—The San Francisco Chinamen contributed $1,200 to the yellow fever sufferers of the South. The sand-lot meetings have not yet reported the amount of their collections. —The Chinese Sunday-school in Chicago has been in existence nearly six months, with an average attendance of fourteen scholars. It is said that the number can be largely increased if teachers can be procured. —Rev. W. P. Paxson, Superintendent of the missionary work of the American S. S. Union in their Southwestern Department, says: “One striking event in my missionary work has been the organization of a Chinese Sunday-school in St. Louis.” —Mr. Ha Shan Sin was baptized last Sabbath by Rev. E. D. Murphy at the Immanuel Presbyterian Chapel of this city. The young man is about twenty-two years old, was born in San Francisco, though he has spent most of his life in China. This is the sixth of the Chinamen that have been received into the churches of this city. Three have been enrolled among the members of the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church, Dr. Howard Crosby’s. —The first Chinaman was admitted to citizenship in the United States by naturalization, last week, and we count the event an auspicious one just at this time. The man is Wong Ah Lee; by trade he is a cigar-maker, and his wife is an Irish-woman. With a view, mainly, to make a case which can be carried up to a conclusive decision from the highest court, the Judge here ruled that a Chinaman is either white or black, and so must come in. California’s ruling has been that a Mongolian is neither white or black, and so cannot come in.—_Congregationalist_, December 4. * * * * * OUR QUERY COLUMN. _Query._—South of the Ohio River the work of caring for the sick falls to the colored people. During the past weeks there has been greater demand for skilled nurses than for competent teachers. How can A. M. A. schools prepare their students for this important profession? What is the best method of instructing pupils in a knowledge of the simpler details concerning the proper care of the sick? TEACHER. We shall be glad to have full answers to this important inquiry from those who have had experience. It calls attention to a most important part of the teacher’s work. Meanwhile, we would suggest that the _Hampton Sanitary Tracts_ may be found very useful for distribution, or to be read to older pupils and parents. The first three can be obtained by addressing the “Hampton Tract Editing Committee,” Hampton Institute, Va. The cost is five cents apiece, or four dollars a hundred copies. They are entitled: No. 1, “The Health Laws of Moses;” No. 2, “Preventable Diseases;” No. 3, “Duty of Teachers.” This last seems to be exactly addressed to the case in hand. * * * * * THE FREEDMEN. * * * * * DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Revival in Howard University.