Bonus, Melio Optimus, Carpe diem. U. NEEDLES, President. S. STEPHENS, Vice-President. HARDS & CO., Importers and Manufacturers of ICAL^ PHYSICAL APPARATUS. Reagents, Chemical Min- erals, etc. 24 Whitehall Street, YORK. Acoident Insurance is Good; Life and Acoident Insurace is Better. A 6 per cent. ENDOWMENT BOND that combines PROTECTION in case of death from any cause, with an ABSOLUTE CER TAINTY FOR ONE’S OLD AGE, and guarantees should death occur within twenty five years to pay the face of the Bond WITH MORE THAN ALL THE INSTALMENTS PAID FOR ITS PURCHASE—that sort of contract is Optimus. Send address and age to the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company; 926 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. HENRY (1. BROWN, Seo’y and Trees. JESSE J. BARKER, Actuary, THE LARGE Music * Piklltklng HOUSE OLIVER DITSON & CO., Boston, have among tlielr 2000 books of their own publication, those suited to every musical want, of musto toaohers and pupils, of professional and amateur players on all Instruments (they have also the Instruments on sale) organists, oholrs, congregations, Sunday and day schools, oollege and soolal Binging olrdos, musical sooletles, etc, On their miles of shelving they have at all times a million or more pieoos of sheet music, all assorted, catalogued and eaßlly found. Orders received in the morning aro attended to promptly, bo that music is on its way, by mail or express by set of sun. Bo suro that all the mußio you will ever neod Is to be found In this groatost of establishments. Oollege Songs, 60 cents. Gh H, Waite, (with aßSistanoo) In -a oondensed book of oollego and popular songs, soems to be the best popular collection of merry songs and Ims a very large salo. Ourmlna Oollegensla, $3, or gilt $6. University Songs, $2.60; or gilt $3, Student’s Life In Song, $1,60, aro larger and moro com plete collections. War Songs, Camp, Battle, Patrlotto and Memorial, 60 oents. Sell vory largely. Minstrel Songs, old and new, $2, or $2.60 doth. Is a standard collection of world-favorite eomlo, plantation, minstrel, and Jubilee songs. Books mailed promptly at prloes mentioned above, OLIVER DITSON tb 00., BOSTON.