FORM OF A BEQUEST.

“I bequeath to my executor (or executors) the sum of —— dollars in trust, to pay the same in —— days after my decease to the person who, when the same is payable, shall act as Treasurer of the ‘American Missionary Association’ of New York City, to be applied, under the direction of the Executive Committee of the Association, to its charitable uses and purposes.”

The will should be attested by three witnesses [in some States three are required—in other States only two], who should write against their names, their places of residence [if in cities, their street and number]. The following form of attestation will answer for every State in the Union: “Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said [A. B.] as his last Will and Testament, in presence of us, who, at the request of the said A. B., and in his presence, and in the presence of each other, have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.” In some States it is required that the Will should be made at least two months before the death of the testator.


PAYSON’S

Indelible Ink,

FOR MARKING ANY FABRIC WITH A
COMMON PEN, WITHOUT
A PREPARATION.


It still stands unrivaled after 50 years’ test.


THE SIMPLEST & BEST.

Sales now greater than ever before.

This Ink received the Diploma and Medal at Centennial over all rivals.

Report of Judges: “For simplicity of application and indelibility.”


INQUIRE FOR

PAYSON’S COMBINATION!!!

Sold by all Druggists, Stationers and News Agents, and by many Fancy Goods and Furnishing Houses.


MANHATTAN LIFE

INSURANCE CO. of NEW YORK.


ORGANIZED IN 1850.


Over Thirty Years’ Business Experience.

AGENTS WANTED. Apply at the Home Office.

HENRY STOKES, President.

J. L. HALSEY, Secretary.


WHITE and DECORATED

French China and English Porcelain at Low Prices.

Fine White French China Dinner Sets, 149 pieces$30.00
Fine White French China Tea Sets, 44 pieces7.00
Fine Gold-band French China Tea Sets, 44 pieces8.50
Richly Decorated French China Tea Sets, 44 pieces12.00
Chamber Sets, 11 pieces, $4.00; white3.25
White English Porcelain Dinner Sets, 100 pieces14.00
Silver plated Dinner Knives, per doz.3.00

ALSO ALL HOUSE-FURNISHING GOODS.

Illustrated Catalogue and Price-List mailed free on application. Estimates furnished.

C. L. Hadley, Cooper Inst., N.Y. City.

Orders boxed and placed on Car or Steamer, free of charge. Sent C.O.D. or P.O. Money Order.


J. & R. LAMB,

59 Carmine St.,
NEW YORK.


ARTISTIC STAIN’D GLASS


MEMORIAL WINDOWS,

MEMORIAL TABLETS.


Sterling Silver Communion Services.

Send for Hand Book by Mail.


J. B. WILLIAMS & CO.,

GLASTONBURY, CONN.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

Shaving and Toilet Soaps.


For over 30 years this firm has made the manufacture of Shaving Soaps a specialty, and their Yankee Barber’s Bar, and other Soaps, enjoy a reputation among Barbers, as well as those who shave themselves, unequaled by any other.

To all of our readers who are seeking for the very best Shaving Soap, we would say, be sure and get some of the following (carefully avoiding counterfeits):


These Soaps can be found in every State, and nearly every town in the United States.


GREGORY’S

SEED CATALOGUE.


My Annual Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seed

FOR 1881,

Rich in engravings from photographs of
the originals, will be sent

FREE TO ALL WHO APPLY.

My old customers need not write for it. I offer one of the largest collections of Vegetable seed ever sent out by any Seed House in America, a large portion of which were grown on my five seed farms. Full directions for cultivation on each package. All seed

Warranted to be both Fresh and True to Name:

so far, that should it prove otherwise,

I will refill the order gratis.

The original introducer of the Hubbard Squash, Phinney’s Melon, Marblehead Cabbages, Mexican Corn, and scores of other vegetables, I invite the patronage of all who are anxious to have their seed directly from the grower, fresh, true, and of the very best strains.

NEW VEGETABLES A SPECIALTY.

JAMES J. H. GREGORY,

Marblehead, Mass.


RIDLEYS’
FASHION MAGAZINE

SUMMER, 1881,

NOW READY.

CONTAINS

Over 100 Large Quarto Pages,

ENTERTAINING STORIES,

in Prose and Verse,

INTERESTING HOME ARTICLES,

ILLUSTRATED FASHIONS,

With valuable information for those living at a distance
from New York on the many perplexing questions of

WHAT TO WEAR.”


ISSUED QUARTERLY,

50c per Annum; Single Copies, 15c.


This publication should be found in every household. It contains the Lowest New York Prices, and is an invaluable guide to intelligent and economical shopping.


E. RIDLEY & SONS, Publishers,

GRAND AND ALLEN STS.,

New York.


NEW AND IMPROVED STYLES THIS SEASON.

MASON
AND
HAMLIN
ORGANS

BEST IN THE WORLD: winners of highest distinction at EVERY GREAT WORLD’S FAIR FOR THIRTEEN YEARS. Prices, $51, $57, $66, $84, $108, to $508 and upward. For easy payments, $6.30 a quarter and upward. Catalogues free. MASON & HAMLIN ORGAN CO., 154 Tremont Street, Boston; 46 East 14th Street, NEW YORK; 149 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO.


FUN FOR THE BOYS

Here you are boys! Just the thing for a little harmless masquerading. The mustaches are made of genuine hair, can be fastened to or removed from the face with ease, and when worn cannot be told from the real production. Boys and young men can have hosts of fun putting them on in a crowd of friends, who will be greatly astonished at the sudden transformation. Three colors, light, dark brown, and black. Goatees to match. PRICE BY MAIL, MUSTACHES 20 CTS. GOATEES 15 CENTS. Valuable Catalogue of Agents goods free, World Manuf’g Co. 122 Nassau St, New York.


$2 FOR THIS STYLE OF
FOLDING STEAMER CHAIR.

Solid Black Walnut. Length, 5 ft. 6 in.; width, 1 ft. 9 in. Packed in Burlaps and delivered to any R. R. depot or Steamboat landing for 25 cents extra.

Brooklyn Furniture Co.,

559 to 571 FULTON ST.,

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Illustrated price list of Furniture mailed free.


INVALID ROLLING-CHAIR.

(RECLINING.)

A PRICELESS BOON to those who are UNABLE TO WALK. LEONARD BACON, D.D., HON. A. H. STEVENS, M.C., and OTHERS recommend them. SEND FOR CIRCULAR.

FOLDING CHAIR CO., New Haven Ct.


BISCOTINE,

FOOD for CHILDREN and INVALIDS.

Glycerine Sans Pareil Hair Tonic,

Toilet

Waters,

Violet,

New Mown

Hay,

Heliotrope,

&c.

TRADE-MARK.

Established 1770.

Sachets

D’Iris

de Florence.

Compound

Orris

Dentifrice

DELLUC & CO., French Pharmacists,

Send for Circular.

635 Broadway, N.Y.


T. H. JOHNSON’S

FRUIT

OF
THE

VINE.”

Pure juice of Grapes for communion, received Centennial MEDAL. Circulars free. Ask for T. H. JOHNSON’S, New Brunswick, N.J. Nat’l Temperance Society, 58 Reade St., N.Y., Cong’l and Bapt. Publication Societies, Boston.

THE THIRTY-FIFTH VOLUME

OF THE

American Missionary.

1881.


Shall we not have a largely increased Subscription List for 1881?

We regard the Missionary as the best means of communication with our friends, and to them the best source of information regarding our work.

A little effort on the part of our friends, when making their own remittances, to induce their neighbors to unite in forming Clubs, will easily double our list, and thus widen the influence of our Magazine, and aid in the enlargement of our work.

Under editorial supervision at this office, aided by the steady contributions of our intelligent missionaries and teachers in all parts of the field, and with occasional communications from careful observers and thinkers elsewhere, the American Missionary furnishes a vivid and reliable picture of the work going forward among the Indians, the Chinamen on the Pacific Coast, and the Freedmen as citizens in the South and as missionaries in Africa.

It will be the vehicle of important views on all matters affecting the races among which it labors, and will give a monthly summary of current events relating to their welfare and progress. Patriots and Christians interested in the education and Christianizing of these despised races are asked to read it, and assist in its circulation. Begin with the January number and the new year. The price is only Fifty Cents per annum.

The Magazine will be sent gratuitously, if preferred, to the persons indicated on page 191. Donations and subscriptions should be sent to

H. W. HUBBARD, Treasurer,

56 Reade Street, New York.


TO ADVERTISERS.

Special attention is invited to the advertising department of the American Missionary. It numbers among its regular readers very many frugal, well-to-do people in nearly every city and village throughout our Northern and Western States. It is therefore a specially valuable medium for advertising all articles commonly used in families of liberal, industrious and enterprising habits of life.

Advertisements must be received by the TENTH of the month, in order to secure insertion in the following number. All communications in relation to advertising should be addressed to

THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT,

56 Reade Street, New York.


Our friends who are interested in the Advertising Department of the American Missionary, can aid us in this respect by mentioning, when ordering goods, that they saw them advertised in our Magazine.

DAVID H. GILDERSLEEVE, PRINTER, 101 CHAMBERS STREET, NEW YORK.