t, should
be worked out well under the brush. The covering
property of this paint is so excellent as to
allow this to be done.

Put up for shipment as follows: In 3-gal. and
5-gal. bailed buckets, also barrels; in cans of 1/8,
1/4, 1/2, 1-gal. and 2-gal. each.

Sample Cards of Colors, Testimonials and prices
sent on application to

Chicago White Lead & Oil Co.,
Cor. Green & Fulton Streets,
CHICAGO, ILL.

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6%, 7%.

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.

7 2/3 %
CAN BE REALIZED BY CHANGING
4 Per Ct. Government Bonds
into 6 Per Cent. Debentures.

Write for full Information and reference to the
Company at

150 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.
A.L. ORMSBY, Vice-President and Gen. Manager

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The Musical 1888.

The musical NEW YEAR is here, and we greet it
with the "sound of Cornet" (or any other musical
instrument, for all of which Oliver Ditson &
Co. provide the very best Instruction Books).

With the New Year, many new pupils will commence
to learn the Piano; to them and their
teachers we commend

RICHARDSON'S NEW METHOD
FOR THE PIANOFORTE,

a peerless book, which has held the lead for many
years, and, unaffected by the appearance of other
undoubtedly excellent instructors, still sells like
a new book. Price, $3.

CHILDREN'S DIADEM [30 cts., $2 per doz.]
is filled with happy
and beautiful SUNDAY SCHOOL SONGS, and is one
of the best of its class. The newest book.

UNITED VOICES [50 cts., $4.80 per doz.] furnishes
abundance of the best
SCHOOL SONGS for a whole year. The newest book.

Books that sell everywhere and all the time:

College Songs 50 cts., War Songs 50cts.,
Jubilee and Plantation Songs 30 cts.,
Minstreal Songs, new and old $2, Good
Old Songs we used to Sing $1.

KINKEL'S COPY BOOK [75 cts.] with the
Elements and Exercises to be written, is a
useful book for teachers and scholars.

_Any Book Mailed for the Retail Price._

_Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston._

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

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