendance at the graduating exercises has increased each year
+until it has become too great for the capacity of our church, which is
+not small. This year many were unable to gain admittance at all.
+
+Immediately after the exercises at the church, a reception is given
+the alumni of the school, which is a most enjoyable and useful
+occasion. After an hour has been spent in social intercourse,
+refreshments are served, when the members representing the different
+classes are called upon for short addresses. It is most encouraging to
+hear them testify as to the help and stimulus they have received from
+the school.
+
+The next day after the graduating exercises, the pupils assemble in
+the school rooms in the mornings to hear the "promotion lists" read
+and to have seats assigned them in the grades to which they have been
+promoted; and the school year is ended, but not ended are the
+influences and the prayers that have gone on with the fidelities of
+the earnest teachers who day by day have put their lives into this
+work.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+CLOSING EXERCISES OF KNOX INSTITUTE, ATHENS, GA.
+
+
+Only a few years ago, the colored people of Athens took very little
+interest in the closing work of our schools; but there has been a
+great educational awakening among the colored people since, and I
+doubt whether in the whole State of Georgia a city can be found in
+which the colored people manifest interest in the closing work of our
+schools more than they do in Athens.
+
+Commencement week at Knox began with the anniversary sermon, preached
+at the Congregational Church, to the students, Sunday morning, May
+22d.
+
+Monday and Tuesday following were devoted to examinations, and the
+inspection of our industrial exhibit in carpentry and sewing, which
+was in many respects the best of this kind ever made by any school in
+Athens. We have never had as many visitors at any one time as we have
+had since our industrial shop has been opened for work, and while
+visitors have manifested an interest in every department of the work,
+their greatest interest has been in this department.
+
+Many short addresses were made by our visitors at this time, with
+words of cheer and encouragement; but all recognized the fact of _a
+needed enlargement_ and _increased facilities_.
+
+One patron, on emerging from the industrial shop, said to me, "The
+half that you are doing has not been told."
+
+A lady visitor, who is 81 years old and has 31 grandchildren, and who
+made clothes for the soldiers of both the Mexican War and the Civil
+War, told us how happy she was to be at Knox Institute that day. Among
+other things, she said, "I seen so much cruelty and meanness on these
+grounds (meaning the grounds on which the Knox Institute stands) in
+dark slavery days, I's come now to see the great good you are doing
+here for our children. It fills me with joy to see these young people
+risin'." She assured us that she felt "more like shouting than
+speaking."
+
+Wednesday night, at the County Court House, our musical and literary
+entertainment was held. The high appreciation of Knox Institute was
+shown by the fact that we were greeted by an audience of not less than
+900 people, from Athens and the surrounding country. People came from
+towns 50 or 60 miles away from Athens to witness our exercises. It was
+estimated that not less than 600 people had gathered about the doors
+before they were opened.
+
+Thursday night, at the County Court House, were our graduating
+exercises. Again this spacious house was taxed to its utmost to hold
+the crowd that had gathered to witness these exercises. Four bright
+students--three young women and one young man--using as their motto,
+"Not for self, but for others," were graduated from our College
+Preparatory Course. The annual address was delivered by Rev. W. D.
+Johnson, D.D., formerly Secretary of the Educational Work of the A.
+M. E. Church. Dr. Johnson's address was logical, and full of wholesome
+advice to those whose courses were just completed. Thus ended another
+school year.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LE MOYNE INSTITUTE, MEMPHIS, TENN.
+
+BY PROF. A. J. STEELE, A.M., PRINCIPAL.
+
+
+A graduating class of thirteen, averaging over twenty years of age,
+recording an average attendance at Le Moyne Institute of six and a
+half years per member, before an audience of three thousand people on
+the evening of June 2d, attested the interest felt in the school and
+the work it has done in West Tennessee.
+
+A varied program of essays, orations, recitations and personations,
+with musical selections of choruses from composers of high rank, all
+occupying fully two and a half solid hours--these made the crowning
+event of the twenty-seven years' work of Le Moyne Normal Institute.
+
+The proud and eager interest of the masses of the colored people in
+those of their young men and women who persevere in the face of great
+difficulties and many discouragements to complete a course of study,
+presents a very attractive and hopeful indication to a student of the
+rising race.
+
+One who has carefully and for years noted the position and influence
+of these graduates among their own people, the stand they generally
+take for order and system, and the force and intelligence they
+naturally bring to bear on the many questions of social and moral
+well-being constantly arising to be dealt with by the masses of their
+people--one who has noted the complex working of the moral and
+intellectual forces largely represented by the graduates of such
+schools, will not wonder at the interest manifested by all classes in
+the conferring even of a Normal School Diploma.
+
+The year's work has been one of exceptional earnestness and value. A
+total enrollment of 750 in all grades, places the attendance for the
+year at the extreme high-water mark, and the extensive use students
+are coming more and more to make of the valuable library and other
+auxiliary appliances and helps of the school, attests a growth in
+breadth of view and of scholarship which is very hopeful and
+encouraging.
+
+The religious work and tone of the school have, as always, been among
+the prominent and foremost forces, dominating and directing every
+other thought and resulting in a steady growth of character among the
+pupils of all grades and in the conscious and open choice of a goodly
+number of pupils of the life of faith; among others this choice was
+made, late in the term by a student of the senior class, the last one
+not a professing Christian.
+
+Nearly every young man in the school and many of the young women are
+working their way through the course by serving, usually in white
+families, mornings and evenings, and so, while sustaining themselves
+in school, incidentally giving a very effective object lesson to many
+who have professed great doubt as to the value of education for the
+colored people.
+
+Few things have done more in Memphis than this sort of association to
+convince those who would not listen to any other sort of argument,
+that the "old time negro servant" is not so altogether lovely and
+desirable under the new conditions, even as a servant, as he is often
+rated by those who think regretfully of the ministrations of slave
+labor under the old conditions.
+
+In a survey of the whole field of labor among the colored people,
+while there are very many disheartening conditions and situations,
+especially to one who is looking for the worst, yet a fair application
+of the rule of science known as the survival of the fittest, must
+inevitably and surely work out the conclusion that these efforts of
+school and of church for the upbuilding and evolution of a race are to
+have their final reward in the accomplishment of the great work,
+whereunto in the manifest providence of God they have been called.
+
+By this unwavering confidence has the American Missionary Association,
+with its teachers and missionaries, been sustained through all these
+years of perplexing and difficult labors. In this faith thousands of
+young colored men and women have stepped into the front line of the
+advance movement of a race, and by this hope all that is promising in
+the race looks out and forward to the rising dawn of equal opportunity
+which American fairness, not to say civilization and Christianity, is
+certain finally to concede.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LINCOLN SCHOOL, MERIDIAN, MISS.
+
+BY MRS. H. I. MILLER, PRINCIPAL.
+
+
+Another mile stone in the path of Lincoln School, and one more very
+pleasant Commencement period. On May 22d our annual sermon was
+preached to the students. A large and appreciative audience listened
+to an excellent discourse by the pastor. May 23d found us busy with
+our examinations. Good, faithful work was done "to find out what we
+don't know," as one young man said; but the results proved that those
+examined knew many things.
+
+Wednesday attested the interest of the Alumni by the letters from
+absent ones, and the presence of thirty of the old graduates, some
+from every class since 1890, which was the first class. Five former
+graduates, now teachers in the public school of the city, gave us
+pleasant words of hope and faith, and others from distant places told
+of work for the Master, and efforts at uplifting the whole race.
+
+Friday evening witnessed the graduation of sixteen young people; eight
+from the Latin and eight from the English course. The essay, orations
+and recitals were pronounced good by those not immediately concerned.
+The house was crowded, scores were obliged to stand during the entire
+period, yet there was the utmost attention and perfect quiet. This is
+what most impresses the workers who have longest been here, the
+increased good conduct and attention of the audience. Ten years ago an
+attempt at a night entertainment was almost perilous, because of the
+tumult and disorder of the audience, but now no more decorous
+listeners could be asked for anywhere.
+
+There was sadness also with the joy on this, our last night, for it
+marked the close of the work of our loved and efficient colleague,
+Miss Sarah Stimpson, who leaves America for Central Africa, to work
+far in the interior in a new field, under the American Board. She has
+given many beautiful lessons to her young pupils. May God ever keep
+her instructions green and fresh in their minds and hearts!
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE NEGRO'S PLACE IN AMERICAN LIFE.
+
+BY M. H. NEAL (STUDENT.)
+
+
+The Students of Fisk University arranged a meeting for last
+Emancipation day in which they should discuss among themselves their
+condition and their hopes. Among the speeches was an address, some
+parts of which are given below. The Secretary of the Association, who
+happened to be present, was greatly interested both in the sentiments
+and in the way in which they were put, and he thinks our readers will
+be likewise interested.
+
+We have assembled to-day to commemorate that event in American history
+which brought freedom to the slave; to celebrate a day upon which the
+negro was lifted from the darkest depths of human servitude to a
+sphere of liberty and life. How dark must have been the times when no
+Bibles were read around our family fireside, when few words comforted
+the sick and no befitting funeral services were observed for the dead.
+We cannot look to the heights which we as a race represent nor can we
+rightly consider our place in American life and thought without
+reflecting upon the depths from which we have come and upon those who
+assisted in making possible for us such large opportunities. We gladly
+bow in homage to those noble hearted men and women who sympathized
+with us and so lavishly poured out their earnings and sacrificed their
+lives for the dawn of a day whose sun will never set. Blessed be the
+memory of those who persevered amid prejudice in presenting testimony
+against prevailing wrongs and in giving us of their deepest
+convictions....
+
+Paramount to all questions extending almost throughout our extensive
+domain, is the so-called "negro question." This question has been much
+discussed and poorly settled. Because in a few years the negro as a
+whole has not become learned, does not possess streets of magnificent
+and commodious buildings, has not presidents of railroad corporations
+and banking interests, because he has not worked his way to the
+highest office in the gift of his people, it is often said that he
+cannot embrace American civilization and is entitled to no share in
+his country's greatness and protection. Some of our own people have
+been made to believe such contention and have begun to consider our
+cause a hopeless one.
+
+We know that the place demanded is the place to be earned only by
+diligent application and persistent effort.
+
+That we have been true to our country and loyal to its interests is
+indisputable. We may point with pride to Attucks, a full blooded
+negro, who stepped upon Boston Common and became one of the first
+martyrs to die to maintain against British tyranny the patriotic
+attitude of the American colonies. In the second war with Great
+Britain the colored people were no less loyal; we figured
+conspicuously in the bloody struggles of New Orleans. When the
+majority of the American people denounced slavery as petty and
+tyrannical, when through secession the Confederacy of the Southern
+States was formed, when the South took up arms to overthrow the Union,
+the Negro was again ready to answer his country's call. He was present
+with Sherman when he made his famous march "from Atlanta to the Sea."
+And even these fields which overlook our lovely city upon which he
+dropped his sweat, were sprinkled with his blood when the time was
+ripe for military action. He fought well at Gettysburg. Out of old
+Nashville, too, with her slave system has come new Nashville with her
+splendid schools. Thus in every contest of our country for existence
+and independence, none have labored more incessantly and given their
+lives more freely for the maintenance and perpetuity of our
+institutions.
+
+Moreover, in our record never have we joined with other classes, who,
+with a rebellious spirit have excited civic revolt and disturbed
+public peace. While it is true that many of the base and corrupt walk
+the streets in idleness, the better element at the humble trades and
+more exalted professions have set out to live by the sweat of their
+own brow and with their powers to work out their own destiny.
+
+We may not, indeed, boast of achievements which other races have
+accomplished in hundreds of years. Nay, we confess that ignorance and
+immorality and vice of every description exist among us. To eradicate
+totally the curse of slavery in thirty years would be miraculous
+indeed. There are among us some who steal, but not all of us are
+rogues by any means. When a decision of our accomplishments is given,
+some judge us by the number of prisoners among us. But there are among
+us many good men and women, who uphold the right, who in competition
+with other men and women have held their places with credit.
+
+A comparison of the negro of to-day with the negro of thirty years ago
+shows a contrast. A new negro has sprung upon the stage of action, one
+who has had the advantages derived from the seminaries, colleges and
+universities founded and fostered by philanthropic people. The
+incredulous have been made to confess that we are susceptible of
+higher education and refinement. Through books we have realized
+intellectual growth. The wisdom of the past has enriched our souls,
+kindled our imagination, and deepened our thoughts. We have begun to
+look upon the world with new eyes. Our minds have been turned upon
+ourselves. We compare ourselves with other races, not as _black_ men,
+but as men, and we thirst for knowledge and for individual perfection.
+We have learned to reflect and to form conception of right and to
+determine our vocation in life. We have learned not to depend entirely
+upon public opinion, but also to help make it. We have learned that
+self must be overcome. We are studying self and we know by evolution
+great improvements have been made mentally, morally and materially. We
+believe that man fashioned in God's image and endowed with mental
+faculties which are capable of development was not sent into the world
+to serve, in order that other men may revel in luxuries and wasteful
+living.
+
+History teaches that every victorious race has had its struggles, and
+certainly we are no exception. There are great hindrances in our
+pathway and unjust prejudice against us. But prejudice is not as great
+as it has been, and in the face of opposition we know there is a place
+for us. We would dethrone Judge Lynch who stains the ermine of the
+bench and invades the halls of justice, but after all, his slaughters
+pale into insignificance when compared with those committed by
+ignorance and intemperance. Industry and frugality and self-control
+have been partly diffused among us, and these irresistible forces will
+revolutionize the wrong, destroy the evils and bring the consummation
+of our hopes for which we seriously plead. We are learning to think
+and by the power of thought we are to take the place in American life
+vouchsafed to every American citizen without regard to "race, color or
+previous condition of servitude."
+
+Our development has been and must be gradual in order to be permanent.
+There has been no spasmodic growth in the oak of the forest. A few
+years ago it was only a tiny twig, but silently, imperceptibly, and
+daily, it has increased in strength and greatness, until now it stands
+forth the giant of the forest with its large and manifold parts
+extending far and wide, sheltering the cattle of the hills and the
+fowl of the air. We do not demand the commanding position which the
+Anglo Saxon occupies by reason of centuries of struggle, but as humble
+citizens bringing to the government, which we love and honor, our
+tribute we ask that our country may give us the assurance of equal
+opportunity and protection. When a responsible duty in state is
+assigned us, we ask the privilege of discharging the same unharmed.
+
+The rail-splitter upon the sparsely settled lands of Kentucky was
+fired with a purpose and a recognition of his place among men. He
+toiled on against hindrances and adversities until he had cut his way
+to the Capitol of the nation and had become the President of the
+nation and the emancipator of four millions of slaves. The colored lad
+upon Colonel Lloyd's plantation who heard the barking of the blood
+hounds and felt the lash of the task master, likewise he realized that
+such was not his place. He sought his place, and to-day America holds
+in sacred memory that eloquent and matchless orator Frederick
+Douglass.
+
+Fellow-students, despair not, there is hope for us. Our pathway has
+been rough, but our privileges have been likewise great. Our souls
+have been touched, our thoughts directed and our visions enlarged. We
+are standing here upon the base swell of the mount of prosperity,
+viewing its lofty summit which towers above prejudice and contempt
+into the atmosphere of recognition and respectability. Enemies may
+assail us on our ascent, but will climb on: men have reached the top
+and we can reach it. Though our ideal is high, if we have the patience
+of our fathers and the courage demanded; if with unselfish devotion we
+act well our part upon the stage of life, everywhere promoting to the
+best of our ability those virtues indispensable in the welfare of a
+people, our banner of intellectual and moral power will wave upon the
+mountain heights, and its glory will bless our homes, our race, and
+our nation.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+LOUISIANA CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
+
+BY PROF. GEORGE W. HENDERSON, D.D., STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS.
+
+
+A new and highly significant chapter has been written during the past
+year in the history of Louisiana. The state now has a new constitution
+and the convention, exhausted by the labors of three months, has
+adjourned. According to the law which called the convention, the
+result is final, this unusual procedure of denying the people the
+privilege of voting upon their organic law, being based upon the
+example of Mississippi.
+
+The convention just adjourned is the third of its kind in the history
+of the South, or of the world, the first being the Mississippi
+convention of 1890, the second, the South Carolina convention of 1895.
+These facts illustrate the tendency of the South, especially the Gulf
+States, to move in unison in all legislation affecting their colored
+citizens.
+
+The object of these conventions has been the disfranchisement of the
+colored people, so far as it could be done consistently with the 15th
+amendment, and, at the same time preserve the right as far as possible
+to white men.
+
+In some parts of the country, many intelligent men who have lived only
+in an atmosphere of liberty and its unbroken traditions, have believed
+that the suffrage movement in the South was solely in the interest of
+clean politics and an intelligent electorate, but if the record just
+made by the Louisiana constitutional architects does not convince them
+that they have been mistaken, then they would not change their
+opinion though one should rise from the dead.
+
+There is an important bit of history back of the present result. Two
+years ago the legislature submitted to the people an amendment
+limiting the right of the ballot by an educational and property test.
+That proposition was buried beneath a mountain of votes. This,
+perhaps, was not a fair test of the public sentiment in the question
+presented, for the reason that the amendment contained a vicious
+clause, empowering the forthcoming legislature to alter the law in its
+discretion, but it is undoubtedly true that no amendment conditioning
+the suffrage upon education and property could pass the ordeal of a
+popular vote. The politicians, however, were not to be discouraged by
+this defeat, and accordingly they passed through the legislature the
+bill which called the recent convention into being and made its
+results final without popular ratification.
+
+So far as the enlightened sentiment of the state was concerned, there
+was undoubtedly, a strong desire for some change in the suffrage laws
+to prevent the corruption which ignorance made easy, and the fraud and
+violence which for years had filled law-respecting citizens with shame
+and humiliation. Vitally connected with the suffrage, was the subject
+of popular education; there was also the felt need of reforming the
+judiciary system.
+
+After long weeks of painful travail, the suffrage committee presented
+an ordinance that filled the state with amazement, and was so palpably
+unconstitutional and so grotesquely absurd that according to United
+States Senator McEnery, it was regarded in Washington as a "joke." The
+committee quailed before the storm of popular indignation, and
+re-committed the ordinance to the suffrage committee. Yet the law
+which was finally passed, though lopped of some of its worst
+excrescences, is the same in principle, and will work out nearly the
+same results as the first proposition. It requires:--
+
+_1.--That every elector shall be able to read and write, or shall own
+property at an assessed valuation of not less than $300._
+
+_2.--Lacking these, he shall have been a voter in some state of the
+Union prior to January 1, 1867, or the son or grandson of such, and
+not less than twenty-one years old at the adoption of this
+constitution._
+
+_3.--Every foreigner naturalized prior to January 1, 1898, shall have
+the right to vote without regard to other qualifications._
+
+The purpose, which was openly and constantly avowed, was to let in
+every illiterate white man and to shut out every illiterate colored
+man, and the provision it is thought, is elastic enough for the
+purpose.
+
+The whole law curiously illustrates the triumph of politicians. A
+distinguished state senator said to the writer: "The convention is in
+the hands of politicians; the people are not in it." It adjourned May
+12. Two members refused to sign the instrument, and a number of others
+were conveniently absent. Of the convention itself, one of its own
+members said: "I have never seen such a graveyard of political
+reputations." The _Times-Democrat_, probably by far the most
+influential democratic paper of the state, and which has fought the
+battle for an honest suffrage law with great ability, in its issue of
+May 13, makes this editorial comment: "No men ever received a greater
+trust than the members of the convention; and few have betrayed it
+worse; ... and no one doubts that the constitution would be
+overwhelmingly beaten if submitted to the popular vote." It also calls
+upon the people to overthrow it at the earliest opportunity.
+
+The new constitution has certainly come into life under bad omens. It
+stands condemned as unconstitutional by the two United States
+senators, and by the ablest democratic lawyers in Congress. The State
+press is almost unanimous in its opposition--some on constitutional
+grounds, others on account of the clause which exempts foreigners from
+its operation as to the educational and property requirements; and it
+is evident that what public sentiment demanded was an honest law based
+upon intelligence and property with a poll tax prerequisite. In this
+public sentiment there were some gratifying revelations.
+
+1. A strong opposition to the Mississippi and South Carolina laws, and
+to everything that savored of fraud.
+
+2. A general respect for the 15th amendment, not so much on account of
+the principle of it as because it is a part of the supreme law of the
+country, and as such should be observed in good faith.
+
+3. The confession, hitherto held back, that the evils attending our
+elections were not due solely to ignorant colored men, but quite as
+much to ignorant and vicious white men, and perhaps still more to the
+frauds practised by the election officers and unscrupulous
+politicians.
+
+Vitally connected with the suffrage was the subject of public
+education. A memorial was framed setting forth the present condition
+of our public schools and asking for the establishment of a public
+colored normal school. Permission was given to present it to the
+committee on education. This memorial was ably sustained by well known
+educators, but the result did not meet expectations.
+
+The object we had in view was two-fold--first, to forestall any
+hostile action against the colored schools by creating a strong public
+sentiment in their favor; second, to bring to pass, if possible, some
+positive legislation in their behalf.
+
+The first point was fully accomplished. And it was no small gain. The
+debates show how thoroughly unfriendly the majority of the convention
+was to the citizenship of the colored people. It is therefore a great
+consolation to us that our public schools have not been crippled. But
+we had unmistakable evidence that harm was intended. The ordinance to
+discriminate against the colored schools was introduced by a member of
+the committee on education. So effective was our campaign, however,
+that the friends of this ordinance were put on the defensive, and in
+face of the public sentiment which we had created, they did not dare
+to press their measure.
+
+In the discussion of the suffrage, the interesting fact was brought
+out, that of the 120,000 colored voters, 38,000 could read and write,
+and about 3,000 more would be let in under the property test. This is
+certainly a remarkable showing when the circumstances are considered.
+It is not a matter for great surprise that those who are hostile to
+colored suffrage should not be anxious to improve colored schools.
+
+We still have hope, but we must win our Waterloo by success in the
+cause of popular education.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+A COLORED TEACHER TO HIS COLORED PUPILS.
+
+
+Do not waste time complaining against the existing order of society.
+Enter a manly protest against all forms of wrong and injustice, but do
+not pass your days in wailful lachrymations against the regulations of
+a civilization whose grandeur you have done nothing to make, and whose
+severities you are doing nothing to mollify. Leave that to the
+ignorant demagogue. Bring your knowledge of history and of human
+nature to bear upon the situation. I have already pointed out to you
+that the adjustment of man's relation to man constitutes one of the
+primary problems of life. Where this adjustment is complicated by
+diverse physical peculiarities and by different inherited or acquired
+characteristics, the problem becomes one of the greatest intricacy
+that has ever taxed human wisdom and patience for solution.
+
+Race prejudice is as much a fact as the law of gravitation, and it
+would be as suicidal to ignore the operation of the one as that of the
+other. Mournful complaint is as impotent as an infant crying against
+the fury of the wild wind. History has taught you that the path of
+moral progress has never taken a straight line, but has ever been a
+zig-zag course amid the conflicting forces of right and wrong, truth
+and error, justice and injustice, cruelty and mercy. Do not be
+discouraged, then, that all the wrongs of the universe are not righted
+at your bidding. The great humanitarian movement which has been
+sweeping over the civilized world from the middle of the eighteenth
+century to the present time, manifesting itself in political
+revolutions, in social and moral reforms, and in works of love and
+mercy, affords the amplest assurance that all worthy elements of the
+population will ultimately be admitted to share in the privileges and
+blessings of civilization according to the measure of their merit. The
+man whose education has resulted in practical intelligence, will find
+the largest field for the exercise of his powers. I urge you to bring
+your education to bear upon your practical tasks. You need not fear
+that your knowledge will carry you beyond the needs of the situation.
+In dealing with a people who exhaust their strength in working with
+blunt iron without sufficient knowledge to wet the edge your wisdom
+will ever be profitable to direct.
+
+PROF. KELLY MILLER.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RECEIPTS FOR MAY, 1898.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE DANIEL HAND FUND
+
+For the Education of Colored People.
+
+     Income for May                       $16,694.16
+     Previously acknowledged               37,197.68
+                                          ----------
+                                          $53,891.84
+                                          ==========
+
+
+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, $190.06--of which from Estate, $5.00.
+
+Bethel, 26.96. Eastport, Central, 6.43. Lewiston, Pine St., 39.40.
+Newcastle, Second, 21.50. North Bridgton, S., _for S. A., Talladega
+C._, 4.25. Norway, "Friends," 3. Orland, Miss Emma Buck, _for
+McIntosh, Ga._, 1.68. Otisfield, C. E., 12. Portland, Second, C. E.,
+6; Saint Lawrence, 5. South Paris, First, 13.64. Waterford, Ladies'
+Miss. Soc., 20 cts. and Clothing, _for Blowing Rock, N. C._
+
+MAINE WOMAN'S AID TO A. M. A., Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury, Treas., $45.00:
+
+Augusta, 18. Brunswick, 1. Portland, Bethel, 26.
+
+ESTATE. Yarmouth, Estate, Susan S. Webster, by Harlan P. Prince,
+Administrator, 5.
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $219.42.
+
+Barnstead Parade, 4. Bartlett, 7.60. Brentwood, 15. Colebrook, C. E.
+Wilder, bbl. New Clothing, _for Talladega C._ Durham, 28. East
+Alstead, 3.33. Epping, C. (5.41 of which from Mrs. Shepard's Class),
+13.35. Exeter, Phillips C., Ladies' S. Circle, Clothing, _for
+Williamsburg, Ky._ Laconia, 35. Lee, 3. Meredith, First, 18.40.
+Nashua, Pilgrim, _for Indian M., Fort Berthold, N. D._, 11. New Salem,
+C., _for Campton, Ky._, 7. Northwood Center, 10.10. Penacook, 7.50.
+Portsmouth, North, S., _for Blowing Rock, N. C._, 10. Portsmouth, S.,
+_for A., N. & I. Sch._, Thomasville, Ga., 5. Rindge, 20. Somersworth,
+11. South Barnstead, 2. Sullivan, 3. Swanzey, 5.14.
+
+ESTATE. Concord, Estate of Miss Fannie A. Goss, Piano, _for Talladega
+C._
+
+
+VERMONT, $4,345.21--of which from Estates, $2,938.00.
+
+Barnet, Miss. Soc., Clothing, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ Brandon, 9.66.
+Brattleboro, Center, 50.19. Burlington, Mrs. Gould, _for S. A.,
+Talladega C._, 1. Burlington, Ladies' Benev. Soc., Clothing, _for
+McIntosh, Ga._ Cambridge, Second, 5. Clarendon, 4.10. Cornwall, C., by
+E. R. Robbins, 500. Essex, C. E. of C., _for S. A., Talladega C._, 1.
+Hartford, 50. Johnson, 25. Lyndonville, First, 8.61; C. E., _for
+Mountain Work_, 3.70. Manchester, Samuel G. Cone, to const. MRS. B.
+SHERMAN FOWLER, L. M., 40. Manchester, 12.72. Middlebury, 25.51.
+Newport, First, 4.61. North Hyde Park, 3. Peacham, "Friend," 5.
+Pittsford, 25. Saint Johnsbury, Mrs. Rebecca Fairbanks, 5. Victory,
+Geo. A. Appleton, 15. West Brattleboro, C., _for S. A., Fisk U._,
+33.80. Westfield, C. E., 6. Westford, C. E., 10, _for Grand View,
+Tenn. Westford, C. E._, 7, _for S. A., Grand View Normal Inst., Tenn._
+Wilmington, 6.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF VERMONT, Mrs. Rebecca P. Fairbanks,
+Treas., $550.31:
+
+Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vermont, 300. Barnet, 6.48.
+Brookfield, Jr. C. E., 75 cts. Burlington, First, 30. Cambridge, 5.
+Coventry, 14. Franklin, 6.27. Granby, "A Friend," 5. Greensboro, 8.
+Hardwick, East, 6. Jamaica, 5. McIndoe, 9. Pittsford, 6.05.
+Springfield, Jr. C. E., 10. Saint Albans, 15. Saint Albans, W. H. M.
+S., by Mrs. J. G. Smith, 50. Saint Johnsbury, North, S. Classes, 5.81;
+South, W. H. M. S., 25; South, Jr. C. E., 5; East, Margaret M. Soc.,
+5.25. Vershire, 2. Waitsfield, 7.70. Westminster, West, Jr. C. E., 3.
+Woodstock, 20.
+
+ESTATES. South Royalton, Estate, Mrs. Susan H. Jones, by John R.
+Woods, Executor, 753.06. Springfield, Estate of Frederick Parks, 2,200
+(less expenses 15.06), 2,184.94.
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $3,340.48--of which from Estates, $530.00.
+
+Amesbury, Union Evan., 6. Andover, Miss L. M. Chandler, Clothing,
+_for Blowing Rock, N. C._ Auburndale, 5. Ayers Village, Fannie L.
+Kimball, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 3. Beverly, Mrs. H. O. Woodbury,
+Clothing, _for Saluda, N. C._
+
+Boston, Central, 454.38; Union, C. E., _for Mountain Work_, 75; Jos.
+A. Brown, _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 25; C. O. Norcross, _for
+Cappahosic, Va._, 1; Mrs. R. H. Allen, Papers, _for Andersonville,
+Ga._; King's Daughters, Books, _for Marshallville, Ga._ Dorchester,
+Second, "A Friend," 15; Second, "Extra Cent-a-Day Band," 5; Miss S. J.
+Elder, _for S. A., Talladega C._, 4.55. Jamaica Plain, Caroline F.
+Dole, _for Talladega C._, 2.50. Roxbury, John G. Cary, 7.50. West
+Roxbury, South Evan., 65.51.
+
+Boxford, Woman's M. Soc., Clothing and Sundries, _for Talladega C._
+Braintree, First, S., 5. Brookline, Harvard, Miss E. A. Tillinghast's
+S. Class, _for S. A., Lincoln Acad., N. C._, 10. Cambridge, North Av.,
+C. E., 6. Chesterfield, 3.71. Cohasset, Clothing, _for Tougaloo U._
+Concord, Trin., 16.03. Cummington, "A Friend," 8. Dalton, Mrs. J. B.
+Crane, _for S. A., Talladega C._, 30. Easthampton, Payson, Clothing,
+_for Gregory Inst., Wilmington, N. C._ Everett, Mystic Side, 6.03;
+Mystic Side, "Extra," 1.50. Everett, Zion Bapt., _for Cappahosic,
+Va._, 1.35. Fall River, Central, C. E., 25; Fowler, 18.75. Holliston,
+Mrs. G. E. Partridge's S. Class, _for S. A., Talladega C._, 2.
+Holyoke, First, Clothing, _for Big Creek Gap, Tenn._ Indian Orchard,
+Evan., 19.42. Hawley, 5. Hinsdale, 40.10. Hyde Park, 22.11. Hyde Park,
+First, S., 20.30. Lawrence, Trinity, 53.60; Trinity, S., 3.25.
+Lawrence, Trinity, C. E. and K. D., ad'l, _to Furnish a Room in
+Dormitory, Tougaloo U._, 27.30. Littleton, 9. Lowell, High St., S.,
+50. Lowell, High St., by G. H. Candee, Treas., _for S. A., Fisk U._,
+38. Ludlow Center, First, 9.63. Malden, E. S. Converse, _for
+Cappahosic, Va._, 100. Malden, C., by G. W. Reynolds, _for S. A., Fisk
+U._, 50. Medford, Mystic, S., Prim. Dept., _for Tougaloo U._, 2.06.
+Mittineague, 15.92. Monson, 26.06. Nantucket, C. E., Clothing and
+Supplies, 3.06 _for freight, for Blowing Rock, N. C._ Newbury, First,
+17.79. Newburyport, Belleville, 60.02; North, 15.28. Northampton,
+First, 228.45. North Beverly, C. E., 3. North Rochester, C. E., 1.50.
+Pepperell, 27.50. Pittsfield, Mrs. and Miss Campbell, _for Tougaloo
+U._, 50; South, S., 12.50; C. E., 12.50, _for Furnishing Room,
+Tougaloo U._ Plympton, 2.20. Quincy, Bethany, 63. Richmond, King's
+Daughters, _for S. A., McIntosh, Ga._, 8. Rowley, 16.30. Sharon,
+24.67. Shelburne, S., _for S. A., Talladega C._, 15.55. Somerville,
+Prospect Hill, _for Freedmen and Mountain Work_, 50. South Amherst,
+South, 7.40. South Framingham, Grace, 10. South Weymouth, Union,
+33.50. South Weymouth, Mrs. Wm. Dyer, _for A., N. & I. Sch.,
+Thomasville Ga._, 15. Southwick, 2. Springfield, Olivet, 31.10.
+Sutton, 15.41. Ware, First, 17. Warren, C. E., _for S. A., McIntosh,
+Ga._, 2. Wayland, C. E., _for Gregory Inst., Wilmington, N. C._, 4.
+Westboro, Evan., Ladies' Union, Clothing, Freight prepaid, _for
+McIntosh, Ga._ Westboro, Ladies' Miss. Union, Clothing, _for A., N. &
+I. Sch., Thomasville, Ga._ Westhampton, 20. Weymouth, Old South, 14.
+Whitinsville, Bedding, _for Tougaloo U._ Winchester, First, 6.59.
+Wollaston, 56.10. Worcester, Union, 100. Worcester, Central, Woman's
+Ass'n, 10; "A Friend," 10, _for Emerson Inst., Mobile, Ala._
+Worcester, Adams Square, C., 7.
+
+----, "A Friend," 1.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF MASS. AND R. I., $542.50:
+
+W. H. M. A. of Mass. and R. I., _for Salaries_, 480; _for Chinese
+Work_, 20. Medford, McCollum, M. C., _for Mountain Work_, 5. Melrose,
+to const. MRS. GEORGE N. DEW, L. M., 37.50.
+
+ESTATES. Northampton, Estate of Numan Clark, 30. Worcester, Estate of
+Maria G. Moen, by Philip W. Moen, Executor, 500.
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $51.93.
+
+Providence, Beneficent, C. E., _for S. A., Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, and
+to const. WILMATH H. COLWELL, L. M., 30; Centre, "Ministering
+Children," _for S. A., Talladega C._, 15; Mrs. O. H. Haywood, _for
+Cappahosic, Va._, 5; North, C. E., 1.93.
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $7,650.54--of which from Estates, $6,300.00.
+
+Berlin, Second, 23. Branford, Edwards Sheldon, _for S. A., Tillotson
+C._, 10. Branford, Mrs. Edwards Sheldon, Box Supplies, val. 8, also
+Sub. "Ladies' Home Journal" for 1898, and "Century Mag." for 1897,
+_for Tillotson C._ Bridgeport, South, Clothing, _for Moorhead, Miss._
+Bristol, "Friends," by Miss E. J. Peck, Clothing and Sundries, _for
+Talladega C._ Cheshire, "A Friend," 5. Colchester, Ladies Benevolent
+Soc., Clothing, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ Darien, 15.11. East Canaan,
+2.94. East Hartland, 10. Ellington, S., by E. H. Bancroft Sec., _for
+S. A., Tillotson C._, 30. Glastonbury, J. B. Williams, _for Theo.
+Dept., Talladega C._, 25. Hartford, First, 153.16. Hartford, Daniel
+Phillips, _for S. A., Talladega C._, 20. Hartford, G. H. Hersey, _for
+Cappahosic, Va._, 1. Hartford Park, Clothing, _for Tougaloo U._
+Harwinton, 10.76. Harwinton, Mrs. Milo Watson, 5. Higganum, 18.
+Ivorytown, Ladies, by Miss Minerva E. Norris, _for Allen Sch.,
+Thomasville, Ga._, 27. Jewett City, Second, 14. Killingly,
+Williamsville, 6. Lebanon, Goshen, C. E., 2.50. Lisbon, 18.
+Middletown, First, Gleaners Soc., 10. Middle Haddam, Second, 2.
+Middletown, South, 45.39. Mystic, Y. P. M. S., Clothing _for Moorhead,
+Miss._ New Britain, First, Clothing, _for Tougaloo U._ New Haven,
+Thomas P. Carleton, 50 cts. New London, First, 47.88. Putnam, Mrs. C.
+C. Brown's S. Class, 8. C. D. Sharp's S. Class, 2, _for Savannah, Ga._
+Southbury, 11.25. South Manchester, S., 9.15. Suffield, First (4.13,
+of which bal. to const. MRS. MARY E. BROCKETT, L. M.), 21.65.
+Suffield, Miss Grace Wales, Clothing, Freight prepaid, _for Pleasant
+Hill, Tenn._ Thomaston, 9.40. Waterbury, Second, Woman's Benev. Soc.,
+_for Schp. Santee Indian Sch., Neb._, 70. Willimantic, Ladies Aid,
+Bedding and Clothing, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ Wilton, 5. Winchester,
+Ladies' Aid, Clothing, _for Williamsburg, Ky._ Windsor Locks, 41.47.
+
+WOMAN'S CONG. HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF CONN., Mrs. W. W. Jacobs,
+Treas., $670.38:
+
+Danbury, bal. _for S. A., Williamsburg, Ky._, 2. Hartford, First, 50.
+Hartford, Pearl St., C. E., 10. Higganum, _for S. A., Thomasville,
+Ga._, 16. Higganum, 7.13. Milford, Plymouth, 10. New Haven, Plymouth,
+50. New Milford, 20.25. Newington, _for Indian Hospital_, 11 and _for
+Alaska M._, 4. Stonington, Agreement Hill, 40. Suffield, 50. Norwich,
+Park, 164.53; Broadway, 150; First, 13.47; Second, 50. Greeneville,
+15. Taftville, 7.
+
+ESTATES. Guilford, Estate of Miss Amanda Stone, by Edward Eliot,
+Executor, One and one-half Bbls. Clothing. New Haven, Estate of Sarah
+A. Bliss, by Oliver S. White, Trustee, 300. West Hartford, Estate of
+Maria Whitman, M. A. Andrews and J. W. Havens, Administrators, 6,000.
+
+
+NEW YORK, $2,324.91--of which from Estates, $526.15.
+
+Angola, Miss A. H. Ames, 5. Brooklyn, Central, 781.13; Plymouth,
+445.09. Brooklyn, Clinton Av., C. E., Clothing, _for Hillsboro, N. C._
+Brooklyn, Park, Clothing, _for Big Creek Gap, Tenn._ Brooklyn,
+Tompkins Av., King's Daughters, Clothing, _for Kings Mountain, N. C._
+Buffalo, Mrs. H. S. James, _for A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._, 10.
+Buffalo, Park Side M. E. Ch., Clothing _for Talladega C._ Buffalo,
+People's, Ladies Easter Package, _for Kings Mountain, N. C._ Cambria,
+6. Copenhagen, 13.27. East Bloomfield, First, C. E., _for Emerson
+Inst., Mobile, Ala._, 8. Franklin, Rev. John Marsland, _for S. A.,
+Talladega C._, 7.50. Gloversville, 81.82. Homer, 5.20. Ithaca, First,
+44.66. Lockport, First, Miss'y Soc., Clothing and Sundries, _for
+Talladega C._ Munnsville, 3. New York, Payson Merrill, _for S. A.,
+Tillotson C., Austin, Tex._, 10. New York, Camp Memorial, 4.60. New
+York, Frank H. Scott, "Century" Mag. and "Saint Nicholas" for 1897,
+_for Tillotson C._ Norwich, First, 17.64. Portland, J. S. Coon, 30.
+Saratoga, Alanson Trask, _for Agl. Dept., Talladega C._, 25.
+Sherburne, Miss Fannie L. Rexford, _for S. A., Talladega C._, 10.
+Tremont, Trinity, 10. Wadham's Mills, 2.50.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF N. Y., by Mrs. J. J. Pearsall,
+Treas., $278.35.
+
+Brooklyn, Lewis Av., 50; Lewis Av., Earnest Workers, to const.
+HERBERT BOYLE, L. M., 30; Lewis Av., Zepho Circle, 5; Clinton Av.,
+_for New Chinese Mission House, San Francisco_, 30; Lee Av., 20. Crown
+Point, 12.56. Hamilton, 6. Ithaca, S., 33.79. Lysander, 15. Madrid,
+7.50. Morrisville, C. E., 20. Mount Vernon, Jr. C. E., 4.50. Niagara
+Falls, C. E., 10. Syracuse, Geddes, 14.
+
+WOMAN'S H. M. UNION OF N. Y., _for S. A., Thomasville, Ga._, 20.
+
+ESTATE.--Poughkeepsie, Estate of Margaret J. Myers, 600, (less
+expenses, 73.85), 526.15.
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $120.01.
+
+Atlantic City, "The Atlantic City Club," _for Cappahosic, Va._, 3.14.
+Belvidere, J. C. Prall, _for S. A., Talladega C._, 10. Bound Brook,
+54.14. East Orange, Brick Church, by Mrs. Bigham, Clothing, _for
+Williamsburg, Ky._ Haddonfield, R. A. Cox and Sisters, _for
+Cappahosic, Va._, 5. Montclair, Ladies Soc. of C., Clothing, _for
+Brewer Normal Sch., Greenwood, S. C._ Plainfield, C., Clothing, _for
+Marshallville, Ga._ South Vineland, Mrs. and Miss Gardner, _for
+Cappahosic, Va._, 1.50. Upper Montclair, Christian Union S., 32.13.
+Vineland, First Bapt., _for Cappahosic, Va._, 4.10. Woodbridge, First,
+C. E., _for Central Ch., New Orleans, La._, 10.
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $85.50.
+
+Buckingham, Trin. P. E., _for McIntosh, Ga._, 3.50. Erie, S. S.
+Caughey, _for Lincoln Acad., Kings Mt., N. C._, 5. New Castle, Mrs.
+Frank Chapin, _for McIntosh, Ga._, 10. Newton Square, Chas. E.
+Stevens, 5. Philadelphia, Mrs. S. F. Corliss, _for Cappahosic, Va._,
+10. Ridgway, First, 52.
+
+
+OHIO, $193.89.
+
+Akron, West Hill, 50. Bellevue, C., Jr. C. E., _for Knoxville,
+Tenn._, 1. Cleveland, Irving St., S., 5. Dayton, Miss F. M. Williams,
+_for A., N. & I. Sch., Thomasville, Ga._, 5. Elyria, First, C. E., 20.
+Freedom, First, 5. Kent, "A Friend," _for A. G. Sch., Moorhead,
+Miss._, 2. Marietta, First, 56.69. Medina, H. G. Blake, G. A. R. Post,
+_for Flag, Grand View Inst._, 10. Oberlin, Second, 19.95. Oberlin,
+Mutual Benefit Ass'n, Clothing, and 4; Miss Nancy Squire, 2.25, _for
+Skyland Inst., Blowing Rock, N. C._ Toledo, W. M. U., _for S. A.,
+Talladega C._, 10. Wakeman, Second, 3.
+
+
+INDIANA, $10.00.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF INDIANA, by Mrs. W. A. Bell,
+President, $10.00:
+
+Kokomo, 10.
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $792.12.
+
+Alton, Ch. of Redeemer, 78.40. Alton, Mrs. I. D. Gilman, _for Gregory
+Inst., Wilmington, N. C._, 2. Alton, Ladies M. Soc., _for Marion,
+Ala._, 1. Aurora, New England, Corban Ass'n, Clothing, _for Blowing
+Rock, N. C._ Chicago, Miss E. Willard, _for Marion, Ala._, 10.
+Chicago, Green St., C. E., 2; Tabernacle, Int. Dept., C. E., 1.60.
+Chicago, Miss S. R. Cutler, Clothing; "Friends," by Miss S. R. Cutler,
+Clothing and Sundries, _for Talladega C._ Chicago, Mrs. A. E. Bunker,
+Papers, _for Blowing Rock, N. C._ Elgin, First, W. H. M. U., Clothing,
+_for Blowing Rock, N. C._ Evanston, First, (6.50 of which _for Fisk
+U._), 99. Farmington, George W. Little, 30. Forrest, 9.82. Glen Ellyn,
+Mrs. Emma Lloyd, 20 cts. Homer, C. E., 2.50. Oak Park, Second Ch., Jr.
+C. E., _for S. A., Skyland Inst., Blowing Rock, N. C._, 6. Plainfield,
+Mrs. A. E. Hagar, 5. Polo, Ind. Presb. C., W. M. S. 3.20. Rockford,
+Second, 94.04; Miss Anna J. Powell, 2.06. Roseville, Mrs. S. A.
+Axtell, Box Trees, _for Moorhead, Miss._ Sandwich, 28.84. Sheffield,
+60.10. Sycamore, First, (of which 36.83 _for S. A. Fisk U._), 68.90.
+Sycamore, C. E. _for S. A. Fisk U._, 5.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF ILLINOIS, by Mrs. L. A. Field,
+Treas., $281.56:
+
+Ashkum, C. E., 2.50. Aurora, New England, 31.22. Chicago, Pilgrim,
+18.10; Lincoln Park, 8.25; New England, 2.30; Auburn Park, 2;
+Covenant, 1.40. Decatur, 5. Evanston, 22.50. Hinsdale, C. E., 2.
+Lombard, W. M. S., to const. MRS. E. B. CUSHING, L. M., 57. Moline,
+Second, 3. Oak Park, First, 11.90. Odell, S., 2.50. Paxton, 10.
+Payson, 11. Plymouth, 3. Ravenswood, 20.37. Rockford, Second, 8.56.
+Sandwich, 10. Seward, Winnebago Co., 11.50. Sterling, 20. Toulon,
+2.46. Wheaton, First, 5. Wilmette, 10.
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $235.99.
+
+Carmel, 1.60. Chester, 4.10. Church, A. W. Douglass, _for Blowing
+Rock, N. C._, 5. Coldwater, Sarah A. Dunn, 5. Detroit, First, 100.
+Detroit, Mrs. Louie T. Carson's Children Easter Offering, _for Skyland
+Inst., Blowing Rock, N. C._, 2. Hudson, Papers, _for Blowing Rock, N.
+C._ Kalamazoo, First, Bible Sch., Prim. and Intermediate Classes, _for
+Indian Children, Crow M._, 5.50. Olivet, Ladies Soc. of C., Clothing,
+_for Brewer Normal Sch., Greenwood, S. C._ Webster, Webster B. Soc.,
+1.55. West Bay City, John Bourn, _for Alaska M._, 100.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MICH., by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,
+Treas., $11.24:
+
+Grand Blanc, 10.74. Grand Rapids, Plymouth, 50 cents.
+
+
+IOWA, $440.01--of which from Estate, $16.67.
+
+Algona, King's Daughters, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 6. Cedar Rapids,
+First, Box Supplies, _for Tillotson C._ Davenport, Edwards, 28.40.
+East Des Moines, Pilgrim, 6.05. Genoa Bluffs, 2. Hampton, S., 2.60.
+Maquoketa, C., _for Skyland Inst., Blowing Rock, N. C._, 11.35. Mount
+Pleasant, 3.80. Muscatine, Pilgrim, 10. Osage, 53.15.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF IOWA, Miss Belle L. Bentley, Treas.,
+$299.99:
+
+Algona, 6.35. Algona, 85 cts. Alden, 7. Cedar Falls, 5. Central City,
+8. Chester Center, 1. Charles City, 40. Dubuque, Summit W. G., 2. Des
+Moines, Pilgrim, 4; Plymouth, 6.89. Fairfield, 1.85. Genoa Bluffs,
+3.42. Glenwood, 13.75. Grinnell, W. H. M. U., to const. MRS. J. B. GRINNELL
+and MRS. GEORGE A. GATES, L. M's, 55.38. Independence, W. M.
+S., 7; Mrs. Morse's S. Class, 2. Magnolia, "Magnolia Blossoms," 1.25.
+Marshalltown, 5. Mason City, 14.39. McGregor, 10.75. McIntire, 50 cts.
+Lyons, 2. Milford, C. E., 5. Mount Pleasant, W. M. S., 8.42; S., 88
+cts. Montour, 4.75. New Hampton, 6.31. Ogden, W. M. S., 4; C. E., 2.
+Pleasant Prairie, 10. Rowan, Jr. C. E., 1.50. Waterloo, W. M. S.,
+18.75; C. E., 5. Webster City, L. M. S., to const. MRS. EDNA M. CROSLEY,
+L. M., 30. Winthrop, 5.
+
+ESTATE. Des Moines, Estate of J. H. Merrill, 16.67.
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $202.48.
+
+Brandon, 6.77. Columbus, 91.95. De Pere, Rev. J. W. Savage, _for S.
+A., Talladega C._, 5. Kenosha, First, 15. Mondovi, First, 16.85. South
+Kaukauna, S., 6.51. South Milwaukee, First, 5.53. Watertown, First,
+11.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF WISCONSIN, by Mrs. L. E. Smith,
+Treas., $43.87:
+
+Clinton, 3. Milwaukee, Pilgrim, 2. Milwaukee, Grand Av., 10.
+Platteville, 50 cts. Wauwatosa, 5. Whitewater, 23.37.
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $33.14.
+
+Ada, Jr. C. E., 1.61. Austin, First, S., 2.33. Beaver Creek, C. E.,
+_for S. A., Skyland Inst., Blowing Rock, N. C._, 5. Excelsior, 6.40.
+Garvin, 2.55. Minneapolis, Oak Park, 2.50. Minneapolis, "Rodelmer,"
+2.50. New Brighton, Clothing, _for Blowing Rock, N. C._ Robbinsdale,
+10.25.
+
+
+MISSOURI, $39.62.
+
+Aurora, First, 5.30. Kansas City, Beacon Hill, S., 6.32. Kansas City,
+Pilgrim, Bedding, _for Big Creek Gap, Tenn._ Saint Louis, First, S.,
+_for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 25. Saint Louis, People's Tab., 3.
+
+
+KANSAS, $35.70.
+
+Atchinson, 7.10. Athol, L. H. M. S., _for Meridian, Miss._, 1.
+Centralia, "A Friend," _for Meridian, Miss._, 5. Russell, "One
+Cent-a-Day Club," 2.40. Saint Mary's, Clothing, _for Meridian, Miss._
+Seneca, L. H. M. S., _for Meridian, Miss._, 16. Valley Falls, 4.20.
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $78.07.
+
+Lincoln, Plymouth, 10.53. Lincoln, C. E., _for Santee Indian Sch._,
+2.82. Paisley, First, 5. Rokeby, 3.15. Wahoo, C., 3.95; S., 54 cts.;
+C. E., 50 cts.; Jr. C. E., 1.58.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF NEBRASKA, by Mrs Geo. C. Hall,
+Treas., $50.00:
+
+W. H. M. U. of Neb., 50.
+
+
+NORTH DAKOTA, $16.06.
+
+Cathay, 1.31. Fargo, First, Woman's Soc., 5; Prim. S. Class, 2.50; C.
+E., 2, _for Emerson Inst., Mobile, Ala._ Hankinson, 3.75.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF NORTH DAKOTA, by Mrs. Mary M.
+Fisher, Treas., $1.50:
+
+Hankinson, S., _for Alaska M._, 1.50.
+
+
+SOUTH DAKOTA, $81.32.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF SOUTH DAKOTA, by Mrs. Adda M.
+Wilcox, Treas., $81.32:
+
+Aberdeen, 1.60. Aberdeen, S., 50 cts. Academy, C. E., 2.50. Alcester,
+S., 2. Armour, S., 1. Buffalo Gap, 50 cts. Canova, S., 3. Columbia, C.
+E., 2. De Smet, 2.50. Deadwood, 2. Elk Point, 4.50. Faulkton, S., 2.
+Firesteel, 1.70. Gettysburg, S., 1.02. Huron, 11.20. Ipswich, S.,
+2.40. Lead, 2.15. Meckling, C. E., 1.50. Mitchell, Jr. C. E., 3.
+Mitchell, C. E., 5. Oahe, 1. Rapid City, 2. Redfield, Jr. C. E., 2.40.
+Ree Heights, 60 cts. Spearfish, Jr. C. E., 1. Valley Springs, S., 1.
+Yankton, 1.95. Academy, S., 1.36. Athol, 1.56. Morean River, 1.25.
+Pierre, S., 1.50. Santee, 3. Vermillion, 5. Vermillion, S., 3.13.
+Watertown, S., 1.25. Webster, S., 1.25.
+
+
+WYOMING, $25.00.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF WYOMING, by Amy E. Kevan,
+Treas., $25.00.
+
+
+IDAHO, $12.50.
+
+Boise, First, 7.50.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF IDAHO, by Mrs. G. L. Cole,
+Treas., $5.00:
+
+Mountain Home, 5.
+
+
+COLORADO, $68.06.
+
+Denver, First, _for Selma, Ala._, 52.76. Boulder, 15.30.
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $70.00.
+
+North Ontario, R. C. Williams and wife, 5. Oakland, Miss M. L.
+Newcomb, 60. Pomona, J. G. Dewey, 5.
+
+
+DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $228.31.
+
+Washington, First (25 of which from Gen'l E. Whittlesey), 228.31.
+
+
+VIRGINIA, $4.00.
+
+Hampton, Miss C. W. Field, _for Cappahosic, Va._, 1. Sassafras, Miss
+Fannie Lancaster, _for Cappahosic, Va._, 2. Williamsburg, J. A. W.
+Jones, _for Cappahosic, Va._, 1.
+
+
+KENTUCKY, $2.00.
+
+Lexington, Rev. J. S. Jackson, _for Theo. Dept., Talladega C._, 2.
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA, $10.07.
+
+Dry Creek, 2. Kings Mountain, C., 2.07. Saluda, "A Friend," 1. Troy,
+S., 5.
+
+
+SOUTH CAROLINA, $3.00.
+
+Charleston, "A Friend," 3.
+
+
+TENNESSEE, $144.00.
+
+Big Creek Gap, "A Friend," _for Big Creek Sem._, 40. Deer Lodge, Rev.
+Geo. Lusty, 4. Memphis, J. S. Menken, _for Kindergarten, Memphis,
+Tenn._, 100.
+
+
+GEORGIA, $14.50.
+
+Atlanta, "A Friend," 2. McIntosh, Rev. J. A. Jones, _for De Forest
+Chapel, Talladega C._, 5. McIntosh, Prof. Fred. W. Foster, 4; Richard
+Clemens, 50 cts., _for S. A., McIntosh_, 4.50. Rutland, 2. Savannah,
+Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke, 1.
+
+
+ALABAMA, $139.31.
+
+Birmingham, First, 1. Marion, "Friends," _for Marion_,
+72.36. Mobile, C., by Rev. W. L. Johnson, 8. Shelby, Covenant, 4.20.
+Tuskegee, Rev. E. J. Penny, _for Talladega C._, 1.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF ALABAMA, by Mrs. E. C. Silsby,
+Treas., $52.75 (of which $42.75 bal. _for Share Jubilee Fund_)
+
+Brewton, 2.50. Birmingham, 5. Jenifer, 50 cts. Marion, 2.75. Mobile,
+5. Shelby, 2. Talladega, 14. Talladega, "Little Helpers," 10.
+Talladega, W. H. M. U. of Ala., _for Indian M._, 10.
+
+
+FLORIDA, $50.00.
+
+Pomona, Rev. Moses C. Welch, 50.
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI, $11.70.
+
+Moorhead, Miss Eva Rogers, _for Moorhead Sch._, 8.50. Meridian, Mary
+Harrison, 2; Amy Harrison, 1.20, _Graduates Fund_.
+
+
+TEXAS, $9.50.
+
+Austin, Tillotson, C. of Christ, 9.50.
+
+
+INCOME, $640.00.
+
+Avery Fund, _for African M._, 158.75. Graves Sch'p Fund, _for
+Talladega C._, 125. Hastings Sch'p Fund, _for Atlanta U._,
+18.75. Howard Theo. Fund, _for Howard U._, 212.50. Le Moyne Fund, _for
+Memphis, Tenn._, 37.50. Plumb Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U._, 50. Tuthill
+King Fund, _for Berea C._, 37.50.
+
+
+TUITION, $4,697.59.
+
+Williamsburg, Ky., 83.30; Cappahosic, Va., 41.50; Beaufort, N. C.,
+16.75; Blowing Rock, N. C., 21.59; Chapel Hill, N. C., 6.25; Enfield,
+N. C., 36.25; Hillsboro, N. C., 20.13; King's Mountain, N. C.,
+35; Saluda, N. C., 23.12; Troy, N. C., 90 cts.; Whittier, N. C.,
+39.94; Wilmington, N. C., 110.70.; Charleston, S. C., 273.12;
+Greenwood, S. C., 89.32; Big Creek Gap, Tenn., 21.95; Grand View,
+Tenn., Public Fund, 59; Grand View, Tenn., 63; Knoxville, Tenn.,
+42.65; Memphis, Tenn., 524.05; Nashville, Tenn., 927.29; Pleasant
+Hill, Tenn., 53.10; Marion, Ala., 45.38; Mobile, Ala., 73.40; Nat,
+Ala., 27.14; Selma, Ala., 39; Albany, Ga., 86.15; Andersonville, Ga.,
+12.25; Macon, Ga., 204.85; Atlanta, Ga., 217.55; McIntosh, Ga., 76.77;
+Thomasville, Ga., 64.11; Savannah, Ga., 128.05. Florence, Ala,. 20.30;
+Nat, Ala., Public Fund, 60; Nat, Ala., 36.18; Talladega, Ala., 359.99;
+Martin, Fla., 12.39; Orange Park, Fla., 40; New Orleans, La., 389.51;
+Austin, Tex., 107.10; Meridian, Miss., 64.50. Moorhead, Miss., 23;
+Tougaloo, Miss., 68.85.
+
+
+SUMMARY FOR MAY, 1898.
+
+     Donations                            $10,962.59
+     Estates                               10,315.82
+                                          ----------
+                                          $21,278.41
+     Income                                   640.00
+     Tuition                                4,697.59
+                                          ----------
+     Total for May                        $26,616.00
+                                          ==========
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+     Subscriptions for May                    $12.64
+     Previously acknowledged                  223.13
+                                             -------
+     Total                                   $235.77
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RECEIPTS FOR JUNE, 1898.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE DANIEL HAND FUND
+
+For the Education of Colored People.
+
+     Income for June                         $200.00
+     Previously acknowledged               53,891.84
+                                          ----------
+                                          $54,091.84
+                                          ==========
+
+
+CURRENT RECEIPTS.
+
+
+MAINE, $484.91.
+
+Bath, Winter St., 34.63. Eliot, First, 6.33; First, S., 1.25. Holton,
+_for Le Moyne Inst., Memphis, Tenn._, 3. Islesboro, Miss Lucy E.
+Pendleton, Clothing, _for McIntosh, Ga._ Lamoine, Miss Villa Hodgkin,
+_for S. A., Dorchester Acad., McIntosh, Ga._, 4. Manset, Manset Prim.
+Band, _for S. A., Dorchester Acad., McIntosh, Ga._, 2.06. Portland,
+Williston, Clothing, _for Sch., Marshallville, Ga._ Portland, Bedding,
+_for Tougaloo U._ South Berwick, 5.32. Wells Beach, Second, 4.
+
+MAINE WOMAN'S AID TO A. M. A., by Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury, Treas.,
+$424.32:
+
+Alfred, 10. Acton, 3.25. Bath, Winter St., 41. Bethel, ad'l, 1. Broad
+Cove, 1. Buxton, "A Friend," Mem. Offering, _for Mountain Work_, 50.
+Castine, 10. Ellsworth, 25. Cornish, 4. Deer Isle, 5.12. Dennysville,
+5. Dennysville, Dea. P. E. Vose, 6. Fort Fairfield, 3. Freeport,
+10.50. Gray, 4.50. Hallowell, 10. Harpswell Center, 10. Kennebunk,
+16.50. Limerick, 5. Machiasport, 5. Marshfield, 1.65. Minot, 13.15.
+Newcastle, 17.35. North Ellsworth, C. E., 2. Norridgewock, 5. Orland,
+9.50. Princeton, 1. Rockland, 22.70. Saco, 30. Somerset, 2.
+Somersville, 2.15. South Freeport, 40. Steuben, 4.50. Thomaston, 5.25.
+Topsham, 7.35. Union, 5. Wiscasset, 2. Woodfords, L. M. S., bal. to
+const. MRS. CAROLINE T. KNIGHT, L. M., 23.80. Woolwich, 4.05.
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $1,980.96--of which from Estate, $20.00.
+
+Alstead, Third, 3.45. Canterbury, C. E., by F. H. Merrill, Treas., 6.
+Concord, South, 125.43. Concord, South, Jr. C. E., _for Santee Indian
+Sch._, 35. Dover, First, 100. East Barrington, "A Friend," _for
+Ballard Sch., Macon, Ga._, 3. Hollis, 11. Jaffrey, Miss Adams, _for
+Storrs Sch., Atlanta, Ga._, 4. Lisbon, Mrs. A. B. Taft, 6. Mason, C.,
+Clothing, _for Skyland Inst., Blowing Rock, N. C._ Pembroke, Mrs. Mary
+W. Thompson, deceased, 1500. Plymouth, 20. Portsmouth, North, 81.08.
+Suncook, "In memory of a precious mother, by her daughters," 35.
+Westmoreland, 3.
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE FEMALE CENT. INST. AND HOME MISSIONARY UNION, by Miss
+Annie A. McFarland, Treas., $20.00:
+
+West Concord, Y. L. M. S., _for Furnishing Room, Tougaloo U., Ladies'
+New Hall_, 20.
+
+ESTATE. Pembroke, Estate of Mrs. Mary W. Thompson, by George Parker
+Thompson, Executor, 20.
+
+
+VERMONT, $905.27--of which from Estate, $258.75
+
+Bennington, "A Friend," 2. Burlington, L. B. S., _for Freight to
+McIntosh, Ga._, 1.70. Cabot, C. E., 9; Rev. H. C. Hartwell, 4.50.
+Dorset, C. E., by Marcia K. Gray, _for Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._,
+10. East Clarendon, ad'l, 5. East St. Johnsbury, "Friends," 2.25.
+Holland, 5.20. Johnson, C. E., _for S. A., Straight U._, 5. Newfane,
+9.42. North Bennington, Mrs. S. D. Jennings, 10; "A Friend," 5. North
+Bennington, 2. Norwich, C., in part, 1. Roxbury, Quilt, _for Tougaloo
+U._ Saint Albans, First, 75.50. Saint Johnsbury, South, S., _for
+McIntosh, Ga._, 52. Saint Johnsbury, North, "H." 25. Townsend, 10.
+Wallingford, 23.08.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF VERMONT, by Mrs. Rebecca P.
+Fairbanks, Treas., $388.87:
+
+W. H. M. U., by Finance Committee, $19.02. Addison, County Conf., 1.
+Albany, 2. Barton, 10. Barton Landing, Jr. C. E., 5. Bellows Falls,
+Jr. C. E., 10. Bennington, North, Jr. C. E., 3. Brookfield, 9.
+Burlington, First, Opportunity Circle, 58.15; First, 25; College, C.
+E., 4.25. Fairlee, 5. Hinesburg, C. E., 5; Jr. C. E., 3. Johnson, 7.
+McIndoes Falls, S., 7.65. Newbury, 11.80. Norwich, 6. Orwell, 22.50.
+Orwell, Jr. C. E., 10. Pittsford, 5. Proctor, Jr. C. E., 5. Saint
+Albans, First, W. H. M. S., 60. Saint Albans, Jr. C. E., 5. Saint
+Johnsbury, North, Mrs. Horace Fairbanks, 25. South Hero, Jr. C. E.,
+1.75. Saxtons River, 5. Underhill, Home Land Circle, 4. Vergennes, "A
+Friend," 1. Wells River, C. E., 10. West Glover, 17. Williston, 3.75.
+Windsor, Mrs. C. H. Fetch, 5. Woodstock, Primary and Intermediate S.,
+15. Woodstock, 2.
+
+ESTATE. Springfield, Estate of Frederick Parks, 258.75.
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $6,709.28--of which from Estates, $2,553.90.
+
+Amesbury, Main St., 5. Amherst, "A Friend," 20. Amherst, Mary I.
+Ward, 2. Amherst, Mrs. G. C. Munsell, Books, _for Lincoln Acad., Kings
+Mountain, N. C._ Andover, Chapel C., 85. Andover, South, Books, _for
+Ballard Sch., Macon, Ga._ Auburndale, 51. Ayers Village, Miss Fannie
+Kimball, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 3. Barre, S., 9.96.
+
+Boston, Charlestown, Winthrop, 32.46. Dorchester, Mrs. Torrey, _for
+Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._, 10. Dorchester, Central, L. A. Soc.,
+Bedding, _for Tougaloo U._ Dorchester, Ladies, Central C., Clothing,
+_for A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._ Jamaica Plain, Central, 183.15.
+Roxbury, Immannuel, 218.14. Roxbury, Mrs. P. N. Livermore, _for S. A.,
+Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._, 50. Roxbury, Mrs. Susan C. Parker,
+Clothing, _for Sch., Marshallville, Ga._ West Roxbury, So. Evan.,
+ad'l, 25 cts. West Roxbury, Mrs. N. S. French, _for S. A., Dorchester
+Acad., McIntosh, Ga._, 4.
+
+Brighton, "W. A.," Special, 5. Brighton, Jr. C. E., 5. Brockton,
+Olivet Mem., _for Emerson Inst., Mobile, Ala._, 8. Brookline, 5.
+Brookline, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Lovett, _for Indian M._, 2. Brookline,
+Ladies' Soc., Clothing, _for Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ Brookline,
+George F. Arnold, Books, etc., _for Ballard Sch., Macon, Ga._
+Cambridge, Shepard Memorial, Adl., to const. REV. J. A. LANSING, WM.
+E. STARK, FRED S. CUTTER, MRS. E. F. TAFT, MISS LUCY WHIPPLE and F. G.
+COOKE, L. M's, 183.08. Cambridge, Prospect St., Men's Club, 13.34.
+Cambridge, North Av., 1. Cambridgeport, Pilgrim, 2. Clinton, 25.13.
+Conway, C., 23.42; S., 10. Cummington, 7.10. Dudley, First, 2.
+Enfield, 35. Everett, First, L. M. A. Soc., 10. Framingham, "A
+Friend," _for Indian Sch'p_, 17.50. Franklin, 11.18. Georgetown,
+First, 13.36. Granby, L. B. Soc., Clothing, _for Grand View, Tenn._
+Greenfield, Second, 70.70. Groveland, Perry C. E. and Parker Miss'y
+Band, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 50. Haverhill, Fourth, 17. Riverside, 4.
+Housatonic, 20.24. Hyde Park, Ladies' Aid, Clothing, _for Williamsburg
+Acad., Ky._ Ipswich, South, 65. Lawrence, Trinity, C. E., _for S. A.,
+Fisk U._, 25. Longmeadow, Longmeadow Benev. Ass'n, 61.04. Lowell, High
+St., 166.00. Lowell, Eliot, 22.26. Lynn, First, 32; First, _for A. M.
+Fund_, 3.56. Malden, First, C. E., _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic,
+Va._, 3. Manchester, C. E., _for S. A., Allen Sch., Thomasville, Ga._,
+11. Medford, Mystic, 132.36. Medford, McCullum M., clothing, _for
+Skyland Inst., Blowing Rock, N. C._ Melrose, C. E., _for Alaska M._,
+10.10. Merrimac, First, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 50, Millbury, First,
+22.10. Mittenague, Southworth Paper Co., Box Stationery, _for Chandler
+Sch., Lexington, Ky._ Nantucket, C. E., _for Cartage, Belong Rock, N.
+C._, 1. Newburyport, Whitefield, 7.36. Newton, Eliot, 50. Newton
+Center, First, 81.20; "Extra Cent-a-Day Bank," 14. North Billerica,
+12. Oxford, First, 5. Peabody, South, 81. Pepperell, Mrs. J. E. B.
+Jewett, _for Freight to Greenwood, S. C._, 2. Pittsfield, South,
+55.75; Mrs. Mary E. Sears, 5. Pittsfield, "A Friend," 25, bal. to
+const. EDWARD TOLMA, ANNIE F. CROSSMAN and CHAS. E. DORR, L. M's.
+Plympton, C. E., 2. Quincy Point, 10. Reading, 18. Reading, "A
+Friend," 5. Saugus, 20.81. Silver Lake, Chapel, 2. Somerville,
+Prospect Hill, 53.77. Somerville, Franklin St., Jr. C. E., _for
+Blowing Rock, N. C._, 20. Somerville, Prospect Hill, Women's U., 10.
+Somerville, Prospect Hill, "To help redeem for Christ the neglected
+Mountain Whites and the long enslaved and despised Black Race of the
+South," 50. Somerville, Winter Hill, C. E., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 50.
+South Hadley, First, 17.25. South Hadley Falls, 5.95. South Weymouth,
+Mrs. Josephine L. Dyer, _for S. A., Jos. K. Brick A. I. and N. Sch.,
+Enfield N. C._, 25. Sunderland, 61.03. Taunton, Union, 18.25.
+Wakefield, 24.25. Ware, East, 246.01. Warren, C. E., _for S. A.,
+Dorchester Acad., McIntosh, Ga._, 2. Wellesley Hills, 13. Wenham, 6.
+West Boxford, 3. West Boylston, First, 8.25. West Newton, Woman's
+Guild, by Mrs. Helen M. Howard, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 50. West
+Wareham, Mrs. Julia R. Morse, 1. Weymouth, Mrs. R. R. Kendall,
+Clothing, _for Enfield, N. C._ Whitman, First, 33.50. Winchester,
+First, 226. Woburn, Christ Ch., to const. MISS MARY A. FRENCH, MISS
+ALICE G. PRESTON and MISS LYDIA J. VALENTINE, L. M's, 90. Worcester,
+Old South, 175.58; Union, 107.06. Worcester, Central, S. _for
+Furnishing Room, Tougaloo U._, 25. Worcester, Pilgrim, Jr. C. E., _for
+S. A., Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala._, 6.
+
+----, "A Friend," 100. ----, Miss E. R. Gould, _for Gloucester Sch.,
+Cappahosic, Va._, 1.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF MASS. AND R. E., $500.00.
+
+W. H. M. A. of Mass. and R. I., 480 _for Salaries_, 20 _for Chinese
+M._
+
+ESTATES. Boston, Estate of Rev. Edmund K. Alden, D.D., by Edmund K.
+Alden, Executor, 900 (less tax 45), 855. South Hadley, Estate of Mrs.
+Maria Burnham Gridley, by Loomis T. Tiffany, Executor, 1711.75 (less
+expenses 12.85), 1698.90.
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $22.15.
+
+Providence, Plymouth, 21; North, C. E., 1.15. Providence, clothing, by
+Miss Addie Myer, _for Sch., Marshallville, Ga._
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $13,009.34--of which from Estates, $10,869.99.
+
+Berlin, Second, S., _for S. A., Tougaloo U._, 35. Brookfield Center,
+26.51. Burnside, "A Friend," 100. Burlington, L. B. Soc., _for
+Furnishing Room, Tougaloo U._, 25. Bristol, Clothing, etc. _for
+Tougaloo U._ Berlin, L. B. Soc., Clothing, _for Tougaloo U._ Cromwell,
+C. E., by Bertha H. Sage, Treas., 1.95. Canaan, Pilgrim, L. M. S.,
+Clothing, _for Grand View, Tenn._ Darien, C. E., _for Allen Sch.,
+Thomasville, Ga._, 10. Fairfield, C. to const. MARY THEODOSIA BURR and
+WALKER M. REDFIELD, L. M's, 77.50. Franklin, L. M. Soc. of C.,
+Clothing, _for Allen Sch., Thomasville, Ga._ Granby, South, 15; First,
+5, _for Tillotson C._ Hampton, 10. Hebron, Ladies' Soc., _for Allen
+Sch., Thomasville, Ga._, 12. Hartford, Students of Hartford Theo.
+Seminary, 23; Mrs. Mary A. Williams, 15; Park, 30.68. Ivoryton, C. E.,
+12; S., 5; Twelve Young Endeavorers, 1; Resolute Circle, K. D., 5;
+Beacon Light Circle, 2; _for Furnishing a Room, Tougaloo U., New
+Building_, 25. Lebanon, "An Old Worker," _for S. A., Dorchester Acad.,
+McIntosh, Ga._, 2. Milford, Plymouth, 14.32. Middletown, Mrs. A. B.
+Crittenden, _for S. A., Tougaloo, U._, 2. New Britain, South, S., _for
+Mountain Work_, 25. New Haven, Grand Av., 25; Ch. of the Redeemer, S.,
+10. New Hartford, North, "Penny-a-Day Bank,", 18. New London, Second,
+214.60. New Preston Village, 54.50. North Branford, 15.08. North
+Woodbury, Mrs. Frank Dawson, _for S. A., Allen Sch., Thomasville,
+Ga._, 1. North Woodstock, Miss Esther E. Bishop and Sister, 20;
+Ladies' Aid Soc., 4.36, _for Allen Sch., Thomasville, Ga._ Norwich,
+Broadway, 700; Broadway, Y. P. Union, 12.50; Greenville, S. 6.35.
+Norwich, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bard, _for S. A., Tillotson C., Austin,
+Texas_, 15. Old Saybrook, 15.15. Plainville, 39.75. Putnam, S. E.
+Sharps' S. Class, _for Sch., Marshallville, Ga._, 1. Shelton, 38.19.
+Somers, "C. B. P.,", 30. Southport, "A few friends," by Mrs. Martica
+G. Waterman, _for Alaska M._, 305. Terryville, 67.10. Terryville, C.
+E., _for S. A., Allen Sch., Thomasville, Ga._ 13.41. Tolland, 13.
+Torrington, Third, 33.01. Westport, Saugatuck, S., 4.18. Wolcott,
+"Friend," _for Tougaloo U._, 1. Woodstock, First, 18.12.
+
+WOMAN'S CONG. HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF CONN., Mrs. W. W. Jacobs,
+Treas., $9.00.
+
+Hartford, Mrs. W. P. Williams, _for S. A., Allen Sch., Thomasville,
+Ga._, 1. Suffield, 8.
+
+ESTATES. Cornwall, Estate of S. C. Beers, 298.71. Groton, Estate of
+Mrs. B. N. Hurlbutt, 571.28. West Hartford, Estate of Maria Whitman,
+M. A. Andrews and J. W. Havens, Administrators, 10,000.
+
+
+NEW YORK, $958.32.
+
+Bergen, First, 7.16. Binghamton, First, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 25.
+Bridgewater, "Friend," 5. Brooklyn, Clinton Av., 630. Brooklyn, Mr.
+and Mrs. J. B. Barlow, Goods, _for Sch., Marshallville, Ga._ Brooklyn,
+Clinton Av. Boys's Mission Band, _for Sch'p, Lincoln Acad., Kings
+Mountain, N. C._, 40; South, 45; Central, S., 37.50; East, 1.55.
+Brooklyn, Zenana Band, Clothing, _for Williamsburg Acad., Ky._ Canaan
+Four Corners, 3. Candor, 5.40. Danby, Mrs. B. F. Tobey, Box "Youth's
+Companions," _for Hillsboro, N. C._ Evans, 3. Fairport, 14.51. Groton,
+Storrs A. Barrows, 25. Middle Island, Mrs. Hannah M. Overton, 10.
+Mount Vernon, First, S., 4.26. Mount Morris, Mrs. H. Parsons,
+Clothing, _for A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._ New York, "A Friend," _for
+Piano, A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._, 25. New York, Bethany, S., _for
+S. A., Fort Berthold, Indian Sch._, 25. New York, Misses Collins, _for
+Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._, 20. Port Chester, First, 2.
+Riverhead, 9.19. Spencerport, Mrs. J. R. Loomis, Quilt, Sheeting, etc.
+_for Tougaloo U._ Troy, H. G. Ludlow, _for Gloucester Sch.,
+Cappahosic, Va._, 10. Warsaw, S., 10.75.
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $200.00.
+
+Bound Brook, L. M. Soc., 5. Ocean Grove; Miss Flora I. Wellan, _for
+Emerson Inst., Mobile, Ala._, 5.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF THE J. J. ASS'N, by Mrs. J. H.
+Dennison, Treas., $190.00.
+
+East Orange, First, 10. Montclair, First, W. H. M. S., 180.
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $118.41.
+
+Germantown, Rev. Dr. Wood, 5; Mrs. E. B. Stokes, 5; Mrs. B. R. Smith,
+1.50; _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ New Wilmington, "A
+Friend," _for Chandler, Sch., Lexington, Ky._, 1. Philadelphia, The
+Negro League, 50. Gloucester, Ed. Club, 27.54, _for Gloucester Sch.,
+Cappahosic, Va._ Philadelphia, Central, in part, 10. Pittsburg, Dr.
+Brady, _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._, 5. ----, "Friends in
+Penn. State Normal Sch.," by Mrs. Neda S. Thornton, _for Wash-house
+and Workshop, Alaska M._, 5.
+
+WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF PENN., by Mrs. T. W. Jones, Treas.,
+$8.37:
+
+Cambridge Springs, 5. Braddock, 3.37.
+
+
+OHIO, $502.34.
+
+Claridon, "Friends," _for Native Teacher, Fort Yates, N. D._, 50.
+Claridon, S., _for Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._, 30. Cleveland,
+Bethlehem C. and S., 38.81; Hough Av., 23. Cleveland, Mrs. A. J.
+Smith, Clothing, _for Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._ Columbiana, C. E.,
+Clothing, _for Chandler Sch., Lexington, Ky._ Conneaut, S., 10.
+Elyria, First, 42.88; "A Friend," 80; A. L. Garford, 25; Mrs. P. M.
+Porter, 5; John Schaibl, 5; J. T. Burrows, 1. Kent, 6.50.
+Fredericksburg, Ladies' Soc., Books, _for Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._
+Mansfield, C., Bedding, _for Lincoln School, Meridian, Miss._ Monroe,
+First, 2.75. Oberlin, Henry Lincoln Post, G. A. R. Relief Corps and
+Friends, _for Flag at Saluda Sem., Saluda, N. C._, 10. Tallmadge, C.,
+to const. REV. PRESCOTT D. DODGE, L. M., 49.70. Tallmadge, ad'l, 75
+cts. ----, "A Friend," 1.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF OHIO, by Mrs. Geo. B. Brown, Treas.,
+$120.95:
+
+Austinburg, 3. Claridon, 10.25. Collingswood, Jr. C. E., 1. Lodi, C.
+E., 2.50. Marysville, Jr. C. E., 1.50. Medina, 10. Oberlin, "Friends,"
+35. Oberlin, Second, Jr. C. E., 3.60. Oberlin, Second; to const. MRS.
+F. B. RICE, L. M., 30. Painsville, 7. Rootstown, 3. Strongsville,
+2.50. Toledo, Central, Jr. C. E., 1; Washington St., Jr. C. E., 1.
+Twinsburg, 4.
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $260.50.
+
+Abingdon, Mrs. M. C. Harris, 8. Batavia, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 7.71.
+Batavia, Rev. J. E. Bissell, 5. Bowen, 6.25. Chicago, First, 42.84.
+Chicago, Woman's Ass'n., _for S. A., Pleasant Hill Acad., Tenn._, 20.
+Chicago, Ch. of the Covenant, Clothing, _for Skyland Inst., Blowing
+Rock, N. C._ Edelstien, 53 cts. Hennepin, 3. Joy Prairie, S., 6.22. La
+Grange, 34.37. Lawn Ridge, 4.08. Naperville, R. H. Dickinson, 5.
+Oakdale, Jr. C. E., _for A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._, 2. Pittsfield,
+6. Roseville, Mrs. S. C. Axtell, _for Freight to Moorhead, Miss._,
+6.50. Roseville, Mrs. L. A. Axtell, Hats, _for A. G. Sch., Moorhead,
+Miss._ Seward, Winnebago Co., First, 42. Seward, First, 9. Wilmette,
+First, 24.18.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF ILLINOIS, Mrs. L. A. Field, Treas.,
+$27.82:
+
+Caledonia, 8.17. Chicago, Covenant, 4.50. McLean, 5. Rockford, First,
+6.15. Somonauk, 4.
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $345.05--of which from Estate, $150.00.
+
+Adrian, Julia A. Condict, 2.50. Alamo, Julius Hackley, 40. Chelsea,
+5.60. Clinton, 10. Detroit, Woodward Av., 50.10. Grand Blanc, S., _for
+Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala._, 4. Luddington, S., _for Trinity Sch.,
+Ala._, 5. New Baltimore, 4.85. Saint Joseph, Ladies' Soc., _for
+Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala._, 8. Sandstone, Union C., 12; C. E. of
+Union C., 3. South Haven, C. E. Soc., 5; Miss Dora Delamere, 5, _for
+Marion, Ala._ West Detroit, Leone F. Lockwood, 2. Whitehall, D. C.
+Estabrook, 2.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MICHIGAN, by Mrs. E. F. Grabill,
+Treas., $36.00:
+
+Allegan, 2. Frankfort, 5. Litchfield, Miss C. A. Turrell, _for S. A.,
+Pleasant Hill, Tenn. and Moorhead, Miss._, 10. Muskegon, _for S. A.,
+Santee Indian Sch._, 7. Olivet, 11. Williamstown, 1.
+
+ESTATE. Niles, Estate of Dr. James Lewis, 150.
+
+
+IOWA, $137.56.
+
+Algona, "King's Daughters," by Miss Clara Zahlton, _for S. A., Fisk
+U._, 23. Anamosa, 80 cts. Doon, First, 4.15. Grinnell, C. E., by E. E.
+Romain, Treas., 2. Iowa City, 27.11. Lansing Ridge, German, 2.
+Larchwood, C. E., _for Alaska M._, 6. McGregor, C. E., by Elizabeth H.
+Daniels, Treas., 15. Osage, 34.25.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF IOWA, Miss Belle L. Bentley, Treas.,
+$23.25:
+
+Conniel Bluffs, First, 10. Tabor, 6.25. Webster City, 7.
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $4,158.74--of which from Estate $4,000.
+
+Appleton, Jr. C. E., _for Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala._, 5.50.
+Burlington, C. E., _for S. A., Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala._, 4.
+Columbus, Olivet, 10.70. Elkhorn, C., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 17.10.
+Evansville, Jr. C. E., _for Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala._, 4. Fort
+Howard, 1. Green Bay, First Presb., 45.94. Hartford, Goods, _for
+Lincoln Sch., Meridian, Miss._ Koshkonong, 5. Menomonie; 17.50.
+Milwaukee, Pilgrim, Jr. C. E., _for S. A., Trinity Sch., Athens,
+Ala._, 1.50; Pilgrim, Jr. C. E., _for Trinity Sch., Athens, Ala._,
+4.50. Prentice, 5. Ripon, Ripon College, Clothing, _for Pleasant Hill,
+Acad., Tenn._ Wauwatosa, Jr. C. E., _for S. A., Trinity Sch., Athens,
+Ala._, 4.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF WISCONSIN, by Mrs. L. E. Smith,
+Treas., $33.00:
+
+Green Bay, Pres. and Cong. C., 20. Janesville, 13.
+
+ESTATE. Beloit, Estate of Mrs. Ellen B. French, Wm. B. Strong and A.
+P. Waterman, Executors, 4,000.
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $86.63.
+
+Duluth, Geo. W. Keyes, 2. Minneapolis, Plymouth, 34.23; W. H. Norris,
+15. Northfield, Moravia, Jr. C. E., _for A. G., Sch., Moorhead,
+Miss._, 2. Rochester, 17.65. ----, Minnesota, 15.75.
+
+
+MISSOURI, $21.66.
+
+Cole Camp, 10.50. Kansas City, Beacon Hill, 4.01. Meadville, 4.55.
+Rockville, Mrs. Addie Haynes, 60 cts. Sedalia, Second, 2.
+
+
+KANSAS, $67.01.
+
+Alma, 4.25. Centralia, 27.80. Eleanor, Fred. Tangeman, 10. Kanwaka,
+5. Manhattan, First, 16.96. Wheaton, Clear Creek, 3.
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $60.51.
+
+Creighton, 3. Franklin, F. A. Wood, 5. Kramer, German, 3.90. Omaha,
+St. Mary's Av., 43.36. Omaha, First, S., 1.25. Santee, Edith Leonard,
+_for Fort Berthold, N. D._, 4.
+
+
+NORTH DAKOTA, $92.00.
+
+Elbowoods, Dr. J. L. Finney, _for S. A., Fort Berthold Indian Sch._,
+7. Fort Berthold, Miss., H. B. Ilsley, _for S. A., Fort Berthold, N.
+D._, 60. Fort Berthold, L. S. S., _for L. M. Fund_, 25.
+
+
+SOUTH DAKOTA, $5.00.
+
+Sioux Falls, First, 5.
+
+
+COLORADO, $10.20.
+
+Denver, Mrs. H. M. Semple, 20 cts. Idaho Springs, L. H. Wolcott, 10.
+
+
+MONTANA, $20.00.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MONTANA, by Mrs. W. S. Bell, Treas.,
+$20.00.
+
+Castle, Children's Mission Band, _for Indian M., Fort Yates, N. D._,
+20.
+
+
+UTAH, $2.00.
+
+Salt Lake City, Wm. H. Tibbals, 2.
+
+
+OREGON, $6.13.
+
+Forest Grove, 6.13.
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $596.81.
+
+Norwalk, Bethany, 3. San Francisco, Receipts of the California
+Chinese Mission (see items below), 586.31. Stockton, Rev. J. C.
+Holbrook, D.D., 7.50.
+
+
+MARYLAND, $60.59.
+
+Baltimore, D. D. Mallory, _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._, 50.
+Baltimore, First, 10.59.
+
+
+DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $25.53.
+
+Washington, Fifth, 13; Lincoln Memorial, 12.53.
+
+
+KENTUCKY, $3.00.
+
+Campton, Rev. J. W. Doane, 3. Lexington, "A Friend," one doz. plated
+knives and forks.
+
+
+VIRGINIA, $127.17.
+
+Cappahosic, Conference Col., _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._,
+100.17. Cappahosic, Gloucester M. S., _for Gloucester Sch._, 5.
+Churchland, Miss Addie White, _for Gloucester Sch._, 1. Hampton,
+Elizabeth Upton, _for Indian M._, 10. Nest, Mrs. Juda Whiting, _for
+Gloucester Sch._, 1. Richmond, G. G. F. Bragg, _for Gloucester Sch._,
+5. Sassafras, Miss Maggie Booth, 2; Mrs. Alberta Tyler, 1, _for
+Gloucester Sch._ Selden, Miss E. C. Scott, 1; Mrs. Ella Scott, 1, _for
+Gloucester Sch._
+
+
+TENNESSEE, $147.43.
+
+Chattanooga, First, "Member," 3. Deer Lodge, Mr. Pease, _for Pleasant
+Hill Acad., Tenn._, 1. Knoxville, Miss I. F. Hubbard, Fire Escape and
+Sash Door, Val., 45, _for Knoxville, Tenn._ Memphis, Le Moyne Lit.
+Soc., 8.03. Nashville, Union, 103.08; S. of Fisk U., 7.82. Nashville,
+Miss'y Soc., Fisk U., 12.50. Nashville, Rev. C. W. Dunn, _for S. A.,
+Fisk U._, 10. Nashville, "A Friend," _for S. A., Fisk U._, 2.
+
+
+LOUISIANA, $4.23.
+
+Hammond, 4.23.
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI, 35.40.
+
+Hermanville, Miss. B. Blackburn, _for Tougaloo U._, 5. Jackson, Miss
+Mary J. Gibson, _for furnishing room, Tougaloo U._, 10. Meridian,
+Willie Bounds, 2, George W. Shumate, 3, ad'l to _Graduates Thank
+Offering Fund_; S. Birthday Off., 1.90. Moorhead, Miss Eva Rogers,
+_for piano_, 4.50; _for S. A._, 4. Shaw, R. T. Burroughs, _for piano,
+A. G. Sch., Moorhead, Miss._, 5.
+
+
+GEORGIA, $15.75.
+
+Atlanta, "Friend," _for Storr's Sch._, 40 cts. Atlanta, First, _for
+Share Jubilee Fund_, 50 cts. Macon, George C. Burrage, 7.60; Alma C.
+Childs, 3; Ellen B. Scobie, _for Ballard Sch., Macon, Ga._, 3.
+Marshallville, C. E., of Lamson Sch., 1.25.
+
+
+SYRIA, $40.00.
+
+Beirut, Mrs. Liva A. Shaw, to const. MISS ELLEN B. SCOBIE, L. M., 40.
+
+
+SOUTH AFRICA, $10.00.
+
+Wellington, Miss Anna M. Wells, 10.
+
+
+INCOME, $2,634.16.
+
+Avery Fund, _for African M._, 1,184.16; E. A. Brown, Schp. Fund, _for
+Talladega C._, 15.75: De Forest Fund, _for President's Chair,
+Talladega C._, 185; Endowment Fund, _for Southern Work_, 6.25; Haley
+Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U._, 25; Hammond Fund, _for Straight U._, 93.75;
+Hastings Sch'p Fund, _for Atlanta, U._, 6.25; Howard Theo. Fund, _for
+Howard U._, 625.63; Howard Carter, Endowment Fund, 6.25; Le Moyne
+Fund, _for Memphis, Tenn._, 137.50; Lincoln Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega
+C._, 22.50; Luke Memorial Fund, _for Talladega C._, 10; Theological
+Fund, _for Fisk U._, 1.12; Tuthill King Fund, _for Atlanta U._, 95;
+Tuthill King Fund, _for Berea C._, 87.50; Scholarship Fund, _for
+Straight U._, 60; Seth Wadham's Theo. Fund, _for Talladega C._, 22.50;
+Stone Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._, 25; J. & L. H. Wood, Sch'p Fund,
+_for Talladega C._, 25.
+
+
+TUITION, $4,370.90.
+
+Cappahosic, Va., 40.50; Lexington, Ky., 125; Williamsburg, Ky.,
+68.25; Beaufort, N. C., 14.95; Blowing Rock, N. C., 36.22; Chapel
+Hill, N. C., 3.45; Enfield, N. C., 30.50; Hillsboro, N. C., 23.63;
+Kings Mountain, N. C., 32; Troy and Candor, N. C., 2.41; Whittier, N.
+C., 20.28; Wilmington, N. C., 112.45; Charleston, S. C., 291.20;
+Greenwood, S. C., 80.39; Knoxville, Tenn., 42.35; Memphis, Tenn.,
+540.90; Nashville, Tenn., 514.98; Grandview, Tenn., 56.65; Pleasant
+Hill, Tenn., 101.55; Albany, Ga., 71.25; Andersonville, Ga., 9.25;
+Atlanta, Ga., Storrs Sch., 215.35; Macon, Ga., 235.95; McIntosh, Ga.,
+102.62; Savannah, Ga., 141.99; Thomasville, Ga., 110.52; Athens, Ala.,
+124.10; Marion, Ala., 23.11; Mobile, Ala., 95.80; Selma, Ala., 36.30;
+Orange Park, Fla., 44.50. New Orleans, La., 483.30; Jackson, Miss.,
+254.60; Meridian, Miss., 138; Moorhead, 28; Tougaloo, Miss., 19.65;
+Austin, Tex., 98.95.
+
+
+SUMMARY FOR JUNE, 1898.
+
+     Donations                            $13,377.24
+     Estates                               17,852.64
+                                          ----------
+                                          $31,229.88
+     Income                                 2,634.16
+     Tuition                                4,370.90
+                                          ----------
+     Total for June                       $38,234.94
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+     Subscriptions for June                    $7.00
+     Previously acknowledged                  235.77
+                                             -------
+                                             $242.77
+
+
+RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, William Johnston,
+Treasurer, from April 15 to May 21, 1898, $586.31.
+
+FROM LOCAL MISSIONS, $161.36:
+
+Fresno, Chinese M. O., 8.60; Ann'y Off., 6.45. Los Angeles, Chinese
+M. O., 5.85; Ann'y Off., 5. Marysville, Chinese M. O., 7.20; Ann'y
+Off., 8.79. Oakland, Chinese M. O., 6. Oroville, Chinese M. O., 2.10;
+Ann'y Off., 4.71, Petaluma, Chinese M. O., 2.75. Riverside, Chinese M.
+O., 3.60; Ann'y Pledges, 9.50. Sacramento, Chinese M. O., 5. San
+Bernardino, Chinese M. O., 3. San Diego, Chinese M. O., 4.30; Annual
+Membs., 5. San Francisco, Bethany Ch., Ann'y Off., 13; Central
+Mission, Chinese M. O., 9,95; Annual Membs., 10; West Mission, Chinese
+M. O., 7.05. Santa Barbara, Chinese M. O., 3; Annual Membs., 4. Santa
+Cruz, Chinese M. O., 6.55; Ann'y Off., 5.80. Ventura, Chinese M. O.,
+1.50; Ann'y Gifts, 4.50. Vernondale, Chinese M. O., 1.70; Annual
+Membs., 2. Watsonville, Chinese M. O. 3.80; Ann'y Gifts, 75 cts.
+
+FROM CHURCHES, $73.95:
+
+Claremont, 13.10. San Francisco, First, 60.85.
+
+FROM INDIVIDUALS, $86.00:
+
+Charles Hetson, 50. John Stevenson, 30; Rev. F. B. Perkins, 5; C. A.
+W., 1.
+
+FROM EASTERN FRIENDS, $259.00:
+
+Bangor, Me., Hon. E. R. Burpee, 100. Auburndale, Mass., Miss Julia
+Pickard, 5. Stockbridge, Mass., Miss Alice Byington, 100. Stockbridge,
+Mass., Miss Adele Brewer, 3. New Haven, Conn., Mrs. Henry Farnum, 50.
+Santee Agency, Neb., Indian S. S. Class, 1.
+
+FOR CHINESE WOMEN AND GIRLS, $6.00:
+
+Wheaton, Ill., College, S. 5; Mrs. Carrie B. Kennedy, 1.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+RECEIPTS FOR JULY, 1898.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+THE DANIEL HAND FUND
+
+For the Education of Colored People.
+
+     Income for July                       $8,545.00
+     Previously acknowledged               54,091.84
+                                          ----------
+                                          $62,636.84
+                                          ==========
+
+
+MAINE, $471.48.
+
+Auburn, High St., Y. L. M. Band, _for wash-house and work-shop,
+Alaska M._, 10. Hallowell, H. T. L. Baker, 5. Richmond, 6. Rockland,
+20.91. Skowhegan, L. M. Soc., by Harriet A. Nash, Treas., 18.50. ----,
+"A Friend in Maine," 40.
+
+MAINE WOMAN'S AID TO A. M. A., by Mrs. Ida V. Woodbury, Treas.,
+$371.07.
+
+Andover, 5. Auburn, High St., Y. L. M. B., 10. Bangor, First, 13;
+First, C. E., _for Oahe_, 10; Central, 14; Hammond St., 11. Belfast,
+15. Brewer, First, 14. Camden, 25.50. Dixmont, 1. East Orrington,
+2.70. East Sumner, 5. Freedom, 3.45. Gorham, N. H., 5.27. Hampden, 30.
+Jackson, 3. Kenduskeag, 2.70. Litchfield Corner, 15. North Belfast, 2.
+Orono, 5. Orono, 1.60. Oxford, 2. Pownall, 10. Sandy Point, 2.38.
+Searsport, First, 22.53. Searsport, Second, 6.50. Skowhegan, 19.36.
+South Berwick, 57.48. South Paris, 12.50. Turner, 15. West Auburn, 5.
+Winslow, 3. York Village, 21.10.
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE, $1,090.37--of which from Estate, $500.00.
+
+Amherst, 20. Campton, 6. Candia, 11. Francestown, 5. Goffstown, 7.86.
+Hanover Center, C. E., _for Mountain Work_, 5.72. Henniker, 38.75.
+Hopkinton, 16.11. Lyndeboro, 9. Nashua, First, 15. Newmarket, Thomas
+H. Wiswall, 10. North Hampton, The late E. Gove, by Mrs. Abbie Gove
+and Francis R. Drake, 126.75. North Hampton, Mrs. Abbie Gove, 10.
+Plainfield, Mrs. S. R. Baker, 5. Walpole, 34.75.
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE FEMALE CENT. INST. AND HOME MISSIONARY UNION, by Miss
+Annie A. McFarland, Treas., $269.43.
+
+Concord, "A Friend in First Ch.," 50. Concord, South, 22.50. Derry,
+25. Epsom, 3.46. Hebron, 6.66. Lebanon, 26.81. Tilton, Mrs. Spencer,
+5. Undesignated Funds, 130.
+
+ESTATE.--Dover, Estate of Mrs. Abbie A. Kelsey, Miss Almie J. Kelsey,
+Executrix, 500.
+
+
+VERMONT, $1,813.82--of which from Estates, $1,558.88. Burlington,
+College St., 74.62. Burlington, "Friends," 6. Greensboro, C. L. Guild,
+5. Jeffersonville, Cambridge, Second. S., 2. Lyndon, 6.25. Montpelier,
+Bethany, C. E., _for Pleasant Hill, Tenn._, 24. St. Johnsbury, North,
+75. Randolph, First, 18. St. Johnsbury, "A. W. A.," 2. West
+Brattleboro, 19.07. Woodstock, First, 23.
+
+ESTATES.--East Hardwick, Estate of David Strickland, by J. W. Hovey,
+Executor, 1,000. Northfield, Estate of Mary Hathaway, by H. R. Brown,
+Executor, 258.88. Springfield, Estate of Frederick Parks, by A. M.
+Allbe, Executor, 300.
+
+
+MASSACHUSETTS, $2,453.36--of which from Estate, $15.00.
+
+Abington, First, 9.50. Andover, South, 50; C. E., 25, _for Macon,
+Ga._ Attleboro, Second, S., 12.60. Attleboro, C. E., _for Santee
+Indian Sch., Neb._, 10.50. Baldwinsville, Ladies Soc., Clothing,
+Freight paid, _for McIntosh, Ga._ Bernardston, 8.30. Beverly, Dane
+St., 117.50. Billerica, C. E., 5.
+
+Boston, Allston, 90.91. Dorchester, Second, 108.63. Roxbury, John G.
+Cary, 7.50. Roxbury, Immanuel, ad'l, 1.
+
+Boxford, First, S., _for Indian M._, 25. Brookline, Harvard, 82.67.
+Brookline, Leyden, C. E., _for Alaska M._, 10. Cambridge, Miss A. M.
+Longfellow, 5; Dr. A. McKenzie, 5; A parlor collection, 4.15; Mt.
+Olive Bapt. Ch., 2.50, _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._ Concord,
+Charles Thompson, 3. Dana, 5. East Hampton, First, 27.32. East
+Somerville, Mrs. M. C. Howard, 10. Everett, 25.13. Fall River, Central
+Ch., C. E., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 10. Fitchburg, Rollstone, 8.54.
+Foxboro, Mrs. Mary N. Phelps, to const. MRS. ANNA K. ALLEN, L. M., 50.
+Framingham, Plymouth, 20. Gloucester, Trinity, 30. Granby, Ch. of
+Christ, 15.05. Great Barrington, First, 19.12. Greenwich, C., 6: S.,
+5. Hadley First, 11.20. Haverhill, Center., W. M. Soc., _for S. A.,
+Fisk U._, 50. Holbrook, Winthrop, 2.17. Holyoke, First, C. E., 5.
+Hubbardston, 7. Hyannis, 1.75. Ipswich, First, 10. Kendall Green,
+Hastings Hall, _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._, 14.01.
+Leicester, 27.05. Lincoln, 1.30. Lynn, Chestnut St., 2.65. Malden,
+First Bapt., _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._, 20. Malden, Mrs.
+R. P. Kemp, _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._, 1. Manomet, 3.
+Mansfield, Orthodox, 12.07. Medway Village, 25. Newton, Eliot, 275.
+Newton Centre, First S., _for S. A., Fisk U._, 9.77. Northampton,
+Edwards, C. E., 10. Northbridge, First, 12. Oakham, C., to const. MRS.
+MARIA T. F. RUGG, L. M., 50. Oxford, First, to const. MRS. EDITH
+HUDSON, L. M., 40. Pittsfield, First Ch. of Christ, 30. Sandwich, S.,
+_for Ballard Sch._, 10. Sheffield, 8.30. Somerville, Highland, to
+const. REV. GEO. S. ANDERSON, L. M., 30. South Hadley, Mount Holyoke
+College, Faculty and Students, 100, _for Indian Schp., Santee, Neb._,
+14 _for Freedmen_. Springfield, North, 57.39; South, 31.30; Robert H.
+Clizbe, 10. Stockbridge, 17.44. Tapleyville, "S. R.," 1.25. Townsend,
+Orthodox, 12.68. Waltham, Trin., 25.92. Wellesley, 71.47. West Newton,
+Second, 104.71. West Yarmouth, 5. Wilbraham, "A Friend," 36.
+Winchenden, North, 73. Worcester, Piedmont, quarterly, 35.20;
+Plymouth, 34.11; Peoples, Primary Dept., 2.
+
+----, "Peace," 50.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF MASS., by Miss Miriam L.
+Woodberry, Ass't Treas., $40.00.
+
+W. H. M. A. of Mass., bal. pledge _for Chinese M._, Women and Girls,
+40.
+
+ESTATE.--Boston, Estate of E. C. Parkhurst, 15.
+
+
+RHODE ISLAND, $27.94.
+
+Newport, United, quarterly, 10.25. Providence, Congdon St. Bapt. Ch.,
+_for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._, 3.29; North, C. E., 1.40.
+Slaterville, 13.
+
+
+CONNECTICUT, $2,191.95.
+
+Ashford, First, 4.78. Bridgeport, Second, 130.80. Bridgeport, Second,
+S., _for Santee Indian M., Neb._, 25. Bristol, First, quarterly, 50.
+Bristol, First, special, 20. Cheshire, "A Friend," 1. Collinsville,
+14. Danielsonville, Westfield, 27.23. Groton, C., _for Tougaloo U._,
+25. Groton, 10.46. Goshen, 38. Guilford, First, 40. Hadlyme, R. E.
+Hungerford, 25. Hartford, First, 167.29. Hartford, Asylum Hill, L. B.
+S., _for furnishing room, Tougaloo U._, 25. Hartford, Miss E. R. Hyde,
+_for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._, 1. Lakeville, Mrs. S. J.
+Pennock, 4. Litchfield, First, 44.10. Manchester, North, S., _for
+furnishing room, Tougaloo U._, 31.60. Meriden, "Friends," 10. Meriden,
+Center, 75. Milford, First, 8.70. New Haven, Dixwell Av., 5. New
+Haven, Dixwell St., C., _for Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._, 8.48.
+New London, First Ch. of Christ, 43.52. Norfolk, 98.99. Northfield,
+12.84. North Madison, 4. Norwich, Park, 818.02. Plantsville, S., by A.
+Z. Ely, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 7.40. Poquonock, 5.66. Putnam, Second,
+32.67. Ridgefield, L. A. Soc., Bedding, _for Tougaloo U._ Salisbury,
+C., 5.43 _for Freedmen_, 5 _for Mountain Work._ Saybrook, Mrs. Geo.
+Dibble, 5. Shelton, S., 12.50. Stamford, Cong., C. E., _for Mountain
+Work in Tenn._, 12.13. Voluntown and Sterling, 5. Waterbury, Second,
+248.78. West Avon, 8. West Hartford, First Ch. of Christ, 18.95.
+Willimantic, 23.12.
+
+WOMAN'S CONG. HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF CONN., Mrs. W. W. Jacobs,
+Treas., $33.50:
+
+Cromwell, 18.50. Portland, "United Workers," bal. to const. MRS. H. KILBY,
+L. M., 15.
+
+
+NEW YORK, $471.22.
+
+Angola, C., 7; C. E., 5. Brooklyn Central, S., _for Indian M._,
+37.50. Brooklyn, Pratt Institute, Box of Books, _for Library,
+Lexington, Ky._ Chili Station, Martha A. Parker, deceased, (an
+ex-slave), _for the education of Colored People_, by J. B. Johnston,
+Att'y, 210. East Bloomfield, 40. East Bloomfield, Mrs. Eliza S.
+Goodwin, 5. Fredonia, Martha L. Stevens, 50 cts. Morristown, First,
+5.50. Mount Sinai, C. E., 3.40. New York, Chas. L. Mead, _for S. A.
+Fisk U._, 13; Mount Hope, S., Bible Class, 10; "H. W. H.," _for
+Gloucester Sch., Cappahosic, Va._, 5; "M. C. H.," 2. Niagara Falls,
+First, 15. Northfield, C. E., _for Indian M., Fort Berthold, N. D._,
+9. Troy, Rev. F. R. Marvin, 3.10.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF N. Y., by Mrs. J. J. Pearsall,
+Treas., $98.22.
+
+Brooklyn, South, Jr. C. E., _for S. A., Indian M._, 15. Brooklyn,
+Puritan, C. E., 26. Brooklyn, Park, _for S. A., Lincoln Acad., Kings
+Mt., N. C._, 4.50. Bridgewater, C. E., 10. Ellington, 5. Homer, 5.
+Jamestown, First, C. E., _for Alaska M._, 10. Niagara Falls, C. E.,
+10. Rutland, 7.72. Walton, 5.
+
+
+NEW JERSEY, $453.56.
+
+East Orange, "Cash," 100. Elizabeth, 5. Jersey City Heights, "C. L.
+A.," 5. Lyons Farms, Presb. S., 15. Newark, Miss Kate L. Hamilton,
+_for Chinese M._, 1. Plainfield, 119.56. Upper Montclair, Christian
+Union, 150. Vineland, "A Friend," 12.50.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF THE N. J. ASS'N, by Mrs. J. H.
+Denison, Treas., $45.50.
+
+Bound Brook, Pilgrim Workers, bal. to const. MISS ELFLEDA DUNHAM, L.
+M., 25. Bound Brook, 12. Philadelphia, Penn. Central, 8.50.
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA, $37.00.
+
+Berwyn, Charles E. Stevens, bal. to const. himself, L. M., 2. Lander,
+Alfred Cowles & Son, 35.
+
+
+OHIO, $451.98.
+
+Brecksville, First, 9. Chagrin Falls, 28.57. Cleveland, Euclid Av.,
+28.92; Plymouth, 12; Franklin Av., 10. Gomer, Welsh, 18.50. Hudson,
+C., quarterly, 9.50. Lakewood, 1.50. Lodi, 9.44. Medina, H. L. Loomis,
+to const., H. A. CLARK, EMMA BURNHAM and F. J. CLARK, L. M's, 100.
+Mount Vernon 25.85. Oberlin, First, 25. Perrysburg, S. P. Tolman,
+10.50. Rootstown, W. J. Dickinson, 20. Tallmadge, S., 20.20. Wakeman,
+Rev. Jesse Hill, _for Gold Bug, Ky._, 5.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF OHIO, by Mrs. George B. Brown,
+Treas., $118.00.
+
+Akron, First, 5. Cincinnati, Walnut Hills, 16. Cleveland, First,
+11.90; Euclid Av., 10; Hough Av., 7; Bethlehem, C. E., 2; Bethlehem,
+2; Archwood Av., C. E., 1.50. Dayton, 2. Fairport, Jr. C. E., 1.50.
+Gomer, 2. Hudson, 1.60. Oberlin, Second, to const. MISS MARY SHAFER,
+L. M., 30. Oberlin, First, 12. Painesville, C. E., _for Storrs Sch.,
+Atlanta, Ga._, 2. Ridgeville Corners, 3. Springfield, First, 3.50.
+Toledo, Central S., Primary, 1; Second, C. E., 1.50. Vermillion, C.
+E., 2.50.
+
+
+ILLINOIS, $546.80.
+
+Batavia, Miss Faith Ficher, 1; Miss Y. Babbitt, 1, _for S. A. Fisk
+U._ Blue Island, C. E., 6. Chicago, Warren Av., 52.06; Rev. Geo. R.
+Merrill, D.D., 10; Mrs. C. F. Holcomb, 20; Central Park, 4.50.
+
+Chicago, Millard Av. Mission Band, 6.07; Miss Miriam E. Carey, 5; K.
+Harris, 5; Green St. Cong. Ch., 2.73, _for S. A., Fisk U._; Green St.
+Ch., W. M. S., _for Fisk U._, 1.22. Decatur, C., _for S. A., Fisk U._,
+2. Elburn, 7.81. Evanston, First, 4. First, _for Fisk U._, 3. Geneseo,
+Mrs. P. Huntington, 5; Mrs. A. E. Steele, 5; C., 4.85; Miss M. Miller,
+1., _for S. A., Fisk U._ Geneva, Officers and Girls, State Home, 10;
+Mrs. K. West, 1; C., 1, _for S. A., Fisk U._ Glen Ellyn, 8. Godfrey,
+4.10. Hamilton, Chas. Gruff, 5. Hinsdale, 8.57. McLean, W. M. Soc.,
+11.65; Mrs. Mary Moreland, 5; H. S. Woodrow, 2, _for S. A., Fisk U._
+Moline, First, (69.90 of which _for a Schp., Fisk U._) 139.81. Normal,
+6.55. Oak Park, Second, 18.79. Ottawa, 20.94. Providence, 14. Rockton,
+First, 5. Waukegan, 11.92. Waverly, 8.25. Waverly, S., 5. Wheaton,
+Wheaton College, 15.18; Woman's Miss. Soc., 2, _for S. A., Fisk U._
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF ILLINOIS, Mrs. L. A. Field, Treas.,
+$95.80:
+
+Elburn, 45. Mont Clair, 10. Oak Park, First, 7.50; First, C. E., 5.
+Peoria, First, _for Fisk U._, 6.95. Rollo, 4.05. Rockford, Second, 3.
+
+
+MICHIGAN, $39.75.
+
+Charlotte, 10. Hart, First, 8.50. Muskegon, First, 18.35. Olivet, S.,
+1.90. Pine Grove, 1.
+
+
+IOWA, $142.91--of which from Estate, $11.67.
+
+Charles City, 32.17. Cherokee, First, 25.05. Correctionville, 9.
+Grinnell, S., 14.47. Harvey, 1.50. McGregor, J. H. Ellsworth, 20.
+Quasqueton, C., 6.60; C. E., 2.50.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF IOWA, Miss Belle L. Bentley, Treas.,
+$19.95:
+
+Anita, _for S. A., Fisk U._, 12.58. Des Moines, Plymouth, 2.92.
+Orient, "A Friend," 1. Winthrop, Jr. C. E., 3.45.
+
+ESTATE. Cedar Rapids, Estate of Clarence P. Emery, by J. H. Merrill,
+Trustee, _for Beach Inst., Savannah, Ga._, 11.67.
+
+
+WISCONSIN, $288.35.
+
+Beloit, First, 70. Beloit, Mrs. E. Barber, _for Furnishing Room,
+Tougaloo U._, 25. Delevan, 8.09. Evansville, Jun. E. S., _for Trinity
+Sch., Athens, Ala._, 5. Fulton, Rev. A. S. Reid, 2. La Crosse, 47.10.
+Lake Geneva, First, 9. Racine, Mrs. Canfield Smith, 20; Mary
+Jorghenson, 10. Sparta, First, 18. West Salem, C., to const. GEO. L.
+HOOKER, L. M., 31.16. Whitewater, 20.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF WISCONSIN, by Mrs. L. E. Smith,
+Treas., $23.00:
+
+Eau Claire, 3. Milwaukee, Grand Av., 20.
+
+
+MISSOURI, $7.22.
+
+Pierce City, First, 7.22.
+
+
+MINNESOTA, $153.47.
+
+Ada, Sen. E. S., 12. Custer, Bethel, 1.70. Freeborn, 3.20.
+Minneapolis, "Rodelmer," 2.50. Minneapolis, Fifth, C. E., 2. Moorhead,
+First, 5.20.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF MINNESOTA, by Mrs. M. W. Skinner,
+Treas., $131.87 (less expenses, $5), $126.87:
+
+Austin, 6.55. Fairmont, 3.94. Glencoe, 12. Minneapolis, Park Av.,
+12.84. Minneapolis, Plymouth, 10. New Ulmn, 4. Northfield, Carleton
+College, _for Hospital Work, Fisk U._, 37.81. Rochester, 12.45. Sauk
+Center, 3.22. Springfield, 2.50. Saint Paul, Plymouth, 10; Plymouth,
+C. E., 10. Tatrum, C. E., 3.06. Wadena, C. E., 3.50.
+
+
+SOUTH DAKOTA, $58.25.
+
+Alcester, 5. Gothland, 3.25. Yankton, "Friends in S. D.," 50.
+
+
+NEBRASKA, $38.73.
+
+Crete, 29.70. Linwood, 7.21. Norfolk, Second, 1.82.
+
+
+KANSAS, $44.01.
+
+Emporia, First, 40.36. Smith Center, 3.65.
+
+
+MONTANA, $5.00.
+
+Missoula, 5.
+
+
+CALIFORNIA, $349.16.
+
+Byron, 2.10. Llano, Miss Lucy Morley, 5. Pomona, Mrs. L. H. P.,
+12.50. San Francisco, Receipts of the California Chinese Mission (see
+items below), 329.56.
+
+
+OREGON, $4.00.
+
+Eugene, First, 4.
+
+
+WASHINGTON, $4.20.
+
+Cheney, 4.20.
+
+
+VIRGINIA, $2.75.
+
+Cappahosic, Capt. S. Munsell, _for Gloucester Sch._, 1. Gloucester,
+Mrs. S. L. Goldman, _for Gloucester Sch._, 1. Gloucester Co., Bethany,
+S., _for Gloucester Sch._, 75 cts.
+
+
+WEST VIRGINIA, $6.30.
+
+Huntington, First, C. E., 6.30.
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA, $15.50.
+
+Tryon, 9.50. Woodville, Pool Grove Bapt. C., _for Gloucester Sch.,
+Cappahosic, Va._, 1.
+
+WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA, by A. E. Farrington,
+Treas., $5.00:
+
+Oaks, _for Indian M._, 5.
+
+
+TENNESSEE, $11.00.
+
+Knoxville, Second, 1. Nashville, Rev. Chas. W. Dunn, _for S. A.,
+Fisk U._, 5. Pin Hook Landing, Rev. C. B. Riggs and family, 5.
+
+
+LOUISIANA, $4.00.
+
+Belle Place, 4.
+
+
+FLORIDA, $31.50.
+
+Melbourne, First, 10.50; Miss C. L. Marsh, 3. Tallahassee, T. W.
+Talley, _for Music, S. A., Fisk U._, 18.
+
+
+ENGLAND, $2.44.
+
+Leamington, Boy's Mission, by James Taylor, _for S. A., Fisk U._,
+2.44.
+
+
+SCOTLAND, $59.82.
+
+"Friends," by F. J. Loudin and Jubilee Singers, _for S. A., Fisk
+U._, 59.82.
+
+
+INCOME, $901.39.
+
+Atterbury Fund, 106.87. Avery Fund, _for African M._, 191. Belden
+Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._, 30. De Forest Fund, _for President's
+Chair, Talladega C._, 217.61. C. F. Dike Fund, _for Straight U._, 50.
+General Endowment Fund, _for Freedmen_, 50. Gen'l C. B. Fisk Sch'p
+Fund _for Fisk U._, 11.25. Graves Library Fund, _for Atlanta U._,
+112.50. Haley Sch'p Fund, _for Fisk U._, 22.50. Hammond Fund, _for
+Straight U._, 22.50. Howard Theo. Sch'p Fund, _for Howard U._, 57.
+Tuthill King Endowment Fund, _for Berea C._, 94 cts. Le Moyne Fund,
+_for Memphis, Tenn._, 22.50. Luke Memorial Fund, _for Talladega C._,
+22 cts. Rice Memorial Fund, _for Talladega C._, 5.63. Scholarship
+Fund, _for Straight U._, 40 cts. Stone Sch'p Fund, _for Talladega C._,
+47 cts.
+
+
+TUITION, $1,262.64.
+
+Lexington, Ky., 188.15; All Healing, N. C. Public Fund, 200; Saluda,
+N. C., 28.90; Whittier, N. C., 4.80; Charleston, S. C., 318.90;
+Nashville, Tenn., 346.34; Pleasant Hill, Tenn., 3; Cotton Valley,
+Ala., Public Fund, 80; Cotton Valley, Ala., 54.05; Orange Park, Fla.,
+1; Tougaloo, Miss., 5; New Orleans, La., 32; Austin, Tex., 50 cts.
+
+
+SUMMARY FOR JULY, 1898.
+
+     Donations                             $9,192.29
+     Estates                                2,085.55
+                                          ----------
+                                          $11,277.84
+     Income                                   901.39
+     Tuition                                1,262.64
+                                          ----------
+     Total for July                       $13,441.87
+
+
+FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.
+
+     Subscriptions for July                  $13.05
+     Previously acknowledged                 242.77
+                                            -------
+                                            $255.82
+
+
+SUMMARY.
+
+     Donations                          $126,545.93
+     Estates                              85,906.14
+                                        -----------
+                                        $212,452.07
+     Income                               11,621.89
+     Tuition                              36,324.31
+                                        -----------
+     Total from Oct. 1, 1897,
+       to July 31, 1898,                $260,398.27
+
+
+RECEIPTS OF THE CALIFORNIA CHINESE MISSION, William Johnstone,
+Treas., from May 19 to June 27, 1898, $329.56.
+
+FROM LOCAL MISSIONS, $216.71:
+
+Fresno, Chinese M. O., 4.70; Annual Membs., 7.25. Specials from
+Chinese _for Rent_, 10.75; Wong Hing, _for New Mission House_, 5. Los
+Angeles, Chinese M. O., 5.90. Ann'y Pledges, 24.61. Marysville,
+Chinese M. O., 7.20; Ann'y Pledges, 9.25. Oroville, Chinese M. O.,
+2.50; Annual Memb., 13.50. Petaluma, Chinese M. O., 2.75. Riverside,
+Chinese M. O., 4.05; Ann'y Gift, 5. Sacramento, Chinese M. O., 5. San
+Bernardino, Chinese M. O., 2. San Diego, Chinese M. O., 2.10; Ann'y
+Pledges, 11.65. San Francisco, Bethany C., Ann'y Pledges, 27.50. San
+Francisco, Central Mission, M. O., 9.85; Annual Memb., 12. San
+Francisco, West Mission, Chinese M. O., 2.60. Santa Barbara, Chinese
+M. O., 5.85; Ann'y Pledges, 5. Santa Cruz, Chinese M. O., 6.30; Annual
+Memb., 15.50. Ventura, Chinese M. O., 50 cts.; Ann'y Pledges, 1.
+Vernondale, Chinese M. O., 2; Ann'y Pledges, 3. Watsonville, Chinese
+M. O., 2.40.
+
+PERSONAL GIFTS, $26.00.
+
+Mrs. L. E. Agard, 20; Rev. J. C. Holbrook, D.D., 5; Mrs. Carolyn A.
+Sawyer, 1.
+
+EASTERN FRIENDS, $5.00.
+
+Worcester, Mass., "Friends," 5.
+
+FOR CHINESE MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, $81.85.
+
+Greenfield, Woman's Aux. to Mass. W. H. M. A., 25; Miss E. S.
+Osgood, 25. Albany, N. Y., "Friends of Chinese," 21. Howard, Neb.,
+Cong. C. E., by Mrs. O. V. Rice, 4.85. Watsonville, by Mrs. Martha
+Ellis, 6.
+
+
+  H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,
+  Congregational Rooms,
+  Fourth Av. and Twenty-Second St.,
+  New York, N. Y.
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+JUBILEE YEAR FUND, ADDITIONAL SHARE.
+
+WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF ALABAMA, Talladega, Ala.
+
+     Previously reported                 857
+     Subscription reported above           1
+                                        ----
+     Total number of shares reported     858
+
+       *       *       *       *       *
+
+WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS.
+
+
+MAINE.
+
+  WOMAN'S AID TO A. M. A.
+  _State Committee_--Mrs. Ida Vose Woodbury, Woodfords;
+  Mrs. L. J. Thomas, 115 So. Main St., Auburn;
+  Mrs. Helen Quimby, Bangor.
+
+
+NEW HAMPSHIRE.
+
+  FEMALE CENT. INSTITUTION AND HOME MISS. UNION
+  President--Mrs. Cyrus Sargeant, Plymouth.
+  Secretary--Mrs. N. W. Nims, 16 Rumford St., Concord.
+  Treasurer--Miss Annie A. McFarland, Concord.
+
+
+VERMONT.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. W. J. Van Patten, 386 Pearl St., Burlington.
+  Secretary--Mrs. M. K. Paine, Windsor.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. Rebecca P. Fairbanks, St. Johnsbury.
+
+
+MASS. AND R. I.
+
+  [B]WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION.
+  President--Mrs. C. L. Goodell, 9 Shailer St., Brookline, Mass.
+  Secretary--Mrs. Louise A. Kellogg, 32 Congregational House, Boston.
+  Treasurer--
+
+
+CONNECTICUT.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Miss Ellen R. Camp, 9 Camp St., New Britain.
+  Secretary--Mrs. C. T. Millard, 36 Lewis St., Hartford.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. W. W. Jacobs, 530 Farmington Ave., Hartford.
+
+
+NEW YORK.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. Wm. Kincaid, 483 Green Ave., Brooklyn.
+  Secretary--Mrs. Wm. Spalding, 511 Orange St., Syracuse.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. J. J. Pearsall, 153 Decatur St., Brooklyn
+
+
+NEW JERSEY.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION OF THE N. J. ASSOCIATION.
+  President--Mrs. A. H. Bradford, Montclair.
+  Secretary--Mrs. Frank J. Goodwin, Glen Ridge.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. J. H. Dennison, 150 Belleville Ave., Newark.
+
+
+PENNSYLVANIA.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. J. S. Upton, Ridgway.
+  Secretary--Mrs. C. F. Yennie, Ridgway.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. T. W. Jones, 511 Woodland Terrace, Philadelphia.
+
+
+OHIO.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. C. W. Carroll, 48 Brookfield St., Cleveland.
+  Secretary--Mrs. J. W. Moore, 515 The Ellington, Cleveland.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. G. B. Brown, 2116 Warren St., Toledo.
+
+
+INDIANA.
+
+  President--Mrs. W. A. Bell, 223 Broadway, Indianapolis.
+  Secretary--Mrs. D. F. Coe, Elkhart.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. A. H. Ball, Anderson.
+
+
+ILLINOIS.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. Sidney Strong, Oak Park.
+  Secretary--Mrs. A. O. Whitcomb, 463 Irving Ave., Chicago.
+  Treasurer--Miss Bessie E. Crosby, Oak Park.
+
+
+MISSOURI.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. Henry Hopkins, 916 Holmes St., Kansas City.
+  Secretary--Mrs. L. F. Doane, 3319 E. 9th St., Kansas City.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. K. L. Mills, 1526 Wabash Ave., Kansas City.
+
+
+IOWA.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. L. F. Berry, Ottumwa.
+  Secretary--Mrs. H. H. Robbins, Grinnell.
+  Treasurer--Miss Belle L. Bentley, West Grand Ave., Des Moines.
+
+
+MICHIGAN.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. Isaac Platt Powell, 76 Jefferson Ave., Grand Rapids.
+  Secretary--Mrs. E. N. Thorne, 212 S. Union St., Grand Rapids.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. E. F. Grabill, Greenville.
+
+
+WISCONSIN.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. E. G. Updike, Madison.
+  Secretary--Mrs. A. O. Wright, Madison.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. L. E. Smith, 140 Gorham St., Madison.
+
+
+MINNESOTA.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Miss Katherine W. Nichols, 230 East Ninth St., St. Paul.
+  Secretary--Mrs. A. P. Lyon, Minneapolis.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. M. W. Skinner, Northfield.
+
+
+NORTH DAKOTA.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. M. M. Lander, Wahpeton.
+  Secretary--Mrs. Silas Daggett, Harwood.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. J. M. Fisher, Fargo.
+
+
+SOUTH DAKOTA.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. C. E. Corry, Columbia.
+  Secretary--Mrs. B. H. Burtt, Huron.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. F. M. Wilcox, Huron.
+
+
+BLACK HILLS, SOUTH DAKOTA.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. J. B. Gossage, Rapid City.
+  Secretary--Mrs. C. W. Brown, Rapid City.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. S. Cushman, Deadwood.
+
+
+NEBRASKA.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. D. B. Perry, Crete.
+  Secretary--Mrs. H. Bross, 2904 Q St., Lincoln.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. Charlotte C. Hall, C St., Lincoln.
+
+
+KANSAS.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. F. E. Storrs, Topeka.
+  Secretary--Mrs. M. H. Jaquith, 1157 Filmore Street, Topeka.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. E. C. Read, Parsons.
+
+
+COLORADO.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. E. R. Drake, 2739 Lafayette St., Denver.
+  Secretary--Mrs. Chas. Westley, Box 508, Denver.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. B. C. Valentine, Highlands.
+
+
+WYOMING.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. P. F. Powelson, Cheyenne.
+  Secretary--Mrs. J. A. Riner, Cheyenne.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. J. M. Brown, Wheatland.
+
+
+MONTANA.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. Victor F. Clark, Livingston.
+  Secretary--Mrs. H. J. Miller, Livingston.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. W. S. Bell, Helena.
+
+
+IDAHO.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. R. B. Wright, Boise.
+  Secretary--Mrs. C. E. Mason, Mountain Home.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. G. L. Cole, Mountain Home.
+
+
+WASHINGTON.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. A. J. Bailey, 1614 Second Ave., Seattle.
+  Secretary--Mrs. W. C. Wheeler, 424 South K St., Tacoma.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. J. W. George, 620 Fourth St., Seattle.
+
+
+OREGON.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. F. Eggert, The Hill, Portland.
+  Secretary--Mrs. D. D. Clarke, 447 N. E. Twelfth St., Portland.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. C. F. Clapp, Forest Grove.
+
+
+CALIFORNIA.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
+  President--Mrs. E. S. Williams, Saratoga.
+  Secretary--Mrs. F. B. Perkins, 546 24th St., Oakland.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. J. M. Haven, 1329 Harrison St., Oakland.
+
+
+SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. Warren F. Day, 253 S. Hope St., Los Angeles.
+  Secretary--Mrs. W. J. Washburn, 1900 Pasadena Ave., Los Angeles.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. Mary M. Smith, Public Library, Riverside.
+
+
+NEVADA.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. L. J. Flint, Reno.
+  Secretary--Miss Margaret N. Magill, Reno.
+  Treasurer--Miss Mary Clow, Reno.
+
+
+UTAH (including Southern Idaho).
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. Clarence T. Brown, Salt Lake City, Utah.
+  Secretary--Mrs. W. S. Hawkes, 135 Sixth St., E., Salt Lake City, Utah.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. Dana W. Bartlett, Salt Lake City, Utah.
+  Secretary for Idaho--Mrs. Oscar Sonnenkalb, Pocatello, Idaho.
+
+
+NEW MEXICO.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. E. H. Ashmun, Albuquerque.
+  Secretary--Mrs. F. A. Burlingame, Albuquerque.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. M. McCluskey, Albuquerque.
+
+
+OKLAHOMA.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. J. H. Parker, Kingfisher.
+  Secretary--Mrs. L. E. Kimball, Guthrie.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. L. S. Childs, Choctaw City.
+
+
+INDIAN TERRITORY.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. John McCarthy, Vinita.
+  Secretary--Mrs. Fayette Hurd, Vinita.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. R. M. Swain, Vinita.
+
+
+NORTH CAROLINA.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. S. S. Sevier, Greensboro.
+  Secretary and Treasurer--Miss A. E. Farrington, Oaks.
+
+
+GEORGIA.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--
+  Secretary--
+  Treasurer--
+
+
+FLORIDA.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. S. F. Gale, Jacksonville.
+  Secretary--Mrs. Nathan Barrows, Winter Park.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. W. D. Brown, Interlachen.
+
+
+ALABAMA.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. M. A. Dillard, Selma.
+  Secretary--Mrs. Spencer Snell, Talladega.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. E. C. Silsby, Talladega.
+
+
+TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY and ARKANSAS.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION OF THE TENNESSEE ASSOCIATION.
+  President--Mrs. G. W. Moore, Box 8, Fisk Univ., Nashville.
+  Secretary--Mrs. Mary L. Corpier, Florence, Ala.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. J. C. Napier, 514 Capitol Square, Nashville.
+
+
+MISSISSIPPI.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. L. H. Turner, 3012 12th St., Meridian.
+
+
+LOUISIANA.
+
+  WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. L. St. J. Hitchcock, 2436 Canal St., New Orleans.
+  Secretary--Mrs. Matilda W. Cabrère, New Orleans.
+  Treasurer--Miss Mary L. Rogers, Straight Univ., New Orleans.
+
+
+TEXAS.
+
+  WOMAN'S HOME MISSIONARY UNION.
+  President--Mrs. J. M. Wendelkin, Dallas.
+  Secretary--Mrs. H. Burt, Lock Box 563, Dallas.
+  Treasurer--Mrs. C. I. Scofield, Dallas.
+
+
+FOOTNOTE:
+
+[B] While the W. H. M. A. appears in this list as a State body for
+Mass. and R. I., it has certain auxiliaries elsewhere.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary - Volume 52,
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