Life and light for woman . ioux Falls, ,Juvenile: Highmore, Cheerful Givers, Total, 34 503 00 37 50 UTAH. Ogden.—Ladies Missy Socy, Total, WISCONSIN. Branch.—Mrs. R. Coburn, of Whitewater,Treas. Arena, First Ch., , SecondCh., 5; Deloit, Rev. J. Porter, to Ms Miss H. S. Martindale and A. Blaisdell,50; Clinton, 8; Evansville,; Green Bay, to const. L,. M. M. Cook, 25; Kinnickinnic, 3; Mil-waukee, Plymouth Ch., Helping HandsSociety, 100, Grand Ave. Ch., 41; Ripon,to coust. L. M. Mrs. A. A. Safford, 25;Racine, 16; Sparta, ; Waukesha,, 329 14 Junior: Be
Life and light for woman . ioux Falls, ,Juvenile: Highmore, Cheerful Givers, Total, 34 503 00 37 50 UTAH. Ogden.—Ladies Missy Socy, Total, WISCONSIN. Branch.—Mrs. R. Coburn, of Whitewater,Treas. Arena, First Ch., , SecondCh., 5; Deloit, Rev. J. Porter, to Ms Miss H. S. Martindale and A. Blaisdell,50; Clinton, 8; Evansville,; Green Bay, to const. L,. M. M. Cook, 25; Kinnickinnic, 3; Mil-waukee, Plymouth Ch., Helping HandsSociety, 100, Grand Ave. Ch., 41; Ripon,to coust. L. M. Mrs. A. A. Safford, 25;Racine, 16; Sparta, ; Waukesha,, 329 14 Junior: Beloit, First Ch-, Y. L. M. C,; Milwaukee, Grand Ave. Ch., M. C, 25; Whitewater, Y. P. S. , , 33 17 Juvenile: Elkhorn, Sunbeams, 25; Mil-waukee, Grand Ave. Ch., C. M. B., 20;Whitewater, Rose Buds Mission Band,, 46 31 Less expenses,Total, of leaflets, etc., Total, Receipts for month,Previously acknowledged, Total since October 22d, 398 6216 96 45 8145 81 4,493 4310,741 91 $15,235 34. AFRICA. EXTRACTS FROM MRS. HOLBROOKS LETTERS. Our temperance work is alive and vigorous. A short time ago we had arally, and among other exercises was a dialogue illustrating the evils ofgrinding. Now, you will wonder what evil arises or can arise fromgrinding, but it is a sad fact that among the Christian natives it is a realstumbling-block. The native beer is made from ground corn, or arnibile(a native grain), or a mixture of both, and it is always the work of the womenand girls to grind. Most of our Christians have left off drinking, but a fewstill cling to the habit. In some cases the wife and daughters have given uptheir beer, but the father still drinks, and obliges the wife and daughters togrind for him. In this way they are sometimes tempted to return to theirformer habits, as the custom is to taste a little, to see -when the beer is readyfor use. We have tried to get the girls whose fathers do not oblige them togrind, to pledge themselves not to do
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