STEPHEN CROWELL, President, WM. R. CROWELL, Vice-President. PHILANDER SHAW, Secretary. GEO. H. FISKE, } CHAS. C. LITTLE, } Ass’t Sec’s. JOHN H. DOUGHERTY,} * * * * * Clinton H. Meneely BELL COMPANY TROY, N.Y., MANUFACTURE SUPERIOR Church, Chime and Peal Bells. * * * * * 1850 Thirty-Seventh Year. 1887 Manhattan Life INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK, 156 AND 158 BROADWAY. AGENTS WANTED. We desire to engage the services of competent, reliable men as Agents, in localities where this company is not now represented. Liberal arrangements will be made with men who would like to undertake the business. The requirements are, a good reputation for honesty and integrity, popularity, intelligence, industry and perseverance. With these qualities any man can succeed; if he can add enthusiasm he can command great success. Send references as to ability, integrity, etc. Accumulation _11,155,000_ Surplus, by New York standard, _2,254,000_ _Cash surrender values. Policy incontestable after five years. Very liberal to insurers, embracing the non-forfeiture law of New York._ JAMES M. McLEAN, President. J. L. HALSEY, 1st Vice-Pres’t. H. B. STOKES, 2d Vice-Pres’t. H. Y. WEMPLE, Secretary. S. N. STEBBINS, Actuary. * * * * * [Illustration: USE “Our constant aim is to make them the Finest in the World.”] * * * * * PAYSON, DUNTON & SCRIBNER. THE NATIONAL SYSTEM. The Standard of American Penmanship. TITLE WON, =NOT= ASSUMED. _In Rank: Leading the Advance._ _In Cost: Cheap as the Cheapest._ WHOLESALE PRICES. P., D. & S. Copybooks, large series 96 cents per dozen. P., D. & S. Copybooks, primary series 72 cents per dozen. P., D. & S. Copybooks, pencil series 45 cents per dozen. SAMPLE COPIES AT SATISFACTORY RATES. POTTER, KNIGHT, AINSWORTH & CO., SCHOOL-BOOK PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK. _DEPOSITORY AGENCIES_: BOSTON: 22 Bromfield Street. CHICAGO: 377 Wabash Avenue. * * * * * PRESS OF HOLT BROTHERS, 119-121 NASSAU ST., N.Y. Transcriber’s Notes: Obvious printers’ punctuation errors have been corrected, except inconsistent periods after abbreviations in advertisements, which have been retained.