CHILDREN'S PAGE

WONG NING'S IDEAS

AS EXPRESSED BY HIMSELF.

[Wong Ning is no imaginary character. He is a real flesh-and-blood Chinese boy, living in San Francisco, and much interested in the new and many sided life going on about him. So we are glad to give you, in his own words, a few of his observations on American life and manners.]

My name is Wong Ning. I born on home China, come to this country when thirteen years old, and been here now seven year.

Little boy have very hard time on home China. Have to get up and go to school at six o'clock—very early that—come home, get breakfast at eight o'clock, and lunch at twelve o'clock; then stay till six o'clock in the day. I no think American boy like that!

Little girl no go to school at all! Very funny, that! Have one big house, on home China, where all the girls go every day; learn to sew, make the pretty things, the flowers, the birds, everything! by the needle. Little girl no speak to the boy—no! never! on home China.

On home China every one like the mother very much; give everything to she. If a China boy no like the mother, no work hard for she, no send she everything—Oh! horrible! very bad! All the sons marry, bring home the wife to wait on she. Not like the wife so much as the mother, on home China.

The woman—the wife, the mother, the little girl—all work in the house—sew, cook, make the cloth, everything! When they make the dinner or the lunch, set the table very nice, put on everything; then run behind the curtain (no have any door on home China), and then the man—the father, the son, the little boy—all come in, sit down, eat the dinner; eat him all up. Pretty soon, by and by, the woman—the mother, the wife, the little girl—come quiet, lift up the curtain. If he all gone, can come eat; if no, can not come. Yes! Sure!

I go to school at night, learn to read and write; I think English very hard. I been work for the Jew family, the Irish family, and the Spanish family. I think my English get too much funny—so many kinds of language. Now I work for the American family; like it more better.

I been here so long, and go to school so much, that I understand the English more better than China. Very funny that! When my cousin, at the wash-house, send me the letter to come take dinner with he, he have to write it in English, and the lady I work for, she laugh very much.

I get one letter this morning. (My American name Charley). Here the letter:

"Mr. Chily, you Please come to Kum Lee this evening to take dinder, because Lee chong go to home China this week. Ah Do and Ah Sing all come in to if soon as you can good by Wong Voo."

I know plenty stories about on home China. You ever hear about Kong foo-too?—American call him Confucius—he very great man.

Maybe you like, I tell you one story. He live about two, three thousand year ago, yes! sure! He travel every city, teach Chinaman—that very good.

One city he no came—that Canton—one very big place inside three big walls. Kong-foo-too, or Confucius, he come to Canton, and try to come in the gate—very big gate.

One little boy there seven years old. I think that little boy too smart. He making play of a little city, and building three little walls around it, all the same like Canton. He took up too much room, and talk too smart, so that Confucius cannot get in.

He watch him a little while, then he say, "I guess Canton all right; this boy can teach Canton. I go some other place." That very bad! Next year that boy died—very strange that! So Canton never get any teaching, not from boy, not from Kong-foo-too. I think not very good for little boy to be too smart.—St. Nicholas.

RECEIPTS FOR APRIL, 1884.

MAINE, $257.77.

Augusta. "J. S." (5 of which for Indian Work, Hampton N. & A. Inst.) to const. Rev. Arthur F. Skeele L.M.$30.00

Belfast. Miss A. L. McDowell, for Selma, Ala.1.00

Bluehill. Cong. Ch.5.00

Brewer. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.15.00

Camden. R. Bowers, 20; Abner Howe and wife, 3; Jonas Howe, 50c.; Mrs. Myra A. Mansfield, 3.50; E. D. Mansfield, 330.00

Gorham. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.65.85

Gorham. Sab. Sch., by J. S. Hinckley, for Student Aid, Selma, Ala. 26.42

Limington. "A. B."2.00

Lyman. Cong. Ch. and Soc.5.50

Machias. Center St. Cong. Ch.5.00

Portland. Fourth Cong. Ch. and Soc.7.00

Saint Albans. Rev Wm. S. Sewall3.00

Scarborough. "A friend in Cong. Ch."50.00

South Berwick. Mrs. J. H. Hodgden's S. S. Class, for Student Aid, Talladega C.10.00

South Berwick, Ladies of Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Wilmington, N. C.

Woodfords. —— 1.00

Yarmouthville. Rev. A. Loring1.00

NEW HAMPSHIRE, $237.16.

Amherst. Cong. Ch.5.82

Colebrook. "E. C."2.00

Hinsdale. Cong. Ch. and Soc.13.54

Keene. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Sab. Sch. Work15.42

Lyndeborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.2.50

Marlborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.15.40

Mason. Cong. Ch.6.00

Milford. Willing Workers, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.50.00

New Boston. —— (30 of which for Cal. Chinese M.)100.00

New Ipswich. A. N. Townsend1.00

Northwood. Dea. J. J. Cate, for Student Aid, Fisk U.1.00

Peterborough. Ladies' Circle Union Cong. C., for Freight2.04

Winchester. Cong. Sab. Sch.22.44

VERMONT, $716.94.

Cambridge. Mr. and Mrs. M. Safford38.52

Cambridge. "Friends," by Mrs. S. P. Wheelock, Box of C., for Tougaloo U.; "Friend" 2, for Freight2.00

Dorset. Women's H. M. Soc., for Student Aid, Atlanta U.15.00

Greensborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.18.50

Jamaica. Mrs. William Hastings5.00

Manchester. Miss Ellen Hawley 70, for Student Aid, 25, for repairing Piano, Talladega C.95.00

Manchester. Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Reed, for Student Aid, Atlanta U. 25.00

Manchester. A. Hemenway5.00

Milton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.14.40

Newport. Cong. Ch. and Soc.13.65

North Cambridge. "A Friend"5.00

North Ferrisburg. Cyrus W. Wicker10.00

Norwich. John Dutton10.00

Rutland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.109.48

Saint Albans. M. A. Stranahan, for Student Aid, Fisk U.50.00

Saint Johnsbury. North Cong. Ch., 113.25; South Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., 61.22174.47

Springfield. Cong. Ch. M. C. Coll., for Indian M.8.69

Stockbridge. Rev. T. S. Hubbard10.00

Townshend. "A Friend"5.00

West Brattleborough. Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.23

Williston. W. L. Seymour2.00

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$626.94

LEGACY.

Grafton. Estate of Mrs. Caroline B. Akin, by Wm. Hastings, Ex.90.00

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$716.94

MASSACHUSETTS, $6,300.43.

Adams. Mrs. W. B. Green's Sab. Sch. Class, Cong. Ch.10.00

Amherst. First Cong. Ch.25.00

Amherst. Miss Mary H. Scott, for Reading Room, Tougaloo U.3.00

Andover. "A Friend," 1.50, for Student Aid, Talladega C.; Free Ch., Bbl. of C., for Talladega, Ala., 3 for Freight4.50

Athol. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc. to const. Wm. Sherwood L.M.54.39

Boston. Central Ch. and Soc., 933.81; Old South Ch. and Soc., 429.15; Mrs. D. C. Holden, 50c1,363.46

Boston. Sab. Sch. of Eliot Ch., 25; Mrs. C. A. Spaulding, 20, for Student Aid, Fisk U.45.00

Boston, Charlestown. Winthrop Ch. and Soc.77.84

Bradford. Mrs. Sarah C. Boyd, for Student Aid, Atlanta U.10.00

Brookfield. Ladies' Benevolent Soc., Cong. Ch., for Freight2.35

Cambridge. First Ch., Shepherd Soc.174.50

Cambridgeport. Pilgrim Ch. Mon. Con. Coll.14.27

Cambridgeport. Ladies of Prospect St. Sewing Circle, Bbl. of C. and Box of Books, for Kittrell, N. C.

Chelsea. Arthur C. Stone and S. S. Class, First Cong. Ch., 100; Miss Annie P. James, 30, to const. Miss Sarah L. Grant L.M.; for Student Aid, Atlanta U.130.00

Chelsea. Ladies Union Home M. Band, for Lady Missionary, Chattanooga, Tenn.60.00

Concord. Trin. Cong. Ch. and Soc.29.66

Dorchester. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.109.94

East Hampton. First Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Straight U. 25.00

East Hampton. "Friends," for Oaks, N. C.6.00

East Hampton. First Cong. Ch., for Freight2.40

East Medway. Bbl. of C. and S. S. Supplies, by S. E. Spencer, for Savannah, Ga.

Easton. Cong. Ch. and Soc.12.25

Falmouth. First Cong. Ch. M. C. Coll.14.00

Fall River. Central Cong. Ch.250.00

Florence. Florence Cong. Ch.24.50

Gardner. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.13.96

Gloucester. Evan. Cong. Ch. and Soc.25.00

Goshen. Cong. Ch. and Soc.7.00

Great Barrington. First Cong. Ch.102.38

Great Barrington. Egbert E. Lee, for Student Aid, Atlanta U.4.00

Haverhill. A. P. Nichols, 35, for Student Aid, 15 for Furnishing Room Talladega C.; Ladies of W. H. M. Soc., Center Ch., Box of C., for Talladega C.50.00

Haverhill. Sab. Sch. of North Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U. 25.00

Haverhill. Sew. Soc. North Cong. Ch., for Freight1.51

Hubbardston. Cong. Ch. and Soc.50.00

Hyde Park. Cong. Ch. and Soc.32.50

Kingston. "A Friend."1.00

Lawrence. Lawrence St. Ch., "A friend" Bundle of C., val. 18, for Student Aid, Fisk U. and 2 for Freight2.00

Lawrence. Bbl. of C. by Mrs. M. E. J. Bean, for Savannah, Ga.

Lee. Cong. Sab. Sch.75.00

Leicester. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.72.89

Lexington. Hancock Ch. and Soc.16.00

Malden. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.61.62

Marblehead. Hon. J. J. H. Gregory, Bbl. garden seeds for Talladega C.

Medway. Ladies' Benev. Soc., Bbl. of C., val. 25

Mill River. Cong. Ch. and Soc.21.71

Natick. Cong. Ch. and Soc.40.00

Newburyport. Mrs. L. J. Case, for Student Aid, Fisk U.5.00

Newton. Eliot Ch. and Soc.200.00

Newton Center. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.119.03

Newton Highlands. James L. Hyde, for Student Aid, Fisk U.3.00

Newtonville. Mrs. J. W. Hayes25.00

New Salem. Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.00

Norfolk. Cong. Ch. and Soc.3.80

North Adams. Cong. Ch.32.89

Northampton. First Cong. Ch., 307.67; Edwards Ch., 92.20399.87

Northampton. Edwards Ch. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.25.00

Northampton. A. L. Williston, 20, for Student Aid, Atlanta U., and Package Indelible Ink, for Talladega C.20.00

Northampton. "A Friend," for Student Aid, Atlanta U.17.50

North Brookfield. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.50.00

Norton. Mrs. E. B. Wheaton, for Student Aid, Fisk U.20.00

Oakham. Bbl. of C., by S. F. Fairbanks, for Savannah, Ga.

Orange. Cen. Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.26.00

Oxford. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.20.15

Peabody. South Ch. and Soc.113.00

Pittsfield. "A Friend"1.00

Plymouth. Church of the Pilgrimage93.86

Rehoboth. Cong. Ch.21.54

Roxbury. Dea. Silas Potter, for Student Aid, Fisk U.25.00

Salem. Girl's Missionary Soc., of South Ch., for Freight2.05

Salisbury and Amesbury. Union Evan. Ch.15.00

Somerville. Franklin St. Ch. and Soc.176.76

South Abington. "By a Friend," to const. Mrs. Sally Soule and Mrs. Mehitable Reed L.M's100.00

South Weymouth. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc. ad'l to const. Mrs. Emma J. Smith and Mrs. Alice H. Gardner L.M's48.00

Sunderland. Cong. Ch. and Soc.71.89

Sunderland. Sab. Sch. Classes of Misses Belle Childs and Kittie Armes, 13.49, and of Mrs. Alice Ball, Misses Cala A. Delano and Mary L. Hubbard, 14.62; for Student Aid, Atlanta U.28.11

Taunton. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.31.86

Townsend. Cong. Sab. Sch.6.50

Ware. East Cong. Ch. and Soc., 372.75 to const. George S. Hall, Chas. H. Allen, Jr., Alvan Hyde, Sarah G. Hyde, Nellie Bullard and Mrs. Mary E. Cleveland L.M's; First Cong. Ch. and Soc., 31.76 404.51

Watertown. Phillips Sew. Circle, Bbl. of C., val. 50., for Tougaloo U.

Westborough. Ladies' Freedmen's Sew. Circle. Bbl. of C., val. $43.32, for Talladega C., 1.50 for Freight1.50

West Brookfield. Cong. Ch. and Soc.33.05

West Gloucester. Cong. Ch. and Soc.10.25

West Hampton. Cong. Ch.25.00

West Medway. Cong. Ch. and Soc.5.00

Westminster. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.89.15

West Roxbury. South Evan. Ch. and Soc.22.29

Williamstown. First Cong. Ch.13.15

Wilmington. Ch. of Christ45.63

Worcester. Piedmont Ch., 320; Union Ch. and Soc., 181.60; Central Ch. and Soc., 85586.60

Yarmouth Port. Ladies' Sew. Cir. of First Cong. Ch. Bbl. of C., for McIntosh, Ga., 1 for Freight1.00

By Charles Marsh, Treas., Hampden Benev. Ass'n: Monson Cong. Ch. 20; Cong. Sab. Sch., 10.92, for Fisk U., and 10.92 for Hampton N. & A. Inst.; Springfield, South Ch., 45.64; First Ch., 24.38; Westfield, First Ch., 40151.86

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$6,150.43

LEGACY.

North Brookfield. Estate of Lydia C. Dodge, by Wm. P. Haskell150.00

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$6,300.43

RHODE ISLAND, $27.17.

Little Compton. Cong. Sab. Sch.20.00

Tiverton. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch.7.17

CONNECTICUT, $3,627.82.

Bozrah. Cong. Ch., 4.63; Miss Hannah Maples, 59.63

Bridgeport. First Cong. Ch.81.01

Canton Center. Cong. Ch. and Soc.7.37

Coventry. Second Cong. Ch.34.02

Darien. Cong. Ch.33.00

East Hampton. Mrs. Laura Skinner, for Talladega C.5.00

East Hartland. Cong. Ch.17.40

East Haven. Cong. Ch.15.00

Enfield. Members of Cong. Ch. for Student Aid, Straight U.5.00

Farmington. Cong. Ch. (175 of which from Dea. Henry D. Hawley to const. Robt. McKee, Alexander Patterson and Herbert Hart L.M's) 230.37

Franklin. Cong. Ch.9.18

Guilford. Daniel Hand100.00

Hartford. Roland Mather, 1,000; Windsor Av. Cong. Ch., Mrs. Catherine R. Hillyer, 30, to const. Mrs. Susan M. Stowe L.M.1,030.00

Hartford. Young Ladies' Mission Band, by Minnie Lewis, Box Thread, for Dakota Home

Harwinton. Cong. Ch.51.00

Meriden. Center Cong. Ch.50.00

Middletown. First Ch.55.76

New Britain. Mrs. Norman Hart14.00

New Canaan. John Erhardt 2.50

Mansfield. Second Cong. Ch. and Soc.7.14

Mansfield Center. First Cong. Ch.10.00

New Haven. First Ch., 200.56; Ch. of the Redeemer, 176; Rev. S. W. Barnum, 10 copies "Romanism as It Is," val. 35; "W. C. S.," 2378.56

North Manchester. Second Cong. Ch.60.00

Norwich. Park Cong. Ch. and Soc.333.77

Poquonock. Cong. Ch.63.00

Ridgefield. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.10.00

Seymour. Cong. Ch.15.00

Sherman. Cong. Ch.20.00

Southington. "A Friend," for Fort Berthold, Dak.50.00

South Killingly. Cong. Ch.4.00

South Windsor. First Cong. Ch.27.27

Thomaston. Cong. Ch.70.29

Vernon. Rev. Chas. Redfield5.00

Waterbury. Prof. Wm. M. Aber, for Atlanta U.10.00

West Stafford. Cong. Ch. and Soc.9.00

Whitneyville. Cong. Ch., to const. Eli G. Dickerman L.M.35.00

Windsor Locks. Cong. Ch.77.68

Windsor Locks. Ladies Soc., Bbl. of C., for Tougaloo U.

——. "A Friend"10.00

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$2,945.95

LEGACIES.

Danbury. Estate of Mrs. R. B. Fry, by L. D. Brewster, Adm.481.87

Eastford. Estate of Royel Warren, by J. D. Barrows, Ex.200.00

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$3,627.82

NEW YORK, $1,934.74.

Brooklyn. Ch. of the Pilgrims312.81

Binghamton. Bbl. of C. and S. S. Supplies, by Mrs. A. L. Webster; Mrs. Webster, 5, for Savannah, Ga.5.00

Cohoes. Mrs. H. S. Gilbert, for Kittrell, N. C.2.00

City Island. Miss H. M. Hegeman, for Freight2.00

Essex Co. —— 75.00

Flushing. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Lady Miss'y40.00

Franklin. Cong. Ch.2.50

Governeur. "Thank Offering," for Ken. Mt. Work5.00

Jamesport. Cong. Ch.6.00

Malone. Mrs. M. K. Wead100.00

Millville. Cong. Ch.2.10

Munnsville. T. B. Rockwell3.00

New York. Broadway Tab. Ch. (65 of which for Lady Missionaries) 1,121.24

New York. Sewing Sch. of Bethany Mission, Tabernacle Ch., by Miss M. S. Janes, for Santee Agency, Neb.25.00

New York. Miss E. E. Wynkoop2.00

Norwich. Mrs. C. B. Martin, for Library Fund, Savannah, Ga.5.00

Nyack. John W. Towt100.00

Orient. Hetty M. Wiggins.50

Owego. Box of C., for Oaks, N. C.

Poughkeepsie. Cong. Sab. Sch. Box of Christmas Gifts, for Savannah, Ga.

Sidney Plains. Cong. Ch.5.00

Syracuse. Mrs. Clara C. Clarke, 7.40; Nathan Cobb, 512.40

Tarrytown. "A Friend"40.00

West Salamanca. Rev. Wm. Hall12.09

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$1,878.64

LEGACY.

Fort Covington. Estate of Reuben Martin by John S. Parker, Ex.56.10

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$1,934.74

NEW JERSEY, $60.00.

Boundbrook. Cong. Sab. Sch.15.00

East Orange. Grove St. Cong. Ch.35.00

Irvington. Rev. R. S. Underwood5.00

Orange Valley. Cong. Ch., adl.5.00

PENNSYLVANIA, $85.00.

Canton. H. Sheldon10.00

Coudersport. J. S. and M. W. Mann5.00

East Smithfield. Rev. C. H. Phelps5.00

Hermitage. W. F. Stewart5.00

Philadelphia. Thomas W. Price50.00

Philadelphia. Frederick S. Kindall, for Books, Theo. Dept. Talladega C.10.00

OHIO, $351.12.

Akron. Ladies' Home Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch (adl)5.00

Ashtabula. First Cong. Ch.30.00

Brooklyn. Cong. Ch.12.95

Chagrin Falls. Cong. Ch. Sab. Sch., for Indian M.4.25

Chardon. Cong. Ch.12.91

Cleveland. First Cong. Ch.24.38

Cleveland. Liberty Holden, 10, Dea. Horace Ford, 5, Mrs. E. H. Ladd, 1, for Student Aid, Fisk U.16.00

Conneaut. H. E. Pond5.00

Elyria. Mission Bands Cong. Ch.: "Little Helpers," 15, "Opportunity Club," 6, "Golden Links," 4, for Indian Girl, Santee Agency25.00

Four Corners. Cong. Ch.2.90

Hudson. Ladies, by Mrs. A. C. Stevens, for Furnishing Reading Room, Straight U.6.00

Huntsburg. A. E. Millard, 10, Mrs. M. E. Millard, 515.00

Marysville. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Talladega C.21.88

Oberlin. First Cong. Ch.35.35

Paddy's Run. Cong. Ch.22.00

Sandusky. First Cong. Ch.40.50

Tallmadge. Rev. Luther Shaw10.00

Warrensville. Mrs. Mary Walkden, for Chinese M.10.00

Youngstown. "Two Friends."2.00

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$301.12

LEGACY.

Cardington. Estate of Wiseman C. Nichols, by Mrs. F. C. Nichols, Ex. 50.00

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$351.12

INDIANA, $12.50.

South Bend. R. Burroughs10.00

Sparta. John Hawksville2.50

ILLINOIS, $518.68.

Cambridge. Y. P. Miss'y Soc., for Student Aid, Fisk U.25.00

Chicago. First Cong. Ch., 85.49; Soc. of Inquiry, Theo. Sem., 5.15; Millard Av. Cong. Ch., 595.64

Chicago. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. N. E. Cong. Ch., for Lady Miss'y, Mobile, Ala.15.20

Chicago. South Cong. Ch., Bbl. of C., for Mobile, Ala.

Chenoa. Ladies of Cong. Ch., for Lady Miss'y, Mobile, Ala.6.75

Galesburg. "A Friend."25.00

Gridley. Bbl. of C. and S. S. Supplies, 3 Packages S. S. Work, by Mrs. Geo. Kent, for Savannah, Ga.

Homer. Cong. Ch.5.00

Lisbon. Bbl. of C. and S. S. Supplies, by Mrs. Lewis Sherrill, for Savannah, Ga.

Oak Park. Young Ladies' Mission Circle, for Student Aid, Fisk U. 50.00

Oak Park. Mr. Packard's S. S. Class, for Student Aid, Talladega C. 9.00

Rantoul. Mrs. Antrace Pierce10.00

Tonica. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.25.00

By Mrs. E. F. Williams, for Lady Missionary, Little Rock, Ark.; Chicago, Ladies of South Cong. Ch., 25; Moline, Mission Circle of Cong. Ch., 5; Stirling, Cong. Ch., 1040.00

——. Bbl. of C., for Mobile, Ala.

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$306.59

LEGACY.

Galesburg. Estate of Warren C. Willard, by Prof. T. R. Willard25.04

Pittsfield. Estate of Rev. Wm. Carter, by Wm. C. Carter, Ex.187.05

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$518.68

MISSOURI, $5,015.00.

Sedalia. First Cong. Ch.15.00

LEGACY.

St. Louis. Estate of S. M. Edgell by Geo. S. Edgell, Ex.5,000.00

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$5,015.00

MICHIGAN, $241.46.

Alamo. Julius Hackley10.00

Clinton. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.17.24

Cooper. Sab. Sch. of Cong. Ch., for Student Aid, Fisk U.5.30

Croton. Cong. Ch.3.60

Detroit. First Cong. Sab. Sch.50.00

Grand Rapids. Park Cong. Sab. Sch., for Rev. J. H. H. Sengstacke 50.00

Imlay City. First Cong. Ch. (5.50 of which for Indian M.)11.00

Jackson. Mrs. R. M. Bennett1.50

Mount Zion. Cong. Ch., for Indian M.1.00

Northport. First Cong. Ch.7.56

Royal Oak. By Rev. Richard Vivian, for Indian M.2.00

Union. First Cong. Ch.53.26

Vermontville. Cong. Ch. (ad'l)29.00

IOWA, $323.47.

Algona. A. Zahlten10.00

Bear Grove. Ladies of Cong. Ch., for Lady Miss'y, New Orleans, La., by Mrs. O. C. Warne3.10

Big Rock. Cong. Ch.10.00

Charles City. First Cong. Ch. and Soc.33.00

Creston. Cong. Ch., for Lady Miss'y, New Orleans, La.7.02

Des Moines. Ladies of Plym. Cong. Ch., 12.50; "Three Gentlemen," 8; Mrs. A. A., 1; Mrs. M., 1, for Talladega C.22.50

Genoa Bluff. H. A. Morse, for Student Aid, Talladega C.10.00

Grinnell. Cong. Ch., 13.06, and Sab. Sch., 23.1736.23

Grinnell. Mrs. W. B. Chamberlain, for Student Aid, Straight U. 20.00

McGregor. Cong. Ch.24.26

McGregor. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. Cong. Ch.9.91

Ottumwa. "Friends," for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.2.50

Tipton. Mrs. J. M. L. Daniels, 1; Mrs. M. D. C., 50c.; S. P. D., 50c.2.00

Wilton. Ladies' Miss'y Soc. of Cong. Ch.3.00

By Mrs. J. H. Ellsworth, for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La.; Corning, Ladies' Miss'y Soc., 4; Cresco, Ladies, 4.25; Decorah, Ladies of Cong. Ch., 25; Monona, Ladies of Cong. Ch., 1, Mrs. W. S. Potwin, 2; Postville, Ladies, 1; Tabor, Ladies' H. M. Soc., 1552.25

By Mrs. M. G. Phillips, for Lady Missionary, New Orleans, La.; Algona Ladies, 1.50; Grinnell, Ladies, 76.2077.70

WISCONSIN, $203.50.

Beloit. Eclipse Wind Engine Co., Feed Mill, for Tougaloo U.

Eau Claire. Cong. Sab. Sch., for Lady Miss'y, Austin, Tex.15.00

Kaukauna. Cong. Ch.6.50

Lake Geneva. Y. P. Benev. Soc., for Student Aid, Fisk U.35.00

Madison. Ladies of Cong. Ch., for Lady Miss'y, Austin, Texas30.00

Racine. Hon. W. B. Erskine, for Furnishing Parlor, Stone Hall, Straight U.100.00

Ripon. Ladies of Cong. Ch., for Lady Miss'y, Austin, Texas16.00

Stoughton. Mrs. E. B. Sewall1.00

MINNESOTA, $207.01.

Alexandria. First Cong. Ch.10.00

Freeborn. Cong. Ch.2.03

Minneapolis. Plymouth Cong. Ch. (8.25 of which from Dea. Cunningham), 34.01; First Cong. Ch., 10.04; Vine Cong. Ch., 7.80 51.85

Minneapolis. By Jay Thompson, for Selma, Ala.5.00

Rochester. G. H. Swazey4.97

Rushford. Cong. Ch. (5 of which for Indian M.)7.00

Winona. Cong. Ch.126.16

KANSAS, $15.50.

Manhattan. William Castle, 5; Miss Mary Castle, 510.00

Topeka. Tuition4.50

Wabaunsee. First Ch. of Christ1.00

NEBRASKA, $27.30.

Ashland. Cong. Ch.6.75

Buda Flat. Cong. Ch.4.00

Crete. Melinda Bowen5.00

Lincoln. "K. & C."5.00

Maineland. Cong. Ch.1.80

Olive Branch. Cong. Ch.4.75

ARKANSAS, $19.00.

Little Rock. Tuition19.00

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, $196.00.

Washington. First Cong. Ch.181.00

Washington. Lincoln Memorial Ch., 6.67, and Sab. Sch., 2.33; Woman's Aid and Mission Soc., 615.00

KENTUCKY, $149.25.

Lexington. Tuition86.50

Williamsburg. Tuition62.75

TENNESSEE, $598.55.

Chattanooga. First Cong. Ch. and Sab. Sch.5.00

Grassy Cove. Rev. J. Silsby4.50

Jonesborough. Tuition22.30

Knoxville. Second Cong. Ch.12.00

Memphis. Le Moyne Sch., Tuition258.90

Nashville. Fisk U., Tuition295.85

NORTH CAROLINA, $365.60.

Hillsborough. Tuition11.50

Kittrell. "Friends," by P. M. Lee2.25

Wilmington. Tuition, 243.85; Cong. Ch., 8251.85

SOUTH CAROLINA, $1,282.65.

Charleston. Tuition, $1,267.65; Cong. Ch., 151,282.65

GEORGIA, $660.45.

Atlanta. Storrs Sch., Tuition, 230; Rent, 3; First Cong. Ch., 30 263.00

Macon. Lewis High Sch., Tuition, 164.15; Rent, 2.50; Cong. Ch., 12 178.65

McIntosh. Tuition24.00

Savannah. Tuition, 162.80; Cong. Ch., 30192.80

Way Cross. H. P. Stewart, for Atlanta U.2.00

ALABAMA, $379.80.

Athens. Tuition58.50

Mobile. Tuition188.55

Montgomery. Cong. Ch.10.00

Selma. Cong. Ch.4.40

Talladega. Talladega C., Tuition, 108.35; Cong. Ch., 10118.35

MISSISSIPPI, $901.58.

Edwards. Mrs. Fanny Robinson, for Tougaloo U.1.00

Hazlehurst. Mr. Cunningham, for Student Aid, Tougaloo U.3.00

Tougaloo. Tougaloo U., 841.40; Rent, 37.50; Cong. Ch., 18.68897.58

LOUISIANA, $287.00.

New Orleans. Straight U., Tuition262.00

New Orleans. Prof. W. J. McMurtry, for Student Aid, Straight U. 25.00

TEXAS, $286.97.

Austin. Tillotson C. & N. Inst.285.47

Austin. Live Oak Sab. Sch., for Bibles1.50

INCOMES, $18.36.

Avery Estate, for Mendi M.7.44

Theological Endowment Fund, for Howard U.10.92

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Total for April$25,207.78

Total from Oct. 1 to April 30$136,652.79

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FOR THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY.

Subscriptions for April44.23

Previously acknowledged540.12

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Total$584.35

FOR ENDOWMENT FUND.

Providence, R. I. James Coats, 1,000; John E. Troup, 125; John McAuslan, 125; Miss Caroline Richmond, 50; for Stone Theo. Fund, Howard U.1,300

Providence, R. I. Estate of A. D. Lockwood, for Stone Theo. Fund, Howard U.250

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Total$1,550

H. W. Hubbard, Treas., 56 Reade St., N. Y.

SKIN HUMORS CAN BE CURED BY GLENN'S SULPHUR SOAP.

San Francisco, Feb. 16, 1883.

Mr. C. N. Crittenton:

Dear Sir: I wish to call your attention to the good your Sulphur Soap has done me. For nearly fourteen years I have been troubled with a skin humor resembling salt rheum. I have spent nearly a small fortune for doctors and medicine, but with only temporary relief. I commenced using your "Glenn's Sulphur Soap" nearly two years ago—used it in baths and as a toilet soap daily. My skin is now as clear as an infant's, and no one would be able to tell that I ever had a skin complaint. I would not be without the soap if it cost five times the amount. Yours respectfully,M. H. MORRIS. Lick House, San Francisco, Cal.

The above testimonial is indisputable evidence that Glenn's Sulphur Soap will eliminate poisonous Skin Diseases WHEN ALL OTHER MEANS HAVE FAILED. To this fact thousands have testified; and that it will banish lesser afflictions, such as common PIMPLES, ERUPTIONS and SORES, and keep the skin clear and beautiful, is absolutely certain. For this reason ladies whose complexions have been improved by the use of this soap NOW MAKE IT A CONSTANT TOILET APPENDAGE. The genuine always bears the name of C. N. CRITTENTON, 115 Fulton street, New York, sole proprietor. For sale by all druggists or mailed to any address on receipt of 30 cents in stamps, or three cakes for 75 cents.

BRADFORD ACADEMY, AN INSTITUTION FOR THE HIGHER EDUCATION OF YOUNG WOMEN. BRADFORD, MASS. INCORPORATED 1804.

CALENDAR

The year 1883-84 closes with public anniversary, June 18, 1884.

THE YEAR 1884-85.

First Term opensTuesday, Sept. 2, 1884. First Term closesWednesday, Nov. 26, 1884. Second Term opensTuesday, Dec. 2, 1884. Recess at Christmas time. Second Term closesFriday, Feb. 27, 1885. Third Term opensTuesday, March 17, 1885. Third Term closesWednesday, June 17, 1885.

The academic year closes on the last Wednesday but one in June, and consists of three terms.

The year 1884-85 will commence on the first Tuesday in September.

PARLOR OF A SUITE.

EXPENSES.

Board, including washing, fuel and lights,

First Term$80.00

Board, including washing, fuel and lights,

Second Term90.00

Board, including washing, fuel and lights,

Third Term 90.00

Tuition, including English branches, Latin and French, Greek or German, and Vocal Music in Classes ($20 per term), for the year 60.00

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Total expenses for the year $320.00

Special terms to daughters of Clergymen and Missionaries.

No extras except the following:

Tuition in Music and Art:

Instruction on Piano, per term$20 to $40

Use of Piano one hour a day, per term3.00

Instruction in Art, including Linear and Perspective Drawing and Painting, according to the ability of the pupil, per term 16.00

Application may be made to Miss Annie E. Johnson, Principal. In case of failure after an engagement been made, information should be given immediately.

Inquiries in regard to expenses may be made of

J. D. KINGSBURY, Treasurer, BRADFORD, MASS.