For a lovely little book for the young children of a Sunday-school, look no further than FRESH FLOWERS (25 cts., $2.40 per doz.), Emma Pitt. Sweet Hymns, Sweet Music, Pretty Pictures.

Mailed for Retail Price.

OLIVER DITSON & CO., BOSTON.

C. H. Ditson & Co.,
867 Broadway, New York.


6%, 7%, 8%.

The american

investment co.

of Emmettsburg, Iowa,

with a Paid-up capital of $600,000, SURPLUS $75,000, offers First Mortgage Loans drawing SEVEN per cent., both Principal and Interest FULLY GUARANTEED. Also 6 per cent. ten-year Debenture Bonds, secured by 105 per cent. of First Mortgage Loans held in trust by the Mercantile Trust Company, New York. 5 per cent. certificates of deposit for periods under one year.