AUGUST 7 four persons were baptized in the Ohio River at Louisville, Kentucky, by Elder S. Osborn.
THROUGH the labors of Brother J. B. Stow at Collins Centre, N. Y., eighteen have decided to obey the commandments of God.
ANY Seventh-day Adventist literature sent to Mrs. S. C. Botsford, Box 22, Sunderland, Vermont, postpaid, will be used in missionary work.
ANY of our denominational literature sent postpaid to Miss Lottie Keslar, Castroville, Monterey County, Cal., will be used in missionary work.
ELDER N. W. ALLEE, president of Minnesota Conference, reports a recent meeting of two days at Alexandria, when eight were baptized and united with the church.
BROTHER M. F. BROWN, Glenburn, Cal., desires copies of the Signs, Review, and American Sentinel for missionary work. Please send postpaid to his address as above.
GENERAL meetings have been appointed in Oregon as follows: At Eugene, September 13–18; at Coquille, September 20–25; at Grant’s Pass, September 28 to October 3.
ELDER W. J. STONE has located at Helena, Mont., where he is conducting tent work in connection with Elder Watt. The prospect is said to be good for a substantial church in that city.
ELDERS R. S. WEBBER and F. I. Richardson are conducting tent services at St. Johns, New Brunswick. Their last report was that six had yielded obedience to the truth, and there was a good interest on the part of others.
IN connection with tent labor at Lookout, Va., seventeen are reported to have accepted the truths presented. Elder F. M. Roberts, president of the Conference, also reports five additions to the church at Marksville and one at New Market.
THE College View (Neb.) Enterprise of August 25 has this item: “Professor Droll and wife and Miss De Graw left Sunday for Walla Walla, Wash. They occupy a place on the faculty of Walla Walla College. Professor Droll will occupy the chair of sciences, Mrs. Droll, Greek and Latin, and Miss De Graw, history.”
AT the recent Indiana State camp meeting, recently held at North Indianapolis, there were 125 tents on the ground. Eighty persons were baptized. The Conference annual session was held on the camp ground. Four new churches were added to the Conference, with an aggregate membership of sixty-seven. Conference officers were reëlected, as follows: President, F. D. Starr; Secretary, W. A. Young; Treasurer, Wm. Hill.685REPORTS from the local camp meeting at Castana, Iowa, state that there were marked evidences of the presence and work of the Holy Spirit. There were about 250 campers, and a good interest was manifested by the people living in the vicinity of the meeting. Fourteen were baptized. Elders J. H. Durland and E. G. Olsen did most of the preaching.
ELDER W. B. HILL reports a bitter opposition to the truth at Pine City, Minn. The enemy went so far as to pull down the meeting tent, but was restrained from doing further damage. Other citizens turned out the next morning and assisted in adjusting the tent. The last report mentioned that they had a Sabbath school of twenty-nine members and the interest was increasing.
WORD comes from Sydney, Australia, that our workers, Brother A. S. Hickox and Sister Anna L. Ingels, find plenty to do, and more laborers are needed. And this is the cry which goes up from all parts of the great field. "The harvest is great, but the laborers are few." The question which the Lord asks of his people is, "Who then offereth willingly to consecrate himself this day unto the Lord?"
OPPOSITION to the truth exposes some very odd religious vagaries on the part of people who ought to know better—and often do. Elder M. G. Huffman tells of some Danish ministers at Falmouth, Me., who, in order to prejudice their flocks against the commandments of God, tell them that the Old Testament is not intended for the common people to read, and that Jesus Christ died a Jew but was raised a Christian.
A PRIVATE letter from one of our workers in Nashville, Tenn., states that the tent meetings there are progressing encouragingly. Another significant item is that on a recent Sunday about 1,000 people went out to an adjacent park to witness a tight-rope performance. There was no complaint made, nor effort on the part of the officers of the law to enforce the Sunday law, although Nashville is the capital of the State in which Seventh-day Adventists are imprisoned for doing quiet farm work on Sunday.
THE Nebraska State Journal publishes a dispatch from Thedford, Neb., dated August 16, stating that a camping outfit and a canvassing outfit had been found in that vicinity, and the much decomposed body of a man some distance from the camp. A cart was at the camp, but the horse was gone. The description of the outfit and accompanying circumstances indicate that one of our canvassers named Wm. W. Dean has been murdered and robbed. A noted culprit, already in prison for another crime, had in possession when arrested a horse which has been identified as the one driven by the murdered man.
NOW.
If you have a kind word, say it;
Throbbing hearts soon sink to rest;
If you owe a kindness, pay it;
Life's sun hurries to the west.
Can you do a kind deed, do it,
From despair some soul to save;
Bless each day as you pass through it,
Marching onward to the grave.
If some grand thing for to-morrow
You are dreaming, do it now;
From the future do not borrow;
Frost soon gathers on the brow.
Speak thy word, perform thy duty;
Night is coming deep with rest;
Stars will gleam in fadeless beauty,
Grasses whisper o'er thy breast.
Days for deeds are few, my brother;
Then to-day fulfill thy vow;
If you mean to help another,
Do not dream it, do it now.
—Selected.
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This important meeting will be held at Santa Ana, Orange Co., September 21 to October 1. It is expected that the attendance will be large, and it is desired that ample accommodations be made in season, so all who desire tents will please send in their order at once, through the elders of the church to which they belong, or address Elder N. C. McClure, 1491 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, as we do not want to ship tents unless they are ordered.
DEDICATION SERVICES.
By Editor
The dedication of the new church at Pasadena, Cal., will take place Sunday, September 17.
Bible Election
By M. C. Wilcox
BIBLE ELECTION. By M. C. Wilcox. A brief presentation of God's plan and purpose concerning man, showing that the doctrine of election, or predestination, according to the Bible, is full of comfort and instruction. It throws new light on old controversies. Bible Students' Library, No. 67; 24 pp.: price 3 cents. Address Pacific Press Pub. Co., Oakland, Cal.
CAMP MEETINGS FOR 1893.
By Editor
DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
Maine, Bath................................Sept. 1-10
New England, West Lynn, Mass......Sept. 7-17
New York, Little Valley..................Sept. 14-24
Wisconsin, Glenwood....................Sept. 12-19
Wisconsin (northeastern), New London...Sept. 25 to Oct. 2
Iowa, Cedar Falls..........................Sept. 5-12
Iowa, Sigourney............................Sept. 3-10
DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
Colorado, Denver..................Aug. 30 to Sept. 10
Colorado (western), Delta......Sept. 27 to Oct. 2
Kansas, Herrington........................Sept. 7-17
Missouri, Sedalia............................Sept. 13-24
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City......Sept. 28 to Oct. 8
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REVIEW QUESTIONS.—(a) What comes upon the people in the last days? (b) How should we regard the trial? (c) With whom do we thus become partakers? (d) To what solemn time does this lesson bring us? (e) In whom are our souls safe?
I. The Elders—Duties and Privileges.
Verses 1-4: "The elders therefore among you I exhort, who am a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, who am also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: Tend the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not of constraint, but willingly, according unto God; nor yet for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves ensamples to the flock. And when the chief Shepherd shall be manifested, ye shall receive the crown of glory that fadeth not away."
1. What class does the apostle especially exhort? 2. Of what does he say he was a witness? 3. Of what was he a partaker? Note 1. 4. What does he enjoin upon elders? 5. By what should they not be actuated? 6. With what mind should they serve? 7. How should their authority or oversight be exercised? Note 2. 8. If faithful in their work, what will be their reward? 9. When will it be given?
II. The Flock—Duties and Privileges.
Verses 5, 6: "Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another; for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time."
1. What is the duty of the younger? Note 3. 2. What is the duty of all to one another? 3. With what should they be clothed? 4. How does God regard the proud and the humble? 5. What is therefore our duty? 6. What will God do to those who humble themselves?
NOTES.
1. A Partaker of the Glory That Shall Be Revealed.—God's glory is in his character (see Ex. 33: 18, 19; 34: 5-7). That character, that glory, will be seen in all its transcendent loveliness when the King appears in his beauty (Isa. 33: 17); but men may know him here (John 17: 3); by faith they may now appropriate his righteousness (Rom. 3: 21, 22), and have the beauty of the Lord upon them (Ps. 90: 17). And so Peter in this life partook of the glory which shall be revealed, not only in Christ, but in us (Rom. 8: 18).
2. Neither As Being Lords over God's Heritage.—There is a strange and striking contrast between that church which claims to find her primal head in Peter, and in which is the highest development of the mystery of iniquity, and the instruction given by the Lord through Peter to the true church of Christ. In the apostate church we have lords many, who do little else but lord it over the souls of God's heritage, and when they held the power, they lorded over their bodies; and all of the persecutions of the Dark Ages have come because men professing to be ministers of Christ have lorded it over God's heritage in their lust of power and filthy lucre. The apostle presents the duty of the true elder; let him heed the instructions, and not content himself with being better than others. Feed the flock of God with the Word (1 Peter 2: 2), which is able to build them up (Acts 20: 32); doing willingly even as the Master, having compassion (Mark 6: 34); not for gain of lucre but gain of souls, ensamples to the flock in all soberness, humility, and faithfulness. See 1 Tim. 3: 1-7; Titus 1: 5-9.
3. Submit—Be Subject.—Of course, under God, God is first. His requirements are paramount. But the faithful man of God upon whom, in the providence of God, is placed burdens in the church, God will sustain, and through him will give instruction to the flock, which may not be disregarded or despised except at peril to the soul. As the elder must watch for souls as they that must give an account (Heb. 13: 17), so it is a corresponding duty of the church to heed the faithful admonitions, warnings, and instruction which God gives through the elders. See Heb. 13: 7, 8, 17; 1 Thess. 5: 12, 13. The dignity and position of the elder is to be respected for Christ's sake (1 Tim. 5: 1), and no accusation is to be received against him except at the mouth of two or three witnesses (verse 19). Subject one to another.—See Phil. 2: 3; Rom. 12: 10; Eph. 5: 21. Humility.—A most precious grace, because teachable. See Matt. 5: 3; Isa. 57: 15; 66: 2; James 4: 10.
4. WORD THOUGHTS.—Fellow elder (v. 1), the expression shows that Peter was only one with the others, not the head. See Matt. 23: 8.—Witness, a spectator, or eyewitness, who is expected to testify of what he has seen. Acts 10: 39; 1: 8. Also a martyr, who testifies by his life. Acts 22: 20.—Tend (v. 2), not only to feed, but to care for; all that is included in the life of the shepherd.—Filthy lucre, "disgraceful gain." If the elder works for the gain of money, that gain becomes disgraceful, base, or dishonorable.—Lording (v. 3). See Matt. 20: 25; Acts 10: 16. This is not from the word used for legitimate authority in the church, as in 1 Thess. 5: 12.—Ensamples, or examples, from tupoi, type.—Chief Shepherd (v. 4), not Peter, but Christ.—Crown (stephanon), to put around, to encircle, from stepho. The crown used in the games, military triumphs, marriage feasts; woven of leaves, or of gold in imitation of leaves. Used of the conqueror's crown, not the king's. See 1 Cor. 9: 24-26; 2 Tim. 2: 5. The royal crown comes from diadema.
—Humility (v. 5), Gird yourselves with it as a constant part of your apparel.—Resisteth (antitassetai), a strong and graphic word. Literally, "setteth himself in array against," as one draws out a host for battle. Pride calls out God's armies. No wonder, therefore, that it "goeth before destruction."—Vincent.
International S. S. Lessons.
"So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading." —Neh. 8:8
LESSON XII.—SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1893.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
[NOTE.—The questions which follow are merely suggestive for the student on the leading points of the lesson; it is presumed that the thorough student will think of many more as he studies the subject. References, where verses alone are given, always refer to the lesson scripture printed above. All other references are given in book, chapter, and verse. The text printed is that of the Revised Version, not because it is especially preferred, but because it is not found in every family, as is the common version.]
So then each one of us shall give account of himself to God.
Let us not therefore judge one another any more; but judge ye this rather, that no man put a stumbling-block in his brother's way, or an occasion of falling.
I know, and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean of itself; save that to him who counteth anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
For if because of meat thy brother is grieved, thou walkest no longer in love. Destroy not with thy meat him for whom Christ died.
Let not then your good be evil spoken of;
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.
For he that herein serveth Christ is well pleasing to God, and approved of men.
So then let us follow after things which make for peace, and things whereby we may edify one another.
Overthrow not for meat's sake the work of God. All things indeed are clean; howbeit it is evil for that man who eateth with offense.
It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.
The faith which thou hast, have thou to thyself before God. Happy is he that judgeth not himself in that which he approveth.
But he that doubteth is condemned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith; and whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Golden Text : "It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth." Rom. 14: 21.
SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS.
To whom shall every man give an account? Verse 12.
What therefore are we exhorted not to do? Verse 13, first part.
Upon what point are we especially exhorted to be careful? Verse 13, last part.
What did Paul know and of what was he persuaded? Verse 14, first part.
Would it be right for one to do contrary to what he conscientiously believed to be right? Verse 14, last part.
By ignoring the results of our influence how are we said to walk? Verse 15.
What are we exhorted not to do?
What should be guarded against? Verse 16.
Of what does the kingdom of God consist? Verse 17.
Who only is acceptable to God? Verse 18.
After what are we exhorted to follow? Verse 19.
What effect may an injudicious course have upon others? Verse 20.
What is the only safe standard to adopt? Verse 21.
Concerning whom should our faith be effectual? Verse 22.
What man is happy? Verse 23.
What is said of him who eats in doubt and unbelief? Verse 23.
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SECULAR.
—Governor Boies, of Iowa, has been nominated by the Democrats for a third term.
—A large packing house in Kansas City was closed last week on account of a butchers' strike.
—The employes of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company have been notified that pay day for June wages has again been postponed until September 15.
—A Bangkok dispatch says that the French have already violated the Franco-Siamese treaty by occupying the town of Chantibrun without any pretext whatever.
—The San Francisco Midwinter Fair is to be opened January 1. On the 24th inst. 500 men began the work of excavating for the various buildings, roadways, etc.
—The Board of Health of Wilmington, N. C., has declared a quarantine against Atlanta and Columbus, Ga., because of the number of refugees at those places from fever-infested ports.
—In Chicago a committee of twenty-five labor leaders and twenty-five prominent business men has been organized for the purpose of trying to secure bread and work for the suffering poor.
—A Denver, Colo., dispatch of the 22d inst. says that a mob of unemployed laborers drove seventy-five laborers from work on a sewer in that city because they accepted work at less wages than is usually paid.
—On the 26th inst. more rioting by otherwise idle men was the order in Chicago. Several participants were badly injured before the police could restore order. The mayor has ordered that there shall be no more parades.
—At an Anarchist meeting in New York City, on the 23d inst., one of the speakers worked himself into a frenzy and shouted, "The police dare not come in here!" Then the police did go in and cleared the hall in two minutes.
—Last week tramps threatened to destroy the property of Mr. Hume, an orchardist residing near Los Gatos, Cal., because he declined to discharge his Japanese help and hire white men. Mr. Hume appealed to the sheriff for protection.
—The Duke of Edinburgh, second son of Queen Victoria, falls heir to the throne of the German State of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, thus adding to the complex condition of European royalty. The duke is uncle of the German emperor, and his wife is sister of the czar of Russia.
—Last week the city of Naples was the scene of extensive riots which the police could not manage, and the troops were called to quell the disturbances. The trouble was partly owing to the strife of cabmen, and partly to the anti-French feeling that has recently been aroused by collisions in France between French and Italian laborers.
—Further reports from the local political difficulties in the State of Coahuila, Mexico, state that two of the factions met one day last week and engaged in a pitched battle. About thirty men were killed on one side, and fifty on the other. The battle was near Nadadoris.
—In Newport City striking longshoremen have assumed a hostile attitude toward the Italians who came to take their places. On the 23d inst. a party of six Italians were attacked by a mob of strikers and roughly handled. The strike was against a reduction of wages.
—A Naples dispatch of the 23d inst. says: "The cab drivers of this city to-day went on a strike and considerable rioting followed their attempts to induce drivers of other vehicles to join. A number of kiosks and cars were burned. Five strikers and four policemen were seriously injured."
—The woolen mills and flour mills, which constituted about all that was left of Merced Falls, one of the oldest towns in California, were entirely destroyed by fire on the 23d inst. Loss, about $200,000. The 150 inhabitants of the village were about all dependent on the mills for support.
—The employes of the Evansville and Terre Haute (Ind.) Railroad were paid off in checks instead of money, and when they went to get the checks cashed or to pay bills, neither banks nor merchants would take them. The result was a strike and a temporary stoppage of trains.
—One hundred Japanese left a hop ranch in Sacramento County, this State, because the proprietor would pay them but ninety cents per hundred pounds for picking. As soon as they had departed, $1.00 was offered to white pickers. The Japs had been waiting some time for the hops to ripen.
—A Topeka dispatch of the 25th inst. says: "Potato bugs are swarming in several counties of southern Kansas. Near Parsons, where the Methodist revival is being held, services were broken up last night by a tremendous swarm of these bugs that came in through the doors and open windows of the church."
—The trustees of the town of Vacaville, Cal., recently proposed to fix saloon licenses at $100 per quarter. But the next day they were confronted with a petition, signed by many citizens and every saloon man doing business in the place, asking that the license be fixed at either $15 or $500 per quarter. So they fixed it at $500.
—A severe storm raged along the Nova Scotia Coast on the 22d inst. At Halifax much damage to shipping, as well as to parks, gardens, and light buildings, is reported. A steam tug with a coal barge in tow was wrecked forty miles from Halifax and twelve men were drowned. The barge had come all the way from Sydney, and was almost to its destination.
—New York City is having trouble with its hordes of unemployed men, and not only with its own but with hundreds congregating there from other places. Many appeals are being made to the mayor that the authorities improvise work in the way of public improvements. It is alleged that many Anarchists are mingling with the crowds, and covert threats of violence are heard.
—The telegraph credits Milwaukee with two demonstrations by unemployed laborers last week. On Tuesday several hundred Polish and German laborers marched through the streets looting fruit stands, fish stands, and other places where edibles were exposed. The next day another demonstration was attempted, but the leaders were dispersed before a large crowd was collected.
—The trouble between French and Italian miners at Aigues-Mortes, mentioned last week, seems to have led to serious complications. At first it was inferred that the Frenchmen were entirely to blame, but later reports indicate that there was considerable provocation on the part of the Italians. Furthermore, the retaliatory treatment of French citizens in Italy by Italian mobs rather puts the onus of apology on that government instead of on France. It is claimed by the French that secret agents of Germany are inciting the Italians to bring about trouble with France; and it is further claimed that the Italians are very forward to provoke hostilities, because, owing to the "triple alliance," they have the support of Germany and Austria.
—On Wednesday of last week a destructive storm raged along the North Atlantic Coast. The gale is said to have attained a speed in New York City of thirty-eight miles an hour, on the coast of forty-five miles an hour, and out at sea of 100 miles an hour. At the fashionable watering places along the coast great damage was done. At Elizabethport, N. J., the water in the streets was two to three feet deep. Over a large section of country extensive damage is reported to shipping, buildings, railroads, telegraph wires, parks, fields, etc. There was nearly four inches of rainfall within twelve hours. The latest reports put the deaths at sixty, but it was expected that further news from the sea would add to the list. The storm was characterized as an "atmospheric terror."
—A fire in South Chicago, on the 24th inst., destroyed about 150 dwellings, which were occupied by about 300 families. South Chicago is a manufacturing district, and the sufferers were largely of the wage-earning class and small merchants. Including heavy damage to a large lumber company, and also to a coal company, the damage is estimated at nearly half a million dollars. To make matters worse for the sufferers, the mills in which most of them were employed have since been closed.
—Our government has been obliged to "explain" and to "express regrets" to Italy again on account of some of her citizens being hurt by a mob in this country. This time it was because of some Italian miners being driven from their work at Cripple Creek, Colo., where they were laboring at reduced wages. Perhaps the frequency of the apologies and restitutions necessary for violent onslaught on foreigners in our midst might be adduced as evidence in the claim that "this is a Christian nation." But here the case would have to rest.
—The contest now going on between this city and the Southern Pacific Company, which began in a dispute as to the ownership of Broadway wharf in particular and the water front in general, is likely to end in cutting off the free travel on the company's Seventh Street local line, which the people have enjoyed for over twenty years. This line, which is a feeder for the company's ferry to San Francisco, extends about five miles through the city, and has been deemed a fixture to such an extent that business has been established and many residences built with reference to its continuance. Fortunately, electric lines now parallel the S. P. line on adjacent streets, but they do not take the place of a free line in the matter of cheapness of travel.
News and Notes.
By Editor
FOR THE WEEK ENDING AUGUST 28.
RELIGIOUS.
—Bishop Newman, says the California Christian Advocate, who has just returned from his South American tour, reports that the largest churches and halls could not hold the people who came to hear him preach the Protestant gospel.
—Among the delegates to the great Catholic Congress at Chicago are mentioned some notable politicians, for instance, Chairman Carter, of the Republican National Committee, and Chairman Harrity, of the Democratic National Committee. Carter is appointed from the Vicariate of Idaho and Harrity from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The list of New York delegates includes the names of Bourke Cockran, General di Cesnola, Herman Ridder, Joseph J. O'Donahue, Eugene Kelly, William R. Grace, Hugh J. Grant, and Mayor Gilroy. A prominent political paper says, "It would perhaps surprise you to see the list of leaders of American thought who are communicants in the mother church."
—Rev. Dr. Coyle, of this city, wants to know what proportion of mechanics and laboring men of all sorts habitually stay away from church, if those who stay away are hostile or only indifferent, and if hostile, why. The Federated Labor Union, through its secretary, replies that three-fourths of those constituting the classes mentioned stay away from church, and if there were no Catholics, the proportion would be greater. Of those who stay away, about one-third are indifferent; they believe the doctrine advocated in the churches, but "are dulled and tired, and prefer pleasures that stimulate the physical man rather than moral or intellectual stimulants." As to the other two-thirds of the non-attendants, they are declared to be hostile to the churches.
LITERARY NOTICES.
By Editor
Home and Country, of New York, will appear in July and thereafter among the illustrated magazines. Its specialties will be Literature, War History, Finance and Industrial Progress. Among the interesting features of the first number are descriptions of the trial trips of the Clermont and Orleans, the first steamers navigating the Hudson and Mississippi; a full yet concise discussion of Senator Peffer's bill for the nomination and election of Presidents by direct vote of the people, written by its author; several well-written articles upon Finance and Trade, adapted to the understanding of ordinary readers; reminiscences of Grant and Lincoln; short stories, and a full-page illustration of the Battle of Atlanta. The subscription price of the magazine is $2.00 per year, and it may be clubbed with any $1.00 weekly or monthly in the country without extra cost. At the former price a U. S. Postal Guide will be given to each subscriber to the magazine. 96 and 98 Maiden Lane, New York.
No. 3 of Bible Students' Library is a pamphlet of more than ordinary value. Its title is "Views of National Reform," being a combination of thirteen choice tracts collected under one cover for convenience of preservation and reference. In other words, it is thirteen different "views" of the so-called National Reform movement, by different authors, treating upon as many different phases of the subject. In no other volume of its size is so much light from various standpoints thrown upon the certain results of this now popular effort to change the form of our government into a union of Church and State. Everyone, whether now interested in the issue or not, should have a copy. It costs but 15 cents, postpaid. Address, Pacific Press Publishing House, Oakland, Cal.; 43 Bond Street, New York; 18 West Fifth Street, Kansas City, Mo.
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