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-Without Rev. Dr. HERRICK JOHNSON, '57, an August in Saratoga would lose one of its most wholesome attractions. And Rev. Dr. MUTCHMORE, of the Presbyterian, tells why:

"Dr. Herrick Johnson is here looking better than we have ever seen him, with the wrinkles of youth all filled up. He is fitted for fun, or fight, or funeral-fun in the time of resting, fight if a dangerous evil to society should show itself as big as a squirrel's ear, funeral in the sorrow of his fellow-men, to which his heart is ever ready to respond. He has fifty good battles in him, and long may his bow abide in its strength."

-CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER, '51, hides away full many a gem of wisdom in the "Drawer" of Harper's Monthly. Here is one of them :

"No one can estimate how much of the refinement, of the delicacy of feeling has been lost to the world by the introduction of the postal card. Anything written on a postal card has no personality; it is banal, and has as little power of charming any one who receives it as an advertisement in the newspaper. It is not simply the cheapness of the communication that is vulgar, but the publicity of it. One may have only a cent's worth of affection to send, but it seems worth much more when enclosed in an envelope."

-Rev. GEORGE W. LUTHER, '83, ministers to a growing church in Oconto, Wis. This church had been torn by conflicts on Christian Science-lucus a non lucendo !-neither Christian nor Science, but a burlesque on both; and by perhaps not wise action regarding it. Mr. LUTHER came in, new from his studies, inexperienced, but bent on the singlehearted service of Christ. In gentleness, quietness, kindness of spirit towards all, he set himself to his work, preached Christ earnestly, letting the issues rest. He has been rewarded by a church and society thoroughly united in the Gospel, in him, and in each other. It is a great return at the very beginning of his ministry."

-Rev. HENRY N. PAYNE, '68, of Atlanta, Ga., writing as field-secretary of the Freedman's Board, reports that Emigration movements in the south are gradually taking intelligent form. Not long since representative colored men were sent out from North Carolina to Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Kansas, to look carefully into the inducements offered by those states to immigrants of color. Since their return, with a favorable report, 500 families have emigrated from Wilmington, N. C., and it is asserted that by January 1, 1890, 35,000 negroes will have left eastern North Carolina for homes in the west. This is probably an overestimate, but it is certain that the movement has assumed large proportions."

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-There is excellent Sunday reading-154 pages of it-in "Abraham, The Typical Lite of Faith," by Rev. Dr. DAVID R. BREED, '67, pastor of the Church of the Covenant, Chicago. The analysis is admirable. Each of the eight chapters present a separate experience in the growth of Abraham's religious charThe treatment is both scholarly and popular, and reveals something of the power of Dr. Breed in the pulpit. His scholarship is made forcibly practical in exegesis, as when he marks the distinction between yй and natpis, "They that say such things make it very plain that they are seeking for a fatherland. The old home was no longer a home to them. Having received a new father, they desired a new father-land."

-The Waterville Times reports that "in spite of the extremely unpleasant weather a large audience gathered in the opera house, Nov. 21, to hear the lecture of Professor CLINTON SCOLLARD, '81, on 'A Flight East.' Owing to

the large number of places that must be touched upon, the time devoted to each was necessarily brief, and the scenes on the Mediterranean, in Egypt and in Palestine, passed before the audience like a panorama. At various intervals during the lecture Mr. Scollard recited poems of his own composition commemorating and describing the places visited. These selections possess the true poetic fire and genius of all of Prof. Scollard's verses, and, when rendered by the author with the eloquence of speech and gesture which he so happily possesses, the effect is most inspiring and formed a pleasing contrast to the main body of the lecture. The poems suggested by the visits to Damascus and Askalon were especially well received. A Waterville audience will warmly welcome Prof. Scollard whenever he shall again see fit to visit us."

-Rev. DAVID ALLEN REED, '77, has resigned the pastorate of Hope Church, Springfield, Mass., and will now devote himself to what will be called the Christian Industrial and Technological School, in Springfield, for which a fund of $100,000 is promised and already well advanced. A school which shall join Christian instruction with the common branches of education and with industrial training, to the ultimate design of reinforcing the missionary field where its needs are the most pressing and the least supplied is something which does not now exist in this country, and which can hardly fail to be of consequence and value. There is no question that the Christian workman is wanted in this age more than ever; the religious and the moral qualities, skill being equal, make the better mechanic of a man, as well as the better citizen. In this aspect alone such a school as is contemplated would be welcome. When we consider the need of the countries where our missionaries labor, the constant and almost unanswered demand for teachers of practical abilities, both men and women, we must realize also the great possible importance of a training that shall fit missionaries for industrial leadership.

-At the last annual meeting of the "Egypt Exploration Fund" in London, Rev. Dr. WILLIAM C. WINSLOW, '62, of Boston, was worthily honored by Miss AMELIA B. EDWARDS, who "reminded the members present that America had contributed no less than $6,000 towards the great historic site of Bubastis, which had yielded an extraordinary wealth of colossal objects. She made a cordial reference to the great services of Dr. WINSLOW, their vice-president and honorary treasurer, for America, to whom the society was deeply indebted for the zeal with which he had popularized the work of the Fund in the United States, and to whom his fellow countrymen were no less indebted for the interest which he had induced them to take in a delightful study, as well as for the splendid monuments with which, through his exertions, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts has been enriched." Among the American contributors to the Egypt Exploration Fund are FREDERICK HUBBARD, '36, New York City; Rt. Rev. Dr. THEODORE B. LYMAN, '37, Raleigh, N. C.; Prof. EDWARD NORTH, '41, Hamilton College; CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER, '51, Hartford, Conn.; Rev. Dr. WILLIS J. BEECHER, '58, Auburn Theological Seminary; Rev. Dr. ALBERT ERDMAN, '58, Morristown, N. J.; the late STEPHEN TERRY, '64, Hartford, Conn.

-It is one of the specifications in the social theory of CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER, '51, that every lady is in duty bound to be interesting. An effective, easy and triumphant way to carry out this theory is to ask the lady to read aloud two or three chapters in " A Little Journey in the World." It works like a

charm. She is sure to be interesting while she reads, and a lively conversation is sure to be started, in which it is taken for granted, and goes without saying, that Mr. Warner's characters are as real as any to be found in history. President Harrison's proclamation should have invited the American people to be thankful for good books like “A Little Journey in the World." It is a work so clearly in advance of Mr. Warner's former brilliant achievements in authorship that it places him in the foremost rank of American novelists, and fully earns the high estimate of the New York Evangelist: "The sadness of a life which has no want ungratified! The deep, deep pathos of an existence under the full blaze of the sun of prosperity! Mr. Warner never wrote a book more full of meaning than this, nor does a book often see the light which is more pertinent to the time in which it appears. Yet the power of the book is not to be found in its dealing with imminent present day questions, nor in its graphic pictures of the social life of our country, but in the study of a noble character gradually undermined, not so much by worldly influences, as by love for one of less noble ideals and a lower standard of probity and of duty than her own. The frame-work of the story is slight, but the serious teachings are laid upon it with so deft a hand, as not to overweight it, and the charming lightness of Mr. Warner's style makes the moral all the more impressive. It is long since a story has been written which so impressively repeats the teachings of Him who spake as never man spake So 's he who layeth up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.'"

-A list of fifty leading American editors in the departments of theology, politics, literature, medicine, education and humor would be sure to include a good number of the following: Rev. Dr. HENRY A. NELSON, 40, The Church at Home and Abroad, Philadelphia, Pa.; G. A. MORGAN, '41, Allegan Tribune, Allegan, Mich.; Hon. JOSEPH R. HAWLEY, '47. Daily Courant, Hartford, Conn.; CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER, '51, Editor's Drawer in Harper's Monthly; Rev. E. P. PoWELL, '53, St. Louis Globe-Democrat; Hon. ANDREW SHUMAN, '55, Chicago Evening Journal; RODERICK BALDWIN, '57, Warrensburg Standard, Mo.; B. D. GILBERT, '57, Morning Herald, Utica; Rev. Dr. ARTHUR T. PIERSON, '57, Missionary Review; A. M. GRISWOLD, '59, Texas Siftings, New York; M. H. NORTHRUP, '60, Morning Courier, Syracuse; JAMES J. PEASE, '62, Moravia Republican; HENRY WARD, '62, Leadville Chronicle, Colo.; C. M. HOLTON, '63, North Yakima Republican, Washington; Hon. WILLARD A. COBB, '64, Daily Journal, Lockport; HAINES D. CUNNINGHAM, '66, New York Daily Press; JOHN H. CUNNINGHAM, '66, W. H. DeShon, '70, F. W. JOSLIN, '82, C. M. HUNTINGTON, 84, E. L. HOCKRIDGE, '89, Morning Herald, Utica; Dr. GEORGE M. DILLOW, '68, American Homœopathist; Rev. CHARLES F. JAMES, '68, Monthly Gleaner, Syracuse; Dr. E. M. NELSON, 68, Courier of Medicine, St. Louis, Mo.; S. N. D. NORTH, '69, Bulletin of National Association of Wool Manufacturers, Boston, Mass.; E. J. WICKSON, '69, Pacific Rural Press, San Francisco, Cal.; A. PALMER KENT, '70, Evening Review, Elkhart, Ind.; HENRY C. MAINE, '70, Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester; ALBErt L. BLAIR, '72, Troy Daily Times; CHESTER S. LORD, '73, E. M. REWEY, '73, W. H. Hoy, '83, New York Sun; Rev. CHARLES T. CHESTER, '74, Sunday School Times, Philadelphia, Pa.; JOHN R. S. Dey, '76, New York Evangelist; EDWIN A. ROCKWELL, '76, New York Tribune; H. W. COCKERILL, '77, Weekly

Journal, Glasgow, Mo.; GEORGE E. Dunham, '79, Utica Press; George T. CHURCH, '80, Daily Saratogian; Prof. ANDREW C. WHITE, '81, The Church Helper, Ithaca: JOHN D. SHERMAN, 81, Chicago Tribune; Prof. JOHN L. LAMPSON, '82, South Western Journal of Education, Nashville, Tenn.; S. P. BURRILL, '85, Yates County Chronicle, Penn Yan; C. H. KELSEY, '85, and M. J. SHERWOOD, '86, Daily Mining Journal, Marquette, Mich.; STEPhen Sicard, Jr., 86, Albany Evening Union: F. G. PERINE, '87, Daily Times, Hartford, Conn; A. A. Stebbins, '87, Saturday Globe, Utica; M. J. HUTCHINS, JR., '88, Independent, Helena, Montana; A. R. KESSINGER, '88, Rome Daily Sentinel; GEORGE H. WITHERHEAD, '88, Cazenovia Republican.

NECROLOGY.

CLASS OF 1858.

Hon. HENRY CLAY HOWE, son of AMORY and MARY HOWE, was born in Granby, Oswego Co., N. Y., August 23, 1832. Brought up to a boyhood of incessant toil on his father's farm, he decided, when old enough to make a decision, that he would secure a collegiate education and pursue the practice of law. This was in opposition to the wishes of his father. His preparation for college was made at Falley Seminary, in Fulton, and in Seneca Falls, with intervals of teaching in Oswego county. After his graduation, in 1858, he began the study of law with JAMES H. Townsend, '50, in Fulton, and here he established himself in his chosen profession. He took a lively, unselfish interest in politics, helping at the formation of the Republican party, and giving it his hearty support ever after. He was supervisor for Volney in 1866, '67, '69 and '70. During the years 1869 and '70 he was chairman of the board of supervisors of Oswego county, and was member of assembly for the first district of Oswego county in the years 1885, '86, '87. While always a hard-working man, Mr. Howe was content with a moderate income, which was freely used in helping the needy and oppressed. To all who knew him the memory of a generous life, marked at every step by forgetfulness of self, will be a helpful, inspiring example to manly endeavor. Mr. Howe died of paresis at his home in Fulton, July 28, 1889. In 1860 he was married to LETITIA CROMBY, of Fulton, who died in 1879. In 1881 he was married to MARION D. NORTHRUP, of Oswego Falls. His surviving children are LILLIAN C. HOWE and HERBERT C. Howe, by his first wife, and HARRY N. HOWE, by his second wife. At the funeral of Mr. Howe, his pastor, Rev. Dr. D. M. RANKIN, spoke in the highest terms of the professional reputation of Mr. Howe, of his devotion to principle, and his manhood and integrity of character. In addition to his own remarks, he read a letter from Rev. Dr. W. J. BEECHER, '58, of Auburn Theological Seminary, who was a classmate of Mr. Howe in college, testifying to his intellectual and social qualities and the strong personal friendship existing between them.

CLASS OF 1866.

Rev. JONATHAN FISHER CROSSETT, son of Rev. ROBERT CROSSETT, was born in Alstead, N. H., October 1, 1844. He was graduated from Lame Seminary in 1869; was ordained by the Presbytery of Cincinnati in September, 1870, and labored as a missionary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions at

Chefoo, North China, 1870-79. After visiting this country, in 1879, he returned to China as an independent American missionary and died July 3, 1889, on board the steamer" El Dorado," between Shanghai and Tiensin.

It is seldom that an American diplomatic representative abroad feels called upon to pay a tribute to the life-work of an humble American missionary. Yet the impression which the man and his work made upon our minister at Pekin was so stong that he made his career the subject of a dispatch to the department of state, a portion of which was given to the public through the Associated Press. Hon Charles Denby joins the name of Mr. Crossett with that of Father Damien, the leper-martyr of the Sandwich Islands From a copy of the dispatch received from the department of state we reprint the American minister's tribute

"Mr. Crossett's life was devoted to doing good to the poorest classes of Chinese. He had charge of a winter refuge for the poor at Pekin during several winters. He would go out on the streets the coldest nights and pick up destitute beggars and convey them to the refuge, where he provided them with food. He also buried them at his own expense. He visited all the prisons, and often procured the privilege of removing the sick to his refuge. The officials had implicit confidence in him and allowed him to visit at pleasure all the prisons and charitable institutions. He was known by the Chinese as the "Christian Buddha." He was attached to no organization of men. He was a missionary pure and simple, devoted rather to charity than to proselytism.

He literally took Christ as his exemplar. He traveled all over China and the East. He took no care of his expenses. Food and lodging were voluntarily furnished him. Innkeepers would take no pay from him, and private persons were glad to entertain him. It must be said that his wants were few. He wore the Chinese dress, had no regular meals, drank only water, and lived on fruit with a little rice or millet. He aimed at translating his ideal (Christ) into reality. He wore long auburn hair, parted in the middle, so as to resemble the pictures of Christ. Charitable people furnished him money for his refuge, and he never seemed to want for funds. He slept on a board or on the floor. Even in his last hours, being a deck passenger on the "El Dorado," he refused to be transferred to the cabin; but the kindly captain, some hours before he died, removed him to a berth, where he died still speaking of going to heaven, and entreating the bystanders to love the Lord. As an instance of the character of the man, I will state, when on one occasion I gave my annual dinner on Thanksgiving Day to the Americans, Mr. Crossett wrote to me, beseeching that I would have no dinner, but would give the cost to the poor. He attended the dinner, but touched nothing but water and rice.

In theology he can hardly be said to have been orthodox. He found good in all religions. After a long conversation with him one day, I told him he was not a Christian, but a Buddhist. He answered that there were many good things in Buddhism. The last important work of Mr. Crossett was an effort to provide for the deaf and dumb. To further this project, he traveled to Hankow, and thence to Canton, establishing everywhere schools for these unfortunates. He was successful wherever he went. This man taught the pure love of God and of goodness; he completely sacrificed himself for the good of the poorest of the poor; he acted out his principles to the letter; he was as poor and lived as plainly as the poorest of his patients. On charitable subjects he wrote well. The ideal to him was practical.

Let this American, then, be enshrined, along with the devoted Frenchman, in the annals of men who loved their fellow-men."

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