Produced by Cornell University, Joshua Hutchinson, Charles Aldarondo and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. The American Missionary OCTOBER, 1894. VOL. XLVIII. NO. 10. CONTENTS EDITORIAL. ANNUAL MEETING, 345 LOWELL, 346 FINANCIAL STATEMENT, 347 CAPITAL AND LABOR, 348 THE ALASKA MISSION, 349 DEATH OF HON. A.C. BARSTOW AND OF REV. GEO. S. SMITH, 350 THE SOUTH. THE WALDENSES AT VALDESE, N.C., 351 NOTES FROM THE MOUNTAINS, 354 "NOLICHUCKY JACK'S" DESCENDANTS, 355 PROMISING OPENINGS FOR SCHOOL AND CHURCH, 356 SOUTHERN FIELD NOTES, 357 CAPPAHOSIC'S SIXTH COMMENCEMENT, 359 PRAYERFUL AND INDUSTRIOUS FAMILY, 361 A VISIT TO UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, 362 THE INDIANS. MISSION SERVICES AT TWO KETTLE VILLAGE, 363 INDIAN MISSION COLLECTIONS, 366 THE CHINESE. THE PRESENT DISTRESS, 366 BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. ANNUAL MEETING--A FEW WORDS TO BOYS, 368 WOMAN'S STATE ORGANIZATIONS, 371 RECEIPTS, 373 * * * * * NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, Bible House, Ninth St. and Fourth Ave., New York. * * * * * Price, 50 Cents a Year, in advance. Entered at the Post Office at New York, N.Y., as second-class matter. American Missionary Association. * * * * * PRESIDENT, MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D., MASS. _Vice-Presidents._ Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. Rev. HENRY A. STIMSON, D.D., N.Y. _Corresponding Secretaries._ Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ Rev. F.P. WOODBURY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Assistant Corresponding Secretary._ Rev. C.J. RYDER, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Recording Secretary._ Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Treasurer._ H.W. HUBBARD, Esq., _Bible House, N.Y._ _Auditors._ PETER McCARTEE. RICHARD S. BARNES. _Executive Committee._ CHARLES L. MEAD, Chairman. CHARLES A. HULL, Secretary. _For Three Years._ CHARLES A. HULL, ADDISON P. FOSTER, ALBERT J. LYMAN, NEHEMIAH BOYNTON, A.J.F. BEHRENDS. _For Two Years._ SAMUEL HOLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, WILLIAM H. STRONG, ELIJAH HORR. _For One Year._ WILLIAM HAYES WARD, JAMES W. COOPER, LUCIEN C. WARNER, JOSEPH H. TWICHELL, CHARLES P. PEIRCE. _District Secretaries._ REV. GEO. H. GUTTERSON, _21 Cong'l House, Boston, Mass._ Rev. JOS. E. ROY, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill._ Rev. W.E.C. WRIGHT, D.D., _Cong'l Rooms, Y.M.C.A. Building, Cleveland, Ohio._ _Secretary of Woman's Bureau._ Miss D.E. EMERSON, _Bible House, N.Y._ * * * * * COMMUNICATIONS