THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY August, 1888. Vol. XLII. No. 8. CONTENTS EDITORIAL FINANCIAL.--A CONVERSATION THE VERNACULAR--THE LAST GOVERNMENT ORDER ENDORSEMENT OF SOLICITORS--PROF. LAWRENCE LONDON MISSIONARY CONFERENCE--GETTYSBURG BOOM IN PRICE OF A SLAVE--EXTRACTS FROM EXAMINATION PAPERS ON DR. JAMES POWELL'S PORTRAIT--PARAGRAPH THE SOUTH. NOTES IN THE SADDLE. By District Secretary Ryder. ATLANTA UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT AT FISK UNIVERSITY AN HOUR AT STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY CLOSING EXERCISES AT TILLOTSON THE INDIANS. PARAGRAPH FROM OAHE SEWING WOMEN AT FORT BERTHOLD AN INDIAN CHURCH SOCIABLE THE CHINESE. ITEMS BUREAU OF WOMAN'S WORK. PARAGRAPHS NOTES FROM MISS COLLINS OUR YOUNG FOLKS. THE TRUE BLUE CARD RECEIPTS * * * * * NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION, Rooms, 56 Reade Street. * * * * * 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, REV. WM. M. TAYLOR, D.D., LL.D., N.Y. _Vice-Presidents._ Rev. A.J.F. BEHRENDS, D.D., N.Y. Rev. ALEX. McKENZIE, D.D., Mass. Rev. F.A. NOBLE, D.D., Ill. Rev. D.O. MEARS, D.D., Mass. Rev. HENRY HOPKINS, D.D., Mo. _Corresponding Secretaries._ Rev. M.E. STRIEBY, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ Rev. A.F. BEARD, D.D., _56 Reade Street, N.Y._ _Treasurer._ H.W. HUBBARD, Esq., _56 Reads Street, N.Y._ _Auditors._ PETER McCARTEE. CHAS. P. PEIRCE. _Executive Committee._ JOHN H. WASHBURN, Chairman. ADDISON P. FOSTER, Secretary. _For Three Years._ LYMAN ABBOTT, CHARLES A. HULL, J.R. DANFORTH, CLINTON B. FISK, ADDISON P. FOSTER. _For Two Years_ S.B. HALLIDAY, SAMUEL HOLMES, SAMUEL S. MARPLES, CHARLES L. MEAD, ELBERT B. MONROE. _For One Year._ J.E. RANKIN, WM. H. WARD, J.W. COOPER, JOHN H. WASHBURN, EDMUND L. CHAMPLIN. _District Secretaries._ Rev. C.J. RYDER, _21 Cong'l House, Boston._ Rev. J.E. ROY, D.D., _151 Washington Street, Chicago._ _Financial Secretary for Indian Missions._ Rev. CHAS. W. SHELTON. _Secretary of Woman's Bureau._ Miss D.E. EMERSON, _56 Reade St., N.Y._ * * * * * COMMUNICATIONS Relating to the work of the Association may be addressed to the Corresponding Secretaries; letters for "THE AMERICAN MISSIONARY," to the Editor, at the New York Office. DONATIONS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS In drafts, checks, registered letters, or post-office orders, may be sent to H.W. Hubbard, Treasurer, 56 Reade Street, New York, or, when more convenient, to either of the Branch Offices, 21 Congregational House, Boston, Mass., or 151 Washington Street, Chicago, Ill. A payment of thirty dollars at one time constitutes a Life Member. FORM OF A BEQUEST.