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 * * * * * MUSIC IN THE SPRING There are yet some weeks of cool weather in which to prepare and practice music for the concluding concerts and festivals of the season. It is quite time to send for our complete and rich lists of EASTER MUSIC Now let girls and boys begin to practice the sweet CANTATAS--VOICES OF NATURE, or FOREST JUBILEE BAND, or MERRY COMPANY, or NEW FLORA'S FESTIVAL; each 40 cents, or $3.60 per dozen. Pupils of the higher schools will like DRESS REHEARSAL (50c., or $4.50 per doz.), NEW FLOWER QUEEN (60c., or $5.40 per doz.), or HAYMAKERS ($1.00, or $9.00 per doz.) Fine Cantatas of moderate difficulty for adults are: HEROES OF '76 ($1.00), HERBERT AND ELSA (75c.), JOSEPH'S BONDAGE ($1.00), REBECCA (65c.), RUTH AND BOAZ (65c.), WRECK OF HESPERUS (35c), FAIR MELUSINA (75c.), BATTLE OF HUNS (80c.), Send for lists. For Male Quartets and Choruses: SANGERFEST ($1.38), MALE VOICE GLEE BOOK ($1.00), EMERSON'S QUARTETS AND CHORUSES (60 cts.), EMERSON'S MALE VOICE GEMS ($1.00). Mailed for the Retail Price. Oliver Ditson & Co., Boston. C.H. DITSON & CO., 867 Broadway, New York. * * * * * Footnote 1: Deceased. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The American Missionary, Vol. XLII. April, 1888. No. 4., by Various