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"An Unusual Church"

By Editor

UNDER the above heading, the Word and Way (Baptist) has the following very interesting and instructive paragraphs:

"In a semi-private letter is this refreshing statement: 'I have been connected with several churches, and have observed the workings of several others, and I think the — Baptists are unusual. The peculiar streak began with the ministry of Pastor —, who wouldn't close up our church for union services in the summer-time. As a result, it happened that the folks who couldn't find room in our crowded building went to the union service. Then he persuaded us to stick strictly to the Scriptural method of giving; and we haven't had, since, a church bazaar, oyster supper, or any other money-raising device to take the place of our plain duty.'

"Verily, this is unusual, and therein is the pity. It ought not to be unusual for a church to stay with its work, never suspending housekeeping for the Lord, and following strictly gospel plans in the matter of offerings. A church that does not run on this line should be the rare exception. May churches like the one referred to above multiply until the unusual becomes the usual."

The pastor referred to in the foregoing evidently felt that he had a definite message; and any one who has the conviction that he has a message from the Lord, will not consent to keep silent or to join in some sort of entertaining "union" merely to get a crowd. Better far to have only a few who earnestly desire to hear the gospel message, than to have a great throng who are merely seeking diversion or entertainment.

Photo by Paul Thompson
Marie Menecal, president elect of Cuba — Photo by Paul Thompson Marie Menecal, president elect of Cuba

It is interesting also to note that "to stick strictly to the Scriptural method of giving" does away with the necessity for church bazaars, oyster suppers, and the like. The Scriptural method of giving is by means of the tithe and free-will offerings, and we presume this was the plan followed by that "unusual church." The entire Seventh-day Adventist denomination have followed this "Scriptural method of giving" for something like fifty years; and among this people church bazaars, oyster suppers, and things of that sort have not only been unnecessary, but have been religiously opposed and frowned upon. The God of the Bible is the fountain of all wisdom, and it is useless to try to improve upon the plans He has provided for His church.

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Violence and the Signs of the Times

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A recent despatch states that a man was found bound to the rails before a rapidly approaching train. The engineer observed the absence of the usual signal light, and stopped his train within ten feet of the man who was so inhumanly tied where he would have been ground to pieces if the plans of the wretches who did the deed could have been carried out. It is stated, in the despatch, that it is supposed the thing was done by some discontented strikers. It may have been that the strikers did it, or it may have been that some others did it and circulated the report in order to discredit the strikers. We are not charged with the responsibility of inquiring into that part of the subject. But we would call attention to the fact that such things as this are increasing, and they show the intense feeling of ill will that is being developed in the world, and also the barbarous crimes that men will perpetrate in seeking to obtain their ends. If we did not know the meaning of these conditions, and what will be the final outcome, the situation would be truly appalling. The mind that does not know the prophecies of the Bible, and hence is not aware of the fact that Christ is soon coming to the earth in person to put an end to all such barbarities, must be in a state of greatly perplexed anxiety.

Sleeplessness

By Hall's Journal of Health

SLEEPLESSNESS is the result of over bodily or mental effort. When a man works beyond his strength, or thinks or studies more than rest can restore, then, sooner or later, comes that inability to sleep soundly, that wakefulness, which is more wearing even than bodily labor, and which feeds the debility which first gave rise to it. The result is, a man is always tired, never feels rested, even when he leaves his bed in the morning; hence he wastes away, and finds repose only in the grave, if, indeed, insanity does not supervene. It is too often a malady remediless by medical means.

Avoid, then, as you would a viper or a murderer, all over-effort of mind or body; it is suicidal. Whatever you do, get enough sleep; whatever you do, take enough rest to restore the used energies of each preceding twenty-four hours; if you do not, you may escape for a few months, and if possessing a good constitution, years may pass away before any decided ill result forces itself on your attention; but rest assured the time will come when the too often baffled system, like a baffled horse, will refuse to work; it will not take prompt and sound sleep; it will not be rested by repose, and that irritating wakefulness will come upon you which philosophy can not conquer, which medicine can not cure, and, wasting by slow degrees to skin and bone, rest is found only in the grave.—Hall's Journal of Health.

An Infidel More than Answered

THERE was once a Pennsylvania Dutchman who was not very learned, but who was never ashamed of his religion. In his neighborhood there was a skeptic who said, "You can't believe anything you can not understand." And so some of the better class of people asked the Dutchman to have a conversation with him. He said, "Yes, if you tink best."

"Have you any objection to the neighbors coming in?"

"No, shust as you tink best."

So they made an appointment, and everybody was there. The old gentleman came in, and laid by his hat, and was introduced to the skeptic, when he began suddenly by saying, "I beliefs in de Bible; vat you beliefs?"

Said the skeptic, "I don't believe anything I can't understand."

To that remark the old Dutchman said: "O, you must be von very smart man! I vas mighty glad I meet you. I ask you some questions. De odder day I vas riding de road, und I meet von dog. Dat dog he have von of his ears stand up in this vay, und de odder he stand down so. Now, vy vas dat?"

That was very unhandy for the skeptic. Just then he must answer the old Dutchman, or the laugh was on him at his own expense. He either had to explain why the dog had one ear up and the other down, or else say he did not believe it. So he said, "I don't know."

Then the old Dutchman was ready, and he came at him thus: "O, den you are not so very smart after all. I ask you anodder question? I saw in John Smidt's clover patch the clover come up so nice! Und I look off in de fields and dere was John Smidt's pigs, and dere come out hair on deir packs; und in de very same clover patch vas his sheep, and dere came out wool on deir packs. Both pigs and sheep were eating clover. On one the clover made hair grow, und on der odder wool. Now, vy vas dat?"

This was as bad as, if not worse than, the other question for the skeptic, because he was brought face to face with the same perplexing dilemma. He had to explain why there was hair on the back of the pigs, and wool on the sheep; and as he could not tell why, according to his own argument, he had no business to believe it, so all he could say was, "I don't know."

"Vel, den," said the Dutchman, "you are not haf so smart as you tink you are. Now I asks you anodder question: Do you pleef dere is a God?"

Half out of humor over his defeat on his own ground, the skeptic was in no mood to be patient, and so he boldly answered, "No, I don't believe any such nonsense."

By this time the old Dutchman was fully aroused, and was enjoying the chase after the young skeptic immensely, and he answered the skeptic's rejection of God by saying: "O, yes, I hear about you long ago. I hear about you! My Bible knows about you; for in my Bible He says, 'The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God; but you big fool; you blab it right out!'"

No doubt that young skeptic was glad to get away from his most embarrassing situation, and let us hope he learned some sense from the plain talk of the old Dutchman! —The Alliance Weekly.

Power of Prayer

By Mrs. L. D. Avery-Stuttle

WHAT has it not wrought?

It has soothed the weary spirit of man; it has brought from the heaven of heavens a balm for every ill, a medicine for every complaint. It has fed the hungry, not only with the bread of life, but with temporal bread as well.

It has cured the sick; it has healed the deadly malady of the leper; it has given sight to the blind and hearing to the deaf.

More than that: prayer has closed the mouths of lions; it has quenched the fires of the furnace heated seven times hotter than ordinarily. It has brought both fire and water from the far-off heavens. It has taken a man, unharmed and well, out of the belly of a whale, after he has been in the depths of the sea for three days and as many nights.

Prayer has opened prisons and released prisoners whose feet were securely bound in the stocks and whose chains were many and mighty; it has prevailed against all the powers of hell when everything else has failed. More than this: prayer has invaded the gloomy portals of the tomb. It has rebuked corruption and the worm—it has raised the dead!

Prayer provides for the needy, consoles the afflicted, gives strength to the famishing and power to the weak, and clothes the arm of man with such might that at his beck and call the very sun pauses in mid-heaven, and the wheels of nature turn backward.

How strange it seems, then, that we should need to be prompted as to our duty to pray! It is rarely necessary to remind a man, be he ever so careless, that it is time to go to bed, or that it is his duty to eat his dinner. O, why are we so lacking in simple, child-like confidence and love toward our best Friend?

Aged Man's Advice

NEARLY a score of young men, all under twenty years of age, were awaiting sentence in a New York court the other day, and with them stood an old man, hardened with crime, to receive his punishment. The young criminals laughed and jeered at the old man in his predicament. He turned seriously toward them, and said: "I have spent thirty years of my life in prison; and now that I am down and out, you young fools taunt me with my age. I am no preacher, but I want to tell you that crime does not pay. You should thank God that you are not as old as I am, and that there is still some hope for you." There was shame in the faces of the young men, and silence except the bitter sobbing of one of their number, a lad of sixteen. What an eloquent sermon out of such a sad experience! It is to be hoped it did some good. If the old man had in the beginning of life followed the advice he gave the young men, his gray hairs would have been a crown of glory instead of shame.—Christian Herald.

A Kind Voice

ELIHU BURRITT, speaking of the power of kindness, says: "There is no power of love so hard to get and keep as a kind voice. A kind hand is deaf and dumb. It may be rough in flesh and blood, yet do the work of a soft heart, and do it with a soft touch. But there is no one thing love so much needs as a sweet voice, to tell what it means and feels; and it is hard to get and keep the right tone. One must start in youth, and be on the watch night and day, at work and play, to get and keep a voice that shall speak at all times the thoughts of a kind heart. It is often in youth that one gets a voice or tone that is sharp, and it sticks to him through life, and stirs up ill will and grief, and falls like a drop of gall upon the sweet joys of home. Watch it day by day as a pearl of great price, for it will be worth more to you in days to come than the best pearl hid in the sea. A kind voice is to the heart what light is to the eye. It is a light that sings as well as shines."

Our Endings Are but God's Beginnings

"Our endings are but God's beginnings."

In the Far Orient

PASTOR I. H. EVANS writes of a general meeting held in Soemberwekas, Java, the last few days of 1912, at which that field was organized, and a worker placed in charge of each division. Java was divided into two mission fields, and will probably later be divided into three. A definite call for three new families was made to the Mission Board, and it is hoped that these recruits may soon join the workers already in the field. In Borneo, where a missionary and his wife have just been sent, over twenty new believers are calling for a teacher.

Batavia

Sister P. Tunheim tells of the work being done in Batavia, where three evening services a week—two in Malay and one in Dutch—are conducted. She says: 'We have had a good attendance, and an excellent interest. One Dutch lady told me that she had been praying for many years that some one would come and teach her the Bible, "and now," she said, "the Lord has heard my prayer." She takes a special interest in the word of God, and rejoices that the Lord is revealing these precious truths to her. Among the Ambonese and Menadonese there is also a good interest, and we hope a number will come out soon on the Lord's side. A large number of Chinese also attend the services. One Chinese family have taken a firm stand for the truth, and are now ready for baptism. All the members of this family have started, and are also living up to the light of health reform.'

Korea

Writing to the Asiatic News Letter, Brother C. L. Butterfield, of Seoul, Korea, says:

'We are holding evening meetings here in our new chapel, and have from one hundred to two hundred each evening. Some are coming every night, and seem quite interested, but we can not say yet what the outcome will be. We have no local worker here who can give his full time to the evangelistic work, so we are handicapped to a certain extent.'

'Last Sabbath I spent with Brother Wangerin. He is getting along nicely with his work. He has gathered out a nice little company. . . .'

'The past month Brother Oberg has been working hard with the paper, and the results have been gratifying. He has cleaned out almost all of the back numbers, for about six months back, and there were no extras before that time. Orders are coming in well for this month's paper, too. He has also been out with the canvassers who are starting out with our book on Daniel. I do not know yet how it is going to sell, but hope it will go well.'

He says sixty-two new believers are reported for the past three months, and about seventy are awaiting baptism.

En Route to General Conference

We note that Elder and Mrs. F. H. DeVinney and Elder and Mrs. H. F. Benson were to sail from Yokohama by the North German Lloyd steamship Bremen, on February 8, on their way to attend the General Conference. They were to go via the East, and spend some time in Egypt and the Holy Land, Naples, Rome, Persia, London, and other points of interest on the way. They expected also to make a short call upon friends in Shanghai on their way.

Manila, Philippine Islands

Speaking of the work in Manila, Philippine Islands, Brother E. M. Adams says:

'Another quarterly meeting is in the past. This meeting was well attended, and a good spirit prevailed. Eleven were received into the church. There was a woman present who had been keeping the Sabbath for some time, but had not asked baptism and membership. At this meeting she requested admittance. In the social meeting that followed, she said, in substance: "When I first heard this truth, I thought that it was not worth listening to; but as

I have been attending the Sabbath-school, and comparing this church with others, I have concluded that this is the true church." She said, also, that the good meeting we had had that day had especially impressed her, and now she had fully decided to become a member.

'A minister of the — church attended our quarterly meeting. In conversation with him I learned that he has been acquainted with our work for some time, and had been deputed to oppose Elder Finster in the first tent meeting held in Manila by our people. He said that when Brother Finster turned and looked upon him and read some scriptures, he could not say anything; his mouth was shut. When asked by his followers about his experience, he said, "That is the Bible." The result of this incident was some of the best members that we have here. Some of the brethren who stood by testified to the veracity of what this minister said. That was all interesting to me, but the current part of it interested me more. A Protestant body here recently began opposition meetings immediately across the street from our present tent meetings. This man said that they had come to him to champion their cause. He asked them: "What is the matter? Are they saying bad things there?" They answered, "No." "Are they saying things from the Bible?" They answered, "Yes." "Well," he said, "then we can't help it."'

'It is reported to me that one of our girls is being persecuted by her mother. This girl refused to take food for one day, because the mother was trying to force her to eat unclean meats. Then the girl was beaten by her mother. This girl attended meeting last Sabbath. When the meeting was about half over, the mother came and took her home.'

'While I was visiting some of our interested ones to-day, a woman said that her husband got a Bible about four years ago, and became very much interested in reading it. He was so absorbed in it that he did little but read. Altho he was formerly a great gambler and frequented the cockpit, he had no time to go there any more for reading the Bible. I have hope that this family will accept the third angel's message.'

Shanghai, China

Brother F. E. Stafford tells of the work in Shanghai, China, as follows:

'The new chapel on Haining Road was opened on January 5, with an overflowing house, and the attendance has continued to tax the capacity of the room every night since, in spite of rain and stormy weather. Meetings are held every evening, and Bible readings for inquirers are given both forenoon and afternoon. A six weeks' program has been planned for. The majority of the people in this district are heathen, and we have been greatly encouraged by the orderly way in which they attend the meetings, most of them staying throughout the service, and giving close attention to the sermon. An after-meeting is held every night, where special instruction is given to interested ones and inquirers. Over thirty have handed in their names, and bought Bibles and tracts. At the testimony meeting on Friday four men witnessed to the benefits they had received from the gospel. Two weeks before, these men were heathen, and one of them refused to give in his name the first time he came, as he was afraid of us. Now, with tears, he confesses himself a sinner in God's sight, and earnestly asks our prayers that he may become a faithful Christian. These scenes are very cheering to our hearts, and we long to see many of these souls come out of darkness and prepare to meet the soon-coming Saviour.'

Chang-Sha, China

The following, taken from the Asiatic News Letter, shows how the message is advancing in Chang-Sha:

'Elder Cottrell and the writer [Brother C. P. Lillie] returned yesterday from a visit to the out-station at Ning Shang. Some of the readers of the News Letter may remember that at the general meeting in Shanghai last winter Brother Cottrell reported an interest at this place, and that he had received a petition from many of the townspeople requesting that the mission open work in that place, and also offering the use of a large temple. No evangelist was permanently located there until spring. . . . As the people become convinced of the truth of the gospel, they bring their idols to the chapel. Li has quite a big collection, and it is sure to increase.'

'On the day following our arrival, nine men followed their Saviour in the ordinance of baptism. None of these had been members of any other church, and most of them were straight from heathenism. On the day following (Sabbath), Elder Cottrell organized a church of fourteen members. Sunday we spent in visiting the homes of church-members and inquirers. We had a splendid meeting in the evening. It was good to be there. Brother Cottrell preached, followed by Li Yu Gen, and then an appeal was made for those who wished to give themselves to Christ to come forward. Our hearts rejoiced to see man after man push his way through the crowded chapel to the front. The tearful eyes of many showed that these people were indeed in earnest. Seventeen men and eight women made a public profession of their faith in Jesus by coming from their places. Many of these had never before acknowledged their Saviour.'

Brother W. F. Hills writes from Swatow of a minister who, with thirty-five of his congregation, is standing firm for the truth. He says: 'This seems to be a genuine movement, and we expect to take every one of them into the church soon. We have added the minister to our pay-roll this month, and believe that he will develop into a good worker. . . .'

'Another minister of broad experience has just united with us. His influence seems to be far-reaching, and we believe that this will prove to be a great strength to our work here. He has put his children into our school. We are kept busy following the openings for work. My wife's teacher (Brother C. M. Lee's sister) has been keeping the Sabbath for some time, and her husband, who is also a minister, says that it is getting harder and harder for him to keep Sunday, and break God's holy Sabbath. We hope that he will soon yield to his convictions, and unite with us. Our work has more than doubled since we moved into our new chapel and started our school. We have forty-six children in our school, and have had to turn some away for lack of room.'

Siao Gan, China

Brother Frederick Lee writes from Hankow of the work at Siao Gan as follows:

'As reported before, we had our fall meeting at this place. At the same time we also held a series of meetings for outsiders, where many names were handed in for study of the Bible. I am pleased to report that ten have come out strong, and are very earnest in their study of the truth. Our evangelist there has held studies with these every evening since. He had planned to have them only twice a week; but as all came every night and expressed an earnest wish to study, he formed a class, and has been taking up the book "Christ Our Saviour" with them. It is surprising to see the advancement these poor heathen have made in the past two months. Most of them decided to keep the Sabbath wholly. Altho they are all very poor, able to earn barely enough for their food from day to day, they have surrendered this day to God, believing that He will supply the extra day's need from the six working-days. My heart is touched as I think of the poverty of these poor souls. One man, who spins silk from early morning till late at night for a living, asked his employer for Sabbath off. It was kindly granted, but this means one day's money less to supply a wife and two children with food and clothing; yet they

are all of good cheer. Two others are chair coolies, who earn only the bare necessities of life, or existence, perhaps; yet on the Sabbath they stop all work. . . . These people show evidence of conviction, and in many ways put us to shame.'

'From Siao Gan I went to Chang Djang Pu. There we opened a little street chapel, in the home of the "devil possessed" who was healed at the time of our general meeting at this place. This is quite a good place for advertising our truth, as every one in the city knows this man, who went about cursing everybody, and broke up all his household goods until he had nothing left. Now he goes about at peace with every one, and, like the demon-possessed man in the time of Christ, can not keep from telling what God has done for him. He was not contented until we consented to use his home as a place for preaching to others of the One who has done so much for him. The room is small, yet thirty or more come and stay an hour or so, to listen to the gospel.'

Hankow, Fa-tshan, and Hui-An, China

Of the work in Hankow, he says that several heathen have taken their stand for the gospel.

A report from Fa-tshan states that eleven persons were added by baptism to the Fa-tshan church the past year, making the present membership twenty-four. Among those who have recently taken their stand is a Taoist priest, whose fathers before him for nine generations have been priests. He has undergone considerable persecution, especially from his own family, but he is firm for the truth.

About fourteen at Hui-An, a new station which has been opened in the interior of China, have requested baptism and admittance into the church.

The Foreign Field

FOUR additions to the church are reported in Bruni Island.

THE conversion of twelve souls is reported at Bay Roberts, Newfoundland.

BROTHER Gobel writes from Siberia of the baptism of ten souls in Iman.

AT the close of the New Zealand camp-meeting, baptism was administered to twenty-four.

CHURCHES have been organized at Wire Hill and Gendia, British East Africa, and there are sixteen candidates for baptism at these places.

IN Las Minas, Cuba, a church of eighteen members has recently been organized, four have been baptized, and two others have requested baptism.

A RECENT report from the East German Union states that 1,728 members have been added to the church by baptism and vote in that union during the year 1912.

A REPORT from Brother A. F. Prieger tells of the baptism of four persons at Port au Prince, Haiti, twenty at Cape Haitien, nine at Port de Paix, and six others to be baptized about April 1, and a church of twenty-one members organized at the latter place.

A SABBATH-SCHOOL of eleven members has been organized at Quirindi, New South Wales, and at Ourimbah the company has been organized into a church and Sabbath-school, and plans are being made to erect a church building. Seven at this place have recently been won to the truth. At the New South Wales camp-meeting eighty-two were baptized.

BROTHER C. E. Weeks tells of the baptism of eighteen souls in South India at the close of a workers' institute held there. He also tells of the conversion of two strong young men who have been added to the teaching force. We are glad to learn that two new quarterly magazines have been started in that field, one in Hindi and the other in Urdu.

AT Port Pirie, South Australia, nine have decided to keep the commandments of God. Fourteen new members at Bendigo, Victoria, have received baptism, and three others have decided in favor of the truth. At the Tasmanian camp-meeting, baptism was administered to twenty-one, and five others expected to be baptized at their home churches. In Auckland, New Zealand, six have lately embraced the message.

SINCE the camp-meeting in Argentina, South America, in October, forty-four have been baptized. To the Indian church at Puno, Peru, eighteen have been added, making a church of sixty-two. In Paraguay, during the past year, twenty have been baptized in Missiones Territory and the northern part of the province of Corrientes, and the baptism of five others is reported at Villa Rica. We learn also of the conversion of several others at Iguacu.

WE note that the Cape Colony Conference, South Africa, has been divided, and a new conference organized, so that it now consists of two conferences. At Mantandane, Nyasaland, twenty-four adults have received baptism. In the Nyasaland Mission 280 candidates for baptism are reported. In Barberton five have received baptism, and others are hoping to receive this rite shortly. Nine at Wynberg, Cape, have been baptized, joining the "Rustica" church; and fifteen at Claremont have received this ordinance.

A COMPANY consisting of Elder J. H. Boehm and wife, under appointment to the Brazilian Union; Brother A. R. Dennis, under appointment to Uruguay; and Brother John Schmidt, to Brazil, left New York on the steamship Celtic for South America in February. Early in March, Elder John Shultz and family, of Ohio, sailed from New York for Jamaica, West Indies, under appointment of the Mission Board. Elder C. H. Keslake and family, of Ontario, Canada, sailed from New York the last week in March for Jamaica, West Indies, Brother Keslake to act as editor of the West Indian Union paper, and engage in evangelistic work in that field.

The Home Field

(Since last reported)

CHURCHES DEDICATED AND ERECTED: Oregon, 1; California, 1; New York, 1; Texas, 1; Washington, 1.

ADDITIONS TO CHURCH-MEMBERSHIP: Maryland, 13; Montana, 3; Idaho, 29; Washington, 4; California, 17; Kansas, 7; Minnesota, 3; Illinois, 3; Indiana, 8; Michigan, 11; Texas, 9; Alabama, 3; Tennessee, 3.

BAPTISMS: Illinois, 9; Ontario, 5; Washington, 17; Oregon, 21; Idaho, 29; California, 13; Missouri, 13; Kansas, 9; Colorado, 14; Iowa, 16; Indiana, 6; Wisconsin, 3; Ohio, 3; Massachusetts, 8; Oklahoma, 6; New Mexico, 7; Louisiana, 10; Alabama, 6.

CHURCHES AND SABBATH-SCHOOLS ORGANIZED: Manitoba, 1 Sabbath-school; Montana, 1 Sabbath-school; Idaho, 1 church; California, 1 Sabbath-school; Wisconsin, 1 church; Illinois, 1 church; Maine, 1 Sabbath-school; Louisiana, 1 church; Alabama, 1 church, 1 Sabbath-school.

CONVERSIONS: Minnesota (Minneapolis during past six months), 60; Ontario, Canada, 39; Saskatchewan, 10; Alberta, 4; Oregon, 35; Montana, 15; Idaho, 5; California, 7; Nebraska, 8; Kansas, 17; Missouri, 7; Colorado (since camp-meeting), between 30 and 40; Iowa, 14; Illinois, 10; Wisconsin, 13; Michigan, 19; Pennsylvania, 10; Virginia, 11; Ohio, 6; Maine, 6; Massachusetts, 5; New Mexico, 8; Texas, 9; Tennessee, 23; Florida, 23; Mississippi, 7; South Carolina, 6.

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SANITARIUM COOKING OIL

"The Oil of Quality"

Pure Cotton Seed Oil direct from refinery. Sweet, wholesome, and delicious. 1-gallon cans, 90c each; 5-gallon can, $3.95; 10 gallons, $7.80; 30-gallon barrel, $21.00; 50-gallon barrel, $34.00. Cash with order.

Sanitarium Cooking Oil Co., Louisville, Kentucky.

For Sale

40 acre farm, Baldwin County, Alabama. Improved. Small house; barn, etc. 15 acres in cultivation, balance in wood and yard. Mild climate, no malaria. Will sell at a sacrifice to any one wishing to enter the South in the interest of the message. For particulars address Dr. Henry J. C. Sprehn, 3551 Lanfranco Street, Los Angeles, Cal.

IN THREE DAYS

SAN FRANCISCO

Overland Limited

TAKES YOU

To Chicago

ACROSS GREAT SALT LAKE

AND

HIGH SIERRA BY DAYLIGHT

Luxurious High-class Equipment

Electric Lighted Throughout

Pullman Drawing-room Stateroom Vestibuled Sleeping-cars Careful and Attentive Dining Service Parlor Observation-car with Library and Cafe Ladies' Reading-room Gentlemen's Smoking-room Daily News Bulletins Latest Papers and Magazines

Southern Pacific

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